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C lit SHaitjjman anb .Soutjirim. f^kllabed Wednesday and Saturday. ?BY? ?STREN PUKLISHINU COMPANY. i?MTKR, a. d ll.lt par annum?In advance. I Advertisements: One Square first lnaartlon.11.00 ?vary subsequent lnaartlon.60 Contracts for throa months, or 2oa#er will bo made at reduced rates. Ait communications which sub esrvs privat? interests will bo charged tor nm advertisement*. Obituaries and tributes of respect Will ho charged for. The Sumter Watchman was fouud at ha Hi* and the True Southron In lift* Tho Watchman and Southron new has the combined circulation and snshsenoe of both of ths old papers, ana Is manifestly the hast advertising stadium in Sumter. A Jbovlng Tribute to Marie Tompkins Merrlmon. Rdgetleld Chronicle. Just i few short summers ago, Edge field's heart was attuned to tho love story of a sweet girl-bride. Kdgetleld's heart was touched thut the marriage of two loved young peoplo, Marie Tompkins and Clus Merrlmon, should be saddened by the death of a devotod srandmotber. Interest centered in tho new borne of the young couple In Sumter. Ws knew that In her new home, the sweet personality of our friend would win for her friendship and love. What a fair picture our lit? tle friend mude with her cheruh boy In her arms?that beautiful baby boy whose short life was such a bright chapter In the lives of two such de? voted families. Perhaps the going of this little child hastened the end of the young mother. Her thoughts were ever of her angel child. The deep, brooding motherhood look was ever in her eyes, tinging even her smiles with sadness. What a beautiful, con? soling thought it is that somewhere on the shores of Eternity these spir? its thst on earth were so closely bound together are reunited. For we cannot help but believe that loved enss here are loved ones there for sver. To the young husband, to the moth? er and father and sisters and broth era, who once before have given up a loved sister, to the many others who mourn the passing of this dear one, we offer a deep sympathy. Only five years ago a June bride?and now June has maiked the closing of her life. "Of all the thoughts of God that are, Bourne Inward unto souls afar, Along the .Psalmist's music deep, Now tell me If that any is, For gift or grace, surpassing this? Hs glveth Ills beloved sleep." The 11. P. O. E. The State convention of the P.enev olent Order of Elks hus concluded its third annual session In this city. Tho gathering here of these Jolly fellows from all parts of tho State will be a great advertisement for Anderson. Not only was everything done for their reception and entertainment, but they were made to feel very much at home by the cltlsens generally. There \va nothing to mar the pleasure of the convention and tho style of fun which some Indulged In might havo appear? ed a little like horse-play or like child's play to some of the grown? ups, but after all. there was no mis? chief In the*o men. The stunts pull? ed off were good naturod Imitations of some that the Shrlner* amused themselves with In Atlanta. The visitors were an.uzed to llnd Anderson as big, as suostantiut and as progressive u eity as it is. There Is In the organization of F.Iks the potentiality for doing great good in the way of hcnc\o|cnco and charity. The Klks do s great deal of I i charity thut Is known only to them selves. Tho tenets of their order arc not given tu the world, but It Is ob? served among other things that they sre taught to feel a deep reveieie e for the Mag of their country, that tin \ have a regard, approaching affection for each other, and lor tho world at large they have a consideration that is admirable. Anderson is glad to have had the Elks of the State here, through their | representatives, ami the people of An-1 demon in saying good-bye to the e Jolly, good fellows, would suggest to them to keep ever forward their dec laratlon to make (ho world a bettet place In which to live; to make smoother tbe pathway of those whose lives are lacking in happiness and in chfer. Th*re is much to be done to mike tb. old world brighter and happier, and It n.-.sl be done through organizations of one kind and an? other. At the same time happiness is not mcrel> pl? a^ure. and there is more in the world than merely exl-^ng tu get the phantom of frivolity when the substance of whole-souled joy may I n found In the contact and associa? tion with men of bear*, of perception, of breadth of idea and depth of sen? timent? Anderson Intelligencer. A COMPARISON. Observer Doos not Believe In State Constables Being Kept with Cam? paign Party. If Mayor I* D. Jennings, of Sum? ter, ordered two or three mmbers of the Sumter police force to accompany him on the campaign to 'protect' him and required the treasury of the Greater Gamecock City to pay the salaries and the traveling expenses of tho Sumter policemen, what would tho taxpayers of Sumter do to the Hon. I? I). Jennings?" asked a Sum? ter citizen yesterday. "But," continued this inquisitive Sumtcrite, and