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?f (it (Maltbman aiti $ontjiron. Psblbdicd VTedocsdu) and Saturday. ?BT? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY SUMTER, 8. C. Tanna: $1.(0 per annum?in advance. Advertisements: Oae Square first tnaertlon.$1.00 Svery subsequent Insertion.60 Contracts for three months, or Meager will be mads at reduced rates. All communications which sub asrvs privat? Interests will be charged tar as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of rsspeot will be charged for. The Kumter Watchman was found? ed la 11(0 and the True Southron In lift- The Watchman ?nd Southron aow has the combined circulation and shduencs cf both of the old papers, and Is manifestly ths best advertising saedtum In Sumter. ?????????mrnrnnmmmmmmm The people of the United States ased not wait until the fourth Thurs? day In November to return thanka that Taft and not Roosevelt hat oc supled the White House during the past ten days. All that was needed to make the Mexican situation a ca? lamity for this country was the Rough Rider in tho post of authority, see The race for Governor next year promises to be a free for all affair. The contestants thus far announced C. A. Smith. M. L. Smith. John G. Pilchards and Thos. H. Peeples? guarantee a field of four with George It Rembert and several others men? tioned. It looks like a scramble of sflseo-seekers for a Job, and there Is so use for the average run of folks? ths great common people, so dear to the hearts of the office hunter, and the othets. who do not glory in be? ing designated common by Job hunters ? ao sxctte themselves ?ver the po? litical fbrtune of the aspirants. The announced candidates are all pretty good men. all of them chronic office holders and office seekers. Any one of tbem would make an average gov? ernor, but the fate of the State does sot depend upon the election of any of them, for there are several thous? and men mcmft+r+A r?v*?r Month fjSirC" Lintig a ay one of whom wot. d .r.u . %* S*t1-?f:i' ' ?ry g .v. nu t a* . itu.-t ih ??e n'.w seeking the - 1 ?e. Heinum- ' N?r ths vb?:> ti.t ??!??'* n 'iraws near] and save excitement. The governor after all Is a small figure and with? out a legislature to back him can do pslther much good nor much harm mmm WTcsn Mr. A. E. Gonzales, as Pr?g> Idem of The State Company, guaran? teed the expenses of the National Corn Sh??w and assumed responsibility for the psyment of $40.000. his act was a great public ?er\ Ice. Ha M doubt feels amply repaid for the great risk ami the actual cost his action en? tailed by his consciousness of having discharged a duty, but he is due the thanks and lasting appreciation of the thousands who were benefttted by the show. \ Short Inaugural Talk. Charleston IVst. President-elect Wilson has intlmat Sd that his inaugural address will tome p.eity cb.se to making a rec? ord for brevity. ll?> has even hinted that it may run to no more th in two thousand words, which would mean about fifteen minutes' deh\ery That woebl be. ms The New York Evening Po?t says, almost revolutionary.' yet It would be a rme?t desirable and an sntlrch sensible reform. There il no reason tor the Presldent-eleet to lay down an extensive program in his in? augural address, and, if he confines himself to a discussion of general principles and a mere broad out? line of his policies, he can cover a good deal of ground in two thousand Words, especially if he be as Mr Wil? son Is. a man who know* the value and the meaning of words ami is able to place them BS they will count most. The Inauguration eeremony || a the and Mipr. s.\e .4pe( taele. ami it is eminentlv deeimbls that the Presi? dent BtsSSjId make some expression to lbs great populace gathered to wit? s'ss Ml indu< tlon late on* s, t>ut thers Is r.'? ??? ? asion for any use for a lengthy address, in the miturs ?*itlx er of a political harangue, of of aa elaborate dtBeuasloa of purposes and p?bele- .mi ih it la reo.? sits Is thai he mark the oceuslon with suitable r?c ugaftiloa of its solemnity and seidenes bis realisation mi Ins great Irtan im? parted to him. and give some general sadlratlna ad 'he lines of his prlaelpal ssjdsainrs hi senet If Frosrtdcsn Wil? son ?Hl do ibis. SjSpet lally if ummu ssjttea day should happen? as II dees often b.ipt?. n ?.. be a blustering and ?old day. he will begin with a strol .'or SsSjNflnrlty, and. whit la more im? portant n si ?b I f ran good ? nat Th? re were 141 bales ..f sottoa sol l #n tb I il marke? |a.st w ? ? 