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?)atti)tnftti an? THF SCMTFR WATCHMAN, KstubUslM??! April, 1850. ?Be Jut and Fear not?Let aU tho Thon Alms't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's.' THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, 1*4? Oonaolidated Aur. 3, 1861. "i.l-! SUMTER, S. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 191?. Vol. XXXV. No. 23 WWCE FBI DEMOCRACY. TILLAIA* POINTS OUT UHEKKIN LIKS PARTY'S OPPORTCVITY. Howpvit, If Reniocrat? tdhore to Old Tim* Ideal*, It should Henmln hi Power for Many Yean*. Augusta. Qa.. Nov. 8.?That the opportunity of the Democratic parts, and especially of Woodrow Wilson, Is f mat. aa mi the responsibility, and j that the party, if It proves faithful to Its Ideals, will be continued in power 1 for the nezt half century was the 1 burden of a signed! statement Issued today by B. R. Tlllman. senior sena? tor from South Carolina. Senator TtUman pointed ou. that the way to ultimate success mt y present some difficulties, due to tue frailties of hu? man nature, but the party should have statesmanship and unselfish- j neaa enough to bulid for the future. iesitor Tlllman's statement Tol lows. i "History has repeated Itself. The v Democratic party was born In 180J. 1 With only a few interruptions by the Whig party. Its grasp in power con- ? tin use firm until 1890?57 years. ' Then It divided and went down to de- 1 feat, although polling an overwhelm- I lag majority of the popular vote. It ' s? had grown Insolent and intolerant, but wss never charged with corrup? tion. "The Republican party, born In lite, with only a slight Interval, the two terms of Mr. Cleveland, has been in power 18 years. Its policies were I dominant even during Cleveland's ad? ministration; Its record has been very glorious and the country has pros pered raarvelously. In spite of its having been the party of special priv Ilegsa without any regard ?or the rights and Interests of the common K people It has been very successful n 1 persuading them that It was their only friend. The people have been bam boos led and debauched and mercilessly all the time, be itfcat they were voting tor pub lusness and their cwn In Bf#a hi* been to le<y esrtiet n order to obtain a revenue. Collecting much 1 loney?far too much?its expendl- j turea have been extravagant and wasteful. Now it, too, has gone down to defeat because of division. The modern battle of Armageddon has been fought and the bodies of those who claimed to battle for the Lord strew the Aeld. the dead carcasses of the O. O. P. elephant and Bull Moose are ready for the buszards. "The Democratic party, after hav? ing been out of office half a century or more, has been entrusted with power again by the American people. Will President Wilson have the state manahtp and firmne?? to guide and restrain the hungry horde of office seekers snd steer the ship of state safely through the breakers? As long as the South was in the saddle before the war. we had a frugal, economical and wise administration of public af? faire. The battle cry of Jefferson of Equal Rights to all. with special priv? ileges to none.' was the guiding prin? ciple of those, presidents chosen by the Democrats. Now that a Southern man for the first time In more than ?0 years has been elected president, I hope to see a return to the older and 1 better policies of the republic, more sternness In dealing with malefsjsjtflssj ' < f all kinds (those wth great weilth pa well hs those with moderate i mean??.> There will be a great clamor for place and the cry Is already rising To the victor* Mass] the spoils.' Will we Demoeruf* h?\e virtue enough.' patriotism enough and statesmanship enough to fasjld our friends In eheek and abolish all useless offices? ('an we bring the gejsjsjIFy bark to K? pub llcan slmplldtv ' I me It*] ttffsj u, - publh an' not In its political, but Ig its generic i "it win b. vary AMI uit ? well nigh impossible |g abolish offices whes men have so snesjy friends ntid pollt Ical nllbs ?lan.or.hg for place und saget- la su k the pSjbUS teat. "President Wilson will have u glo r? ?us cpportunltv. and I flrml/ h? UerS he will ssjsjsjssjrt op t ? ???.t >i hi? oppor* tunltles and his responsiblllttea; he has a fearful burd'-n to h.