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THtL SI MTER WATCHMAN, Establ oi*-undated Aug. 2, i8? ? .1 <T bi Wlatcbnwn and Southron. Published Wednesday and Saturday 1STEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY suMTiR, a a Terms: II 10 per annum?in advance. On* Squar? first Insertion.11.00 Every aubesquent Insertion.60 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub? serve private Interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respects wHI be charged for. <??M <'\ r \ It MER8' CONtiRLSS llsg MnUgg will be Held, neglnnlng Astra** fl. v large meet mon College. -Vug August II m . and en p. m. It was at first Intended to hold the meeting July ft. IT. SS, but the State Farm? ers' Union meets on July 17. so the dates t<>r the meeting at Clemson will fee changed. Announcements relative to the Oleen son meeting have been made by Prof. D. N, Larrow, head of the ex? tension work at the College. The meeting Is to be termed "The Farm? ers' Congress at Clemson Cortege." and will be held under the direction of the extension work department. lerne of the speakers will be: Mr T?te Butler. of Mississippi; Prof H. A. Morgan, of the Tennessee experiment atatlon: Prof Bradford Knapp, of the United States depart meat of agriculture; Clarence Poe. of the Progressive Farmer. Raleigh. N. C: Prof. C. U Ooodrlch. of Wash? ington, bureau of plant Industry; Prof. A. O. Smith. Bute agent of the bu? reau of plant Industry: E. J. Watson. Oesamtasloner of agriculture, com? merce and Industries; Ira W. Wil? liams. State agent, farm demonstra TsssV^a^rk; A. D. Hudson, presl .-?mth ('a. Itaa Corn Breeder's K. MInter, teuren*; teqpi of JHate 1Ave ***o*i Association; Prof. W. R. Per? kins, director of th+> department of agriculture si Clemson College. Prof. X N. Hsrper. of the State experiment etatlon at Clemson: A. F Conradl. State entomologist, and Prof. D. N. Flarrow and hin assistants. Reduced rates win be furnished on the railroads, and It is expected that there will be a large attendance of fanners at the meeting. lodging nsjn he furnished free and meals will b* furnished at the mess hall, which fill .be opened for the occasion, at a reasonable rate. "Strict order will ba mslntained and none wanted save those meaning business'.' Is the state saent of Prof. Harrow, appended to the announcement as to those who will ?p.?*k and the other urr.imo-. ments. A Weatern beef cattle expert?Mr. Day? will be at the meeting very probably snd will speak on the ques? tion of raising of beef cattle. The qsjeetlon that Mr. Dav win discuss will Include proper ration, methods o? marketing and other matters touching the cattle Industry. Commlaaloner Watson Is going to Issue a call to all thoae raising beef cattle to come to the meeting and present their difficulties to Mr. Day for answers. Me will explain the situation should the committee be I successful in getting him to come * rr #.lt \FT. Tb,,?? NN bo Will Vtteml to \ffalr- of Knight. Young A < <> Will Re Well P?hl _ Birmingham. Als.. June 22.?At a special meeting of the attorneys and referees of the bankrupt cotton firm of Knight. Ysncey A Co.. here today, fees aggregating $60,000 were allow? ed and an order was issued by Ref? eree Jere Murphy permitting Trus tee Love 11 to sell forthwith 1.150 bales of cotton now held In storag" st Mobile. Fees'allowed were sa follows: Love 11 and Croat, who were ap? pointed receivers. $30.000. Percy Benera and Rurr. attorneys for receivers. $26.000. Attorneys for bankrupt firm. $5.? 000 Orlef Is the agony of an instant; the Indulgence of grief, the blunder of a life ?Disraeli. le will Colonel ?Hon of the tight agnlrat tea ,*ih <de on his re iui it. general" Is hardly large enough.?Boston Herald. Ished Ar: Ii 1850. 'Be Just on 1. SU3 SCHWARTZ WINS FIRST. | DECOR ATIOXS WORTHY OF A METROPOLIS. Sumter Surpassed Herself In the Mat? ter of IkM'oratlons ? Committee Finds it Hard to Make Decision? j O'lHrnncll ?Jets Seeond Priae. fVOa The Daily Item, June 23. The decorations for tournament week have called forth many ex? pressions of admiration and praise, and deservedly so; for never before has Sumter put on her gala dress more than ?he ha? this week to greet the many firemen and visitors who have gathered together In the Game Cock City from most all of the State. Almost all of the business houses, both large and small, have expressed their pleasure of this festive occasion by decorating; and while some have of course, decorated more elaborately than others, each and every one de? serves praise for the active part they have taken in beautifying our city. One of the most elaborately dec? orated dry goods stores Is the Schwarti Bros, store. From the top of their building are draped stream? ers of red, white, and blue bunting, from the ends of which are hanging, alternately, stars and rings, made of red. white and bjue festooning. Just over the door, is the word "Welcome," also In red, white and blue. In