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?|)tool;itfbin;inani soutbnm. PnhlUle .1 \\ . ?dnr*d ?\ Mild Saturday. ?BY? OSTEtN PUBLISHING COMPANY HL MTEK, 8. C. Torrn?: $1.50 per innum?In advance. Ad jertlietneota: On* Square first trsertion.11.00 ?very subsequent insertion.60 Centra, ts for three months, or lisftr will be made st reduced rates. All communication.* which sub oevve private Interests will be charged Ii? as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. The sumter Watchman was found? ed In 11 SO and the True Southron In lift The Watchman and So.ithren as?w has the combined circulation end taaWence cf both of the old papers, and Is manifestly tha best advertising aaadtum in SufnUr. ?nMSSBsaaanassBa.-_? Col. P.ooaevelt Is quoted as havnu declared poaltively that he will not again be a candidate for President en the Progressive ticket. Is this an advertlseme* t that he Intends or? ganisms another party when he is ready to throw his hat into the ring? sea What would It not be worth to South Carolina for It to he said, aa Gov. Kitchen said of North Carolina, that there had not been a lynching in the State for six years? s s s Virginia has a reputation for en? forcing the law and meting out Just punishment to rich and poor, the SnfluentUl politically and the obscure, with Impartiality and certainty. Per? haps the type of men elected gover? nor Baa something to do with the maintenance of this reputation. Gov. Mann declared in the Governor's con? ference In Richmond that he would sail out every militiaman In the State, If nece?aa-y to protect a man under %rr**t and give him a fair trial. ess Mr. It. II. Sams, a Beaufort coun? ty farmer has gathered 451 bushels of sweet potatoes from one and a-quarter acres of land. and. In consequence. Beaufort folks are bragging some. Mr. Bams Is a fairly good potato farm? er, but he Is not a good second to Mr. Jo*? Wblte, who lives on the Manning road a few mile* from Sumter. He Slanted ?st acr< of potatoes In the Pity National Fatk prise contest, and when he came to gather them he found he had made so many pota- | toes he did n??t Know what to do with | them, no he dug only every other row jf Use acre and obtained 428 bush? 's* ef potatoes, leaving the other ows. or one-half of the acre, to be gather d b> his hogs. This was mak? ing ?ea at the rate of S56 bush? els tv ;he acre. If anv other farm? er any .. here ran beat this record of, a Sumter tSXJgttj farmer now is the ' time t ? speak | see I <foi Rlease succeeded in making S spectacle of hlBSSetf .n the Cover- | nor'* ?. nf< res* I mi life hanond sad aitalto i ?er.- if r.otorb t\ thereby, It Si a mattrr of ii*i< A.oUor the no- ( loriety is regarded as desirable at the paver**-, but Ot?v. H ase. himself. | ao doubt, is de iKhted with the re- j tult of his blatant jissa ilt on the con- j ttltUtlon gd list < i de I - ? foT( ement of law II- in.i b got d copy for the ?enatlon lovinc v-ll. w pfCSS und suc? ceeded In making hirns-K the oittft flrfun .f the meeting. As a news feature his ill-considered utt-ram ? I ?Vembadow ?d the safe. sane and ?talesa anlike d.seussion of gO/VOfaV menial and social problems by the ether ?.*>?%? rru>r? and his advocacy of ft oh Im wu* advertised in ever) sewa,ap*-r in the eountry. Gov. pleaae m ?y value this sort of ad rertm.mc and it may be an asset that Will fSfVe bis purpose, but the Mate sf South Carolina has not been bene? fit* d. since he created the Impression that ne are a lawless people and lh.? | V* State (he enforcement of S?w a ad the protection "f life and property are left to the whims of the lnd?wdu.?l *aI... happens to o . upy the ufhc- ..f gowrnor. The commercial urgar ./im. the re il i state nun and lh? allied business interests or the Mat- are i \\,t ndiiiK lime and moio y to advertise the State In a favorat'l- light. Is mak? t h* pgopls af other tat Uagg o-juainted with le Sourc? , and opportunities of this see tton and to indie - ml* lllgCBt and In* dustrious im n to lo. at* here This work is ??? gtm lag to produce results, lit spite 1.1 the unfavorable adver? Umoiim.i ^ .'it lh< Mate bj Qoveraor lllenee and othti politicians ol the ?am*- l>l*e who ha ? won OtHclal proiion* io ? .n fees at years One gpaaeh sffe sa doe, Bleass delivered In It** hi ?ei. does more barm than can b? o\. re |oe Im \?ars of Woik lo. all th*- sonst rue i Iva ageaclea that are gtfcottag In upbuild He gtate. II >v not what tv ' lb it ,%oius lajuiv to ?h- tie, but Ho met that it is tie gPtWfSjOf Of thS Mai- Who lii ii?s lb*' at. tat li His position lends weight t,, rettet sei I It it ollst I viM' would ?of bi received with credit, nor print* ??