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SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1910. The Sumter Watchman waa found ad In 1850 and the True Southron In lilt The Watchman and Southron low has the combined circulation and Influence ot both of the old papers, and in manifestly the best advertising nrv- iium in Sumter. ?n. Wille Jones goes to the trouble to announce through the newspapers that he will gladly con? tinue to serve as chairman of the State Executive Committee, if he is re-elected. No one has even doubted It He has accepted every notoratv produclag Job he ever had a chance to get and has sought many others he could not get. His most notorious guoceaa in the way of Job accepting was tvat Semlnole trusteeship, and this should not be forgotten when the time for electing a chairman arrives, age Mr. John O. Capers, of Washing? ton. 1' C. a gentleman of delightful manners and charming personality, but degraded and disgusting politics, has been nosing around this State for some days trying to devise means for reviving the Republican corpse. Why John O. Capers should choose to be Republican boss In his native State. \ BIM rn.itr of Edmun I I >?? i g nd h i il fellow with Prloleau ft al, passes un? derstanding. MRI I ! I s|)\V VK.IIT. rlrcm.ii lb?vc l<ong Hum and Hard Work After They Get There. Tuesday night the Are alarm was aent in from Rox 35 about 10 o'clock. The Are department turned out to And that a four room house belong? ing to and occupied by William Law ton, colored brick layer, on Manning avenue, was In flames. The houses there were very close, and that the firemen succeeding In saving the two adjoining housea la evidence of the hard work they had to perform. The fire caught from the kitchen ? nd was not discovered till the flame* were seen coming Into the adjoining room. A part of the furniture was aav?d There la some Insurance both on the house and the furniture. The house to the south of the one burned, occupied by George Wilson, caught several tlmea. The roof vv badly damaged. Glenn West occupied the one on the nortn side. This one was not damaged ?o badly. Water did consid? erable dimage to the furniture.. Two delivery boys were arrested Tueeday for .Idlng cn the side? walks of Hayed streets and each waa fined one dollar. It is strictly against the rules to ride on the sld walk of a clayed street, and becau a sign waa put at the place where trie Street* were clayed to. some years ago, la no license to ride on the side walk?. Liberty. Calhoun. Hampton, Church. Broad. Harby avenue, Miami Ing avenue. Salem avenue. Wright afreet and many others have been clayed and if a cop catches you on flee ?id^" alk* y- u may expect frt for* jp lor A. T.'.ke this note >f warning The ft '.ctlco of running automo? bile,? at full speed on some of our ?treats should bo stopped if a special policemun hax to be stationed In that part of the town to stop It. It Is dangerous to the children there?and their name Is legion. It Is a dally occurrence tor Urlvers of autos to go at the full speed of the machine on Liberty, ('.landing. Wright Hamp? ton .ml S.?!.-m Sibm avenue Is one of the I -Ht clayed streets in town and rh i H picked for just such ca? pers. A large number of the ma? chin?* guilty of smh practice have no numbers, and If a child were run over and killed there would be no wa. of tlxlng the blame. The police should see to It that all machines carry the number corresponding to the registered number, and that ling Is stooped. If the county pays Its fair share of the c.?n\ of deep,-ning Turkey Cr. k < anal, and if the property own? ers whose land Is rendered arable and valuable by the drainage afford ed by the canal can be induced to pay their fair and equitable share of the cost, the burden the city will have to bear will be materially lightened. Without the canal the land adjacent thereto would be valueless as farm Ipg land Instead of the most produc? ts, hi the \|. |nlty of the city, and It will be only fair to require the land owners to bear a part of the cost of maintaining the drainage svMcm that enhiin? es the value of this property. The local m ?n had occasion recent? ly to visit the study of Rabbi Sessler and was struck with a rather unbp'e plot uro. It was a likeness of Itaron Hlrs? h |ha lb br R phllantropist. and the likeness was mad*- by arrange? ments of the wording. The wn ith around the picture was don, in the anno- rn inn- r. I >r S. - r h i ^ m r than 3.000 volumes In his library, which makes It a most nOggplltl one. Farmers' Union News ?AND ? Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers (Conducted by K. \V. Dabbs, President Fanners* Union of Suinter County.) The Watchman and Southron having decided to double its service by semi-weekly publication, would Improve thnt service by special features. The first to be inaugurated is this Department for the Farmers' Union and Practical Farmers which I 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 the Union are requested to use these columns. Also to publish such clippings from the agricultural papers and Govern? ment Bulletins as I think will be of practical benefit to our readers. Ori? ginal articles by any of o?-r readers telling of their successes or failures will be appreciated and ) ablished. Trusting this Department will be of mutual benefit to all concerned, THE EDITOR. All communications for tl is Department should be sent to E. W. Dabbs. Mayesvllle, S. C. ^ Note* on Merlin? of Sumter County Farmers' Union. The meeting of the Fnion at Cain's Mill last Friday, April 1st, was one of the best in the history of the or? der. There were representatives from ? v, ry section of the county to enjoy the hospitality of the good people of Jordan and Privateer. A prettier plaee for a meeting could hardly he found anywhere. The comfortable pavilion, plenty of shade and water for man and beast; the quaint old mill house with Its saw and grist mill; and the boat hoc re with Its tele? phone and motor boat, bringing into close touch with the outside world this most picturesque pond, with its winding channel, Hilles, cy? presses and beautiful sloping side hills, covered with pine and oak, dog? wood and sweetgum, and in one or two places cultivated lands down to the water's edge, make It an Ideal place for a picnic or meeting of any kind. President Perrltt of the State Union was present and contributed not a little to the Interest of the meeting. Several maters of Importance to the order and the welfare of the farmers were discussed and we trust good will follow the conservative action of *ur County Union. A very gratifying feature was the inquiry from mem? bers of the Union In Darlington coun? ty as to how they might join in our T nion Brokerage Company, the busi? ness of which is showing such a healthy growth under the efficient management of Pro. J. M. Rrogdon. The next meeting of the County Union will be with the Wlsacky Union at Elliotts in L#e County May 6th. The cordial co-operation of the unions in these three counties, Lee, Sumter and Clarendon has caused the suggestion to be made that we organize a trl-county union. But if our Darlington friends Join in with ua "trl-county" will be a misnomer. E. W. D. S?mm1 Corn Breeding And Fairly Cult! vat ion of Corn. W. C. Cook. The time spent in selecting and im? proving seed, and getting a thorough? ly prepared seed bed for the same, is well spent and profitably invested, and I know from experience that we will get paying returns for all iln.e given to such work. We began sev? eral years ago to Improve our BSSd corn and have received paying re? turns for every moment's time given to breeding and improving seed corn. We began with a large eared coin that required from ?0 to ?>5 best ear. tO shell MM bushel, p.y careful breed? ing m Isolated breeding plots we have brad a oorn that 46 selected ears shelled one bushel; we al> bred ? corn that 1acres averaged ? i bushel-, of shelled corn per acre without inn- fertiliser, In those is<? lated plots we fertilised liberally and nave the brst cultivate?n. We al? lowed no pH*? or weakly stalks t? grow ; are w ould also cut out all t is ?eta from corn that did not boar i uniform aar at a uniform height; wa ib tasseled part of the s? ed stalk: that were lafl and saved our s?o^ ears from these detasseled stalks; bj so doing we have prevented Inbreed? ing and have gradually brought out corn (as one can see from size ot ems and yield per acre) until It ha? reached a high degree of perfection One may think that the time spent lo rajg the su.thing barrow ovel an extra time Ih time almost lost, but nine times out of ten it meam an Increase of grain that will tlnn and again pay for the extra harrow? ing. I Bad on c lay BUhsoll that iUb? ?oiling pays handsomely. | do n d find it paya to turn up much aubax ? to eurfaoe, unless done very early. Prom ? i park a< a i n mi thai it payi handsomely to run a amoothlng nur< row or weeder over the corn before it comes up, Such working Kil'-i a t it number of weed and grass reed thai is sure to germinate before the colli ffuoh plowing also enabVs the i "i-n to eoma uniformly and par fectly, whi- h is absolutely essential in order to get a large yield. I am aide