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THX WMTKK WATCHMAN, Consolidated Au*. 2,1 QlWatcbnuui ano- $outbren. ' Pwbttshed Wednesday ?ml Saturday ? BT? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY si MTiii, a c. Ii 11.10 p?>r annum?In advanca. AUterUsssaesjOa: Oaa J*quar? first Insertion.11.00 ?vary aubsequent Inaertton.10 Contract* for three meat ha. or lenger will be made at reduced rate?. All communlcatlena which sub awry a private iatereeta will be charged Ik for at) adverttaements. Ofeituartea and tributes of reapecl? wMl es> charged for. BABY PARALYSIS PLAGUE. Expert Ltkena R to Yellow Fever. Infantile paralysis Is contagious daogevoua. hard to cure, and ought to he reported as soon as found and lac let ad as soon as reported. sk Yhla la the opinion of Dr. Luclan ?lark of Nebraska, appointed by Oct. Shallenberger to investigate this diaeae* In the Eastern cltiea and re? puted to ba one of the beat-known authorities on Infantile paralysis In the United Mate* Dr. Stark came to Washington on a visit after attend a? ing a conference of the New York Medical aoelety. where he read a 'Don't take any chancea with acute anterior plbmyelltls. I live In Aurora, Nab., and two physicians were fined recently for their failure to report, re la a State law against careloas In regard to this very complaint, and there ought to be one every wiser*. I am told there la no such law la the District of Columbia. There as where aomebody Is making a mis? take. The dlaease had taken hold hare, and It will be beyond control nodosa every force possible Is used to stamp It out while it is yet embroy Worae Than Smallpox. "A great may phyaiclans confuse (Ifta Infant disease with spinal menin? gitis In their dlagnoals. It la even P worse than meningitis. It Is worse than smallpox. It Is more contagious than any other plague on the face of the earth except, perhapa. cholera, yellow fever, or the bubonic plague. Its aymptoma are somewhat like pto? maine poisoning. R> "It aelses the patients with a sud? denness that la almost harrowing, and thay are paralyzed before it has actually been dlacovered as Infantil?* paralyats. "One of the most certain proofs of tha fart that Infantile paralysla is K contagious la that It follows a rail? road from t<?wn to town In my State, and leaves Ita deadly Imprint wher? ever it apreads. unleaa checked by Isolation. Abaolute quarantine is the only method St handling the dls I How Brat Treated. "The physician In charge of a case of Infantile paralysis punctures the aplnal cofd at the base and with? draws 22 minims of the fluid. Salt solution to the amount of 11 minims la Injected, and the rest of the treat? ment consists almost entirely of mas ^ saga. It la successfully treated by any good doctor where discovered In time; but otherwise It Is almost ex? ceptionally lost; hence the need for prompt a? tb?n "I have had 700 cases; 7 per cent, of deaths and 35 per cent, of 0000)? P plete recoveries. I dare aar there Is no better record In the United States on this partb-nlar dlaease than mine. Doctors In the F.ast don't think we Weatern doctor* know anvthlng about thla dlaease. but I think wo know i little morn than they know In the "A spray sf ?lve.,thymo1lne ta*o or three time* i .| iv and complete isola? tion of the children Is the best pre ventltlve of the disease. It Is con trarted through tho noso and throat." Dr. Stark's father whs a Kepresen 0_> tatlve fr-on Nebraska some years ago. and \?. m in np|i .iient of the go\ - ernor who appointed Dr. Stark to Investigate Infant's diseases VICTIM OF 1*1(1 I.rxit \CCM?I \ I I Hanget h> Hank Oowf Hiww Pale of I him Worker. Columbus. Oi., Sept. 4.?OSSnf W Ka*ion. a young white man. was liter? ally hanged bv a pi ink over the Chat ta.noog.-t River. mar lore o.div He was at work SOI a dam. which Is being built across the river, when a plank struck against his neck and pinned him to un ? timber. Ills SjSSfll was broken, ami when the plank slipped awav he dropped Into th* riv??r. The body was recovered. Cho#>r up! Your acquaints* Will say nl?*? things about v >n after you die il.nl April. 