1< ( ?r this number 57 came out of the ware h< lUlSj won t I si; NITRATE OF soda. Resolutions of Orangobnrg County Union I ii.I?.i . (l by state Farmers' Union. To the Pr? ss of South Cart.Una: Tb?- resolutions of the Orangeburg Cuur.tj Farmers' Union Adopted At its recent Meeting and published below deserves the cordial support of every Union in the State, and ol every tann? er as well. 1 have been reliably in? formed that the peraoni \stio control the sale of nitrate of soda in South Carolina for the next several years have a profitable contract at $4 2.00 per ton. To pay $55.00 to $00.00 just means robbing the farmer for the en? richment of these persons. Our people have used nitrate ill advisedly, have depended on it until they are ruining their lands, and such hold-up prices are a blessing, if they will profit by the lesson. I trust that every paper in the State Will lend its aid to stop this highway robbery. E. W. Dabbs, President South Carolina State Farm era* Cnion. Resolutions adopted by Orangeburg county Farmers' Unon. Whereas the price of nitrate of soda has this spring been advanced to such an extent that we feei it to be pro? hibitive; and believing that this has been done by a combination of the fertilizer companies to rob the farm? er* of this State, therefore be it re? solved: 1st. That the Farmers' Union of Orangeburg County at its regular monthly meeting recommends to its members that they use no nitrate of soda this year on their crops, un? less the price is reduced to reason? able figures. 2nd. That we ask the co-operation of all other farmers in our county and urge them to assist us in making this fight. 3rd. That a copy of these resolu? tions be sent to our State Secretary requesting that they be forwarded to all County Unions for their adop? tion. The above resolutions have been sent to all the County Unions in the State. J. Whltn^r Reid. decretaly South Carolina State Farm? i t "Union. Columbia? Fe!). IS, 101 lO ILiiCil ML.\ LUki. CIUCKb. j - I Scientist Says Ilaby Factories Will \ Take Phwe of Parents. (Boston Special to New York Times ) That it was possible to create hu? man i?fe by chemical meana and that a baby factory was not out of the question of the distant future was as- j I by I?r. Schermerhorn, of the department of philosophy in Havard. "Life is not confined to the animal und plant world.'' he said. "The whole BnieCTBf is alive, and all that lives Is j conscious. "Animals are conscious and gifted J with the power of thought and Imag- i matioti oven though Roosevelt says they do not know ?ben they are be? ing salughtered. "Plants are conscious, and Husk In ami Qoethe agree they are capable of exercising strategy and forethought) given Darwin said plants wen- sensi? tive) ami nones be must have believ? ed they were conscious. "It is obvious that the evolution front so-called matter to human life Is possible. The chemist of the fu? ture will labor so that men shall be made In baby factories as chickens are hatched in incubators." WILSON APPROVES PLANS, Hub rosnmlttcic win Escort President? elect to His Hotel. Washington. Feb. 19.?President? sled Wood row Wilson today sent word to the Inaugural committee that tin- plans for his Inauguration met with his approv al. it was decided thai Thomas Nelson Pag?, chairman of the reception com? mittee, would appoint a. sub-commlt t#S whieh will meet Mr. Wilson on his arrival In Washington on the after* noon ??' March Ird and will escort him to his bot? i. Another committee will be appointed to meet Vice President Thomas it. Marshall. Col Birch also approved plans for meeting end escorting to the hotel Mra Wils. n. the Misses Wilson and Mr* Marshall, who are to reach Waeh? lngton on the same train with the i. - d< nt ?? lei I end Vice President - i in t They are lo be mel by a com I ; mitr. of WOhV 'i. < 'oi. im h n as appoint* <i by Major Oeneral Leonard Wood, cruel mar? nhal of the Inaugural parade, us one lot hi tides, ami will ride al the load I ef the column of troops that lead the parade Conventh ns for the purp. .. ol con? sidering raatti rs worth attention ought to bo held in cities where the neceeaary publicity can be niv,o tu their proeeedlnga Bllglbh convention cub-*; are those with newspapers and auditoriums ?Wilmington Star. GREENE IliLE CLUB R AIDED. One Hundred Thousand club is Raided ami Charges Preferred