Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?The SumWr Watrhmau wu found? ed in 1860 and the True Southrou in lift. The Watctiman and bouttuoi. now hM th% osaibtned circulation ttud .aflmsnoe of both of the old papers, and la ssani lenity th* be*t advertising ssedluss la tumtM1. ?*?~?sxssmw-~'---'~ * ? -? MKI ( K?K I OK 4 Ult\ 1 LI li. When in Columbia atlen ling the Corn Exposition Mr. II. L. Scar? borough and the writer, who are members of the committee of ar rangementa of the Sumter County Boy?' Corn Club. had an Interview with Mr. Ira W. Williams. Mate di? rector of the Farm Demonsu t*tlon w>>rk of the Department of Agricul? ture, relative to the work of the Hoys' Corn Club next year. Mr. Williams1 expressed himself ss being very much pleased with the results accomplish In Sumter County this year, which had corn iced him that this county uf fo'ded a held for exceptionally valu? able work In order to promote this educational work along agricultural Maes ho offered to detail an agent to take charge of the Hoys' Corn Club of Sumter County next year, provided the ? itlsens of the county would raise approximately $300 toward paying the salary of the agent. The oft*? I Mr. Williams semed to be so advan agious to Sumter county that Mr. Williams was Immediately Informed that there would be no difficulty In obtaining the required funds, and he was asked to hohl his offer open a short time. The fact of the offer having BOSS Made was mentioned in this paper and as the first result we hape re? ceived the following letter: Sumter. S c. Dec 15, 1910. dr. H Q osteen. E&tor. City. -j>ar Sir. Ws noticed In last night's Item hat vou called attention to the fact ? that the Agricultural Department will umUh a director for thp> Boys' Corn ?mob, if this county will raise the mm of $100.00. We think this Is a /try Important work and should have the proper man at the head of It. and 1 to start the ball movn.g wo hand you ! herewith our che? k for $10.00 which) rou may use to start a subscription ' 1st to raise the desired amount Yours very truly. McCsllum Healty Company. This Is proof that we did not jver-estlmate the public spirit and In- I tetPgent progresslveness of the peo- j pie - f Sumter when we assured Mr. I Williams that $300, or more If need- I ?d. could be raised for the purpose \ >f securing a director for the Hoys" \?rn <Mub of this county. The volun? tary contribution by th" M ? 'alhim Realty Company sets the pace and we rust other public spirited citizens1 sill follow suit. I ? I I ? ? ? It strikes us that i great deal of ' -aluahle time and a lot of money are ?elng expended on the Southern Hall? way merger suit to no purpose. I n t the Southern obtained control of ill ? old South Carolina railway and tfvor? si other bankrupt roads and has Sine-- operate.I them mors SO00SSS fully and efficiently than they were evet befcre Is a fact that cannot be denied. Kates may be higher, but the service la better, and we do not understand that the rates are higher or more unreasonable than the rat - charged by oth?T railroads. Th?* merger of the several road* Is ? an accomplished fact and P. wo.i'd seem the wisest policy for the State to meet conditions as they nre and through tv t i, r . . .mm -? i"ti force ihe South' rn. and other railroads as well, to give reasonable rates and Detter an-l safer nervi? ? ?. From a prat i?al i.oint of view it was a good thins for the State and the sections served by the merg? ed railroads that the South? ern took ihem In hand and rehaM tate?l them, even though the merger was it \iolutlon of I BpSem! law en scted t<> pre\? nt Injurious monopoly In the railway business of the St it We ! ? pat take the position, how ever, that the railroads should be glvefi i fr? I hand It d?? as they pISSSO Th. . net I regulation ami control -?. lb.it . ? \ < an be reipilred to perform the fun< Hons th> \ r? ate<| to perf-.m and t?? dl*t harge. In full, the det ils they owe the public. ? ? ? If merit competency - and strict a' tent ?n t?? doty count for Saythlag Mr. It. J. llhame. Assistant Mats Hank K.tarnlner. will he promoted 10 fill the \ o ire V ? re tte I by the resig nttlon of state I*. ink Kxamln? r Cd. ; I* Wilson Mr. Ith? no- ban ser.?d as assistant examiner since the i r? - atlon of the oflh ?, and ?hat he has dtscarged hi* duties in a thoroughly eflielent manner Is th. \> sUmOf t?f all who have come In contact with him. He is worthy of proaaottos i ad the b. -t lllt-reMlS of the st ?t * ? will be suhsened by his appointment, and we suggest that those who have the appoint .? pow. r consider this ec rlowslv before ?I elding to seek some oth? r aiat for the position. Th.? Corn F.xpjoslth.n was a <h - ( ided success in many n sptrts, but. before the next one in held the man a?