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I'll Ml ?Im .1 U ? ?IlM -dl v MM,I Saturday. ?BY? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY 8UMTBK. 8. C. Temas: tl.10 par annum?In advance* A*lverUaemcsita: Oaa Square Orst Insertion.11.00 ?vary subsequent Insertion.60 Contracts for three months, or !eager will be mads at reduce d rates. All communications which sub? serve private Interests will be charged Car as advertisements. Obttuarlea and tributes of respect still oe charged for. The Sumter Watchmen wss found sd In lilt and the True Southron in litt. The Watchman snd Southron tsow has the combined circulation snd Influence cf both of the old papers, and is manifestly the best advertising medium la Sumter. Ro man ahould expect praise for1 doing hla duty, but in thin duy and generation, when it ha? bSSOSSl a rtxed habit with sheriffs to become overpowered at the sight of a mob of iynchera and to immediately sur render their SffteSSSSf Sg demund. the cius of Sheriff White, ed* Spartun burg. in dealing with the mob that made u noisy threat of storming the tall waa so unusual that he deserves and ?hould receive the well-done of all la* respecting men in South Caro? lina Sheriff White did nothing mote ttiM'. 'da aimple duty as an oilicer and aa a man who respects himself and is not a craven truckler to popular clamor, i me real man is a citadel of, strength for law and order when the meb spirit mns riot In a community, and Spurtanhurg Is to be congratulat? ed that there waa a man on guard who not only knew his duty but had the cool, deliberate courage to stand up and defy the mob that counted on the cowardice of the sheriff for the' success of their assault on law With a man like Sheriff White in oi flee In every county lynching would become an obsolete sport in South Carolina, see If the "lid'' can be put on in Co? lumbia and the clubs put out of the liquor busineas, why cannot the sann thing be done in Sumter and every her community that is infested with uba whose sole excuse for existence UM aale of liquor Heal prohibition ould be an ideal condition, but pro? hibition, with blind tigers, bootleg*. 11 ol club* us permitted attendants, h an abomination and makes the i rofesaed xeal and high-sounding osclsrations of militant prohibitionists ? ,'pear farcical to a calm and elsai visloned onlooker. If the prohibition Ists would make good they must con? tinue to tight the Illegal sale of li? quor with even greater vigor than they have diaplnyed in the campaign against the dispensary, for, if the legalised I Je of llqimr Is a crime, the Illegal Sile of liquor la a crime, the St It SM iia-J bee n done heretofore is to make the prohibitionists consenting g*artners Sr. the crime of liquor selling and the crime ?if defying public senti? ment and violating the law. see The result of the dispensary elec? tions in e-b\en ...unties shows clear-* ly that the sentiment against the dis? pensary and in favor ed statutor; pro hlbiiion is not us strong as it was 4 years ago The- counties that were wet remain wet and ti\e counties that ha\. bsea in the* prohibition ranks for four vcirs h i\e ieetded IS re-e-s tablish the dispensary. In the gesjn tow that remain dry the \i<tory fot probIbittest was won by a narrow margir?the majority for prohibition of feoir year* ago having bOOS Ottl down ?e:,Mo>? t.. the- vanishing point ?ami this, to... In ttie t'.u I of one of the best managed and most energetic prohibition campaigns that has e-v? i l?een wugeel In this State- The- out look for statutory prohibition la South Caredinu Ml not ?? n ?? o u rag i n i,. and Ba? its* the next four yearn are- mark.-I by a as> i ied growth of real temper anee sentiment the dispensary or Home other HVHtem for dealing with Mm sab ,,r Mjajsjsf >mii be adopted In mmv .ib.r ?..unties when the BOO pie next have- the- opportunity e.f vot? ing ?oi the question. see Sheriff White. of Spartanburg. i?. monsirat? d what we- have OftOU as aerted to he true?that a mob ol Ivncher* will not persit in at) attempt to owrpowe-r a mIu riff wl.e. is ,It?? r mined to the his duty and is willing to kill or be- killed in the de-fence ol a prisoner that hu* been committed ?<? his e ustodv fe?r safe ke eping. The nodi sttrajfi peeessgees ifaat lae saarld Ut I cowanl ami will not ant u:..ni/.e a Inidy of voters, but when thev run against a man who has not yellow IS his make up ami It bj made- evbh nt that he means what he- snvs the- brave mob*t??rs slink away The v are- ready and eaae-r la kill a de fense le ss ? rlmi nal. e.r * npe-< le d ? rlmlnnl. wh?