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Wlaitbmaii a.rt Sbutlirw Th* Mumter Watchman wai found ad In lilt and the True Southron in litt The Watchman and Aeuthrsn now ha* the oamhtned circulation and tnftoei.c* cf bath of tne eld papers, and >? mari<:*etl? the best advertising aaadium la Sweater. "!- ?I Ihr Soul!? und ImmigrutInn. Kr ?xvtll' Journal and Tribun?'. i'rttlclam of the South Is aome timea heard for not sending agents to Burops to solicit Immigration fr .?m that country to the Southern States. In all probability if the South rn Stat'-a would make provision for that sort \jt work, men would be found to undertake It. and to do It well. But It la a question If the South Is anxious to Increase the population of the section, to spend money to secure It in that way. Foreigners have come to the South and have been welcomed. They are the equals of our best cltt sens. Ws are glad they are here, and If we could have others like them *e would hail their coming with pleasure, and receive them aa valuable acquisi? tions to our population. Many of those who are here have taught the native population \aluable lessons by their example and have done their lull ?hare towarda developing our natural resources. It need not he said that many are naming from other countries now that are not of that sort wanted in the South. And the general sentiment la that we van ?alt for an Increase s of our population and take the chances of getting a better class of cltlsens, rather than send agents across the waters, and spend money to get auch immigrants as are now J landing dally at the port of New York and congesting that city with men who are n.?t < wring to know of them. Aa that claas may spread out over the section of the country that is bending its energies to increase popu? lation in that way, we look for many of the native farmers and manufac? turers of the North to look to the South for future and more desirable homes. It Is already looking thut way. There has not been a time In the past when so many northern farmers have looked In the direction of Southern farms. It Is only beginning to be known that there are as productive ^Unds In the South aa thero*are In the world, und h s beginning to be kuuw." that ?%e hav?< i soil adapted to the growing of ? variety of crop*.' It will all oonv out right in the' !?n4| and even desirable Immtgrants | from foreign countries will find it without the 8tates spending money * personal agents vo visit their ind tell them about it FlltF VI si UMFItTON. (.lnner> In ?tmycd ?' tlmutcd I*o*h Ten Thousand. Summer ton. Jan. H.?A Are of con? siderable proportions here >esterday con .no I th- entire plant of the Summer?, n .lenantlle company's ginnery. The Harnes were hungry, and from the discovery of the blase It waa realised that nothing could be done to save the plant. The origin of the tire Is shrouded In mystery. It Is claimed by the flrenn n that no fire had be?-n In the building since Sat? urday last. It is the theory that some party of negro .gamblers had been In In the building during Monday night and had left fire carelessly about. Th" ginnery was as modern and costly in every respect as any In the State, and the dlsuster is a serious loss to the town. President Q W. Davis, of the Merrhantile company, states that the plat.t will be r.-built at a near future date. The loaa la estimated at $10,000, with Insurance at $5.900 to cover it. UH-oltr PAYnlts PA lit IIS POST. The Senate Committee Advise* Limit? ed System. Washington. Jan. 17.?A measure providing for a limited parcels post on rural free delivery routes has been reported favorably to the senate from the committee on pontomces and post roads. The meaaurc provides. In substance, that for one year, beginning April 1. 1911. the postmaster general may au? thorise postmasters and carriers on auch rural routes as he shall setect to accept for delivery by carrier. at ouch rates of postage as he shall de? termine, packages not exceeding 11 pound* in weight, containing no mall matter of the first class and no mat tar that la declared by law t > be un mallablr. The result of thl? expert ment the poatmaater general Is di? rected to report to congress at its n.'xt evasion. Senator Carlisle's marriage license bill ocupled almost the entire time of th* senate yenterday. but wa* SSOllj passed to Its third rending. duch In? ternal ha* hOOn manlfen?rd n the bill and It seems a popular measure in the Stats. To Mini.ism PORT ROYAL YARD. House N'mnl Commltcr Includes Rec? ommendation in Its llcport on Navy Hill. Washington, Jan. 18?The hoUM ..aval committee today voted to in 0 hl de in the naval bill when it is r? - ported a provision a holishing Ihi n:i\y yard at Port Royal, S. C. It Is under Btood that while the bill as reported i8 likely to pass the house the sitiatf may take a different view of the case and Insist upon its maintenance. MAM M\HHIi:i> FOUR HATERS. He Wasn't Happy Without Them Ami they Waited their Tumi. To marry four sisters is the exper? ience Qf Harry 1). Philklll, formerly a resident of White HUI, N. J., who now resides in Lhiltlmore, Md. He is .'