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Clicc'i'litcbnum aiti toutbron. "ublUhcd Wednesday anil Saturday. ?BY? OSTI I \ Cl UI.IMIIM. (OMI'WY. SUMTE It, 8. C. Term*: $1.10 par annum?In advance. Advertisements: One Square first Insertion.li.OO Every subsequent insertion.50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications ?hieb sub? serve private Interests will bo charged tor as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect ? ill be charged for. The Sumter Watchman wan found? ed in 1850 and the True Southron in lilt. The Wat. i man and Southron now has the combined circulation and Influence cf both of the old gftpete %nd is mrnlfe'tly the best advertising, medium In Sumter. I I TT1 R MtoM ? || \UD TIMES.*1 Siek In l?ark Corner Heiter?Farmer Frei?? re for Planting ? Other Item and Comments. I>ark ( SfSJOf Feb. I.?Beofffthlgg HJ quiet In this i orner. The siek are .??tter. except Mr. A. S. Weeks' baby. It has a bad rising on its neck, the second In the last thre? we.ks. Mr. T. II. Oggaeg is getting so h? can hoblde about a little after the fall he had gejfSfl 1 'brlstmas Farmers are getting along pretty well with their preparations for an gllsgf gfgp. Some ore marly ready to plant, while some have not yet commenced to plough. Mrs. W. J Ardis visited Mrs. Robert Ar.Us last Sunday. Mr. Hiram P. Johnst ?n of Central J'rivsteer. visited Mr. Joe K. John? ston Iggt Sunday afternoon. A train on the M. and A. railroad killed an ox (said to be the property of Mlms and Ridgd!. g| I 'ine wood ) last Sunday night near Reid's and the section master took the carcass off the railroad track, but did not bury it, as the law requires. This Is what 1 have heard, from some of Miss E. E. -yens scholars. Miss Osteen teach he school at Reid's. /ell, Mr. Editor, the whiskey club i ? rote about some time ago will not n up here In the l>urk Corner, but ned near the city of Sumter. 1 sure proud it had (the club) to vs on and am sorry for Um opening anywhere. I hope I am not a Simla., yet when I l<>ok around and d up on the wiekedm-ss of thin id it almost makes me stop and dder and a*dx myself Will Ottf God ?w such things to continue, or will not call all hands before his throne Ussi every one may receive his re . rd for what he has done? Just the other day I was almost struck nb by feeding In the Household \1 igax'ne how those In the white slave trade in the great city of N? w Vor'.; drug the poor unthinking girls by using a needle loaded wilh some pow? erful drug, either In her arm or neck from which nhe will soon fall into n stupor when some devil in human form will ri n up and ( l.tim h? r for his wife who Is In the huh I of getting drunk ami that he has i irrlage and will take her beg**, Tin n. if he Is al? lowed, he takes h r t.. on?? of those living hells where her mother and father Will never h> ar IffOgf her avaln. as once they get a gtrl Insel of one of thes * plnee^ tin re t no way for her to ever get ?ut. t?h my what a day that will gg when Iff all appear before the Juggpggl nt geht of Christ. Hut thanks be to God gfl are to have a righteous Judge on that <lay. 1 may !.?? a'-eu?:?-d falsely and ml-udgi d h? rfO, but on that great day. I shall know us I am known. 1 Hard Times." II? . .. I PaffsOsalgti Hu-.I. F? I.. li -Mr. G. A. Lern-! lion and It I. C Strauss of Sumter were at Ha good Thursday for a bank meeting. Mrs Carl Mason und ( hlblren of Sumter are on a \isit to Mrs. C. II. born. Mrs M !*. Kirk will entertain tli I '.mii sVMgsl ttgtl With a dlniot it \t Wednesday. Mrs. Oraham has been visiting rel ????\es at llagood. Mm. Julian K. Sanders entertained a dinner party Wedm sda) in honor or Mrs Carl Mason. Mrs. Hatto- lmli?nt of >umt?-r |l making an extended \isit to Iff ? I? is Samh i < LaU i on sin- coiib in plates u (rip to Florida. Mr. A. II. Sanders h's returned fr??in a business trip to Ounlen. The Miss. ? K rk of Kulav tilts are Visiting l?r and Mrs M. S. Kirk. Mias Willi? It. I'elgaf has return? ed t ? Sumter. much t?? the regret Ol ? I many admirers. Mrs. Ella I Isstefl Oi Greer ville |g*l BgSjg ??n ? '.i-dt Mr< Ifd Mrs. Julian E. Sanders. Tie- go get us? d bv the govern men i printina eeaVm eneg (rent requires proxln?at? ly l-'"- million p itnail nl rag p'dp and 40'? million pounds of I I pulp FARMERS' UNION NEWS Pnutlral Thoughts for Practical Formern. (Conducted by K. W. Dabbs, Pres? ident S. C. Farmers Union.) Some Random Thoughts. The 01*11 BillI Ion of a poultry as m olotlos In Bumter last week la a step In the right direction, Buch an or? ganization can do much to get tis out of the t*ll cotton net. I want to warn the promoters that such Incidents as I dated to me will not help the ise among the farmers, it WSJ thus: ? fancier bought from a farmer i chicken for 91.00 and sold it for If this tanner had a fifty dol? lar chicken be should have been paid Something more like its value. ? * e When the poultry show Is held if Mr. Fancier I ikei nil the ribbons with f sj is raised by the former while the farno r sxhiblts hardly get honorable mention you will soon have no poultry ShOW worth the name as a county