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A SUNTER COUNTY FAIR. COMMITTFF VISITS OKANOKBl III, F\Ut AM) RKTIKN FN Tlll SI.WTK . Orsngeburg Fair Organl*i<d in Sixty Day* Wmm a >H Dividend of $1.. 000 mid \ttr?et* Thousands of VUltoTM to rimi lily. The committee from the Sumter Chamber of Commerce returned from Orangeburg Thursday night enthusi? astic over the possibilities of a coun? ty fair for Sumte- county, it is their belief that what Orangeburg has done and is doing along this line can be duplicated In Sumter and should be surpassed owing to Surntur's excellent railroad facilities. The committee visited the Orangeburg fair grounds, talked with the officers of the Fair Association and with a large number of business men. All alike agree that the fair has been a good thing for Orangeburg, business men and farm? ers a.ike. The Orangeburg Fair was started at the suggestion of the Farmers' Union of that county and was organised through the co-operation of that body and the Chamber of Commerce. Nearly one-half of the subscribers to the steck of the association are farm? ers. Of the directors, five are from the city and the others are selected from the farmers, one being selected from each township. The association was incorporated for $20,000 dlvidod into $10 shares. By dividing into small shares the stock was distributed widely and a large Interest was thus secured. $ll,0uo was subscribed be? fore the fair started and $7,000 was paid In. Thirty-five seres of land was purchased on the outskirts of the city st $5.500 which was sold to them by a public spirited citizen be? low ctst in order to prevent a hold? up of the association and that the fair might be started. Not a dollar of this amount was paid until after Che fair closed. The entire cost of improvements, including fencing, race track and seven buildings was ?12.000. Thc.e buildings Include a poultry building. 60x75. main exhibi? tion 75x150, iwo cattle barns 70x100. hog barn 30x100 and small office building. The fair itself returned a total sum of $1.000 which included all admis? sions and space sales. No complimen? tary tickets were given out. The to tsl expense < f the fair for premiums, prises snd Isbor was a little less than $4,000 or s net return to the associa? tion of $4.000. The fair was a great juccess. On one day over 5,000 peo? ple paid for admission. The streets of the city wore crowded with peo? ple. The merchants did an excellent business and the hotels and boarding bouse did a rush business. The far? mers and business men were drawn closer together. Every conceivable premium was offered for farm dis? plays of vegetables, product* gve stock. The schools made an ex? cellent exhibit. The women of the slty and county especially became in? terested snd the exhibits of needle work were nota'u*. Many of tne churches, ran dining rooms. Mo t of the men hants mi Intal^.ed boo'hs and the manufacture!-* ?r?ve ~ "Made m oren jsjbsjysj* dag There * sra all kinds gf MM SSgegts, Including a mid-way. baseball, football and horse races No betting was permitted. A greater Interest I* being taken this year throughout the county, one of the Igggj l~.nks has offered prizes slmllir to that offered by the City Nstlonal Hank of Sumter and special exhlbith.ni? will be made from these pr i and girl*' corn snd I mat.- c u?>s have been stim? ulated. What Ol ariKehurg has done Sumter can i . ri > Ol] ih . ThS ^- Bj i ?I con? dition* are SjIsslhV only Sumt.-r. ggrtgg better railroad facilities. Is certain to .iti r ? larger attend ince. The rilroatU will gh ?. ipgt i d rate?. If not ore dollar had been earned by the fair It would ha\c more than paid. Sumter ha? had Carats ils which have cost heavily. Here g in Institution that will mutually aid country and city, attract* thousands of dollars to the city annu.i lly and yet holds out the chance, of returr.lmr a tine db I dend on the mom y Invested. The Fair Committee will meet with the directors of the chamber this a ter noon to consider this r? port and \\ || gsjssgsjfasl that las satin chanabei wlil meet within I few ggyi fOff the sam< purpose. I . ii Ii. in' I Aamloaf loo. The regains fall teachers esamlna tlon Will be rebl In the county coUfl ho i.i Oetobei Mb. begtgnlng al 9 o'clock. Qsjwstlons will be based on St ?f?- id 'pt?d leX| I.ks; in psgagOgy ..n the State M.ui'i .1 f"r F.lemnntary ?, >, and the HI its Manual lot atglj m aeeta .f. MFintKKT 11 \ VV-\V? UlTIf, . '..un'v Hupt. ?>( labe >t i"ii The Hi ? J H. llomh 0W< o| hi ,i it, ? pr< ga is 1". algf iltt) t"r Vflftaoa <? Ik tf Male. aTvMeatl) \it I f r r,r In a W Is n I Ig. WH ... i fit-ton -t <r WILSON REPLIES TG ROOSEVELT _i ?Alf TRUSTS FMHrjUftHKO MOST tNBF.lt "BIO STICK." Democratic Nominee Campaigning Through Mich'guii In Rain?Hoti - ing ("h?