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Cfte 88atc(pnan anb 5out|)tOK. Wed Deads? and SaturrUv. ?BT? PUBLISHING COMPANY. iumtbr, a a In: 11.10 per ana am?L* advance. i ? it DM Hiiii trot insertion.fl.00 sabooquast Insertion.H> for three month*, or frill ho made ot reduced rotem, luntcetions which eu fe? te privat? interests will bo charged for ao edvtu-tisementa. Obttoartss and tribute* of respect ?nil be oaanred for. The shunter Watchman woo found? ed Im Iii? and the True Southron in ft tie. The Watchman and Southron sow baa the combined circulation ond tn#oonoe off both of the old paper*, aad te aasnlfestly the boot advertising 1? In tJumter. The membership committee of the Chamber of Commerce has started a canvass of the business men of the city to obtain renewals of old mem? berships and to enroll new members In the organisation. The Chamber of Commerce cannot be maintained without an assured Income sufficient to pay the necessary expenses, and there srs certain fixed charges that cannot be reduced below a certain point. The only sourco of ncome is the voluntary subscriptions of those business men of 8umter who believe that the Interests of the city require an organisation that will represent them and do the work for the develop? ment of community that they cannot do Individually. The need of a com? mercial organisation is so self-evi? dent that there Is no ground for rea? sonable argument sgalnst th; propo? sition. Its sphere of usefulness and influence, Its opportunity and its duty are well defined and the experience of years proves conclusively that u commercial organisation is an essen? tial supplsment to a progressive and growing cominmcrcial community. A community thst is dead commercially, or is retrograding, in other respects, will not admit the need of an organ? isation and may be so far gone as to refuse to maks any off ort to have or maintain it, but Sumter is neither dead nor dying commercially, and the indifference occasionally exhibited to the welfare of the Chamber of Commerce seems to be due largely, to h?ng of satisfaction with condi Bod that it is well to let well encttV* Ilona? with every men looking out for himself?and in?-?^-r?-"r asjvj ing membership dues to Chamber of Commerce. Fortunately theJLis nj active antagonism to a commer?g|pr ffenlsatlon and the incorrigible^! wads are in a minority In the c<5 munity, therefore the indifference that has gradually grown up can be eradicated and a feeling of inter sot and co-operation will take its place. If the merchants, banks, and other Individuals and corporations whose business health and develop? ment are dependent upon the growth and prosperity of the community as a whole, will but give the matter a little thought and take a broad-mind? ed and liberal Instead of a narrow and selfish view of the matter. If Sumter is to have a Chsmber of Com? merce it should be properly support? ed and placed on a dignified and sub? stantial bssis. Ths organisation shoulJ not be treated ss a poor relative or mendicant that cannot be dodged. If tt has any right to exist, and all agree that It is a necessary ad in net to the business community, it merits a proper and regular support. The Chsmber of Commerce Is supposed to be the representative of the best of the community and unless It can bo so treated and so supported It should be abolished forthwith and the pre? tense of maintaining an organisation abandoned. The result of the can vass of the membership committee will reveal the sentiment of the bus? iness men of Sumter as to this point. Wlsncky News Notes. Wlsacky, Jan. 23.?Very little work has been done on tbo farm on ac? count of the dreadful weather. The oat and wheat crop promises to be good in this section. There seems to be a scarcity of la? bor here. A good many fanners are short of hands. There has little work been done In the gardens, as it continues so wet. Miss Clark of Oswego spent the week-end with Miss Murgueri ? Scott. Allen-Anderson. A wedding of much Interest to many friends was thut of Miss Janls Allen and Mr. Chas Anderson. Ths ceremony took pluce at l:tl o'clock at the First Baptist parnomigo, Hsv. W. E. Thayer officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson left on the evening train for St. Charles, where they will spend a few days with the parents of the groom, before going to Klmlre, N. Y., their future home. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have many friends In Sumter who wish for them s bright and prosperous future. STARCH FROM POTATOES. CLEMSON AND FEDERAL AGEN? CIES PROIMSK PLANT FOK STATE. Industrial Chemists Moot Farmers ami UueJncas Men in Columbia Hext Monday?Project Already Tried Out but on Small Scale. Columbia, Jan. 25.