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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-07-15
EASILY DECIDED.
IN Question should He Answered
Easily By sumter People.

which Ia wiser-to have confidence
IN the opinions Of your fellow citixena
Of people you know. or depend on
statements made by utter strangers
residing In far-awsy places? Read the
following:
r. w. vogei. +o1 Hampton Ave.,
Sumter. 9. c.. says: For several years
I suffered from pains through the
small Of my back and whenever
stopped. I was I'm misery. My back
became very weak and several times
i had TO give up work. A physician
treated me but his medicine brough,
no relief, and I then tried several
wsii-known kidney remedies. but was
not helped. One day I read state
msnt In the local paper given by q
party who had used Doan's Kidney
Pills and the remedy had acted %
benenclally that I got a supply at
China's Drug store. After using one
boz. the aches and pains left nc. six
boxes completely cured me. I take
pleasure In confirming my former en-
dorsement Of Doan's Kidney Pills"
Price Soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same
that Mr. vogel had. Foster -Milburn
Co., Props, Buffalo, n. X. ~
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-07-15
NnGRo KILLED Ar BROGDON.'

Ransee Perry. colored. was shot and
h1lisd last night. or early this morn
n at his homo near Brogdon and
this morning his son. Ranzee. Jr.. and
ID wife. Ellen Perry. were arrested
md charged with the murder. They
ters brought to town and lodged In
MI about noon today. after the In
otest had been held.
From the testimony at the inquest.
whsrs the wife. son and other chill
Den were the principal witnesses. 1t
s6sms that after Ransee Perry came
home from the lodge Sunday night he
aAd his wife sat up for several hours
talking. She then went In the house
60 bed. leaving him In the piazza. 9th
Or children were asleep In the rear of
the house. Later In the night. accord
iflg to the story told by Ranxes Perry.
Jr.. he came homo and asked his
brother II the mule his father had
hem driving had been taken out and
wds told that his father had himself
unhitched the mule on his return
home. He went to bed and some
time later was awakened by the sound
Of . shot. He said he ran and aroused
hIs mother and they found Rance
Ferry on the piazza shot In the head
and bleeding profusely. Ranzee. Jr.
- - 10 ~ n ~ St,.lx 4
told him that his father had been
shot and q number Of negroes and
white people In the community were
aroused.
The evidence Of Ellen Perry and
other members Of the family was
that Ransee Peary had never had q
shot sun. but had borrowed one from
his brother william whenever he
wanted to use one. William Perry.
however. said that Ranzee Peary did
have q shot gun and he and his broth
Or had exchanged guns some days ago.
when Rance was going In the swamp.
a. his was In better repair than
kansees. A piece OF gun was found
In the yard near the dead man. which
Wa identified by william Perry rs
part OF his gun. which ne had loaned
to Ransee.
The coroner's jury returned a ver-
dict that Ranzee Perry came to his
death from sunshot wounds received
at the hands Of Ranzee Peary. Jr.. and
that Ellen Peary was an accessory to
the killing. Upon this verdict these
two were arrested and brought to
Jail.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-07-15
FEDERALS EVACUATE GUAYMAs
Rebels Immediately Enter Town.
Which They Have Bcsiegcd for Sew.
cral Weeks.

Juarez, July Unconstitutional
officials today announced the receipt
of a dispatch stating that Guaymas
had been evacuated by federals, and
Immediately afterwards occupied by
the revolutiOnists. The town has been
besieged for several weeks.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-07-15
NEWS NOTES FROM DALZELI.
Peas not Yet Planted in All OF Oat
Land.

