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feet laesrtlou.I1.0I reeat fc starts oa.. .. .SO tmt tare* month* or at rtdaoad rotes, sosj walea tnb L ??res ts wt a bo charted sad sjtovtes of Waeahasan was found l Use Tree Soethroa In and Southron oiroalation and of the old papers, advertising Charleston grand Jury returned true Mils against blind tigers ft nesting a total of twenty trat bills for this term of court, looks at If Charleston has turn itr face toward the light It Is ssjaarely up to the petit Jury, a a ? VlPae* would William J. Bryan do Republicans should nominate to oppose "Wood row W11? Who will undoubtedly bo the of the Democrats T Would alt venomous criticisms of Wll support the nominee of the Or would ho 'get of r In a corner talk r e o e obstacle In toe way of la South Carolina of the farmers them tlme Immomotial they but on* money that crop alone have they to tell oa a whole at the wholesale price, that they have pro aa the farm has been for home iptfon, and if there happened to snrplus It hat been told In small on a retail market at re When the average South termer has a few bushels or hundred bushels of corn, or a tew hoe*, or a dosen hogs, a or fifty dosen, he es> ta obtain the earns price that ta the local market 'tna tatae ooaaaaodltisa. Few - at theen take into consideration that tf# retail dealers purchase th'lr *np phes front s wholesaler and pay him ?'prallt. In addition to freight charges from the wholesale market, and when they cannot find a purchaser for their ^ ******* at the retail price they to ao market aad that di? al is a delusion and a snare, ?late ever frees Itself from the Ion of cotton, the farmers learn not only to grow other agape economically, hat must realise that these products most be noid at 'SJj?iIttels prices oa the world's mark? et ta essapunion with the producers at sstaOer articles. A market that 'ettuli eat out the middleman and g|*e the producer the full retail price condition, but It Is under existing ooadi ttptex Cotton and tobacco, the two ? tta to with which farmers of South are most familiar, do not retail prices to the producers, %at pass through the hands of several sajidlomsn before reaching tho manu? facturer and consumer, each of whom Iahe a share of the profit. By organi? sation and co-operative marketing the tntadlemm may be eliminated to a certain extent, hut It It not possible aver to market products?agricultural er manufactured?In bulk at retail MTHOH1SE HOaf EENTEKP RISF.H. 'Aa a result of the campaign for geore and better live stock In Sumter county that has been carried on for the past two years by the live stock tt>d farm demonstration departments of Clemson College a commendable In? ter set has been aroused In pure bred hots and cattle and a largs number at farmers have already purchased or are planning to purchase registered aad cattle for breeding stock, of the first to lay the foundation for n pure bred hog farm by th.* pur? chase of registered breeding stock Of the beet type was Mr. II. U Tlsdale. the proprietor of the Sumter Du roc Jar toy Farm. He stocked his farm not only to raise hogs for market but ta furnish registered stock for sale as breeders to his neighbors. He has at fine Duroc Jerseys as ars to be found la ths State and It Is not nec? essary for those who want breeding stock to ordsr from distant stock farms. They can go to Mr. Tlsdale's farm, see his hogs and make their awn selections. They will know what they are getting before they pay out their money. tagsnaap?^ 1 o man should be permitted to be corns a candidate in the Democratic primary for a Stats office unless he represents something more substantial than his craving for notoriety oi desire for office. Any man who la qualified ? to rill a State office has friend- who will endorse hie political aspirations and it would be no great hardship if each candidate were required to file a petition signed by five hundred or one thousand citizens as a prerequisite to being enrolled as a candidate in the primary. There are always cranks, representing nothing in the world but their own delusions, who enter the State campaign end waste the time and fatigue the patience of those who attend the campaign meetings. These political nuisances should be birred from the State campaign, and the fairest method of getting rid of them is by the adoption of a rule requiring the filing of a petition. This plan has long been in use in other States and it works we 1. South Carolina would do well to adopt it. MONEY FOR PAVING I1ERI2 . Bonds Sigitfd Monday Night In Colum? bia and Panda Ordered from New York. Something over $128,000 will be deposited vx>day to the credit of local banks in Hew York banking institu? tions from the sale of the Sumter Street Paving Bonds, this amount rep? resenting tue purchace price with ac crued lateieet and premium paid for Monden* the bonds reached Sumter and Mayor Jennings signed thorn. Monday night City Clerk D. M. Bland