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Cbc o^latcbman airt ^outbron. PsblUhed Wednesday and Saturday. ?BT? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY SLJdTEK. S. C. Ter nut: $1. 0 per annum?In advance. AdvcrtlMMiteiita: Oue Square first Insertion.$1.00 ?very subsequent insertion.50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. ?11 commuo!'-*tlon* which sub? serve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of raapeot will be charged for. The Wumter Watchman was found? ed in 1R&0 and the True Southron in 1ltS. The Watchman end Southron sjnw has the combined circulation and Influence cf both of the old papers, and is manifestly the best advertising medium In Sumtsr. ?1 Senator Strait, of Lancaster, in dis? cussing the compulsory education bill said he had known "some cruel devils and some rough ladies teaching school." One can see a! a glance that the Senator Is a frallant ladies man. "Rough ladies," In contrast with ?'cruel devils." Is delicious. see Oov. Bleasc's message In explana? tion of his appointment of Dr. Houseal to be superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane is remarkable to the verge of silliness. Reduced to the fewest and simplest terms the Governor's explanation means that he appointed Dr. Houseal as a person? al compliment, because he knew Dr. Houseal would not accept, and, also because he knew the Senate would not confirm him, therefore the nomi? nation of Dr. Houseal did not mean the ^Placement of Dr. Babcock. e e e The scramble in the 1st Congress? ional district for the seat made vacant by the death of George Legare has so many patriots eager to serve enter? ed for the bout that It will not be in? teresting until It narrows down to two In the second primary. The salary now paid a congressman Is calculated to arouse patriotism of the office seek? ing type. see We have not seen the Mct'ravey compulsory education bill in the amended form, over which the Senate has been fighting and filibustering for the past several days, out basing nn opinion o? w bed I? krow of the bill, usj have concluded that It u* not worth the blK flrht thsU is b.iiK made I save It We do not beheve ?t will ? genupUi b fbi ends sought and lb It will be Just so much more USJOfc litter on the statute books. We may be entirely mistaken, ani this hill, if enacted, will provo both popular i n.I ?ff ??<? tlVU) thereby pUVtUg the way for a real State-wide com? pulsory education law. see The killing of Madero 'ind Suarea, gormnr President and Vice President ?f H? r,). whether it waa a political assassination or an Informal mil eaecufi'-n or Just plain murder. prove to the world that the men w*.?o over? threw the Madero government anJ seised the reins, are worse men than Hader?'; more cruel, ruthless and blood-thirsty and logg fitted to nil I a civilized country than the men iWtf iisnenot I Madero may have not measured up to the stan.1.?r t of statesmanship set by th? but he was not a butch* r wh*. killed, without the form of trial. tbo>.. of hi* opponents who 'ell m.o his hand*. Pol. Dins him? self Is living t< day through the cl m sncy of Madero. tien. Heyes, who b ?I an gggsucet s^ful revolution was spar- '. by Madero. only to meet death In the hist uprising against the government. When all the 'act* are known it may be established that Madero s greatest fault is that he was too goOaf for his day ami generation ?In Mexico, ess rjo\.- )or Detune gi\es one good reason f?r ordering the election in ihe First ' * .nar-?<ional dlstrh-t at an earlier l>ife lb an that set by the state Pnoeui re Committee for Ihe primary. The <i strict Is without reprseentatlon and Um vnesncy should be ulled at the earliest paeelbls day, There is no real nucccnttj fos ? long draws out compn'tfn and the dutches II HI BOB eluded and the eleetion held Ihe bet fer f' II COg Hfi ri ,! HfslK ?1* 1? ??IN d llfMJ \N Dl \l? Vta- ? >hh t ? iiholir Pi ? late in bolt ??l Minim Ranans Pity, Mev, Feb. 11 IMmI.oj. John i Jo ? ph Hcejun? ol lb ,i.t w< ra Missouri, Ihe old est CnthohV pfsl its in this . ounti) both In ft ars t. I I ? r% lee, db i ? pn- lasoeittt * ? i iged M ? u ?< Two mMtdaosM neu residences ai those re<. fitly erented on Bat tlstt at re ? ?.