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(T!k ool;it(hm;in;u? Routinen. Published Wednesday and Saturday. ?BT? <>-iii\ ITMitTHI^r t ompan v. BUMTKlt, 8. C. Tonus: 11.10 per annum?In advance. AdvertiscmeuUi: Or>? Square first Insertion.$1.00 Cvsry aubssquent Insertion.. .. .50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub? serve private Interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. The tiuinter Watchman was found? ed In IK50 and the True Southron in 111$. The Watchman and Southron low has ths combined circulation and Influence cf both of the old papers, end It manifestly the best advertising medium In Sumter. letter I'rcm DuUell. r,\\, Nov. It,?Ninety per cent of the cotton crop is out and sold and the farmers feel that tin y have hern fairly well paid for what they have put on the market. The CTOp turned ?tut tolcrubly well after the bu?kward appearance in the late miinmt'r, whin wo thoiiKht It would not be a heavy one at all. We are glad to say. it was netter than we ex? pected. The SfCfttb I i I ? < i. an II n e for gathering as we could .ik. The i orn is about in and a lot of oats ami vetch planted. A good many p??as have yet to la* gathered, but when the farmers get straight In be? ll,nd them. It will not take long to get them. Some of the farmers will be a lit? tle short on pork this season, SJ the rholera got in nno.ni; tho ho lust winter and spring and killed out a gr. ii many pigs, as well uk a lot of hogs The hog cholera is a Very fatal disease and e \ e i y farmer should t ike every precaution possible against It. The situation now, us It looks us In the face. Is a strong evidence that the larsBtffl "f UM whole eountry must take a greater Interest In the raising of live stork. Hog produets re high in pre I ami from what we sad in tb. i u| ers, the probability is hag ha\e not gat n o bed the top not' h Mr. II. T. Edens' sale came off last Friday, tho 21st, as previously adver? tised, but it was not lt mi j Th.'i ? were sewral pfagggg w h > would like to buy some land, but the present money conditions, with the hl?h prices they would have to pay for it. has a temb nay It make them hesi? tate. I'nlesa we get a monetary system that b u commodating, so that a man ran get money on longer terms. With a lower rate of interest, the prospects will never be very bright for the i<e p.-or man to own any land In this country. We read of hvM. in.i in other eountries. that accommodate themsehes to the con? ditions and are pfOVtag to be a sue cess and why not some method of those kind* in this country, "the land of the free and the home of the brave." We claim to be abend Ol other nations in so many other re a. e m. it does saeni llsll <>ur repre? sentatives In our national affair:' should ha\e brains sutlicient to de vim? u seheme in our liuaneial sys? tem whereby the honest and hard workirtg people could s? c u re money on terms that they could buy a home and pay for It. We t.ilk and read of. the hi?h cost of living and are cry? ing out. hnel to the farm. but as b ug as our money system remains as it Is. the farm will OOntlntM 10 be depopulated and the towns and cities will keep on growing in num? bers, ev?n though the class that! flock to them should be undesirable to them. The misfortune is the bet? ter element is lea\ing the farm, and whv? he. a use they can not get a fo,,tho|,| and they don't propose to |t g ami labor as tenants and slaves fop the landlord, where tiny can not live decently and no man of any consideration for humanity, can blame them. |.?t us hope for better eon dltlons In the near future. We nee that Oov. Itlease has tend? ered loo of the cons h is a Tbanksglv 1 ig present by paroling them. If he will turn out g few BgefO, he Ml Md\ertise the p?intentiary for rent. We also see |u the papers that Tlllkev and (ireeee hi\e rotten baek together and we llTe eeltailllv glad of It, as the price of lard is out of sight and Vsjg know turkey is mighty dry I uting VMIlOSJl a little uravy Og It. The l:? \. ?i K gng Mrs Wav luiv ? goro- |a the Conf. reu? , ,t Reek Mill this week. K\ot\hody here is busy and noth? ing out of the ordinary is going n iif gnejfge ?>nr people are orepaKni for n gsjt d dinner today. It being Thatik*gi\ ing i m| |n\ s| i |? Ml \|,? I or Kale |1 B bargain, or exchange for OOtton reed, if ran net sjateh, c. r Osnoen, Munter. S FARMERS' UNION NEWS Practical Thoughts for Practical Fanner*. tConducted by K. W. Dabbs, Pres? ident 8. C. Farmers Union.) Some Random Thoughts. With OOttOJI nearer picked out than for mono years at Thanksgiving on account <>f the line picking weather that has prevailed, it seems strange that farmers would let a normal' ginning raporl sand prlcag down near? ly a cent a pound, and they continue to sell as last as w hen cotton was ad raaOlng in price. Some one in the Cotton trade will make a fortune when the size oi this crop i>, den nitely known. Will there be any fgraven with OOttOn lo reap the re? ward ? e e e Thai was a splendid showing made by the boys and girls of Sumter coun |y last Saturday. President Williams of tbe Farmers' Union and .Miss Lem Rion have just ground to be proud of I heir > ears' work. Why is it that there is not more interest in the J Fanners' Union w hich was the original promoter of