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?bc?iU;itt!)nu!i ;u? youtliuii. J Q u I'uMimi. il WciIucmI?) und Saturday. ? BY? OSTEEN PUBLISHING C?MPANY SUMTEK. S. a 1 erms H.^U per INW?Ii advance. Vd i crtisemcitts: Ott Square llrst lusertt >n.|1?N Every subsequent insert tun.II Contracts lor three months, or longer will be made at r? duo d rateH. All communications which sub? serve private Interests s ill be charged fax as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. The vSumttr Watchman was founC eel In llftO and the True Southron In litt The Watchman and Southron sow has the combined olrealation and Influence cf both of the old papers, as>4 Is manifestly the best advertising medium in Sumter. The Clemson College train will be tu Sumter next Wednesday, June 21st. and every farmer who is Interested in Improved methods and better live stock should make an effort to spend the da: In the city and attend the lec? tures to be delivered by the members of the n em son faculty who will have charge of the train. A few hours Spent In this way may be worth hundreds of dollars to the farmer who Is seeking for the better and nrore profitable way of doing his work. ? ? ? The Senate has passed the bill providing for the amendment of the constitution so that Senators may be ?dected by popular vote. Tacked on > th?< bill was an amendment pro idlng for Federal supervision of the (actions. If the amendment to the i institution should be approved by is requisite number of States there ill be BS more Lorlmer scandals, it the way will be opened for Fed? eral Interference with State elections .at may eventually result in even greater abuse than local scandals, eh aa the.Loriner caae. I ... j ft strikes us as a little premature begin a controversy over the proh le candidacy of ambitious citizens I the seat In Congress now held by Mr. Lerer, in the event that Mr. Ltvor becomes a candidate for the ilted States Senate. Unless there Is i tremendous change in popular sen men t Mr. Lever can rets in his seat ?? long as he may wish to hold It, a Bile a race for the Senate would be . very uncertain undertaking, con ?quently. in our opinion, he will ilnk a long time before resigning a ?rUInty to mske the race for the Hcnate. But if Mr. Lever shiuld en r the race for the Senate there will * at least a half dosen candidates gj the vscant seat and the man who 1ns will have to he a capalgner of tceptional ability. ? ? ? The case against 11. 11. Cvans for seaanilng rebates while g dispensary rector having beOS n d pressed. ?M ill hint.tv of UM silk hat full of r *eenbacks will never be t >ld. This Is n great pits, fot thil was one of the jt.nst interesting and unique stores In connection wlfh the dispensary seat..' iL ? ? ? The SSdleS mills g| the Carolinas will shut iaSfg for two weeks. This a* said la SSj necessary as a reSSUi >f the high price of cotton and th?' un? satisfactory condition of the . otton f.if market. It Is difficult to un? derstand why the Southern c >tt?>n mills are having such a hard time, while the Kngllsb nnd Continental mills are extending their trade and ? njjylng u period of prosperity. MIDI? \l KS \ M I N V l |ON\S TODAY. One Hundred ami I le\en lla\e Itcg 1st? red and Mori I \|m < o d ? BS n in . - \im> to nennet, Columbia, June 13.?The board of ou'dn u directors ,,f South Carolina SJkSJt In C dumbhi yesterday to pass upon the questions that will be asked sf those ipplying to pra. tice medicine In this stat*-. The examinations be? gin this morning, and will continue for thre. Yesierday 111 reg tstered. and It Is expected that more will afftvc this mornim The members of the b sard are as foil iws: J. W N ipb r. M. I?., prcsld nt, Hlcn heim. Harry N*. Wymnn. M. i?., Alken j Joseph Mis ,r,k. M. I?.. Charleston, IV H. fill.r. \|. I ... \. wherry; H. L Shaw. M. I>. Fountain Inn; l(. A. liratlon, M I? . Y"rkvtlle. J. J. Wat ion, M. I?.. ('?diimbia; A. Karle PpSB ?r. secretary, Columbia. aii of thes,. wets present > derdny except In. I'ra't. n. ami he Is expected to arrive in Columbia this morning, Hesides the 1 i i ;<ppi\utg to practice