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Cjjt (fiRakjmum anb ftratjfroit WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1910. The Sumter Watchman was found? ed la llftO and the True Southron In 1%%%. The Watchmen and Southron Sow has the combined circulation and Influence of both of the old papers, and Is manifestly the best advertising ?eedtum In Sumter. There Is one ordinance on the city statute book that Is a farce and the manner of Its enforcement?or rather its non-enforcement?would make a c ,t laugh. The ordinance referred to tg that forbidding the erection or re? pair of frame or other wooden struc? tures within the Are limits. Tester day the police summoned a man be? fore the Recorder for making trifling, but necessary repairs on an Isolated frame structure, w>hlch he was occu? pying as a work-shop. He admitted his guilt, as charged, but said he did not know that there was any law against stopping a leak in a roof or rehangtng a door that had fall? n off Its hinges. He was not sent to the ehalngang for his heinous crime, but was warned to make no more repairs under penalty of the law, for such made and provided, even though "oi does leak and the doors fall This ta one way the law works; another Is t<? be observed on South ?lain street. In the heart of the busi? ness district, where an old frame store Is undergoing extensive repairs, a new snd modern glass front Is being put In and the old building being fixed to do service and hold insurance rate* at a high level for another generation. The police cannot t.ummon the owner of the building for violating the ordi? nance for the very good reason that a special permit was granted for this work to be done. There have been quits a nilmbe- of other quite as flag? rant violations of the ordinance by special permission, while other cit< sens who had not the foresight to ask and obtain a dispensation have been summoned to the bar of Justice for stopping a leak or hanging a new door. In other cases those who asked for a special dispensation to violate It c aSSI with impunity did not get what they asked for. The ordinance ts a farce and should either be en? forced Impartially or repealed. A ha'f way dead-letter law Is a great deal worse than no law at all. Advertising A Town. When there are enough enterpris? ing people In a city to raise money to float a large scheme of advertis? ing, mark it, that town Is going to eucc ?d. The town that has a set of business men who parsimoniously clasp their money to themselves and resist all appeala In behalf of the town, mark it, thut town is going to drag along, unknown and live to its mean self slone. Two notable examples of city ad? vertising which came under the ob? servation if the , writer during the month, are afforded by two South? ern cities. Knoxvllle and Nashville. Knoxvllle raised a sum of $10, ?OS which is used In full page ad? vertising in leading cities of the country. Last year this advertise? ment was carried exclusively in south, -n papers but this year it went Into large dailies of the North aa well as the South. The ad? vertisements were well gotten up and presented In a very neat and attractive form. The whole message of display and information was both up-to-date and impressive. From this campaign of advertis? ing came many inquiries of pros? pective Investors, from all parts of the country. A good name for Knoxvllle was given everywhere and there has been lodged in the minds of Investors and the public in general such fav Table opinion of Knoxvllle. that the results promise to be oncoming for a long time hence. Without this advertising these same minds would never have known of Kmncvllle except in geog rephv The 'o who put up practically the whole of tho money for this adver? tising (ampalgn were the progres? sive jo' hers. Their organization Inaugurated and carried out the whole n hetne. Where Is the di? rect benefit to the Jobbing business of Knoxvllle from spending this fio.oir? do you ask? There Is no other dir? < t benefit than moy com? Of showing that Knoxvllle Is | pro pgregs!ve public spirited place, the kind where a merchant would look for salve business methods and Hi ms which are not content to take second pig ???. The Nashvllb ,i lv. rtlslng cam? paign consisted In a "booster trip," s ipssta] train bearing leading whole Sab? merehunt*. which stopped at railroad stations where local merch? ant* sjm ltd arid |Sj|d of the Nashville m.irket. A bra-;* hand, train bann? r -i, an 1 I? ? - h MtfMttd the crowds. The boost* r trip was mad<? Into ?a*t Tennessee as far as Knoxvllle. Knoxvllle Jobbers gave their visit? ing competitors a cordial PSgSfjttOV an?! sent them on their way rSjote* Ing. Through east Tennessee and Farmers' Union News ?AND - Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers (Conducted by I:, \\. Dabbs. President I'lirmers' Union of Sumter 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 the Union are requested to use these columns. Also to publish such clip dngs from the agricultural papers and Govern? ment Bulletins as I thin* will be of practical benefit to our readers. Ori? ginal nrticles by any of o r readers telling of their successes or failures will he appreciated and | tebllshed. Trusting this Department will be of mutual benefit to all concerned, THE EDITOR. All communications for tl is Department should be sent to E. W. Dabbs. Mayesvllle. S. C. T1IK SOY BKAX. "If I were called upon to name Just one plant as the most valuable to man and his domestic animals for a summer crop In the Southern States," declares Colonel J. C. Strib? llng, of Pendleton, "I would name the legume, known at present as the soy bean." Col. Stribllng says that In 1855 his father planted a package of this bean, said to come from Asia, under the name of "Papan," or "Chinese velvet pea." Since that time, Mr. Stribllng states that he has known this bean to be mentioned under at least seven different names, always as something new, but the supposedly i.