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rvo.??ii?-,4 Wcdueedaj a ltd Saturday ?BT? 08TEKN PUBLISHING COMPANY. humran. g. a Terms: 11.10 per annum?lo advance. Advertisements: Oue Square first Insertion.11.00 *ffvsry subsequent Insertion.CO Contracts for three mouths, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub? serve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries snd tributes of resper. ?rill bo charged for.% the dumter Watchman was found? ed la 1850 and the True Southron lu Hit. The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation snd *oflu?nce cf both of the old papers, mad Is mtnifcstly the best advertising aaedlum in Sumter. The South Carolina, Belgium ltcllcf ship loaded with provisions for the starving nor -c mbatunts of jtclglum W'll sail from Charleston In January. The cargo will be furnished by the contributions from the people of this State, supplemented by contributions from North Carolina and Georgia. Contributions of grain a ad other food? stuffs, as well as money, arc solilctcd. and every farmer who can spare a few bushels of corn nnd peas should make a contribution to save tbo life of a starving Belgian. ose Col. Roosevelt Is struggling desper? ately to retain a measure of the no? toriety that he once enjoyed. Other expedients having failed to bring the results that bis sensatlon-lovln? nature reveled In he has resorted to a vicious assault upon the administra? tion of President Wilson, lie centers his attack against the M< xiean pole In general and the Vera Cruz inci? dent In particular. Ills critic.sm follows the same line pur.and by the Hearst yellow Journal syndicate and other dollar Jingoes whose chief In? terest In the Mexican problem ha-* been their Investments in Mexican mines and other enterprises which they had been exploiting at the ex? pense of the Mexican people. These financial brigands were protected in their operations by the l>laz party as long as the old dictator maintained his iron grip on Mexico, but when he was overthrown and their special privileges were endangered they set up a clamor for the United Stales lo rles? Mexico and administer its affairs under a military government for their beneHt. This President Taft refused j to do and President Wilson has BSJOSJ oven moro positive In bis refusal |o| use army and navy of this country to save the Mexican-made millions of) the income tax dodgers. Col. Hoest VoP and William Randolph Hear t in an offensive albunco against the Wil? son administration is a spectacle that the American people will estimate at Its real worth, lloth are gnuquuv self-seekers who hope to accomplish their own ends by discrediting the pa? triotic and statesman-like policies of the administration in the eyes of V. < American people. RoCSJOTOlt, the M i. demagogue In the history of Amerh pol.tea. |Mg had bis ?.Ii . the BOODlC having profited b.. the opportunity to compare the suieJtsMtdal ,?? rfeffSiaacca of n> con-a rSJCti .. > ..i ... in i io person of \\ oudfosj Wfllaoa. with the swash buckling ?romlsc? of an imita? tion and self style I champion of tie pvople, in 1 ho p< rson or Thee lor itoo .* ?. :t. II - I' >\? r- ha ; ? ved and obscured by the rial greets* SJ ol Pr? gfaV at \\ 11 t i us Spir? it, embittered I , the knowledge ihn! tb- I pig gtjSjgeJ popularity be gained by Ms rough ihier methods is elfoad] | catalogued as notoriety and not si enduring fame, founded OS merit, character ami at i csmanllke Service, seeks to reiptln pOfeulat BjOltC< b] BS? saiiirg ?h'> man whos?- ai hi vom nts he envies but can SJS?Sff SSABlBte, T l\ , ,.?.?,? It ,s .i h and his ;? -- sauita on Wee di e at Wilson sumeh ol th*? methods of Msg OafnV tt in viiht - Ing Jim J? ffrlea after he bad lost the championship to the better man. The vemict of the Aaaeeieas people re SjgSJSjSjpjg Itoosevelt Is Indi it? I by ihS nation w hie ;oli of tbankrclio?ss that Wood row Wilson ha ... ? n n' the helm of State laSJlt ol el Tb odors itoosevelt during the V, -.lean ? im? broglio, ami tin- great v.ar that n >vv de\aHlnt s llurop? and de ifaMaeS commerce end gada try to.oOSjhoUt toe world. g * e Britannia rubs the wa\e. but It ne? curs to a disinterested onloobi r Ihal |g#>*fejesjg In making the rulership ef fectlve has cost her dearly. It Would Luve Leen SSJgjSf for i-Inglund IS hm\ sent a lb et of sjessj powering atfengl i to destroy the German Meet before Ik* . 