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* br Witfrnw Hub ^mitbrim. Th*> *urntsr Watchman was found? ed In ill! and the True Southron in III? The Watchman and Seethron now ha* th* combined circulation and cf both of the old ?aper? k* manifestly the beet advertising tum In Sumter. Prof. Hand's comments on the multiplicity of books that the school children of today are required to study expresses forcibly, yet con? servatively ,the views of a majority of parents and others who have given the subject of public school educa? tion serious thought. There is no end to the making of hooks, especial? ly school books, and the school chil? dren are overburdened with booke and confused by the multiplication of the subjects which they are supposed to study. Education as practiced to? day In on the extensive, rather than the intensive plan, and the result Is, aa a rule, a smattering of a wide range of subjects, instead of a thorotigh knowledge of elemental and essential facts. It seems to be the aim and purpose of the public school course of Instructions, with its many books and diverse subjects, to give encyclopedic knowledge, Instead of. laying a firm foundation of elemen? tal upon which the matured mind may build as natural ability, time and opportunity may permit. Too mach instruction, too much educa? tion, between the ages of six and sixteen Is as undersirable as too little. Prof. Hand Is on the right track and if he will follow It up he will bring about a much needed re? formation In public school educa? tion. a a a ' Governor-elect Blease should re? quire his personal representative on the floor of the House to wear a uni? form. Bf that visitors In the gallery may make no mistake aa to who Is who. a i a J That new morning dally In Colum wlll receive a cordial welcome in ic x. tiont but it will need all of $250,010 before it becomes self en staining. ? ? ? if Harmon wins in Ohio and Wood row Wilson In New Jersey, the Dem oerots will have the choice of two strong m^n for presidential candi? date*, not to mention Folk of Mis? souri, who Is a presidential possibility with a large following. Wilson will be somewhat handicapped as a pop alar candidate by the support he will receive from the corporations and capitalistic Interests in and around New York?the same crowd that forced Parker on the party. Harmon at the present time appears to be the strongest and most popular candidate of the three mentioned. ? ? ? Co|. Roosevelt Is rough riding at Aarnt 'ci this week but he will not have the assistance of the regulars, as he did at San Juan, which may spell the difference between victory and defeat. It has always been an open serret that the regulars, espe? cially the negro regiment, deserved most of the credit for the victory that Col. Roosevelt claimed for himself and hi* bunch of game fighters and bad men from the West. UUKG LIQUOR THK ISSUE. Remarks our level-headed contem? porary the dumter Item: "The contest for the speakershlp In the House of Representatives be? tween the Hon. M. L. Smith, of K?r? chow. Pr. Olln Sawyer, of George? town, a id T)r. Wyche, of Newberry, Is growing quite Interesting. The ef? fort is already being made to draw the lines on the local opton and pro? hibition Issue. There seems to be no pelting rid of the liquor question, nnd the qualifications of the candi? dates for practically all offices and poaiti ns of honor are subordinated to this on*- Issue. In some counties they have even elected superintendents of edeati'-n on the liquor question, and that ?n about the limit of political foolishness." W.' hi < an dee that the liquor Is? sue Is not t<> hi paramount in South Carolina much longer. No Issue has e?er heel so persistently overworked In this State. Its day Is nearly done Wtieilheleea. we think that The Item will ?itree with us upon reflection that the Speakershlp of the House of PJenyeaeatathrei In perhnan, the one eoat- ?! in which this oueetloa could be ir led with a show of reason.? News and Courier. , No an annul agree that the con teat fo, the Speakershlp should be fought out Pal the liquor Issue. The prosldim? officer should not be a par? tisan, nnd should not assume that peettl '\ >?m tip- representatives of a faction As usual at this time of the pent the opilrnlst-? who a few weeks earl? ier were predicting a large yield of