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tbtOOlitcbnuiuno iouilinjn PublWhed \Vriim*<Ml>t) und (Saturday. ?BY? OSTEfcN PUBLISHING COmPANY SL'MTKH, g. C. Term*, per annum?In advance. Advertisements: ?ae Square ftrat Insertion.11.00 Every subsequent insertion . . .60 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communication 1 which sub? serve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. The RsjggSSf Watchman was found? ed ha I?10 and the True Southron In IMS The Watchman and Southron new h?* tha combined circulation end ?n JSjBsjgSJSS cf both of the old papers, ?ad is manifestly tha beet advertising ssedtuui In Sumter. sjsaaaa????? A VITAL CONSIDERATION. Tou have a son. You are proud of him. You wish him to have better opportunities than you have had; to be better, broader, and stronger than you are. This Is right and Just?the natural yearnings of a father's h? .rt Do you realise that this son's < i reer will be determined largely l y the suggestion of outside Influences, that with him example is far more potent than precept? Do you realize that he is receiving every day impres? sions that are forming his character and will fix his destiny? Do you realise that the greatest influence of hie life are concrete and objective; that he finds bis ideals of manhood In some man; that he will look f >r hls highest Ideals In the man highest up? Since this Is true, are you not Impressed with the consideration that the occupant of the governor's chair for the next two years will have a tell? ing* Influence upon the life of your eon? Are you willing to say, "My eon. I wish you to study the character and career of the man for whom I voted for governor and, as he is, I wish you to become." If you are willing. Intelligently, conscientiously and sincerely thus to enjoin your son, yon may he sure of the correctness of ?nor r.??t?ton- if not then be care? ful ht-w y o vote, * r I illoi Im poct,i a bu Jen of .r*?neadou? n sjponotbtllti ? .1 ? fat hi r w .e> ? . hp his heart th<? nelfete ? .' bis son. Qualification* IteqnMic for Oltlco. In that great and good b...k which Jeho\ah has given >o be "a lamp into our feet and a light unto our pith" we may by diligent search find den atte direction for a!l of our conduct, in bla infinite knowledge Q >d has foreseen the needs of all times and there is not a question of < ondact that perplexes us, whou answer is not fcund in this book of all '.kl Just at this time the problem that most perplexes I4*: "For whom shall wr \ ? LH us geareh the ier|f> tures. not ?ith the hope thai we may find a name; but with t! I full as? surance of faith that Qod Ig His awn wey has answered the question i% r uMe commands that the pcr for w !?oin U ? 't d.i'i pessess the following qu.ilimrations: Ability. Fear of Ood. Truth Rate ?I Covatoaa ness. Before we cast our ballots on Au? gust the twenty-*??\i-nth lit us turn In our Mble* to KmmIus 1*:21 and read what ood eeasaatadsi MMafe? over fhnu shalt pr.vib out of all the people able men. such gj fear Ood. men Of truth. haftHI covetous neas. and place such **r them to be their rub rs." Puioter will be ?o\ereT.eil for the j next four years, bf Ihre? represeniu tl\e i-It Isens who were chosen by the quaUihd elector** 00 tin- , ..mmunity on aeeouat of their buslne** ability. They have great responsibilities and a great oupor:unit>. \\ e ha\? c ?ntidetiee that \hfj win gessssate np lo the re? spond billt> and grasp the opportunity to ni'ike the Suml??r IMan i succeas and ; ? make Sumter the best govern? ed city In the state, if BJC*. Ig the South. It Is a wicrlfb e fog the., men to un? dertake thl* imp >rt.int Work for the pUtdle Bad While it iS their duty to fJgeS h irg?- the sjtvlfsjatlua th n they have assumed. It 's fully SS much the duty of the citizen* >l Sumter. for whom these men ate Working, tn hold up their SSUsds In gVery worthy endeavor and to *ri\? f- them hearty co-operation a * * We . re Informed that satM .f OUT fenders of the Jewish faith were ..f 'vi .I d by the publieatlon in this pa per a few days ggo of a political |nke that was clipped from another paper. This we regret, since no of? fense was Intended, gat SMI there any Idea thnt any reader would regard the t upping in that n?ht. The paragraph was Intended to Illustrate the ignor? ance of lasse ef the Hagoi F.ith sup* porter* of Oov MsSSJt and to show to what b-rigfh the pfOjadlCI WOgld gC that Oov. I'.le me bad endeavored to arouse against JmUo J t?es by ? hafg? Ing h'.n with being ? "mlxed'tilood," ref? IHK to Ihr alleged fart th It Judge J a has Jewish Mood in his vein-. To further show Uli lack of intent to wound the s. n>?bilitUs of any of our reader-*, it is* a fact that the Kdit'T did not ki ow that the paragraph that ghVO offen .e was in the paper until it was nailed to his attention after tha paper was printed. It was clipped from an e \ c h a n u e by one of his a ?latanta whoet duty it is to read tha exchange a- put .