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Cfet odtattbm;m air? Soutbron. Pahilahed Wednsaday and Saturday. ?BT? OflTEEM PUBLISHING COMPANY. ?OMTKR, 8, C. Terras; 11.10 par annum?In advance. AdvertJacmeota: One Square first insertion.$1.00 ?vary subsequent insertion.10 Contracta for three months, or loafer will be made at reduced rates. All commuulcatlons which sub? serve private Interests will he charged lev an advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect mil he charged for. The 8am tar Watchman was found? ed la lilt and the True Southron In 1100. The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation and Influence of both of the old papers, and Is manifestly the best advertising medium In Sumter. eiageejegennnssBssnnhhhnssss Hon. John I.. Mcl.aurln'8 most re? cent political manifesto, whicn is printed today, Is conceived and exe? cuted In his best style and is as clever a bit of satire as has been produced in several campaigns. The shafts he launches at Railroad Commissioner Richards are tipped with venom and are sure to penetrate even a thick skin and to rankle for many a day. It Is very evident that Mr. McLaurln Is considerably embittered and that his ire has been aroused against Mr. Rleahrda by the latter's success In obtaining a firmer ami better grasp on Blease's coat-tall, which some of? fice-seekers appear to regard as a sort of enchanted carpet for those who are seeking a ride into office. Mr. McLaurin's open letter Is well worth careful reading and those who possess discerning eyes will discover In it much to amuse and delight them, if they find pleasure in an artful,, skillful yet bitterly caustic political satire. This letter is one of the best things thut has been pn duced by Mr McLaurin's one-tltne versatile pen and will take rank with the "My Dear ppelt" and other letter., that he wtote when Itefawm was in flower. NEW EXPRESS RATE. Mate Railroad Conunbodon Take* up I. C. C. Schedule. Columbia, June 3.?The interstate commerce commissioners' new rates for express companies was adopted by the South Carolina railroad com? mission this afternoon, to go Into effect July 1. The order was signed 1 by Commissioners Hampton and Caughman, Chairman R'.hards say? ing that he thought the matter ought to be left open for further investiga? tion. B. F. McLeod. of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce; C, S. Mon- ' tleth, representing the Columbia ship? pers; F. Q. Tompkins, the ice Inter? ests, end representatives of the pro? duce people, the Ice creum interests and mineral water people. appear? ed before the commission on the mat? ter. The Express company was rere aented by J. it. Hockuday. of Atlanta, general manager, and W. W. Owens, of Chattanooga, Tenn., superintendent of traffic. The order issued by the commission follows: "Columbia. S. C. June 3, 1114 ? Order No. 166. "Southern Express Company: "After formal hearing this date and due consideration of facts pre? sented. It is ordered that the South? ern Express Company shall put into effect on July 1, It* 14, the present in? terstate commerce commission rate structure, with modifications as out? lined in heurlng before the commis? sion. "It is understood that the rate on Ice and mineral water will remain as at present. "It is further understood that In tho event that autlh lent protests are entered against tho adoption of this tariff tho railroad commission will call a hearing to further consider the matter. "By order of the commission. "G. Mcl>. Hampton, Commissi ?ncr. "Ii. L. Cuughman, Commissioner. "J. P. Darby. Secretary." ?UhM'ER COTTON MARK BT. CuarecSad Daily By Ernes* Field, Cotton Bayer. Oood Middling 13 1-4. Strict Middling 13 1-1. Middling 13. Strict Lgej Middling 13 1-2. I?ow Middling IS. Strict Good ordinary 11 1-4. Staple cotton nominal. New York Cotton Marke*. New York. Juno 4. Opening Close. July .It.ll 13. IS Ort.Ifl.fi 12 65 Dec.IM! 12.67 CHICAGO PRODUCK KXCHANG IL Chicago, June 4. opening Close. It Iba-July . . ? 