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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, I9K The Sumter Watchman was ) *d In 1860 and the True South 18?? The Watchman and Sot now has the combined clrculatlc Influence of both of the old p end Is manifestly the best advei medium In Sumter. Comptroller Oeneral Jones there Is no use In trying t I property at its market value an? no i h inge In the present valuat necessary, but that the boan equalisation should endeavor to i Ise assessments so that each pr< owner shall pay neither more nc than his Just share of taxes. Th Ina true It Is a hard proposition that the township boards have to tackle. There Is neither uniformity nor Justice In the present assessment o4 property In the city of Sumter and In the coun? ty of Sumter. There are property owners In this city who have their property returned for taxation at leas than a fourth the market value and many who would laugh at a spot cash offer of three to four times the valua? tion they themselves place on It when making return for taxation. There are thousands of acres of excellent farm lands In Sumter county that are returned at $2. $3 or $5 an acre that could not be bought for $10. $20 or $30 an acre. The Inequality and In? justice of this sort of thing lies In the fact that some property owners in the city have their property returned at $0 to 7 5 per cent, of Its market value and many farmers are paying taxes on their land on a valuation two to three times as great as others whose land is Just as good or better. The boards of assessors should equalize as? sessments and not permit the men who make falr'y honest returns to bear the burden that the tax-dodgers ar,e escaping by returning their property at ten per cent, of Its market value. a e s If the Sumter Oil Mill can buy so ja beans in Louisiana and Mlssis'.ppi. pay freight and still make money on ?hem It would seem to be to the interest of the mill to encourage the larmers of Sumter to plant the beans We are satisfied many farmers woold plant the beans If assured of a mark t at a fair price, but none of them would risk planting a larger acreage cn an uncertainty. If the cotton seed oil mills expect to crush beans regularly hereafter they should let It be known so the farmers can arrange to plant a sufficient acreage to supply the local demand. ? ? ? The bill Introduced In the leglsla- j tore Providing that the Master in Equity of Sumter county should be patd a salary of $1.500 per annum and one-half of all fees received in excess of $1,600. was Anally passed, but It was first amended so as to he unob? jectionable. Public opinion Is Influen? tial sometimes. a a s As usual In campaign years there is now more or less talk of opposition to Congressman Lever, but. as usual, the opposition will peter out and Lever will be returned for another term. The Hlg lliisiucsM of Heef. Let fancy endow Adam with the gift of eternal life. Start him the day of his creation, to piling up sliver dol larsat the rate of a dollar a minute, permit him to work Incessantly eight hours a day the week long down the ages. He will lack $?;?;:}.000.000 of having enough money to pay for all live cattle in the Untied States in the year 1910. Such Is the mugnltude of the beef Industry. The annual i oort of the Department of Agriculture. Issued a few days ago. Indicates that there are S6.S58.000 cattle In the country. At the estimated Increase in population over the census of 1900 this provides a cow or a bullock for every human inhabitant, adult or minor. it h but general that the atttaea should manifest Interest In ascertain? ing what become of this beef. It is his rUht to bo Informed that the source of his beef-steak Is rapidly diminishing, that the number of cat lie decrease on g ratio with the in? crease In population, that the great cattle ranges, which the late Frederic Remington loved to picture, are on the verge of consignment to memory, and that there are m'ghty elements besides the beef trust which will enter into this thing we call "the cost of living" Itevb w of Reviews. That was a pretty good story pub H hod ^ iturdav about gejg leans and the Sumter Cotton OH Mill, even though It was not t-m . The facts are th tt the Southern Cotton Oil Co. Is II OSS I BBS a Hag with s<?ja beans, has p,in bused 250 tons at New Orleans and will Klve them B try-out this sum? mer. The ? OSnpany will, also, dis? tribute a |eW biMhels of Heed from e i. n of Its plants for the pairpoge of Inducing farmers to , xp rim. nt In the grow inn of this promising new crop The understanding Is always the dupe of the heart. La ROOhefon* can Id. armers' Union News ?AND ? tical Thoughts for Practical Farmers cted by E. W? Dubbs, PffjlldtlH Farmers' Union of Sumter County.) cbman and Southron having decided to double its service by y publication, would improve that service by special feature*. be inaugurated I? this Department for the Farmers' Union and ariners which I have been requested to conduct. It will be my ) the Union news and official calls of the Union. To that end 1 members of the Union are requested to use these columns, blish such clippings from the agricultural papers and Govern