>n the c,.py hook ami was printed, without ever corning ander the Editor's ? ? no one think? ing it of ?udicient iiniioriar.ee to bo mferred to him. Ai stated above* we rogrei thai the paragraph was print? ed since it u ive o ven-e where none was intended, and we are confident that the many life-long friend* Wt h i>e among the im n >ei s of the Jew? ish faith in Bumter have confidence in the llneerlty of this statement. I>lltl\ AM) DISGl STING. Cnquestlonably this has been the dirtiest and most disgusting political campaign South Carolina has ever been called upon to endure. Governor Blease overstepped all bounds day after day in his speeches from the Isiump, using profane and violent lan? guage and making obscene, lewd and vicious insinuations against Judge Jones and man in the audience who ha\e asked questions. Some of his opponents, notably Mayor Grace, have been guilty in this respect although they have the excuse that they are quoting the language of Gov. Blease and do so only to show the people what manner of man Blease is. The newspapers In reporting the campaign meetings h ive printed the objection lalde and d!sgu<tirg fnlminatlons of Gov. Blease and the articles in reply thereto by those who have been will? ing to meet him on the sime plane. In the twenty-one years that the [writer has been in the newspaper business he has not before known such vile stuff to he printed in the n- v pape! of South Carolina. But what are the newspapers to do! They gf ? gipgrti '1 to glVO I record of events as thev tt inspire and it is impossible to rep ut the campaign without stat? ing the fa< - ai tin y are. If all the vulgarity, profanity and obscene Inain? nations, thai Gov, Bleaao utters on the stump frOrt cut out there would be fi not from WHfl i. a a . 'IUI Sle'U M things are oounteneneed ... . campaign in South Carolina, but it is a part of the record of the campaign that has been conducted 08 the lowest BX s-ible plant by Gov. Blease. *" ?*- ? I 1HS HOI HAS TURNED, I The people of South Carolina arc ?ing t.. themselves. There have been man)'i who believed that Blease ( is not so L ack ?? s he is painted and , they championed the cause of one. who they thought, wo* the underdog in the Ugh . There have been others, who supported lint tarn years ago I either l..tans.- they did not know him 1 or becauet they dal not wish to vote , for prohibition Having Voted for hint once, tiny believed thai it would i-e inconsistent in ;hem n to vote for j him as OftOn as he offer? d himself. J B it Blenae has out of his own mouth condemned himself, The men ol South Carolina irt above nil thingsI proud of their reputation for chivalry, their reverence t?t women. Promj the month c. Blueae, even ? n the pies- | ?SCO of the gCitle women of our State then have slowed such foul expressions and suggestions a- to make men roh?.i in disgust. Men win. wen- formerly for him ate now agalntl him, Besides tin | refreshing Information that cones tbroimh the pt?ss we have be nd per? sonally f i ? ueni comments nf Intt to tin- e|f,e\ that Blease || losing OUt. Men aie becoming strong enough and broad enough tt. believe that they manifest no weakness, when they de? cline longer t ? supoort one w hom they formerlj supported under n mlaconeept ion, Whit Will lie IK?.' Darlington Newi and Presa, j Governor Blenae hai offered one [thousand dollars la the man wi?.. will j bring T. B. I'el.b i into South i'aio IUns and within reach of me Gover* j nor, Bometlms ago a little dog w as jig the habit of running after the train and barking ferociously. An old m gro remarked "NoU I iho* Wonder what dat dog gUlne do wid dat train Of to- tab h it.' The same remark nttghl wIth aptitude, be applied to the Ulense and Kelder Incident. New yawl ? otton Market. New York, Aitcuet I. (bjtan i 'los?. January. . I J. 7 - - 7 : 11 i ?; j Mnroh.IS.IO- *i 12.72?7:1 ( May..1t.t4?IS I 2.7:? ?0 i letobef.... 11,10?? 71 M as I ?e< ember. ... 