medicine. I'o yonnr, w "in1 n will tH ml the nurse's ex.i mm iti n. The nurses do not get a II? but a c i i \ it. snd can then < all Ihemsslvi i .? I; er registered nurse. BLUFFS AND PLAYS DEAD. But There's a Fatal Flaw In the Hog Nosed Snake's Acting. When you find | hog nosed snake flattened out upon the soil in his anx? iety to ahsorh all the sunshine that he can Im immediately adopts a policy of "Muff." lie first Inthites his body by s deep draft of air. Then he Huttens his head and expunds his neck to three times Its proper width. Next he strikes angrily toward the intruder and hisses with malignant fury. The nvernge pedestrian nnturally retreats with s feeling of gratitude for the danger slg nals so unmistakably Imprinted by 9 kindly Providence upon the deudly members of the reptile nice. A good tield naturalist will quletlj advance his hare hand to the reptile's head, because he knows that this snake can neither be Induced to give a pol sonous bite uor a bite of any kind. See ing that the observer cannot be In? timidated, the snake then opens his Jaws and acts os if be had been in Jurod. Convulsive spasms ripple down bis spine. lie writhes and twists as If transplanted by the agonies of death, and. turning over on his back, the last convulsion dies away along the tail. Now. nothing in nature looks more dead than a snake lying with the Ivory white of his belly plates turned upward to the sky, and the hog nosed snake will simulate death so patiently that you may carry him by the tall or hang hla body on a fence and he will swing In the wind and give no sign of life for an hour or more. But this clever acting has one fatal flaw. If you place him on the ground with the belly downward he will twist over on his back again. He has such a fixed idea that "belly plates skyward" Is the correct po?" ,-or a serpent's corpse that, although supposed to be lifeless, he will turn o>er on bis back a dozen times If you as perseveringly persist In laying him on bis crawling surface. His r.eal for the perfection of mimicry blinds him to the obvious truth that dead snakes stay where they are put-?Century Path. TWO DUELS. The Second One Was to Avenge the Victim of ths First. A certain English gentleman who was a regular frequenter of the green? room of Drury Lane theater In the days of Lord Byron's committee and who always stood quietly on the hearth rug there with hla back to the fire wns In his usual place one night when a narrative was related by an? other gentleman, newly returned from the continent, of a barrier duel that had taken place in Paris. A young Englishman, a mere boy, had been despoiled in a gaming bouse In the Palais Royal, bad charged a certain gaming count with cheating him, had gone out with the count, had wasted his fire and had been slain by the count under the frightful circum? stances of the count's walking up to him. laying his hand on his heart, say? ing, "You are s brave fellow?have you a mother?" and on his replying to the affirmative remarking coolly, "1 am sorry for uer." and blowing his victim's brains out. The gentleman on the hearth nig paused In taking a pinch of snuff to hear this story and observed with great placidity. "I am afraid i must kill that rascal " A few nights elapsed, during which the greenroom hearth rug was without him, and then he reappeared precisely as before and only incidentally men? tioned in the course of the evening. "Gentlemen, I killed that mscal." lie had gone over to Paris on pur pose, had tracked the count to the same gaming house, had thrown a glass of wine In his face in the pros ence of all the company assembled there, had told him that he had come to avenge his young compatriot and had done it by putting the count out of tt'.s world and coming back to the hearth nig as if nothing had happened . A Reminder. Mrs. Crlmsonbeak?Old you think of me while 1 was nway m the couutry, John? Mr. Crlmsonbeak ?I certaluly did. dear. I wore that necktie you bought me for my birthday, and every? body asked where on earth I got it, and I had to tell them.?Vonkers Statesman A Wonderful Bore. The mosr