tlns as I think will be of practical benefit to our readers. Ori >a by any of o<*r readers telling of their successes or failures will he appreciated and | ublished. Trusting this Departme.it will be of mutual benefit to all concerned, THE EDITOR. All communications for tl U Department should be sent to E. W. Dabbs, Mayesville. S. C. NOTICE. The officers-elect of the County Union will please bear In mind that \\ ?? wish to install them at the meet? ing at Trinity on Friday, March 4th. So do not fall to attend this meeting In one of the li\est communities in the County. E. W. DA BBS, President. Hush Witherspoon, Secretary. The Soy Bean Agnin. In connection with a recent editor? ial in the Greenville News this item from the New York Comemrcial is in? teresting: "Out in Manchuria they are grow? ing a bean to compete with cotton seed, and so lustily does this same bean grow out there that it was re? ported in Vladivostok, when August Held left there on the last trans-Si? berian express connecting with a steamship at Hamburg, that between 60 and 70 ships have been chartered to ship the beans to Denmark, France, England and Germany, be? tween tne 1st of last October and May 1st, next." Mr. Heid has been in Vladivostok for a year establishing an agency there for the International Harvester Company and he arrived on the Amerika yesterday, accompanied by W. W. Couchman, manager of the company In Hamburg. "The Soy bean," said Mr. Held, "has been mentioned several times in consular reports, though in an indus? trial way, it Is an entirely new article. It Is about the size of the ordinary white bean, but flatter and yellow In color. The soil for the beans doesn't have to be very fertile and Manchuria Is raising an enormous quantity. They press the oil out, and this will come Into competition with cotton seed oil In many ways. The residue, which they call bean cake, is used for food for animals and for fertilizer." This information should serve to impress upon our farmers the impor? tance of experimenting with the soy bean crop. It will do all that is claimed for it and more too. Our oil mill men should not let the opportunity slip to experiment with the s?>\ i . an oil, for the crop could be worked up after the cotton season is over, thus allowing them to get full action on their plants at all seasons Of |hs \'-ar.--Greenville News. The I>a of High Prices. It Is a good sign that nobody st ems prepared Instantaneously to an nounee the cause of high prices. We have had too much quack doctoring of aoonomlc Ms. and it is well that all the authorities are this time with? holding judgment. Tin-re has been allegation that folks have been hurrying to town to live until the farms don't realize ? -nough to feed us all. The answer oomei promptly, holwever, that of nu?st primary agricultural products we arc ra'slng more per osplta than ever before. w?- must look further. Combinations, big end little?of manu? facturers, Of transportation, and of merchants?are chargod with large responsibility. The universality of ih<- complaint points the med of find? ing a universal cause; end more and nmre serious attention has been given i", ecnomists to the increasing supply of primary money metal?gold?rs the universal cause, Without doubt, the increasing out? put of gold is an important factor, imt there is an underlying cause in the changing conditions of living. We may tall it extravagance, hut It Is not merely that. It Is the effort of the people to appropriate their share of the advantages, the cmoforts, the luxuri' ?, it" you Sflll, Which modern conditions of Industry, Invetlon end ? lenee hnv< made possible, At one side we see the powerful few, with multifold devices of organl? satton, patent-protected monopoly, subsides, tariffs,, privileges of all I >rts, leeklni to control production. On Ihe other are Ihe millions, insistently ii oh ni oul for means to supply non needs, to Indulge new ambitions, to gratify new tastes. The captain of fin? ance exploits his industry by the pro? cess of overcapitalizing it in order to squeeze more profits from it; h s em? ployees exploit it by enforcii g de? mands for higher wages. The joint burden is laid on the consumer. The present phenomenon in econo? mics finds its paralled in the earth? quake. Pressure forces readjustments in the earth's crust from time to time. The pressure exists all the time; it Is steady as gravitation; there are re? gions of weakness in the crust, and when the pressure has been borne as long as possible there is suddenly a slip and a readjustment of position along the line of geological "fault." This slipping and readjustment come suddenly and with terrific force. Very similar is the present read? justment of price conditions to the long-accumulated pressure of econom? ic and social conditions. The pres? sure has been there right along; the slip and the earthquake have come suddenly.?"Success Magazine." The Call For I Axe Stock In the South. Manufacturers' Record. In the fifty years between 1860 and . 