11-33 11.27 Wthn Beel li.fi U.fl Some Random Thought-,. Owing to the usual rush of har? vesting the oat crop ami of keeping up with the other crops at the same time, the County Farmers' Union will not call a meeting this week. The next regular meeting will be on the 3rd of July with the Concord local. Thin will give plenty of time for all the committees to bring in full re? ports on the matters referred to them. The July meeting should be a very intcrsting one. see The extensive and prolonged drought has seriously cut off the oat crop, In many fields caused poor stands of cotton and tobacco, so that the outlook for good prices is much better than a year ago. On the gov? ernment report of the cotton condi? tion good cotton should bring 15c now, and It would be, if our farm? ers had stood for that price last fall. Hut with so much of the crop in the hands of the spinners it is very doubtful if the few bales scattered about will be sold much higher than at present. ? ? e If all cotton merchants would work as hard to secure a full price for the farmers' cotton as Mr. David Coker of llartsville has done I verily believe the average price for several years would have been at least one cent per pound more than we have re? ceived. This applies to short as well as long staple. It should be very gratifying to the farmers of South Carolina that Mr. Coker has been se? lected as one of the directors of the regional bank for this district, at Richmond, Va. I am sure that if anything can be done by this system of banking to aiu the farmers to market their cotton and tobacco more satisfactorily, Mr. Coker will sec that it is worked out. SOS Supervisor Pitts and Overseer Hol? land, with their assistants are doing a good Job In building the Shlloh road. They will finish about one and one-half miles of the most difficult part this week. While this road has long been needed, the experience of the builders Is enabling them to build ?o much better road than would have been done ten years ago that it U worth the long wait to secure it. This highway and the building of the Sumter and Turbeville-Olanta railroad will be even more valuable to the city of Sutoier and the coun? ty than the securing the Seaboard. The highway is now assured, and no reasonable expense should be spared by Sumter to secure the railroad. It should be made a part of either the Coast Line or Seaboard systems, if it Is to give the greatest convenience to the people along the line. ? a a The splendid cooperation of the County Farmers* Union and the Chamber of Commerce?good team work?has given us tick eradication work several years before it would have come about, but for these or? ganizations. We have not yet se? cured an ideal produce marketing system, but thanks to the Union Bro? kerage company, the creation of the Farmers' Union, conditions have vast? ly Improved. Some team work on the part of the Farmers' Union and the Chamber of Commerce ought to perfect a marketing system. If any two men can work it out, President Williams of the County Union, and Secretary Reardon of the Chamber of Commerce will turn the trick. Qivo them the support of the farm? ers and of the business men of coun? ty and town, and watch results. Ill It would not bo a bad idea to put this combination in tho railroad proposition. The same arguments that were made for securing the Seaboard will apply to getting the Sumter Turbcville-Olanta railroad and unless Sumter made a bad bargain in pay? ing for the former it ought ,.ot hesi? tate to making a reasonable outlay for the latter. Anything that will do tho general public so much good should tot be left to a few public I spirited citizens of the city and coun? ty. see Tho work of the County Democratic Kxecutive Committee in carefully de? fining tho boundaries of the various club districts last Monday was the longest step toward perfecting the primary system that has ever been taken. Of course there will be a few voters who will be put to some Inconvenience who may be placed in clubs that they would rather not be in, but the work of enrollment is so simplified that there should not be any objection from any one who truly wishes to secure to every mini justice and prevent the possibility of fraud or irregularities. F.. W. 1>. CLINKS*\\IJ?:s IIIJ.S PliKDOB. Jno. T. Duncan Also Annoiiiucs Can? didacy. Columbia, Juno 4.?John ( scales tefJny died his pledge j his assessment as a candl ' governor, making four so f; have enteret! tho ra? o. John can of Columbia also annotl candidacy for governor, FAVORS COMP! LSOKY EDUCA? TION, E. II. Blake of Greenwood Cites let? ter from New York to Show Ad? vantage of Statute. Kditor Tho Item. A negro school teacher in South Carolina recently said that the white people of South Carolina passed a law in 1895 compelling the negroes to attend school when the constitution? al convention required that a negro be able to read and write, or that ho hold property before he could vote. He smiled and said that since that time the negro children could not be kept from going to school, and that the negro schools were always crowded, but that now the white peo? ple would be forced to pass a com? pulsory education law to give the white children the education they would need to compete with the ne? gro. That negro teacher's statement