12,g| 7a t *ios? d steady, I.oeal Market. b isla middlling, 11.00 ( enta. MHI.ViN IXIH ri\ \\( IN(. COT? TON CHOP RKFCSKD. ttooluilon \*kn Thai I ai nie*!*!! \ci ImllvUluall) Cntll Warehouse Hys? h in \h I jum h ?I Into Law. The State, The commit i ?? "n marketing and banking of tin South Carolina State Farmers' i nl i has made report In which i' la recommended that the State union it this time '*?-io not give Iti ?ndorsi mont ot the proposed achemei ot ooo-peraflon for marketing and financing the cotton crop, that have been presented today, leaving each Individual to act for himaelt until the plan for the State warehouse ays tern is 001 i pie ted ami enacted into law." Th*? committee also recom? mended that each county follow the example of the Bumter county union of arranging with the local hanks at once to furnish a sutticient capital hi as low late of interest as can be obtained and finance their cotton un? til auch minimum price as shall be recommended by the national con? vention is obtained. ) "We believe such cordial relations between the grower and the banks sould be cultivated in every county us it will greatly aid the solution of this problem whatever final plan is adopted," says the report of the committee. The committee was ap? pointed at the annual meeting of the State I'nion held here several days ago. Robert W, Cooper is the chair? man of the committee. At the annual meeting of the State Farmers' I'nion held here several daya ago n w. Dabba of Bumter, and president of the union, delivered his annual a?"di in which he point? ed out the progress made during the ' year. AfMreen or Preakleut Dahns, "It la the custom, and a good one. that at each annual meeting your I president shall in a more or less formal manner give you a resume of the year's activities. "When l aeaumed the reaponalble duties of this honorable position to which you called me by your vote-, it was with serious doubts of my ability to maintain the high standard Of etilen ncy set by my distinguished "? ? > bnve failed in i treasury in as good c minion a found it. This you will see when the report of the exeoutlve committee is lead. "There are two reoeons for this. one is that, though we have organ laed more new locale, We have failed J to hold aa large paid up membership. Tin- other ;> that by reason of the i conditions t1 at developed In the cot- i ton market. It became necessary to | wage a Very StrenUOUS ami expensive, campaign to reassure our people and j to try to prevent them from sacrlflc-j Ing their cotton, it waa 'i condition! ami m i a theory' thai < nfronted us. j Something hud o be d ne, ??| a m proud ol t lie i ? cord the Farmers' Cnlon made in the cotton i campaign, a movement which had! its humble beginning in 'he Bumter j county union, when it met with the! Wtsaoky local of Lee count} on August . 4. ii;. I: ? rlglri tt- d in the deter- i minati n of a few men to leave 1 | atone unturned in their efforts to j help themselves, and to secure the! co-operatl< n ? f every business int. r- j eat of their count) to conserve the t wonlth <d' th it county .as represented in tin value "f our cotton They hail ^ no expectation thai it would spread beyond the ennftnoa of tin- two ad j e e;;t counties of la c and ?Malenden: but once begun it could not have been atopped, e\cn though sucb had i been our desire. All the rest has been I growth and development, recent bis tors which ail cun see! the Montgom? ery e.inv? nii-? n; th.- Cotton ''on-n'ess1 tu Columbia; the Cllnkscales' plan, und othei*s too numerous to mention: [the $50,000,000 so-called loan of Col, Thompai n's; the governor's confer? ence m \ew Orleans; the Rock Hill plan: and the call if June la. by v.uir state president to the county unions throughout the cotton belt to ullgn the growers, the merchants and the bankers in one solid phalanx in order to secure our section our share of tin- stream of foreign gold that our cotton annually pots Into the channels ol American trade, thereby materially benefiting every occupation /.ml profession. "is ibis an end w ith working for? fan any other organisation be as effective as the Farmers' i'nion to brine about such results? Is this not a practical plan'.' Tie answer can be nothing but >e<, yes, yes. Then in the name of common Hell ?. Why should anv on.- light the Farmers' I'nion. as I am told n is fought in some sections? Aid why should let) every faruer \\ ? >l 111 the name of 'farmer' be enrolled under our banners? Echo answers, 'Why?' 