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ruhh-li. ?I Wr.liicMl h und Saturday. ?BY? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY siMTEK, S. C. let ins I I.JO per annum?In advance. Ad vert Ue menu: One Square Aral insertion.$1.00 Every subsc.pient insettlon.50 Contracts for three mot ths, or laager will be made at reduced rates. All communication* which sub nerve private interests will be charged lev as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. The Humter Watchman was found? ed la lite and the True Southron in 1AM The Watchman and Southron now ha* ths combined circulation and haluence cf both of the old papers, and !? manifestly the best advertising asedtum in Sumter. The State Board of Health and the counties, cities and towns of the State spend large .<ums annually vaccinating j and quarantining against the spread Of small pox, and other large sums axe spent In the effort to prevent the epread of othet prevent Ude diseases; and yet Oov. Blease is freeing tuber? culosis convicts by the wholesale and scattering them broadcast over the . State in the face of the absolute cer- J taint) th a ca. h one of the disease doomed unfortunates will become a' source of Infeet'on. We are not lack- ' Ing in sympathy for the unfortunate convicts who are suffering ;i linger? ing death In the penitentiary, and would do nothing to add to their auf- ' faring, hut it is our tlrm conviction that the State and the Governor o<* the Bute owe a higher duty to th? law-abiding snd honest citlxenshlp of the atJfte than to the criminals who ewn oi Is Qaeda caused them to he in? carcerated In the penitentiary. We do not advocate or approve of keep? ing convicts shut up In a disease polluted prison, but w?? do contend ?hat It Is altogether wrong to turn la ose en the State these tuberculosis j eonvicts to communicate the disease to their families and friend*. The Stahe ewes a duty to these convicts, a majority ?f whom contracted dis? ease in the pen I tertiary, and. Instead of shirking this duty and abandoning them to the generous charity of in? dividuals, the penitentiary officials should either care for them in the pe*l*f*n?tapy twSjmsrv *>r else estab h?h an open air sanitarlu n where" they ? ??.??? r-ir ar-i t' avding to approved methoda The ejenvlcts would be hotter off In a hos-' ?IUI or camp, ard whatever tue ggg| might be. It would not be tOO great,' ftn> comparison with the benefit to the 1 public at large that such an enllght- ' aned policy would confer. State Board 1 |f Health, the doctors of the State' and the whole people should protest against the policy Oov. Blease has adopted In dealing with the tubercu- ! sbage epidemic in the penitentiary. It | Is scandalous that such a condltlcn' exists In a state Institution, but it Is I s condition that can be remedl'd without subjecting the beranoa of the State to the danger of the spread of a disease that annually claims far too many victims The convicts should be Isolated and cared for until cured er de? h relieves them from their euSVring; they should not be given freedom, liberty and license to spr. t I the disease. If these convicts had small ' ox, the bubonic plague, chol? era, yell"? fever or any one of a half dnxen communicable diseases, Oov. n I ease would not turn them loose on the State to Infect the well, and he has no right to pursue this policy with those who have tuberculosis?a disease that kills ten times as many people each year as any other dts hh n ni i.o to l* Hi son soon, w p. Kelly, who araa convicted at the spring term of court. 11*10. of violsti n -f th*? 't?te diepeaaery Uws. 1.? at las?, to go t > the pasitog* tlary for his off *nse. Kelly was tried on thr< , eoUUta sad wan convicted on ear h of th. m gfjar hie trial Kelly was rsleaeed on bell pending an appeal, which lately aavt been refused. Several months ago he was given up by his bonds? men after he had gotten Int > a drunken Npreo hikI threatened to kill seme of the members of his family. Since then Kelly has been in Jail ?waiting ths result of the appeal. Kffor !? he..' t.een mad.' to -o-rure pardon |gf Kelly, gg UM ground Is stated, that he Is afflicted with heart tr Sghlg, These efforts for par? don have not yet met with a