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Published Wediwsday and Saturday. ?BY? 03teen publishing c8mpany 8UMTHR, 8. C. Terms: $1.50 per annum?In advance. Advertisements: One square first Insertion.$1.00 Beery subsequent insertion.50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be mads at reduced rates. All communications which sub? serve private Interests will be charted fee as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect win be charged for. The Somter Watchman was found? ed la IftO and the True Southron In lsee The Watchman and Southron aarw has the combined circulation and Bafteeejee cf both of the old papers, and Is manifestly the best advertising seed turn in 8umter. FOE OF ADULTERATORS. Dr. Wley. Against Whom Efforts Are Being Directed By Enemies of Pore Food Ij?w. New York Times. Dr. Wiley has wielded more power for many years than almost any oth? er subordinate official of the Depart? ment of Agriculture. He was the prime mover tn all the pure food leg? islation that has been placed on the statute books, and has been charged with the execution of the law under tbe direction of the Secretary of Ag? riculture ever since the passage of tbe law. Practically single-handed be has waged a vigorous fight against every form of adulteration of foods entering into domestic and foreign commits and has presented an un? compromising front to every at? tempt to tvade or let down the strict letter of th% taw. He has consequent If been under fire for years, and haa maintained his position against all odds with sn ability and fearlessness that has won for him the highest praise. He had the co-operation of ?Pres tdent Roosevelt In the earlier stages of the contest against adulterators of food products, but at times his position wss so radical that no other alternative was presented but to over-rule him. With the incoming of tbe Taft administration a distinct understanding was insisted upon by President Taft that the activity of tbe author and executor of the Purs Food law should be limited to existing laws and no steps should be taken to enlarge Its scope or juris? diction. Under Dr. Wiley's unmiti? gated persistence in running down violations of the law hundreds of de? cisions have been secured In the courts all over the country wheYe by manufacturers have been fined heavily and their reprehensible prac? tices absolutely stamped out. Pr. Wiley has been connected with the Department of Agriculture as a chemist for 28 years, and haj a re? cord for driving adulterators of fosd out of business existence. He contributed largely to the success of the best sugar Industry In Its Incep? tion In this country. He haa ac? complished many valuable works In tbe chemistry of the soil, and by tbe conduct of extended experiments in digestion with so-called poison squads has given to the seientlllc world a vast fund of practical infor? mation In regard to the maintenance of health under the modern condi? tions of living In the large cities. Personally Dr. Wiley has been a most picturesque figure in the official life of Washington. He is a member of numerous cluos. and is recognised wherever he goes as a wit. His meth? od of popularizing his theories has! been to give cut Interviews in hin bright, facetious style. hereby at? tracting favorable attention In every quarter where otherwise he might have been met w.th downright indif? ference and neglect. He has endeav? ored to teach th.- American people not to sat too much, and not to eat meat If th?*y een g??t olong with sorno other cheaper foim of protein. His latest propaganda has been di? rected ai.nlixt the use of to*\n - <?. and ofr years he ? us rrged total gbatW nence. At t u *??me time hi* expert knowledge of tin* li itiors has been at th* sjsetrtes ad th? Oessnos Club, his favorite re.eart in Washington, in the Inspection and punha?e of Its stock of wlms and o t h?T drinks, and the most popular beverage in that happy resort of the scientist* and lltera teurs bears bis name, a prominent diplomat not long ago. on ?pending sn evening at the club, heard Dr. Wiley speaking French, find naked who he was. I ?n iotng told, he , x I lalmed: "1 though he was a Prent hrn.tn. but I hn\? heard everybody roar me tonight saving 1 Wiley 1 ieotcb.' and yet you sav he Is an American." Dr. Wiley has always I? . n it his best before committees of Congre*.?, where his art of telling stores and emitting witticism his gradually er, larged his department by increasing its annual appropriations until it is one of the largest SClsntlflC l>uroaus in the Government service. At a hear? ing before the House Agricultural Committee a few years ago, just be? fore he was to begin a scientific dis? sertation. Mr. Wadsworth, then chair? man of the eimmittee, said: "Doctor, before we begin, will you be kind enough to tell us what a scientific agriculturist is0" With pleasure," replied the rosy do<?ton, "A scientific agriculturists is one who makes two dollars grow on an appropriation bill where before was hut one." It is a matter of history that the appropriations for the department were increased that year by several hundred thousand dollars and mom besr of the committee have always said it was due to that joke of Dr. Wiley's. Of late Dr. Wiley has turned his attention to farming and has estab? lished a tine home in Loudoun coun-; ty. Virginia. He