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C||t 8MatcJman aiti ^ontproii Peatisfaed Wednesday end Saturday. ?BT? OiTIUf PUBLISHING COMPANY. IUMTKR, & C. Tesme OLIO ?er UBum?La advance. Aitvmitoomouto; One Square trat lneer?on.$1.00 aUejj Mbeequent Insertion.10 Coutrecte for three months, or tomger will be msds st reduced ret**. AH eommunloetlons which sub serve private Interests will be charged fee as advertisement*, Obituaries end tribute* of respect ?rtn be charged for. The Boater Watchman was found at ta 1110 and the Trus Southron In lsse. The Watchman and Southron ?ear aas the oomblaed circulation and se^aanoo of both of the old papers ami to manifestly the best sdvertlsing aas lam la Sumter. Proares* of Bonsai Roads. I Manufacturers Record. The Carolina, Atlantic ft Western Railway, as the combination of roads made by W. R. Bonsai of Hamlet. N. C. to now known, will, according to a report from Georgetown, S. C, ab? sorb the branch of the Georgetown & Western Railway, which runs from Andrew* northward to Poston, S. C, about 8ft miles, thus making it actual? ly part of the Bonsai route as It now to practically. It is further understood that an option has been obtained up? on the main line of the Georgetown ft Wastern from Lanes to Georgetown, S. C. 10 miles. Such a consolidation of roads as is thus reported would be quite in line with the work which Mr. Bonsai an i hi* Associates have been doing in South Carolina. He Is now particu? larly engaged in building the Charles? ton Northern Railroad, 5 7 miles long, from Andrews to Charleston, and its rapid completion is promised. It is also possible that a line will be built from Tlmmonevllle, S. C, the ter? minus of a branch of the Bonsai roads, to Lanes, which would open up a section now needing railroad facili? ties, and it would, moreover, give a direct outlet northwest to the George? town ft Western. But that is only speculative; the main idea now seems to be. so far as any additional con? struction is concerned, the proposition to satsnd from Jefferson, S. C, to Monroe, N. C, on the Seaboard, but when this v. ill be undertaken is prob? lematical. An Unwholesome Tendency In Public Affaire. In both state and nation today the tendency seem* to be to allow one profession, the lawyer*, to domnate politic* and public affairs to the practical exclusion of other classes Now th* Progressive Farmer has no desire whatever to appeal to class prejudice in this or any other matter. 1 but th* facta that have come to our knowledge do lead u* to inquire if this tendency to not going too far. 1 In the United States senate, for < example, we find today that 55 of the 00 members are lawyers; and in the house 147 of the 435 members are lawyers. In other words, lawyers who compos* only one-half cf one 1 per cent of all Amertcan mal *s en? gaged In gainful occupations, have 6 7 per cent of tho seats in the senate and ft6 per cent of the seats in the house. W* have also been a little curious of late to And out to what extent lawyers control the party machinery In the States in which The Progres? siv* Farmer culculates, and some in? formation we have obtained on this point may be of Interest. Let us take North Carolina to be? gin with. We take tho Democratic State Executive Committee and of the iirst twelve men of whose occupations we have information, nine are law? yers, one a manufacturer, and not more than two farmers. In the Re? publican State Executive Committee we find a similar predominance of lawyers and a considerable proportion of manufacturers. Taking the Pro? gressive Party Committee, of eleven men wh??so occupations we have learned, seven are lawyers.?Progres? siv* Farmer. Surprising Cure of Stomach Trouble. Jacob Hindelang, of Chelsea, Mich., was ill with stomach trouble and in such bad shape that he lived for two mur.ihf on Itmewutcr and milk. He then began uslna Chamberlain's Tab? let* He says: ' am aevrnty-slx years of age but never In my life used any medicine that cured in such a short time as Chamberlain's Tablets. For sale by all dealers.?Advt. Blmlngham, Ala. May 21?Will Mabry. a negro, was given a life Imprisonment today. He was con \ cted of snatching a purse from a white woman. An Rxorlk'Ut Cough Medicine. The soothing and healing propertiea of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy makes It eapeclally valuable for roughs and colds. It is pleasant find safe to take and contains no nir eotle. For sale by all dealers ? Advt. Absentee Lend lord Ism, the South'* Greatest Menace. Two and a quarter million tenant farmers in 25 States thai produce most of th ? perishable farm products,, tho grain and the cotton of America, make the organizing and federation of farmers for