satis? factory result and It Is probable that Kelly will leave here for tho peniten? tiary In ?lumbal In a few <1hvi. Messrs. It. FT Broadway of Man nlng. William CarrliiRton. of Surn merton. K. B. Hamide, of Turhe vllle; lt. J. Uml., Lake City; T. M. McLure, BlshopvlPe; Q 11, Smith. Lake Cltv; K. Z Truesdabv Bethur.e; O. H. Purvis. Tlmmonsvllle. were some of the rece nt graduate*! In no d Iclne from the South Carolina Med Tollege In Chariest -n ?AN Practical Thoughts f< (to in I in u<! b> Ha W. Dal)h>, Pratt Some ltandom riioughts. We complete in thti issue a very Interoedng account of the Maryland Produce Rxchaage, it Is worth careful ran dine and we should not rest until our I'nion I5r >kerage Corn pan) is us well organized and equip? ped r >r the husmess of our section as tiie SM deeorlbed is for Maryland. The I'nion has Invited a speaker1 from a OOnaty that has done some go ?il work in a cooperative way and we trust to hear him at the county meeting at Salem school house on Friday. K. W. 1). Will Kl CO-OPKKATION BVC CSBM Kcmarkahlc Achievement in Sidling Parin Produce in Virginia?The Baaearn Shore Exchange an Kssen tlally Co-operative Affair?How to Inaugurate uu Exchange. In conducting the business each shipping season, :>f the Eastern Shore of Virginia, produce exchange, it Is the purpose to protect at all hazards the Brandl under which the goods are sidd. If no defects appear, the goods are given the now far. .is "Hed Star Bfand" ad the exchant, ?. which ap? pears ( uispieuously on the burlap top of every barrel. This trade-mark is registered under the national copy? right law, and Infringements are prosecuted. The brand has now a national reputation among produce dealers, insures the goods of the ex? change a very general preference, and on son-?e markets where it is best and most tavorably known enables them to command a premium of 10 to 25 cents a barrel. Last year the organization spent over $25,000 upon Its inspection sys? tem. In order to secure a more con? spicuous and attractive package it Introduced the innovation of a neatly printed over of new burlap in place of *^e old rnnsrhtv wtenolted one of sseeneVhnnd m ttcriai. Jn practice thl- t ? ?;. found 'he most difficult of all tie exchange's principles Pi apply. ow,ng n: inly to certain easily imagined fOT00S oi Hu? man nature operating between the lo? ll nsp.rtor and the farmer, whose i'proval he must retain or lose his Job, and to^the sadly general tendency of motives of Immediate self-inter est to prevail over those of the gen? eral and ultima?? g->od. It is cer? tainly a principle pregnant wdth great possibilities, however and one in which the large . v hange gives hope of great future development. Kiiuipinciit. 5. The maintenance of amide equipment and the employment of highly specialized salesmanship and a high order ?>f buelaese ability In the management of Its affairs. The lib* eral policy of placing efficiency above cheapneap has prevailed in the man? agement of the exchange, though al ways latterly opposed by a numerous faction of pennywlse economlsta, The exchange began business in a low frame shack, i late feet. Last year it completed the erection and equip? ment o. a two-story brick office building having nearly l(906 square feet of floor space and provided with all the facilities for doing business expeditlously und efficiently to be f'otnd in modern city otlices. Prom the telephone switchboard In this building live trunk lines radiate, giving instantaneous communication with tiie local agency at eaeh of the 11 shipping points ami long-distance connect! m with all the eastern cities. The general manager of the ex? change, w. a. Burton, who with the i i ut? r. a. j. McMath, hs I sfl with it from the start, and with him has contributed tremen? dously to Its upbuilding, has had 10 years' experience In selling produce, en o .i wide acquaintance among the personnel <>f the trade, and is by general consent >ne of the few most ( enable produc e salesmen In Ameri? ca. He rscelVSS now a salary of $">, oao a year. While this looks like big wages for an agricultural section, It repre? sents but a slight contribution from the Individual member who in re? turn gets the benefit of the most SXPerl and