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now haa th* eomblned circulation and
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and * ?mffi-Tr the beet advertising
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I'r.um mi I a w jn r of New berry i'aas
ed Away Saturday Night.
Newbery, Dec. 10.?Col. O. L.
8c hum pert died at his home here at
10 o'clock tonight While he had
been In falling health for some time,
the sorlousneae of his condition was
not fully realised by his friends, and
Use news of his death tonight wu* a
severe shock to the many who know
and honored him. Aa yet no funeral
announcement has been made.
Col. Schumpert was one of the best
known and ablest lawyers In the State,
having figured In many hard (ought
and Important cases. For years, un?
til the election of Thos. 8. Seas, now
of Spartan burg, Mr. Schumpert was
solicitor of this district, then the old
7th. now the 8th. On numbers of oc?
casions he has acted as Judge In
special terms of Courts. In which ca?
pacity his knowledge of the law was
especially emphasised. It* had the
distinction of being graduated from
Copenhagen University. He was a
prominent member of the Lutheran
church
In the War Between the States Mr.
Schumpert was a gallant soldier, hav?
ing entered the service at the age of
1C. He was In the 65th year of his
age. It Is recalled that he was at
one time a candidate for Governor of
tbe State.
FAMOUS AVIATOR VISITS SUM
TER.
Mr. Fugene B. Ely Paid a Flying
Visit to Ctty Saturday Morning.
Mr. Eugene B. Ely paid a visit to
Bumter Saturday, arriving at 7.30
a m. and departing on the 11:30 train
for Columbia, where he has been
mailing some interesting flights dur?
ing the Corn Exposition. Mr. Ely
is an aviator of note, using the Cur?
tis* biplane. He recently made a
record breaking flight (the first one In
history) from ths deck ol the bat?
tleship Birmingham in Hampton
Boads. thereby d^monstrai! ^ the
?see with which an aerophone could
ty from a ship to the Inn?..
Mr. Ely has flown at all o< the re
tent gf?at aviation contest. Mid is
on* of the moat expert avlatorj In
th* world.
M*ser* H. R. Van Deventer and
Carl Mason, who are Intereated In the
Flying Machine Co., of Sumter. now
forming, met Mr. Ely In Columbia,
and Intereated him In the fad lit lea
that 8umter affords for the ea.abllah
meut of thla Industry and In the plana
of the new company to auch an ex?
tent that Mr. Ely came to Sumter to
look over tbe ground for himself. Af?
ter a abort trip through the City
where he waa Introduced to several of
ovr citisena. he expressed himself as
greatly impressed with the up-'o-date
appearance of our V .. ss Institu?
tions and the progressive spirit ex?
pressed by our citisena A trip was
then made a abort distance from town
to the alte of the proposed aviation
field. Mr. Ely stated that the place
was Ideal, and superior In many re?
spects to some of the best aviation
grounds In this country. This com?
bined with the splendid weather and
ths absence o." high winds for which
Sumter Is notod, la a great advantage
for the new company, who are ne?
gotiating with several patties having
machines they wish to develop, and
who are prevented from trying them
out In the North on account of cli?
matic conditions In the winter. ,
Mr Ely was shown through the
telspbons factory by Mr. Charles T.
Mason and expressed himself as
highly Interested in Mr. Mason's In?
ventions, and the many examples of
fine mechanical work he saw. He
?aid that, with such mechanics and
such facilities, there Is no reason why
Bumter should not take the lead In
this new Industry.
While in the city Mr. Ely waa the
guest of Mr. F. C. Manning. He will
return to Sumter in the near future,
as he la much Intercut**,' In the de?
velopment of aviation, and the suc?
cess of the company now forming,
who are considering the use of a
Curtis* machine In their experiment?
al work. Mr. Van Deventer stated
that th* new company would have a
machin?* completed In the near future,
snd that an experienced aviator would
fly aam*a?flights soon being a dally
?81 serene* This machine will bs
equipped with the inventions OWttt 1
by the new company. No doubt Mr
Ely will try out this machine on the
occasion ? f hla ne?t vtelt. anl
probably mak?< so ne public Might* In
the Curtis** machine If It Is brought
here The forties machine In sog
abb reft one of the best, and Mr Kly
has b**n very successful with It.
Farmers' U
?A
Practical Thoughts 1
(Conducted by E. W. Dabhs, Pre
i \ k vi Hits* IM?X officers.
l'i? -ul. in Barrett Pleads with Mem?
bers to Choose Officers with Cure
During the Coming Elections, Gives
Tlie Proper llequlrements und Asks
Theni to Give Each Officer a
??square Deal."
