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Ity?atebman an) Southron. 9 ?BY? MTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY 8UMTBR. S. C. Il.lt per annum?In advance. ftquere first Insertion.$1.00 suteaaueat inaartlen.10 Contrmcta for ttare? montbe, or eager will be made at reduced rates. All com roe11 ideations whieh sub prlvatenntereats will be charted fee as advertisement*. ?Mtuartce and tributes ef respect will be charged for. Test *umter Watch maa wae found od la Use aad the True Southron la I lit The Watchman aad Soothroa issw aas ths eomblned ofrealatlea aad Influence ef both of the old papers, tsad Is ssaalfsstly the tost advertising laodsum la Susnter. Every loyal Democrat should con? tribute something toward the Wilson campaign fund. The Taft machine will have mllllous to spend and Roose? velt is backed by the money bags of tie Harvester Trust. Munsey and other Steel Trust millionaires who have al ersdy spent hundreds o' thousands boosting; him and will spend twice as much If they think there is a^chance of electing him. The Wilson cam? paign managers must have money to pay the legitimate expenses and it must be furnished by the rank and file of the Democratic party. If every Dsmocrat would give a dollar there would be money enought to pay all the expenses of the campaign, e e e Col. Tom Felder has an engagement to meet with ths dispensary Investi? gating committee In Augusta on the Ith Instsnt under the promise to tell all he knows about the dispensary gruft and to explain and substantiate his charge that (Sow Ulease, while a member ?f the Senate, was hand In glove with the grafUrs and was a beneficiary of the graft fund. If Col. Felder really Known anything it is time he was telling It. For more than a year he had b?en talking about what he Knows and what he can prove, but all his talk has amounted to nothing. His promise to write a hook turned out to be u farce and the little confidence the public had In him has about vanished. We ha\e no doubt . Meat* was mixed up In the dts iry, there tuning been collateral testimony brought out l?? the original investigation to afford ample ground for tkl? b. lief, but he was never eu light with the goods?there has, never been any direct, positive testi-' fjeiflg ..f his guilt. If Col. Felder can furnish the proof, as he claims he can .he should do so?he should have alone so many month* ago. e e e W. drow Wilson throughout his campaign fat the nomination, during the convention an.i since, has con? ducted himself wit h scrupulous pro? priety ind has demonstrated that he has ? proper and admbaide self-re ape<l. We have no fear that while he occupies th?? White House he will ever do nnything to detract from th dlgrl'y of hin high office or shock the ?SgS)lhtK'.leO of those WhO desire to re spe< t th-- man as will a- the oflSCS of chief magistrate. see We are of the opinion that a pri? mary election ehoald be held to muni aate Ihne etrulhl it. s i.>r no-mbers of Council under the Sumter plan of Ccmmi-sion Government. Tin nomi? nees el the primary must receive a majority of the VOtCf SSSt and this Will In?*ui ? ? the ??!??< ? ? ri of three m n who are acceptable lo a majority of the taxpayers and cltU-ns. If no prlm?ry is held and tie- choir of the Ihr? n who ire to f/eVOfg SUIUtef for the m-xt six \. |f| - left to the regular elcctasa, Ibej ma) be sleeted by a minority vote, if th? re an eight .,r t -n i indldates in lh< Field, -on- ? In the regular election ? pttttallty vote He'-ts. We think it unwise to run th** risk of committing the re sponsiidllty of administering the af felr? of the clt> to the hands o no n who are not the clone,, of a majority. The ejfJsVejfi of the sity Democrats organisation should lak< the nv ? ?ary steps to insure th, hohllow of the primary. ? ? e If Oov. lilease has the pi >\er |0 SUppr*-- 'be HleK I I s.le of lollol in Char'eston he hIioiiI I fsOt Wal until if ter the primary to lind out whet he I Charleston \otes for Jon. s m ld-.i ?? If he buy* the votes of the CharlestoS blind tigers by the promise of Im? munity h* Is a 'aw-breiker of the Worst sort, for hi Bl debauching an honor.ibie sjfjbji for perm?I gala. a a ? OsA llecawveftt*! rasa pa Ige fat ihe Republican nomln itbui was BjS |ohS to President Taft ?ml the machine bosses, but hai third part) movement promise* to be the bigg, -t political f in. of the era. a a a The suggestion of tin grand htrv that provision bo made for separate quarters for Jail prisoners suffering with con:agious diseases should be seriously considered by the county board and steps taken at the earliest practicable date to comply with the recommendations. ? a g Hne of the scheduled events of the Baltimore Convention that was not pulled off was a speech by Senator E. D. Smith, seconding the nomina? tion of YVoodrow Wilson. Hy a com? bination of unpropitious circum? stances the speech got