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Cb: ?Cflalcbman an) ^outbron. PvblUhed Wednesday and Saturday. ?BY? ?STEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY 8UMTBR. *. c. in 91.M per annum?In advance. Advertisements: Om Square first Insertion.$1.01 sTeery subsequent Insertion.50 Contracts for three months, or Meager will be made at. reduced rates. All communications which sub? serve private Interests will be charged Oar as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of rsspact will be chanced for. The Kamter Watchman was found? ed la tH&o and the True Southron In 100S. The Watchman snd South-on now has ths combined circulation snd tatuence cf both of the old papers, sad Is manifestly the best advertising sne-dtu m in Sumter. " i ii ? i i ??? Tom Watson Is so possess. . I of the Idea that he Is the ?-nlv muri In Aueri ea fit to be President that he serves notice on the public that he wont vote for Wilson or any other I mdl date. see There are 2.287 white I ?? -mocrats In Sumter egejgjgj th.it number voted In the first primary?and they have contributed only $.'J7 toward the Wilson campaign fund. The actual number contributing Is lees than 200, so there are more than 2,0"" I <? mo ersts in Sumter county who have giv? en nothing to help elect | Democratic president If you are one of the 2, ?Ow. there la still time to do your duty i as> a good cltlsen and loyal Democrat. Bring or send your contribution to the Bank of Sumter. Make It a dol- j far or more the Wilson ? ampai?n sommlttee needs money to fight the trust-backed candidates in their own ' ground. see r City Council could not do other? wise than It did in De matter of en- ( forcing the State and city laws against , elan. It had no right, legally or aoralty. to agree t? wink at the continued violation ot the law, and it s to be hoped that the !a . will be ? forced rigidly, and that Summer will k? a cleaner and more moral town , IgggggggsV a a The hay c hie year wa ?f good qual lent to sup| thousands ot ept at home ml next sprl ?r n and trmer who ay now will .. next spring and it will be a profi? ts* crop too. Three to four tons ' fin* hay have been grown to the a*-re at- vnall expense in Sumter coun- i ty A thoissand or tu ?< that will be Idle this witner should t?> planted Ig vet? h immediately?th. crop will yield..* profit and th. land will be* htxprovrdL for a c rop of vetch stores up In the soil for th. use ..f the next crop a great deal of nitrogen. I see ft*. Boyd Evans. K<q.. of Columbia. 8. C. who has several times exerted hla persuasive powers to the utmost en the Demo? d> Voters In the fu tlls effort lo Induct them lo give him a St ' h ? i i?d that there II uric/<.t n? ? d in la th I arollna for a third r..?rt>. und Is rampUK?ng around the State i* a rabid Dull Boos?-. Uaauccetafol otllce seekers have the habit of di?< PV1 rUsfl UN need ef anothe r party. e a a Beast Vaughan ef Ore. nvllle, who | was sentere * d la doath OH Saturday, i has made a confession implicating j three ggpg In his escape from the \ ?reen.ille J.nl. 'he confession may he bona fide, hut It looks more like a ( Irame up to escape the d< ith pgggjty en D? ? ? or ? : 2<?lh Me begged I ke a gog for h? if. h. f i. sentence was sjnpoi?. l. and 11 hsg failed ihea to oi? tai?* ?? salt gatlof) ot ih?- at atonce, this confession smells strongly o. a Schern* to psSstnegM the day of StSeCtt* tton. see Senator Tillm in and Qsfl Lb are gag ;n op. n lettsrs t.. the Demo? srats . f Die State gfghsf 'hem t. Vote the s" iflgflM I no ? I Hie n- k. t. State and Natlonn'. and r? mirc'lng them th it all who participated In th.' pr marl are In honor beand to | ipp..rt th. ggggggees of the p if. This agvlee is sound md la sti ei ? i i * u n ti.. go< trit?- . f puriv r- gnlarlt] it wonlej not needed if the D?mo. rath- pr.. snary hol Ihm? n property saf? nbd heretofore but in \ o w of th ? fact that l:? i-ut.li.an*. So. \ 11ists ;u .1 all snann. r <<f sSj< g >>f what. 1 ? r political faith hevs ? i permitted la \. la the primary. it |g too mm h t.