-?merit ami arrangements should be b? tter systematized. There has been criticism and dlggatlgfaotlon, m -ich of it justifiable, and if the mat? ter* complained of are not n-nu'dbid at the next exposition, it will B ?t > . oVBi I permanent lnstiutlon in Columbia- Atlanta or some other town will take It away from Colum 'bla and make of it the great agri? cultural show of the South. ? ? ? The opportunity to secure a direct - or for the Boy?' corn club of Sumter county should not be allowed to pass unimproved. If the people of Sum? ter county are not sufficiently Inter? ested In the cause of scientific farm? ing along educational lines to raise the small amount of $300, required to secure a special agent of the Farm 1 vmonstration bureau for this work, it will be a black eye for the county. The Department will detail a com potent man and pay the larger part oi his salary if the county raise tho money for the balance. ? at The cotton crop in the tributary territory to Sumter is practically the same this year as last, and the average price has been higher, therefore there has been fully SS much or more money in circulation. | which should have made business , brisker and the volume of rttall trade greater, especially if the argu SaSSit of the prohibitionists is accept ed as true that the abolition of th? i dispensary would turn into the chan- 1 nels of legitimate trade all the money Muarebred on whiskey. What an the facts? Ask a few of the mer? chants how trade this year ami MUM \.ar compare with the year before and previous years. I 000 if the trustees of Carnegie's ten \ million dollar universal peace fund follow the example of the statesmen and rulers of the great nations, they will make haste to invest the mom y In a bigger dreadnaught than any? body else has and thereby frighten Wllhelm's mailed flat and Teddy Koosevelts big stick plan for keep the bellicose peoples of the world in- ? to keeping the p. ace. This is Kai | ing the peace. mit BALE?a 600 acre farm In Wateree Township, Kershaw county, three miles from railroad station? Clancy, B, C, and one mile from Automobile Highway between Camden and Columbia, one of the finest sand-clay roadfl In the State, and on i". F, D. route. The land is sand gravel, with a clay subsoil, and also bottom lands, capable of producing a bale to two bs.les per acre, properly cultivated, Threes hundred acres under cultivation, with one 9-room house and six ten Ant houses in fair condition. For particulars, Write, Jno D. Bailey, IManey, S. C. ,21 I, 9, 16,?W & S 9-17-24-28. FOR SALE?Ono thousand bushels best white corn, good enough for seed, at one dollar per bushel; three first rate mules, two horses, work In double or single harness; fairly good saddle galtes; three good farm wagons, some farming im? plements. Apply t>. W. Raffleld, Agent, Mayc 'lie, S. C. 1126-tf. FOR SALE?Sheep and goats, in pairs or two's. Great for cleaning out under brush. Prices as to size ! and quality. Sold out of sheep skins. E. W. Dabbs, Mayesvllle. S. i C. ll-.9-I-2taw-tf-W-tf j FOR SALE?A very attractive farm! of 292 acres. Three tenant houses and outbuildings. Land lies per- i fectly level and within 7 miles of j Sumter over a clay roa 1. Location I all that could be deelred. W. L. Baunders, Bumter, s c, R. F. D. j No 3. 