Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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rwbtWbed Wodnesdny and Saturday. ?BY? OSTEEN PUBLISHING C8MPANY 9UMTBR, * C. Teems: 11.SO per annum?In advance. Advertisement*: One Square flrst Insertion.ti.00 Bvery subsequent Insertion.10 Contracts for three months, or hmgsr wUI be mads at reduced rates. All communications which sub sjsrve privet* t iterests will be charged Per as advert!*- ments. Obituaries and tributes of respect win be charred for. The numter Watchman was found ad In ISIS and ths True Southron in ties The Watchman and Seuthren c*?w bss the combined circulation and hsducaos ;f both ef the old papers, aad te manifestly ths best advertising ss* Hum In flaimter. Oov. Blesse Intimstes quite plainly that hs is apprehensive that Attor? ney Oensral J. Fr?ser Lyon will be a candidate for Governor In the prl t tary nest summer. If Mr. Lyon has decided to snter the race the thratt of Oov. Blsaae to give him "political tuberculosis" will probably not deter him. ? ? ? President Taft seems to chink he knows better whst the people of ^ Arisen* and New Mexico want in the way of Constitutions than they them eelvee do and etubbomly persists hi bin determination to veto the state? hood bills that have passed both house and senate. Republican con? gresses and President? have kept Art sons ar-i New Mexico out of the Union for many years for political reasons and Mr. Taft appears to be r,o better than his party or his pre deceseors In office, r ? ? ? In our opinion the merchants and cotton buyers, who have requested City Council to suggest to Contr ictor Waring that he discontinue work on Main street paving until January 1st. when the paving shall have been completed to Liberty street, are need? lessly worried over the damage that will result to business from 1'ie pros? ecution of the work during the cot? ton season. Cotton wagons will en? counter no obstacle In reaching the cotton platform, for both Sumter and Harvln street, which run parallel to Main art* really better streets than Main and afford easy and convenient access to the public weighers' plat? form, it Is not necessary for the cotton wagons to be driven through Main street, and 1'. would really be a better and more satisfactory arrange? ment. In many respects. If all the cot? ton buyers made their headquarters at the platform and did all the buy? ing at that place. Some years ago when It was first proposed to estab? lish a cotton platform and have all the eetton weighed by public weigh? ers, thus doing away with weigh? ing the cotton at the street and dump? ing It from the wagons on the edge of the sidewalks, a number of the merchants and cotton buyers protssted vigorously and predicted that It would Interfer ? with trade and dlsorgantse business. No such evil results followed and there Is no reason to believe that the dlscontln ui nee f the custom of having all gat*on wsgons driven through Main street for the cotton to be sampled at the store doors by cotton buying msrehsnts would be followed by dis? astrous results. It would unquestion? ably be a great convenience and sav tag of time to the sellers of cotton If all the cotton buyers had offices a the cotton platform, for then It would b? unnecessary for the cotton sellers to run nil over town to obtain bids r?n lh.)r ??arn phot. The con''..|\ trstlon of ths cotton buying business at one place would result In the sav? ing of time and l?e a c-?n\vnl? nee to both buyer* and sellers. rin bond rxEcnox, The result of the good roads b? ml election has not pet been tlnally le termlnsd, as It Is reported tli.tr :he opporon'* of the bond Issue will car? ry the contest to the State Hoard of Canvassers, and It I* pOSJBjbtg that the t b ? t j,.n may be declared null and void on the ground of Irregular? ities. It in not known positively th | ths managers of election at other precincts than Concord permitted persons not registered In \ote. hut the charge has bOOU mad. that at BSM ral precincts there was laxnese In the enforcement <> ft to rule f.,uli aug ail parsons to produ? u their registration certificates ami tax receipts. |f thOSS charge-* could hav,- 0001 substanti? ated the protest should have b?en filed with the commissioners of elec? tion on Tuesday when tlmv met to de? clare the election. If thU had been don,, the whole matter POUld have bOOfl thre?hed out at one tin . n ,| , f)l ,| determination of the Issue arrived at then and ther. . Th? de. I - ton of tl'.o 1 "tli'll 1 - -I 'In I ot' eleethm throwing out the Mavcs v lie box has been severely CHtlClSed Farmers' Union News ?AND - Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers (Conducted by i:. W. Ditbbe, President l armt i s' Union of Sumter County.) IHM Random Thoughts. "What the Progressive Farmer j want* to do for our farm women," is such a fine showing of "what ev< i y county paper should try to do for its women readers" that I wish every | county paper In the country would | reproduce it and strive to live up to j Its teachings. My conception of a, county