1910 the population of the country increased from 31,500,000 to 89,000, 000, and the population of the South from 11,000,000 to 28,000,000. In the same period, according to official figures and allowing for variation in census schedules, the raising of live? stock used for food has not kept pace with the growth of population In the whole country, and In the South has actually declined In the case of sheep and swine. Statistics show* that in 1860 the southern states, exclusive of Missou ri, raised, 8,642,109 meat cattle and the same states in 1910 reported 13, 834,000. The increase in the whole country was very large. The South dropped In sheep raising from 233, 609 in 1860 to 56,000 in 1910. There was also a falling off in swine. In livestock the older southern states are falling behind. There is an explanation for this notable and regretable showing made by the South In this particular. In 1860 the South had 50 per cent of the meat cattle of the country, 27 per cent of the sheep and 54 per cent of the swine, though its population was only about 35 per cent of the total. In 1910, with about 32 per cent of the total population of the country, the South has less than 30 per cent ? >f the cattle, less than 11 per cent of the sheep and less than 32 per cent of the nvine. Why? The year 1H65 found the South, or at least large sections of it, practi? cally depleted of livestock to be used as the basis for future supplies. The South'! pockets were empty of mon? ey, and the only means of obtaining sufficient food for Immediate neces? sities was to go into debt for the purpose of raising a crop of cotton. At the same time a great part of the agricultural machinery of the south, j its negro population, was deprived of its directive brain power and, as a whole, has not yet gotten back to the otHeiency that it was in 1S60. This unfortunate situation fastened the all-cotton habit upon thousands of southern farmers, and from that habit it was difficult for the second generation to escape. Furthermore, about the time of the return of the Inclination toward diversified farm? ing, toward depending more upon home-raised foodstuffs and feedstuffs than upon the West und other parts of the country for such supplies, the South began to revive its Industrial Instincts, suddenly checked by the war, and the population of the South w;is not large enough to meet at the same time the demands of manufactu? ring, There was just so much human energy, and the part directed into one channel was diverted from an? other. There i.-- n better balance now de? veloping which should be reached with accessions to the Sotith's popu Inl; ii through Immii i itlon of the lb; ply and the competent. Put even before that balance can be estab? lished the South can create a better balance in its agriculture, so that cutton. tobacco, rice, fruit and truck ?hall not monopolize the energies of individual farnnrs, and that more acreage und labor be given to rais? ing mure livestock not merely for the sake of the meat and the by? products in the shape of wool, hides, bones, etc., but also as a means of increasing the fertility of the south? ern soil. Prevailing high prices for meats ought to spur the South to rais_ ing more livestock. IS TILLMAN TO RESIGN POSITION? Humor That Is Current In Washing? ton?It Is Not Known Definitely That He Will Do So. The Washington correspondent of the Savannah News sends that pa? per the following: "The almost certain resignation of Seanotor Benjamin R. Tillman from the senate of the United States, as the result of his present illness, has caused a considerable amount of in? teresting political gossip to be heard here concerning his successor. That there are many persons in South Carolina who would have no objec? tion to wearing the senatorial toga, if Tillman resigns, has been appar? ent for some time, but naturally has become more pronounced since the serious illness of the senator. "Had Tillman resigned before the legislature adjourned Saturday that body would have been called upon to name his successor and the new man would have held on until next De? cember, when congress will recon? vene. Now, however, the legislature having ended its work and gone home it would be for the governor to name the new man should a vacancy oc? cur. "Without discussing the matter with any candidate, but just from what may be picked up here and there among the South Carolina poli? ticians who have been in Washing? ton the last day or two, it is believed that the men who would probably be considered by Governor Ansel are George Johnstone of Newberry, a member of congress several years ago from the third district; R. Good wyn Rhett, present mayor of Charles? ton; Lewis W. Parker of Greenville, one of the best known cotton mill presidents of the country, and Jo? seph A. McCullough, a lawyer of Greenville. In addition to those there is J. Fr?ser Lyon, now serving his second term as attorney general of South Carolina, and former Gov? ernor D. C. Heyward. All are good, strong men and would no doubt fill the senatorial chair with credit. "The nominee, whoever ~^ight be, would go at once into the priiii?-.