12-2-bt. FOR RENT?At State burg a first Claas two or four-horse farm. Four j room cottage and necessary out? buildings. Lands in condition to make a bale of cotton per acre, j For prices and particulars np ply to W. L. Baunders, Sumter, S. , C. R F I) No 3, 12-2-4L - FOR SALE?Several sows and gilts, some with pigs and some due to have PUTS goon, Several pure bred Berkshire pigs, both sexes. Some thing choice in both lots. E. W. j Dabba, Mayesvllle, S. C. ll-19-I-2t ow-tf.?W-ltaw-tf. Sumter is a good place to come to. ; WeflnCOdgJ there were automobil, s ki the city from lllchland, Leo, Claren? don und Florence, und possibly Ker shaw, counties, showing that people from those places like to I come to Sumter whenever they have the chance to do so. FOR KALE?Seed corn from prize acre. None but choice ears, 70 pounds in ear for $S.00. Without extra selection, rated third by Judges ln seed contest. Jas. McBride Dabbs. Mayesvllle. S. C. 11-19-1- 2ta w-tf?W-1 taw-tf. MASTER'S SALE. By virtue of a decree of the Court of Common IM.-as for Sumter County, Ig the State of South Carolina. ln the case of J. If. Brogdon and Com? pel v. Incorporated, against Sarah J. McFaddln and J. J. Britton, Jr.. i will seil at public ruction, to the highest I Idder at the Court House, in the City i f Sumter, In the County and State gfor viid, on Bales day in Jan u irv, 1911 being the second day of ?aid month, during the usual hours Of sale, th.- following <b scribed real pay your State and Mtate, to wit. "That tract of land situate in Con Shoppers had a tough time of it OA Main street Thursday?the dust a fierce. Where was the w itel wagon? -o If >ou don't county taxes before January 1st the penalty will bi taxed up ggalnsl you. i WOMEN I Women of the highest type. I women of superior education and refinement, wLoM ffitCffUMfll and judgment nve weight and force to their opinions, highly praise the wondcrfal corrective and curative properties of Cham? berlain's Slomiiu? and Liver Tab? lets. Throu^r.ut the mar.y stages of woman's !i:e, from girlhood, through the ordeals of mother? hood to t!*e dedini&f years, there is no safer or more reliable med? icine. Chamberlain's Tablets are seid everywhere at 25c a box. situate cord Township, in said County and State, containing ten acres, more^or lese, bounded on the North by land formerly of a. J, Moses, Fast by land of Richard Brogdon, lot No, 1 of the Estate of Cuff Brogdon. South by land of c. F. Brogdon, Jr.. and West by land of Rachel Hammett, lot No. I of the estate of Cuff Brogdon, the said lot being Sarah J. McFaddln'l portion of her Father's estate, Cuff Brogdon, whose heirs made a private partition, said lot being lot No., 2 as show n on a plat made by 1: M: Nich? olson. Surveyor, on November loth, lit?, Also all of that undivided light, title and interest of Sarah J, McFad dln of, in and to twenty-five acres of land, in said County and State, ad? joining lands of Reuben Bowen, Cuff Brogdon, Jr., W. J. Jennings, Richard Brogdon and others, being the land belonging to Amelia Brogdon, the mother if said Sarah J. McFaddln." Terms of sale, cash, purchaser to pay for papers.., B. c. HAYNS WO RTH, Master for Sumter County. Dec. 9-it-w. Cod s pleasure li at the end of our prayers.?Queries. Farmers' Union News AND Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers (Conducted by E. W. I>ubb*, rre^dmil Farmer?' Union of BUMteff County.) Home Kamioiu Thought! Preetdeni Barrett's lettet on the selection of ofEcsrs li again com? mended to the careful reading ol ? very Colon man In Sniut. r Coun I] We trust his good advice will be put in practice in tin- election of Officers in all the local unions during th. next two we.ks. and in sending delegates t?? the count) meeting In January, R< member, fellon farm efHj this is something y.m cannot do by prosy, and your presence In the nutting is needed to insure your vtowi being put into effect In Ihs officers who are to represent you ami the union < mi e fof another tWClVC months. Remember also, that th. union will he Judged by farmers on the outside and the gem ral public by the kind ol officers you elect, it should be no perfunctory work, but careful con Ideratlon should be given to every office from doorkeeejer to president to nee thai every ucfn lits In the job you assign him, and thai h< Is tho ? t in the lodge for thai particular place. This Is no brief for any of the present officers who are as anx? ious for better men for the various , places to be filled as any one can possibly be, and who perhaps know better than anyone else the Impor? I lance of work the officers have to d?, and see more clearly w herein they have corns short. I Located Right ??