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Cfct f?latcjjman ani ^outjnon. bliebe* Wednesday and Saturday I_ ?BY? offncKN pi rushing company. It'MTKK, 8. C i *??? ? Lit far annum?In advance. :l it f Dm square Amt insertion.$1.00 gr**ry subsequent Insertion.10 Contract, for three months, or Sonc** will be mads at reduced rates. All communications which BUb asrre private interests will be charged far aa advertisements. Obitoerles and tributes of respect trill be o he>r*ed for. The Sum tor Watchman was foutid sal la IliO and the True Southron In The Watchman and Southron the combined circulation and of both of the old papers. Is manifestly the best advertising ran la Sumter. Weekly Weather Forecast. Issued by the U. 8. Weather Bureau, Washington. D. C, for the week be? ginning Wednesday. June iO. For South Atlantic and Fast Oulf States: A shower period during the first three days of the week will doubtless be followed by a period of generally fair weather, with occasion? al scattered showers. The tempera? ture tendency will be upward. I UlMt Ks UNION MELTING. To hr Hehl In Columbia on July 2H|h ?<onmy Organisations Asked to Send " nil Representations. The regular Annual meeting of South Carolin? State Farm es' Union will be held in the city of Columbia, commencing Wednesday, July 28th. 191?. at 9.30 P. M All county unlona are requeeted to elect their full number of delegates to this meet? ing. In addition to the delegates from the County Unions each local union In good standing Is requested to send a repreeentatlve. la desired that all the unions In the State shall be rep resented. All members of the Farm gjg Union In k*>o4 standing will be admitted to the sessions of the State Union and they are hereby Invited to attend. The State Executive Committee will aaaet In the office of the State Secre? tary In Columbia Tuesday July 27, 1911 at 9.30 P. M. K W. Dabbe, President. J. Whltner Reld, Secretary. ? ? - . i i gflTOBia coi n rY >tt Bfl. n<. to 9Ieet at Concord on Friday. July 9th. Owing to the wet weather it has been decided to postpone the meeting of the County Farmers' Union until the second Friday In July. All lo? cals please take notice and send a full delegation. This Is the last meet? ing thai we shall have before the State meeting of the union and there will be several important matters that will be brought up. The county meeting will be held at the Concord school house with the Concord local, Friday, the 9th of July. J. Frank Willlame, President County Union. JOINT CLt'R MEETING. Annual Picnic und Institute of Toma? to Club Girls ami Corn Club Roys. The Corn c'.nh and Tomato club of Sumter county will hold i Joint meet? ing at Focal la Springs. Saturday, July 10. A number of prominent speakers will be sajfjgagft 99 instruct the rlub nu mbers and others Interest? ed la canning and tho development of the club work. Ice SjfCJMg will bt> ?erved to the club members and a pi< in- dinner will be spread on the ground*. Transportation will be fur? nished for as many of those coming In on the trains as we can net auto? mobiles and conveyances to carry them In. This Is always an enyojable occasion for th?- und girls of the clut?s and their friends In the county and owing to the prominent speakers thai we expect to have with us we are anticipating a better time than usual. The exercises will open at 10.30 A. M. J. Frank Williams. Fourth of .lul\ I ?eiirdon Rate*. The Atlantic Coast Lino announces reduced excursion fares from all points on Its line to nearly all desti? nations within a radius of approxi? mately 3f?n miles from starting point. Tickets will be sold for use on the going trip on all trains of July 3rd. Ith and Mb. limited returning to n u b destination pn-u in mblnUht "f July Hth 1915. For fares, schedules, tickets. Sit . call on o. V. Flayer. Ticket Afloat, Sumter. S. ?*?Ad\ t. New Lumber Company. Alcntt Lumber Coiupanv of Sumter has ?H?en chartere.1, with a capital of It,000. The oftlceiH are O B, Ttl.I president; J. W. Jackson. 9999 presi? dent; S. Flnlay Tweed, secretary and treasurer. GOVERNOR RENEWS PLEDGES. SHEARING TO Til 10 EDITORS AT CHICK springs, hi: asks POM TIIE'r AID. Says Hint Ho Will Continue light for Idtw and Order und Wants En? couragement of I?ros!