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If br oOtatcbnuut ati ?outljroit. Publbdicd Wednesday and Saturday. ?BT? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY BL'MTKK, 8. C. Teruui I 11.10 per annum?In advance. Advertisements: One s.jMur? Arst insertion.$1.00 Every subsequent Insertion.60 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communication! which sub? serve private Interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. The Sumur Watchman was found? ed In 1860 and the True Southron In IMi. The Watchman and Southron aow has th% combined circulation and influence cf both of the old papers, and Is manifestly the best advertising medium In Sumter. i ? Former Senator John L. McLaurin has discovered that Bloasism is not the quintessence of ull the political \irtues. Perhaps he would not have seen the light hail the Blease confer? ence endorsed the statesman from Marlboro for Governor. see There seems to have been too much Charles Carroll Simms in the Jef? ferson Hotel caucus to suit Mr. Mc? Laurin. so. with all the dignity he I ssesses. he wraps his tattered toga about him and retreats to the shades of private life. Vale, farewell, skid doo ' see Th?> Ameri? ans, w ho fled from Mexico, when 1'resub nt Wilson warn? ed American citizens resident in that country to arrange their adairs and return at once to the country whose protection they claimed, may yet have cause to congratulate themselves that they were wise enough to give heed to good advice. Those who remained hu\. ?pent their time scoffing at Pres id. ot Wilson and Jeering at the scary folks who fled, but are now In a panic to pat out and are finding it difficult to obtain Iran -qiortation. When things get a li?;b. worse in Mexico, as they are bound to do. these ? \ pntrlatcs who have been abusing the tinted States and the udmlniHtrution will clamor for warships und an army to come to their rescue. 1NCONSISTFN? V OF IILFASF. Without mentioning any name, ac? cording to reports published in some of the morning daily newspapers. 0asjfjtMf Blease at the round-up of his forc?s in Columbia the .other night, made an attuck upon the man who introduced the resolution befoi. '.e Stute Executive Committee to in? vestigate the primary of last summer. In the n?-xt breath the chief executive pleads tor u fair primary. The News and Courier correspond? ent, in reporting the meeting, says that Iii? hard I. Manning, of Sumter, candidate for governor, is the one re? ferred to l?y the governor and the history ad the aftermath of the till campaign bears o it this assertion. But Go\ernor Chaise, if he desires t ? be fair, should have |oM his au? dience the whole truth of Mr. Man? nings stand b.f-.re the Executive Geananfttteeh of his Aght f<T ? clean pnmar\ and al the reason for the in? troduction of the resolution that seems to have angered the governor so much that he has singled out Mr Man aing .is a subject ol attack, while de .during repeatedly and vociferous? ly that he would inks no band In the first primary of tin- gubernatorial con? test. We do not wonder that Mi. Manning has chosen to ignore at this time the governor's distorted version of the |.. t-formanee of a duty to tic p. ..p'e of South Carolina. The lee BJ is yf hu part in the Kxec ItlVS Com? mittee meetings are an open book and the fair-minded people of this State are not gedng to be fooled Into believ? ing that Mr. Manning die anything but whut was exactly right In the cir eurnstuaces. When the State BgeCnttV* Commit tee met. after the second primary ol the 1*12 eampaign. the e were pre? sented protests ??n loth sides and re? quests to Investigate the primary eier? te n. Governor Blease and his friends charged fraud on the Jones side and friends of Judge Jones presented a formal petition on bis I.?hall with re gard to alleged irregularities. No other evidence of the Blease (barge of fraud is needed than the remarks credited to him and his lieutenants at the conference the other e\enmg. l.i bard 1 Manning, member of the State Executive Committee, with the charges of fraud before the cmmif tee and with the . r> . m evef) side 1 la vestlgute the primary and keep pure the election machinery ol th? DeOMi ?ratie partv in South Carolina," intio duced a reMdutloii to hfefcs the pri? mary. It was a non partisan action snd it needs im defense at our hands. Insinuation^ were made about Mi. Mann11 g s not serving on the sut? ooin? lolttee lhal aOilinalSd ?he probe. Thi* has satisfactorily be* n exi Pilned to ill pel bap l . ? the ll tie lie rs \\ ho applauded Governor Blense'i Inoon atstsnt remarks Following Ihe meetlni of the com* mlttec at