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Hl Matcbman an} ?outbron. P?KIu?Ih*i1 Woctnewda > Mm! Saturday. ?BY? BS TEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY sumt?k, n a ll.it per annum?tu advance. Adrwtt tern ea?r. Square first Insertion.tl.Oo rery saawennent Insertion.60 Ceatreete far three months, or Mr will be made at reduced rates. MB eemmutitnatlons which aub afv? prlrata hVerests will be charged ft* aa advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. Twe -umtrr Watchman waa found ?*? >n ItIO and the True Southron In TMI The Watchman and Southron s has tbs combined circulation and rmhssurs cf both of the old papers, sod Is manifesto the beat advertising saedhim le Sumter. ? 1 WlIX tiO TO CORN SHOW Member* of lW?>s Corn Club to wh> Exhibit* at Nation?! Cirain Exibl ttnn. Every member of the Hoys Corn Club in Sumter who Mied his report with Superintendent of Education J. Herbert Hsynesworth will have the opportunity of visiting- the National Corn Exposition f??r two days free of eharge to himself and his parents. Two boys. Bryan (Mem and Klehard Wells, who made the greatest nu m I >?? r ?f points In the contest during the year, will be sent over at the ex of the club for a stay of eight The expenses of the other members of th.- dub will be paid out of a tund raised for this purpose and to which the banks subscribed largely, aa did many* business houses of this city. The boys will be In charge of Super latendsnt Haynsworth and Mr. J. Frank Williams during their stay in Columbia and there is every reason an believe that It will be an enjoyable and profitable gl In ?th r < unties members, of the Boys' corn club will attend the Nation? al Exposition In numbers and It Is probable that the department given ewer te them will be one of the inter ?ssHig ones of the exposition. While at the corn show Hryan Odom and J ?khard Wellg will huvt the oppoi ' gaaetf of tUtemtmg the echool held for i> " bvn? fit of the n ? i ??f the boy*' t??m c i.. who ire in attsni eur* upon the ? ihlb mi ? Ilartl Time* oUe* ?.< ipl Advice. Dark Coiner. Jan 11 ?Well, the year of 1912 has passed" on and an ?KfW yegg Is now hem How are we tatundlng to spend It. for self or for oth-*w * 1 think that we all ought to tr* arm make this one of (he hip Pleat eCi -nor lives. And how can we do It? Hjr making others happy For I surely be risse we receive in this WO'ld Just whaf \*e put Into It. If we sow good seed, we will reap pleas? ure, and If we mow had seed we will reap sorrow |*f| us renu mber That our wasting Item grow shorter still. As days and years Increase. And evaff beating pulse we tell L+av< ?? but a number less. Chrisimaa passed off a little more quietly h?r? than usual. 1 saw no on* drunk and heard of but few being drunk, yet Christmas eoald have been spent In a bett. r * |] if Mr ll-.o/e had been made to take a hark instead of a front seat. It gggggg M people for? get uthal Chiietmm stands for and aprnt u in pleading Satan mtheff than the babe of Itethlehcm How long hi It to >m? thus? Jehovah sayeth. The ox knoweth his owner and th.- a>s his masters crib, but my people don't eonalder ." I have already said we get lust what we sow. and Isn't it right foi It So To bjg Ther? ;m- bus of colds hereabouts, though few persons are confined to their I ? ds .\tr. L K. Avln had one of his sons severely hurt a few d.iys ago bv f ill? ing off his wagon The intb- f.-llow had no hon. s broken and Is getting along meg a HI Here I will ring off. .is l must iw.i. ro ?he postofflce. "II. T." st M i i it < wto* m \itki l Corrected dally by Ernest | h id. Cot? ton Muyer Humter. Jan. 13. mmd middling 12 1-1 gti let middling 1 2 Middling 13 1-4. m low middling I I T-*. Igfjsj mldwdllng II 1-4. StUple cotton I i to 1 f? New York Cotton Mar Let New York. Jan I I open Close January.12 7? 