drowned out nl the turmoil and confusion of the demonstration that was under wuy when South Carolina was reach? ed on the roll call. The roll call pro? ceeded and Senator Smith was left with his speech unspoken. But Woodrow Wilson was nominated, nevertheless, and all's well that ends well. , III Senator Tlllman will probably he re-elected, his appeal to the people to l?t him die in harness, notwithstand? ing his Inability to actively discharge all the onerous duties of the olflce, having struck a responsive chord In the hearts of many thousands whose political convictions are swayed by sentiment. But his opponents will make heavy Inroads on the great majority he usually receives, for there are many voters who now believe, as Senator Tillman believed when he encompassed the defeat of Wade Hampton, that when an office seeker asks for a man's job he should have a man's strength to perform It. ? a * The army of original Wilson men grows by regiments and bigrades each day. Col. Harvey, Col. Watterson and Ma.l. llemphill are already back in line. FARMERS' INSTITUTE JULY tt County Inlon .Met With Jordan Lo? cal at Cain's Mill?Several Matter* pgaasjsjsjgaV The County Farmers' I'nion held Its regular monthly meeting with the Jordan local at Cain's Mill. Several subjects of vital importance were discussed, among them being the "One Year Scholarship" to Clem son. The Cotton Marketing compa? nies, and the contemplated issues to be brought before the State Cnlon at Its annual meeting to he held in Columbia. July 24. 25 and 26. The scholarships to Clemson and a one-year scholarship to Winthrop do not Saara to hi much In demand, al? though Mr?. Beall, oh airman of the educational committee. advertised two one-year scholarships to Clem? son and u one-year scholarship to Winthrop. .<he reported only one ap? plication for the clemson scholarship and no application for the Winthrop .-cholarship. Meente, j. Prank Williams, j. If, Brogdon and W. It. Wells were elect? ed to attend the State Cnlon as del - gates from sumter county, The next legular meeting Of the OOUnty Union Will hi held at the new Bukst sc hool hOUSS with the re? cently organised local there on the tlrst Friday of August, which OOmOS on the lirst day of August this time. The Plea son DOllsgl < Rteiiston work will bold an Institute in connection with a farmers camp meeting on the Bist dU) of Jul> and the first day of mal n ihs n? w Baker school house. Ave oi sig mile-! east or Bum tat snd Ihre? or four miles west of Bfayesvllle, All of the farmers in the county are im rdl ill) Invited to - tend that tin ) in .y hear experts on various lines <-i fun ing and go back to their homos determined to become up-to-date fttrmera, ?radirate plant disease from the soll und cease roh? hing the soll oi ,?s fertlllt) J. Fi ank Williams. President Count) Knrmers' Cnlon. i in Hilt ell Mil AT PRISON. \pparuHi- Will He In tailed al IVni fentiaiv in llfef Next Few Week-. Cohjmbl July ????The electric hm baa irrlved in Columbia ami will be Installed al the state peni? tentiary under tin- supervision of T. (j. Uooaer, state electrician, and C, f. Adam- representing ihe New Jersey tii in making ihe chair. The house to I.pit i] I the chair is located neni Ihe main prison building ?t the H|at< penitentlan and Is being lush? ed to completion. The building will h, completed b) \ugusl I, The flrsl merutlon win Inke place on Angus' Thi ?'? i|u house contains ?n?' rooms, on< ?I which Is the detention chamber, Tt??a act provides that pris? oner* und? i em* net ot death must remain In the detention chamber not no?re than days of less than two day i be fori electrocution, Great Piect of Luck. An Kngltsh laboring man took a slgggotlat into Ckrl lla'B gii roomi In London Ike other day und was gston lanod ti? be loM tta I if rai worth |1,? 7v*, It w t. |h . * i . ..... Ms thing' % i v "i i ' " ? nt? nth con iUI'w II s> ? . ? ,. (Political Advertisement.) To The Democratic Voters of Sumtei* Several weeks ago I published in the press of you:- county the record Of criminal cases In the Third Cir? cuit during my term of office, This record was published for your infor? mation and the record as published is correct. At the campaign meeting in Sumter on the 2nd inst. Mr. Ta tum saw fit to attack my record as published as being misleading and presented his 'deductions'* as to what my record was. 1 then and there replied to Mr. Tatum. but Inasmuch as he has seen fit to publish his "de? ductions." which said "deductions" in? sinuate that 1 tried to deceive the public in my statement of the crim? inal statistics, 1 ask your careful con? sideration of what 1 have to say in reply to Mr. Tatum. My claim was and still la that 1 con? victed in 1909 06 per cent of the ca*es that went to trial; that In 1910 1 convicted 74 per cent; and that in 1911 I convicted 79 per cent. My claim was and still Is that my record as