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SATURDAY, MAY 14, (910. The Sumur Watchman was* found? ed In ISou and the True Southron In II??. The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation and Influence cf both of the old paper*, and Is manifestly the best advertising medium in Sumter. SOMrmUNti TO THINK ABOUT. Some of the people of Florence Malue the import nice of immediate action to secure the extension of the Seit. ..i! I Air Line from llartsvilte to that town and they are moving in that direction. They see that if they go to sleep now and permit the road to go elsewhere or to stop at Harts vllle, Florence will not obtain a Sea? board NMMOtlN at any time in the ?ear future. Therefore they are do? ing what Sumter ought to have done several weeks ago. The following ar? ticle which was printed in the Flor? ence Times yesterday, is reproduced for the purpose of giving our people something to think about: "The Times is in receipt of the first offer to make to the Seaboard to con? tinue Its line from Hartsvllle here right away. Mr. S. Qoodsteln author? ised the Times to put down $200 for him this morning to start the ball rolling. Mr. Ooodsteln Is a progres? sive and enterprising merchant who Is enlarging his business here and who recognizes the necessity for hav? ing a competing road In Florence if Florence is to be able to win more trade and build up as a dty. He as? sures the Times that there are others who will follow him in the matter of a subscription for this purpose. "It does not seem that there Is to be any organised movement In this matter. The road Is now building to Hartsvllle and will be In operation there by September or October. At the same time that It Is being built to Hartsvllle. it might be built right along to Florence and be opened for the entire business of this section by the time that the fall cotton crop Is ready to move. ?"With this road here it wll be pos? sible for Florence to get better rates on (N tton. and therefore be able to offer better prices for cotton. "It 1? understood from the last an? nouncement from the inner circles of the railroad enterprise that nothing will b* done In the matter of the ex? tension from Hartsvllle until the towns down this way show their In? terest i,v subscriptions to .the capital n ^SgsjSjq H majjr'n?? to Flor snre or may go1 "?T l^Tmmorfeville~'"or down by Sumter, for every effort Is being made to divert It from its ori? ginal plan of coming to Florence and thence down to deep water. "If any Interest Is felt in the mat? ter and the people propose to do any? thing to bring the road hero the Times will cheerfully call a meeting of those Interested and Invite the pro? jectors of the enterprise to come down and confer with us. "The road built to Florence would mean a better market for all that the country people had to sell and a cheaper market for all that they had to buy. Tt will mean, also com? petition In rates and competition In railroad a ? -ommodatlon and It will asaan new enterprise in Florenc and more to bring In nnd to ship out and development of the country all around us. "It will mean a benefit to every man that has anything to sell and to every man that has anything to buy and that takes us all In. It will mean es prclallv increased values of property. Increased earning capacity of all In? dustries <ind general development. "A gentlemen who was In the city yenter lay from Hartsvllle says that three nubs of the Seaboard track has IA"n laid from McBee towards Harts villi and that the survey has been OOSBplOtOd Into that town. He also t it. 1 that he was Informed that Major ?':.ker had Rixen the old base ball iroaadl for a depot ami granted the sjsa of his paper mill track which Is about a mile distance from Harts? vllle in the direction the Seaboard roi.d || (umlng. "A* to the road coming Into Flor? enc- he said that he was told by the surveyor that they had Instructions at present to go by Lamar Into Tim m ?nsvl?e. He had not yet received any instructions to survey the line to Florence." The refusal Of the Supreme COUFI to grant a new trial to Jones, the wife in ph n r. Is a v ictory for law and ordM t The fat t tint all his mon ay eoald not save him front the pane* tcntiary win have ? arholesome effect enoa other rich oes who have oiim lnal proclivities. It was a miscarriage of Justice that he was not sent to the gaiiow *. bat a life peats nee is bet? ter thai an acquittal. It i< to be hoped thai some weak-kneed Oover nor will Bat grant him a pardon In the coarse of a few years ? ? ? W. Bfi informed that the stab Democratic Rxecutrve Committee has been calk d to meet in Columbia on the night of the 17th Instant. th | night before the state Convention, Farmers' Union News -AND Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers (Conducted by K, W. Dahhs, President Fanners* Union of Sumter County.) The Watchman and Southron having decided to double its service by semi-weekly publication, would improve that 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?ir readors telling o/ their successes or failures will be appreciated and | ublished. Trusting this Departm*?