-ar, bill believe h^ Is mm enough to h.-,ir 't Ws should compel the corporations to disgorge. s?|Uer/e all tie wafer 1 bie out of rotten and corrupt Si ? ks, There is nothing mors certain I hat un? less this be lost the MSUSSfJ Ol the people will be ensluw I |g \ \ on stocks and bonds which h ive been Issuer* without any foundation other thsn the paper upon whi< h they .-m Written. If these watered properties , .with fictitious values are permitted CALLED 10 CHARLESTON. nI c hi TARY sn I 1.1. accf.PTS Mritrrrtmsiiir of ch ah lf.ston i'll am iif.lt of com m inter;. - In Ills Nrw Position Ho Will MgOstttJ Twlco the Sa'.ary Sumtor has Been Able to Pay Her Secretary und Ills Work UUI tfj Along larger Lines, With Two Assistants us Heads of Departmental Work in Connection With the C'hamlH'r of Commerce. | - I Mr. A. V. Snell. for the pust year and a-half Se< retary of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce, has accepted the Secretaryship of the Chamber of Commerce of Charleston, which was tendered him several days ago, and will take up his work In that city De- 1 cember 1st The call to Charleston Is ] a decided compliment to Mr. Snell and also an endorsement and recog- | nition of the work he has done in | Sumter, with which the business men : of Charleston as well as those of the j balance of the State are familiar. The , salary attached to the Charleston po- j sitlon Is practically double that re- ! ceived by Mr. Snell in Sumter, and, in addition, he will have a traffic man? ager and rate man to look after the freight rates for the mercantile inter? ests of the city, and an assistant sec? retary In charge of the Retail Mer? chants' Association and Credit Bu? reau and a stenographer under his general direction. The secretaryship of the Charleston Chamber of Com? merce is far and away the most im? portant poaition of the kind In the State and the promotion that has come unsolicited to Mr. Snell is a compliment that he cannot fall to ap? preciate Hinc ? it Is the direct result of the effective and substantial work j I he has done in Sumter. He came to this city lesa than two years ago un- j known to the people of Sumter and to thoae of the balance of the State 1 and It waa upon the record he has made In that brief apace of time as a Commercial secretary that Charles? ton called him to take up the work that Secretary McKeand has been do? ing. Mr ?mell' has made many friends in sumter and they will re 1 stet his departure, although gratl | fled that he has been called to a larger and more important work In I his chosen profession. THREE MEM shot. Jesse Klnarcl Dies, Ad. Kinard Is Shot ami <?. W Stevenson?Tom A Hedge In Jail. Rirnwell. Nov. 10.?As the result of a shooting affair at Kline, Barn well' county, last night Jesse Kinard is dead, his brother, Ad Kinard suf? fers a broken arm from a wound and O. W. Stevenson has been shot in the lung and may die. Tom Arledge, charged with shooting the three men, has been arrested and Is now in the Barnwell Jail. Conflicting stories are* heard regarding the affair. Arledgo claims self-defense. He Is a chain gang guard who lives near Barnwell and had gone to Kline with his wife yesterday. The shooting occurred at the home of O. \V. ItSVSlSSUn. about two miles from Kline. to compel Ifet labor of the country to bear the burden to pay dividends, i to n l>ebs and Soc ialism will flourish apace and Roosevelt's pet phrase, 'eOOBOmiC Justice,' will !>??< ome very pOpaJar. Ko.?Mtvelt has had right i'b us all along, but alas, what a fall? ing off tfc#ft hut been when he had tht opportunity to mak? those Idfas mat*-! ialtzt . Hil dreams have been glorious, t>ut selfish ambition and mor i ? al OOWardlOi as well as corruption hsjvt kt i't him from helni ? great A ru'iiiuii 'Every oval Democrat should cul? tivate tell denial, repress selfishness .ukI greed and tupport President Wil? son in iht policy of restoring the country to Its old Ilms honesty and simplicity, Ws ran noi hope as ? part] to trusted by tht peoplt for long If t?ter nil these years, they find ihey hnvt merely ohnnged Blas? ters an t tu? Ir burdens an- as great as ever. T n- laboring neu must be I ? brought to bellevt and know that ihej can itrt ihten up their backs und j understand that thelf opportunities Will be as grant SI tVtr while their burdens will bt reduced as much as possible. It Wilson's administration f tht 11 ? ildent'a ofFJ< ?? th ill prpvt thi.