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C|jciu?Littbm:in nu *ontbron. PublUhcd Wednesday and Saturday. ?-UY ? OSTKHN 1*1 IlI.lslUNO COMPANY. BUM TER, 8, C. Term*: $1.10 per annum?In advance. Ad v er t lscmont*: One 8quare Diet Insertion.fi.00 Bvery subsequent insertion.60 Contract! for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communication* fchleh sub? serve private interests will be charged (or as advertisement*. Obituaries and tribute! of respect ?111 be charged for. The Sumt r Watchman was found? ed In 1850 und the True Southron In lift. The Watchman and Southron Sow ha* th* combined elreula Ion and influence ef both ot the old paper*, end I* manifestly th-? best advertising medium In Sumter. VICE IN < II \RLKSTON, The I?aw and Order I.eu<{ue of < harltalOB has SSSSOd a spc< ial report detailing the result of the Investigation mud*; by agents of the league Into ertse* ami vhm eondl Ions In that city. The shortest and most accurate de? scription of the report Is, shocking. It is Ml ? vague and mealy-mouthed d< wtm-nt. hintntK at indellnite evils, ISSt ? plain. BSdd catalogue of vicious resorts and a list of t w criminals who )l\e itnd grow rich by breaking the law and BSUjS/ftai u, m? a tne public. Heading this report .s th*- anawer t > the often asked SjSJjSJtlQSj, "Why do the decent an i law-abiding people of Charleston put up with the re gn of lawlessness trial Is destroying th* city?" The report shows, If it shows anything, that the criminal elenurt snd their dependent* constitute so birg?- a percentage o: the population that the decent majority is helpless nnot overthrow the vicious ele? ment without a determined and tight to the finish crusadi' against the ? Ifjnlnal*. This would require unity of purpose and concert of a< rttOs\ and th s. it seems cannot now be obtained in Charleston. To many of the per sonslly respectable and law-abiding people are under the hack and fear, for business or other reasons, to an? tagonize the organized criminal (de? ment. The only leaven In the appar? ently hopeless situation is the Law and ? i ler league and the up-hill fight It is making to r?-de.sjg th.- city. Th* r ? poi' is for sale at II cents per copy and ca?> be procured from the League. * TRAM NO STAMPS. An effort Is being made by a Had? ing stump concern to ga n a foothold in gSJSatOf and thend.\ ptaO* its-- f in a position to levy a tax on the gro.sa sales of the mere h a n t s who tie them? selves to the i oncern by entering Into a contract to give trading stamps. The men hants of the larger eitle* who have the trading stamp Incubus fasten? ?I ape*) llu-rn .lie Irving to rid themselves of it. for experience leal taught them that tr i sjpa or* an unproductive tax or, every dollar's worth of business that they do, In? stead of a henellt. The only profit that the trading stamp industry pro? duces goes into th. till of the trading stamp company, and the merchants who glv?? away the stamps foot the bills lw fore the Beugtet nn-p hunts, who have not cut their syS'tOOth on the trading stamp und prcnium giv? ing fallucy. bind themsdves hand and foot to .i tradrig st.iini eontr;ut, they should usk merchants n other towns to f 11 them their candid opinion of the proposition. A number of the older merchants of this < ity have had their experience with trudlng stamps and premium giv? ing and they know from dearly bought ?xperieme tha: i? does not pay. thai It do. s n -t n < i? is" nor stimulate trade and is a steady, an unescapable tax on lh?dr business. onee it i:; sturt a*V If onlv aM or two m< n hants SOU Id monopofise tin- privilege of giving trading stamps and pr' in.uins in Sum? ter thev might obtain an advantage over tin other merchants and thereby Increase their trade. They cannot de this, however. They nay have tin exclusive right to give certain kind* of trading stamps, or the BSClUSlY* right to give away certain kinds of premiums'. Put their competitor! will not sit idly by and permit the trading stamp merchants to capture their trade l?y this method, and one and ail win assjta frviag trading stamps and premiums and there will be a ruce to ?e.