Dalzell. July 9.-The dry weather
is still on, but while corn is needing
rain, cotton Is doing we'll. Some of
our farmers have not been able yet
to get all OF their stubble land plant
cd in peas. owing to the extra amount
Of work brought about in saving and
thrashing the Oat crop. The showers
have produced q lot of grass which
had everybody busy and now the
dry weather Is on and the land is
rather hard and thirsty to under
take pea planting. Indications point
to rain, but you know all signs fail in
dry weather.
Politics are causing some interest
among our people. but I have not
heard Of anybody losing his head yet.
1t looks us II the mediation confer
ence has been called off to take a
fresh hold. II Huerta gets away with
all of that mnOey he is reputed to be
sending to France, he need not care
whether there Is q reconciliation or
not. he will be heeled.
1t is to be hoped that Villa and
Carranza will settle their differences
and get together, otherwise there will
be another revolution. notwithstanding
Huerta's abdication. We want to see
Uncle Sam out Of 1t, IL he can come
out honoraoly. To undertake to bring
law and order out of the conditions
that now exist in Mexico, does seem
to the writer. would involve this
country In protracted warfare
that would cost a great number OF
lives and lot Of money. Should we
get into q war with those people, il
matters not how great a force we put
there, 1t will be q hard problem tC
meet them In their system of guerilla
warfare and reduce them to submis.
sion. Spain had some experience OF
that kind with Cuba and should the
United States have been neutral and
other nations too, 1t is very question.
ntie whether Spain would have sue.
eeded in putting down the rebellion
by this time or not.
| The average Mexican Of this day Is
a pretty bad combination. A cross OF
Spaniard and Indian, Of negro and
Spaniard and but a small per cent OF
white people and a rather small PET
cent Of pure Indian. When we take
into consideration q mixture Of that
kind we find We have mongrel
amalgamation, in which there is not
much law and order.
Well. green peas end watermelons
will soon be on and then we will be
a happy and Independent people for
awhile. We are now emergig fnrom
an enthraldOm OF hard labor, sweat
and toll. brought on in the way of
making a crop and keeping the grass
out Of 1t, but we now see the days of
rest and good time for awhile
at least, dawning. when we can stand
back on our own security.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-07-15

hereby announce that am a can
ate from Sumter COu, ty, subject to
the rules Of the Democratic party.
j. ID. EPPS.
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The Senate.

/ am candidate for reelection to
the State senate from Sumter Coun-
ty in accordance with. and subject to
the rules Of the Democratic party.
JOHN III. CLIFTON.
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hereby announce myself q candi-
date for the office Of Coroner Of
Sumter County subject to the rules
governing the Democratic primary.
WILLIAM j. Scale.
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D. d. NOISE.

Believing that my four years ex-
perience and my study Of the States
affairs have put me in q position for
effective service, / am a candidate for
reelection to the House of Repre-
sentatives, subject to the rules Of
the Democratic primary.
r.. II. BELSER
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-07-15

1 am q candidate for the House OF
Representatives from Sumter County
subject to the rules governing the
Democratic primary.
A. K. SANDERS.
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j. H. HAYNSWORTH

I hereby announce myself q candi-
date for the office of County Super
intendent Of Education for Sumter
County. subject to the rules of the
Democratic party.
S. D. CAIN.
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For Supervisor.

l hereby announce myself q candi-
date for the office Of County Super
visor subject to the rules governing
the Democratic primary
w. s. THOMPSON.
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Candidates Cards.

Announcements of candidates will
be printed in this column until the
close Of the campaign for IS. No
cards accepted on credit.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-07-15
House of Representatives.

! hereby announce myself q can
didate for the House OF Representa-
tives, subject to the rules Of the DEM
ocratic party.
n MnVCEy
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-07-15

A license to- marry has bsca grant
ed To Charles Fell and Luc'.e Dicks.
cGIored. of Sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-07-15

I am a candidate for reelection to
the office of County Supervisor, sub
ject to the rules of the Democratic
party.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-07-15
For Congress.

I hereby announce myself as a can
didate for the nomination as Con-
gresham from the 7th Congressional
District and pledge myself to abide
the result Of the Democratic pri-
mary. A. r. LEVER.
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County Superintendent of Education

County superintendent of Education.
1 hereby announce myself a cam
dldate for reelection to the office of
County Superintendent Of Education
of Sumter County and pledge myself
cratic primary.
j. H. HAYNSWORTH.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-07-15

1 hereby announce myself q can
didate for the office Of Supervisor for
Sumter County. subject to the rules
Of the Democratic party.
L. f. WHITE
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For Magistrate.