<4 to ti?? people, while n ftnrful h \\ I will go up und luhtldlied ntWS? pap< n will abuse him relentlessly, tht Democmtlc party will bt restored lo Its old-time vigor and govern the Country for another half century. iMgllsi) "H. ? Tillman." WILSONS ELECTORAL VOTE 429; NOT COUNTING! STATES STILL BELIEVED DOUBTFUL, Kooso\elt 90 and Tail 12 Voles in Electoral College, Giving Former Culifornia ami Latter Idaho, Al? though Doth These States May Vi iia'ly Laiul in Wilson Column?Sit? uation Seems Complicated in Cali lornta and Oonrti May Eventually Decide.. San Francisco, November H.?Tabu? lation of corrected returns from va tuully all of the State's county seats show that in California Hooscvclt has a plurality of the popular vote Over Wilson, that returns from the 79 remote precincts still unreported are not likely to overturn. The latest figures give: Roosevelt, 231,369; Wilse n, 280.618; Roosevelt s plurality, 751. Not ull of the Roosevelt electors may have won. The name of Lieu? tenant Governor Albert J. Wallace, which headed the Roosevelt electoral ticket, was scratched by many voter*, presumably because of his course in commuting the death sentence of murderers while acting Governor. In many instances it is said Wallace's name was actually pencilled off the ballots. Attorney General Webb has rendered an opinion that such ballots were thereby invalidated. Wilson and Roosevelt alternated in the lead early in the day when the distant mountain precincts began to straggle in. Ity 4 p. M. Roosevelt's margin had increased to nearly 1,000 and it became almost certain that the unreported precinctL in counties car? ried by the Democratic ticket would not overcome this lead, j The final disposition of the State's I 1?? electoral votes may be decided by I the courts. Democratic managers, in the announcement of their determin? ation to challenge the Los Angeles county vote in the event of a Roose? velt victory, said their action would be based not only on the alleged count? ing of Progressive ballots invalidated by pencil scratches, but on alleged errors and irregularities of Republi? can judges of election in excluding valid Democrtic ballots. James D. Phelan and Rudolph Spreckels today authorized the Dem? ocratic State committee to offer a reward of $5,000 to any one supplying evidence leading to the conviction of any person on a charge of perpetrat? ing election frauds. According to the terms of the offer this reward will be paid for each conviction. The wide discrepancy in the com? plete returns from Los Angeles coun? ty are compared with earlier returns ?a change that wiped out an ap? parent lead of 6,000 votes for Wilson in the State?was due in part to a switch in the method of tallying the popular vote. At tho outset the record wa? made up from the vote cast for the head of each electoral ticket. Later, when it became apparent that many Progres? sives had not voted for Wallace, the first Roosevelt elector. Progressive leaders demanded of the county clerk a recount, in which a vote cast for any elector in the Progressive column was tallied as a vote for Roosevelt. IDAHO BECOME8 DOUBTFUL. Ollii'ial Count Probably Noi*essary? Possibly Divided Vote. Roisc, Ida, November 8.?Idaho is again In the doubtful list on its Pres? idential vote as between Taft and Wil? son. The possibility of a divided elec? toral vots i^ recognised, since tho vote for el MStorS ?>n the same ticket va? ried. Newspaper tabulations, the only fig? ures now available, are radically dif? fer cut. One gives Taft about 500, the other Wilson about 500 plurality. Tho official canvass, it appears, will he required to settle the question. WILSON'S PLURALITY 16,105. Complete Rut Unofficial Count of Illi? nois Vote. Chicago, Nov. 8.?The unofficial count of the vote for President In Illinois, completed today, shows thai Wilson obtained 407,470; Koosevelt If 1 ,861S, and Taft, 866,616. Wilson's plurality was 16,106, but !??? lacked 1 80,161 VOtes of a majority. The estimated vots for Debs was 16,000 and for Chafln 88,000, The to? tal VOte was about 1,176,000, almost the same as In 1008, when Taft polled j ??.