Against Score and Ten. Greenville, Feb. is.?a new record w.is set In Greenville late tonight, Wh. it as a result of a raid on the One Hundred Thousand club $9,000 was deposited as bond for the 30 arrests made. a raid was made on this well known 3lub after midnight, resulting: in 30 arrests on charges of gam bllngi Storing Whiskey and other vio? lations of the law. The manager of tlie club, Tom Harrison, gave bond for himself and others in the sum of 17,600, while others put up bond amounting to $1,500, swelling the to? tal to $9,000. The officers seized 150 quarts of whiskey, three gaming tables and 300 bottles of beer. The One Hundred Thousand club is located in the Jennings building on Washington street and boasts fine quarters handsomely lltted out. Among the 30 men arrested are many of more or less prominence, includ? ing a number of visitors from nearby cities. Unique Still in Oconee. Greenville News. Returning from a raid in the mountain wilds of Pickcns and Oconee counties, Revenue Officer Alken brought news of one of the most successful forages he and his associates have ever experienced in this "neck of the woods." One par? ticular feature of the raid was the discovery of an innovation In the art of "makin' licker" that the revenue officers have not met with before? to wit, the placing of a distillery on the top of a mountain peak and pip? ing water to it from a distant stream. Those who have ever talked with the revenue officers will remember that one way in which distilleries are discovered is very simple. The officers simply follow the course of some stream until they come- upon a distillery. As pure, fresh water is a necessary ingredient in the man? ufacture of "moonshine" whiskey, distilleries are, as a rule, always plac? ed on some mountain stream where ecured with ease, to hook wink the revenue dtlcem \?!.' :i looking for distilleries n iner, certain moonshiners utte their distillery on the top of a distant mountain?the last place in the world where one would go to look for a "moonshine" plant In order to g<*t their supply of fresh wat?r to the dilstlllery, the "ryoonshlnors" picked out a stream where there was a swift waterfall, and putting in a pipe here, convey? ed their water to the mountain top by a pipe line. The natural pressure Of the water at the cataract forced the liquid through the pipe line to the top of the distant mountain, where the distillery was located. While wending his way up this par* tlcular stream, Officer Aiken came across the pipe line half concealed in the ground. Knowing that the wily "moonshiners" are up to all kinds of tricks to hoodwink the revenue men. Ofllcer Aiken did a little investigating and found that the pipe line led to a distant mountain top, from whence a Column Of pale smoke rose straight tip Arriving upon the mountain top, the Ofllcer discovered a full fledged and up-to-date distillery, con? sisting of an 80-gallon copper still and other paraphernalia. Something like 2,600 gallons of beer were de? stroyed. < >n this same trip Revenue Officer Aiken succeeded in destroying one of the biggest distilleries that has ever been found in this section of the country. The plant consisted of a 100-gallon copper still and other par? aphernalia of corresponding propor? tions. Shlp-Iluildlng. New s and < 'ourier. Taking Into account only ocean-go? ing vessels of more than 3,000 tons gioss, of the new tonnage of the world for last year there w;us launched in the United Kingdom 71.3 per cent, or 2,019,768 tons. The total world s ton? nage launched, including all registered vessels, was 3,436.498 tons, which breaks all previous records. The out? put of Germany was 177,7 12 tons and af the Untcd States 249,496 tons, these tWO nntloni ranking second and third I in bullding. Ol Germany's tonnuge, 102,435 was in war Vissels; of th. tonnage luunchcd In this country or.,27:; wan in war vessels. Poor free trade England! it la simply outrage Ious thai men should bo given worl I when their employers arc not protect led by a bo h tariff, But England con tlnues to dominate the shipping ol tb< [world "i building and In maintenance It |s an in nil lo the H< pllbli< in p irty M r, 1 '? 