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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-07-10
FIREMEN's CONTESTS HELD.
First Prize In the Hand Reel Races
Goes to Georgetown.

Union. July THE state firemen's
tournament started of today with a
xrsnd parade down Main street at 10
q m All the visiting companies were
Il, line. ard the men. machines and
horses we're gaily decorated for the
occasion. AT IL o'clock the hand reel
races were pulled of. the entries be-
Ing Anderson. Columbia. Georgetown.
Newberry and Charleston.
Georgetown won first prize. 800.
The soconi prize. SIS. went to CO.
iumbis- Time. Georgetown 21 "a
seconds. Columbia. % seconds. The
same companies entered the grab
reel race this afternoon. first money
going to Anderson. while Newberry
<eok second. the former In 81 2-5 Sec
onds. the latter In 81 SIS. The hook
and ladder exhibition by the Charles
con company was practically aban-
doned -because OF rain.
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blue eyes. to appreciate the wit and
pathos and humor with which he gar
nishes words of wisdom and sober
ness and truth.
Your editor was then called upon
to tell them something Of farming
conditions in the interior. AS he had
come to learn and not to teach he
could only give them greetings from
their brother farmers Of the Interior,
and invite them to a wider co-opera-
ton by joining the Farmers Union.
This Society Is so much more thor
oughly organized, and works so much
more in harmony than the farmers of
the interior, that it would have been
presumption in me to invite them to
join us, but for the fact that We need
their example, and they need the
wider cooperation the Farmers
Union can give.
After the meeting closed a long
portable table was spread in the. hall
and a sumptuous dinner served.
word or two as to agricultural
societies and this letter must close.
Ttere are three in the up-country,
the Beech Island Farmers Club, The
Pendleton Agricultural Society, and
The Darlington Agricultural Society
These societies have a continuous his
tory of about hundred years. Down
here Is the Goose Creek Agricultural
Society," The South Carolina Agr.icu.-
trral Society tsometipes called the
Belgian block farmers of Charlegtonj
and the James Island Agricultural
Society with authentic records Of
century or more.
Why such societies have not been
able to live in other counties has al
ways been a mystery to- me. The good
that these societies have done is be-
ycnd calculation. Can not we make
the Farmers Union in Sumter County
the rallying point for a live farmers
CiuO III cNc.y USlSuOOTHOOQ with INe
County Union for the central head
quarters? This letter is too long and
must close. I am sitting on the
veranda Of Seaside Cottage" while
the tide laves the steps % tho beach
40 feet away. A hundred yards of
my little girls are enjoying a bath in
the waters of old ocean. Just across
the Sound is Secessionville. Beyond
Is Folly Island. little to the left is
Morris Island Light House, which can
be seen 60 miles out at sea- On the
boat landing 1 can see the lights of
Sullivan's Island. To the right the line
Of fortifications. and the site of the
battle Of Secessionville. Behind me is
James Island, as fertile as the Delta
Of the Nile, with its white dwellings
on every point of land, the tide COM
ing up to within SO to 100 feet Of
every house. Beyond is the city
which 1 can see over the tree tops and
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-07-10

Jesse Douglas, colerd, aged Is. was
drowned Monday morning about II
o'clock in the Evans Mill pond.
near Society Hill. Jesse, with a COM
panion attempted to swim up the
stream from the bath houses to the
flood gates, where the water is over
ten feet in depth. When about 25
feet from the gates, he cried out 81
can't make it." and sank and rose
three times and went to the bottom.
His body was recovered on Tuesday
about 1 o'clock.
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Farmers Union News
Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers
County,

Suthron
semweekly publication
The Union and
Practical Farmers conduct It will be NV
of
officers an members columns
Also to publish papers and Govern
Bulletins benefit to our readers or
gna articles by
will be I'M
Trusting this Department viii concerned
EDITOR
All communications should be sent to w nnn
Mayesvile q. C. "
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-07-10

Tho Supervisors OF Registration
were In their ONCE Monday to issue
certificates to those applying for
ahem. but there were comparatively
tsw csrtincates issued. Those whose
names are not now on the books Of
regsstrssion will not be permitted to
vses In the special dIspensary cleo
don - August t7th.
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the Ashley river. from every little ele-
vation.
II l can find a quiet moment from
the inequalities that are as are OBJ
trusive as they are gracious, I will
try to write another letter or two for
the next weeks issues.
E. w. D.
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The county officials desire to state
that they petitioned the County Com
missioners for only one adding ma
chine for the entire corps of officers
and not one for each office, as was
the impression of the press. They do
not want to be extravagant.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-07-10

