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CittViat;|>maii anJ *ou!ii;on. r*btlas>rd ?'rdn?MlR)f and Saturday. ??T? 08TEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY H'MTKR, g. Q 11.5? per annum?In advance. Advertisements: On Square llrat insertion.$1.00 swery subsequent insertion.It Contracts for three months, er ?r will be made at reduced rates. All communications ahlsh su fe? re privets Intereats will be charges fear as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect wtll be ch*M*? far. The Sumte r Watchman was found sd la lldt and the True Southron la IMf The Watchman and South re a asw haa the combined circulation and laaea ci bath sf the old papers, is manifestly the best advertising as* Mum la 8uinter. Judge Jonei talked at Hampton as If he Intends making an aggressive campaign. The time and conditions cajl for an aggressive fight and It Is to be hoped that Judge Jones will be able to hold his gait to the end of the race. Having set the pace he must have the speed and stamina to endure until the race has ben run, else he will be an also ran. As things now stand Judge Jones has our beat wishes for success In his ftght for good government. ? ' I a What sort of primary would Col. Roosevelt conduct In the Southern States? Would It be confined to Re? publicans who are qualified electors or would any man who claims to be a Republican be permitted to cast his ballot? ? a a a Mr. Perklna seems to have under? taken to play the Harrlman role in this Roosevelt campaign. He has ths reputation of being a very practical man In both finances and politics and ought to he able to wo-k In har? mony with the atar actor before the election and, also, afterwards. In the event of Roosevelt's election. ? a a The first incident of the old dl* pgsjgej v eommlaalon Investigation was the presentation of another Ananias certificate of profletency to Oov. Blesse. Ks-Oovernor John Gary Beams muklnr ? pre?m?nt*t?or If this thing ke.-p* up Oo I*lea?e will be challenging tVddv Roosevelt for the t?.>r 1 d"a championship. 801TII K)tal FOUND. Amu mbten the Norwegian fix plorer Succeed*. mrlstlsnla, Norway, March 8.? Two local newspapers today received dispatches from Capt. Roald Amund? sen announcing that he reached th South Pole on December 14, 1911. The dispatches were sent from Ho bart. Tasmania, where Amundsen ar? rived yesterday. The dispatches read: "Polt reach? ed Hth-17th December." This evi? dently means that he remained three day* In ?he vicinity of the Pole, probably for the purpose of taking accurate otservailons as to his po? sition. l:? .? ctnga over ('apt. Amundsen's. sucCess in reaching the Soutn Pole are widespread. The feeling of the peo? ple was voiced In the storthing by President Frederik Konow, who said "We can't begin our day's work without expressing our thankful Joy and the admiration and pride with whh I we. are all filled kg the news that t'.ipt. Amundsen and his com fades have reached the South Pob and planted the Nnrwcglgg Mag there. **Ws sre pr??ud In the thought that thsse men sre our fellow country men. snd that they have on., gasjgg succeeded In covering the natu?' <?f Norway with ab?-y " Th. Storthing tin n telegraphed to Capt Nrrundnen at Hot.art. Taa mani i. it? warmest greetlnga and thanks. Nrs York Cotton Market. N. g York. March 11. ? >pen Close. March.10 in |u. t ; ?t May.IM1 I fell rM July .l*>.*i IMI Aug. In.sl? ?3 October .10.71 ih.To? 71 i d a) ady. uvi kpool m xiiki^t. I I fpsj I March 11. ? ?pen OltMf Keb. f.m Mar. ft.577 Mar' >i \ i ril . . .?ftf#~?fl Ml Apr?May.R77 ?77?* 5*8 ?i Mmn JfSJM . . 577 - 7s r.HS Jim*' Jagfj . . . 677? Is Majgnd hrm. I SJI a I Mai mri to;.. ) i ?14 mhldllng Sheriff S-urry sd Georgetown died Sunday aftsf a long Illness. FARMERS' UNION NEWS Practical Thought* for Practical Partners. (Conducted by E. VV. Dabbe, Pres? ident 8. Ci Farmers Union.) Soiu? Random Thought*. l^ast week 1 made a very lnterest in< \lsit to ClrmMon College at tho invitation of President Hlggs, who gave me every opportunity in the limited time that I had at my dis? posal to see the practical every-day workings of the college. My only re? gret was that 1 did not have several days more to stay, for I would have liked to attend the agricultural class? es. ? I * There is no question that the agri? cultural side of