*y and stump the state during the coming summer. In the list of free for-all candidates would probably be not only some of those already men? tioned, but Representative Lever, the seventh district congressman, it is believed, would also make the race. If this primary should be like those that have been held for many years past there might be at least half a dozen men to seek the nomination. "While none of the persons named probably would care to discuss this matter now, because Senator Tillman has not yet resigned, and, in fact, many not do so, there is reason to be? lieve that few of them would decline the honor of representing their state in the upper house of congress. "Should Mr. Lever enter the race under the conditions named there would ensue a scramble for his seat in the house, with the field open for many good men to choose from and any one of a half a dozen would make a good, capable representative. It is said that Commissioner E. J. Watson of the state department of agri? culture, is perhaps better known for his public work than any other man in the district, and there is a feeling that he might make the race a lively one for his competitors should he run. "The whole situation is most in? teresting and while, as stated, Sen? ator Tillman has not yet resigned and may serve out the remainder of his term, should he decide to quit and spend the balance of his life on the farm. South Carolina would have some lively politics In the near fu? ture." The recent meeting of the legisla? ture changed the time for holding court in this county, and divorced the two courts. Just as soon as advance sheets arrive announcement will be made as to the specific time for the convening of eac h court. At present the information cannot be had. A white man. tanked up on blind tiger boose, was arrested about noon Saturduy by Officer McKagen. He was so far gone that help had to be call? ed iu to manage him. When searched he had two pints of whiskey upon his person. The Union Brokerage Co, which was organized here some time ago found that it would be necessary to Increase the capital stock as the stock was over subscribed, At B meet? ing of tin stockholders lasl Saturday the stock was Increased from 15,000 to $7,500, This Institution has ma.de 1 a fine beginning. South Carolina's Robespierre: lien Tillman. In an editorial which is strikingly stamped with the independence of thought for which it is noted. The Washington Post declares that "In resistless force of character Benjamin H. Tillman is the greatest man South Carolina ever produced." Doubtless when this superlative sentence was penned by the editor it was under the apprehension that the distinguished senator from South Carolina was upon his bed of death. Such tributes are seeldom pro? nounced before the end comes. For usually it requires the miracle of dissolution to convert the politi? cian into the statesman. But the latest news dispatches from Washington are decidedly reas? suring In regard to Senator Tillman's health, and like another famous in? valid?Mr. Stephens?he may yet en? joy the somewhat uncanny satisfac? tion of reading his obituary in print. The special achievement with which The Post credits Senator Till? man is the feat of overthrowing the oligarchy of illustrious families which from the time of the Revolution down to the last decade of the nineteenth century ruled the State of South Car? olina. "This regime," says The Post, "was partly political and partly social. It was never guilty of extravagance and never accused of graft. But the great families ruled." At some length The Post goes on to enumerate the illustrious names on the honor roll of oligarchs. The list includes the Pinckneys, the Rut ledges, the Marions, the Sumters, the Legares, the Calhouns, the McDuffles the Prestons, the Barnwells, the Rhetts, the Hamptons, the Butlers. To overthrow this powerful aristocra? tic dynasty was a task for Robes? pierre. But eventually from the sand hills of Edgefield there stepped forth an angular and awkward man of the people who was prepared to take over the contract. Says The Post: "Less than 25 years ago Benjamin R. Tillman determined to destroy this aristocratic regime. It was a battle of the giants. Hampton and Butler were representatives of it Both were of illustrious families both had fought and died for the South on many a stricken field, both were men of unblemished honor There rallied to them the serious of the old families, and they were in? trenched in the traditions of cen? turies. Even Ben ruiman's eld<r brother, who bail displayed conspi< cuous abilities In congress, spoke and vore? against tin policies of his brothei "But the 'Craker was, aroused. He had found a leader brave as Caesar, devoted as Hampden, impetuous as Hotspur, resolute, earnest, honest invincible. After a tremendous struggle Tillman was elected gover? nor in 1890, and two years thereafter he was re-elected. He was an 'archi? tect of ruin,' In that he held in con? tempt the traditions of the past and smote the oligarchy until it trembled and fell. Wade Hampton was the first citizen of the State; a hero and a statesman, the heir of a great name and of an immense fortune. No more gallant soldier drew sword in the big war, at the close of which he could have said with more truth than did the crowned Valois on the day of Pa via. 'All is lost save hon? or.' 