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FARMERS' UNION NEWS Pi mini Thoughts for Prmctiooi - a' *?*?ssrn, (Conduct ed bjr B. W. Dabte, Pres n?nt fl. C. Farmers Unten.) Nullit Haial<*a\ Thoughts. Last Friday morning after two days of Convention? anil conference;^ trie writer and Mr. Poc were up at 4.10 A. M to board a train out ol Columbia for Oaatonla at 6.35. At Chester. 8. C. the condtu tor told up the train to Gastonta had gone So ere went on to Cha rlotte. N. Cm where we found the southbound train be? hind time. Finding that we would be too late for botr to ?peak. Mr. Poe went on to Raleigh. After a very tiresome Journey I reac hed Gasumla at 1.25, more than four hours late. An automobile soon put me do a n at l.lnwood College, beautifully located at the foot of Crowder mounta.n and Pinsele rock. SOS u The Oaatonla county farmers and their wive* and children had made in all-day picnic of It and at three o'clock gave me their undivided at? tention for an hour or more, while I told them of tome of the work of the Farmers' Union. That night 1 met with the Plsgah local union and we had an Interesting meeting, seat? ed around on the grass in front of the school house. These farmers of Oastonia Coun? ty, N. Oh have many advantages that wre do not know anything about. They have 16 cotton mills in the city of Gastnnla and 60 In Gaston county. Mounting ears have been 20 cents per dosen all summer with the demand tod full supplied. Other things In the same way. One hrlfty German farm? er that I met said he could not af? ford to plant cotton. Th?y arc all Associated Hcform Presbyterians and have a nice brick church with slate roof, 226 members, some 50 families of whom all but three own their own homes. see * Talk about negroes: They seem to be as thick In Charlotte as In Sum ter but not so thick out in the coun? try as here. Still at all the town* along the railroad from Charlotte to Caaley they arc about as thick as from i Columbia to Florence. see Crops from Charlotte to Converse were rather poor and from Joncsville. In Union County ssj to Columbia, but from Colombia to Charlotte and from Con\ crse by Spartanburg and Oreen\lllc to snsftff and Spartan burg to Jonenvllle, are best I ever saw In the up-country. see i On the way to Kasley Saturday 1 met Itev. 11. A. Knox. now of Oaffney, formerly of Mayesvillc. It was quite a pleasure to meet a familiar face a'.d hear a familiar voice. In some respect* the up-country is way ahead of us, especially in home marketing and transportation. Saw the electric railway from Charlotte to Anderson will remove some of the pressure from the Southern ltailway that com? pels It to lock the rear doors of its cars to be able to keep up with the passengers see It would !??? hard to run more trains without double trucks, and they are b*lng built lust eg fast as pos? sible The wr*: k of the senatorial funeral train delayed me 12 hours If I eSJSjM have my way instead of making the railroad., rnlmc rates 1 would require Is-ttcr service and more safety, and I w mid require them to havr a uniform passenger rate of either 2c or I I | Oentl SOt mile. no discrimination or discounts for mileage. At present the mileage rat? does red help, r?T <aie has to invest too i in h mom \ and Iber? has | much -<MiMe as -a In n l-u\mg liehet! for cash. e e e Th? 'dggest meeting of farmr* l have ir^-t in some time was at Masle>, worked up hf the farm agents of tin. Mouther i Kad? .s I guyed the furin t?r? h ttie about the interest they take in he Southern Uailway meetings ? nd Its la> k of Interest in their own mretlnj Th* Southern Jtnllway is doing * great WOfh trying to prepare our pc?\de for the advent of the boll weextl hat SOFnlySOS business when h* BtftaOg sen territory. Hut Mr Chapman *a>s the farmer* will never brhex,. the we\ii will touch them until In* iirnt sreevll infested crop is cut to i nSSSt nothing. Mt* b more to write I t time Is out. Iv \V D in bj lit of the Inrimds noon ihelr busi-iefo b> the parcel pos| in.. ,.N pres? ? mpanns reeetnii in the last nine n nth* show an increase. Tl ? United stet n RSnesss gained MM.ess o\#?r II * same period In Itll, and ?h? Wells I irgo in. leaded over 13,600 00". ? f dinlugton star. DALXELL M:\Vs "DOPE." rops Doing Well, but Need Itiiln? Mooting to DInhi Dispensary? I'll mi lies staying at Pro\ idciico. Dalzell, Aug. 11.?The crops are hung fairly well, but would be bene? tited hy rain. The weather has been scorching; hot for the past several days and