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WEDNESDAY. JUNE 8, l9!0. The Suniur Watchman WtmM found? ed in 13&U and the True southron in IMS. The Watchman and gOU thron now has the combined circulation and Influence Cfl both of the old paper*, and Is manifestly the best athcrti-dng vaadlum in Sumter. The first cotton atop report laauc l by the Department of Agriculture this reason Indicates that the OOtton acreage Is nearly a million acres greater than last year and that flu average condition is better than at the same date last year. This will furnish the basis for estimates of a bumper crop, and the Now York Cotton Ex? change gamblers will hammer the market f-?r all they are worth until the actual receipts next fall show the real size of the crop. The man who sells cotton for future delivery or sells futures will play Into the bands of the speculator and will materially assist In for< Ing the price below legi? timate levels. s s s Mr. K. W. Du vail, of Cheraw, has hied his pledge as a candidate for Lieutenant Go\error and will make the race on a platform that should bring P? his support the business men and all other progressiv* citizens of the State. H Is stated ln< hb-ntalh that he Is a local optionist and will advoca*** county option, if the liquor question Is made an Issue of the campaign. Mr. Duvall. who has rep? resented Chesterfield county In the Legislature, Is a successful business man, and as a legislator applied the sam.- methods to the discharge of his official duties as contributed to his success In business. As a result he was regarded as one of the most val? uable and useful members of the ways and means committee. It li difficult t<> understate' why a business man of Mr. Duvall'l type would sek the office of Lieutenant Governor, bv t It Is fortunate for the State that young business men occasionally en? ter the lists agah.st the professional Politicians und chronic office-seekers. Form- r Governor Folk, of Mssouri. is an avowed candidate for the nom? ination for the presidency by the Demo?; rath* party. At a dinner In St. Louis Thursday night he was the guest e| honor and the principal speaker In his speech he outlined briefly the platform upon which he will seek the nomination, and it Is broad and str ing enough, not only to win the support of all real democrats, hot of all others who believe in a republican form of government, and honesty and purity In politics. Folk has all the gggttttil of leadership that the party n? eds in a presidential can? didate, and his r? >r 1 Is one that ap? peals to all enemies of graft and corruption In governmental affairs. With Folk at the hig 1 of the ticket, the DeSBOeVatS Should regain control of the government T -How in r ? \t:*a< ts from G??v. Folk'* spe? h gi Si an Idea of his plat'. r:a >( principles: ?? 1 .. le I I i I at ggv] rights should be m I Uvlhg, \ltal and control? ling i . ia Um OovemgseaV* ??! I Mr. f\ . ..it. r hi hud listened to Dcni" i ,n . '! p uts of the State, tell th ? gas ts that tue f. rmef Go - ataof sh uld bi endorsed for the Pres id en y. "The Dom rn t !<? party." c tiiUnut I Mr. I'olk. ?mould insist upon I hi g|g1|llllg Ml oi graft and corruption from even department of Govern* m< ? ? eradication ol all special favors, ia I tiding bounties, substdlei and i 1.1riif fog any purpose other than r ? mie. "\\*. need the honest, sincere, ?u for . ment of the laws we already haVi and t: ? regulation of the r.-'es of ; ? k utility corporatloni upon a pas nab] basis that lusttce may Y* don* the psople, and a lair i? turn for the ..mount actually Invested be af? ford, i. ' Th. it baraM before the pa pie of th Is i untr i;. shall there be Gov? sgggg if by privilege fag ? etasa or Go\ . tuo nt b> the people for all.* The Hspul li. hi party Is dominated by spe...?i Interests snd operates with then, ip a .t proflIt-sharing basis. We should a t be oblivious t<? the fact. howe' er, that we ha vi Aldrlches and Cam la our own part... and It Is the oi Democrats to lesnsa their lafluen as much as possible. "A irises has been reached hi th affairs of the nation. IM< k up a ncWS? pnpet any day and yesj will And sc* counts nl thievery snd graft what gai = it rie ml hi corrupt loa i.>m? ing a aatl.<i dun i ' Is then some* thing in our system of Government that sncoursgjsi "?en to vlotati the Comma ml ment 1 Thog shall aot steal" ?.With ?'i. example of the National Gojvofamsal giving prlvllegse to ;? few. ihi re is eneotiragentenl afforded nil fafgM Of graft, for all gralt is has ed upon privilege. Ottclalfl art led bribed t" gfVi SOjUal tights to .ill. but to gsgsfsf upon the few gogM privilege denied the many. The elimination of privilege is the tight confronting i democracy.1 Mr. P, II. Hyatt, who has been talking of entering the r.o e for Gov ern?