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Published Wednesday snd Saturday ?BY? OSTKEN l?l 'IlLlftHING COMPANY SUMTE F., 8. C. Terms: $1.10 par annum?In advance. Advertisements: Ona 8?iuara flrat Insertion.fi.OO Every subsequent insertion.50 Contracts for three months, or longer will bo madt at reduced rate?. All communications which sub? serve private Interests will be charged for as advert tsementa ObUaarlea and tributes of respect will be charged for. The Bumter Watchman was found? ed In 1150 snd the True Southron in Hit. Ths Watchman and Southron bow has the combined circulation and Influence cf both of the old papers and Is saaalfsstly the best advertlslns medium In Sutnter. The report of Mr J. Frank Wll tUrns. County Farm Demonstrator, on the results of tho comparative crop tests made on the Bethel School ? I'rl uteer) experimental farm during 1P13 which Is printed today, is the most valuaMn ami Instructive con? tribution to the farm literature of Bumter county that has been made In recent years. It brings before the farmer, who Is Interested lr definite and prnctlcal methods. In a concrete and < onvlnclnir manner, the value of' seed selection. It also demonstrates' that it pays and pays well to put into1 pract;<* th?? cultural methods that, have been worked out by the farm j experts In the service of the Depart? ment of Agriculture When there Is n| difference of IS net profit per acre inj ? <>tton planted on adjoining acres of the same land, receiving the same smount of fertiliser and Identical! treatment, no more convincing proof of the necessity and value of seed se- j lection could be advanced. When one variety of cotton, gives a yield of 58 ' worth of lint cotton per acre more1 than another variety on an adjacent acre, it is important to the farmer |C know which variety is the more pro? lific so that he may avoid the loss that the planting of the lias productive va? riety entails. County Farm Demon? strator Williams is doing a most val? uable work for the farmers of Sumtei county and the up-to-date farmer will do well to keep fully Informed as to his methods and the results obtained see Th# legislature meets one week from Tuesday and there Is much Im? portant work to be crowded Into th? forty day session, if the members will only do more real work and play lean politics. e e e 8lnce this is election year thero will be much tulk in the legislature of the necessity of constructive legislation and a veritable whirlwind of dust will be raised to blind the eyes of the voters, but unless this session is al? together different fron others the talk will end In Inaction. The appropri? ation snd supply bills will be passed, a lot of local measures will be pushed through, there will be the usual amount of tinkering with old laws for the promotion of litigation und all Issues of real importance will be left open to be "r? ferred to the people's verdict at the polls. ' as the saying Is when an Issue Is to bo dodged. Put the lawmakers will use all their agil? ity in- aideatepplng the proposed pri? mary reform legislation, the Tor rens land registration act. the new public school law and other dozen or more mean ires that would he of j real benefit Id the 8tnte. We have al? most ceased deluding ourselves with hops of the enactment of c >m ? structlve and remedial legislation un? der existing I ?ondlttone. e e e The puxxle of the hour is "what did John Lmd tell Woodrow Wilson dur? ing he midnight Interview on the Oulf of Mesjl I fold* i.. Ii. Taken Seriously. ?Intelligent people realise that < ssnasem ? olds should be tre:if id promptly. If there Is sneezing and rhllllncMt with hoarseness, tickling throat and coughing, begin promptly the use of Foley'S Money and Tir Compound It Is effective, pleasant to take, checks a told, and stops the SJgejSjfi who h cau.sfH loss of sleep and lowers the vital fQgitlinflS. glhOfi'S Drug Ptorv?Advt. MAMM<JTII I'll It WAHIIF.II AWAY. lour Hundred Thousand Dollar Structure Planted IMT by Hurricane. Lag Angeles, Jan. \ - Lushed by a InfffMM b irrlcane of wind and waves battering the coast a hum' ed WlllSS along southern California, the Stand? ard 'Mi pt'-r ut Bieegonde wns washed sway, a Ith a loss of four hundred sad doll > i Mock Sittel dam? age wits done. \n Ideal Woman',* latatlve. Who wants |g tak.- silh. or castor oil. when Its N is nothing bettet than Im Km?: s New LlfS Tills for all bOW< el troubbs Th*\ a t i;- fitly ami nat? urally 08 ?he stOSnnch and liVOFj stim? ulate and regulate gOUf SOWOls ami |on?