The Sumter watchman was found
ed In 1850 and the True southron in
asss. The Waterman and southron
now has the combined circulation and
influencs Of both OF the old papers.
and is manifestiy the best advertising
medium In Sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-07-10

The Atlantic Coast Line will erect
Y. M. c. A. buildings at Florence and
Charleston.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-07-10

He who jumps at conclusions sci
dom gets there with both feet.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-07-10

- - "s~aA0Ssy suo post aoVerUSlnB
medium In Sumter.
Leo CT ',ty prohibitionists have be-
gun &C. oestir themselves and that
thirst destroyer at st. Charles may
not ever,tuate.
Gev. Ansel has made an excep-
uenaily good record In the discrs-
tion ne has shown In the exercise of
the par'ioning power Fewer crimi-
nails have been released from just
punishment by him than by most Of
his predecessors In office. Not a hun
ored. but q, thousand. guilty men es-
cape punishment for every innocent
man convicted unjustly. and ninety
nine out of every hundred who ask
Tor n pardon should serve out the full
Rntence imposed when they were
convicted. Gov. Ansel Is to be con-
graduated that he has not abused the
power that Is vested In him and the
State 10 the bctter for the policy he
has wisely pursued.
II is about time for the last call on
Mr.. Taft to form a new party He
has succeeded 80 we'll In making good
his promises TO revise the tariff that
the Chariestsn News and Courier
ought to be ripe for initiation into
ehe new party.
We trust that the pickering over
ths division of the dispensary funds |
between the banks will not overshad-
ow the plan to put stripes on the
gsaf,ers. This observation Is based
upon the belief that Attorney General
Lyon Is still camping on the trail of
The srafters. |
The removal of any of the dispen-
nary funds form the Columbia banks
was. In the first instance. an outrage
and contrary to all precedent. It be-
lue IN unheard of thing for any of
t0e StAte funds to be deposited In up-
State banks. But when II came to
making the Columbia banks pay in
Eercst on the meas,y pittance of two
or more hundred thousand dollars
That was left with them. the outrage
became worse than scandal-it was
more like cruelty to animals than the
treatment to which they had been
IL the reports we hear from all Sec
tions OF Sumter County are to be
credited the cotton crop In this section
viii be so short this year that Is
cent cotton will not bring In enough
money to even things up. But we are
ssm hopeful that the actual. condi-
lions will be found less disastrous
than they now appear. There was
lots Of calamity talk last year this
time. but when all the cotton was
pirQred II was found that there was
prstty fair crop-one OF the largest
the county had ever produced. All
is not lost yet and there Ii q lot of
como out In cotton. even after 1t has
been totally ruined several times.
The state Press Association. which
IN an organization designed and con-
Quoted for rest and recreation and not |
for business or mutual benefit. Is now
In session In Greenville. and as the
people of that town have announced
their Intention to give the editors the |
time OF their lives. the session Of 1909 |
VIII probably bo entered on the rec
oIds as the most successful In the |
history of tho Association. Neverthe-
less II Is a srest pity that the oppor-
trnity to make the Association a real |
benefit To the business OF newspaper
printing and editing has been so long
and persisentiy neglected.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-07-10

We trust that the pickering over
ths division OF the dispensary funds
between the banks will not overshad-
ow the plan to put stripes on the
ysafssrs. This observation is based
upon the belief that Attorney General
Lyon Is still camping on the trail of
The grafters-
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II is about time for the last call on
Mr.. Taft to form a new party. He
has succeeded 30 we'll In making good
his promises to revise the tariff that
the Charlestsr News and Courier
ought to be ripe for initiation into
the new party.
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Daily New York Cotton Market.

