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What Mr.. Brunson Said.

Since Mr.. Joel E. Brunson has seen
fit to contradict in letter to the CO.
lumbia State, certain currant reports
which were gathered by the local
editor of the Item and published
in Saturdays issue, the editor Of that
department, in order that the cor
rectness of the reports might be
made known and their authenticity
established, lhis morning interviewed
the author Of the report, who is,one
of tht best known and most thorough
ly reliable citizens Of Sumter, wits the
result that the statements were re-
iterated and with emphasis. This
gentleman does not desire to be
drawn into any political or newspaper
controversy, but if the truthfulness
of the statements are questioned in
the least, he is not only willing to
have his name used. but is in a po-
sition, if indeed it were necessary, to
substantiate what he said by the testi-
mony of some of the most highly re-
spected gentlemen of, Sumter.
That porion of the conversation OF
this gentltman with Mr.. Brunson the
morning after the first first primary,
which gave rise to the article in the
Item, and which Mr.. Brunson takes
Issue with. as best remembered by
the gentleman referred to, was as fol-
lows:
"well, it looks as if You ere out of
it, Mr.. Brunson. =
yes, it looks that way"
eff it comes TO an issue, Mr.. Brun-
son, between Mr.. Manning and Mr..
Ansel, whom would you support?
Manning, by all means was his
unhesitating reply.
In the same conversation Mr.. Brun-
son said he believed Mr.. Manning
would get most of his Brunson)
votes, and personally he would like
to see him get every one Of them.
Mr.. Brunson went SO far as to say
to the same party, that Ansel had no
platform at all and that he would
vote for Blease in preference to An
sci. prohibition he said ''is not a
compromise measure"
To two other gentlemen of unim-
peacnable veracity, he made the state
ment that he Intimately preferred the
State Dispensary to county dispen-
saries, because under local option the
dispensary would necessarily become
fixed in some counties, which would
render State prohibition impossible.
These statements are in keeping
with the article in the Itenl which
made known Mr.. Brunson's stated
preference for Manning and for Man
ning's platform.
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MAKE TT UNANIMOUS.

Why not make it unanimous. Mr.
Manning? Ansel is a very good man
and will make an excellent governor.
He has filed a number Of positions
of public trust with entire satisfact-
ion to the people and great credit
to himself. The election Tuesday
showed that very considerable
number Of the people of South Caro-
lima would like to have him fill the
Office of Governor. They trust him
for his integrity and his patriotism.
They know that he has never be-
trayed trust and that he is devoted
with his whole heart to the best IN
terests of his State. Those who
voted for him Tuesday will vote for
him again at the next primary, II
another primary: shall be required to
determine whether or not he or Mr.
Manning shall be the Democratic
candidate for Governor at the cleo
ton in November. It will be neces-
sary for Ansel to gain only nine per
cent of the votes that We're cast for
the other candidates Tuesday to
make his election sure; it will be
necessary for Manning TO increase his
vote at the election this week by
more than twenty-six per cent. to as
sure his elecion in the second pri-
mary.
Ansel Will go into the next primary
with a very great advantage over his
opponent, and nothing but a miracle
can prevent his success, and the day
of miracles, in Democratic politics at
least, as passed. Mr. Manning could
make the situation very much easier
by declaring, after Tuesdays cleo
ton returns have been canvassed by
the State Democratic Committee
that he will not run out the race at
the second primary. 1t would be
very unusual thing in the politics OF
the State, but it would be a very big
thing for Mr.. Manning to do.
Make it unanimous, Mr.. Manning.
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Lawrence.

