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?br ??lattbmanaiti soutbron. Puhl Pies 1 Wednesday ami Saturday. ?BY? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY M'MTKU, S. C. Tor ins: |1.M per aitnum--ln advance. Advertisements: One Square first Insertion.$1.00 Every subsequent insertion.&0 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub? serve private Interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. The Humter Watchman was found? ed In 1S60 and the True Southron In lilt- The Watchman and Southron Bow has the combined circulation and Influence cf both of the old papers, and 1? manifestly the b*.st advertising medium In Hnmter. There can be but one opinion re? specting the Sumter county Jail?it Is too small. Is antiquated and deplor? ably unsanitary. The sooner it is re? modelled, enlarged and thoroughly equipped with due consideration for modern sanitary method* the better for the good name of Sumter county. We do not hold the view that a Jail should be furnished with all the com? forts and luxuries of a home, but it should be, at the least, reasonably comfortable and thoroughly suntary. There should be provision for separat? ing tho diseased prisoners from the healthy, and there Is no excuse for crowding and making the Jail a breed? ing place for filth, disease and vermin. The taxpayers of the county will raise nn objection to the expenditure of the smount necessary to remodel the Jail and convert It into a place fit for occupation by human beings, which It I* not at present. see The best Informed and most suc? cessful farmer can learn much at the Corn show. see When Federt*! officers begin col? lecting the Income tax there will be far less tax dodgem than under the ltate law. Tax dodging will be neith? er so safe nor so popular as under present conditions. see Pat Tumulty is the name of the young man who will serve as secretary to our Progressive President. The name has an aggressive sound and fu? ture events will show what there Is In a name. e e e We hear that some people are say mg that the Claremont Hotel is too big f r Sumter and about fifteen years ahead at the lawn. Theas folks do not know Sumter, and even If What they say were trio* today, they will find that tlo tOWl wWOM tooa catch up with the hotel. that within a year or two we shall be hearing oomplainis that the hotel is ten years behind the town. Sumter i.-. not stand? ing st'll and the Claremont. as ex? cellent a* it Is, will not grow larger and I ? '.u r with the lapse of time. ? e e A Western .armer, with whom the writer was talking the other day at the Corn show. was astounded when told that there was only one silo in Sumter COUat] He said he < ould not unde--t md how f ?rno rs raised < at tie without *dlos. awl Sji further explana? tion *us needed when he learned that few aatfjt are mtaed in this section' and (hit those who vat heel' and but? ter consume the packing house pro? ducts from the Went. I? ?III \M? M l> \>K^ \||>. Cnsjrhtcd Vcsjsjaana lees sag rime in rcnltciitl.tt y for Fnon*e ' Job ' l?? -to - .o \pp. al Spartunhur i:. Feb. 5.?Janes John? son, alias "Portland Ned.' the ye<< nian in the Sooth Carolina peniten? tiary ?? rvimf .t ten-year sentence for the n.M.. rv of ihr safe of the BhOfet Manuf.ortttflng company in |g#| and who f.t: iff d gag p> SOSJSly In the now fane do tavraph stori h" of the r# - ret ausnmera as the priaower whose rich Chi relatives wen. going t?> pay c iv Sims and s. U Nichols, BStggOfl of this city |la?tti to get out of prison, seeording the story told hy th? detective has appealed to the pcopi. of spart.1 nburg to address commuiiK atloni to the governol in his behalf a; king f<>r ? pardon Jahaaoa servse" s tern of seven years in the f?deral prison In Atlanta for thai sagas Baors? rebbsry, It be? ing - irged 1 hol eta mas w< re I iki n by th- '111 n At the end of th; - term .u Atlanta he was ?? 1 ( rted 1 n being brought lu re for trial. The t u lltlon of the yard al I he u laiitu Coast lan* asses ngcr station ?all d for much erltl< ism Monday and Tuesday. Th< situation Is sieh the the gaOJttOf ??f t medylng present c?