newspaper has always been j that it should seek to be helpful to its readers, not merely to give the j news of the world In condensed form, I and State and county news to the full.'st possible extent, but that It should keep Its columns well rilled with matters affecting the home, the *hop, and the farmer, and that Its editor should call attention to these helpful articles. No need for a la? bored editorial on any of these sub? jects, however, learned and readable the editor may be able to write, but short paragraphs callng attention, frequently by a line of quotation, to some striking feature of the article he would have his readers study and make use of. ? ? ? This editor does not agree that ' ' white bouses are not the most ar? tistic." That is altogether a matter of | taste, and our literary, (or is It the J sporting editor.) can quote the latin j about no disputing tastes. My or- I servation Is that no colors remain fresh and attractive as long or are as easy to keep clean as the tradition? al white and green. E. W .D. The Farmers Instltte. Clemson College, Aug. 10.?The Farmers' Institute "round-up" as Prof. D. Id Barrow calls It, is having a very successful meeting. Last night and today several new organizations were formed: South Carolina Hls ticultural Society, Berkshire Breed? ers' association and others. Solomon said "of making of books there U no end" and It seems true of form? ing societies. Some of the societies, like some of the books "die In the bornlng" and maybe it Is just as well for our people would not have , time to attend them all. This is a finely representative crowd and everything pertaining to the college and experimental station is being scrutinized by injuirlng farm? ers. The professors and employes are kept busy answering questions and explaining processes. There has been marvelous growth in the past six years since the writer was last here. Itains have been sufficient here and by some of the opponents of the bond Issue, but we feel sure that any? one who considers the facts of tne case In a dispassionate and non-par t'san manner will reach the conclu? sion that the decision of the com? missioners was not only correct but the only action that could have been taken by them in the circumstances. The managers of election at Mayer vllle disregarded the letter and spir? it of the election law In allowing a number of men to vote who were not qualified electors, in that they had rever registered, and when this fact was brought to the attention of the Paction Commissioners, they had no option In the matter?It was their imperative duty under the law to throw out the vote cast at this pte clnct. The commissioners of elec? tion were not responsible for the re? sult, the responsibility rests upon the managers of election at the Mayes \llle j?re< inct. They had DC right to disregard the law hiuI when they did so they assumed responsibility for whetevei followed. V/S go not know what will be the ultimate conse.|ueni . * ,,f the IrregU? lerltles m the manner of conducting the election at Mayesville. < ?n the face of the leturns. Donating the ||? legal ballots case at Mayesville by by men who were not qualified eh S3? low, the election was a tie. The I throwing out Of the Mayesville box I od account of those irregularttlei ? made the result Of the election a Ivictory for the bond Issne, but it is a question open to debate, whether or sot these Irregularities have not vitiated the whole election and In effect rendered Ins efforts to build a system of good roads abortive, In any way we consider the matter, the failure of the election managen at Meyseville, and at other precincts, if the saun- procedure was follow. ?1 slsswhsre, to abide strictly by tin letter of the law i- to be regretted, No good was accomplished by di.? regardlng the law and much harm was done. The su< c?*s or failure of the bond Issue eraa and la cf an ill Important:.mp ired e 1th Ins ob? servance of lbs lam by both the i le< It on ofllrial* and those who vote.l. I crops art- fine on the college fram and station. From all sides comes I complaints of dry sections and soar 1 city of moisture, even where it hus boon seasonable. The drought is not I broken over many areas of more or less size. There was an Informal I business meeting of the union this morning at 9 o'clock. Fourteen coun I I i ties were represented by earnest men, who will spend and be spent for the cause. The union gave out to the i press that the crop is being over? estimated, and that we are being done inreparable Injury by Borne of the glowing accounts that are being sent out by enthusiastic correspond? ent*, and that only In very rare in? stances are the facts in keeping with j the rosy pictures of the newspapers. The address of the Sumter union was heartily commended and a com? mittee was appointed to enlarge up? on the matter there treated, and to send a report of its findings to all the State unions In the cotton belt. Our farmers are urged to retire the first sixth of the crop permanently to overcome the fictitious estimates \ of the bears, and not to sell nny be? low the price set by the National union at the meeting In September. Several from Sumter and Lee are I i here. Many new faces are in the j crowds. Yesterday some 4 50 were! at dinner. The fare is abundant and good at the low price of 35 cents a meal. The farmers revel In the luxury of shower baths, hot and cold water, and many a country home vrftl have these necessities Installed as a result of the visits here. e; W .!