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Cbta?lalcbman ani Soutbrm Pabtuhcd \N t iIiip-?!;?v und Saturday. ?BY? OSTKF.N 1*1 HLIMUNCi COMPANY. BL'MTKH, a ('. Terms: $1.10 per annum?in advance. Advertisement*: One Square at insertion.fi.OO Bvery subsequent Insertion.50 Contracts for three months, or longer will he made i t redo- sd rate:*. All communlcatlor s w hlch Mb* serve private Interests v. 11 be ihn?.:, for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. The Rumter Watchman was found? ed In 1K^0 and ths True Southron in list. The nan ar.d Southron Bow has the combined circulation and Influence cf both >f the old papers god Is mrnife^tty the best advrtl lnr medium In ?avatar. A'-cor?ling to the 1 leptd tmcnt of La? bor food prices in th-.? United States w? re high* I NoYi ? lb< r l' th last than a: any gflM r t.tne within twenty-four yenrn. in ' t'> it tin r? h.is been a slight decline sinBS that <i te. If the decline should contiriMo atld become sub t m tial th-> FSjoletng of non-productive ren.-um'a!: '. . ? ? , would ? e di o.vn-d by the uproar of the produosra Thi high cost df living of past few years hss been terri'de for the ma; .-es pi people who have to buy everything they eat. but it has brought prosperity to thousands of farmers and ill!- I the agriculture 1 Stat | of the we: t with automobile riding farmers. The high prices of food shaft's has !?ot b. en an unmixed c\il. nor would a return of the lov. pr ?a ? ol tw? nty years ago bo an unmixed blessing. Should flour, meal an 1 ne ntn decline to the prices prevalent In the early nineties ? a covdlt'on that is sc.-tail.'.' pos? sible?the situ ition In the Cnitca States would ; ? v. <? than during' the era of eigh cost of living. see What is the uio in dlSflHBBlni the dis^rneeful pr? ? < -dings In the house of representatives the other night? Oov. Hleaso is | political madman and ? 111 go to any lengths to fat Into thej mellght nnd ad. SAlSf himself. All ? la talk Of wanting to light .somebody r snybedy was the purest brag? gadocio, for h.e kntW full wall and ounted on the fi\< \ th.it a lieh* woubi ? e prevented. 1 ut It v.a-. - m -1 ad \ ertlslnr. and he ': a ?? it would get! Im a first page joatlon iti the la-v.s aper? toxi da v. if ho really wants o light Mr. Stevenson he will hnve .but.dart ? pi OPttMllty 10 do so this' lUmmer f I.en th-y SJsSgt eg Ihc .s'utop n the senatorial campaign. 1 SBBSSO I lob Not? The organl/.ation of nine canning club* have about been completed with a large and onthsia.-dic membership of ?Irls who have a determination, preserverance and a dcsln to learn, 1? Is a good thing to know snout the soil, plants, and nature It is an ac? complishment, also, to learn the arts! of cooking and housekeeping. A girl ?ho dov* this work for a year will take a decided step toward self-irn-' provement and ef!!c!en< y. The Kiri and th'lr parents are realizing that tho abjeetfl oC our clubs ore the mak-| ing of iilcnl horn' s und the all round d \ ? lopm'-nt of the ?n lividual Kiri 1 Just as our Panning cl it .; are now special i* in 5: on th" tomato soon fl.'o domestic ssi R Cluhg in the county! W ill lo ...... i Ji/.it: , on "br d." The object* of i i Olrls" Demon? stration wo-k gf( : 1. To sneourags families lo pro? vide pBJfOf and battef food at a lower eoHt. to utih/,. ih< aurplus and other w Is. w i re j.r ?. 1'i* tof the orchard ?\nd garden, and to make the poultry yaid an i'. ? ? part of tho farm ?< nnom>. 2. T > StlSBV lie IntOTt t 'nd whole? some soove ration among members of to- f imt:> In th" home. 9. Tho provide some means l>y which Kir I n < . , inon? \ at home, and at the sjBJM time ?et the educa? tion nerewtary for the Ideal firm Ufa. 4. To op< M |hs way for praetb al demonstration* in home , onoBTiloUi our t bib in'???! >\:ii always bear ihs motto ' To 111 i^e the he t lletter." and in addition lo this the club .Is can always bs Identified by Ihs club Sjgfihlem. The put? of the emblem are an follows Hook for b o kuround. tomato, four-b ai OtoVOf und upon tin top of o. . v. gpS arg Ihs V id ??Demonstriitor." The lower part of the hook msaiilna I ha words "Oiris* ?*. a- F. ?HlVs\*< Which means this' Canning nnd Touitry Cttth, V\ ?? each or the lot t b rsa ol Ilia c.over design are ib . mi H's which kh ??K<i?ial Tn ? . ol Ihs Head. H indn Heart. an?l lb ittti?" rdu itloiml pro?