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rubllahed WedrMwdajr and Natu* day. ?BY? O&TEEN PUBLISHING C8MPANY 8UMTKR, ft. C. Terms: 11.10 par ana van?la advance. Ose Square A rat lnssrtloo.fl.oe mVmry subsequent insertion.?0 Contracts for ihroa month*, or tsusjer win bo mads at mdueed rates. ?II sssamanloatious which sub ?ori ? private interacts win bo charged far aa advertisements. Obituaries and tribute* of respect will be charged far. The sumter Watchman was found? ed la lilt and ths True Seuthrou la Iftas Ths Watchman and Southrea sow ties the combined circulation and taftueuce cf both ef Che old papers, and is manifestly the best advertising medium In Sumter. sL I ^JJ .L.JII- . COKs TO GEORGIA LONG STAPLE EXHIBIT. Dupltrst? ?* of Sample* of Cotton Stonrn at State Fair Will be Sent to Augusta. Columbia. Nov. 1.?The South Car? olina department of agriculture will ssnd a long staple cotton exhibit to the Qcorgla-Carollna fair to be held In Augusta neat week. This an? nouncement war made yesterday by ?. J. Watson, commissioner of the department, after the receipt of a letter from Frank E. Reane, secre? tary ?f the Augusta fair. The full exhibit at the State, fair here this week will not be sent to .Augusts because it would be dam? aged In transportation. However. Commissioner Watson has a dupli? cate of the. Importen*, fea . ires of the SJOhibit and this will be sent to the Augusta fair. Duplicate varieties of Webber, Keenan. Hartsv.Ue and Co? lumbia cotton will be shown In Au There will also be sn exhibit at the August.i fair from the food stuffs department of the department of ag? riculture. This exhibit will he dis? tinctly educative In Its na ure and wdtl show what is being done In Mouth Carolina to enforce the food stuffs law which rs considered highly im ff.-ea * the hexHh of the fttste fa sap lea of cloth manUf.*< tared .'ram South ''ir ' na '^r* wtifde ->t n slso win be ??eer. at the Amjutta twfc - . YORK Y ILL E PASTOR RESIGNS. flee. F. M. Satterwhite For- m to Quit Charte? on Account m\ III Health. - York vi If e. Oct. 10.?Ths Rev. F. at. Satterwhite, who accepted the test ?rntes of Yorkv lie and Hickory ?rove Baptist churches lsat Dscem bar. and who mov^d here with his family in January from Surnter and sntered ea the discharge of his du? ales? tendered his resignation as pas bar of the Yorkvllle church during the morning service on yesterday, as? signing as his reason Impaired health and consequent inability to properly discharge the duties uemanded by the field. While Mr. Satterwbite's action was not entirely unexpected, still the In? formation was received with sincere regret by the congregation, because during his short pastorate all who have learned to know him and ap? preciate his many noMe tralta of character as well as cor.secrated life, have come to esteern him highly. Mr Satterwhlte'a plans ior the fu? ture have n >t been definitely fixed as yet. >>ut It Is likely that in the near future he will' make his home In Sumter. In which town he labored with eminent success for about ten years previous to coming to York? vllle. In llv* Po Court. There were only two cases to be tr . I In th?- p dlee court Monday noon by the Recorder. Ttllman Rrown. for public drunken? ness and c irslng, was given $10 or 10' days n earh charge. R. B. I'hillps. fast driving, forfep ? I bond st $10. Th#. Missionary institute of the Presbyterian church of Sumter Coun? ty will meet In the Presbyterian chun h of Sumter. S. C, November tth at 11:41 s. m. The public Is I rdially Invited to attend the morning session The afternoon will be tsHusively f >r ladles. Mr. ('. W. Smith's trott n< mare, Mildred w< n second pUee in two heats on the ;! ::o trotting n< n ;if the State fair Wednesday. The race was unflnlshi I ; I i e w an won >?y m different b..rs In .oh of the three heats, and will hi SOfnpletOd Th?r?* day. Mr T. A. Jt?-arhoi ough, formerly of ? ?)