^ r> at Kabima/oo, and Spion- , did Demonstration from Crowds Huddled I nder l'mhrellu? at Kvery , Station. Detroit, Sept It.?Trusts flourished mofi und-if t"..rm* r President Roose M'lt's administration than under any other in the history of the country. This was the way Governor Woodrow Wllaon replied, in speech here tonight to assertions of Col. Roosevelt at T'inidad. Colo., yesterday, taking eXOOpttOH to the Democratic nominees declaration that during the recent in? vestigation by the House, Messrs. Gary and Perkins suggested the plank in the Progressive Republican pi U- I form proposing a Federal commission to regulate the trusts. "I understand that the leader of the third party," said the Governor, '"has recently said that he did not suggest this change just the other day, that he suggested it while he was President, in one of his messages to Congress, during the same term of the Presidency in which trusts grew faster and more numerously than In any other administration we have had and that his conclusion was?he doesn t say this, but this might be the inference-?that his conclusion was that th" trusts had come to stay, that it was not possible to put them out of business, it wasn't possible to check their supremacy, that all you cou'd do Vsj to accept them as necessary evils and appoint an industrial com? mission which wou:? tell them how they were to do their business, not an industrial commission which should tell you how other men should be ad? mitted into the field of competition but an industrial commission which should take care of the people of the United States hy saying to these trusts: 'Now, go easy; don t hurt any? body. We believe that when you are reminded of your moral duties you are not malevolent, your are beneficial. You are big, but you arc not cruel.' " Bipartisan bosses were another ob? ject of attack by the Governor in his speech before a crowd that filled an armory. "The trouble in this country," said the nominee, "is that the boss of our party has an arrangement with th? I boss of the head or tall left tonight nominee Is I to his car at Tt udo, *<? a. m. Governor Woodrow Wilson cam? paigned In the rain today as he trav? elled across the State to speak in De? troit tonight. Everywhere en route that his train stopped he was greeted by crowds, who stood huddled under umbrellas. The Governor's speech here tonight was his princpal one of th ? day. Vt many places the nominee stepped down from the train and stood in the rain to shake hands with those who pessed forward to meet him. At Kalamazoo, Mich., a crowd of collegians gave the Governor a cheer. "1 have found that the subjects to be Iteeueaed in this campaign as so tre? mendous trat they can hardly be handled In SpSSChSS from the rear end of the train." said the Governor. "MorooVSf, the rear platform is not the Democratic platform this time, We are at the front and not at the hack. But l must say that since I haVS got into Michigan I have felt a singular stimulation because every? where there is the same spirit Of hope ami confidence. "There Is no time to dtSOUSS here how we got into it, or bow we are to St OUl Of it. The point is that the people of the United States have made up their minds to get out of It and there is only one team ready to do the business, snd thai Is ths Democrats team, i am ?peaking in the terms ol a man who has been bred in a foot? ball college. I know the third team is not organised, it doesn't even kno the signals, and ths regular Republt* ? m team Is very mudh weakened, it has lost some of its principal players. But there have been no losses on the Democratic side. <m ths contrary, there have been ? great many gains, and the game |s familiar to the Dem I "i rats that we have to play now." THROWS l'lt?>M BUGGY, Mi-. Mo, Pteklealnter Death When Horm .it Greenville, Greenville, Sept. |S, - Mrs. Alice Plckleslmer, widow or' late Newell Plokleslmer, wa* killed today in a runaway mar ih< city, Hhe whs thrown from the buggy, striking tree I elng killed In tantl). gays h ttepubll< in conb mporarj "Governor Wilson lick bin phnm t ism of t.it iff dam with far mor< j.. i sl h ia e ill in dlscn I on," The f o t is, ths Governor*! dam lllu tra lion ot the tariff o.u< stlon Is something < t it 11 dpattei i < innot get ot ? i Wilmington 11 ir. Moeu i raglc Run* \w113 COMMITTEE VISITS CITY o\ BDI8TO TO QET CORRECT IDEA OF COUNTY PAIR. Meaera, A. v. Bnell, W. B, Boyle and J. M. itrogdon Look Over Orange? burg Fair Groundl and Obtain Val- I liable Information, j Orangeburg Evening News. That Sumter may have the benefit o( the plans which made the Orange burg County Fair BUOh B complete success, the Gamecock City had a del? egation in Orangeburg today for the purpose of conferring with the officers , of tiie ??rangeburg County Fair. As- j ?ooiation ??..d ais<? with the officers of the Orangeburg Chamber of Com- \ merce. Messrs. w. B. Boyle, ex- i mayor of Sumter, A. v. Bnell, Beere biry the Rttmter Chamber of Com? J mere ed u tints ? t Hi n wsrs not expected m u....... .. r tuis evening, but they arranged to I Oome last night and they spent all day I her?