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fyt aobtc^iiuui ana * outjjroR. Published Wcdiiestla) niul Saturday. ?BY? OSTEEN PUBLISHINU OdkiHmNY Bt'MTEU. 8. a Term*: ll.j? per annum?in advance. Ad? cril?eiucniA: One Square tlrat Insertion.$1.00 ?vary subsequent insertion.60 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All Communications which sub aerve private Interests will be charged for aa advent.- meats. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. The sumter Watchman was found ad la 1110 and the True Southron In 1M? The Watchman and Southron now hae the combined circulation and taafluence cf both of the old papers, aad la manifestly the best advertising sasdlum in Bumter. AX EVIDENCE OF C.KOWTH. Reproduced herewith are some figures that ought to serve as a tonic for those pessimistic citizens who go about with lonf faces ba moaning the fact that Bumter la either standing still or going back? ward. The real fact that the tow i la aot standing atlll or retrograding cuts ao Ice with the calamity howlers? they have Imagined that progress has ?eased and disaster Is at hand, regardless of the growth of popula? tion. In all ll.iea of business, an, the tremendous advance In value of real ?atate in the city and throughout the territory adjacent to Bumter. They go around knocking the town and decrying the efforta of the pro? gressive men who are doing some? thing to Improve Sinnt- r and develop business. They have cold ieet, do aothlig to help themselves or the town and even facta and figures, such aa are quoted below have bad no effect on the gloom that en? shrouds their minds. Perhaps a course of treatment of blue pills and red h'moiade might dlsslpute their trouble and give them a more roaeate view of things In general. That Bumter Is growing steadily is proved conclusively by the largely Increased bank deposits and the larger volume of bualness that the mer ant* enjoy. Tt Is also prdved hy th*. business " Postolhee, the jpeafpta ing largai each ytajpl The PoatonVe receipts for the Aa* t\\ year ending March Vat are given herewith, by quarters, in compari? son with the previous year: 1909. 1910. June 30... . $5.968.19 $6.582.76 Sept. 30. .. . 5.860.10 6.757.73 Dec. 31 . . . 7.853.77 8.623.79 Star tt.., . 7.121.78 7,937.25 T.tal. 26.803.84 29,901.53 Increase. $3,097.69. Percentage of Increase, 11.56 The rec?lpta for the fiscal year end? ing June no. 1901 we*e only $10, 203.21. showing that the business of th- postofflce has Im crease I nearly 300 per cent la t n years. In 1900 the receipts for the year were only $8, 779.57?only a few dollars more than th-? receipts for the quarter ending December 31, 1910. The man who persists In saying that Sumter la not growing, in the fhee of these figures. Is hopeless and should mov" t? some other town that be thlnka will suit him beter. WORK op RESCUE ORPHAN At; E. Field tgenl for orphanage Now In City Raising Funds for Institution. The Rescue Orpha lag-- of South Caroiiini. io. ated In Columbia, Is showing tin* progress. Fnder the new law passed by the but l-eisiitur.- und signed by the Governor. February I."., thla greatly needed institution has Seen started by leadl ig eltliens of the B'.ite and at the pi pm nt time th< re are 24 rhlblr a under it' care. These chll l not I..- received Into a.iy ASSaaalnatlon.il orphanage and have been neajl cted aad shaadoasd and allowe?) to grow up In Improper nur saens4aasjs on i v |e saeeeae immoral and vlelouH rlthce.ie. Tbr pbilnlv stated object of the in? stitution Is to ear- for waifs and il? legitimate In aTdOf tb,?t no white child xball b* allowed to grow to ma? turity- Without an opportunity to be* i on i good cltlsen. Tbl? warh I? utulenomlnatlojotl and Btat* wld- in Its si ope It in aup peeled wh dlv hv charity. The fu? ture maintenance of the Institution i> Oaf otherwise provided for. Columble and Charleston have paid in several thousand I dalfl a.id now In order tc' help to am are the aeeeesayry land and buildings, eitlsens of Sumter ar? asked to make Immediate contribu? tions of $1000. Mr. it. <*. WeassjSf Mm sjrpaaaasji field agent Is now In Sumter and will esll o.i cltlsens for whatever sub? scriptions they may wish