lag* took the bonds to Columbia, wrnsre he finished up signing them and pit? ting the city seal stamp on them. The work ens accomplished late that night and tbe bonds were sent on to New York, where the money will be paid for thorn on their arrival. J. Pope Matthews, cashier of the Pa l? metto National Bank of Columbia, w is the purchaser of the bonds. Bide have been advertised for March 14th, when the kinds of paving, will be decided on and the award made tor j the paving of the streets of Sumter. HUGE NJTFATE CARGO COMING^ A?sH Jsaneaar Columbian Now_D*4 if see tlmt a Very Deep Draft. Today or bunorrow, the American:* ] Hawaiian steamer Columbian is ex;* pected to entor port with oae^f thij largest n!trat<> of soda cargoes" over brought Into Charleston and drawing over31 feet, a .lraft of record propoc? Uosja Theley go of the Columbian nnsnWs ci If m ions Of nitrate ?odd front Chllo, which Is being im P'Sjsaci lato th*f TJnWed mat** by Wo moI, T>uval and Co., of New York and Valparaiso, Chile, who arc repreatmte i In Charleston by C. S. Alexander and Co., Inc. Tho Columbian Is consigned to Str?>et Btoe., *gonU. Only pert of the Columbian's cargo will be dischariud at this port, the re? mainder being tuken north. The W. It. Grace frelghtei Chlpana, entered here in January, with a record cargo of ni? trate up to that time and drawing 27 and 1-2 feet of water.?Charleston Poet. MORE TRUE BILLS RETURNED. Bills of Indlctna-nt Against Alleged Leaner Dealers Total 88. News and Courier. True bills agiiinat persons charged with violating tk.o dispensary law were yesterday increased to eighty-three, twenty-six additional true bills being returned by the grand Jury in the court of general sessions yesterday against persons charged with this of? fence. A verdict of acquittal was re? turned by the jury in the case against W. I. Craven, charged with slander. PLANT SPRI NG LETTUCE. Seed May be Sown In Open Ground at This Time of Year. Clemson College. March 1.?For the second crop of spring lettuce, seed may be sown in the open ground from the meddle of February to the first of April, probably the best tlmo being early in March. Sow them in rows 18 inches apart, either In the bill or drill. When sown In th?> drill, thin plants to from 6 to 12 inches apart, leaving one plant in a place. The seed should be planted to a depth of only about one-fourth of an irch. In fertilizing, broadcast about 7 pounds of fertilizer to every 100 feet of row. The horticultural division of Clem? son college recommends Big Boston and Boston Market as desirable va? rieties for planting In open ground In early spring. One packet of seed will produce enough lettuce for a family I of six people. RELEASED WITHOUT BAIL. York, March 1.?Daniel Cannup, a young white men who was placed In the York county Jail here several days ago on the charge of killing his broth? er-in-law, Tom Taylor, whose skeleton Is believed to have been found In a patch of woods near Rock Hill about two months ago, hau been released on his own recognlxanco. The evidence imalnst Cannup Is said to be very slim and hence his re? lease He will appear for trial at the April term of the court of general ses? sion* ARM ONLY FOR SELF DEFENSE. London, Fob. 29.?On the eve of the dato set by Germany for the begin? ning of her new submarine campaign against armed merchant vessels, Lord Robert Cecil, minister of war trade, has issued a statement giving the British view of the status of such merchantmen. This statement, which Is in answer to queries whether mer? chantmen have been instructed to take the offensive against submarines, says: "The British view has always been that defensively armed merchantmen must not Are on submarines or any other warships except in self-defense. The Germans have twisted a passage in a document taken from a transport which they sank into meaning that merchant vessels have Instructions to take the offensive. This is not so. I ?The passage In question which lays down a maximum distance be? yond which merchant ships are ad? vised not to fire must be read in con Junction with another passage which makes it perfectly clear that mer? chant vessels must not attack unless a submarine shows unmistakably hos? tile Intentions." The German memorandum dealing with armed merchantmen, received from Berlin February 1, contained the ?following alleged instruction to Brit-, ish merchantmen said to have been taken from a British boat captured' or sunk by the Germans: "If a defensively armed vessel Is pursued by a submarine the master, has two alternatives (a) to open fire at long range immediately it becomes certain that the submarine really Is In pursuit or (b) to restrain fire un? til such submarine has come Into range, say 800 yards, at which the fire is likely to be effective. In view of the great difficulty of distinguish- | Ing between a friendly submarine, at Ions; range (one British submarine -has already been fired at by a mer- ! chant vessel which erroneously sup? posed itself pursued by a submarine) it Is strongly recommended that course 'B' ehould be adopted by all defensively armed ships." . ,.