Solicitor i3 up to the standard in this State. To prove this 1 will give the totals In each circuit last year as taken from the Attorney General's report: No Not Per The above shows clearly that last year I ranked among the highest so far as results are concerned. There are, generally speaking, three class? es of cases that are sent up to the Sessions Court by the magistrates. The first class are those that there are nothing in and which the magis? tral* s erred In binding over to the higher COUIt. Some of these cases are thrown out by the Grand Jury and some are dismissed by the Solici? tor. To try all of these cases would be folly. The defendants could not be Convicted in many casts, and. in many it would be wrong to convict them. Again, to try them would be a use? less expenditure of the public mon? ey, and it is the duty of the Solicitor to safeguard In every way possible (he public welfare. Mr. Tatum says that I have nol pressed too many cases, and 1 claim that if I had done other than 1 did do, 1 would have ?hown poor judgment as a Solicitor. Now. Mr. Tatum. in his "deduc- 1 tlone" claims that all cases thrown out by the Grand Jury or by me ! shoutd be counted against my record. By what process of reasoning he reaches this conclusion i can not see. In the table above in which my per? centage for last year appears in con? trast with the other solicitors it is clearly shown that my number of discontinued cases by nol pros or oth? erwise Is low; and it also appears that my percentage of convictions is high, j The per cent In this table .ire all fig? ured on the same basis. And further? more any mathematician can take the Criminal Statistics of the entire State and use any formula, ami l submit they will lind my record up to the standard. The discontinued cases are not counted against the record of the other solicitor! in ascertaining tin i Standing, Is it ail to count the n ..gainst me*.' The second class ot cases are those where the testimony shows al solutely the guilt of the defendant) am* there is no possible defense thai the defend usu illy plead guilty; sometimes on the advice of the attorney, and some? times wh* re they have no attorney. It I were in the habit of misconduct? ing the State's case and allowing the guilty t?? go free, would there be so many pleas of guilty that Mr. Tatum Jpei Us of? The reason pleas of guilty are entered i* because tin- defendant or \\\< attorney knows thai a verdict of guilty will certainly be returned, and the plea or guilty is made in or? der i" gel as llffht sentence as pos? sible. Mi. Tatum in his "deductions'1 gh me no credit for pleas ot guilty, Tin y ar?- counted in the rec? ord of the ?Uber solicitors, and prop erly so, is it fair to me t<* count the pleas of guilty against me instead of i... me? Thai is what Mr. Tatum does in ins "deductions." The third class of cases are those where the testlmonj Is conflicting ami where tin defendant can offer testi? mony that gives him a legal defense. These coses arc usually.ntested be? t?r, a Jury, and the .-*>ii*Jtor Is In? deed lucky wie? convicts one-half of this class of i.asts. Tin law ni^e- the defendant tin- benefit of all reasonable ,bai i( ami th* odds are usually against the staif. An examination ol my r, ei r,i will prov< ih*' fact that In 'this class of cases i l..*ve convicted i County. ant can offer, larger per cent than I have lost. My record was published because 1 am, not ashamed of it, and on it I am willing to stand or fall. It was taken from the Attorney General's report to the General Assembly and was compiled from the record as orig? inally made up by the clerks of court. Mr. Tatum'a tigures from the Clerk of Court of Sumter county shows as fol? lows: Guilty. 85; not guilty 5.'. or 140 cases disposed of in 1909, 1910 and 1911 and part of 1912. If you will divide the 85 (guilty) by the 140 (total tried) you will find my pet cent in Sumter county to be 60 per cent instead of 18 per cent as figured out by Mr. Tatum in his "deductions." Mr. Tatum'a statistics are from the Clerk of Court and are up to June 29. 1912. My record as published did not include any part of the year 1912. and was for the entire circuit and not for Sumter county alone. The record from which my report is taken shows as follows for Sumter county. In 1909 there were 46 cases tried; of this number 16 were acquit? ted and 80 guilty. In 1910 there were 58 cases tried; of this number 21 were acoiuitted and 37 convicted. In ,1911 there were 49 cases tried; of this number 18 were acquitted and .16 convicted. Total for three years. 153. Not guilty, r?0; guilty. 103; per cent, 67. j Mr. Tatum has insinuated that my published record was misleading. I published figures for the entire cir? cuit, and he produced figures for Sumter county, lie says my per cent in Sumter County is 13; I claim that it is 67 by my record and 60 by his own tigures. 