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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.
CAR LOAD
MULES
Several extra Large
Closely Matched Pairs.
A Few Small Cheap Mules.
Also 2 Extra Nice BROOD MARES. 1200 lbs.
2 Good Harness and General Purpose Horses;
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