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?l;c i&tuuuiuuii mm v.:u]u\;k WEDNESDAY, MARCH SO, 1910. The Sumter Watchman was found? ed In 1850 ami the True Southron Ifl lilt. The Watchman and gOStarOg now has the combined circulation and Influence of both of tin- old papers and Is manifestly the best adveuising medium In Sunder. Why did n ?t Sumter re-elect the rman who was ho persistent Inst the blind tigers??Florence lea "his sinister Intimation that Sum did not re-elect an alderman who ? against the blind tigers because his antagonism to the illicit sale liquor ealls for prompt eontradi ?? i. It is presumed that reference nade to Alderman Ligon, who. as ilrman of the Police Committee of 0'"in. il, had charge of the cam fn against the tigers. Mr. Ligon i not defeated as he was not candidate for re-election, having itlvely declined to offer for re ?tion on account of his health. 1 he stood for re-election he would e received a large majority of the es cast in the primary of Tuesday Mis work against the blind tig was endorsed by a very large ma ity of the people of Sumter, and Is toda\ more popular and strong than ever before. The blind tigers not control In this town. The die official who comes out openly I decidedly for the enforcement of law has the people lor him, not ilnst him. For the information of I ' e Florence Times we will state fur r that while Sumter did not re ct the alr>rman who was so per ent against the blind tigers for the son that we did not have the ince to do so, that we did elect, as yor. the attorney who prosecuted of the cases against the tigers and lected fines from them aggregating . 500. OCR SITl Vl l >\ l NFAVORABLE i in Prices of New York Bond* Cause* Discouragement. Sew York. March 27.?The dull and rrc*v stock market of last week b re little relation to course of events the outside world, except as It was Id in restraint by the prospect of rtallment by the double holiday and < possible d??m md upon the 10n0| irk. t of the approaching April set menta. The pgtJsgf position was compllcat ? i by the week's sale of $50.000,000 ?w York city \ 1-t per c ent, bonds. results of that sale also lllum. ted the Investment situation In a ly not wholly cheering to senti? ent. The first impr-ssion of the sale H good owing to the large volume applications and the considerable reign it inand included. The ;. e subscription price of 101.28 also ove l rather I . tttr than the pre nlnary bankers estimates. The new ?nds were Imir li ably added to the exchange ...? . (> traded In when mod. but Um . g In the price turned e f? : .g to ( f discouragement, a gold down during ' e ^ SI to t?10 krWCfJl price since the pi . ?! ">7 and with that ex pti n : i- the first half of the ?t ssntw '"he reappsaraacs of I short time i illroad note i>.sue in the New York markst WSJ additional evidn ?? of the igjjstlsfsrl ry Igvssf ment demand f i' tixed interest secur? ities. The sust lined high prices of commodities, the excited Speculation In rubier an I oil shares In the Lon? don stock market and the WUsSSTSSd agitation for wage increases wer* re? garded as different signs of the same uns? It! tnent In standards of value. on the si b- of the labor question, satisfaction was felt over the settle? ment ?f the W. ^tern railroads' flre gSSSi's dispute. Hopeful views were h? I I also of jm adjustment of the coal miners' troubles In the Middle West. The subject r talned its dis? turbing force by reason of other dis? putes still to SS met and of the re? newed ?itta? k on the I'nlted States Hftl Corporation by the American Fed< i lion of Labor. The cheerful \ i. . ntrtaite d |,\ the railroad traf? fic otlh lals of business prospects be'p ed to restore confidence In labor set? tlements. Huslness In Iron was done at reced? ing quot itlonS. The problem of damage to the wheat ? rop remained in active com? putation. Political unrest had some reib i flon In the securities markets through the apprehension of a re? opening of the qustiog of tariff re? vision. If you are running a butter dairy, you should ba\e a I'.abcock test ma? chine, and If one < ow Is giv ing you gallons of 5 per cent milk you do not want to spend the same amount of fe#?<! on another cow that Is giving you a smaller amount of two and a half per cent. milk. You need to ? t.otirdlrur cows that are ?*tIn. ., ? . d . \ I . !???( i.i ih ths barn I Farmers' Union News ?AND ? Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers (Conducted hy hl. \\. Dabbs, President Farmers' Union of Sumter County.) The Watchman and Southron having decided to double its service hy semi-weckiy publication, would Improve that tervlce by special features. The first to he Inaugurated is this Department for the Farmers' Union and Practical Farmers which 1 have been requested to conduct. It will be my aim to give the Union news and official calls of the Union. To that end officers, and members of tue Union are requested to use these columns. Also to publish such clippings from the agricultural papers and Govern? ment bulletins as I thinl 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 neneflt to all concerned, THE EDITOR. All communications for tl Is Department should be sent to E. W. Dabbs. Mayesville. S. C. IfOTIOS FARMERS' UNION. The Sumter County Farmers' Union Will meet on Friday, April 1st, with the Jordan Union. It is important that all the local unions he represent? ed at this meeting. E. W. DABBS. Hugh Witherspoon, President. Secretary. This Means You! All who are Interested In keeping at home the money sent out of the eounty every year for what is adver? tised to he, "The Pest Seed Corn," all of those who wish to obtain, "The Host Seed Corn," all of those who wish to sell at a fancy price, "The Best Seed Corn," and all who are in? terested In the county's growing more corn, are cordially invited to meet at the Court House, next Saturday a. m. at 11 o'clock, April the 2nd, to organize. "The Sumter County Corn Growers' Association." It will not be necessary for this as? sociation to have more than two meetings a year, one just before planting and the other just after gathering in the autumn. Everybody la eligible, and. If you have any in? terest In building up the welfare of the county you should become a) member. In traveling about over the I ? "tinty. 1 have seen over a hundred | kinds of seed corn being planted, and less than half of the people believe that they are planting "The He it Seed <'orn." and I know that less than ten per <^ent. of the people are planting, ?The Lest See?! Corn." For "The Pest Seed Corn" for Sumter county can be brad only in Sumter county, and fewer than ten per cent, of the I.pie an paying any attention to brssdlm corn. Bom4 men think they are breeding corn when they select for planting the best ears In the crib, I without any knowledge of the stalk on which it was grown. A corn that will produce two ears to the stalk Is generally accepted as better than a corn that produces one, but when you meiert the largest best ears in the crib. YOU usually get the ears that grew OBe on a stalk each and. instead of improving your corn, you are holding Ii back and keoplni tt from becomlni a prolific corn. The fertiliser bill of this county is sumlng enormous proportions, and In general, the lands are not improv? ing very much In quality, If the poo i in be awakened to see the profit In growing corn( oats, and peavlne hay, the growing of hogs, cattle and mules will follow. Nitrogen, the cost Hi st element in fertilizers, will be produced A borne, or taken directly from the air. and the quality of the land Will begin to show some lasting improvement. Let us cut down our work by growing corn, which takes only four or five months, while the other feiiow is working eleven or twelve months in his cotton patch. Tin n, If there Is a big crop of corn mule. \\?- can turn some of the corn Into beef and pork and have two chances to got ? good price for our corn, while the fellow who helps to grow ;i large cotton crop has only one chance at selling his cotton. Prof, Ira W. Williams, State l>cm nstratlon Agent has asked me to ill tins meeting, and i hope ? hun dre I of tin- farmers that usually may i ?? seen on the streets on Saturdays, with a number who usually remain at home, and the loading men of the ? ity. Will call around at the Court House st eleven o'clock and enlist in cause that will most rapidly i?uii<i up the Hnances of Bumter county. J. PRANK WILLIAMS. Bumter, B, C, March 2'j, ttls. The cattle Industry, ThS State and federal agents in th k eradiation work are now being placed in tiie gold for the summer's campaign and by April 1st tin- entire force will be at work in the north? western counties of this state i. e. ai> bovlltoi Greenwood, Laurens, Union, Cherokee, Bpartanburg, Cheater and York. Bvery effort Will DO made |n completely free this area from ticks place it above the federal quar e line this year. December ?'?. 1909, the counties come. Plckens, Greenville and Anderson were released from federal quarantine and cattle can now be shipped from this area to any portion of the United States without restric? tion. This has already greatly stimu? lated Interest in the feeding of beef cattle, as cattle in this area can now be placed on the market without re? striction and consequently bring more than cattle fed in other portions of the State. Tick eradication work in South Carolina has been in progress since July 1, 1907, when Oconee, Pickens, Greenville and Anderson counties were first quarantined against cattle from other portions of the State. In these counties over 800 tick i cested premises were found on first . >ec tlon, and with the exception of a small number of farms, these prem? ises have b??