Lawrence.
Farmers, H. NJ. spann, L. M. spann
ard J. C. Dawkins.
Providence, H A. Rafield, Marion
Moore and J. D. Myers.
Pisgah, J. L. Gillis. j. T. Watson
and B. c. DuPre.
W-edgefeld, c. Q. Cain, S. Moore
and ". H. Ramsey.
stateburg, F. P. Burgess, A. P. Vim
son and R. NJ. Cartey
Salem, r. E. McElveen, G. W.
Mcbride and n. j. Boykin.
Concord, c. W. Mahoney, T. B.
Brunson and ]. Dosier Newman.
High Hills, ". NJ. Lcnoir, C. A.
Mitchell and W. S. Thompson.
Mayesville, w. n. McElveen, r. J.
Maycs, Sr., and R. A. Chandler, IF.
Manchester, H. S. Kolb, Geo. Ged-
dings and H. W. Pritchard
Earle, S. B. Richardson, 3. R.
Hodge ana e. D. Cockerill.
Privateer, Ashby Bradford, W. D.
LYMAN and Thos. ]. Geddings.
Gaillards Cross Roads, C. l.. Jones,
B. E. Jennings and J. S. Weldon.
Rafting Creek, J. W. Young, T. W.
James and T. J. Brown.
Scarboro, w. A. spann, E. H. Craw-
ford and T. NJ. Crosswell.
Shiloh. J. D. Frierson, S. W. Tru-
luck and W. F. Dennis.
Pleasant Grove, G. Young. c. D.
Lewellyn and S. w. Weaver.
Taylors, I. NJ. Truluck, ]. E. Tru-
luck and S. j. Tomlinson.
Zoar, P. L. Jones, Sam Newman
and S. J. White.
Borden, G. W. Hatfield, c. D.
Waldrep and K. r. Mobley.
Oswego, J. I. Lesesne, ]. H. Robert
son and W. D. Mcleod.
The boxes with ballots, poll lists,
instructions, ETC., etc., will be ready
for delivery on the Saturday prece-
ding the primary election. One Of
the several mana gers appointed for
the above voting places will please
call for boxes, ballots, poll lists, in
structions, etc., and qualify for hold
ing the said election Or elections
Members of the Executive Committee
will please bear in mind that there
will be meeting of the committees
ond Thursday September 18th at IL
o'clock m. In the Court House for
the purpose. of tabulating the returns
and to declare the result Of the cleo
titn.
All candidates will bear in mind
that they must before the primary
election, render to the Clerk Of the
Court an itemized statement Of all
money spent or provided by them for.
campaign purposes UP to that time.
JOHN H. CLIFTON,
COUNTY Chairman.
H. L. B. WELLS, Secretary.
August Is. 1906
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CANNOT SUPPORT MANNING.
s1r. Brunson Returns Thanks to the
..Noble Ten Thousand"-Irrevo-
cabiy Against Liquor Machine.