1M0. ?Be Jut ?i 881. 8U HAMPTON. HOT SGARBOROUCH. GUBKNViixB oommn be POKTFD MM TOO MANY VOTBI Foil SCARBOROUGH. Two Official Hfptffll Filed Show Same Mistake?Frror Has Tost Demo? cratic I'arty Over $50??New Tick? ets Will bo Printed. ?'?dumbta. Sept. 4.?G. McDulfl? Hampton of this city will be In Iii? itc >ml race for the office of railroad .o.itnissiori'-r with James Cansler an ,i result of a mistake of approximate Iv :;.ono votes made In the official re? turns from Greenville county. The State "Democratic exeutive committee met Friday night and af? ter canvassing the returns declared O. 0. Scarborough and James Cans ler to be In the second race for the office. John C. Halley the secretary of the Greenville committee. and C. D. Smith, a member of the committee, filed statements of the official re? turns from Greenville county with Gen. Jones. In each statement was to be found the following: O. C. Scarborough, 3,386. In The State of Friday morning the official returns from Greenville coun? ty were given as follows: Cansler. 1.027 Hampton. 782 Mahon. 2.3CC Scarborough. 386 Before the State executive commit? tee met Friday night there were only 21 boxes not accounted for as given by the returns in The State of Fri? day morning. At that time Hamp? ton was leading Scarborough by a few hundrel votes. When the an? nouncement was made officially by the executive committee that Mr. Si arborough had received 2,360 more than Mr. Hampton, It was suspected that there were not enough votes caal nt the 21 boxes to cause the in? crease. This led to an investigation In The State office which resulted in finding the mistake by the Greenville committee. The returns as submitted by the secretary of the Greenville county ex? ecutive committee gave O. C. Scar? borough 3,386 votes for the county, when he should have received only 386. The mistake was not discovered until yesterday, when it was found that the vote for railroad commis? sion In Greenville county was nearly 8,000, whereas the vote for all other offices. Including congress, was. ap? proximately. 5.000 votes. Immediately following the discov? ery of the mistake Willie Jones, the i hairman of the State democratic ex? ecutive commute, issued a call for another meeting of the State execu? tive committee, to he held In Colum? bia. In the office of the secretary of State at the State house on next Mon? day night at 8:30 o'clock, when the votes will be recanvassed and G. Mc Duffle Hampton declared In the sec? ond race. He received 590 more votes than O. C. Scarborough. The mistake was no fault of the State executive committee, and the announcement was caused by a clerl ? l error on the part of the Green Villi rountv executive committee. The mistake has cost the Demo eratle party of the State approxima? tely $500. The tirkets for the second primary h id I.n printed and were In the press otfhr here addressed to the 1 h Um in of the various county com? mittees. The tickets were recalled by State Chairman Jones and new tlckttt srlth the aaOM of Mr. Hampton for railroad commission printed. The following ISlSStam was to I eived from John (\ Dailey. the see retary of the Ore, nville county ex? ecutive connnitte,., whieh was sent on request of Gen. Jones: ?Greenvlllo, s. c.. Willie Jonas. Statt chairman, Colombia, S, C, To lal vote for eotintv. Please, I,$11] ivatherstone. I($$S; Scarborousti l$?, John C, Ballsy." Qea. Jones sent tho following tele tram to o. c, Scarborough at Bum* merton. notifying him of the mistake: "<). C, Scarborough. Summerton, S C, Greenville countv report! error ?f :.??00 VOtSl ;iL:iinst you. Your vote In that county Is 38? Instead of i(S$$, i tiled stau committee to msei Monday niKht to consider |ha matter. Willie Jones, State chairman." A formal protest as to the report i Ifi the oflb lal vote for the ofllce of railroad commission made by the [Qrsenrtlls county executive commit* 'tee was filed yesterday by Q, IfcDuf fie Hampton of thn city with Willie Joaea the Stats chairman. The pro? last will be considered si the special masting of the sxecutlve committee, whl< h has been called for Mon day night, in the protest the situ? it ion In Greenville County Is review? ed. The c'def ground of appSSl i-< thai Mr. Scarborough should have bean given only 386 votes In the of id Fear no*?