>. What Every <iood County Paper Should Want to Do for It* Women Readers. Progressive Farmer. "What class of farm wonuin is it you wish to help?" a woman critic asked the editor last week?a woman ; who evidently had not caugitl the j spirit of The Progressive Farmer. "If It Is women chained down by poverty and ignorance. The Progressive Farmer doesn't reach them; and if it is the intelligent wives of thrifty Southern farmers, they don't need help." Whereupon, by way of reply, the editor in question went on to say: "The sort of women I want The Progressive Farmer to help are the sort of splendid Southern country WO Wien I was reared among and of whose blood I am- not women "chained down by poverty and! Ig? norance* In the sense in which you haie just used the term, but intel? ligent, every-dav farmers' wives who would have been helped by just such articles as Mrs. Stevens Is writing. who would have been helped by the Women's Institute, and who would have been helped by bulletins such as th?> National Department of Agri? culture has Issued to a limited extent and should Issue to a much greeter oxtent. Fnfortunately most of these fine old kinswomen of mine are dead, but it Is one of the greatest satisfac? tions of my editorial work to believe that The Progressive Farmer is help? ing thousands of just such farmers* wives as they were, and that these WOWietl appreciate the help The Pro ressive Farmer Is trying to give them. "It is not through any feeling that they need to he 'elevated* or 'up? lifted' that The Progressive Farmer is doing this work. In fact, a great deal of the slush in the magazines about the tragedy of the farmer** Wives strikes nie us sickt-r.im; and ah AGGidents Will Happen And when they d<>?they hurt. I It'NT'S LIGHTNINQ OIL is the one Instantaneous relief und vwv for all wounds, bruises, sores, cuts, sprains ami abrasions of the skin. It forms an artificial skin covering, excludes the air Instant* l.v, stops pain at once. There are many oils, but none like III'NT'S The action Is different, and the effect as welk . . HUNTS . . * i LIGHTNING UIL Mways liave it in the house. Take it with you when you travel?you never ran toil when HUNT'S LIUHTNING on, may be most needed, 25cts ami ran ts bottles, l or sal,. Ry Ribert's Drug Store. A, B, Richards Medicine Co., Sherman, Tex. surd, l have only pity or contempt ?or both?for anybody who ap? proach*, s the farm woman III a pat? ronising <>r 'superior* spirit, or in a mood of morbid sentimentality. I know the women of our Southern farmer! too well, I honor them too much, my own maternal ancestors hav?- been Southern farmers' wives for tOO many generations, for me to tolerate any attitude of that kind. I The farmers' wives are just as in? telligent and just as progressive as the farmers or the editors, taking them as a class. "I do know, however, that even intelligent, thrifty housewives on Southern farmd do a great deal of Work in unnecessarily hard ways; that they often miss a great deal of satisfaction and comfort because of antiquated equipment and methods, and that there is a chance for modern scientific knowledge to help the farm woman in her work, just as it is. helping the farmer in his work. And that is what The Progressive Farm? er is trying to bring to pass?and is bringing to pass in greater degree, I I am glad to believe, than any other farm paper in America. "If every woman could and would 1 spend several years of her life study? ing diseases and how to combat them, the chemistry of cooking, food val? ues, sanitation, hygiene, and the scientific side of household problems generally;?in that case there would be little need perhaps for bulletins for farmers' wives, for institutes fori farm women, and for a Woman's De? partment in a farm paper such as The Progressive Farmer carries. Un? til this is true, however, we shall cer? tainly believe that even the thriftiest of Southern farm wives need su? h. help, and we know that they think so, too. They know that the women in the towns have clubs and societies for studying domestic science sub? jects, have lectures and talks on prac? tical problems such as we have just mentioned, and read books, bulle f tins and magazines bearing on them. "Our farm women are determined, that the women of the towns shall not he more progressive than they are In these reapects. it Is not a re? flection on our farmers' wives to say they need help in such matters. But to say that they do not realize that they need such help, to say that they are progressive, and do not want any new ideas or the help of science and modern methods?this, as I