To the officers and members of the
Farmers' Union:
During the month of December the
membership will elect thousands of
officers. Upon the thought and earo
with which these officers are selected
will laregly depend the progress, the
maintenance and the efficiency of the
Farmers* Union during the forth?
coming year.
We have, at present, more efficient
and faithful officers in the Farmers'
Union than at any previous time in its
history. But we have not enough of
them yet. And 1 want you to closely
consider what I am going to say, 'w ith
the object of putting in officers this
year who will send the organization
far forward on its great mission.
In the first place, it is well to taKe
warning by the great farmers' organi?
zation that preceded ours?the Far?
mers' Alliance. The Alinance went to
pieces, largely, because of its officers.
They were elected too quickly, with?
out the proper analysis, and more for
their handshaking ability and their
capacity for jollying than for their
qualities of leadership.
A great many of the Alliance offi?
cials were those who went In solely to
use the order for their own purposes.
Pretending to be Moses fit to lead the
farmers out of the wilderness, they
played upon their passions, arrayed
chess against class, rode into office
and then Ml the organization disrput
ed and on the rocks.
In the Alliance, as in politics and
in the Farmers' Union, farmers have j
ratal for what they did not want, and
they usually got It. It Is time to stop
this practice. I have seen you elect
to office within the Union some of the
most progressive, most intelligent and
best business men in the country, and
tgaln I have seen you choose some of
ihe biggest hypocrites and grandest
aacals.
Many of the men you have elected
If office in the past nave thanked you
heartily for the honor, then gone on
home and forgot absolutely about
your business.
Many times I have, seen you elect
officers amid scenes of wild enthusi?
asm, the singing of songs, the shaking
of hands, and the pledge of your ever?
lasting support?then you would
hardly hitch the horse up at home be?
fore you would begin to put the same
officer out of commission.
Either by neglecting them, or Ig?
noring their orders or believing gos?
sip you heard about them, you have
put out of business the majority of
m n elected to office in this organiza?
tion. The main reason I am hoping
is that you are gradually stopping the
practice, and now I am sitting up
with you to put the brakes on still
more.
Just let some fellow, for his own
reasons. Intimate that there Is some?
thing dead up the branch, and Imme?
diately you can see thousands of dead
animals come floating down. You
couldn't be induced to go up and see
if there really was anything dead. You
knew it was so anyhowy because you
Joined looking for something of tho
kind and were not satisfied until it
happened?or until you thought It
happened.
The thing to do Is to elect a man to
office upon his record and his ability,
instead of his knack of jollying you
and asking after Nancy and the kids
and wading through ditches to shake
your hand. Once you get a good man
In, give him a fair and square show?
ing before you begin complulning. I
don't mean by a fair and square show?
ing to stop watching him, but not to
nail him the first little mistake he
makes, and Join the yelping crew at
his back, if his record otherwise is
I The trouble Is, too often In the
l ast, you threw stumbling blocks In
the way of your officers at the first op?
portunity, and some of you have not
b##a slow to make the opportunity.
It Is more dim.Silt to fill an office
In the Farmersf Union that In any
???her organization. Farmers have
IM ? a ridden so often by pretended
friends until thoy have their doubts
ah.ait almost anybody and everybody.
It Is also Impossible for an official in
a farmers' organization not to make
fti tak. s. for most of tie in SSSUmt Of
aV I h. Ih.\ ing th#y know everything
about the f irmer, get off their guard
and hive thumb r smashed out of
th?m.
Many officials have become failures
... mis.- they honestly believed the
farmer would do everything he said
to- would Continued sad awakenings
have wrecked the health of many an
nion News
ND
for Practical Farmers
stdeut Farmers' Ualoa of Sumter
Oonnty.)
otherwise good leader.
Do not bounce a mam out of office
the minute he makes some small mis?
take that is not of serious import to
the organization. Give him another
trial. I have known any number of
good leaders to be lost to the associa?
tion because they found they had un?
derestimated the man they thought
they knew, got discouraged, quit try?
ing and got out of office.
1 wish you would make an earnest
effort to try and distinguish between
the false and the true in the men as?
piring to leadership. I realize this is
going to be hard, for the habit is still
strong to prefer some old hypocrite
who 'will brag on you to the honest
leader who will tell you some plain
truths about yourselves and your
work tliat you need to know.