\ Mr .1 K Ctasnuat Ii Th buildings are ? Urb? room, tWO-Stot frame stroture? and are rmw rap .11 gearing completion. LEGISLATURE i? DEADLOCK. HOUSE READ? TO ADJOURN, SEN? ATE FILIBUSTERS. Um Oosnnsjleory Education mil The Hone of Contention and Its Cne mles Trying to Talk it to Death? h'Ton to i?a>?. Dlllj Over Governor* s \ HO fails. Columbia, Feb. It? The Influence of Governor Bleats made Itaelf felt in both branches of the General As? sembly during the past week, when the (int'Stion of passing a number of bills over his veto urose. The Senate da ilt rather ruthlessly with the om . i ll disapproval of measures on the part of the Chief BxeCUtlVS and pro Seeded to re p? at the former expressed desire for the passage of the bills Which it had shown when they were Uf on seiend and third readings. In the upper body none of the vetoes was sustained. A differ*nt story, however, must be told of the House. The Governor eracKed his Whip a number of times and his supporters in the lower branch fell into ranks and championed his views with such ardor that all of the bills which the House considered on the question of passage over the veto of the Governor failed to receive the necessary two-thirds vote which would make them laws. For the first time during the session, an opportunity was given to size up accurately the exact strength of the Hleasites and it is safe to say that in the Houso more than one-third of the members accord with the Governor's ideas of proper legis? lation. Such purely local matters, which are generally supposed to pass with? out fall, as the issue of bond3 for a court house and jail for Jasper coun? ty, were vetoed by the Governor and list veto was sustained by the House. The most portentous measure to be acted upon during the week was the McCravey compulsory school at? tendance law, which the House pass? ed by an overwhelming vote. This came as a rather distinct surprise in legislative circles. The Senate has spent several good days in consider? ing the bill on its third reading, and adjourned Saturday morning without taking a vote on the matter. The opposition developed in the upper house far overshadowed tha* shown in the lower branch. Several s. nators have fought it bitterly and so successfully conducted a tllibuster that a vote was prevented. The views expressed by opponents to the bill are the (dd line argu n heard in ev . fhOUl the State lion bal been debated I l. Xegro edu? cation, personal liberty, the interfei ? Once of the State in private affairs and kindred arguments have been forcibl) advanced by the opponents of the bill. Hut. if the Senate should pass the bill will the Governor veto it? On the political stump he has frankly and frequently spoken against compul? sory school attendance. However, so ans weeks uso ;*t the Bar Associa? tion banquet held in this city, G.?v ernor Blease took occasion to say, in the course of an after dinner speech, that he favored such a law where the people did not take advantage of the school facilities at hand It is very evident thai ? veto would kill the bill The House has passed lbs Senate Laney o?l inspection bill, which the Senate jo-ted favorably upon las? Week. Under the provisions of tic \( t, oil companies operating in this st tt. will be taxed one-eighth of l per eenl ??n the value of their products sold in South Carolina This is to be used for the purpose of defraying the expenses Incident to analysis of the oils It is designed to prevent inferior grades Of illuminating and motor oils from being dumped upon the markets here, as it is claimed has been done in the past. The lb.use adjourned Friday night to meet again Wednesday evening at I o'clock. The Senate adjourned Saturday morning and will reconvene Tuesday night at 8. It is thought that final adjournment will be taken next Saturday. HRE IT MOUNT PI i:\s\nt. Knights of Pythlans Hall and Two fcrijolnlng Buildings Destroyed by The i bun's. Charleston. Feb. SI. The Knights j ?1 Pythlans nail and s couple of ;ui Jolnlng buildings were destroyed bj ; i. ut Mo ml Please nt ib!