these activities? Why should farmers who started this splendid work of a better agriculture turn it over to the merchants and the b.mks? e e a From Williamsburg county there is a letter before me giving an ac? count of the good work that a newly organlied local union is doing to pro-, mote the financial interests of its members. Another recently organ-! Had local union in the same county lias bought two acres of land and will build a hail for a permanent meet? ing place. These men are not new converts, but they are the working mernbers of dead unions around them, who found conditions getting worse after the unions died, and they have determined to reorKuni/.e. e e e From two other counties I have re? cent assurances of immediate re? organisation. The Farm Demonstra? tion w??rk, the Hoys' Corn Clubs and ('?iris' Tomato Clubs, the Alfalfa und over croj) clubs are all doing a good work, but thoughtful farmers are seeing that these admirable ugencies ate not doing the work of the Farmers' Union. In P.arnwell und tantggttf. I had the pleasure last week of addressing large aud? it noes on "Some Problems of the Farmers and How the Union Can Help Solve Them." e e e The main thought in both was the need "To Systematize Methods of Production und Distribution," and how this is necessary'' to bring farm - ?ng up to the standard of other indus? tries and business enterprises. These two important things laid down in ti\e declaration of purposes of the Farmen Union are nearly always lost Sight of in the other one "to assist Our members in buying and Selling" with tbe main thought on the "buy? ing." ess Tbe adaptation of production to the labor available in a community to j the markets Of that community, to the' building op of that community, is a job for community effort that de? mands mir most serious considera? tion. And there must be an honest effort in the local unions to meet this question ami solve it before mueh peogross can be made in other import? ant Improvement! in farm life. So far as 1 know, it has been absolutely ignored, but if not studied between now and next May many a fond dream of tbe furmers and the business men of the country will be thin air next autumn. see They had a good county fair in the court hOUae at P.arnwell, but the town was hideous with a midway of bum shows and catch penny Kamb? ium devices. Pan- aster had a good meeting for tbe common good. It was with sincere regret that l could not siav to all of its sessions. When aaked about a COUnty fair, I repeat? ed what I said in a smoker of the the Chamber of Commerce some years ago, upon which l bliebt young mart of Bumter got < tf an amusing doggerel to tn.- effect, "No midway., no crowd; no rrowdi no fair." My observation in Barnwell confirms me in the opinion: Hotter no fair than to till a lOWM with SUeh bum atrae tii na put ? nough tor this lime, p. w. i>. Nll.P XII? HAKIM IN OBEYING LAW. Mr MeAefcMn on the situation. i it merely j< coincidence that tin same day Secretary IfoAdofl issued ins statement about the financial out io.,k. ihe ehalrman of the commit te< I he National Farmers1 Union mail ed him 'i letter culling on him t<? ex? tent! the thin- und Increase the amounts of the "crop moving de I posits,and to place these deposits with the bank! that are nerving the farmer!? Uather doe! it not show that tiu- Farmer!' Union committee was right in September when it stated that December 15th was too earl) to make recalls and that the re? strictions and Complications prevented the local banks from participating In the deposits and thus granting relief to their customers. ess If the hanks are "to proceed with perfect safety" In granting Of accom? modations to their customers In the normal and usual way, they must be able to deal directly with the treas? ury |f the large available resources at its command are lobe made avail? able to the banks. The committee of the union took that position In the interview with the president and sec? retary In September. That nothin;; came Of it is due to the general pros? perity that came from 13 and 14 cents cotton and the refusal of bankers tn join with the union In protests to the secretary. 0 0 0 With cotton declining every day with no other just reason than cur? rency uncertainty, it is time for ac? tion. The trade may give all sorts of reasons about good weather and a big crop resulting. They know that the October lsth and 19th frosts ef? fectually put a slop to a big crop and the good weather since has just en? abled the farmers to pick the crop more rapidly than usual. It looks like nothing but low prices for col ton will bring the farmers together, is the decline sufficient to .bring out a full attendance at the county union meeting on Friday? <>r will the members of the union wait for still further decline! before they get to? gether to plan for relief? ess Mr. McAdoo's statement in the pa? pers of Saturday Confirm my belief that With the proper representations to him by the trainers and the bank? ers, the treasury can and will serve the people well in this emergency. He shows now, as both thr* president and he made plain to the committee of the National Farmers' Union^ a willingness and the ability to prevent a money stringency! The committee Of the National Farmers' Union on Tuesday wrote him a strong letter, showing him the need of* immediate action on his part. The day that let? ter was mailed he gives out a state? ment showing his appreciation of the gravity of the situation, and of? ? fering the resources of the treasury to the banks of the country. Will the county banks through their proper committees, join with the committee of the Farmer!