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The ?uraiT Wftehman wn found ad In 1S?0 and the True Southron In ill*. Ths Watcnman and Southron now has the combined circulation and Influence cf both of the old papers, and U manifestly the beat advertising aaadlum la Sumter. Interest In the gubernatorial race has so compleely overshadowed the contest for Railroad commission and Adjutant and Inspector Qeneral that few people are giving the qualifica? tions of the candidates for these offi? ces] any consideration. So far as Is known either Col. Moore or Capt. Richardson will make a competent Adjutant Genera'?a more capable official than has held that office In a number of years. But when It comes to the Railroad commlsslonershlp there Is nothing to It but vote for Hampton, that Is. If we want a man In the office who Is qualified to dis? charge the duties of the position. If the office Is to be regarded as Joke, will be doing the proper thing to elect Cansler. Cansler is not the man for that office, or any other office of laegjl fllpnssllteniljr. and the people of the State cannot afford to elect Mm ? ? ? Don't vote for Cansler because he ?Bad. you laugh by cutting up comi? cal antics at the campaign meeting. The office he seeks Is not a Joke, and a h>v??l-headed busiess man is needed to fill It. ? ? ? Why should Blease be elected Gov? ernor? Ask yourself that question and if you can tin 1 a satisfactory snsw? r in his record, legislative or ?thorwise. then vote for him. This le Just what we have done?asked ??urselves this question in all serious? ness?and, although he now claims to be a local optionist, as we are, we could And no satisfactory answer. There Is no satisfactory answer and. therefore we advocate the election of Featherstone. ???? Can't Kw-ap.- Ills Record. - That immediately following the first primary last week many very excel" lent citizens, men who walk uprightly and who think straight, should have felt an Inclination or expressed a determination to vote for Mr. Blease la the second primary Is not greatly to be wondered at. The fear of Mr. featherstone. or of Mr. Feathertsone's doctrine, was then strong upon them, and Mr. Blease'* conduct throughout the present campaign had been such aa to dull their recollection as to his past utterances and performances. There can be no question that throughout South Carolina there are thousands of men who rightly view I with gravest apprehension a program of State-wide prohibition of the liquor traffic. That menace, however, does not threaten us immediately, even in the event of Mr. Feather stone's election, the first primary having shown that the sentiment agatnat It is strong enough to defeat it. and leaders of the prohibition cause, like Mr. L. D. Childs, of Ches? ter, having stated plainly that they do not Intend to press for such legis? lation in the face of the election re? turns and In view of the fact that they recognise that Mr. Featherstone to be elected must receive a majority of the votes cast for Mr. McLeod. The fact that thert Is now no like l hood ?f the next Legislature passing i St*u? wide prohibition law does not furnish sn argument why local op tlontsts should vote for a prohibition? ist. There is a* such contention. It d ?es furnish them with an excuse t ?r doing so. hoe ever, and not only lhat> but it deprives them of any excuse for \otlng for another candi? date sole' iuse he happens to prof- 4. himself h local optlonlst and in spite of other matters which go i > make him an undesirable eandi I it - for an office of the dignity, the lufluen. e and the power \estod In the Oo\ ernorshlp of a Commonwealth like our*. v Tb ?i Mr llb ase \* ,?n undesirable can lid it.? cannot be effe? ttvely de I. e<| in fh> f;?ee of his record. It I? easv enough to find men who will tell . mi UsnJ Mr Megan has changed, thil tndiut during the present impugn show* him to have chang? ed. th?t he may ha\e been a dan? ger MM d imagogue. but that he can h? f Ttned so no longer, that it Is plat.' that a new light has dawned upon him. that he is a man of am tot mi and of ability, and that he would. If elected, endeavor so to ihape his course as to merit the re ^>e t and confidence of the intelli? gent DiUaeni Of South Carolina. We ? m Join In the hope that all these things ire true, even while we feel that some of them rest upon a very Render basis of fact, and the fear of Mr Blease remain* upon us still. The trouble with Mr Hlcase is that he e mnot eseape his re< ord, and his rec I shows him to have been slng ul\rly blind to act* of the most flag ? int lawlessness which he had been I irg.