1 respectfu'ly submit to the voters of Sumter county that Mr. Tatum's "deductions** are absolutely mislead? ing and absurd, and are neither found? ed upon fact, common sense, reason, or mathematics. I will leave it to the public to decide which of us is trying to deceive them. 1 am willing to stand or fall on my record, I want to be Judged by it. My record during my three years of office la up to the standard, and last year it was above the Standard. The propoaiton for the public to decide is very simple, if what I say is true. 1 am entitled to another term; if what I say is not true, then I ought to be kicked out of office tor trying to deceive the public. I invite the public to exam? ine my record and pronounee judg? ment. Philip iL Stoll, Solicitor 3rd Circuit. REPUBLICAN* WANT CHAIRMAN. Hilles Announces That lie Will Not Have It but Will Work lot Ihres!? dent Anyhow. Washington, July 8.?Selection of a chairman for the Republican nation? al committee was tonight still in the air. For four hours this afternoon , President Taft, his secretary, Charh I Hilles, und a subcommittee of the Republican national committee dis? cussed the question of the chairman? ship. At ">.:*<> o'clock they adjourn? ed until 9.3" tomorrow morning, no nearer to a choice than they were when they met lo ve early today for (heir first session. Moie thin a dozen names were considered during the long discussion held In the White House. The confer? ence was entirely amicable, No feel? ing developed against any candidate About the only actual result of the meeting- was the. final elimination from consideration of the name of Mr. Hilles. He told the commilt? e men that under no circumstance Would he take the position, but be would work with all his ability tor the president's election. Predictions were freely made today that the chairmanship might not be settled for several daya The president was host tonight to the members of the subcommittee anal many of the leading Republicans of the country at an outdoor recep? tion in the White House grounds, O'Donnel] & Company have an ad? vertisement on bagging and ties in this week's Issue which every farmer should read. This linn are believers in the progressive idea, und are al? ways looking ahead In the interest of their friends, SPONT.WKOFS toMBlsT'.oN IN HAY. The Insurance Cofnsnl*sioiier Cautious Farmer* About Ntorlng Ho Not Fully Cured. Spontaneous coml ustlon ki hay Ui causing s number i f fire> thro igh< at the state, according to Im iranee Commissioner McMastor. He gives ! the following Instant es: j A small store was recently burned : in Columbia, and it has been satisfac? torily established that it was due ? spontaneous combustion in several bales of hay which the store-keeper had purchased the day before. The store-keeper on a Saturday morning had purchased from a country wagon, several bales of hay which had been recently gathered. It was piled in the back part of the store and the even? ing sun beating on the rear end of the store caused that part of the store to he considerably heated. This seems to have set the hay on lire, and about 4 'clock next morning the flames were discovered in that end of the store. The building was consumed. Mr. Boozer, who lives near Cross Hill, hauled in several loads of uncur ed hay into his barn. A hand who went to feed the stock, found that the hay was heated, but paid no attention to it. At mid-day. when there was no one about the barn, which was In a field, the hay hurst into flames and the barn was consumed. Mr. Lewis Cook, who lives near Blshopvllle, on the day before his tire, had hauled Into his barn some uncured oats In bundles. The next morning, at feed time, the oats .\ere found to be unite he..tad. but no at tention was paid to it, and before 12 o'clock in the day. flames had started ia the oats and the barn was con? sumed. The House Fly and the B. B. One of the characteristics of the present-day campaign for the preven? tion of disease Is the homely, practic al way in which tacts are being placed before the public. Many Of our State boards?through bulletins?are doing excellent work in this direction. As a result, some popular ideas are being j sadly shaken. The little house-liy, for instance, lias been for years the sub- j Ject Of household poetry, and has I been referred to as the harmless and Innocent companion of man. The bedbug, on the contrary, has been looked on with speechless aversion. He has no social standing. Even the mention of his name has not been considered good form in our l>est Circles, while the least suspicion of a speaking acquaintance with him has seen regarded with horror. In the May number of the Bulletin of the North Carolina State Board of 11 eaTth. Dr. Cyrus Thompson. In an article on "Flies and Filth." says: "Now as a matter of unprejudiced fact, barring the sting of the bite and the odor of the encounter, the