is plain enough. So we have In South Carolina a compulsory law already for the ne? groes. Here is what Hon. James D. Sullivan, chief of compulsory at? tendance division of the State of New York, replies from Albany under date of May 28, 1914, as to the effect of the compulsory attendance law in that State and what the people think of it: "Mr. E. IT. Blake, Greenwood, S. C. Dear Sir: Your letter of inquiry under date of May 25 received, and I beg leave to answer your questions in the order submitted. "1. Do you believe education has made greater progress in your State under a compulsory education law than before such a law was passed?' Xo other single school statute has done so much for the cause of edu? cation in this State as tho compul? sory education law now In operation here. Thousands of children who have been in attendance upon lawful Instruction annually since the law went into effect would havo been growing up without a chance for ed? ucation, augmenting the ranks of il? literacy and swelling the ranks of our criminal population, were it not for the compulsory education statute. But very few children in this great State physically and mentally competent are found out of school while the schools are in session. "2. Are tho people trying to get it repealed V They certainly are not. Every single newspaper and magazine in this State is a staunch advocate of a rigid enforcement of this law and all our people in all the various walks of life have come to believe thoroughly in this statute. The com? pulsory education law has come to stay, and it will yet do for our peo? ple what a similar statute has done for the people in Germany during the last 70 years. Illiteracy in the Ger? man Empire is almost a vanishing point, as a result of a vigorous en? forcement of attendance laws in that country. "Every Stato in the union has now a workable compulsory education law except the following: Oklahoma, Texas, Florida, New Mexico, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina. "Jn no Stato where a compulsory education law has been enacted in my opinion will it evor be repealed, and in every State having such a law, year by year it is being made more mandatory, specific, comprehensive and workable." Mr. Editor, what are the white peo plo of South Carolina going to do about it? Yours very truly, E. H. Blake. Greenwood, June 3. A license to marry has been issued to Mr. W. D. Shupe of Columbia and Miss Emma If. Carr of Suinter. I Candidates' Cards. i_ Announcements of candidates will bo printed in this column until the close of tho campaign for $5. No cards accepted on credit. For Supervisor. I hereby announce myself a can? didate for the office of Supervisor for Sunder County, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. L, E. WHITE. County Su|h>rintciidctit of Education. I hereby announce myself a candi? date for tho office of County Super? intendent of Bducatlon for Bumter County, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. S. D. CAIN'. ?00 BUSHEL*?Good homo raised White corn, 20 tons No. 1 baled pea vino hay well mixed with crab grass; also small farm mule we will sell cheap. Apply to Andrews Bros. Oswego, S. C. :EESWAX WANTED?Cash paid for good clean wax. N. O. Osteen. SoutKC^oMt^ A Full Literary, Scientific and Technical School for Young Men Offers the young men of the South the best educational advantages, under positive Christian influences, at the minimum expense. Founded in IHW and holds a recognized position among the high-grade institutions of the South. _ Provide* the u?oal Literary Coarse leadim to die Degree of A. B. including Ancient and Modern Languages, English, History, Mathematics, Social and Political Economy. Oratory and Natural Sciences. Also a post? graduate course leading to the Degree of Master of Arts. Offers a four-year Coarse in Electrics laad Mechanical Eafiaeerinf in seperate buildings, with fully equipped shops and laboratories, all necessary ap? paratus and appliances, under a separate corps of experienced instructors. tution. This course leads to the degree of neering. and constitutes a sound start for almost?LVmU SSSfJ.!" En?l* The College owns 9 splendid huidfngTot 2HiiU8trl? thorough equipment. Its Faculty of fifteen ZlSLSSS^l ?** and tutors is large enough to insui, the" a^ouni oT^S inE?