business-like marketing a stupendous, if not almost an impos? sible undertaking." Thia was a statement made by Charles W. Holman, of the University of Wisconsin, at the recent confer? ence on Marketing and Rural Credits at Chicago. "The richest and most productive of American States are today confronting a problem of ab? sentee landlordism that bids fair in tho near future to bo the all engross? ing task of statesmen and econo? mists," said Mr. Holman. In dealing with this land question simple palliatives can do no good ex? cept delay the final crisis. In the South, on account of our racial prob? lem, absentee landlordism is much more intolerable than In all-white communities. When a white man moves to town and puts negro ten? ants down on his place as neighbors to white landowning farmers who don't want to move to town, ar.d in the meantimes places a prohibitive price upon the land, It makes a bad economic condition still more acute and an additional social problem. It is only through the agency of taxa? tion that this evil can be mitigated by legislation. An absentee land tax and a graduatd land tax on large holdings will help wonderfully. The speculative value of land will never be reduced until we get after the "un? earned Increment" with the kind of tax that will make It unprofitable to retain large holdings of land purely for speculative purposes. The quick? est and most practical way to reduce the speculative prices of Land so that men without homes can unirV, -Is to use the lever of txation. frA/ It is nil right to provide cheap money to farmers for the purpose of buying homes, but unless you head off the speculators they will boost the price of land Just as the demand tor land increases when you provide bet? ter means with which to buy. What will it profit a poor man to be provid? ed with credit sufficient to make him a land purchaser, if land speculators are permitted to double the price of the land which he is to buy? Wouldn't "rural credits" under such circum? stances be an economic delusion? Perhaps palliatives may be permit? ted if they don't make the patient worse?used as a sort of experiment, but Beasley of the State Journal, is right in Insisting that we go to the root of the disease. Absentee land? lordism and tenant slavery are the things that are striking at the foun? dation of our rural civilization, and when you destroy rural civilization, and no longer have fresh blood from the country *o draw upon, your towns and cities will have reached the beginning of the end. Because neith? er of the dominant political parties have taken previous notice of this problem is no reason for our refusing to study lt.?J. Z. Green in Progres? sive Farmer. Compliments Dr. Dick. Following is from tho Atlanta Con? stitution: "Among the large number of distinguished visitors to the Shrin ers' convention is Dr. George W. Dick, grand chancellor Knights of Pythias of the domain of South Car? olina, and chairman ot the ways and means committee of the house of representatives of that State. Dr. Dick Is prominent in tho ritualistic work of Omar Temple and an en? thusiastic member of the patrol. He has a largo number of friends in At? lanta. He has made quite a record for economical and constructive leg? islation during his service in the I South Carolina general assembly and Is said to be one of the recognized leaders in that body. Dr. Dick is a resident of Sumter, S. C, and a mem? ber of one of South Carolina's most prominent and influential families." Wlsaeky Crop Notes. Wisacky, May 20.?Farmers are having many discouragements. Very few have their cotton crop up because of the very dry weather. We have not had a good rain in four weeks. The oat crop is needing rain badly and if wo don't get rain in the next ten days It will be a complete failure in certain sections of the commu? nity. This section was visited with a sand storm last week which did con? siderable damage. Tho cotton was killed in spots of about two or three acres and the corn was buried so deep that the most of it had to be planted over. Very Remarkable Cure of Uvcr Com? plaint. .