?, stty I'Ut now of Cameron, b\ C. to k bM prise at the State I If for the best harness tilly foaled In South Carolina. , I Farmers' Union News j I ?AND j Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers ! (Good acted bj EL W. Debbe, Pre ski em Partner*' Union of 8 am tor ? County.) I Some Random Thought*. After a long period of extra work the writer finds time for a paragraph or two. The message from President Barrett should be carefully studied, especially by those who are disposed to carp at the Farmers* Union, and Its leaders. After a day spent in his office and home in Union City, the writer more fully appreciates the Im? mense burden he is carrying as Nat- | lonal President. People Inside, as well as outside, the Union expect the j Impossible. \t some of the critics j could for a few days have his bur- j der laid on them, they would not be , so hxsty in their judgment. ? ? s Another article well worthy of care fUl study Is "Difflcultes in the way hi ?-o-operation," by T. J. Brooks of j Tennessee. It will pay any one who j is at all Interested to read each me J of the eight sub-divisions of his ldt- | ter. ess "A Thought For The Week*' calls Attention to the need of distributing ugenci >s like we hope to see our Union Brokerage Company develop in the near future. its So many irersons have the full so? lution of th? cotton price question settled to their own satisfaction that the a rite* has quit trying to say any? thing on that problem. As some paper aptly said: "It is a poor neighborhood that has not a man who can solve'the cotton problem." iVnd another paper said: "The plans are all beautiful and any one of them would be effective, if only some one 'would come forward snd make it work." Ays!! That's the rub, "Make it Work." es? in the multitude of counselors there* Is safety." Whatever plan may be adopted and however effective it may be. there will bo plenty to say: "Ths Farmers' Union did not do it nor the landlords' assot lattQB, nor legislation, but the Almighty, aided I Brown, Sur.y and other ".spei>ulat ? ; h. ? 7 i put up the price ot etton." K. W. L>. A Message From Pees*dent Barrett. Dear Bro. Poe: You have asked me for a few words on how to ef? fect us lize co-operation. I believe the formula to be a very simple one. It reduces Itself to the necessity of find? ing the proper kind of leaders and then working In harness with them, not withholding confidence, but exact? ing a just accountability. If. in the past, any farmers' move? ment has failed of complete success, it has been for lack of men to ma? terialize this doctrine. The ordinary leader is plentiful. The leader of the farm, r, who "stays put" is exception? al. He must expect to sacrifice person? al comfort, to endure criticism from his own people patiently, to accept defe.t with a smiling face, to meet suspicion with a philosophic realiz? ation that all will come well in the end. Vanity can not figure In his make-up. Ambition, save for s? r rtCOi must be rejected. If his special business is to market the product of the farmer, he must know the pro duct, the market and the farmer. }i his business is to direct the farmer, the obligation of knowing the latter is Intensified. > our readers may expert some magi< prescript log for guoeesaful so? operation. There Is none. It is, as I ha\e stated, merely the careful Choice ef leaders and then Implicitly f >llou Ir, those leaders. I may add that the Farmers' Union Is developing leadership of this rare character. That Is why I know it Is to accomplish for the man of the acre* a work unique in our eiVllISS* tlon. With best wishes, I am, Very truly yours, C. 8. BARRETT. Union City. Oa. DIFFICULTIES IX THE WAY OF CO-OPERATION. A Prank MsSSSsSSffJ of Several Ob" geSStSf for Us to Meet and <>\cr SggSSV List Si POBSidei In this 'Co-oper? ation ?peclul" some of the difficulties' tti.tr we must face and overcome In this w >rk. I,?Working Capital. Perhaps at sc point have we failed to insure success more often than In ?oir failure le provide ?? working cap* Its! foi enterprises established, Rn ihuslasfji le a g'?.?,i thing, but it will sol 1 ike the place of sold ras!?, in ?lie ..i .e-s ,,f the twentieth ren lurj when millions, master the marts Until wo are willing to tal aome rlsh we will have to contribute , to those who do rake large risks and control the Industries and the com i i medoe of the country. II.?Deserting. After an elevator, for example, Is built by the farmers on some co? operative plan, and they begin to patronize it, some chain of elevators already under one management will put up the price of