wonderful boring apparatus In the world is pjoeaeaned by the great Ichneumon fly, it is composed of three black filaments, all extremely fragile, no larger or stiff er than a horsehair and about th e in< hef long. These lit together with grooves and glide easiiy along their entire length. The three when htted together tire no larger in diameter than a small needle and so flexible that a slight breath of air will bend them. Vet with this remarkable instrument its owner tan bore three or four inches Into the hardest wood. This tool Is poaeensed only by the fo mnle and I* her ovipositor, or egg lay? ing apparatus. Boring Which takes hour-- fo accomplish la for the purpose of laying one egg. 1 _ Artificial Eyes. The earliest notice of artificial eyes occurs In a very rnro work by the French surgeon AmbrolSO Pure, en titled "La Methode Curative des Play Sa ft Fractures do la Testo IIu mulne." Paris. 1001. Pare gives a de? scription and figures of artificial ej in? to be worn In cases where the eyeball has glean way and till the humon havo sees pod They are io be leg ments of a hollow sphere, made of gold. Coated with enamel painted in natural colors. With the exception of the gold they are exactly like the eves In use Ml the present time, which are made wholly of glass. ? London Notes und Ouorles. 1 Better it is to bi envied fhar pitied. ? Ibrodotua. NOT TO INDICT FELDER, Result of Gov. Brown's Decision In Regard t<? Requisition of Felder Will be Awaited. Newberry, Juno 11.?it Is learned lore today that there will be no In? dictment handed out by the solicitor against Thomas lt. Felder in the court of general sessions, which opens here tomorrow. The dispensary winding-up commission, on whose resolution the warrant was sworn out by their secretary, L3. Frank Kel? ly, have decided to await tin- result of the Georgia Governor's decision of the requisition for Folder before ask? ing the grand jury for an indictment against him. The argument in the requisition will he held in Atlanta June 20. Sheriff Buford went to Columbia this afternoon to get Sam Boozer, colored, who is in the penitentiary and to bring him here by tomorrow's early morning train f jr trial for the murder of James S. Gilliam, while at Old Town on March 3. Boozer sur? rendered at Greenwood a few days after the killing, and was carried to the penitentiary for safe keeping by the governor's order. There seems to be a pretty plain case against the negro. PIXEWOOD. Plnewood, June 13.?It was so dry and hot in Plnewood yesterday that the wagons went about with their tongues hanging out, and ice had to be soaked in water before it was wet enough to make lemonade. The cat fish kicked up such a dust in the Week's mill pond that the river will have to be sprinkled before the boys can go fishing again. A spark from the smoke stack on the evening train set tire to Cutters mill pond and burned up a wagon load of bull frogs before the blaze eould be extinguished and the ground is so hard and dry in the nearby bottoms that the crawtish holes will be pulled up, and used as gas pipes. Mr. ice Cream Ike Loryea came in for the day on business. Mi. Bob Griffin has returned from upper New York State where he has ?pen! several months for his health. Mrs. J. 1*. Uiwrence spent Monday in Sumter. ReVt W, 11. Barnwell returned to his home at Stateburg Monday after? noon. Messrs Gus and John Biehardson leave this morning for Qrey Court, .S. C, to attend the marriage of their bl ulo r, ('has. T. Biehardson to Miss Hellams. Mr. McLeod. overseer for Geo. Tlndal and Hro. near here, shot Nike Dow, colored, on Saturday. Full par? ticulars are unobtainable by the writer just now. Mr. H. B, Biehardson, Jr., from the Panols section, spent Saturday here. Mr. John J. Broughton returned home Saturday night from Conway, B. C. Mr. Broughton accompanied the remains of Bennle llueks to Con way, i Miss Alice I ?wen Is on a visit to Mrs. J. J. Broughton. Miss Midge Weeks Is visiting rela? tives at Summerton. she win re? main over until after the Nelson Plowden wedding on the 14th. Mr. Hansom Richardson is spend? ing awhile at the home of Mr. B. C. Richardson, Jr., who is now in New York City with the press party. Mr. A. V. Bridgets, of Darlington, spent Bunday in t >wn. Prof. Btalvey and Mr. Hindis arriv? ed yesterday from Conwny, Prof. Stalvey is a brother of Mrs. David Hucka Rev. David Mucks is extremely ?n at this writing. _ DEATH, :'p. ulal to The Daily Item. Mayesvllle, June 13.?Gladys, the infant daughter of Mr. ami Mrs. w. .