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Ot??latcbnumaiti soutbron. Published Wednesday ?ad Saturday. ?BT? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY 8UMTER. s. a Terra: 11.10 per annum?In advance. Aul vertlseinents: One Square nrat Insertion.$1.00 Every subsequent Insertion.60 Contracts for three months, 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 respect will be charged for. The Sumter Watchman was found? ed In 18b0 and the True Southron In lilt. The Watchman and Southron aow has the combined circulation and Influencs cf both of the old papers, and is manifestly the best advertising medium In Sumter. i 1 Idctator Huerta has a long arm w -l was abl* to iv,n h <b n. IVlix I Mil/ ?ven in CsjBS) The M ominent nu n ol Mrxi'-o will be forced to unite to dnlsh Hucrta or he will send all of those who dare t<< oppose him the same road that M.tdcro travelled, see Supervisor of High Schools Hand asserts in his annual report that there ire too many women teachers in the high schools and emphasizes the ne ?ssjsity of having men as teachers for hoys of high school age. He attribute.-' the scarcity of male teachers to th* low scale of wages paid teachers in South Carolina und to the further fact that women are willing to do this work f?.r one-half the salary demand? ed by men similarly uualihcd by edu? cation und training for high school work. The remedy he suggests is so ub\lous that it should be Immediately adopt* d. He proposes that the sala? ries for school work be increased so as to afford a living wage and that no distinction be made between men and women. He justly argues that a woman who is competent to do school work a man would be employed to do. were a man obtainable should be paid the same salary a man would receive. Thf adoption of thin poli? y would ben? efit the thoroughly capable women teachers and schools. Hirn e the women Would be paid what they are worth and more men would take up teach? ing as a profession, thus filling the need for men teachers in boys' high .s. bools. see Senator Tillrnan. In his reply to Mr M<Laurin. diposes atM I and for all of the rumor thut he is opposed to Sen? ator Sml'h and Is seeking to prevent his re-election. He makes It clear] that by his vote and l?y the t sai is? of whatever influence he retains In South Carolina politics ho will en? dorse Senator Smith for re-election, ess The unv -ding in Columbia tomor? row of thje monument to the great South < atoima partisan generals of the Revolution?Sumter. Marion and I'm kens?Is an occasion of great interest 11 Sumter p-oplc, since thll ? ounty was the home of General Sumter and of his descendant:, and bears the name that he in.ob? Kvnon\mous uith pnlflOtMlg phn-k and uncotoporablo during against overpowering odds. The me? morial erect mI by the DaughtCfg of the Itexulutlon adds nothing to the fjMM oi Umssj k?-\? d n p i ?ry heroes for their place In history ia secure and their names will be renowned so loner as the love of liberty survives In the human In-art. but it is a timely an* graceful ,m t on the part of the mghters of |1m lb-volution ami serves as a reminder to present and future generations that Ihi pOOPM of South Carolina still honor the men who plSjOCd duty and the service of their country abo\e material benefits and risked their jaftSJfjSg and tin o i , * \ hat t m ir feilem eh mm i might enjoy the Inestimable I losings of freedom. see The ii1l?>ged combination of John O. Itlcbards. Charles A Smith arid OsjM l Msssm to routroi Um polltl of South Carolina should not ? rente great surprise They are not such ?trang*' bed fellows after all. a a i Tho guessing game bStWSSS I m< la tor Huerta and I'resl lent Wilson, which has beei m pffOSJtSSSJ for week.:, each trying to guess what um other will do next. Is rupidl) in arlng a sh ov down. President Wilson has exer? cised SflMOOdh : path uro in his e:. devaor to give Ilin rta every Oppor< tunity to save his face hy guessing right, but Hiorii Is oi.sin.it. and re? fuse* to a* t on any of the broad hints thiovwi out by President Wil? son. e ? ? A MJOSMOS market cannot be rreol ed In BnilSf by the erection ?,| i warehouse To make a market ?">? ? I I must OS pi.mied in sufficient SJSjantttJ tl suppori a u irehoiise. and. if Sum? te?