12.70 March 11 M 12 2H y h>.1242 I Ml July lt.ll 1IJI NEWS FROM COLUMBIA. At Molts coNCF.k.m\<; mahsh al am) IHstiuct attorney. Senators Tillman und Smith Have It All Fixed I p, According to Vn c"iilinued lU|H?rls ? Richlund (?rund Jury Presents Columbia Mayor und Council for Permitting Turkey KufHing?New /Enterprises and Ii? 01- of Interest. Columbia, Jan. 11.?All South Car? olina is Interested in who will get the endorsement of Senators Tillman and Smith for United States district attor? ney and United States marshal for this State It Is known that Senator Tillman has pledged his support for marshal to Editor James L. Sims, of Orangeburg, but a story is in circu? lation here to the effect thut an agree? ment has been reached between the Senators whereby Tillman Is to name the district attorney and Imlth the marshal and 'hat J. Wm. Thurmond has been selected for district attor? ney and Sheriff Lyon, of Abbeville, has been picked by Smith for marshal. None of these rumors are confirmed, but they are all inteiesting and are being circulated here. The grand Jury of Hichland county, in its presentment handed in today, presented the mayor and the city council of Columbia for permitting turkey rattles during the month of De? cember In the city. The presentment alleges that turkey raffling is a sys? tem of lottery and a violation of the criminal statutes against games of chance. It names as witnesses City Clerk Q. Flanvle Cooper and the city auditor, and tbo minutes of the coun? cil meetings. Judge Sease, in com? menting on the presentment, said that it did not necessarily mean an indict? ment. The grand jury also recommended State legislation for compulsory edu? cation, citing that of the cases at this term of court fully 25 per cent of the persons arraigned were absolutely without education. Increased juris? diction for magistrates and improve? ments at the county JsjM were also re.'unintended. The speeding of auto? mobiles on country roads was con? demned, and the rural policemen urg? ed to keep a watt bout for violators Of this law ALMOST BEVEM WIFE'S HEAD, ? >g in Heart of QrSOaWOOd Ko?d denco Section. eenwooil. Jan 12.?A horrible ig occurred hart last night, when a negro man. Lev! Kinard, al? most completely severed his wife's hand from her body, after lying in wait for her for several hours in the haart < f the residence section of the town. Kinard and his wife had sepa? rated some months ago, but be had bat! making threats against b^r Ufa for some time, which she had heard of and was so tei rilled that she asked her employers to let her sleep in the kitchen. Last night, however, the wo? man went out upon the street In com p.my with another negro woman and as they were entering Cambrlde street, through an alley, near the residence Of Mayor Baker, Kinard, who bud been I rou. hing there probably night after night, ?prang out at them, grabbed his wife by the waist ami in an Incredibly short time aocompllahed hii purpose, It seems, fr<?in testimony, that a big knife was used; that a razor could not have d<>ne the work. Kinard mads good hii escape, He came bars from LsSBVlliS some months ggO and has been working as a section band on the c. and W. ('. He is 80 yean old; black, height, r> feet 8, and sr<t Ighi 1 II pounda Hs has two upper front teeth false He has relatives si i.srllls and also at Prosperity. The town snd county, through sheriff Mc? Millan offen ISO reward for bis cap lure. llot slAYIYI s TO ORGANIZE. Miss Oases to Preside Over the Meet? ing at Mssmwuu An audience of several hundred of the housewives of Charleston Is ex? pected to greet Miss Lotil s. Olney, president <>f the Civic Club, when to? morrow afternoon at I .SO o'clock, In the Charleston Museum auditorium ?bs opens the meeting called to or? ganise 11 housewives' league in Char? leston Mrs lv S. Mather. State c ha Ir? in n by appointment from the Nation? al League Hoard, will make an ad? dress. Tht-< movement among Charleston house wives is to crests more ro-oper stlon between the housekeepers and the dealers, to assist the dealers In cutting down prices and costs of ser? vices, to street sanitary reforms, and produce pure food stocks for table use. The long us s open to all women of Charleston.