en? terprise. ? ? ? This incident has a parallel in the' case of the farmer selling extra staple OOttOn for the last sixty days at from 10 to lli cents and then the buyer re? al llmg his lower grades of staple cot? ton at 14 cents, while he holds the bettSf grades f("" their value. No won? der Mr. Coket is discouraged in hi' efforts to promote the growing of ?lapis OOttOn When buyers "knock it" in such an effective way. Individually the farmer may tight and overcome dtSeeSS in the staple cottons, but it will take collective effort to meet the combined assaults of the buyers' price such as has been all too com mon the latter part of this season. e a c That was a good days' work the C hamber of Commerce and citizens' committee did last Tuesday when the County Hoard agreed to build the Bleak ltrrsr*Bhlloh road in time for the opening of the tobacco market. Mr. Pitts will survey it this week, and says he will begin work on it first of May. and haw it open in sixty days. There ought to be a Utting celebration then for this la one of the improve? ments to the road system of the coun? ty thut has been on foot fcr many years. see BumtCT is to be congratulated on having su< h a live secretary as "E. i. K." Pour days af er his attention was Called to this matter he had all th" data arranged and a committee of leading business men to present the SSS to the County Hoard. If he can put through the Sumter-Shiloh-Olanta and LakS City railroad as SXPSdltiOUS ly as he has the public rood he will be ntc secretary" Indeed. ess Henry mlns Friday interfi led with the attendance on the regular meeting <-f trn county union. Bome routine matters were disposed of, among them the tantnllntlon of the nswly sleeted County Secretary-Treasurer! L, \v Warren. His postofflce Is elayesvillo, Route and local secretaries can make iioir reports to him now. e a a Recent reports from Wllllnmshurg sh<?\\ renewed activity in the union. A i< mmlttoe was appointed to look Into the Organisation of a boslnem agency .u Kingr.treo similar to ours in Sum t r ami to rep..rt to a future meeting. The men behind it ate a guarantee ol Its success From n number of oth ? r counties there is a gratifying in nreSSi of interest in the union, see i wish that our members In Bumter i ouaty iind the state would gubscrlbe i IBs National Field, ths organ and proBSJft] of ths National union, thai they might SCC at tlrst hand tin growth of ths union all OVCr the I'nit sd Btatea There were *;u<> delsfatssj In tie- Texas state meeting just a few days after WO bad our State meeting in Columbia. K. W, Dubb* \iki.I\1\ \on.s WET <>H l?HY. IH11 Ctlvlng Feopio Right to Deride Pa ssn Both Hawses of Assembly, Hit hmond, Vn., Fen, ?By n vote of || to 1 i the BSnhtC today passed the enabling net under which 1 s. 1" I t|ualifted voters mn? upon petition to Ihs governor demand a si itewlde elec? tion on September IH next to decide between prohibition and local op Ion. in it < ino nded form 'be m< > lure provides thai In Ihe even! Ihe Htnts votes for prohibition! the lue Shall not t:tke affect Until May i, i*? iT. it permits ihe manufacture of wine and beert the latter to con lain not more than .". 1-2 per cent ol alcohol, when these products are in siid in other statt exclusively, 1 land exempts from the provisions 01 I the art for munufuctUre and sab within the state apple cider contain ing up to 1 per cent alcohol, Friend* of prohibition In the bouse will en deavof to have severs! ol the amend msnta ? llmlnal ?d? THIS WILL DE CHIEF TOPIC TO BE DISCUSSED FOR WEEK. Beiern! Hills Have Been Introduced I and Effort Will be Made to Pass House Judiriury Hill?Partisan right Probable on Hill. Columbia, Fob. 8.?Reform of the primary election lav s is the big ques? tion Confronting the house at pres? ent. There is a possibility that a fac? tional fight will be prepicitated over the pas: age of one of the four bills pending In the house, whose object is to change the law so that in future primary elections may be above sus? picion. The sentiment in the house that something must be done to meet the genera] demand on the part of the people for a change in the pri? mary system teemed to be almost uni? versal when th" session began. Since th<? house has actually begun the consideration of the bills to this end, the indications are from the trend the debate has taken that the adminis i rat ion members of the house will op? pose i rlmary reform almost to a man. contending- that there was no fraud | In the last primary election and that! the primary system does well enough ! as it stands. The debate on the primary election bills was started in the house Thurs? day morning and continued Thursday night. It will be resumed Monday nlghti unless the houie orders other? wise. It is unite probable that the mem- 1 berg of the house Will agree to the passage of the primary reform bill in? troduced last year by the judiciary committee as a substitute for the Nicholson and .Milcy hills. The Kitten berg bill is the fourth primary reform measure before the house. It applies particularly to Charleston. The ju d!