>n OaUoOl ihOOld hi taken up with the ruilroad officials hy the city Council poas|ld> m'dher J"b for the city gUtfl ager. THOUSANDS INSPECT EXHIBITS NATIONAL COHN EXPOSITION ATTRACTS ATTENTION OF PtXMPUD THROUGHOUT STATE. Attendance at Great Agricultural Dis? play Was i.a._< on Record Yee tcrday?Rural Life rionlems DIs oussed by Speakers of Note?Many More win Attend?Ideal Weather Promised. Columbia State. All roads in South Carolina yester <l led to the National Corn expo? sition. Then weit thousands of visi? tors from every county in the State end from many States of the North, West and Middle West. The day wai Ideal. Not one of gfct exhibits will be removed before the exposition is officially closed, officials of the ex? position said last night that the crowd yesterday was the largest that had at? tended since the show opened. The exercises incident to the exposition for the remainder of the week will be de? voted to discussion of problems for the betterment of rural life in Ameri? ca. A well-known farmer of South Car? olina who attended the exposition yesterday was so impressed with the importance of the show from an edu? cational standpoint that he imme? diately wired tin* overseers of his two plantations to come to Columbia for the next two days. This illustrates the educational advantages offered by what is considered the greatest agri? cultural exposition that has ever been held in the United States. All trains entering Columbia yes? terday wire crowded. The Pee Dee counties sent strong delegations and several hundred were present from Spartanbtrg and Union and other counties >f the Piedmont section of the State. The railway officials said that over 2,000 persons came in dur? ing the day. A large number arrived !ast night to attend the exposition to? day. There are several thousand visi? tors In Columbia who have secured accommodations through the informa? tion bureau that is located at 1223 M i in street. Accommodations are as? sured for all who attend as there are hundreds of rooms in the city unoc? cupied. The agricultural experts in charge of the various State exhibits were kept busy all day yesterday answering questions. Many of the visitors were farmers and they wer; present to learn ?to see what the other fellow is do? ing along agricultural lines. The demonstrators were plied with many questions. Many attending had brought along note books to secure in? formation for future use. It was said yesterday that there never had been a greater gathering of farmers at any one time in the history of the State. An interesting programme of exer? cises has been prepared for the re mander of the week and it is expect? ed that nil Attendance records will be br-'k- n during the next three days. The National Corn exposition \s ed neattonal and instructive. It tells the story of the progress that has been made in agriculture in practically ? very State in the United States during the hist ."at yea - ?. Many think that the exposition contains nothing other th in corn While corn plays an im? portant part?yet It Is small as Com? pare i with the exhibits that have been sent by 21 ftate* The exhibit by the I United Statet department of agricul? ture is tin- nu.st complete ever sent 1 out by ihe department to any expo? sition in the United States. This state? ment was made by James Wilson, Secretary Of agriculture, several days ago while on a visit to the exposition. All visitors yesterday were Impress? ed With the magnitude Of the expo? sition. They were surprised. They w. ! i amated. Many expressions of ippn?\ si v ere heard. Every visitor during the week has gone away a booster. Some of the students of the prize winners' school, conducted during the exposition lust I week, arc returning this week with their pat'iits, to again look over the buddings and scenes where they spent ' a week in such pit LSUrablc ways. The bo- s who attended the school last I week, and who are now back again at home, have done lots to advertise the exposition In their various sections, and it is to their personal Indorsement is well as thai of Ihe visitors of last Week, that the crowds this week are in n measure due. Yesterday, tin- ex p ?sitioti management stated that there I was a large number (?f farmers on the grounds than on any of the pre? ceding, days. Tie- management takes in i as an indication of ? growing i>> leresl In the exposition among the farmers of the section, particularly as tin re Wi re man] expres Ions yesterday from tins element amoni tie- visitors, of an knt? ntlon to have Ihelt neighbors and other fellow farmers visit the ex p. iit!