>r for several years, has at last .let hied to make the plunge, and to? day announces his candidacy. Mr. Hyatt will make the race as the busi ;>? ; men's candidate, with prohibi? tion M one plank of his platform. Mr. Hyatt is not generally regarded M ? .stmng factor in the campaign, but his candidacy will, undoubtedly, com? plicate matters, and will have a ten? dency detract from the strength of both Featherstone and Richards, vv h ? are making the rat.n the straight out, State-wide prohibition issue, as wo view It, the candidacy of Mr. Hyatt will Injure all the other can? didates more than Mr. I'dease, who will be relatively stronger in the first primary than he would be without Mr. Hyatt in the race and thereby divid? ing the votes the others would re? ceive. Mr. I'dease has a certain fol? lowing that will vote for him irr? s pecthn of the number or polltlcaa al llgameat Of the other candidates and the greater the number of Guberna I iitl candidate! hi has to contend against the greater will he his rela? tive strength |g the drat primary. * * * John T. Duncan, Bsq., formerly e member Of the Columbia bar, but not now in good standing, having been disbarred) announces that he win enter the r.o e for Governor, Mr. Duncan won ? certain sort of fane is ? candidate for the Unltid states Senate in the campaign in which Col. J, Ii. Karle defeated Former Gover? nor John Gary Kvans, but sine?' those stirring days has sunk Into political oblivion. What his prospective em srgonoi portend! is not now known, but judging the future by the past, his candidacy will deve'.op a fight on some particular candidate rather than a contest for the office. i ? i The price at which October cotton is quoted is not an inducement to farmers to sell their crops for future delivery, when the present scarcity of the staple Is considered; and if the producers enter into few contracts for the delivery Of the actual cotton dur ing the early fall months, the bear . ulat us will be deprived of one of their strongest weapons in the fight they will make to depress the price of cotton this year. e e s The reports from the Hoys' Corn Club of Sumte? County are most en con raging, and, If th?- weather cor? tlmms favorable, a majority of th oung farmers will succeed in grow lug exceptionally Rae crops. Thi boys ill aiming high and are working ind fertilising for for ? two hundred bushel yield per acre, None of them may succeed in making an acre pro? duce the maximum yield desired, but i i believe that a large percentage of thi contestants will harvest mor? than one hundred busholl each from their prize acre. ? ? * The plant and property Of th Sumter (Vtton Mill was sold todav uu.hr foreclosure proceedings in stltuted by the bog I hold? ri and was bid In by Mr. R. T. Manning. We ar Ithout Information respecting th plans ind Intentions of the purchaser) ' at thi Tact that the property has fal !? n Into the han.'s of local men loads Ul fo hope that in. SSUfSS will I I 1 ? n to y> hi l.Htate anti enlarge th< pi >nt .and put it on a paying I b Tia re is certainly room hi Sumter t' ? ? cotton mill, and the success of t mills in Orangeburg, Hartsvllle Clio would seem lo have effectually disproved the frequently made state? ment that a cotton mill <ann.?t be made to psy in South Carolina, else* where than In th?' Piedmont mill ?lis? tritt. This city Is the largest Interior cotton market and tin- center of the most prosperous cotton growing sec |lon oi' |he State, and a mill with tl supply of cotton at its doors should have the advantagi of mills that have to dree their supplies from distant points, We do not hold the be|lef that a big COttog mill. <?r several of them, is absolutely essential to the future growth ami prosperity of this city, but we d,, believe that a success? ful cotton mil! or two, would be a valuable and desirable supplement to the Industrial life of the community, w. believe that the opportunity exists here for a successful cotton manufac? turing Industry, and a*e still entertain the hope that Bumter capitalists and '?a in)--; men win ere long take steps to make 11v?? of the opportunity that i ,v !??? ?, left so long unimproved) ? ? ?i ? I li. i oiumhii Record Is making plans for a good roads campaign this i immer that win take in every coun? I in the State. The campaign will I include an automobile tour of the , .v i tte by good roads missionaries, with I good i'o.t I meetings and addresses at every county k st, ft?r the purpose of I arousing Interest amongst ihe peo? pi.