. S years old. and has inarri? d Miss Josephine C'onroy, seven years his se? nior. She Is the fourth bride and a sister to his three other wives now de? ceased. Philklll declared afu?r the ceremony, which was performed by the Rev< 8. C. Cutter, that he felt like a boy of nineteen. He was first married forty years ago, when he eloped with Miss Marie Conroy, says the New York Herald. He was greatly attached to all four sisters, and it has been often said that they were all In love with him. His first wife was killed in an accident about six years later. He afterward married Miss Anna Conroy, with whom he lived for a dozen years. She died of heart disease, while they wert enjoying a trip to the Pacific coast. Mr. Philklll remained single for two years, declaring to his friends that he would never marry. He did not keep this resolution, however, as he again fell in love when he came here to visit the Conroy family, and the graves of his wives, who are all buried In the family plot. Miss Lillian Conroy was his next bride. He woced and won her dur? ing his visit and she accompanied him to BaUimore as a bride. This proved PhilkiU's longest venture In matri? mony, aa the couple lived together for eighteen years. At the,expiration of that time Mrs. Philklll died of typhoid fever. Mr. Philklll remained - ngle two years, but Cupid possibly believed that he made too good a husband to be without a wife, the wedding of Mi s Jos^>hine Conroy and tio 'e ' lug the oM'^mt Mr. PhilklU is the father of thrtc! boy?*, one having been born u Moll j of hm first ti.rei WiVea Charleston! News and I foUTtCT? -1 MAN Y HAL Ks Ol C OTTON Hl RR, lletucen l.OOO and 1,100 Hide. Lo<t In Fire In Warehouse at Orange bifrg?Covered by Insurance. t ?rangeburg. Jan. 1 9. < >nc of til ? most ?Iis.'Stroits fires that has visited this city in a number Of years too', place this afternoon when the peo? ple's < < >t t < >:> wareh?MiM- was burned, c? nt.lining over l.oou hales of cotton. The e..tton In this warehouse was ? wo. d largely by John Cart, a promi? nent cotton buyer of this city. The n st of the eotton was stored in Mr. Cart'r warehouse by other persons, for whom Mr. <'art is warehouseman. The loss entailed upon Mr. C irt la, Ir all probability, covered by Insur? ance, as between $65,000 and $70,000 Insui iru ? was tafftid on this cotton. There will very likely be a large sal? vage, as It Is thought nearly one third of the cotton will be saved. There was nearly 1.100 bales of cot? ton In Ihi warehouse at the time of the fire. The fire fighting of the local Are companies was excellent, as the large reservlor of the Standard Oil com? pany was within 20 feet of the burn? ing building, while the Southern Cot? ton Oil company's plant and the Orangcburg Cotton Manfacturing plant were In close proximity. The warehouse wus a large brick building, with metal roof. The origin of the fire is not known, the fire being under great headway when discovered. The fire companies are still hard nt work extinguishing the burning cot? ton, which Mil probably take all night. Chief Dibble and his loyal co workers will remain at their posts un? til the fire Is subdued. Here In Michigan it seems that murderers also will out.?Detroit Kr*e Press. The more fresh air you take into your lungs the less you will want to Kninge; If you inspire deeply you will aspire and desire. The ratktonce of Mr. j. u. Llgon has boon moved baoti from the ? irner and now OOOQplei the lot on Oakland awnue back from the eorner which has been i? ft vacant. Lewis w. Starry, pole survivor of IhOM who took part In the execution of John Brown, died at Cnarleotown, w. Va., recently. He was v..i tan old 111 u.ih ihi undertaker who of? I belated nt thi exe< utlon. FLAKY MEETS A BOGUS "COOK." Explorer Complete* ituiinvc Test and Hoeki His Overoool with tin* Walter. The wintry blasts off the Potomac contain no hidden dangers for Coin monder Robort B. Peary, i.est there be any doubt in the minds of hope* leaaly biased poraoni ?>n this subject, tin- following facts, says the Wash? ington Herald, are .presented for consideration: Ton days ago the discoverer of the North Pole, now a "naval engineer at? tached to tiie department of justice," received orders to prepare for the ninety-mile riding test that is pres? cribed for naval officers. Meditatively the commander stroked his tawny mustache and frowned a polar frown as he said: "I haven't been astride ol a horse for sevetneen years, and have ai.nost forgotten how to mount a saddle. Hut I'm going to make that ninety mile ride if 1 die In the attempt." It was typical of Commander Peary to make a determination of this sort? and to carry it out. Wednesday morn? ing he started out on the course, a three-and-one-half-loop around the speedway. He knew he had to com? plete the ride in three days and was a trifle worried by the thought. Hut at 10 o'clock Thursday mori - ing, eleven hours of hard riding in all, Commander Peary