1 1 tu ? r 1 ?i' k, Asi 1st 1 nt Sec n tu 1 \ of 1 In * Chamber of < '< >mm< 1?? who v ^ in Columbia during the Ns j tlonul Corn Exposition In charge o ? the Bumter ? \hiiut nt the Arcade, re [turned to the city Tuesday morning. NEGRO TROOPS TO LEAD. Will March in First Section of The Militia Division of Inaugural Pa? rade. Washington, Feb. 18.?Between 400 aiul 500 negro troops, members of the National Guard of the District of Columbia will h ad the State mili? tia section of the inaugural parade. These colored guardsmen may not march ai the head of the section, but they will be a part of District of Columbia Division, which heads the long line of State troops that will come to Washington to help escort Woodrow Wilson from the Capitol to the White House. Lieut.-Col. Henry Allen, connected with the District National Guard, said tonight that the negro guardsmen will be ordered out for the parade, it has been the custom for years for these negro soldiers to be in tine. Therefore, if the First Maryland com? pany of negroes are ordered to Wash? ington for the inauguration they Will not be the only negroes in the State militia section. No news has yet been received by the inaugural authorities as to whether any other negro troops Will be sent to Washington. Whether or not any other States will order their negro militia to Wash? ington for inaugural parade is a ques? tion up to adjutant generals of those States. Gen. A. L, Mills, chief mar shall of the division of State militia, says that the inaugural authorities do not attempt to dictate to the States the character of the troops to be sent to Washington for the inauguration. He said the duty of the parties in charge of the military features of the inauguration is to arrange for the placing of the State troops in line and not to pass judgment on the char? acter of the State soldiers. The l>Lstrict of Columbia, because it is the home of the seat of govern? ment, is always given the first place in the division of the National Guard. The militia from the 13 original States follows in the rear of the District of Columbia guardsmen, in accordance with the date on which those com? monwealths ratified the Federal Con? stitution. The other State troops trail behind these, in accordance with the date those commonwealth* were admitted to the Union. HAVE A ( ARK OF ALASKA. This Territory is Vreviscly Suited to Japan's National GenilL . (Alfred Holman in the Century Maga? zine;) j I believe that thi** generation and half a dozen more will be comfortably asleep in their graves before Japan will venture an aggressive course to? ward the United States. But I do see that Japan is expamling In popula? tion beyond the resources of its own territories?that ultimately, in the phrase of the late Mr. Ilarriman, "Ja? pan must go somewhere." I see, too* in Alaska a country precisely suited to Japan's national genius and to Its na? tional needs and ambitions. With Ala.-ka the United States is, and may remain, master in the Pacific Ocean. Japan, with Alaska, would be its master. 1 say "with Alaska," be? cause in Alaska are to be found the timber, coal and food supplies es? sential to naval efficiency, even to na? val supremacy. These facts write plainly on the wall of national prud? ence and caution, ' Have a care!" If Alaska is to remain American terri? tory umb r any condition which may arise, we must have a defensive pol? icy, and we must sustain defensive forces adequate to any possible de? mand upon them. We must have a care! MORGAN MICH BETTER, Recovering from Attack of Indigestion ?Wont out Driving. London. Feb. lib?J. P. Morgan, according to a dispatch from Cairo, went out driving today. He is recov? ering from his attack of Indigestion. His granddaughter has left Egypt for Rome. KAVANXAII PRINTER A SUICIDE. J, stokes I/lar send- Btillot Tlirough Mis Head Sa\annah, da., Feb. 19.?. J. Stoker Izlar, -7, foreman in a local printing house, committed suicide this afternoon In the press room, where he worked, by shooting himself through the head with a revolver Izlar told f< How empb yees this morning that he "never felt better In his life." Despondency, indued by sickness, Is thought to have been the cause of his act. \rincd with Parcel-Post fjog. LTmers, H C, Carrying three par? rel post packages two babies and a v uodcii I? k ?dgar f. Phillips, mail carrier, was attacked by a wildcat. 