Iff Mxtilwa jui? Southron
The Humtir Watohmun was found?
ed In lltO and the True Southron in
lift Ths Watchman and Southron
Bow has the combined circulation and
Imduenc* cf both of the old papers,
and || manifestly the beet advertising
medium la Sumter.
FUtl.Y CLOSING OF STOHFS.
The movement inaugurated by
some of the merchants to close all
the stores and business houses at 6
<> leek p. m. throughout the year.
Saturdays alone excepted, is a step
in' the right direction and we trust
that all the merchants and business
men will fall Into line. A majorltv
of the stores open at 7 o'clock a. m.
and It does seem that all the business
could be transacted between that
hour and 6 o'clock p. m., therefore
there Is no good reason for keeping
open later except that it has been the
custom for .nany years to do so. If
all the stores enter into the proposed
agreement and live up to it all will
be on exactly the same footing and
Instead of early closing being a hard?
ship, as some who object to it claim.
It will be a benefit to all?merchants
as well as their employes.
For the past two years Schwartz
Bros, have closed at 6 o'clock and
their experience has been so satis?
factory that they could not be induc?
ed to return to the old custom of
keeping open until a late hour. If
one store can close at 6 o'clock
without material loss while all the
others remain open, It is a reasona?
ble conclusion that were all to close
that the city would be better off. the
clerks would be better off and the
merchants would be no worse off
than they now are.
We believe that were It left to a
vote of the people who patronize the
stores, a large majority would declare ;
in favor of early closing, and we trust
that when the business men have
given the proposition careful con?
sideration they will all agree to close.
II \THFItSTONF/S OPPORTUNITY.
? ???
The policy that Mr. Featherstone
will pursue. In the e\ent of his
m. respecting a State-wide pro?
hibition law. will have a great deal
to do with determining how the lo?
cal optionist* will vote in the second
prim try If he should gSfllStl him?
self determined to use all the power
and Influenee of the Governor's of?
fice to force h SMte-uide bill through
the legislature, regardless of the fact
that sixty per cent of the Democrats
of the Stat' voted in f.i \ ??r of
1 at al ?pf|.,n andldates and against
State -wide prohibition, a greit many
who prefer Mr. Featherstone person?
ally will dlsreagrd personal prefer
Md vote for Blease. Whether
or BSt there will be enough of this
way of thinking to elect Mr. Blease
we do not know, but we do know that
th. re is a strong sentiment against
any ndhal legislation along the line
of St ?te-wlde prohibition. Mr. Feath
ston" can either elect or defeat hint?
s' saying a very few words. If
b ' i-its to he Governor of South
OgFOllag as a representative of all
the p.-opb'. Irrespective of the liquor
Hsue the honor for which he has
Bi i n striving for so many years is
within his grasp. But if he prefers
defeat as the leader of a faction and
the i xponent of a theory, he can
a' mpllsh that result by declaring
for a 8tate-wide law, regardless of
the i Huit of the first primary.
? ? ?
If Mr. Featherstone receives all of
the Hyatt and Richards, and half of
M' 1.1*1 vote he will win out in the
*.nd primary by a majority of about
lO.ono With all the Richards and
Hyatt vote and one-third the Mi
Lead vail be will win ay a majority
of pproximately four thousand. The
proh.ihllltles are that he will win,
but much will depend upon the tenor
of hat stalesasat to the public respect?
ing his policy as to State.wi le legis?
lating at the approaching session of
th? ' ; ?e r tl Assemble.
Rarhj Riurr item?.
H ?? U\ Muff, Sept. I. ? We ha\ ?
beei having r.nn this aeek, arhich
e m rj mu< h needed, it came too
It'- (?? do SOfne Of the cotton an*
goo i. bed will help aogae of tin- cot?
ton i ad paaa potatoes and fall gard?
en
? dtog is op. tiing now. aad in an
otb r nook yoa eaa heaf the negroes'
son. a evefy where.
Mr W. W Skinner left last l-'r I -
di\ f .r Glenn Springs, for two we. k.s
Mr Willie M. Lsod went to I'ree
SJt, V (V. last Satt..-day to visit
re tati% es
Ml*?? Lslhi Joms, of Coacord) Is
Bp Bdtag this we.-k with Mrs. Willie
Meld id
Mr J. M. Kogle and the Messrs.