-The exten? sion division of Clemson college in cooperation with the United States de? partment of agriculture has been working for some time on the prob? lem of finding markets for the differ? ent agricultural products of the State, realizing that it is absolutely neces? sary to create greater markets if the farmer is to practice diversification. This was the object in urging the es? tablishment of the packing houses at Orangeburg and Greenville, to provide a market for hogs and beef cattle and indirectly lor surplus hay an i grain. The establishment of the cream routes was to develop the dairying industry. The creation of a market for sweot potatoes, that would Justify the farm? er in mlanting a large acreage, has been more or less perplexing, as tho transportation of sweet potatoes to <he Northern markets Is a hazardous undertaking. Clemson college some years ago, under the direction of the late M. li. Hardin, one of the foremost chemists in tho country, took up the problem of working out the manufacturing of starch from sweet potatoes and Dr. Hardin was ably assisted by Prof. C. C. McDonnell, now in the bureau of chemistry of the United States de? partment of agriculture, the late Prof. F. 8. Shiver and later on by Prof. T. E. Keitt, chemist of Clemson College. These chemists worked on this prob? lem from tho laboratory end and in order to establish the practicability 01 utilizing sweet potatoes for the man? ufacture of starch, a small plant wai established at Clemson College, through the cooperation of B. Kom? mers & Sons, chemical and consulting engineers of Philadelphia. The starch from the sweet potatoes was used in some of the cotton mills of the State. The experiments by the mills proved very satisfactory. The movement for a starch mill has now been revived by W. W. Long, director of the farm demonstration farces, and, a series ot conferences with business men has been arranged for the building up of the new indus? try in South Carolina. A conference will be held in Co lurnbiaTTtrxt Monday, when the matter of erecting a sweet rotato starch mill will be discussed. B. Ren ?.mors, con? sulting chemist, of Philadelphia, has been invited to attend the confer? ence. "In bringing this proposition be? fore the business men of the State," said Mr. Long yesterday I want my position clearly understood, that from the laboratory and scientific end the matter of producing starch from sweet potatoes has been cloarly dem? onstrated. Prof. T. E. Keitt, chem? ist of the South Carolina experiment station, and Mr. B. Retainers, chemi? cal and consulting engineer of Phil? adelphia, will attend the different meetings that we propose to hold in the Stato and in conference with the business men, when the question of the advisability and feasibility of es? tablishing starch factories will be taken up and discussed. Theso gentle? men will throw light on every angle and It will rest with the business men to determine whether the profits that might be expected from the en? terprise would Justify them in erect? ing a plant and whether they would be able to pay the farmer a price for his potatoes that would justify his grow? ing them." The conference next Monday Will be held at the Jefferson hotel. Busi? ness men of Columbia are invited. Conferences will also be held In front? ier, Darlington and other points. Starch made from sweet potatoes was tested by several mills in 1106, Blllsoa A. Smyth, president of the Pelzer Manufacturing company, wrote at that time: "Would say we have made the experiment with the potato starch you sent us and it gave good satisfaction, and our people prefer It to the corn starch wo have been using.'' A. P. Burgess, now of Fort Motto, was one of the originators of the prop Setttoa of Working out starch from sweet ptatoes und he became H>> much interested that several meetings were held at Summerton in refer? ence to the matter. Arrested for Enticing Laborers. A white man, giving his name as J. A. Hamilton, and who has been seen In Manning several times lately, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Thames and Rural Policeman Poavy one day last week and placed in jail, charged with inducing labor to uo to Georgia. This Is against the laws of South Carolina and Mr. Hamilton Will have to face a jury at our next court or forfeit his bond of $."