-n it ran be done with safety and Without Ire urring Indlvulual respe.nsblllty. but when the lib gal ac t Involve s the risk ?d -lopping a nth- bulb! ItM lyn< hing bj de< lured off The biggest thing thai the Chumbvr of Commerce hoi attempted In muii) months is th?i revival of the tobacco ?Towing Industry in Sumter county and the ro? aotabllahnnont <?f a first <-lasB tohnceo market in this city, This is a movement that ShOUld appeal with equal Strength to the business men ol the ett] ?ml the farmers of the county and it Ihers is hearty e-u-e>pcrut ion the undertaking is assured a sin e e ss. it win he the part of the merchants, banks ami other business interests of the town to provide a warehouse ami the neses?ary hacking to establish and maintain a market while the farmers should co-operate to the ex? tent of guaranteeing a sufficient acreage of tobacco next season t<? keep the market going. Tobacco is a p'otitable crop in this county and almost SVOry farmer can, by the ex? penditure of a little care and energy, put in at least a few acres of tobac I 0 as a supplemental crop- There is money in tobacco growing, und with a local market assured the farmers should not need much persuading to plant a little less cotton and a few acres of tobacco that will bring in Case, at the season that money is scar? cest. The success of the enterprise that the Chamber Of Commerce is fos I taring depends upon the solid support of the business men of Sumter at the outsat, and the lasting Saturday should be attended by the merchants! whose prosperity depends ttpon the, growth and development of the mar? ket facilities of the town. If there is any lagging and holding back to see how the movement is progressing or any waiting to llnd out If the oth? er fellow will not do all that Is neces? sary to put the enterprise on Its feet, there will he no tobacco market In Sumter next summer. There are now ami have always been a number of merchants and Others In this town who are glad for some other man to put up money and da great things to build np the town and Increase its business, but are very timid about risking a dollar of their own money ?all they want Is a lighting chance to ? Ket a share of the new business that the enterprise of the Othat men cre? ate. We presume that this condi? tion will prevail respecting the to? bacco market to a greater or less ex? tent, but we trust that this short? sighted and seltish policy will be relegated to the rear as far as weak human nature permits, and that the meeting Saturday will be marked by a revival of the old time Sumter spir? it with a large majority of the men who make their living in Sumter present and ready to do their full ?Kara to make Sumter a better and bigger town. There is no reason save a neglect of our opportunities why Sumter ennnot be made the best and biggest tobacco market in the State as well as the best and biggest cotton market, as it now Is and has been for many years. t.ovr.itvnit WORKS ox ito.\i>s. Fifty Thousand Mlssourlans Work All Day. Kansas City, Aug. 20.?With blis? tered hands ami sore muscles. 10,000 * nthusisatic good road workers <iult their work tonight in Missouri after a strenuous day spent in "pulling Mis? souri out of the mud." Good humor everywhere' wus in evidence ami nearly every man declared he intended to return tomorrow, Although mud in? terfered with the work of (io\. ffil llott W. Major and <lov. C.eo. H I lodges Of Kansas, w ho had volun teered to help the- Missouri executive, both declared they would be Up early tomorrow and would make uP for lost time. "It has been one of the great days Of my life." said Qov. Major, "As a boy l traveled over nothing but bad roads. I made up my mind then If I cot a chance 1 would do all 1 could for better highways. The governor of Arkansas has advised me he has set aside September II and :'. for road Work and 1 am happy at the results." "1 intend to ti\ two road days when I re-turn home." said QoV. Hodges. "it is remarkable how many have re? ?ponded to Qov. Majors proclama? tion." Reports from svery county In this part of the- State |old of thrones of workers, many ?>f them encouraged h\ the presence of their wives ami daughters, who served dinner. Th?- response to the governor's ?.ill throughout the rural region was lib? eral In Hannibal ail city prisoners were put on t he nn ork. Wanted an experienced lady for ? teratton work in our coat suit depait mini, Appl) Shaw A, McColluill Met ?'o?Advt. Ihr? Coortnrj Returns. |>r <? ii <'mmney has return< M t the . itv, und with his assistant. l>r II i. Hrldger, Is prepared to serve tin public. Wanted an experienced saleshid.