to m ' Several of flumter's leading will he directors of the Res< Sbanasje. FELDER AWAITS REPLY. Asks THAT dOVI HNOIl A.NSWKH Q| I?STIONS. Tells Attorney General aiul tiiuirmnn of I^hMN Ho Will Toll of All Work. - Columbia, April 18.?T. 1J. Felder,) w hen asked yesterday by The Stat.' \ If he had any further statement to I mako with reference to *.ho dlspe.n | sary situation, replied :hat hfl had j addressed a letter to Attorney Gener ; al Lyon and Chairman Stackhouse of the dUpenaary commission explain? ing; his position. Attorney General Lyon was out of th*? city on busi? ness, and a copy of the letter could not be secured. James Stackhouse of Mullins, the chairman of the com | mission, in* conversation with a rep? resentative of The State ov-r the telephone, said that he had received a letter from Mr. Felder. "The let? ter Is a very lengthy affair," said Mr. Stackhouse. He said that Mr. Felder gave his views on various phases of ehe dispensary situation and that Mr. Felder said he would be glad to ap? pear before tire commission and tell what he knew of all transactions. "He promised," said Chairman Stack house, "to give Information as to the work he had done." The letter written by T. B. Folder In which he asked some pointed questions was in answer to the fol? lowing: "Reported you offered Tow Ill immunity from prosecution for $5,000. Pleas? wire reply." He re? plied as follows: "Statement that I offered Towlll or anyboJy else Im? munity from prosecution for J5,000 or any other amount, a base and un? mitigated He." T. B. Felder later wrot* tho letter In which he asked several questions and first stated that "to confirm this answer and to say that the n^xt re port, I take It, will be to the effect that Towlll declined my offer 'on ad? vice of counsel,' his advice mlng from the general counsel of the plun d"Tbund. Cole L. Blease." When T. B. Felder wrote his first letter concerning the governor of South Carolina Ire said that if the governor did not sign the investigat? ing act that he wduM write a book about him and tell some Interesting things about th?? present chief ex? ecutive as private citizen, State sena? te: and govern t. g. \ ;.i ase vetoed] the act. Th" time s?'t for the expos? ure |s , xt Thursday Oov, Blea* ll <o.?t ^f the city. I \ - woodhow Wilson wins point. New Jersey Asscmbhly Finally Passes Uiw Providing for ltudtcal Reform in Flections. Trenton, N\ J., April 19.?Gov. Woodrow Wilson won a hard fought victory, today, when the assembly passed finally the law providing for radical reform on elections in New Jersey, known as the Geran election bill. Why? Why? Why? Why does our city authorities build clay streets and th i i as soon as a hard surface Is formed, scrape It off with a road plow, thus Laving it in. condition to be more easily cut into by wheels of vehicles and wash? ed Into gullies; when the shaving off process is again repeated, uitll the clay surface that has bean put there at much expense Is finally made so thin that more clay Is necessary to keep the roadway from becoming again sandy? j Th" United States Governnv-it has had the matter of road building studld by experts and has, as the result of thorough investigation, had printed Instructions for building and Renntag in order after being made, sand-clay roads. The road plow or semper Is u*r*d In making ami shap? ing up the road, but Is never to be u.s. ,| afterwards, but instead, a spllt log tlrag. Full directions, with Il? lustrations how to make and IMS th split-log drag, have been prl 3 ted, This drag is to be OOtd on the r ?a?ls after a rain when the road is soft. It is drawn over the road-way so that the dirt <?r mud Is moved to the top ?r centre of the road and at the same time filling all holes and IgOllWs that have been cut by wheels or washed by the ruin. The surface of th road Is thus plastered, us It W. re, a el left ill condition to h' COSAS harder ami smoother after e.o h operation. The material? the sand and clay Is mixed and pr.