*w bean proved to be nothing more than the famous soy bean of today. This statement of Colonel Strib? llng brings to mind the recent report of a representative of the British gov? ernment in Machurla, In which it was claimed that this same soy bean, which Is now being largely produced on Maie.hurlan soil, bids fair to rival American cotton seed in the variety of Its products. The Britisher in making'a detailed report to his gov? ernment declared that a most ex? cellent oil was being secured from the seed, Manchurlan chemists claim- j Ing it to be the equal of any vege- | tabtc oil produced. Meal and fl-jur of good edible quality for man enl bisst are also reported by the En? glishman as products from the troy or soya bean, the latter nam ? being th) most familiar designation In the Mur.churlan country. If the published reports of this Britisher's investigations are true, and we all know Colonel Stribllng s opinions to be based on his own ex? perience, then the soy bean haa more wonderful possibilities than even the Pendelton farmer supposes. The ex? periment Is at least worth a trial In this section, and we hope some enter? prising farmer will try soy bean crop this coming season and that some of our oil mills will experiment In extracting the oil from the product. The leaf and shape of the soy bean in all Its varieties resemble the cot? ton stalk, and the bean pods are shaped like the garden pea, and ?Hr9 covered with a soft velvet growth. The best variety grows from four to five feet In height. The bean will be found very productive on most all of the soils in this State. In an open letter concerning the Soy bean, Colonel Stribllng says: It supplies the most com? plete ration of hay and grain for work stock. When ground, the beans are a better feed than cotton seed meal, and soaked in water for a time ?one or two days, owing to the weather-?-the beans more than double in bulk, and at such a stage make the best food for stock and poultry, and rival the Navy bean for table use. The planting season ranges from April to the last of July. The large varieties may be planted up to the last Of June and the dwarf varieties may be planted any time from early spiinir until late In July. For enrlehlng the soil and at the same time harvesting a profitable crop, there Is no equal of the Soy ?MS. My Obligation is that the lit? tle nitrogen balls on the roots of the ft y bum are more abundant than any oilier plant that I know (,f. The upright gn>wtb. or cotton stalk shape Of 111 *? plants, make It pOMlbll to drill and cultivate entirely i > bors?- poweri bad barvtitod by machinery whi n sown broadcast or In drills. With prop?r preparation of the into northern Alabama the Nash? ville merchants went and then turn? ed N'ashvilleWiird. N'eedless to say this speclaltrnln visitation, the speech making and all Impressed | very one who saw and heard that Nashville was a real live town, and that there were some progressiv? up-to-date merchant! doing business there with whom they b id formed a pleating acqualn? tance. <>f course it win pay. it bai paid Nashville in the past and that \a why Nashvilllans are 10 cn thusi.is'ic over their booster trips. Business Magazine. 0911, I have never known the Soy b?an to fail producing a fair crop, wet or dry. I believe it will stand a drouth better than Alfalfa, or any other farm crop. ( nit Iva ting and Harvesting. "Sojf beans should be planted much deeper under ground than the cow pea. The Soy has a very hard grain, which requires more moisture and a longer period to germinate than the common cow pea, I but will withstand a drouht and rough usage in cultivation better than cow peas. "The large varieties should be planted about the width of cotton rows, only thicker in the drill, and the dwarf In rows eighteen to twenty four inches in the rows, late planting thicker. "Liast season we planted some dwarf seed In April that grew three feet tall and some of the same seed, planted last gf July on good ground, grew only eight 10 twelve Inches tall, yielding a weight of grain equal to that of all the stalk and leaves. "For feeding green, or for hay, cut when pods are about grown. For seed, cut when first pod* begn to pop open, and stack around poles like old time fodder stacks, or tall stalks may be shocked and U?d with binder twine like corn stalks. Tf hogs cannot be turned on the land to gather the fallen gralo tho crop must be mown at once, when first pods begin to pop open. ? . Why Our Crops Cost