Shippv spent Saturday and Sunday
In Charleston.
Mr and Mrs. J J. Hatfleld and
? hlldpsa spent Saturday in gamier
B?g Mr and Mrs. John g Kennedy.
Ml*s Kva llattleld spent Saturday
an i Saturday night x%lth her sister.
Mrs. W. P\ Baker
Mr John->n White and family
spent Saturday night and Sunday at
his father s. Mr. J. K. White.
Mrs. Willie McLood and children.
Miss Leila Jones and Mr. Arthur
Hattleld -p.nt Sunday with Mr. G. P,
Hatth Id.
Mr W. V Baker and family spent
Sunday With Mr. J. J. Hattleld.
Mrs. J. M. logic and little ion,
James, spent Sunday with Mrs. W. R.
Wells.
Messrs. Luke and Lena Baker and
little Miss Lula. Of Pisgah. spent
Monday and Tuesday with their
brother, Mr. W. P, Baker.
Mr. Lagnan Geddings, of Wedge
fl>'.d, Is spending a few days with his
sister. Mrs. Ii. R. Ardls.
Kev. s. B. Hattleld will preach
here Sunday night. September 4.
PERMANENT PAST!'RES FOR IHK
SOUTH.
V.?Pastures are at the Very Founda?
tion of Eeonomicall Soil Building
and General Prosperity?Why Do
Wo Expect Grass to Grow Under
Conditions Where Other Crops
Would Not?
By A. L. French.
As I have traveled over our coun?
try the thought has come to me
many a time that our people are not
considering pastures as a business
crop at all but simply as a conven?
ience?a place to turn the cow, a
place where the horses can roll and
rest Sundays. Now, if there is one
aim I have In writing these articles
on pastures, it is to bring out the
fact that pastures can be made a
"money crop" in the South, taking
rank with our other great money
crops. And grass should be given
more consideration by the soil-loving
farmer of the South than any other
crop.
You say that is a pretty strong |
statement. I realize fully how strong
a statement it is. But. my friends,
soil building Is. next to education,
the greatest need of our time here
in the South. The writer is firmly
convinced rriat the great army of
Southern farmers will not become
soil builders until they become live
stock breeders and feeders. You say,
"How about legumes and commerical
fertilizers?" I doubt not soil build?
ing can be accomplished rapidly by
the use of these agencies, but the
trouble is. not more than one in ten
of our farmers will continue to use
the legumes year after year?unless
some use other than fertilizer can be
made of the plants?because of the
Mat Of seed and use of land. With
first ( lass live stock on the farm the
farmer can make a "money corp" of
his legumes selling the feed value
to his animals and retaining the
plant . od and huanus values to build
up his soil. By Uiis means he gets
his soil improvement out of his leg?
umes for less than nothing, as the
food value of the legume hay is
generally twiee the cost of growing
the crop.
Now to get back to the point: Live
stock production is absolutely de?
pendent as yet on pastures. Pasture
Is the cheapest stock feed, by far
that we have at our command today
as the cost of harvesting is next to
nothing. So, if the rejuvenation of
the great mass of the soils of the
South is the second greatest prob?
lem before us farmers today, if this
soil building must come through a
much more general use of live stock,
and if this live stock business is de?
pendent on pastures, we must con?
cede pastures to be at the bottom
of the gerat soll building revolution
that is coming to our land. Hence
as a ( rop the pasture must rank first
among them all in the mind of the
farmer who loves his soil and is de?
termined to deal fairly with this gift, j
T want you to think seriously on
this matter, my friends, and the more j
von ponder with the truth you will
he Impressed with the truth of what
I have told you.
We love our country, are jealous
for her. We don't want her to rank
second to anybody's country, and her
progress Is <i am sure you will all
concede thll when you have studied
the matter as some men have
studied it? hampered to an immeas?
urable degree from the lack?which
Is almost universal?of good soil
binding, soii-buiiding and economical
stork-feeding pastures, And these
pastures, as 1 have said In a pre?
vious paper. nre obtainable and
practical over almost the entire area
<?f I he South. We simply ha\e to
adopt the pasture plants adapted to
each seetlon and give the pasture
-f.I. honest treatment such as we
would render to any Other highly*
prlaed crop.