-I with uncovering and the lov.il md familiar fremd of the men whose nimes have been made most n .torlous In OOnnOOtiOl with that lawlessness. Suppose that Mr. Blease has changed?can he rid himself of his parasites? No man who maintained through? out the period of the dispensary In? vestigation the attitude maintained by Mr. Blease Is a fit man for Gover? nor. No man who refused as did Mr. Blease to acknowledge the corrupt fon which was exposed by that In? vestigation Is qualified to be made overseer of law enforcement In South Carolina. No man who has number? ed among his Intimates some of the men whose friendship Mr. Blease has prided himself upon Is worthy to bo trusted with the exercise of a par? doning power, which knows practi? cally no restrictions. Mr. Blease, we are assured by those who know him. is not without his good traits. We can readily believe this to be true. No man without a degree of personal magnetism or lack? ing ability and human sympathy could have built up such a personal f..M<?w ng In South Carolina as that boasted by him. But In the face of the record which ho himself has written broad upon the pages of our ut past, it is impossible to main? tain successfully that Mr. Blease Is a fit man for Governor. He cannot be elected to that office. Had the tit) tlon been held week ago. im? mediately following the first primary Mr. Blease might have won. Many men as we have already remarked, were then disposed to regard the liq? uor issue as paramount. It is para? mount no longer. Measured along? side the record of Cole L. I'deaso, all Issues are dwarfed Into inslgnll earfee ?N'ews and Courier. AMERICANS ABE BLIND. TRUTH IS MIGHTY HUT PUBLIC 18 VERY BLIND TO IT. 1'eople of Republic, Especially in Went, Seem to Ignore Roosevelt's Political Dependence. Zach McGhee, in The State. En Route Across Kansas, Sept. 1.? They say, the philosophers do, that for all things great and small in this world there is just compensation. They have told us that truth is mighty and will prevail, that truth crushed to earth will rise again, that as declicate ly and as accurately balanced as old mother earth is on its axis, and as j accurate, is there a like balance in all human affairs. I realy wonder if It Is so. Last night I sat in Convention hall in Kansas City, in the presence of 20,000 people of Missouri and Kan? sas. They were there to do honor to Theodore Roosevelt, and to give him one of the biggest ovations ever giv? en in this country to any man. The tremendous hall was docorated with flags and bunting and crowded to nearlv every inch of its space with people of all ages and kinds. As the rear of the stage, which was in the form cf a large electric light United States flag, on the right and left of which were great flashing, electric light letters?"T" and "R" in red, white and blue, the band struck up "The Star Spangled Ban? ner,' the crowd arose, cheered wildly for several minutes and waved hands, handkerchief and flags in tremendous enthusiasm. His Usual Vein. Roosevelt spoke about half an hour In his usual platitudinous way on the subject of "Honesty in Politics." In which he said with some trite varia? tions that a man ought not to tell a lie and that a liar was as bad as a thief. The people listened intently and shouted their enthusiasm when he had finished. Before he be? gan his speech numerous eflfec tlonate shouts of "Teddy!" Hello, Teddy!" and the like were heard all over the hall, and Roosevelt waved his hand and smiled, the famouB teeth exposed in good humor and hearty appreciation. All through the West this man has been getting similar ovations, though this was the greatest of all, those who have been with him on this trip say. Ernest Hamlln Abbott. on The Outlook staff, told me while wo were waiting for the grand entree at the meeting, that the feeling he had Ob* rvod everywhere was c lose kin to a rellgiOUl feeling. At all the stops In little towns and in big ones, he said, he had seen people come out t<> the train to *et a peep at Roose? velt. Abbott would talk with them and Watch their fares, and he is con? vinced that there is a feeling deep |down In the hearts of the American people that this man is more than clay, that he Is a prophet, or even a god. And I myself have seen and heard things which make it Impos? sible to disagree very much from my friend Abbott. The Contract. Hut listen! That great ovation to Roosevelt I witnessed was last night. Early this morning I went down to the union station In Kansas City to take this train I am on. On the way down I read the paper describing the throng of people who last night fol? lowed him to the station, and I re? called the crowds of enthusiastic peo? ple I had watc hed lining the streets yesterday as he passed along. Edging my way through the seething, Jam? ming, elbowing, almost suffocating throng ono always encounters at any time of the day or the night at this Kansas City station, I came to a place a little less crowded than elsewhere and there In a corner alone and un? noticed by any of the vast crowd save one young man, I came suddenly upon William Jennings Bryan. He had lec? tured somewhere In Missouri last night and was going to lecture In an? other town near Kansas City tomor? row. I watched his grip for him while he went Into a telephone booth. Then he shook hands, remarked that he was Interested in watching the way the Republican conventions were adopting the Democratic