-. Th.- undertaking Is worthy ol support and endorsement, and the co? I operation Invited by Mr. .1. \. Iloyt, of th.- 1:.rd. win be g|>en by thi Itolh It. m. H.'s a pure-footed mule who can ki< k the samt spot tw ice, I Farmers' Union News | h Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers ? ii (Contlin ted by E. \V. Dabbs, President Farmers' Union of Sumte? x\ x County.) n The Watchman and Souihron having decided to double Its service b> rentl-weekl) publication, would Improve that service by special features. The first I'j i>e Inaugurated is this Department for the Farmers' Union and Practical Farmers which : have been requested to conduct, it will be my . Hi to H.ivu the Union news and ofilcuil calls of the Union. To thai end e*tflcers, and members i the Union are requested to use these columns. \Iso 10 publish *uch in^s from the agricultural papers and Govern in .1 Bulletin* as l thin* will be of practical benefit t<> our readers. Ori? ginal articles by any of u t readers telling of their successes or failures will be appreciated and i jbliahed. Trusting this i*?epartme?t " ill be of mutual uenefit to all concerned, THE EDITOR. All communications foi ti ?.? Department should be sent to K. W. Dahl.;. Mayeevtlle. 8. C. Sonic Nitic? on the Farmers' Union Meeting m Oswego. Jnst In the midst of oat harvest the attendance was small, but there was in?t <>m- dull moment from the time the crowd assembled until the bountiful dinner had been properly looked attcr. and the delegates and visitors started for their homes. The most important action was tiie appointment of a committee to canvass Bumter and Lee counties in the interest of tile Union. Messrs. II. \V. Beall, J. Krank Williams and L. I. I'arrott were appointed on this com? mittee, and Mr. s. x. Wel< it of Lee county was Requested to cooperate with this committee. The next meeting of the County Union will be on June 24th, the last Friday, with Salem UnloA. E. W. D. What I Saw in the Middle West.?II. ( 1 :> (Marence Poe.) Madison, Wls.. (Editorial Corre? spondence).?It's a beautiful country between here and Chicago. Not only are all the farm homes painted, but all the barns are painted, too?and paint on the house is almost as I cheerful as a smile on the face. With J our increasing prosperity in the South it's a shame that we haven't mort painted houses?and barns, too?in tiie country. It pays, and it makes you prouder of your farm and proud of your neighborhood. 1 should hate for a Western traveler to come down and see our backwardness in this re? spect. Most of tin- farm dwellings in this Wisconsin-Illinois territory, are of course, much prettier than our av? erage farm bonus in the South; well designed two-story buildings, tatste fully painted; but the dominant fea? ture oi tin- farm landscape are the big red barns, usually about twice or three times as lug as the dwelling it? self. Atel it is unfortunately true that tiie barns arc in some cases bet? ter equipped than the homes. One farm* r out lu re has electric lights in his barn, and burns kerosene in his house! In oth< r W< rds, tie farm ?vornan i< tlu- most neglected factor In the ..hole rural problem out hen. as site is in too many other sections. The insti? tutes for farmers' wives, which Dr. Butler sti rted in North Carolina, have proved one of the most effective nv ans of popularizing impj' >ved meth? ods in the home as well as on tin farm, and i .-hail not ht up iTi my offorts until every other Southern State does as well, or Im tter, by the farm women than North Carolina has l een doing. Then there ought to be free bulletins of all kinds for the far? mers' wife as well as for the farmer, and certainly any farmer ought to be ostracised who dot s not get Improv i d. labor-saving conveniences for his wife as fast as lie gets them f"r hi-' own work. For example, l have been distressed to hear out here in the West that an advertisement of a washing machine to lighten the house Work will not make half so many sales as an ad. of some labor-saving farm tool tor the man himself. These things ought not so to be. Whore the farm woman's work is lightened by labor-saving conven? iences and where she is studying her work ami Is trying to learn about foods and I.I values, sanitation, and also about how to make the most splendid