eel ion, are rc\|?lng their estimates. The < r .p Is not yielding In propor? tion to the sl/.o of the, weed and a bits frost is essential to the maturing *? ,, ? . i.. r, ?? CO-OPFT% ATIVE CREA M KRI MM IN SOUTH CAROLINA. (loin son Extension Work?Article XIX. The creamery promoter sharks have Invaded setlons of the Pied? mont Belt of this State and we un? derstand have succeeded in organ? izing at least one creamery company and are now at work in other com? munities. In the sections in which they are working it is cafe to say there arr not enough cows to supply the local demand for milk, cream and butter, and yet the people have been led to believe that a plant de? pending upon a good milk supply for success, can be profitably operated. To mislead people into such an enter? prise is nothing but deceit and graft and the people in every community of the State should be on guard against such dealers in "gold bricks." Georgia has Just pasted through a sad and expensive creamery exper? ience. During 1908 creamery pro? moters of Chicago organized seven creameries in various parts of the State costing from $4,950 to $6,000. Of these seven creameries only one in now in operation and it is financ? ed by a capitalist. All the remaind? er have perished from lack of sup? port. At some of these plants not more than forty or fifty cows sup? plied milk while for profitable oper? ation t^e milk from five hundred cows of average quality is required. One of these creameries lost seven hundred dollars In a few months time, while the failure of other showed either that no money was made or there was a loss. The establishing of creameries in sections where there Is practically no dairy interest and whore local mar? kets pay more for dairy products than * creamery can possibly pay. is ab? solute folly as is wltnesed by the ex? perience of Georgia. Kentucky and other States. Yet the people are be? ing misled and deceived by smooth tongued sellers of machinery who charge abou* flty per cent more for their machlr. ry than it can be pur? chased for elsewhere. That creameries are profitable no one denies and that examples cited by promoters in proof of this profit may bo true, but it should be taken into consideration that these were made in dairy localities?places where the dairy is the money crop and where most every farmer has a herd of cows and understands how to handle those cows. In such sections cream? eries are necessary to handle the milk from these cows and to find a mar- j ket for the products. Such condi? tions do not exist in South Carolina. Cows are scarce and poor in quality and more than that they cannot be bought in sufficient number. Local demands for milk cannot be sup? plied even at a good price and farm? ers know very little about how to handle dows to the bert advantage and most often do not care to learn. A creamery cannot afford to pay more than one and a-half dollars por hundred pounds for milk and until the farmers learn how to prouce It at a profit for this price It Is foolish to expect a creamery to be a suc? cess. If any section of the State is in? terested in a creamery it should care? fully investigate the milk supply first and then form a company of Inter? ested men, buy the machinery neces? sary to equip It at a reasonable price and begin operations on a practical business basis and not be rushed in? to an enterprise pushed forward by a set of men who have no Interest in tts success further than the sale of the machinery at exorbitant prices. Ranks and other business undertak? ings first investigate the possibilities of success before officers are elected, but the doctrine of the creamery pro? moters Is to get the building and equipment first regardless of other conditions. The Extension Department of Clemson College will be glad to visit any community Interested In cream? eries and advise them as to the re? quirements for successful operation end assist them In every way in es? tablishing such an enterprise, should the outlook for success prove favor ible, Plans and specifications for creameries can be obtained free of ?ost from the United states Depart? ment of Agriculture. With all of these thinps at their ? ornmnnd no community should be misled ami Milted to lose money by men who seek their own gain only. Where creameries nre promoted and fall the dairy