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Cjjt ?tftatcbnum ani sontbt on. rub?ahed Wednesday ?od Saturday. ?BY? OSTEEN CRUSHING COMPANY SUMTER. g. C. Terms: fl.50 per annum?In advance. Adverttaemeuta: Oaa Square first Insertion.II. Of ?very subsequent Insertion.50 Contracts for three months, or fencer will be made at rtduced rates. All communication* which sub serve private Interests will be charged far as advertisement*. Obitnartaa and tributes of respect will b? charged for. Tht Muinter Watchrnau waa found *d ia lSftS and the true Southron in ltee The Watchman and Southron a*w haa tha combined circulation and tUuen< ? ef both of the old papera. aad la manifestly the boat advertising ?Sodium In Sumter VOTES EVENLY DIVIDED. Seven uf Fourteen Illegal Votes Cast In Favor of the I bun I Issue. It Is understood thut Messrs Purdy ?nd Hland. attorneys for Mr. W. B. Boyle in the election contest, are trying to show that the Mayesvllle box should not have been thrown out. but that the ballots of those per? sona who vo.ed In the election, but whose name* were not on the regis? tration book, should have been thrown out. To find out how these voles were cast the voters have been interviewed by Messrs. Purdy and Bland and it was found, a< <??.t d 1 ng to the following letter, which has bee.l received by the clerk of the election com in ssloners. that the votes which were ('.legally cast at Mayesville were evenly divided for snd against the bend issue. The letter Is as follows: Messrs. James E. Du Pre. W. T. Green and P. D. Knight. Board of Coun? ty Canvassers of Elections for Sum? ter County, and E. P. Miller Clerk of said Board. Gentlemen: In the matter of the appeal of Mr. W. is. Boyle from the findings of your board, on August 8th. If 11, to the Board of State Canvass? ers, on the question of the Good Roads bond issue, we propose to sub? mit before the Board of State Jan Vaseera at the time of the hearing of the appeal, the affidavits of Messrs ?. M. ?HIW r n Grtffn. J. P. Wnr yen. N D WVmble. H. W. I:? . .1 l> J. h^-adhiim agd J. W 11 torn, who voted at the MayesvIHe precluot on Ausrast 1st. on isld lasu and Ahe sre seven of the fourteen persons Whose votes were alleged to have been irregularry cast; and that their affidavits will state that they each voted "yes" on that Issue ^ m Respectfully, ?v PUUDY fk BLAND. Attorneys for \V. B. Boylo. ?umtor. August 22. 1911. It was further learned that the managers of the election at Muyes vllle during part of the time for vot? ing ueed the Mayesvllle Democratic Primary roll Instead of the registra? tion look which should have been \ ad. It was stated by one of th*? managers that several persons cume to vote whose names were not ?n the r*? -or ition I.ks. so | gsSgggggmf was smt for the primary club roll end this was used afterwards instead of the registration book, which had been provided. WILSON-WILEY DISPUTE. Duluth. Minn.. Aug. 23.?Rival Lo ? tions, supporters of James Wilson, secretary of agriculture and those wh/? stand or fall with I ?r. Witty ?" the Wilson-Wil? > contro\orsy recent? ly under ln\> ?tlgatton at Washington, developed In the convention of the National Aseodati -n of Kund and Dairy Departments In this city. With In an hour ufter the app. nance of th? disput. on the convention door two slates were formed for the prin? cipal officers of the t- . ; i two slat** follow, Wiley Slate- Tor PPSStdoat, IV Brown T> rineseee; for .seit. ny. R. 1* Allen. Kentucky, on. mitte??, C. D Wood. Maine; II K. Barnard. N..rth Carolina. Wilson Slate?For president, W. II. Cutt??r. Mlseourl; for secretary. J, H. Newman. Illinois; exetutu. board un? decided. The .de. t Ion of olTh i i dl take pine ? tomorrow. At the same time, it is said, a getSt> mined fight wllll e made by the Wiley followers for other offices. Tonight In u telegram .'o Wiley no n oldrcssed Presbb nt Taft and m?-mbi rs of the Wlle> i-oner?