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ClKMlatibmaiuiti Routinen. Pabllshcd Wednesday and Saturday. ?BY? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY SUMTBK. 8. a Tema?: 91.10 par annum?In advance. Ad f ortiaetnenta: Ose Square Arm Inaertion.$1.00 ffvexy aubsequeut Insertion.SO Contract* for three montha, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub* serve private Interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of rsspeot will be charged for. The Sumter Watchman was found? ed la UFO and th* True Southron In 1110. The Watchman and Southron aow has the combined circulation and Iniuenos cf both of the old papers, sad Is manifestly the best advertising medium In Sumter. 1 i 11 A New Industry. Canning fruits, vegetables and meata at home '.as been practiced for many generations Commercial can? ning of food products is a new art. but home canning for commercial uees yield* a new Industry which is proving very attractive to the girls of tide county living in rural districts, bealden proving Interesting an 1 profit? able to city girls. The part , .dar sig? nificance of the girls' canning club work la Its conversion of waste ma? terial into valuable food In house? holds and on farms wnere heretofore quantities of material have been lost So Interested Is the United States government in his new industry that Special labels i ive been prepared by the Department of Agriculture to be used Molely upon the output of the girls' cann ng (dubs. Further moro, the best methods of canning large quantities of m??t rial at the least ex? pense of money and labor are being diligently tam.ht oy department rep? resentatives. A distinctive lah.d will give the can? ning club output an Individuality standing for high quality, and should prove to be of larg* commerlcal val? ue. Much progress Is reported In the movement. One girl, for Instance, idled an order this year for 1,000 Jar.i of preserved figs. That's not a bad start others are selling all the can? ned tomatoes and other vegetables they prepare. The home canned ma? terial auggeeta cleanll less, quality and careful attention at tlrat sight. The market for the products of this new Industry appears to he assured al? ready. This canning movement ought to help solve the high cost of living. The woeful waste oj fruits and vegetables In small quantities which combine to make a huge total, must count In the long run so far as food costs go, and the elimination of waste, of course, always stand* for saving along right lines.?Charleston Toat. Clarendon County News. Maninng Times. A shooting occurred last Saturday near Hloomvllle. Howard Hodge and Mr. Charlie Illdgeway became In? volved In a difficulty. Hodge struck Kldgeway, whereupon his son, Jetties Kldgeway. fired a pistol, hitting Hessgsj In the chin. Inflicting a painful but not a aerioua wound. There was a double header sale at Clark a t'othran's warehouse yester? day at which nearly CO,000 pounds waa eold. altogether Manning sold yes terday about 750,ooo pounds of tobac? co at price* averaging 1? ents. Mr. J Cbm Dennis, of Turbevilb-. sohl the last of his tobacco in Man- | nine yesterd Mr. Dennis planted mix acre*, and he kept a strict account of the Ircome from these six acres He realised $1,40S.H0, which is an av? erage of nearly $235 per acre. Is there any other kind of a crop a farmer can ralso In th ?? section that will realxe him as mm h re d PSOAS] SO ear'/- Mr Dennis was not in po? Bjtssg to *a\ what the cost of this i ?gl was because he did not employ labor |S mukc it. hiving done the planting, (ultlvatlng and Hat earing himself. GOVERNOR KIU.S ASSAILANT. Wlkitm > shoots One Mow and Kbiys Xootber With Own Hamng. Mamli. Vni: .'1 -Vernon D Whit? ney of Iowa, governor of Jots- had a narrow SSSSgSe when attacked treach? erously by Moros. He received live harong gsssjsjgsi He klUsd both el Ml nsaallant* after a drastic struggle. OoV. Whitney had Just completed an Inspection of the scout camp St gSj il Tooc and had sent his interpreter |g order his launch. The interpreter was attacked by Moros but SSCSpSd. Whitney heard of the atta- k and as he ran to Investigate fei met two Moro?*. who npproio bed in I friendly manner, then suddenly attacked him WawtAS) chm hed one of the Moro*. while be shot the other and then With S Struggle W listed the bll'Ulg from the other man and tlnished him with it During lbs struggle, however, Whitney received bad wounds FARMERS' UNION NEWS Pracllcttl Thought* fur Practical (Conducted by B. w. Dabbs. Pr?s? ident 8. C. Farmers Union.) IHM Handom 'I llOWglllS First I want to let tilt union mem SOfS of the county know that I ha\ I made arrangements with one Of the boot seed houses of the country, In t'harleston. to sell seeds, rye, oats, bat b y. vei< bes. clovers, turni|is, etc. to local unions at greatly reduced prices. This Information Ii going out to the li\e locals of the State this week. In this alone the saving to a one-horse fanner who is trying ( to diversify according to the plan Of the demonstration department and j the prizes offered by the batiks will [ be more than his Farmers' Union ?Ines for several years. Go to your I lOOal meetings this week and next , and learn all the particulars. 