the window to the right Is a representa? tion of Flora, Goddess of Flowers, standing in her garden, beneath a bower of red roses. The goddess is wearing net over green nlle, and holds in her hand a bunch of forget me-nots. Just in front of her is a lake, with moss along its edges, and further from the lake, a carpet of green (velvet) grass. Standing around the lake are the nymphs, the attendants of the goddess. Millinery is conspicuous In this window In that there is only one hat displayed This hat is made almost entirely of burnt Neapolitan, with flange of black vel? vet, and is covered with whit" wil? low feathers. Tn the other window, standing in the midst of a trellis-work, before a , I ha-Jk ground of red, white and blue, I la), Columbia, Goddess of Liberty. In rVrwoven through the trellta on eith? er side are the words "Welcome Fire? men" June 1910. In this window, are also displayed, belts, parasols and gloves, all of red, white and bliu . Another \ ery tastefully doOOfated dry goods store la the Sumter. Ihy Goods Co. Strung along the tops of their store are national flags, from which are draped streamer-! of bunt? ing, almost touching the pavement. Their corner window contains an at? tractive display of black shoes, which with the back ground of gold, ko to make up the Sumter Flremens' colors, black and gold. The other window contains a neat dry goods display, with a hack ground of the regular firemen's colors, red white and blue. Over the door and also each win? dow, of the Shaw and McCollum Mer. Co. is an arch constructed of red, white and blue hunting. Just over th< hes. on a back ground of white are the words "Welcome All," In firemen colors, also. The entire s.nd story of Mrs. At? kinson's Millinery store is covered by bunting, alternating with white and blue stripes, and COSahsg together in a point, resembling somewhat a large Opel fan. Kvervbody's Store-. The- Cash I >r> Qooda Co. and R. J. I'.arnc tt all have I Off attractive windows Strung along the top of o' Ponncll .v Cos building are national flaps with streamers of bunting connecting them. All of the awnimr frames are wr iop. d in red. PfhHi and blue, and stretching from the highest point of this building to the side wa k is a rop. ladder, UM rungs of which are also in firemen's colors. The entire front of the first story Is covered with bunting and festooning. The windows of < ?'l inritii 11 \ Co.. ha< e ex< ited no little admiration, SSDS4 iall\ one of the windows of the grocery and hard? ware deportment la this window, ? dummy with a cabbage? for its head ami smoking a 1<>c perfecto is repre Dted as riding a bleyc le to the tour? nament This bicycle is made entire ? ly of articles of hardware sold by this company and Is Indeed ingeniously constru' ted. The other grocery win? dow represents a prize ring and a dummy "Purity" made of a hag of flour has Just knocked out bis an? tagonist. "Inferior Rrands." Tbc? dry goods windows of this concern are Just as Ingeniously decorated, laoaa of these, a maiden, with her hair still In curl paper, has awakened from her slumbers to find the bouse on fire, and Is endeavoring to make a hasty exit with an arm full of goods. The fireman has his hose attached to d i^ear not?Let all the ends Thou Ain SIT ER. a. P., S^lTUI postal mm Ml AXOTHKR OF TAFT PLAN! GETS SEAL OF APPROVAL OF UP pkr iiorsi:. Scheme Is for Than to Take Small Accumulations of People Who Wish To Save Money?Provisions of Bill. Washington, June 22.?After vot? ing clown several amendments, the senate today decided, 44 to 25, to con? cur in the house amendments to the postal savings bank bill, and thus took the last legislative step necessary to the establishment of a postal sav? ings bank system of the United States. The measure was included in the ad? ministration schedule and its passage marks another triumph for President Taft. In accordance with the programme agreed upon yesterday, the voting be? gan at 5 o'clock and the bill was pass? ed a quarter of an hour afterwards. Most of the "Insurgent" Republi? cans Joined with the regulars in sup? porting the measure In the final ac? tion on It, but Senators Brlstow, Cum? mins and LaFol'otte refused to yield and cast their bullots In the negative with the Democrats. Senator Cham? berlain cast th uily Democratic vote for the bill. Previous to the voting there was much dl8cussioii of the general merits of the bill. the hydrant and the nozzle pointed toward the house, but the water fails to arrive, much to his chargin. In the other dry goods window a stout gent is holding a pair of the "hose" that the firemen like. Levy and Moses have the entire front of their store tastefully decor? ated wdth flags and red, white and blue bunting. In one window a pair of feet protruding from a flour barrel p'alnly show that there has been a "fall in hour." The other window con? tains an attractive display of grape Juice. The Sumter Grocery Co. is taste? fully decorated