-. aasen ? mm'ni si In ? ery member. Ths oir!.' Ctttb saambsrs srs urged to gl\e th ir bet I ? to' ?,. or lo I he broader training Mary l.emmon, s ipi i \? or i ;,i in* i 'luba Man i ? I i 1 ii p oi d. A Heonat to msrrj has L n gra id to Tatnm Plei i ind Mai ? i lle^ i11ii< has) ol mter? mmn B3DY RETURNED. REXVRXER TO AMERICAN sun: W RI1 ER BY PEDERAIA, Texas Ham Ijiiiau Wais Executed l>\ lrderuK?i (mains .slum BfuUlU llon, Identified b| sou and IVleitda I ?-Reco i one' i?v Conen] nnd Officer of Rangern Laredo, Texas, Maren 8.?Tho mu tllntod i ody ??f demente Vergara, Teaae ranchmuni was secretly brought to tho American aide of tho itlo Qrusjdc In the early hoars of Bun day morning, establishing the faot ol his exeeutlon nfter ho was ?eiaed by lleaiean federate. Departing ea silently ss they had eroaned the river, the men who dis? interred the body from the Hldaljgo, Moxleoi eemetery ami bore it five miles over a rough trad to American territory, loft no taoo of their hh n tity. Atttorlean Consul Qarrett of Nuevo La rede, Mexleo, and C&pt, J J. Banders of tho Texas Rangers w< r?> tho only persons on tho Amerl 'can side who WOTS told What had been dona They wore not Informed, they said, until . fur tin- body had been brought across the river, Told <>f the Intended delivery of tho body, they v.int to the OSene, 4."> miles up the river from Laredo, found the body as they had been told they would, ami tonight had it brought to Laredo ponding -"n examination which the BtntS Will have made. None of the officials would make a It Mi nt id |ght ? xeept to set at rest ? ar;i<r reports that Texas Rangers and friends of Vorgarn had noted to gsthl r in crossing into Mexico and Bring the body for burial by the family. Rumon had it that former em ployes ??f the Vergnrn ranch wers re N nsiblo for tho recovery of the body, <'>?nra! Qarrett alSO forestalled sur mlaeg that the Mexican authorities mitrht have taken this means to re? turn tin- i ody by expressing the opin? ion that he did not believe they hnew the body had been removed. He had BOVer expected Bt f received any au? thority to return the body to Texas, he said. ? Apparently the only clew to the identity "f the meg tonight was a .>hi>\'l left in the open gTUVS in the Rldalgo cemeti ry, To it was attached a card IttSOrtbed "lteeuredos"?"re? membrances." was shot twles through the head gad Ottos through the nook. His skull was crashed as by a blow from a r.'>e butt and the charred fingers the left hand Indicated that Ik l ad been tortured before being] put t,, death. Identification was made by the dead man's bob and i>y numerous frit mix, some of Whom were in tho party of Bine, led by the stau- !>,,?? dor patrol, whleh mads the grim Journey t<? Hidalgo cemetery during the earl' morning hours today. The budy was not badly decomposed. ? ; .t<- it.". three weeks' bUlial, and m addition to reo ogn Ising the features. yOUflg Vergara took a bit ? I oloth from the troussrs which inclosed the body and matched it t?> the eoat Whleh his father had on the day he eroased the river, Verg na i? ft his ranch near Pala fox. Texas. Friday, February l-. and eroased the river into Mexico on a no ?eage from three federal soldi* m that Capt, Apolonlo Rodrlgues of the! Hidalgo garrison wished to settle for 11 hom - la hen f rom Vergara's islaud pasture In tin- RIq Grande, Mrs. Ver ? rn i lea i<-'i with her hu and not t?> risk se 1X41 re <?i the Mexleana but II regarding her wamlngUi h<- eroased ? rlv< t In company with hli young nephew. Mrs. Vergara has ainca told how she saw her husband assaulted b) th?! waiting soldiers, and nfts he* i mi* knocked uaconsclous, carried elf, Vergara'i n< pin w at the time of the attach on his nnole escaped to safety and hid in tiv^ brush until he could ip<??: < ssj t he rlv< t. ? ?n the following day Mrs. Vergara went in search of her husband and ? und him In the Hidalgo jail, far as known there v> uj no charge against him. He had been cruelly beateni ae? cording to Ins woman, ghe dressed the wotinda on h a lo ad, she said, and n m i ? d v.Ith him until forced tn leave, Thnl wnit tils last sho ever saw of him alive, for early next morning he e is taken out supposedly t.? be tmnsfi rre I ?