< ex p*rt Umm 'ii of lhew will regard the primary pleggJS Ii gl 'II binding. The Republicans. S Is and others who \ote?i in I he primary did pa knowing fbey would got VOti tie put-, ticket In the g-ro-ral ?b-?t|..n and Qov. llfease made no objection to ? ?1* i nter county in usual and Is not suttl gpg ilemand. at should be a this winter mer for Wes hay. The rop of vetch ty market for their voting in the primary. On the contrary he wag clamoring then tor every white man to vote. (TiiAN siTr.vnoN uauovs, _ I American Oilleial* Fear That Ap? proaching Flection Will Bring Trouble for Hcpiihlic. Washington! Oct. ?The serious situation m Cuba, as demonstrated h> la^t night's re t n, Habana. is SX ctting the grave solicitude of the I'nlted States government. RaportS ladlcatS good grounds for the ap prt hensk n thai the approaching also? lion pari kl In Cuba will bt g most critical tsal of the Stability of the Isl? and republic. ??th ? ar that the defeated par? ty Will Hot abide by the result but Will break out in open resolution weg II preelection order Ii enforced. More o! less uisorder is likely to oc cur on election day. affording the chance for a declaration of fraud, and on the whole all of the elements seem to be present that are required to start a revoluti .n. Meanwhile the general stall of the army has available a working proj ( ect for the dispatch to Cuba of a j sufficient force?probably about 15. 000?ready to take charge of the In I suirectior. if conditions should arise corresponding to those prevailing Wheg the Calm.i administration col laps d. The Cuban situation probably will h ive the inunedlate attention of Pres? ide nt Taft when he returns to Wash? ington tomorrow, several days in ad? vance of the original day set for his i return. Heat Admiral Southerland and his for< e prohaMy would be relied up? on for Cuban service in an emergency, being only about three days' distant. BATTLE IN STREETS, Conservatives ami Liberal* Fngage in , Cight In Habana. j H bana. Oct. 25.?A brisk battle between Conservatives and Liberals during which several hundred shots were tired and a number of persons Wort fatally wounded, broke out af? ter midnight in Central park, in the heart of the city. The fight came at the close of a meeting of sup? porters of Vice President Alfredo Zayas, who is a candidate for the preaMU ncy, When the last speaker ascended the platform a number of shots were fired, apparently by a group of Con? servatives. Instantly the fusillade l" came general. Mounted police charged repeatedly with drawn matchetes. The mob re? turned the tire. A en wd of Zayas | dherents halted In front of the Asbert club, tiring vol leyl at the WindOWa The shots w ere returned from balconies of the club, by suporters of (Jeneral Asbert, Con? servative candidate for the governor? ship of Habana. COMMITTi: RAISES FI NDS. More Thai. One Hundred Dollar* Sub scrllM-tl h> Merchants. I 'ne of the committee appointed to rain fundi for the i>ig celebration to be in id in November! w hen a special excursion will be run over the Booth Barollns Western Railway to Sumter. to mark the opening of the m w railroad Into Bumter, sal to work Monday morning With a ' im. This COmniltl.i..-.-.cd of Messrs. J. J. WtSCOal and J. O, DeLorme and they wire to gag ,iii of the merchants hav? ing their business houses on tin- east Side .1 Mam Street. The committee got onlv began their Work, but they Vlilted every business house in their district and obtained subscriptions from every one of them, ? 