* Union now. to ar? range with the secretary for the dis? tribution of treasury deposit! so as to give the relief needed? Or will they let the banks of the larger cities, with their (dealing house com? mittee!, go up to Washington and ap? propriate to their exclusive use ?he people's money, as they have done so Building Material and Feedstuffs T\T O^ll Rough and Dressed Lumber, Flooring, Ceiling and Siding, VV t wjV I I --Mouldings, Shingles, Lathes, Metal and Composition 7 T w UVA1 Roofing, Lime, Cement, Plaster Paris, Hard Wall Plaster, Fire Brick and Clay Ornamental Brick, Mortar Colors, Shingle Stain; Sewer ;;nd Drain Pipe, and a Full Line of Building Material of all Kinds. Also Hay, Grain, Mixed Feeds and all Kinds of Horse, Cow, Hog and Poultry Foods and Remedies. Booth-Shviler Lumber and Supply Co., Successors to Booth Hevrby Live Stock Co., (Si Central Lumber Co. officer*me no. 10 Geo Epperson's Old Sta.nd Opp. Court House. YARD kHO.VE NO. 631 far with the thirty-four million put out by the treasury? if the members <>f the union and the farmers generally could but real- ; ize the power they now hold in their hands to shape the financial policy of this country in the interests of fair I lay and common justice to the masses of the people, there would be no need to urge them to attend the meetings nor to join the union. Come to the meeting on Friday at the court house at 12.00 in the grand jury room. E. W .Dabbs, Chairman Committee National Farm? ers' Fnion. IT'S SURPRISING That so Many Sunitcr People Fail To Recognize Kidney Weakness. ????MB Are you a bad back victim? Suffer twinges; headaches, dizzy spells? Go to bed tired?get up tiled? It's surprising how few suspect the kidneys. it's surprising how few know what to do. Kidney trouble needs kidney teat men t. Doan'l Kidney Pills are for the kid? neys only. Have convinced Sumter people of their merit. Here's a Sumter case; Sumter tes? timony. Kidney sufferers hereabouts should read it. Mrs. J. B. Kaffleld, 340 W. Hamp? ton Ave.. Sumter, S. C, says: "1 con? sider Doan'l Kidney Pills a valuable remedy and cheerfully endorse them. My supply was procured at China's Drug Store and they relieved me of backache and other distressing symp? toms of kidney complaint." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Donn's?and take no other. No. 34. New York, Nov. 29.?Tho Army football team today furnished a spec? tacular and confusing finale to the Bastem football season of 1913 by deefating the Navy eleven at the Polo grounds, 22 to 9. We Pay Highest Cash Prices for Don't give your profits away ship direct to us by express and get your 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 low. Send for Price List. CAROLINA HIDE & JUNK CO. CHARLESTON, S. C. A Bank for Everybody iwkmmmmm The Peoples' Bank. I WISH Will otil) Inka you to the illvIcllnii line lielwoen Desire ami Attain? ment., it In tlie Htrongi active, * i will" that takes you over the line and into ihr realm ?I attainment. An active, pnrpoMofnl "will*' i> a necessary factor in turning de ?|ra into actual accomplishment, Tlie man or woman who enye "I will have money to protect my family ami furulMli old ngv com forta" and at once ImhiIu lo systematical!) ^ax?? the odds und ende ol' income, huihl lliem into a lump mihi, will y^Uerally luiVO tliclr llcslrc uratilicd. National Bank U. S. DEPOSITORY Not Beyond Help at st. *Sleep-dlsturbtng bladder weakness, stiffness in joints, weak, Inactive kid? ney action and rheumatic pains, are' all evidence of kidney trouble. Mrs. Mary A. 1'can, 47 E. Walnut St., Taunton, Mass., writes: "1 have passed my STth birthday, and thought 1 was beyond the reach of medicine, but Foley Kidney Pills have proved most beneficial in my case." Siberia Drug Store.?Advt. Did You Say Hamlk? rchielV.' Well hero is tho largest stocK. Tho largest variety that even we have ever shown. You know too that Schwanz is the place tor handker? chiefs. Prom 5c up to $3.00 each. Dainty Xmas boxes for ladies, gents and c hildren, from 25c box up to $4.5o. We love to show them. Schwartz < li eater Stores.?Advt. t Saved Girl's life |? 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"Thanksgiving" is not a clay; its a habit. In order to he thank? ful on Thanksgiving day, vre must learn HOW everyday In the year. There aro some simple rules. Walk on the sunny side of the street; livo in the beet room in the house; think about your FRIENDS, not your enemies; talk about your good luck, not your had; Hank with The Farmers' Bank and Trust Co. These arc some of the ways of acquiring the spirit of CHEER? FULNESS, which is the only soil in which the flower of "thanks giving'" will grow. YOUR CHECKING ACCOUNT Place it with this bank which has served others faithfully and well for 24 years. Whether you ace an in? dividual, firm or cor? poration your account will be intelligently handled and appreciat? ed. Bank of Sumter