^t will be of mutual Benefit to all concerned, THE EDITOR. All communications for tl is Department should be sent to E. W. Dabbs. .Vayesville. S. C. Some Hnndom Thoughts. The writer has taken a long vaca? tion du/ing whieh time it has been very hard to find opportunity to keep up these columns. From now on he lopes to present some feature of farm work. Of Union endeavor each week, and earnestly asks for contributions from the readers of the Watchman atul Southron to make this depait ment more attrac tive. "Too Many Hands Between Pro? ducer and Consumer." This timely a paragraph should be taken to heart by every grower of prodQOi in our county. It is to over eome this that the writer began the agitation which resulted in the or? ganization of the Union Brokerage Co. And suceessful as has been this busi nes since it was opened, its full strength for good will not be reached until the produce feature is properly developed. The management will be and we take occasion to suggest to the committee as a whole, and to the representative of Sumter county In particular, that this Is one more op? portunity to dispense with the ser? vices of Gen. Wllfe Jones, as Chair- ' man. Out of the whole body of the Democracy of the State it does seem that some more acceptable man could Ot chosen for this position. We do not fancy the odor of Semlnole about the executive of the party to which 'Acclaim alleglenee. We have no ?*XOUfc2^?I=r <5#?^Jl0llimfMVH! W?? accept re-election, but why longer Impose upon him an honor that a good many of the rank and file of the party believe should be otherwise bestowed? If he will not have the good taste to relieve the committee of the embarrassment of removing him. there is no law of the party that prevents the election of some true and tried democrat to succeed a man who seems to wish to be regarded as an immovable and permanent fixture In the chairmanship of the executive committee. ? s ? The logical and the most desirable route, from every point of view, for the Seaboard Air Line to adopt for Its branch to Charleston is through this city, but It is not the only pos? sible route; therefore the Seaboard Is not forced by natural conditions to build to Sumter when other towns along the lines of a somewhat less de? sirable route offer substantial induce? ment to adopt the alternative route. Sumter Is favored by topographical and other conditions, but these are not all powerful when other towns nre working for the road. The natural and logical route would have been from McBee direct to Char? leston via Blshopvllle and Sumter, but owing to substantial inducements of? fered by Hartsville It has boon divert? ed to that town and It Is a reasonable supposition that similar inducements off? red by Tlmmousville or Florence will result In the extension of the road to one or the other of those towns in? stead of to Sumter, It is recognized by Florence people that the Sumter roUtt Ms advantages that other pro? posed routes cannot offer, but that does not cause them to abandon hop.' of securing the road, This is the way the FlorSTICC Times sizes up the situation: "Sumter is hard and fast after the Seaboard extension from Hartsville, I and if you will look at the map you j will see that a line through Sumter to I the sea would be very attractive, a short line from the present road from , the north to Charlestoni so that it ( win not be necessary to build the road through Florence and it will not bo built unless Florence does as Ilarts \ille has done and build her part of it herself. When that is done we can and win ^et the road and the advan? tages to all classes of business thai it win bring, it Is not coming of lt*clf, and we have been telling you that from the start. If you want the Sea hoard we \\\\\ promise you to have those Interested in it meet with the men who win do something, and plans may I s made to bring the road to Florence, or to Ttmmonsvllle, which