-ssed together as well as kept on the road by IhlS treatment, instead of being taken away and the surfuee of the road b ft ?oft and open as our streets are after si ry treatment they get from the scraper. I say. why, why, why! will our authorities not take Advantage of the advice of experts Instead of g dug on In tho expensive and wasteful management low prevailing. f >,?.vr. ??offj,? '-'>it .h"n for *hii s) tut * . wal b what heed hi glvei le th* nhlm of I I Taxpayer. POLICEMAN WARD SUSPENDED. Disciplined Because of Failure to Dis? arm Dunlap Before shooting Fri? day Night. At a riveting of the Police Commit t.f Council it was d< elded to SM3 i.?mi Policemen Ward from th-? po? lios fore; for one month without pay, the measure being taken as a disciplinary measure because of the (allure of Policeman Ward to disarm Engine->r Dunlap Friday .light after Dunlap had told Ward that he was trying to shoot Collie Wood. Testimony was taken beton the committee which showd that when Policeman Ward had arrived upon the seen-1 of the shooting Dunlap had told Mm that h-3 bad shot at Collie Wood and that Wood had gone into Mr. C. H. James* house, some dis? tance down the street, and was still in there. Instead of disarming Dun? lap then Ward had gone into Mr. James' house to look for Wood, at which the negro had become fright? ened and had Jumped out of the window. He was then shot by Dun? lap who still held the gun. It was because of the fact that Mr. Ward did not disarm Dunlap when he first came upon the se?ne and Dunlap told him that he was trying to shoot Coljie Wood that the action of the committee was taken. At the Cme the testimony was taken Policeman Ward had no ex? cuse to offer. Hi stated in answer to a question that it looked as if Ihe negro had been killed by his un? intentional error in judgment in look In? for Collie Wood Instead of dis? arming Dunlap. While no intention? al fault is attributed to Policeman Ward, who has always bean an effi? cient officer, the measure i3 taken he? raus? of his lack of judgment in acting on this occasion. TAX LISTS COMING IN. Few Changes Made Except in City, Whore Halse Is About $30,000. The tax assessors are slowly re? turning the tax lists to the auditor's ofllc , after having been gone over and revised by these gmtlemei. The changes made in the returns as ma le to the county auditor and made out by him, have in most cases, been al? lowed to remain as they were in the ? pn |] ?. while In the Hty ? me changes have beer. made. The fas changes mad< In the re? turns i ! om the rural precincts w en in m ?st eases the adding of dogs u> the tax lists with an occasional raise in the assesed value of a mule or household furniture. In town the raiS" has amounted to about $30, 000 in all. Some of this was caused by th-- raising of the value jf real property from what it was returned at and some in the value of household furniture Th" assessors in all eases tried to equalize th*? returns so that the taxes would not fall on one per? son more than another. A peculiar thing about the returns Is that white in the country precincts many dogs are given in for taxation, in town very few, comparative? ly, were returned. In the rural pre? cincts a nuumber of dogs were added to the tax lists while In town the tax assessors overlooked the unr^turned dogs or did not know about them. There are still two or thre? pre? cincts where the assessors have not gone over and returned the tax Hats. As soon as these come back to the auditor's office cards will be sent out to all of those persons who have bad property added to the lists or its valuation increased so that they will have a chance to come before the county hoard of assessors and make any protests that they pee fit. No date can be set for the meeting of this county board until all of the tax lists are returned. SON SUCCEEDS FATHER. Hroadford Knapp to Have Charge of Farm Denion-ttration Work. Columbia. April 20.?Broad ford Knapp will have charge of the Uni? ted states farm demonstration work i i the South, to succeed his father, the late Dr, Seaman a. Knapp. This announcement was made yesterday at the state department of agricul? ture. Tin farm demonstration work was Inaugurated by Dr. Knapp. Broadford Knapp was bis father's as sit out, and during the past year had entire control of the work. The work In South Carolina is un der the direc tion of Ira W. Williams. Tbc general assembly appropriated lio.ooo for the work In this state and $25,000 Is given by the natlo lal farm demonstration office. The dem? onstration work this \ear will be ex t? nded liit?? every county in South I for dlna. Thd Atlantic Coaal LI is siould make use of th* gates at the pass? enger station. Frequently, on Sun? day afternoon especially, there is ? .t,..V? o .... ...