the college has not been developed as highly as the me 'hanlcal Dr. Higgs nays the me? chanical equipment is is near perfect rf It can be made, and that it is his ?im tt> now make the agricultural de? partment as near perfect as possible, gag The recent meeting of the State Farmers' Union commended the col? lege for its arrangement with the United States Farm Extension work, and also advised the college to pay more attention to trucking for a two-fold purpose: to supply the table fare of the students with a moro wholesome diet, and to enlist the stu? dents In a more diversified agricul? ture. ? ? I on these subjects of a diversified agriculture, and varied and more wh?de..orne diet, we bad a long and ?tarnest conference, and 1 feel sure the suggestions of the State Union will bear fruit. I have since con fern d with Mr. Manning, one of the trustees, and find he Is heartily In sympathy with the idea of the State Union: that the Clemson farm should be so conducted as to give a concrete example of the value of Its teachings, so that we can say to the farmers of the State: this system of agriculture, which we advise and teach is proved on the Clemson farm and in the (Memsen dining room, both practical and profitable. S 0 ? In the matter of the establishment ??f a chair of scientific marketing, I fear w? will have no easy task. It Is looked upon as an unknown quantity. In fact Its teacher will have to "blaze the trail." Prof. Morrison, the teach? er of political economy, came up to me immediately after my remarks to the boys and the faculty, and said he would take pleasure In teaching it, if I would Just show Mm what to teach. Whether new text books will be need? ed or not I can not any without time to read th?>se now in use in teaching political and domestic economy. Hut I am inclined to think there Is enough In print to make a g?>od beginning when It Is culled, classified and ar? ranged In proper sequence. In fchl hands of the right man. whose heart as well as head, is thoroughly awake t<? the needs and the possibilities of such a chair, it would soon command rh. respeet of all educators. and fill a want that has long be SB felt in a vague sort of way. ami is now be? ing thoroughly realized. ess S? nat< r Smith writes me. Am de llKhted to know you are going to agi? tate the question of marketing. This h n been n??glected too long.'* I will take the matter up with the authori? ties of other colh-ges gl I have time to < mfer s Ith them. sei in Anderson I found they are bo* ginning to establish ;< produce sa? change under the leadership of the farmers4 Union snd with the co-op-1 oration of the Board of Trsde. I was asked to give them the hem-tit of mir experience in Sumte? fat publication but ?lo not know when I will have time. In my lulkx at se\? ral plaosi In the county I gave them some of lbs points te he stressed* Ons will bear repeating to my readeri here in Burnt er county: it is the statement ?o* Hro, Brogdon, "You cannot nm ? produ< ? e\< hange without prodw Si" ? Mir people mUSf groW the stuff he fore it . m be midi? Mi. Morgan of ths Florence Hoard **t Trade, when i waa there Issl S.ilnnhy, laid great ItrSM upon thli point, snd tried to ?how me that I hol "the earl iM'fore the horse." ? ? ? Another point i gave tb m from Uro. Brngdon's experience that must be avoided, it li "Do not sell :? 11 you can by peddling over lown< snd then expect the exchange lo soli the baten* for you al gnougti higher pries t.rei Ibe commission." And i |old 'hem how one good brother sold .1-* mucb cane syrup as he could and delivered it ground town si SO cents the I ilhoi. snd Wien h? left the !dosen or more cans, he oould not iell. YUAN INSTALLED PRESIDENT. INAUGURATION tKHBIOMKS FORMALLY HELD BEFORE CROWD. Many Forcigliera in Attendance but l-? nations Were not Represented. Peking, March 10.?in the new for? eign office today Yuan Shi Kai waa formally Inaugurated provisional president of the republic of Chin" in the presence of a great gathering of delegates, provincial envoys, military and naval oflloerf and other prominent personages. Many foreigners attended the ceremony, but the legations were not represented. Yuan Shi Kai, who was in military uniform, read a declaration promising faithfully to develop the republic, observe the constitutonal laws and retire when the