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WCOhESUAY, NOVkMBER 10, 1909. The Sumter Watchman was? found Ad *tu i "i&0 and the True Southron in lit*. The Watchman and Southron oow b ? the combined circulation and Infiu ??? c of both of the old papers, and i-? manifestly the best advertising medium In Sumter. Thi State Fair appears to have ?leg?**? ated into a hold-up game and the college foot hall teams are ??? permitted to escape without makin.; a heavy contribution In cash notwithstanding the annual foot ball gam i ?ii the fair grounds attracts the ti'td* who would otherwise not e>tte?<J the fair. Here is what Prof. Rig** >f Clemeon College, says of the h )Vl-up: "Fo? the ten years prior to this, the charge* ban been 150 For some reason nnku >fn to the colleges concerned the ta.r association this year raised the rani to $2*0. despite the fact that all trhn attended the game muat go through the gates of the fair. We consider the action of the association In rau.iog the rent nothing short of a held un. and an attempt to profit un Jueny by a patronage that Clemson and gratvaa have been building up for MM past decade. Next year may see ttie game played on Carolina's grou<*m% and it will then appear who will h.? the greater loser." ? ? ? The defeat of Franers J, Heney. as slstetU district attorney of San Fran? cisco, ay the Patrick Caihoun interests wosM . ?ein to indicate 'tat the graft Prosekution in that city will come to an abrupt end. The men higher up are g#g powerful and are too closely allied with the business Interests to be re*/ *ed process of law. and the men erha have made the effort to deal with them as they did with Ruef. SchmHsr and the other politicians who sold *vW*t the men higher up bought, find that they were butting their head* against a stone wall. In Cali? fornia. #s In South Carolina, it la a ?crime ?a accept a bribe, but to give ob? in regarded as a mere business de? tail. ?Tt Farn um in South Carolina and Pfli Calhoun in California are -capta.n. of finance, not criminals. That Oer? f ?und it necessary to buy men <*?? they did, other commodities Is viewed aa a regretable but not impor? tant mailer wben compared with the magnlt'tle of their business opera? tions It Is not to be suppoaed for aa instant that either of these astute busto.Nt men bribed public officials, becau** they wanted to. They gave briber if bribes were given, because thear load te. If they could have obtain? ed wh i' tkey wanted without paying out g? hI money In big chunks they would I >t have bought a single Wylle or R*ef. Therefore, those who hold that m I end Justifies the means may logic ?"v contend that Farnum and the Ibra*? d ?alers in South Carolina and Pat ( >un and hla associates In Cal Iforr? ? srere more alnned agafoet than sin no * that they were held up by a gang U grasping criminals who had to be i* ltd not to block the wheels of bust""*', and progress. This la one view gaf the matter, but not our's. S*a, Relative* Want Money. N's * ,4!le. Tenn., Nov. t.~One of the r s*.t sensational suits in Naah \Mk>\ Mafory is set for a hearing to? day. *w?u the courts will be called upon |g decide whether Mrs. Elisa I'rur. siMer of the late millionaire. Thorns. Swope. of Kansas City, and wtfe <af r?r. J. D. Phjnkett. of this city, Is beTig restrained of her liberty II lege"r. m the ground that she is in? sane. ? r? Plunkett asserts that she fs per?tU sane and that the deten? tion as the City View Sauitarlum was through the scheming of her hus? band **.d others, who obtained some of ner property and expected to se? cure i ? remainder by keeping her confl'til In a madhouse. She asks for a wr* erf habeas corpus. Dr. Plun? kett h prominent pnifeatdoually and In reflsjloes circles, being g leading chun/ worker. Dr. Stevens, euperln tender?< */ the esmttarkim. Is also name 1 aa s defendant. Afttsr linking the formal allegation, Mr-. f*:unk* tt claims that the sanitar lum ?w nothing more or lews than an Insaa ? asylum; that the relator la In poHt' ?? to show that she Is held on the gaggsM and pretext of insanity; that. ?n fact, her mind is not uu aotind. aad ha* never been, and that she U beld In confinement by a certain scheming relative, who has secured ???m* of b?r property and contem? plates securing the remainder. The relator <???* that twice before her hus? band and oUo-r parties. whose names It M not at this time necesHary to men? tion, out which will be famished to the <'ourt on bearing, haw sought to confine Ii?t. and twice have the heads or the gggtltution ordered hei released. Here ontrance into and con tine - ment at thi* s<?nit irlnm, Off IaylumshS v* i . imptlK>n-d i,\ deceiving her and decoying her there upon the asauraiv ?