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Cftt 88ak)(man atib .Snutb r cr: s^etashed Wednesday and Saturday m_ ?BY? O0TEEN 1*1 HI dsn IN ii COMPANY SfMTKR, S. C. Terms: ?1.50 per annum?in advance. Advertisements. One Square first Insertion .. ..$1.00 Kvsry subsequent li.. ertlon.50 Cuntracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. Ail communications which sub? serve private Interests will be charged lor as advertisements Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. The Bumter Watchman was found eel U* 1SI0 and the True Southron in 1?M. The Watchman and Southron MOW has the combined circulation and ftaUhienoe of both of the old papers, as manifestly the best advertising Hum In Bumter. fig m service sr^fil> I e Herbert C, Hoover, former chalr sasn of the Ilelglan relief committee and now chairman of the Amen m Food Commission, has sent out an ap? peal to the Boy Scouts of the United wtatee to plant beans. He wants each aae of the million Hoy Scouts to plant And cultivate a patch of beans, so that the bean crop of America shall \W the greatest ever produced in this eountry. Are the boys of the Sumte. ^Treop of Scouts going to enlist In ,Tt Hoover's brigade of bean growers? TUe hope Is expressed that Sumter eo**nty will this year grow em food to feed the population of too county for twelve months, but there is no real foundation for the hope Some farms may be self-sustaining, but the majority are not and the non farm? ing population will continue to be de? pendent for food upon other sections of the county. Bumter county has foi many yeare Imported the bulk of meat products consumed, practically all ot the flour, all of the rice, a large part of the meal and grits, all of the c.vn ?ned goods, the greater part of tbu | molasses, much of the butter, eggs i and poultry. Of rice alone 30.000 ?auks were sold by Sumter merchants last year, and other foodstuffa in pro? portion. As the direct result of the food preparedness campaign that Is now being conducted, the prod net ion of food will be largely Increased in Bumter county, but there Is no uso to be too optimistic, It is follv to deceive ourselves Into the belief that sufficient food vtll be produced In Sumter rpnn ty this summer to feed the entire population of r.he county for twelve months. It may be poaslble to sro v on tho acreage planted, or yet to be planted In corn, sufficient corn to e?pnl the normal annual consumption of the county, but there will not be enou; h com, wheat and rice raised in the county to meet the needs of tho coun? ty. Bumter county will see some hungry daya within the next eighteen months should the supply from the West be entirely cut off?unless the acreafe of food crops Is still further Increased v WKATHFK AII?S FARMER* vorn Acreage In South Carolina Wll be Largely Increased, lliircuu llo ports. Columbia, April 26.?Synopsis of weather and crop conditions In South Carol 1: a for the week ending Apr 1 14. The WMlh'i Murinr the we k hi> been unuaually favorable for plowing and planting, which have progre .sod rapidly; but unbroken land Is gott I hard Cotton and corn are eomlng to good stands northward in the glMU die counties, and cultivation has be guo In the lower parts of the State. There la still a very large acreage of cotton to be plnnted, and the cots acreage will tx largely Increased though planting is delayed to some extent, particularly In the northwest? ern counties. Much abandoned oat land wll be put to corn this Oardons and field vegetables a?e Im? proving, but are still backward In msny parts; small gardens v III bfl mnoh more numerous than in former years. Wheat nnd oats are improvlr. ? In the central fOSHlttOI where the bulk of the crop is growing. ?MW? osta will be harvested on the BOpSf coastal plain In about three SfSeka Tobacco setting contlnuos, and plants are plentiful. Much of the land of winter killed truck has been put to white potatoes, and sweet potatoes ore being planted in the lower comitlSi Pastures are short, and warm r M ' are needed to stimulate growth 10 germinate seed now In and to soften land yet to be plowed. Btrav/benioe are excellent In the eastern counties. Richard H. Sullivan. Columbia. Meteorologist. JUDGE ABSOLVES SOTTIH HEARS EVIDENCE ON If. F. HO WAN'S CHARGES OF ATrEMPT AT BRIBERY. Judge Bowmnn Says Mr. Stoncy Pre? sented Uio Matter In Excellent Manner. Charleston. April 26.?The rule to show cause against James Sottile, president of the Charleston-Isle of Palms Traction Company, as to why he should not be adjudged in con? tempt of court, and punished, as a re? sult of charges made by H. Frank Hogan, a Juror, that Mr. Sottile offer? ed him a bribe to hang the jury charged with a suit against the traction company, If the accuser were to be drawn on that jury, was dis? missed by Judgo I. Wi Bowman yes? terday. Judge