national assembly names a permanent president. The jeremony was solemn?almost pa? thetic and typical of China's transi? tion. Mod of those who assembled were attired in uniform or European dress. The only touch of orientalism was the presentation of the scarfs to Yuan by two yellow robed Llamas. TUNU KWAX REPORTED CAP? TURED, Famous Pass Said to be in Hands of Governor of Province of slum. Peking, March 10?A report has reached Peking that Teng Kwan, the famous pass on the borders of Shen Si and Ho Nan provinces, has been captured by Gen. Sheng Yun, governor of the province of Shen Si before whom, if the report is correct, the provinces of Ho Nan and Chi Li are now open country. The report says also that 1,000 re? publican cavalry and Infantry have deserted to the Imperials under Sheng Yun and that a large part of . the republican army in the north is showing strong symptoms of reaction and may be seriously affected. i If the report is true it is probable : that the difference between the aorth and the south will be brought no | nearer a settlement because of the , Inauguration of Yuan Shi Kal. TOOK OATH FRIDAY. Private Ceremony Preceded Official Inauguration. Peking. March 10.?Yuan Shi Kal privately took the oath of office on Friday, after which the assembly notified him of Its acceptance of Tang Shao Yl as premier. Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the ex-president, appears to have wearied of the strain during the last two months. He says than when the cabinet is appointed he will retire to his old home at Kwang Tung to rest. If the rural policemen prove as ac? tive and efficient in Sumter county as they have in some of the other coun? ties where the system has been tried they will not be a source of expense but will, while suppressing lawless? ness realize enough In the way of fines to pay their salaries. with the exchange to sell for him, j put the price at 10 cents. And it was ?Old too, after a few weeks and net? ted him four cents more on the gal? lon than his peddling did. * * ? This question of marketing is a l?\o one. it is being given more con? sideration ail over the state than ever before. The people realize as never before the need <?f diversified farming, ami Ihey see disappointment and may be loss. |f they do not plan to mar? ket wisely the crops they hope to grow, Along the line of the Alcolu railroad and in many other localities where I have been, truck of various kinds will be grown, a great deal <>f it for shipment; but whether for shipment or f<?r the local market , without a system of selling, organised by, and run in the Interest of. the growers, ii will noi be successful, sea I I found great anxiety at Clemson about the fertiliser sales. I had not been with Dr. Kiggs live minutes he fore he ask. d me w hat the farmers are doing I tohl him. if they act conservatively and for their best in? terests ihey will not us.- over .*>?? per cent of the amount used last year. He I said liny Would surely <io better than thai. "Today the ta\ 'ag sales were ~<~> per cent of the same date last year.'" and at th ? oloSe Of the next day, he reported to me that the -ah hud Increase d I" 80 per Cl ol ..s compared with same period last year. Dr, Sloan, the treasurer's greeting to me was- "l hope you bring u? good news about money." And I hoi to reply that "if the farmers are true to i h. ir ..w n In t -i.t ?res!?, It will he bud : hows from yont at indpolul Dr. Sloan, for tlo \ ought nol In use over BO per cent as much as thej did last ? r." a a a J ?ober matters ol Interest will heve in He over for another i' ue. E \\ D. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS. Dicks et al. \s. Dicks Cl ul. in re Dicks* Will. The state in the matter of the late will ami testament <>t Hansom Dicks, deceased, ex parte. Ransom Dicks, et al., pe? titioners-appellants, vs. David Dicks et al., r< spondents. Bffects of unreasonable delay in perfecting appeal from probate court to circuit court. Defore Judge Bhipp at Sumter, sum? mer term, 1911, court of common pleas. Opinion by K. C. Watts, A. J.: Ftansom Dicks died in 1900, shortly after his death, two of his children, Ransom Dicks, Jr.. and Rose Willis, presented an alleged will to the judge of probate and the same was proved In common form, the alleged will be? ing filed October 11, 1906. This al? leged will devised all of his property to these two children. Subsequently, on October 31. 