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I he Appeal or Experience. The question to be det Ided by the men of Sumter counts at tin* ballot box on August lsth. next. In a most important one It should receive the clear, honeet, coneelentloua thought of every voter The result of that day's election eeill be far-reaching, for the issue involves the material and moral welfare of our splendid city and his? toric county. Experience should be allowed to ghed light upon the problems which we have to solve today. In the regu? lation of our affairs in State, county and city we should he open to com? petent testimony and moral good. I.arge is the recorded experience of Individuals ahd communities with the question of prohibition as against the legalised sale of liquor, and com? petent and trustworthy testimony is abundant. The highest legal and ju? dicial authority declares the liquor traSV to he an evil In Itself. The concurrent testlmonv of every civiliz? ed snd Christian community Is that the rum shop la a most prolific eource of crime, poverty, misery, disease and death. No doubt a large majority of the people of Sumter county believe that thia is true. They know that the liquor business stands opposed to the church, the Bible, the Sabbath, the home, the school, and to all other agenciea that work for the physical, mental, moral, and spiritual better? ment of all the people. Whatever may he said in behalf of righteousness may be sold for the cause of prohibition. Wherever the sale of Intoxicants ha? been abolished by law. good has come to the individ? ual, the home, snd tb ? community. We might cite unprecedented pros? perity, now exl.dlng in Georgia, North Carolina, Kansas snd other prohibit? ion territory. Some of these facta have recently been published In some of the papers of this State, and the material and financial showing is marvelous, while the moral effect has been ao less pronounced. Only last week Georgia strengthened her pro? hibition laws by enacting legislation under the Webb act, to prevent the shipping of spirituous llquora Into the Stale. But the votera of Sumter county need not go beyond their own bor? ders for proof of the better moral conditions and larger materiul pros ISO ? aTBA PAY FOR HKS. MOORK bays GoveYsxsr*s Charge that lie Get* ? i aasjMiMMit Pay Incorrect. Anderson, July 26.?Answering the charges of the governor that he was drawing pay for attending the en? campments while drawing pay as Ad? jutant Genersl, Adjt. Gen. Moore to? day laaued the following statement: ' Keplylng to the governor's criticisms In several papers of July 24, as to my having drawn Pay during the recent encampment, of the 3rd regiment in? fantry at Alken, 1 beg to state em? phatically that this statement Is with? out any foundation, as I have not only aot drawn psy, but ststed to num? bers of orb en and to the former Ad? jutant General, John D. Frost, some time prior to my going to encamp? ment, that while In accordance with circular from war department 1 was legally and morally entitle*! |fl draw pay during these encampments, I could not conscientiously do so. owing to the deficiency of tunas appropriat? ed to the National Guards, as I feel thst they need It more than I did. This statement only goes to prove further the animus displayed towards me by the governor, and his usual sptnees to make statements that cannot be sustslned by farts. Col. Habb, the dis? bursing officer of South Carolina, will suetela my statements regarding my refusal to accept psy during these en? campments." MANY ATTFND HIG PICNIC. Fete st Big H?ring* Attract* 2,04H> Persons. Chersw, July 30.?The farmers' pic? nic st Rig Springs, the new resort nsar Bethune, was a complete suc? cess Fully 2,000 peop^i were In at? tendance. It I. Manning of Munter was the speaker and made a fine Im preselon. A ball game was played be? tween Cheraw and Itethune, which, however, came to grief in the sixth Inning The score then stood 2 to 1 In favor of Cheraw, with two men out, when Itethune threw up the game The umpire thereupon gave the gams to t'heraw, 0 to ?> Kach team made thr??e bltM and two errors. IAN4 HIM. IN 4.1^4 ?114.1 \. Nrgrc Im Htmiu* to Cole In \<m< M'ttUnient and IImiI|> Mangled. Hg SS\ t*a.. July 11 \ f ter an ill <'.?\ s*?ar< h for a negro burglsf \ h< lrt?t midnight h>i.?i down .1 I Hsm oi k. a men hunt oj lumbal. 11 mile ?oUth <>f here, a posse tomghl ? aptn. . .? the negrO In a swamp hi Welletoi end after tsklng him back |o Dunbs Strung him to a pole in the heart ? S negro, settlement and riddled In oily With bullets. perity under prohibition. The four yeara lhat have passed since the dis? pensary was voted out have brought to the people increased prosperity and improved morals such as were ntVM known during the existence of that institution. Kvery man, informed and unbiased, will admit that both city ami county have never before had four consecutive years of auch de? velopment and substantial growth. More line churches, modern and well equipped school houses, business ldo< ks, handsome buildings, beautiful homes, and good atreeta and roads have been built during these four years than ever before in any like pe? riod of time in the history of Sumter county. Look at tha number of au? tomobiles, of