<? Piedras Negras ? i disappeared, VYheti a at ?rch naa begun for the mli ilng American h was learned that a mar had been shol an I his body hanged to a irci outeldt of Hidalgo I early 8un<!?. morning, February i >. il the fa sly b ft h inglng for sev? eral days, Moon after United Btat? Consul Qarrett it Suovo Laredo start - <d hta lunulrlea, Ihla body waa re? moved and ;i f,, | b urave v. as noticed in th< ?>id Hidalgo cemetery, Men ilcuiis who had known lbs ranchmati said l ii" I otlj : sen hanging waa Ih ?? of Vergara, and thai Ihej believed hi waa but led In I lie neu i rave. it v.as finally determIned In lh< antlsfactlon ol tie- American investi I gators that ho had been executed. persistent denial was made bj ihi Mexican federals, however, and prior to ti:is Gen, Alvarea, commanding a? Piedras Kegras, had promised Amer* lean Consul Blocker at Piedras No graa that Vergara would be releaaed and hla captors called to account. Tins allayed the fear of his friends until his continued absence set in mo? tion an exhaustive Investigation In which the United Btates government took a part, Consul Qarrett pro ceeded to Hidalgo and personally in? terviewed Capt. Rodrigues, the man, held responsible for Vergara'a kid? napping, but the federal captain de? nied all knowledge Ol the ranchman's death and said he had been sent to Ph droa Negras, but had escaped en routs and that the federals were cor* tain he had Joined tin- constitutional? ist.-. Consul Qarrett, however, after in tcrvlewing numerous Mexicans air' others, reported officially that Ver garn had been executed, lie added i that he was convinced from the fed? erals attitude while he was in 11 i dalgo that if would have been dan-j geroua for him to demand surrender Of til" body. The investigation was ordered con? tinued by the state department and in addition the State of Texas also ordered an investigation by Texas rangers, the State military police. wh?> guard the border. The Island posture ef Vergara, where it had first in sn reported he was assaulted, com? plicated th ? affair by the question whether it was Mexican or American territory until it was found that Ver-' gara had been taken on the Mexican mainland, This rendered those re ?posibla safe from state prosecution. An the horses were alleged to have e< n ti k< n from this pasture, how* ever, and county records showed it I 'to belt ng to the state of Texas, Mrs. Vergara filed an affidavit charging (i?t. Rodrlguei and three of his men with horse theft, Qov, Colquitt requested permission Of the United Stales department to si ml Texas rangt rs across the border to pursue the "abdUCtora and mur? der; rs" of Vergara and was told by Secretary Bryan that the United Btates government alone cared to take authority i'*?r sending an armed force Into a foreign country, loiter, when Mrs. Y( rgara made the charge of horse theft, Qov. Colquitt ssked of the state department, whom the Unit* ed states recognised aa constituted authority in northern Mexico, "so thai he might make requisition, un? der the Mexicon tr< aty, for tin- men named, This question was never an trwered t<> tho satlafactlon of Qov. Colquitt, and the governor announced that, to solve the question, be would requtstlon both the federal and con* stitutlonalist governors of the Btates Of NueVo Leon and Chihuahua. This was on Friday, and so far as known the requisition has not been issued. Vergara'a aeisure and disappear* ance cast the Texas border country In this section Into a turmoil. Many bitter expressions have b< en heard, and while there has been no sign <u dtsord r, feeling has run high, Die* satisfaction was especially keen be? cause of what Vergara'a friends' thought a delay in demanding return: I of his body for burial, and there had he.n rumors that an attempt might he mad,- to secure it. inter* st in the case w is renewed tonight. Named in Mrs, Vergara's com? plain! were Capt, Apolonto Rodrigues and the following privates of the Hil* dalgo federal garrison: Nito sierra, Juan Vastllion and Andrea Rodrigues. it has been said that they were trans* ferred to another post after the Ver* j.aia Incident became public. Their arrest was promised by Qen. Joaquln Maas, federal comm.rider of the northern /one f Mexico, when Qov. Colquitt asked if requisition would honored. but it was not said whether tin"- would be delivered to Tex is authorillea N<? further word has come from Qen. Maas. I |?KRIT,( I COXFIDKN'CE. Btunter People Marc Good Reason for Complete Reliance, Do you know how? To lind relief from backache; To correct distressing urinary ills; i To assist w?ak kidneys Your neighbors know the way? Have used Donn'a Kidney Pills; Have proved their worth in many i tests, Here's Manning teatimony. Mrs. I.. Newman, Manning, S. i'.