< n b. furs Ihe cl ilna Saturday night a large d< legation ft r?m Rock Hill [were nmnni the visit on to the expo Mos ] wterday. Among them were \v. r. Adams. Superintendent of ">< firm operated by J. at Cherry, on< of .he prominent business nun ate planten of the Kock Hill section. Mr. a.lams came down f<?r tin- special pur pose of s.ring what the exposition exhibit demonstrators could tell him Bboul the growing of alfalfa. Mr. Cherry is said to be the largest grow? er of alfalfa in South Carolina. Ho has planted, it is understood, more than C)0 acres of this crop, and is de? sirous to maintain his reputation as an alfalfa grower in this section. Mr. Adami found all he was looking for, and probably more besides, along the alfalfa line. He got in touch with one of the exhibitors who is an ex? pert in alfalfa and other crops of this nature, and was In conference with him for a long time. The visit of Mr. Adam?, for the pur? pose of finding out more about alfalfa cultivation Is taken as an indication that the farmers of the State and sec? tion are coming to a realization that the National Corn exposition is not a mere "show," nor devoted only to corn, but that it is an agricultual ex? position having as its purpose the ad? vancement of agriculture and rural life along all its varied linos. Prom the standpoint of its edu? cational advantages, and as a power . ful factor for the improvement of agriculture, and the advancement of rural life, the exposition has been, according to the unanimous testimony of all its visitors, a striking success, and it is agreed that it is one of the greatest events of the kind ever held in the South. Yesterday was rural life day at the Corn Exposition and in this respect there was nothing left to be desired, but of even more importance yester? day than the corn was the first meet? ing of the country community con? ference which took place in the main auditorium at 3 o'clock in the after? noon. Those who are in Columbia interest? ed in corn are equally as much inter? ested in their good health and the Opportunities for the betterment of their surroundings and this is what it is hoped the country community conference may accomplish. Those who are putting forward the question at the exposition and showing exhib? its are directed by a desire to help the people of the rural communities in their endeavor to improve the home and the premises in their country, while at the same time the all Im? portant question of safeguarding the health is forcibly brought home. Those who may have feared a lack of Interest in the conference were surprised upon entering the auditor? ium for it was filled. The conference was opened with a short address by Miss Mabel Carney, who has in charge the model country community now being exhibited. Miss ? '.irney stressed the Importance of the subject and introduced the speaker, Dr. W. B, Hinds, who has in charge the exhibit of Alabama and who is the State entomologist of Alabama. Dr. Hinds' subject was "Insects and Diseases' and he handled the subject Uuently, couching his address in lan? guage that conld not but be perfectly plain to every one of his hearers. He dealt especially with the topic of dis? ease transmitted by insects and the insects themselves, pointing to sta? tistics to show the number of deaths OCCUring in the United States every sear from diseases transmitted by the (1. adly mosquito and the My. He call? ed attention to the fatalities resulting from yellow fever and malarial fever even hi this section and the extreme South and pouted out that a majority i l the cases had their origin in the germ-carrying insect. "This fact," said the speaker "was established de? finitely for the Ant time during the Bpanlsh-Amerlcan war and l honor the brave American men who showed enough heroism to give up their lives in the interest of science that thous? ands of lives might !??' saved.*1 Dr. Hinds said that it had only been possible to build the Panama canal as a direct result of the investigation which had resulted so successfully in Cuba and that this fact had proved to be a blessing to the entire civilised world, and that without the continued control of these germ-bearing mos qultos the complectlon of the canal would have marked the beginning of Widespread and fatal outbreaks of both y el loa* fever and malarial fever in all sections. Dr, Hinds s.iid further: "One of the rapidly growing community problems of the present day is controlling these diseases and the extinction of the com? mon nuisances Buch as the house fly, than which there is no more deadly Insect. A typhoid fly which we are now coming to recognise a> u possible deadly enemy through the carrying of the germs of this often fatal dis? ease, should be w ir.ed upon by so ? ielv and Hi lence and every horn 1 should he made proof against the In vaslon of this deadly enemy