- In p. b.r. a lehSMee market Bj0%1 \< ;ir iin.um'iip nin must be mad within the ii. xt Mra months t?? grow ItM r? '.oned sereage ol tobacco, To bu< o plant beds must be prepared and the eeed planted early In the sea? son, if there is to be a tobacco crop m Bumter county next spring, and it la more Important now to arouse Inter est in tobaOCC plant beds and tobaccn barns than In the warehouse. The building of the warehouse Is merely a matter of so many dollars and a for?-e of carpenters, hut the creation of a tObaCOO m irket is a matter of mors dlAeuHi end Involves a sTreater number of factors. Now is the tim?j for an Intelligent and vigorous cam? paign to interest a large number of far men in lohnten growing. DIA! STABBED IN 1IABANA. Thought that Former Mexican Leader lb Fatally Wounded With Knife. llabana. Nov. ti.?Gen. Felix Diaz was stabbed by ? Mexican at lu.'JO tonixht. He was wounded twice, prob tbiy fatally. The attack on Diaz occurred while he was walking on the Malecon, a fashion, i'ole promenade. He WSJ wounded behind the ear and in the neck, besides receiving several blows On the head from a cane. Daal was removed to a hospital. His assailant was arrested. Gen. Felix Diaz escaped from Msxiee October 17, taking refuge on board the United States gunboat Wheeling at Vera Cruz. He was transferred to the Louhiana, then to the battleship .Michigan, later bein^ put aboard the steamer Esperanza, which reac hed Ilabuna last Monday. As long age as October 15 the Cu? ban government was warned that M band of Mexican conspirators Was planning to kill Diaz, who then was on his way from Europe to Mexico, and Diaz was closely guarded when ho landed at Hnbana on his home? ward voyage. There were rumors of other plots, against his life, when it was learned that he was to return to ilabana. A' late Vera Cruz dispatch reported that IM.iz had left behind him there al-i leged proof that a government agent was on his way to Vera Cruz with or? ders to take Date to Mexico City, dead or alive. For Children there Is Nothing Better. ?A cough medicine for children must help their coughs and colds without bad effects on tho.r little stomachs and bowels. Foley's Honey and Tar ex aOtly Ulis this need. No opiates, no sour stomach, no constipation follows its use. Stuffy colds, wheezy breath? ing, coughs and croup are all quick? ly helped. Slbert's Drug Store.? Advt. DISEASE A MENACE. Bubonic ami Yellow Jack on Trade Itoutos. Washington, Nov. 6.?Presence of bubonic plague and yellow fever on tho great trade routes converg? ing upon the Panama canal is giving grave concern to America i health ollicials. Consul Baker today reported to the state department that during the month of October there were 112 cases of plague in Guayaquil and that yellow fever was on the In? crease there. A Night of Terror. Few nights are more terrible than that (J a mother looking on her child Choking and gasping for breath durinjt an attack of croup, and nothing iu the house to relieve it. Many moth? ers have passed nights of terror in this situation. A little forethouxht will enable you to avoid all this. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is a certain cure for croup and has never been known to fail. Keep it at hand. For sab- by all dealers.?Advt. Mr. W. J. CroWaon, who has been in Bennettevllle as editor of the East? ern Carolina News has returned to the eity to live. The Bastsrn Carolina News has recently reorganized and i k i rporated and one of the largeat s'.oekholders has ass uiu-d the editor? ship. Mr. Crowaon has been a res!? dent of Bumter for a number of rears and his many friends are glad to Wt\' come him back. ?Birmingham, Ala.?F. L. Willis, ?ilffered greatly from asthma and bronehltla He writes; "I got n< re? lief until I took Foley'l Honey and Tnr Compound, it entirely removed those choking sensations, and never failed to produce an easy and com? fortable condition <f the throat and lungs." Blbert'i Drug store.?Advt. The Imperial Hotel will be head quarters for the Hhrlners when the) irrlve in tin-; city <>n Thanksglvlnu Day. Tin-' hotel Will furnish the I banquet for them un Thanksgiving night. \s no room In tin- hotel nor in\ hall m tie- > it\ is sufficiently i irge t.. ;?tY.