in' Firemen's colors and have excellent displays in their windows. ' A. A. Svrauss & Co. have their en? tire 2nd story covered by a large ban? ner, on which Is pictured a fire wagon running to a fire. On the banner, also, is the inscription "Welcome Fire? men," and such catchy phrases as "Glad U Cum," etc. Their windows contain very neat and attractive dis? plays of groceries. The 1). J. Chandier Clo. Co. have the front and side of their upstairs department draped very prettily in bunting. Displayed on stands In their right window are white shirts with red, white and blue neck ties lying across them. Pennants of the different lire companies are scattered among the stands. The left window contains a beautiful display of hat* on which are red, white and blue bands, also a display of handker? chiefs. The W. G. Stuhbs Haberdashery windows are neatly framed in red. white and blue bunting. The displays in both of the windows are very at? tractive. The front of Joseph M. Chandler is a mass of bunting and testoonlng. The awning frames are wrapped in gay colors and old glory is fluttering over door and windows. In the win? dow to the right of the door a lire man stands before a background of red, white and blue, deciding which one of the large number of suits displayed, he will select. In the win? dow to the left Is a display of shoes, each of which is resting on a stand made of red, white and blue fans. <>n the second floor of the Sumt. r Clothing Co. streamers of bunting are Stretched between the windows, and are caught together by United States (lags making a very pretty showing. The windows are framed In bunting, and each contains a eery catchy display of men's furnishing goods. CuttlllO and M( Knight Co. have their store and windows, which con? tain displays'of fancy groceries very attractively decorated. GOfdtfl Br?then have their store very prettily decorated with firemen's flags and bunting. Win. H, Cobb Co.. have their right window entirely tilled with a display of flags, bunting and festooning. In their other window the words MWel? ? onir Firemen" are spelled with white handkerchiefs. Parrott's Book store is tastefully decorated in firemen's colors. The show window is occupied by a red. whit.- and blue stand on Which are displayed a number of late books. The Boston Candy Kitchen have the back of their window decorated to represent old fashioned striped candy in the window, itself, are several trays of home made candles. -> is t at be thy Country'3. Thy Owl's ai ID AY. JUNE 25. 191 FICHT TO BE AT REND, NEY. TEX RICHARD SELECTS SITE FOR JEFFRIES-JOHNSON BOUT. Both Big Fellows Will Take Up Training Quarters Near Nevada City in Near Future. Reno, Ney., June 21.?With Reno fixed as the battle ground, with as? surances from Gov. Dlckerson that no attempt to interfere will be made by the State authorities and with prep? arations already under way for build? ing the arena, the Jeffries-Johnson fight seems certain of fulfillment on July 4. The selection of a site for staging the big fight was made this afternoon. It is a rocky field in East Reno, about a mile and a half from the city. It is famous in ring history as the scene of the Hart and Root contest. It is regarded as an ideal p.'ace as it af? fords plenty of ground Tor a spacious structure. Contractor McLaughlin went over the place today with Rick ard and the Reno committee and im? mediately began to carry out plans already prepared for the construe, tlon of the area. A building about 300 feet square, modeled along the lines of the st*. uc ture begun in San Francisco, will be built. It Is hoped to have it com? pleted by the first of next month. Another selection made this after? noon was training quarters for John? son. Tom Flannagan. M?? champion's manager, has been looking over sev? eral sites and finally settled on a road house, three miles southwest of Reno known as Rick's resort. Ac? cording to Flannagan, it is an excel? lent place for a training camp and affords all necessary facilities. Jeffries wii be stationed at Monana Springs, three miles south of Reno. Jeffries and his trainers are ex? pected to arrive here tomorrow and Flannagan has sent a telegram to Johnson, advising the negro to lose no time in reaching Reno. V. H. Phelps has his store attract? ively decorated with firemen's and national flags as well as festooning and bunting. His show windows con? tain neat displays of groceries. Over the Burns Hardware Com? pany's store is the word "Welcome," a' ' gay flags and festoons give a si. rurther welcome. The windows are neatly decorated with hardw9iv specialties. I The D iRant Hardware Company are gaily draped in red, white and blue, and have very* attractive show windows. W. A. Thompson, jeweler, has a very beautiful window, decorated with the Sumter Firemens' colors, bla rk and gold. The gold bracelets and other articles of jewelry show up on the black hack ground very prettily. * McCormack Jewelry Co. have a very pretty show window, also King's Cigar Store is decorated very attract? ively with flags and bunting. Sibert's, Hearon's, China's, De Lorme's and the Sumter Drug Com? pany are all arrayed in red, white and blue. O. E. Bostick has doors and win? dows framed with Hag bunting. The Singer Sewing Machine Co.. have a very pretty arch, constructed of bunting over their door The Savoy has over their door a picture of a fire department answer? ing an alarm. Their windows an tastefully draped with festooning. The Sumter Hardware Company has an attractive window. M. 