\. McBlveen, died on Saturday after no >n at 3 o'clock, after an illness of several weeks. The Interment took place on Sunday afternoon in the cemetery of Salem (Black River) i hurch, The bereaved parents have toe deepets sympathy of their many friends in this hour of distress. "G." rill: CLEMSON TRAIN, \egro Farmers Invited to x i?it The Train. ITo the Farmers of Bumtor County. 'i b.- Clemson College train will be at Sumter, June 21st, Wll be glad for von t<, visit the train on thai day, ami will l.e glad tor j >n to tell tie people about the plat ? and date. I ! The train v\i|| pot only have live i Mm k and Improved Implements, but the college will have men to talk on different agricultural subjects. The ladies eie also Invited, because of the pari Winthrop College will conducl in cooking demonstrations. Youi ? v cry t tally, ft. W. We-f erry, Kirnt Wcrw Jurors. The jury for the first week uf the mmer term of c ?urt of general sstons whs drawn In 111?- court house turday, the following men being se i>ted as the jurors for the lirsi eck: E. P, Scarborough, J. m . k?.l!,, w. T. James, w. f. Carr, \V. J. Archer, w. H. Hatfteld, \v. m. Broadway, k. Carson, a. J, Btubbs, M. B. Truluck, VV. \V. Skinner. \v. I:. Lynam, j. n. Mayes, j. a. Locklear, Louis Lyons, j. h. Forbes, Ii. F. My< rs, J. li. Dennis, j. J. Britton, Jr. c. McLaurln, T. S. Sumter, a. F. Boatfield. J. T. Hurkett. J. L. McLeod, Seaman S. Biehardson, H. B. Boy kin, J. R. Dew, J. a. Warren, H. W. Bennett. j. it. Ramsey, R. C, Burress, E. J. Hodge, Burrell Moody, J. P, Plummer, Thos. Benenhaley, C. D. Schwartz. NATIONAL GUARD RIFLE PRAC? TICE. To Select Team for tamp Perry Ohio. Columbia, June 1?.?Adjutant Gen? eral Wm. \V. Moore has issued an or? der assembling a camp of instruction in rille practice for the p.irpose of selecting a team to represent the State of South Carolina at the national rille competition at "amp Perry, Ohio, at the National Guard range, Charleston, July 17 to 22, inclusive. A team composed of 20 members, officers and en'e ted men, will 1 e se? lected from eacn regiment by the reg? imental commander this selection to be made entirely for proficiency in tfc.rget practice as shown by the rec? ord in the several companies. At least two-thirds of the team shall be composed of enlisted men. In the event that there has been no target practice in certain companies, their quota may be credited to their com? panies of the regiment. : No officer or enlisted man shall be eligible to compete for a place on ' the State team who has not perform? ed 75 per cent of all military duties required of him during the 12 months preceding the selection of :he team. The State team to represent Smth Carolina at ("amp Perry ihis year shall be composed of 15 contestants, who make the highest total scores in the individual contest <n the National Guard range. The officers to whom will he in? trusted the management of the Char It eton shoot are: Maj. Tristram T. Hyde, executive officer; the assistant adjutant general, Col. Oscar W. Babb, chief range officer; Capt. Daniel C. Pal?-. Capt. Charles I?. TreSCOt and Capt. Walter M. Ligon, range officers; Capt. J. C. Clotworthy, statistical of? ficer. j The national competition at Camp Perry will take place in August. BALL FOR COTTONSEED MEN. New York, June 9.?More than 51, | 000 persons?members of the Inter? state Cottonseed ('rushers' association, ; their families and friends?partlci j pated tonight in one of the most plc I tu rest pie functions down town New York had witnessed In yeara. It was j ja promenade concert tnd ball given by the New York produce exchange on the board room floor as a fitting finale to the convention of the cotton? seed