1 ! t r to Admiral Crad lock s sqimd Ion oft HtSJ ??. a-t of Chile than il WBS rfterwerb*. The battle al ?!??? I'. l' - l;i.-.d l-dmd* wmid have been Ullliec ? ?ry ba t Kirtlnml not un h r. - sj ed Ihe ?Mensjth a ad reaoejreeful , ?? of the Iriaaa Pa > < fleet, a: t n >r In Judgment or naval stmteg) 11.at v nit. d In ISM laSS of t .v.. I nip and at lea A litlecn bundled liws Knglnnd oas re\eng?>,l the destruction of Admiral Crnddock'l tquadioni bul cannot repair the oss. Knglnnd with the overwhelming naval power that, she possesses should act upon David Harirnan's counsel and "do unto the other fellow as he would do unt< you?and do it first/1 The destruction of the German licet hy a Drltlsh He ' of such superior strength that the Admiral von Spree never had a OSSUSOS of victory, or of escape onc< the battle was joined, was the belated performance of a task that England con d have accomplished before fifteen hundred of her brave seam m were sent Hi a watery grave. The German na?' on the high seas is being gradually wiped out of existence by tho Inexorable grinding of superior force, >ut the job is not being done in an expeditious and elllcknt manner. The SSeSl responsible for the nianuge mem. of the British navy appear to be gjilty of needless waste in putting into effect tho plan to eliminate the German scjg power. *> * a Tits market bulletin to be Issued weekly by Clemson College will serve1 a .rood purpose in giving the people information that cannot be obtained by them in a condensed form in any other way. This information will en? able sellers and buyers of staple pro? ducts to keep posted on the lluctuu tions of tho market in the State and will have a tendency to steady the market and prevent wide variations in prices. The Curb Market. As the result of the movement start? ed by the Suntter Retail Merchants' Association, a curb market for the sale of all sorts of country produce will be ; opened in this city Thursday morn? ing next. Decent br 17th. Cooperat? ing with the Itetail Merchants' .Asso? ciation in the effort to establish a curb market, or, at the least, to give the undertaking a fair trial. President J. Frank Williams of the Sutnb > County Farmers' Union, and the Civic League of Surntcr. representing the j housekeepers, are giving this plan to bring together the producers and con? sumers their hearty support. At the request of tho advocates of I the curb market. City Council has granted permission to use Canal street, between Main and Harvin, and llarvln street in the rear of the CourtI house square, for the i impose until 11 A. M., on Tuesday, Thursday an 1 Saturday of each week, until further notice. The plan Is for those who have produce for sale to assemble at the place named on market days, back their vehicles up to the cur?? and dis? pose of their wares to the housekeei - ers in a few horns, instead of spending a half day er longer hawking them around town from door to door. This plan will be a time saver for both, sellers and buyers and will work out to the profit of both panics, if the er.perh nee of other place:1 is repeated In Sumtcr. It is hoped that u. great variety of PredtteS will bo offered for sale at the curb market?vegetables, poultry,] r^'s, butte*. beef. pork, sausage, coun-. try haiDH, bacon, peas, potatoes, hi me Banned fruits and vegetables, In fact everything thai tin. I own people need in the Una of country produce, front turkeys to kindling a. if ike curb market becomes ostui - lashed as a permanent Institution II will be the mart for the sale of) practically everything that the farm* ? rS Wish tO dtBpOSC Of ai d it will l?c patronised, not only i>> thohouseek* ers, 'ut by the men as well who will purchass or place order.1 for such st ipte articles as hay. corn, oats, peas at cord wood* curb market is not designed to, nor will it. Interfere with the buslnesi of those who have regular oustomera to whom tiny supply butter, eggs or other produce at stated Intervals, Those who have regular sustomers Will continue lo supply them as lure lofore, and Ins curb market will fur ntefc an outlet for any surplus