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fhtJ^atrbman airt Southron. Published WiHliiOMltv uiul Saturday. ??b r? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY 81 . S. C. Terout: 11.10 p?r annum?In advance. Advertisement*: One Square first Insertion.$1.00 Every subsequent insertion.00 Contraeta for three months, ur longer will be made at reduced rated. All communications which aub serve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect ?111 be charged for. The Sumter Watchman was found ad in 1860 and the True Southron in 1IIC. The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation and Influence cf both of tho old papers, and Is manifestly the best advertising medium In Sumter. UJrta' Exhibits for l air. Ihshopvdle Vindicator. As the holding of a fair for I.ee county was a failure, every body in? terested will have to over to the State fair to see the sph ndid exhib? its that will be there from the Girls' Tomato (dub. The county agent. Miss Grade Dell Jnmes. was busy last Monday pack? ing ie exhibits to send off to the Statt iair. It was a big task, but sho was equal to the o< i asum ami before sunset had e\, i > t hing reads for tin dray. It was interesting to note that th- r Were ;;?'? pices ..f tanned goods and |M different recipes (Of other things than tomatoes, \ i/. ft kinds of sw ????>. pickles, 2H of sour pickles. 1;> of pre? serves, 7 of Jams, 1> of .unices, ::."> of fruits and \egctables, 11 of jams. Among the jellies was some mad ? from the common May pop which is pronoun*.,! par excellent by good judges. la the art department there Will bo aprons, bonnets anil pfOSSjgd vlld flowers. <>ne of the girls did not conllne her? self altogether to tho tomatoes, but had nice .-ampbs oi sugar cane, coin and a cotton stalk full of bolls. Miss Janus left mi Wednesday to have tho exhibit in place and the t. oth properly decorated. We under? stand that Mr. Josey of St. Charles and s.\?ial others will have line ?>\ v,,dts of their farms not withstanding e failure of a county exhibit, which th the Girls* Tomato club exhibit d the Hoys' Corn club, Leo coun wdl have a pretiy good display. M Ws PROM I t.MM. j McthoilN (niiiiiTinr in Mod?Per Msnul Mention. Rsjypt, Oct. IS. ?Tlw weather Ii ai mos* too oold for cotton picking bnt tin ii. Ids ;ur SO pretty ami white, some few oan'l resist the ttmptatlon to "m t there.'* Messrs Many McLeod of Rcmbert 411<i i.. ii. White spent Sunday in i loncton n. Mr. T. i'.. White spent Tuesday in Camdnn? Mr, and .Mim. J. R, M cl .cod spent the day in Camden Monday, m. ladle White spent ;i few days with relatives at Spring Hill recently, Mr. L. a. Whte spent Monday in Biehopi die. Mia, IV <J. Peebles spent Thursday in Camden, Messrs, J. <m< l< od and l, H, Whits are attending court In Bishop villa, Miss Lottie Thomas of Rock Hill, irrlved Saturday t.? teach the Egypt School, w !?U h opened Monday. Mr, LeRoy White spent the week? end with friends and relatives at Cam den. After n pleasant stay with friends relatives Mrs. B. K. Zetioner will return home Friday, accompanied by Mrs. Jno. K. McLeod. sr. The fourth qusrterly conference* of the st. John and Remhert oharge will convene at Bt John's church on Friday, the 14th. Tin- Presiding Rld er, Rev. Wi U Herbert, will preach In the morning after which dinner WlH served on the ground and 0On? fere nee held Immediately afterward. Chicken Thief at Work. Thursday morning Councilman C. (}. Rowland woke to hnd that in the night a chicken thlel hnd visited his premises ami relieved iiim <d" a num? ber <d chlekena taking nil iron) one part ??f the fowl yard. Later on In the day the police ?.?t a due to the thief aroi some <d* ih?- stolen chlokens were locatsd, where they had been sohl. Afterwards the police made an arreal ?*f the alleged thief, the chick ? us in hi^ possession being ld< ntlfled by Mr. Rowlsnd as those missing i v m Ins l'owl yard. Mseovered Twesity?abi Years Ago. The lehwarts store arc still be? ing discovered everyday by discrim? inating people as an Institution whsre dependable merchandise and au? thentic styles are resilient vlrtusa concentrntlng also upon values li the method thai mads and keep us grow? ing. Behwarts Greater stores.?Advt Tlie lllggosl Potato. iv-i" Dee Advocate. The papers arc again bragging about the biggest potatoea The Lincoln, N. d Times thinks it bus them all beat, li says: "The largest sweet potato we ever AW is lying on the counter in J. 11. flunlslll Co's store in Lincolnton. It was grown this year by C, K. Robinson. -Mr. Robinson is by no means a novice in tin- ait of raising line fruits, watermelons ami garden truck at his surburban home in North Lincolton, The potato we saw weigh? ed sii ami t .ree-quarter pounds." We wish to remind the Times, and all other Claimants of the biggest po? tato record, that Marlboro still holds the championship of potatoes, as w?U as on cotton and corn. And the po? tato record was broken by the same man who holds the world's record for the highest yield Of corn on one acre. About a year ago, ('apt. Z. J. Drake .-??ni to this office a potato which weighed thirteen and three-quarter pounds; and the plow had cut oil' a big- ( hunk, which would have probably made the toal weight 15 pounds. This potato remained on exhibition in the front window of the Advocate office for several weeks, and was seen by hundreds of people. At the same time Capt. Drake's record breaking potato was on ex? hibition, there was Inside it in our front Window a potato raised by Hon. r. 1\ i>. Peguea in the northern part of Marlboro county, which weighed II pounds. Capt. Drake's potato came from th?