\ Appl) I' II Bos 33K, Sumle i, H C, , Advt FIRST BALE OF COTTON. BROUGHT IN BY i:. A. WEATHER. J.Y OF BOMBARD C 'ROMS ROADS, Bought by Lev! Brothers for Fifteen Cents a Pound?Weighed Four Hundred and [Sightv-slx Pounds? First Hab* Came In on Same Da $ Last Year. Prom the Dally Item, Aug. 19. Mr. k. At Weatherly.a progressive farmer Of the Bossard's .section of the County, brought in to town today the lirst bale of new cotton which has been sold on the haul market this year. The cotton was graded at strict middling and was bought by la vi I h os. for fifteen cents a pound. it is a most peculiar coincidence that this, the tlrst bale of new cotton of the season, was brought Into town and sold on the 19th of tthe month, the same day on which the tlrst bah' of the 1912 cotton crop was sold on the local market. In 1911 the lirst bale of new cotton was sold on the !Hh, showing that the cotton crop was about ten days earlier In that year of a bumper crop than last or this year, The bale when weighed by Mr. J. B, Raffleld, the cotton weigher who has weighed the lirst hale for every season for a number of years, showed that it contained 4 8?; pounds, thus bringing Mr. Weatherly $72.90. LiOVl Bros also bought the lirst hale of cotton last year, when they paid 19 1-2 cents for it. At that time the price of cotton was somewhat higher that it is now, thus showing, that the premium paid on the first' bale of this season's crop was consid? ered higher than hist year. It was reported on the street that another hale had been shipped in here from Silver and that another hale was being ginned, but neither of these had come in at one o'clock. The Second Bale Of Cotton. The second bale of new crop cotton was received here Wednesday and was bought by O'Donnell <fc Co. 'It was graded as middling and the. price paid was 12 cents. The bale weighed 4l?0 and was grown by W. T. Hriggs, of Silver, Clarendon county, who shipped it to O'Donnell & Co., by express. Cotton picking has been in progress In several sections of the county for nearly a week and several j farmers tire reported to have a bale or more on hand ready for the gin. The crop, however, is late and the market will not he regularly open for a w.*ek or ten days yet. Those Shocking Styles. Whatever cd' real modesty inspires the arrests of women charged in va? rious parts of the country with de-' VOtlon to the latest mode in dress nobody knows. When mere man in? trudes in BUCh matters the knowing wonder who is striving for free ad? vertisement. Fashion Is not made or unmade thru legal processes, and what the style decrees women will wear regardless of police, courts, may? ors and penal codes. As for the gowns besllt and sheer, under which no longer are worn those garments once considered es? sential, their rule will be of short duration. Women are not fends. They know as well as other philos? ophers that their c harm lies in self concealment, not in self-revelation. A glimpse of the ankle is more pro? vocation than a large* area of calf, no matter how creditably molded. A hint, a suggestion, a tantalizing 1 suspicion; these are woman's most effective weapons. And she knows It; knows it in that unfathomed wis? dom that men call intitution. She requires no school master or ma'am to teach her some things. Therefore the disclosures of to? day may be confidently set down as a short lived whim, soon to pass. Almost before they are here they will be gone, restoring women to that vantage ground of secrecy she has for a brief space so imprudent? ly sacrificed. We shall not be long prlvlledged to say that we are ?hocked,?New York Sun. Governor Foss has gone back to the Republican patty again, but the prob ablllt) is that the Republicans regard him as a casual visitor only.?Wil? mington Star. Harry Thaw's escape was Buffi elently dramatic to entitle him to a place in Vaudeville. \\ VNTI.D?\n experienced lady foi* ultcrutlon work In our coat suit de? partment Apply shaw A M?'Col? lum Mel Co, WANTED?An experienced saleslady Apply I'. n Ibis !l!IH, Stunt* r. S. (! r<Ut lli:\T?A large and commo dlotts .'tote house, centrally local ed in the Ulidsl ol a good trade together with I he privilege ol renl in^ another year; a ilrsl class farn cd from two to hIx horses, school a ml < bill' h right at hand I nil pa t llculurs given i>> w. I. Hit under Sumte r. S. t' , || r D ;{. i "Uncle Jos? Hayseed." Win? has not heard of him and smiled at the thought that he would recognise him should chance evei throw them together? But such is not always the case, as more than one has occasion to know. There are hayseeds and hayseeds, hut most of them arc no more akin to "Uncle J? : than to Adam himself. Many think him very seedly, ludicrous, the butt of cv?