tin > may nave, The curb market will thus afford the opportunlt) tlmt im< many housekeepers desire, but do i ot now enjoy, of obtaining from lh< bands of the producers fresh vege tables and other articles e1 food, and 'it will afford Ins farmers the op? portunlty of supplying many articles that ere now shipped from Florida i and other tftatei In large quantities. The curb market is a great Idea, and if n ? properly utilised will koei money at home and encourage truck growing, poultry raising and divers!? Hod farming in ail lines. The cur - market opens Thursday morning neat, and II you have any? thing tu m ill give it a tital. Beiglaa Relief r>>ml. Previously acknowledged .. Jno, Haynaworth. B'?" i?. a. Usma on. io,o?i * I T ?' ? - tun-ton Kosnlnntctt Hal, tiencral. Washington, Dee, >, Fresldi I Wilson nominal? d Fred rick Fun*1 a lor a ma lor general nt the Fulled gtates nrn y. Ithe awakening of the south After a five weeks' trip through the South, making a personal Study of its bttatnasa conditions, the editor of Ma> Manufacturers Record in this week's issue says: I j Usprlnted from Manufacturers Ree 01 d, i tecember ;i, 1 y i 1. Cotton Is now beginning to move. Farmers are beginning to sell; for? eign spinners and American spinner* are beginning to buyj the tinancial situation throughout the South i; leasing up, and men are once more turning their thought away from stagnation in trade to a doterminatloi I to develop trade, Pessimism has givsn way to Optlsmlsm. The South lias taught its second wind. It hai been quickened by the cotton situa? tion und the world-wide conditions brought on by war to livelier thought than for many years, and in every ave? nue of life, from tue highest to the lOWSSt, men are thinking more, ami on broader lines, than for many years. Many of them are thinking more than they have ever thought before. The whole mental activity of the South is being Quickened, ami out of this will come g vast amount of good. One of the results will be the larger develop? ment of diversified agriculture in the OOtton-growing States. One will be greater economy in the development of business interests. One will be tile do-] velopment of a general spirit of econ. omy which will be oi InflnttS value to every interest in the South. This spirit will not ISSSSn energy, but it will quicken energy. It will lessen waste and develop thrift. It will tremendously increase the Smith's power to develop its own resources. It will stir fanners and merchants and bankers and manufac turers to do? ing many things for their own good which will lead to the broadest de? velopment of the South., as well as to their Individual proaperlty. Then are many sections of the ^outu which will be benefited by the1 high prices of foodstuffs brought on by the war. A very large proportion Of the Soui.li does not raise cotton, ' but grains and livestock, and these sections, like the West, will be en? riched by the higher prices for all their products, Tho Virginias, Mary? land, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Louisiana and a very large portion ot e very Southern State will, like the West, share in tho is to come from hi ! grain due to Europe ? man 1. Even under tionii the value of th? totcrail-va rlcultural products of the South is more than twice as great as that of COtton, but cotton has so largely been the basli of credll in this section, as stocks and bonds have beenn in Wall Street, that people have talked in terms of cotton rather than in term.-; i if diversified agriculture* There are sections of the South Which have not even felt the effect o( the war, Tic peanut-growing region of Bastcrn Virginia, with its excep? tionally largo production of hogs, Is enjoying great prosperity. The to? bacco-growing regions of Virglna ami Carolina, except for the general talk of Aar. would hardly have known that war existed, for tobacco.is com? manding good prices and the tobacco factories of th SC BtatCS are doing a big business, tobacco grovers of Maryland ami Kentucky, whose pro? ducts arc largely shipped abroad, have, of course, bad to bear some? thing of tho enmo kind of burden thai the cotton growera hnve bad, but this situation \.iii of necessity lighten up ia the near future and conditions will Improve, The- Manufacturers Record feels n in malting the assertion that the profit to the South as a result of those conditions will hereafter annually ex coed the loss on tins year's cotton crop compared with what tin South had expected to get for it;* cotton. The (liilckenlng of tie- life and thought of the whole South, the determination of ?be cotton growers to raise their own foodstuffs to a larger extent than the. have done sine?