* Let all the ends Thou Ale MTER, 8. 0., WEDNES1 Al TO KILLS DRIVER. Mike Joins, Well Known Merchant Of Savannah, Loses LUV in Motor a< ?Idem Savannah, Ga., Sept. 4.?A burst tire caused a touring car in which five men were riding to turn a somer? sault today on a part of the Grand Prize race course, near Savannah, and almost instantly killed Mike Jones, a well known retail furniture merchant, of Savannah. The four other men were badly bruised but not seriously hurt, Jones was picked up by an automobile which had followed j the party, and was hurried to a hos- j pital but died just as he reached the building. Me was the owner of the wrecked automobile, and was at thei wheel when the accident occurred. The machine was torn to pieces. It was stated that Jones' head was caught by the steering wheel as the car turned over and his neck was broken. Otherwise he was not even (/try badly bruised. COTTON GOODS PRICES READ? JUSTED. Work of Approximating Ratio of Soiling Price and Production Ooot Under Way. New York, Sept. 4.?The readjust-1 ment of cotton goods and cotton yarn! values to a basis in keeping with the] cost of production was begun in thej past week. Southern ginghams were advanced a quarter of a cent and j half a cent a yard and the fall prices of 9 1-2 cents on Lancaster 734<s*nd' 10 1-2 cents on tolle du nors were continued for the spring season. Other changes are due to be made after the holiday. . j Merchants representing mills have been making a steady effort to lift prices to parity with cotton at( 12 1-2 cents or higher as the latest cotton crop estimates and the aus-1 talned holding price of planters make' a strong raw material outlook which; mills must meet or remain closed. The curtailment of production at the present time exoeods 60 per cent, and it has been prolonged to an extent; where scarcity is developing in many staples. Jobbers are doing a better business but they are still pursuing a conser? vative policy in their forward pur? chases. Retailers are buying in bet-1 ter volume but they are still cautious | about long future engagments, the; general disposition being to await the results of consumers buying at the counters when the fall trade starts up. Stocks of cotton goods In first hands are limited and both wholesale and retail assortments are broken. I The feeling In the primary markets is that as soon as anything like a nor- j mal market is noted prices for goods will rise to levels that will stimulate a larger production. Meanwhile the firmness of the primary markets grows steadily and jobbers are less willing to sacrifice stocks In hand at values below the cost of replace? ment. COOPER'S TRIAL JUDGE DEAD. TonaOOOfM Jurist Expires Suddenly From Heart Failure. Nashville. Teno.? Sept. 4.?Judge Wm. M. Hart, of the Criminal Court Of Davidson County, died suddenly of heart failure early tonight, at his country home, near here. Judge Hart presided in the trial of the Coopers, for killing former United States Senator E. W. Carmack. and was reeler ted to another term In the election Of August 4 last. DIRECTOR HAUER DEAD. Well-Know o Weather Bureau otii cial Victim of Meningitis. Columbia, Sept 4.?Mr. J. w. Hauer, section director of the local United States weather bureau, died al 9 o'clock this morning, following an illness of two weeks. Mr. Bauer suffered with meningitis, but his condition was not regarded as critical until the last day or two. flclal return in place of ."..;?*??. When Informed yesterday that he would not be In the second race for railroad commission, ?