(ilary committee's Mil does not lay any restrictions on the voting of white men in the primaries, either of a] property or educational nature. It ?Imply provides for the appointment of a board of three men in each county to register the voters In du? plicate books. One of these books is to serve as the club roll and be turned over to the pr jlnct managers on or before election day. The other book i? 10 be lilled in the ofllce of the clerk of court of the county thirty days before the election. The committee to Investigate the alleged fraud in the last primary election found that the failure and re l?sal of precinct managers to return poll lists was an Obstacle which could not be surmounted. It is Claimed for the substitute bill of the judiciary commltttee that it will provide an ab? solute check on the results of the vote at every precinct by having the duplicate club rolls Bled with the clerks of court. it was said on the door of the house by Mr. Stevenson of Chesterfield that he drew the judiciary committee's pri? mary reform bill in conjunction with the governor and that practically ev? ery idea advanced by the chief execu? tive had been Incorporated In the bill.! Mr. idles of Orangeburg, advocating primary r< form, also said on the floor of the house that while he himsell would not i nc tho responsibility for the slat* ment he had been told that the governor had declared in a speech from the State Hot . o steps that 20, 000 fraudulent votes were east in the lasl primary election. In I hi face of the di deration of Mr. Stevenson and tho uncontradict cd assertion of Mr. labs, it Is dlffl ? Uli to understand the tn dives Impell ng men, Who hitherto obeyed the slightest Wish <?f the administration in regard to sustaining vetoes and sup? porting administration measures, to oppose the judiciary committees pri? mary reform bill drawn by Mr. Stevenson to incorporate the ideas of the governor, it is hard, too, to com? prehend how the administration m< m bers can decl are that tin present pri? mary system is all right when the gov? ernor himself in his speech from the State House steps soon after the elec? tion said that 20,000 illegal votes had been cant In it. The opponents of primary election reform cannoi claim that the judiciun committee's bill will disfranchise an) White man in the State, for it lays no more restrictions around enrolling for voting in a primary election than are already provided by law. h will be very Interest inn (<> watch the voting on the adoption or rejec? tion of the judlcinrj committee's pri? mary reform bill, The bill repotted favorably by a majority ol Ihe special committee ap? pointed by the senate to draft a sub stltute measure for the N cholson pri? mary reform bill contain.- the follow? ing provisions: All persons entitled to vote in a primary election must be enrolled in alphabetical order. The. mual b< bona tide citi/ens of the United States. They must have been residents of the siate for one year, of the county 30 days, and ol the township 16 days, be? fore the first primary election, Any person enrolled on the books of one club may change his enroll? ment to tieit oi another club in the Kam*' ward or township upon apply? ing- in person to the club where he la enrolled at least 15 days, before the first primary election, and having his name stricken from such club roll, and then applying to such other club In said ward or township and re? questing that his name be enrolled there. Ten days before the first primary election the officers In charge shall make a copy of the club roll, certify to its correctness and file it witb the : clerk of court of the county, the same to be kept as a record. i No person shall be allowed to vote at any primary election whose name is not i nrolled on the club roll of the club where he Is entited to vote under the constitution and rulcg of the party, at least. 16 days before the lirst pri? mary election. Secretaries of clubs will receive $5 a day and managers $2 per day for each day of service. All persona enrolled at any club un? der the rules of party and the provis? ions of the bill shall be entitled to vote at all of the primary elections of . uch party upon presenting himself at the club in which he is enrolled and taking the oath and complying with the rules of the party. The senate bill provides for an e\ec utive committee for each county, to be composed of one n.ember for each club, and a chairman to be se? lected under the rules of the party. This committee shall meet at the court house 10 days before the first primary election, shall have access to the club rolls filed in the oifice of the clerk of court, and shall have pow? er to hear objections on the part of any Citizen to said club rolls, and if there be found on said club rolls the name of any person not entitled to vote In any of the precincts, the com? mittee shall have power to correct the club rolls and strike from them all such name.?, provided that the com? mittee shall notify the persons affect? ed and the officers Of any club of any change In the club roll within three da] B thereafter. The penalty for violating the pro \ Islons of the bill is