- -Charleston Post, Jan? 10. If SVen man In the State would resolve to null carrying " pistol, homicides would become ? thing of the past. The bandy pistol is re? sponsible for nearly all the killings in ?bis State Orangsburg Tinos and Demoer 11 AlKKN WOMAN DISPLAYS NERVE. Warns off Nefro Purauer, but in Struck Severe Blow ? Search for Assailant. Alken, Jan. 11.?No little excite? ment was occasioned here this morn? ing when It became publicly known that last evening, about du.sk, a prom? inent and well known woman of this city was assaulted by a negro, on the eaatern extremity of South Boundary avenue, as she walked to her homo Just beyond the Orange Grove Villa. She states that the negro fell In step behind her just as she was leav? ing the main section of the city, and that Anally she was forced to the con? clusion that hi* was following her. She became nervous, and aa she reached a dark avenue, where the tree merge into an arch near Orange Grove Villa, she noticed that the negro accelerated his pace and rapidly drew nearer. She paused and accosted him, demanding his errand, and warned him to pass on by her and proceed about his busi? ness. The brute then struck her a se? vere blow In the side and ran away as she screamed for help. Aa soon as the alarm was given a posse of men, headed by Sheriff How? ard, traced the negro back toward A ikon. It is reasonably sure that he returned to the city and is now con? cealed here somewhere within the confines of the city limits. The police authorities are combing the city, and, with the description which they have of the assailant they expect to effect his capture soon. OHIO 1:1x1 1: INVADES HOMES. ()\er |9000 Persons Have No Homes ami l'rop? 1 i> Loaa Amounts into Thousands. Cincinnati, Jan. 12.?The Ohio river passed the 60-foot stage here today and continued to rise steadily at the rate of two inches an hour. In the lower parts of the city and in Dayton, Newport and Covington suburbs across the river In Kentucky 2,500 persons have been made tem? porarily homeless by the invading waters. In the Kentucky towns school houses and churches have been thrown open and are tilled with re? fugees. The property loss will reach into the thousands. Cincinnati commission merchants and warehouse owners, whose places ?f business aio along tho river front, have suffered heavy loss. in some buildings facing the wharves the wa? ter is up to the second story. MANY HASTEN TO SAFETY. River is Expected to Rise at Louis oie for Two Days?People Leave Homes. Louisville. Ky . Jan. 12.?Between 700 and 1,000 families have been driven from their homes along the water front here in the past 24 hours by the rising waters of the Ohio. Tho stage at this point at 7 o'clock tonight according to the local weather bureau v. as ^r?.8 with a rate of rise of 2 feet an hour. A stage of oS feet is pre? dicted by tomorrow morning and of lo feet by Tuesday evening. The homeless families are being moved to vacant houses with the aid of the lire aid police depart mets. The weather bureau predicts that by Monday no ?n the water will he over the "cut off' east of the city, in wnich event an area of several square miles will be flooded and abou* 40 famil.es rendered homeless. Dispatches from many points in the State tell of damage to homes and other property. Allen McKiney, a farmer near Hopklnsvllle, was drown? ed today when his skiff, collided with a submerged bridge pier and capsized in the swollen water of Ton river. NOT AS SEVERE AS FIRST. Weatlier Bureau <?i\es Prediction on Second flood Period of the Week. Washington, Jan. 12.?-The second Hood wa\e along the Ohio river be? tween Cincinnati and Louisville, ac? cording to the weather bureau, will not he as severe as the first. The weather bureau said tonight: ??The crest o! the principal Hood in the Ohio river is between Cincinnati and LoUlSVllle. As a result of con? tinued rains for 48 hours the second rams period within a week, the river is again in Hood in its upper reaches, but the second Hood wave will not be So seVele as the first otic was." Mad Dog Causes Excitement. South Lynchburg, Jan. 11.?Quite a splutter of excitement was occasion? ed by an apparently mad ilia's at? tack on Mr. L. Lane's little hoy in his yard. The little fellow is severely bitten in two or three places, the most in its f oe. 1 learned last evening that the county policeman was taking steps to have the dog's head Sent off lor examination, as it hid symptoms of hydrophobia. Marriage License Record. Tomas House ami Viola Bngllsh, colored, of Bumter, secured a mar? riage license Sunday. HOBSON BECOMES SUFFRAGETTE. Repays Kissers of Old by Joining Their IV umbers, Washington, Jan. 11.?Capt. Rich? mond Pearson Hobson, hero of tin* Spanish war, whose exploit in sinking the Merrlmac at the mouth of Santi? ago harbor, thus bottling up Cevera'fl fleet, made him the recipient of the kisses of the fair sex from one end of the country to the other (much, it must be confessed, to that gallant of? ficer's annoyance and dismay), has reciprocated. The captain has become an ardent suffragette. In a recent speech on the lloor of the house (the captain is now a representative from Alabama) Cap? tain Hobson mentioned his conver? sion to equal suffrage. "I have come to believe." he said, "that women suffrage will solve many of the problems in national life." The new champion of the fair sex in its struggle for political equality was not, however, won to his present frame of mind by the memories of those osculatory tributes which dis? puted with the laurel for place on his fervid and youthful brow. Indeed no. Nor did any aspostle of votes-for-wo men pin a badge on his coat and lead him captive to the sufferage ranks. The captain, who resigned from the navy shortly after the war to enter politics, has become a very serious minded pei son with a real aim in pub? lic life.] With singe-hearted purpose, he is working to make the United States dry within the living genera? tion. He is Demon Hum's arch enemy. And it was in his investigation of the liquor question and in the solitude of his own study, that he became con? vinced that woman should have the ballot. After his recent confession of faith In congresi Representative Hobson said in an interview: "The average standard of the char? acter of a nation's electorate deter? mines the efficiency of its political in? stitutions. In standard of character woman is degrees ahead of man. Only five per cent of the inmates of penal institutions are women; while over GO per cent of church members are wo? men. Therefore the absorption of wo? men would substantially raise the character of this nation's electorate. "From my study of national prob? lems I have come more and more to realize that nearly all the laws of States and the nation relate to busi? ness, and that very little provision has been made for the humanities. Property has monopolized the atten? tion of legislators to the exclusion of problem! of living. "This one-sided condition is .lue in? herently to the fact that men make the laws, which of necessity reflect the activities In Which their makers are engaged?they cover the business part of life. To equalise this condition, to make proper provision on the part of the government for the othei half of human activities. It will be necessary to give the vote to women. "Of course, men pay some attention to the humanities, and women pay some attention to business, but each sex has a great sphere exclusively its own, and both spheres must be con? sidered with proportionate interest of the part of the government to get the best results. Clearly this cannot be accomplished without enfranchising women. "1 do not think that the enfranchise? ment of woman would take her out of her sphere, out it would simply project her sphere Into full public considera? tion. The franchise would not cause woman to usurp man's business, but it would insure justice to woman whenever she engages in business in competition With man. It would make the sphere of woman more interesting to man and the sphere of man more interesting to woman. A man would not only naturally have more consid? eration for the rights of his wife, but he would be more interested in his wife's activities, A wife would not lose respect for her husband's work, but would take a greater interest in It. "So that husbands and wives in their dual nature attack together the problems of life in both spheres with greater happiness to both and with more efficient results than are now obtained." At Work on New Road, Work has be. n commenced in earn? est on the m w railroad here and at the Lydia terminus. The right of way is being cut out ami grading com? menced Monday There ate several gangs at work and the railroad people in charge sa> the) expect to haul fer? tiliser Into La mar on March 1st, The pe..pie of Lamar are Jubilant over the m w road for it will mean Increased business und ;i boom to the growth of the town The railroad will run right through the center of the business part of the town and will be very ad? vantageous to the merchants as they can build warehouses right on the road. The depot will be erected in what has been Known as Minis Park, which will be an ideal place for it Lamar Correspondence to Darlington Sews and Press. TELEGRAPHERS