the moisture is fast evaporating. The pea\ine hay erop is very promis? ing and with favorable seasons there will l?e a heavy crop of It. The hap? py watermelon season Is rapidly pass Inf, ufter which we will have to con? sole ourselves hy a rellectlon of the good things we have had. Fodder pulling season is about on us and we will have to get busy for awhile at least. We will face old sol with a frown, as he sheds his burning rays upon us and will shudder with apprehension, when old Jupiter sends forth his mutferlng tones of anger. There Is nothing of an exciting na hire transpiring in this section. The dispensary is about the only subject of much interest, but while our peo? ple discuss it a great deal, they under? stand each other and seem to main? tain their equilibrium. There will be a mass meeting held here on next Saturday, the 16th inst opening at 4 P. M. for the purpose of discussing the Ills of the Institution and we would be very much pleased to have some of your good speakers from the city with us on that occasion. The general public is invited to be present and we hope to have a good crowd to listen to what is said. It is a subject which every thinking person in the county should be Interested and we hope the efforts to reinstate such I \ u e will be defeated. We heard a very thoughful and In? teresting sermon Sunday at tv,e Pres? byterian church of this place, deliver? ed by Mr. It. F. Claymen, who Is a student of the Theological Seminary of Columbia. Ills text was "Prepare to Meet thy God, Oh lsteal " Tin latter clause of the 12th vrse of the 12th chapfei of Amos, ills congrega? tion gave him close attention. Mr. Claymen is quite a young man, but one of much natural ability, as well as a close student and unless some misfortune overtakes him, the day Is coming when he will be a pow ty in the church. Mr. II. M. Stackhouse of Clemson College, clerk of the board of fertiliz? er Inspections, has very recently been over to Dillion, visiting his relatives and friends ami while on his way back called by and spent two or three days with his daughter, Mrs. J. C. Dunbnr. Be le't this morning for Clemson, to straighten and shape up the business that has accumulated, while he has been away, after which he expects to go to Glenn Springs for a few days. Out people are growing more and more enthusiastic over the prospecUl of the new school building and are very anxious to hear the sound of the saw and hammer. We hope it will be but a short while now before tht hearing will be appeased, as conditions are working to that end. Several families are staying at Providence Springs to sec ure the benefits of the wholesome and refresh? ing waters and the coed breezes from the hills of the Santee. It matters not how hot It gets, if you are only fortunate enough to drink of that crystal stream ami then take a calm repose under the inviting shades of the towering oaks by whi< h that limpid fountain is surounded Nature has done a great deal for us. if we only knew how to appreciate it. The college StU >* flti among us are hsving quite a jolly time with each other, as well as with their other friends. We wish them much hap? piness as tin- days are rapidly com? ing ground, when they will have to buckle down to business, MOW. WHEN \M> WHERE. Editor Dally Item. The question lo be settled Tueaday, the Itth inst. Is a political one and i not a moral one. as some would have the Voter to believe, for it is not whether wo are going to have whis? key or not. but the question is how arc- we going to hive it sold and where arc we going to have it sold? I want it s?dd in Sumter and by a bonded ofllc er. it is sold m>w in ev? ery preclncl In the county, and sold b) negroes and ii responsible white people, and Sold in the night and to children or an) one that can get the price. ^ ? s. Mi Kdltor, i am going to vote for the dispensary, but I am not going lo aaj all sorts ol mean things about the man that votes tor pro? hibition. Some of them have strain ed the truth that they might get SOlOC lo \ote for prohibition, who will go thai same da> and buy whlsUex of a tiger. \ well Known prohibitionist ol Humtet In arguing Ibis question With me the other day said thai tin ItanM of Sumter was responsible for tin- Kagles club and that I ought to break up tin- country idub for it era* only arhlsttej hell, Now nil thU i ? ?