doctrines, and edged his way through the throng to catch his train. Inexpressible Thoughts. And he left me with some mighty thoughts surging through my brain, which my typewriter is wholly un? equal to, so they will not be Inscribed. Not all of them will; but, do you know that I have been sitting all this day looking out of the car window and wondering if It Is really true that Truth Is mighty and will prevail, at least wondering If It will during our generation. Here I saw the man who would have been president of the United States Instead of Roose? velt If it had not been for wholesale and criminal corruption of the elec? torate In 1S96, the man who first gave national voice to the great pol? icies which Roosevelt took up after his election had twice been bought for him. the man whose champion? ship for such measures as the inita tlve and referendum, railroad regu? lation and others since come to be al? most universallly recognized as Inevi? table as well as right was taken as an excuse for denunciation by the very men who bought the presidency for Roosevelt?here was this man in one of the great cities of the coun? try alone and unnoticed, while the one who had profited by the cor? ruption, himself caught in one of the most scandalous political Intrigues In the history of our country, and who now has taken up the Bryan policies because he sees them Inevitable, is hailed as almost a god. Had the great monied Interests of the country not put their many millions into the hands of Mark Hanna to purchase votes, directly and indirectly, in 1896, which money was used to corrupt the electorate in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, in several far Western States, Mc? Kinley would not have been elected and Roosevelt would never have been president. The great Impetus of his picturesque and vigorous personality, the dlssastlsfactlon of the people, es? pecially of the Middle West, with the methods employed in the nomination of Judge Parker, and the sentiment about the assassination of McKinley which kept men in the Republican party might have elected Roosevelt in 1900 anyway. But to make his elec? tion sure he called upon Harrlman, the railroad king, to help him raise a corruption fund, and he entered in toa scandalous bargain with the Mor? mon church, which agreed to turn over to him the electoral votes of several States In return for his guar? antee that Reed Smoot would hold his seat in the United States senate. When I see the continued adulation of Roosevelt printed In the newspa? pers throughout the country, in many of whose oFiCes I know the editors and reporters to know the many such facts as I have named above concern? ing Mr. Roosevelt, do you wonder that I sit down and look out of the car window and ponder, asking myself over and over If the time will ever come when the American people will open their eyes to the truth, whether If the newspapers of the country will e\ >r get the consent of their owners to print the truth about this man, and then again asking myself wheth? er after all old Barnum wasn't right about the American people, that they want to he humbugged and are will? ing to pay for It? Is Mr. Bryan Soured? Suppose there had been a fair elec? tion In 1896, or suppose two years ago the voters of Ohio, Indiana, New York and some other States had not been coerced, as I have recently found out for certain that they were coerced, by the threat of losing their Jobs should Bryan be elected, would such a scene as T witnessed last night and this morning have been possible?, Mr Bryan was not humiliated, mind you. So far as I know it never occurred to h!m that he was In any way neglected. Roosevelt had In? dorsed the Kansas platform, which had In It m many of the Bryan poli? cies. He was Interested, Mr. Bryan said he was, In noting how Republi? can conventions had been adopting Democratic measures. Rut, he agreed, thy still stand for the protection tar? iff graft. Still the American Indian has shown considerable progress, For? merly anyone could rob him. Now It takes a bunch of lawyers with a po? litical pull In the background.?Pitts burg Dispatch. "Frost in Nebraska," says a head? line over an article which contained no mention of Bryan.?Buffalo Fix press. Farmers' Union News ?AND ? Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers (Conducted by E. W. Dabbs, President Farmers* Union of Smnter County.) The Watchman and Southron having decided to double its service by semi-wtekly publication, would Improve that service by special features. The flr?t to be Inaugurated is this Department for the Farmers' Union and Practical Farmers which I have been requested to conduct. It will be my aim to give the Union nsws and official calls of the Union. To that end officers, and members of the Union are requested to use these columns. Also to publish such cllr dngs from the agricultural papers and Govern? ment Bulletins as I think will be of practical benefit to our readers. Ori? ginal articles by any of o. r readers telling of their successes or failures will be appreciated and | ubllahed. Trusting this Department will be of mutual benefit to all concerned, THE EDITOR. All communications for tl is Department should be sent to E. W. Dabbs, Mayeaville. S. C. Some Random Thoughts. The September meeting of the County Union was held at Trinity on Friday. The picnic dinner was abundant, and delightfully served, at a long table on a shady hillside. Everything except sugar, salt, and pepper was homegrown. This pro? gressive community is blessed with good crops, and the neatly painted cottages show that they have not only a good living, but also money to buy comforts and make the homes at? tractive. It was a source of regret that the delegates from two unions failed to attend. If they could have been present to see the earnestness of those who did attend, and help in the solving of the intricate problems before the farmers, they would have seen that the good dinner and so? cial features of these meetings are merly the setting of a picture that means that the farmers are waking up to their opportunities. see To those on the "outside, and some union doing?" I would say: It is on the inside who ask "What is the studying the many problems that confront the farmer. It is trying to see all sides of these questions, and when it comescmfwypeptaopinpnpjmV when it sees the right course to pur? sue it expects to march in solid pha? lanx to the accomplishment of its purposes. Instead of passing a great many resolutions, and then going home to "plow on," expecting the resolutions to work out themselves, it is appointing committees to look Into each problem as we feel that the time has come to tackle it, and in a quiet way, we usually find that some? thing is done. Why? Because thero is no flylng-oft at a tangent; every? thing has been carefully thought out, and no etravagant demands are made, no impossible conditions im? posed on the membership. The Farmers' Union is in the primary grade of the gTeat farmers* school of progress. Having learned from ex? perience that it does not pay to skip grades we want to lay the founda? tions broad and deep so that there can be no "falling down" In the col? lege course later on. ? ? ? So then, ye doubters, just bear in mind that we do not want to make the mistake of trying to revolution? ize trade conditions by flat or resolu? tion, but by the slower but surer pro? cess of education. We expect to unite our strength, and one by one win and hold avance posts in the march of progress and the battle for our rights, see The more I attend these meetings, the less place do I find in them for oratory. We often regrt that we did not have a speaker to entertain the crowds that come to our meet? ings, bat there is no time to be en? tertained when there Is the more se? rious business of learning how and when to do things that will better our conditions. E. W. D. Cotton OInnere Itcport. Amount of cotton ginned to Sept. 1st. 1910, as compared with 1909 and 1908: 1910. 1909. 1908. N. Carolina 4 1,070 101 S. Carolina, 198 18,949 9,399 Georgia, 20,818 106,301 04,293 Florida, 604 3.542 2.524 Alabama, 4.505 3,535 26,298 Mississippi. 535 1,670 4,330 Louisiana, 1,106 3,450 4.618 Oklahoma, 379 3.170 8 Arkansas, 27 449 323 Texas, 328,625 237,901 289,928 All others. 1 1 Total, 356,824 388.242 402.229 ?' ?a Bound Bales Included: 111,020 1 1.587 20,862 s?>a Island Included: 208 1,236 1.221 SEED RYE?Just received shipment Bye seed for fall planting In cot? ton and for winter grazing. Beoth Harby Live Stock Co., Sumtsr, S. C. g-g-4t POWERFUL ALTO ENGINE. Capable of Going 15 Miles An Hour Throws two Streams of 400 Gal? lons a Minute. At 12:30 o'clock yesterday after? noon a flashing big motor fire engine rolled up before the doors of the chief's headquarters, in Meeting street, and it was not many minutes before a large crowd of spectators gathered about to take a look at Charleston's new motor apparatus, the first ever seen in these parts. This motor fire engine is of powerful build and capable of developing a speed of forty-five miles an hour. It weighs 10,000 pounds cost $8,500, and is a combination fire engine and hose wagon, besides carrying extingushers, axes, ladders and fire hooks. It will be manned by a crew of seven men, who ride in a tonneau at the rear. Its engine is of ninety horsepower. The outlets provide connections for two hose throwing 400 gallons of water a minute, or it can furnish four streams by Siamese connections. Its suction hose is of the regular 4 1-2 inch size. This fire engine is very sightly, looking more like a huge automobile, with a cart body tonneau. Its tires are very heavy, being six inches In thickness and forty Inches in circum l ference. The engine what is known as first s.ze. a type engine now usea in many cities. The gasoline tank will carry forty gallons of fluid. BOOUgh to run it for many hours. In operation the machine Is simple, a lever switching the motive power into the pumping clutch, so that it will pump without any delay