see It, would he a very grave reflection on them, and one that I know they do not dese-trvev "In a word, then, The Progressive Farmer is not to be put into the attitude ef wishing to "reach down' and help the farm woman; but what we do wfsh is simply t? have all of them join hands and let The Progres sive Farmer join hands with them in a great movement whose purposes I may describe in a paragraph. "it is a movement to lighten wo man's bur lens i>y learning easier J ways ??f ?1 .ing things, to make work more effe< live by teaching Wetter ways of (i )ing things; t?? promote health, b) extending knowledge of sanitation and hygiene and dietetla; to promo a beauty by presenting plans for painting houses, adorning homes, an l beautifying grounds; and , to promot. happiness by bringing; to each worn.in a keener sense ?>? l.er| opportunlt es for service both In her own home and In her own neighbor' hood, by 'elleving work of ih? ele* ment of drudgery, by giving the in? spiration t lat comes from the knowl? edge that one is going forward and making pr >gress toward better things, and by hi Inging to each woman reader a i ealization of the fact that she is one of a great army of work? ers who a e going to bring the farm homes of the .^outh the beauty and 1 joyousness to which they are en? titled. "That is the work that Tne Pro? gressive F irmer wants to do. If we are not d nng it as we should, we shall be \ lad to have suggestions from our eaders as to how it may be done. "But in any case we know that it is a work hat Is needed and we be? lieve that io one realizes more fully than the ntollipent wives of thrifty Southern armers who arc helping us make i a sue* ess in w hatever de? gress we may claim* it a success.'" The firs: bale of cotton for the season of 1911 is repo-rted to us by Mr. D. H. Smith at Jordan this morn .: g. Mr. Smith is faimng on the land! of Mrs. James SpOTtt .and is .?-aal to have one of the most forward cotton cropi in the county.?Manning Times. ( ??ker College Scholar-hip Free. Cokeff College has offered througn Ihs Rural School Improvement Association of Sumter County, a free tuition scholarship, worth $."0.0u. Any rural school girl of this county is eligible. For further infor? mation, write the college or phone or write, Mrs. H. W. Beeil, Sumter. 8-7-2t. NOTICE. I have sold my interest in the firm of The S. M. Pierson Co., to Mr. S. M. Pierson and will after August 15th he with Mr. J. J. Whilden, who bought out the firm of Von Oshen and Shirer last January, is doing business in the same lines at the same old stand on East Hampton avenue. I shall be pleased to have my friends send there for work In hi3 lines. Mr. Whflden is prepared to give satisfaction in horse shoeing, i carriage, buggy and wagon repairing, , in fact, any kind of blacksmith work, i I shall use my best efforts to give I prompt service and satisfactory I work. T. V. WALSH. 8-l-3t. , FOR SALE?Fresh lot seed ry e just i received. Booth-Harby Live Stock W-?8-2-3t. Big: Excursion To And The Wilmington, N. C. SLS DON'T fail to take advantage of the most convenient, delightful and satisfactory excursion ever devised to YVilmington, N. C, under the management of Thos H. Knight, Tuesday, August 22nd, via the fast and elegant ATLANTIC COAST LINE. It will be the ex? cursion of the year. Electric cars from Wilmington to the South's most famous Summer Resort, VVrightsville Beach, ever) thirty minutes. This beautiful seaside resort will be? fore ong have more than ore country dancing attendance * on it: surf lines in the summer days. "rain leaves Union Station, Columbia, S. C, Tuesday morning, August 22nd, at 7.00 A. M* and will leave Wil ming:on, N. C. on the return Wednesday, August 23rd at 6.00 ? M. "he fare for the round trip from Sumter is only $2 25. Rowdies not wanted. W. .'. Craig, T. C. White, I*assengcr T radTee Manager. General Passenger Agent. T. H. KNIGHT, Excursion Mgr. BAGGING AND TIES ??^^????MHnMMHBBHBHi I ???????? ???iHHHHMMa THE season is now at hand when our friends will be seeking the wherewith to cover their 1911 Cotton Crop, and we wish to assure them that there is nothing in the line of Bagging and Ties that we do not carry, and our prices, like everything else we handle, are as low as they can be sold at. We have a splendid grade of second hand Jute bagging, which is highly recommend? ed to ginners. where they furnish bagging and ties and do the ginning for a round price. COTTON PICKING SUPPLIES a great many of our farmen ; re now becoming merchants, ami k< ep on their plantation a store or con missary from which t?> supply th >ir hands and especially cotton plck< rs. To these we wish to *;iy that thore are few housei In tin- Interior of 'he State who carry a larger itock of STAPLE GROCERIES than we do and consequently more ? in a position to better meet your views as to prlcei than we are. It will pay you to get our prices on Bagging and Ties, meat. lard, flour. RUgar, coffee, rice, meal, grits, tobae ? o. c .tton sheets ,or anything else you may need before buying. O'Donnell 6 Company.