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&\>t ??lauumaa ;mi) ^ouiunf, -"_..-. WEJN^DAY, FtBftUARY 16,1910. The Sumter Watchman was found ?4 la :.S60 and the True Southron In lift. Ths Watchman and Southron ?ow has the combined circulation and Influence of both of the old papers, aad Is manifestly the best advertising medium in Sumter. The people of South Carolina who are not In close touch with the Legis? lature do not and cannot realise the fight that was waged to defeat the recommendations made in the report of the majority of the legislative committee that Investigated the asy? lum. From the day that it was first hinted that tho asylum would be In? vestigated a determined and adroitly planned and executed campaign has been carried on to suppress In every possible way all facts damaging to the asylum management; and but for the courage and persistence of the majority of the Investigating commit? tee ths facts would never have been known outside of Columbia. The charge* of mismanagement against the officials of the asylum were scout? ed as Incredible, Impossible and not to be seriously considered. Every ef? fort was made last year to defeat the plan to have an investigation, and when ths legislative probing could aot be warded off, the whole matter was belittled systematically In every way. While the Investigation was In progress very meagre reports of the proceedings were sent out through the usual news agencies and the lo? cal papers treated It In the most gen? eral end Indefinite manner; the vital facts and the shocking details dis? closed by the Inveetlgatic n were nev? er made public until the report of the committee was print**}. When the lavestlgatlon could not be con Tsrted Into a whitewash, and a ma? jority of the committee went before the Legislature with a clean-cut state? ment of facts, fortified by the testi? mony before the eommlttee, and s well considered and business-like rec? ommendation for the correction of conditions and abuses that were found t o exist, the effort to sup? press the facts entirely having failed, the next move was to defeat the plan rcommended by ths majority of the committee This has been accom? plished after the most strenuous and persistent effort and the friends of the present management have won eat The action of the Legislature acts ths seal of approval on all that has been done and left undone In the treatment of the unfortunate people whose sad fate it is to bs confined in ths asylum. If the officers charged with the proper management of the asylum and the humane care of the Insane eould shut their eyes to the In? tolerable conditions that have pre? vailed for years, there is little hope ef Improvement in conditions in the future, now that they and their meth? ods have receives the endorsement af the Legislature. ? ? ? The determination of the receivers of the Semlnole Securities Company to proeeute Oen. Wille Jones and W. A. Clark, presidents of the two lead? ing banks of South Carolina, Is a moet encouraging sign. If high fin? ance in high places can be made as unsafe as highway robbery, con? scienceless and greedy financial free? booters of place and position will not so frequently engage in the profitable sport of skinning the public. But for the personal Influence and efforts of the truetses of the Semlnole swindle, the people of South Carolina would never have fallen into the trap. Tho letters of endorsement written by the trustees did more to promote the swindle than all the smooth agents. The swindle was made possible by Jones. Clark and Bryan and they should be punished, if there is any law to reach high financiers who hap. pen to be bank presidents and proml aent r'tlsens of seeming Integrity. ? ? ? Is T. %\ Bryan the Jett B. Wylle. of the Semlnole cast? ? ? ? i The formation of tho boys corn club here last Saturday was one of the moet Important events that ha* taken place here In some time. In? terest In farming Is Increasing, und the people are beginning to renllz mors and more that the farmer mn t be s< If supporting. lie must raise his home supplies*. This movement begin* at the r->..t of our present on. crop system, which ;tas robbed th> South of million* of d Man si wealth, snd alms at edueatlrg thr> youth of the hind 10 grow the "staff of life." It should meet with ?fesour iicm- ni from all the parent- living OS tho farm. As a business propOSltlOBi It la a good one. The business, RUU1 should not |o..k upon |hj opportunity to contribute to the prizes offered aa throwing mon. v away, Help and encourage the boys. They are the coming farmers, the ensg who will show the "old m:n" how to farm. S ? ? ? Jovernor Heyward b.is come out In defense of l>r Imbrock, of the South Carolina lunatic -asylum, who la has* under fire. I Farmers' Union News I I ?AND? ? I Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers n If (Conducted by E. W. Dabbs, President Farmers' Union of Sumter l> JJ County.) A The Watchman and Southron having decided to double its service by ieml-weekly publication, would Improve that service by special features. The first to bs lnauguratsd Is this Dei artment for the Farmers' Union and Practical Fanners which 1 have been .equested to conduct. It will be my i m to give the Union news and official calls of the Union. To that end c fflcers. 