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r?fciiAiM'<l Widnt'Mii und Saturday. ?BT? 03TEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY SUMTBli. S. C. Tenaa: 11.10 per annum--in advance. Ad vertla- ssnoUts: tea Bquars flrat Insertion.Il.oa ?vary subeeqoent Insertion.|f C?ntr?? is far tare* month*. . >a#er will be madt at reduced rates. All communications which sub aarve private interests will be charged far aa advert hsementa ?bttuartoa and tributes of respect srUI aa charged far. The Sainttr Watchman was foand ssl ta HIS sad the Ti us Southrsa in Itii The Watchman and Southron bmw aas the cemhlnsd etreulattoa and aathsonee ef both ef ths old papers, essi Is manifestly ths host advertising aaadssss la Bonder The suggestion that Sumter or? ganise a county fair association to hold a fslr annually merits serious consideration and the hearty co-oper? ation of the business men of the city and the farmers of all sections of the county. A well conducted fair will ha good for the city and good for the entire county snd our people should get together and make it a success. It will require some money and a good deal of hard work, but If the 1 Fanners' Union and the farmers gen- I orally will co-operate with the Cham- I ber of Commerce and the business men of Sumter nothing can prevent the fair being a success. Mr. W. H. Boyle, who is chairman of the Cham? ber of Commerce committee on the county fair, has taken hold of the proposition with enthusiasm and we believe that he will carry It through to success. All he needs is the rea? sonable amount of assistance that he should receive from the business men of the town and the farmers of Sum? ter county. t ? ? J The Inference to be drawn from Oov. Blease's comments on the Su- I preme Court's decision In the State Bank Kxaminer case is that he knows more law than all the Su? preme Court Justices and the Circuit Court Judge*, save Associate Justice Watts and Judge Gage, and these two, having agreed with his view of the ea#e are admitted to h*v* s^t? Mttle sm?ttfefi?.g of moderg law. ? ? ? I it . . ; ? v. M."* ??adv to tie*? Woodroi \ *hs> n t th* Ar. das club, ess r About November Gth Col. Hoosevelt will announce that all men are liars excepting the few Hull Moose he has deceived Into making political fools of themselves. I ... In those sections of Kastern South Carolina where the planting of to? bacco has not been abandoned In re? cent years the farmers are not OB* rlousl> embarrassed by the short cot? ton crop. They have too many crops and when either cotton or tobacco Is short or low priced they have the other to fall I o k on. This psjgf the men who planted both cotton ami to? bacco KTi glad tha'. they did not place all th?lr egg? In >m bask* t. see A brer from Mr. Alb-n Potts, mana* ng editor of the Kichuvml Tinos iMnpatch. who was with the Richmond BeiJSJlefS, sav.? MHi where on the route v as there observed greater Hggg of progress thsn at Sumter ?Mir enure party was trem endou.-l*. Impresned with the appear? ance of \..iir cit /en and your city, and I am glad of the opportunity 10 thank fi i most heartily for your very gem nun gpatcosjti to us. extend? ed b\ \ o ir people." see Suo.f'r un'v bai not eon* ds full dut\ i A.ini the w.I row Wilson anaapakja fund, ind m ire not living up t.t ! ? awi 1l< n t. fore gumtef gasmt] hag always been n? ir the t??p in the hat of Unast contributing mon* ey for the promoth | of SfOfthy ob Jects. N'othlng sh-uild appeal more strongly to our people than the eise? tlon of .i I >? in >er tth preyi.b nt and an effort should hi made |0 largely in? crease the contribution from thtl ? it\ and counts Let's make a fr. ~h Htart und raise ,i carapalurn fund that wi t?e a tredlt to H linl? r Couniy. g ? g The estatdl -'ono id of a mod l n I Ol n mill With ? l.lpaelly o| .'HI l,l|-||-k of ggfg i d iy ? ? ( rlt i tty, M r. I.. I. l a rr?.!t . nd kflg Baft, Mr Van ( 'b Parrott. h im p ore has* da suitably |o rate | '..f on South *-'u o'er s're< ' ha\c pi o ?i tb?