which the resolution WU passed, Mr. Manning was celled out of the state on Important buelneei thai conld not be delayed. He knew that bj DOttM not gel bach to South Car ollna In time to begin tin- Investigation which be, moreover, felt Should be andertnken at once, Hence, he aaked 111 bs sacused from serving in order that oihers who might go to work at OnOti could Inks the matter In hand and reach a conclusion as quickly as possible. This he felt was necessary. When Mr. Manning returned to Soi Tn Carolina from his trip, he lonnd that the probe had not pro gresned very far and he, immediately, wrote John Gary Evans, State Demo? cratic hairman, calling upon him to Older the work forward so as to de? clare the result of the primary and tho Investigation and let the people of the State know just what had been ac? complished. Later when the whole committee was called tQ meet, it was Mr. Man? ning who introduced the resolution t > declare the result on the face of the returns, and it was the passage Of this resolution that declared Cole L. BlCSSC governor, and the other men who at? tained majorities in the second pri? mary to their respective offices. These evidences of fair play, these efforts to safeguard the Democratic primary in our State and preserve It intact from outside control, arc now distorted and used as tempting mor-1 sels to catch the popular fancy, by the governor. When the people un-' der.stand the real facts in the case they will applaud Mr. Manning und others who stand for pure elections; and for white supremacy in govern? mental control. Only recently Mr. Manning outlined his views on tip' primary question by stating, in effect, that he favors every white man, not j disqualified by constitutional or stat? utory provisions, being alowed to vote once, and only once. He is one ot those who are making the light to re? tain the purity of the ballot in South | Carolina, and he should not be maligned by unscrupulous politicians who are seeking their own personal advancement. The people of South Carolina, who so love fair treatment will not stand for It. They will rally to the support of any man so un justlv attacked, especially when that man has the traits of Richard 1. Man? ning. The spectacle Of Blease, in one breath attacking a member of the Exeeutive Commitee charged With the duty?for asking for pure pri? maries, and in the next moment mak? ing a plea for these same honest elec? tions, will only tend to convince the people of Mease's determination thai the primaries in this State shall b I thrown ope'n to all sort of irregulari? ties. It will be seen which will tri? umph and that the people are tired oi the pretense of non-partisanship ami fairness evidenced under Bleaseism already abundantly has been shown. 1 lock> Bluff News Notes. Rocky Bluff, Oct. 30.?Most of the corn, hay and peas have been gather? ed. Some nave dug potatoes and in! placei most of the cotton has been picked. There has been a large crop of corn and ponvlnc hay made ami potatoes are wry good, while cotton Id not as short as was expected at on I time. Some have about finished planting oats, whi e ?Ubers have just started. Messrs. John and Ed McLeod ami Charlie Baker spent last Sunday at Pisgnh. Mr. Ott Hattield of Belhune Span I Sunday here. Mr. T. II. Jackson and family, Mr. J. J. Hattield and family and Mr. M. E. Capell's family spent Sunday at Mr. W. F. taker's Mrs. Eogle who has been spending some time with he/ daughter, Mrs. \\ . B. Wells, has gone to Privateer to Visit relatives. Mr. Lawrence and family of Brog* dog spent Sunday at Mr. H. 11. Win-1 bios'. Pain in Hack and Ithcumutism Torment thousands of people daily. Don't bs one of these suffer* eis when for so little cost you can get well mi of the cause, Poley Kid? ney Bills begin their good work from the very fust ?los?-. They exert so direct an action on the kidneys ami blttdder tli.it the pain ami torment ot Imekaehe, rheumatism ami kidney trouble is soon dispelled. Kibert's I >rug Store. ? Ad. t. Ths many friends of Mr. c. E. Btubbs will be sorry to bear that lo? ts still in a serious condition, im im provomenl having been noted since Krida* i .. \ Muhl of Tenor. Few nights ar?" ne",' terrible ih.'itl tb.it of a mother looking on her child < hob Ina and guaplni tor breath during an attnek ot croup, ami nothing In the house to relieve it. etnny moth? ers have passed nights of terror in tins situation. A little forethought will enable you to avoid ail tins. Chnmberlaln'a Cough Remedy Is a certain curs for croup ami bus never been known I., tail K?cp it at html. Pol sale b . all desist a Advl. THE NEW JERSEY CAMPAIGN. Bryan