wheat at the com? peting elevators with this farmers' elevator to buy off patrons. The farm- ' ers are led to believe that there is "something dead upon the branch" is the reason that the farmers' ele? vator Is not giving as much as the competing line. In two year's time this old game of bribing the farmers to desert their own business gets in } its work till it is starved to death. ! This old trick is worked on every thing the faremrs start up, and us M ly It works. Every farmer, who J bites at the bait, is a renegade, de? serts his own cause, and sells out to his business enemy. ? III.?Speculation. A very serious drawback to any system of genuine co-operation in i this country is the spirit of specula? tion that pervades the people pen erally. Every one wants a profit greater than the average increase of wealth will justify. The law of re? compense Is an irridescent dream, and has no place in our commercial code. For several years there has been an era of speculation in unearn? ed Increment that charms the invest? or away from co-operative enter? prises. Monopolizing social values appeals to us more than co-operation. IV.?Running After Too Many Thusgs. We have been running after too many things. Dividing our time, energies, money and attention among Irrelevant projects, experimenting with every Impractical scheme pre? sented, passing resolutions that re? quire more money than the organiza? tion ever had to carry out, looking for things to happen that it would take a miracle to perform We n-x pei t too Bill h red da not g".ve credit for the results obtained. ? i V.?Holding- I/o-dwr.' Another reuson why It Is hard to secure co-operation among farnvers is that the expediency of holding non-perishable producta off the mar? ket as a means of securing' better prices has so often been resorted to only to result in benefiting those who would not hold, that it discourages the loyal members of the holding movement He becomes exasper? ated, and he gets tired of holding the bag while the profits go to the recalcitrant farmer, who cares for nothing but self. This has occurred in the wheat, tobacco and cotton belts time and again. Night-riding in the tobicco country grew out of this very condition. Just now, in the hurley district, those who have been pool? ing and holding, are refusing to io so, and telling those who have been reaping the rewards, but refusing to help carry the load that they will be used no longer?and the trust is feasting again. VI.?Place Hunters. Th* place hunter we have always with us. It Is so often the case that men who want positions in the offices established by the Union for com? mercial purposes, are all riffht as m-m, but totally unfit for the partic? ular place which they seek, and it la not always that they seek the place, but have it thrust upon them. They go in with the best of Intentions, bur make a mess of things. They have friends who won't stand for him to be humiliated by a dismissal, and so a food is started, which results in a rough-house and the business de? stroyed. It has proved more than satisfactory for the local managers to be selected for their proficiency after the manner that corporations ?elect their employees, VII.?Iju-k of Common Interest. The lack of feeling of common interest between the well-to-do farm? er and the dependent farmer Is a serious hindrance to the co-operaiion of the farmers as a whole. Tho pros? perous farmer is satisfied and does not care to assume his weaker broth? el's burden. The dependant farmer feels helpless and does not feel like trying to do anything. So the bulk of the work has fallen upon the middle class of farmers to develop the plans and support the Institu-1 tloni established. viii.?DtaaaUsAed With the Progress Made. Some are not satisfied with the progr< so mads by the Farmers' Union. The question naturally rises; "is tb> case hopeless?" Do yotl sur rendcr? if it |g the quality of ihn member? ship v ui object to, .thai i "i be urged a. ?in i every organisation In the world. Another organisation would AUD?BON SOCIETY MEETS. ANNUAL MEETING HELD WED? NESDAY. Jam<<H Henry Rice Roeicctad as Sec? retary ?? Matters of Important-c DlsCUNHOd. Columbia, Nov. 2.?The annual meeting of the Audubon Society >t South Carolina was