will, at b ast, be within r. ach of US." gin the Produce Exchange just as soon as the way is clear, hut farmers there can be no Produce Exchange without produce, nor can a successful Exchange he developed in a day. First you must grow something to sell, and second, you must give Brother Brog don a chance to sell it. Call on him when you go to town, and find out what he is prepared to handle, and tell him what you can furnish him. This naturally leads to the second clipping, "The Land of Opportunity? Who Shall Possess it?" In this connection, the Eidtorial re? ply in The State this week to the Landless Man" is well worth consid? ering. If as Secretary Wilson says average Southern farm lands will be worth $100 per acre in six or seven years, the man who does not own land should be looking around for a I home right now, and he should be1 willing to buy 25 acres rather than1 not own a home, because he can not I he a big landed proprietor. And he1 should not do as some have done, re- j fuse cheap land because it was "so far off." Distance is merely relative anyway, like wealth and so many oth J er things; when men get together and I build up a community, "Distance" is no matter. Distance from where? Sumter, Manning, Florence? Bless you, yes, and No! It used to he, but so many little villages have sprung up, Shlloh, Sardinia, Trinity and a host of others that the question no once or Manning? But how close to Daliell St. Charles or Olanta! And ten years from today hundreds of oth? er groups of thickly settled neighbor? hoods will be the measuring points for distance. Get in now young man on the ground floor, and you, and the neighbors that your good farming will attract, will make the place of your selection, if not a county site or rail? road centre, at least the home of a fine graded school and may be a church. In conclusion: Pardon a personal note, but from some letters I have re? ceived, it may be well to say in these columns, publicly what 1 have said privately to every one who has asked me about It: I am out of politics. At the earnest request of several friends two years ago, I half-way promised to be in the race for the legislature this summer. Since then honors, not of my seeking, have been conferred on me by my fellow members of th^ Farmers' Union, and by voice and pen I have been permitted to help in the grand work for the possession of "The Land of opportunity" by its rightful heirs, the boys and girls whose ances? tors hewed out homes in the savage .\ ildei m ss. To sc.- this country blos? som i'ke the rose and to feel that 1 am hi lping on this glorious work Is as much honor as any man could wish. To give up this work for legislative or political honors would in the circum? stances do more harm to the farmers' cause than any good I might hope to accomplish in politics. For it would be confirming the suspicions of those who see politics in every move of the farmers for their co-opt rative better? ment "The Land of Opportunity?Who Shall Possess It?" Recognition of the fact that the South is a land of wonderful opportu? nity?indeed, to tiie farmer the land of opportunity ?Is becoming general. About a year ago Secretary of Agri? culture James Wilson told the Editor of Tin- Progressive Farmer and Ga? zette, that with good farming average Southern binds would be worth $100 an a< re In six or Beven years. We have printed, too, the conviction of a lead? ing Iowa stockman that the South Is the live stock country of the future. II has cot l n long since Collier's Weekly spoke oi the South as "The \e\t West." Better still, Southern farmers are themselves coming to realise undreamed-of posslbllltes in the land which they own. corn ? Tops have beconv so common as to attract little attention, unless they are very big. Indeed when 500 boys in one county average 70 bushels of corn to the acre, it is evident that the South is, as we have said, the real corn belt. Two bales of cotton to the acre is now recognized as an attain? able ideal, and some men make more. Men lire making hogs in the South for three or four cents a pound and sell? ing them for 10 cents or more. Yes, the South is the land of opopr tunity for the alert, intelligent, pro? gressive farmer. All over it there are waiting golden opportunities for such farmers to acquire wealth and to do their part in making this land of ours what it should be?the fairest and most fruitful farming section in Amer? ica. The one great question of today Is: "Who is going to probt by these op? portunities?" Who shall profit by them, admits