-?:?.!??:'.? and Uryan 460,796, WOMAN'S MII'RV.i: WINS OUT, Amendment Passed in Michigan b> Probably Five Thousand. Detroit, Mich. Nov. 8.?Complete CROPS WORTH FIVE BILLION. GREAT YEAR FOR FARMERS GOV? ERNMENT REPORT shows. Total yield of Corn Amounts to lev.i?7.000 Bushels, a Record for Country. Washington, NOV. 8.?A com crop Of 3,169,1.37,000 bushels, or 281,921, 000 bushels more than the greatest i crop of corn ever grown in any coun- | try of the world, is the feature of the 1 country's most remarkable agricul- | tural year in history, according to the November crop report of the United States department of agriculture, is? sued today. The report completed the government's preliminary esti? mates of the nation's principal farm crops. This great crop of corn was worth November 1 to farmers, 1,850, 776,000. The enormous sum of $4,171,134,000 lepresented the farm value November 1 of the United States crop of corn, bay, wheat, oats, potatoes, flaxseed, rye and buckwheat. With the value of the growing cotton crop and the crops of tobacco, rice and apples, the ag? gregate value of these principal farm products will amount well beyond $5,000,000,000. Upon tho preliminary estimates of production and prices announced to? day, tho value of the crops figure out as follows: Corn, $1,850,776,000. Hay, $854,615,000. Wheat, $603,639,000. Oats, $476,169,000. Potatoes, $188,501,000. Barley, $120,845,000. Flaxseed, $39,693,000. Rye, $24,370,000. Buckwheat, $12,526,000. There was an increase in the to? tal value of each of these crops ex? cepting buckwheat, potatoes, I arley and rye. The increase netted $515, 057,000 over the value of last year's crops. Record crops corn, potatoes, llaxseed, oats, barley, rye and hay were harvested this year. The govern? ments, official estimates of the value of the various crops and its final esti? mates of total production will be an? nounced in December. The yield of corn per acre follows: Yield Production per in State. Acre. Thousc -ds. Texas.21.0 15a,300 Okalhoma.18.7 101,878 Georgia. 13.8 54,510 Kentucky. 30.4 109,440 Tennessee.26.0 86,632 Alabama.17.2 53,664 Mississippi.18.2 56,840 North Carolina ..18.2 51,106 Arkansas. 20.4 52,163 Virginia. 24.0 47,520 South Carolina. . .17.9 34,2 "8 Louisiana. 18.6 33,8:.5 WAR ON VICE. Florence Ministerial Union Will Com nance Work. Florence, Nov. 7.?The Minister al union of Florence, backed by a strong public sentiment, has determined t<> make a war on vice and those things that stand for moral corruption in the community and each minister has de? termined to appoint two laymen from his church to help in the work, and these will constitute a citizens' com? mittee which will study the situation and bring the indictments to the so? licitor, Mr. Wells, who promises to Vigorously prosecute them, and J. P. j McNeill promises to give his assist- j ance In the work. returns from oS of 83 counties in Michigan Indicate that although Boosevelt and Governor-* bet Ferris, Democrat, swept the State, the latter will have a Republican Lieutenant Governor, it Is probable also that th<- remainder of the state officers u ill be Republicans, With* but three counties unreported the equal suffrage amendment's pas? sage was favored by a 4,Tut? majority, Wilson s LEAD INCREASED. Democrat Secerns Defeated for tJov ernor in Iowa. Des Molnes, Nov. 8.?The lead of Governoi Wilson over Roosevell was Increased during the day to 21,454, when cocmplete return* from coun? ties were recel\ ed. After it seemed E, <;. Dunn, Demo? crat, had been elected Governor, be? lated figures late this afternoon seem? ed to give <!. w. Clark, Republican, the victory by a plurality of 8,278. Leaders of both parties declare main of the returns received thus far are incorrect. I WIINIlUbWIlU W. EUGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM PITS IT OVER HEAVIER OP? PONENTS FROM KDISTO. Game Featured by Brilliant Forward Paeace