- who can give I he most stumps und the best premiums. The trading Stasag e.,mpanies will reap ? rich l*arveai ? n? i the sasfehaaU will have la work harder ami practiee greater eeonomien to pry the tax. |*nsjg at it In any light one nun the If Siding stamp gam* is poor busi lo'Ss and is a pretene,. .,| giving away something faff nothing The only s.tfe ami ??und business pulley is |0 sell the lest merebandise obtainable at a legitimate prolit and th ? p. ?? pie Who buv Will find out the plaee that give* the best bargain |OI a dol? lar The iner< haul who gives Ifhdlng stamps ami premiums cannot for long continue sslllng k?mmi.it the close*! margin und give away from three to five per cent of his legitimate prolit ia premiums?'inevitably he must add the cost of the premiums to the sell? ing expense, or take it out of the quality of the goods. In a word the trading stamp and premium game has no place in legitimate merchandising ami is an excellent thing to leave severely ahme. Charleston has had the trading .stamp syst? in fastened On the retail trade for many years gnd there has been ? tighi to get rid of it. Many of the leading merchants have cut it out and the Retail Merchants' As soeiaUon Is entirely opposed to the I reding stamp system; Reed what the president of that association says: Charleston. S. C, Jan. l?i, MM. j. z. Heeres, Treasurer Sunder Chamber of Com mere*'. Surnter, S. C. Tin- Retell Merchants' Association of our city discountenances the trad? ing stamp. It is the general opinion el <?ur lee ding merchants that it If an unn?N-essary drain on the business. Ii. J. Williams, President Retail Merchai is' Associa? tion. A IMOX STATION. PgBSter needs a union passenger station and has needed it for several ySQTS, the need becoming greater and ?Mirt insistent since the South Caro? lina Western entered the city. It has BOSg hoped that the railroads would Heu the necessity o| a union station and. Without waiting for outside pres? sure, tags, steps to provide this prime necessity for the convenience of their patrons. The railroads, however, so far as the public is informed, have not taken cognizance of the situation anil iw steps have been tak n towards bringing the several railroads togeth? er. Therefore, the introduction of a bill in the legislature by Senator Clif? ton to require the railroads to erect and maintain in Surnter a union sta? tion, adequate to the needs of the traveling public, meets with the ap? proval of the people of Surnter. The erection of the station will require a considerable outlay, but In the end it will save the railroads a great deal, for it will certainly be leaa expensive to maintain one passenger station than three. The location of the union sta? tion will call for discussion and con? sideration, for it should he placed wheer it will he most convenient for tiie public and the railroads. This if merely g matter of detail, however, and may safely be left to the railroads. It may be possible to have the union station on the site now occupied by the Atlantic Coast Line passenger Station, but if this lot is too small and the situation such that it is impossible to provide trackage room for the ad? ditional trains, it is entirely feasible to utilize the old C. S. and X. lot at the foot of East Liberty street for the union station. In many respects this would be a more suitable site for a union station than any other, since it has a length of two blocks?from Liberty to Calhoun?and a width ( ample to accommodate as many tracks as the pas.eager traffic would require , for many years to come. flow's TI1U0 We offer One Hundred Dollars re? ward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known i F J. Cheney for the last 1& years, ard believe him perfectly honorable In all ' business transactions and financially I able to carry out any obligations mac e by his firm. i NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE. Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Inter? nally, acting; directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent freo. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for "consti? pation.?Advt. New York, Jan. 16.?The schooner Mayflower was burned at sea. The crew was rescued by the liner Lub itanla. Proper Expression of Appreciation. A compliment should be as quickly given for good goods and good ser? vice as a kick for defective goods ' and poor service. Most people realize this. That Is why so many have written to the manufacturers of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy telling of remarkable cures of coughs and colds It has effected, and expressing their appreciation of the good quali? ties of this well known remedy. For sale by all dealers.?Advt. A HIGHER TAX LEVY. lstim \Ti:i> AFPHOFRIATIONB newt!! statf/s hvcomk. If All Appropriation* Asked for Arc Made The Levy for Suite Tuxes Must he Increased from 5 1-1 Mills to 7 3-10 Mills. I 'nlumhia, Jan. 17.?"If you make all the appropriations asked for, it will be necessary to make a rate of 7 3-10 mills on the dollar t>> rais" them," said A. W. Jones, comptroller general, in his annual statement showing the needs of the State, which has been made public. He says that this does not in? lade the 1 mill spe? cial school tax which will raise $29G, 411.12. The comptroller general estimates that |I,47S,44#.SI Will be nc<.ssar> to me* t all of the demands on the BtOtS government, as compared with M,v.T.177.01 in 191.1. The following letter has been ad di. , !.\ ilo DOmptrolltr general to the wavs and means OOmmlttOe? ' (lent hmeni The State's revenue fof II li from taxes, estimated and booed upon the present assessment of UM, 141,1 It, at a rate of 1-1 mills on the dollar, would be $1,650,316.88. To this add the estimated income from sources other than taxes, to WltJ Insurance license fees.$110,000 Fee of secretary of state.... 22.000 Corporation license fees .. 140,000 Income tax. 10,000 Support of railroad commis? sion. 13,000 Fotf, medical examiners .... 1,300 Fee* law examiners. 125 Hoard of fisheries. 8,?(>0 $310.92.') "And we have a total estimated revenue for ordinary expenses of 1914 of $1,867,240.88. "The estimated levy of 6 1-i mills is the same as last year. It will be seen by reft mice to the amount of appropriations asked for, $2,478, 4 40.32. that they will exc. *he es? timated revenue of the State Uuuvi a levy of r> 3-4 mills by $?1 1,299.44. If yotl make all the appropriations ask? ed for, it will be necessary to make a rate of 7 3-10 mill.-? on the dollar to raise them. This does not take Into consideration the l mill special state school tax, which will raise $296, 4 4 1.12. The following shows the estimated expense of the various departments of the State government: ? - ? ht^ n^mf>?Mm+*fv , Made In 19IS. Asked for 1914. Governor's office.? lo,830.oo $ 16,880.00 ?eer+tery of st.it??. 7.470.00 7,r.7o.oo OomiilrolWf General. .. 10,200.00 10,200.00 lueuranOS Commissioner. 10.7G5.oo 10,766.00 State treasurer. 1,870,00 S.S50.00 Superintendent of education .. .... .. 9.720.00 10.170.00 Adju au\ Qonoral. 31.720.00 41.020.00 Attorney fioaoral. .. 8.095.00 8,095.00 Railroad commission. .. 18,060.00 14,686.78 Chlof gams warden. .. 2,900.00 2.900.00 Stole librarian. . 2.020.00 2,020.00 Public buildings.~.. .. 14,420.35 l0.9G5.S9 State eleetrletan. is,700.00 19.(?05.00 ?ttac geoloflel. 5.000.00 Deportment of agriculture. .. 12.120.00 15.920.00 Judicial deportment. .. 101,550.05 100,895.00 Board medical exemlnsre.. ,. .. 2,500.00 8,000.00 Health department. .. 2s.7r,G.C2 81*780.00 Tax dopartment. .. 00.12s*.01 88,319.88 Unlvsrstty of south Carolina*. .... .. 187,036.81 183,682.19 Winthrop college. .. 161,606.98 193,846.08 Th.- Citadel. . ? ? 34,907.00 37,GOO.00 1 itltutlon doaf, dumb end blind .... .. 86,100.00 76,046.98 H C Indus, and Hoch. College-.... 