Interest! nf set back m.i ny v? are, Beware of the creamery promoter ? Investigate conditions ? losely and profit by the example of communl? ties that suffered from the same evil. Information regarding tie- creameries that have failed in Oeortia can be obtained by writing the president of the a< worth Biffin Creamery, Ae worth. American creamery Com? pany.i Amertcne; Cowets Creamery Co.. Newman: Madison Creamery Co., Madison; and Greensboro Creamery Co., Oreenahoro; 'ill erected in Georgia. Prof. i?. n. Barrow, Bupt. NO MONEY SHORTAGE. DANGER MARK PASSED, SAYS TUBA SP R Y I) EPA RTM KNT. - Government's Financial Division Optimistic as to Outlook for United Stales?Ranks Prepared Some Time Ago for whatl Looked Like Period of Financial Depression Approach? ing?Now Fortified Against Any Emergency. Washington, Sept. 25.?It is unlike? ly that there will be any shortage of money this fall anywhere In the Uni? ted States. This is not to be constru? ed as a promise to any particular In? dividual, but is the large Impersonal view of the treasury department, whose hand is on the pulse of the nation's tinancial and business life and represents the opinion of offi? cials who constantly watch for symp? toms of any stringency. In their opinion the danger mark, if there has been one during several months past, has been left astern. They gave these reasons for their prediction of plentiful money: Primarily the banks saw what look? ed like a money shortage coming several months ago. They knew that they could expect no help from the United States treasury, such as they got in 1908, and prepared themselves. They have piled up gold, built up re? serves and cut down risk loans, and bonds and other securities, which might not he easy to sell, have been turned into money. New loans have been closely scrutinized. The banks have thus fortified themselves against any emergency. How well they did it was seen last week when $10,000 000 was moved out of New York to other banks and done very easily. Panics foreseen never come, financiers say. Money is plentiful in England and on the Continent. That is always said to be a good sign in making a prediction for this country. Nearly every crop in this country this year is reported to be a bumper1 one. Corn will set a new record. I Four-fifths of the crop has been gathered, so the chances of loss from frost Is small. The oat crop is the greatest In years. The cotton crop will be 1,000,000 bales greater than It was last year. The other crops are reported very large. Next month it is estimated in? vestors over the country will receive $170,000,000 in dividend chejks from Industrial, railroad and other corpor? ations. That will add to the money generally In circulation. The record crops are one argument against a money shortage because by their means the United States will have a great amount of food and Manufacturing materials to sell to Europe. Europe, in the meantime, will he selling material to America, but un? doubtedly not to the extent it did last year and, therefore, will owe Americans money. This will be paid in gold, which comes across the ocean in bars. The hanks will take it to the United States mints or sub-treasuries to be stored away in the vaults and gold certificates will be issued to represent it. Thus, several more mil? lions of dollars will come into circu-j latlon for business. ] This is what financiers call "the balance of trade" and In such an in- j stance it would be "in our favor." The question may be asked why the treasury department could not help the banks now as It did In 1908. Because it has not the money. The expense of digging the Panama Canal is from $2,000,000 to $4,000, 000 a month, and is a drain on the nation's ready cp.sh. It was the Intention to build the canal with borrowed money, obtained from sales of Panama Canal bonds, but for many reasons bonds could not be sold on favorable terms, and Uncle Sam has been paying his canal workers out of his cash drawer, until now the canal owes the treasury Si 25,000.000. One of the best reasons why treas? ury officials believe there will be no money stringency Is that the national banks are preparing themselves to issue $500,000,000 extra currency? ;is the emergency currency law pro? vides?if they have to. Secretary MacVeagh believes the common knowledge that such an immense