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he 3dlattbinan anti Southron WEDNESDAY. JJUE I, I'jIU. The Sumter Watchman gfgg found? ed in 1850 and the True Southron in lltf. 1 he Wah hm ui and Southern Sow has the combined gtrculation and Influence cf both of the ..Id papers, and is manifestly the beat advertising medium in Sumter. The Lorimer brlbory case that Is exciting so mm h Interest in Illinois appears to have differed from ordi? nary senatorial elections In that State only because some of the bribe-takers confessed after getting the money. ? ? ? Qen. li>yd and Col. lirock both will do well to retire from public life. ? ? ? The decline the price of wheat is welcome news in the cotton belt, the cottontots being buyers of flou*. a e ? The Firemen's Tournament will be the biggest thing of the kl.id ever helu In South Carolina?people like to come to Sumter. aas The candidates for State offices have been busy the past few weeks on the school commencement circuit. Csndldstes regard the commencement ??aeon ss Important as the regular campaign and accept all the Invita? tions they receive. a a a Sumter has no candidate for a State office this year and all the candidates are f orktng for the Sumter vote. The only advice we have to offer Is, vote for the best man Irrespective of where they come from. s a s C. C. Featherstone and C. A. Smith are slated an the true-blue prohibition candidates and they will make the race against the field. s ? a Judge Watts Is being severely criti? cised for granting bond to Bigham and Avant and for issuing an order granting a stay of sentence In the Jonas case. His action in these cases call for a good deal of explanation. He may have good law for support of his position, but results in both cases were unfortunate. ? ? ? AgOaaJsOOllOf will be relegated to business uses within a few years and aeroplanes will be the real sporty prop? osition If the present rate of progress keeps up in aeronautics. The areo plane is today as much of a practical OOCCOOP as the automobile was ten years ago and the development In seronautb s has been sgttj h more rap Id than It was In motoring during the Infancy or ? b rn method of transportation. sol It was estimated when the sewer? age system was SOSnpleted that the city had saved about $15,000 by hav? ing the work done by day labor under the supervision of tho engineer em? ployed by the ( it Instead of letting It out 1 . en tract; but since the trouble has developed on the Oakland avenue line It Is impossible to say whether the City lost ? r gained by not having the ? Offj done by a responsible con? tract r w ho could give a bond for the satisf tory performance of the work. Tbc- WIK !>eonr;?le \Uo. Editor >f Item: An Issue of your paper of a few days ago ga\c the names of our larg? est merchants who intend to decorate their stores for the coming firemen's tournament. It m* i though the committee wh<> h.ol the matt? r In hand did not consider that we. the undersigned merchants, who pay a license to do business In the city of Sumter, were worthy of oo n side ra t Ion. Irrespective of the fact that possibly we egg not be ln> Ittdcd In the class who's names were given we Intend to decorate our stor- < m as neat a manner as our means will permit Ol us doing, Thank? ing you to print the above and assur? ing the c .inmlttee that though we are im. " re Worthy of some consid? eration SfheO we gave our donation tow.,:?go the fund fof whbh a cum gftttet constating of Mr. 00O? 1>. Shore and Mr. I. C, Strauss waited on us ftr W. .ire your* very truly. W. ?V TOWLW Fruits. Groceries, etc. J. I? JCNMNOS, l ruits. QroceHsS Bumter, s. C, May It, till Tb?.-- Soia but one ease before the i;. ordef Frida] ntornln. Nathan Hill, alias Nat ha a Coklcheesc, colored, who works for It. Mood a is up for rteal? ing gagas b a I. Ifo was seen hi Oiflcci m k i gi n. a ho is ora ? . lh< alei i f.?r offt nek ?i oi |ha ? s. oa his a ? > to the junk i erd< e ting la ? ?? r\ i u plclons mi 'im r. The boy was taken in i h ? rgs ? nd I t. Moo i" ? I ? IdencH i esnmual it* d v. iti . The .? ? i a ? gsatro ted t" bold him fof an Inveatl gallon \t the trial the boy admitted taking the b id. but said that la ha ! been In inc ted b? throw i? lu a Ifael barrel. Or. ?. shby Moo.I atatod thai th'- t ? st imony Of HM negro was plan; ., nd the < as. was dismissed. Farmers' Union News ?AND ? Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers (Coaduciad by B, IV. Dabbu, president Farmers' Union of guntter County.) Th? Watchman and Souihron having decided to doubl? its service h> semi-weekly publication, would Improve that service hy ?peciul feature*. 'I ii.- Am t>> DO InnUgumcod la this Department lor the Farmer?' Union and Practical Partners 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 OfRcOfSi and members of t??e Union are requested to u.->e these columns. Also to publish such oll| ings from the agricultural papers and Govern? ment Bulletins as 1 thins will be of practical benefit to our readers. Ori? ginal articles by any of o r readers telling of their successes or failures w ill he appreciated and | ablished. Trusting this Department will be of mutual oeneflt to nil concerned, THE EDITOR. All communications for tl Is Department should be sent io E. VV, Dabbs. Yayesvllle. S. C. NOTICE! farmers Unions will bear in mind that the County Union will meet, al ?liWfJP on June 3rd. Ofllcers and delegates will please be on hand promptly prepared to put through Uli unfinished business lett over from last meeting. Litters have been received from 11 ? ITS, Lever and Smith, thanking the Union for its endorsement of thfdr course and promising continued dill genie in securing justice for the pro? ducers. E. W. 1). CLEMSON EXTENSION WORK ARTICLE IX. The Care of the Drinking Water Sup Ply. Health Is of first importance In all occupations, since it governs the abil? ity of the Individual to do work.. The progressiveness of a community is governed by its healthfulness, and this healthfulness is measured largely, directly or Indirectly, by the purity of its drinking water. Almost our en? tire rural population and the inhabi? tants of a majority of our small towns get their supply of drinking water from springs or from shallow wells. It Is to call attention to the often im? proper surroundings of these sources of drinking water that this article is written. The principal diseases supposed to be communicable through the drink? ing water are typhoid fever, cholera, dysentery and other diarrhoeal affec? tions, cholera Infantum, animal para? sitic diseases, enteric fevers and scar? let fever. Of the diseases mentioned typhoid fever, cholera, dysentery, cholera infantum and scarlet fever may also be carried by milk; enteric fever and typhoid by Hies; and ty? phoid by raw oysters and raw fruit In order that the water supply or an\ of the other agencies mentioned may ? arry these diseases it is first neces? sary for them to become Infected with, the specific infection which commu? nicates the disease. The infection of all of the SOOTCSS mentioned except mosquitoes, is derived from the ejects of a patient suffering from the dis? ease. it is a I' o t proven by statistlci that the water borne diSSSSei begin to in creeee in July and ere ;it their maxi? mum during August and September, decreasing In October. The Spring. The ideal conditions ?r the spring are that its watershed is uninhabited, that the watershed does not contain stables, barnyards, pig pens, prices, < SSSOOOll or ceme? teries; and it should not be traversed by railroads nor highways for all of tlose make infection possible. The freedom from all of these objections is not always obtainable. The spring should be ditched around in such a way as t > carry off all of the surface water, both during a downpour of rain and from ponded art as, and nev? er allow It to be overflowed and tilled with filth or trash of any kind. The surroundings must be scrupulously clean. The spring Itself should be walled with rock and covered t<> pre* \.? tit trash from failing into It, The Well. Too many id' our wells I. n located in tie- barnyard, in ord< r ? thai water may he convenient for tic I stock, regardless of sanitary condi? tions, The source of the drinking wa . ter for tie- family should be removed 'trim en) nioh possible danger of In* If.. Hun. The well should be located Jon ,i well-drained area, remote from ? ?urns, pig pens, privies, cesspools, I cemeteries or drains, and should Im cemented from the edgi outward l< the di-tan of ... ver ?I 1 b Abo\( tiic mir face of tills i emi it. a llghl Imjl ?hould be built and a llghl lilting o\ ? r provided, if buckets are used The pump Is much to he preferred t< the buekel be< aus< ii I. - . n- t*? , .Ml waste water should he drained ofl ; and no water allowed to . pill ba< in to Ike well. No puddles should be al low. d to form nearl y lu which hog. might wallow. The hog Is a grea t of trai i? failing Into gatherer of filth, and by wallowing in a puddle which drains into a well, there is great danger of infection. Deep wells, properly protected to prevent an inflow of surface water at the top, are to be preferred to either shallow wells or springs, especially in the southern part of this State. T. E. KEITT, Chemist S. C. Experiment Station. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Considerable Dirt Has Changed Hands In Lust Few Days. The following transfers of real es- I t?te have been made recently: H. Von Ohsen to J. D. Shirer, for $250 and other valuable considera? tions?one half interst in a lot on East Hampton Ave. R. W. Westberry to W. T. Andrews, j for $160, a lot near Sumter. Edmund Wells to W. T. Andrews, for $200, two lots in the city of Sum? ter. The Realty Development Co. to Adam Washington, for $60, a lot near the city of Sumter. James S. Robinson to W. T. An? drews, for $400, a house and lot in j southern part of the city of Sumter. Robert Pringle to Lee Prln- for $50, 25 acres in Privateer. Isabella L. Ryttenberg and i son P. Ryttenberg of New W. T. Andrews, one half lot in city or Sumter for $400. R. D. Lee, I. C. Strauss and D. D. Moise, executors of Marion Moise, de? ceased, to Thomas Wilson, 325 acres on Mayesvllle road, for $2,900.50. Gabriel Kendrick to W. T. Andrews, three lots just beyond city limits for $230. E. M. Hicks to Mrs. Elizabeth T. Truluck, for $10 and love and affec? tion, 250 acres in Shiloh township. E. C. Haynsworth, Master, to R. W. Westberry, for $160, a lot in the city of Sumter. R. R. Dinkins to Lila Dinkins, et al, 50 acres of land In Providence for $5.00. E. E. Doby and T. J. Doby to Carrie E. Jennings, 53 acres in Providence township for $1.750. R. L. Montague to D. M. Green, in? terest in 103 acres In Shiloh township for $5.00 and other valuable consider? ations. Carolina Typress Co, to D. M. Green, et al, interest in nine tracts of land for $10 and other valuable considera? tions. ORGAN 11 CHAPTER EASTERN STAR. One Hundred and Twenty Delegates Expected to Come. The Grand Chapter Eastern star, will meet In Sumter on June 21 and 22. About 120 delegates will bi ex? pected, and owing to the crowded con? dition of the hotels and boarding houses Incident to tue ?remen'atour? nament, the committee asKi that any one who win, take two or more de!e? I gates, will confer a ravor by .aiming Mr. L'utlow Walsh up at the Bins c-f I Slimtei, and telling him how hum can he accommodated, and at w I at price, Any Masons w ho have be< n overlooked by the committee will con? fer a fa\or by letting it be known how many delegates they can enter? tain. Only the members of the fra? ternity are called i pon to entertain delegates, but homes will have to be found among others, for these the lodge will pay board. lieuclaro Lodge, No, 20 i only a little over a yeur old, but la growing rapidly, it Is composed of ladl a r/hose fathers, husbands or brothers upon whom they ure dependent art Mil i. r Masons. Master Masons ar< allowed lo Joln, howev er, fc'un ier I as n r< putatlon for ho.* pit .lit-., und it i hop. u th it ail whether members ol the fraternity oi not, v. m help In entertaining the v\ ? Itors, 11 j on can accommodate any of tin delegates to the Ba tern Btar met ting please notify Mr. Dartow Walsh, :tat Ing how many and the rate. \ ROTTEN ADMINISTRATION. The Guggenheim Syndicate's Alleged Attempt to steal Alaska. The charges against John ttustgard, recently appoint'd district attorney, and II. L. Faulkner, United States Marshal for the Juneau district of Alaska, tell a story of so monstrous a nature as to be almost incredible. The whole story, as told yesterday In the Washington correspondence of The Sun, is more sensational than anything of a political character which has appeared in recent years. The charges are preferred before the Judiciary Committee of the United States by James Wiekersham, th Alaskan Delegate in Congress, former District Attorney John J. Boyce and Daniel A. Sutherland, who was form? erly United States Marshal in Alaska. The substance of the charges is that the Guggenheim syndicate by the Cunningham claims project and num? erous