It Will be an uphill business, I know
for sly politicians and would-be-lead
ers have so often offered to do your
thinking for you that the old rut is
the easiest. But you must rouse from
the old method, if the organization
and yourself Individually, are to come
into your greatest success and useful?
ness.
I want to beg you again to take
plenty of time in selecting your oftV
, cers, and then to give them a good
showing after they are elected.
If you were a little more liberal in
salaries with some of your State offi?
cers it might help a little too. But 1
had nearly forgotten that it hurts you
to know that one of your own ntimbei
is to get a few of your hard-earned
pennies. The truth is, my dear broth
j er, it would hurt you less to be swln
lded about $40 worth by a professional
swindler than to know that one of
your own brethren had honestly
earned and received forty cents of the
money you worked for. This sou:id3
mighty hard, you know it is so.
A great deal of the money that
farmers put into the treasuries of
their organization is wasted, owing to
the foolish resolutions passed by con?
ventions, calling for the establish?
ment of this, that and the other, about
which neither they or their officers
knew anything. I have known men
who 'were not worth their salt to hold
office In the Union for years for the
simple reason that you were so easily
fooled. As I said in the opening
their is cause for relief in the fact
that this condition is growing less.
I want to say that I have abiding
faith in the farmer. Hs will sooner
or later do the right thing in I
or later do the right thing in the
right way. 1 know him. He has nev?
er failed and will never fall to do the
right thing, If you give him plenty of
time.
Hut I must say that he has cut many
?wonderful and amazing stunts in the
Farmers' Union, all of which we
would not dare mention, but one or
two of which will help to make my ar?
guments plain:
In the early days of the Farmers'
Union one of our State officers had a
groundless grievance against another
State official. When the State con?
vention met, the brother who had the
grievance and who also had long hair
and a long face arose. He told of the
great sacrltice he had made, and of the
suffering of his wife and children who
did not have the necessities of life.
He then turned himself loose on the
! man he had come out to smash, charg?
ing that he was squandering their
hard-earned money by riding in Pull?
man cars, and that he had no busi?
ness in a Pullman car anyhow, but
ought to sit up all night like he him?
self did. The speaker raved. He got
red in the face. He poured hot shots
into the brother for riding in a Pull?
man car. He appealed to the breth?
ren to stop such extravagance. He
appealed to those in the pit and then
to those in the gallery for sympathy.
The appeal had the desired effect.
The gallery showered the coin down
on him and the brethren in the pit
W#rt also liberal.
The defendant, who wrh and Is, one
of the biggest and best men in that or
any other State, rose and tried to ex?
plain to the convention that it would
be very much better for him to pay
I two dollars extra and have a good
night's rest so he could be fresh for
I the next day's service, much better
than If he should sit up in a day
COach all night and nod all the next
d.iy.
Bill thty would not hear him. He
had no business in that Pullman, they
Maid, and down and out tie went.
Hut that man had more sense, more
patriotism and more genuine love
f<>r farmers than most people. He did
not CUSS OUi farmers generally and
quit trying to help them. He went
right on doing everything he could for
them, notwithstanding the lacl thai
men In the convention had insulted
his wife. And to show you that far?
mers will d<? you right and that they
are appreciative, they afterward elec?
ted that man to the legislature and
then to the senate and they recently
elected him unanimously to one of
the most Important oltices in his
State. If he had followed the ex?
ample of most leaders Insulted like
himself, he would have denounced
that convention and quit work for
the farmer for good. He was not
that sort of man, and you know the
i rest.
Another incident: One summer not
long ago a young man who was go?
ing from his father's home to a town
in another county, stopped for a
while at a protracted meeting near
j my home. When this young man
(who was a high roller) went into
the church, the brethren were having
an experiment meeting and, as usu?
al, the talks \\>ere very tender and
touching, there iwas brotherly love,
good fellowship, some tears, etc. Fin?
ally that young man, just to pas
off a little time and to see how much
feeling he could pu* on the breth?
ren, arose with the most serious and
sanctified look you ever saw. and his
voice trembling with emotion, ex?
ported the brethren for a while, un?
til many of them were crying.
When the me t'ng adjourned and
the brethren had assembled on the
outside, as is the custom, for a part?
ing 'word, they spoke of the young
stranger and unanimously agreed that
he was a good man. They declared it
would be impossible for anyone to
have such a serious look and talk
with such earnestness and not be a
good man.
T had kne/wn that young man since
he was a baby and a bigger liar never
lived. So much for not being carried
away by honeyod words and serious
faces, in church or in your conven?
tions.