Taken up Defense of President About Whom State Campaign i Waged. Bllsnbeth. N. J.. Oct. 81,?Rcpudiu tlon or Indorsement of the policies of President Wilson today was declared by Secretary Bryan to be the issue In the New Jersey campaign this year. Mr. Bryan spoke here In the Interest of the Democratic candidate for gov? ernor. James i\ Fielder, Secretary Bryan declared that dur? ing the first year of his administra? tion Preaideni Wilson has set the country free from the moneyed inter? ests. He added that the tariff was another thing with which campaigners for the Republican party in the past had made it a rule to terrorize the peb pel by telling them that to tamper with the tariff was to invite a panic. President Wilson, he said, proved this argument to he a fallacy. Alluding to the pending currency hill, Secretary Bryan declared thai the measure now before the senate was a "marvel of constructive legisla tlon." "In the old days the secretary of the treasury,' when there was a change i pending in the currency question, used to run up to Wall street," he said, "hut ; now this has been changed and WC Und Wall street men at Washington protesting against any ?hange." _ Nervous and Sick Headaches. Torpid liver, constipated bowels amb disordered stomach are the causes of these headaches. Take Dr. King's New Life Pills, you will bo surprised how quickly you will get re? lief. They stimulate the different or- ; gans to do their work properly. No better regulator for liver and bow? els. Take 25c and invest in a box to? day. At all druggists or by mail H. K. Ducklen & Co., Philadelphia and , St. Louis.?Advt. child BURNED to DEATH, _ Mother Faints While K?nning to \ Bencue of Her son. Clinton, S. C, Nov. 1.?Thomas Chapman, the 3-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter A. Davis, who lived about three miles east of Clinton, was' fatally, burned yesterday afternoon while playing about the home. j Mrs. Davis had gone out In the yard about 12.30 o'clock to attend to BOJOB/O domestic duties, and had left ?kfi children in the back yard playing.;I Soon alterward she heard screams and upon looking in the direction of the house saw the child on the back porch enveloped In Hames. She had a fence to cross before she could go to the house, and in her efforts io reach the child she was so overcome that she fainted. As soon as she re? covered Sufficiently she again ran in the direction of the house, but upon seeing the suffering child a secoml time she again fainted. When the child was reached it Was so badly burned that there seemed to be no hOpCS for its recovery. Phy? sicians were Immediately summoned, i?ut despite their efforts to give relief, death came about 5 o'clock. More Dottles Sohl Fach Year. ?It is easy to understand why an in? creasing number of bottles of Foley'B Honey and Tar Compound is sold yearly. Thos. Verran, 286 Edward 1 Street, Houghton, Mich., gives an ex? cellent reason when he writes: "Fo by s Honey and Tar Compound has always proven an effective remedy, quickly relieving tickling In the throgt, and stopping the cough with no bad after effects. Blbert'8 Drug Store.?Advt. KILLED IN PLANING MILL. Remains of M. T, Dragdon Interred Near Manning. Manning. Nov. 1.?Mr. Mark T. Brngdon, formerly of this county, was i killed in a pinning mill in Savannah 1 j about noon yesterday. The body was ' brought here this morning and in? terred In the Tisdale family burying ground, about four milei west of Man nlng, Mr. Bragdon was engaged as a machinist, and had just adjusted 8 (dining machine that had got out of; working ordt r. and when he started In a board to sei> how the machine Worked, n knot was struck, and a piece dew out, striking him In the ehest and killing him instantly. Mr. BragdOll was a son of Mr. J. T. I'.ragdon, of Columbia, but formerly of this coun? ty, ami a son-in-law of Mr. T J. Tis dale, of this county. He was 88 years old and leaves his wife and one little boy, The burial service was conducted by the Rev, J. A. Ansleir, pastor of the Manning Baptist chuivb. Nearly Every Child Has Worms. Paleness, at times a Hushed face, unnatural hunger, picking the nose, great thirst, >tc? nre Indications of worms. Klckapoo Worm Killer is a reliable, thorough medicine for the removal of all kinds of worms from Children and adults. Klckapoo Worm Killer In pleasant candy form aids digestion, tones system, overcoming constipation and Increasing tin- action ot the li\ei-. is perfectly safe for even the most delicate children, Klekai. Worm Killer makes chil? dren happy und healthy, 2Bc, Quar I anteed, Try it Drug stores or by mad Klekai. Indian Medicine Co.', I