- order for the m. i - chlnery and as soon a* the hh ? snnry hsjlidjlags eaa he sreeted ind ths ms glsjggf] gstalltdJ, the null ?iii begli operation. Tills is an ogjtarpflas thai has baas gossjed la Bgrntef County and It xhould hi >n Immediate ? |( 04 Bg Jf . Ill afford ? marke* for f>ie surplus I rn grown in thai and adjoining ggsjxjifl i nd should receive the sup port of Ho- local merchanti and erhob -Ml* rs ?in? c U w ill kc? p money at home that is now sent to millers in other States. The hest. purest and most nutritious meal no! grits in the world are made from Southern grown corn and those who use the products of the home mill will he helping themselves as well as helping .1 hOBIt enterpi^e. Mr. Van CltVi l'ariott is a competent chem? ist, with three years experience in the > ihoratory of the University of South I '.ii"llna as assistant to ihe profess,>r of chemistry, and ll thoroughly ac? quainted with the approved methods of testing grain. He will have a testing laboratory in connection with the mill and all of the products that they manufacture will he guaranteed pure and sanitary us nothing hut tested ?f?ll will be milled. We regard this mill as one of the best things for Sumter county that has been started in recent years und we trust it will receive all the support and encour? agement from farmers and merchants that It needs to render It h success. 1 SCHOOL TRUSTEES TO MEET. I - Session to Be Held on Wednesday, (H tohcr 2nd, at Court House. The next regular quarterly meet ? \i\rZ of the County Trustees' Associa? tion will be held Wednesday, October 2rd, at 2 o'clock, in the Court House. Whether you are a new or an old trustee, please come and help put new- zeal into one of the greatest causes for the uplifting of our coun? ty and State. We cannot afford to let things jog along as they have been dedng. The possibilities that our State af? fords will never be fully grasped until our people are better educated, not only from books, (though I put no dis? count on the regular school course), but taught,so that they may realise what is noblest and best in themselves and that Ood has given us the great? est opportunity to be prosperous of almost any people on the globe. The following are some subjects iti.it you will think about, so that if any are proposed for discussion you may Join in. It SI probable that Prof. T?te wdll attend this meeting and make an address. 1. Reasons why trustees should visit their schools. 2. Are trustees fully Informed on their duties o. Your method of admitting pu? pils from adjoining district. 4. What number of hours service should be required in the country schools? 5. What part of the annual report should the trustees give? 6. How trustees can aid in keeping up a live teachers* association. 7. Shouid holders of second and I third grade certificates be required | to stand examination after five years successful work 8. The teacher's duty after having accepted a position. 9. Should teachers be required to give bond? 10. The teachers relation to >:he eomntounlty. The relation of the ('?immunity to the teacher. 11. Should a teacher's salary be based on the gt ado of her certificate'.' IS, Should trustees consult with the county superintendent before employing any teacher.' It, pome advantages of a trus? tees' association. 14. Some reasons why trustees find it hard to get teachers. 13. Some things trustees can do to build up their schools. If, What any teacher has a right to sspet t <-f tin ir trustsos, 17. How trustees can aid the coun? ts superintendent in securing better annual reports. Iv Advantages of county teachers' BSSCM latn ? S. If Your method ol appropriating f u rids. to, An Ideal relationship am 'ng t. a. i si i, trustees and patrons Yours fi ipet t fully, J. Herbert Haynsworth. COOL WE.VTIIEH tills WEEK. B?rens Prcdk'ta Kriwt In Mississippi Valley. Washing!..n. Sept. IS,?Cool weath? er throughout the country, except in h. Pacific ( oast States, is predicted .'or the coming week by tin weather bureau. Prosta ate probable in the Plains States, Ihe upper Mississippi Valley and thence eastward along the northern border, There will be rains Monday and probably Tueaday In the Cistern and Southeastern states, fol OS d by genetallN fair Weather ill these dlitrlcts until mar the ? lose ol the weei.. Rise where the weather S ill be Ken? rally fair. Ilullillng for \\ Intlirop, Columl i .. ? ? pt, 80, The building. . ommllb ? ol Ihe board of tru tees of Winthrop ? .1 ege has bi i n ? illed to meet next week at Rock Hill |o aw ird Ihe contract for Ihe enlargement , ! the Innrmar) of the Institution, About $13,000 Is available for the work, members of Ihe commltto?. ire P W? M< Law it), w. I, Rodd< v and I >, B, i ?hm on, A PREACHER OF DIVERSIFICA? TION. Congressman A. F. Lever tho Right Man ?