of ehlid r? u Man:, of tie- rural districts are cwii now enacting Hgislation looking toward the preventing of ihe breed? ing of tie fly * 11 ? l I he Inspection of the piib|i< t.i supply to pn \ i tu con ta initiation from i nsects, Of the inan\ ways In which diseases are qtread amoung tin rural people may b<< mentioned ' he l " k "i care and disposal "i sewage, the Inattention to du hie refuse and the lack of screens in the homes und the markets. These conditions are rapidly being rectified and as a result a mesh is being woven about the advance of the Hy and the ravages of the mosquito. Bakeries, restaurants and (Uber public places are a constant menace unless every care and precaution is taken all the time. Because of the knowledge that we have rec ently acquired of the Kerm-bearing insects, it is not pro? bable that we shall ever again ex? perience a widespread outbreak of yellow fever in the United States, while malaria can be reduced and new cases prevented by simple op? erations which control the breeding places of the mosquito, thus opening to settlement many localities hitherto thought to be unhealthful for white men and bringing into the fullest pro? ductiveness some of the richest agri? cultural land in this country. "Among diseases from lly-borne tferms probably the saving in life that is easily possible can be measured by the tens of thousands each year. Our largest prosperity, continuous health and increasing happiness, can be real? ized only as these problems are con? sidered seriously and their solution undertaken through community ef? fort. In the Alabama booth may be found enlarged photos illustrating all of these dangerous insects and the Alabama exhibit, possibly more so than any other at the exposition, shows the absolute necessity for the control of the insects." Especially attractive and Interesting was the lecture given yesterday, both morning and evening, by Miss Marie Wllloughby of the office of the sec? retary, department of agriculture, in one of these lectures, Miss Willoughby told of general home conditions ami showed that the subject is a practical one and that it is significant at this time when the eyes of the entire coun? try are turned upon Columbia, look? ing for the success of the Fifth Nat? ional Corn exposition. "The subject is one of vital importance," Miss Wil? loughby adds, "to the people of your own State, a State that has passed into history as winning a prize in a corn contest that is national. Should such unprecedented success reward the ef? forts in almost any other held of en? deavor, the competitors would be myriad, but in spite of this prosperity we must confront the truth and ad? mit that this is not the case in the in? stance of farming, but that the boys and girls, the backbone of the farm, are drifting to the towns and cities and this very condition exists right here in South Carolina, So It follows that agricultural advancement and success alone is not sufficient to keep our boys and girls at home on the farm. "The boy or girl who goes to the city is rarely attracted there by the possibility of congenial work, which is confined more or less to an endless routine, doing the same task day by day, year in and year out. much of which he realizes before he leaves the old farmstead. It is the boy and girl with enthusiasm and energy and with a vision of something more In life than mere meagre, beggarly ex? istence, with a desire to be in an en? vironment which offers refinement and satisfies the longing tor the beautiful that Is a bit of the immortal in our i own souls?these are the boys and girls that are often willing to sacrifice love and ofttlmes health, in their de? sire to escape from the squalid con? ditions which exist In some commu? nities and w here the growln ; gener? ation can have no conception of the real beauty of life. This condition can be changed by just such orders as the coui.tr>' community conferences and just such expositions as the Fifth National Corn Show. The people can not do what they .... not ,?ne?v to do nor can they better their conditions when they do net know that they have the means at hand to accom? plish the desired end. The country community conferences point out to them what is necessary, what can be done, ami as a result there are now hundreds of houses being changed into real homes. The retinement and beauty is being observed now where none existed before and just such endeavors as these are directly re? sponsible for tin- great change which is coming about." This work