One more incident: In the days of
the Alliance the brethren bought a
warehouse In my county and they
elected the cleverest fellow I ever saw
as manager. He knew just how to
shake hands right. He knew how to
"set 'em up" to soda water, lemonade
or anything else that suited your taste.
He was the kind of fellow that gave
you one or two claps on the back, in?
quired after the folks and you walked
right into his trap. After he got in
office, he stole everything he could
get his hands on and left the State.
Of course, his bondsmen had several
thousand dollars to pay. They were
to blame, too, for there waij not a sin?
gle one of them who had fair intelli?
gence, but knenv to start with that,
that fellow was a grand rascal. But
?they just couldn't resist him as a
hand-shaker and a jollier.
I cite these incidents simply to Illus?
trate the vital necessity of carefulness
and self-control in selecting the of?
ficers you are going to choose in De?
cember.
These meu arc to have in their
keeping the power for advancement or
retrogression of the Farmers' Union
in your community. Don't elect the
handshaker; select those who are able
and faithful. After you do it, give
them a fair and square deal. Forgive
them small mistakes, if they are not
serious injuries to the organization.
When you balance up, don't forget to
watch the debit as well as the credit
side of their ledgers of character and
accomplishment. Don't believe every
nasty or malicious story you hear
about them, but investigate to see if
its true, and if it is not, pay no more
attention to the man who started it.
Your officials must live in comfort to
give you good service. Don't grudge
a few pennies on their salaries.
I It Is by the observation of these
principles that we are entering upon
the greatest era In the history of any
farmers' organization. Only as they
are increasingly enforced, will the
Farmers* Union accomplish its mis?
sion.
Watch out who you elect in Decem?
ber! Give him a fair showing after
you elect him!
Charles S. Barrett,
Portland. Oregon, Nov. 21, 1910.
MEETING OF HARMONY PRES?
BYTERY.
Meeting Held in Presbyterian Church
Friday Morning to Dissever Pastro
al Relations of Rev. Porter and
Churches at Summcrton, Plncwood
and Jordcn.
I At a called meeting or! Harmony
Presbytery which met in tho Sumter
Presbyterian church Friday morning
to dissever the pastorlal relations of
the Rev. Mr. Porter of Summerton with
the churches in Summerton, Pine
wood and Jorden the following pas?
tors were present: Rev. Mr. Wood
son, of Manning; Rev. Mr. Knox, of
Mayesvllle; Rev. Mr. Porter, of Sum?
mcrton; Rev. Mr. Grier. of Greeley
Vllle and Dr. W. J. McKay of this city.
In addition to these the following
elders were also present: Mr.
B rough ton of Plncwood; Mr. Thomp?
son, of Jorden; Mr. George McCutch
eon, Of Mt. Zlon; Mr. W. 1> Rhodes,
?>f Mayesvllle and Dr. H. J. MeLaur
in ?-f this city.
The meeting was called to dissever
tin- pastorlal relations of Rev. Mr.
Porter to the churches ?'f Jorden,
I Rummerton and Plncwood and this
matter was taken up at once with th"
ttev, Mr. knox, ?>f Mayesvllle, who
MUTINEERS IN BLOODY FICHT.
TWO HUNDRED MUTINEERS AND
MANY CIVIL ANS KILLED AND
WOUNDED.
Illustrating Mother Love.
Land Ratteries, Two Warsliips and
Several Destroyers Took Part in
Bombardment Which Lasted the
Entire Evening.
A s i n bj ra maJ
likewise repeal the
Rio Janeiro, Dec. 11.?Government
troops are again in control of the gar?
rison on Cobra Island, and the second j 'or your P?rti?n
mutiny of the naval forces has ended
with a heavy casualty list, which will
probably prevent further risings for
some time.
The mutineers, who composed a
battalion of the marine corps, num?
bered about 600 men. of those 20 i
were either killed or wouj
Two hundred cit
killed or wounded v
bombardment from
the waterfront. Mauj 0 ?.
buildings were damaged, including
the treasury, tha foreign office and
the departments of public works and
telegraphs.
Two land batteries, two warships
and several destroyers took part In
the bombardment and twice In the
engagement an armistice was allowed
for the removal of the dead and
wounded. Firing ceased entirely late i
in the evening, but no actual sur- !
rer der of the rebels occurred, the
con. nanders of the government forces
deeming it the wiser course to await
the coming of day.