examples of physical and moral manhood and womanhood oul of her children -well, she has chance to find ten times as much Joy and sweetness in Hie as the wealthy so? ciety woman In town who fritters her time awaj on matters of no more Im? portance than lew to piny bridge or lew to dot k lu r body little differ? ently today from what she did yester? day, it seems to in. tint I sh. uld as ||*?f no| live at ail as to reproach my i 'i oator w Ith a life w asted in i a Imlcssnoss, \t the bottom of most of our rural problems is th- fundamental trouble oi rural Isolation, If we ein brine, farmers nearer together, we shall do more than we can do In any other way to stop the drift to towns where living is twice as hard as it is in the country. Only yesterday a professor In Chicago University, whose special study is improving the conditions of Poverty-stricken people, declared that poverty is solely a city problem. Com? pared with the vast number of city destitute and half-starving, the num? ber of hopelessly poor in the country is Insignificant. Our problem, then, is to seo if we cannot provide In the country better advantages for social cont ict as well as better financial returns. Out here in Wisconsin one of the most impor? tant fac tors lias been the rural tele? phone. The women chat with each other at night, after the day's work is done. No matter how bad the roads or how busy the horses. Mrs. Farmer Jones can talk with her sister ten or 20 miles away just as if they were face to face. The farmers, too, own the lines in most cases ?putting up their own poles and stringing their own wire, a co-operative company controlling the system. Usually each farmer has one share of stock for each 'phone he uses, and the average cost per 'phone on these party lines is only about $5 a year. But what we of the South need most to consider is the big fact point? ed out by rtean Russell of the Wis? consin Agricultural College, namely, that isolation is admittedly the crux of lh? rural problem, and the solu? tion lies In smaller farms, bringing the people closer together. When we get all our farmers educated, each man owning his own farm of 4?J to 80 acres, intensively cultivated, we shall have about the finest democracy that the world has ever known. Of course, our problem In the South is harder, because for social purposes only members of one's own race count. If there are 40 persons on a square mile, and one-half of them ar-: negroes, socially considered, it is the same as if the section had only 20 persons per square mile. This is one reason why our Southern white people must welcome Immigration1 from the North and West. The Far? mers' Union has acted wis< ly In dis? couraging Indlscrminate European Immigration, but th< se hustling, en? terprising Western farmers will do us good if they come to us. They will get us to using more two and thr< e borsc plows, for example and Immi? grath n of this sort must be our main hope In relieving the tensem si of our race problem. So long as the propor? tion of negroes M as large as it is now, neither race can do as well as it ought, and there Is great encourage? ment in the fact that while our negro population will grow only by thefr actual increase, our white population will grow by their natural Increase ' I is a great Immigration. For ths immigration is bound to come South?just as surely as water seeks Its level. Land is cheaper in the South?one-half to one-third the price of land of the same fertility in the West?and the climate is better. A man of distinction who W&s in wes? tern Canada a few months ago and then visited Texas, says land in T. x as is worth only one-third as much as in the Canadian wheat country, although the Canadian wheat settler f4ttMM^SJSS*M bound and starve to d. ,^iui^^ii|rr. Flight here In Wisconsin th< snow was seven feet deep this winter and you couldn't see the ground from De? cember to the ist of March, "it's too cold up there for me," an Iowa man who had come to Arkansas, told me the other day. "I wouldn't go back if they gave me a farm." This cold, moreover, is not a matt r of personal comfort alone, but with forests too scarce to supply lire wood and coal at $9 a ton to haul from the nearest railroad station, it cuts a big hole in farm profits when the farmer und his family alone a re consider- Cut there Is tie- stock,ton and exervbody knows that stock In cold weather must consume u certain quantity of food simply to keep Up animal heat. What money the Western farmer w< uhl give for our long growing se a? son, for the great variety of crops ft r bogs and cattle we can grow nearly ill the year round, end for the suc? cession o? vegetable! our gardens can furnish?opportunities that are In <?'