'Green has a pretty display of Hags over his door. A. and N. Averbltck and James Christos are all decorated. The Dixie Cafe, Star Restaurant and Charlie's ('ale are decorated. i.. w. Folsom has very pretty show windows and front decorated with Hags and bunting. J. R, Mercer ?V- Co. are decorated with firemen's and national flags. li. Strauss is decorated. The following communication was sent to the chairman of the decor? ations committee by the judges io polnted to make the awards. C. D. Schwartz, Chairman Decoration Committee. Mr. chairman: Your judges of decorations found an extremely difficult task, because the patriotic spirit of Sumter mer? chants combined with their artistic taste gave us exhibitions worthy of a metropolis. Never before has Sum? ter seen such a display. Alter two days service, we award Schwartz Bros, first prize. We award <>'| Ma? ndl & Co., second prize. Geo. D. Shore. Ceo. D. Levy. By Walter Cheyne, Chariman. Mirth is God's medicine.?Beecher. id Truth's. ?t THE TRTJ. 0. New 8eri WORSE THAN AMATEURS. ALLEGED BALL PLAYERS PER? PETRATES A FARCES. South Atlantic TssjfjH'lsj Put Up / \ Worst Exhibition of Base BgJ> Seen by Local Fans?Very ?i Crowd Present and the Gate ^te cetpts the Only Satisfactory Feature Of the Occasion. From The Daily Item, June 23. The base ball games between the Macon and Columbia teams of the South Atlantic League, which the fans were looking forward to as one of the best features of Firemen's week turned out to be the very worst lemon ever handed the long suffering devotees of the national game. The double-header yesterday afternoon drew a great big crowd, one of the largest that has ever gathered in the Sumter Ball Park to witness a ball game and it was a shame that they got nothing for their money. The grand 'Stands and bleachers were packed, the outfield was lined with automobiles and carriages and hun? dred were seated cn the grass back of the side lines. The following extracts from the re? port sent The State by Brian Bell, sports writer for that paper, express very mildly the sentiments of the crowd: "The games were had, very bad. A combination of most unfortunate cir? cumstances cost the Blues both bat? tles. In the first game Fullenwider pitched a fine game, but miserable support by his fellow conspirators sent the bout glimmering, 10 to 0. In the second the fielding 'was good enough, but Folbre and Brandt were hit hard, so hard that Kid Webber pitched part of an inning. This score was all of 9 to 1. In neither game did the Blues hit Sam Weems to any extent. From explanatory re? marks, the fans will readily conclude that It was a dull blue today and the fans are right. "Possibly never in the history of baseball have two professional games been poorer exhibitions. The Colum? bia playe-s tried hard enough, but they could not fulfill their part of putting up a good game, and this, coupled with the distinct failure of one Sam Mills, as umpire, made the alleged baseball games more hilarious farces than diamond engagements in the best sense of the word." The game scheduled for this morn? ing was called off, the reason stated for so doing being that the grounds were too wet and not fit to play on. Whatever the reason no one regret? ted the cancellation of the game, one exhibition of punk ball, such as that of yesterday was a plenty. Fire! and the brave, brave firemen leaped forth to harness the beautiful horses that had taken their stand ready for the harness to be fitted on their lovely, arched backs, then out into the cold night they sped to save the cottage of a poor widow. Brave men they are, willing to risk their lives for the lowjiest. A little girl was in her room stifling in the smoke, but one of the kind, brave firemen climb? ed the ladder and saved the little girl. One of the most noble callings is that Of the firemen. Many, many brave, noble lives have been lost in trying to save another. About four years ago a brave, pure and noble young life was ended by a falling wall. He was trying to save the property of some one. He was doing his duty. His pure, noble face was scorched and burned, his fireman's coat was parched and charred, lodes were in it and he still worked on. Suddenly the Wall of the building was shaken, the fire had burned the sand, of which the stones were made. Then the wa? ter loosened it and it fell crashing to the ground and under it was buried