Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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re* X'imt? Watchman was found I kft lift and the True Southron In 14. rbe Watchman and Southron w has the combined circulation and ttjeooe cf both of the obi paper*, eng la manifestly the beat adverttaing ?dlum la Samter. No More Judge* Needed. Our state doee not need more dgee. We want oq the bench ro f"mX men. toth aa to mind and body. s > grumpy, grunting. dyspeptic ? tool teacher Is fit to have charge of ? claea of children. That Is a fact yond question. So a Judge that Is ? weak obystcalty. ott?Mi complain g of this aliment and that one, is si prepared to handle cases In a gorous clear manner, fie loses his I 1* Expeditious work Is needed in the ?ort* Often two days are spent tlrklng and quibbling over a trifling tee. I> latory motions are made *ad then follow appeals and new tals That Is not according to the rtnclples of eternal Justice, but It Is ?m tustlce. a mere show of Jus t?ew. For that condition tn our state jTSggee and lawyers are to blame. The Cr'ppen caee In England as /ell aa the Leneve case, which fol? lowed Immediately, show how speed t great trials are decided there. A rich man In Canada waa arrest el for murder. There was no doubt ?* to his guilt The deed was com ?ttted on the line. He said to his awyers that If they could prove that the deed waa done on the other side ?f th? line, he would be aafe. He eaa a millionaire and knew what his won*?v rould do In the courts of this intry. Last year in this state a man and SJ friend killed his wife. The deed aa cowardly and brutal as any? thing the hov criminal. Jesse Pome toy, eomm'tted about 34 years ago. Without any excuse or palliation, tkey did the deed. But they are free by paying the amount of a Ball bond. In t'nlon county a prominent bus? man was tried and convicted fer kill ng bis wife more than a year ago- The case Is now being held up ke the courts. There Is no telling 'avhen a decision will be reached. The ?nan was guilty or innocent. If sralltv. he should have been punish od long ago; If Innocent, he should %ev* been set free, so that hf could Attend to hie bue'ness affairs. Juntice has been thwarted In many aae* A man changed with a felony deserves a speedy trial, and when tried and a verdict reached, the sen ience should be executed speedily. Da account of delays and the eaae with which these criminals escape pun' ment through the sharp prac? tice of lawyers and the leniency o' Judges, our people are losing respect for taw and the dignity of the courts??partanburg Journal. Ctirtatian Woman's Hoard of Mis? sion*. l>r .!? nnle ('i o/b-r "f India. will ??proM.nl the Christian Woman's Board of Missions at the South Caro? lina invention of the <'horche? of Christ, next *eek In this city. This misatlon Is the only Independent m s m selonary society In this aountry snl th** wonderful work ggggl WOB en ire doing demonstrates the wlsoom displayed In the manage? ment. Th* ?Mtrlstlan Woman's Hoard of Mlasi is has i local auxiliaries. St om? somen enrob l with monthly esVertn?H of l . cuts per member. Their rk Is \ eing carrle I on In the United States. Jamaica. South Amor Ira. New Zealand. port.. Ki o. Mexi? co and India .their largest work be Ina geSM In the latter country. In India the board maintains ten stations and thirty out stations, also two hos? pitals and orphanages. Five Bible chair < In State unl\erstt b?, three mountain schools, and three negro schools are maintained In the Cnlted States by the woman's bo ml. This year they raised $ 111 .Sf>7 for their work. A missionary training schorl and mlsslonarv rejogej b ? recently keen reete.l at headquarters, Indian ? polls, Ind. The organ of the society la the Missionary Tidings, said to b the best authority on missionary in telltg* ti< published tn thl country. The sanrveloua growth of the Chris? tian > hurch In this country is at? tracting attention During th.- la?| ten years the gain has 'ein ?7 ; p.