other devices has been prepar? ing to seize the vast mineral and tim? ber wealth of Alaska; that in carry? ing out Its purposes Its agents have -esorted to perjury, bribery and even murder; that it has maintained a powerful lobby in Washington and has gained such influence with the administration as enabled it to remove from office eevry faithful public offi? cial in Alaska who did his duty In protecting the public domain from seizure and appoint its own agents to the places. Rustgard, who has been appointed distric t attorney by the alleged influence of the Guggenheim syndicate, would have charge of all litigations arising out of the Cunning? ham coal claims and other coal frauds In which the syndicate is implicated and interested, and Faulkner would select the jurors. The appointment of these two men, if confirmed by the sonate, will give to the accused syndi? cate complete control of the court he fore which its cases will be tried. tl seems that some time back the Home River Railroad Company was a claimant for the right of way through Keystone Canyon, which had been abandoned by the Alaskan syndicate. It is charged that in pursuance of or? ders by agents of the syndicate one Hasey, employed by the syndicate, shot into a gang of workmen employ? ed by the Home River Company and killed om of them TYascv g jn. ? ;iet< i and t hi - def< nse, wbh h ha-. are that in the defense of Hasey no less than $70,000 was s^ent by the syndicate in "fixing" the jury, in en tertair'ng and bribing jurors and in the subornation of perjury. One of the lawyers employed by the syndi? cate to defend Hasey is now the dis? trict julge. All of these removals and appoint? ments must be considered in connec? tion with the fact th.it Hallinger, the Secretary of the Interior, who had to deal with the A' .s! ;vi lands which the Alaskan syndicate has been en deavoi ng to sei'. ? was one of the Guggenheim la wye and that Pinchot and Glavis, who were removed a'orn offic e, had een act e in resisting the syndicate seizures of the public do? main. If the charges preferred by Wicker sham, the Alaskan Delegate, and Bryeo ; nd E itherland should be sus? tained, it will constitute the history of such 8 political crime or series of crimes as has seldom been told in re? cent years. While the Sugar Trust is exploiting th. PhllfpplGnes after having cheat? ed and stolen from the government by false weights millions of money, with Its former counsel in the Presi? dent's Cabinet, the Alaskan syndicate has its former attorney also in the Cabinet while it is trying to steal Alaska. And it is worthy of notice that each trust has its former coun? sel in the exact place where- each one of them needs his services.?Balti? more Sun. INTERIOR WATERWAY* DEVEL OPMENT. Congress outlining Systematic Plan l or Improving Navigable Water j way* of the Country. Washington, I?. C, May 31.? lh p resentntive Martin i'.. Madden, of 1! llnois, a member of the itivera on< j Harbors Committee of the House i: nn enthusiasts believer In the future ^ of tho "A it. rways of the United Statt h in order thai he might assist In tin work of developing the Internal wa terwayi of the country and to brim to the subject Intelligent understand? ing, Mr. Madden withdrew from th< sommittcc on appropriations of whlel he was ., member during the slxtletl i ongre is, b? t ike s position on th< Ulvers an I H irbor i '? n itl l* BfieakinK of the k? n rails inci it u km ! clmraeb r of the Kl i r and I iarboi appropriation I id now In eonfereno Mr. Madden Bald: ?*1 think the country Is to bo con gra Dilated upon the systematic plai Ioutlined for interior waterway devel I opment In the present Rivera aw Ma iy of tho < barges Just been made grew ? ut I this ca ie Th 3. harses Harbors bill. "For the Bret time In the country's History the Rivers and Harbors Com? mittee has gone Into the question of river improvement on an extensive scale. This work, followed to its log? ical com lusion, will in the not far dls* tant future lead to results so bene ' cial that they cannot be imagined at this time. "The necessity for river Improve? ment now that the Great Lake Har? bors have already been provided for, becomes apparent to every one who understands the situation as a regula? tor of railroad freight rates. 