highly trained salesman? ship in the marketing of his entire i r..p. The true economy of p.tying this price becomes apparent when ? ?ne reflects thai a difference* of only 10 cents a barrel on one day's sales in the highly complex operation of procuring from ? multitude of widely scattered markets the best price ob? tainable fOf a tremendous quantity of highly perishable goods of rapidly fluctuating value would pay thli aal? irj f"r an entire year. I j nion News | ID- <) or Practical Farmers jj ?It'iu Furnier..' UlllOU Of Sumter )1 County.) Q Special Baleamen Profitable. G. The economy of operation on a 1 big stab-. To begin with) the carlot, In the loading of which frequently as many as two dozen members con? tribute! is made the unit. This se? cures the lowest freight rate and mlnlmlaea bookkeeping. Before the days of the exchange, the outlet for atrawberrlea was restricted to some two or three nearby cities, which could he reached by express before the berrlea apolled. Now a hundred or more members tributary to one station load their daily pick? ing Into refrigerator cars and the iced fruit la safely sent by fast freight throughout the entire east, north to the Canadian cities, and as far west UJ Milwaukee, a new and profitable industry thus having been created. More striking, however, as an il? lustration of the economies made pos? sible by doing business on a big scale, is the traveling sales force of tin ox change. In many of the larger mar? kets, the would-be seller of produce forced to have personal repre s' ntatien In order to meet competi? ng whose sales are made through 'dent agents, and although tho exchange manages to sell about three fifths of its output direct from the home office. It has found the need im? perative for lieutenants on the spot in many cities. Generally, and necessarily for the small, independent operator handling only a limited volume of business, this representation is by broker*, who charge a regular fee of $10 a car for their services. The exchange however, Is rapidly building up a trained traveling sales force of its own, and last year it sent representa? tives from its home office on the markets of Boston. Toronto, Buffalo. Cincinnati and Chicago, each work? ing also the neighboring cities, be? sides one missionary salesman who traveled through Missouri. Iowa, Ne? braska and Illinois, opening up new markets and establishing new trade connections. Tri Chicago n nresentnttve sold in j that city and Milwaukee 1,500 jam of !i-ish and sweet potatoes, at a ? >tal coal fo the *eaeon, Including aalan I traveling cxpensei and local phon j and telegraph tolls, of approximately I $1,500, a saving of $9 a car. or $13, (00, under the rates paid generally by competitors Of the exchange; while the average cost of a car of the sales made by all three salesmen working their respective territories for a second or later season was only IS.S6 a car, an amount which paid also for the services of two of them in other lines of work throughout the Inactive periods between selling sea? sons. i In another respect the advantage Of this system is equally striking, i Long experience shows that in the frequent complaints by customers and demands for allowancea which are an Inevitable feature of the pro? duce business, the broker generally sides with his neighbor, the buyer, and between the two the seller is apt to be lu ipiess. The salesman fr ?m home, on 'he other hand, has no foreign Interest to serve and no favor to court save that of his own poo pie. How Salesmen Protect Exchange. A single incident will illustrate: On .lane last year the exchange sohl a car of Irish potatoes through a broker to a firm in a middle New Yoik state <ity. The customer Je? dared thai the goods were badly de? cayed on receipt and refused to ac? cept them save on an allowance of -B cents a barrel. In the following wire, the broker, who was being paid to protect the interest of the ex? change, "baekstood" the buyer: Car "arrived slightly decayed heated? l ayer claims allowance of ?T? cents? wire instructions quick?what ailed shipments that day'.'*' Thorough Investigation at the load? ing I? >int failed to disclose any prob? able just cause for this complaint, and the secretary wired the home salesman, "run down. Investigate and adjust." Some hours later the following wire was received: "Examined car?