L hereby announce myself a candi-
date for reelection to the magistrates
Office, 4th district. Sumter county.
j. A. HODGE
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For Coroner.

hereby announce myself q candi-
date for Coroner of Sumter county.
subject to the rules Of the Democratic
party. s. w. RAFFJELD
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-07-15

Miss Ellen Meehan, of AshevilIe, is
the guest Of Miss Lucille DeLorme.
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p. M. PITTS, Supervisor.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-27
A CONGRESS THAT DARIn

one thought that suggests itself in corrs-.
with the adjourning OF Congress saturn.
that in the eighteen months Of contrr7..
ting of the national body there has be.o NJ
exhibition of a fear of doing things
they had not been done before. 1t was
TALLY a dosomething Congress. In thts
a lesson for the people of North Carolca H..
time. Had it followed counsel like u7,a
being impaired by a few in North Cara,t-.
under which it is held to be the part Of
to stand still and submit to wrongs rathef -
forge ahead and correct them, much il
glowing record of achievement would b.
ing. 1t was a Congress that dared 70 g. ,A.
it thought right.
The Congress that adjourned SATURDAY. ,,.
record of accomplishment that has not e..,
equalled by any previous Congress. Il r.,ss.,
the tariff in the interest Of the consumer .,s
did it with a care and a Judgment that fnass
radical change in governmental policy fan u.5
the minimum of shock upon the various bas,.
ness enterprises having a relation to the -a-,~
laws.
1t gave the country a currency and bankn,
act which, monetary experts say. will facilitate
business to az very great degree, the control 4
money and credit being taken out Of Wall Street
W1CAO ~ AoO oSN AAAAOS 11Oll TIT beginning
of the government and placed at Washington
Laws for the regulation of trusts were passed.
which, it is confidently believed, will prove IS
helpful to the people as other great measures
that have been enacted into law by this Con-
gress. Personal guilt under these laws can le
established and monopoly and interlockinT IN.
FectoFates prevented.
1t passed the income tax by which a larger
burden was placed on those able to pay and The
tax burden of the poor was correspoudingly
lessened.
The Employees Arbitration Act, the opening
up of Alaska by the Alaska railway act the
Lever agricultural extension act and many other
achievements of this Congress might be men.
toned. 1t was a Congress that kept its faith
with the people and it was a Congress that was
not afraid to do something in an honest effort
to better the conditions under which the throng-
ing millions Of this great country must move
and have their being.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-27
KNOWN BY IT'S FRIENDS.

That there is a need, and a pressing neeu' =
a change in the taxation system of the state
has been a matter recognized for years anu
the consensus of opinion Of men among III
wisest in the State is that the proposed anlehu-
ment to the Constitution as to taxation ives "
working plan upon which the General Assembly,
may proceed with the greatest benefit TO the
people.
This proposed amendment to the Constltu-
ton should receive the united support OIL 'he
people, for it is for their benefit that 1t mas
been prepared. Our present taxation system IN
North Carolina is archaic and does not eqult-
ably distribute the burdens of taxation. Inc
change proposed is upon no hastily constructed
lines. 1t is a change which will prove a wise
and progressive step for North Carolina.
In the News and Observer there have been
published from time to time the arguments Of
thoroughly informed men who have given de-
Hberate> and careful thought to the value of the
proposed amendment on taxation. The people
of North Carolina can we'll place reliance in the
declarations of these men that the amendment
on taxation will prove of service to the State
and the people. In the last few days there
have been presented arguments for it and ar
ticles endorsing it from Governor Locke Craig,
Senator Simmons, Judge Henry G. Conner, ex-
Governor r. B. Glenn, Judge Jeter c. Pritch-
ard. Captain Edmund Jones, DR.. Clarence Poe,
DR.. H. Q. Alexander, Hon. J. w. Bailey, ex-
Judge A. w. Graham, Hon. A. L. Brooks, At
torney General T. w. Beckett, Maj. Henry A.
London. Hon. r. r. Williams, DR.. Charles Lee
Raper, ex-Gov. w. w. Kitchin, Hon. J. S. Man
ming, Secretary of the Navy Daniels, and others.
Besides this great numbers of men standing de-
servedly high In the confidence of the people Of
North Carolina have signed statements advo-
eating the taxation amendment. The press of
the State, almost to a unit, has declared for it.
The editors of the State in annual session en-
dorsed it. The officials of the Farmers Union,
in an open card to the public, have given it
their support.
The men who champion the measure are men
who are devoted to the interests of North Caro-
lima. The people of the State can we'll follow
their advice and vote to make the amendment
on taxation a part of the Constitution of the
State.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-27
EVERY DEMOCRAT TO WORK.