?00, which he put upon last Monday and was I released.?Manning Times. STICK TO SEA ISLAND COTTON WORSIIAM GIVB8 ADVICE TO COAST FARMERS, Loug Staple Can be Grown as Well as I Short, Georgia Entomologist Says. Valdosta, Ga., Jan. 24.?E. L, Wor sham, Georgia State entomologist, told the convention of sea island cotton* growers here today that long stap'e cotton could be raised in spite of the boll weevil and those who advocate the abandonment of sea island cot? ton in favor of short staple were ad? vocating disaster. Delegates to the convention, which opened today, in? cluded sea island planters from Geor? gia, Florida and South Carolina. Mr. Worsham admitted that condi? tions favorable to the growing of sea island cotton were more favorable to the boll weevil than were conditions under which short staple is grown. He said, however, that varieties of long staple at the Georgia experiment sta? tion near here had proved that the weevil could be combated. "However," he said, "the day of overproduction in cotton is past both In long and short staple. Hereafter the Southern farmer must raise more foodstuffs." W. D. Price of the United States bureau of entomology declared that the boll weevil is "the great economic problem of the age. and already had caused the largest financial loss of any insect pest in the world." DRAINAGE SURVEYS AT SALEM. Government Engineer Completes One Assignment at Sumter und Logins Another. Salem, Black River, Jan. 24.?S. TV. Frescola, drainage engineer of Ihe United States department of rural engineering and good roads, finished the field work of the Dabbs-McBrid? drainage area Monday. Today he began the survey of 2,000 acres adjoining the above met of Col. R. M. Cooper. There are other tract* that the owners are planning to haVe him survey. But as permission hac to be secured from the office \u Washington and these requests are handled in turn, and then only for persons or associations that contem plate going to work right after Ok survey is completed and the maps made, some of the requests may not be granted at once. None of theee lande are in Blart' River swamp, but are flat pine lands lying on the watershed between Black River and Pudding swamp, that have been considered difficult to drain for lack of fall. This survey has shown that there is from 10 to 16 feet fall to this mile, and tha' drainage is merely the matter hi properly locating the ditches which do not need to he expensive canal: except in two parts of the district The total cost will be a large sum oi money but the cost per acre will be low when handled this way as a sys? tem. OLANTA CHILD DIES. Olanta, Jan. 23.?As a result o< drinking concentrated lye about a year ago the three year old son Of Mr. and Mrs. Sammie Mouzon died Friday night. The funeral service* were conducted by the Rev. D. M. Clark, and the remains were laid t< rest in the Mouzon cemetery Satur? day afternoon. Sumter Wins Football Over Oswego The Sumter junior football team sullied forth to win laurels on the athletic fields at Oswego. The game was entered into with enthusiasm on both sides, and the coach says of hV boys: "They are a manly lot. No one lost his temper and not an ugly word was heard." Altogether it was an en? joyable time for all. Albert Alderman was the star light of Sumter, making an end run, fol-1 lowed by his interference, Lebby. which won the game for Sumter. Ha is worthy of any team, even one ol larger boys. Cato played line in thv back field, while Wadford played nil excellent tackle. Lobby also played a splendid fullback. Thomas Klnard was the star for OewegO. The score was 24 to 18 in favor oi' Sumter. Referee, McLeod. Quail Eat 27 Weevils. Recently a hunter in south Georgia, after killing a partridge, decided to find out if the bird really did eat the boll weevil. On dissecting tho bird, he found it had recently eaten no lea* than 27 fully developed weevils. If these boll weevils had not been killed by next year they would have multiplied into many thousands to de? stroy the cotton crop. In Texas it is said to be a common Bight to sec a cotton field almost cov? ered by large drovee of partridges, doves and other birds busily engaged In eating the boll weevils as tho hot sun causes them to drop from thi cotton plant which they had rulnejd. In that section which has experienced the ravishes of the weevil it Is con? sidered almost a crime to hunt bird:-.. Qaffney Ledger. INVESTIGATE COTTON UP. DEPARTMENT OP JUSTICE TAKES OVER COMPLAINTS. Men in Sumter and Charleston I'rue Steps to Uncover Any Illegal Man? ipulation. Washington, Jan. 24.?It is under? stood that the dei artnient of justice will take a hand in investigating the manipulation of cotton contracts. Recently cotton factors of Charles? ton, Sumter and other points have communicated by wire with Repre? sentatives Lever and Whaley relative to the recent slump in the price of future contracts in New York and New Orleans, alleging that this slump has been due to manipulation of contracts. An investigation by a congressional committee was sug? gested. Representatives Lever and Whaley have conferred with representatives and senators from other cotton pro during States and have gone into the situation very carefully themselve; and they have determined in their own minds that a congressional in? vestigation begun at this late day of the short session, with Icls than five weeks more of the session and with a crowded calendar in both houses, could not possibly bring any effect? ive results. The Inquiry to be worth anything would require more time than is possibly available between now and March 4 and since th s congress dies on March. 