MAY STRIKE Railroad lla\ing Declined Request lor Raise, Operators Are Consider" log Strike. Macon. Gh., Jan. 10.?The tele? graphers of the Southern railway arc voting a strike, it is learned heie to? day from the telegraphera The telegraphers demanded an in? crease in pay ol IS per cent in No? vember. At a conference November 110 this request was considered and put off until December -7. Then the request was refused. At a conference of telegraphers the strike vole was planne.i. Southern railway headquarters are In Washington, and the strike vote will he compiled there, it is stated Local officials of the Southern rail? way admit a strike vote is being tak? en. GINNING RETURNS INTERESTING. Cotton Market Awaits Wednesday j : 'gores. New Orleans, Jan. 12.?The cotton market this week will again he in? terested in ginning returns to the cen? sus bureau. Wednesday ends th? pres? ent period in the schedule of census reports on the output of the ginneries and the figures relating to it are re? garded as being most important, partly because this pending report will be the last of the semi-monthly compilations of the bureau and partly because of the belief that ginning of late has been on a larger scale than generally expected. While the census figures will not be available until next week, private bu? reau reports will be reached this week and they will go a long way toward influencing opinion. The question cf the acreage to be planted for the new crop will assume increased importance this next week. The wholesale hardware concerns of the South are reporting a large busi? ness in farming Implements, which Is taken as an Indication that a large ac reage of cotton will be planted this season. The spot situation is important be? cause, thus far, actual conditions ha& not responded to bearish pressure a3 rapidly as have futures. There is still a large amount of cotton held in the country. Reports that it is firmly held will strengthen futures, but any signs of yielding on the part of spot owners will be immediately used, and probably with telling effect, against the future market. THIRTY-NINE LEPERS SLAIN. | Driven Into Pit and Shot by Order I of Authorities of Clunoso Province. ! Shanghai. Jan. 10.?Thirty-nine lepers recently were put to death In an atroc.ous manner by order of the provincial authorities of Nanking, province of Kwang-Si. The suf? ferers were shot and their bodies were burned in a huge trench. These advices were received here today in letters from the Catholic mis- ' si m at Nanking dated December 14. . They said the lepers lived in the woods a few miles outside Nanking. | The mission sought permission to build at its own expense a lazaretto for them and the provicial authori? ties, pretending to consent, dug a pit in which was placed the wood soaked with kerosene. At the point of the bayonet the lep? ers were driven into trie pit and shot and the pyre was lighted and their bodies buiaed in the presence of a large crowd. The authorities offered rewards for the discovery of other lepers and this resulted in the shoot? ing of one more man afflicted with tile disease. The governor, after the massacre, issued a proclamation in which he ac? cused the lepers of having committed outrages. The letters from the mission say there is no foundation for this charge. First Arrest Under New AdmlnisUm tion. The first arrest under the admins tration of Sheriff J. EC Bradford was made Wednesday night by Deputy Sheriff John Epperson on the streets of Sumter, when he arrested C. L. Me Leod. white for giving a check with? out funds in che bank to pay same. The warrant on which McLeod was sworn out by H. 1.. Tisdale, a mer? chant of this city. IfcLeod was lodged in jail and has not yet been able to put UI? bond for his release. Chopped Another With Hatchet. Saturday Sheriff John Epperson went out to the county farm to bring in a negro charged with chopping an? other negro at that place with u hatchet. It was stated that the negro was crazy, but he did not appear so when brought in and lodged in jail, lie was an old, feeble looking man. with only one good hand, the other being crippled, but. notwithstanding his Infirmities, he had succeeded in chopping the other negro with the hatchet and beating him up consid? erably YOllIlFlI Nh(,HO CRIMINALS. Oang Caught Stealing chicken*? Small