> r blindness are too often content to throw away! (Continued Xoxt Week.) HOUSE FLIES. CTenison Extension Work and Article A. Seldom is a second thought given to tin- common hi use fly. It has al? ways been considered a nuisance, hut recent studies have shown it to he \ery much more than a mere nuis? ance. The ."?crms of int.'stin.il and filth diseases are readily carried in large numbers from the excreta of patients suffering from typhoid, dys? entery and cholera diircct to food intended for human consumption an.l even to the fingers and face and lips of a babe or sleeping person. Files breed in filth and offal of any kind, preferring above all else the fresh droppings of horses and mules. Large numbers will develop in human excrement and in garbage barrels, at places where dish water is thrown out and wherever decaying animal or vegetable matter occurs. The adult flies are constantly pass? ing back and forth from such ma? terials, where they deposit their eggs, to other materials upon which they themselves feed. They prefer sweets, but are attracted by almost any kind of human food. Files do not ordinarily travel to any great distance and if a little care is taken their numbers may lie greatly reduced. Especially does the farmer have the chance of abating the pest so far as his own premises are con? cerned. The eggs laid by dies hatch in about a day into the familiar white maggots. After about five days spent feeding, if the food supply is unlim? ited, and a couple of days in a rest? ing stage, the adult flies appear. It takes them slightly more than a week j from fly to fly. If manure can be dis j posed of, hauled to either the field j or a compost heap some distance from the house every five to seven days, no flies will be able to develop. If it is not possible to thus dispose of the manure, it may be possible to provide a room, dark and thoroughly screened, into which the manure may be put until it can he disposed of. Of all the substances used to kill or repel flies the one which has prov? en most satisfactory is ordinary air slaked lime. Lime is a first class de? odorant. A free use of it around all stables, privies and garbage cans will cause those places to lose half of their disagreeable features, and they will cease to be attractions and breed? ing places for that menace to health? the common house fly. PROF. GEO. G. AIXSLIE. Asso. Prof, of Entomology & Zoology. BIGGEST DAM IX THE WROLD. Preliminary Work Ordered on The Engle Dam in Itio (?ramie. (Washington Correspondence New York Sun) The Secretary of the Interior has directed the reclamation service to take up immediately the entensive preliminary work on the Kio Grande project in New Mexico and Texas, so that actual construction on the foun? dations of the Rngle dam shall be fin? ished by July, lull. The Rio Grande project, of which the Bngle dam is the most important engineering feature, will provide for tlie reclamation of iso.ouo acres of land lying in New Mexico, Texas and old Mexico, in the valley where irri? gation began before the discovery of A nit idea. It is estimated that the entire pro? ject will cost approximately $9,000, 000. Tlie Engle dam as planned by t'.u- reclamation service will be one of the most remarkable structures of its kind in the world. It will be of rubble concrete, gravity type, with a maximum height of 2?15 feet, length to irest 1,100 feet, and will contain ?11 a,oini cubic yards. The reservoir created by it will be the largest arti? ficial body of water In the world, hav? ing a capacity of 2,f?33,000 acre feet, or enough water to cover that many acres^fr foot deep. Its capacity is ^?^^double that of the Roosevelt dam in Arizona and is considerably greater than that of the famous As? souan dam. constructed and recently enlarged by the English engineers on the Nile. \ Philadelphia citizen caught a babe falling from a thlrd-stotv * In? flow, No wo'.tdor those Athletics arc 200 points ahead in the Amerb an League!?Detroit Journal. King George may not be the equal of his father in tact, but he sent two noted fighting m< n to net as T. R.'s suite while in London. Cleveland Leader. Colonel Iteosevelt appeared to be pleased with a German sham battle, hut |usf at present no American con? gressman would crOXS the street (a see one.? Providence Tribune. BKUMFIEM) - sATT K R WH ITE. Popular Kumter