after ar? riving at a fire. For service the motor fire engine has an excellent record, and its quickness in responding to fire calls, Its cheapness of maintenance, and its power are all favorable factors. Chief Behrens stated that the engine would not be allowed to run through the streets at a speed gret er than twenty-five miles an hour, which was quite fast enough or all \ calls. A faster speed is dangerous, i wears out the motor engine too fast, and often causes accidents that mar the efficiency of the piece of ma? chinery.?Charelston Post. Old-Time Elections. In 1840 to 1860 there was no regis? tration of voters and no printed tickets as a general thing. A candi? date never went around with a pocket full of cards for distribution. Candi? dates were at no expense except pay? ing for their announcement In news? papers. Now and then they might treat to cider and ginger cakes at a muster ground and some of them bought whiskey and treated liberally. The election lasted two days. The first day It was at 4he court house only, there being one box. Any voter in the county had a right to vote at the court house box, but he could not vote the seond day at his home precdnct. At the close of the voting at the court house, runners would scamper out in the evenings to the Important precincts and carry news of the vote at the court house. It is said that they did not always stick to the truth, for each man would tell that his spelcal friend had received nearly every vote at the court house. There was little repeating In the old days. Even strongest partisans were too honorable or too timid to vote twice, A voter from Cross Anchor could vote at any precinct where he happened to be on the day of elec? tion. If he was qualified to vote in the county, that was sufficient. In case of candidates for the legis? lature the candidates receiving the highest votes wore declared elected, although they did not receive a ma? jority of the votes cast.?Spartanburg Journal. In Chicago a game rooster attacked a boy, who was rendered unconscious from the blows of the rooster's spurs. Wouldn't it be well to keep an eye on that lord with a view of pitting him against Jack Johnson??Atlanta Qeorglaa. Fotey Pills What They WiU Do for Y<m They will cure your backache, strengthen your kidneys, cor? rect urinary irregularities, build up the worn out tissues, and eliminate the excess uric acid that causes rheumatism. Pro? vent Bright'* Disease and Dia* bates, and restore health and* strength. Refuse Substitutes? W. W. SIBERT. a Possibly if the Insurgents and standpatters could be persuaded to speak English they would under? stand each other.?Indianapolis News. At last accounts Mr. Taft was still trying to trade Mr. Ballinger a port? manteau for a portfolio.?Kansas City Post. KKPOBT OF THE CONDITION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK? OF SUMTER, Kt Sumter, in the State of South Carolina at the close of business. S^pt le?t 1910. RESOURCES. 0 Loans and discounts, *4 1,445 3; Overdrafts, secured and unse? cured, 3,291 5r U. ?. Bonds to secure circula? tion, 25,000 0* Premiums on U. S. Bonds, 500 0? Bonds, securities, etc., 4,500 0? Banking house, furniture and fixtures, 3.000 O Other Real Estate Owned 8,209 7 ^ Due from National Banks (not reserve agents), 14 3/1 2' Due from State and Priv te Banks and Bankers, T net Companies, and Sav.ngs Banks, 7.-8 f Due from approved reserve agents, 15,*87 9gfc Checks and other cash items, 2,957 f ? Notes of other National Banks, 2,405 HO Fractional paper currency, nickels and cents, 1,122 M Lawful Money Reserve in Bank, viz: Specie, 11,809 90 11,809 I Redemption Fond with U. 8. Treasurer, (5 per ct. of cir- t? culation,) 1,250 cc Total, $546,134 - LIABILITIES. 0 Oapitfd ?rtook rr.id la, f 100,000 I Surplu? fnnd. 30,000 I Uudivid'sl profit^ less ex* ? pensvi- nnd 4.axe- paid 37,005 . uouaJ Bank uote> ontstand- gWt iufc 000 10 Other National iiauas, 1,480 5* Dae to State and Private Banks and Bankers 5,204 *9 Individual deposits subject to check, 289,480 OS Notes and Bille Redis oounted, 88.000 00 Total $546,104 SSI State of South Carolina, ( Sg County of Sumter. ) I, ?I. L MoCALLUM, Cashier of tfce above named bank, do solemnly swear sbat the above statement is true to the beet of my knowledge and belief. J. L. MoCALLUM, Cashiei Subscribed and sworn to before me Ik *ej| 7th day of Sept. 1910. QEO. L. RICKER, Notary Pubii Correct?Attest: NEILL O'DON NELL, ) R. D. LEE, [ Directors. xEO. D. SHORE, ) Are You Looldna for a Position? We can offer you good Paying Employment that you will enjoy and at home. Write to-day 0 Iddrtss The Butt prick Publishing C M Butterick BuUdtng, New York. N. ?I The purchase ot those nee< ed pieces of furniture if yc want to have your home in fir class condition for the fall te ^ tivities, visitors and your ov* comfort. Drop in to-day and have ls i show you the stocks we carry they cover practically ever thing a home needs in fun tu re. The prices speak for thei selves. Witherspoon Bro Furniture Co,