> up the entire system. Pf lOC I SO. At ail druggists^ H. B. Bneklea ? t o, Philadelphia or 81 Irfiulr -Advt STATU IlOAll!) OF EXAMINERS. Would Ha\c One to Examine AH Teachers in sitae. Editor Daily Item: At the last annual meeting of the H?tt Teachers' Association of South Carolina ? resolution was unanimous ly adopted endorsing the bill pending In the legislature to create a State Hoard of Examiners for the ccrtitl cation of teachers. The executive committee was appointed to make known the action of the associa? tion. As a member of this commit? tee I am asking you to please pub? lik? this word as to the endorsement of the bill by an organization repre? senting nearly twelve hundred of the teuchers of the State. There is perhaps nothing that would mean more to the school sys? tem and to the teaching profession in South Carolina than the creation of this board. It would undoubtedly raise the standard of efficiency of the teachers and give a uniform meaning and value to a certificate. As it is now with each county issuing certificates, there must necessarily be varying standards. The law works in other States and I see no reason why a similar one should not 1*? practicable in South I Carolina. I have been studying re? cently this law in Alabama where it works effectively. The bill as en? dorsed by the association is a simple one. It provides that the board con? sist of three men each of whom muHt bo a graduate of some reputable col? lege and must have had experience in teaching. The salary to be $1,800 each, thus making it possible to pro? cure the services of the best teach? ers of tho State. The board will pre? pare the examination questions and send to the county superintendents of education who will cenduct the exam? inations and return the papers to the board to be graded and passed upon. The law will not affect the certificate* already in force. It is hoped that the teachers and other friends of education will call the attoatlon of their respectivo dele? gations to the lmf ortance of this measure. lt. C. Hurts. Greenville, Dec. 31. Dnrk Corner News. Dark Corner, Dec. 30.?Chrstmas Passed very pleasantly here. Every? body had plenty to sal and some had j |0g much to drink, so 1 have heird, | but no one got hurt as far as I know. I wish to thnnk my young friend of your city who sent nie a box of fine cigars. May his troubles be few and far between and may his path through life be strewn with the fragrant flow? ers of peace and plenty. I have some deaths to report. Mr. J. Eddie Kolb, formerly of this cor? ner died at Wedgefield on Sunday, the 7th inst. The interment was here. IUv. Wm. Haynsworth of Privateer conducted the funeral. Mrs. Joe I* Uartlette, (whoso maid? en name was Johnson,) formerly of this corner, died very suddenly on Monday, the 22nd, at Alcolu. The in? terment was at the Pinewood ceme? tery. Hev. Du Dose of the Pinewood Methodist ehr.i 'h conducted the fun? eral. Mrs. Hartletto leaves a husband, an aged mother, Mrs. Mary E. Mclntosh. 8 children, two brothers and two ais tcrji to mourn her death. Mr. H. W. Ardis fell out of the piazza at his brother ^landing's, the nmht before Christmas and sprained hip ankle so bad that he had to be carried to Dr. llarvin at Pinewood. It. D. Geddings and W. Q. Prichard of Hamsey an! J. Don Geddings and Harvey Tlmmons of Pinewood have lost hogs from cholera. Well, 1 have understood we aro to have a whiskey club here in the Dark Corner. When I look around and hear and see what men will, do, it makes me sich Just to think about it. Men who stand high in tho church and in their county will Join in with saint (oh no saint) and slmon, Jew and gentle, Catholic and Protestant, to sell the accursed stull that damns souls into hell. < >h, fellow sinner stop and consider what am l doin? and where am I going. 1 voted against the dispen? sary and I am proud of it, for, thank God, ?t shOWl to the wrold I am not with that crowd who are willing to | damn the souls of men for a lew dol- j lars. Come out all you P. P.'s and let'l SOS where you stand. I am n<>t n If gown ye . Moru at another 11 HIS on this question. There are too many tramps DIMM? Ing about. Why nol have a law to Srreel them and make them show up or gel out and stay out. it' they ha\ >? no| the riaht k nd of credentials? An 1 u would stop some of this store and postofues looting that Ih going on In | the state, it's worth trying thinks old "H. T." Chronic Constipation Cured. "Five years kro I bid the Wore! <;u??