(l in th?- nowspapsri m nsws The most charitable view to take of Qo\ Biswas's Richmond performance Ii that h?- was there uetinK in the ? i paclty of prom agent for Colo L, BlonvOi th> nmbltioui polltclnn and notoriety o\ing office wokor, and. knowing that Ihn only way he could attract t<? himself astraordlnary nt? tention whs to give utterance to sen? timents that WOtlld ihOCk pul>li** opin? ion, he took the center of the Stage and thof off his mouth, regardless of the damage ho might do South Car Oila I G 'V. Bloant appreciates the value of newspaper advertising as much a8 did ttarnum In his day or an ItOOnsi sit does now and when he cannot obtain it by legitimate means he goes after it by the shortest route possible. ana ^resident Taft admits that the pso 1 pie have become wise to the injus? tice of a protective tariff and demand a tar'ff for revenue only. SOS The Turks are to be peimitted to retain Constantinople and the gener? al European war for the possesion of the gateway to the orient is postponed temporarily. ? * s <b>\. nh'Pse stated in Richmond that he would be sworn In as United States senator, March, 4, 1915 or sooner. This means that it is im? material to him whether Tillman dies or Smith is defeated. ess With the increase of the capital of the Sumter Telephone Manufacturing Company from $60,000 to $600,000 und the consequent great enlargement of the business a much larger force of hands will be employed. This car? ries with it a substantial increase in population and the need for more houses. There are now few vacant houses in the city, and unless pro? vision is made for the erection of new houses suitable for the skilled mechanics who will be brought here by the Telephone Manufacturing Com? pany there will be difficulty in prop? erly caring for the new citizens who will be a desirable addition to Sum t? r'? population. oss It Is practically assured that Tomato Club work will be Inaugurated in this county early in the new year, as u branch of the Farm Demonstration work of the Department of Agricul? ture, under the general supervision of th. Slav and district agents, with a special county agent, devoting all her time to organizing (dubs, instructing the school girls in domestic science and acting as a rural school supervis? or. This work means a great deal to the schools of Sumter county and great results should be accomplish? ed under the supervision of an ex periened teacher of domestic science and primary and grammar school methods. NEURO HURT BY TRAIN. JamcH Wilson Injured Two Mile* I Vom City Saturday Night. James Wilson, colored, a train hand on one of the Coast Line local freight trains, was struck or in souic na) injured Saturday night by an Atlantic Coast Line train about two miles from the city on the Charleston track. Wilson had corns In off his run and bad started for alcolu, where he llvsi slthoi on passenger train No ot og lbs freight which left the Olty IOV01 gl hours lau r. He was found by n negro named Woodl WhO reported a (had man as bi :ng Sear the track :it ths two miie i'ost. Ths ssctl ui mastc ? sent a hand ear iio\?.n to the scene and th?- negro Wai found to be alive and was brOUghl in Sunday morning and taken l" the . int. i II ospltal about 11 o'clock, VI the Hospital atonda) mornlni it was stated that the negro was still alive, ami would probably live out the day< although Ihors were no hopes of his recovery. Largest and Best Ever, Line of ladles all Lenos embrold srtod handkerchiefs, special at Iftc, ?'?"e and #.*.<; also holiday boXOa I to i>o\, at fi.f.o t.. ?tri" McCollum Broa 1*1 price on ail coat uits from I I 1,00 Ind Hp.? Advt. ^ You Can <.e| H Now! Ths coat sun or the dress, seleci lure from our entire Stock and pay ju't |?| price, He quick and g?*t tit ' d in a now suit or dress. Have it for Xman a $20.00 nuit costs you 11 w *'??. 1 $|u suit costs yon now f and Just this way for every suit or dress In store, H tie during this week ? nlj s< > 1 \% arts Bros Advt, The 1 IiimJ and ItlggCttl i ui On cat suits. As cheap now as they will h< In January, it McCollum lima \b coal suits I) .00 snd up ai 1?| price AfU'l Ulii 11 You lliliift ol i hrlstmas Thin!, of Kchwarts's This Is the real Xmns store Vou Und Rifts for every member of the fandly, Ho ? .1 \ shop h< e, ebs.iii/. 1 hos I Advt, FARMERS' UNION NEWS Diuciical Thought* for DrncUcal Farmers. I Conducted by BS, W. Dab bo, Pres? ident S. C, Farmers Union.) Some Handout Though*. 