of sumter Team?Walkover l>uc to Superior Training of Local Boya?Orangeburg Played Gritty Ball. Education put it all over Beef and r Brawn Friday afternoon at the lo? cal gridiron Friday afternoon, for it was due entirely to their superior training and knowledge of the game that the Sumter High School football team was able to walk away from the Orangeburg team, with whom they were si pposed to play, carrying tho game ah g with them and pull? ing out a scoe of 52 to 0. Hopelessly outclassed in their knowledge of the game the Oifinge burg boys, who outweighed the local players at least ten pounds to the man, played plucky ball all the w ^ through, not once quitting in thei *r forts to stop the onward mat. their opponents and all the time piay ing the game for all that it was worth. U is safe to say that with a few more weeks of good coaching the result of the game would have been different, for the Orangeburg boys have it in them, but had simply not mastered the game or been trained to play to? gether instead of playing individual ball. Only once did the team get to? gether during the latter part of the third quarter. Here they made dis stance once, the only time during \he game, and held back the charges of the local boys until outwitted on a fake forward pass. Only twice did the Orangeburg boys have any "hance to score once when a forward pass was intercepted and once when a J forward pass was successfully made by the visitors. In the game Deer was the chief star for the Orangeburg team, being the only man who could make any consistent gain through the Sumter line, while Mack at tne other tackle and Vann at right guard play? ed good balh Orang? bu.g did not ' have the ball long enough at any j time for the backfield to show what they could do with it. From the beginning the game on through, very man on the Sumter , team starred. The Interference was good and every man seemed to have his whole heart in the game. The line held strong against the heavier line of their opponents and the charg- J es of heavy backs. From the first kick-off the game was Sumter's and not once did the local boys let up in their playing, piling up touchdown after touchdown against their heavier opponents, until eight times the goal line had been crossed and four times Cuttino had kicked the goal, making a score of 52 to 0. On the kick-off of Sumter, the team did not relin? quish possession of the ball until they had carried it across their opponents goal line in two and a-quarter mir - utes of play. In less than a quarter of a minute, on the first scrimmage, 1 after the next kick-off Booth by some brilliant broken field running and stiff arm work carried the ball across the goal line for the second touch? down, in the second quarter three more touchdowns Were added to the list. one In the third, the only time the Orangeburg team g< t together at ail, ami two more in the last quarter. For Sumter it is hard to distinguish between the greater and lesser stellar lights. Booth did some brilliant brok? en Held running and gain* d consistent? ly. Cuttino was like lightning on end runs and gained from five to 35 yards whenever he took the ball. Tie I charging of Hail through the line was always with the desired results for Sumter. At ends Alexander recelv d the ball on forward passes tirn> after time for long distances, the forward passes during the K?me being fie quent and brilliant. Walsh also re? ceived one forward pass and mad*' a i good run, showing up well as a br< k en field runner, McKay also gained on forward passes. Simpson at quar? ter ran bis tram like B veteran and showed up well at all stages of the game, the victory of the locals being In a greal measure due to his head work at this stragetlc point. On the defensive Randle was the star, with a capital S. Time ;tft?T time he broke through his opponents' line and stopped the runner behind his im?-, besides being In every attempted buck of his opponents, holding them down without gains, Alexander anil Walsh at tho ends, Cuttino In the back field and McKay In the line also did some lir>?