> of chronic constipation I eve: l.new of, and Chamberlain's Tablets i iired me." writes S P. Fish. Brook? lyn* Mo b f<m sale bj all dealers.? Atfvt. COPPER STRIKE CONTINUES. Houghton, Mich., Jan. 3.?Efforts to end the strike of copper miners by conciliation failed tonight John 13. Densmore of the department of labor so announced after a final effort t'' bring the warring interests together. He did not hesitate to lay his failure in nettling the trouble on the uncom? promising attitude of the mine owners. The rock that shattered hopes of peace was the question of recogni? tion of the union. "It was a question whether the un? ion man should go back to work with or without discrimination. The com? panies refused to do anything but dis? criminate against members of the un? ion," said Mr. Densmore. "It means a struggle to the bitter end," said O. X. Hilton, chief coun? sel of the Western Federation of Miners, who had represented Presi? dent C. H. Moyer here since the uit ter's sudden departure. "The out? come is due entirely to the attitude of the companies. They wanted every? thing and would concede nothing." The union's last word was an offer to withdraw the Western Federation from the held, its place to be taken I by a union afllliated with the Michi? gan State Federation of Labor, the United Mine Workers or some similar I body. This was rejected by the com? panies I The employing interest? suggested j to Mr. Densmore that a secret vote of men on strike, if properly safe? guarded, would show a majority of them in favor of returning to work outside of the union. When this wa? broached to the fed? erated men there was an immediate refusal to submit the case to such a test. Kesults of negotiations were wired to the secretary of labor by Mr. Dens? more tonight. He said he would mar.e a full report of his efforts after h'.B return to Washington. He has set hi? depature for tomorrow night. Statements by mine managers took practically the same grounds for re? fusal to treat with the un.on as that issued in Hoston tonight by the executive heads of the Calumet and Hecla company. "It was simply a case of asking us to burden ourselves with an organiza? tion whose history is one of violence," said F. W. Denton of the Copper Hange Consolidated company. "The proposals that reached us were mere subterfuges, did not touch the merits of the question and sought to fore \ib to recognize indirectly an organiza? tion with which we will have nothing to do. "As a mater of fact we have, al-l ready settled this strike. The [men now working for us are entitled to every possible consideration, and it would have been unjust to them to compromise them in any way. There is no doubt that constant trouble Would have resulted between the men. This was a condition which we could not and would not overlook: Then too, anything less than elimination of the Western Federation from the dis- | trict would have meant that within live years, if not sooner, we should have had all the work to do over again. There was no doubt in our minds that the llrst work of the fed? eration members left in tho mines would be to spread a propaganda of discontent, follow it up with a series of unreasonable demands and then start another strike. "From every consideration of hu manity to our loyal employes, of s>lf reepeot on our own part and of good t sound business sense, we COUld do nothing else than decline to be buncoed by such alternativ.? plans DJ were brought to our attenti HI.' Word of the failure of the negotia? tions spread rapidly through the dis? trict. In company circles there was no surprise. Among union leaders there was manifest a strong feeling of indignation against the companies. Every possible resource of the labor world is to be called on for further prosecution of the strike, it was an? nounced. Practically every local in the country will be asked to con? tribute a quota and strike leaders of experience uro to be invited to aid the strikers. Efforts for a congressional investi? gation are to be renewed also. Union leaders said that, while the rules committee of the house had de? clined to consider Representative Mc? Donald's resolution favorably, there remained a good chance ot the adop? tion of a similar resolution in the senate. Alleged disregard of consti? tutional rights with special emphasis on the Moyer-Tanner "deportation'' probably will be relied upon as a basic argument lor such a hearing. In this regard the unions are certain to meet opposition from the State au? thorities. Oov, Ferris' rigorous disclaimer of need of federal activity In the Moyer case was followed here today by a special charge to the Miami Jurj In? vestigating strike viol.-ice. it espe? cially called the attention of the jury to tb?- law on kidnapping. The local authorities agreed with Qov. Ferr'i t?