1 am in receipt today ot a letter from Messrs, A. Keel & Douglas, N. C? agtmti for the South African gov? ernment asking if there are any co? operative societies In this state handling tobacco. Notwithstanding there were 24 million pounds sold in the 18 markets of this State last sum? mer 1 was forced to reply none was sold by a co-operative society. There was some pooling on a small scale, but not to amount to much. One or the most successful growers in Dar? lington county told me he had quit because of the rotten market condi? tions, ? * ? For ti e benefit of our Kaders that do not realize how much trade Sum? ter lost when its tobacco market was not developed, and how much it is now losing by poor road constructions with the Dudding Swamp section. 1 will gi\e the tigures on tobacco: The four market towns <-f Florence that handled tobacco marketed 11,011, 575.00; Marion's four markets $839, 500.0a; Horry's tWO markets $108. 226.00; Kingstree I179.S78.00, and Manning $101,846,00; Darlington $818,178,00. 0 0 0 Some money to be turned loose in our sister counties In July and Aug? ust, most of it before cotton began to OOme In! That it had an appreciable effect ( n commercial conditions in thoOS counties there can be no ques? tion. In addition most of these mar? kets had more or less money coming in earlier in ths season from truck. 0 0 0 If Sumter is to make up for the loss of such revenues, she mum pro? vide a better systsm of marketing cot? ton so .is to bring more money into her channels of trade. The very moderate estimate of $10 a hale lost last season on 50,000 bales of Sum ter's receipts means half million dollars. It was fully that much, if not more. How much has already boon lost tills season by lack of con? certed efforts to market slowly is hard to toll, ess i have before me a copy of the Irish llouestead. the great Irish farm pa? per, and there are several points that are stirring them up over there that ire Important to us her?- in Bumtet County. One of the prominent fea turt ? is a discussion of "Pood in War Time" and what would happen should there be a shortage of food mports. We, here in Bumter coun ty and In South Carolina would do Well i?? study and consider what would happen If our railroads were put out of business for tWO weeks. * * * in ihos there was scarify if not at tual suffering In many parts of South Carolina by r? son <>f the floods that ?topped Mains if my memory serve me ..cht there was want at Mayes Vllle and on some farms nearby, not to go to some points where there was actual suffering. This was not b< cause of food destroyed hy floods, but because our people Imported theli food supplies and tin- railroads could not transport it. * * o Another Important matter Is dls cussed Is a letter calling uttentlon to how mu< h the State does to help pro the e articles, and nothing to help SOU, h is the same old story that is being wrought out all over this coun? try Cheapen production, Increase ef? ficiency, enrich the land, and then tum the producer over to the trad? ers who like the protection barona, win tuke care of their vassals the producers and the consumers! Call on government for every thing un? der Die sun, but don't be children and ask government to regulate our sales! 0 0 0 To tui ii to a more cheerful side of the pi tiiie read what Mr. Clarence Poc says; "The Mouth Comes Into its Own." And consider well para? graph III and what be says about I ? i ter m hoots, i am glad I hat ?he Farmers' l'nlon Is first "Education? al." Mr. I? It. Coker writes me that Ii seems to him the Dnlon has a vast nmount of educutlonul work to do. And th< ti he mentions some of th< thin.:- he sees Ktt.it need of doing. "Dreedtng, growing, haling, and mar? ketlng ol Staple cotton, other pure seeds, stop pulling fodder, grow u . '.a \. prcvi ut .ic hog i holet a, etc." Musi of tie in h,i \ ? b< - n to e hed on hj tic l'nlon im w ? will find there Is enough in lie- subjects mentioned above to keep front havini oi dull minute in ;? fai nu t ?' union, if v. ? r o ,i I 11 i i, t hin should take up ami work out is the establishment of a first class four year's course High School in tome convenient county nelghborh.I. One tliat will keep Beveral t? achera on tin* job all tin- tin)-. Win our selfish Iness prevent us from doing this? Will we be so afraid of giving some ! neighborhood a little advantage that j we will all try t<> have such a school iand more have ?um- worth much? sag The Farmers' Union, especially the officials who have come in close con? tact with him regret to see Mr. Snell, Secretary of the Sumter Cham? ber of Commerce, leave our county and city. But for ihe wider held and greater good we thing he can do at Charleston we would try to keep him in Sumter. We trust the Executive Committee of the Chamber of Com? merce will make a wise selection