+?Will Vse Every Possible Means at His Pls |n>s?I to tliunge Conditions at Chnr lestou. Chick Springs, Juno 30.?Speaking before the South Carolina State Press association, in session at the Chick Springs hotel here, Qov. Richard I. Manning gave to the newspaper men a frank statement of his course since assuming the robes of office, appealed for their support and encouragement and renewed in some detail his cam? paign pledges for law enforcement, especially the enforcement- of those most tUucrmntly violated of statutes, the legislative decrees against private sale of whiskey. The governor's words were met with many manifestations of appro? val, outbursts of applause greeting his strong statement of his intended course on the liquor situation in Charleston and his more general ref? erence to other phases of South Car? olina's great problems of the day. Of prime importance and Interest was tho governor's account of his ef? forts to free Charleston of the Incubus of an Illicit traffic in liquor which has been existent since the Sta'te first put the ban of Illegality on Individual traffic in strong drink. Coupled with this was an urgent plea that the press of the State extend to the city that sympathetic friendship which it should have in its hours of trial. The law enforcement, he stressed, should have the hearty backing of all the State?the city Is to have tho same standard of law and order and moral? ity that applies to the rest of the State. Open and unmistakable was the governor's outline of his course In re? gard to the liquor situation in Char? leston. He recited the steps he had already taken and then went on to a squarely put statement: "There Is no power conferred on the governor by the laws of this State that I do not propose to use to secure the enforce? ment of these laws. I am by no means at the end of my rope." He predicted that the State would see these laws enforced as had never before been the cage and said he believed that th?j ?taadll! i.towing genttlMAt for law enforcement is steadily growing ?Vnonc the people ot ?'hat ?ton. Dealing *iih other questions, the governor made a strong plea for more Intelligent and humane methods in the various State activities in charities and corrections, and for better edu? cational facilities, compulsory educa? tion, and improved laws on business subjects. In connection with the State Hos? pital for the Insane he explained the appointment of Dr. C. Fred Williams as superintendent as necessary to se? cure the requisite treatment for the unfortunates at that institution. M H. DeCamp, president of the association, in introducing the gov? ernor, referred to the fact that this is the first time in his experience that a governor has been invited to address the association. As the governor arose to speak he was greeted with hearty applause. opening with appreciation of the invitation, the governor passed to an optimistic summary of conditions making, he believed, for the uplift of humanity. He spoke of the high and important position of the press. He wished, he said, to make a heart to heart talk with the aim of insuring the hearty sympathy and support of the editors in the common cause of human advancement. ' "To bei I those differences" was the governor's expression of the purpose in regard to the recent growth of fac? tionalism. In appointments he has striven, he asserted, to lose sight of political differences and to select the ? ?est man. In doing so he would go OVOf the State, eoimtv by county, he told the editors, picking out the men WhO seemed best fitted, and then would proceed by elimination. in selecting the board of regents ol the hospital for the insane and the ?1 its >" ird ot charities be bad select? ed o n who were not applicants for the positions. In all rases, he assured bis bearers, he bud disregarded personal political considerations appointing those men who were best titled to work for the gOOd of the State. The governor then turned to law enforcement, Not responsible tor men) Of IhS laws, he is nevertheless bound to enforce them all as they ?tand, regardless ol whether they meet bis approval or not. be explained. Dealing specifically With the llqu ?.* hiWS, be pointed out. the especial Statutory responsibility of the gOV? srnor for their enforcement and called attention to his "peculiarly Strong" resolution to enforce these laws, Ihe most tlmrantly violated of all the statutes. He SPOkf of Ihe pleas of the social clubs, when his Programms en nounoed, saying that ho had answered ??ach with a promise of strict and im? partial enforcement of the law. He would "start at the top" he told them, because the men of means and stand? ing should load in law observance. He spoke of the duty of citizens to secure the repeal of disrenarded laws, citing as an example the State auto speed law, flagrantly violated. The governor told of his course in enforcing the law through sheriffs. The result had been, he said, that >many had excluded liquor altogether. He told of one Charleston club which reported to him that it had installed a locker system instead of the bar. He had pointed out the provisions of the gallon a month law and the club had promptly barred all liquor from its