<Mi with the machinery of the state in full awing all crimes arising from the strike will be taken care of un? der ihe State laws. There were evidences today that the company managers here h.id shout decided to consider the strike ended, go far as they were concern? ed, A few additional union men sui rendered their cards to former em? ployers, hut not in sufficient uum bers to indicate any concerted break in Ahe ranks. Plans fur fresh importations i.ext I week of non-union workers were I made Federation sources charged chat some of the companies \vore attempt? ing to force the men back to work by fear of eviction from their homes in the company houses. One charge be? ing Investigated involves John Malsi, a Finnish miner, who was arrested at Winona, charged with stealing fire wood. Malsi's friends say the alleged larceny consisted in his having cut wood with which to build a fire for his wife and children after they had been thrown out of their homes and left with thei. effects piled up on the snow covered road. GREAT MASSES OF PROOF. Reports of 30,000 Cases of Kidney Trouble, Some of Them Suinter Cases. Each of some 0,000 newspapers of the United States is publishing from week to week, names of people In its particular neighborhood, who "have used and recommended Doan's Kid? ney Pills for kidney backache, weak kidneys, bladder troubles and urinary disorders. This mass of p^roof in? cludes over 30,000 testimonials. Bum ter is no exception. Here is one of the Bumter cases: William Yeadon, 27 Haynsworth Street, Bumter, S. C, says: "I am Confident; that Doan's Kidney Pills act just as represented ai d are worthy of endorsement. 1 have 'Aken them for dull backache and trouble with the kidney secretion, getting my supply at China's Drug Store. 1 have always had prompt relief." "When Your Back is Dame?Re? member the Name." Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?ask distinctly for Doan's Kidney Pills, the same that Mr. Yeadon had?the remedy back? ed by home testimony. 50c all stores. Foster-Mllburn Co., Props., Buffalo. N, Y. No. 27 The "Mischief Quartette" anil It's] Work. ?Each year the month of January numbers r.s list of victims from in-1 fluensa, la grippe, bronchitis and pneumonia. The prompt use of Fo ley's Honey and Tar Compound will check the onset of a cold and stop a cough, preventing the deevlopment to I more serious conditions. Keep it on hand* Sibert's Drug Store.?Advt. - Marriage License Recoril. A license to marry has been issued to James Gaillard and Emma Con yers, colored, of Sumter. This is the first license issued in the New Year. Bneffela Col.. A. J. Walsh was bad? ly done up with rheumatism and hciu for Poley Kidney Pills which was the only thing that would cure him. Geo. Potter of Pontiac, Mo., was down on ; his back with kidney ami bladder trou? ble and Foley Kidney Pills made him well a .1 able to work. It 1? a splen- ! did medicine and always helps. Just; try it. Sibert's Drug Store.?Advt. The regular quarterly meeting ol the Sumter County Trusteos Associa? tion will be held Wednesday at noon at the court house. Ills Stomach Troubles Over. Mr. Dyspeptic, would you not like to feel that y<?ur stomach troubles, were over, that you could eat any kind of food vor desired without in? jury? That may seem so unlikely to you that you do not even hope for an ending of your trouble, but permit us to assure you that it Is not altogeth? er impossible. If others can be cur 1 permanently, and thousands have been, why not you? John H. Barker,' of Battle Creek, Mich., is one of them. He says, "1 was troubled with heart hum, indigestion, and liver com? plaint until I used Chamberlain's Tablets, then my trouble was over." For sale by all dealers.?Advt. GOWANS* King of Extemals Stands supremo under every test. Feel se? cure, keep Gowans in Ihe home. iGowans al? ways conquers Croup and Pneumonia and vour doctor assents. ? Oownm Preparation was rise?/ on my rhihl when it n a* ifvsperateh ill with Pneumonia linmetliatet} utter the eecoml application m\ physician called ami flnttinu so great an improvement onlvreil itn rout inn.turf. The chihl reeovereil rapi'lli (I IIII t Is l.l. Diuggist, UJI East St. Alh>ghvu,%, Pa. BUY TO-DAY! HAVE IT IN THE HOME All Drusilsta Si. &Oe? 2."c G0WAN MEDICALCO. * , . . Guaranteed i.'d mvr.sj refunded by r< 0-i c?: ' HUSBAND RESCUED DESPAIRING WIFE) After Fear Years of Discouraging Con litions, Mrs. Bollock Gave . t pin Despair, Husband Came to Rescue. Catroi, Ky.?In an interesting letter from this place, Mrs. Bettie Bullock writes re follows: "I suffered for four years, with womanly troubles, and during this time, 1 could only sit up for a little