-. unkind lo tin- people connect ed w ,t b i hem, ,i. i * i ?a\s kins SOCIAL AFFAIRS AT 1IAGOOD. Miss Courtenay Atkinson Entertains for Visitor*?Atkinson Plantation Much Improved. Rembert, Aug. 11.?Mlaf Courtenay Atkinson entertained at homo most delightfully last Monday evening In honor of her friends, Misses Annie McLaurln of McCall and May Willis of Florence. After pleasurable enter? tainment In music and a variety ol i games, refreshments were served. Among those present were Misses Emma and Christine Davis, Ethel Al? len, Theresa Banders, Mollle EUerbee, Maud Chandler, Viola Spencer, Mrs. M. A. Young and Messrs. Leland and Percy Mvers, Dr. Algie Alston, Ho? ward Chandler. Ollie Thompson, Wil- \ lie and Eugene James, H?ht. Kemhert, Sylvester Allen, Parker Sanders, Rich ard McKay, "Tom" and Isham Moore and Edward Mobley. On Tuesday evening Miss Ethel Al j len entertained, serving Ice cream and , cake. The following were present: ! Misses Courtenay Atkinson, Annie McLaurin, May Willis and Viola Spencer, Messrs. Sylvester Allen, Wal? ter Harllee, I ley ward Chandler and Robt B. Atkinson. r Crops were never finer here It seems than now, especially corn. Mr. Robt. E. Atkinson at considerable expense drained those bottoms lying between the Horden road and big Hatting Creek, stumped and thoroughly broke them, planting them In corn. What are the results? A plantation almost entirely free from mosquitoes and malaria, liner crops oil all surround? ing lands, more than twice as much corn than he ever made, the general health of the plantation greatly im? proved, the surroundings rendered far more presentable. His neighbor's lands as well as his own are helped. One of his wells went dry and had to be sunk deeper. This is written to provoke others to good works. We hear good reports of crops all around, in fact as we rolled in past j Dixie the other day, looking out of the car window we recalled "Dixie's" land is a land of cotton, simmon seed and sandy bottom." Mises Annie McLaurin of McColl and May Willis of Florence, having concluded their visit to Miss Courte? nay Atkinson, have returned home. Mr. Hobt. B. Atkinson has gone to Glenn Springs for his health. His many friends wish him much im? provement. "Hagocd." LITTLE INTEREST IN DISPEN? SARY. Change of Sentiment at Mnvesville? Cotton Doing Well. Mayeevllle, Aug. 11,?Very little In , tereet la being taken In the dispensary election on next Tuesday. Some months ago, at a town meeting, a ris? ing vote was taken on the question and marly everyone in the hall was in favor of re-establishment of the insti? tution. However, since that time Ihere has been some change of sentiment and the town will hardly go for the dispensary with as large a maji rity as 'hen. The financial condition of the tow n will no dotlbt cause many lo vote for the lic ensed sule of whiskey for as it is now, there is little or no revenue coming from the sale, which is being ? arried on to quite a large extent hereabouts. The non-enforcement of tho prohibition laws will undoubted? ly have scum thing to do with the vote on ne xt Tuesday. Cotton is opening rapidly around this section and picking will be in or? der next week on most of the farms. The crop has Improved wonderfully within the last few weeks and al? though some of the planters have rather poor stands, y>* the yield will be fair. A good many of the farmers are busy thre shing ? -us, of which there was an unusually large crop made this season. The tobacco warehouse continues to hohi good sales nearly everyday and the prices paid are remarkably good. I Those who planted this year are well satisfied and will plant heavier next year, and n good many more will cul? tivate the weed. Kov. J, E. Mayers of the Ruptisl church is holding a series of services during this wet k. Rev, R. L. Qrler and family have gone on their vacation to Rock Hill and other points. Mesdatnes E. W. Moyes, J, R. Mayen, and W. s. Chandler spent s day or two at Hlue Springs hist week. Mr and Mrs, R, A Chandler have returned from Columbia, where the former was operated en at a hospital there. A huge number of citlsens are at Ihe springs while a few have returned hoirn-. Costly Treatment. j "I wus troubled with constipation and Indigestion and spent hundreds of dollan for medicine and treatment." writes C, II lllnes, of Whitlow. Arle I went to a St Louis hospital, also to a hospital In New Orleans, but no < utr was effected. On returning home I began taking Chamberlain's Tab lets, and worked right along. I used I hem for some time and am now all t ight " For sale by all dealers.? ' Advt. ti _ , m . m:\vs from i'Isoau. Section