has also planted a tine orchard on another farm up on the Blue Ridge and has Invested In a large rich farm In Montgomery 1 county. Mr.. and is contemplating the purchase of one of the largest and finest estates In Virginia. After a long life of single hlessednesj he married last winter Miss Nan Kelton, one of the beautiful and accomplish? ed daughters of the late Gen. J. H. Kelton, of the United ?tatCf Army. Miss Sumter Entertains. On Wednesday evening at the resi? dence of her parents Mlsj Beatrice Sumter entertained In honor of her k'o?r, Miss Nell Kendrleks of Ashe vllle. N. C. After all of fie guests had arrived cards were produced and the first part of the e*. enlng was very pleas an;ly spent in plaving bridge. Later the game wa.? changod to that of progressive hearts and after this game had been played for some time the roam was cleared and the rest of the evening was spent in dancing. Upon the counting up of the score it was found that Mr. Bentley Gib? son had made the greatest number of points and he was awarded the first prize. Miss Emma Baker, with the second highest score, was award? ed the second prize and Miss Ken dricks cut the consolation prize. Refreshments were served during the evenng by the hostess. "Uncle" Jim Still on Payroll. Old "Uncle" Jim Jones, a former slave of Jefferson Davis, has long held a position as "laborer" in the chamber of the Senate of the United States. As he Is now 80 years old and not worth much for practical purposes, the Republicans In charge of this part of public business want? ed to turn the old man adrift, but John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi, became wrought up not only to the point of eloquence but to the cli? max of tears and. as a result, it was finally voted to leave tho aged ne? gro on the payroll. Senator Dodge said the negro could not tarn his wage and it was ques? tionable whether the Senate could enter upon a system of civil pen? sions. Senator Heyburn, of Idaho, ridiculed the "sentiment" of John Sharp Williame, spoke very offen? sively of the "infamous" Confeder? ate cause, and Intimated that the ne? gro's loyalty to Jefferson Davis was Just cause for his dismissal rather than any sort of argument in his favor. But the Mississippi Sena? tors eloquence caught the crowd." aa the vote of 37 to Ll showed. No doubt Old "Uncle" Jim is con? vinced that Mississippi is a more afithful friend to him than Massa? chusetts or Idaho or any other Re? publican state could possibly be. In the Police Court. Lewis Spann, carrying concealed ? ?? ipone, sir? or 2r. da)a c. c. Woolen, reckless running of automobile, discharged. William Drnyton, riding bicycle at night without a light. 93.04 or I days. i It is a good thing for the small boys of the city to enjoy themselves. and nobody Wishes them any harm, when they set about doing so, hut When they dig hobs in the sidewalk in their games, thus endangering the limbs, if not the lives of Ihe people of the city by s ? doing, it is time for somebody to put a stop to their sports, On West Calhoun street at one place I crowd Of small boys may I.Otlatently found playing marbles. I In on ? of their games of marbles the boys have dug small sised holes In ( the sidewalk and if something Is not j done twoarda fining up Ihe holes it is t quits possible that some one will be Injuisd by stepping In the holes while passing that way at night. I Kven If the city treasury is almost depleted, the streets ?d?o\v ? her" most I of Ihe money went and it was not ? bad thing to have expended It as if || d Spent. GOOD ROADS MEETING. MIL T. G. McLEOD OF BISHOP VII.LE SPEAKS To VOTERS AT CAIN'S MILL. other Speakern Are Messrs. P. M. Pitta, iL c, Hayiuiworth, and H. it. Pelser, Win? Show Ilie Advantages of (...?>,i Roods, Ths tifth of the series of good roads met.tings was held Thursday at Cain's Mill with Mr. S. I >. Cain. former county superintendent of ed? ucation, presiding. The speakers for Ihe Occasion were: Hon. T. G. Mc? Leod of Blshopvllle, who spoke on the advantage of good road*. He spoke In his usual inimitable style and was heartily applauded by his hearers at the close of his speech. Mr. H. C. Haynsworth spoke on the savings that resulted from having a system of good roads, Mr. p. M. Pitts, county supervisor, spoke on why the roads were needed now and how the county board intended to build the.m. Mr. R, B. Heiser again went over his convincing statements of facts and figure* showing c in? clusively that now was Sumter coun? ty's opportunity to get some roads that were roads and not simply, pub? lic highways. The meeting was called to order by Mr. S. D. Cain, who made a short and pointed talk. He said that the good roads which were to be built would mean much for Privateer. He was glad that all of the county would get the ben*?flt3 of the roads, for hith? erto Privateer had been sadly neglect? ed when it came to the building of roads by the county. He understood that this was a movement for good roads throughout the whole county and, if everybody got good roads a.s they were assured that they would, he thought that everybody ought to be and would he satisfied. Mr. P. M. Pitts, the energetic and hard working supervisor of the county, came next with a few prac? tical remarks on why all of Sumter county did not have good roads now. He said that all of the people living now