9a ? pt in a few cases where the man? agers were too busy to talk to them and the proprietors wer? not in the I ort at the time. More than one hundred dollars was : use.I and as in Some of the larger establishments the matter was not 'I m uXSOd, the man.iget being too busy When Ihl committee visited the place, it is probable that a good sum will be on hand WhOU all ale heard flora. The other committees have not yet commenced their canvass, but will gel to woik in the nesr future to dup? licate the Work Of thi- committee in t hi .r ow n d sn lets Fl VF. it \u > < >n o\i ACRE. \mi Mgpartsabaffg i uriner Bays There I i?. >\t\\ \no|ber to In? Picked. pnrtanburg, Oct. IT,?J W. Cald? Well, Ol Moore, today stated that in had raised HVS bales of cotton, each Weighing 150 pounds, or. one acre ii iyi that he think- there is anoth? er bOQ pounds m this geld which has not >i t b< ? n p.? k. d. This || one of ihi most remarkabb yields reported thl rear, v. beb hos been n poor one for i i ding g(<i cotton. n nun ? ? f peopb w h< ? expeel to it tend tin Hints fair this week were congratulating themselves* Monday morning on the beautiful weather wli h m irk? d the openlni d iy EVERYTHING IN READINESS FOR OPENIXG MONDAY MORNING. I Muni Exhibits Have Been Placed nnd Mi.?ws Are Erecting rent.-.?Whole Grounds Are Scene <?r Actlvli Columbia, October 28. The state fair grounds were a busy scene yesterday, Numerous attractions exhibits and the like were arriv? ing ami many were establishing themselves for the week. Tents were going up and other preparations were being mads for the Greater state fair that opens tomorrow morning. The grounds ait- in good condition, Th" fair Officials have had them put into shape lor the large crowds this week. The football field, where Caro llna-Clemson game will he played Thursday morning, will be in line condition for the big gridiron fight. Exhibit* are being placed In the Immense steel building that is very nearly completed. This has been erected since the last lair and adds Considerably Lo the exhihit space and to the genera] convenience of the grounds. The midway will, of course, as usual, he one of the centres of attrac? tion. Tin- various amusement enter pr ies were working erecting their Btl ndS and getting Into shape for the opening. Cattle, poultry, horses, dogs and all the sundry entries for ribbons and tn.'dais w? re either placed at their re ?p ictlve positions yesterday or it will be done today. In fait, when the gates are thrown open in the morning, the greater State fa t will he ready and waiting for the vaal thront,' that win seek pleasure and education within its walls. TO ELECT OFFICERS or FAIR. Annual Meeting of Society Wednes? day Night. I Columbia, October 2s.?The an? nual meeting of the South Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical society will he held in he Hichland coun? ty court house on Wednesday niuhi at .S o'clock, a large attendance is expected. The business of the BOClety will be attended to and the of? ficers for tile year elected. The following are the officers: President, J. a. Banks, st. Mat? thews; president pro tern, Tom C. Hamer, Bennettsvllle. Vies Presidents?s. o. Btoney, first congressional district, Charleston; 11. I'.. Watson, second congressional dis tiict. Ridge Springs; T. J. Klnard third congressional district, Ninety, Six; Jno. i'. w. Watts, fourth con? gressional district, Laurena; T, p. Bu low, fifth congressional district Kidgeway; D. a. Spivey, sixth con? gressional distric t, Conway; C. Mi Gregor, seventh congressional district, Columbia. Executive Committee?J. H, Whar ton, Waterloo; Tom C. Hamer, Ben netsvllle; B. H, Boykln, Boykln; Jno. i>. Frost, Columbia; J. H. Henegan, Si. Mathews; Richard Singleton, Acton; R. i- Manning. Sumter; D, F. Bflrd, Lexington; Paul \*. Moore, Moore; J. N? Kirvln, Darlington, B. Haiiis, Pendleton; S. .1. Summers, Cameron; D. F, Taylor, Columbia; i j. Browning, Union. Bx-offlclo Mem ben J. B, Humbert, Drin.- ton; R. a. Love, Cht ster; i?. P, Duncan, Columbia; Thos. J. Moore, Moore; .he. <;. Mobley, Wlnnsboro; J. Cunningham, Cheater; w. 1?. Ev? ans, Cheraw; ?; A. Gulgnard, Colum? bia. Secretary J, M? Cantey, Columbia. Treasurer?D, G, Ellison, Columbia Assistant Secretary- T. a. Heise, < 'olumbla, General Superintendent?