- in company with the fair and ( hamber of Commerce officials, and much valuable information was given them which will be used to no little advantage in the promotion of the Sumter County Fair. A portion of tnis morning was spent by the visitors at the Fair Grounds just to the east of the city. They were taken all over the grounds and shown the main building and how it ifl arranged; the various departments lor the different exhibits; the race track, the arrangement of the grand stands and the midway attractions, and in fact, everything desired along this line by the visitors. They were given information as to the arrange? ment in the awarding of prizes, and the arrangement of the different de I artments, about the way in which the fair authorities went about secur? ing capable managers for the several departments. In fact, it was pointed out to the representatives of the Gamecock city that the Orange-burg County Fair was conducted along en? tirely business principles, and that every detail, no matter how small, wns given the attention which its im? portance demanded. The visitors were told to how the or? ganization of the county fair was gone about. How the stock wn? subscribed, ' those j have rlbu . entire iterest I ..*?r territory af? fected by the fair. They were told how the directors went about the ar? rangement of the grounds and how it was possible within the short space of time given them Id prepare for a fair which was equalied by few and excelled by none of the county fairs neld over the entire State, and in many respects the equal of the State Fa it held in ColumW?. Plans for the next fair to be held In November, which will make this ooe even more success? ful than the last. WOTS given the men from Bumter, The gentlemen *?td that la was the Intention of Sumter to hold a County Fair this fail. While they admitted that so far not very much had been d.me in this direction, they were con? fident that they CO Old get together and have an assoelat ion organized and grounds In readiness for the bidding ot a fair by next December. This in their intention. they stated, and they will work towards this end. The visitors were entertained at the F.Iks Club for a Short while this morning and will be shown other co irtesiei during the afternoon. During tioir conversation this morning the gentlemen said that they were very much surprised with the show ng Ornngeburg makes to the \isit us who come here for the first time, They were very complimen? tary In their remarks regarding the paved streets and the white way. both of which Orangeburg is very proud, They saw many things. and ?poke of them in their rub's over the city which pleased them, and they did not h. sit ite In complimenting Or? nngeburg is many ways, While they ate convinced that Sumter ig the best lace on the map they could not he p admtttlnfl that Orangeburg must bold sei oiid place in their estimation, There is more Ctnrrh in this Beetlon of the country than all other diseases put together, ami until the last few years was supposed I > be incurable, For i great many yenr?i doctors pro te .ii' .I it a local disease and pre? scribed local remedies, and bj con? stantly falling to cure with local treatment pronounced it Incurable. Science has proven cntarrh to he :> constitutional disease, and therefore reqi Ires i onstltutlonal ti ?? itnu nt Hall's Catarrh Cure 'manufactured lv I' .1 ? 'heney & ? 'o . Toledo, ? hhlo I the only constitutional eure on 'he market, h Ik I ikon Internally >n dos< n from la drop to i tea \.nful it act? directly on the hi.I and m?i eon ? u rf a cot of Ihe > \ ?-?< m They offer oiie hundred doll 11 foi an> In , Inrs and testimonial! I \ bl . is I". J, i 'hem y X i ??? To j ledo, I?. Sold bj druggist Take Hairs l *.. m 11> f *i i * - fot i r?nst; ' pat Ion PLANS FOR PROBE. yy. T. sti.yi.nson WRITES OF SPARTANBURCl INQUIRY. Suggest* Rules Subject to tile Approv? al or the Committee at Spartan* lung Meeting. Columbia, Sept. ?u.?w. P, Steven? son, chairman of the subcommittee from the state Democratic executive committee to investigate the charges of fraud in the recent primary, hai forwarded The State the proposed plan for the conduct of the inquiry which will be instituted at Spartan burg Tuesday. September 24. .Mr. Stevenson suggests certain rules for the approval of the commit tee at the meeting. He points out that the burden of proof is on those bringing tin- charges; the public may be heard in making charges; that in I tu? proof of