* find few scald In one mark, but noth? ing warrant allowance. Buyer will pay Invoice price." The real trou? ble had la en that the market was de? clining; the customer was forced to p.iv In full, and extensive explana? tions followed from the broker. Exchange Members Du) Seed at Cost. 7. In general, and In every way possible, protecting and fostering the interests of the relatively defenseless individual by the formidable strength of union and organisation, Several years ago it was discovered tn be generally more advantageous for the Mastern Shore farmer lo seed the Irish potato crop with stock grown In northern Maine. Every season sine?' the exchange lias sent its own representatives to Maine to inspect the growing crops, select and buy the choicest lots, supervise the sorting and sacking of purchase for shipment, and by all nh?r available moans in sure a seed supply lor the utmost possible trueness to variety and free? dom from disease. Members have been furnished as many as 30,000 sacks of SUCh selected seed in a single season at exact cost, and at a price frequently 50 or 7."? cents ;i sack below what nonmembers wa re paying their dealers. Again, except by general notice to the < ?ntrary in certain exceptional brief periods of extreme weather con? ditions, the organisation guarantees to the individual grower payment in full for all goods accepted by its in? spectors and sold by it, and itself as assumes the burden of all losses in transit, allowances made to buyers and losses through failure among its customers or from any other cause I whatever. But probably the most j striking application of this principle is found in the Inevitable multitude of controversies with transportation and transmission companies. Claims. Settled Satisfactorily. Paring the 11 years of its existence, the exchange has collected some 2,500 claims, ranging in amount from 50 cents to $500 on a wide variety of comphtints against the various rail? road, express, steamohat and tele? graph companies with which it deals. Last year it hied 29:: Mich claims, ag? gregating in amount $0,514.73, Prob? ably 96 per cent of all such claims are ultimately collected, if a mem I her consigns a dozen baskets of peas j to an exchange selling agent in Phil? adelphia, and one package is lost by the carrier, (daim is promptly filed for his benefit, and if necessary, the services of the general counsel of the exchange are at his disposal without fee for its collection. It is safe to assert that the larger part of the money thus collected represents an absolute saving due solely to the principle of co-operation, since in the great majority of such cases the Individual grower would lack the persistence, exact . informa? tion <>r means requisite for fighting his claim through to a successful termination. a fact of which the claim departments of the big rail? roads are generally not slow to take advantage. Internal Make-up. I What has been said deals chiefly J with th? outside activlt >a of the ex? change, A !??>. signifa iu< details as to ::- internal make-up 'annul well ? i?. overlooked. The ,. aeral struc? ture comprises ?** iwvai ui\Aaio.?<5, each with at least one shipping point as a nucleus. Each division elects Its own director to the general board, which, of course, exercises the usual broad functions of control over the corporation's activities. (We regret that the balance of this interesting article was misplaced. But ii only gave a small part of the details of the organisation, and enough has been published to prove what we have always contended for, viz. That a produce exchange is practical and is the proper way to h indie farm produce. Editor.) I XCl HSIOV RATES VIA southern Railway Company. I Meridan, Miss Account Sunday j School Congress of the National Bap? tist Convention (colored.) Tickets on j sale June 5th ami 6th, final limit ' rune 14th, 1911. Philadelphia, Pa, Account North? ern Baptist Convention and Baptist I World Alliance Congress. Tickets on sale Juni- 9th, 10th, 12th, IGth and 19th, tin ti limit June 29th, 1911. I Extension of final limit may be had ! by depositing