of transforming the shell of a home into a place of beauty is strongly emphasised and brought out by stereoptlcon views which are shown during the course of Miss Wll j loughby's lecture. Beginning with the I tiny log cabin, the viewi show the progress being ma le, Hie vines and flowers added, transporting the bare I ami unlovely Bcene Into a thing of I beauty. I Manx of these views are made from actual cases which have come under Hie observation ol tin department of I agriculture and show not a fancy pro | gress !uii a realistic tale which can I not but strongl) impress all who hear I tin- lecture. The work being done I by this departnn nt is fully as valuable as that ? i' any d< partment. I \moim those to go from Sumte:- to i be Corn Exposition Thursday were Mr and Mi ? II. I'. r.arm tt, M i ? Bar I me* t \h md Mr- Arthur Wilder, W, ? I I ! T flail. Mr. and Mis II. Q. f v 11 ? n | INTERESTING M AYESVILLE MAYS - Book Club Elects Officers?Dance To? night?Hank of MayesviUe Popular ?Citizens Attend Corn show . Meyesville, Feb. 5.?At the annual j business meeting of the Tuesday Af? ternoon u.?ok club) h? id yesteerday af? ternoon at the residenc e of Mrs. Hobt. A. Chandler, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Mrs. C. N. Sprott, president; Mrs. J. W. Spencer, vice-president; Mrs. J. H. Mills, secretary; Mrs. E. W. Mayes, treasurer. The blue ribbon for plac? ing the most popular book In the club during the past year was awarded to Miss Emma Mayes. The young people of the town are arranging to give a dance tomorrow evening in the old skating rink. Quite a number of invited guests from neighboring points are expected and the affair promises to be very pleas? ant. Pinckney's orchestra of Colum? bia will furnish the music. The annual meeting of the stock? holders of the Bank of MayesviUe will be held on Friday afternoon in the directors' room in the bank. The of? ficers of the institution will no doubt make a most satisfactory report to the stockholders. This institution has been gaining in popularity with each year of its existence, due to a large extent to its efficient and courteous of? ficers. Miss Georgia Hay MacMillan gave a most enjoyable entertainment in the school auditorium last evening. The programme consisted of impersona? tions and elocution. Miss MacMillan is undoubtedly a master of her art. Quite a number of MayesviUe citi? zens and those from ?his section have been attending the Corn Exposition in Columbia and all have returned with the same opinion, that this show is one of unusual interest and instruc? tion. A good many more will attend before the show closes. Miss Ida Kartus of Bessemer, Ala., and Miss Annie Mazursky of Barn well are visiting Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Kahn. Messrs. T. H. Newman, \V. E. An? derson and P. J. Bass are in Colum? bia today attending the Corn Show. Mrs. R. L. Crier and little daugh? ter have arrived from Kock Hill to join Rev. Mr. drier who took up his work as pastor of the Presbyterian church here recently. Mr. T. L. Kahn has gone to Balti? more and other points to purchase his stock for the spring. Mr. Arthur Copeland and family have moved to Cheraw, Mr. Copeland selling his barber shop, here to Mr. S. M. Wingate, who has Mr. Hancock of Florence associated with him. Mrs. Gardner of Bethune is visiting her son, Dr. \V. W. Gardner. BOWLING AND BASKET BALL. Two Exciting Contests Come Off at V. M. C. A. Wednesday Night. There were two exciting contests at the Y. M. C. A. Wednesday night, in the gymnasium a fast and furious game of basketball was being played, while downstairs two teams in the Y. M. C. A. howling tourney were fight? ing hard for honors. In the bowling contest the Beds proved too strong for their opponents, the Whites, although the latter team made the match interesting and kept their adversaries uneasy until the last hall bad been bowled down the al? ley. The lirst game went to the Reds by 24 pins, the second to the Beds hy 91 pins, while in the third gamo the Whites came back strong and won with a majority of 9 5 pins. This left the Reds the victors of the evening by n majority of 16 pins. The result of this match leaves the Beds in the lead for the trophy, while the Whites are at the foot of the lad? der. The Blues come second and the Greens third. The basketball game was a good line and exceedingly close. Hall and Eord were the captains, Hall's team winning by a score of 24 to their op? ponents 21 points. A number of spectators watched the game with much