-rd accommodations f??r the six hundred who are expected at the ban? quet the rooms of tie- Humter Tele pone Bupply Company huve been en? gaged ?<?r this purpose. ? ?1 ? - A Maker of Health. * a good honest medicine like Foley Kidney Pills gives health to many Familie* Mrs. < >. Palmer, 138 Willow I Oreen Bay, Wl:. was serb uslj ;ii with kidney and bladder trouble, Mr Palmer writes: 'My wife i i ipldl) recoverlni her health and tr< i nth 'i ie solely to Ihe uss of Fo? ley Kidney Pills.*' filbert's Drug 1 Store \dst. FARMERS' UNION NEWS Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers. (Conducted by E. W. Dubbs, Pres? ident ?. C. Farmers Union.) Some Random Thoughts. Below the nadirs of this paper will lind some statistics gathered by L, M. RhodeSi chairman of the Nat? ional Unions Board of Directors, and published In the first issue of thei National Field, the Official organ of the Farmers' Union of the United States. 1 want to call special atten? tion to the last three paragraphs of this article. "You arc told that you cannot organize the farmer, and fail? ures of the past arc pointed out to prove the assertion." He then shows how many failures there have been in other lines of business, but no one Suggests that therefore these other businesses must be abandoned. Rend it all brother farmer, and judge for yourself whether or not his conclusions are correct or not. nee ? Thursday night L. M. Rhodes, State president of the Tennessee Union stop? ped off In Sumter on his way from Orangsburg to Blshopvllle where he spoke Friday, to confer with the South Carolina State President and Sumter county President Williams. It was a disappointment to us who invited him to stop in Sumter that we could not get out a sufficient aud lence t<> have a speech from this most effective speaker of the organization. But WC were fully repaid for our trou? ble by the interesting conference Which lasted into the night. Friday morning Pro. Rhodes went down to the Union Brokerage warehouse and Wag very much interested in the sketch of this business given by our Manager, J. M. Brogdon. ess Reports from widely separated dis? tricts in the backwoods show that j there is a decided "ground swell" of interest In the farmers' problems, and i how to meet the present day condi-; tlons Because you, Mr. Reader, do not happen to personally km v o/ these things, or because there was Such a poor response to our invita tlon to hear Pro. Rhodes Friday night or because you have not recently; heard of some Farmers' Union lead*! er being talked of for political office, do not get the idea that the union is dead and has gone the way of all the other farmers' organizations. Tick eradication and the numerous aids that the commercial world would lend to the farmer may lu ve the cen? ter of the stage and occupy the double columns of the papers under appro ? prlniely big head lines, but these are not all the news by any manner of; means. E. \V. D. i Statistics for the National Field. (By L, If. Rhodes, President Tennes? see Farmers' Union.) If this earth Continues to swing through space bearing its teeming millions from the cradle to the grave,' the farmer must fill the larder and I replenish the wardrobe. Iren mon? itor! On ribbons of steel, and panting giants of tho sea must rush to tho hungry multitudes, laden with G00, 000,000 tons of foodstuffs from the l?rmt is" Ii? Ids. To keep humanity clad the farmers must furnish the raw material for not less than 600,? ; 000,000.000 garments. 