tine horses and mules and of splendid conveyances all over the county. Think of the plentiful ness of work and of che increased wagea paid. Thousands today have better food, clothing, homes, and so? cial surroundings than they possessed four years ago. Banks, farmers, fac? tories, business enterprises, all show greater prosperity than during dis? pensary daya. In short, material, in? tellectual, aociul and moral condi? tions today are incomparably better than they ever were under dispen? sary rule. And these wonderfully im proced conditions surround us in apite of the fact that the prohibition lawa have not been diligently enforced, according to the frienda of the dis? pensary. The report of the publicity committee recently published, which report wus the result of an Investiga? tion by friends on both sldea of this question, showed that only about one third us much liquor is brought into the county under prohibition as come in u.Ver the dispensary. And the moral showing was far greater for the report proved that crime and law leasnesa have decreased almost two* thirda Now, If a lax enforcement of the law, aa many suy is the cose, has brought such marvelously better con? ditions, what a state of prosperity and happiness might be enjoyed with all existing laws equitably administer, ed. Doea prohibition prohibit? Wi I answer by asking: Doea the law against atealing or murder, or any other crime, prohibit? But God will bless a people who vote as they pray. J. M. lingers. FELL AURA IN NEW TERRITORY. Report* Show Prevalence In Ar? kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Washington, July 26.?Pellagra, for which physlciana have found no cure, la invading now territory, ac? cording to official** of the United States public health service, who base their belief upon statistics on the prevalence of the disease in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas from 1907 to 1912, which were made public to? day. Keporta from these three States, bordering on the area in which pella? gra has most extensively existed in this country show, says Surgeon C. 11. Lavender, the prevalence of the disease "to no Inconsiderable de? gree." The report adds that fur? ther inquiry is needed to determine this with any degree of accuracy, the rapidity and extent of the spread of the malady. The llgures indicated an increase in the diaease during 1912. The total number of cases in Oklahoma during the six years was 4 72, with a death rate per 100 coses of 64:91; in Texas, 2,(1241 cases, death rate 4?.61, and In Arkansas 945, death rate 41.90. The llgures for Arkansas for 1912 were tin otlipletc. Today's report, which supplemented a previous pellagra report, giving sta? tistics for other States, la of peculur Interest at thla time in connection with the bill of Representative John? son, of South Fandina. for a large ap? propriation for the erection of a hos? pital at Spartanburg. S. C, for the study of pellagra. The public health service has been urged to support the bill. To Visit SiMtrtanburg. Spartanburg. July 20?The Thomp? son ?McFaddea pellagra commission received ? cablegram today from ,>r Louis Kambon, of the London Hchool of Tropical Medicine, announcing thai be would Vlsll Spartanburg next month to stud) the pellagra situa? tion. I ?r. Hambon la a pathologist of In? ternatlnnnl reputation, and was the lirsl Investigator t.. advance the the orj thai pellagra is caused by the bite Iof an insect. ItatonwIogtstS of tb ITnlted Mates department of agrlcul tum hnve been engaged here for Home time in investigating Di Bamboo's i in ory Beul Kettoo Transfers, i th Mct'ants to W. T Andrews, l-'t lust beyond eltj limits, $i2f>. w T x ndrews t.. Jatm i Met 'ant two lots Just beyond city limit. |!7fi Master in W it Boyle and T W I Bo) le lot on Libel i> street, *7.lua SMITH'S BOLL WEEVIL BILL somktihng ABOUT MO-MILE COTTt >n LEass MOS B. Considerable Opposition to South Carolina Senator's I Ma ii to Stop Progress of Insect Destroying the Cotton Plant ? Idea, a itig One Mini Arousing Much Interest? Smith Suggested Same Flan for Texas Years Ago ? Tho Saving Would Have Beta immense Washington, July 30.?Considerable opposition has been encountered by the proposition of Senator Smith of South Carolina, to stop the advance of the boll weevil, by establishing a cotton less zone from the Gulf of Mexico northward through the State of Ala? bama to the Tennessee Kiver, but the idea Is undoubtedly a big one and is arousing increasing interest as it is discussed. The mail of Senator Smith is alone sufficient to prove that his suggestion has made a profound impression. Not only is he receiving many letters of commendation from cotton growers and cotton factors in the States now uninfected by the weevil, but he has In his llles communications from farmers in the region which the weevil has overrun, saying that they wish the "heroic defence" of the broad cotton less barrier had been applied in time to save their own territory from the terrible scourge. As a matter of fact, the establish? ment of a cottonless zone CO or 100 miles wide along the Texas border was suggested years ago by the South Car? olina Senator, when the invasion of the .Mexican insect was imminent and before it had actually occurred. There is