Us Too Much. One man may under very similar conditions, the same season ami In the same section, produce a crop for one-half or even one-fourth what W costs another. In other wtrds, in crop production, the single fac;.?r of management?the man?very fre? quently so reduces the cost as to yield a liberal profit to ot^ ian while others suffer a loss. The cost of producing most of our crops Is too high, but 'the problem of reducing the cost of their production does not receive the attention it merits. As a general rule it does not cost too much to produce our crops because we live extravagantly, nor because we pay too high prices for labor. It is not bcause we have too much money invested in equipment nor because of extravagance In th quality or amount of the tillage giv? en the crops; but because we have neglected to give due conisderation to the two most important factors in determining the cost of crop produc? tion, the effectiveness if the human worker and the fertility of the soil. The Southern farmer is generally economical; but his economies are In small things, while be Is extravagant of. human labor and neglectful of crop growing, the productive capac? ity of the land.?Raleigh (X. C.) Progressive Former and Gazette. Experiments. Experiments in wireless telephony are now at a standstill, according to ? wr'ter In the Electrical World, and j the wonderful things which were ex I pected are not likely to be realized In the near future. Occasionally arti? culate speech Is transmitted a Ions distance by Hertz waves, and the In? ventors are greatly encouraged. This success may he followed by a com? plete failure, when conditions are ap? parently the sanie, and then science is baffli d. Frequi ntly there Is ?er? ions Interference from wlrelsi sta? tions. Morover, the nature ami I x p< is(> of the apparatus?the Herts wave generator and the upright wire are such that wireless telephony can hardly come Into general use, even It the present difficulties ol transmission are overcome, This far wireless telephony is a faaclnatlng toy for scientific men, but the day Be ms far distant when it win b< pi iced on a commercial basis and made a feature of avcry-day life, as has been done with wireless tele? graphy. it would not he altogether strange If Mr. Wade BUIl inwardly conclud? ed, alter looking over the situation in Ohio, that he would rather be busting trusts at B lower salary.? Ni w Voi U World. BEAUTY AS A PRINCIPLE. Mak<is Life Happier Ami More Ele? vating For All Generations, - I The time has come whin, if much Of what has been gained by the j reservation of our great natural j monuments is not to be lost, the pub? lic must make known its wishes to Congress. The scheme for the dis? memberment of the Yosemite Nat? ional Park, which a year ago was temporarily checked, is to be pushed during the present session. In this contest the recent visit of President Taft to the Yosemite and that of the Secretary of the In? terior to the Hetch-Hetchy will strengthen the defenders of the latter valley, for no one can view the pheno" menal beauty of these Sierra gorges without feeling a solemn responsibili? ty for '.ts preservation. Even the San Francisco promoters of the de? structive scheme threw up their hands in admiration as they caught sight of the Hetch-Hetchy and confessed that "something was to be said for the esthetes, after all." And yet they profess to believe that water is "run? ning to waste" if it be simply looked at! And this is said of the streams I which, after they have been looked at, may be utilized for the irrigation of the great San Joaquin lowlands. Movements to safeguard Niagara and the Hudson are also impending, and in this connection we respect? fully commend to Senators and Rep? resentatives, as well as to the mem? bers of the New York Legislature, these judicious words of Governor Hughes, spoken at the dedication of the Palisades Inter-State Park. I "Of what avail would be the mater? ial benefits of gainful occupation, what would be the promise of pros? perous communities, with wealth of products and freedom of exchange, were it not for the opportunities to cultivate the love for the beautiful? The presevation of the scenery of the Hudson is the highest duty with re? spect to this river imposed upon those who are the trustees of its manifold benefits. It is fortunate that means have already been taken to protect this escarpment, which is one of its finest features. The two States have joined in measures for this purpose. I hope this is only the beginning of efforts which may jointly be made by these two Commonwealths to safe I guard the highlands and waters, in I which they are both deeply interest? ed. The entire watershed which lies to the north should be conserved, and a I policy should be instituted for such j joint control as would secure ade I quate protection." But it Is not merely the colossal I beauty of the Sierra, Niagara and I the Hudson that should be preserved I and enhanced, but the beauty of city, j town and hamlet. What is needed is J the inculcation, by every agency, of I beauty as a principle, and that life J may be made happier and more ele I vating for all the generations who shall follow us, and who will love their