1906, David Dicks, Kate Rrunson and Abrams Dicks, three children of the deceased, peti? tioned the judge of probate praying that the court require Ransom Dicks, Jr.. and Rose Willis to prove the said will In due and solemn form of law. Thereupon, due notice was given by the judge of probate that he would require said alleged will proved in due and solemn form of law on Au? gust 15. 1907. Nothing was done in pursuance of this notice, and a rule to show cause was served on Ransom Dicks. Jr., and Rose Willis why they should not be attached for contempt In not proceeding to prove the said alleged will in accordance with the order of the Judge of probate. After? wards, about March 7, 1908, an action was commenced in the court of pro? bate to prove the alleged will in due and solemn form. After taking tes? timony and hearing argument the judge of probate, on July 1, 1909, made his decree adjudging and hold? ing that the said alleged will was a forgery and refused to admit it to probate. On the same day a formal written notice of the filing of the de? cree was given to Ransom Dicks, Jr., and Rose Willis. On July 8, 1909. tbe appellants served notice of appeal and grounds thereof, upon the respond? ents, stating that they intended to ap? peal from the court of probate to the court of common pleas for the county of Sumter. Nothing further was done to perfect the appeal. The appellants filed in the circuit court a certified copy of the record of the proceedings appealed from, or the grounds of ap~ peal or the proper evidence, that no? tice had been given to the adverse parties according to law. The appel? lants having taken no steps whatever to perfect their appeal, and five terms of the court of common pleas for Sumter county having passed since the notice of intention to appeal was served, the respondents served on the appellants, on February 28, 1911, a notice that they would move to have the said appeal dismissed. Upon hear? ing the motion upon this notice, Judge Shlpp dismissed the appeal, and af? firmed the judgment of the court of probate. From this order of Judge Shipp Ransom Dicks and Rose Willis ap? pealed. The supreme court held: ROYAL BAKING POWDER Absolutely Pure The only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar NO ALUM, NO LIME PHOSPHATE "It is unnecessary to decide wheth? er or not it was necessary for ap? pellants to tile a certified copy of re? cord and procedtngs, etc., appealed from before the next stared Session of the said court of common pleas, a< tar such appeal la taken, But we do say that this must be dene within a reasonable time, and to let five terms Of court convene without doing this is unreasonable. Notice was given on February 28, 1911, that on March SO, 1911, a motion would be made to dismiss the appeal. Th?i motion was not heard until July 20, 1911, and during all this time and at the bear? ing, no effort was mads or urged by the appellants to be relieved under section 3159 and 349, code of laws cf South Carolina, volume 2. and there was no error on part of circuit iudge in dismissing appeal. "The judgment is affirmed." Eugene B. Gary, C. J , C. A. Woods, A. J., and D. E. Hydrick con? cur. Justice Eraser did not sb in this case. L. D. Jennings, attorney for ap? pellants; Lee & Moise, attorneys for respondents. BIO FIRE AT EHRHART. Damage Will Amount to About $200. 000. Ehrhardt. March 10.?The loss caused by the fire which almost en? tirely destroyed the plant of the Hacker Manufacturing company here last night will reach approximately $200.000. The loss ahme to the Hack? er plant is about $150,000. Tne fire started at 7:45 o'clock Friday night in the dust room of the planing plant of the Hacker plant and spread rapid? ly to the other departments. The water tank was destroyed which se? riously hampered the tight against the tire. The plant was insured for about one-fourth of its value. The Carolina Gin company was de? stroyed, entailing a loss of $6,000. Nine freight cars loaded with mer? chandise on the Atlantic Coast Line yards were destroyed, causing a loss of probably $30,000. The platform to the depot was burned. Twelve bales of cotton on the platform were burn? ed. No one was seriously injured by the tire. Jason Sender, a workman, in trying to rescue some of the tools from the burning buildings of the Hacker plant was badly burned by the explosion of two tanks containing gasoline. An engineer of the Atlantic Coast Line railway ran his engine through the ilamcs and saved six box cars on a siding near the fire. The lire was under control at 12:46 o'clock this morning. Nil ill IK REMAINS A MYSTERY. st; i \<? Clue to Account For Death of Little Andrew Jackson?K? an a t?