-J, D. W Waits. Laniers. Standing Committees. Finance Commute*?R. i. Mannin?, chairman, G, A, Gulgnard, D. a. Bpl? veryi Frost, l air Grounds and Building?T, J. Kin nd. chairman, W. i'. Evans, .1. i>. \v. Watts, R p. Hamer, T, U Pu? low. premium List?J. 1?. W, Watts, chairman, B, .1 Summers, i>. i-. Eftrd, R, p. Watson, G. A. Gulgnard. Legislativ??L. J. Browning, chair? man, i?. a. Splvey, J. H, Wharton, .lohn c. Mobley, H, .1. Cummlngs. Paces .1. ii. Henegan, chairman; JOhn D. Frost, T, .1 Cunningham. Rallroade?1D, p. Duncan, chair? man, p F, Taylor, Tom C. Hamer, j. p. Humbert, T, .1 Moot.. Knt< rtalnmenl?p. ii Boykln, chairman; R. a. Love, p. F, Taylor. Richard Singleton, Jonn 0, Mobley. Organisation and Work p. Harris, chairman; s. o. Btoney, E. C. Mc? Gregor .1. N'. Kirvln, Paul V. Moore, Rowland llugg) Compnii) r.xhlblt*. The Rowland Buggy Company of tins <it\ I- the largest exhibitor from Sumter at the State fair. This corn pan) sent over a carlod Of huui:.-' to the fair grounds Saturday which they will exhibit, a crowd of football enthusiasts will go to Columbia Thursday for ihe < '|< mson-< 'arollna game. WILSON WANTS ???O SENATE. ANXIOUS TO SEE A DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY IN UPPER HOUSE. Will Spend Busy Week Making Many Speeches ? Speaks in New York Thursday. Princeton, Oct. -7.?Gov. Woodrow Wilson would like to see a Demo? cratic majority in the United States senate as well as in tin- house. To further that end he issued a state? ment tonight calling up voters in the several States where senators are to i>e chosen to vote for the Demo cratic legislative ticket. The state? ment says: "i am particularly anxious that the Democrats of those states in which senators are to be chosen should re? member that the control of the gov? ernment dependi as much upon the majority in the senate as upon the presidency itself, l hope that in these States, a partic ular effort will be con? centrated upon the necessity of ob? taining a majority in the State legis latu res.'* The Democratic nominee said the states he had in mind were New Jer? sey, Colorado. Illinois, Idaho, Iowa, Montana, Delaware, West Virginia, Wyoming and Nevada. SUMTER TEAM RETAINS HONOR. Locals Defeat Florence Aggregation in Howling Match Monday Night. The champion team from among the Florence bowlers, otherwise known in Florence as ('apt. Fripp'l team, came over to Sumter Monday night tq wrest honors in a bowling tuorney from the Sumter team, but their efforts, although exceedingly abb- and in some places brilliant, were unavailing, for the Sumter men ; were too much for them, w inning the j honors of the oceanic n by a majority I of 111 pins. The first game looked like a Flor? ence walk-over. The Florence men went way ahead, winning the game by 58 pins. The second game went to Sumter by 40 pins, cutting down Flor? ence's majority to IS pins. The third ,rame after changes had been made in the Sumter line was a walkover for Sumter. the team winning by 129 pins, making a total majority of 111 pins. The match was watched by a large crowd of ladies and gentlemen who frequently lustily applauded their fa? vorites and good bowlers. This is the fifth match between Sumter and Flor? ence teams, four of them having been won by Sumter and one going to Flor? ence. HTTS VERDICT OF $1.000. Hallard vs. A. C. L. in Dore!u*stcr? Plaintiff Axks New Trial. St. George, Oct. 26.?Probably the most bitterly contested damage suit in the annals of Dorchester County courts was concluded late last night, when the jury in the matter of Mrs. Snllie Rallard against the Atlantic <'oast l.ine Railway Company brought in a verdict of $1.??"". The husband of the plaintiff, who was the agent of the defendant in the city of Orange - burg. was killed at tlx railway station there about two years ago. It was al? leged that Mr. Hallard was in the act of taking the number of the ear when he received the injuries which resulted in his death shortly thereaf? ter. Tin- amount asked for was |50, 000 and 'he jury, after retiring about 7 o'clock, di liberated for live hours before tea* hing a decision. immediately following the an? nouncement of the verdict. Solicitor