crossed the finish line, with just a suspicion of a smile on his lips. He had demonstra? ted he knew a few "landlubber" I tricks as well as those of a plain tea i man. He had used eleven horses in his riding relays, had never once al? lowed them to slacken down In their ten-mile-an-hour gait and had emerg? ed from the test with 110 miles to his credit. Incidentally the test ride was climaxed with the spice of excitement. After completing the ride the North Pole discoverer made a little recon noissance to a place of refreshment, where he might find a little "spiritual" nourishment. The little journey was successful. Then Commander Peary found he thad brought no money with him; his pockets were empty. "I'm afraid 1 can't pay you for that drink just now, my man," he said to the man behind. "I haven't any mom y. But I'm Commander Peary.' "The-you are," replied the man in the apron. "Well, I'm Dr. Cook, and I have proofs, specifications and document! to show you bought a drink and dldn'i pa.' for it I ihould advise you to come across with some. Ica^h, Ml. ??mn nder Peary.'' rhererpun an exciting colloquy en? sued out iitc CommajUder was bo clsively Worsted in the argument that he bethought himself a compromise. Finally a happy thougt struck him. "I'm going to leave this overcoat here as a guarantee that I'll pay for j thll drink. That ought to satisfy you. A man can't war an overcoat this kind of weather, anyway," he added. So the overcoat was held hostage until late in the afternoon. Com- I mander Peary might have given him a certain polar watch charm of his instead of the overcoat, but he would not run the risk ?s/ losing it. It is altogt thor too valuable for that. The aeroplane will have to yield to the water wagon as the chief pro? ducer of fatal falls during the first week in January.?Washington Times. Resolutions have been introduced into ?h< legislature by Representative Mlmi of Dorchester to have more beneficiary scholarships to Clemson oollego. The president and three employees of the semi-weekly Atlanta Journal have boon indicted in the United States court of defrauding *he Uuni ted States Postal laws. If Great Hritian and Germany agree to limit their armaments other nations would have to follow suit as the main excuse for large and pow? erful navies has been found In the rivalry and consequent action of the two former powers. / letter by Benjamin Franklin to a n.edleal friend, with the sardonic taunt "Half the lives you save are not worth saving, as being useless, and fclmost the other half ought not to b'3 saved as being mischievous," was sold at auction in London for 32 lbs. 10s. The Venezuelan Government has ordered the establishment of a sec? tion of plants and seeds under the agricultural division of the ministry, of commerce (Fomento.) which Is Charged with the monthly Importa? tion of seeds and plants approved by the minister, The Natal Transport was launched for the Bmplre Transport Company, Limited, London, for the River Plate cargc service on May o. The vessel Is Iff feet by 51 feet I 1 -1! Inches by II feet i i inches, to carry about 7,360 tons ami to steam thout 10 knots loaded. These regular English CSrgO liners pay well. Farmers' U ?AI Practical Thoughts f (Conducted by E. W. Dahns, Vie* Co Sonic Itnndom Thoughts. One year ag<? today the Union Bro? kerage company was formally organ? ised by the first stockholders meet? ing in the Court rlouse. Business was started on January 1st and some goods had been sold before the for? mal organisation. It is purely a K?r? rners Union enterprise, and loyal farmers union members should give it their patronage and hearty support. If Its charter would permit it, the stock could be increased four or five tinn s over in one day from outside business men who know a good thing when they see It. Some of its best customers are not union men at all, not even eligible to memberahlp in the unfon. We mention these things to encourage the brethren to better sup? port of this enterprise. Promoted, or? ganised and run by the Farm? rs' Union in the interest of the farmers; doing a successful years' business on very limited capital, it is a living wit? ness ;hat farmers i an organize and that their organization is not chasing an "iridescent dream." but is deter? mined in a practical way to solve some of the problems of the commer? cial are in which we And ourselves,- - and to solve them in our interests, see "A Personal Talk to the Reader" gives the viewpoint of every editor who is striving to helj his readers, and shows how he needs the cooper? ation of his readers to accomplish his aims. We commend it to every reader of the Watchman & South? ron for 1911 and trust that some of them at least will read in the spirit there described and that to them soroo helpful Ideas may be formed in these columns. While primarily this department of the Watchman & Southron is now in the interest of the Farmers' Union and to further its ends, yet there is a desire to be helpful to all who take the trouble to j read it. It not at one time at some other, and for that reason we try to have a variety of articles. We want original btur.