to get larger yields from shal? low level cultivation and find It means a loss of corn to allow a crust to form and remain for any length of time after rains. I have als) found one is paid handsomely to keep the cultivators going shallow 'and orten in times of drought. On ono occa? sion we averaged 50 busre-ls per ac rt by cultivating right on through the drought, while our fr'eads, .vho ceased cultivating, made a complete failure. Tonnessee. Farmers' Fniou Wants the Torrcns System. The National Union, which in? cludes the State Unions, is behind some legislation in Washington, two of these matters being the abolition of the cotton exchange, so as to de? stroy gambling in futures in farm products, > nd to secure the enac t? ment of t ie parcels post law. In State legislation we favor the Tor? rcns eyetem Of land registration which would effec t a saving to the whole population in real estate ex? changes and also secure the title, for under the Torrens system of land tenure the State guarantees the title, and there would be no lawsuits.? Dr. ff. Q. Alexander. WASHINGTON WANTS EXPOSI? TION, Capital ftty Trying for Panama Cele bration?Plans for the Big Show in 1915 Are Already Being Faid?-New Orleans Also Wants It. Washington, D. C. April 2.? It is probable that in the summer of 1915 at the completion of the most stumpendous work ever undertaken by man, a ship-waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans at Panama, there will be a great cele? bration in Washington taking the form of an international fair and ex? position. The city of Washington, as? sisted by Senators and Representa? tives from Maryland and Virginia and also to some extent favored by the eastern slates, attempted twenty years ago to secure an international exposition at the capitai of the Uni? ted states, but, after considerable work had been done, a powerful lob? by of Chieagoans got the ear of Con Kress and camly carried the big show to Chicago. This was the quadren? nial of the discovery of America. Twenty years ago Washington was little prepared for a great exposition such as have beer, held often in Paris, twice in Vienna, in London, Philadelphia, Chicago, st. Louis, Buf? falo, New Orleani and Atlanta, but now the capital city is at last twice as capable in entertaining and lodg? ing eapaclty as she was in lsyo. Since then a Union railway station, the finest and most commodious in tiie United States, if not In the world, has been built; many new hotels have been erected, hundreds of apartment bouses have sprung up and electric railways reaching to all parts of the surrounding country and towns have made, as it were, one city of Wash? ington, Baltimore, Alexandria, Hock ville, Hyattsvillc, Takoma, Chevy Chafe and Palll Church, thus taking in. as it were, ,tn area capable of offering aooomodatlona to a half million visi? tors. Bui the greatest improvement thai has been made in Washington and completed sitae lS'.to is tin- re? clamation of the Potomac Flats and their transformation Into a beauti? ful park in the center of the city, as it were, for this park lies between Pennsylvania Avenue, the White House und the Potainlc River, The park is perfectly level, of ample area, and admirably adapted as a show ground or site for a world's fair. At Philadelphia, Chicago and St. Louis it was necessary to travel for miles from the eltj In order to reach the exposition, and the fatigue suffer? ed nng the time loaf going from lodg Irgs to the fair and returning greatly Interfered with the enjoymenl and the educational benefits thai might have been derived. The Potomac Park is in ea: y walking distance from the center of the city and easily ac? cessible by already established street car lines from all parts of the sur? rounding country. There is a plan to secure, if possi? ble, ex-President Roosevelt as presi? dent of the exposition. Leading busi? ness and professional men in Wash? ington have united in an effort to secure his acceptance. The Board of Trade, the Chamber of Commerce and other citizens' associations of the District are interested in the move? ment and there is strong probability that the greatest of human undertak? ings will he celebrated at the capital of the country most vitally interested in the completion of the Interoceanic Canal. The events of the week in Congress have been interesting, but not particu? larly sensational. Mr. Root has finished his speech upon the adminis? tration railroad bill in which he ex? pounded the Constitutional question involved and made the important ad? mission that there were certain car? riers in the country that would