-ry crowd, appareled, like "Ohl Grimes," in a long gray coat all buttoned down before. When thai was the style he may have gone that! way. The very thought of associat? ing style with Uncle Josh makes my reader laugh, but it n< ed not, for while that old gent is unusually ab? sorbed in other matters of greater moment, yet his apparel is by no means out of date. I hear a number challenge that statement and I understand why they ate so sincere. Uncle Josh is no or? dinary man more than once marshal? ing and leading to victory great armies, more than once in great crisis placed at the helm of affairs of government so what should nearly every hayseed in the country do but name a son alter him, hoping the child might live to emulate the ex? ample of that great man. You need not stare, Uncle Josh Is a great man and many people know it More than that the country would nave gone to the bad had it not bee) for Uncle Josh. "Where do I get my informa? tion?" From history Brother, read and see. 1 saw a negro named Abraham Lincoln, but he .no mote resembled that great man than chalk does cheese, if you have seen some cadav? erous fellow whose clothes not of the best, just hung on him, full of ma? laria and hookworms, with no sug? gestion of energy, bodily or mentally, and they called him "Josh." hardly Uncle Josh for lack of respect. Hay? seed, don't coin l?de it was that clever gentleman, no, no! If you have met some- fellow, fairly fair. Who knew nothing of the destruction of the- Maim-, the- Boxer uprising, the war in the Near Hast, etc. and they tedd you it was Mr. Josh Hayseed, don't associate him with Uncle Josh. Disabuse your mind right now of the notion that the subject of this sketch is anything of an ignoramus, even when the- matter in hand does not seem to touch his business, for he- is not. Let me re-late an incident that took place- before- the- War Between the- States. A fearful epidemic of yellow fever broke- out in Brasil and your Uncle Josh happened to be in Charleston just as a cargo of coffee came in. Know that when your Uncle Je?sh has not got the.- cash he has the' credit. He- got the money and bought that winde- cargo of coffee reselling at a profit of twenty thous? and on tile* transaction. The- average man woultl only have chuckled e?ver the fact that the con? tagion was not at his door. I >ne might multiply incidents like' the above, but one- more will suffice. When occasion seemed to warrant he became a cotton buyer, when cotton was in and around ten cents, holding his cotton. Afte r a time- it began, when he had quite a lot on hand and all his available eash was gone*, to fall. He- held on, borrowing every cent he- could and bought cotton. The price dropped to six cents, the n began to climb until it we nt to eleven/when he turned all loose. What are the facts in the case? All the- year In had watched the creep re ports ami judged, quite correctly too, that a small crop had be-em made-. Anybody with a thimble full of brains can sec the- final conclusion. Uncle Josh is a good subject to write on, but 1 must close* bad as 1 hate- to do so. One final word, gentle reader, if ever you see a hayseed, seedy or stupid, rest assured it is not your Uncle Josh? In my ne-xt 1 shall te-11 you about "Tom Jones," a line fellow in many respects but? "Hagood." I tern her t, s. c, Aug. l:.. 191::. lilting on Germs. ?irleans Progress Examiner. A certain young lade on learning that the- family physician had state-d that there were thousands of germs in ice cream, said: "And all the time,' she- said. "1 thought they were just strawberry seeds." Morphine HABIT ABSOLUTELY CURED IN SIX DAYS tn Money itcfunded. A New lUseov ary. All correspondence nIiouI?i i>e lidrSHNttd to Pox 353, Munter, S e\. or to Dr. G. F. Lee's Humane Sanitarium, 220 Broad St. Sumler, S. C. F L FLOUR U R Several cars just received and we are now prepared to give you bargains in very best patents and half patents. While some eatables have been advancing, Flour is cheaper. See us. O'Donnell ? Co. Wire Fence We buy direct fro mtbe steel mills In car loads for rash with all J discounts off, this enables us to soli you ut the lowest prices, which j WC guarantee to do. < Booth=Harby Live Stock Co. i Sumter, - - - South Carolina J ,4444AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaa.^ ^ ^ A STANDING INVITATION. You are always welcome at our store, either as a visitor or customer, or both. Our large and complete line of Ladies' Ready to Wear and General Outfitting will just fill your needs to a "T," All we ask is that you come to see us often. The Ladies' Outfitting Go. J. D. Lemmon, Mgr. Mrs. L. Atkinson, Milliner. 17 S. Main St. Sumter, S, C. ings. Moctcrnly Klectric lights. Bailey Military Institute Formerly the S. C. C. I. of EdgefUliJ, S. C. A Christian military institution offering instruction in classical, scientific and com? mercial courses, [?arge new brick build equipped. Steam heat. Hot and cold water in every room. It you want to place your son in a school where his health will be carefully looked after, his mind thoroughly tr lined and where he will be taught habits of odedience, punctuality and industry, send him to our institution. Here each cadet is under the close per sonat control and watchful care of the teachers from the time he reaches the school until he leaves for his home. 1 or Catalog and other information, address; Bailey Military Institute, Gf"mil(l-s'c