* from an! reader that i?? tntereated in any suhjecl mention? ed in I hie d \>r rtn 1 I and on my subje i that ought t* Iw treated In o itvo coun.. i-i' - a farmers department. Such letters would be much more interesting that what somebody wrote for another pa- | POT. As proof Of this see how inter? esting are the letters from "Dry Joe," "Dude," "Violet," "Blue Eyes," and | the unknown county correspondents who make a live county paper. Many a time their letters are read when the editorials are skipped. B. W. D. Some More County Union News. The Union will again offer prizes for the Hoys' Corn club In 1911. Fifty dollars being the amount appropriat? ed for three or four prizes. These prises will be limited to boys whose father or brother is a member of the Union in good standing on March 1st, Ut 11, and contestants muat tile with the County Secretary on that date a certificate from the local secretary of his eligibility. Other rules will he laid down by the committee on rules and made to conform to the regular Hoys' Corn Club rules. Members of the Union will bear in mind that the Union desires that as many Union boys as can do so enter this contest, and contest also for all the prizes in the Hoys' Corn club. And the Union wants the list promptly on March 1st. A Personal Talk to The Header. A few weeks ago we announced our program for 1911,?In so far, at least, as the spirit in which we shall try to do the year's work is concerned. Now, in this first issue of the year we wish to talk directly to every one of our more than 100,000 subscribers and probably 600,000 readers about the spirit with which they will re? spond to our efforts and rece've the paper. We have, let us say to begin with, the voluntary test mony of hundreds of readers In aln.ost every Southern State that rhey have found It of great value to them. Yet we feel sure that there are some farm? ers?not many, but some?who will not get much out of It, but who will feel that they have done no better farming because of having read it. If we could strengthen ail its good fea? tures and get rid of till its faults, this would still be true. Ami these farmers will be men living under practically the same conditions, and having practically the same needs, as those who ate kind enough to WTlte us glowing words of pralae and en? couragement. The difference between these two classes will be due almost nion News or Practical Farmers Merit Farmers' Union of gamier only.) I entirely to the difference between the two spirits in which the paper is re colvd. Bach wek the paper will come to eo' kl r< an. r with a variety of con j tents. In every issue there will al j most certainly be told something Which the reader already knows. It j is likely, too, that there will be in each issue a discussion of some sub? ject which does not Interest him, prob? ably some advice he can not take; maybe some expression of opinion with which he does not agree; j?^r haps some criticism of Iiis method! or beliefs which he bcllevet unjusti? fied. What then? Shall he judge th paper by these things only: decide i that its instruction is too elementary j for him; fancy that it does not tit his ! needs; get "mad" because it holds "opinions different from his own? He ! can do this, of c. line, but will he profit ' v it? He Is almost sure to find j the same defects in any other paper. Then, w*U he trait reading entirely j because tht pap< rs tell things he I knows, discuss things In which he Is 'not interested, or dlsigrce with him [about his own affairs? Ho can do this, hut he can not afford to do It. Will not the wise reader rather re ! member that even f he does know some of the things we think 11 worth ! while to tell, there are probably oth? ers who do not? Will he not con? sider the matter in which he is not Interested may appeal to other men ! in other localities and other lines of ' work? Will h'- not be fair enough to concede that his own opinions are not infallible, and tolerant enough to listen to the other side? Will he not ; acknowledge that his methods, even though they be good, are not likely to be perfect, and that criticism may i be friendly ven when not commend- | story? Will he not regard the paper ! as a friendly helper, bringing to him I ! each week the experiences and j ' thoughts of many men who ha> "> de- J ; voted labor and study to the solution! I of farming problems and the doing of (farm work? Will he not try to find ? the tl ' to i fm and *?> pr< :,t in ... far as he i age II brings? it ?hon will be not read u as a si idenl .* is seeking for helpful information, rather than as a disputant seeking a quarrel We feel sure that no man who turns to his paper each week in this spirit! j will fail to profit by it, and we be? lieve, too, that if he would get the ; greatest good from anything he reads, he must be looking for pleasant, help? ful things ami ceady to profit by jll he finds that i- good. He ne.