Boys Conunil l>< -prcdation mi Siuiit? r Hardware Store. a number >t small nugro soys have been cummirins depredktlOM in the city of lut<* and ee a itnult several merchants and householders in the city have suffered. Farly Saturday mo:niUSJ u negro hearing chickens S'lcaw king he pSSUCd along the railroad tracs. near the Rowland ?ug gy Factory stopped to investigate and found several small boys with a large number of < hickens in their posses? sion. Th< boys took to their heels and escaped, having the chickens which were tarned over to the police w ho return* d them to their owner, Mr. Joel B Bruns? ?n whose fowl house had bssa entered and robbed early Saturday morning of fourtten f< >wls. Three small boys. Jim Washing? ton. William Samuels and Osey Cary, were arrested Saturday morning for blcallng articles from the Sumter Ha dware st. re Three rilles were re covered s id returned to the store when the nys were arrested. The boys are I w in |a!| awaiting a pre , llnr.inary. COUNTY TEACHEHS MEET. Several [nterestlng 1 rtrtrsssrs Made at Session. The Sumter County Teachers As? sociation met at the Hampton school building Saturday at noon and those present heard three very interesting talks during the session. There were quite a number present and much in? terest was manifested ir the subjects discussec*.. Mis H. VV. McLean, superintendent of the primary department of city schools, spoke lirst. She addressed % the teachers on the importance of the "Home Makers" dubs, and the value of the subjects studied by them. She laid stress on the importance of know? ing how to cook food properly amd how a change of food was necessary, saying that many deaths throughout ^ the country were due to poor food. Improperly cooked food, or lack of variety of food. Dr. Walter Cheyne spoke on hygiene In the school room and the Import? ance of i ae teachers knowing then* selves what sanitary measures to take ^| and how to carry these measures Into execution. He pointed out he dif? ferent d eases school children were imjist Subjected to and told how many of them ( ould be prevented by simple rules, which every child and par? ent could follow out. "The teacher <p must talk hygiene to the children," he saio. "not teach it to *hem, for they picked up more and applied it better, if ?t were talked to them, in a simple way which they could under? stand." Whooping cough and meas? les," he said, "killed twelve tiraes as many children annually as did small pox and other virulent diseases, which were more generally fepred and guarded against.' The parents must b? taught the proper treatment of these diseases and how to prevent eontag io;. He thought that an inspect-^ ing offif r should see every child which as sick, as an examination would prevent, possibly, the speard of the disease, if the child was affect? ed. Miss Mary K. Frayser of Winthrop college spoke next. She addressed the te n hers on the value of teaching industrial branches in the rural schoois, telling of the importance to the child of his or her knowing these things She illustrated her talk by telling what had been done in some schools and pointing to what could be done In others. Miss Frayser showed her enthusasm In her work and i: is probable that the ideas ad? vanced by her will make some of the teach- rs take up in the future more comp er.ensive work along the lines advocated by her In the rural schools. All three talks wore heard with the great. s1 pleasure and interest. IV lightful music was rendered by Mrs. J. L Frierson during the session, a feature much enjoyed. rt w ??Shoot. If You MuM." Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. ?Goo. Glb bons. ... new Germaatown storekeep? er, when held up in his store last night, told the man to go ahead and ShOOt ;ts he was too tired to get out any money. The mon demanded llO.ei and Gibbons told him t.. proceed and kill. The man then left in disgust If ve had a commission of any kino under Governor Bleaas ws Would surrender it. But then, there is n< t much chance of his ever hon? oring us w ith a commission.?Orange* burg Times and Democrat STKAYKI)??>nc baj horse mule white mouth, lost Tuesday night near Kalem Give any Information ti- Isaac Km v FOR KALE?Dixie Wilt resistant cot? ton seed from I9tI ?^rop. price $1 per bushel, sound and pure S! H Cotcotugh, Oswego, s C, It