-?slonal li.v. tlg;.?i ?n commltte*' In behalf of l?r WiU-v. The telegram. It Is said, commends I ?r. Wlb y * Ion? servtc In fh. c<c ernmen? emplov A girl who is afraid of H lire rut k er ?niii hesitate M gagfff Ine big? gnwt gun in the ggSJgftfl Wilmington star Sh?? knows Ih it with | ? Ig gun IS protect her she has nothing to r ir from firecrackers. HOLD FOR THIRTEEN CENTS. ADVICE AM TO COTTON BY CON (.HKSSMKN. Commit lev Appointed ')> Conference of Southern Member* RoportO, Crglng Hanks to t'nlto AgainiM. the liear>. Washington. Aug. 23.?"Hold cot? ton for 13 cents" Is the advice to be formally given to farmers' organiz? ations, by a committee consisting of Senator.? Willlama of Mississippi and i 'wen of Oklahoma and Representa? tive liuritsun of 'ivx;is. rtprtetntlng a tOWftrenot of senators and repre? sentatives from NVM cotton-grow mg States. A committee will urge the State hanking associations to co-operate against "the bearish movement of the speculators." What was referred to generally as the "threatening condition of the cot? ton market" was discussed at meet? ings today and last night. Among the participants were Senators Williams and owens. Representatives Under? wood of Alabama, Democratic leader of the house; Hefitn of Alabama, Brantley and Hughes of Georgia, Bur leson and Bealle of Texas, Garrett of Tennessee, Humphreys of Mississippi and Small of North Carolna. A num? ber of thorn are large cotton planters. The committee Issued a statement, which read: "It seems to be the opinion of all that thero was u precencerted effor. being made, principally through the instrumentality of the speculative element of the New York cotton ex? change to break down the price of ? oton. It was the opinion of a!l that the present statistical condition of cot? ton did not Justify the lowness of present quotations and that the esti? mate of ID.000,000 bales was unjusti? fied I y .my facts upon which u pre? diction could be sanely based. And moreover, even If a 15,000,000 bale crop were In sight, the world's sup? plies still probably would fall short of the world's demand for cotton, to the extent of moro than 1,000,000 bales, because of the exhaustion of the recent visible supply of carrled over spot cotton. In other words, with a 15,000.000 American crop the world's crop for 1911 would be 25, 000,000, with 35.000.000 spindles cre? ating a demand for 26,000,000. This statement is based on latest advices from Kgypt. India and other cotton produc ing countries^*1 The iialtmtal r?.f.?:.?, to. the appoint* menl o| tne boroinltteo to v.rit<, in the r mir of those. pr? sent. % letter to the pre. M-n? if Hit Farmers' Uhloll I to other cotton farmers' organization-, asking them to advise their local un? ions and other subordinate bodies to advise the farmers generally to hold cotton for 13 cents, and to continue to domand that price, "until by a con? vention or agreement, arrived al in some way, a different one shad be suggested." The conference expressed the view .hat 13 cents was seemingly loss than that Justified by the existing statisti? cal condition. "This committee." the sta'cment reads, "was also requested to communicate in some way with the president of the several State bank? ing associations In the cotton Statte, asking them to throw js far as possi? ble their moral and financial support behind the effort to counteract the bearish movement of the speculators, with the \ievv of obtaining a fair price for the farmers' cotton. "Information was given at the in? formal oonftronot that aeturancai WOttld be gl\en to President Barrett Of to Southern banks that ample funds from banks outside of the South OOUld be had, through the In? strumentality of Southern Snonelal In? itltUtlOnJ, to be lent. nt the rate of I per OOB1 OOF annum, to those who did , got Wink t?> dispose of their Cotton at I upon cotton warehouse , rtlflcatao, This oongftlttoo auboe*! cu-ntly tuet in the ottlce Of SOAat ?r lYilltami ol Mississippi ami conclud?! ? I that the best way to cany Out the' ub ted and agreed UpOfl Wai to give this statement t<? tht AetO? ited Prej*s. I 'Sicri'd- Robert s. Owens, lohn Sharp WIHIami A. S. Burleson." \TWOOl) M \lt> IM? OF FLIGHT. _ I \vlotnt Uaj EttaMleh New World I Record, Fort i"..'ii. Hi v.. a.ig. Ii.