our brave, pure, noble fireman, Willie Graham, the most noble and brave fireman that honored our town with his presence. We honor his name. We honor his calling, the calling ot the fireman. Wednesday and Thursday, the fire? men of which we are so proud, will meet and race. We hope that our own brave brothers will win, but we know that some of the other firemen are as brave as our own. We are glad they will honor Sum? ter with their presence, and we will make Sumter appear as gay as can be with the beautiful decorations and bright, happy faces of the citizens that will gre<n them. CHRISTINA GERHARDT. Age 13 years. Miss ESdna Holman, daughter of Capt. E. H. Holman, formerly of Sumter, but now of Abbeville, will be married on the 27th inst., to Mr. W. H. White, of Abbeville. The Brave Firemen. 4 E SOUTHRON, EsW'shed June, ISM es? Vol. Xv \ No. 35. ??i?y??y ????? I SPyV?SSES BILLS. mr ^ /ood headway ix leg I c Native programme. <> ______ r mbcrs Devote Sizzling Hours to Discussion of Unimportant Measure ?Reporter Overcor.ie. Washington, June 22.?The senate today passed four important general - measures. Beginning the session with the consideration of the public build? ing bill, carrying a total appropria? tion of about $24,000,000 for the erec? tion and additions of public buildings through the country, this measure was disposed of and the postal sav? ings bank bill was taken up. Three hours were given to the con? sideration of the postal bank meas? ures. This bill had previously passed the senate and the house and it came up today on a motion made by Sena? tor Carter to concur in the house amendments. Speeches in opposition to the mo? tion were made by Senators Bristow, Hughes and Simmons, while Senator Carter advocated its adoption. The motion prevailed, 44 to 25. The only Republican votes cast against the bill on final action were those of Messrs. Bristow. Cummins and LaFollette. Senator Chamblerlaln was the only Democrat to vote for the bill. The senate also amended and pass? ed the house bills authorizing $20, 000,000 worth of certificates of In? debtedness to aid the completion of existing irrigation reclamation pro? jects and requiring the publication of contributions made through cam? paign committees in the Interest of members of the house of representa? tives. The Appalachian forest reserve biin> will be considered by the senate tomorrow. Purposely blocking a flood of ninth hour legislation that otherwise would have been considered, the house spent the entire day on the Currier bill to permit patentees to sue the govern? ment for unauthorized use of their inventions, which was finally passed. Many members participated in the desultory discussion. In the ehambor members swelter? ed, the thermometer registering a record maximum of 86, and one of the official reporters, George C. Laf ferty, was overcome by the heat. It is understood the Appalachian' reserve, and anti-option cotton bills and conference reports will have right of way in the house tomorrow. RENO OR GOLDFIELDS. Prize Fighters Are Awaiting March? ing Orders to Nevada?Decision Ex? pected Today. San Francisco, June 20.?With the departure of Tex Rickard today for Reno, the question of location of the heavyweight championship battle on July 4, was shifted definitely from California to Nevada. When the interview that Mayor McCarthy held yesterday with Gov. Gillett failed to produce any positive results, the promoters admitted that the last chance of holding the fight in this State had gone glimmering. Both training camps are .^waiting instructions from Rickard, who reached Reno tonight. As he expects to hold an immediate conference with the respective fight promotion com? mittees from Reno and Goldfields, it is believed the two camps will re? ceive marching orders early tomor? row. That active preparations are being made to shift the Langford-Ketchel fight to Nevada was made manifest today when Joe Woodman instructed his Reno representative to secure training quarters at Reno for Lang ford. Sid Besten, who promoted the Nelson-Wolgast tight* la in Reno and it is believed that he is triyng to land ;i permit for a light between Langford and Ketchel. AUDITOR WEST RESIGNS. Dispensary Official Quits to Take An? other Job? Dis|>ensar> Cases to ho Tried in Chester Next Month. Columbia, June 23.?State Dispen? sary Auditor W. B. West today filed with Gov. Ansel his resignation, effee tive July 1st, in order to become an Inspector of food stuffs under Com? missioner Watson. The only other inspector named so far is Mr. B. Har? ris, of Pendleton. The Attorney General's office says: "It is our present intention to try the Chester dispensary cases at the Ches? ter term, commencing July 4th." Announcements have been received hero announcing the marriage of Mr. O. H. Folley of this place to Miss Willie May Bates, at Birmingham, Tuesday, June 21. Mrs. Folley has visited here several times and has a number of friends in her new home.