>. c. Scarbor? ough, who resides at Summerton, said that he would accept the official vote from Oreenvllle, as adopted by the executive committee at its meet? ing to be h< Id on Monday night. He -siid thai he had been Informed dur? ing the day by flen. .Topes that there uns :i mistake of 3,000 votes in the official vote from Oreenvllle county. Col, Scarborough, while regrettlnn bis defeat very much) takes the situ ;it'..n good fcaturedly. Iis will very probably attend the meeting of the executive committee on Monday night. M't at be thy Oonntry's, Thy God's e? )AY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1? A USEFUL INVENTION. The Jackson Hydraulic Ham is Working Perfectly Under Practical Conditions. Mention was made in this paper a! few weeks ago that Mr. Geo. 8. Jack? son, the well known artesian well-1 borer, had perfected an improved type of hydraulic ram, which he ex? pected to patent and put on the mar? ket. His invention has passed be? yond the experimental stage and he now has several model rams working i regularly. lie had a limited number j of the rams made by the Sumter Ma I chlnery Company from his patterns, j and these he has set up for a practi-1 j cal endurance test. One of them is at the residence of Mr. C. T. Mason, where it Is working alongside the [ highest-priced ram heretofore on the market. The Jackson rame is working as perfectly as the other and Is delivering a little more water per hour under precisely the same con? ditions Some of the advantages the Jackson ram has over others are, /greater . simplicity of construction, firmer wearing parts, greater effi? ciency and greater durability. Ow? ing to the simplicity of construction, it can be manufactured at less cost than oiher first class rams and can he sold for less. It Is Mr. Jackson's intention to! manufacture the rams in this city, j and it is probable that a company will be organized to manufacture and push his invention, for which there ?hould be a large demand, in view oL the fact that farmers throughout the j country are just beginning to install! domestic water systems. Mr. Jack? son will make an effort to interest lo-1 cal capital in the enterprise, but if he finds it impossible to do this, h*? will have no difficulty in arranging to have it manufactured and marketed on a royalty basis, but he prefers making his invention the basis of a new manufacturing Industry for Sumter. BOLL WEEVIL RAVAGES COTTON. New Orleans Picayune Says Pest Will, Destroy Top Crop in LotUsana and Mississippi. New Orleans, Sept. 4.?The Pica? yune tomorrow will say of the Louis? iana and Mississippi cotton crop: "The most important development in the cotton crop condition during the week is an indication that the boll weevil will succeed in destroy? ing nearly all of the top crop. Thi3 will, of course, cause a correspond? ing reduction in the yield. Some vicinities also report that the crop is shedding. It is opening rapidly, ow? ing to very hot weather of the past week, and picking and ginning will probably be general by September 15. Heavy rains in some localities have caused the crop to deteriorate. De? spite these adverse influences, a fair yield is anticipated." Card From Mr. Sanders. Mr. Editor: Now that the smoke of battle is over and the result of the recent election has been officially determin? ed, 1 Will take this method of thank? ing my friends throughout the coun? ty for the loyal support they gave me in my candidacy for the State Sen? ate. I accepted defeat with enmity and malice toward n<? man. My cam? paign was conducted on a fair and honorable plane and I came out of it Wllth clean hands, and a <dear con? science. Having failed to achieve the high honor which I sought, 1 re? sume my place In the ranks of good citisenshlp and In the future as In the past, win always be found work? ing for the welfare and the upbuild? ing of Sumter county in every way that is possible. A. K. Sanders. Hagood, S. c. Sept. 2nd. 1910. Before The Recorder. Willie Green, a negro i?