Hlldebrand of counsel for the plain? tiff, gave notice of a motion for a new trial, which Will he heatal in No? vember whib court is in session at Monck's Corner. nd us your Job work. TURKS ON THE RUN. OXE SECTION OF THE ARMY HAS DISAPPEARED. Has i,? n Railway Line und Apparent* ly Max Taken Position Away From Road Between Adrianople und Cap? ital. London, Oct. 2B.?An Interesting question at the present moment in the Turkish-Ballsan war is the where? abouts of the Turkish army, of which nothing definite is known. The ro ws that Faka Bahn has been taken by the Bulgarian cavalry, apparently without resistance, shows that Xasim Pasha'i army Is not w here it was sup? posed to have been?on the line be? tween Kulell Burgas and Luleburgas. It may be further west, in the direc? tion of Demotlca, but Is is generally supposed it has retired from the line iif the railway and entrenched itself on the l<?ne line from Demotlca to Tchorlu. Constantinople dispatchei continue to speak of the readiness of tbe Turk? ish army to take the offensive, in any case a few days must see something decisive. The victorious Bulgarian army is still advancing. It has occupied BumarhiSSar and is marching to? wards Kulell Burgas, it Is reported the Bulgarians have blown up a bridge over the Tchorlu river, showing that the movement Is making rapid prog? ress. Unless the Turks are able to take the offensive vigorously, the present indication is that they will be driven out of European Turkey, failing Inter? ference by the powers, as happened In the Ruslsan campaigns against Turkey in lS2s and 1878, when Rus? sia had captured Adrianople and was at the gates of Constantinople. There have been renewed activities with regard to European intervention in the past few days and great diplo? matic activity in London. The Turk? ish ambassador had a two hours' con ference Sunday at the French em? bassy and an important conference t >ok place today at the British foreign office between Sir Kdward Grey, the fureign secretary; Winston Spencer Churchill, first lord of the admiralty, and Lieut. Col. J. E, B. Seley, minis? ter of war. Then the Turkish, Rus? sian. French and Italian ambassadors Visited the foreign secretary, who afterwards had an audience with the king at Buckingham palace. News from other parts of the theatre of operations shows that th? Turks everywhere are retiring befor? the Victorious allies. The Turkish army defeated at Ku manova appears to be demoralised, and has evacuated Kuprlli, or Veles, as it is also known, and is retiring on Monastir. A dispatch from Constantinople to? night reports that Aamoud Shefket Pasha has been appointed chief of the commissariat department of the war tfftce. Acceptance of this aopintment is considered as showing a spirit of remarkable self-saeritiee on the part of a distinguished othe r, as the post though Important, scarcely corre? sponds to his high rank and previous sen Ices. Since the capture of ESskUBaba by Bulgarian troops very little news has been received from the region where Turkey's future m Europe may be decided within a few day*. a short message from Sofia, how? ever, says Bulgarian! have seized a Turkish military train on the way from Constantinople to Adrianople. This indic ates Adrianople is cut off from its base-, thereby accomplishing one of the greatest strokes of the campaign. The Bulgarian! have been pushing forward, according to the latest Bul? garian reports from the eastern side, in th ? hope of entirely destroying the Turkish army defeated at Kirk-Killis seh. At the same time the Bulgarian armies are executing a wide, sweep Porter-Snowden Co. COTTON FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. 