'But without hesitation the new champion of popular government stripped Wade Hampton of his toga and gave it to another. Only a little while and he defeated M. C. Butler for the Senate in which body he took his scat in 1S95. "Nobody who witnessed the scene when Tillman delivered his maiden speech In the senate will ever forget it. His fellows appeared to he awed. Certainly nothing like it ever before transpired in that theatre. It recall? ed the presence of the rude Gaul in the Roman senate, as recorded in an? cient story. Tillman was fierce in his denunciation of the then Demo? cratic president and the Democratic secretary of the treasury. Nor was lie content with that. He assailed everything political then in existence, talked as though he felt that there was hut one honest man in public life, and he ;i senator from South Carolina with but one eye and a pitchfork in his hand. ?*Hut Tillman got bravely over that. As In1 came to know the senate he re? spected it. Blunt to vulgarity, he was honest to the core, and the senate (Mine to respect him and senators to love him. Perhaps had he been a greater Intellect and a thoroughly cultivated scholar he would have made for himself a smaller place. Certainly he would not have been the picturesque figure he became. "Not in breadth of Intellect, not in learning, not in eloquence, hut in re? sistless force of character, Ben Till? man is Ihe greatest man South Caro? lina ever produced, and one of the most i xtraordlnary men our country has produced." Atlanta Georgian. I Virtue is hold, and goodness never I fearful. - Shakespeare. LUNG HEMORRHAGES <! TOOK PE-RU-NA.) MISS NINETTE PORTER. Miss Ninette Porter, Braintree, Ver? mont, writes: "I have been cured by Peruna. "I had several hemorrhages of the lungs. The doctors did not help me much and would never have cured me. '?I saw a testimonial in a Peruna almanac of a case similar to mine, and I commenced using it. I wrote to Dr. Hartman for advice. He kindly gave ?M free advice. *'I was not able to wait on myself when I began using it. I gained very slowly at first, but I could see that it was helping me. "After I had taken it a while I com? menced to raise up a stringy, sticky, substance from my lungs. This grew less and less in quantity as I continued the treatment. ? I grew more fleshy than I had been for a long time, and now 1 call myself well." A Bad Cou&h. Mrs. Emma Martin, Odessa, Mo., writes: 4,I cannot thank you enough for curing me. '?For two years I doctored my cough, which cost me many dollars, but st 11 I seemed to get worse. My cough wa* so bad I could not sleep. ?'Finally I purchased a bottle of Pe ruua. After the use of six bottles I feel thai I am cured." People who object to liquid medicines can now secure Peruna tablets. i Another Term for Taft. The Republican organization was never more busily engaged in the game of national politics than now. It wishes to win the Congressional election this coming fall, and it also wishes to win the Presidental elections of 1912. Further than that, it wisheil to make a succes of the Taft adminis? tration, and to make sure noj that Mr. Taft shall be denominated but alec re-elected, All the tendencies ot our political ife now ? all for a two-term Incumbency President Clev dand intended to be a one-tei Presiueni, out conaiiions muue renomination inevitable. Mr. Ha son, like Mr. Cleveland, was reno nated for a second term, though, a like Mr. Cleveland, he was defeated the election. Mr. McKinley was nomlated under conditions that ma opposition impossible. In Roos velt's first year of the Presidency, ar even in his second and third yea the elements of opposition to h nomination in 1904 were so powerf that the chances seemed quite favor of the coalition of leaders an interests determined to eliminate tl Rough Rider from political conditio" that cleared the way, in the winter 1903-4, and made Mr. Roosevelt's r nomination an easy certainty, business of paving the way for M Taft's nenomination is going forwar quite as actively,?now that he h been In office exactly one year, the same sort of business went on the same stage of Mr. Roosevelt' Presidency, and in various earlier ad ministrations. State by State all ove the country the situation has bee ?'v.Jied with careful forecast; an nothing is allowed to pass unheede of uninfluenced. Old-line politician are taking lessons.?Review of Re views for March. Rice Flour. 35 tons fresh from the mills. Best and Cheapest Feed for Horses, Cows and Hogs you can buy. Booth-Har by Live Stock Co., Sumter S. C. 2 12-St.?W The W. O. W. will soon have th< uniform rank. The squad is bein drilled by Capt. G. C. Warren. The uniforms will soon arrive. Judge Richardson, in speaking o the proposed paving of Main street offers the suggestion that the materia used should not be one that will make a noisy thoroughfare. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children, The Kind You Have Always bought Bears the Signature of roil SALB?Genuine Marlbore Proli? fic seed corn. Bushel $2.00; hall bushel $1.25; peck 7 5 cents. Last year this corn measured 7 7 bush? els per acre with less than $11.00 worth of fertilizers. J. H. Myers, Sumter, S. C, R. P. D. No. 4