We enter now upon the last week of the cam
paign which will end with the casting of the
ballots on Tuesday, the third day of November,
and in this week every Democrat should bestir
himself in order that there may be brought out
the full party vote.
In the nation and in North Carolina the DEM
ocratic party has been the one party which has
done the greatest service to the people. It has
been ever on guard to give them good govern
ment and to protect them from the encroach-
ments of the special interests. 1t has given a
clean government. 1t has demonstrated that
it is a constructive party, that it is able to meet
present day needs with present day remedies in
the great matters of government in the interests
of all the people.
In North Carolina there should be a GREAT
vote given the Democracy in the forthcoming
election, for it deserves such q vote. That the
ticket Of the party will be elected goes without
saying, but the need is that there be given such
a vote OF approval as will emphasize in the State
and the country that in North Carolina the
party stays close to the people. and that the
support given it is because of the good it has
done, and because it is recognized that the hone
Of the people lies in that party.
For the first time in the history of the Re-
public there is to be elected this year United
States Senators by the direct vote of the people
Senator Lee S. Overman, whose name is at the
head of the State ticket, should be given a
great vote of approval. Such a vote should
also be given the ten nominees Of the party
for the House of Representatives North Caro-
lima has Jared well at the hands of the national
administration and this should be recognized in
the size of the vote cast. And besides this the
record of the men whom this State has sent to
Washington is such as to deserve the most en-
phatic endorsement at home. Such a vote will
go to hold-up the hands of President Wilson.
Every Democrat can help to bring out the
vote, and this week every Democrat should
make it his business to urge that all Democrats
be at the polls on election day and cast their
| ballots for the men whom the Democracy has
l named for office. With concerted effort the
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-27
NxcG Nall mancm

ee'~HIs war inevitable was'' the candid mon
- arch cries; "there's no use hunting for
the cause, when it's before your eyes. For
years and years, with frantic haste, we've piled
mp armament; and could we let it go to waste,
the money we have spent? We've drilled about
five million men, with
THE REAL REASON, endless pain and toll,
and could we let them
Idly then go back and till the soil? Our col
Oncls and the other chaps were all athirst for
war, and asked us, If we can't have scraps,
what are we drilling for?' You arm a man
with guns and knives, and he for strife will
sroan,a and ne will take some others lives, unless
nc drops his own. And we have armed until
we lmpcd beneath this burden punk; for years
we saved and shaved and skimped to buy the
warlikc junk. We taxed the man OF humble birth
until he grOaned aloud; we taxed him when he
TILED the earth, we taxed him in his shroud.
We robbed the farmer of his oats, the ditcher
of his mon, ~dcspoiled the herdsman of his goats,
TO buy a modern gun. And having lined with
trench and forts the rivers and the woods, we
simply had to scrap, old sport, to show we had
the goods
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-27
TRUST THE LEGISLATURE.