90 e. bay street, Charleston, S. C. All Cotton Handled on Commission. Extra Staple Cotton a Specialty Would be Glad to Receive Consignments From Vou, Which Will Command our Very BEST ATTENTION. ing movement, reaching aimoat to the shon-.s of the Black Bee, a id ?tili other Bulgarian column! are complet? ing the circle around Adrianople. it is Mated that three Turkish ?oi umn* are moving toward <h? north and that these columns are to be *upp< rted by other Turkish troops ing taken hy vater to the Turkish ports on the Black Sea. Whether they will be in time to do any good is problematical. Tin* dispatch says, too. Turks have recaptured Mi the Bulgarians. In view ot the Wig < eastern re^;< n oi* the war theatre, tn* achievements of the Servian army have h? ? n somewh ?t lost sight of The Servians, from whom Europe did not expect much, are now in poaeee* sion of virtually all old Servta an l in conjunction With the Montenegrins, hold the better part ot tie district of Novi Paaar. The Servian columns have obtained possession Of th?- Turkish railroad from Mltrovltaa, its northern termi? nus, down to I'skup and they are fol? lowing the defeated Turkish army to Veins, farther to the south. The Bulgarian column cooperating With the Servian army in the western part of the peninsula has occupied is lip and threatens to cut off the Turk's retreat to the South. The Greek army, too, is making steady headway, its capture of Pen* lepigedla is considered of utmost im? portance. With Penlegpigedla n Greek hands the entire country to the north is accessible to the Greek army and the way also is left open .o Janina, the Turkish base in the far western region. The Greek plan clearly is to amalgamate the Greek armies and then march on Saloniki. The Montenegrins still are ham? mering away at Scutari and Trakosch, hampered by the Turk's stubborn re? sistance. The Greeks have put forward the claim that the portion of Turkey In Which the Hellenic crown prince is operating, must fall to them, if there la a division of the Ottoman empire. COTTON RECEIPTS BEHIND 1911. Kstimatctl tlutt Receipts in This City Will Fall Far Short of Big Crop of Loot Year. I'p to October 26th, Saturday, the cotton receipts in this city were 9, 139 bales less than they were at the same time last year. The figures n a civ*ir? nut the 0>r?nl fntton >#.ii. s behind tne tug season oi LVli. It is true that last year the cotton yield was phenominally large, but at the same time the yield this season in this county is estimated to be cor? respondingly small. One of the cot? ton weighers Monday morning in talk? ing over the situation Stated that in his estimation the cotton crop would fall farther and farther behind as the season advanced. He said from what he had gathered from observation and from the talk of the farmers who had been to the platform to sell cotton that tin* yield this year would be between 80,000 and 35.000 bales short of w hat it was last year. This falls hardest primarily on the farmers, of course, who depend almost wholly upon cot? ton as their money crop, but at the same time the bankers and merchants who have advance d to the farmers ar? also hard hit by the small crop. The morning trains were about a quarter of an hour behind schedule time Monday morning because of the StOti lair traffic, although there was not a gre at deal more passenger traf? tic than usual. Extra coaches were placed on some of the trains. but these were not nearly Ailed, FOR SALE?A few Rn Whit* Leu horn cockerils, March and April hatc h, h. I hsteen. LIMK?x ?t agricultural lime, but sh.-ii lime properly ground for ag? ricultural purposes and ready for us* ; In even weight sacks, by Yarn & Platt Co. Orders solicited and promptly Sited. Thos S. Sumter. PLANTATION FOR SALE?The old "Shaw Place," throe and one-halt miles from Biahopvllle, containing one hundred sixty acre*. Over one hundred thirty-five acres now cul? tivated; yearly rental of nearly seven hundred dollars, in food community, one mile of school and near Mt. Zlon Church, Address T. E. Cooper, St. Charles, s. C, To Rent or Lease Ktrst claas cotton lands in Sumter County, rangln?! from one to six hois,- farms. Buildings and equip? ments complete. No blight, Railn >:? station on property. Church and School on adjoining pia e For t? rmi apply t?. \v U 8 tUNDERS, R F. D. I.