^'??????????^?^????^?????'??J ?^m*???? ? ??? ?i VMM - W. * I ? ?? I III!? SO?W ?HU? A 300 Acre Farm 1 A nicely located tract of 300 acres, 180 acres in cultivation, 3 miles from Sumtcr, ob road to Camden, can be bought at a price that gives somebody an opportunity to secure a bargain. Buildings consist of a six room dwell? ing, with barns, stables and necessary outbuildings and 6 tenant houses. Rail? road siding and school on place. In fork of Sumter-Camden and Sumter Statcburg road. Some timber and thousands of cords of wood on the un? cleared portion of the place. Wood a valuable item so near Sumter. Posses? sion can h i given January ist, next. A special price will be given to purchaser in the next few days. N. B.?Sales through my office of Sumter and Clarendon farm lands have ex? ceed $140,000 in the pasl: 90 days. Demand for these lajnds are jncjreasing; prices increase with the demand. CITY. FARM AND TIM PER PROPERTY HAN DU3. n?AL ?STATE LOANS NECC BATES. R. B. BELSER, 26 1-2 N. Main St. REAL ESTATE ATTORNEY. MONEY INV?ST?J !?* REAL ESTATE tfOIT, GAGES LET ME INVEST YOUR IDLE MONEY AT 7 AND 8 PER CENI Sumter, S. C. Tj^sr* Sells Farms Where Farming Pays. *=25$r Christmas Suggestions BY THE HABERDASHERY WE have a Fine assortment of BATH ROBES that we offer for CO: Shirts in all the latent styles md patterns. All shapes in Stetson Hats. Our Glove Department is vei j ft rong, especially in Auto Glovoe. i>\.\ H I I / A / 7 m l HI ; 4faj VC ft [If 1 i \ V: 4 if i 1 A Full line of all Linen and Silk Initial Hankerchiefs. Ties Galore, anything that is brought out. Suit Cases and Hand Hags in all prices. 1 Large Line of Sweaters at Reduced PriGes ? Great line cf Mufflers, Full Dress and Auto. Have vou srot your Hosiery insured, if not we will insure them for you. Six Pair for Six Months for Si.50. Remember that we are s^ill in Jhe Tailoring Business, and making suits for CiC Fit Guaranteed gjj YOURS TO PLEASE, The W. G. Stubbs Haberdashery. WINNERS OF SCHOLARSHIPS. K. I), Kill*, or Mount Pleasant, Gels Weal Point, and W. II. Bowman, ol Sumter, Annapolis. Columbia, Dec. 14.?Mr. W. 11. Bowman, '14, ??t Bumter, ami Mr. E3, i?. Rills, '10, of Mount Pleasant, were announced today the Winnen of the scholarship! t?? Annapolis and w ? l Point, respectively. Mr. Bowman graduated from the Sumter lli^h School last year and entered Carolina this lall. Mis gain? ing this scholarship Is a compliment to the thorough preparation given In tho schools oi the Game Cock City. Mr. Bllla gradu h i from the Uni? versity last summer with a r. B. de? gree, ami at present is taking the course leading t?> the degree ??f C. E, in the lame college. As the result of an explosion In the mine of the Bond Coal company at Qrenno, Vs., twelve men uvre kiil ???1 and one l?arely escaped with hU life. Mrs. Mary Buker biddy, the head of the Christian Science movement, I? ft $100,000, the majority of im.* for* tune, for the extension of the Christ lan Seh nee religion as taught by her ln Atlanta :i woman Is Illing for a divorce because sim and her hmhan d could not agree upon how much he was getting a day, when he got $s a week. II?- said h?< was getting $1.4. and she said l:<> was ^.ttniK $1.32. Tin y were bot h w rong, Col. Roosevelt ha. at last found voice after a month's silence, but In seems to Know thai ho ? an't I'mii'1 haek t?? his ??i?l form. Thomas Hunter, colored, was toed I $20 for cruelty t?? animals whew he was taken before the polios court in Spartanburg charged with Dotting a cat alive so that he could fret a good luck bone out of it. it proved to be a bone of ill luck t<? him. Ben jam iri Duke, the head of tn< tobacco trust, has donated $100,000 to Trinity College, N. C, for the erection of a domltory ??f 02 rooms with all up-to-date fixtures. iiatti?' LeBlanc, the 17-year-old French girl from Cape Breton, has been acquitted of the charge of nur? derlng Clarence P. Glover, on Novem? ber* 10, at Waltham, Cambridge, Massachusetts.