of no question. They rightfully belong to the farmers who are now tending Southern soils, and to their sons. If these farmers and farm boys neglect their rightful heri? tage, and do not bring to their farm work the trained mind and the earn? est purpose Which are necessary to success in any work, we may depend upon it that people from other sec? tions will come and profit by the opportunities, which th^y neglect. Now, we t re glad to see what we wish to see, above all else, is an awakening of the farmers who belong in the South to the possibili? ties that lie latent in their soils?to see them set about studying the science of agik.uhuc?., improving their methods, taking a deeper interest in their work, and so getting their right? ful share of the wealth that good farming in the South is sure to pro? duce. So to every reader we would make this appeal. Begin right now to do better farming, to get better stock and tools, to make each day's labor count for more, to plant better seeds, to prepare the soil better and cultivate the crops more thoroughly, above all, to build up your 3oil and keep it fertile. For those who will do these things there are waiting splendid opportuni? ties and wonderful rewards. Men and boys of the South today, will you Improve these opportunities and get your share of these rewards, or will you go on in half-hearted fashion and leave them to others?"? Progressive Farmer. Too Many Hands Between Producer And Consumer. The fact that the grower and ship? per of vegetables gets so small a part of what the consumer pays for them is a matter that interests all Southern shippers. Much of this loss is caus? ed by rascally commission men. Many years a'go'my first shipment of winter head lettuce went to a man in Balti? more who reported sale of it that net? ted me about one cent a head. I found out a few days later that one consumer bought some of that very lettuce and paid 20 cents a head for it. My next shipment went to anoth? er merchant, who kindly let me net 75 cents per dozen. The best way out of this is the or? ganization of the selling exchanges that are now so successful in Virginia and Maryland. If compelled to ship to a commission merchant, look into his commercial rating and his charac? ter for honest dealing, and never ship to a man vi ho tells you he can get better prices than other competing merchants. He may get better prices at times, but you will not get them. It would seem that the "home ham? per" of assorted vegetables shipped direct to consumers should be a means for the grower and consumer to get nearer together. If the trucker would advertise in the city papers, saying that he will send such and such amounts of vegetables assorted in car? riers direct to consumers at a fixed price, I believe that a good private trade could be buMt up in this way, cash in advance always being requir? ed. One customer well pleated would soon lead to more. Growers, as a rule are too much afraid of printers' ink. There is nothing equal to advertising to make one and his business known. ?Progressive Farmer. Jim Corbett to Join JelTories' Train? ing Camp. Xew York, May 10.?Jim Corbett. unless he changes his plan, will leave Xew York the first of next week for Jeffries' training camp, where he will assume charge of the task of prepar? ing the big fellow for the Johnson fight. Corbett is In pretty fair condition himself and says that after he has been at Jeffries' camp for ten days or two weeks, he will bo aide to make things hum In the spring. If Corbett is allowed to have undis? puted authority at the camp, it is be? lieved he will make several important suggestions, among them being the engagenment of one or two rugged heavy-weights, "who can mix it up with Jeffries In earni st." Corbett's friends say he favors the engagement of a man like Kauffman, Harry. Flynn or [toss, wh<? ean hit hard and Is also big and str?m; enough to receive heavy blows without flinching. Thai kind of work, in Corbett's opinion, would do Jeffries more good than light sparring, but it remains to be Been whether Jeffries accepts this advice with favor or not. GREAT LAYMEN'S MEETING. Interesting Letter From Mr. I). James Wftnn Who Attended Chicago Meet? ing. Chicago, May 9.?At 6:30 p. m. on May the 1st, Rev. T. P. Marion, and I took the A. C. L. rain and landed in Washington at 8 next morning. Af? ter a stay of live hours, which we Spent in seeing some of the many things of interest, including a parft of the hunt of Teddy, we took the fast train at 1:25 direct to Chicago, and