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 thin! will be of practical benefit to our readers. Ori? ginal articles by any of o.?r readers telling of their successes or failures will be appreciated and | ublished. Trusting this Department will be of mutual oeneflt to all concerned, THE EDITOR. All communications for this Department should be sent to E. W. Dabbs. Mayesvllls. S. C. BOYS' CORN CLUB ORGANIZED. ImAMOI NUMBERS OF BOYS EN TEH FOR CORN PRIZES. Meeting in Court Houje Lest Satur? day Was Well Attended and Much Interest Manifested by Both Pa? rents and Boys. Pursuant to a call of Hon. 8. D. (?aln, county superintendent of edu? cation, quite a large number of boys gathered In the court house last Sat? urday morning and listened to the able addresses made for their b*ne f z. This was one of the most Impor? tant meetings held in the court house here in some time. It means a great deal to the future of the country. The meeting was presided over by Mr. Cain, who told the object of the rieeting and then Introduced Hon. It. I. Manning as the first speaker. The speaker begun by encouraging the boys present to grasp the oppor? tunity before them, dwelling upon the great possibilities now before the young man on the farm. Mr. H. O. Osteen, Prof. S. H. Ed? munds and Col. John J. Daigan then spoke words of encouragement, after which Mr. L. I* Baker, of Itlshopvllle, addressed the boys upon the necessity of having selected seed and gave them suggestions as to seed selection. After this the club was organised by the election of officers. The fol? lowing were elected: Singleton Dwlght, of Wedgefleld, president. i Thoa Klrven, Jr. of Providence, vice-president. Edwin Boyle, of Sumter, secretary and treasurer. The following is the enrollment: James McBryde Dabbs, Mayesville. Alva Stuckey, Dalzell. Raymond Stuckey, Dalzell. Leon Stuckey, Dalzell. C. H. Chandler, Sumter. Singleton Dwlght, Wedgefleld. St. Pierre Lenoir, Horatio. Mellette Pitts, Sumter. Sheppard Nash, Sumter. Chas. Richard F. Beall, Sumter. Lawrence a E. Klrven, Providence. Thomas J. Klrven, Jr., Providence. Donnle F. Klrven, Providence. Bryan Odom, Sumter. Odie W. Cain, Sumter. D. Jamsoa Cain, Sumter. Bartow Bennett Kolb, Sumter. Porter Rivers, Sumter. Manning Reece Smith, Dalzell. Daniel Duncan Smith, Dalzell. Pittman Baker, Mayesville. Otis Tlsdale, Sumter. L E. Leavell, Sumter. W. Yeadon Pitts. Sumter. Edwin Miller, Jr. Sumter. Thomas Moore, Horatio. Chandler Baker Beall, Sumter. Isaac Sanders, Sumter. Moultrie DeLorme, Sumter. Edwin Boyle, Sumter. J. T. Hogan, Sumter. Jesse R. Beall, Sumter. Henry Mclnvall, Dalzell. Benjamin Sanders, Sumter. Eward Dick, Oswego. Robert \V. Ingram, Tlndall. Anthony Dick, Oswego. John M DuBose, Providence. Wni. Henry DuBose, Providence. Char lay DtlsVUS. Providence. Wilder Mlms. So. Lynchburg. James Harvey Keels, So. Lynch burg. Win. Walhu e I'luminer, So. Lyneh hurg. Tht meeting adjourned to mast again at the call of the presi? dent. At this called me 'ting it is the purpose of Mr. Cain to have seed dots Huiheient for taeh boy to plant at hast one acre, it is highly Im? portant that all meinben of the club attend this masting further In? I Structloni will hi given for cultivating the crop. it is gratifying t?? note the intsr? . *t smallest SOl only by the hoys themselves and their parents, but by the business man of Sumter, The following v? ? rt seen about oontrlbut ng to tin pri/es and all responded: Sumter Co., Farmen Union,.. t.r>0 P. D. Knight, .$50. Osteen Publishing Co.$50. Bank of Sumter.$50. C. Q. Rowland, Pres. Farmers Bank & Trust Co.$50. lt. I. Manning.$25. O'Dunnell & Co.$50. H. L. Scarborough, .$10. These were the only ones so far given an opportunity of contribut? ing. Others will doubtless contribute when approached on the subject. The opportunity to Join the club Is still open. Any boy who wishes to compete for the handsome prizes to be offered can do so by sending his name and address to Mr. Cain not later than April 1st. $10,000,000 COTTON CO. Hacked by John Hays Hammond and Daniel J. Sully?Plans to Cover Whole South. , Washington, Feb. s.?John Hays Hammond, capitalist and mining en? gineer, is president and Daniel J. Sully, cotton operator of New York, Is a large speculative stockholder in a new $10,000,000 corporation to be called the General Cotton Securities Company. One of the chief assets of the pro? posed corporation is the patent for a new cotton gin which is expected to revolutionise the separation of the seed from the cotton, making it .marketable. Concerning the prin? ciples of this new cotton machinery, the men interested in the new com? pany are not yet ready to talk. Ex? perts are making an examination of it and will shortly give a detailed