> Hi it she was being taken to th< h?rn?? of a friend. She s.ivs that the illegal confinement has continued f.-r a p-n ? ? of tea months, that a Fanners' Union News ?A NU Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers (Conducted by K. \V. Dabbs, President Farmer*' Union of Sunitcr County.) The Watchman and Southron having decided to double its service by semi-weekly publication, would improve that service by special features. The first to be inaugurated is this Department for the Farmers* Union and Practical Farmers which I have been requested to conduct. It will be my aim to give the Union news and official calls of the Union. To that end officers, and members of ^e Union are requested to use these columns. Also to publish sue i clip dngs from the agricultural papers and Gc em? inent Bulletins as I thin! will be of practical benefit to our readers. Ori? ginal articles by an> of o.4r readers telling of their successes or failures will be appreciated and | jblished. Trusting this Department vul be of mutual Benefit to all concerned, THE EDITOR. All communications for tl is Department should be sent to E. W. Dabbs. Moyesvllle. S. C. Some llniidoin Thoughts. This week we will have sonif ar? ticles on saving in our purchases that are worth considering. These articles suggest modes of saving. They also show that not always is the lowest price the cheapest tr best purchase. Just at this time when farm pro? ducts are bringing such fine prices compared with what W? have been accustomed to for so many years, we n*?ed to use more caution In our pur? chases than possibly at any other time. While it may be true that we are in for a long period of good prices for farm products we never can tell when a war scare, a panic or some other abnormal condition may cause a slump in prices that may catch us, and seriously cripple our finances. Feeling v^ry strongly on this subject, I went to Columbia es? pecially to warn ou:* people not to put too much faith In Mr. Sully. And I have Invited a very careful and suc? cessful business mar to attend our meeting on next Friday and address the public meeting. I would not do a thing to prevent higher prices, for all know we need them to offset the terrible times of 4 cents cotton from which we have not yet fully recover? ed, but the way to secure higher prices anl to profit by them is to be independent. In other words not to guard, who Is called a nurse, follows her at every step; that she Is not per? mitted any communication with the outside world; that everything in the nature of writing materials is denied her; that she is guarded and watched lest some whisper of the situation should reach her friends beyond the prison walls; that sie is unable to communicate with any one. bumper ourselves with useless pur? chases merely because we have the money to make them and they seem cheap. Possibly I see this side palnly be? cause it is one of the my especial weaknesses?to buy things I need be? fore the time of want or in greater quantities than actually needed, be? cause by doing so there is a saving in cost. It is not wise nor prudent to buy every time we think we have secured a bargain?sometimes we best leave the bargain for some one else. E. \V. D. More Economical Buying as a Guide Post to $500 More a Year. The first essential of successful farming is, of course, the growing of good crops, or the production of good stock as the case may be. After the crops are grown, or the stock raised, there is the question of marketing to be considered, and this must be studied Just as carefully as the matter of production if the greatest success is to be obtained. For what shall it profit a man if he grow ever so big crops and sell them ever so advan? tageously, if he then spends the mon? ey he gets for them for something he does not need, or pays extravagant prices for the things he is obliged to purchase? We have devoted considerable thought to the matter of production, and have paid some attention to mar? keting?though we are far from hav? ing exhausted either subject,?but the buying problem is one most far? mers have made no serious attempt to solve. It is one of those indivi? dual problems, too, which each man must work out for himself, and for the mastering of which there is no infallible formula. We have tried in the article on page 8 to offer a few J general suggestions as to Its solution, t feeling that they will be appllcabb as genera] rules, to almost every case Let us summarize them: 1. The lire! thing In buying la to get the thing you want, the article that will give the most service and the most satisfation for the amount Invested in it The article that does this is the cheap article, whether its first cost be great or small. 