*Mi entirely freed from ticks. In Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens. Union, Spartanburg, Cherokee, Ches? ter and York counties, which were quarantined in June, 1908, about 2, 000 tick infested premises were found, ind nearly half of these have already been freed from ticks. The remaind? er will be freed this summer and thes counties will then be in condi? tion for release from federal quaran? tine. The work Is being conducted by the State in co-operation with the U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry un? der an Act of the General Assembly which authorizes the Board of Trus? tees of Clemson College to appro? priate funds and adopt necessary reg? ulations for the execution of this work. The appropriation bill recent? ly passed by the General Assembly directs the appropriation of $5,000 out of the Clemson College funds for tick eradication work, but the amount expanded for the present fiscal year will be in the neighborhood of $20, 000. Agents in tick eradication work are directed by a Federal Inspector at Spartanburg and by the State Veteri? narian at Clemson College. The pro? gress of this work will now be more rapid as the people of the State are beginning to realize that the cattle tick causes an enormous loss which can be easily prevented. The esti? mated loss to the people of the South? ern States, which can be attributed to this dangerous parasite, is about $ 10,000,000 each year while an esti? mate of $900,000 annual loss to the people of South Carolina would not be execesslve.?Greenville News. Bed Clay and Gasolene. Yesterday we rode up to Ed Fos? ter's farm to examine the plowing he was doing with gasolene power. He In-light a 12-horse engine and a gang of three disc plows. Soon after he began to work the wet weather set in and stopped him for several weeks. He is now finishing about 50 acres. He took off one disc because the power was not sufficient to pull the three In the hard clay, The held ex? amined had been plowed 4 to 5 Inches In former years. The hard land in places had never been broken. The average depth he has plowed it this lime Is about 8 inches. It may be less In places. We said to him that he was bring? ing up too much red clay In places, while he admitted that it was too much, he thought by harrowing and heavy fertilising tin crop of this year would be good, and it will be. He did very fine work, When a disc plow brings up and pulverizes three inches of hard clay great power Is required. Four heavy mules would not have done the Work as well as it was done by gasolene power. There is no doubt as to the value of the work done. Next year two more Inches of clay can be touched up and in the course of three years the soil will be in to 12 Inches deep. Mr. Foster proposes to get a 15-horse power engine and use the three discs. Two hands arc required to do the work and the gasolene and machine oil costs about |2.60 a day of 12 hours. Two discs will cut about 22 Inches. The machine does not move ?piite as fast as lively horses hit bed to s plow. With tin two discs four acres may be broken in 12 to 1 1 hours even when the clay is very hard. Counting time, oil and two hands the cost of breaking will be $2.00 to 12. 26 an acre, and it is cheap at that, when the style of work is considered. Any farmer who lias r>o to 100 a< res of land on Which such a machine can h? used should have one.?Spartan burg Journal. I'XCLE SAM AFTER BLIND TIGERS More Drastic Measures to be Taken To Suppress "Bootlegging"?Liquor Peddling Not Covered hy Revenue. Washington, March 26.?War on "blind tigers" and. on "bootleggers" has been declared by the Administra? tion. Hereafter persons engaging in these forms of tho liquor traffic rue t > he dealt with much more drastical? ly than heretofore. This stand of the government has particular reference to violation of the internal revenue laws in "dry" country, where local complaints had come to President Taft from various "dry" districts, notably in the South find West, that the prohibiton laws were negative through the operation of the "'?lind tigers," and the "boot? leggers," and in response to demands for remedial measures, he directed that steps be taken to stop the prac? tices so far as lay within the Federal power. New regulations were drawn under the supervision of Mr. Cabell, the commissioner of internal rvenue, and approved by Secretary MacVeagh to? day. They set out that as the ped? dling of liquors are not covered by the internal revenue laws, as no pro? vision is made for the issuance of any stamp legalizing such practice, peddlers of liquors, or "bootleggers," are not to be regarded as coming within the class of unintentional vio? lators and should be arrested and re? ported for prosecution whenever found selling liquor in such manner. Heavy penalties of fine or impris? onment or both are prescribed for violations of the law. As a supplemental measure of as? sistance to the States in the enforce? ment of their prohibition laws, a method has been provided by which they may obtain information gathered by the Federal government of inter nal revenue violations. WILD ANIMALS FOR AMERICA. Famous Hunters Say They Would j Furnish (iamo, Food And Hides. Washington, March 24.?The intr< duotlon of the hippopotamus, th> rhinoceros, the camel, the eland, th springbok, the trek bok, the dik-dik, the koo-doo, the giraffe and other African animals into America as a solution of the problem of food sup? ply was suggested by speakers before the House Committee on Agriculture today. Capt. Fritz Duquesne, a Boer; Dr. W. N. Erwin, of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture, and Major Burnham, who has spent years in Africa and accompanied