1 But WC will leave the farmers of the whole world, and point out tome facts concerning the farmers of the United states for the last 50 years. In I860 the wealth of the Whole United States was $ 10,000,000,000. , $8,ooo.COO.OOO worth of this belongs to the farmers, they shared equally With the rest of the population. Now our Wealth is estimated at $131,000, 000,000 In vane, $40,000,000,000 of this la farm property. Put io per oent of the farmers in the whole United States are renters or tenants, and not more than $2t;,000,000,000 of our farm property belongs to the farmers. The other $ 14,000,000,000 is owned by land companies, corpora? tions, men of other vocations who do not till the soil, and not more ban 20 j per oenl of our wraith belong to real! farmers In 63 years, then, we have changed our proportional holdings from 50 per cent to 20 per cent of our national wealth. Has this com.? about by the farmers' lack of Industry? Certainly not, for In the last im years they have produced $135,000,000,000 worth of producta This would buy .ill wea th iu the United states and leave $4,000,000,000, Yet the farmer is a failure in business, for he an? nually markets $6,000,000,000 worth Of products, and his annual indebt ness is $6,000,000,000. It Is esti? mated that one-half of this, or $3, 000,000,000, Is secured by a nu rtgage. Thus h< la laboring under a mort I ig? d Indebtedness of $3,000,1 00,000, ,i t un < l|ua1 to hall he sells. The gross Income of our 6,000,000 fat ins is mil) $6,000,000,000, after paying $610,000,000 interest <m our $0,000,000,000 indebtedness, taxes in surance, hired help and farm equip? ment, 'Mir net income is approxi mately $3,000,000,000, of $500 per farm, or $100 per capita for the 30, ooo,oou or people living on the farms. This must pay for the food that is not grown on the farm, fuel, lights, re? pairs, improvements, househlod furni? ture and utensils, clothing; for tin expense of sickness and of death; foi education and maintenance of the country churches. our meager incomes are not suili cient to heautfy our homes and make country life What it "hould he, and our ambitious hoys and girls fly ;?.( the dawn of manhood and womanhod to the city, to begin life's battle in rtther vocations. Our old farmers are tilling the cemeteries, and our young men the towns and cities. The farm population Is decreasing in many lo? calities, not because the consumer docs not pay enough, but because the farmer does not receive enough. The greatest fault is in distribution. Tho farmers receives $6,000,000,000, the consumer pays $13,000,000,000. The Farmers Union believes in equity, justice and the Golden Rule. So let's make what seems to be a fair division Of this $13,000,000,000. Give the re? tailer $1,500,000,000, wholesaler and jobber $1,000,000,000, transportation $1,000,000,000, loss In handling, and miscellaneous, $500,0 jo.ooo, leaving to the farmer $9,000,000,000, or$3,-| 000,000,000 more than he does get. j This would increase his gross income j 50 per cent, or double his net income, ( or pay our farm indebtedness in two years, or pay off all mortgages in one year. As every dollar in this country circulates or changes hands an aver? age of 31 times per annum we lose enough money to do $03,000,000,000 worth of business. To change these conditions 'and save this waste the farmers must co-cpera.e. In order to co-operate they must organize. Ah, there you are! You are told that you cannot organize the farmer, and fail? ures of the past are pointed out to 1 prove the assertion. I Well, do other vocations surren-( dor and quit the fight on account of failures? Merchants fail and heir goods go into the hands of receivers, but no one says to the mercantile world: "Close your doors." Railroad companies fall, trains run off the track, cars and freight arc destroyed, passengers are killed, and attorneys! wind up those companies, but rail? roads still run. Our 100,000 ministers of the gospel preach approximately 5,000,000 sermons per annum, yet two-thirds of the people in this coun-! try are not church-goers, but certain-! ly no one would advise discharging the ministers and closing the church 1 I houses. We have lawyers defending people for crime in every court in tin country, while others prosecute crimi? nals?they cannot always convict the guilty nor acquit the innocent, but we do not advise the lawyers to close their offices and quit their profession, because they make a few failures. Physicians do not succeed in keep? ing everybody from sickening and dying, for we have 1,500,000 deaths In the United States per annum; 630, 000 of these are untimely. We have an average of 3,000,000 sick people every day, and spend $3,000,000,000 