< evening. I The hr* Ut said t" have started In the . Pythian b ill and I he frame si rue ?'ii? pnri? l !? .id material for the Maines, spreading quickly and giving l< ip. ,,f a im rtous ' onflngi U?n ! The hi my -nods, eould bt plainly seen from Ihe watef fronl and caused nlmoal > much alarm in Charleston among people having property Inter . i tn< i ? It did a none. I he \n nple ! of the to a n i be r Behl en ? sen! over 1 im . it. in. and 1,00g f? 11 of hose, 1 ,,t t he requ< t of I he 'own :\ nt hoi II i? i 1 to stay Ihe progr? ? of the fire, 1 The k> i and i? lurai* ?? could not I be learned here. KILLING AT HAGOOB. .1 X.MI s IIMi l: SHOT TO DEATH BY 1)AN HOWARDS, .Jit. Dnvlil Robinson Dangerously Wound* od?Shooting Scrape Occurs at Ne? uro Dam e at Hagood Friday Night. ?Shooting Alleged to Have Been Dono In Seif? Defense, lu s shooting scrape at negro dance at Hagood Friday night James Halle was shot and killed by Dan Edwards, Jr., ami l?a\id Robertson was danger? ously wounded. The shooting is al leged to have taken place when Ed? wards Intervened when Halle attempt' ed to break up the dance by driving off the musicians, Edwards was ar? rested by the magistrate and brought to jail Saturday afternoon by Deputy STieriff John Epperson, where he is still in confinement. Very little definite information could be learned of the shooting by the officers who held the inquest Sat? urday, but from what could be ob? tained it seems that the shooting wa? justifiable, as Edwards was only act? ing in self-defense. From what has been learned of the occurrence It seems that at the dance Haile went tip to the musicians and tried to stop them from playing any further. Ed? wards intervened, expostulating with Haile for trying to break up the dance. Haile cursed and struck Ed? wards, ,/ho backed off >from him drawing his pistol as he went. Haile followed Edwards and attempted to strike him again when Edward? shot him. Edwards claims to have had only one ball in his pistol and fired only one time. Two bullets struck the dead man, one in the neck just below the chin, which penetrated the neck, coming out at the back of the head, while the other went through the neck, entering just behind one ear and coming out just b*?!ow and behind the other ear. A bullet penetrated Edwards' coat sleeve but failed to injure. It was stated that at least four shots were fired in the melee, and probably more, but who fired them could not be ascertained. One bullet struck David Robertson in the leg and inflicted a dangerous wound. Haile was alleged to have had a pistol and a pair of brass knucks on him at the time of the shooting, but none were found on him afterwards. Edwards and Robertson had pistols. At the coroner's inquest It was hard to get witnesses and harder PtiP to get them to say anything about the shooting. The Jury returned a verdict of justifiable homicide. How? ever, as there was so little informa? tion forthcoming it was decided best to hold Edwards until further infor? mation could be worked up. A charge Of carrying concealed weapons was also lodged against him. Rural Po? liceman Norrie and Magistrate Gill 8 Of Rembert were left in charge with instructions to work up what evidence they could. The general feeling among the white people of Hagood Is of indiffer? ence nt the klllng of Haile, who was Bald to have been a bully in that sec? tion. It was Mated that a short time ago he had held up a white man in his store at that place and made threats against him If he complained i.i the magistrate. What Tomato Clubs Did. I >o yea think the Tomato Club work ot interest and Importance only to the girls who take part In it? If so, listen to what Prof. L. N. Dun ean tells about two Alabama coun? ties: "Last year (1911) when we started the work in Pike County, I was pres? ent ami saw the first can of tomatoes up put that was canned in that coun? ty. In July, 11 li, we found that up to that date 50,000 cans of tomatoes and Other vegetables had been can? ned as a result of the work. These ( ans were worth ten cents each, a to? tal of $5,000 worth of good, whole? some vegetable food products for the home and market, which would have decayed and gone to waste if it had not been for the Girls' Tomato club w ork. "The work in Walker county has been In progress two seasons, and in July. 1912, we found 400,000 cans of fruit and vegetables had been put up as a result ol the Tomato Club work. In one of the hading bust n< is towns, i asked the merchants where thej bought their canned to? matoes, fruits and vegetables, and was told thai all these products were purchased from Ihe girld In the To? mato clubs and from their homes." Here is a new Industry producing $45,000 worth of goods In two coun? ties as a direct resull of what some people may have thought merely an nttempl to Interest girls i" garden and hon-.hold woik Ii ;i manufacturing plant, prodm Ins ;| product worth $ !?