Mr.. Brunson Returns Thanks to the
.Nobie Ten Thousand''-Irreyo-
cabIy Against Liquor Machine.
To the Editor of the State:
Through your columns I ask the
privilege Of extending my sincere
thanks to those prohibitionists Of the
State who voted for me in the pri-
mary election. For the good Of our
cause the vote should have been much
larger. but it moves me deeply to
know I had the support of the i'm
mortal ten thousand-"all the knees
which have not bowed unto Baal, and
every mouth which hath not kissed
I'm
1t is not my purpose to be candi-
date again for any office in the gift OF
our people. but 1 shall work even
more vigorously in the future than
on the past for clear-cut State pro-
hibition. When the prohibitionists Of
the State organize they will carry the
election for officials easily, and until
thev elect officials who are prohIbl-
tionists at heart they cannot hope to
see prohibition laws properly en-
forced in any part Of the state.
The Sumter Daily Item says: our
felow-townsman, Hon. Joel Z. Brun-
son. has decided preference for
Manning over Ansel.' If The Item
wishes t. make the impression that l
ana supporting Nh Manning, ii is II
error. However warm my friendship
! for Mr.. Manning may have been, he
stands as the representative of the
1ioo,or business. and With or without
his consent. as the candidate Of The
liouor emachine" and 1 cannot vote
for him. II is true 1 believe county
aisrensaries Will work more evil in
or, midst than the State dispensary
With all its corruption, but that is no
reason Why I should support The dis
pensalv. Joel L. bi'''so.'
sumter, s. c.. Sept. 3. 1896.
The foregoing card which appeared
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The foregoing card which appeared
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who countenance no compromise with
the whiskey evil. The vote received
by Mr.. Brunson is not an anti-dis-
pensary vote in the Ansel sense Of the
term, but it is an anti whiskey vote
The men who voted for Mr.. Brunson
in the first primary are more apt
to vote for Mr.. Manning in the Sec
ond race than for Mr.. Ansel, since if
they were desirous merely Of
change in the system of handling
liquor they would have voted for Mr.
Ansel in the first instance.
The Blease, McMahan and Sloan
vote were all votes for the dispen-
sary system in preference to the An
sci proposition to destroy the dispen-
sary and go it blind in the future in
dealing with the liquor evil, and if
these people voted their sincere con-
victions then, the last man of them
must vote for Manning in the second
primary, or do violence to their pre-
viously expressed convictions.
An analysis of the figures show that
the people of South Carolina are
against the Ansel "destroy-the-dis
pensary- propaganda by
big majority, and that Ansels' only
hope of winning out in the second
primary is to convert nine or ten
thousand of these voters to his way
OF thinking. Can he do it? We think
not, for most Of them now endorse
the views that Mr.. Manning repre-
sents and it is but reasonable to con-
clude that they will vote for him.
Besides, no candidate in the his
tory of this State, SO far as we know,
has ever overcome so great ma
jority against the views he repre-
sents as Mr.. Ansel will have to over
come if he defeats Mr.. Manning. The
anti dispensary vote has been polled
by Mr.. Ansel and it is only $4,000;
the balance of the $4,000 votes are
not county dispensary votes and
sRost Of them will go to Mr.. Manning.
"A case in point is the Senatorial
election where John Gary Evans lack
ed barely see vAtes of election in the
first primary, and yet was defeated
by about 10000 votes in the second
primary by Joseph H. Earle. The day
after the first primary Evans chances
appeared far brighter than Ansels' do
today, but he failed to win out.
Mr Manning's position is well un-
derstood throughout the State. He
is a sincere advocate Of temperance
and sobriety. He regards the liquor
traffic as a great evil that the State
must control and restrict to the
greatest possible extent. He has
been convinced by observation that
the dispe.lSary system has not only
been productive of good, where prop
erly enforced, but that the system,
honestly administered, furnishes the
BEST means yet devised for controll-
ing the liquor traffic and minimizing
the evils that attend it. Apart from
his position on the dispensary issue,
Mr. Manning is admitted by all to be
peculiarly fitted by natural ability,
experience and training as a public
servant and as successful business
man to FIJI the Office of Governor in
manner acceptable to all. He will be
the Governor of all the people of
South Carolina
He is safe man, a conservative
man, a man of decided convictions,
no fence straddler or trimmer, but
man in the broadest meaning Of the
term.
These are our reasons for be-
lieving Manning will be elected Gov
ernor and some few Of the reasons
l,o eL>
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fne dispensary system-'ns,
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esssa e11ssoGu..5eia State * apolos'zing
-, as ,zeris.l}s for not supporting
..sss4asrag. The drift OF the apoioset"
x.vssszgssz.g.l IS that It would very mrch
:gse 70 support Mr.. Manning, but it
ss.as 4ssze itself so tangled up with the
o.Q.se.sae1on to the dfspe2ssry that it
e,as..sess even endorse an honest man $
.s.ssrzs-s1 ~endeavor to purge state
saesazs.1,o1 of corruption and g1aran-
eA - honest administration N fo-
asss Il seems that the STATE deems
N zreessary that it shall oppose Mr..
9sayarzng to save its face and make
.ars.z Is boast OF undertaking consist
eaneg n aghting the dis2ens2sy,
49,, teu7-tha
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manner Of selling liquor, or the STATE
control of the liquor traffic, or the
graft and corruption that mas at
tended the management the State
dispensary that the Columoia oea'e
opposes?
The dav before the primary t2e
Columbia State published On its frs
nage a. dispatch from its Charleston
correspondent asserting that the
Mind tiger element Of that city was
6ehting Ansel and supporting Man
ming and Blease. The small vote
that Manning and Blease received,
compared with that OF Ansel, proved
that the statement above quoted was
nnfounded. unless there has been a
heavy death rate among the blind
tiger element in Charleston recently.
While the Columbia State was apollo
gizing for not supporting Mr.. Man
ming. it should have apclogized for
publishing the Charleston blind tiger
campaign story.
The News and Courier says that the
dispensary,, has been a wall about
Charleston's progress and that if
Charleston people know what is good
for them they VIII vote for Ansel.
The inference is plain that it will be
good for Charleston to defeat Mr..
Manning, who is pledged to an honest
and rigid enforcement of the dispen-
sary law.
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Sumter county will give Manning a
vote next Tuesday that will prove
that the people who know him want
him to be Governor.
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ANsELL's ONLY HOPE.