for? mer President Roosevelt on part of his travels, argued in favor of the Broussard bill to import wild and do? mestic animals into the United States. Such animals, according to the bill, must prove useful either as food or as beasts of burden. All the witnesses stated that many of the animals in Africa easily could be raised in this country. "The hippopotamus can be led and i fed on a milk bottle," declared Cap [ tain Duquesne, who formerly served with the Boer army. "The zebra would in three or four generations be? come so tame that he would meander Into your bedrooms. The zebra is very sturdy and strong, as you would know if you had ever been kicked by one." "The mule Is pretty good for that," interjected Representative Cocks, of New York. "Every desirable animal In Africs can be domesticated here," resumed the witness. "King Menelik domesti? cated the lion, l would not, however, recommend that here." "There is no difficulty about the differing temperatures of Africa and America," continued Captain Du? quesne. "In one place where Teddy passed through on his recnt hunt the frost was this thick"-and the witness Indicated the thickness. "Who do you mean by Teddy?" asked the committee. "Mr, Roosevelt." replied the wit? ness. "We call him Teddy there." "The camel can go seven days with? out water," continued Duquesne. "He can carry S00 pounds pack, and one man can drive a long string of them. The rhinoceros. which keeps the streams free of water vegetation, could lind food In the millions of acres that are suitable for him In the South. The eland, shunning farms and mankind, could live in the more desolate regions. The African buffalo could live on marshy ground and supply the best leather in the world." Dr. Irwin said America could find a place for the more than one hun? dred species of undomestlcated ani? mals; that the yak, hippopotamus, buffalo and camel were excellent food and valuable in many ways. Major Bumhamb described conditions along similar lines. TUE PITTSBITHG GRAFT. _ _ i - Hank Olllee rs Pay Couneilmen in Or? der to Have Deposits Made at Their Instil ittions. Pittsburg, March 15.?Laying bare the appal ing details of Pittsburgh civic unrighteousness, ordering indic t? ments against :i 1 present and pant, councilman and making a demand on the direc tors cd' the city depositor!* a 1 to investigate their own boards ar.,1 j ascertain the bribe givers in conn, , - \ tion with the ordinance designating their Institutions as city depositories, formed the meat of two presentments made by the grand jury today. The presentments make a sensa tional story of the inside history of | corruption In the municipal bodies in I 1908, and the demand made upon the j banks named indicates that even! more sensational developments than I have been exposed are expected on I Monday when the bank directors, complying with the demand of the grand jury, made their report in court. A further recomemndation of the presentment of the jury was the or? der to City Comptroller Morrow today for the withdrawal of city funds from the six banks and the practical nulli? fication of the ordinance designating them as custodians of city funds. There Is about $3,640,320 in these banks now, and this would be in? creased many millions during the next week by taxes that are being paid. According to the comptroller, the withdrawal of funds will be gradual, however, so that the institutions may not be embarrassed or any undue alarm caused depositors. The extract from the presentments calling upon the bank directors reads: "We call upon directors of the six banks named as city depositories to investigate who paid for each of said banks the bribes herein set forth and report the same to the grand jury, not later than Monday, March 28, 1910. And we further demand that said re? port be in writing and certified to by directors of said oanks, individually. ?'We strongly recommend and in? sist that the proper officials of the city of Pittsburg take immediate le? gal action to nullify the ordinance naming the Farmers' National Bank of Pittsburg, the German National Pank of Pittsburg, the German Na ? fin] Partfe r?f Mlegheny *y>a Polum* may not benetit by reason oi uieir own wrong doing and criminal conduct. The presentments give the full de? tails of the plot on the part of the couneilmen to obtain bribes from the six banks, of the means adopted for paying the brtbs, and the story of the transfer of $4 5,000 by an unnamed man to a former councilman, Charles Stewart, in the Hotel Imperial, New York, is told. U is related that Max G. Leslie, former chairman of the Republican county committee, received $25,000 by arrangement from E. H. Jennings and F. A. Gritlin of the Columbia Na? tional bank, who was then president of common council, directly or indi? rectly, $17,500 to obtain the city deposits for the Columbia National Bank. An unnamed man is said to be interested and concerned in the payment of the money by Leslie to Brand, either as intermediary or prin? cipal. It is declared that Morris Einstein received $15,000 from the Working man's Savings and Trust Company to have that bank named as a city de? pository, but