\fr. Albert Walker, of Proclous, W. Va.. suffered Intense pain in the stomach and right side at Intervals for fifteen years. II? had consulted eight or ten physicians and while they all agreed that he had liver trouble, they failed to relieve htm. He was eventually cured by Chamberlains I Tablets. If you have any trouble with your stomach or liver, these tab? lets will certainly do you good. K?l? sa If by all dealers. - Advt. I Mrs. Wllklns. Western North Carolina Times. Mrs. Bessie Wilkins, aged 38 years wife of John T. Wilkins, died Mon? day night at their home in Hyman , Heights. She had been suffering from a complication of diseases for about four months, and for the past month she had been critically ill. Everything that could be done by her physicians, family and friends to ar? rest the progress of the disease from which she died, was done, but without avail. And just when her lovo and help was most needed by those around her, the dread sum? mons came. And now the question; Why should this splendid wife and mother bo stricken while yet so young, and when her help was most needed by those she loved and for whom she de? lighted to labor, while the more burdensome and less useful should be permitted to remain? This question will be asked and remain unanswer? ed so long as life and love and death shall be. Mrs. Wilkins was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Smith of Sumter, S. Cm and was married to Mr. Wil? kins in 1898. She had lived in Hen dersonville seven years, her husband being in the wholesale grocery bus? iness here, as a member of the Blue Ridge Grocery Company. During the time she lived hero Mrs. Wilkins had made many friends who are deeply grieved at her taking away. The deceased is survived by her husband, and six children, four girls and two boys, (the youngest of whom is only about three months old); and also her father, mother, two sister and two brothers, all of Sumter, S. C. The funeral services wore conduct? ed at the residence Tuesday afternoon by Rev. A. L. Stanford, of Hickory, former pastor of the Methodist church here, Rev, W. F. Womble, present pastor of the same church, and Rev. K. W. Cawthon, pastor of the Hen dersonville Baptist church. Inter? ment took place in Oakdalc ceme? tery. The life of Mrs. Wilkins was one of labor and love for those about her, and while many relatives and friends are bowed with grief at what seems to be the untimely death of so splen? did a woman, they are led to hope that her taking away was but the opening of the door to a better world, and a grander life. They all have the sympathy of the entire community in this time of their bereavement. Mrs. Frank Barnes, of Charleston, is visiting friends in the city. \\ ?? toftfli llonkk' i iilnp, lUnklnff, Miorlhdnd, Tvprwr) J ,f. I'rnnaiithlp, Aritaaetle ?nd BatlaMi L*tt?r Wrltfaf. Our roursos are thorough and <>ur Collect 13 the most highly recommended. Oar graduate* are always preferred b?-cau>e of tho thorough training they receive here. If Interested write for ^TUC CflllTU'Q DC^T" v COLUMBIA. psrtlcularsotor.ee. lilt gVfjlftl 9 Dil I a . SOUTH CAROLINA. High School Defeats V. ftC C. A. The Sumter high school baseball team on Wednesday afternoon de? feated the Y. M. C. A. team by the score of 7 to 2. Nunitamaker pitch? ed a line game for the school boys, contributing much towards their splendid showing. However, in jus? tice to the Y. M. C. A. team it must be said that this is the first time thai the team has played together and several of the players had not been out before this season. Haynsworth and Chandler and Xunnamaker and Hums were the "batteries of the two teams. Cncqualcd for a Bad Cold. Ask anyone who has tried it and he will tell you that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has never been equal? ed. Miss Clara Oster, House Springs, Mo., when speaking of this remedy, said: "I feel sure that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the best on the market to cure a cough or a bad cold on tho lungs. I am only too pleased to say a few words in its praise." For sale by all dealers.?Advt._ LOST?Small sitter bitch, white with black spots. Reward. Address Box 3 7? or phone 490?J. FOR SALE?Reaper and binder which can be put in good condi? tion with very few repairs. Will sell cheap as I hav two machines and do not need it C. P. Osteen. ?300 BUSHELS?Good home raised white corn, 20 tons No. 1 baled pea vine hay well mfoced with crab grass; also small Carm mule we will sell cheap. Apply to Andrews Bros. Oswego, S. C BEESWAX WANTED?Cash paid for good cbean wax. N. G* Osteen. PLANTS JFOR. SABE?Lettuce and pansy plants, also sweet olive cut? tings well rooted*. The pansy plants are fine and wefll grown and will be sold at reas onable price. 318 W. Hampton A'rtj. SAY And Sivy i\ Plain When you want a Bottle of CALL FOR IT BY NAME Protect yourself from being handed some IMITATION or SUBSTI? TUTE by seeing the bottle has on it the TRADE MARK Letters Inspect the Crown before bottle is opened and see that it bears the TRADE MARK LETTERS Is imitated more than any other Soft Drink in the world. There are more than one hundred and forty different "Coias" and "Olas" now being offered to the American public, but there's ONLY ONE? Ask for the Genuine cca Call for it by name See that you get it. Sumter Coca-Cola Bottling Co.