Has Fine Crops?Storms Center Around Plsgah Church ? Protracted Meetings?Personal. - Plsgah, Auk. 11.?The storm cen? ter of this section has been around Plsgah church this summer. No lesa than nine heavy floods have fallen, with other lighter rains. Notwith? standing this Immense amount of water the crops have held up re? markably well and some of them are very line. In fact, I know of no sec? tion that has better average crops than this one. Several of the farmt ri Will make Corn to spare, while the rest Will make enough to do them. A few of the colored farmers have good crops. Mr. John Shiver, a line young farm? er here, has demonstrated that a big crop of corn can be raised on new ground the first year of cultivation, as he has a fine held of it. He used I about 400 pounds gross to the acre Some under it and some around. A drought now would seriously injure the cotton as it is so fall of sap. The hot sun Is burning the fodder up be? fore the corn gets ready for it to be stripped. Rev. J. W. Kenny, who has been engaged in protracted meetings in i Georgia, came home last week. He j says the crops out there are young ; and small, but the stands are good, j Rev. T. L. Cole closed his meeting I at Swift Creek church Saturday. This week he will have one at Pis gah. Rev. S. B. Hattield closed a meeting of great power at Mt. Zion church! last Saturday. He says it is the best j in the history of the church. There were many additions to the church and the same greatly revived. Union Baptist church (colored) this place, wants the public to know that they have had a great meeting fot two weeks with many additions. It will go on this week with baptisms next Sunday. Miss Daisy Bell Sharp of North. Orangeburg County, is visiting Mrs. J. W. Kenney. Miss Pearl Hatlleld, wno has been visiting at Cedar Creek and liethune, returned home yesterday accompanied by hor cousin, Miss Ada McLeod. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Owens of Sumter were at Rev. T. L. Cole's last week. I The school house at Rcmbert Is getting on a white jacket. Our mail carriers are off for their holiday. J. I). McLeod and W. D. Vinson leave for Washington this ..eck and probably other points. I After all that has been said SgainCI the dispensary 1 doubt if a single vote will be changed, for the simple rea? son that men do their own thinking most and vote accordingly. The only wise course to pursue is for each vot? er to consld t what is best for his county, the dispensary or the present state of affairs, and cast his ballot for what he believes will be for the best. That is the duty of us all and pa? triotic men will do that. This course being pursued the result of the elec? tion should be satisfactory to all con? cerned. [f the writers against the dispen? sary Would proceed against the liquor clubs they would probably accom? plish some good, These cess pools of Iniquity In liuuor matters are sow? ing the seeds of intemperance as well as law violations. Here is where the harm Is done to our county, owing to the prominence of the men who com? pose them. "Thrice is he armed who hath his quarrel just,'' and that is the quarrel that all good men should have against the liquor clubs. Knock out Whiskey und Joy to these meet? ings. _ money IX tobacco. Tltnmonsvllle, Aug. 12.?T. K. Pitts, a prominent Darlington county plan? ter, sold today 10,17 2 pounds of to? bacco at the Banner warehouse for $2,593.60. These were Mr. Pitts' sec? ond ci.iugs and including all grades made a net average of $25.50 per hun? dred. This is the biggest average considering the quantity made by any market this season. It Is also the biggest ( heck written to one farmer ever given on this market. Food for Thought. Mr. Editor: .lust one more word on the liquor question: Yesterday l asked Coroner Flowers to give me the record of Inquests held in Sumter county dur? ing the last three years of the dis? pensary, from August. 