Sumterites are very often very inquisite, "wouldn't tho mayor of Sumter be as fully justified in using tho Sumter guardians of the peaco to go around South Carolina for tho purpose of preventing free speech, and Intimidating; or trying to intimidate his three opponents and the Democratic voters as the governor of South Carolina has and at pub? lic expense too?" "Oh, well that may be true enough" said another Sumterite, but you know our Sumter mayor 'Dang' Jennings ain't built that way, he is not scared of anybody and all the State constables put together can't bluff Jennings out of saying what ho starts out to say." "And another thing," put in an? other Sumterite, because Sumterites must and will talk, they got to get it out of their systems this hot weather you know, "the mayor of Sumter has no political, personal, or official record that needs shot gun or pistol pro?eetlon to keep it under cover, and Jennings' record, personally, officially, and politically will stand the sunlight and not fado or decompose, and he doesn't have to carry the Sumter health officer or police force around with him and furnish them with dis? infectants and pistols to keep his rec? ord from being a stench in the nos? trils of people, don't you know. Jennings and his record require no police, constabulary or other 'protec? tion.' Both will stand sanitary or other kinds of inspection alright." Pretty hot stuff to hand out with the mercury flying high as it is. MAN LOST IN WHEAT FIELD. Grain so Tall That Farmer Nearly Starved Before lie Got Out. La iCrosse, WU, June 18,?Lost in a 1,200 acre wheat held, w rh the wheat extending above his head so that he could not get ni-* bearings. Daniel Ernl, a Puch county farmer, wandered all afternoon and far into the night btfuYI bis shouts for help brought him relief. Tho story was brought to La Crosse today by Frank Wesley a ranchman of Kuch county. He expluined that the wheat stands more than live feet tall and it Is easy for a man to lose himself in a field. "Ernl is not a very tall man, and the wheat extended abovo his head," said Wesley. "He lives in Bison and drove out into the country to take a look at his wheat. Leaving the car at tho side of tho road he enter? ed tho wheat, penetrating some dis? tance, closely looking for traces of Hessian fly or rust. He wandered all afternoon, going in what he thought was a straight line expecting to strike tho opposite sldo of the Held, but he evidently was moving in circles. Tho darkness came and he was still in the denseness of tho wheat This partic? ular held Included nearly 1,200 acres ami adjoined other fields not separat? ed by fences, so a man could go for miles without leaving the wheat thlek et. "It was ghont 1? o'clock at night that his car was discovered and searohers went into tho wheat sus? pecting that someone was lost. They hoard tho faint cries of tho almost ex? hausted man and finally discovered him."? Kansas City Star. Beautiful Women. It has been observed that beau? tiful women always have good di? gestion. If your digestion is faulty Chamberlain's Tablets will correct it. They aro easy to take and most agree? able In effect. For sale by all deal? ers.?Advt. Tests of two kinds of paving are being made on Liberty at met In front of tho Booth-Boyle Live Stoek Com? pany, (mo is a test of brich paving without a concrete foundation and the other Is a test of a concrete pav? ing. Both aro laid for only a short distance and will be given a try-out by the elty. Whooping Cough. "I havo used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy ever since I have been keep? ing house and I consider it one of the best medicines 1 have ever used. My children have all used it and it works like a charm for colds ami whooping cough. In fact, I consid? er it good for any kind of a throat or lung trouble, anddonoththink huroln lung trouble, and do not think any household complete without it." writes I., c. Hainen, of Marbury, Ala. You will like a good while before you find a better preparation than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for colds and whooping cough In ehil dren. It contains no narcotic and is Pleasant to take. For sale by all deal? ers.?AdVt. Tomato Club Notes TO TOMATO CLUB MEMBERS. Some of the Insect Pests Which In? jure Tomatoes and How to Eight Them. Xo. 6110?To Canning Club Members: In letter Xo. 629 we told you some things to do to prevent disease amon?; your tomato plants. At the same t ime that you try to prevent dis? ease, t will be necessary to look out for insect pests which may do great harm in a short time. Then, too, you can light the two at the same time. For these reasons, the instructions in this letter should be read and used with Xo. 629. The lirst insect you may have trou? ble with will probably be one of the variois cut worms which will cut down plants as soon as set out. A good :*emedy is poisoned bait placed so as to kill these worms before trans? planting. Have nothing green grow? ing on the plat for about two weeks before transplanting. Then dip col