nobody in this country today who will contend that it would not have been a blessing if the zone had been created. The cost of the cotton usual? ly grown In the area of the zone would have been as nothing to the loss which has been sustained since the weevil made his way across the border and began an advance which the most strenuous efforts of the scientists of the department of agriculture have not for an Instant been able to stop, however the extent of the insect's rav? ages may have been reduced. The his? tory of the weevil in the cotton coun? try thus far demonstrates that unless the experts of the government ran find some new ami more effective method of combatting the pest than they have discovered up to this time, the progress of the boll weevil through the southeast Is certain within the next few years. The natural tendency of the news? paper reader is to think of Senator Smith's suggested zone as a station- i ary affair. On the contrary, his idea la to carry toe zone steadily west? ward, and thus drive the weevil by degrees back into the country whence It came. When the zone reached the Mexican border, it would be main? tained permanently, of course, In or? der that there should be no repetition of the costly experience which farm? ers have been having for the past twelve or thirteen years. A statement of tho value of the cot? ton which would be cut out of thb crop by the establishment of a zone 100 miles wide from the Tennessee I River to the Gulf of Mexico has been going the rounds. It Is an estimate made by officials of the department of agriculture, and puts the amount at $ 108,000,000. This is mistaken by some for the cost of establishing the cottonless zone itself. This would probably bo about $20, ooo.ooo. It stands to reason that a large per? centage of the $108,000,(?00 represent? ed by the eotton which could be grown in the cottonless area would be at once offset by the products of the diversified farming which would be practiced In the zone with the aid of agricultural department experts. It |a altogether possible, If not prob? able, that the results of the enforced diversification of crops in the 100 mlle cottonless zone would be so agreeable to the farmers therein that they would gladly refrain from going back to cotton after they had been released by the pushing of the gone to the westward in line with Senator Smith's plan. Tin- senator is not at all surprised or discouraged by the opposition which his idea oas encountered. He declares that no proposition of suc h magnitude ever failed to meet with vigorous antagonism and that a full and free discussion of Its merits is altogether desirable. The Walkovers, ? baseball team that is winning an enviable reputa? tion for victories among the youthful devotees ol the national sport In Sum? ter, again did the trampling act for their opponents, the Highland Slug get ? ? lerday afternoon. When the gatm elided the Score WOS 1- to 10, numerical)) speaking, but from th" i, port ol t he Walkover expert who furnished Ihe details of the brutal must acre to t be t 'h !> Kdltor ol t he Item the game came mar ending In one grand cllmui of hits and errors u he b pi oves t he old old bs) Ing t ? > j thai winners can sometimes be losers. THE WORK OPTRE G. S. M. A. Col, John J. Durgan Points out I liat First Demonstration Farm In Con? nection with School was Opernted There?Tomato Cloha Organised There. Editor The Watchman ami Southron. In a recent article Prof. D. U Lewis, county superintendent of education for Darlington, tells of the work be? ing done, in an adjoining county, to build up the rural districts of thai county. To think that five demonstra? tion farm attachments to consolidat? ed schools are on the way to estab? lishment in that one county! This idea of joint work of farm and school has for a long time been in my mind as the very best method of giviug growth to country life. Indeed it seems to me to be the only way to hold a superior population in the country and to uttract additions to such population. Impelled by this idea, after hearing a great speech by Dr. Knapp, at Pinehurst, X. C, in behalf of the betterment of rural life, 1 went to Washington in 1DU7, and into Dr. Knapp's otlice and told him I had come to ask if some connection between the national agricultural de? partment and the country schools could not be effected. This interview resulted in a visit of Dr. Knapp to the school of two days and the ostab I'shmeat of the first demonstration farm in the South, in connection with a rural school. It was fortunate, in? deed, for this initiatory work to com? mence under the egis of so widely fumed a name as Gen. Sumter, and as I read of this splendid work, now ad? vancing so rapidly throughout the South, I recall with infinite gratifica? tion the postscript to Dr. S. C. Mitch j ell's leter of sympathy, at the burn? ing of the Academy on the 10th day of March, lall, "How grateful should all be that the good work which the G. S. M. A. has done can't be undone. Fire cannot destroy that," were his valued words. And today as we watch the spread of the work, that the acad? emy initiated, while it had life and form and now as we stand amid the I ruins of the old building, we find our? selves repeating "It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lov? ed at all." The fact is honest and earnest labor in any good cause is never lost. "No life can be pure in its purpose and strong in its strife and all life not be purer and stronger thereby." The life of the academy was brief and soon the people of Sumter county will be able to buy the site, on which it stood, at public auc? tion, but thanks to our kindly stars it has precious memories that can't be sold or annihilated. "It was here," said O. B. Martin, in Boston, "that the suggestion of the tomato clubs originated and it will never be forgot? ten that it was this academy that suc? ceeded in getting up a monument on the grave of Gen. Sumter, where the spot of the repose of his dust had re? mained unmarked for seventy-live years and that the circumstance of the unveiling of such a monument to such a man, aroused the interest of the American nation and the grand and noble character, then presiding at the White House, saw to it that tin nation should take proper notice of such an interesting event and the at? tendance of the soldiers and the reading of the president's magnificent letter and the presidng over the oc? casion of the Governor of South Caro? lina and the speech of the Govern*)! of Virginia, are all here to stay as memories for ages to come. Qov. Montague has recently written to say he has never attended exercises of any kind that interested him more than the events of that day. . The purchaser of this property, whoever he be and from whatever country he may come, if he be a man of patriotism and intelligence, will have It recorded somewhere, on this sacred hill, that this was one time the site of the General Sumter Me? morial Academy, erected in memory of one of the moat noted military heroes of the world, with the pseud miMii of "Gamecock" because of his superb courage that "dies game; but never surrenders" and that this acad? emy was instrumental In having the legislature of South Carolina erect a monument to Sumter's memory and formally dedicated it as a closing part of the splendid unveiling exer? cises, to the cause of universal peace and that the principles for federation for which 0en. sumter had striven, so successfully and gloriously, should be preserved, not simply to the mak? ing of a republic of republics In America a union of sovereign ludes tructlble States but that this feder? ation ShOUld UoW be extended to tile entire world. Ami the last words that were uttered in these memorable ex el rises, just preceding the fall of the gavel, announcing the close, should be memorized in all the rural schools ? >I this land. ' Lord make the nations see That men should brothers be, And form one family The wide woi Id u'er." Jobs J, Dargan. $tateburg, s. C . July 39, 1913. A STANDING INVITATION. You are always welcome at our store, either as a visitor or customer, or both. Our large ami complete line of Ladies' Ready to Wear and General Outfitting will just fill your needs toa4tT.M All we ask is that you come to see us often. The Ladies' Outfitting Co. J. D. Ltmmon, Mgr. 17 S, Main St. Mrs. L. Atkinson, Milliner. Sumter, S. C. ::?:u:?t::t::t:ti::t:::::::::::::::::::m:n::: turmti Can You Afford To Be Without a Bank Account ? This question h is no reference to your financial condition, hut from a sU'ictly business point of view can yon Mfford to forego Uio many advantages Unit accrue to owners ? * growing hank ac? counts? Can VOC afford to let your competitor lin\e U?s sd vantuge over you? Why not Mart an account with us and take advantage of the convenience and futilities afforded for Uio better protection of lOl'R Income? Fir^t National Bank Start It Now! Now is the time to start a Savings Ac? count. Money de? posited up to 10th of July draws interest from 1st. Start sav? ing something today. The Bank of Sumter ????eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeoeeet Annual Mountain and Seashore Excursion The Atlantic Coast Line offers Exceedingly Attractive Hound Trip Hates to Wat Illusion, Norfolk, Kichnioiid t nd the .Mountain and Seashore Resorts. Wednesday. August |3, is the date lived by the Atlantic Coast Line lor its Annual Mountain and Seashore I veiirsion which is looked forward to hy thousands of Its patrons as the most ap? propriate time for a summer vacation, psfiectally on invssl of the season '?i tin- year, the low rates, and tile splendid service gi* cn on these excursions, whit b have proven so popular in the past: On the date named, the Atlantic ( oast Line will sell round trip tickets from Sumter as the following rate*: l\) \\ \sll|\?. IO\ 0.00; to ItlCIIMOND, K.OO; to \oi;i <?l,K an.00; to WII.MIM.IoN lor WrlglitHVllle and C arolina Ib a? lies. (5.50; to M \ K i l l ' BKA*II $r>.r?o. and at \ei > low excursion rates to about lwenty*fl%'o moun? tain and Heard lore resorts in Sortii Carolina and South Caolins. Tin? tickets will be limited returning to rcnctl orifttoel start? ing point on sit) train up lO hut not later than nihliilglll of Sun? day. August i. ioi:t. Scheduler, reservations, tickets ami ao> further infomisliou stS] he obtained b\ calling on <>. \. |?|a.\ei\ Ticket \u? nl. itlaullC < oast lane, sumter. s. C. W. .1. CRA1G, T. ( '. WHITE, Pass. Traffic Manager. Gen. Pasa. Agent Wilmington, N.