1907, to Au? gust, 1910, and the record for the three years of no dispensary from August 1910 t<> August, 1913. Here it is. Inquests under dispensary.til ,lnqties| under no dispensary Think on these figures citizens and \ote against (he dispensary. E. r. Miller. How (he Trouble StaMs. Constipation is the causi of many ailments and disorders thai make life miserable. Take Chamberlain's Tab? lets, keep your bowels regular and 1 you Will avoid these ilseases, Kol sale by all dealers.?AdvU t CITY COUNCIL MEETING. ELECTRIC PUMPS ACCEPTED PROM SUMTER LK.IITINt; COMPANY. City Councllmcn Attend to Minor Mat tors in Absence of Mayor?It. 11.' Hare Present to Discuss Opening of Telephone Street?Other Matters. City Council held its regular ses sion Tuesday afternoon, Mayor L. D. Jennings being out of town. A num? ber of matters of small impottaws were discuaeed and acted on, the matter of most importance to the city being the acceptance of the elee trie pumps from the Sumter Lighting Company. Council met at 5 o'clock and we^c through the regular opening exercis? es. Mr. E. H. Moses came before council to request the acceptance of the electrh- pumpe which had been established at the water works plant. He stated that the pumps had been here ever since tlie first of the year, when the company baa paid for them, and that it was not their fault thai they had not been installed prior to the time that they had been put in. He said they had been k^rt out of their money for a long time and that, by accident, they would lose $50U on the sale anyway. The com? pany would like to get the money and he would be glad to be relieved of responsibility which he had as? sumed. He stated that he had been assisting in the installation of the pumps and would be glad to do any? thing he could to assist, if anything happened to the pumps at any time. This matter was later taken up und discussed fully. Mr. Worthing I ton stated that so far as he could see the pumps were working in good order. He stated that one of the i cylinders was c racked, but that an? ther cylinder had been ordered by Mr. Moses. The pumps had not been tested out for capacity yet, but this was not Mr. Moses* fault, as he had nothing to do with the securing of the meter. The meter had been ordered and would be here sometime soon. Mr. Rowland expressed himself in fa? vor of accepting the pumps and Mr. Booth stated that he would be govern? ed by Mr. Rowland's opinion, as Mr. Rowland had been interested in the work and knew more about it than he did. It was then agreed to accept the pumps, with the provision that Mr. Moses would install the "linder when it came and the company be held re? sponsible if the pumps failed to come up to capacity when they were test? ed. The* matter of arc lights was elis ' cussed and Mr. Worthington stated that his count showed three short from the hundred which were billed by the electric company. The mat? ter was left to Mr. Moses and Mr. Worthington to be adjusted. The matter of establishing electric lights on Chestnut street was dis? cussed, but no action was taken. Mr. B. F. Estridge was present to discuss the matter of opening Tele? phone Street, but was informed that ' the matter would be postponed until it could be heard when all of the members of council were present and j when all of the parties concerned could come before council to sta?e j their views on the matter. Mr. i. H. Hare later presented himself to I talk over the same matter, but vas j informed of the decision of council already stated. j Chief of Police J. R. Sumter : brought up several matters which he asked council to consider with the i idea of legislating so as to alleviate I present conditions. He stated that some of the industrial insurance Which was being worked in the < ily was nothing short of highway rob? bery. That it was among the ignor? ant negroes, who diel not know what (to do to help themselves. He would not say that all of the insurance was j robbery nor were all of the insur? ance agents robbers, but measures should be taken to protect the ne groee, who had been robbed by un scrupulous agents The next matter was one concern? ing loan sharks. He asked that an ordinance be passed prohibiting their operations or making their license so high that they could not afford to e>p erate. He cited one instance where a negro borrowed live dollars and j paid one dollar a week for a year ami still owed the original loan. He stated that the formation of the street gang had been an ex? ample and the* means of much g a-d Most ed the women aimed at had been run eoit ed' town and the Police would prraduull) relieve the- town of the em? barrassment of any others who came w ithin its liorders, He was granted a ten days' leave of absence. Mr <*. M Hurst presented his an? nual report, which was ordered pub? lished. Mr, Uco. r Kppcrson was granted permission to have a gasoline stand on the sidewalk until he could install one of Ihe regular fillers. \p old mock orange tree on Libert? 