of his successor. Much good to both city and county can be accomplish? ed by a combination of the forces of the Farmers' Union and the chamber of Commerce. sag I want our people to study careful? ly She "Food in War Time" article and to see wherein the strength of France lies, and others of the Eu? ropean kingdoms. When we do like I them our cotton will indeed be the j B i eatest crop on earth. E. W. 1?. food in War Time. There was a proph-tess of old call? ed Cassandra who was endowed with the vision which foresees, but pro? phesy as she might. nobody would listen to her?nobody respected her prophecies until it came to pass that they were hist >ries. Her fate seems to be the fate of all prohpet*. Pro? phesying is a most unprofitable busi? ness. Destinies wa re never warded off by some person piercing irtto the womb of time and tilling what tiery and fateful years were about to be born. But prophets, true and false, still read the heavens. If the bile they tell be well told the world will listen and say. "How interesting. Prophesy to US again." as in Lord Dunsany's weird play the courtiers spoke to the old prophet who fore? told the uprising of the slaves. Hut nobody wa nt out to gird on a IWOrd all the same. We lay claim to no su? pernatural Insight, but only to the best exercise of our fallible reason when we write, not to prophesy, but to warn once more about the perilous condition of Ireland if the Empire of which it was part became Involved In a war with any great European pow? ers with a naval force sufficient to en? danger the sea ways of commerce. We wrote several months ago some articles on the food supply in Ireland iti time of war. lr. was one of the tense momenta In European diplo? macy when everybody went to sleep uncertain whether the next morning would not find battleships thundering along the coast. The bad moment passed, but the necessity for the policy we advocated did not pass, it is no use for a country a the last moment to think of adjusting its national do m es tic economy to o state of war. When the house is on hr? is not the time to think of Are insurance. Ire? land is a country which <a>uid but does not feed Itself. It is unique among European countries in this. France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Aus? tria, liussla, Belgium, Holland, and Denmark raise on their own land by far the larger part of the food re? quired by their populatiena if France was at war the interruption by hostile fleets of ships bringing food to its ports would worry it very lit? tle, it only Imports about ten per cent of the food it eats an4 any na? tion m time of stress can tighten its belt to that extent. England, of course, cannot feed Itself. Ireland is In the unique position of being able to fi ed Itself and yet ? do< s nol do SO, t 'r?e lias only to look at the im? ports and exports to se? '_o what an extent Ireland depends on i;s oversea trade for the food it ?als und for money to buy thai food. All the eco? nomic machinery we have set up tends to perform two functions. One :s to shovel Irish produi.ut of Ire? land as last as it is ready. The other la to supply Ireland v\ith food Stuffs and manufactured at ticb ? In exch hik?' for what it exports. With a wot id at peace nobody ran quarrel with such In machinery, it Ireland la ha ipler eating American bacon than Irish 'one can onl> shrug one's shoulders over the gastronomic taste revealed. It' Ireland prefers foreign dour In Its bread lo lloui ^r^ wn md ground In I i rland, one need nol m on y Ii t be j ship of tiie world has dropped an? chor in the peaceful heaven of the j millennium. Hut It is quite different When all the great powers go about Ii no d to the lei t h and mutter snlk t i!\ nbout each oth< r. Th< n it be? hoove! i nation not only to think about ns and Oread nought > but about ill ! lai der I f : he national ? upbonrd Is cmpt) tie Inhabitants id th< house will :;<'en i" In ?? b'i I way If a roe is on, Napoleon said irmy move* ? n Its belly, So, tn o h a nation. ! f England w is embi oiled next veek In a Kui ? 1 n v i mngeddon, the J cattle disease which locked up our fat beasts and <uir store cattle In Ire? land for so many months, would be seen not to have been a work of ths I devil but an act <?f Divine Providence which attended to our national com* I mlsaarlat when we ourselves had been negligent. The declaration of war to? morrow would find Ireland sioek' d with live stock. It would not need to worry whether the lineis with ba? con and hour would escape the com? merce destroy, is. But if war had been lee!;,red in a normal Irish year, where week by week what we pro? duce is exported as soon a* it is ready and week by week we import food as we re.