interest. SILVER TEA A SUCCESS. liiirgc Number of GucatH Enjoyably Enertallied at Civic League l ibrary. The silver tea at the civic League library was a very enjoyable and suc? cessful affair. \n those partaking <>t" their hospitality ware welcomed heartily by the Library Committee. Misses K11 go re and Brunsen presid . d at the tea tables. Many "l" the guests were surprised to Bi e how nicely and cosily the lib rary Is arranged, and to find such t collection of up-to-date books. One of the county's niub a died \Y? d nesday morning, causing > loss to the county of about Th< nlulc n'aa taki n sick Tuesday aft? rnoon and a*as brought to lhe ? : \ for treatment, hut dad despip Ihi attention given it. Messrs i.. It. Bradford, F, 1'. Brad? ford and II A. Uu lib Id w < nt over to Columbia Tuosdu3 t<? attend thy Fifth Nat lonal ?'"i'ii Exposition BANKERS TO MEET AT CONFER EXCE Rural Life Imp; o\emont to be D?>-,J cussed bj Farmers and Business Men. Columbia, Feb. S.?Farmers, bank? ers and business men <?f South Caro lina ?*lll attend a round table confer ence at the National Corn exposition this morning for the purpose of dis- t cussing probl ms for the betterment ^ of rural conditions in South Caro lina. The conference has been ar? ranged by the educational committee of the State Bankers' Association and a large attendance is expected. The exercises will begin this morning at 9.30 o'clock in the auditorium at the exposition grounds and will be con? cluded at l o'clock. \\ Robert I. Woodatde of Greenville, chairman of the committee of the bankers' association has announced the following programme: 1. Mr. E. W. Dabbe, president State Farmers' Union, ?"Methods Whereby Hankers ('an Render Assistance to 1 Farmers in Marketing Crops." 2. Hon. ES. J. Watson, State commis? sioner of agriculture, "The Farmer and His Relation to the Economic Development of the State." ::. Prof. W. M. Higgs, president of Clemson college, "The Lever Bill an^ Its Probable Effect Upon the Demon-T stration Work." 4. Hon. Richard I. Manning, presi dent of Bank of Sumter, "Relation? ship Between the Banker and the Farmer." 5. Bradford Knapp, special agent 1 farmers' cooperative demonstration work, United States department of ag? riculture, "How May We Help in the Solution of Our Agricultural Prob? lems." BILLS PASS THE HOUSE. \ Use of Words "Bank or Bankers'' Prohibited?Magistrates to nave Jurisdiction. Columbia, Feb. 6.?Bills prohibiting the use of the words "bank or bank? ers" by other than a legalized bank^ ing corporation and giving the mag? istrates jurisdiction in first offenses for violation of the dispensary law, passed the Senate this morning and went to the House. DEATH OF MR. JAMES ALLEN Father of Mrs. Walter [. Herbert of This City Dead in Florence. Florence, Feb. 5.?James Allen, one of the first merchants in Florence after the war, died here today. He was of advanced age and has been in' failing health for some time. He earned here from Charleston with his wife who was Miss Marshall. She died about 20 years ago. Mr. Allen was one of the founders of the Bank of Florence and for many years at the head of the list of mer? chants in the town. He raised a 1 argen family. His sons are: James Allen, Of Goldsboro. N. C; Dr. Wilmot Allen, U. S. X., of New York; Pr Rdwif! Allen, of Florence; Mrs. bert, Mrs. Frank P. McCf Janle Allen. Mr. Alb n was the father of Mrs. Walter I. Herbert of this city, whose many friends here sympathize with her in her bereavement. The funer? al services will be held at Florence to? day. -i SUMTER COTTON MARKET. Corrected daily by Ernest "Held, Cot? ton Buyer. Sumter, Feb. <5. Good Middling 12 3-8. Strict Middling 12 1-4. Middling 12 1-S. St. Low Middling 11 3-4. Low Middling 11 1-8. Staple cotton, nominal. New York Cotton Market. New York, Feb. 6. g I ?pen Close^ March.12.35 1 2 45 May.12.17 12.25 July.12.10 12.17 LOST?Red and white spotted ox. strayed W? dnesday night, from my home near Dalsell. Reward for return. Murray Sam moos, Dalsell. S. C. WANTED?The following hard wood In any quantity: oak, ash, hickory, maple, locust, walnut, holly. Write me what you have and price per* cord or thousand f. o. b. Sumter. 1 >. < 'hina. roi; SALE?Dixie Win resistant cot? ton seed from Itll crop, price $1 per bushel, sound and pure. F. B. Colcolugh, Oswego, s. C, R F. D "% STAPLE torroN? wer seed vsriety. Onlj few left, J. M Fr?ser, i >sm . go, s ??. Route I. \ LOT OF NO 1 l>l\ll Bl IGIIT RESISTANT COTTON Si ED, 1 IH>L-/| I. Ml l*| t; Bl mm i ,1. 1 IM N BAR. I? \i/I I I S. C.