re? port of what it can do in the cotton business. Around the new ginning apparatus the promoters of the company con? template forming an organization which will be broad enough to In? clude the whole cotton belt of the South. In addition to being a hold? ing company, It will become an ope? rating company, Introducing into the cotton business Improved machinery which is expected to have a decided effect upon the production of cotton. The company will also have ware? houses and probably will enter all branches of the cotton business ex? cept the growing of the staple. Probably with the restrictions of the Sherman act in mind it Is an? nounced that the new company will .!n no way restrict the operations of other corporations which do a sim? ilar business. But Its promoters think it probable that the General Cotton Securities Company will have relations with them. Neither of the two prominent men interested In the formation of the company would discuss its details to? night. Mr. Hammond declines to comment upon it and Mr. Sully holds that the corporation is not at such a stage that he would care to enter Into 'he details of Its business. Mr. Sully, who is known In New York for his sensational maneuvers in the cotton market and as the head of the most famous "cotton boom" In history, now has an office In the Union Trust Building, In Washington, In which he spends the greater part of the week, rushing off to New York toward the week end, to return on the following Monday. Mr. Hammond If very wealthy and financially Is able t<> buck a proposition even larger than that contemplated. Ho is large? ly Interested In mines, and was prom? inent In the Taft campaign. He has come to Washington to live and plans t<> build a handsome home her?'. Farmers1 Basket Picnic. The regular spring meeting of the Sumter Count> Agricultural Society win be held at the Gen, Bumter Memorial Academy, <?n March 18th, 1910, at n a. M There will !?<? short speeches on Agriculture l>y Col, ES. 3, Watson, Commissioner of Agriculture, Hon* <>. b. Martin Presl <i i;t Corn Club; Hon. Ft. i. Manning, President hank of Bumter; Mr. Ira W, Williams, Agent stat.- Demon? stration Farm Work and Mr, J, Prank Williams, Agent County Demonstration Farm Work. All in terestcd in farm work are cordially invited to attend. Two experts from Washington, one on Animal Industry and one on Fruit Culture, will be present to an? swer any questions farmers may ask. J. E. Rembert, Sec'y. Sumter. Ag. So'cty. PLANT NEAR BENNETTSVILLE. Scott Luml>er Company Will Establish Manufacturing Plant in Malboro. Now Operates Two Mills. Bennettsville, Feb. 11.?The Scott Lumber company has purchased from T. E. McCall a tract of 21 1-2 acres in the western suburb of Ben? nettsville, and will use the land for a sit,e for a lumber manufacturing plant. The land is just west of the right of way of the Bennettsville & Cheraw railroad on the road extend? ing from Darlington street. For several years this concern has been operating two big mills in this county, one at Marlboro, six miles southwest, and the other at Madeline, about six miles northwest of Ben? nettsville. It is understood that the Scott Lumber company will consoli? date these two last mentioned con? cerns and erect a large plant here. The stockholders of the Scott Lum? ber company are the owners of the B. & Ci railroad and they also own large tracts of timber land along their line in this county, which ex? tends from Kollock to Brownsville. The timber will be hauled over the B. & Cm to this new plant and manu? factured into high grade lumber. 5,500 SHOD BY "BIG TIM". Bowery Leader Gives Annual "Hand Out" to "Down-And-Outo/' New York, Feb. 6.?From Market Slip to Mulberry Bend they came? a footsore herd of 5.500 homeless men and boys. It was the annual roundup of the shoeless down in the Third Assembly district, where Senator Timothy D. Suil^an?"Big Tim"?reigns su? preme. Derelicts of society, just plain "bums," "down-and-outs" and "un? fortunates," were there?all of them vowing undying allegiance to the East Side man of politics. To ev^ry man a pair of shoes and warm, com? fortable socks and coffee and and wlches were given. It was Mr. Sul? livan's annual distribution of foot? wear, one of the things that has given him friends to have and to h?d In his district. Though the hour for giving away' the 6,500 pairs of shoes, which costs Mr. Sullivan $13,750, had been set for 2 o'clock, the lines began to form at noon, and for two hours hundreds stood shivering in the bitter cold waiting for the doors of the Third Assembly Democratic Club rooms, 207 Bowery to be thrown open. Some were half clad, while others were at? tired In fur coats and wore kid gloves. It was a typical "bread-line" gathering. Some were bowed down with the weight of years, and' there were scores of boys barely out of their teens. The line was three blocks long. When John Fitzgerald, "Little Tim" Sullivan's successor as leader of the Third district, threw open the door to the stairway leading to the