4, whatever work may have been done and left uncompleted would in a measure be wasted. They have, therefore, de? cided that if there is any conspiracy to deprets the prico of cotton, as some of the telegrams allege and B? the sudden decline might indicate Such a conspiracy should bo handled by the department of justice and the conspirators indicted under the terms of the Sherman anti-trust law. The telegrams, letters and other communications in the hands of Messrs. Lever and Whaley have been turned over to the attorney general with the request that he make 8 t'iorough and searching investigation under the authority of law. News and Views of PLsgah. Pisgah, Jan. 22.?We still live, have plenty to oat, good health, plenty of wood, nice water and good credit, and with this people are dissatisfied, want? ing more money, more pleasure, less work, ami less interest in religious matters. lake England, they want the world and, are unhappy because they can't get it to frolic and fuss over. In the memory of the writer people have greatly changed in many ways, largely for the worse, and no better sign than in things pertaining to a higher life. Florida last year in politics won't be a mite to what it will be next year here, judging from the mutterings of the coming- storm, whose dark cloud Is rapidly rising. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henry Pee? bles and Mrs. Frank Peebles of Lee county sj>ent yesterday with the fam? ily of Rev. J. W. Kenney. Alvln and Raymond Stuekey of Stateburg spent Sunday with their brother Leon here. The Kershaw association is having a Sunday school meeting at the Cam den Baptist church this week. Lec? tures will be delivered by Messrs. Watts and Leaville, great Sunday school workers. The executive board of the association meets this day to prorate the amount asked among ti?c churches. Dixie Electric Company Chartered. Columbia, Jan. 24.?The Dix'.t* Electric company of Sumter has been chartered with a capital of 11,000. The officers are: Young Bhackloford, president and Ii. C. Wallace, Jr., sec? retary and treasurer. The Summerton Grocery company has been commissioned with a capi? tal of $2,000. The petitioners are: B, A. Coskrey and S. M. Dingle. Mr. J. E. R. Goodman, Who has been in Columbia for sever? - iweeks, today moved his family to that plac which Will bo their future home. WANTED?Canvasser to sell sewing machines and collect in Ramhe"t section of county. For partbeuta write Singer Sewing Machine Com? pany, 35 South Main Street, Buin? ter, 8, C. C. A. Rlanton, Manager. TREE SAMPLE?Large papcr-sftcll pecans. Land-owners, write foi sample nuts and prices of trees to day. Southern Nut Tree Xurscpos Thomasville, Oa. I Geo H. Hurst, OjPrtOs Hj Eihititr. Pre-iiDt AHnritlop u De? Mr Wohl Call? MS. t. CreVo Old Stand. N. Bain Phone. Sf? smsiiiiiitrl TENNESSEE MULES Our Mr. Blinding has just returned from 1 the market where he purchased a nice well selected lot of Tennessee Mules, which wc no vv have on hind; also one fine Brood Mare. Our mules are well broken and suited for general purposes. Come and see them now before they are picked over. At Epperson's Old .tables Opposite Court House Sumter's Bank for Savers Every requirement of a safe, efficient de? pository for saviogs is fully met by the National Bank of Sumter. Absolute security is combined with the highest rate of interest consistent with perfect safety. Promptness and courtesy are important features of our service. All are welcome. Call and open an ac- **toa ^ count today. The National lit ok of Sumter. THIS BANK Gives a dollar's worth of real service for every dollar deposited here. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SUMTER. The Oldest Banking Institution in the County ????????.??????????????^????????????????>????????? Gasparilla Carnival TAMPA, FLA. Round Trip Fare Frem SUMTER $17.40 For this occasion which will be Ailed with fun and froli , and <? lasting from February 2nd to loth, tickets will be sold to Tam ? pa and return as shown abo' e ATLANTIC COAST LINE The Standard Railroad of The South JANUARY 31st to FEBRUARY 5th Inclusive. Limited returning until midnight of February 20th. but may be ? extended to March 3rd by depositing with City Ticket Agent at Tampa, under prescribed rub- and upon payment of $1.00. Proportionate fares from intermediate stations. Children half fare. LIBERAL SI OP-OVER PRIVILEGES ? For further particulars, schedules, sleeping car reservation, etc., call on O. V. PLAYER, Ticket Agent, Sumter, S. C. ??oo^o>ooeo*oo<^ooe^>oto<o^i^e^oo-?ooooo^o^e^o^o^>vv