>. 000 in a year, came to an ordinary South, in town, the local papers, the: dall) papers, and the trade papers would ill be giving liberal space to It; and yet, as we said, there are folks i wie think the Tomato Pluh work s Ismuli matter. Progressive Farmer. THE WAR IN THE BALKANS. VAGUE RUMORS OF BULGARIAN VICTORY AT BULAtR. i>is]Kit<'ii says Porto lias Abandoned Idea of Making an Offensive or Flanking Movement? London, Feb. 23.?The mission to London of Hakki Pasha, the Turkish ex-vizier, thus far has had no defi nate result and the positions of Tur? key and the Balkan allies in the pres? ent war remain unchanged. Vague rumors are in circulation here <?f at, Important Bulgarian vic? tory at Bulair, but Sofia Is silent re? garding it and, according to an f flcial statement issued at Constanti? nople tonight, nothing important has happened either at Bullar, Adrianople or along the Tchatalja linea, Bulgaria has refused to consent to the formation of a neutral zono at Adrianople. Therefore the consuls and foreigners must remain inside ihe city unless the porte reconsiders its refusal to permit them to pass the Turkish lines. An uncensored dispatch from Con? stantinople, received here, brings the interesting news that the porte has abandoned the idea of making an of? fensive or flanking movement and will confine the operations of its troops to defending the Tchatalja and Bulair lines, hoping that time will operate in Turkey's favor either by bringing about complications in Europe or the exhaustion of the allies. At the same time the dispatch says, Turkey by maKing small concessions concerning Adrianople will endeavor to persuade the powers and the allies of the ad? vantages of an early peace. The porte claims that Adrianople will , able to resist another three weeks. MAY BE NEGOTIATING. So Says Belgrade Cot'lCafJOndent of That Dally Mail?Is Adrianople Tottering? London. Feb. 23.?The correspond? ent at Belgrade of The Daily Mail says he learns from a reliable source that Turkey and the allies are se? cretly negotiating ana that peace is likely to be concluded the first week in March. An uncensored dispatch from Con? stantinople to The Daily Mail sava that the correspondent hears that Shukri Pasha, the military command? ant at Adrianople, has informed Shefket Pasha, theg rand vizier, that he will be unable to prolong the de? fence of Adrianople beyond another week) and that the grand visier re? plied urging Shukri to hold out 'or three weeks, by which time he said he hoped peace would be concluded. ACCEPTS POWERS1 NOTE. HakKl Pasha Would Know Pea ? Conditions of viiies. London. Feb. 24.?A dispatch to Tile Daily Mail from Sofia says that Hakki Pasha has accepted the note of the powers advising Turkey to ct d.- Adrianople and have the fate of the Aegean islands to the powers, ami has expressed a wish to he In? formed of the peace conditions of the allies. h'U\e it to Powers. Sofia. Feb. 23.?The representatives of the powers today urged Premier Quchkoft to submit the boundary dis? pute between Bulgaria and Roumanla to the six gnat powers for settlement. The premier promised to summon the concil of ministen and give the dip? lomats an early answer. Hotiuianla is Willing. Bucharest, Feb. 23.?The cabinet today accepted the offer of the pow? ers to mediate in the frontier dispute between Uoumania and Bulgaria. The only member of the cabinet to dissent Was the minister of agriculture, who left the council chamber with the declaration that he had decided to re? sign, owing to lack of energy display? ed in the government's policy. FOR FIRST DISTRICT ELECTION. Executive Committee Names Date for Primary and Campaign Schedule. Columbia Feb. 22.?Meeting here yesterday the state eexcutlve com? mittee of the Democratic party named May 27 as the date for the election m the I'irst congressional district to select a repres? ntatlve in congn ss to Bucceed the late Qeo. :. Legare. The . tit ranee fee v. ;is pluc< d at $500. Among those who have