The destroyers, however, were sta?
tioned within easy range of the Island |
so as to prevent the escape of muti
neere. Toward midnight several boats
put out and men could be seen swim- \
mlng, evidently with the intention of
reaching the mainland. The destroy?
ers took them prisoners.
The chamber of deputies met today
to discuss the subject of a special ses
sion. The government believes it has i
the situation well In hand, for aside
from a few malcontents the army and |
navy* are lowal. Strict consorship is
being1 maintained,, but conditions
within the city are normal.
The late William James, Harvard's
famous psychologist, would often Illu?
minate a misty subject with an ap?
propriate ancedote, says the Washing?
ton Star. ,
Discussing moterhood in a lecture
on psychology, Prof James once said*
"A teacher asked a boy this ques?
tion in fractions:
" 'Suppose that your mother baked
an apple pie and there were seven of
you?the parents and five children.
What part of the pie would you get
" 'A sixth, ma'am,' the* boy an?
swered.
" 'But there are seven of you,' said
the teacher. 'Don't I ou know any?
thing about fractions '
" '\es, ma'am,' said the boy, 'I
know all about fractions, but I know
... .v ..* *-~ ?*~*her?i mmf
she iidn't arm t ani pie.'
man it*
Labor?the expenditure of vital
energy in some form?is the measure,
I nay, It is the marker of values.?Hol
1 land.
1 ????r??????s
FOR SALE?Sheep and goats, in
pairs or two's. Great for cleaning
out under brush. Prices as to size
l and quality. Sold out of sheep
i skins. E. W. Dabbs, Mayesvl'le, S.
C. ll-.9-I-2taw-tf-W-tf
FOR SALE?One thousand bushels
beet white corn, ;vod enough for
seed, at one dollar per bushel; three
first rate mules, two horses, work
In double or single harness; fairly
good saddle galtee; three good
farm wagons, some farming Ira
plemeata. Apply S. W Ranteld,
Agent, Ifayesrllle. S. C. 112f-tf.
FOR SALE?A very attractive farm
of 292 acres. Three tenant houses
and outbuildings. Land lies per?
fectly level and within 7 miles of
Sumter over a clay road. Location
all that could be desired. W. L.
Saunders, Sumter, 3 C, R. F. D.
No 3. 12-J-bt
FOR RENT?At Stateburg a first
The scout ship Rio Grande do Soul j
fired the first shot in the revolt, turn?
ing her guns on the city. The heavy
bombardment by both land batteries
and warships caused a panic in Rio
Janeiro in the early hours of yester?
day and frightened and wounded peo?
ple fled in all directions.
According to the newspapers the
causes leading to the second revolt
are trival, most of the demands made
by the men in the last mutiny having
been granted by the government.
Man gets dross, who labors for
gold because of the glitter it gives;
the real delights of life come from
higher heights than man reaches in
bis gamble for gold.
Major General Wood says that the
United States is not prepared for war.
Sake? alive! How long will It take to
fill the pillage??Oklahoma City Ok
lahoman.
was the moderator at *ho last meet*
Ing of the presbytery, presiding. Mr.
Porter was removed from his pr ?
ent churches to th?- church at ECno
ree. Mr. Porter was the stated clerk
<d' the meeting but Mr, Knox was re?
quested to keep the records until the
next meeting of this presbytery, As
this was all the business before the
presbytery it was adjourned until the
regular time of meeting.
class two or four-h)rse farm. Four
room cottage and necessary out?
buildings. Lands in condition to
make a bale of cotton per acre.
For prices and particulars ap?
ply to W. L. Saunders, Sumter, 8.
C. R F D No 3, 12-2-4t.
FOR SALE?Several sows and gilts,
some with pigs and some due to
have pigs soon. Several pure bred
Berkshire pigs, both sexes. Some?
thing choice in both lots. B. W.
Dabbs. Mayesvllle. 8. C.
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FOR SALE?Seed corn from prise
acre. None but choice ears, 70
pounds In ear for $3.00. Without
extra selection, rated third
by Judges In seed contest. Jas.
McBrlde Dabbs. Mayesvllle, S. C.
11-19-I-2taw-tf?W-ltaw-tf.
SE?\D CORN?The committee for the
Boys' Corn Club has remaining on
hand about fifteen bushels of the
?elected corn entered for seed corn
prize. Bach bushel was selected
with care and Is the best seed corn
to be had in Sumter County. It
will be sold for $2 per bushel. Ap?
ply to S. D. Cain, County Superin?
tendent of Education.
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