Philadelphia and ^t. I.one \d\ t. GREATEST RADIUM MINES. Will bo Developed in The Paradox Valley of Colorado. An experimental plant, using entire? ly now methods developed by the United states Bureau of Mines, for mining radium, will be erected in the Paradox Valley of Colorado by the National Radium Institute, recently organized in Delaware with Dr. How? ard A. Kelly, of Baltimore, as one of tiie directors, says i dispatch from The Sun's Washington Bureau. The ridum found in the mines of Colora? do, as announced last week, will be devoted to experiments in radium therapy, especially the curing of can? cer and to investigate the physical and chemical effects of radium rays. Dr. Charles L. Parsons, chief of the Division of Mineral Technology of the Bureau ol" Mines, who is one of the directors of the National Radium j Institute, holds that the Paradox Valley of Colorado is the richest ra? dium-hearing held in the world. The institute has obtained the right to mine 27 claims in thi" valley. It is j amply supplied with funds to carry out its purpose. The radium is to be used for humanitarian purposes and will not be offered for sale. Dr. Parsons, in a recent prelimi? nary statement, declares there is three times as much radium being made from the carnotite ores of Colo? rado and Utah as from all other sources in the world. This ore has i been sold to European manufactur era at prices commensurate with its j radium value, while much of the low grade ore was discarded and wasted. Many of the old dumps are now be? ing reclaimed for the purpose of re? covering the material thrown away. Dr. Parsons, in a Bureau of Mines statement recently published, sajs: "The popular belief that the chief sources of radiun is the mineral1, pitchblende, especially from mines at Joachimsthal, Bohemia, which are | under the control of the Austrian gov? ernment, is inaccurate. Some pitch? blende has been produced from mines in Gilpin county, Col., and autunite, ? another radium-bearing mineral, has been found in South Australia and in Portugal, but carnotite, the most im? portant ore of radium, is found, out? side of the United States-, only in South Australia and Russian Turkestan. The Paradox Valley region of Colorado is the richest raidum-bearing held in the world. "Carnotite la lemon-yellow mineral containing the rare metals uranium and vanadium, an'd in Colorado and Utah is usually found in pockets in sandstone. It can be told by its col? or and appearance, and especially by its being radio-active. If a photo? graphic plate be wrapped in several thicknesses of paper, a key or oth- j er metallic object placed; on the pa- \ per, the two or three ounces of car? notite be suspended above t,he whole i in a light-tight box, and then, after three or four days, the plate develop ? ed, an image of the key or other ob? ject will be found on the plate. The radium is associated with the uranium' in the ore, and can be separated from | vanadium, uranium and other metala I by Chemical treatment. "The price of radium is about $120. per milligram of radium metal, which is equivalent to approximately $91, 000 per gram of radium chloride, or $70,000 per gram of anhydrous ra? dium bromide, the forms in which) radium is sold. "The total quantity of the ore in Colorado and Utah regions, because of its pockety nature, cannot be esti? mated with any accuracy, but al? though the money value of the ore mined in a single year will never ap? proach that of this country's output of several of the common metals, yet the value to the public of these depo its; is not to be measured in dollars and j cents. "Developments in the application of radium to medicine are coming fast, and With the production of a sufficient quantity of radium In this country, cures may be affected that have been impossible with the smaller amounts heretofore available to physicians. "It is doubtful If at present there is in the hands of the medical profess oil of America more than a single gram of'this rare element and the results! of Investigations soon to he publish* ed will show that tin- concentrated action of rays from several bundled milligrams of the element arrest cer? tain forms of cancer and other malig? nant growths when smaller quanti? ties are without beneficial effect." Declare War on Colds. A crusade of education which aims "that common colds may become un? common within the next generation" has been begun by prominent New York physicians. Here Is a list of the "don'ts" which the doctors say will prevent the annual visitation of the cold. "Don'l sit in a draughty car.