announced ;is candidate for congi es. t rom tin Flrsl district ui ?? B. H. Whuh y. I: W Hughes, Leon f*arlsey and Qeo, F \ on Kolnitz of i'hurleston; A (1.1 'ad g< it. Walt, rboro; B. .1. I ?? nnls, Berk ? b \; John 11 Puerlfoy, WulU rboro. The campaign meetings of tb< con gressional priinur> for Ihe Kirs! <U tricl w ill be as follow MnnninK Saturday, May 10 Monck's Corner Tuesday, May 13. i 'barb i ton Thui sdny, May 1!? st ?borge Saturday, May 17 \\ 'alb rboro Tin sdaj. Mit 20. FARMERS* UNION NEWS Practical Thought* for Practical Parmc >>. (Conducted by K. W. Dabbs, Pros Ident B. C. Farm era Union.) Some Random Thoughts. First let im- say to my old friend Bud former neighbor "Hard Times, ' or "Dry Jo.-," as he is pleased t?> call himself, "Sldra" us he was known in tin- old days when "Dew" was a prolific writer for me Watchman and Southron, that then it was a source of amusement and recreation: Some? thing to while away a pleasant hour, or "drive dull care" from my thoughts. In recent years it lias be? come part of my business, and, CO l sequently, I must write in a more se? rious vein. Also, it is harder to write when you have to than just as "the spirit moves." In assuming charge of this page, having in mind the hard work it would sometimes mean, to write something of interest and worth while. 1 d< cided to write under the title of "Some Random Thoughts," writing short paragraphs none or b-ss related, so that the read? er could see at a glance what he wished to skip. Lately having un? dertaken ;i page in the Progressive Farmer, and the publishers of both papers? not wishing the fame copy, my task has been made harder, Put I want to say to my old friend "Dry Joe." keep on as long as your Angers can push a pencil. May your tribe increase, for such nighborhood jot? tings is what makes a county paper valuable. In my work on the Pro? gressive Farmer 1 have called on the local secretaries to write short let? ters telling of what their union is aoing. The management pays ?1.0U for each btter that 1 pass upon fa? vorably and I know from, experience how much it helps me or: to have these letters, to urge the county cor? respondents of the Watchman and Southron to make Editor Osteen's heart glad by keeping him fully in? formed of the neighborhood news. * * * The other day I was stopped on the street by a former member of the I'nion. and asked "What does this mean that we must pay 25 cents before we can sell a bale of cotton?" I asked him, "Who pays the 25 cents I per ton on fertilizer ?" He said "the I farmer." "Are you sure?" "O yea We pay everything and we will pay tiie -5 cents on cotton." I replied, "1 do not doubt it if you stay unorgan? ized. Put now we pay from two to three dollars per bale in various ways that we do not know anything of and this will not improve unless we organize, and handle our buSlneOS in a business-like way. "His parting thrust was: "You will never organize farmers." ?it course, that settles it. 0 0? Vesterday I received from a Irlend in the cotton mills "The Textile American," a high-class trade Jour? nal published in Boston, Mass.. with two significant paragraphs marked. ' ?ne was an editorial "Should mills buy cotton in advance," and said In one place "A new era has begun In cotton farming. The planter offers his cotton at his own price. and knowing the market value is able to dictate to the prospective buyer, and the careful New Engl?nder sees a nice offering of high-grade cotton slip away from bim on account of cupidity and lack of enterprise." 1 at once thought how' like our South? ern mill.-, who have many times i" past years allowed the best pans of our crop to be exported and laid down in Europe at a less price than they finally paid for their cotton. * * * 1 want to ask my doubting friend what brought about this improved position of the Southern farmer? The Unlon?-ye8, the very imperfect organization We have has wrought a revolution in the cotton trade?Are We sat isi led ? * e * On page ?'<?' of the same journal tinder "What'.- What, and Wir ." a correspondent tells an Inquirer what cit> cotton is: the samples accumului ed by the buyers. Ask any man * :>,> is informed hoW many bales ? ot lon the Sumter buyers t 11 annually, all from Mm; 1 s. Whj I In Fai mers' I'nion had one cni lilt si I lb' M< nil < r some years ago that wanb I the leg? islature to pass a law th ' all sam? ples be t urn- d ov? to I he Anti-tu? berculosis league, or th ? 