The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 12, 1913, Image 4
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. ^
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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.,
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