<, . SUMTER COTTON MARKET, J iOwHUHfl Daily by Ernest Field, flat. ton Buyer. Good Middling 11 1-2. Strict Middling 11 1-4. Middling 11. Strict Low Middling 10 1-2. tiow Middling 10. Staple cotton 13 to 16c. NEW YORK COTTON MARKET. Yeat'dye Open Rich Low Close Close Mach . .11.32 11.44 11.32 11.40 11.25 May. . .11.46 11.60 11.45 11.55 11.43 July. ..11.64 11.78 11.64 11,74 11.63 Oct . ..11.84 11.96 11.84 11.90 11.82 Dec / . .11.99 12.00 11.99 12.07 11.97 There Is a scarcity of poultry and eggs on the local market, and, as usu? al, dealers will be forced to order chickens from North Carolina and Tennessee. Sumter county should raise enough poultry for home eon sumption at least. Notice of School Election. Notice Is hereby given that on Tuesday, March 14th, between the hours of 7 o'clock A. M. and 4 o'clock P. M., a school election will be held In Stateburg School District No. 10, for the purpose of voting on a three (3) mill extra levy for school pur? poses. Only qualified electors who p*y either real estate or personal property tax, and who present regis? tration certificates and tax receipts may be allowed to vote, according to law. The voting place will bo at San? ders' Mill, and the trustees will act as managers. By order of the Sumter County Board of Education. N. B. MURRAY, Chairman School District No. 10. Wood's Productive Seed Corns. Our Virginia-grown Seed Corns have an established reputation for superiority in productiveness and germina- I ting qualities. Wood's Descriptive Catalog tells about the best of prize-win? ning and profit-making varieties in both Whits and Yellow Coma. Cotton Seed. We offer the best and most im? proved varieties, grown in sections absolutely free from boll weevil. Our Catalog gives prices and infor? mation, and tells about the best of Southern Seeds, 100-DAY VELVET BEANS, Soja Beam, SUDAN GRASS. Dallb Grate and all Sorthum? and Millets. Catalog mailed free on request. t.w.wood & sons. SEEDSMEN, ? Richmond, Va. FOR STATE CONVENTION. Spartan burg, March 1.?John Gary Evans, chairman of the State Demo? cratic executive committee, has replied to T. H. Wannamaker, of Columbia, committeeman of the Progressive party, telling him that tho matter of changing the form of the oath taken by voters participating in the Demo? cratic primary is a matter for the State convention to decide. Mr. Wannamaker, one of the lead? ers of the Bull Moose party In the State, wants the oath now required of the voters taking part in the Demo? cratic primary so changed as to en? able the Bull Moose and the Demo? crats to stick together in State politics, but left to vote separately on national questions. Mr. Wannamaker makes the point that the oath now requires voters in the primary to support the nominees of the party, State and na? tional. The members of the Progres? sive party, says Mr. Wannamaker, ex? pect to take part In the State primary for the State ticket, and support the Progressive national ticket, and as the presidential electors are not nomi? nated by the primaries, Mr. Wanna? maker asks that the oath he changed to require the voters merely to pledge themselves to support the nominee of the primary. The Progressives sug? gest this solution, he says, in order to keep the negro vote from becoming a menace to Stato politics. Chairman Evans in his letter to Mr. Wannamaker says it is a matter for the State convention, which meets in May. He says: "If I am a delegate to the convention and a resolution to change the oath is offered, as sug? gested by you, I will very likely have something to say on the subject. At the present time I have nothing more to say." Candidate's Cards. Announcements of candidates will be printed in this column until the close of the campaign for $5. No cards accepted on credit. At the request of my friends I an ?ounce myself as a candidate for the 7th Magisterial District, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. I am in the race to a finish if I don't get but one vote. t T. P. SANDERS, JR. FOR RAT/E? Smflll hcrs<\ busrtry on* harness, el n bargain. H. G. Osteen. COLOMBIAN TREATY FAILS. Washington, Fob; 29.?Administra? tion senators admitted today they had practically no hope of ratification for the Colombian treaty. A vote on the measure, some sena? tors believe, should be avoided, be? cause inaction would be better than flat rejection in its effects upon Co? lombia. Greenville, Feb. 29.?Ellis H. Julion, night watchman Conestee Mills, near Greenville, died early Tuesday mon> ing as the result of injuries received" in a boiler explosion at the mill Monjjj day night. Investigation has so fag failed to reveal the cause of the raptor sion. Two deaths resulted. The plant will resume operations on a limited scale Wednesday. To Arrive To-Morrow. 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