1 ii. heal off tb. animal with the wood cn b g Tiure is talk already of making a new man of European Turkey. This i* pi ogres: PRIMARY HI i l. I N THE SENATE. Debate Retrained Today ? Oilier Mat? ters Under Consideration. Columbia, Feb. IS.?"J can con? ceive of no more important measure than this one to restore the unity of the Democracy," said Senator Alan Johnson this morning in the Senate in a strong speech in favor of the Nicholson bill to tighten up the regu? lations governing primary elections. The Newberry Senator thought porno action was needed to restore the con? fidence of the people in the primary and assure every man that his vote would be protected. He urged the Legislature to take some action at this session and that the people were demanding that something be done to safeguard the primary. "The soon- j er the confidence of the people is re- j stored and they feel that their rotes are protected the better," he urged. Senator Carlisle thought the meas- , ure had better go over until next ses Blon and referred to the investigation into the Spartanburg election last sum? mer, which disclosed only minor ir? regularities, which, In his opinion, j disclosed nothing to endanger the ; primary. He favored throwing some safeguards around the primary, but didn't think the Nicholson bill was practical. Action was demanded by the people at this time in the matter of regulat? ing the primary in the opinion of Sen? ator Christensen. Senator Laney, while he favored some regulation, thought the provision in the bill requiring club registration certificates was too stringent and that the bill was too full of technicalities and details. He thought the only re? quirement should be, 'Are you a free white, 21 and a Democrat." He fa? vored every white man voting and ac? counted for the big vote of last sum? mer by the unusual interest. Senator Strait launched a terrific at? tack on what he termed the "money p?9wer," and the so-called "better ele? ment," for their work in the cam? paign of last summer. He said the trouble was that the money interests were trying to get hold and deprive the poor man of his rights. He ad? vocated some regulations in the man? ner of selecting delegates to conven? tions, and he denounced the alleged conduct of the campaign of one of the State candidates last summe*. He said there had been cries of fraud and corruption and yet not a single 1 flc instant had been brought for? ward. Senator Stuck? y did not think th? re was any demand from the people for primary regulation and thought it came from those who were sore over their defeat He urged slowness in the matter. "Tillman laid dow n the prop? osition in lsy?), 'A white man's primary where every white man can vote,' and I stand right then row. I favor no change that will leprive any white man In South Carolina now entitled to his vote from voting," said Sena? tor McLaurin, who said this was the only way to avoid a division of the white people, which rupture was im? minent in the bitterness of the last campaign. He thought it was too soon after the election to try arid get any law which would be favorable to all the people and he favored post poning the bill until next session. Se nator Nicholson had opened the debate in favor of the bill and the Senate voted down a motion to con tine it until the next session, which had been offered by Senator Laney, w ho had then moved t?? strike out the enac ting words. Senator D. B. Johnson went on rec ? ord as opposing the bill. Senator Clifton favored some regu? lation and saying that he desired to meet the suggestions advanced by Oovemor Blease In his inaugural ad? dress so as not to give him any ex? cuse for vetoing the measure, and to "meet Qov. Blease on his own bat? tle ground." offered an amendment providing that books of registration be opened at the Court House at ev? ery county seat in the State during the months of June. July and Aug? ust of this year, the registration board to spend at least two days at every voting precinct registering voters, and for the books to be opened two months next year so that every white man could Vi glster. Then make it a requirement for participation in the primary for every voter to be a qualified elector and when he makes oath to tbis effect and that he is oth? erwise qualified under the rules ..f the party, then permit him to vote. His amendment would not require a reg? istration certificate or tax receipt. The Sumter Senator mad.