<>y, stole a i oat from the residence of Mr. O. B. Nettles, while there to deliver some packages, and was sentenced to pay for this offense a tine of $10 or serve twenty days on the chain gang. Lucius Davis, charged with steal? ing from the ten cent store, forfeited a cash bond of $10 ? r his appear? ance at court Monday. It was rumored some time ago that thot the Atlantic Const Line Intended placing a rail bet?re the ticket win down at the passenger station, but as yet they han <? not done so, Since the Institution by the police of a vigorous campaign against grants, the attendance ai the record? er's court has suffered a marked ?le? er ease. 0tttt| ul Truth's." THE 1. no. case was transferred. Magistrate at Privateer Will Decide Whether Wesley Jenkins Will Get His Boose from Clerk of Court Parrott, The claim and delivery suit institu? ted by Wesley Jenkins against Clerk of Court L. I. Parrott and Constable H. D. G. Muldrow for the possession of several gallons of liquor seized by the constable from Jenkins several weeks ago for transporting it for il? legal purposes, and new held by Clerk of Court Parrott as evidence in the crimial c?se against Jenkins, came up before Magistrate Harby this morning for disposition. Magistrate Harby stated that he was familiar with all of the facts in the case, that he had been officially connected with the case and would be a witness for the defendants when the case was called for trial, and that having formed an opinion both as to the law and the facts in the case, he transferred the same on his own motion. , The law requires that such a trans? fer shall be made to the next nearest magistrate, not disqualified by law, and Magistrate Harby accordingly sent all the papers in the case to Magistrate Jenkins at Privateer, who will try and dispose of the issues in? volved In the case. The principal question in this case Is as to the right of the Clerk of Court to hold whiskey seized as evi? dence In the case, when a criminal prosecution has been instituted against the party from whom the liquor has been taken. This case has evoked considerable discussion among the people through? out the entire county and its outcome will be awaited with no little inter? est. YOUNG MAX CRUSHED. Chas J. Horton of the Lynchburg Sec? tion Killed by Shingle Mill, WT?ch Falls Upon Him. Lynchburg, Sept. 4.?Chas. J. Hor? ton, a young white man, residing a few miles below this place, was thrown from his wagon and irstantly killed last night, a shingle mill fall? ing upon him and crushing out his life. Opportunity For The Negro In the South. Scott Bond, colored, of Arkansas, does not believe in the plaint of his pessimistic brothers that there is "no chance for the negro in this country." He has found a chance, for he started with nothing but his strong arms and is now rich. He has made it all in farming and trading right down at his own home in Ark? ansas, where the rulers are white peo? ple and Democrats. He says he owns twenty farms (nineteen rented to other negroes), several cotton gins and twenty country stores. When Bond faced the Negro Busi? ness Men's League in New York he told Booker Washington and the others that he was so satisfied he "wouldn't ?hange places with Mr. Theodore Roosevelt." In the midst of the stilted essays, ..cademlc advice and plentiful pity that certain colored people and their Northern friends lavish upon the race, the voice of Scott Bond comes with a refreshing sound. "Come out with us, you niggers." he told flu? New York audience, "where the air is free and God is good, and where, if there is any gumption in you, you can have more in a year than you ever earned in all your life before. If you haven't a dollar, T'll give you a farm and a chance. Come out to Arkansas.? Baltimore Run. A Good Roof Paint. Mix to each five gallons of good gas tar (coal tar) one gallon of pi nolene (or wood cresote), 1-'- pound of bicarbonate of soda (or '2 pounds of quick lime slacked and sifted dry. In place of soda), and melt and mix with the hot tar pounds of resin; mix well and apply hot Inside and out. This will make a good wood tiller and preservative, and stops the wood absorbing the moisture. This also makes a line roof paint ;it a small fraction of the cost of res ly prepared roof paints, as usually sold, ?about 10 cents to 1 "> cents per Dil? lon. If too thin, add more resin or lime; |f too thick, add hot tar or pin* olene, The tar is acid, so be sure and add soda or lime, or it will rust the Iron badly. "Never use raw