-.l . f tilli.r.. /? .nt'r?i"iti'i1 In th< si itlon yard tl at if h I i ist NO FIRE IN BI8HOPVILLE. Report on The Street of Big Fire in Blshopvllle Incorrect From The Dally Item, April rj. A most laughabre blunder was made by someone this morning that started a report on the streets that the town of Blshopvllle was burning up and that the fire chief from there had telephomd here to have some hose sent then' at once. The truth of the matter seems to be that this morning the chief of the4 Blshopvllle "re department t lephon ed over here to Chief Wilder that the Blshopvllle tire department wanted to borrow several hundrd feet of hose for a tew days, until some nure could be secured in Blshopvllle. Mr. Wilder promised to see about the matter and thought no mor? about it until some time a little later someone informed him that the town of Bishopvllle waa on fire and they had phoned over here for more hose. He thought that he must have misunderstood what Mr. McKagen had told him over the phone and, anxious to help out a ?nearby town In trouble, he had at once secured permission from the mayor to take the hos-? over to Blsh? opvllle to assist in fighting the fire. After the hose was ready to go Mr. Wilder decided it was best to tele? phone over to BishopvilV? to ask how they wanted the hose sent, v.hich he did and found out that, after all of his hurry and trouble, that there was no fire at all and that the fire depart? ment sdmply wanted to borrow the hose for same time. No hose was S'nt under th-* circumstances. TO ENFORCE PRESENT REGULA? TIONS. Committee from Council and Bail road Officials Meet. The committee from City Council and railroad otficlals met Tuesday afternoon to discuss the best means of remedying the present difficulties of crossing at the Harvin street, Manning avenue and Sumter street crossings. While no permanent set? tlement was made of the trouble It was decided that the railroad should In the near future enforce the regu? lations which were now on the stat? ue? books of the city. It was also decided that the railroad should keep a watchman at '?ach cross *vn* th*> ppneclnca n rr> mt blocked loru;' i than th ? limited time | allowed and that personc (<" hoi ' cross when there was danger from] trains. Flagmen are to '?? Bted on th>? rear of all backing trains who should see that no one came in the danger zone. Nothing was done at all to remedy the conditions permanently, but the railroad officials went away to think over th? proposition put to them by the committee and to see if they could not devise some permanent sys? tem that would be to the advantage of both the railroad and th'? persons who use those crossings. The committee from Council did not try to settle the matter themselves and mak" the railroad officials do as they wanted them to do but simply stat? ed what the trouble was and asked that the railroad adjust things so that persons passing In the future might j not be made to do so at the risk of their lives. Arrested for Kidnapping. Mr. C. L. Simpson, who returned from Norfolk, Va., a few days ago with his wife and children, who left him several weeks ago In company with one Harris, a carpenter who had been living here for a year or more, asks that it be stated, in way of cor? rection, that Mrs. Simpson was never arrested in Norfolk, there being no charge against her, but that Harris was arrested on the charge of kid? napping the Simpson ch'ldren. Hav? ing recovered his children, Mr. Slmp pson has droppeJ the case against I Harris. Lame shoulder Is nearly always due to rheumatism of the muscles. and quickly yields to the free application of Chamberlain's Liniment. For Sale by all dealers. HUNT'S Lightning Oil THE LINIMENT. Sold By vttend medical ASSOCIATION. Doctors Attend Medlonl Convention and Class Reunion in Charleston This Week. nion also attended a reunion of his case, as did Dr. II. M. Stuckey, who |efl for Charleston Wednesday night. I )th ;r doctors to attend the conven ti >n were: Drs. B. It. Wilson and S. C. i laker. Several of the doctors of the city went down to Charleston this week to att.