- 1s.;". the mental Btlr ';. nd lit e which has In en given to ? ei, v ill nil < ombine to prodlH ?? wonderful results, Moreover, tin South, shocked by the begging spirit temporarily dovelopeel, largely through political nctlxltles, which made tin .-'oath appear ><? the world as a beg? gar section asking alms for Its cotton growers, has been stirred to Indlgna ;i< ii a i novt r before. Its people have demanded lhal lltey shall not la poeed before the world as beggars < i nu una< le b> meet every problem which faces them and work it out b i h< ir on a salvation, A Hvc weeks' swing around the - ei". meeting i k'ery clnss of people In the South, from the banker und thi in hnnl nnd Ihe manufacturer * tIn f. i i.. || ad ! I e ||ny In Im nr. b 1 hi-, tuthl the deep* t conviction thai i he icmpoi :m ? hi; h \> hlch ihe H mtli baa faced will ultimately prove* one., greater.! blessings i\? i bestowed upo ii for out of ihi-. condition there wll de developed h nictttal uiul a phys? ical activity which will produce a muz ins results In the advancement of the lifo of the South. Let no one outside for a room :.i Imagine thai the ?: 11111 is in povert> i v I hut i!n Bouth will bo halted in its material advancement. The South Is not In poverty, it is amazingly wdi, off. and only temporarily has its finan? cial strength been tiod up by reason of its inability to realize on one of the World's best assets?a cotton crop that has for some years brought into this section a billion dollars or more a year. This cotton Is now becoming, like the stocks and bonds of Wall Street, a tangible asset with which, men tire able to meet their obligations, giving to all the ramifications of business the inspiration needed to stir and quicken business life. Every business concern In this country that has been doing business in the South, or had expected to do business In that growing section, ought to recognise the situation and fully realise that the halting was but i for a moment) and that out of this temporary crisis will come a greater,' a. more progressive, a more energetic and a richer South. Every man in the South ought to draw new inspiration from the pres? ent conditions and havo a stronger faith on his own section and In the way In which it can meet every emergency. Every man in tins section with quickened energy of mind and body should go forward with broad-1 er plans for the advancement of hi* own interests, whether they he agri? cultural, commercial, financial or in? dustrial. The lesson taught by the effect of the war will he worth to the South i many timer its cost. No one for a mo? ment need he disturbed by the fact that temporarily the lesson was a somewhat drastic one. Every emer? gency mot or every new crisis faced and conquered means a broader man and a broader country. The South has met the crisis; it has met the re? sponsibility of the hour, and it will move forward to mightier achieve? ments than six months ago would have been deemed possible to expect for years to come. The voice of the awakening South is heard clear and distinct: Forward?March! Masons Close Session. Charleston, Dec. 9.?The Masonic grand lodge brought its 138th annual this afternoon, after i * ; ? nstalllng all officers j a mass ol' routine \s meeting. I Tne mosu important work of the session was done last night, when the employment of the income from the fund for the building of a Masonic home and all other revenues coming to the trustees of that fund were de? voted under the administration of the trustees, to the relief of needy Masons, their widows and orphans whe re they may bo found. This does not mean that the project of a Musonic home has been abandoned. On the con? trary, the most rigid safeguards were throw ji about the corpus of the fund of $100,000, which ha; been accumu? lating for the pas! eight or ten years for this object, and. there Is a stronr, sentiment In Ihe grand lod^o in favor of building Ihe home, It was the gen? eral < pinion, however, thai the ays tcm of relief outsidt the central instl luilon might well be tried and, if it proves satisfactory, the question (,f dispensing charity in that v.ay as a permanent policy may bo adopted; while ii wiU etil! ha possible, it found . MM (JMSMMMWVMI MM .