Tone--Nearly steady.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-07-10

Leo CT ',ty prohibitionists have be-
gun tc oestir themselves and that
thirst destroyer at st. Charles may
not ever,tuate.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-11-12
NEW YORK CENTRAL
ADOPTS PENSIONS
Employees to be Retired and Those
Twtney Years in Service Are
Made Eligible

NEW YORK. Nov. u.-Announcement
was made by President Brown, of the
New York Central lines. today that at a
meeting Of the board of directors of the
New York Central, Lake Shore and Mich
igan Southern, and Michigan Central COM
psnies. plans for a pension system for
employees of these lines were adopted.
Employees on reaching the age of 70 are
to be retired, and IL they have been con-
tirUously in the service for at least ten
years Immediately preceding their retire.
ment they will be entitled to a pension.
An employee who has been at least 20
years in the continuous service and has
become unfit for duty may be retired with
a pension, although he has not reached
the age of 20.
Officials of the company declare that
the pension system to be put into eff
feet will eventually benefit 100000 of the
lines employees, and will make necessary
the distribution by the New York Cen.
trail OF $4,000 annually. The scale Of
pensions is ! per cent for each year of
continuous service, based upon the aver
age rate of pay received during the ten
years preceding retirement.
The system is to be extended without
delay to the subsidiary lines forming part
OF the New York Central system. The
plan will be ratified at the next regular
meeting of all New York Central depend
ent lines, as they occur. On January l.
1910, the first batch of retirements will
be made and 1,765 employees will be placed
on the pension list.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-11-12
PRESIDENT BACK
IN WASHINGTON
He Is Met by Committees and Civ
en- Cordial Welcome Goes
First to Mrs. Taft, Who Has
Been Ill.
By Annotated Press.)

WASHINGTON, Nov. u.-Presidenl
Taft arose this morning apparently none
the worse for his 12OOO-mne Swing
around the circle"
This morning he delivered the principal
address at the opening session of the lay
mems missionary movement. He leaves
this afternoon for Middletown, Conn, and
Hartford, Conn. but will be back by noon
Saturday and on Monday expects to
plunge into work. The presidents recep-
ton on his return last evening was all
that he could desire. At the station he
was met by score Of friends and a num-
Der of frock-coated and silk-hatted COM
mittees. Mr.. Taft said smilingly:
I'm glad to get back. I'm back again
feeling just as well as when 1 went away
or even better"
Eight cabinet members were awaiting
Mr.. Taft. The ninth member. Secretary
Meyer, had accompanied him from Rich
mond, where Mr.. Taft made the last
speech of the tour. The president enter
ed the White House automobile and was
whirled home. the crowds cheering him
Justify.
Mr.. Tart wasted no time in joining Mrs.
Taft. who has been in Ill health. Al
though the new executive Offices were
AA&nNGu luTIllbneQ LOT his AuSpCGAlObt
he did not go near them but dashed up
the steps OF the White House as soon as
the footman opened the door of the au-
tomobile. He shook hands with both
Of the negro doormen,, who grinned their
welcome.
The president is in the pink OF condi-
ton. 1t is generally reported among his
intimates. however, that he has gained
several pounds and that he is planning
vigorous campaign at golf to reduce his
girth.
PRESIDENTS SPEECH.
President Taft, speaking on the mis-
sionary movement. gave it his heart
lest endorsement.
Il like to think. whether it is true
CT not" he said, that we nave In this
generation people whose views or the
responsibilities Of civilize- nations diff
Ter from those which prevailed in the
last generation. especially as applied
TO our own country"
The time had passed. ne said, when
people regarded themselves as having
no responsibility to other nations.
Referring to the Boxer movement in
China.-.be took issue with people who
had asserted that the missionaries had
caused the uprising. The missions
ries. he said, simply came into bear the
brunt of the trouble caused Dy the be-
lief OF the Chinese that civilized ma
tions wished TO divide the celestials'
territory.
He laughingly referred TO tire Philip
pines and the manner in which the
people mad accepted the good onices OF
the United States, saying that II 1t had
gone into that business for .ne indy
ing gratitude OF the people there, they
might as well have dropped 1t in the
beginning.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-11-12
COLUMBUS LIGHT
RATES REDUCED
Important Order Passed by State
Board Thursday Morning Es-
tablishes a New Precedent.