19.613.78 16,000.00 Hospital for insane. .. 308,247.79 386,434.88 s. C, Industrial school. .. 81,804.18 68,000.00 siat.. ponttentlary... 6.760.00 6,760.60 Other char, end penal purposes .... .. 8.8Q6.00 2,806.00 iVnm.ns.. . *. . 250.000.00 260,000.00 Historical eommlsslon. .. 6,360.00 6,870.00 rntereel on bonded debt.. s.. .. 191,088.88 868,668.88 Blsettoae. .. 9,860.06 46,786.00 Cetawba lndleni...... 7,160.00 9,760.oo Expenses general assembly... 62,814.73 82,814.73 Confederate Infirmary. .. 16,600.00 86,000.00 Board of Itehertcf. 7,600.00 8,400.00 stai- hospital eommlsslon. .. 2s.2r2.75 126,000.00 siat. house ami grounds com.? .. 1,760.00 o,::..o.oo Medical eollege of sc. .. io.ooo.mi 86,300.00 M.seellaneous. .. 5G.5SO.2l 2 69, IV;.. 19 -f |1,867,U7.01 12,478,440.! BRIDE-TO-BE HONORED. Approaching Marriage of Miss Etta Scarborough Cause of social Events. Summerton, Jan. 15.?On WedttSS .'ay afternoon unite a number of young ladies were invited to an "At Home" by Miss Waunetta Gordon at the home of her parents, Rev. and Mrs. M. W. Gordon. Alter the guests assembled they each reci Ived a tiny leaf which indi? cated in rhyme that a surprise was in store for them. Just at this time their hostess en? tered carrying a very large hag. She poured its contents, which proved to be a cat, into the middle of the room. When the guests succeeded in catching pussy they found a card around her neck which read: Scarborough-Asbcll. Jan. 28th, 1914. Bach guest was then presented with a dainty guest towel to embroider an initial for the "bride-to-be." A sweet course was then served. Following this the bride-to-be was presented with the covers of a hand painted book, a gift of the hostess. Each young lady contributed a page of toasts, quotations or best wishes when completed to serve as a remin? der to her that she has many friends, who though sad to lose her, wish her the greatest happiness. Several of Miss Etta Scarborough's most intimate friends spent the even? ing in the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Scarborough. The evening was spent very pleas-1 antly joking, laughing and chatting j In a cozy room where they were seat ed around two small tables. On the tables were numbers of wed-1 ding invitations which they addressed. To prevent them from being like the proverbial "Jack" the hours were pleasantly interspersed with music, sandwiches and cocoa. The invitations read: Mr. and Mrs. Orlando Calhoun Scar? borough request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter, Etta, to Mr. Albert Lewis Asbell, On Wednesday afternoon, the twenty eighth jf January, At half after live o'clock, Baptist Church, Summerton, South Carolina. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF The First National Hank of Sumter, at Sumter, in the State of South Carolina, at the Close of Business. January 13th, 1011. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts.. ..$509,023.40 Overdrafts, secured and unsecured. 3,953.70 V. S. Bonds to secure cir? culation. 50,000.00 U. S. Bonds to secure U. S. deposits. 7,000.00 Other Im.nils to secure Pos? tal savings. 4,000.0m . remium on U. 8. bonds . . 200.oo Bonds, securities, etc. . .. 13,000.00 New building and site. . .. 23,000.00 other real estate owned. . . . 250.On Duo from National banks (not reserve agents) .. is,171.47 Due from approved Re? serve agents. 22,908.54 Checks and other cash items. 9,037.31 Notes of other National banks. 22,005.;>0 Fractional paper currency, nickles and cents. 4oC 7 7 Lawful money reserve In bank, viz: Specie. 33,480.10. Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer (5 per cent of circulation). 2,500.00 Total.$719,059.35 LIABILITIES: Capital stock paid in.. ..$100,000.00 Surplus fund.100,000.00 Undivided profits, less ex? penses and taxes paid.. 14,992.05 National hank notes out? standing. 50,000.00 Dividends unpaid. 14S.O0 individual deposits sub? ject to check. 4:19,085.15 Certified checks. 302.50 Cashier's checks out? standing. 2,299.30 United States deposits .. ?? 