2. it is extravagance to buy the things We need not, and equal extra- | vagance often to fail to buy the . things We do need. The man w ho j keeps only one horse and one cow j cannot afford to buy a tw<>-horsc cul- j tlvator or a manure spreader; but ! the man who works two or more horses is wasting money whenever he tries to do without the cultivator, and the man with eight or ten head of stock whenever he tries to do with? out the manure spreader. Probably, too, the onc-horse man is extrava? gant in not buying another horse, and thereby almost doubling his own earning capacity; and a man may need a carriage or a piano, which it would he wasteful lor him to do without. A (lexer girl once said: "Economy is not doing without the things you want; it is learning not to get the things you don't want"; and there is much of truth in the observation. 3. The third consideration in buy? ing is cheapness?getting a certain article for the least money.?and we endeavor to point out some of the things that will help to lower the ' price of most goods bought. Buying for cash will certainly do this, as will ; also buying in large rather than ?mall quantities. On page 13 Mr.? W. C< Crook points out how co-operative 1 buying has helped the farmers of his J community, and there is no reason j why it should not be equally helpful I to farmers in other communities, j This matter of where and how to buy is, however, one that admits of no general answer. Our people have \ by no means waked up to the advantage of ordering a much larger part of their purchases direct from the manufacturers, and thereby | saving all middlemen's profits; other; may be bought to advantage from the larger mail order houses; but there is, of ourse, the advantage of person? al Inspection and comparison in buy? ing from the local merchant. Usual? ly one's everyday purchases may be made from him as cheaply as any? where if for cash and in considerable quantities and especially if the mer? chant is willing to co-operate by or? dering them at the lower price he can usually obtain and then asking as his share only a profit tt\at will pay him for his part in transaction. It is a big question this of buying; but we believe that the suggestions we have offered will help greatly in enabling the farmer to get more for his money. I^et us repeat: Buy for E? . ? Mil I I ? II I Catarrh of the I a Prevaler Difficu A PROMPT AND EF Mr. S. W. Jackson, W et ?lonk, I Greenville, Ohio, say.fi u\Vhihj I wo*I superintendent of construction of J. p.! Bendtr and Bros.' Co., of Hamilton, Ohio, I became entirely unfit for bust" nc3s with catarrh of the stomach. "A friend called niy attention to a remedjr for this condition. I began to improve at one". I was soon able to re? turn to my former profession* "It would require many pages lo de? scribe the condition I was in aud the re? lief [ have obtained." Here is another *aan. Officer George Y. Stout, 7:Ji North Broadway, Balti? more., Md., says: <4I suffered very much 1 with catarrh of the stomach and ner? vous indigestion. I lost fifty pounds iu four months. *'A friend called my attention to a remedyi which I used, and gradually j got ?voll. I have gained half my lost weight hack again." Chronic Stomach Trouble. Mr. Robert J. Glllesple, 898 South Main Bt., Los Angelea, Oal., secretaiy of Lather's International Union, was also suffering from catarrh of the stom- , SCO. a long time. He grew thinner and \ p&ler, lost all ambition and appetite. Sick at the stomach, indigestion con? tinually. A friend also called his attention to a remedy, which brought about a de? cided improvement. After continuing the use of the remedy for a month, he considers himself permanently relieved. Now, once more. Mr. Christian Hof mau, Slattngton, Pa., says he suffered for many years with catarrh of the stomach. It produced a miserable cough, day and night. He tried doctors and many remedies. At last his atten? tion was called to a remedy, the same remedy that relieved the others which have been referred to above. He claims that he was entirely rid of his stomach difficulty. Pe-m-na Brought Back Health. What was the remedy that has wrought this remarkable relief? So far, the remedy has not been mentioned. If any one doubts the correctness of these statements it is very easy to ver? ify them by writing to the people whose names have been given, enclosing a stamp for reply. The remedy is within the reach of every one. It is simply the good, old standard reliable remedy known as Peruns, I cash, and in as large quantities as practicable; look to the quality of the article as well as to the name, com? pare prices and get the goods where they can be had the cheapest; don't buy things you are not sure you need, and when you are sure you need a thing, get it.?Progressive Farmer. No matter what sort of work you are doing, try to do it a little better than the other fellow. Emerson says somewhere that If a man can do any Stomach it Disease It to Relieve. WW??I? ' ??????ij F ICIENT REMEDY. 