-. rent the largest gain < f any religious hody In America. The w ?mun> hoard alms to reach the following the coming year: $400.000, 100, eoo wwgaaej and I I.I Tldlngn Mies Croxler Is expe? ?ed to speak on te xt Friday afternoon, and all the ladt01 of th* Sumter Missionary Cnion gfi Invited to att< rel ??? SfM^ lal Train. Th* A. C L. will run special trains on \V%'dnenday and Thursday of this week to the State Fair at Columbia. The trains will leave the Union Sta? tion at 9:05 a. m. On other days the schedule will h* the same as at nth er time*. DARLINGTON WINS GAMS*. Sumter Boys Play <*ritty but l.o^hi (.anit-?Sumter Man knocked Out. The Sumter High school boyi who went over |0 Darlington Friday morning pityod a gritty but unsuc? cessful Kanu-, owing to the fait that ??everal of the best men on the team SfSjffa knocked out at the heginniun of the second half. The final score of the day was 16 to 0, the Darling? ton boys having pushed ahead am . ii iter we akened by the loss of Du Kant. PeLorme and 1 lanynsworth, MsfOt of the best players on the team, after an even game for the r.r*t h i t during which neither side was able to make any considerable gains over the other. The game was fast and snappy and at first both teams appeared about equal, for. during the first half, neither side could advance the ball any where near the goal line of the other team, the ball cavorting back aou forth about the middle of the Meld, now in the the possession of one team and now In On o her. During the first part < f the second half DuHant was knocked out, weak? ening the back field; Haynsworth followed him. weakening It still fur? ther. DeDorme then came out at end, and the new men put in their places, while they played good ball, were not equal to what these men taken out had been doing. From then on Darlington steadily gained ! and succeeded in making the three I touchdor.ns before the end of the, K?me. bevernl of the Darlington men stated that Sumter's origin al line-up was much stronger than their own and it is probable that there would have been no score at all. had It not been necessary to make the changes. The Sumter men were still more optimistic and thought that had they had all of their men in the gsme. Captain Richardson being out of the game, there would have been no doubt of their winning the game. It was only a case of hard luck for the home boys that they did not win and not that they were outplayed at all. for during the first part of the gome Darlington failed to make any gains around the ends or through the line. The gains that they did make the latter part of the game were on fake bucks and forward passes which they worked with tell? ing effect. In The Police Court. There were several white culprits up before the Recorder Monday as an aftermath of Sunday frollcing. L. C. Mason and H. D. Strother were up on the charge of disturbance of the peace, fighting and drunken? ness. Mason pleaded guilty to the charge of fighting, stating that he had sufficient cause for It. It seemed that he was in a restaurant Sunday afternoon when Strother came In and accosted him in a very familiar way, calling him an extremely distasteful narre. He straightway struck St rot he r who tried to return the Mow. the fight being interrupted be tore It had gone to extreme?. Stroth? er was sentenced to pay a lint of $lh or to serve In days, and Mason paid a tue of $11.50. May Ward Isaac. charged with drunkeiu ss and cursing. plead. ?1 guilty und was sentenced to pay a tire- of $5.uo or to serve 10 davs. William Kennedy was charged with riding on the sidewalk at a for? bidden point and he paid a fine ol $1.00. Corner Stone Laid. The corner stone of Mt. Plsgah A. M. K. Church was laid Friday with fitting ceremonies, by the Coi i red Ma*-- us First t > r b r paraded tbe stre< ts, tbe para I ending at the church where several addresses were made by w- 11 known colored preachers. The Stone was then laid and the en monies > looed. There w re a great many of the colored m is* n who i ame over fron? Columbia and other nearby towns for the i?\ing of the rorner stone, Sumter merchants naturally want ? very bale of Bumter county grown cotton sohl on the Sumter markets and as many bales from ( |hef coun? ties as th y can get I. te too. If that portion of Sumter county noar th Kershan county line has in fcrl< r country roads leading to Sum? ter, and Kenhan county lias mag nihc. nt sand-clayed roads leading to Ceraden, Camden win continue to yet hundreds of bales of Sumter coun? ty Cotton, and thousands of dollars of trad.- that would otherwise come to Sumter Twelve bales of cotton on one wagon looked g.1 on Sumter's streets last Saturday. It should be made possible to haul twelve bales of cotton in one load to the county seat from any and every section of Sum? ter county. The city of Sumter has per ha pi in i. mt r. I in Improving the pub lie highways of Sumter county than anv Othef portion of Sumter county. -AN Practical Thoughts f< (Condac ted by K. W. I>?bb*. Presl Home ltnndom Thoughts. We preotnt this week ?om<' thoughts on forest preservation. In some sections where nearly all the land is cleared, and the remaining woodlots never have a sufficient ac? cumulation Of litter to burn, there Is little need to consider tires Hut In the pine land lections, where the pine straw furnishes abundance of fuel, ?