The railroad commission Thursday
morning passed an order materially re-
ducing the rates in Columbus for gas and
electricity used in business houses and
residences for Illuminating purposes. The
case was brought several months ago by
the city of Columbus, and the defendants
were the Columbus Railroad company
which sells electricity, and the Gas Light
company. OF Columbus. which furnishes
gas. The companies have stubbornly re-
sisted any change in the present scale Of
rates.
The commissions order completely re-
vises the scale of rates for electricity,
using the same general system as hereto
fore in force, but reducing prices by ap-
proximately 10 per cent
A minimum charge Of 10 cents per
month for each 16-candlepower lamp in
stalled Is fixed. This is a big reduction
over the former charge.
The minimum rate for residences and
churches Is fixed at 81 per month.
In many respects the case is one Of the
most important ever decided by the rail-
road commission. as IL establishes a pre-
cedent in the matter Of the regulation OF
municipal utility corporations by a state
board.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-11-12
Marmon Car, Driven by Stillman,
Rushed in Second in a Great
Burst of Speed and
Noise.
LoRIMER IN CHALMERS
WAS VERY CLOSE THIRD
In 20-Mile Stock Chassis Event
Cars Kept Audience on It's Feet
As They Rapidly Changed
Positions in Great Race

The next race, event No. Is on the
days program was 2o-mile sock chassis
contest, 3O1 to $50 cubic inches, with
handsome cups offered as first ard sec
ond prizes.
The entrants were as follows:
Rainier $3.50, driven by Disbro.
Chalmers-Detroit 40. driven by Lorb
mer.
Chalmers-Detroit 40, driven by Dingley.
Marmon IS. driven by stillman. s
National 40, driven by Aitken.
National 40. driven by Kincaid.
The cars got off in bunch and finish
ed the first lap close together, in the
following order: Aitken, in a National.
first; Kincaid, In a National, second;
Marmon car third; Chalmers-Detroit,
driven by Dingley, fourth; Chalmers
Detroit, driven by Lorimer. fifth; Ra-
nier car sixth. The cars stayed close
together and the race was from the
very first moment decidedly the pretti-
est one of the day.
The second lap was finished in the
same order as the first with the excep-
ton that the two Chalmers-Detroit ex-
changed places.
After the third lap the race became
for the moment a struggle between two
National cars and the two Chalmers
Detroit cars, the Rainier and Marmon
dropping slightly behind.
On the fourth lap Kincaids National
was crippled.
The fourth lap finished in the follow
ing order: Athens National Lorimer's
Chalmers, Marmon car, Dingley's Chal-
mers, Rainier. The other National car
had been compelled to withdraw because
of motor trouble.
The order continued the same at the
end of the fifth lap with the race hall
over.
At the end of the sixth lap the same
order was maintained with the three
leaders punched. Dingley fourth, and the
Rainier car bringing up the rear.
Then Lorimer's Chalmers passed Ait
ken's National on the south turn in tha
seventh lap.
INTENSELY SPECTACULAR.
In the I4th mile there was a very ex-
citing moment right in front Of the
grand stand with the three leaders
closely punched, eah fighting for nrsT
place. almost neck and neck.
In the 18th mile Aitken regained the
lead, with the three cars still almost
abreast
At the end Of the 18th mile Athens
National was first, the Marmon car Sec
ond and Lorimers Chalmers, third.
ATHENS NATIONAL WINS.
The Aitken National won in most
sensational finish, with the Marmon car
second, and the Lorimer Chalmers third
Dingleys Chalmers came fourth, and
the Rainier car brought up the rear.
BROKE WORLDS RECORD.
The winning Nationals time was
16:42:765. The armon's time was 16:4s:S,
The Chalmers cars time was 16;49:65
In this event another world record was
broken the old 20-mile record for cars
of this class was made by Oldfeld IN a
Bentz at the Indianapolis track. The Ma
tonal car driven by Aitken was the car
that smashed it into smithereens.
The old, Iecord was 16:53:S.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-11-12
WILL INDICT THE
MAN HIGHER UP"
Weighers and Employees Together
Are Charged With Defrauding

NEW YORK, Nov. u.-Evidence which
is confidently expected TO reveal the
man higher up IN the sugar weighing
frauds unearthed during the term of Hen
~ L. Stimson, as United States district
attorney for the southern district OF New
York. has been placed In possession OF
the government. it was authoritatively
stated today.
This evidence is being used as the basis
The charity ball for the House of Prov
against a high official OF the American
Sugar Refining company. In the govern
ment's case already brought against Gus
tom house weighers and employees Of the
American Sugar Refining company. they
are charged with having conspired togeth-
er to defraud the United States OF ST.
00O. 900 OF sugar duties.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-11-12
Marmon Car Wins the
120-Mile Race in lac :26