<I WIU be Ottered. Florence, March 10. -There is no clue to the identity of the murderer of lltt'.e Andrew Jackson, the 8-year-old boy whose body was found in an At? lantic Coast Line freight ear last Fri? day afternoon by a searching party of Boy Scouts. The little fellow was last seen alive about 6 o'clock Wed? nesday afternoon. His dead body 1 ore marks which led the authorities to believe that he had been choked to death after being struck on the I ack by some blunt instrument. Wild stories and theories as to how little Andrew Jackson met his death are rife in Florence, but absolutely no clue has yet been found which would seem to lead to the murderer. One story has it that the boy was run down by an automobile or wagon, badly hurt and choked to death to conceal the person responsible for I the accident, but the mark on his back was of such a character that it is said it might have been caused by carrying the body for some distance after death had already occurred. Today Gov. Blease wired T. S. Burch, sheriff of Florence county, to ask if he thought it advisable to offer j a reward for the capture of the mur? derer. The sheriff replied that he would be glad for a reward to be of? fered. The amount of the governor's reward has not yet been announced. In addition H. K. Gilbert, mayor of i Florence, has offered a reward of $100 for information leading to the capture of the man who committed the crime. This was the largest amount Mayor Gilbert could offer without the authority of the other members of city council It is un? derstood that the r sidering the matter reward. It is certain thoug offered by Mayor G:.. creased, as a collection is being taken up among the citizens of Florence, which will be added to the reward al? ready subscribed by the mayor. Mr. R. M. Cooper, Jr., of Wisv.ky, passed through the city Saturday. XOTTCF. The registered Jack, Blarney, Jr., will stand the season at Booth-Harby Live Stock Company's stables. He is sixteen hands high, black, weighs eleven hundred pounds. Liberal terms allowed. Sumter Jack Asso? ciation. WAS 16 t. "Feed Dr. Hess Stock Tonic on Three MonthsTe^t at Our Expense."- -Dr. Hess & Clark 4 Th'.s is what Dr. Hew & ( lark write us. and vre stand ready to make good that guarantee to the letter.. II U doesn't pay. return to us the empty packages and we will refund your money. Ceeding Dr. Hess Stoek Tonic i> just like applying fertilizer to the noil. Fertilizer makes the soil yield: l>r. Ile>- Stoek Tonic makes the digestive organs convert more Feed into growth. Sometimes 50 per cent of the food a heedtliy animal eats is found undigested In the manure, if lhi?- wasn't true, how COnld ire fUtCII our hogs on the COTO that passes through the other stoek undigest ulv rYcdtng medical Ingredients \\Hi reduce this waste. Beery medical writer in the ssalverse <i>?* so. Having a part of the wasted nutrition by IliereOMlug digestion i? known as the Dr. lle>v* Ideal of Block feeding. Get this idea Arm!) in ><>ur mind. Do not allow the system to waste half of >our feed_ haw a part of this waste, livery particle you gave meant* protit t?> yourself. _Hundreds of Herds made Immune from the J) So-called Hog Cholera Epidemic by Feeding Dr. Hess ^s== Stock Tonic. ==^ Dr. He** ?v Clarke are having hundreds of lettvrs from stockmen all over Ihc corn i- it tliai ere -axing their herds from the ravage of the Hog Cholera Epidemic h> feeding Dr. If cog Stork Tonic and disinfecting Hi.- pens and sleeping quarters with Dr. Ileas Dip ami disinfectant, PoilltrV P in- l-l^-i lH lo cupe ?I* ?. makes lien* lay. u hns I 11111 I I jf L llll""4l 1^1^ *l Mir slime growth ami r-g producing DuieU li ;l- Dr. Hess Stock I Toiile, no. extra egg will |Nt) for all llie I'an-a re.g a lien rots for Iiiree months, i in ?tum ion-. Killer Kills bice. A. A. STRAUSS & COMPANY, ? PHONE NO. 85. SUMTER, S. C JJ