> Be at the Head of tho Com? mittee on Agriculture?Appropri? ate* gl2,000,000 a Year. Anderson Mail. The Dally Mall some time ago call? ed attention ta> tin- fact that Con greteman a. v. Lever of this state will be the next chairman of the house committee on agriculture, if the Democrat! hold their majority in congress, as they probably will. It will be of Interest to know what this Committee doei and what are Mr. Lever's Ideals. The following are excerpts from a speech made by Mr. Lever two years ago, and while con? gress even this year has taken other forward steps for the promotion of agriculture, yet the general principles as outlined by Mr. I^ever two years ago give a correct idea of his attitude toward his committee work: Eighty percentum of the popula? tion of South Carolina depend upon agriculture, in fact, is directly con? cerned In all that goes to the upbuild? ing of agriculture. I have been a member of this committee for four years and am now the second demo? crat on It and one of the live mem? bers who make up the appropri.^'on bill which keeps the department of agriculture going, which In turn gives us our soil survey, our demonstration farm work, our dairy work ,our cat? tle tick eradication work, our diversi? fication interests and all of the vari? ous lines of work being done by the department in the South. The ap? propriations of this department, dur? ing this year, 1910, amounted to near? ly $12.000,000 exclusive of the $3,000. 000 which we appropriated for en? forcing the meat inspection .and pure food laws. it is not hard for you to appreciate | the responsibility that rests upon one i who has to vouch for the appropria- I tlon of this tremendous sum of mon? ey, which is nearly ten times as much as the amount appropriated to run your entire State government. 1 have had a deep appreciation of the possibilities of Southern agricul? ture ami am an enthusiast with re? spect to them. It has been my ef? fort to interest the department in our section, and to secure appropriations for the Inltation of new lines of work and the development of the old ones. First of all, you will remember that It was my bill that secured the ap? propriation of $20.000 for the teach? ing of dairying in the south. When w^ remember that South Carolina im? ports dairy products to the value of three and one-half million dollars per year, you can readily understand how important it Is to the State that this young industry be promoted and giv? en every consideration which is legi? timate. The experts of the department, men who have had actual experience, are teaching our dairymen the most im? proved methods of the business. The result is shown in the report of the Secretary of agriculture for lWoT in which the statement is made that the herds with Which the department ha dealt show an increase in value of production of $3.78 per month for each dairy c >W, This gives you some l.ttle id, a of the value of expert in? formation as it touches our natural resources, There is no reason why the South should n< t be a successful dairying country, it debends upon the u*e of improved methods in the business. The department of agri? culture is giving us these. The re I ult Is certain. 1 expect to see the day come when a great live Stock industry will be lUllt up in the South. Dairy and ?et f cattle are at the \ evy founda? tion of successful Agriculture the world over, The trouble has been the slavishness of our people to the ore- eiop system??cotton?-and the presence of the cattle tick, the latter making it impossible almost to make the cattle Industry profitable, Se\elal years ago the department began the work of th" eradication of the cattle tick in the infested lie, covering fifteen States, this State b< - ing one of them, l am very much Im? pressed with the promising results and have my whole heart in tie- ef? fort to secure huge appropriations to ?nable the department to conduct a campaign against this southern pesi I which it Is estimated is costing th< Mouth ii-t less than $100,000,00*0 per year, and this Stab $800,000. Th a ppropl latloi f< r 11*09 \\.. i J 1'?0,. w hi' h w as s< cured 111 u? i> throus. my elf? it ,n the , ommlttoe, For 1910 this appropriation was Increased .