after a continuous run of 21 hours we arrived in this great city. Here we found Rev. H. < . Murehi son, Mr. Samuel Bradley and Mr. James Cousar, of Bishopville, and thirteen others from South Carolina, all come to attend the greatest meet? ing of modern times, the Laymen's Missionary Congress. There were 4, 500 delegates coming from every State in the Union, and of every Pro? testant denomination?A every busi? ness and profession that makes this country great. One of the merchant princes of New York was chairman of the meeting, and such a sight to see all thes^ men, of all the churches with one accord, in one place, join? ing as one man, with one object in view: "The spread of Christ's king? dom, in all the world,'^ali?^an earn? est purpose to give, every one on this earth a chance to become children of God. P o^ems to me that all these great movements in the world: For the banishment of opium from China, for the banishment of the legalized sale of whiskey from our beloved land, for the betterment of mankind in all parts of the world, all the wonderful inventions and improvements in the past few years all point to the glor? ious day promised when men shall learn war no more, and no man shall molest or make afraid. Be assured God is in this movement, and every one should ask himself or herself. "What am I doing to help God in this great work. I am my brothers' keeper. We were kept pretty busy during the meeting from Tuesday to Friday night hearing addresses from some of the finest speakers in the world, and hearing the grand old hymns sung by thousands. By getting up at 6:00 a .m. and having an early breakfast we manag? ed to visit some of the sights of the city. We went to the great stock yards containing 500 acres and hav? ing 300 miles of railroad tracks, and having a daily capacity of 75,000 cat? tle, 300,000 hogs, 12,500 sheep, and 6,0,00 horses. Here are located the great packing houses o^ Arny^H*. Swift and others, wehere ihey s&fW?P^ erything is used income form, from the choicest cuts of meats, to soap and fertilizer, except the squeal of the hogs. (No trus*. on this yet.) Our next visit was to Lincoln Park, one of the beautiful parks of the city. Here was everything to feast the eyes upon from the most beautiful flowers, plants and strange tropical vegeta? tion; birds alive and in the museum, mounted to look like life; animals of all kinds: lions, Bengal tigers, wild dogs, wolves, and the largest rats, I reckon, in the world. A person could spend days in these grounds and houses with pleasure and profit. We met our friend, Mr. Timmons, who is going as a medical missionary and was just passing through the grounds on his way to the medical college, and how pleasant it is to meet one from home in a strange place. Our next trip was to Pullman, where nine to twelve thousand men and women are at work making cars of all descriptions, from the finest new style of steel sleepers to freight ears including electric street cars We had a hard time to get into the works. The man in the office said it was an iron clad rule and he certain? ly had the Iron, but by free use of the rabbit foot, and keeping at it we fin? ally ^ot him to send a young man with us, and I think all the party were well paid for the trip. We saw cars in all stages of construction, mak? ing the new steel sleeping cars with not a scrap of wood in them, al? though inside they are finished in beautiful wood finish, but on tapping with our hand on it, we found it was all steel. They also make the old style wood sleeping cars, but greatly improved, and strengthened with steel bracing. "Here we saw the inlaid work, beautiful flowers, wreaths and birds made of different color woods to look as if i. were painted. The finest specimens wete for private cars and arc seldom fc">on by ordinary mortals in traveling. Yesterday being Sunday, after breakfast, 1 wall ed up State St., on which the large department stores are located. I had been on this street the evening before when it was thronged with thousands, but now all was quiet, and on most of the stores the shades were drawn down, and everything pointed to i day of rest. Alter a mile or more walking, I saw a large tine church, with children g ath< ring for Sunday school. I didn't see any name but on the corner stone v as Inscribed "To Jesus every knee shall bow." So I went in. It was one the finest churches I ever saw, and after a little while I found, that al? though the>' were pressing on to the kingdom in a little different ship than the one we are