while, and could not walk anywhere at all. At times, I would have severe pains in my leftside; The doctor was called in, and his treat? ment relieved me for a while, but I was soon confined to my bed again. After that, nothing seemed to do me any good. ] I had gotten so weak I could not stand, and I gave up in despair. At last, my husband got me a bottle of Cardui, the woman's tonic, and 1 com? menced taking it. From the very first j dose, I could tell it was helping me. I can now walk two miles without its tiring me, and am doing all my work." If you are all run down from womanly troubles, don't give up in despair. Try Cardui, the woman's tonic. It has helped more than a million women, in its 50 years of continuous success, and should surely help you, t( o. Your druggist has sold Cardui for years. He knows what it will do. Ask him. He will recom? mend it. Begin taking Cardui today. Write to: Chattanooga ?*c4kln? Co.. Lad w* Advisory Dept., Chattanooga. Ttun., for Special Instructions on your cas? and 64-pa;*? book, ' Horn? Treatment for Women." sent in plain wrapper. J-6* Wonderful Cough Remedy. Dr. King's New Discovery is known everywhere as the remedy which vill surely stop a cough or cold. D. P. Dawson of Edison, Teiun., writes: Dr. King's New Discovery is the mo?t wonderlul cough, coli and throat and lung medicine I ever sold in my store. It can't be beat. It sells without any trouble it all. It needs no guarantee." This is true, because Dr. King's New Discovery will relieve the most ob? stinate ?f coughs and colds. Dung! troubles quickly helped by its use.! You should keep a bottle in the house at all times for all the mem-< I here of ihe family. 50c and $1.00. All druggist, or by mail. H. E. Bucklen & Co., Philadelphia or St. Douis.? Advt. i_ ___ TO CALL HEBERT CASE. General Sessions Court Convenes To? day. Columbia, Jan. 5.?Solicitor Cobb had not decided last night just What day C. J. Hebert owuld be placed on trial. P ebert is charged with con? spiracy :o cheat and defraud by ob? taining J 98,000 from the Seminole Se? curities company. General sessions, or criminal court, convenes this morning with Judge George E. Prince of Anderson pre? siding. The present term will con? tinue for lour weeks, and there is i heavy docket to be disposed of. ? Difference in Working Honrs. ?A man's working day is 8 hours. His jouy organs must work perfectly 24 hours to keep him fit for 8 hours werk. Weak, sore, inactive kidneys can not do it. They must be sound and healthily active all the time. Fo ley Kidney Pills will make them so. You cannot take them into your sys? tem without good results following. Blbert'i Drug Store.?Advt. THE WEEK S WEATHER. Indications are Not Favorable For Fair Weather. Washington, Jan. 4.?Indications are not favorable for any extended period of fair weather over most of the United States during the coming week, the weather bureau announced today in its weekly forecast. In the South it is predicted the weather will be mostly fair except on Monday, when local rains are prob? able In the east Gulf States. For Frost Bites ami Chapped Skin. For frost bitten ears, fingers and toes; chapped hands and lips, chil? blains, cold sore, red and rough skins, there is nothing to equal Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Stops the pain at once and heals quickly. In every home there should be a box hand ill the time. Best remedy for all Skill dis? eases, itching eczema, tetter, piles, etc. 25c. All druggists or by maa 11 H. &. Buckler. & Co., Philadelphia o Louis-.?Advt. Peruvian Mixtures for COTTON CORN GRAIN TOBACCO Arecc npcsed cf the World's Greatest Fertilizers-Peruvian Guano, nature's own ptovision for increasing soil fertilit)?balanced with the scientific and skill? ful apj lication of man i n mixing high grade Ammoniates and 1'otash in just the proportion to z\\\\ t!.o varied soils and ciops of the South. Q l&Iity?No man-rr.ac!e fertilizer of similar analysis can be as p,ood. But the supply is olwayj limited. We have never been able to supply the demsn-L To insure your receiving your Peravian Mixtures this year write us now for prices ar.d our valuable booklet PERUVIAN GUANO CORP. CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA Lumber, Lime, Cement, BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY AND FEED OF ALL KINDS. Booth-Sh uler Lumber & Supply Co. Successors to Booth-Harby Live Stock'Co. and Central l umber Co. Geo. Epperson'* Old Sto?nd Opp. Court House +++++++++++++ 4 ???44 ???????????? OUR "PEOPLE'S SAVING CLUB" opens first Monday in Jan? uary?join it and have a Hap? py New Year* The Peoples' Bank |