11, , t w as ordered * ut down. , The i it> managet was instructed to CLAYTON GEIS APPOINTMENT. <.OV. O'NEAL NAMES CONGRESS .MAN FROM ALABAMA FOR HIGHER BRANCH. II?* Leave* at Once and Will Present CrodcntialH to tin* Senate but Ite t.iins seat in the Hunt Montgomery. Aug. 12.?Shortly after 5 o'clock this afternoon Onv. O'Neal announced the appointment of Representative Henry 1 >. Clayton to the United States senate, to fill the vacancy canned by the death of Sen? ator Joseph Forney Johnston. Mr. Claytons' commission was delivered to him in the governor's oftlce. The ceremony was brief. Mr. Clayton accepted the appoint? ment and announced that he would leave tonight for Washington to pre? sent his credentials to the senate. He he would not resign his seat in ; the house until he is seated in the senate. (low O'Neal, after naming Henry D. Clayton as United States senator to succeed the late Senator Jos. F. Johnston, tonight issued a signed statement in which he shows the au? thority under which he acted in filling the vacancy in that manner. The statement recounts the election of Senator Johnston for a term of six years prior to the adoption and ratifi? cation of the 17th amendment, and mentions the fact that numerous at? torneys of standing and ability have been conferred with. He pays a high tribute to his appointee and admits that he recognizes a very grave con? stitutional question is presented about i which eminent lawyers differ. "if I ordered a special election, un? der the laws of Alabama," the gov? ernor says, "from 40 to 60 days would necessarily elapse before the election could be held, and its results ascer? tained and the State would incur a very large expense. If an extraordi? nary session of the legislature was I convened it would necessarily require considerable time before proper leg? islation could be secured. In either of these contingencies the State of Alabama would be deprived for a considerable period of time cf Its right to equal representation in the senate, its right to have an equal voice with the other sovereign States of the Union in determining import? ant legislation now pending. ? "I have not reached this conclusion Aithout having given the matter se? rious thought after consultation with many of the most emir^nt lawyers and judges of the State, who prac tlcally unanimousy agree with me in the conclusion I have reached, that the executive ha:- the power to fill this vacancy by appointment." DIVORCE IS MENACE. Uuturc of America Is in Danger From Kvil, Says Gibbons. Chicago, Aug. 13.?The divorce evil menaces America's future, according to Cardinal Gibbons, who was here today on his way to Baltimore from ; Milwaukee. "Divorce," he said, "is ( a stain upon our social life which , every man and woman loving the 1 United States should endeavor in , every way possible to w ipe out. The future of America, the future of the American chi'd, as well as the purity of Womanhood in this country re? quire that we all join hands to end ' tite evil. , make arrangements to purchase coal i at the present time for future delivery. He was also instructed to keep a sup? ply at the water works plant in case anything happend to the electric pumps and the steam pump had to be used. He reported the water extension < completed on Council street at a cost Of |Z7. He stated that a gas arrange? ment could be placed In the lire house at a cost of shout $1*0, which would reduce the cost of keeping steam up in the engine boiler about $10 per month. He also reported the Oakland ave? nue server extension completed. Mr. YVorthington wanted further instruction as to how to proceed in 1 the repairing of the water drains un? der the sidewalks, a number of which were out of repair. He stated that several property owners had Instruct? ed him to go ahead with the work and they would pay for it. He was Instructed to prepare a written con? tra? ( and secure the rlgnature of the property owner and then pro? ecu with the work as directed under s previous resolution Of council. A resolution was passed instructing the city clerk to pay over to the rac? ing squad of the fire department $1L'*> to pay their expenses le the Firemen's Tournament at Wilmington, the samn to i),. returned from sni money that the box s may win in the contest. A letter as to . onditlons on the It ear don lot was read, in which it was staled that the matter would be tak en up t<? the state Board of Health. If the town did not prevent the futth i dumping of garbage on the lot. A large number of bills were gone o\ er and ordered paid.