*?Another remarkable apln through tht air. on his aeroplane flight from St, Louis to N'? \\ Y i k, bn oil tit Herr) N. At wood from Helle lale, five mlea e is; of Syracuse, to Fort Plan late the after* noon and landed hm mlei nearer b;^ destination. He It nou 1,061 miles from hi" starting place and I. m ? from hi* proposed illghttng pclm In Vee V-.rk. Krom lb lb lele, where he aacended at i *? p. mi. At wood an I led around Syracuse; twelve itilnutea later he I turned the noot of hit biplane and 'In the tuliigtit deacended into ti,, Mohawk Valley, allfhtlni in ? Seid in- ir lu re it I if p. M. His ft) Ing time toda; v\.i-- I hour-* und 10 min i Ute?, and war madt without a stop. Farmers' Union News j ?AND- \ [Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers \ I (Conducted by B. \V. Dubh*, President ?rmeln' L'niou of humter \ , County.) l [f-KJi_f-n_fX^uyf^^_ Meeting at Oawego. Mr. B. P. Keller. Of the State Farmers' Union, will attend a meet? ing of the farmers at Oswego on Friday, September ist to dlacuaa the plan to organize a company to build COton warehouses in this State, Which has been endorsed by the State Farmers' Union. An opportun? ity will be offered all who are In? terested to subscribe for the stock of the proposed company. A large at? tendance is desired. Seeding Vetch in lmiiunu. Rural New Yorkv?r. How much seed of Hairy vetch should be sown per acre to injure a good cover crop to be plowed under in spring? How many pounds In a bushel of seed? Can seed be sown with an ordinary wheat drill, and If so. how ! W C. s. Redkey, ind. In corn it should be sown in Au? gust. In the open giound it Should be gOWn by September 1">, and it will .hen cover the ground before frees r- weather. If sown in the corn in August it should not be pastured, but both stalks and vetch should bo turned under in April. For turning Under wo nee a three-horse plow, a rolling cu'ter. For soiling uses it should bo sown at intervals from May 15 to September to give a suc? cession. If wanted for hay it may be sown with oats In the spring or With rye In the fall. Some advocate sowing with wheat, but this I do in>t think advisable. In the corn a one-horse hoe or disk drill is ut>ed, the Isttd having been plowed over Once before sowing. In the open ground a two-horse drill is used cither a hoe or a disk. The same precaution is taken as to having the .-oil in the bes1 possible condition for receiving the seed. If the feed gauge I on cither of these drills is entirely ?hnl ? ff it will sow exactly 50 pounds per aore. I For plowing under In the spring 40 I pounds per acre is sullicient. On \ ' ? ;y thin toll some use BO pounds. For hSl uses wie Q s wr* with o? with ry? 80 pounds ?- arople. I rlth die pack ?>f rye added Fori seed it i.' best to shi*t <..?* every otb-j er feed in the drill and add one peck rye per acre for the support of the Vetch. This will require 20 pound* retch seed per acre. Its endurance of either beat or cold is great. The sever,- drought now prevailing has no effect -n either Alfalfa or vetch. Its early s*;ir< in growth in the spring ! cfore any other plants shows signs ? f starting makes it all the more valuable as a forage plant. In fact the plant remains green all winter Where re t too ntUCh exposed. My es? timate of it for reclaiming purposes ?s that it has no equal, the same that Alfalfa holds as a forage plant. No farmer should lose the opportunity of ?OWlng freely of it this fall. It will rep ly him manifold and help save ether feed for winter uses, I do not kgOW the standard weight of a bush? el of vetch teed, bul thirds it is BO I pounds. Qa at It like our friend Smith did. II.- said: "Win or lose I am going to venture.*1 And he did vsAturs, and won. Ho has had as high as 100 SCret in vetch, Sow 10 acres In the coro for turning under In April next and sow the field In Alfalfa in June, and you will have an Alfalfa Held thai will astonish everyone. Sow .? fen tcrei hex spring In oats and vetch, Iv.'lf and half, ami you will 1' \e a hay crop that will mak?- the d:,'r\ doubly valuable. Or try a pas ?