< says: "1 consider Doan's Kidney Pills a iplendld backache and kidney rem? edy. One of my family had a lame and aching back, together with kld noy weakness, Doan's Kldnoy Pllla wet- u.-ed and they brought relief, l ha\e never had need of Doan's Kid? ney Pills myself, but I have often ad vised their use, as I knew what the; w til do." Price 50c, at all deale Don't simply ask for a kidney round) gel Dnun's Koines Pills the Ha no that Mrs Newman hat. Foeter-Mllburn ?*o . Props . Hiiffulo, N. V, 11 TROUBLE IN BRAZIL. Throe Cities Put Under Martial Law. Rio Janeiro. Brazil, March 5.-? Brazilian government authorities to day proclaimed a .state of Biege in the cities of iii?> Janeiro, Nlctheroy and Petropolis. This is to remain in force until March 31. The government's action is taken ag it preventive measure against any possible troubles. Disturbances were feared as a re? sult oi' the rt cent insurrection in the pi ovince of Cerea. Managing editors ??f three principal newspapers, a Eipoca, Correlo da Nolte and 0 imparcial, were arrest ; today while Gens. Thanmautago, Aze vedo and Feliciano .Mondes de Moraest two colonels and other army officers were also made prisoners. A strict censorship was established On telegraphic communications and all troops were confined to barracks in readiness for any eventualities. There were no disorders in the fl ?'.< i al capital. TALK IN WASHINGTON. News of Situation in flrazll Causes Much Discussion, Washington, March 5.?News of the situation in Brasil created much discussion in official cir< les here to day. While officials were more or less in the dark OS to the OXat ; can ? and nature of the outbreak in some quartets it Was said that the news was not unexpected. I Generally, however, the opinion i was expressed that the trouble would' be short lived. Attention was called particularly to discontent in the north of the repub? lic end to the fact that Pernambuco had been upset about a year ago wh n certain acts of the federal government wore resented by the State as an as-1 ?Umption by the federal power of j unconstitutional authority, it was raid too, that considerable feeling ex? ists also in other States over the State rights (iu stion. Discontent growing out of financial affairs, ?lue to depreciation in the rubber market and to tho breaking up by the United States of the coffet , valorisation system, was pointed t o j by some as possible reason for mu< h ?f the existing unrest. PARDONS OLD PEOPLE. Wilson <;i\cs Comfort to Aged Offend? ers, Charleston, W. Va? March 7.? United States District Attorney W. G. Barnhardt has In his possession par? dons granted recently by President Wilson to Alfred and A. H. Moon< : and Mrs. Prances Brown, who three years ego pleaded guilty In district court here to violating the pension laws. Each Is more than 75 years old, and sentence was never pass? ed, as it was feared. none would survive a prison term. When the case was called to the attention of the president, he pardoned them, and federal officers have since sought them to tell them of their good for? tune. West Virginia, Virginia and Kentucky have been carefully search? ed, but no trace Of them has been found. How's This? We offer one Hundred Dollars lie ward for any case of Catarrh that cann< t be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. I F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. We. the undersigned, have known! F, J. Cheney tor the last 15 years, j und believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and fi? nancially aide to cany out any obli? gation mad.? by his Arm. National Hank of Commerce, Toledo, O. Kail's Ci ?arrh Cure is taken in? ternal' , acting directly upon Co blood .d mucous surface of the tystem. Testimonials sent freo. Price 75 conti per bottle, Bold bj ail Drugists. Take Hall's Family Pills for con? stipation. SUMTER COTTON MARKET. Corrected Daily By Ernest Field, Cotton Buyer. Good Middling ) 3 l-U. Strict Middling l- J - s. Middling 1l* 1-1. Strlcl l ow Middling 11 7-8. 