bedbug is a much more eligible companion than the house-fly. whether of hod or of hoard. But if bedbugs, compara? tively cleanly of habit crawled all over our piatos. talde and food just as the house-flies crawl, fresh from the foulest filth of every pestilential kind, who could eat or even sit at the ta? ble for a moment? I am not making a idea for the elevation of the social status of my nocturnal friend, who loves darkness rather than light: hut 1 am declaring that his deed? are not nearly so evil and destructive as those of the house-fly." Put this statement before every American houseke* per, and the doom of the typhoid fly is sealed, says The Journal of the Amer? ican Medical Association. The bedbng has been, for generations, the abomi? nation Of the hOUSeWlfe, and the ob? ject of her unrelenting warfare. Once convince American women that the fly is more loathsome and dangerous that the bedbug, and the ravages of this typhoid-breeder and fllth-dlstr!butf>r will he o>cr. WANTED?Men, women and stu? dents to sell patented specialties, or popul.tr publications. Guaranteed salary $1.7.r> per day. Address Box 23, Boykin, s. C. WAXTKD?You to know that I can s.ll you Nitrate of Soda for prompt shipment from any port. Write of phone me for prices. Phone No 1'.'. C. J. Dwyer. THE FAMOUS "OLDS" GASOLINE ENGINES Made by Seager Engine Works, Lansing. Mich. 0)vv l orn Machinery, tV^ed Grind? ?r^. sawing Uig*. Spray Ulli?, tflectrlo l-lclu and Water Pumping Plann*. Holst?. i icjiin Separators. M \ITKH liY. .*v Mill, si !' Vl.\ COMPANY. Cnless tr.uk Living on the Seaboard begins pretty *-<on that r ad will not 5 ? In operation Into Sunttar in t.me to hi adle s sh.tre of this year 'a cot* r n . rop, A Candidates, Cards. Anaeuaceuaeata of candidates will be printed la thia co.umn ur.tli thw tAona of the campaign fur |l. No tarda accepted on credit. For sheriff, (.apt. 1L. g, Caraon le hereby an? nounced aa a candidate for Sheriff at the enauing ejection, having before discharged the duties of thai offlct with promptness and efficiency, wa take pleasure in recommending hkn I for aaid office, subject to the rules of i the Democratic primal?. MANT VOTERS. I hereby offer myself as a candidate for the office of Sheriff of Sumter County, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. J. K. ERADFORD. I hereby announce myself a can? didate for the office of Sheriff of Sumter County, subject to the rules governing Democratic primaries. W. H. SEALE. ' Capt. ?*o. C. Warren is hereby announced as a candidate for the of? fice of 3"Acriff of Sumter county, sub? ject to the rules of the Democratic primary. VOTERS. For Coroner. I heseaby announce that I am a candidate for the office of Coroner of Sumter County, subject to the action' of the Democratic primary. D. W. OWENS. I or House of Representatives. 1 am a candidate for re-election to the House of Representatives subject to the rules of the Democratic Pri? mary. R. B. BELSER. I hereby announce myself a candi? date for the House of Representative* from Sumter County, pledging myself' to abide by the result of the Bemo cratic Prtnxsry. P. D. EPPS. Dr. I I right is here* na*n mously . sndidate the Ho to the m . erniag tue primary. We bespeak for him the suffrage of his fellow countrymen. The W*dgefleld Democratic Club. For Supervisor. I hereby announce myself a candi? date for the office of Supervisor of Sumter County, subject to the rules of the Democratic Primary. L. B. WHITE. I hereby announce myself a can? didate for re-election to the office of Supervisor of Sumter County, subject to the rules of the Democratic pri? mary. P. M. FiTTS. _I?_ For Clerk of Court. ! hereby announce myself a candi? date fur re-election to the office of Clerk of Court for Sumter County, subject to the rules of the Demo? cratic party. U I. PAR ROTT. The name of H. L. Scarborough U presented as a candidate for Clerk of Court for Sumter Comity in the com? ing Dt mocratic primary election. 1 hereby announce myself a candi? date for Clerk of Court of Sumter county, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. JOHN R. SUltTER. For solicitor. I announce myself a candidate for the office of Solicitor for the Third Judicial Circuit, subject to the rales of the Democratic Primary THOS. H. TATUM. I hereby announce myself a can? didate for re-election to the office of Solicitor of the Third Judicial Circuit, subject to the rules of the Democratic Primary. PHILIP H. BTOLL. For Coded States Ornate I hereby announce myself a car.di d no for the Fntted States Sonata, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. Your support and Influence v\ ill I appreciated. N. B. DIAL Laurens, B. C. For t ongress. I ] i re by announce myself as a can dldate for the nomination for Con gress from the Seventh Congression r>l District of South Carolina, sub Ject to tha rules of the Democratl \ rlwtary? A. F. LEVER