The gifted political editor of the
News and Courier, penned the fol-
lowing pathetic appeal to Mr.. Man
ming, after seeing Ansers defeat
written in the returns from the pri-
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wEaaEsDAy, SEPTEMBER 5, 1906.

'gbe Sumter Watehnaas was founded IN
$3.50 and the True Southro7s in 1856. The
&v5aacamass aasd Southron now has the COM
assnss circulation and influence of both OF
ams odd papers, and is manifestly the best
sssseartssing medium in Sumter.
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The Orangehurg Collegiate Institute

The Orangehurg Collegiate Institute
Will begin its fall session on
"Wednesday, Sept. 10th. We have
healthful location, are we'll
equipped, and have a first class
faculty. Departments Of art, mu-
sic, elocution, cooking, sewing,
etc. Only few more boys and
girls can be accommodated.
Send for catalogue and appl!-
cation blank.
W. S. PETERSON.
President,
Orangeburg, S c.
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-08-10

Guided that he would gain IN 10th
purSe and pleasure by going hack 10
the farm Sach a young man. and
there are many like him In the NOrton
County HiEh School. would have vel
oomed an AGRICULTURAL course. and
would have gone hack 20 the farm
much better prepared for the duties Of
life than he was with q business train
Ing So the county superintendent %
schools and the other members % the
board 81 trustees decided that an
agricultural course should take the
place q the general science course. and
kired q graduate % the Kansas state
Agricultural COiieee % teach agricul
ture and other sciences In the high
school Secretary Wilson % AEricuh
tur0. While making a trip through the
-short-erass oountry." learned Of TIE
euterprise became much interested IN
Il. and On respoase % an appeal tor
aid sent . representative % The Oaaos
q Experiment Biations % Sortoa -
help start o. The president q ne
KnnNns STATE Agricultural CoIlerR alse
rsspo1aed % q eaIl for RsHistanne sna
mads 60 e . party e foar thnf toured
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-08-10

Notice Singer Flies 90 Iiusband az
italian Home ~ Soon a. last Noee
81 COaeract Season Falls from tler
Goidea ThrOats
There are thousands az Madame
Emma Eames' admirers who. hearing
her sing this season. will think they
know her well They will have seen
her In the trailing robes Of Juliet. or
the simple gown Of Marguerite: dark
skinned as Aida or fair and white as
the young bride. Elsa. They will find
IN her a neighbor, giving plenty Of
heart and strength and personality 90
those who weep or thrill as they listen
sympathy u meat and drink TO the
singer: but. In the spring when the big
theateT home Of her tTiumphs u
closed. Madame Emma Eames flies 20
Vallombrosa where sympathy awaits
A soon a. she reaches her Italian
estate she becomes Mrs. Julian story.
u II the beginning % the simple life:
Of household duties and dairy sgperiR-
tendence: Of the friendship Of little
chickens, new puppies and old ponies.
Of favorite flowers In a personal gar
den. and the oomPanionship q q
husband.
Mrs. Story was reared IN New Eag-
land: Mr.. Story In Rome. They have
q luxurious house On Paris. out u IL
this sunny mountain slope IN Italy
that awakens a responsive thrOb when
the home longing is keen and the ap-
plause Of the public fails 10 reach the
heart
OLD VALLOMBROSA MONASTERY.
Many years ago. W. W. Story.
travelling for his hcalth In Italy
found the beauty 20 the AIT'euius-s
20 eliminate In the stretch Of land
known a. VallOmbrOsa. The monas-
tsEy % che name, founded In the tenth
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-08-10