would be in their graves, which would be overgrown with grass before the roads were built throughout the entire county, If the present system of buidling roads is kept up. It was a practical impossibility to keep the roads which had been built and to build more roads with no more funds on hand than had been em? ployed for that purpose formerly. He said that the county hoard of commissioners hud discussed the mat? ter fully and had decided last year upon the issuance of $50,000 In bonds for the building of good roads. Since that time the hoard had taken up the matter of construction and had found that the work of building the roads could be done better and cheaper by contract, so they were now try? ing that system of building roads with the portion of the $50,000 to be used this year. He then went more fully Into the explanation of how the sand clay roads were being built. The cost was approximately $4 50 a mile for the building of the roads, al? though It varied considerably accord? ing to the character of roads which the building was done on and the dis? tance from suitable clay. He said that the roads must have proper grading and drainage and the coun? ty board intended to build only roads of this character. He said that a change which he had to propose was that instead of using the present sys? tem of six days labor that each voter Should pay the sum of $2.00 to be used in the road fund in addition to the present poll tax. Mr. H. C. Haynsworth then took tip the ball and kept It rolling. He started off his talk with the state? ment that a great senator had once said that there was nothing more im? portant at this present day and time than Intercourse by means of good toads, except Christianity. He sajd that undoubtedly the most important question before the people of the country at the present time was that of good roads; no other Issue being nearly so important. He stated by way of illustration that the rural delivery of mall demanded that the roads should be In good condition and that tiny should be kept in such condition. The good roads were a means of Intercourse that brought the churches and schools ( loser to? gether and the City and town nearer to each other. If the roads are good. much time will be saved In traveling from one place to another and the time saved In going from the coun? try to town was so much money sav? ed by the farmer, and was In fact so much In hi* pocket. He said that it had been estimated that it cost on an average of SO cents per bale for the farmers of ! this county to carry their cotton to town. Thi* was more than U cost to . urry the same bale of cotton from the station, a distance of n, l>00 miles and land It In Liverpool. It was farther estimated that with good roads p would COSI |U8| l?> cents ?one-half as much as at present to put the cotton or the local mar ' ki t, Thl* estimate accounted only fur the time saved and did ru I take into account the wear and t,-ar on the wagons and horses. The sav? ing In the hauling of fertilizers and produce <>f all kinds would be in the same proportion. He said that we pay this heavy tax when w^ have sandy or muddy roads. indirectly, hut we would save it if the roads were in good condition. it was be? cause the tax was indirect that we did not mind paying it. but if it were made a direct tax. although the tax Itself was not half as much, there was bound to be some kicking right awr y. He then went on to tell about the roads In the county, why the money to put them in good condition should be borrowed by the county and why it was so much cheaper that way. Hon. T. G. McLeod of Bsbop ville was next on the program. He said at the start that he had for? merly been a resident of this COUn \\ and had commenced his career In this county. He was a taxpayer so he would have to pay along with the other tax payers. He said that If you study the history of any civiliz? ed nation, you found that they have always set about establishing the most permanent things. These gov? ernments early in their history al A?ys built mighty system of reads, many of w hich still exist. ,V? have just passed through an epoch when the procession was from the e.ejn liy to the town. Now the tide has turned and the cry k? "bac't to the country." The reason of this is that the country is obtaining every possible access to the town. No coun? try can he successful unless it has a highly developed system of farms and roads. The very highest type of citizenship comes from the coun? try and it is the boys who grow into j men in the country who make the groat men of the country. This is because the boys of the country are closer In touch with nature and with the things of nature than those of the city. For this reason everybody should do all he can to make these things accessable and to put the country and town as near each oth? er as possible. The country needs ready access to good rcbools and churches and to the town and the town needs to be kept close to the country and Its prodncts. Sumter county is facing a business proposition just now that ought to be looked at from a purely business standpoint. The dividends from th? $150,000 should be counted before the voters go to cast their ballot at the polls. Perhaps the profits were not all direct ones from the system of good roads, hut the indirect pro tits should also be :aken Into