tickets and payment of fee 11.00, until July Slat. [ Ashevllle, N'. C, Account Southern J Students Conference. Y. W. C. A. I Tickets on sale June sth and 9th, i final limit June 28th, 1911. Black Mountain, X. C. Account 'Southern students Conference, Y. M. I C, A. Tickets on sale June 15th ami 16th, final limit June 28th, 1911. Charlottsville, Ya. Account Univer? sity of Virginia Bummer School. Tick? ets on sale June 17th, 19th, 20th, 23rd, 24th, 28th, and July :<rd and 10th, limited fifteen days, unless ex? tended at Chartottesvllle, until Sep? tember 30th, 1911. Knoxvllle, Tenn. Account Summer School of the South. Tickets on sale June 18th, 19th, 24th. 2f>th. July 1st. Mb, 9th and 15th, limited tlfteen days, unless ext? nded at Knoxville until September 30th, 1911, Por Information as to rates, etc. apply to Th ket Agents or address: J. L. MEEK, Asst. (Jen. Passenger Agent. Atlanta. Oa, \V. E. McQEE, Division Passenger Agent, Chariest >n, s, C, The Charleston baseball team un? der the management of Ed, Ranalck, is about to ^o to pieces and unless Charleston people raise $5,000 tin franchise will be forfeited. combination l>l < i. \Kl:i> il l . - <. \l by r. s. >i ruKMi-: < Ol IM . Ordered to Disintegrate in Harmony v\iili Sherman \<i Within six or Eight Months or bo Denied i?riv lege <d Intel ?State ( ominerce and Have Receiver \ppointcd by Court. Justice* Harlan Again OpjM>*cs Ap? plication ''Rule <>t' Reason." Washington. May 29.?The Tobacco Trust decision Is characterised by Attorney General Wiek? rsham as a ni"st comprehensive and sweeping victory for the Government. The Trust is held Lo be a combina? tion In restraint, of trade?a monop? oly in violation of the law. The decision affects American corporations, two English corpora? tions and 29 individual defendants. I, at the end of six or eight months, the corporations fall to bring themselves within the law, a receivership and dissolution by court j decrees will follow. I The Trust is held to have been \ guilt)' of Intimldatine*, and clearly to I have shown a purpose to stille ce.m ? petition. chie f Justic White announced the decision, which was practically un? animous, ? though Justice Harlan dis I aented < n several points. I As in the Standard OH case. Justice Harlan resents the applies ion of the "rule of reason" to the Sherman anti? trust law. The court having held tie- defend? ant corporation guilty of conscious wrong-doing, Justice Harlan is not at all anxious to perpetuate any new combination growing out of them. Washington, May 20.?The Govern? ment today won a sweeping victory over the "Tobacco Trust," when the Supreme I 'ourt held the American Tobacco company and its allied cor? porations to be operating in violation Of the Sherman anti-trust law. By directing that the combination be forbidden the privilege >f inter State commerce or be placed in the hands of a receiver unless it disinte? grates in harmony with the law with? in six, or at the most, eight months the Court is regarded to have dealt with the ebacco corporations more drastically than with the Standard Oil Company <.f New Jersey, whose dissolution was ordered two weeks Both trh First md second sections I of the Sherwi antl-l ust law havt j b? . n 1 lolated ?> th? son ailed Tol }' ? Trust, according t ? tie '"curt. Not only has it, in the eyes of the Court restrained wrongfully and unlawfully Inter-State commerce, but it has at? tempted t ? monopolise the tobacco business to the injury of the public and of Its competitors. While the decree was regarded as unusually severe, at the same time there was a touch of leniency in not making the combination an outlaw "now." The various elements of tho combinations are to be given an op? portunity, under the supervision of the United States Circuit Court for the Southern distric t of New Y >rk, recreation so that there may be brought about "a new condition which shall be honestly in harmony with, and not repugnant to, the law." The opinion of the Court was an? nounced by Chief Justice White, win also delivered the opinion of tie Court In the Standard <>il case. Tho entire Court agreed that the American Tobacco Company violates1 the Sherman anti-trust law. but As? sociate Justice? Harlan