Its simply ane IN yea 20 come.
hearty laugh from the group on the
terrace broke IN uT-ul her greeting ant
made her call hastily: -uont tell any
stories about ne Let Us so over
there" she said. risia-. -Cac can never
afford 90 miss a Fuoi laush. and Ger
nan dialect Is too rare Ca these Vrem-
ises % - sliEhtei of'cl Eish that I
had one q my oua. Or Tat Joe Wehsr.
Lev Fields OF SAN bernard oOuld ~ =
some q the attempts "a Enzlish ths
reach my ears tuTias the op--ra season
~ u is. ] can only enj0y then foT q
moment and repeat them afteTWard O
some one Who can perpcfnafe The In
cident On. ne have droil tines
Mrs story has . keen sense q kn-
NOR. and cutie loss herzelf a. she
listens 60 a group % sioTy-teIlera. Tn
Ike most sfronE psrsoaaliiieS. she
does not rob those srolai her q p.oise
and ease. hut POSSESSES the rare fsc-
uliy % Bringing out the very bsst that
Is In them
After dinner that woa3erful eren-
Ing music came In for Us kkare. The
last wagnerian producsion 20 the popa-
lar sonEs q the season vas the ranre
4 fragment % ~Tamnany- vas sunE
BY that voice which win 20 doEn IN
history. and the chorus vas taken up
In many keys ~ the dianer guests.
All had hoard the voice before. hut n
vas not Madame Eames % Grand Opera
Who sang u vas Ma Jullan story
singing 10 her frse1ds
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-08-10

SIZE ~ Expssitloa asttlSgroond %
COnfliets BctWeSa Earty SETTLERS
and Indians.

Of al the smiths who have eel
I lived. Captain John j. t-sysmins ths
NEST famous. due 20 tn Isruminen-e
given % his doinEs. lnrislruf o. the
Jamestown ExT-ysitiUn- The rumantic
days e Tocahoatas and Captaia John
saith ar yividly rcsali~,i BY thu ol,l
Indian and fruutierSmen' Fslics which
have t-rea dug ~ In IrefarinE the
ground foe tie Jamestown Exposition.
, Tlr site selsyts,l fsF the celrtsratioa
g tlre thru hunfrsSlth AZ verSary q
TIE first T.rrmanent English s~ttlement
IN Amerisa Was Onrs. an Indian village
osruJsis-i BY the PvWhatans. the INST
T-gwsrful tribe - the early American
insiians. uho rsame,l over the country
east of tie Ohio River several ecn-
turies aSa
Mar The state Exhibits Building
stands \ majestic live oak trsse. thu
-t'owhatan Uak." estimated 10 D.
nrariy i.fso wars oil Which was a
favurife camping grand % tbe In
dams l-efare America was DISCOVERED
~ the Falrfa~y-s. Here we're h~li
csun~ils q war Ubru The only wsaP-
ons In u-c were stone hatrhris. ~totis
var elulrs. si-rars with stuue psiints
and lsus and arrows The arrow
h~aslx ussd WV made 20 flint ClipT--i
dsWn O. q cutting eise, aluast a.
sharp as q knife. every arrow bad
rry.rssruiing many hours % hard AMI
patiruf toll Srssrs-s % the flint ar
row-heasls an. t-einE f0und 0n ths EX-
Iuo<itiun crUund In excavatinE for
strrts and buildings SoIas of tiletn
are lruk~n. perlsaI.s by striking sozir
for 20 the Indian. In hattie 81 sunle
VIII animal-ln th.r~r days the wesnsis
ahsuf IIamptoa Roasls Wcrr alive With
DIR. bar and otler animals. AZ -
wells Poius Whs-re th-s- rclics are
found we're foaEht bls-ziy battles -
tWera the early Enzlish settb-rs and
IT, Inslians AMI ac,x<Viing 60 odd In
dian traslifists. this Was al-o thr
hattfIr gr,sund On which waFrtn< In
dian trIl-es ds-sJ-.rately cuat~uslri Zoe
The rigbt 90 JuInain. kong ts-fore the
s-currenrr ef the historic event which
thu IanlrStswa ExTo-itisa c'ssnsnrtno-
rats. Tlse valnalslr a~heries g What
are nsU caIh-l IIamptoa Reads and
Chezag-eake Hay. - hFautiful hunt
ing Erssunds ahsas tAs water csur~sss
and tl- uIahy attractians paecuiiar 90
this ksCality Eaade this particular
I-sint &C hnl very de<iraiae. and far
IT. I-o~Ss-ssissus Inslian trils-s warrei
with onc anofher. NoU. after c-n-
turirs have EoDe ~ and thr 81 In
dan natisns that ooce s,putrsslls-i this
rczioa have Tas~cd away. thrir an
eiruf hath Bids have tsrn trans
formed iuts a ulaEninrent interuation-
a exp--Sitbsa zrsanA Just 0utsisi- The
cOsTzgate Iinlts q tie city ~ Norfolk.
Virginia-
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STARTING IN AGRICULTURE