>r. fi. Id for the cows and calves, it.l von will learn What vetch is Worth for a forage plant. .T. H. HAYNE8, i r dlana. Rooky Bluff Jottings. Rock) Bluff, Aug. 81,?Fodder pulling is about over and the cotton pi king n ison It lo re - and won't lest Ions either, as the cotton, as well gf tlo com, has not uiade as HUH h as was expected. The showers we have been having ft r the last tw.. weeks are of great benefit tu peas and potatoes and fall gardens, Vegetable! are quite scarce. The lab cabbage and to* mal ? * itr< rut off by the drought nnd i ml beam have iust commenced lu Im und those v\ ho did not ? their chickens by sore head or eolera n re I he lu. k> on? t. Mrs J M Fogle of Sumter Bpenl nn< da: Insl wees w ith Mrs, w. It. Welli M Is Ri i Hatfh id --pen* Sunday nnd Monday with her sister, Mrs, w. M W, r. Barfleld In now In Bum ter, w hert ?h ? will m ike her future b ?me? THE GOOD ROADS ISSl'K. Litigation and ill Peeling Will l><> The Cause Much Hann. Editor Watchman and Southron. It Is i great pity that so much should have been said and written about the 9150,000 bond issue election and that bo much bad t'ot-ung engen? dered, it is a well known fact that, as a rule, there are only B few WilO ever vote on a bond issue or seem t > take much interest in same. Now, for the sake of peace and harmony and I for the good of the county und tfte good roads movement 1 want to sug? gest that everybody show their mag nanmlnlty and rise to the oceanic ? by laying aside all prejudice aud feeling in the matter and stop pro ceedlnga where they are only a lit? tle while until th.- legislature meets, have another election ordered and tight it OUt like men at the polls, when we hope that the result will be more decided, one way or the other and everybody making up their minds to be resigned to the will of the peo? ple. This is an age of progress and good roads are Just as sure to come as time rolls on. We cannot suffer much by waiting to have another election, nor will the good work stop, for our roads are being improved all tlte time. It is useless tO> get this matter into the courts, which may drag along years and as it is spun out there will be more had fueling and less good roads. I cannot see how any principle will be sacrificed, therefore, nothing to lose and much to gain. Am sure that our supervisor and our commissioners will co-oper? ate when called upon. Yours for good roads and prosperity. F. If. D WIGHT. M. D. Wedgefleld, B. C, Aug 2 4. News Items From Tlnolat. Tindal. Aug. 24.?Mrs. Dr. H. E. Bamwell and children and Miss Berths Rntley of Wadamalaw 1s i spending the ins at Saluda, ne time with M s , . D. Tindal. Mr. j. M. Tindal] returned from Charleston Tuesday night. We were glad to see our popular supervisor) Mr. Pitts, yeaterday; He stopped over with Mr. 11. P. Tindal for a short while and discussed good roads. He ll having a good Job done on the Georgetown road now. It will l?e clayed In a few days to the clar? endon line. Cotton opening iast now and picking has commenced. MTessrs Tindal and Cuttlno are going to com? mence ginning this afternoon. It is generally rumored that the Seaboard railway, which is soon com Lng to Bumter, la trying to buy the North Western railroad. While we have nothing against our President, Mr. Wilson, who is a line man, Wt think that the change would be a great improvement to this part of the country. Mr. W. rj. Wells and Mr. T \V. Prltchard went to Columbia venter day to attend the Confederate Veter? ans Reunion. G. L, B. Perot nal News Prom Tindal. Tinadl, Aug. 24.?Some of our farm j era have commenced picking cotton. i and others will have to do so in a very short time. There is a gr?>ai deal of the fleecy staple in i mat of the Heidi now. Miss Louise Broadway of v'olum ! bia is spending some time here it her old home. Mr. Hugh Hodge, of Woodruff, ta spending some time in the neighbor? hood. Messrs. J. If. Tindal. T. B. Hodge. W. M Brodway, Miss Bllen Broadway and Bessie Hodge spent several days in Charleston this week. returning home on Tuesday. Fine rains fell In thli section on Sund ': and Monday. Mr. J, Furman Hodge and Miss ; Eva stone were united in marriage <n last Wednesdaj afternoon by Rev. j, i?. i fugglne. Mr. i lodge is a retl dent of this neighborhood and th< bride is from Bennettsvlllo, Mr. and Mrs. James Hodge, of Summerton visited relatives in the nelghboi hood lasl w eek. Mrs. Fannie McDowell, of Colum? Ida, Is spending some tune at her father's, Mr. .i. P, Richardson. Another coating of road oil on Lib ertj stret I would go far toward keep? ing lhal street In good condition through the winter. Try an ;id. in the Dally item, and watch results, The Markets .