a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $100 or im? prisonment for not less thaw 10 days nor more than 30 days, for each of? fense. The chief difference in the primary reform bill reported to the senate by a special committee and the primary reform bill introduced In the house by the judiciary committee lies in the fact that the senate bill allows the | voters to be enrolled by the secre? taries of the clubs while the house biil requires enrollment by a board of pri? mary registration. The senate bill provides that the club secretaries shall be paid, while the house bill also pro? vides for pay of the members of the board. The senate bill does not provide for duplicate club rolls as the house bill does, but says that voters shall be enrolled In alphabetical order. The hill : rov.d? s for a meeting of the execu? tive committee of each county 10 days before election When protests will be In ard in regard to any names illegal? ly enrolled. The senate bill, like the bouse bil, provides for filing the club rolls \% it h the clerks of court. glTMTKR COTTON MARKET. . orneted Dally By Ernest Field (Jotton Buyer, Bumter, Feb. 9. Good Middling 12 3-4. Strict Middling lli 5-1, Middling 12 1-2. Strict Low Middling 12 1-8. I.ou Middling 11 1-2. Strict Good Ordinary 11. Staple cotton nominal. New York Cotton Market. New York, Feb. 9. open Close. Mar.12.12 12.08 May.11.78 11.77 July.11.74 11.75 Aug.11.53 11.57 Oct.11.34 11.37 WHY IT SUCCEEDS. Because It's for One Thing Only and Bumter People Appreciate This, Nothing can be good for everything. 1 >i ing one thing well brings suc? cess. Doan's Kidney Fills are for one i thing only. For weak or disordered kidneys, ! Here Is reliable evidence of their wort b. Mrs Joseph Wells, Manning. S. <'. says: "1 was afflicted with kidnej complaint and l suffered Intenselj from dull, nagging backaches, head? aches and dizsy spells. Poan's Kid? ney Fills proved to be Just what I needed and I had not used Hum long before I was relieved." The above Is not an Isolated case. Mrs. Wells is only one of the mnn> in this vieir.it> who have grutefullj endorsed Doan's. If your back aches if your kidneys bother you, don't simply ask for a kidney remedj ask distinctly for Moan's Kidney Fills, the same that Mis Wells had. 60c all stores. Foster-Mllburn Co., ; Flops., Buffalo, N. V. 10 Peruvian Mixtures! _ ( jg53$xfor cotton rfrwm corn |??^Si ' grain ^bP* tobacco Arecomposed of the World's Greatest Fertilizers?Peruvian Guano, nr, ve'i own provision for increasing soil fertility?balanced with th? scientific fcn.l tkill ful application of man in mixing high grade Ammonistes and Potash En |utt tbs proportion to suit the varied soils and crops of the South. Quality?No man-made fertilizer of similar anslysll can he as g rcd But the supply is always limited. We have never been -Me to inpply t*.e demand. To insure your receiving your Peruvian MixtUTSt this year wiite us now for prices and our valuable booklet. I PERUVIAN GUANO CORP. \ CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA ' ^_{ MAY RECOVER DEAD. Expert Divers Make Statement After Thorough Examination of ill-i'at ed Monroe. Norfolk, Va., Feb. 8.?In the opin? ion of expert divert who have thor oughly i xamined the wreck of the Old Dominion steamer Monroe, sunk in collision with the Nant ticket, while the bodies of the 41 victims, as well as the cargo can be saved, the vessel itself is a total loss. The statement is made that the reason none of the b? dies of tin dead have not come to the surface or have been rest ued Is due to the fact that the force of collision jammed the timbers and doors of the starboard sa loons and staterooms, practically an 1 effectually sealing them from the ac? tion of the sea. Divers have found it Impossible to open these doors, even v ith the aid of heavy axes and state that explosives must be used to lib? erate the dead. The examination of the exterlos by tie divers disclosed the feet that near the bridge on the starboard side* below tho water line, and extending through the hull to the keel there is a ragged hole large enough to permit the passage 01* half a dozen men abreast. Washington, Feb. 9.?The senate this afternoon passed the fortifications bill appropriating |?,StS,S00 for forti? fications. HUSBAND RESCUED DESPAIRING WIFE After Four Years of Discouraging Conditions, Mrs. Bollock Gave Up in Despair. Husband Came to Rescue. Catron, Ky.?In an interesting letter from this place, Mrs. Bettie Bullock writes as 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 left side. 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 get me a bottle of Cardui, the woman's tonic, and I com? menced taking it. From the very first dose, 1 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, too. Your druggist lias sold Cardui for years. He knows what it will do. Ask him. He will recom? mend it. Begin taking Cardui today. WtiU tn: Chattanooga Medicine Co., Ladies* Advisory Dept., Chattano- za. Tenn., for BtgptM [tlttmctiotU on your case an J 64-??age hook. "Horn* Treatment tor Wocen," sent in pl-in ?r*p^3r. 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