0 ? * This is but one of the ways the union has been able to make | sav? ing for the individual farmer. The! reason more has not been done is be- , cause the members do not attend the local meetings regularly. Your State | union can not effect favorable ar-j rangements for the membership un? less they meet frequently and make i use of them. If your secretary is not I posted on these matters sec to it that he informs himself by writing to the State secretary. oae In another column is an inter? view I r.ave out in Greenville about i the treasury money that Is to be de posited in certain banks. I am in? formed the banks that receive this money from the Fnlted States Treas? ury will charge 6 per cent to the country banks that distribute it and that it is ont to be used to hold cot? ton but to buy cotton. I have not all the information that I want as to how they propose to do. but enough ( has leaked out to make me feel that j unhss the farmers make protest the banks and the Speculator! will be the main beneficiaries of the fund. And i the farmers will be encouraged to sell rapidly to put this fund in circu? lation theieby furnishing the very weapon I he hears want to depress the price of cotton?heavy receipts, see I was told that bankers In Green? ville do not consider holding cotton hy the farmer as speculative ami therefore that this fund can be loan*! ed on cotton. A Columbia hanker I told me Saturday that it can only he Used for moving the crop, that hold? ing will be considered speculation. I told him to please publish a state? ment to that effect and the Furniers' Union would take the matter up with the Secretary of the Treasury, ess Owing to the necessity of giving some time to personal affairs I am not able to attend the cotton seed conference in Columbia tins (Monday) afternoon, but have netted Commie* sioner Watson to represent the Farm? ers' Union and to see that the regu? lations are just and fair. If I had had sufficient notice 1 would have se? cured the attendance of several Farm? ers' Union men who are well inform? ed on the subject. E. W. D. TOMATOES III'ST HE WEIGHED. Miss I.emmon ('alls Attentions to Fact That Pro|*r Stop* Must He Taken. .Mies Mary I.emmon tomato club organizer for Sumter county, calls the' attention of ihe members of the club that before they put their tomatoes on the market they must rust have them weighed, labelled and stamped. Theos steps must be complied with to sec th;it the tomatoes come up to the proper Standard In weight. Public Notice. Noll? e is hereby given that Oil Thursday, September IIth, between the hours ol I o'clock A M and I >>'< p.< Ii p m , an election win be held ?In Sumter School District No, If, SI Oswesjo, for the purpose or voting on I an extra two <J> mill levj for school purposes Only nuallfied eelcters who pay cither real or personal proper!) lax ma\ be allowed lo vote. Ity order of the Sumter ?'mint. I'.oard td Education H K. IHK IWN, Chairman Trustees, Hchool lusti? No Id, To Pass ths Time. Patron (to very slow waiter)' 'Bring me a ???ah, phase And you might Just send me a post card ? very now and then while you're away, letting in?) SliOtV how it is get i mg ou. I II I N KS HANKS SIKH II) SOT MAKE ALI, THE PROFIT <>N GOVERNMENT I T NDs. I arme* Does Not .Market Croporly? RwshtSi the Market and Causes De? pression in Prices?Hanks Receiv? ing Government Money Should Shore Profit with Hanks to Which Money Is Sub-loaned. Mr. K. W. Dabbs, president of the State Farmers' Union, was in Green Vllle last night, and while here talk? ed of the proapeete which the. farm? ers of the State were facing, both with reference to the crop which will i?e raised, and to the money for the marketing <?f the crop. Mr. Dahba was especially Interested in the treasury funds which will be do posited in Southern banks and made Inquiry as to the manner in which the local banks would handle this money. He has looked at the matter from the farmers' standpoint, and is now seeking to asc ertain just what benefit the farmer will reap from the money which will come to the agricultural States. Mr. DahbS stated that in his optn Ion banks Which receive the money direct from the treasury, should in case they sub-loan any of this money to banks not designated as deposi? tories