The few argument that have been offered
against the Constitutional Amendments assume
that the Legislature will do something that VIII
work a great hardship on some OF the people
of the State at the expense Of other people Il
the State. But hear Judge Conner on this;
while I am not a visionary Utopian in respect
to human perfection, a somewhat extended *
perience in the service of the people Of this 9taa
has brought me to believe that, given 2 f@'
hearing and reasonable time for consideration
almost any question affecting their highest ana
permanent interest and duty will be correctly
settled by them Judge Conner is eVerlasuAA5
right about this. There need be no fear u -
Legislature. 1t is close to the people. II
many respects, as our government Is NO."
constituted, it is the people themselves ~
Legislature will do the right thing about ttA"'
ton. If it does not, the people have their leA-
edy and they will use it.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-27

Madame Carman did not have a walk-over
like that of Madame CaillauX, the French woman
whose trial attracted worldwide attention Just
q short while ago. Life is held tolerably cheap
in certain parts of the United States, but in some
Of the States the taking of it is regarded as a
Deed that must be punished with severity.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-27
TUESDAY
Morning Tonic

XNX HAT a great blessing is a friend with a
Wv breast so trusty that thou mayest safely
bury all thy secrets in it, whose conscience thou
Inayest fear less than thine own, who can re-
leve thy cares by his conversation. thy doubts
by his counsels, thy sadness by his good humor,
and whose very looks give comfort to thee.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-27

The purchase of cotton at ten cents per pound
continues to hold the palm for the best thing
yet done for the cotton farmer. The farmers
who in this way got ten cents for cotton re-
ceived a lift that they will not forget as long
as they live. 1t was practical helpfulness.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-27

1t has developed that there is a fair market
Cor cotton in Germany, and that fact ought to
have a beneficial effect on the market in this
country. 1t was the impression when the war
first broke out that there would be no demand
for cotton from any OF the belligerent nations.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-27

1t is q bad plan to swap horses when cross
ing the stream. And the circumstance of the
retirement of the chief of the German General
Staff may signify that the end Of the war is not
as remote as it seemed at one time.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-27

Germany announces it will stand by the
Monroe doctrine. Fine, now if she will stand
by the Wilson doctrine and show a willingness
TO stop fighting we will all hoch der Kaiser.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-27

Petrograd has become so pat that st. Peters
burg already looks impossible.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-27
L FOR $1.7O

There has never been offered In North Carolina
so much good reading for so little money as We
are offering under the following propositions: Fol
$1.70 we will send the following for one year:
The Weekly News and Observer, an eight-page
weekly newspaper.
The Commoner, an able monthly journal, pub
ished by William Jennings Bryan.
The Farmer and Mechanic, sixteen page North
Carolina home and farm weekly journal.
Thus for One Dollar and Seventy Cents you
can get all these papers one year.
Y. C. MOORE, Manager.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-27

vote on Tuesday of next week can b MAJ.
record one in approval of the party and IA.
whom it has made its nominees.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-27

The New York Herald thinks that The reason
more business men are not in Congress Is 1hd'
they do not want to be there. They are 'o
busy, thinks the Herald. Yet it is a fact ja5i
business does not net a large proportion III
thcm the seventy-five hundred per year ta3'
the Congressman draws. Business men may
sheer at congressman as much as they want e.
out the Congressman is an individual 81 5H-
portance. Make no mistake about that.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-27

Inc government has found out thar passing
"h income tax law is one thing and enforcil- r.
- another. The receipts from the tax ar 1tl
III they ought to be and the gatherers Of ta"
tax are convinced that thousands Of people
nave oodged the tax. The incident simply
- snow what a battling problem the tax Qaf
. Is. Under the system as generalLy .-
io"ed IN this country about the only pe"t"
VINO pay tax in proportion TO their abiNr -
pay are the poor people whose properu 3"
visible and is taxed according to what s1r--
pody else thinks it is worth. The nation. t-r
States the counties and the cities need - =t
more consideration to the tax problem ana RID
IL system of some of its inequalities.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-27

October p, 1914