'This campaign has been so ex im nsive, und such hard work that cuiitd we have foreseen Its magni? tude, and 1*1*- hours and days and weeks .uni m >ntha of physical and mental toil,' we would never have mustered courage to begin, But with the progress and the respite accom? plished thus tar, why such .1 work does not appeal u> cur people, 1 can only understand on the Idea that they have no conception of what it all means, if tiny aid. Instead of having to practice the strictest econ? omy, we would have thousands of dol lars t<> enable our officers to keep in touch with the world's trade, and to keep lecturers in the Held to give our people accurate Information of the title conditions, Right here it is proper that 1 ex pre?i my thanks to the press of the State for the general space they have given to our cause in the many articles they have published, and in many Instances for editorial jom menoation. "1 have tried by pen and voice, in season and out of season, to reach the h lependent farmers ami the big farmers. 1 have tried to show them that the union is not merely for the poor man, but that it offers them the only avenue through which they can protect themselves, that is by taking care of their less fortunate neighbors. This is not a matter of charity either, nor do I pat it on the highest plane, that of service to our fellow men and the true worship of our God. but on the plain business proposition of self protection. For the thousands of im? provident and debt-ridden farmers of the South absolutely fix the price of our products and thereby the pros perity of our section. "Therefore have we called on the unions, the chambers of commerce and the banks who are the fiscal agents < f the entire business com? munity, to combine OUT resources and >ur brains for the common defense. Thli gentlemen, is the meaning of our ca 1 of June 10, and l trust this meeting Will at least give a State-wide significance to it. All other plans will only successful in so far as they emphasise this fundamental prin clpie. "From a study of these problems for many years, 1 am convinced that it || Ignorance of the principles of Commerce that keeps us from success? ful organization. For this reason I have taken up the matter of studying 'Kann Finance and Marketing' in the colleges. It is a great pleasure to re ... ? ? I v \ ery Institution t done. It seems to me to be the great? est awakening of the day. An edito? rial in a great daily newspaper com? mended the late State Convention for pausing in its political work to com? mend this new departure in educa? tion, in the pressure of other mat? ters, i". overlooked the fact thai it was the influence of the Farmers' Union that caused this action by the Stab1 convention. You should know that tiic resolutions adopted by the State Democratic convention were written by your State president ami Intro, due d in tin- . invention by a former state preside nt of the Farmers' Union. "Wr. 1 >ver Influence 1 may have in these ffairs is due to my official po? sition as your president. 1 have al? ways kept 10 tin- front tin- idea that it is not .he man. i ut the president of a great organisation of patriots that suggests these Improvements, "Th !?? ate other matters that the report* of lb,- various committees will buch upon, and it would 1 ?' of place f< r me to anticipate them. 'The time is past, and, 1 trust, is past forever, when men can only be organi/cd by appeals to prejudice, to class dlstlncltions or to promises im? possible to perform. We must show them that we are organised for the (greatest constructive work of the 20th century, the conservation not alone of the natural resources oi forest and 'tinid and mine, but for the conserva^ tion ' f human Industry, especially In agriculture, the oldest as well as the greatest Industry on earth, through which ami by which 'all nations of the earth nre blessed.' "To the discouraged member* of 'the union, lei me commend what Jehovah said to Elijah who had tied from the wicked Queen Jesebel and had requested for himself that he mighl ?Ii-', for he thought that he only was left t ? serve the true God. And the Lord said: Vet l have left me 7.Mim in Israel, all the knee- which have not bowed unto Baal, ami every mouth which hath not kissed him.' s.. would 1 s>> to this distinguished ami representative assembly of farm? er.