- a strong argument for his amendment and the bin and pointed out the necessity of some legislation along this line. He sarcastically rejected the suggestion thai the matter of r< i let ing the pri mary be left to a state Convention, which he termed as beim; made up of politicians. Teas, in bis opinion, was the time, and the people demanded it He urged the bill's passage and spoki of ibe result of his experience a. count) chairman of Sumter County a. ? in fa\or of the measure by the Senate taking a rectal for din? ner. Senator Blnkler's concurrent resolu? tion fixing Thursday at noon as the date for thn Joint Assembly to elect eight trustees of the Medical college uns adopted. The Senate concurred in the House resolution authorizing the use of $1,000 of the amount appropri? ated to assist in meeting the expenses of Confederate Reunion to assist needy Veterans in attending the Get? tysburg celebration next July. The bills inc reasing the terms of of? fice of the auditor J.nd treasurer of Charleston County to four years pass? ed and went over to the House. Debate on the Nicholson bill to tighten up the primary was resumed tonight. Senator Williams vigorous? ly attacked the bill and Senator Sharpe thought the bill ought to go over until next session. Senator Walk? er favored this, but with the Q?fton amendment. After spending practi? cally the entire night in det?ating the measure, debate on the bill was ad? journed until tomorrow, after third reading bills. The Senate meets to? morrow morning at 11 o'clock. CUSTOMS REORGANIZATION. Beere fry MacVeagh submits Hi* nans to President Taft. Washington, Feb. 19.?Secretary H MacVeagh today submitted to Presi? dent Taft his plans for the reorganiza tion of the customs service in ac? cordance with the authority granted by Congress. Because of sweeping changes con- \ templated the President had been urg? ed to leave the re-organization for President Wilson to work out. Treas? ury officials, however, are pointing out to the President that if he postpones action the entire law authorizing the changes will be lost, because Congress stipulated as a condition that the plan *f must be submitted at the present ses? sion. The plane worked out by Secre? tary MacVeagh and Assistant Secreta? ry Curtis would abolish more than a hundred collectors of customs by re? ducing the customs districts from 165 to less than 50. While many Senator^ and Representatives have endorsed* the plan as a whole, they are said to be protesting vigorously against parts which affect their States or districts. TREES ai.ONO hk.iiw \ Other States &)iou!d Folb Vork's Eiampk'. t From the Chicago Record The New York State Highway Commission, which has charge of the extensive system of road building that has been in progress tor several ? years, recently bought 150,000 red oak seedlings and 15,000 Carolina poplars and white birch trees for planting along the roads. It is the intention of the commission to plant every road on the State eventually. The trees not only will add to the aw beauty of the highways, but they win w "lessen the destructive effect of storms and provide a source of timber sup? ply that may become important. What New York is doing should be done in every State as a part of the good roads work now so extensively* tjgj planned and under construction. Al? most every road has a wide enough right of way to permit of a fringe of trees. In France and Germany it is common to use the sides of the high? ways for this purpose, with results that are charming and. useful. There Is hardlby a locality in which young trees for the purpose cannot be had at low cost, and with a proper selec? tion of trees good results could be had in a few years. WRITE LEGHORNS?Bggs for sit? ting from choice pen of best laying strain. $1.25 for 13. H. G. Osteen. want to SELL B0 Du roo Jersey pigs, 3 months old, 10c. per pound on foot. EL W. Beall, Mayesville, S. C. Phone -^ for SALE?Eggs from thorough? bred Barred Plymouth Rocks, $1 for fitting of IS eggs. A. P. Vin Son, Smut er. S. C, R, P. D. 4. LOST?Red and white spotted ox, strayed Wednesday night, from my home near Dalaell. Reward for return. Murray Sammona, Dalaell, s. C. WANTED?The following hard wood In any quantity: oak, ash, hickory, maple, locust, walnut, holly. Write me what you have and pi ice perl cord or thousand f, o. b. Sum tor. l * 'hina. ?ok SALE?Dixie Will resinl nt i ot ton seed from 1911 crop, price $1 i er bushel, sound and pure. B. & Colcolugh, Oswego, s. C, R, P. D* STAPLE COTTON?St n Flower seed variety. Only a few i< ft. J. m. Pre84 r. Oswego, s. ?'.. Route 1. ?mmmmm m \ LOT or SO t i>l\li: BLIGHT RESISTANT CXrTTOX SEI D, 1 DOL0 1, \K PI R Bl Sill 1 J. C. 1>1 NB-Vlt. DM / I II. v. C,