the name of the bank official who paid him the money Is unknown. It Is further declared in the pre sentments that the members of the grand jury are of the opinion that the books of the Worklngman's bank have been mutilated, three pages hav? ing been cut from the ledger. Ein steln, it is alleged, also kept $5,000 for his services. Further details in the presentments are that two city clerks were given $1,000 each and that $1,750 was set apart for newspaper men and then Henry Bolger, the saloon keeper al? ready convicted of bribery, was given $500 for his services in bringing about the meeting between officials of the German National Bank of Pittsburg and the couneilmen. Senator Percy, of Mississippi, says he doesn't intend to revolutionize that body. Ahlrieh and bis crowd can therefore rest easy.?Atlanta Journal. Three' negroes, Blandlng Harris, Sadie Pringle and Ella Jackson, were before the Recorder this morning for disorderly conduct and were each given $10 or 20 days. They paid up. Positively Going to Leave. The Cute Studio will stop making pictures here on April the 20th. Come now while you have the chance for after 5:30 the 20th of April will be too late. Thanking you for your patronage and bidding you a kind adieu, we beg to remain photograph? ically yours. Harreirs Cute Studio. 3-29-3t- wed. W. & 8. WONDERS i'OR ME." ?mm Wmmm MRS. ROSA BOYER. v;j[Rs. Rosa BOYEXt, 1421 RIi mu ~' A Ave., Evanston, 111., writes: "If axiy one has reason to praise Peruna it \. surely myself. "Last spring I became ec run down m the serious effects of a lingering < Id, that several complications united I : pulling mc down. I could neither eat ? r sleep well, and lost flesh and spirit. 'I finally tried Peruna and it did i ouders for me. In two weeks I was Ilka another person, and in a month 1 '.-It better than I ever had before. "I thank Peruna for new life and strength. I send you two pictures, so you can see what Peruna has done for ?U?.? Better Than for Years. "Mrs. Mary F. Jones, Burning Springs, Ivy., writes: "I wi*h to speak a word in praise of your highly valued Peruna, as I have been blessed with the golden opportu? nity of giving it a fair and impartial test, and can say that I have had better health, far better, since I have been using it than for quite a number of years before. "One of my neighbors had stomach trouble. I recommended Peruna to her, and now she is well and healthy, after having been pronounced hopeless by wveral physicians." Man-a-lin an Ideal Laxative. A Correction. The following letter from Rev. Richard Carroll explains itself. We regret very much that we were mis? informed as to the lecture. Editor Daily Item: [ slmplj wish to correct a state* menl if: the 1 ? u of Mar h 26 which n ferred t- my lecture in S;-nt- r. iii'-h said the occasion ol the meet of our people as to whether Sumter wanted the Colored State Fair or not. I do not want the citizens of Sumter, white or colored, to misunderstand me. As I was booked to lecture In Paxville the night of the 25th and had to pass through Sumter, I asked the Rev. Pinson and R. W. Westberry to call a meeting in Sumter in the interest of the State Fair which is to be held in Columbia this year. Of course, several of our most prominent members of the Associa? tion favor Sumter as a most perma? nent place for the Negro State Fair. Personally I have never committed myself publicly or privately for a permanent location simply because we did not have the money to buy land at present anywhere. At the same time I have always been im? pressed with Sumter as one of the best locations in the South for the negro fair. But I am giving my at? tention absolutely to the work of making the fair a great success this year. My time had not come to feel tlie sentiment of the people of Sumter. But I believe as stated, that they can get the fair if the colored and white citizens will take hold of matters in earnest. But I have not sought to buy land anywhere. There is a com? mittee appointed by the association to look up a location. They are W. T. Andrews, Sumter; C. F. Holmes, Orangeburg, and Dr. J. H. Goodwin, Weston. They have not yet turned in their report, but I understand they are in favor of Sumter as a central location. Any town properly located and has railroad facilities and the financial spirit. I think stands a good chance to get the Negro Fair in the future. It Is going to be the greatest enter? prise ever launched by negros in the South. Yours respectfully, RICHARD CARROLL. Columbia, S. C, March 2??, 1910. Among the offices to be filled this summer will be that of Judge of Pro? bate. Auditor, Treasurer, Supervisor. Superintendent of Education, Sena? tor, three Representatives, and seven Magistrates. Candidates for these positions will soon begin announcing. WANTED?To contract with party owning team to log and load on log cars, five to ten thousand feet logs per day. D. W. Alderman & Sons' Company, Alcolu, S. C. W. 3-26-H. HEES FOB SALE?Or to a reliable and competent party to manage on shares?about 20 co onies of Bees In movable frame .'lives?Langs troth pattern. Can be~ seen at 316 W. Hampton Ave. N. G. Osteen.