clubrooms on the second floor there was a wild scramble. Half a score of policemen were kept busy. For four hours the line passed up the stairs and presented the ticket which had been given to them at the Sul? livan Christmas dinner. Those who came without tickeis were not turned away, for "Big Tim" had sent a message to his lieutenant % in charge of the distribution tha*. no man should go from Sullivan's head? quarters without beln^ shod proporlv. From Greenwich village came Welles Cone a character who is a per? fect double of "Uncle Sam." He had [lost his ticket so he said, but he dd not leave the "house of Sullivan" disappointed. Three repeaters were found. They didn't got extra shoes, but wore given their coffee and sandwiches and warned that repeating r*n thli special occasion was considered unethical. "Short Ribs Sam" and "Kolley the King of the Keg Tappers were there* The "Gentleman Panhandler" before receiving a new pair of shoes wore one russet oxford and one patent leather pump. First aid went to the lame, the halt and the blind. One deaf-mute blocked the line be? cause of his inability to tell what number he wore, hut in the main th" distribution went forward with a speed that would have shamed the most erudite salesman. Not all could be remembered, for some are spend? ing the winter on BlackwelTs Island as guests of the city, but the tickeis have been furnished them and all will find shoes awaiting them when they walk the Bowery again. in the days wlum "Big Tim" was small and down-at-the-heel, with no thought of ever becoming a political power, his teacher give him a pair of shoes, lb- never forgot the kind? ness, and for many yean he has com? memorated it on February c> of ear* year. DESTROY INd S1?A R ROW S. Those Who Think Congress Can Do Anything Might T?'st Theory. From the Philadelphia Inquirer.) In spite of the recent extraordi? nary reconciliation between this country and Great Brltie.n, there are certain things British which we can? not endure with complacency and which must be ended cr amended. We refer to the British sparrow, long domiciled on our shoreu. Like the negro, he came unasked, by force in fact; but, unlike the negro, he has prospered out of all proportion to the good of the rest of the community. The English sparrow is a pest. He must he destroyed. Uncle Sam has taken up the mat? ter in great earnest. He has pub? lished a book, which is entertaining and ins.ructive. It also contains some unconscious humor. We should think a comic opera might be based on this hook. Imprimis w* remark that the British sparrow was brought to this country for the definite pur? pose of eating up the caterpillars which were destroying the trees in city parks. He does not like the diet, apparently. Anyhow, he has refus? ed either to perform his duty or to depart. The charges brought against him by the agricultural department are many and specific. To wit: He eats up beneficial insects which a benign Providence put around us to destroy other noxious insects and microsopic infusoria. He eats cher? ries and spoils apples and o' her fruits. He destroys blossoms just at the fertilizing period, and he drives away other large, but less courageous birds who are wholly beneficial in their aspects. In short, the sparrow is a lair, a thief, a burglar, and a murderous pirate. No wonder Uncle Sam is after him. He must be gotten rid of at all costs, and Uncle Sam tells us many ways to do it; Shoot him, destroy his nest, trap him, poison him, eat him. He should not be eaten after he has been poisoned, but at all costs, get rid of him. The damage he does is estimated at so many millions that, if incorporation, the sparrow would he one of the greatest and most odious trusts. We are much impressed with the advice and counsel given in this monumental work. As we under? stand it, a man who devotes all his time and money to ridding his yard of sparrows will thereby reduce the number considerably, bat it seems impossible to annihilate them if we are to pay any attention to the Meat Trust, the Standard Oil Trust and a few others. We think the sparrow should be abolished simply by legislation. Some people seem to think that Congress can do anything by fiat of law. Here Is a chance to test the theory. FIGHTING RED SPIDER. Several Fields Damaged by Pest Last Year and Efforts is Being Made to Eradicate It. Lexington, Feb. 11.?For the last several years the red spider has been playing havoc with the cotton crop around Batesburg and I^eesville, and more particularly during the last two years. Last year the pests had ex? tended their operations to other sec? tions of the county. Several fields around the court house- were attacked and the damage was considerable. Through the efforts of Congressman Lever, experts from the United States department of agriculture, together with a specialist from Clemson, in? spected the infected area during the latter part of last summer, but the insects had gained such a strong hold that it was impossible to even attempt at finding