11' iIn* truth wi re known, the proba? bilities are that Peruna baa relieved m mauy caaea of ee*arra of the stomach at any other popular remedy in exis? tence. We have a great many ?nsnlsl' Ited testimonials from all parts of the United K tales, declaring in strong und enthusiastic terms that Peruna has en? tirely relieved them of catarrh of the stomach, I hat they Were wretched and miserable beyond words, but Peruna has restored them to health, vigor and happiness. These are the facts. Now, if you hare stomach difficulty, i; is up to you to act upon them or ignore them, as yon pl? ase. Symptoms of Stomach Catarrh. 44The affection may result from errors in diet, or the use of alcohol. The ex* ccssive use of tobacco, especially when the juiee or the leaves are swallowed, is likely to cause It, "Highly seasoned or coarse, irritating foods, sometimes induce the disease. "As chronic gastritis (catarrh of the stomach) is essentially a secondary affection, one of the primary causes is an unhealthy state of the mouth, nose or throat, sueh as bad teeth or catarrh of the nose (ozena). "The patients are usually poorly nourished, pale, sallow, th'n, fatigue eusily induced, muscles flabby. Loss of appetite or capricious appetite. I "The tongue is usually coated brown? ish gray. Cankered mouth is a com? mon occurrence. "Pain is not common. When present ! it is usual 1> dull, and is aggravated by I food, especially when this is of au irri? tating character. i " Vomiting may occur in 4 h? morning. Also after meals. Sickness to the stom? ach frequent and persistent. "Food produces dull headache, and a feeling of general nervous distress. Constipation usually quite marked.** These symptoms, given by Gould and Pyle, coincide exactly with thefrequent descriptions Dr. Hartman is receiving from patients all over the United States, IX you have any of these symptoms get a buttle of Peruna. Take a dose be? fore each meal. See if your stomach ,does not immediately feel better, your appetite improve, your digestion al 1 once resume business. . People who object to liquid medicines I can now secure Peruna tablets. thing supremely well, no matter if he live in a wilderness, the world will make u beaten path to his door. And this is very true. I rode the other day to see a farmer who lives not many miles from where I am writing and found that the Governor of the State had just been there to see his corn crop, and a great number of other men had come miles and miles to see this man's farm. And why? Simply because he had done more with an acre than any other man in the coun? ty.?Progressive Farmer. Sumter's Big Store. O'Donnell & Co. "The Big Store That Fair Dealings Built." Sumter's i Big Store. Do You Need House Furnishings? If you do pay us a visit to our recently enlarged house furnishing department, which occupies a good space on our second floon Here you will find a complete stock of Mattings, Rugs, Art Squares, Linoleum, Lace Curttains, Portiers, Window Shades, Couch Covers, Door Mats, Etc., all at money saving prices. When you have any of the above items to buy, give us a call and let us show you. We will make the time you takejwith us pay you well. Mattings From th'S best that's made down to loc per yard. Art Squares That sell for $2$ down to a Square for S3.50. Rugs Lace Curtains Of all kinds. The best ?nd the cheapest. Priced as low as 95 cents. A line to bewilder you. As cheap as 50 cents pair. Meets?Door Wire, Rubber ao\d Creo. V C\irtaJi\ Poles acrid Rods. Portiers to All colors and qualities. VouT need not: spend more than $2.75, unless you want our finer ones. ?. Window Shades Which include the Duplex Two-color Shade, and then down to 25c, if you wish. LINOLEUM AND OIL CLOTH All widths from 36 to 72 ins. All prices too, up to 51.25 per y?rd. g TABLE COVERS AND COUCH COVERS All the new designs. At prices from $5.00 down. Grass MeUting in all the Shades. The HaLrd-wearing Floor Covering. Phone 46. O'Donnell & Co.