'With the provision in the railroad I 'll which recently passed the House, ' to the- effect that railroads shall not In the future, be allowed to reduce rates to drive out water competition and then after it is driven out raise them, makes river improvement more essential than ever. "This provision in the law will at tract navigation to the river.-, That navigation will be protected and there will be real competition between riv? ers and railroads that will result in cheaper rates, better facilities, quick? er movement and more courteous treatment on the part of railroad offi? cials to the shipping public, is cer? tain. "Policy of annual appropriations for rivers and harbors, inaugurated by the Rivers and Harbors Committee of the present congress, is a step in the right direction. Tt is entitled to re? ceive the support of the American people. And much of the sentiment in favor of waterway improvement is largely traceable to the work of the National Rivers and Harbors C< a gross, an organization of the very first importance. "The hope of the future generations lies in the development of the rivers of the country. There is a limit to railroad development. That limit has been almost reached. "To carry the products of the field, the factory, and the mine to the peo? ple of the nation at the lowest cost possible, and to enable the people of one section of the cou economically with the ] \ ol other section, is one of t duties of the national g For Twenty-Six Years Mrs. Lama tier, of Kentucky, Suffered with internal Cain "rh and ii<as Finally Relieved by Pc-ru na. MRS. W. W. LAMAS1KR. J/Y SUFFERED for twenty-six years J. with bladder und kidney trouble, pnd being advised tu five Peranaatrial, 1 did so, and am thankful to say thai i ig h \ bottles of Parana andthiee botties ! of Manalln entirely cured me of that j trouble, and I am as weli as ever."?Mrs. ! W. \V. Lamaster, 3127 McAtee Ave., j Louisville, Ky. Catarrh Causes Kidney Disease. Catarrh is a frequent cause of kid j nej disease. The pelvis of the kid I neys, as well as the tubules, is lined with mucous membrane, and Is there1 fore subject to catarrhal congestion. Sometimes the catarrh is so slight as to c*.u?e no attention. Other times it leads ^ t;p to very serious conditions. Any remedy capable of mitigating the catarrh is a much more rational treatment than to give palliatives that only relieve the patient of one or more disagreeable Symptoms. It is claimed for Parana that it is an internal systemic catarrh remedy, and roaches the catarrh in whatever organ it happens to be located. "1 was cured of a severe attack of in? flammation of the bowels by taking Pe runa. 1 am glad to recommend Peruna to any one."?Mrs. J. J. Erosa, 553 'Water St., San Antonio, Texas. The Item is in receipt >r at. invl tatlon to the commencement of C son College, June Ith to 7th. LIGHTNESS WITH STRENGTH. t~ A fea.1 IT." .;r 0 rOOd ha I nose Th( re Is ?;? l a a ounce of nnnofce weicht? but i? made to honest - and itronci! that i* will stand any strain, it your horse had the say he would choose one of these sets. Why not act on that assumption? We are offering for cost a lot of two-hose wagons also. THE S. M. PIERSON CO. m m m m m m a M u m m H e m m u m m m at ? as 16 m n n m m u m 0 H ffl SI St a ? :a a M g ist ? ? I! Are You Undecided Wha^t the Wedding Gift Shall Be ?wtdC can settle the question splendidly by Y paying us a visit and looking over ovjh complete assortment of cut glass, sterling silver and china. our goods i?ear the manufacturer's names. all prices are in plain figures. you need have no concern after buying that the goods are not as represented. OUH LllJt OF STERLING FLAT WARE IS MOST COMPLETE. Tea Spoons from Dessert Spoons at Coffee spoons. Gilt Bowls. Oratio? Spoups. Uilt Bowis. Table Spoons $3 00 to $5 00 a set 7.G0and 9 00 2.70 7.30 10.50 a set We sell Gcrham'8 Sterling* the best tha: can be bought In Hr.iid Painted China we can offer you some exceptional values: Plate! from .... 75c to $3.50 V? ry tine French Cnina. American Hand Fainted. Sugar anil Creams. will be sold at .... 400 Chocohte Sets from .... 2 50 io 8 00 pri< ! named are such as to make all TUF values ra be on i - i n'deed. it ?'<i rs x riiiNG ro tan its \ visit, will accept our i \\ i i'ation. McCORMAGK JEWELRY CO. the OXE PRICE HOUSE. Z~7r~snsV?*nnsesaW ? ? ? m m u m m m m m m a a ? m m m m m m a m e a a a H a a m m m m m m m m m m m m m u n m m HKISBiaHIMIHHIllHBflHIHRHIIlfll