irregular ICh county should be 1 lly those counties will where tangible speci l hand; that it should be the endeavor of the committee to j lake up the contested counties one j by one. beginning at Spartanhurg and continue until completed. j Mr. Stevenson's communication in full is a3 follows: To Messrs Shand & Bhang and F. G. Tompkins, Attorneys for Ira It. Jones, contestant, and P. H. Domi nick and Eugene HI ease; attorneys for Cole L. Blease, contestee, and to John T. Duncan, contestant. You wiH please take notice that the committee to investigate the latte pri? mary lor governor will begin: the taking af testimony at Spartanhurg. S. C, on September 2 4, meetings at the county court house at 1 p. ra. Subject to the approval of the com? mittee when It meets, it seems to the undersign** that the following rules should be followed: 1. That the burden of proving, ir? regularities of fraud sufficient to an? nul the election or reverse the face of the returns rests upon those charg? ing the sauna 2. That since the entire puubllc 1? as deeply inten ed and have been, invited to furnish evidence of crook? edness if known, the public will have the fight to be heard in support of charges madts and those making charges whether the public, generally or the contestants should produce their proof in opening. 3. That me. contestee has then, the right to offer proof in rebuttal and the contestants In reply. 4. That where no proof Is pro? duced as to county, either by the con* testants or by the public as heretofore requested, an.if the records as fur? nished the committee show nothing wrong, such county shall be passed a* correct proof csf crookedness not hav? ing been forthcoming to overthrow the presumption of correctness which always prevail* That applying such rules, only those counties will be Investigated where tangible specifications aro irt hand, either produced by contestants, the public or appearing from the rec? ords collected by the subcommittee appointed heretofore, and it will be the endeavor <*f the committee to take tip the counties and complete them, one at a time) beginning at Sparran- , burg, this coarse to be varied as ju-s tice may require, of course. The character of evidence- And the method of production will genre to be determined by the committee from time ro time as the questions arise. These are tentatively laid down, subject, of course, to the approval of the committee, snd you will please be ready to proceed at the time and place .-tated. as we hope to be In posi? tion by that time to go straight through the matter promptly. W. F. Stevenson. Chairman. HOOKWORM AXD EDUCATION. only Long ami Persistent Course of Training t an Stamp Out Insidious Disease. Washington. Sept. 19.?Wycklit'lY Kose, secretary of the Rockefeller sanitary commission, In charge of hookworm eradication In the South, today told the American Public Health association in session lore thai he did not think any of tUose hearing htm would live to see the completion of the work of driving out hookworms, A long persistent campaign of education, he said, wai t! ?? only method of getting rid of th< rlls< . which U'ns due t,. soil pollu t ion. hi, v. II. Ua\ < m i, in charge of tlu VYisconsin State hygiow labor tory so? akii r on m a i rage, h ild that Lak< Mi< hlgan is polluted lo u distance o \ ? ii hi !< from shore nnd thai In take pipes supplying drinking wute foi towi ;iIoi>k the lake shore shoub hi cart ? - i oui from 12 to 15 mile *Aa i . >i nlckles .it BLEASE WANTS QUICK ACTION CALLS UPON COMMITTEE TO DE? CLARE HIM NOMINEE. Demanding thai state Democratic Executive Committee Ceaee l>ila lory Methods and Take Vet ion at Once, Governor Declare* He Rep* resents 72.000 White Voters and is Thankful that Me Ha* Courage "to Reaent Any Wrongs which .May be Attempted to be Dorn? Tliem.M Columbia, Sept. JO.? Declaring that he is voicing the sentiments of 72,000 white voters in South Carolina, Governor Cole L. Blease In a lengthy statement issued at Columbia today and addressed to the people of South Carolina, demands of the State Dem? ocratic executive committee that it l ease its dilatory methods, take im? mediate action and declare him the nominee for Governor. The statement is in view of the investigation order? ed by the executive committee, upon the charges tiled by Judge Ira B. Jones, candidate for Governor. ot frauds and irregularities in the pri? m?r.' of August 27, in which, upon the face of the returns Gov. Blease appeared to he nominated over Judge Jones. "I rejoice that I have the courage, the loyalty and devotion t? the Demo? crats of the State, who have fought for me. to lead them in whatever di? rection and COnree that they shall de? vice or wish in the protection of their right to vote for the candidates of their choice and have *ueh vote