re? serve Is available, will stop any gen? eral movement to take money out of tin- bunks to hoard it in Stockings. r.imm nii: recorder. l4trf(c Number Receive Their Share of I?u>k ami Dollars. Notwithstanding th there were only two t Recorder Raffleld on were an unusually lat sinners present to rec Mr. W, M. Barfleld f >r blocking a crossll . Ity limits this being a of the city. Lillian Lewis, Lissie Jones. Hester Roblnsoi lor. Aletha Davis, ;iii i ia re st rother, white, disturbing the peaoe. T that by iere of ccs. $ I 0 th ? law rile ay i ml for sch INFANTILE PARALYSIS AM) PKL? LAGRA. Number of Deaths fron Been In 1909 in the Oensm Burenn'i Registra? tion Aren. Washington, D. C. Sept. 24.?There were 569 deaths from acute anterior poliomyelitis, or infantile paralysis. 116 from pellagra, 55 from rabies, or hydrophobia, and 9 deaths from lep? rosy in 1909, in the death registra? tion area of continental United States, which comprises over 55 per cent of the total population, according to the Census Bureau's forthcoming bul? letin on mortality statistics for 1909 submited to Census Director Durand by Dr. Cressy L. Wilbur, chief statisti? cian for vital statistics. It is reported that, of the 569 deaths from infantile paralysis, 552 were of white and only 17 colored persons. There was a somewhat greater incidence of disease among males and an increased mortality in August, September, and October. The bulletin states that no statis? tical segregation of intantile paralysis as a cause of death has been made heretofore, but the increasing impor? tance of the disease and its wide prev? alence throughout the country in the form of local epidemics render a statement of the mortality important. Like meningitis, which it somewhat resembles, it is difficult to obtain an exact separation of the deaths from the specific infectious disease, acute anterior poliomyelitis, from other in? fections of similar nature. Acute an? terior poliomyelitis is described by the bulletin as an acute infectious disease chiefly affecting children in the first five years of life, and while not Infre? quently fatal is of even more serious consequence as the cause of more or less permanent paralysis and atrophy of muscles. Numerous outbreaks have occurred In this country, the most im? portant of which were those in Ver? mont, in 1894, and in New York and Conneticut in 1907. The 569 deaths compiled for the registration area for 1909 were widely distributed, and in? dicate endemic or epidemic preval? ence in many parts of the country. It should be remembered, the bulletin points out, that the census data re? late only to registration sources, and that for the nonregistration States the deaths are only those returned from the registration cities contained therein. The deaths from acute an? terior poliomyelitis in the registra? tion States numbered as follows: Cali? fornia, 12 (1 in San Francisco); Colo? rado, 6 (1 in Denver); Conneticut, 6; (1 in New Haven); District of Columbia (city of Washington). 1; Indiana, 14; Maine, 6; Maryland, 4; (1 in Baltimore); Massachusetts, 62 (21 in Boston and 1 in Worchester); Michigan, 16 (2 in Detroit); New Hampshire, 11; New Jersey, 24 (2 in Jersey City, 6 in Newark); New York, 115 (2 in Buffalo, 64 in Greater New York, 2 in Rochester, 1 in Syracuse); Ohio 16 (1 in Cincinnati. 2 in Cleve? land); Pennsylvania, 76 (8 in Phila? delphia. 8 in Pittsburg. 1 in Scran ton); Rhode Island, 4 (3 in Provi? dence); South Dakota, 6; Vermont. 2; Washington, 5; and Wisconsin, 61 (1 in Wilwaukee). The disease does not seem particu? larly to affect the large cities of 100, 000 and over population in 1900, as given in the preceding list. For the nonregistration States there were, in the registration cities only, deaths numbering as follows: Alabama, 2; Illinois, 19 (17 in Chic? ago); Kentucky, 2 (1 in Louisville); Louisana, 1 (New Orleans); Minne? sota, 32 (21 in Minneapolis, 53 in St. Paul); Missouri, 5 (1 in Kansas City, 4 in St. Louis); Nebraska, 8 (Omaha); North Carolina, 1; Ore? gon, 2 (Portland); South Carolina, 1 (Charleston); Tennessee. 1; Texas, 2; Utah, 3, and Virginia, S. death was reported only in 292 of The duration of illness prior to death was reported only in 292 of the 569 cases. In 19 of these it was 1 year or more. 1 each being reported as of 10, 14, 16. 