a remedy that would prove effective. Pursuing the matter further, Mr. Lever took up the matter with the government with a view to having an experimental labcatory established at Batesburg for Uue benefit of the cotton growers of this section. It will be of general Interest to state that this laboratory has been estab? lished with H. F. Wilson, an agent of the United States bureau of entomol? ogy, In charge. Col. E. F. Strother, who operates a large farm and whose crops have been damaged In recent years by the pest*, has donated a large piece of land for the field ex? periments, and the work will be push? ed from the very beginning. Mr. Wilson is anxious to communi? cate with all those farmers who have had tlaeir crops damaged by the spider, whether in Lexington county or not, and will take pleasure in giving Information lie has in refer? ence to dealing with the insects. He is also anxious to tind out the exact amount Of damage done to the cot? ton crop in this section, and will ap? preciate any Information covering the subject. CASTOR IA For Inlauts and Children. The Kind You \\w Always bought Bears the Signature 3 Of C^xy^7^?^ CAT A RR HAL ASTHMA. One Bottle of Pe-ru-nn. ??I have been a sufferer with the asth? ma for About four year.-, and I tried different, kinds of ep cd i ein es and could not iind any relief for it. "1 tried your medicines, bought a lit? tle of Poruna, and after taking about half of it I must say that I have not had the asthma since. Before I took the med icino I did not know wh::t it was to go to bed withont having the scthma." Systemic Catarrh. Mr. Samuel Burden, 701 Springfield Ave., Summit, N.J., writes: ?'In the fait of 1900 I had repeated attacks of cold, winch developed into systemic catarrh. "It left me very weak and all ran down. When I got up in the morning it would take about an hour to get my head and throat clear. ?'It also left me with a very weak, all-gouc, empty feeling in my stomach, which I thought I ?? was dyspepsia, for Weak and All which 1 tried Alf* Run Down, (event remedies ? With very little improvement. '?I finally decided to give Pernna a trial. I felt benefited with the first dose. After taking three bottles I was en? tirely cured. I cannot speak in too high terms of your wonderful discov? ery, Peruna." Peruna is manufactured by the Peruna Drug Mfg. Co.,Columbus, Ohio. BOTH SATISFIED. When Mrs Hobbs and Mrs. Corbett returned to their respectives homes at the close of "stockholders' day," they were both obviously satisfied with the result of the day's shop? ping in the city. One little incident had given each of them, after her own fashion, a large measure of con? tent. "You know I always say that Ellen Ann dresses a mite too much for travelling off for the day," said Mrs. Hobbs to her husband, as he sat patiently listening to her account of small happenings. "Wiell, to-day 'twas borne out by what I saw at Ransom & Xlein's. "We were both looking for dress goods for the children?she for a plaid, green and blue, for her Sophie, and I for a dark red for Mantle. "We both wanted to see what the ones we'd half-chosen looked like by daylight, and it so happened that we started for the place where you can stand under the skylight at the same time. Being two counters apart, we hadn't kep' watch of each other, and 'twas just a happen. "Well, the man that was showing me the goods looked at me kind of searching, and then he handed the piece o' goods over the counter to me, and he said, 'You can take it right over to the skylight yourself, madam,' and turned to straighten out some other goods. "When I got to the skylight, if there didn't come Ellen Ann, meek as you please, with a little cash-girl carrying her piece o' goods; and that child never let h.er hold of it once: and it come over me that Ellen Ann's flashy hat and her plush hag with ^ilt trimmings had made 'em think she wa'n't to l*e trusted. "I'm afraid they took her for one o' those light-fingered folks?shop? lifters. I felt real sorry for her, and I hurri ed off so's not to shame her!" Whil? Mr. Hobbs was digesting this piece of news, Mr. Corbett was listening to his wife's version of the incident. ? "Thp clerk looked at me," she ?aid, "and then he beckoned one of the cash-girls, and said to her, real sharp. Take this to the skylight, and let rhe lady look at it 1 "Ami I followed alter her. empty handed, to find poor Mary Jane there, with a great piece O' red stuff she'd lagged In her own arms from the counter. "It just proves what Ive always told you. When Maty Jan? goes among strangers those plain, homely clothes of hers give them the idea she's a hard-working w ?man. that's always had to do for heraelf, and doesn't expect to be done for by any? body. "But there! I like Mary Jatv, and always have, and l let her attalc off with that piece o* goods just's it I hadn't really sensed who 'twas." Rice Flour. 15 tons fresh from the mills. Best and Cheapest Feed for Horses, Cows and Hogs you can buy. Booth-Ha r by Live Stock Co., Sumter S C. '2 l8-8t W