1 w M Iddlin i 11 1-4. stri< t Good Ordinary 10 a-t. Staple cotton LI to It. New York Cotton Market. New v. i k, March < Opening Close. Mar.12.16 12.26 May.11.61 I 1.7" July.11.51 11.62 Aug.Iil.42 11.54 Oct.11.21 11.21 Dec.11.20 11.34 Officials of the Horse Show Ausoelu t lonhave been advl led thai Mr. Wll Ham Collins, Jr., of the ilrm of Join T. Collins ? Son, North Mlddletown , K> . v. il attend the Sumt< r I ba se Sho\ . Void 7th to 'Mli With a String of hois vs. Mr Collins is a prominent horse man and has ;? rveord ot exhibiting many prize winners at the Icadini 1 lOOSe BhoWH of the ndddle WCSt, ^"ilM?r GOT TON X -M ? V'-^' -? W ? . ??? .%>?'''? ? ? GRAIN fl ccir?i ? -' d of ihe\V< rld'sGrestest F utilizer. Pcrs?.v5an Gtzano,nature's ! c i ? u r ?.(.??. Is'on for Increasing seil fei tilltj ?balanced with the scientific ana tkill | ful application of man in mixing high gride Ammoniatw and Potash in just the I i roQorttan tc suit tbo varied coiis and croj I cf the South. Quality?-No ma l-msda fertilizer of limtlar anal; da can he as good, hut the sup; !y fa alwaj i limited. We have never btea able to supply the demand. 'I*': h ureyou receiving your Peruvian Mixtum thij year write us now tor prices and our valuable booklet 1 PERUVIAN GY7ANO CORP. 1 CHARLES rON, SOUTH CAROLINA I Prominent E?du< atore Before Ander aon College Trustees. EEK PROF. HAND'S RELEASE.! had appropriated more money in or - der to retain him. The truateea took the vhrltorg over the i ?liege plant and convinced them - that Anderson College la destines] for Anderson, March 7.?The board t'i^ things and that It hi going to do a of trustees or Anderson College this big work for South Carolina. Before afternoon declined Lo accede to the leaving the city the members of the requests made by a delegation of ed? delegation, while regretting that they ucatora that this college release Pro,', had not. accomplished their mission, William H. Hand from hie accept* declared that their visit here had once of the prealdency. The delega* opened their eyes a.s to the scope of lion was compos* d of State Superln- the college, and that they now appre tendent Swearlngen, Prof. W. K. elate the great possibilities for the in Tato, Superintendent Gunter, ol stltuttan. They declared that Presi Elock Hill; Superintendent Anderson, dent Hand Is the right man to head of Newberry, and Prof. Wardlaw, of the college. Prof. Hand will come to the University. These gentlemen de- Vnderson to take up duties July l. clared that they had come on their - ??w n initiative and not from Prof. Saturday, March 14th, ir. the last H ind to a: k !'<<r the release in the in- day in which taxes can be paid for tere3t of the educational system of the pas: year, the lath being* Sunday, outh Carolina. and those who have not paid up by They stated that Prof. Hand is eon- that time will have to settle with the sidered the greatest -nah school In- sheriff. Taxes are reported to be apector In the South, and that the coming In steadily now, as the last general edu< it Ion board In New STork day of collection approaches. BIN And For Tares Summers Mrs. Vin? cent Was Unable to Attend to Any of Eer Housework. Pie3sant Hill, N. C?"I suffered for three summers," writes Mrs. Walter! Vincent, of this town, "and the third and last time, was my worst. I had dreadful nervous headaches and j prostration, and was scarcely able to walk about. Could not do any of my housework* I also had dreadful pains in my back and sides and when one of these weak, linking spells would ccme on me, I would have to give up and lie down, until it wore off. I was certainly in a dreadlul state cf health, when S finally decided to try Cardui, tlio worm's tonic, and I p'rmly believe I would have died U I hadn t taken it. After 1 began taking Cardui, I was greatly helped, and all three bottles re? lieved me entirely. I fattened up, and grew so much stronger in three months, I felt like an? other person altogether." Cardui is purely vegetable and gentle - acting. Its ingredients have a mild, tonic effect, on the womanly constitution. Cardui makes for increased strength., improves the appetite, tones up the ner? vous system, and helps to make pale, sallow cheeks, fresh and rosy. Cardui has helped more than a million weak women, during the past 50 years. It will surely do for you, what it has done for them. Try Cardui today. 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