lard, Of cabbage leaves, bunches of clover or weeds into a solution of Paris <reen made by mixing one table - spoonful of Paris green in a bucket of water. Scatter these over the plat in the evening for two or three days before transplanting. Remember that Paris green is a poison and must be handled carefully. Another poison which can be used as a bait after the plants are set out Is a mash made by mixing one peck bran and two cups molasses with ono ounce, two table spoonfuls, of Paris green and enough water to moisten the mixture. Cotton} seed meal may be used insead of bran, j taking one quart of meal to one table* j spoonful of Paris green. This is I placed in small baits near the plants and may be kept moist under a bit Of earth to protect from the sun. Do j not allow chickens or other animals to eat this poison mash. Another way J to protect plants from cut worms which you may have tried is to wrap each plant when transplating with aj bit of paper which extends about i one inch above and one inch below the surface of the ground. Another insect which may attack j your plants in the cold frame or soon; after transplanting, is the tlea-beetle, a tiny black jumping beetle which j feeds upon the tissue of the leaf.! Bordeiux mixture which we advised for spraying to prevent disease, will J also have some injurious effect upon the tlea-beetle, but to dispose of it and other injurious biting insects, it will be safest to add to the Bordeaux mixtu:o either Paris green or arse nate of lead. For each 10 gallons of Bordeaux, add 2 ounces of Paris green, or 10 ounces of arsenate of lead. Keep the rritxure well stirred while using. It is necessary to use a spray pump] for applying this because unless it is' applied in a mist-like spray which coats the leaves thoroughly, it will not d > good. If Paris green is used without the Bordeaux, 4 ounces quick limo to 10 gallons wliter must be used to keep the Paris green from burning the foliage. Arsenate of lead is thought to he better than Paris green for such use. Although it costs a little more, It is really cheaper, because it gives better protection, is not so likely to burn the foliage, and sticks to the leaves bet? ter, making fewer applications neces? sary. Two applications of arsenate of |egd will equal four or five of Paris green Arsenate of lead solution can also be made with less (are. The potato-beetle sometimes at? tacks tomato plants, but can be con trolled by the spraying or by jarring the beetles into a vessel and destroy? ing them. The tomato horn worm eats the leaves of the plants and can easily be found. Hand picking and killing is the best way to get rid of thom. This large green caterpillar is the larva of one of the sphinx moths, a beautiful creature which I hope you may sometime see tutting through your garden at dusk and getting nec? tar from tubular Mowers with its long beak. This moth lays the eggs which produce these horned caterpillars. You may also lind the pupa or winter stago of this inseet which will live in the ground in a brown ease having its long beak curved over its body like the handle of a jar. Another caterpillar which will give trouble is the "fruit worm" which bores into the tomato. In its differ? ent generations this same caterpillar lives as the cotton bolt worm, and the bud worm of corn. It likes these plants better than the tomato. The fruit worm may be worse if the to? matoes are planted near old cotton or corn fields. Since the moth of this species lays about BOO eggs and there aro tWO, three, or more generations in one season, you will see the advan? tage of picking off and destroying these worms. Rick off the small to? matoes SS soon is infected and either feed them to the hogs or bury them deep in the ground Spraying with one of the arsenlcala mentioned above I Will blip keep this worm out of the Part 1. fruit. Three weeks or more before fruit ripens .arsenate of lead may be used. Within one week of ripening, if spray is needed, use Paris green which can be more easily washed off the tomato than can the arsenate of lead. If you have other crops than to? matoes on your tenth acre it is well to know that all insects which can be reached can be poisoned in one of two ways, depending upon their habits. Insects which bite and ac? tually eat the tissue of plants can be killed by the use of arsenic poisons suggested in this letter because they eat the poisoned food. Many insects injure plants by sucking their juices as do bugs and plant lice. These have to be killed by external poisons which come into contact with their bodies usually closing their breathing pore.1;, and killing them. Soap preparations and kerosene emulsions are used to destroy this class of insects. These preparations must be made with care. Instructions will be sent to any who inquire for them. Pait II. Canning Club Score. We want to tell you in this letter about the score for judging the Can? ning Club records next fall so you may know all the points to work for. The score on which your work will be judged is as follows: 1. Business showing, to in? clude.30 points Management of crop 10 Yield.10 Profit.10 2. Quality. 