Under ideal skies and perfect track
conditions, with record-breaking crowd
to cheer the daring riders to victory,
the third days program of thrilling races
was ushered in at the Atlanta autodroms
Thursday full of promise.
The first event of the day was the 10
mile stock chassis race, cubic inches dis
placement, 281-3O0. first prize. Atlanta Au-
tomobile association trophy and $500 in
gold; second prize, $500; third bfize $3.50.
The race was won by Marmon 80, with
Harroun at the wheel, in 1:49.26.4. His
car did not stop during the entire race.
Matson, driving a Chalmers-Detroit, was
six miles behind and the Renault, driy-
en- by Basic, and the Buick, driven oy
Chrevolet, were Is miles behind the win
ming car. The Buick was compelled to
stop FIVE times during the race for tire
and engine trouble. At one time Il
caught on fire. After winning, the Mar
mon was cheered to the echo and the
other cars continued at their dizzy speed
fighting it out for second and third
places.
The Chalmers-Detroit did not stop dur
ing the race and finished second. Time
1:2G22.92.
The time of the Renault. which fin
ished second, was 2:09:15.20
The time of the Buick, fourth and last
in the race, was 10000.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-11-12
MONO RAILROAD IS
SHOWN IN ENGLAND
Car Placed on Only One Rail
Makes Perfect Time, and Car
ries Passengers Safely and
Without Any Vibration.

LONDON, Nov. 1.-THE new mono-rail
railway, which works on the principle of
a gyroscope and which was first shown
here in model form is months ago before
the royal society by its inventor, Louis
Brennan, c. B., received it's first pub
lie demonstration on a full scale yester-
day on the war office grounds near
Chatham.
The guests witnessed a spectacle as
marvellous and as revolutionary from
the standpoint of transportation as that
which aeroplanes have furnished in the
last two years. They saw a car 40
feet long, ten feet wide and Is feet high,
weighing % tons, mounted on a single
rail- running freely about curves of all
sorts and carrying 40 passengers with
safety as complete and with vibration
far less, than the ordinary passenger car.
The vehicle runs in a circle an eighth
of a mile, in circumference at a speed of
25 miles an hour, with SO-horsepower,
without the slightest tendency to leave
the rail.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-11-12
COMMITTEE HEARS
ASYLUM OFFICERS
Trustees and Physicians of State
Sanitarium Say That Conditions
Are Excellent and Affairs Are
In the Best Shape.

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga, Nov. 1l.-Un-
less new developments arise the special
investigation of the state sanitarium by
the legislative committee appointed for
that purpose, Will come to a close earlier
than was expected by the general public.
Tho committee, which began work Mon
day, has finished inspecting all the build
ings and yesterday commenced taking tes-
timony in the case. DR.. L. NJ. Jones,
superintendent of the institution, was the
first to go on the witness stand. He re-
counted % years experience with the
work He stated that the institution is
now in a better condition than at any
time during his association, and that at
no time have any offending attendants
been allowed to remain with the santa
rum. He testified that all reports were
rendered to him and that as he personal
" supervised he knew the entire situa-
ton very thoroughly.
DR.. John w. Mobley stated he knew of
no Instances where abuses were not
promptly remeded. DR.. A. Y. Little tes-
titled he had charge of affairs of the fe-
male department, having 600 patients I'M
der his immediate care. He stated all
nurses were well qualified to hold their
positions. attending lectures twice weekly
and being able to diagnose the physical
Dr. Thomas A. Wright, Of Augusta, was
placed on the stand under oath and re-
quested TO give a comparative statement
of the condition of the Georgia santa
rum He declared after exhaustive ex-
animation that he found the conditions
in New York. Pennsylvania, Ohio and
the United States hospital at Washing
ton to be no better than here. despite
larger appropriations are given them.
He is a member of the board of trustees
and one of the best known physicians in
the state, and recently made a trip north
with DR.. Thomas NJ. Hall. of Milledge-
Vile to inspect northern institutions
Thursday the examination Of other mem
bers of the board of trustees will be car
ried through. Members of the staff of
are being questioned but sub
stantially the same statements are being
obtained as heretofore published
The examination of cooking, storehouse,
laundry, gas plant and other arrange
ments will be made Friday.