11.000.00 Postal savings deposits ? ? 632.35 Total.$719,059.:;:. BT ATE OF BOUTH CAROLINA, County of Sumter. 1, J, L. McCallum, Cashier of the! above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. J. L. McCALLUM, Cashier. Subscribed and Bworn to before me this 1 7th day <>f January. CM I Coo. L. HicUer, Notary Public. Correct Attest: NE ILL l ?'DONNELL, II. l>. BARNETT, QBO, P. EPPERSON, You Need a Tonic There are times in every woman's life when she needs a tonic to help her over the hard places. When that time comes to you, you know what tonic to take?Cardui, the woman's tonic. Cardui is com? posed of purely vegetable ingredients, which act gently, yet surely, on the weakened womanly organs, and helps build them back to strength and health. It has benefited thousands and thousands of weak, ailing women in its past half century of wonderful success, and it will do the same for you. You can't make a mistake in taking The Woman's Tonic Miss Amelia Wilson, R. F. D. No. 4, Alma, Ark., says: "I think Cardui is the greatest medicine on earth, for women. Before I began to take Cardui, I was so weak and nervous, and had such awful dizzy spells and a poor appetite. Now I feel as well and as strong as I ever did, and can eat most anything." Be*in taking Cardui today. Sold by all dealers. Has Helped Thousands. MXMMXMK A >$< >$< >$o; WILL RUN FOR CONGRESS. \V. r. Stevenson of chcraw Will Op? pose Einley for Kc-eleetion. Columbia, Jan. IG.?"I am going to run for congress against Mr. Finley unless I Change my mind" said W. F. Stevenson of Chei 9W today. "I am unready to make a definite announce? ment at present." A Difference In Working Hours. ?A man's working day is 8 hours. His body organs must work perfectly 2 4 hours to keep him Jit for 8 hours work. Weak, soie, inactive kidneys can not do it. They must he sound and healthily active all the time. Fo ley Kidney Pills will make them so. Vou cannot take them into your sys? tem without good results following. Sibert's Drug Store.?Advt. The "Mischief Quartette" and It s Work. ?Each year the month of January numbers its list of victims from in? fluenza, la grippe, bronchitis and pneumonia. The prompt use of Fo loy's Honey and Tar Compound will check the onset of a cold and stop a cough, preventing the deevlopment to more serious conditions.* Keep it on hand. Sibert's Drug Store.?Adrt. BANK STATEMENT CALLED. National Hanks Must Report Condition January 13th. Washington, Jan. 10.?The comp? troller of the currency today issued a call for a report on the condition of national banks at the close of busi? ness January 13th. Peruvian Mixtures or COTTON CORN ' GRAIN TOBACCO Are composed of the World's Grcat-ist Fertilizers- Peruvieu Guano, nature's own provision for Increasing soil fertility?balanced w ith the scientific and skill? ful application of man in mixing high grade; Ammonites and Potash in just the proportion to suit tbO raried cells and crops of the South. Quality?No man-made fertilizer cf similar analysis can be as good. Hut the supply is always limited. Wt have never been able to supply the demand. To Insure your lecetving your Peruvian Mixtures this year write us now for prices and ?u; valuable bockiet PERUVIAN GUANO CORP. CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA FERTILIZERS. Year after year, in favorable seasons and un? favorable seasons, for over 40 years, on good Linds and on poor lands, on red land and on gray land, on clay land and on sandy land, on high land and on low land, on GOTTOH. CORN, TOBACCO, WHEAT, OATS, our Fertilizers have been used and put to every con? ceivable test, each year's use confirming their super? iority and value as Crop Producers. We have many unsolicited testimonials from some of the most successful farmers in the state. Our Motto: and Full Analysis" Ask your merchant for our Fertilizers and in? sist on having them, or write us direct. The Macmurphy Company steer sso<t.s to The Wilcox & Gibbs Guano Co., CHARLESTON, S. C. ii