30 point3 Of exhibit.15 Of other products .. ..15 3. The Daily Record Book. .20 points 4. The History of the Season's Work.20 points (A pretty booklet made by the girl herself to tell the story of her work.? You will see from this score that every part of your work is important and counts. A good yield cannot be made without good management and careful following of instructions. If you do use care and preseverance and yet have bad weather and other mis? fortunes to contend with, you will still be given credit for your effort; and the quality of your work and pro? ducts can always be high because you yourself can control that part of the record. There will be many things to dis? courage you but remember that noth? ing worth doing is easy, and that in addition to all the other results next fall, we want you to have the tine consciousness of having done some difficult things well. Sincerely yours, Mary K. Creswell, Assistant in Girls' Demonstration Work. CAN'T DENY IT. If This Had Happened Elsewhere In? stead of Siuntcr You Might Doubt It. The average man is a doubter. This is not surprising?the public have been humbugged so frequently they are skeptical. Proof like the follow? ing will stand investigation. It can? not be disputed. C. H. James, salesman, 304 Coun? cil St., Sumter, S. C, says: I had kid? ney trouble and the kidney secretions caused me much annoyance by pass? ing too frequently. Backaches and sharp pains across my loins kept me in misery and I couldn't rest well. In the morning when I got up, my back was so lame and sore that I could hardly straighten. If I got up quickly after sitting, sharp twinges darted through me. A friend told me about Doan's Kidney Pills. They removed the trouble and made my kidneys nor? mal. I willingly confirm my former endorsement of Doan's Kidney Pills given some years ago, for they made a permanent cure." Price 50c. at all dealers. Don't] simply ask fqj; a kidney remedy?get| Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that Mr. James had. Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. 4 5 NO PUSH CART BUSINESS FOR YOU if you have a Columbia bicycle. With it you can ride up hill, down hill and on the level. The Co? lumbia is the lightest running wheel made. It takes no more effort to climb a steep hill on it than it docs to ride most wheels on a straight level road, (jet a Columbia if you get any. Then you can have all the joys of bik? ing. H. L. TISDALE, 45 S. Main St. Phone 482 HUSBAND, RESCUED DESPAIRING WIFE After Four Tears of Disconragiog Conditions, Mrs. Bollock Gave Up in Despair. Hatband Gant to Rescue. ? .A Catron, Ky.?In an interesting letter from this place, Mrs. Bettie Bullock writes as follows: "1 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, 1 would have severe pains in my left side: l 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 got me a bottle of v Cardui, the woman's tonic, and I com? menced taking it. From the very first, dose, I could tell it was helping me. 1. can now walk two miles without its tiring me, and am doing aU my work." If you are all run down from woinanl y> troubles, don't give up in despair. Try Cardui, the woman's toni:. It has helped more than a million women, In Us 50 years of continuous success, and cbouht surely help you, tc o. Your druggist has sold Cardui for yiars. He knows what it will do. Ask bim. He will recom? mend it Begin taking Cardui today, t Wiite to: Chattau<->ga Medicine Co.. U*W Advisory Dept.. Chattu"00ga. TeQn., fur fiMsns Instructions en your ca*e ana64-patt book. TnSM Treatment for Wetten," :nt Id plain wrapper. hSS For a Weak Stomach. Take Chamberlain's Tablets. They enable the stomach to perform its functions naturally. For sale by all dealers.?Advt. Abstracts Sent to Comptroller. Auditor Wilder today got off the last of his personal, real, bank and corporation abstract! to the comp? troller general. These will be passed on by the State Hoard of Equalisation which meets in the comptroller gen? eral's olllee some time next month. The street force, is at present em? ployed in making repairs on various streets of the city which the recent rains and dry weather have cut into holes. ?ki There is Nothing Better. Hunt the worlc. over and you will not lind a better remedy for diar? rhoea than Chamberlain's Cholic, Cholera and Dir rrhoea Remedy. It always cures, l or sale by all deal? ers^?Adyt._ i: ? And feel your .hirst slip away. You'll finish refreshed, cooled, satisfied. Demand the genuine by fu 1 na Nickname* encourage ?ulisi.lutiuu. THE COCA-COLA CO. ATI.ANTA, t;A 52 Whenever - ^IP^ you i?e a a. ' Arrow thtak . of Coca-Cola. MID-SUMMER CLEARANCE SALE HE time is here for the arrival of New Goods for the coming season. We have a number of short ends and left overs in warm weather fabrics that we must clean up, we need the space. In every department some article to suit you. In this sale profit not con? sidered. - _ -.-.._ O'Donnell & Co.