^d not accept it as Infallible, or follow any of its teachings blindly, but h^ must, if he would get the most from It, read it with the definite purpose of learn? ing from it as many as possible of the things he needs to know. We have no rear as to hOW The Progressive Farmer will be received by the great majority of its readers. W>- fell when writing as if we were talking to a lot of friends, and this feeling that we have the go >d-will of hundreds of thousands of farm folk all over the South is one of the "dur? able satisfactions" we get out of our work. That Is why we wish to ex? tend the circle of our friends and to be of all possible service to ev^ry on^ of them; why, on this first page of our first issue this year, we make this appeal to them for cooperation, and why we are trying to suggest to them how they may get the most good, not only out of this paper, but out of all their reading. So, in conclusion, let every reader remember that we want to do all in our power to help him, that our ability to do so depends largely upon him? self, and that if he will bring to his reading this year a desire for infor? mation and an open mind toward n^w facts and new Ideas, It will aim ist surely he the most properous and the most satisfying year he has ever known. And this is what we wolud have it to be to every one of our hundred thousand subscribers. ? Progressive Farmer. Atlanta claims to have no growlers. Why should it, with State-w ide pro hibtion in force??Omaha Bee. Assoeiate Justice Hughes has been told that If he will he good he may get to be chief justice some day. It may surprise many to learn that India is the greatest cane-sugar pro? ducing country In the world, the country's crop amounting to 40,000, o,"0 to r>o,ooo.noo tons. Notwithstand? ing this fact, its sugar market has been caputred first by the beet sugar, and later by cane sugar from Mauri tins and Java. TO MARE INDIANS GpOD CITI? ZENS. Government Bureau Training Dp lt?? Wax ward Child: en. j Washington. Jan. 17.--In attempt in? to put Uncle Sam's Indian wards oi. a self-sustaining basis the bureau cf Indian affairs, during the fiscal yens ended June 30, 1010, bent every effort to bring about that end, ac? cording to the annual report ?>f Rob ? rt G. Valentine, commissioner, to the | s.cn tary of the interior, made pub lie today. Through the efforts of Its educational, iVrmlng and employment branches, the bureau has been well rewarded in its efforts to make the In? dian a competent citizen of the United states. n Wonderful progress was made dur? ing the year covered by the report In teaching the Indians how to work their own lands. People who start out to get rich quick get poor quicker. Nearly one-fifth of the deaths In England occur in public institutions. Even with the tail-end of a bliz? zard sweeping over h?*r Dixie hasn't got cold feet. Good thing poor Mark Twain couldn't live to see and hear what the . Mark Twain me< tin's are doing. Mayor Gibbes, of Columbia, Is roasting the health board of that city for failure to furnish' vital statistics. I Perhaps the density of Rhode Is j land's population accounts for Mr. i Aldrich's long tenure in the Senate. ! ?Indianapolis News. J Geo. R. Koester has stated that he jfb | has agreed to withdraw from the pro j posed new morning paper in Colum i bia, and the project has been deferred I ? until new plans can he made. You pre egotists to pray for that which helps you on your way, and leave your neighbor always out that you may hear your own self shout. An interesting experiment in ship? ping Canadian tomatoes to the British market is announced in a Birmingham daily. Sample boxes of tomatoes ^ packed in peat and sent from Toronto U market to ascertain w be shipped without in Miss Delis Sharp has just beea do County .. alter a strongly eon* ' tec; i tnpalgn Der opj >nenl war one ot the most popuiai * rtners in the county. Miss Sharp as a keen business worn attractive in looks. She ted to the bar in 1901. ^ MONEY MAKER COTTON?Improv? ed and selected by T. J. Kirven is the best. Seed at one dollar per bushel. T. J. Kirven, Providence, S. C. l-D)-lmW LOST?On January 11th, one 1 hound dog. Has gray mouth mole on chest and front foot. T\ collar and answers to name of i>ui. Three dollars reward if returned to Philip Conyers. l-16-2t-W LOST?Large white pointer dog, with lemon colored ears. Answer to name of "Sport." Reward for re? turn to R. J. Bland or A. G. Fish burne. l-9-I-3t-W-2t. MONEYMAKER?We can supply a limited quantity of selected and Im? proved pure "Moneymaker" cotton seed, raised on our farm where there has never been any blight. Small lots, $1.25 per bushel; better price on large lots. Booth-Osteen Co., Sumter. S. C. 12-18-tfW SEED CORN?The committee for the Boys' Corn Club has remaining on hand about fifteen bushels of the selected corn entered for seed corn prise. Each 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. ? will cure and *kin disea.se. That's the price of Hunt's Cure, and It is absolutely guaranteed. MIU.KT S DRUG STORK.