-; "There are yet many thousands of your constituents who are true to the principles of the Farmers' Union, who have not, nor ever will, t end tin- pregnant hinges of the knee that tin iit maj follow fawning Tho Best Way. A correspondent wants to know how to pronounce Chihuahua. The best way li to say Chy-hewa hewaand then laugh as though you knew better. It it is done artistically you can get away with it nearly every time. The same treatment has been frequently applied tn rlccMete with great success. FARMERS' UNION NEWS IVnc.U-.M Thoughts for Practical i ai >iit i (Conducted by E. w. Dabbs, Pr?s? ident j>?. C, Farmen Union.) Home Rumloni Thoughts ami Note* on stale Meeting. Except the few disparaging rei . rki noted In the lost letter, there comei from every side words of rheei and hope, Inspired by the action ol the stat?- Union on the few questions It made any deliverance upon. More than ever the earnestness ?f the mem? bership was shown and less than ever was there a disposition L" debile "ii minor Questions. e * * Those were good ta ks made by Beall and Swearingen >n education but the <>ue pied iminant n te ol this meeting of the state Union was I marketing, and the collateral and important subjects of Finance and Banking. Beginning with Kunni j iutt's practical talk on Produce Mar? keting; Barrett's inimitable speech on things In general, and mar keting in particular; McLaurln's plea for a siate Warehouse system and the rea? sons that make it the logical and ideal, |i*.s well as practical, plan; Carter's j splendid speech for unionism, and apt Illustrations showing market con? ditions and how to improve them; and Messrs. Smith and Tarver with their plans far unification of the entire cot ton growers on the bale basis, with the local banks financing the local cotton, just what the Sumter farmers and bankers have agreed to do, only not on such a systematic plan; every one of these addresses was full of meat as an egg. and there Waj not one dull minute. * sjs * Every one-of these men advanced practical ideas. And every >ne of then; are better understood, and more favorably known than ever efore, 1 have attended a half dozen Statt union meetings and more meetings to improve agricultural conditions than I can remember or count up, and this n eating leads them all In the absence of ? ? 11>et1 u dar, : 1 in the < i a e nt'?i iock ,?.i.-> ? >?...?? u ... - . pra< tical agriculture. marketing and tinar.ee. No report of the meeting, not ev en the printed address? s, If they could be reproduced, could do justice to them and the farmers a*ho did not attend, or those who did not listen, will never know w hat the) have lost, e a e Ami ibis is not merely my opinion, but the ideas have been expressed by numbers of competent judges n'hora 1 have heard discussing the meeting. The hearty response to Mr. McLaur? ln's suggestion that he would like to make a personal contribution to en? able the President of the Union to do more effective work was evidence of the sincerity of those present. Sev? eral hundred dollars were subscribed in i few minutes, and the secretary was ordered to give every county and Individual an opportunity t> con? tribute a> this fund to advance the work of the union. At this writing President Barrett's contribution ol ten dollars and Mr. McLaurln's hun? dred dollars have been received, and placed iti bank. Money talks. To :he writer the quick response of Lei and sumter counties through their delegates was most gratifying. Here? after the President hopes t<- be able io respond to the invitations f the I ... i brethren without so much mortifying correspondence about expenses * * e j Before leaving Columbia, I y the advice of the Executive Committee. Bro Mahaffey was made h special [Deputy organiser, The President would like to have ib.- names of >th er good men to appotnl special depu? ty organisers for we are put Ing on a whirlwind campaign for members, e $ * In tlie retirement of Bro. V< h.iyre from the Executive Committee, a true Union man. and hard worker goes buck to the ranks, not exactly either, f< r he is still Secret.try and Treasur? er of Union County union. In his place Mr. K. M. Cooper of Lee was elected for the full term of thre? years. Having served with him when he was President of the Sumter coiin tv Alliance in 1888-90, while the writer was secretary, and in many conven? tions of farmers since, and having nanod him chairman of the state union's committee on banking, w;.t. housing and marketing, I an sure Bro. Mclntyre's mantle has fallen on worth) shoulders. e ? e In the place of Bro. \ I >. Hudson whose health has prevented him from serving siw e last fall, former President B. Harris waa ele :-d fot the unexplred term of one year. He i.