consid? eration. When the people of a coun? ty get used to bad road3 it is hard to arouse them to the necessity of having good roads, but when they once get used to a system of good roads they will never have any oth? er kind?no matter what the good roads may cost. In old Mecklenburg county, North Carolina, under the old system of roads the cost of hauling was great. Only two or three bales of cotton could be hauled at one time. Now, since the system of good roads for which the county is famous, has been put in operation, six or eight bales of cotton can be hauled over the same distance on the same wagons In half of the time. Just think of this enormous saving, was it not worth while? The dividends returned were something like lOO per cent, if not more. The road building made near? ness on ? <?f the items that had to be taken into consideration, ami it wa? nnt a small item at that. It had also helped Increase the value of the land. Recently a firm bought ; large tract of land near Georgetown. Vhe first thing that was done after tbe land had been purchased was the building of a system of good roads through the winde area purchased and tile dividing of the tract up in? fo forty or sixty acre farms. The j land was also drained) and where it had been purchased at a cost of I $3.00 an acre it was now sold for from $26 to $35. If it paid a cor? poration to borrow money to build UP good roads and put In a proper system of drainage, it would certain? ly pa> tin county to d<> the same thing when it could borrow the mon? ey at a greatly reduced rate of Inter? est. These financiers had realised the necessity of good roads and had gone ahead and built them. The voters of the county, as good business men. ought to realise Just as fully the benefits that would result to them and to the county from a system of good roads. When at the expense of a few dollars you might benoflt your land from IT? per cent to 100 per cent, would that not be a paying propo? sition'.' As the highways are built the laws regulating the traffic on these highways will be made and enforced. Mr. McLeod closed his address by saying that no one except those who had driven through roads six Inches In sand or full of mud holes and highly unsafe for public traffic would ever appreciate the real meaning of good roads until they were obtain? ed. He said that we worked hard ? for our children to have something to enjoy when n e were dead end gone, but ere also wanted to enjoy a few of the good Dung of lif" while We wer*' living. And if we U ft a few -mall lial ilitie-s our < hildren and a large amount of assets, the chil? dren ought not mind us leaving the small debts. He said that as for him, people could talk of enjoying the future life all they wan ed to, but he also wanted to enjoy a .small portion of the good things of this life as well. Mr. R, 13. Heiser th;-n came In for his usual talk. He clearly defined the status of the bond issue and showed why it was needed at this time. He showed the benefits that would result to the farmers and the county from building up a county wide system of good roads and why the bond issue was th.> best plan or the building up of that system. He told how many miles of roads there were in the county and how they were to be made into good roads. All of the speakers were well re? ceived and heartily applauded. One of the pleasurable features of the day was the fine dinner served by the people of Privateer to those who had assembled for the good roads meeting. All of those who went to the meeting stayed for the di " and heartily enjoyed it. GOOD ROADS RALLY AT REM BERT. sixth of Series of Meetings to Be II hi at Remherf. July '27*. The committee in charge of the good roads rally which Is to be held at Ilembert, July 2"rh. have Issued invitations to the pubffe to attend the meeting at tha: place. The speaking will eome off at 12 o'clock and a number of good speakers have been secured for the occasion. Af? ter the speaking a free dinner will be served to all. The committee who have charge or the program consists of Messrs J. L. G?lls, T. J. Brown. D. V. Keels. J. H. McLeod, C. W. Sanders and C. W. Young. 10 DAYS MOTHER-IN-LAW LIMIT. Magistrate Rules That Is Long Enough For Visit. New York, July is.?Magistrate McGuire, in the Flatbush Court to? day, fixed 10 days as the limit for visits for mothers-in-law. The case in point was that in which young Mrs. May Coyle, of 31 Carlton avenue, Flatbush, had summoned her mother-in-law, also Mrs. May Coyle, a resdent of Boston, to court on a charge of disturbing her domestic peace and happiness. Harry Coyle, son of Mrs. May Coyle, of Boston, sat in the rear of the courtroom and never opened his mouth. His prety young wife did all the talking and painted her mother in-law as a killjoy and Ocarina. "She came rlowr. from Boston 10 days ago," said the younger Mrs. Coyle, "and took charge of every? thing. Every time I opened my mouth she squelched me. I didn't know how to cook; I didn't know how to wash; I didn't know how to do this, that or the other thing. She broke all our rules and made new ones, she told us how they did things in Boston and that that was the only right way. Finally, she turned my husband against me and I had to take myself and my baby home to mother. I telephoned her to go home, but she refused." "Ten days 1.5 long enough for any mother-in-law to hold possession." replied the Court. "Ten days 3hould be the limit for all mothersin-law." Qood Advice. Keep thy heart apart from sorrow, and be not anxious about trouble which is yet to come.