- tackling. Referee Moses; Umpire DuRant; time keepers, Thees and Carroll; head linesman, Strauss, Time of quarters 10 minutes. Miss AGNES RICHARDSON, PRES? IDENT, Miss HARRINGTON, SECRETARY. Meeting Vt iv largely Attended and Most Successful; Talk?, by Messrs. Basil, Haynsworth. Williams and Scott, and by Misses Mcljcan and Sattcrwhltc?Much Interest Mani? fested. The Bumter County Rural School Improvement Association held its reg? ular fall meeting in the Hampton School building Saturday. The meet? ing was probably the most largely at? tended ever hel by the Association since its orgp m several yeara ago. Much est was manifested by all of $ present in the work which 4< .apped out for the year and al very interesting talks we .de along the lines of this ? e ' . v j\ teachers and others interest ^ a the school work in the county. ie meeting was in every way a suc? cessful one and lasted until half past one o'clock, when business was com? pleted and the session was converted into an informal talk-feast for the purpose of giving the teachers the op? portunity to meet each ot^er and talk over school matters among them .selve8 During this half hour a de? lightful luncheon of sandwiches and coffee was served. Tho meeting was called to order by the President Mrs. H. W. Beall. The first matter taken up was the election of officers for the ensuing year. Miss Agnes Richardson was elected presi? dent of the Association for the year 1912-13 and Miss Ruth Harrington was elected secretary. Prof. S. H. Edmunds of the City Schools then extended to the teach? ers, trustees and others present a cor? dial welcome, his welcome being ex? tended in a few appropriate remarks. if las Marian Satterwhite made a short talk on "Works of Art in the School," pointing out how they help? ed teachers and pupils and the value of them in a well regtdated school room. Mr. A. V. Snell made an impressive talk to the teachers concerning the value of the Tomato Club work among their pupils and how important it was for the teacher to int? rest the girls in this work. He told of what had been done elsewhere and what was contemplated in this county along this line. ! Miss E. W. McLean told of the work of the Home Makers' Clubs. She stressed the importance of these clubs in each community and told how the teachers should aid m organizing and keeping them at work. The aim of the clubs is to teach the girls how to do all of those thinps that are a necessity in the home. She stated that a column would be given to this work in the county papers and Mrs. Walter Minis would have charge of the cooking department, while Mrs. c. h. Foster would have charge of the sewing department. <>ther la? dies efficient along other lines would from time to time contribute articles to this "Home Makers' Column." I Mr. J. K. Scott of the Bethel School made a few remarks on the import? ance of placing before the public through th? county newspapers the work that was being done in the va? rious schools. The county papers had offered their columns for this purpose ami the teachers should avail them? selves af the opportunity in this way to keep up in' rest among pupils and patrons in their school. Mr. J. Frank Williams laid empha? sis on tin- Importance of getting the tfirls and boys interested in the corn and tomato club work. He thought this as important as other phaSOS of school work. Every boy and girl in the county should know about the corn and tomato clubs and the teach? ers should see that their pupils be came members of them. Miss Richardson then mads an an nouncement ? f he prizes offered by the state Rural School Im prove sasnt AoSOClatlOB for the most improve? ment in sctioo's during the y,ar. Three prises would be swarded in ? ach county and Hi ite prizes would be awarded for the 1 < -t work in the schools, giving < . I hool an op? portunist) to win two pii/.es. Dr. .i. Herbert Heyneworth was < ailed upon to make a fesj remark*. He laid stress on the fad that the teachers themselves must be Interest" ? d in tin ir work and they must inter? est their pupils and patrons in the w < >rk of the school. At the ?lose of the business BeSSjlOU the meet inj,' adjourned for lunch w hich had been prepared for the nrrasaoa. Mr. T H. Dick, of Columbia, ppent Friday night in the i ity.