held In the Loan ' and Exchange bank building yster day. There were 300 members rep 1 resented. M. O. Dantzler, the presi? dent of the society, was unavoidably detained on account of the serious illness of his brother, O. M. Dantzler, sheriff of Calhoun county. Mo-eover, President Dantzler, hav? ing served two full years, now retires j from the presidency. The society saw him go with regret, and passed suit? able resolutions, testifying to the value of v^e moral and active support he has given the cause of bird pro? tection during his incumbency. His successor has been named, but will ? not be announced until he is officially notified and has accepted. The society feels that its moral po sitlon is stronger than ever, although no gain in membership has been se? cured on account of the lack of active field work. The matter of extei ling the so? ciety's usefulness by increasing mem? bership and changing the mode of se? curing members was taken under ad? visement and a plan adopted which will be published in full later. This in the main looks to securing a perma? nent endownment, so that the society may become Independent )f small an nual dues. One of the mein duties dsvovllng' on the society by law is the sugges? tion of suitable legislation. The so? ciety reaffirmed its belief in the resi- ' dent hunters' license as the only practical means of enforcing bird j and game protection, and will ask the general assembly to reconsider its ac- ; tfon and pass such a license. Recent events have strengthened the society's determination to secure lor the farmers of the State the pro- j tectlon for their crops and lands, to whieh they have always been entitled, and which they have never received from the general assembly. For the present there has been no change In the officers, outside of the president. James Henry Hire was re Hrerte'd secretary* Th" treasurer? report. showed a tuTr^rr bajgnse to the rrndit "f :he SO* ciotr,. n.?d counting ths mo nay bor? rowed last year, and the return of which was recommended in a special message by Gov. Ansel, voted by the general assembly, but vetoed by Qov. B lease. The Audubon society feels content with results so far, and is ready for a campaign more active than ever waged before for the protection of the birds. The society now enters upon the sxith year of Its work. _ Sale of Unclaimed Express Matter. On Saturday, Nov. 11th 1911. the Southern Express Co. will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash all unclaimed Express mat? ter that has been on hand six months or longer. H. R. LUCAS, Agent. Munter has some excellent sand clay streets, but they need better fa? cilities for drainage in wet weather. have to pass through the same periodi of experimentation and handle tho same people. There are fewer dis* ssnsions today in the Farmers' Union :han in any ?ther National farmers' organization in the United States. Liberty means responsibility, and when you shun the latter you are unworthy of the former. Come up to the requirements or take the consequences. There is no dodging the task without Buffering the penalty. Get a ticket >r walk the ties. Work or starve. Organize or lose your ?heritage. Got Kb line or get out. Hard orders these, but imperative. ?Progressive Farmer. Why Suffer From EGzema ? A Georgia Man Tells His Experience. I wns afflicted with a very bad 0bs< of Eczema for twenty-five yeai which was hi m,\ feet, legs an.l hips. Through all this time I tried different remedies ami Doctor's prescription*, obtaining on relief until 1 used your ill'NT's CURE. One box (50c) cured mo entirely, and though two years ha\o elapsed I have had no return of the trouble. Naturell) I regard it a* the greatest rented) in the world. Yours, J, I?. Perkins. Vtlanta, Oa, Manufactured and Guaranteed by V It Richards Medicine Co., Slier man, Tcxos. Sold h) Slbert's Drug Store. GRAFTER PLIES HIS TRADE OX CROWDED STREET CAR, C'ro )k .lumped off When Alarm \Xn? Given and Han Aero?