Bowman stopped the case before the defense had complet? ed putting on the stand all its witness? es and said that ho was not goin^ to hear any more of the testimony. lb then announced that the rule to show cause was dismissed, which mean! that the defendant was absolved of the charge. The case had been set for H o'clock and when the hour arrived every seat in the court room was oc? cupied, practically all the members o the local bar being present and many of the leading business men of tl city. Both Mr. Sottile and Mr. Hogun were vehement in their testimony *z times and frequently tho court had 10 rap for order. Questions and an swers at timc3 caused laughter, .so much so that Judge Bowman in? structed the sheriff to bring the next offender up before him. There was much interest in th?> case and fow words of the testimony were missed by tho large number of spectators. Mr. Hogan adhered to the state? ments made in his affidavit concei ning the charge of bribery on tho pari of Mr. Sottile. Thursday in open COUli he accused the defendant of attempt? ing to bribe him to har.g the jury if he were drawn on the caso of Aaron Fechter, as administrator of the estate of Hyman Zerlin, deceased, against the Charleston-Isle of Palms Traction Company for $30,000 dam ages. Mr. Sottile denied that he had ever mentioned to Mr. Hogan anyih n? about the case nor had he offered hint one cent of money, but on the other hand charged Mr. Hogan with esklns him for a bribe, declaring that Mr Hogan said that he could get more than $100 from Mr. Louis M. Fhimcl, counsel for the plaintiff In the case but that as he was friendly with M Sottile he would rather work for him There were several character wit? nesses for the defendant and it W*A while presenting these that Judge Bowman stopped the case and render? ed his verdict. M. Rutledge Rivers Esq., was counsel for the traction company In the case. He also repre< eented Mr. Sottile yesterday and wa* his principal witness. Witnesses for the 8tate wore. H Frank Hogan, Mrs. H. Frank Hogan H. Frank Hogan, Jr., William H Dunkin. clerk of court; O. O. W. Mar JenhofT, Louis M. Shimel, John Sack, Edward Escomer, J. O. Voss and Po? liceman Fred Stender. Witnesses for the defense were: James Sottile, M. Rutledge River?. A. Clifford Thompson, J. L. David, Wil? liam M. Bird and Henry Schacht". After dismissing the rule to show cause Judge Bowman said that he wished publicly to commend Solicitor Thomas P. Stoney for his work in the caso, sdding that ho had done splen? didly hi preparing ahd presenting the matter. St SPHTOUS CH ARAi VEHS HELD. Two White Men and Negro Arrested at Timnionsvillo With Notes ot Mimter Men hunt Houses. Timmonsville. April It.?A see tlonal arrest was made here ut a' OUt 2 o'clock this afternoon, when throe a picious characters were arrcfte by the town authorities. \ An examination of papers m the baggage of the two white men reveal? ed note hooks containing names and locations of business stores and bu Id ings in Pennsylvania, Florida. Noi I and South Carolina. The cities ?f Columbia, Chester. Rock Hill, Bun etc., were amour those fully driwi off e/lth names of owners of all stores. it is uncertain whether they are spies or labor agitators, They wer? a nested on tin* hitter charge and were taken to Florence, where th?y are now in jail awaiting trial. WILSON ON THE CENSORSHIP. Will Not Require any System Wide! Will Prevent Criticism of OCeeJalfl, Washington. April 20.-?The p dent In a letter to Arthur Brisbane <?f New York, declared he opposed any system of censorship that will deny the people of the United BUtes the "Indisputable right to crltlclx* Una, own public officials." headquarters will be state fair grounds. Detachments for Guard Duty at Im? portant Points Will bo Posted im? mediately. Columbia, April 2r>.?Headquarter of the First South Carolina infantry will be moved from Styx to Columbia mr. ediatcly. This was definitely As cided yesterday afternoon after a con ference between Mayor l. a. Giiflith and personal representative of Col. P K. McCulb, Jr. The headquarters will be on the State fair grounds. Several days ago Mayor Griffith be? gan efforts to have the First regi? ment headquarters moved to Colum? bia and he left no stone unturned to bring it about. The Department of the East wired Col. McCully to use his judgment in the matter and Col. Mc Cully was much pleased with th< fair grounds as a location. J>. E. Eflrd, secretary of the fair society, told Mayor Griffith that ths fair society would be Riad to cooper? ate In any way possible and In the en tire transaction the secretary has joined with the mayor heartily in every effort. The fair grounds offer commodious quarters for the headquarters. In addition to Col. McCully and M; fi the headquarters company, the mc-lb cal detachment and .probably two line