Keep your pasture clean as you
do your ?ort? fields when you are
striving I am going to tell a tale on
North Carolina farmers thai they will
be ashamed to have me tell, 1 am
Sur??, because It Is the honest truth.
1 rode last week over H00 mlhs
through I he beet part of the state
and from ?he rar window I saw
thousands of acres of good corn
fields (dean as a whistle. Cotton
and tobacco crops were clean, but
net a clean pasture did 1 s.e along
the satire route, Yon wouldn't at?
tempt to grow corn or cotton In a
brush lot, my people, why will you
insist on growing pasture gr< <
under such unfavorable conditions?
Why ??Progressive Farmer."
EXCURSION TO CHARLESTON.
(ioing to Charleston September 12th?
Barel Bevyi the Man Who Never
Falls to Take Advantage- of a Splen?
did Trip.
The big trip to Charleston, via the
Atlantic Coats Line, on Monday, Sep?
tember 12th, promises to be a rec?
ord breaker, and if present indica?
tion materializes it will be a "hum?
mer." The chance to take In an ex?
cursion of this kind does not pre?
sent itself every day, and those who
are looking for an excellent means
of rest and recreation should not
overlook the offering. Charleston is
a beautiful city and those who visit
it once are ever after singing its
praises. Train wUl leave here at
7:50 A. M., and returning leave
Charleston 10:30 P. M.
It will be a hard matter to find a
better trip than this, especially when
the cost is considered. If you have
friends in Charleston, now is the time
to visit them. The round trip is only
$1.50 from here.
This excursion will be under the di?
rection of Thos H. Knight, which is
a sufficient guarantee that it will be
all that It Is represented. Tf you have
never been on one of Knight's excur?
sions, ask anyone who has and they
will tell you unanimously that "There
is nothing quite like it." There will
be separate coaches for white and
colored passengers.
When in Charleston, don't fail to
visit the beautiful Isle of Palms,
South Carolina's great play-ground
and pleasure resort.
A dispatch says that Dr. Cooke
has "found an asylum in Texas." If
he has, it's nothing to boast of; but
everybody discredits reports of dis?
coveries by Cook.?Louisville Courier
Journal.
Notice.
The business of the Union Broker?
age Co., has increased so that it was
necessary to enlarge their warehouse.
Now we have the goods at the right
prices. Give us a call, or phone 544. I
Union Brokerage Co. 8-22-3t-I-w
Colonel Roosevelt Is now familiar
with the sensations of the "allies" at
the latest Republican national con?
vention.?Atlanta Constitution.
Notice.
It Is the time for fall trade and
why not give the firm your business
that has kept prices down at the
bottom since January 3rd, 1910. It's
the Union Brokerage Co., Phone 544.
8-22-3t-I-w
SEED RYE?Just received shipment
Rye seed for fall planting in cot?
ton and for winter grazing. Booth
Harby Live Stock Co., Sumter, S.
C. 8-6-4t
?Your complexion as well as your
temper is rendered miserable by a
disordered liver. By taking Cham?
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
you can improve both. Sold by W.
W. Sibert.
Notice.
If you are in need of bagging and
ties, call on Union Brokerage Co., as
they have them in all grades, also the
price Is right. 8-22-3t. I-w
?Don't waste your money buying
plasters when you can get a bottle
of Chamberlain's Liniment for twenty
five cents. A piece of flannel damp?
ened with this liniment is superior to
any plaster for lame back, pains In
the side and chest, and much cheap?
er. Sold by W. W. Sibert.
ACT QUICKLY.
Delay Has Been Dangerous In Sum tar,
Do the right thing at the right time.
Act quickly in the times of danger.
Backache is kidney danger.
Doan's Kidney Pills act quickly.
Cure all distressing, dangerous kid?
ney ills.
Plenty of evidence to prove this.
Mrs. Charles Browning, 101 E. Ca?
nal St., Sumter, S. C, says:
"For some time my kidneys were
disordered and the secretion from
these organs became unnatural. I
also suffered from dull, nagging back?
aches and had distressing pains
through my loins. My head ached
constantly, I could not rest well and
in the morning I felt tired and lan?
guid. Since using Doan's Kidney Pills
procured at China's Drug Store, I
have b^en free from backache, am
able to rest well and the kidney sec?
retions are regular In passage. The
headaches have ceased and I feel bet?
ter In every way. I give Doan's Kid?
ney Pills the credit for this improve?
ment."