>r where, after the timber has been cut, I dense growth of broom ?edge ?prlnffl Up and with the tops. Riakfl the hottest kind of tires, pro? tection from tire is a problem that so far does not teem to be anywhere near a solution.. What legislation Is needed or will do any good it enacted into law Is beyond the ken of most of us who have given any thought to the matter. With our statute books tilled with laws that are never enforced, nor even attempted to be enfon cd. what good to enact more law to be a dead letter? The anti prohibition people ring the changes on this idea until it is worn to a '?frazzle.'' so probaly could not be used in regard to other reform measures. Nothing seems to be en? forced except bond issues and the tax needed to pay the bonds. ? es Speaking of bond Issues, how do our people like the idea of addition? al bonds to put new floors in our bond-butlt court house in less than three years since its completion? "Somebody blundered," "Ours but to reason why." ours but to pay taxes "and die, while the world wonders." When we build roads by bond Issues, before we have begun to use the ma? chinery provided by the present lawn for road building and maintenance, we will have another court house mess, and be issuing more bonds In? side of ten years for repairs. ,K. W. D. What Short-sighted "Kconoiny" May Cost. Last roar the Minnesota State For- j estry Commissioner made his esti-j mate of what it would cost to pre- i vent forest fires this year; the legis? lature promptly cut it in half. A month ago the forest rangers were called In because there was no mon- J ey to pay them. Then?the recent I fires; hundreds dead, thousands! homeless; millions of dollars destroy? ed in a few days?truly a terrible price to pay for a little farcical legislative "economy." We of the South also pay extrava? gant prleei for the short-sighted "economy" of our legislators along this line. It is time to get rid of this sort of legislative stupidity and to awake to the fact that there is noth? ing that pays so well as to prevent waste and deatructlon?that it is much easier, much cheaper and much more sensible to prevent such catas? trophes, than to try to repair .lam age they have done. Next week we are going to publish a strong article by Mr. .1. s. Holmes state Forester of North Carolina, on this subject, and we rail upon every reader to gel busy and see that his Legislature docs not adjourn next spring without having made some provision for the prevention of forest tires. As to the sort of legislation need? ed, the following suggestions, made in a letter from ibm. Alfred Qaakell, Slate Forester of New Jersey. are well worth heeding: 1 realize fully that with your great territory and relatively small population you have a situation that is even harder to handle than OUTS, Nevertheless. 1 am becoming dally stronger, in the belief that the con? trol of tire is necessarily the first move oward a praclcal solulon of he forest problem. Bo far as railroad tires are concerned, you have nothing like the exposure that we have, and it may be that you need not attempt tie construction of railroad lire lines similar to ours. Nevertheless, our exp- rience during the past spring and summer, a season of 6XC< ptlontll drouth, has confirmed practically ev? ery one in the belief that they are of the greatest value. The authority to pay our wardens small salaries, or retainers, to enlist their activity, and to pay a minimum sum for fighting lire also work well. I think that you will find that foresters, and others acquainted with forest-fire problems, agree that a warden service, or pa? trol, which shall prevent fires Is the only sort of an organisation that can be depended upon. We ran not In? sure our buildings without paying a premium, we can not build and main? tain our good roads without taxing ourselves, and we can ot save our forests from lite without paving something."?Progressive Farmer. lion News )r Practical Farmers lent Furniers" Union of Suinter 1 '011 n I v.? NEW RECORD FOR CORN CJROW ING. South Curolinu Roy Produce* Over 228 RiiHhelft on One Acre of Land. Another world's record for corn production has been broken In South Carolina. A 15-year-old boy residing in the Pee Dee section of the State has pro? duced 228 bushels and three pecks on corn on one acre of land. Resides the money that he will re? ceive from his crop he is to get over $500 in prize s and a trip to Wash? ington. The unknown boy, for his name will not be announced for several days from the Washington Office of the United States farm demonstra? tion work, is a member of one of the hoys' corn clubs and his record Is sworn