men, which has been In progress this week. For once the customary graveyard silence of the financial dis? trict ;it night was broken. The music of "Dixie" started the dancing, which continued to a late hour. At the final session of the conven? tion today a resolution was ad >pted without a dissenting vote, urging ri11 Southern congressmen and senators to give their support to the reciproc? ity With Canada. This is what Pres? ident Tofl asked the cottonseed men t > do in the speech la<t night. Con? gressmen ami senators are to be told that the association favors reciprocity for reciprocity's sake, and not for the farmers' free list bill and that they want the reciprocity bill to pass win ther cotton ties and dher arti? cles Include d In the free lisl are free listed or not. The convention of the Interstate Cottonseed Crushers' as octatlon clo ied t..,i iy vv Ith the election of the following officers: President It. L lleflln, Rherman; vice president C. w. Ashcroft, Florence. Ala., secretary and treasurei llobert Gibson, Dal? las, Texas. <'?<tti.ii blossoms have been I ought rj ih-- it- in i Ulice from Mr. .). U lic od'j farm near White's Mill ami rom Judge \i. O. Purdy'a farm n< ir | Pinopolis, malting three Mo,ans which ' reached th.- office on Monday and showing that cotton is beginning to! bluarn in all sections of the county und State. Looking Forward. John Smith, having a family of i tive boys ami desiring to lit them ail to be millionaires, educated them as ! follows* The first to be a street car! c inductor; the second, a policeman; j tin- third, an iee dealer; the fourth, a j eoai dealer; the rtfth, a plumber. There's nothing like a little fore Bight in raising a family. Co-Eds Not Popular. South Hadley, Mass., June 10.? Seven members of the faculty of the Mount Holyoke College for Girls have : become engaged since the season opened. In the same period CUpld j has practically ignored the fair co ' eds. JiKPOBT OK IHK CONDITION OK I THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, OF SUMTER, j at Sumter, in the State of South Carolina, j at the ciose of bu>iness. June 7tn 1911. RESOURCES. Loan* sod discounts, $ 11*7,469 04 Overdrafts, secured and unse? en led, 10,2'U 44 C. S. B'jndH to secure circula? tion, ?5,000 00 ' Other BonjU to secure Postal Savings, 8 tiCO 00 I Bonds, secur ities, etc., 6,000 00 ! Prem in an- on U. S. Bond . None Banking house, furniture and fixtures, 3.000 00 | Other Real Es'at* Owned 4 540 29 Due from National Bank (not reserve agents), 15827 !1 Due from State und Private Banks and Bankers, Trust Companies, and Savings Banks, 2,260 50 Due from approved reserve agents, 5 4fc3 69 Checks and other cash item?, 2,916 91 Notes of other National Banks, 565 00 Fractional paper currency, nickels and cents, 375 80 Lawful Money Reserve in Bank, viz: Specie, 22,7 5 70 Legal tender notes, Redemption Fnnd with U. S. Treasurer, (5 per ct. of cir? culation,) 1,250 00 Total, $604,137 38 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in, $100,000 00 Sarpluh fund, 50,000 CO Undivided profits, less ex? penses and taxes paid, 48,831 32 National Bank notes outstand? ing. 25,000 0) Dae to Otrnr Natioual Banks, 1,993 on Due to State and Private Banks an 1 Bankers 4,430 96 Individual deposits subieot to check, 336,432 21 Certified Checks, 16 70 Cashiers checks outstandin7, 431,10 Bonds borrowed, 6/ 00 0 Notes and bills redisconnled, 3 t.COO CO Bills payable, including cer? tificates of deposit for mon? ey borrowed None Total 4604,137 38 State of South Carolina, ) ^ County of Sumter. \ k I, J. L MoCALLUM, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. J. L. McCALLUM, Ca-hier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this I3tt? day of J t.e 1911, liEO. L. BICKER, Notary Public Correct \ttest : NEILL (VDONNELL, ) GEO. I) SHORE, [ Dm-ctorr-. H. D. BAUN EXT. 1 Statement of the Condition of The Bank of Sumter I Located at Sumter, S. C. At the Close of Business, June 7, lull RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts, $549 :>"r,l 08 | Overd' if is 6 54ii 14 Bonds sn I Sar, k- ow by the bank, 21.456.2 ; Furniture and Fixture-, 1.8 0.0 Otbei Real Estate owned, 17.650.? 