- too well kn >wn as fortner State i II I \IU IAS \ SKXA rOR 1;.^ < ? SSI - I UUFF Wl i II PRE*. 11) K X TIAI, c' A SI > 111ATI i. d IH'Icgatiou of Wgrocw He Whs lkH*n und l'?<i-?'<l In South und L*n? (i? ix uoil Tlnnii, Trenton, N. .J.. Julj ?Gov. Wil? son had a Ions confei nee at the State house : d y e/ltti Senators Mark >>mlth of Arizona and Ellison D. smith of South Carolina, upon tariff ques? tion and I " v he evtll de il with it in hia apeech of acceptance. After phe Interiew the South Carolina Sen? at >r Bold that he hoped the govern or would so treat the tariff in his apeech as to Ineplrc tha confidence of the buatneaa men of the country. ?There is a growing sentiment in lay State and in the South generally." Senator Ellleon 1a Smith said, "for adequate tariff protection. in my opinion, the regulation should he gradual. High protection is now the law. We ought to give our friends \vh ? believe in it a chance to come back into the fold." The South Caro? linian said that he had lold this to G >V. Wilson and that he : nd his COl 1 ague had also dlacussed with the I nominee tha plan of the campaign ;generally and in their localities spe? cifically. J. Taylor Ellison, former lieuten? ant governor of Virginia, an old friend, took luncheon with Gov. Wit* ' son I A delegation from the Cnited Ne? gro Democracy of New Jersey called - n tha governor and told him that !men of their race wanted to support ? candidate in symiothy with ti.*-;r aims and ambitions in life. I "i was born and raised in the j South," the governor told them. j "There is no place where it is easier to cement friendship between the two faces than there. They underst m ! each other better than elsewhere. Ton i may feel assured of my entire compre? hension of the abilities of the negro race and my willingness and desire t ? d< al w ith that race fairly and justly.' Thoughts Suggested by un Old Text. About twenty-one years ago Bl?h? op George Pierce preached a memor? able sermon in WofEOrd College on thta text' "He that Walket | I plight evei'j iMiy. .so politic**! utheer, evcu one in a small office, can ho'd up his lo ad and face honest men when his steps are crooked. if all public of ftcers from the president down would walk uprightly there would never be any med of investigations, the recall and dictagraph. Mr. Burns and his detective force would SOOn have to hunt other jobs, tine crooked step leads to another. No man reaches by one bound that degree of crime when he boasts of his achievement-. When one rejoices In his wrongdoing the ? is little hope for reform. Only he that walketh uprightly walketh sure? ly. An educated sentiment BLgainSt crime is needed. It has COHtO to pass that criminals, pardoned con? victs, gamblers, all sorts of viola? tors of law are just as good and a lit? tle better than men who have walked uprightly all their lives. The time has come for men to speak out and let it lie known how they stand on moral questions that do not Involve the Idea of right and wrong. A young man may start out and walk crooked and yield to all sorts of evil suggestions. Afterwards he may repent, but there will always be I limp In his gait, an unsteady step ir. rough places. "He that walketh up? rightly walketh surely."?Spartanburg Journal. His First Need. "Well, out man, bow'a tricks?" "Miss W: :i b: accepted at iast. night." '*l suppose yo\ r.re around todr-y acct pttt g congr it ilatlona "No. I ra around today trying to bor? row $20 ) to buy the ring."?Louisville Courier-Journal. Man's Idea of Woman's Dress. "If a man spots anything remark? able about a woman's dress, nine times out of ten it is something that annoys him; if he merely considers her wall dressed, the effect as a whole Is enough for him. and details are su perflous."?Clouds, by Charles Iggles deu__ President, and since as pure food in? spector to need any introduction i ti South Carolina. All the other offlcete were re-elected. There is more. it will have to wait another letter. B. W. 1>. rou SALE?n. w seed rye for plat hue in cotton, com, etc., wen la) I I by. Ftooth-Harby Live Stock Co W VN H P?Men, women and dents to sell patented specialties, >r popular publications. Guaranteed salary 11.76 per day. Address Box 23, Boykln, S. C.