* Capital G rounds. Columbia. Nov. 2.?At least one pickpocket was practicing his profes? sion among the crowds that thronged Columbia yesterday. The gentleman of the gentle hand was detected in the act of robbing a Fair Week visitor on a crowded car which was nearing the transfer station from Gervait street. The crook came near getting away with a wallet containing over *1Q0, but he did not. Instead when the alarm was given, he Jumped off the street car on Ger? vais street between Sumter and Main and headed across the CSpitol grounds toward the station house, followed by several pursuers Opinions differ as to whether, the p.ckpocket wont into the state house itself in search of a hiding place. Anyhow, he was caught on the western Side of the capitol grounds and arrested by Officer Now- | ton. The pickpocket gave the name of ! Henry Jackson. He is about M years old. The Fair Week visitor ho attempted to rob was J. T. Floyd of Sumter. Jackson was taken to the eounty jail for safe keeping:, as the experience of the Columbia police with such characters nas been that they are very slippery. The affair occurred about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Mr. Floyd had been riding on the same car seat with Jackson, whose deft hand he detected on his pocket book when he was pre? paring to get off the car. Mr. Floyd gave the alarm, and Jackson made a quick get away, but was followed and arrested. Jackson will be given a prelim? inary hearing on the charge of lar? ceny from the person probably- about Saturday morning. Besides Mr. Floyd and Officer Newton, N. D. Asmond is named as a witness in the case. Debtors end Creditors Notice. All persons having demands- against the Estate of the late W. J. DuRant wifl please present the same itemiz? ed1 property t?...^..,1 and an r1"* ;-?rns in anywise indebted UofS> the] saXdT Betagte frill please settle with T. B. BRUNSOtr, JAS. B FAV KS. it-2-itaw.^w. r^SBcators. Hot Supper at Oswegov Hot supper at Oswego school house, Thursday, November 9th at S:3c. Given by ladles for the church. n-2-2t MARSHAL SKHVKS SUBPOENA* ON DKFKM) A NTS IX SUIT. 1\deral Otlkt r ROTSllCSJ Autograph lrom Carnegie aiul Promi.se of Welcome from Rockefeller. New York, Nov. 1.?United Srates Marshai Henkel was in cheerful mood today after a round of subpoena swerv? ing the day upon prominent tinan ciers and nun of affairs named as da- * fendants in the government's *uit against the United Srates Steel cor? poration. The marshatl kerned par? ticularly pleaded as he exhibited a trophy in the shape of an autograph? ed photograph. it bore the words: i "Compliments of Andrew Carnegie." "Yee sir," said the marshal. ' Mr Carnegie gave me that today. 1 went to his house to serve him with the subpoena. When my card was sent in Mr, Carnegie sent word r &ht back for me to come in. He wi's just as pleasant as could be, and a.^ked me 1 to sit down. He showed me this pic? ture and asked me if I would like one. I told him I would if he would sign it. and he did." The marshall ha* communicated with J. P. Morgan and had informed him that he would bo around to see^ him before Mr. Mor-ra n left for his business. The financier was waiting for Kh-i marshal in his library. He took the subpoena after a cherry good morn? ing. ^ The marshal telephoned to John D. Rockefeller that he would be up to see him in a day or so with ;he sub? poena. "And what do you think he raid?" asked the marshal. "He said, "I will be glad to s^e you,' and that's a fact." Subpoenas have also been served^} upon Charles Steele, James Gayley, Edmund C Converse, Daniel G. Reid. Norman B. Ream, John Rocke? feiler, Jr., James N. Hill, E. H. Gary, the United States Steel corporation, "ederal Steel company. Lake Supe? rior Consolidated Iron Mines and the^ Union Steel company. Cotton brought* 8.90 a pound on the local market Tuesday. The receipts were between 50u and 800 bales. Clemson College defeated Carolina in the football game at the State fai?" ground* Thursday, the score* being, Clemson 13, CdToiiha l\ 1. 11' l ... J J I. i .! U ? 1 J1 II . ., ? FOP SAM??oO-acr.. farm r ce Jv.e?ing and outbuilding.*: im provsd l_L..ov. ^..-w Roads. Schools and churches con-, venlent. J. M. Fr?ser, Sumter, Si* C. 10-TS-ltaw-Jt WANTED?To buy at once several carloads 4-foot pine, oak and slabs. Apply Commander's- W*>od Yard, Sumter, S. C. II Furs! Furs! Another shipment of Furs jusl: received. We are prepared to supply your wants in this line from a throw to a set of furs. GREYS, BROWNS, and BLACKS From $1 to $25 O'Donnell ? Co.