--Girdaust Doing One's Best. it is a very great thing for us to do the very best we can do, Just where and as we are.?Babcock. F'astor to His Flock. "When I look at you fellows,'* said the Jail warden, who was something of a humorist, '1 somehow feel that tbe Lord didn't make good." Consolation In Defeat. The defeated candidate is like the old bachelor who says he once feil in love with a bet.uLful young lady, but abandoned all idea of marrying her when he found that she and all her folks were opposed to the match Cough Cure. If you can stand the odor, a bad cough can often be cured by five drops of kerosene taken on a lump of sugar. If this sounds too horrible, much the same effect Is achieved by swallowing vaseline. Difference Pointed Out. "Things equal to the same thing are equal to each other," remarked a man seated at a cafe table by way of proving what he bad said. "Oh, well," returned hla friend, "that's true enough, algebraically, but?did It ever occur to you that there's a whole lot j of difference between l>elng shot and being half shot twico?" LEADER IN ROAD IMPROVE? MENT. Commissioner E. J. Watson ( om> menu* on Sumter County Good Rondii < ampalgn. Thursday next well .*ee the end of the noteworthy canvass made in Sum tor county in favor of a county bond issue of $150.000, to be used in per? manent Simultaneous highway im? provements. Commissioner E. J. Watson of the State department of agriculture, commerce and industries will deliver the principal address at the final meeting. ' If the bond issue carries," said Col. Watson. "Sumter county will be the first in this State and the second in ihe South to adopt the policy of simultaneous permanent improvement of roads by bond issue. Mongtomery county Alabama, has had great success with the plan." CoL Watson goes to Sumter from Pleasant Valley in York County, near Fort Mill, where he delivers next Wednesday an address at a big gath? ering of farmers.?Columbia Record. < HAMBER OP COMMERCE KOTES. Telephone 200. The Retail Association will meet at the Chamber of Commerce Wed? nesday of next week ai 6 p. m. 37 retailers of the city have now signi- j fled their intention of joining thi i association and co-operating with the Credit Bureau which will soon be organized as a branch of the retail? ers association. The work of the Credit Bureau has bet n very effective in otheT eitie-? in placing the general credit system on a sound basis. Every retailer of the city should attend this meeting. It Is hoped that by next Wednesday night the list of retailers co-operating in this work will num? ber at least 50. Those who have signified their intention of joining ^ since the last list was published are: Sumter Hardware Co. Ducker and Bultman, Shaw and McCoflum. K. W. V?gel, J. Z. Hearon. D. M. Campbell. Stubhs Bros. The "Ad Club" was organized Tues? day afternoon. 3Tr. H. G. Osteen will act as temporary president and Mr. A. V. Snell as temrorary secre? tary until a regular meeting can be had and officers elected. Tb? efub , will be represented at Bost good work will be accompli.* that city for Sumter. MAINE BTJRED C Serious Problem Confron gineors In Charge of Ill-fated Bartleshfp. Habana, July 18.?The process of removing the water surrounding the wreck of the Maine was practically completed this afternoon when the water level in the coiYertiu*m had been lowered 18 feet, leaving the wreck surrounded by islets of mud. The water remaining can be re? moved in a few hours, but it is now apparent that the engineers are con? fronted with ?n infinitely more se? rious problem, the removal of the mud in which the remains of the battleship is embedded, from a min? imum of 37 feet to a depth thsn can only be conjectured. The good roads bond election is <>f more importance to Sumter county than the bi-ennial election for governor and other State officers and there should be as much interest maniiefirted and as large vote polled at the good roads election as at the regular primary. Beery qualified elec? tor in the county should turn out and vote for good roads and prog? ress. The Alcolu Railroad will run a special train from Alcolu to Olanta ? n Saturday August 21 for the ac? commodation of those desiring to at? tend the Old Soldiers picnic at ?Han? ta that day. The train will leave Alcolu at 10.20 a. m. and returning arrive at Alcolu at tf.4u p. m. This schedule will permit of residents of Sumter attending the picnic, leaving here on the 9:35 a. m. Atlantic Coast Line train and returning on the train arriving at 8:25 p. m. Mr. 11. T. Jdens. wh. has just re? turned from a two day's au; n*ol j<, trip through Sumter. Lee, Darltngtoij portons of Chesterfileld, Florence. Marlboro and Clarendon counties reports that there is a bumper crop In all of those counties where he went along. He says that ?n s oi ?e the corn Is not fo good, but every? where the cotton crop bids fair to make an excellent yield. Licences were Issued by the Cleric of Court to the following negroes on Tuhrsday: Joseph Pack and Winnie Pa< k of Sumter and Henry Pair of Charleston and Rosa Williams of Sumter. The Sumter County Rummer School for Teachers will .,. \i dar July 21th.