\ew York (oiion Market. New Y??rk, Aug. 24. Opened High Low Close. Jan Fe?. Men April May June July ADR Sep Uct Nov Dez ll 26 11 :>7 Li ti li 33-:. 4 LI 35 11 47 11 34 11 F2 43 11 45 li !W 11 44 11 ?l-.VJ I! 48 11 53 U 48 11 53 55 1*2 .1* IS ? 1? 33 1-2 ?4 5? I 1 40 1 1 4< 1 i 3* ' 1 1? 44 U 20 11 -it 11 21 11 2?J-30 U 27 29 II 34 11 42 H 23 11 3:-33 11 42 Warehouse stock, 52,651. Certificated, 50,624. spots, 12.7U?unchanged. Sales none. ?opened barely steady. Closed, steady. Port receipts today, 1 ^.I?U2 vs. 7, 200 last year. Liverpool 5trtrkot. Liverpool, Aug. 24. I >pon 604 Jan-Feb Feh?Mob Mcb?April April?May May?Jone Jone?July i July-A Aug?S?-pl S-pt?' 'Ct Oft?Inov Nov?Dec Dec?Jan Receipts, 200 . American, n'*nc. Sales. 4,000. American, 2,800 Spots, 6.81?5 up. Opened quiet an?d Closed steady. 1)07^ ?1? 4 rt! 2 60* ..I'jr, Closed o04H ?0t> 607lf sop ?50 536 SIS R04 601 ?ady Personals Crom Brogdon Mrs. Dr. Stennis, of DoKfltib, Mi>s., is visiting relatives and friends in the liTogdon neighborhood. .Mm J. E. Brogdon and children, who have been spending some time with the family of Mr. J. I. Brogdon, returned to their home in Montgom? ery. Ala., yesterday. Mrs. M. V. Mims and daughter, Miss Lucile, of I^auderdale, Miss., are the guests of relatives at Brog? don. Miss Grace Brogd<>? is visiting Miss Jennie Chandler at St'inter. ATWOOlKK LONG FLIGHT. .viator Lands 131 Mile* from New L'aatleton, X. Y.. Aug. ?On the ? lap of his flight from St. Louis ' New York, Harry X. Atwood, the iviator, tonight has his aeroplane i chad to an apple tree on top of a bill here, overlooking the Hudson and Albany, eight miloS to the north. Atwood expects to complete his jour ney to New York, landing at Sheeps head Bay, with a possible prelim? inary circle over Qoveraoc*? island, i< morrow. <*n lanJnK he will have accomplished the longest flight through the air ever made by man in a heavU r-than-air machine. He will h<dd the world's record for a crosB*COuntry flight, and he believes \ has set a pace in th? development of aeroplanes which will result in more long distance attempts and a gradual elimination of fatalities in aviation. He hopes to sail over the I 31 miles between here and New York I efora mid-afternoon. It is probable be will not make it without a stop on the way, because he carried only twelve gallons of gasoline, and uses en>- gallon to every ten miles. He hopai to make hi? lirst "hop" the longest, so that he would be able more accurately to estimate the ex? act time of his appearance over New York. His actual flying time from here down, he think.", will be much U SS than three hours. When he landed here, Atwood, in ten days, had flown 1.131 miles from Ft. Louis without any mishap more [serious than losing his way in a rug from Lyons. N. Y.. to Auburn. His biplane has endured the tests without damage. It was only because of a slight wearing of the bearings of his engine that he decided not to con? tinue tonight, but to put everything in shape for smooth sailing tomor row. Hie mechanics prepared to 1 work on the biplane ill night, at ! taehlng pontoons for possible land? ings in the Hudson Iiiver. Leaving probably early in the i morning, Arwood will take a straight I course down the Hudson. His ap? pearance over Rhine Cliffs will mark 1 the breaking of the world s record for cross-country flight, for at that point he will have exceeded the world's record. York. Black River Chill and Fe er Tonic is coUPOtt <;ooi> ix r 10 cts. o\ PUR* CHA8E OF fach BOT? tjl1? at all ukalkks. Is guaranteed to cure Chilis and Fever, Swamn Fever. Btl ions Fever> LaGrippe and Neuralgia. A trial wit! con vi nee you. Price 50 cents prepared BRADLEY & THOMAS, by Mayesville, S. C. HANDLING THE COTTON CROP 5-? ==-5 gTT It would appear from the ji present condition of Main Street and the work necessary to be done on it. that it will not be ready at the opening of the cotton season to accom? modate the traflic usually im? posed upon it, and we would suggest to our customers that they drive their wagons in our lot where we will give them the best service we can under the circumstances. O'Donnell 6 Co.