^-twujwwua-'anW caw**** Cured Forever Ry u I rue rl'i i-.t v Ii i? Mc.i?ex *! ??\; -net y i ? B r S. ri'.:lu kind of t \p.-n. ?eo d Ii i ii ? 1 !i same t h 1 ii t Ii ? rljrld v. -\ hue o-ii*. .? p< i -i; ?? Una ? M ii -nl I ? I: ? ? wi It tutfai*In [;?? l i.l II' Ii I N : . i ? . I >i 11 you Ihlllll iii i< m hi : li . i ! ? n< men i The Old I. 1 -> ft . if you do-ire lo comnil ;i reliable Ioug-i?*tiili0xheil Mpeelslisl of rs*l i'.\)h'rleiice. eouie me Slid Irani whaiciui M- accon.pll*le*d with *klllful. seleiitifii' treatment I Itohl two medical tllplonuiN nml certificate* i-v examination an I oilier retpiirenu itiR from the lioards uf iieilleul examiner**of 'I Stales in ihe 1*1 in. together with over SO yean*' ex uerii nee In h|ie?*lu 11> pruci Ice. 1 muvi jm? full> treat blood Polsoi.. Varicose Veins, I'ltvrs. Kidney and bladder Disease*. UlieumatiNiu. (iall Stones, I'arulysis Pis i hartes, ! i:< ?. and llcclual Tiouble. Stricture and till Nirvous. chronic and private liscascs of Mtu ami IVomen. i vamhmt ion free ami Kirletiy conti deulal II' ur*i '.? a. in. to . p. lu. euii ilava, -'to .'. Call or Write DR. REGISTER, Specialist, 50G UNION NATIONAL BANK BUILDING, COR. mai ii AND GERVAIS S^S.. Columbia, S. C. I desirable, id ? l eci the home, if this plan should not operate well. The central fund will he held Intact until isueh time as the grand lodge may de? termine otherwise. " Meantime the trustees' Income, fr? m whatever source it may be oi>t lined, will lie applied i<? the relief of ihe needy. Another Important action taken last night was the redistrlcting of the ?Mate. A general rearrangement of tlie districts was made and two new ones wer?- created, making the total I number of districts in the jurisdic? tion 20. At the evening session Past Grand .Master it. V. Dlvver read a memorial to the "ate Past Grand Master Augus? tine T. Bmythe. which w as adopted by the grand lodge and Incorporated into its rocc rds. At today's session the reports of several Important committees were discussed and ad<?i?ttd and all unfin? ished business was disused of. The jurlspru lence com ml tee's report was the most interesting, covering many points of Masonic law and establish? ing new rulings. On behalf of the grand lodge. Deputy Grand Master R. A. Cooper presented to J'ast Grand Master George s. Mower a handsome gold watch, in recognition of his distin? guished service to the craft. Among the visitor;, to the grand ludg*o during; its scsions was E. W. Durant, Br*., past grand master of Minnesota, a'ho is ?pending the wi - tor in < Charleston. At the constitutional hour for elec? tion of officers the ballot was spread and the following, all now serving, were reelected: Grand master, George T. Bvyan, Greenville. Deputy grand master, 11. A. Cooper, Laurens. Senior grand warden, \V. \V. Wan nu maker, Orangeburg Junior grand warden, W. A. Gib s, Graniteville. Grand treasurer, W. EL Prioleau, Charleston. Grand secretary, <). F. Hart, Colum? bia. Grand chaplain, the Rev. W. P. 1 Smith, Spartan burg. Geo H. Hurst, ?r^5rlakfr_jind_Effibj!i?er. Prompt Attention to Day or Night Calls 11 J. B. Craig UM Stand, ..N. Mem pUnnA? Dry 539 ^n?:::::::n::::::;:::n:m I Carolina Special jj THROUGH BLEEPING CAR DAILY TO CHICAGO C9 1 ?VIA? I Southern Railway :* PREMIER CARRIER OF THJEC MOUTH. I QUEEN & CRESCENT ROUTE BIG FOUR ROUTE WESTBOUND jj I.v. Charleston .B.OQ AM }? I.v. Summorvi?c ... .8.!U AM || I.v. Ilrauchvillc ... 10.20 AM 8 I.v. Orangcburs;. . . .10.55 AM Lv. st. Matthews.. .11.21AM Lv Columbia . 12.55 PM Ar. Cincinnati.. ..10.55 AM Ar. Chicago.0.00PM R EASTBOUND. I.v. Chicago.8.53 AM I.v. Cincinnati.SJ3PM Ar. Columbia.1.45 PM Ar. St. Matthews. ..0.05 PM Ar. Oranbegarg ... ?.35 PM Ar. Brnnciivlllc.. . 7.15 PM Ar. SninniervilV.. .8.18 PM Ar. 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