*' "1 ion'1 sleep In hot rooms." ' I lon'l a\ oid the fresh air." "Don'l stuif yourself at meal time. Overeating reduces your resistance." To whli h we would add wie n you take a cold uet rid of it as quickly ' as possible, To accomplish that ypu will And Chamberlain's Cough ftem edy niosi excellent. Sold hj all deal eis. AdVt. Immediate Effects of Tariff Revision. Four years ago, as the Payne-Al drlch tariff was about to go into ef? fect, the custom-house of New York through winch two-thirds of the coun? try's imports are entered, was be eged by a frantic mob of customs brokers, importers, and representa? tives of manufacturers who import direct their raw materials, anxious to enter their goods before the mid? night hour, when the new tariff ra.e.? were to go into effect. Ships laden with goods to the bursting-point were straining every nerve in a mad race across the Atlantic to get into port be? fore the fatal hour; their captains, with declarations in hand, were met by anxious owners of imported mer? chandise at the enrance to the har? bor, taken on swift harbor craft, and rushed to the custom house to get the entry registered in time to secure the benefit of the old Dingley rates? the very rates which American people had found too high, and for the down, wed revision of which they had given a mandate to President Taft and the Republican party a lew short months before. This mad scramble to get in under the old rates furnished the most telling ocular refutation of the so? phisticated claims of the authors of the Payne-Aldrich act that the new law was a revision downward. The travail of producing the new tariff this year has been marked by striking contrast to what occurred four years ago; no frantic crowds try? ing to break into the custom house; no racing of ships across the ocean; no burning of midnight oil at the cus? tom house to accommodate desperate merchants. Instead, everybody hold? ing imports down to the level of im? mediate needs; goods either held back on the other side or stored in bond? ed warehouses waiting to be released after the tariff was to go into effect. Henca a decline in imports at the port of New York during the three months of June, July and August ol twenty-one million dollars as com? pared with the imports for the same months last year, in the face of a nor? mal increase of imports from year to year. Hence also an increase in the value of. merchandise stored in bond? ed warehouses on the eve of the en? actment of the new law (to avoid pay? ment of duty until released for con? sumption) of twenty million dollars over the same period last year, thus making a total decline of imports for consumption for three months of $41, 000,000.?American Review of Re views* A Consumptive Cough. A cough that bothers you continu? ally i.s one of the danger signals which wan s of consumption. Dr. King'a New Discovery stop the cough, loosen the cheat, banish fever and let you sleep peacefully. The first dose checks the symptoms and gives prompt reih ( Mrs. A. F. Mertz, of Glen Fllyn, Iowa, writes: ' Dr. Kng's New Discovery cured a stubborn cough alter six week's doctoring fail id to help." Try it, as it will do the same for you. Hest medicine for coughs, colds, throat and lung trou? ble. Money back if it fails. Price 50c and $1.00. All druggists, by mail, H. E. Bucklen & Co., Philadelphia or St. Louis.?Advt. -j ; FACT. Local Evidence. Evidence that can be verified. | Fact is what we want. J Opinion is not enough. Opinions differ. * f . ' Here's a Sumter fact. j You can test it. W. IL Folsom, salesman, 101 Hampton Ave., Sumter, S. C, aays: "My back ached and if I mace a quick move, I had sharp twinges through? out my body. After sitting for awhile, I had to lift myself up. The kidney secretions were unnatural and filled with sediment. Doan's Kidney Pills, procured at China's Drug Store, gave me relief and after taking them I en? joyed good health. I gladly confirm my former public endorsement of Doan's Kidney Pills. The benefit I got has been permanent." For sale by all dealers. Price 60 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's?and take no other. No. 30. Geo.H. Hurst, UND ERT AK ER AND FMBADMEK, Prompt attention to day or night cells, AT OLD J. D. CRA1G STAND, Ml N. Main Street. Day Phone M?. Night Phone Sg_ Climb! (f Don't stand still and watch the others getting ahead of you?Climb! {f The way to climb is to have a bank account and keep it growing. 4 Bank of Sumter 1905 1913 The Farmers' Bank and =Trust Co.-? Our record speaks for itself. We are helping to place the farming interest of our country on a cash basis. We want one thousand additional, good farm accounts. COURTEOUS TREATMENT AND AMPLE ACCOMMODATIONS