tar on iron or roots. it v in destroy iron and nalbj. The supervisors of registration met Monday nt tin- court house to register (he qualified voters of the county. \> y_ ^?THRON, Established June, IHM Vol. XXXI. No. 4. COTTON CROP FAILING. MEMPHIS PAPER REPORTS DE? TERIORATION DURING WEEK. Hain? Helped in Tennessee?Were Excessive in North Carolina but Beneficial in South Carolina, Geor? gia and Alamaba. Memphis, Tenn.. Sept. 4.?The Com? mercial-Appeal will publish the fol? lowing cotton crop summary tomor? row: "Reports from the South's cotton fields for the week are somewhat ir? regular. The crop has probably lost ground. Rains were excessive in North Carolina but of a great benefit in South Carolina, Georgia and Ala? bama, though in the three latter States some deterioration and shed I ding occurred before the coming of j the rains. Indications are that con I dition will now improve but there I are numerous sections in Alabama J that have not had rain. "Mississippi complains of shedding I and an increase in boll weevils. Rains in this State have been poorly dis I trlbuted. Bool weevils are more ac I tlve in Louisiana where there seems I little chance for any more fruit, while I southern Arkansas is worse affected I that any previous time in the season, j although in other respects the Arkan I sas crop made normal progress dur I lng the week. Oklahoma complains j of boll worms which are widely dis I trlbuted but the promise for a good I yield is not imparied. I "Cotton is opening slowly in all I sections save Texas and the state I ments made all through the season I as to lateness are being verified. In I Texas gins in southern and south I central counties are running at full I capacity and the movement to mar I ket is free. It is stated that the crop j will be gathered in a few weeks. I Crop estimates in eastern and central 1 Texas are being reduced and picking j returns from the western counties i disclose the shortest crop *n many j years. The northern counties alone ( in the State appear still in fair con I dition. I "Picking will not become general [ before September 15 or later.'* REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Quite a Number Made During the Past Few WTeeks. The following transfers of realty have been made during the past few weeks: Julia E. Byrd to Edgar W. Cuth bert, interest in a lot in the city of Sumter for $25. E. C. Haynsworth, master, to Ethel D. Fludd, 10 acres in Stateburg township for $705. E. C. Haynsworth, master, to H. D. and J. K. Crosswell, Hulbert place in the city of Sumter, $19,000. Nancy DeVore to L. D. Jennings, f> acres in Sumter county for $5. Realty Development Co. to W. T. Rowland, lot in city of Sumter for $100. Realty Development Co. to W. T. Rowland lot in city of Sumter few $200. Sarah L. Bynum to Edward S. Bouknight, 500 acres in Wateree swamp for $400. Sarah L. Bynum to Edward S. Bouknight. 500 acres in Wateree swamp for $150. Bdward P. Bouknight to A. P. By? num. 500 acres in Wateree swamp for $r>00. E. McC. Clarkson, special master :?>r Richland county, to Frank D. Thompkins, 75 acres in Richland county ami 7 7 1-2 acres in Sumter county for $130. Gertrude E. Richardson and James1 S. G. Richardson to S. H. Edmunds, if. L. Scarborough, C. M. Hurst, L. D. Jennings. R. P. I laynsworth, R. r. Manning, Bartow Walsh, E. C Haynsworth and Geo. D. Shore, trus? tees for Y. M. C. A. of Sumter, S. C, lot on Rlberty street for $7,500. K. C. Haynsworth, master, to L. L. Drake, lot on Church street in city of Sumter for $3,575. L. I j. Drake to Mrs. Mattie A. Drake lot on Church street in city of Sumter for $3,575. Joseph Lewis to B. B. Booth, lot on corner of Harby and Hampton avenues in city of Sumter for $1, 000. Robert Ramsey to E. W. Parker and others, one acre In Providence tow nshtp for $225. Archie China to E. S. Booth, lot on Harby avenue for $200. \ i lie b. Durant to McOallam Realtj Co., lot on Liberty street f<r i $600, I McCallum Realty Co. to Mary E. j Brown, lot on Liberty street In p* I of Sumter for $750. I Mary Wilson to F. C. Cuttlno, I in "Villa Sass" for $15.