[iiire it. then the position of Ireland would have been perilous in? deed. The agents of the big British wholesale houses would have been out buying up pigs, poultry, cattle and sheep in a panic for th<- fe? ding of luu English towns. In a fortnight our re? serve stock would have been bought up, and where then would We look to for supplies for cur own require? ments? The farmer who had sold ten or twenty beasts at double his usual prices would have a brief pe? riod ef rejoicing, but in a week's time he would have found that Mr. Mor iarty, his grocer, would be making him pay through the nose f ?r flour and bacon; and, in three or fou weeks' time perhaps, Mr. Morlarty would throw up his hands in despair and say his shop was chared out and he could get n<? more from Liver? pool, ,?ts the wholesalers there wanted all they had for English consumption. Ireland has not a long enough purse to compete with En 'land in a time of high prices. We would come to the bottom of our national pocket much sooner, The international situation li quite grave enough now and has boon so this last year or two and is likely to grow graver every year wWIe these Immense military and naval burdens Kurope bears go ??n increasing in weight, and Ireland ought to consid? er its position in a great naval war in which England was embroiled. We know dear good people who tell us they put their trust in God, but so far as we could make out, they trusted that Providence was not so supernut urally wise as to see thatt what the*e <i**ar good people called trust in God was merely incapacity to get up un? derstanding of any problem, and dis? inclination to ait if they did under? stand, laziness in fact. Providence, we rirmly believe, has a <Town for the Wise and a whip for the back of the fool, and true trust in Providence is liest expressed by wise action. The only good thing Cromwell ever did so far as Ireland was concerned was to leave behind him an aphorism which if properly cherished ami brooded over by Ireland would do it a lot of good. He said "Put your trust" in (bid and keep your powder dry." Tbe combination of heaven and ? artn. is* Irresistible. We want Ireland to put its trust in Ctod and to st- ck its la? li? as well. We want Ireland to feed itself, BS F*ranee does, as Austria does, as Bus sia doea, and as every European coun? try except England tries to do. They do so for military reasons as well as for economic, social, and political reasons. Whiie the British fleet was pre* amlnant the military reasons Cor Ireland being self-supporting were not so strong. But tiie fleet of the most dreaded European power creeps up rapidly. Dreadnought by Dreadnought, well niurh to the naval power of Great Britain. An alliance with an? other naval power or two might easi? ly equalise matters in a few ycrjrs. Indeed it is almost certain that the burden of armaments will become so intolerable that one section of powers or another must, for economic rea? sons, very soon force a war. in the hope of a Victory so complete that ? only half the military and naval ex? penditure in future will be neces? sary. The great nations of Europe at present are at war. only it is the silent war of building ship against ship rather than the noisy I uslBSSI of thundering gun against mm. and the first is the more expensive kind of war of the two in the long run. Bo We may say that Ireland is no loftger the corner of Europe sheltered from 1 the effects of ;|!1V po.Slide W.tT. It Is ! neatly as likely to suffer in the long anticipated European Armageddon as any country in Europe, li wil. if fer if we do not reform our national domestic economy and bam t<> rely on our own food stuffs more thai we have done. The right pollc) for Irish farmers we have always la id was to feed themselves off the farm. But Is this done? The report on the ? gn cultural outpm ,.f Ireland estimates that Irish farmers and th.it families retain lor their own consumption ?7.2-7.100 worth of butter, meat, milk, poult >. eggs, fruit, potatoes oats, etc . w ha h the} i?i ? dtn ? This J w. iild mean thai in average of ibout t?ne shilling and twopence worin of i I'm d per Indix idual on i he land p? r ! w.. k w dr iwn i rom I ? lai I tan the cost ot feeding the individual is far -router than I h it. N*o doubt the agricultural laborer who bring* up eleven and threepence i week makes an ev< n smalh r i urn p' r head suf fir.