* I 00,000 Your .-t?te legislature appropriated i I'. to co operate w Ith t he f. . ra I government in this work, H has J rend) been begun in several ol the I counties in tio northern nan f tin , State, it |n mV hope th it dm * . I h present y< ir the quarant im i li ? w ' i be moved as fai down as Columl ia I and th it the nexl yent nt so v I I tin- quarantine lifted from Ihe South [ Carolina cattle, and this you under itand will u\\ e your cattle nc ess l fill of the market! of the world. i have long felt that the solution of many of the Uli of Southern agri? culture lies in the diversification of her agriculture. My observation* to? gether with the history of agricul? ture convince rr.e that no nation can rely with confidence upon a one crop system as the i asii of its agricultur? al welfare. The st..ry of the northwest with re? ference t'< wheat is only a repetition of the conditions that have existed in the s??uth for years and years. The northwest depends entirely up? on wheat. If the crops were good, the farmers were happy, if it hap? pened to be had, they were not and so it is with us. If the seasons are propitious, we make money on our cotton. If the rain comes and the grass grows and the crop is a failure, there is a complete failure. The doc? trine that I have taught is that cot? ton as far as possible should be made a surplus crop. No farmer can afford to buy the ordinary neceasities of life, when they can be raised upon his farm. No farmer can afford to buy his meat in Chicago, or his wheat and corn in Iowa when his own soil is es? pecially adapted to the growing of the?*e. Tanners' organizations and farmers' resolutions will amount to nothing unlees the farmer himself has made himself independent of his cotton crop. What WS aJ*e trying to do for the South through the department of ag? riculture, through it? demonstration* farm work, its soil surveys, its breeding work and all of that is to bring the Southern people to the point where they may be independent of king cotton, where they shall be able to make of this tyrant a ser? vant, who shall contribute to the hap? piness and welfare of all of the peo? ple. We are now slaves to it, and can never realize our full possibili? ties until we have shaken off his shackles. 1 do not preach the doctrine of re? ducing cott?n production. 1 plead only for an increase in the acreage of other crops. I plead for an In? crease in yield per acre in cotton and an increase in acreage for other crops. To this end the department has begun a soil demonstration work. I believe that thus work is the begin? ning of a new era in Southern agri? culture. I do not belive that it is ?oo much to say that it is fraught with more possibilities for good than any work undertaken in the South within recent years, with the possible exception of rural delivery^ What we want to do is to put the farmers in a position to hold hia cot? ton as it pleases him and not as it gratities some one else and this can never be ?lone until the farmer is taught successful agriculture and suc? cessful agriculture means diversified and intensified agriculture. It is a new work, the results of which can? not be teen in a day, but will go on and on and on gathering strength Wltg each day. In my experience as a practical farmer and my observations 1 have been struck with the fact of a lack of uniformity in the grading of cot? ton in the different cutton nxarkels ?f the country and 1 have had the idea in mind for a long time that the lack of uniformity has caused the cotton producer to suffer largely. In a bulletin on cotton, just issued at the South Carolina experiment station, the statement is made, that ? n account of tho lack of such uni? formity the variations and differences sometimes amount to twenty dollars per bale. Tin.