For sale by all dealers. Price 60
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agenta for the United
States.
Remember the name?Doan's?and
take no other. No. 20.
Many
People
Are willing to sacrifice them
selves and their children to
the prejudice of "what peo?
ple say."
The Foolish Prejudice Against
the Use of Glasses?
Hy children with defective
Eyes often result in the great?
est suffering?sometimes per?
fect disability of one who
might otherwise become a
power in the world.
W. A. Thompson,
Jeweler and Optician.
Phone 333. - - No. 6 S. Main St
The Farmers' Bank and Trust Co.
Established 1905.
Capital Stock paid in. $120,000.00
Stockholders Guarantee to Depositors.. 120,000.00
Surplus and Undivided Profits. 46,00000
Deposits. 295,000.00
We are large enough to accommodate you, not too
large to appreciate your account, be it large or small.
DEPOSIT
With
First National Bank
THAT'S ALL.
The Time Comes On
when business picks up. The bus)- man gets busiest
and the days grow shorter. More has to be done in less
time.
Then it is that small delays and inaccuracies assume
undue proportions. Then it is that the financial institu?
tion, which by its perfected organization and systematized
methods is enabled to reduce to a minimum these small
troubles, elicits most the approval and appreciation of its
customers.
We have the organization. We have the facilities
and \{ youi financial connections have not been altogether
satisfactory or you have new buisness, we invite your ac
count on the basis of an elimination of these "gnats" of
11 a de.
75be
Bank of Sumter.
VP
MISIMPROVED OPPORTUNITIES TAKEN AWAY.
Matthew 21:23-46.?September 4.
"Therefore say 1 unto uou, The Kingdom of God shall be taken from you.*'
N this Study the Great Teacher in two parables portrays the mistake
made by the religionists of his day. The understanding of these para?
bles gives a clearer insight into the cause which led to the rejection of
Israel for a time from Divine favor. Incidentally, too, we are to remem?
ber that nominal fleshly Israel was a prototype of nominal Christendom.
Hence we may look for somewhat similar conditions and dealings now in the
'harvest" time of this Christian Ace.
To get the force of the Lord's teachings here and everywhere it Is neces?
sary to remember that the Jewish people had been promised the Kingdom of
God. of which David's Kingdom was a type on a small scale. For centuries
they had been expecting a great King. Messiah, whose coming would exalt
them and bring then into prominence as God's Kingdom. John the Baptist,
when he came to introduce Messiah, told the Jews that unless they would
repent and come back, to the extent of their ability, Into harmony with God
and the Law they need not expect to share In the Messianic Kingdom. Jeans
told the people that unless their righteousness should exceed the righteous?
ness of the scribes and Pharisees, they should in no wise enter into or become
members of the long-waited-for Kingdom. (Matthew 5:20.) The two parables
of this Study illustrate what stood in the way of the majority.
The Jewish people professed to be God's people, willing to do him service.
They were treated, not as mere slaves, but, rather, like sons. All were told
to go and work in God's vineyard; but they divided into two classes, repre?
sented by the two sons, in our first parable. One of these sons represented the
outwardly religious, pious, who said, Yes, we will serve God. However, they
did not really seek the Divine service, but rather the service of their sects and
parties and their own personal alms, honor, influence and preferment. The
!)ther class of Israelites, represented by the otL t son of the parable, made
no pretense of serving God, and were branded as publicans, sinners, harlots.
Nevertheless, when Jesus appeared, when John's message went forth, and
afterwards the teachings of Jesus and the Apostles, these same publicans, sin?
ners, harlots, were the ones ready to receive him, while the religious, finding
that his message was In conflict with their teachings, repudiated him. Thus
one of the charges against Jesus was, "He recelveth publicans and sinners
and eateth with them."
The second parable represents God as the owner of a great Vineyard, in
all respects well appointed and furnished for his purpose. This Vineyard
represents the Jewish nation and the Divine promises made to that people?
the Law and all the arrangements of the Law Covenant, for their develop?
ment. This Vineyard the owner let out to husbandmen, whose duty It waa to
care for the vines and the fruitage and to render to the owner the results,
except a portion which they might keep for themselves. These husbandmen
were the prominent religionists, of whom Jesus said, "The scribes and Phari?
sees sit in Moses' seat. All, therefore, whatsoever they bid you observe, that
observe and do." (Matt 23:2, 3.) The owner properly required returns on
his property and sent servants to receive his share of the fruitage. But the
husbandmen, instead of giving them what was due their Master, abused them
by beating, killing and stoning them.