de? clared in accordance with the con? stitutum and the rules of the party, and with the true result of the vote, and' to resent any wrongs which may be attempted *w? he done them," *g ti.1;>ntiv concludes trie Governor. NwLW l)K(IJM..s POSITION. This tetffMi on lli> Part Relieves state Department of Hone Raa* barraHsment, Gflkials say. Washington, Sept. IS.? Harry B. Nolan, appointed secretary to the le? gation at Panama, who was recently arrested at Sew York with Marion MacVicker, a young Bcotck girl, and later dis< harged by a court, today formally deajlned his appointment in the diplomatic service. His action re? lieves the State department, officials say, of some embarrassment. Nolan, with his father, who came her.- from Chicago, conferred with Acting Secretary Wilson today and it was said there was B probability that President Taft might be asked to de eide thi*- question. Later, however, the probten, was solved by Nolan de? clining the appointment and the fol? lowing statement was issued: "Mr. Nolan called at the depart? ment ot State today and explained that, although his conduct had been, grossly misrepresented and distorted, as shown" by the upshot of the pro? ceedings in New York, nevertheless, owing to the disagreeable notoriety which had been given the matter, he felt, Tor motives of delicacy, that he would perfer not to ask for any ap? pointment at this time." Tfte little boye and girls of the city can? sest content now. Yes, a circus is cooiing, two of them n fact, and the time is not so very far off either. The information will be welcome to some of tins young and old folks also, those who always go to and enjoy circuses. Choice Farm Lands. We are offering this Call one of the most Attractive lists of farm lands we have been able to get together in the nine 'ears we have been selling Sum? ter and Clarendon lands. We have seen th* average prices rise from $10 10 $25 per acre at the beginning of that period to $30 to $60 per acre now. Wo confidently expect to see these lands s?.4l?ng at $75 to $10>> per acre within the next five years. Why? Because the lands are as good a3 many lands in Marlobor, Marion, Darlington-counties now selling at more than $100 per acre, and yet farming conditions are betster here. We have* the best la? bor, railroad and marketing facilities of any of the counties in the great ag? ricultural section embraced in the upper' aasSBtat belt?admittedly the best farm lands of the State. If you want to share in the prosperitv that .-ernes to a rapidly developing community, now Is the time to buy and lot r?a?t- a part of it- Come over and let as show yon. Cl fV PROPERTY Ym TV\ O^l^^? REAL *STA7f LOA??; farms K K HelSer V^O. mmn**** sao TiSJSB/ER LAND * Mm*? a-^^S-WT^a- v>V/? IttVESTMEMtS 261-2N.Main St. WIKAL MTATH dhaijers Sumter, S. C: r. r. me1&er. BR7~bst FIELD. r ITA AT? B^nEHk /n?l\THP ***** plaster. >minglf> AML, UlLMriJNl, WwVm *?,CK- ,)K-lN T-Tqv firkin Rln* Kpasi Ship Staff. Hrun. Xldy, KJl dill, Mlxe?jt*)w and Ohlcken Feed. Horses. Mules. SSSSa?*' Z*"^ \o Order Toe Iatnr* i *r Too <*madt Booth-Harby live Stock Co. SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA. IMHllstlHIINlllllEfHMHRlllH S If Its Merchandise ; ?-HARRELSON'S CASH STORE HAS IT- 5 ? * ^ Just in from the North,, jhe finest line af'Hate, Caps, Clothing, aw 2 etc- yeu could wish to BSas and the price* are RIGHT. Come with ^ Wk the crowd to our special bargain days?Wednesday an i Saturday. H] ? D. Harrelson, St. Charles, S C. a *jj "TBE BHICK STORK." H ? as ?????????? MOLES and WARTS 'jtemovetl with HOLKSOFF, without pain Of danger, no iii.mkt Uow large, or bow far ral.Mil ahme iJie salfjSCSj of tin* olda. Ami they will never return, and no :racx* or m*?t will l>e left. MOUBsV off is apsjUasJ directly to the molk or wart, wtuan esnJroti dlsap|>cnr* luv about ?dx days, billing the gynn and b a\0?g the >kia smooth aitdi natural. MOLF.SOFF b* put up only in One LHHbu* bottfea Bach bettle is neatly packed In n plain case, accotayaated by full dlrectlsaSi and contains enough remedy to remove eight ?>r ten ordlnasy MOLES or WARTS. We sell MOLESOFF ander a positive GUARANTEE if it fails to remove v^ur MOLE er WART, wt will pressptly refund the dollar. FlafMa Distributing Oouspeity I Venn air nt. r< u-;*.^'a n?, ? r - i TEETH AMI atOXKY. Money sp?-nt oa teeth Is a food) investment and oae that givec you daily returns. Money the Medium <u ? x? hange is only good so far is it g^?'s as the things u'hich contribute to our health, comfort i happiness. When Kftonl on lln* ItaHh it brings I *. nil rhrcc of iho Al*o\<*. The sumter Dental Parlors are de* voting lheir life work t>> the care of the teeth le Ih. m lot k v ar mouth ?.\ er. Sumter Dental Parlors, DR. C. H. COUR IM V. Prop. tlVKIt MRS. ATKINSON'S Mil I IN i STORE,