pre.nis'es. That, hg said, was a sign of the formation of a hopeful sentiment. In some places, the governor said, he had been forced to go over the head of the mayor, the sheriff being held responsible. The campaign, he said, was rcsultful, even in Charles? ton, "that city so much commented on by the rest of the State" because of the failure of law enforcement. He appealed for a friendly spirit to? ward Charleston, which, he said, is to have the same standards of law enforcement as the rest of the State. The city should bo treated with kind? ness and encouragement, because there is a steadily growing sentiment in Charleston for law enforcement, he urged. It would be a long campaign, ho said, and he was prepared for daily and continuous effort while he was governor. He gave his assurance: "There is no power conferred on the governor by the laws of this State that I do not propose to use to se? cure the enforcement of these laws. I am by no means at the end of my rope. "There are other means if the pres? ent i ' ns fail. The illicit sale of liquor is to be dealt with in a way not hitherto seen and those violators of the law are to be made to feel that they can no longer continue their course with impunity." The. governor touched on the dif? ficulties of law enforcement in Char? leston, citing the recem failure of grand jury machinery there. No re? laxation on his pert, he said, would result from these obstacles. Each day, he believed, brought some re? sult. "That 60 out of 4 00 revenue Itotnafl held In Charleston had been surrender"*! 1'c pointed out i? on en- I eintrug! i sign Ms promised to ex-1 pound to the Charleston jury cC'tij^j misa?oASA? aL l?is meeting with them tomorrow the Importance of proper operation of the jury system. "There will be no cessation of raid? ing and seizure until those men are put out of business," he asserted. The open bar, he said, had already been abolished from the hotels. Said he: "I am going to go after the big men?the men higher up: they are te men whom I am going to follow up until they realize the enormity of their crimes." He emphasized his belief that senti? ment for law enforcement in Char? leston was growing. The governor then took up State institutions, starting with the hospi? tal for the insane. His appointment of Dr. C. F. Williams, he asserted, was made in pursuance of his usual policy and in consonance with his feeling of responsibility for the cary of the unfortunates. The salary, he declared, was in? creased by him with full knowledge of the law. The $:i,000 provided in the appropriation bill?the only law on the subject?he said, would not secure a man capable of developing the best results. Dr. Williams, he in? formed his audience, declined an offer of $8,000, and it was necessary ot increase the salary, trusting to the legislature to make it good or leave the 1,100 patients in a condition " worse than those of our convicts in the penitentiary." The governor said he had risked criticism and personal responsibility for the added $8,000 lather than allow the insane to suffer. "I am paying it myself. I have made the note of $860 a month from May 15 to February i-r?. leaving re? payment to the legislature feeling that In that way I have contributed to the comfort of the unfortunates" he declared, Already, he said. Dr. Williams had effaced, without Impairment of eth clency, saving of $600 a month In the laundry, by employing women pa? tients, really benefited by the work. This permitted the employment of more nuses, the governor said. Ill the women's ward, before Dr. Williams took charge, were 5*0 wo? men and two nurses. Docked in cells, in, which straps on the walls are mute evidence of former practices, they Would have been easy victims to a lire, there being n<> adequate protec? tion. Tin governor said his aim was to end ii condition In the asylum which was ii shame to the state. He asked the cooperation of the press, The governor then alluded to prac? tices in jails, chnlngailgs and the pen FURMAN FITTING SCHOOL 0 EEN" ? South Carolina. Apreparatory school for boys and young men. Utilizes the magnificent build? ings and equipment of Kurman University. Oilers to ft limited number of students special training and strong preparation for college work and for life A full four-year bl?h school course. Small classes, close personal ^ ^ attention and instruction. Influence and discipline conducive muuly Christian character and worthy aspirations. Athletic grounds, out door rymttMtuui. f>>ot ball,beultet ball, trnck. tennU. bMebftu, llt'Tury society, dobutlna and public ?peaking conti ntp. Pleasant, fruitful student life wit? tiomc loSuenoM. Health record excel lent, cl Imate unsurpassed. Expenses ntodSfSS For handsomely Illustrated