to by witnesses. The official announcement and the boy's own story of how he secured such a mar colons yield will be printed in The State within the next several da>s. The unknown boy has broken all world's records for production of corn by a boy and he Is within 21 bcahels of the great yield of 25f> bushels by Drake, the Marlboro coun? ty farmer. The boy Is the son of a minister and the record-breaking yield was grown upon the parsonage land. His story of how he accom? plished such an unusual feat is of exceptional human interest. The boy grew the corn under the direction of the United States farm demonstration work, of which Ira W. Williams is at the head in this State. The largest yield last year was 152 1-2 bushels, which was se? cured by Bascombe Usher.?The State. The Spread of Infantile Pnrulysis. Before 1907 epidemics of infantile paralysis were rare In this country. There was one in New Orleans in 1841; and again, about thirty years ago, the disease was pronounced, but it was otherwise not especially noted until the beginning of the present century. There was a marked epi? demic in Sweeden in 1905; two in Australia in 1903 and 1908; and an extensive epidemic in Prussia In 1909. It is not likely that other European countires have wholly escaped. The disease has for several years past been prevalent in Scandinavia. During the past four years infan? tile paralysis has prevailed through? out our country and probably but few States have been altogether ex? empt; Cuba has also been visited. In a single epidemic which visited New York City in 1907. 2,500 cases were reported. The southern Hudson re? gion, with the surrounding lowland sections, suffered also. There were in that year, moreover, cases In 136 of the 354 cities and towns of Masa Chuaetta, the infection having been relatively much more prevalent In small towns than in the cities and large towns. The disease In Its epi? demic form is emphatically one of 1 hot weather, prevailing most in July, August. September, and Octob ? r. Cases have been noted to de? velop after a hot, dry "spell." Never? theless it seems warm countries do I not suffer as much as those more ' northerly. Epidemics are bound to subside with the first sharp frost. Rut of what nature is the disease infantile paralysis, or acute anterior poliomyelitis? It is an infection characterised by Inflammation espe Ically of motor neurones in the an? terior horns of the spinal cord, though the medulla and potiS above and even the cerebrum may be in? volved. A very succinc t definition is that of Drs. Chap in and Pisek: It is "an acute inflammatory process tak? ing place in the anterior horns of spinal cord, accompanied by a sudden and complete paralysis of various groups of voluntary muscles, follow? ed by a rapid wasting of the af te, ted muscles." The motor neurones are the nerve or gaglion cells (tele? graph Btatlons, as it were), concern? ed in muscle development and mus? cular movements; in this disease these neurones, if the inflammation proceeds without arrest, degenerate, liquefy and shrivel up; the nerve libers emanating from them and Which in health convey their mes? sages to the given mUSClea, degener? ate and atrophy. This process may go on to complete destruction of these precious tissue elements; oi it may happily be arrested at any stage. if checked early, repair may ensue, ami the neurones, with their libers (their telegraph wires), will regain fairly well their normal con? dition and function, if unfortunately the Inflammation is progressive, the Bile and shape of the spinal cord at the points involved are contracted BAKING MAKES THl hot b: Also Rolls 2 Crusts ai Send for Royal Cook Book and pathologically so altered that the muscles concerned become par? alyzed, atrophic, degenerated and in? capable of their proper and normal function. When recovery does take place these muscles are apt to re? main small, perhaps throughout life? time. , The little patients suffer also re? tarded bone growth, deformity of the joints involved, "drop-foot," some? times lateral curvature of the spine, sluggish circulation, and generally impaired bodily nutrition. From 8 to 15 per cent, of these patients die; and three-fourths of those stricken who survive ttj more or less crippled for life. The disease is generally acute, and by far the greatest nura ! her of its victims are infants and children from one to five years of age?though not all; deaths from Infantile paralysis at sixty and sixty three have been recorded. The out? look is thus fairly good as to life; yet the severity and fatality of the infection fluctuate widely In various epidemics and localities; and, tak? ing