every year on account of sickness and death, but will we refuse to take an) more medicine because physicians fail to cure everybody? We have had a bank failure every four days since the civil wyar (aver? aging a week of bank failures every month.) Depositors have lost $1, 000,000,000 in bank failures in a hall century, but will we advocate closing the banks and bury our money in the 1 ground and all go back to mlserdom just because a bank sometimes fails? To argue that the farmers should quit and not try to organuizo on account of past failures, would be an unpural eled exhibition of unblushing gall or extreme ignorance. BUafXER COTT? V MARKET. Corrected Daily I!y Ernest Field Cotton Buyer. Sumter, Nov. 10. Good Middling 13 1-4. Strict Middling 13 1-S. Middling 13. Strict l.<?w Middling 12 3-4. Low Middling 12 1-4. Staple cotton 14 1-3 to 16. More Dottles Bold Bach Year. ?It is easy to understand why an in? creasing number of bottles of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound i* sold yearly. Tho.-. Vcrran. 2Si\ Kdward street. Houghton, Mich., gives an ex? cellent reason when he writes: "Fo? ley's Honey and Tar Compound has always proven an effective remedy, quickly relieving tickling In the throat, and stopping the cough with no bad after effects. Bibert's Drug Store.?Advt. LOST?White and lemon pointer dog pup eight months old, mar Cain Savannah, about October 3rd Itc? ward if returned to Robert Shelor. W.wrr.h?A position as farm over seei-. Desire a large farm; am fully compeb nt. Can give good ref? erence. Apply to i?. i:. llrunson Humter, s. c. We Pay Highest Cash Prices for I Don't give your profits away ship direct to us by express and get your 1 money next day. We pay highest prices for green and dry hides of all kinds Beeswax, Tallow and old Metals, old Rubber and Furs. Try us with a ship? ment now. Send for Pri-~e List. CAROLINA HIDE & JUNK CO. CHARLESTON, S. C. Hookworm Specialst Here. i>r. i<\ C. Rogers, the hookworm specialist of the state Board of Health who will have charge of the hook? worm < a npalgn in Sumter county during the next two months, arrived In the city today and is making ar rangemei ta to begin work. He will establish five offices In the county at which he will have regular appoint ment* for examination of hookworm suspects. He will also visit tho schools and deliver lectures at sehoc-s and public gatherings for the purpc I i of explaining the object of the hook? worm eradication campaign and til i arouse interest in the work. Dr. Rogers will announce the location of the hookworm offices as soon as he has decided which points will be most advantageous. L Saved Girl's Life "I want to tell you what wonderful benefit I have re? ceived from the use of Thedford's Black-Draught," writes Mrs. Sylvania Woods, of Clifton Mills, Ky. "It certainly has no equal for la grippe, bad colds, live: and stomach troubles. I firmly believe Black-Draught saved my little girl's life. When she had the measles, they went in on her, but one good dose of Thedford's Black-Draught made them break out, and she has had no more trouble. I shall never be without hi mm. THEDFORD'S BUCK-DRAUGHT in my home." For constipation, indigestion, headache, dizzi- J[ ness, malaria, chills and fever, biliousness, and a!l similar Jg? ailments, Thedford's Black-Draught has proved itself a safe, a? reliable, gentle and valuable remedy. (| If you suffer from any of these complaints, try Black- t Draught It is a medicine of known merit Seventy-five * years of splendid success proves its value. Good for J? young and old. For sale everywhere. Price 25 cents. ^ ? SAY NOW if you need a stove, heater or grate you can save money by buying of us now as we arc going to dispose, of the balance of our stock of these Bjooda at reduced prices for the next few days. DuRant Hardware Co., WE SELL LIME, CEMENT AND PLASTER. ?+?444 144 44+1 ? 111 f?++++4^++++444 ????????????????????: t +444rt4 ftt?4? M4+4+4+444444 Climb! 4 ? + ? i t it 4 ? (( 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. r tt ? 4 Bank of Sumter * 4 4- * v 444v44*44444444444444444444444444444444444444444 | ?444r4v?t*t4*444444444444444*444v*4**4444444444444v4