- per week, but it is dear to us that about one-half or perhaps three* fifths of tb? food consumed by th?? ru ral population Is purchased, it Is im posstbls t<> < slculate wIth any ac? curacy, but wo imaaine that two sad sixpence a week <>r three shih'ngs si>? nt in food per head would not re? sult In obesity and Would bt a very low estimate of what was required. To feed people properly much mom would b?- required. v? t the report on the agricultural output, which we assume was very carefully compiled, mentions a figure as the value of the food consumed off of the farm which WOUld, if spread over the families working on the land. only SCCOUUtt for food valued at about one shilling and twopence per lo ad per week. Bo it is obvious that the Imported food stuffs shown by the Department in its reports on the Irish trade do not go to the Irish towns only, but are large? ly consumed by the farmers them? selves. It is obvious that the Irish farmer is indeed feeding his family by his work on the land, but he is not feeding his family off the land BS he might. When We Consider that Ireland produces potatoes, oats, barley, trait. Wheat, cattle. butter, pigs. eggs, poultry, sheep, and vegetables, it is difficult to see what n'eessary ar ' tide of diet Irish farmers eould not produce plentifully. We grant thar i single farmer would think it fool lah to kill one of his fat cattle or his i 'ults for consumption by his own family, and that it is natural enough for him if he wants- meat to send to the nearest butcher. Yet there is a distinct loss in doing SO. The old arts once practised on every Irish farm i of corning beef and curing bacon have almost disappeared. But Irish ! country people w ere better fed then j than they are now. The farmer with sides of baeon and hams hung up in his kitchen or with barrels of oorned beef in pickle might smile through a war which made the townsman lean. The right thing to do today is for the farmers to use their co-operative so? ciety as a curing or corning factory, to send their pigs there, and get them back cured. The society should act as butcher for its members, and kill mutton or beef, or corn it, as may be required. The idea to be aimed at is to make the co-operative community self-supporting in all the necessaries of life so far as is possible. Societies like Achonry which have started ba? son curing for their m< 1 ing on the right lines already supplies meat bers. Other societies up. and if this policy l if the societies cured tl and corned the beef, dividual farmer ^rew i and fruit, consumed rr -- i*a*n grain, produced more poultry and tggs for the use of his family, rural Ireland in a short while would be self Supporting in all the no. essaries of life, and whatever destiny might have in store for us as the result of a great European conflict, we would not ! be hungry. and nearly the worst i thin*; war brings with it is famine. It is very likely if hostile cruisers were playing havoc with the food bearing ocean liners, and if there was any scarcity of food in Great Britain, the rattle in the holds would be com? mandeered. At a lecture given a year ago an English Admiral stated that this would be the policy of th? \ Government, it has been the policy of the Bulgarian Government to com? mandeer all the foodstuffs it required for the army. The Qovernment in these islands would never let herds of cattle anil droves of pigs and sheep remain in Ireland If London, Liverpool. Manchester, Birmingham or Glasgow were crying out for food. The cattle on our Irish farms would >e commandeered with very little reference to Irish needs. We fore? see this as clearIj as anything could i o foreseen, and are w ish t<> point out that if Irish farmers make it a settled 'policy to teed their families off the land, to have their own bacoBU corned be. f, vegetables, fruit, etc., on their farms tiny will be the most secure portion of the population in these Is landa in case of ? great naval war in which England would be engaged We ma\ be regarded as a disagreeable croaker like Cassandra, but we ted u is a duty to point out the ?langer of our present system of domestic scon* otny. The Eurpeaa nations at pres? ent are as unsettled as drops of qua k Silver held on ft plate by a sh.iky hand Aii> moment might see a clash and catastrophe of which so one could foresee the outcome We want Ireland to be secure of its ra? tions at an> rat?. it is all an econ? omist can provide for. We leave the rest to prov d? n<. Tin lush Home Marriage. \ ? dot marriage took place Thurs ua> afternoon .it o'clock at the hono .f M? and Yrs. h L ttkinson wio-n Mr. Leonard Atkinson of tonts section was happily married to Miss lima Hancock of Sm;thv ..'?> section b> Rev. M. M i U neon It being qult< surprise, th< e \s? i e only a, few v. ends and i ? lat ;v es pr sent.