-nd the state Medical Associa- I tion conv< ntion which met there this week and also t<? attend reunions of th? ir classes. Dr. Walter Cheyn^ was the only one of doctors from Sumter scheduled to make an address at the ; convention. Dr. W. B. Mills returned from Charleston last night after attend? ing a reunion of his class which graduated from the Charleston Medi? cal College in 1901 Dr. C. J. Lem "Our baby cries ror Chamberlain's C .j-.h Remedy." writes Mrs. T. B. K adrlck, Rasaca, Qa. "It is the best COUfh remedy on the market for coufba, colds and, croup." For sale by all dealers. What has become of the dog law? "N ACKNOWLEDGE IT. Sumter Has to Bow to the Inevitable ?Scores of Citizens Prove It. After reading the public statement of this representative citizen of Sum? ter given below, you must come to this conclusion: A remedy which cured years ago, which has vept the kidneys in good health since, can be relied upon to perform the same work in other cases. Read this: J. H. Grady, 16 Wright street, Sumter, S. C, says: "I do not hesi? tate to reeommend Doan's Kidney Pills, having found them very bene? ficial. My back ached nearly all the time and 1 had acute pains through my kidneys. I was often lame and stiff and I noticed that the kid? ney secretions contained sediment. Doan's Kidney Pills, which I obtain? ed from China's Drug Store, r amoved these symptoms of kidney complaint and helped me in every way. I know that this remedy can be relied upon." (Statement given March 16, 1908.) A Lasting Cure. On Janury 9, 1911, Mr. Grady said: "I willingly confirm my former en? dorsement of Doan's Kidney Pills and make the fact known that they ef? fected a permanent cure in my case. You may continue to publiuh my en? dorsement of this preparation." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's?and take no other. No. 11 PJaIK brvi1es, AT i ow prices, Jn season, Ready to use, ?lX>ck BACKS, Red backs, use any time, ?hapes to sm, JJair the best, JjjASY to handle, ?afe and sound. Sibert's Drug Store, W. W. Sibert, Prop. 8 S. MAIN ST. PHONE 2SS. J You Speak With Resped: of the Man With Money in the Bank. T' ;s a. good thing for your sta ?i..:^ to have paon< y la the rank. Vot ire !-.'? iter respect Ijx self and receive no ensldera* tret r?t ft om others. When banking moneji you altos aaalj r. s through s display of wisdom( by ability to live < I hli i come and through a rightful desire to get ataeaa. Why not bank hero THE PEOPLES' PANK, Ii! W. liberty st. SUMTER, S. c. Opportunity is said to knock but once? But you have a chance to open an account with this bank six days out of every week. Once you have started to sav? ing a part of your earnings, you will be prepared whenever a. good business opportunity presents itself. Having a bank account helps create business ability. The Bank of Sumter Established 1889 Banking by Mail. j Mr. Farmer, suppose you sell ? horse, a cow, some hay or grain, and are paid by check on a bank in some neighbor? ing town. You are busy and can't come to town for a few days. Do not carry that check around. You are sleeping on your rights. Let Uncle Sam help you. Endorse the check. Make it payable to us or order and sign your name below. Mail it at once to our bank aud ask us to place it to your credit. You have thus protected yourself by using due diligence in presenting the check for payment. If the buyer's ac? count should be closed, from any cause, you could then come back on him, otherwise he would escape. We will mail a receipt for your deposit. Use the mail and the tele photic You don't have to come to town to bauk. Mail us your checks and save trouble. We'll be glad to accom? modate you. THE FARMERS' BANK & TRUST CO. LIME, CEMENT, ^vI^"w^",ok8HI"**^ T-Toxr f^T-nir? RlCS Flour, SLlu Stuff. Uran. Ildy, VjldlU, Mixed Oow and Chicken Psed. Horses. Mules. SlSSi?*' tn? No Or,Irr T.x. lj.ru,. Or Too small TV ^h.TTorivir Ti^ro QWV Cr%