sailing in, still they were heading for the same port, and 1 thank Good for the sight of perhaps 2,000 boyi and girls, marching in this great city, under the banner of the <-ross. Coming out after services I met a colored brother and when I told him 1 was from South Carolina, he said "Way down in Dixie land, the land cf my people." He directed me to a Protestant church, where I found about 3,000 assembled to hear the Rev. Dr. Hillis, of Brooklyn, N. Y. He delivered a fine discourse to near 4, 000 listeners. Yes, right here in Chicago where we hear of so much that is evil, and wrong. That is the trouble in this world, we hear of so much that is bad, and the great good in it is over-looked. Again last night T went to hear a noted divine from Scotland, now visiting the United States. He kept his listeners' earnest attention for an hour, and it was a sisrht to see the many who came up after services to thank him for his words of truth and warning. I have tried to sk^tvb. as briefly as possible the outlines of ?>ur visit, and now for my conclusions. s"s*a. This is a working peo"?l?^ We see n.6 loafers?every one is in "? rush, but kind and polite to strangers?**?**: ^ are in looks and many ways like our Southern people. Nothing is crowded out here. Wide streets and sidewalks, large fine parks and boulevards, and while some places are open for busi? ness on Sunday, yet the great busi? ness shuts down on the Lord's day, and if God would spare Sodon for the sake of 10, he will not onlj* spare but honor this city with his presence in the hearts and lives of the thous? ands who trust in him, and are citi? zens here. God is moving among the nations, and showing his wonders in the skies. I think of the Christian business men, in all lands marching shoulder to shoulder, overlooking creeds and differences and going for? ward with all their resources to help Jesus Christ win the world. Yours truly, D. JAMES W1NN. southFitx bai*t;sts mfj:t. Annual Convention at T?altlmore?Offi? cers Elected. Baltimore, Md., May 11. ? The an? nual convention of the Southern Bap? tist Church opened this afternloon at the Lyric with about 1,300 delegates 8n attendance, representing fourteen Southern States. Joshua Levering, of this city, president of the !ast conven? tion, presided. The convention organised by re electtog Joshua, levering; n~Kesi,dgJit^ electing former Lieutenant Governor Y.'illiam E. Ellyson, of Virginia, the If on. J. J. Darlington, of the District of Columbia; S. P. Brooks, president of Baylor University, of T>.:aj*. and James Hardeman cf Hardercuin, s. C . vice presidents, and electing the Rev. Dr. Lansing Burrows, of Amer icus, Ga., and the Rev. Dr O. F. Gregory, of Staunton, Va.. secretaries and George W. Norton, of Louisville, Ky., treasurer. The address of welcome was deliv? ered by Rich. H. Edmonds, of this city who spoke feelingly of the great ma? terial growth of the South and voiced a warning against the possibility of this militating against a like spiritual growth. Reports were received from the foreign mission, home mission and Sunday school boards, each of which showed gratifying advances during the year and asked for increased con? tributions during the year to come. The foreign board wishes $700,000 with which to occupy Manchuria, as Wv ll as to hold fields already In pos? session. The home board is especially in? teresting itself in city evangedzation and mountain work. The night session was presided over by Vice President Ellyson. The Laymen's Missionary Move? ment was reported upon by Prof. J. T. Henderson, its secretary. A mis? sionary committee in each church and weekly contributions from each lay? man were earnestly recommended. Dr. E. Y. Mullins, president of the Baptist Theological Seminary, an? nounced that $488,000 of the propos? ed endowment fund had been raised and that the $1^0,000 desired would be completed in the near future. He also gave expression of a desire on the part of the trustees to move the Seminary to a more desirable locality in Louisville. The convention sermon was preach? ed tonight by the Rev. Dr. L. W. Pickard, of Savannah, Ga. FOR RENT?Small cottage, in de? sirable location; cheap. Apply at Item office. BEES FOR SALF;?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 31 o W. Hampton Ave. N. G. Osteen. WANTED?Tb.- Farmen of Sumter County to know they can get pro? tection for their crops against de? struction by Hail by a policy in the Carolina Hail Insurance Company. G. E. Haynsworth, Agent, 26 1-2 N. I Main St., Sumter, S. C. 6-6-lt