companies will be on duty at the fair grounds. Mayor Griffith has been very dill gent in getting the headquarters mov? ed to Columbia. Posting a guard detachment about the State at points where the dlsnf focte(' might damage federal prop erty or interfere with facilities of communication will probably be ?!n tomorrow. Newspapers under their voluntaiy agreement with the federal rovernment arc pledged not to nvt'.y public the places to which troops uro assigned for such duty or the pei - sonnel or strength of detachments Travelers' on the railways can bmU the necessarily onerous work of T^" y?ung guardsmen posted at laifetv bridges less trying if they will thoiiLThtfully throw off at guarded points newspapers, magazines k an< igars or cigarettes. Person! who have been accUStOrtwH to walk the railway trac ?, will Art \ it prudent in war times to use the pu^Uc highways instead and it will be htffh ly; inadvisable, especially after s'.qr set, for civilians to hang about ? j>? trolled bridRes. Already in States where such structures have beeni.jpa ler military guard, civilians hftVC been shot by sentries. statistics ox cotton seed. Washington, April 24.?Cotton seed and cotton seed products statistic for the eight month period, AugU it 1 to March 31, announced today by the census bureau show: Cotton seed received 4,330,992 t?- ; ^rushed 3,863.185; on hand March 81, 482,066. Crude oil produced 1,186,601.!74 pounds; on hand March 31, 144,12'J. 399. Refined oil produced 955,348.9 pounds; on hand 320,930,168. Linters produced 1,109,106 BOfl pound hales; on hand 136.907. Imports 6,112,022 pounds; ext?"? 96,480,617. Linters exported: Unbleached lfi 001 running baler, bleached 9^.0 l bales. Hill-Yenning. ! Hartsville Mesenffcr. On Wednesday afternoon. April (18, at 6 o'clock, a beautiful wedding was solemnized in the Hartsville Method? ist church, when Miss Martha Esrje Hill of Hartsville was united In mat? rimony to Mr. Emmett Hahn Yenning of Charleston. Tim church was tastefully decorat? ed, the color scheme being grt i a. white and pink, while the beautiful ifternoon added much to the solemn Ity and beauty of the ceremony, i The bride's sister, Mrs. Mi lpm Brown of Stuart, c.a.. was damatof honor, and Miss Rosa McFalHLof Hartsville w;is maid of honor. ?jjth were attractively gowned In pink ^ml white, and carried P?"k hlllaittey ? sos. The ring was borne In :\ B n ? v little Miss Marths HUI of Bis) bp Vllle, The brlds attired in t ?jir!< blue traveling costume, and bea Ing 'ho blidal bouquet of bride's if** ; entered <m the arm of her uncle, ftfr Take Hill, of BlshopVllle, by wffom she was given away. The best man was Mr. Ik ntley Gibson of Hartsville. and Hie ushers, Mr Carey Murphy >' Charleston; Mr. Edwin Cannon, Mr. luck Hoover, and Mr. John T. LUClUS, The ceremony was performeJL by Rev, T. <;. Herbert of Florence, an uncle of the bride. The wedd ;r march wai played by Miss Ehjaice Chambers, accompanied by Mlssltir bytni. Atter the ceremony, the I le and groom left on the evening ? un for Oharleston, Atlanta and jp >"r points. m UPHEAVAL BEH1H0J.SNES. JIGNS INDICATE THAT MOMEN? TOUS EVENTS ARE ABOUT TO OCCUR. Strike Agitation May Hurst Forth in Germany Any Day With Renewed Violence ? Great Demonstrations Planned in Germany, Sweden arid Spain for May Day?No News from Austria is Ominous?Turkey in Tliv* Crip of lion Handed Autocrats. London, April 2G.?Indications are not lacking that momentous events are about to occur behind the fighting lines. The summary adjournment of the Reichstag after barely opening has been given added significance by hints in German newspapers that the; strike agitation may burst forth with renewed violence on May Dav, the great international Socialist holiday. Nation-wide labor demonstrations in Sweden are also planned and they may have the counterpart in Spain. No news of importance has come from Austria in several days, and this has given fresh vigor to the reports "hat the dual monarchy is seeking a ?eparate peace. Travelers from Turkey say that the iron hand of Enver Bjy and his Ger? man colleagues is the only thing that is keeping the Turkish people ir. ?subjection. FIRST LOAN TO ENGLAND. Washington. April 26.?Secretary McAdoo today handed to the Brit sli ambassador a treasury warrant for two hundred million dollars. This :? the first loan made to any entente eovernment by the United Slates, un? der the seven billion dollar war linance measure. DR. A. B. MORRILL, PHYSICIAN ANO BURGEON Special attention given to Rheuma t sm, Nerve, Stomach and Chronic Dia eves. Residence: l}2 N. Salem Avenue. OHice: Opposite Postollice! Hours: 10 to 1: 2.80 to 5.80. ? ? !-:?1 Geo. H. Hurst, Undertaker and Embalmer, rrompi Attention to Oay an.1 Night Calls. At 0. J. CRA'U 0'd Stand, N. gtffl rll'JIlUS . 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