it all in all. infantile paralysis is sufficiently disasterous and melan? choly to give the medical profession anxious consideration, as it should give the public grave concern.?Re? view of Reviews. It is rumored that there may be two candidates from Sumter for a place on the Supreme bench, if the fifth place Is created. It is certain that Hon. T. B. Fraser will be placed in nomination and former circuit Judge R. O. Purdy is being talked of as a probable candidate. A large number of Tennessee cattle will be brought to Sumter and vicin? ity this winter for fattening, and re shipment to other points. I*ast week several car loads of cattle pasr ed through here on the A. C. L, for Manning and Silver to be fattened for outside markets. Mr. W. B. Boyle received about fiB head of cat? tle over the Southern last week, which he will have in tine condition for the butcher in a few weeks Mr. E. H. Moses received almost a hun? dred head this morning over the Southern which he will fatten at his farm and reshlp before the winter is out. The city of Sumter is an organised mass of citizenship. The country dis? tricts .are not so well organised. Therefore the good roads movement should naturally be started in the county seat and then let the city and county officials, the business men, and every citizen of Sumter assist in organizing the county. WOMEN i Women of the highest type, women of superior education and 3 refinement, whose discernment and judgment give weight and force to their opinions, highly praise the wonderful corrective and curative properties of Cham? berlain's Stomach and Liver Tab? lets. Throughout the many stages of woman's life, from girlhood, through the ordeals of mother? hood to the declining years, there is no safer or more reliable med? icine. Chamberlain's Tablets are J j sold everywhere it 25c a box. We are always glad to estimate ob any kind of printing that you may need. Osteen Publisning Co. The dispensary graft cases will he called for trial at Chester on Mob day. November 7th. The following men are named in the indictment: John M. Rawlinson, Joseph B. Wy lie. John Black. James S. Farnumt, John T. Early, Morton A. Goodman. H. Eee Solomons. Thirty members of the Sumter County Corn Club have made their reports to County Superintendent ?f Education Cain and each has brought in a prize bushel of seed corn. Six? teen of the boys made more than 75 bushels to the acre ard seven more than 100 bushels. Tnis average will be hard to beat in the State. The contest will be decided and the prises awarded Monday, November 7th, this being the earliest date the attendance of Mr. Ira W. Williams and a com? mittee of expert judges could be se? cured. The Sumter High School will have a company in the school and college prize drill at the State fair next Fri? day. It is not known how many boys will be taken over, as a copy of the rules governing the contest has not vet been obtained. Eva Hulchrige, 7-year-old was burned to death Friday as a result of playing with matches. NT < ? Democratic Primary lor Auditor. Pursuant to the order of the county Democratic Executive Committee, a primary election is hereby ordered to fill the vacancy occasioned by th-* death of the late J. D. Wilder, to he held on the Nth day of November, 1010, to be conducted by the mana? gers of the State Election, a separat! box for Auditor v. ill be estald shed at each general elc tion voting place throughout the county. The hours ting will be allowed ti n box, a 111 be within which v in the prim rv between o'clock p v The 1. ? ?: the various aiv dire te 1 t the club rolls t State elect! n. embracin ' Any Dei on the el i vote In f' pro I paign an must ren le an Item I ? money exp< n - in the after the I sworn iteml further m I y them. One of the II. aud 4 i i secretaries of . mocrutlc Clubs llfy to and d liver e Managers ? the .* \oting precinct respective clubs, e name ars ii be entitl i to 'ox for Ku 'tor, n poll in - ice. n 1 of t h? im day of i i< . tion Clerk of ! urt account ? all incurred ? y I hem n 1 lmm< i tely met tile an uhcr unt show In my Tided or provided n nagers of each of the gene ral oh . tion precincts will please call upon Mr. E. F. Miller, at the office of the Daily Item for the plrmary box. ti Kets. etc The County Executive Committee will me t in the Curt House Novem? ber !<?. at 12 o'clock, noon, to tabu? late the votes an I declare the results. it" a second primary should be necessary, same will be held two weeks later November 12nd, I fit. The manager* oi primary of August last will conduct that election by the requesl of th< Rxccutlve Committee. JOHN 11. CLIFTON, County Chairman. 1 I -1 - 21 -1 A \V