dissented from the repeated interpretation of the Sherman anti-trust law BO as to call for the application of the "rule ol ? reason," (n determining what re? straints of trade were forbidden bj the Act. In this respect the division of the Court was the same as in the Standard Oil ease. Justice Harlan al? so took Issue with the rest of tin Court as to the reorganisation of tin tobacco company, saying that he had found nothing in the record which made htm "at all anxious to perpe? tuate any new < omblnatlons amoni the companies which the court con ceded at all times exhibited a con si ions wr?ng-doing." The Court reiterated Its determin? ation to follow "the rules of reason' in determining what restraints ol trade violate the Sherman anti-trusi ? law. Chief justice White explained at length the decision of the Cour in the Standard OH case, but did not qualify the reasoning In that case sc ? as to harmonize it In any partieulat with the dessentlng views expressee hy Justice Harlan and by other orit ics Of the decision. Tonlghl it is recorded as settled that the 'rule of reason" will pre vail throughout the land in the inter pretatlon of the Sherman antl-trus! law, until at bast the personnel ol the court greatly changes or th< Sherman anti trust law Ifl amended Miss Kate I.ynam, of Atlanta, ll 11 visiting Mr. and Mrs. Nein O'Donnell, 'having ? ime through the countrj with ' he m itt ' heir ? ar. Makes Home Baking Easy POWDER Absolutely Pure Tho only baking powder made from Royal Crape Cream of Tartar no alum.no lime phosphate WEINBERG \M\s MEDAL. Robert Sims Aycock lb | llllf I ?' Medal Woo in Interesting Con? test, Wedgefteld, May 29.?On Last Fri day night the annual contest for the i. bert Sims Aycock leclalmer*s rued al was had in the auditorium o? the school building. A large and appre? ciative audience was present and en? joyed the folloartng programme: Song: ?irds and rdossoms? :? chooL 1. Declamation?the Fireman? Miss Addie Batten. 2. Declamation?American Indu pendence?Claude Hammond. Music?Miss Bessie Aycock. ?>. Declamation?The Failure? Miss J a nette Thomas, j 4. Declamation?Cassius Against Caesar?Willis Ryan. Music?Solo?Mrs. M. L. Parier. I 5. Declamation?Bivouac of the Dead?Miss Eunice Cain. 6. Declamation?The Color j er?Wade Brice. j Music?Miss Janet Thomas. I 7. Declamation?McD maid s a ?Marshall Brice. S. Declamation?Rescued?Marion Brice. Music?Miss Sarah Moore. 9. Declaamtion?The War Inevi? table?Jerome Weinberg. 10. Declamation?Carolina?Nell j Ryan. r>e . x *n of j udges. : s.?ng ?! Hu LI Day of liest? Sehe ?'. . ' . ? ung tadj won the medal last year, ind ibis caused a spirit of I rivalry tu es ist, the boys ueiermineo to carry off the medal. The judges: County Superintendent of Education J. H. Haynsworth, Mr. Aycock and Dr. M. L, Parier, decided Jerome Weinberg the success* d con? testant, with Miss Janet Thomas a close second. The manner in which each of the ten contestants acquitted themselves reflects credit upon the princ ipal, Prof. W. S. Lykes and Miss Lula M. Copes, whose assistance was easi.y detected. Dots From Tindul. Tindal. May St.?The weath r con? tinues to be very dry. We have had only a few light showers since crops were planted. Mrs. Susie I b?dgc left on Sunday nnuning for Bessie, Ca., to be with her father, who is very ill. Mrs. Olga WltherspooOi after spending several days here at her ohi home, returned to Mayeevllla on Sunday morning. Mrs. T. i:. Hodge and daughter. Miss Bessie, are spending s ?nie time at Woodruff, s. C. The health of the neighborhood is not very good, there being some fever around hero. Bight frame houses were burned in .Spartanburg Friday, loss $:'?.?oo. The Farmers' Bank and Trust Com? pany are preparing to make some Improvements on the front of their building. . . HUNT'S . . /\ II LIGHTNING U IL is the one unfailing scicntitio drossJng which instantly rcttcveg and permanently cures all hurts, cuts, burns, bruises, sprains and ^ wounds of ever) kind. Pain leaves at once becanae the air is excluded, and the oil cohering acts as artificial skin. The quick est. fastest healing oil known? HI MS lK.HiMN't; OIL. |g rents and 50 cents bottles. A. B, RICHARDS MEDICINE CO., Sherman, Tcxaa, sold By SI BERTS hill i. STORE.