* and individual attention so essential to the best res-dt? instruction The Camp- s life is most wholesome, and the tradition* ?t u ,* morality are high. There is no hazing At!let?i 22hono,r ?nd carefully supen-ised by the Faculty. Gymniiurcand The athletic work of Newberry College in l?t* v??v? >,?? Dipal"ory. among the South Carolina CoHegeH. The riffio^ilfi 1." ideal ??i- *v_ m?v,??i>? _v.v *na the Has the great advantage of being connected'with ft regular literary ins'ti- morafand spiritual welfare of the student is the school's chief conqaxu^ __ Certificates from accredited high-schools admit without examination. \ A prepara-r tory school department for high-sch >ol under grad?. yuates. Next session opens September 17,11)14.,' For catalogue and particulars, address Rev. J. Henry Harms? De D*? V President/ 4 Newbcrry, S. C. f^^pjjpjaj^ _ saw**?***** ? THE RESCUE WORKERS. Local Corps of Religions Workers Es 1 tal)lishcd in Headquarters. The American Rescue Workers who arrived in the city Wednesday evening and have been holding open air meetings on the street corners and attracting large crowds, have secured quarters for the present at S. Main and Bartlette Streets and are looking for a hall for their indoor meetings. They have come to Sumtcr to stay, not to solicit funds to take to other fields. The money received by them here will be spent in Sumter helping tho poor and the destitute of this city. The Bescue Workers, as stated already have no connection with the Salvation Army, and are an incorpor? ated organization, having nearly twenty homes for women and chil? dren in the United States, and many industrial institutions for poor men. Tho cap, bonnet and uniforms arc very different from that of the Sal? vation Army, and Major Owens, the Divisional Officer from Charlotte, who came with other officers here to open the work, states that he wants the Rescue Workers to stand on their own merit in Sumter, and asks that all citizens cooperate with them in their work, and this will make the work much more effective and the Rescue Workers will be of greater help to the poor and fallen classes of suffering humanity in this city. Any one wishing to make a contribution to tho local work of this organization and not seeing any of the workers can inclose same to the Captain, Walter Harmon, general delivery, Sumter, and ho will acknowledge same with receipt by return mail. As soon as a hall is secured for indoor meetings the public will be advised. Major Owens left here Saturday morning to go back to Charlotte, and wishes to thank the public through these col? umns for their kindness and words of cheer and encouragement to him and his officers since coming here. In co-operation with the weather bureau, forest rangers are to meas? ure snow depths in the western moun? tains. MEN Cured Forever By *> true spe? cialist who possesses the experience of years. The right kind of experience ? doing the same thing the right way hundreds und perhaps thou? sands of times, with unfailing permanent re? sults. Don't you think it time to get tho right treatment? 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Candidate for Governor States His Choice for United States Senator. Columbia, June 3.?"I am going to vote for Cole L. Blease for United States Senator because I believe he is nearer the masses of the people than the other man," said John G. Rich? ards, Jr., candidate for governor, to? night. The statement was made in answer to a direct question as to whether he was for Smith or Blease. It was talked around Columbia dur? ing the State convention that Mr. Bichards had declared, in a Blease conference that he was going to vote for tho governor for United States senator, and it was known also that Mr. Bichards attended the Blease caucus here on last Monday. This is the first authorized statement of the position of Mr. Richards. Major Richards expressed his confi? dence that he would be chosen gov? ernor. He was here today in attend? ance on meeting of the railroad com? mission, of which he is chairman* and leaves with the other members, in the morning to inspect the Caro? lina and Northwestern Railway and the Seaboard Air Line. * ? ^ The foreman in charge of the par? ing work on Liberty street lent hie roller and rolled the baseball grounds Wednesday before the game, a fact that was very greatly appreciated by members of the team and which did much to put the diamond in better condition. We ttstb Beokkrtptar, Baaklor. Shorthand, Typewrit)'.!* Pesasasaip. AritkeM?e end Beslaess Letter WrSJaf. Our courses are thorough and our College 13 the most highly recommended. Oar graduates ere always preferred because of the thorough training they receive here. _ "?SJ?I" "THE SOUTH'S BEST'-' VhSWMis?? Now is the Time If you've never had a Checking Account, or wish to increase your present facilities?to start an account with this bank. For SECURITY you have our Capital and Surplus of $250,000. 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