The agricultural work Of the course
includes botany. with special referencs
20 variation. development % speeion :
hybridizatiOn. and the infiuencs e
light. heat. moisture. etc. on the PANT
soils and tillage: plant physiology. :
farm crops grain judging. and horn.
culture: farm accounts: farm manase
ment including farm plans. mesho1s
u croppihg. farm machinery and -
care. and rural economies with spos
cial reference 20 the problems %
business nature that will be met on the
farm: animal production and st0oA
judging and dairyihg The teacher of
agriculture reports that the implemen1
dealers have given further evidenee
% their interest In the Agricultural
course by CIering prizes agEregating
Sii2 10 value for a grain-judgi18
contest. Open 20 all young men In The
country. and that these prizes nave
been supplemented By a SIS suit q
clothes from a clothing dealer. Cear
tinuinE be says: Il am we'll pleased
with the way the hoys take hold %
the work out % 20 boys we have 3
enrolled In the agricultural course. and
/ I think most % the first year boys will
| take IL up when they set 10 II In the
course. u Is proving popular In the
~chool and entirely free from the pre-
! iudice had Anticipated at the outset,
This Is the nucleus Of an Important
| experiment IN eiucaiion. Morton n
/ Just IN the edge % the great semiarid
region Of the Middle West. Agricul-
turai prac'Ire IN that region differs ma
terially from that % the more humid
regions on she one hand aad iron
that Of the irrigated districts on The
other. The teacher Of agriculture s.
thoroughly familiar with the agricul-
ture % the.Tegi0n. and has but recentr
" graduated from an agricultural col.
lera which l. dcvOting much study -
the problems Of the hundredth msrifl-
an belt. The agriculture Of this hslt i
! extensive Here one man works a.
/ much land as four or Eve men IN tho
/ East: he cultivates three rows % corn
a. one crossing % the heli. and dose
other things on an equally exteuEive
scale. Improved farm machinery MAKES
this method % farming possible. 40
- therefore ~ the greatest imnOrlancs
4 that much attention % farm machinery
20 given IN the agricultural course
. the Norton County HiEh school.
The cereals Coorn and wheatl are the
leading heli cr7ps. hence the import
ance 81 Er1l1.iuicing contesE and
other school voTk relating % these
greet staples
The oounty superintendent % schools
has expressed the hope that the SHOOT
may also DO murh work thar viii be
% immediate practical benefit 20 the
agriculture % the country. such a.
testing seeds foT viahility. or rermlu-
aiing power. and milk aud cream fos
butter fat treating oAis and wheat