18, and 20 years's duration. These may represent the result of old attacks or perhaps may include deaths from other forms of poliomyelitis. There were 4 0 cases of duration of illness in excess of 1 month but less than a year, 21 of which were under 2 months. The preat majority of the fatal cases re? turned were of very brief duration. 253, or 87 per cent being of less than 1 month. Of these there were 20 stated to be of 1 day, 22 of 2 days. 30 of :: days. :;i of 1 days. 28 of 5 days. 18 of 6 days, 24 of 7 days, 10 of x days, B <>f :? days. 22 of to days, only l of l i days. The tendency to report in ro"nd numbers or to ^i\c even weeks somewhat vitiates the exact statements; the average dura? tion of all the fatal cases with du? ration of undei 1 month is 7.2 days. The bulletin states that among the rarer diseases Included In tin* epi? demic group may be found some whose occasional occurrence awakens more Interest end poular fear than many hundred times as many deaths from more accustomed causes. Among these there were, during the year 1909, deaths'from typhus (typhus fever), 7!? deaths from smallpox, 2 deaths from DlagUC and 9 deaths Oen. A. F. Hawley, of Washing* \ton, D. C, writes: **l have used Re? runs and find it very beneficial ]for kidney trouble, end especially good for coughs, colds and catarrh' al troub' !es." ccn. a. r. Mauley. Kidney Trouble for Nearly Thirty Years. William Bailey, Past Col. Enc. No. 60, Union Veteran Legion, and prom inently identified with many of the great labor protective associations in Chicago and New York, and secretary of one of the largest associations in the former city, had for nearly thirty years been afflicted with kidney troubles. Within a short period he has been persuaded to try Peruna, and his present healthy condition is attributed to his judicious use of that great remedy. Washington climate is notoriously bad for kidney and liver troubles, yet by a judicious use of the remedy he is now quite cured and in excellent physical condition. This brief statement of facts, without exaggeration or hyperbole, appears to tell the whole story, which the Peruna Company is authorized to use, if it so chooses, believing, as I do, that by so doing it will be for the general good. William Bailey, 58 I St., N. E., Washington, D. C. Kidneys Affected?Back Weak. Mr. M. Broderick, Secretary and Treasurer Local Union No. 406, Inter? national Brotherhood of Teamsters, writes from 435 E. 4oth St., Chicago, 111., as follows: "1 have been suffering from a weak back and kidney trouble for some time, and hare been able to find relief only througn the use of Peruna. "During the winter season I usually keep a bottle of your medicine in the bouse, and by taking a dose at night I am feeling fine the next morning. "Some of my friends assure me that Peruna is equally as good for their var? ious ailments as it is for my complaint; but I do know that for kidney trouble and suffering from a weak back it has Bo equal." Cold Settled In Kidneys. Mr. Joseph Klee, 215 East 4th St., Topeka, Kas., writes: 4,My wife took Perunafor liver trouble and a run-down condition incident to the same. A few bottle* built up hei health and strength. "I took Peruna for a cold which set? tled in my kidneys, giving mo muck pain. In two weeks I was much better, and in a few months I was well." For Liver and Kidneys. Mr. W. H. Armistead, Cumberland. C. H.t Vs., writes: ** Your Peruna has cured me of chronie catarrh of long standing I thank yon so much for your advice. I think itfts a great medicine. It will do all that you recommend it to do. Besides, I can recommend it to cure all liver and kid? ney troubles." Chronic Kidney Trouble. Judge C. J. Park, R. P. D. 1, Buck head, Oa., writes: 'For a long time I was troubled with catarrh of the kidneys, and after taking Peruna I feel like a new man. I thvnk it the greatest catarrh medicine of the a_e, and believe it will cure any case of catarrh on record.