by the treasury, tlx the rate of interest so that the original deposi? tory and the bank which borrows may share the interest profit. By this he meant that if a Greenville hank should loan money to a bank in Homo of the surrounding towns, it should Tnake the loan so that the borrowing bank would be able to loan direct to the farmer at a rea? sonable rate of interest and yet re? tain a legitimate profit. The Idea i to divide the profit which accrues in the difference between the two per cent charged by the government and the rate at which the money will be loaned to the ultimate con sumor. Mr. DabhM favored the loan? ing of this government money at a lower than the legal rate of in? terest if Stich a step were feasible. Otherwise he stated, the good to ?ho farmer would he curtailed for the money he borrowed would cost him just as much as if there had been tu? special deposits made by the Unit? ed States treasury. The banks would get the profits, but the farmers would not He went on to aay, however, that the deposits made by the gov? ernment would have the effect of making it possible for the farmer to market his (top, whereas without this money, perhaps there would be ii stringency, and the marketing would be difficult. The announce? ment of Secretary of the Treasury McAdOO has served to tide over a crisis by placing the money here, bat unless there is some reduction in in? terest charges, the greatest possible good from this money will n d accrue. Mr. Dabbs said that one of the great factors which depresses the price of cotton is the failure of the farmers to exercise business judg? ment. When the crop is picked and there is ever a tendency to place it on the market This will obviously cause a decline provided cotton in large quantities is offered for sale. Sralghtway the farmers rush the market, hoping to sell before prices go lower. It is this rushing of the market which causes the loss of money to the farmer. Did he see the situation as it winde and wait tor the market to recuperate from the effects of the first large selling, he would then be able to sell his cotton in a rising, instead of a fall? ing market. I >r would the farmer be content to "feed" his cotton to the market according to immediate demand from the market then would there lie no great depression In price. But Instsad of this the immediate de? mand of the market is more than met by the rush of cotton. '<nd the bears wax fat. Intelligent marketing of the crop is essential to steady and good prices .and intelligent market? ing is possible only in case the farm? er is Willing to hold back and not Hood the market with his product. Continuing Mr. Dabbs said, that one of the drawbacks to the success of farming today was due to tin failure to see the good "f organised and systematic effort to market the crop so thai the tanner himsell would profit most, and not the specu? lators, Having travelled in all parts oi s.uith Carolina Mr. Dabbs was en? abled to give a fair estimate of tin crop outlook With the exception of two or three small sections, he said, the outlook is fur an excellent yield This year be has found lot the first time cotton in the up-country lnrg< ami luxuriant such as i^ frequent)) grown in ili>' fertile low country This unquestionably means a lnrg< ? top, for i n t be low country the plan is in go..d i ondltion, in fact fliu c. m<Iit ion Accidents on British Streets. About ion street accidents a day oo> ,iur la tho whole of tireat Hittaia. CHICAGO MILLIONAIU1.S. Canvass Reveals Hl?. Whose Wealth Exceeds si.oon.oin? Each. An enumeration has been made 01 Chicago millionaires, .says a Chicago special to the Philadelphia Ledger The number has already reached 246 and the count was made by one of them under circumstances which in? sure correctness. This was done t'? settle a dispute between two persons, one of whom asserted that there were 200 millionaires here. The number greatly surpasses the estimate, and it is believed that it will be carried up t<i :!<)0. Corporations are, ol" course, excluded from the count. Some 110 years ago the report was given OUt In the Hast that there were 60 millionaires in Chicago. This was considered an exaggerated statement by some and by others it was looked upon with much surprise, for Chicago was then and there considered a good deal of an upstart and lacking in sub? stantial qualities. The statement was no doubt approximately correct. Since then the city has gone, through many changes: other than im re growth. There has been a great movement of business interests In cer? tain forms to the Hast and a large, number Of our wealthy people have gone thither or to Europe. More? over, stock speculation in Chicago is stock speculation on the New York Stock Exchange, while large pro? motions are Invariably effected through New York houses. Then there is always the draft on our resources of people who g<. *5asl and to the Old World for purposes of travel, study and show, all of which curtails the accretions of wealth here. Nevertheless. wealth has grown at a tremendous rate. Nor is this exhibit of millionaires the onls or the most Important sign. < ?n all hands are evidences of the prosperity of the common people and incidental? ly of their frightful wastefulness. Game Always In Order. Ruth?Love Is a nice game to play at. Fred?Beeidea, it's the only game I know of that's never postponed oq account of darkness.?Boston Herald. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Re? ward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. P, J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known P. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable In all business transactions and tl nancially able to carry out any obli? gation made by his lirm. National Bank of Commerce, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken in? ternally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surface of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75 cenfs per bottle. Sold by all Drugists. Take Hall's Family Pill3 for con? stipation._ FOR RENT?A large and commo? dious store house, centrally locat? ed In the midst of a good trade, together with the privilege of rent ing another year; a first class farm of from two to six horses, schools and church right at hand. Pull par? ticulars given by W. L. Sounders, Sumter, s. C, R. P. D. :5. FOR SALE. About twenty-three acres located about one-half mile cast of Sumter at northeast corner of Moses road and continuation of Calnoun street. Apply to Davis 1 >. Moise, Sumter. S. C.?Advt. Geo.H. Hurst, t'NDlvltTAKF.lt AND KMBALMKK Prompt attention to day or night calls. VT OLD J. D. CKAIG STAND, 101 N Main Street. Day Phone ?3?. Night Phone 10 . Teeth and Health A perfecti> nourished body Is impossible with a mouth full of decayed teeth. How Are Yours? Your health tells you ami it will not lie. I Sec Dr. Court? ney, and let him put you on the road to good health by Improving your teeth. Sumter Dental Parlors, Dr. C. II. Courtney, Prop. Over Shaw & McCollum. \y Are You Nervous? What makes you nervous? It Is the weakness of yoaf womanly constitution, which cannot stand the strain of the hard work you do. As a result, you break down, and ruin your entire nervous system. Don'l keep this upl Take Cardui, the woman's tonic Cardui is made from purely vegetable Ingredients. It acts gently on the womanly organs, and helps them to do their proper work. It relieves pain and restores health, In a natural manner, by going to the source of the trouble and building up the bodily strength. Cardui th6 Mrs. Grace Fortner, of Man, W. Va., took Cardui. This is what she says about it: 1 was so weak and nervous, I could not bear to have anyone near me. 1 had fainting spells, and 1 lost flesh every day." The first dose of Cardui helped me. Now, I am entirely cured of the fainting spells, and I cannot say enough for Cardui, for I know it saved my life." It is the best tonic for women Do you suffer from any of the pains peculiar to women? Take Cardui It will help you. Ask your druggist Write to: Ladies' Advisory Dept. Chattanooga Medidae Co.. Chattaaoota, Ttac, for Special Instructions, and 64-page book,"Host Trntmeat for Women." teat tree. ] BO ? a i %s Woman'sTonic Just Received Car load of Nails and Wire. Car load of Ivory Cement Plaster, Car load of Corrugated and Composition Roofing. 1 BUY OF US AND SAVE MONEY. DuRant Hardware Co. WE SELL LIME, CEMENT ANO PLASTER. rtiiiiimiiniittttitiMMtmttiitfiiiiiittiHHimi.iiMiiiiiiiiimm!minmnm|||?j Questions ? ? ? There ^re no questions to ask about the banking way of financial dealings. It is unquestionably the only satisfactory way. If you haven't a bank account, you have the chance of opening one with us today. The Peoples' Bank Counterfeit Dollars Buy Trouble Counterfeit Bank Account*?where ono'n surplus motte) is de? posited in an old clock, old ?lutcs, coffee pot. tin can or other "handy place**' where it is "ca-y i?> set at"?also arc a bid for trouble through possible Iokh b> theft or other mean**. Whether your surplus earnings art large or small, their safety is a matter of considerable moment to yon. W11> not use the one sure plan?ui\c your money Bank frotccttnn? Fir^t National Bank Make Good 1 5 Per I Cent LIFE HOLDS FOR YOU WHAT Y00 GIVE IT TO HOLD. There is always room at the top. Save your earnings, be energetic and prudent Hank with the The Farmers' Bank & Trust Co. and be prepared to take advantage of business opportunities. 1905?$125,000. 1913?$750.000.00