Mlnfctci jiarrlcs A Missionar.?. Announce menta have been receiv . i hen annouiM iiik the marriage of Uev. Frank Mil lard Satterwhite, of t .is plat e t<> .Miss Gertrude Ella lirumfteld, of Perry. Iowa, in the Flv?t Baptist Church at Perry, Wed. .u .day, June 1st. Rev. and Mrs. f>atterwhite will be at home, 123 North Washington stn et, after June 15th. The following notice of the marriage i.: taken ir? m the Daily i hief, Perry, Iowa, June 2nd: The marriage of KlflS Gertrude Drumneld and Rev. F. M. Satter white ol Sumter, South Carolina was jadcmnucd yesterday afternoon at t o"elo( k. They were married at the Baptist church by Rev. Moore, a large number of relatives and friends being present. Following congratulations refreshments were served in the base? ment of the ehureh. The bride, who 1 has spent a number of years as a rnis I sionary, is a young woman of excel [ u nt character and many friends who wish her every happiness, and while he ? husband is a stranger here he has I made many sincere friends here du? ring his brief stay. Rev. and Mrs. Satterwhite will leave in a few days * for their home at Sumter. where he is paster of the liaptish church. They had intended leaving last evening, but wire delayed on account of the ill - ness of tin> bride's sister. RAIX STORM AT SI MMEUTOX. Bridges Washed away and Much Dam? age Done to Crops. Summerton. June 0.?Quite a dis asterous rain storm visited this sec? tion of the county last night. Begin? ning about ten o'clock and continuing for'a couple of hours one of the hard? est rains ever seen here fell, accom? panied by considerable lightning and thunder. This morning, reports are being brought in from all sides rela? tive to the damage wrought. The causeway recently constructed over Taw-Caw branch, just out of town i was washed away, and numerous small bridges wthin the town were likewise destroyed. It is feared that the causeway over Jack's Creek suf? fered the same consequence. Both these causeways were very recently completed by the County Chain gang, and appeared to be good jobs. #and nothing less than the heavy rain last evening could easily have carried them off. Many farmers report that their cotton fields are under water this morning. The managers of the baseball team , have arranged for a series of games to he played on the local diamond this week. The Lamar team will play Sammerton on Tuesday. Wednesday, and Thursday. Recalling this team's visit last season, good games are an? ticipated. As yet, the writer is not \ prepared to give the Summerton line? up, but the prospects are that a good team will be mustered. The local Lyceum management will put on a very attractive number this week in the shape of the Apollo Cor> i ert Company. This ? ngagement has been made to cover two nights, June i"th and 11th. The first number giv i r. under the new management was quite entertaining, and the approach? ing attraction comes highly recom? mended, it is a digression from ;? rmer custom to have ? ?..inter at? tractions, but the maitagei expects to st tire such attrac tive en! rt'.inau nts that an audience will ays D? as? sured. .Mrs. O. c. Scarborough md Miss Lida Scarborough left this morning for Greenville, S. C. to attend the graduating exercises of the Green? ville Female College. Mis:: Etta Sear borough is a member of this year's irraduating class. Mrs. J. J. Ragin is visiting at the home of her son. Mr. B. C. Ft agin Mr L. B Martin of Waycross, Ga., ? spent several days of the p ist week with friends here. There seems to be several sections of the county w here it is hard to get teachers because of the lack of board? ing place-. Such conditions are un? fortunate and should not exist. To say the least, the condition is embar? rassing. McDowell James, an old colored nan, living on the other side of the railroad died Friday night. The eoro ner w as notified of it and he made an Investigation. He found that James was a heavy drinker and had been suffering with stomach trouble, pos? sibly brought on by drinking. No In? quest was held. lb- was buried as a pauper. James was a blind tiger and was before the Recorder f??r sell? ing booze. He did net save sufficient out of the business to bury himself. Joe Koy was before the Retorder Saturday charged with selling booze lie got $50 or 30 days. Ah \ Williams had charges prefer? red against him by John Bracy Sat? urday. John < barged that Alex at? tempted to shoot him. The Reeemler disposed of the case by imposing a tine of $."..<u) against both Alex ami John for disorderly conduct.