- is a loss to the far? mer who does not know whether he lias middling or strict middling. He must depend upon the judgment to say the least of the cotton merchant ind to that extent he is at the ab -/lute mercy of the buyer. Having this fact in mind, 1 put up < n the agricultural appropriation bill at this session, an amendment which provides for 111*? establishment ?i a national standard for cotton grading. HU. DHKSS or TKACUKItS. Religion- Ciarh Ma> he Worn bj Those Sou Teaching in Indian school*. Washington, Sept. 23.?Seoretarj Klsher's action last January in re \. k ng i oe onb-r ? 11 for tier Indian Commissioner Valentine, barring re? ligious garb or insignia from govern !.. iii Indian schools, was u| held I y P.? Kid< tit Tuft, in an order made pub lie today. Tl e d ? is,on oi ihe presid< nl Is thai teachers now employed In Indian ?' boo. mn> continue lo wear the garb uf ihelr religious orders, hut the priv llege Is denied lo ans persona here .i rt ? i entering the service. This rul ins will ?nable the government t<> ful !. I iu obligations, the president suy? to i h ? Ieachera who were tak? the government service when r< schools <ii taken over bod 'l In |i ? dd< nl - rulliiK t ti i iiep in n i otdi o.i rsy it* ? i i inoi ? 1912 1912 Correct Fall Millinery ON DISPLAY COMMENCING Wednesday, Sept. 25. If Our showing embraces all the very latest models of the celebrated FLsk & Knickerbocker Hats, together with our own exclusise designs. U In addition, will be able to show the best Coat Suits, Coats and Notions.. If We invite your careful inspection. Miss M. C. Jacobs, Opp. New Court House 124 N.. Main Street have prohibited any teachers from wearing religious garb in the Indian schob" after th* end of the last school year. President Taft'? order, and a letter from Secretary Fisher to Mr. Valen? tine, which accompanies? it, lay stress on the fact that Commissioner Valen? tine Issued his ruling without consult? ing the secretary or the president, and while the entire subject was under In? vestigation. Mr. Fisher's revocation Of the ord?T. now is made final. Secretary Fishwr's formal letter suites that the government had long left the education of the Indians to i religious missionaries, and that when it finality began a systematic handling | of the educational problem it took over many of the religious schools and brought their teachers into the government classified service. "The transfer thus have often been effected by the government's renting denominational schools and taking over the whole plant and the teach? ers as well," said President Taft. "It appears that out of 2,000 teach? ers in the Indian schools there are 31 who wear a religious garb and who are regularly classified members of the government c ivil service. T > direct them to give up the garb would necessarily c leaving the service becaus vows under which they ha' the garb." Secretary Fisher holds there is no j legal prohibition against the employ- j ment of government teachers who wear religious dress; and that opin ______ - ion is Indorsed by the president. It Is pointed out that sectarian relig? ious instruction is not given in any of the schools now. A Myth?A South Carolina Repub? lican.?Col um iia. Record. I Utton bro nrh market Saturday i ing with a decidedly favorable re? ception. The investment of very lit? tle more mtney than was spent on the fall festival of 1904?practically $6, I U0O?the county afir can be started* and made an annual event and it will be of a great deal more benefit to the city and ?.?unty than a fall festiv al. Everybody should rally to the support of Chairman W. B. Boyle of the County Fair Committee and make the cour.ry fair a success. FOR SAI1>?One or two milk cows w>th young calves, kind and gentle. Will rjtj glad to show them to pros? pective buyers. Also Berkshire and graded pigs, lambs and kids. App*y to E. WV Dabb?r Pin*land Farnx. Mayesvilfie, C. R tlOQER ? andv Experiment Stations, D. M. B*U\M)IXO. Agent Sum tor County*. Fall Lines Ready. The very newest style ideas are incorporated in our Pall ! tidies'and Misses' Skirts, Dresses, Coats and s i s, garments of grace and beauty. There's a w i ie i d'w in materials, and every garment is of fault? less workmanship. Don't miss this line when con? sidering your fall buying. The only way you can realize what we are trying to convey is to call and see the goods. Our prices range from $10.06 to $50.00. Our $10.00 numbers are satin lined, made of all wool serge. Shaw 6 McCollum Mer. Company.