Catalog,addrei I Xext session begin* L. W. COURTNEY, M. A., Headmaster, September It, MB, Crevnvitla, South Carolina. itentiary which he characterized as revolting*. Prison reform, he urged, should be demanded by the press. He appealed for an enlightened attitude and practice In penology. "The people must be brought to realize that the statutes are to be ob? served and enforced, but I hope that the time is coming when, this being a matter of course, we can turn our at? tention to the constructive legislation now demanded," he asserted. The governor then took up progress in education, including the compul? sory statute. Nevertheless, South Car? olina still stood 47th in literacy. There must be no satisfied complacency, but continued effort for education, he urged. He spoke of eduaction as the "problem of the betterment of the race." Vocational training and spe? cial work for teachers, he said, would pay for themselves in increased elli ciency. Gov. Manning then turned to the work of the tax commission, which de? served the rapport of all citizens. It would do nothing radical, he said, but would work for equality of assess? ment, with justice to all and hardship to none. There is bound to be a higher standard of assessment for cor? porations than for individuals, he said. However, urged the governor, if the people will cooperate it will be possible to secure Just and equitable taxation. The need of a land registration act, he asserted, was potent. More home owners, Gov. Manning explained, would mean a beP^r State. He cited the Argentine home owner? ship plan by which the government built house sand sold them to Individ? uals on easy terms. He urged consid? eration of some such plan or its equivalent. Radical legislation, he admitted, might be necessary, but there should be some step in this direction, even though it took a high degree of cour? age. The governor wished, he said, to see the srate debt refunded on a better basis. Taking up the State w. rehouse sys tern, the govern r explained the cor-J relation of. tins plan and the tederal [ reserve system, advocating laws to make the banks' resources available for the farmers' one big crop. He pointed out the need of changes in the present warehouse law, but said he found it good on the whole. He promised to recommend in his next message steps to make the system of lasting benefit. He would suggest, he said, a board of directors to work with the commissioner. There must be the governor said in conclusion, a continuance of the steady work for the people and of help for those that need it and of sturdy self respect which will enable the State to retain her position and advance to the front rank of her sisters. PRESIDENT KEEPS SILENT. Has.Not Vet Made Statement on Sink? ing of Armenian. Cornish, N. II., July 1.?President Wilson remains silent on the sinking of the British ship Armenian. Some expressions" intimating his policy is looked for, tlOWf .er, within a few hours. $10.7.~> Hound Trip Richmond Va. The Atlantic ('oast Line announces the above excursion fare from Suni ter on account of the Exposition and Celebration in Commemoration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Emancipa? tion of the Negro, which opens July Bth and closes July 27th. Proportion? ate fares will apply from all points on 'he Atlantic Coast Line and are open to the public. Tickets will be sold for all trains on July 5, 7. 9, 12, 14, 1?;. lt?, II and 14, limited re? turning to reach original starting point prior to midnight of the seventh | (7th) day following date of sale Schedules and further information, j call on O, V. Player, Ticket Agent, .Sumter, S. ('.?Advt. LANDER COLLEGE, GREENWOOD, S. C. 44th Year Boffins Sept. 22, 191"?, The school for your daughter. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. Geo H. Hurst. Undertaker and Embalmer. Prompt Attention to Csf or Night Calls! AT I. D. Cralg Old Stand,'.N. Main Phones StiMtoi PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE of S. C. Superb New Science Hall, Library and Gymnasium. Modern Scientific equip? ment. Up-to-date Dormitories with all conveniences. Ranks among the best classi? cal Colleges of the Southeast. Student body doubled in three years. Expenses moderate. Excellent health record; 800 ft. elevation. Best moral and religious influences. Athletic facilities extensive. Write for catalogue to DAV1SON M. DOUGLAS. D. D., President, CLINTON, S. C. "HEARON HAS IT" PLANT TURNIPS 4 Now is the time to put them in. We have just received a shipment of New Crop Seeds. RUTA BAGA, SEYEN TOPS, GOLDEN BALL, PURPLE TOP, WHITE FLAT DUTCH, WHITE GLOBE, . COW HORN, WHITE EGG, YELLOW ABERDEEN, YELLOW GLOBE. 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