These servants were the prophets of old, sent to Israel. They should have
received the kindest treatment and an abundance of fruits of meekness,
gentleness, patience, etc., but, instead, they were treated as Intruders by the
leaders of Israel. Some of them were stoned, some beaten, some murdered,
some sawn asunder. Some wandered about In sheepskins and goatskins and
dwelt In dens and caves of the earth, because not appreciated. They were not
treated as representatives of the owner of the vineyard. Finally the owner
sent his Son, saying, "They will reverence my Son." But these same hus?
bandmen, the religionists of our Lord's day, took counsel to kill him and to
seize his inheritance. They somehow got the impression that they could lord
it over God's heritage and that anybody reproving them or showing up their
hypocrisies or liberating the people from subservience to them, whoever he
might be?even the heir?they were at liberty to kill. They crucified him.
What may we presume the owner of that vineyard would do to those
wicked husbandmen who, forgetting the ownership of the vineyard, were
using it as their own, mistreating his servants and crucifying his Son? The
Great Teacher put the question to his hearers, and the answer promptly came
that the owner would destroy those wicked men and let out his Vineyard to
others who would render him its fruitage.
This Is Just what happened. The scribes and Pharisees and Doctors of the
Law who were using God's prom'ses and blessings and their opportunities self?
ishly and In disregard of the Almighty?these were dispossessed. Their govern?
ment was destroyed and Divine favor and privileges as God's mouthpieces,
which they once enjoyed, were taken from them and gi 'en to others?to the
Apostles and their associates, during this Gospel Age.
However, as fleshly Israel was a type or picture of nominal Spiritual
Israel, we may not have to look far to find a very similar condition of things
today. Today also we see some high in official position as representativee
of God and his Word using their positions to entrench themselves, to hold
power over the people, to carry out their own schemes. These are inclined
to 6peak harshly, yea, to "murder" any who come amongst tfcem meekly,
humbly, m the name of the Lord. They do not literally kill them nor ' shoot
them full of arrows," but they do behead them in the sense of ostracism.
And they do shoot out at them the arrows of bitter words, slanders, etc.
What will the Husbandman do with such ser/ants? The answer is again
that the opportunities which they have enjoyed will be taken away from them.
Thank God that the next step in the programme will be that the King's Son
and all of the misused servants associated with him will constitute V new
"Kingdom of God's dear "Son" "under the whole heavens." Matters will be
no longer entrusted to any but the tried, proven, faithful.
Jesus, the rejected, "is become the chief corner-stone" of the great Temple
of God, which Is the Church. As the privilege of being God's embryotic King?
dom was taken from the Jews and given to Christ and the Church, so pres?
ently his embryotic Kingdom will be taken from earth entirely?his faithful
will be received to the heavenly plane and power and great glory.
Whoever stumbled over Jesus suffered loss in the sense of being broken,
but not beyond possibility of repair. "But upon whomsoever this stone (Mes?
siah) shall fall, it will grind him to powder" in the Second Death.?Matt 21:44.
National Encampment.
G. A. R.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.
$22.45
Round Trip Rate
From Sumter
With corresponding rates from other points via the
ATLANTIC COAST LINE
DATES OF SALE?Setembcr 15 to 19, 19m, inclu
ive.
STOP OVERS? 10 days not to xceed final limit will
be allowed on both the going und return trips at Rich?
mond or Norfork and Washington, Baltimore anil Phila?
delphia, by depositing t;ckets on arrival at stop-over
Point with Depot Ticket Agent.
Tickets will be limited to return, not later than mid?
night of Setember 2 Hut May Be Extended to October
jS, by depositing tickets and payment of $I.oo.
Make arrangements for tickets, Pullman reservations
well in advance with M. H. Dickey Ticket Agent, Sum?
ter, S. C.
$22.45 ?
W. J. CRAIQ, T. C. WHITE,
PaNHCngor Traffic Manager, General Passenger Agent.
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