* southern part of the county. Since the above was written the .following Associated Press dispat h has '.tee l received from Washington: A big sweet potato, weighing six, and three-quarter pounds, was re? moved from the desk of President | Wilson today and carried to the White House kitchen. Tin- White House chef tonight will pop it into the family pot and the prise vegetable will grace the table of the ( hud executive Of the United States at dinner. The potato, on View to the presi? dent's callers all of yesterday, was the gift of Charles ES, Robinson of Lincolntoni N. C. The donor sent it. he said, "as a sample of Democratic prosperity*" ?_ The pastors of the Bantee Associa? tion, together with the pastors of all denominations of Bumter( gathered around a barbecue at Providence! Springs last Monday. Among the ministers present were Rev. J. A. Ans ley of the Manning Baptist church and Rev. H. K. Willams, of the clar? endon llaptlst church of Alcohi Big Car FINE HORSES & MULES 2 nice Shetland Ponies. Some excellent Driving Combination Horses. A pair of the prettiest matched horses seen here in many a day. Also one car of nothing but Mules, all sizes, well paired. If you want to see a fine bunch of Livestock, visit our stables. W. B. BOYLE CO. :: Sutnter, S. C Five Reforms That urc Seeded. ProgressiN < Farmer. To i?o very frank this is the main reason why the writer is so much in? terested In working ?>ut some speedy plan whereby farmers in our pre? dominantly white communlth s may restrict future land-ownership in such communities t?> white people, We be? lieve that some such plans us we have mentioned for making home-owner? ship easy are bound to come and ought to come. But it we get n plan whereby a man can get twenty to fifty years t<? pay for a place?can pur? chase a place by paying eight <?r nine per cent a year for twenty years or just about normal rent WO shall cer? tainly m ed some plan wheh will pre? vent absentee landlords from Hooding white communities with smull-holding negro buyers. And if it Is possible to arrange this by statute, so that the negroes can know that In certain com? munities they can buy land and in certain others they cannot, will this not be far better for tin- peace and safety of both races than if the mat tor Is left unregulated, to be dealt with as the passions and Interests of the moment may determine? To sum up, it Beems to me we should? 1. Stop penalizing efforts at home owning by making a man pay tax on the full value of a place when he has paid for only a part interest. 2. impose a lower tax on lands owned and tilled by resident faimers than on lands held by absentee own? ers*. :>. Impose a lower tax on improve? ments than on the site value of the land. 4. Provide a system of rural cred? its for funishing advances for land purchases with long-period repay? ments to the lending agency. 5. Have a definite understanding ( preferably under strict legal regula? tions) that in certain neighborhoods lands will be reserved exclusively for white purchasers. A Well Lighted ( it.v. Experience has shown that a well lighted city is a safe city. Scranton. through a. liberal use of elec tricity, is admitted to be one of the best light? ed municipalities in the world. As a consequence of and not incidental to this state of affairs, we have a smaller police force than any other Ameri? can c ity of the same size. Older resider,ts will remember that a number of years ago there were cer? tain sections of Scranton that were shunned after dark because they were frequented by the thug ami the footpad. Today such places are as safe for travel as Lackawanna avenue. How was this effected? Through the use of electric lights. The former dark corners are now flooded with a blase of illumination. Chime looks not to the lighed places. It loves the dark. It thrives best where rays of lights do not penetrate. We are glad to see that the council of the city is arranging for the instal? lation of twenty-six additional street lights. They are for sections where (he lighting now is not as good as in other parts of Soranton. Triers should be no discrimination in such matters. There is real economy in the lights, too, for, as we have already shown, it is cheopcr to guard our thoroughfares with electrichy than to have a score of additional police? men.?Tribune, Scranton; Pa. _ Horry county held its first county fair this week and the atendance Thursday was 7,000. On the other days he attendance exceeded expec? tation <. Louis Henry Hartley, alleged chick? en thief, is held in the guard house for trial on the charge of stealing chickens from Councilman C. G. , Rowland. Horses & Mules Fourth Car Load of the Season to Arrive .lB,li.Monday, October 27 ~~B?~ We have in this load ten extra choice Harness and Saddle Horses, Brood Mares and 17 Mules, every one of them Mare Mules. These Horses are all good business animals, workers, drivers and saddlers; three of the Brood Mares are now in Foal. The Mules are well mated, weighing from ten to twelve hundred pounds, all in pairs. Our Mr. Booth reports this car load "as good as I could buy." Our Regular Line of Hackney and Louis burg Wagons, Osborne Mowers and Rakes. .John Deere and Syracuse Plows. Stalk Cutters. Disc Harrows, Spike Harrows. ... Sumter - Ro wland & Hackney Buggies We have what you want if it's in our line. We carry the most complete assortment in this part of South Carolina. Our prices and terms will suit you. We Have the Best One-Horse Steel Beam Plow You Ever Used. Try it. Booth-Boyle Live Stock Co. gumter, s. c L