*' Asiatic cholera or from yellow fever. In the second subdivision of the class of general disease there were compiled 8 deaths from glanders, 14 from anthrax (maligant pustule), 55 from rabies (hydrophobia), 38 from actinomycosis, trichinosis, etc., 116 from pellagra, 86 from lead poisoning, and 5 from other occupational poi? soning. Pellagra is a new disease in the mortality statistics the bulletin states. Oly 23 deaths were returned from this cause for 1908, and no deaths for any previous year except 1 for 1904. Such deaths undoubtedbly oc? curred, but were not recognized and were consequently returned as due to other causes or as of unknown cause. As the registration area includes only a small portion of the country in which pellagra is most prevalent, it would seem that many hundreds and perhaps thousands of deaths from this disease must occur each year in the United States. How many can never be known until systems of complete registration of deaths are more generally adopted. FLAGS FOR PURLIC BUILDINGS. Clemson Textile Department Iras Be? gun Making Them and Has Them on Sale. Clemson College, Sept. 23.?In ac? cordance with a law passed by the last general assembly, the textile de? partment of Clemson College is now manufacturing the State flag, to be furnished, at approximate cost, to be schools of the State. Schools de? siring the flags can get them by send? ing their orders to the Textile depart? ment, Clemson college. All cbecks should be made payable to P. R. E. Sloan, treasurer. Prof. C. S. Doggett and his cola borers have worked faithfully to pro? duce the best possible flag at a reas? onable cost, and they have succeeded in making a durable, and artistic flag at very small expense. The following are the prices for the various sizes: 10 feet by 20 feet. ? 10.64; 4 feet. 6 inches by 8 feet, $3.3fi; 3 feet. 2 inches by 6 feet, 1 inches. $2.14;. These are cash prices, delivered. Other sizes will be made when special orders are received. The flag four and a half feet by eight feet is the standard sdioolhouse Hag used throughout the United States. The ten by twenty is used for considerable elevations, say above 75 feet. The total cotton receipts for last week amounted to 2.751 bales, mak? ing a total of a little over 5.100 bales ? f new cotton sold on the local mar I ket this season. - Mr Robert Winthrop Chanler rpent $9*7 on clothes during his re cc nt courtship, and it Is understood that she's goin>r to let him keep I HORSE RACES ATTRACT A BIS CROWD i Races Held on The Green Sweeny Road Saturday Afternoon Won ?j Horse Belonging to Mr. Jona Brad? ley. The horse races, held out on tt? Green Swamp road Saturday after? noon at 4 o'clock, created quite a lot of interest among the local sports, who went out in automobiles, buggle* and on wheel to see the races take place. As one of the entries drop- 4 ped out at the last minute, there were only two horses In the race. These were, a bay trotting mare belonging td Mr. Walton Anderson, driven by Robbie Rembert, of Dalzell, and a gray pacer, of Mr. John Bradley, driven by Charley Smith. The purse of fifty dollars, was to be given to the winner of the best two out of three races, and as the gray, belonging to Mr. Bradley, and driven by Charley Smith, won the first two straight heats, he was ad? judged the winner, and the third heat was not run. As it was, there was a large crowd present, who manifested great inter? est in the racing, but no doubt thiv crowd would have been much larger had the races been held at the race track as had been expected. This wme impossible, however, owing to the fact that the race track was over? grown with weeds and could not ee usod. The races did show that tne people here -re very much interest? ed in them and are anxious to go te them whenever they get the chance. Ice Cream Festival at Rafting Creek School. The Rafting Creek school will hold an ice cream festival at the school house on Friday evening from 5 to 10. The public is cordially Invited. In addition to cream, fruits, candies and cakes will be served. There will very probably be a ball game for those interested in athletics and music on piano and graphaphone will entertain those thus inclined. We are trying to make preparations to entertain both old and young and shall endeavor to make these few. hours pass pleasantly to all pres? ent. I This is gotten tip in the interest of the s* hool grounds and also to add some new bonks to the library. Hot Supper and Barbecue. Hot supper and barbecue on Thursday night at the Graham Bap? tist church, Manning road. Supper will be served at the parsonage ad? joining the church from 6:30 to 10 P. M. Tickets. r?0 cents. Children l?r> cents. \ on are cord la Hv Invited mend. Vit