be exempted from the operations of the sections regulating stocks and bond issues. The Senate committee Investigating the high cost of living of which Sena? tor Lodge is chairman, found a pretty tough witness in Wallace Pierce of Boston, yesterday. Mr. Pierce insist? ed that the tariff had advanced prices and when asked for specific instances he promptly gave them, citing a number of articles in common use on which the prices had been advanced, due, he said, to the Payne-Aldrich bill. There was a clash yesterday be? tween Senator Nelson and Attorney Brandeis in the Ballinger-Pinchot In? vestigation Committee, in which the antagonism which has seemed to ex? ist between the Attorney and the Chairman from the beginning of the controversy was emphasized and in? tensified. Several prominent members of Con? gress have stated that they do not think Congress can finish werk and adjourn by the 15th of May as pre? dicted by Senator Aldrich. Champ Clark of Missouri says July the 1st will still see Congress in session. Atlanta, Qa., April 5.?Governor Joseph M. Brown approved today the action of the State prison board in refusing a purdon to Wm. H. Mit? chell, the wealthy Thomas county man, convicted of attempted assault upon Mis Lucille Linton, a young so? ciety woman. The request was based Upon Mitchell's alleged failing health. ANOTHER SIIIPMKXT? Direct from the mills, twenty-five tons sice flour, fresh and sweet, cheapest and beat horse, heg and cow feed you can buy. Booth-Harby Live Stock Co. 4-7-3teo.d W. 4t FOR SALE?15 to 20 head Berke shire pigs, from registered stock at $2.50 each. J. H. Myers. Phone 712-2. 4-5-2t. W. 2t. BEi:s FOR SALE?Or to a reliable and competent party to manage on shares?about 20 colonies of Bees in movable frame Hives?Langs troth pattern. Can be seen at olti W. Hampton Ave. X. G. Osteen NOTICE. CALL FOR MEETING OF DEMO? CRATIC CLUBS. Pursuant to the order of the Suit1 Bxcutive Committee the several Dem? ocratic Clubs of Sumter County are hereby called to meet in their re? spective places on Saturday, April 2:*rd. 1910, for the purpose of re-or gunizing for tho ensuing campaign and election, to elect delegates tj the County Convention which will meet on Monday. May 2nd, 1910 in the Court House, and for such other pur? poses as may come before such Clubs; one delegate to be elected by the Clubs for each twenty-five members or fractional part thereof. The Clubs in the City of Sumter will met on Friday, April 22nd, 1910. JOHN H. CLIFTON, j Chairman Democratic Executive Com? mittee for Sumter County. ' 4-8-4t-ltaw. The descent to hell is easy.?Virgil. KKPOKT OF THE CONDITION OF IHK FIRST NATIONAL BANK, OF 8UMTER, \t Sumter, in the State of South Carolina, at the close of business. Mar. 29th, 1910. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts, $601,989 52 Overdrafts, secured and unse? cured, 12,671 70 U. 8. Bonds to secure circula? tion. 25,000 00 Premiums on U. 8. Bonds, 500 00 Bonds, securities, etc., 14,000 00 Banking house, furniture and fixtures, 3.000 00 Other Heal Estate Owned 586 56 Due from National Banks (not reserve agents), 6 687 11 Due from State and Priv te Bank* and Bankers, T ust Companies, and Savings Banks, 826 81 Due from approved reserve agents, 17,603 36 < 'hecks and other cash items, 1,927 23 Notes of other National Banks, 2,770 00 fractional paper currency, nickels and cents, 1,401 02 Lawful Money Reserve in Bank, viz: Specie, 19,793 10 Legal-tender notes, 500 00 20,293 10 Redemption Fund with U. 8. Treasurer, (5 per ct. of cir? culation,) 1,250 00 Total, $610,5( 6 40 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in, $100,000 00 Surplus fund, 60,000 CO Undivided profits, less ex? penses and taxes paid, 38,016 87 National Bank notes outstand? ing. 26,000 00 D le to Other National Banks, 4,472 06 Dae to State and Private Banks and Bankers 13,913 79 Dividends Unpaid, 48.00 Individual deposits subieot to check. 379,027 32 Ch hier's Checks Ontstanding, 28.36 Total $610,506 40 State of South Carolina, | gg County of Sumter. ) I, J. L McCALLUM, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. J. L. McCALLUM, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 6t? day of Apr. 1910. G. L. WARREN, Notary Public. Correct?Attest: GEO. D. SHORE, ,INO. REID, .Directors. H. P. ".ARNETT, If you want to break into Good Society?or Good Business?or a Good Position WEAR GOOD CLOTHES We Sell Good Clothes Clothes that are RIGHT -Right in Qual? ity, right in style, right in price, right for you or any other man who wants the best in the world for the money. Compare our prices. The Sumter Clothing Co.