'l\ lc L? ?gu< or the si?clety for i he ' au Hoi at ion of t he condition* of I he natlvi s in Tim buctoo or Sc? i?e i >N i Sw amp : ? (,f [ he cost ol Him; i otton The wiiii houi o plan w mild provide for ,.?,. i ample I he draw n and passed up.ui bj an < \p? it. and at the end o Ii,.. Heason sold for the benefit of th. warehouse, ihus reducing the *'?,s< ul AW'OrXCl mini' Ol' Kl mu H > POPULAR < n /i n. Mr. Richard i. Manning Will be a Candidate for Governor ?>f South Carolina in Primarj of 1914, a reporter <>f The t ?nt, ha\ing heard of Mr. R I. Manning'! proa* pec Live candidacy for the Governor ship, int? i vi. \\ .1 "him Tuesday morn? ing and received from him the fol? lowing statement: "Tea, I have decided to announce my candidacy. i reached the con? clusion so\?ral months tg?? that I would run for the Governorship, but i did not wish to be premature in my announcement. since, however, several have al? ready announced then- candidacy, and tearing that my further silence may be misunderstood and may embarrass my friends, 1 have decided that I shall let it be authoritatively and defi? nitely understood, that 1 shall run.'* These Dresses t;?> Too. 28 cloth dresses in all wool serges, whip cords, etc., good range of sizes and best styles. Dreasea that were $12.50, $15.00. $16.50. up. Don't de? lay for you know what it means when we say $5 for your choice. Schwartz Bros.?Advt. Cornered at LSMSt, Houston Post. As we understand it, no reporters will be allowed at the mass mee"*ng of Tar Heel moonshiners who are to assemble in the mountains to ratify the bill that prohibits the shipment of licker from one State to another that is dry. They have cornered the Tar H? , i market at last. Sale of dresses Uimorrow at Schwartz Bros.?Advt. He who every morning plans the transactions of the day and follows out this plan, carries a thread that will guide him through the labyrinth^ of the most busy life. The orderly arrangement of his time is like a ray Of light which darts itself through all his occupations. But when no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incidents, choas will soon reign.? -j Victor Hugo. Sale of dr tests. Visit Schwartz's tnmorrow.?Advt. Tell Children Truth. Washington?Mothers should an- | ?wer all questions their children put to them without evasion of the truth, Dr. Winfield Scott Hall told mothers here. The result, he said, would be B single morality standard. cht a nice dress tomorrow afj Schwartz's.?Advt. running the warehouse. During the past month, 1 have drawn more than rwenty-tive cents worth of samples from ? ach of 10 bales of extra stapl?^ cotton in my effort to sell the sam w Some of those samples go to swell the City Cotton in four different cities. In passing let me say that 13 cents was said to he itj* value in Sumter i-iit no offer. Th?'n when I would sell, l eras offered 14 1-2 by one buy? er. 15 by another, and take chances." 4 Was told by two that there is no place for such a grade. And by a Colum? bia buyer that he was overstocked, etc, etc. That cotton sold for 16c. I ?*. 1-2 and 17c and netted me II 1-Se f. o. h. Sumter. and will ; probably be exported to the continent ^ at a profit to the buyer. * * * But what 1 wish to bring out is this: the samples alone more than cost me what the inspection fee would be under the proposed State warehouse bill not to mention th*y^g. other valuable features that would come from such a system of handling th? entire crop through bonded agents "t the growers. And that is - iiat the State warehouse commis? sion ami all employees would be. B. w. D. WHITE LEGHORN'S?Bggs lor sit? ting from choice pen of best laying strain. $1.2.*' lor lie 11. Q. Osteen i ok SALE?Kgus from thorough? ly], d Barred Plymouth Rocks, |t*l i.?r sitting of 1."? eggs, a. p. Vin son, Sumter, s C, R. i\ D, I. I\)R SALE?Dixie Wilt resistant e< ten seid from 1911 crop, price $1 per bushel, sound and pure. E. B. Colcolugh, Oswego, s C, R. P, D. STAPLE cotton?sun Flower sei variety. Only a few left. J. M Fraser. Oswego, s C, Route 1. \ LOT or no i DIXIE BLIGH r RESISTANT * OTTOS ^1 i 1>. 1 DOLel LAR pi R pi SHI l .1. C. Dl n BAH. DALZI I.L. S C