0 Due from Banks and Bankers, 47,839.7'i Currency, 5,06100 Gold, 275 01) Silver and other Minor C in, 1,210.72 Cheokl and Cash Items, 7,022.18 Total. |668,11S4>7 LIABILITIES. Capita! Stock Paid in. |76 000.00 Burplus Fund, 40,00 .00 Uudivided Profits, less Curreut Expenses and Taxen paid. 11,920.48 Die to Banks atd Bankers 208.97 Individual Deposit? subject to Check, 240,628.18 Barings Deposit , 107.359.49 Bills Payable, Including Cer? tificates for Money Bor? rowed, 160,000.00 Roserted for Dividend-, on oo Tot d |658,U2 07 STATE OF s< ?l i ll CAROLINA, COUM 1 '" < 'i SUM i KB. Before me earns Bartow Walsh Cashier ' of the above named Bank, who being dolj sworn, says that the above and foregoing i tatement is a true condition of said bank, 1 as ihown by the books ol said Bank HAK u ?w WALSH, Cashier. Sworn lo and subscribed before lue, this I2i t day oi Jone A. I?., 1911. r. L. w high r. ; i. s., i Notary Public for S. C. Coi eel Utesl : ttlCH. I. MANNING, C. M. HURST, K. P. HAYNSWORTH, D!. Makes Home Baking Easy Absolutely Pure The only baking powder made from Royal Crape Cream of Tartar NO ALUM,HO LIME PHOSPHATE To put it in a nutshell, Senator Hayner evident 1> believes that Col. Roonavelt can prevaricate and equivo? cate, in more ways than all the members of the Ananias Club put to? gether. Statement of the Condition of The Peoples' Bank LOCATED AT S17MTER, 8. C. At The Close of Business, June 7, 1*11 RESOURCES Loans and disconnta ? 1:29.7JM Jfi Overdrafts, 777 47 Furniture anrl Fixture-, j,< 51 50 Banking House. 11,000 00 Due from Banks A Bankers, 4,292 43 Currency, 2,15*00 Gold, 1,530 00 Silver, and other Minor Coin, 6*3 65 Checks end Cash Items, 123 02 Exchanges for the Clear? ing House, 468 02 Total, $15?,84? 47 LIABILITIES Cspital Stock Paid iu, $5 >,? 00 00 Undivided Profits, leas Current Expenses, 3,773 08 Doe to Banks and Bankers 976 96 Individual Deposits Suo ject to Check, 44,733 2:'. Saving* Deposits, IS,463 20 Time Certificates of De? posit, 4,400 00 Bills Payable, including Certificates for Money Borrowed, 30,500 00 Total, $162,341 47 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. County of Sumttr. Before me came S. M. McLeod, Cashier of the above n.irred bank, who, being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true condition of said bank, as shown l y the books of said bank. S. M. McLEOD, Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12th day of June, 1911. O. L. YATES, Notary Public. Correct Attest: L. D. JENNINGS, B. C. WALLACE, S. W. STUBBS. Directors. STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF The Farmers' Bank & Trust Go. LOCATED AT SUMTER. S. C. And it's Branches At The Close of Business, June 7, 1911 REaOUIUT?. Loans and Discounts, 1500,413 56 Overdralrs. ~.s7"; 63 Bonds and Stocks owned by the Bank, 5.0*0 <0 Furniture and Fixtures, 2,297 *24 Hanking Horn , i*VM 66 Da^ from Banks ft Han! ra, 47.4i>9 47 Currency, 4,322 oo Gold, 647 50 Silver and other Minor Coin. 4.246 4? Checks and Cash Items, 1,057 30 Total. 1691.443'6 i IABILIT1E . Capital Stock Paid in, 11301,000 00 Burplui Fund. 35,000 00 Undivided Profits, lam Cur? rent Expenses and Taxei Paid, 29,458 68 Due to Banks and Bankers, 3,35:' 53 Dividends Unpaid, 40 00 Individual Deposits subject to check. 254, ?70 10 Savings Deposits. 133,501 B0 Time Certificates of Deposit, 15,673 6* Bills Payable, including Certificates for Money Horrowed, 75,000 00 Certified Cheeks, 55 06 Other Liabilities. six. : Hills Payable ? Doe us by Hranch Hank-. 25,000 00 R st rvt for Taxes, 000 00 Total. $6'.?l, 4 43 76 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. County of Sumter. Before me came Q. L. Warren, cashier of tin- above named bank, who, being duly sworn, says that the at ova and foregoing statement It a true condition of s;iid bank, as shown by the books of siid bank. Q. 1.. WARREN, Cashier. Sworn to and subs.-ribe I bnfore rue ibis 1 2th day of Jun<. IML ... P. Y ATI's. Notary Public. Correct Attest: Isaac schwartz, OEi?. d, sib >kk. C. C. ROWLAND,