country more devotedly the more lovable it is made.?The Cen? tury. How Franklin Learned to Write Good English. (From Benjamin Franklin's Autobio? graphy.) After some time an ingenious tradesman, Mr. Matthew Adams, who had a pretty collection of books, and who frequented our printing house, took notice of me, invited me to his library and very kindly lent me such books as I chose to read. I now took a fancy to poetry, and made some little pieces. My brother, thinking it might turn to account, encouraged me and put me on composing occa? sional ballads. One was called "The Lighthouse Tragedy," and contained an account Of the drowning of Captain Worthi lake, with his two daughters; the other was a sailor's song, on the tam? ing of Teach (or Blackbeard), the pi? rate. They wer? wretched stuff, in the Grub street ballad style. and when they were printed he sent me about the town to sell them. The first sold wonderfully, the event be? ing recent , having made a great noise. This llattered my vanity; but my father discouraged me by ridiculing my performances, and telling me verse makers were generally beggars. So l escaped being a poet, most prob? ably a very bad one; bul as prose writing has been of great use t< ne in the course of my lite, and was a principal means of my advancement, I shall tell yon bow, in such a sit? uation, i acquired what little ability 1 have In thai way. About thla time i mel with an old volume of the Spectator, it was the third. l had never before seen any of them, i bought it. read 11 over and over, ;niii was much delighted with it. i thought the writing excel* lent, and wished, If possible, to 1ml tate it. Will) this view I took some of the pap< is. and, making shor t hints of the sentiment In each sentence, laid them by a few days, mid then, with? out looking at the book, trl< d to com? plete the papers again, by expressing I each hinted Sentiment :it length, and N WASHINGTON, D. C, \ EVERYBODY KNOWS COT.. WILLIAM CAMP.P I find Pe-ru-na very valuable for rebuilding* of a worn and tire-. system. CHIVALROUS, high-minded, impulsive, generous, courteous, courageous, loyal, a believer in good fellowship, a lover of home, magnanimous to ene? mies, true to friends, is a reputation that any man may well envy. No man better exemplifies this description than Col. William Camp, whose testimonial is given below. His unique figure and charming personality is well known in the streets of the capital city of the United States. His word is as good as his bond. His frankness and truthfulness uo one has ever questioned that knew him. Read wht.t ho says concerning Peruna. t*i write to say that I have used Peruna and find it a very\ valuable remedy for coughs or cotds and rebuilding of a worn and tired system, dissipating and eradicating that old tired feel' ing."?Col. William Camp, 1740 L St., N. W., Washington, D. C. MR. OHAS. BROWN, Rogersville, Tcnn., writes: **J feel it my duty to write you a few words in praiso of your Peruna. I have tried many differ? ent remedies, but have found that Pe na is the greatest tc nie on earth, and a perfect system builder. "A friend advUed me to take Peruna for indigestion, and it cured me in a short time. I was very weak and ner? vous, could sleep but little at Bight, but Peruna cured that tired, all-pone feel? ing, and made me feel like a new man, so I heartily recommend it to all who are weak and run down. It will giva new life and energy. "I cannot speak too highly of Peruna, and will not forget to recommend i\J* Peruna t is manufactured by the Peruna Drug Mfg. Co., Columbus, Ohio* as fully as it had teen expressed be for, in any suitable words that should come to hand. Then I compared my Spectator with the orglnal, discover? ed some of my faults, and corrected them. But I found I wanted a stock of words, or a readiness In recolllectlng and using them, which J thought I should have acquired before that time if I had gone on making verses; since the continual occasion for words of the same import, but of different length, to suit the measure, or of different sound for the rhyme, would have laid me under a constant necessity of searching for variety, and also have tended to fix that va? riety, in my mind, and make me master of it. Therefore I took some of the tales and turned them Into verse, and, after a time, when I had pretty well forgotten the prose, turn? ed thm back again. I also some times jumbled my col? lections <jf hints into confusion, and after some weeks endeavored to re? duce them into the best order, be? fore I began to form the full sen? tences and complete the paper. This was to teach me method In the ar? rangement of thoughts. By comparing my work afterwards with the original, I discovered many faults and amended them; but I sometimes had the pleasure of fancy? ing that, In certain particulars of small import, I had been lucky enough to improve the method or the language; and this encouraged me to think I might possibly in time come to be a tolerable English writer. Not In It. An old darkle named Moses White, in one of the Southern States, walked down to the main street one morning in his best blackclotb suit, with a waite rose in his buttonhole and cot? ton gloves on his large hands: "Why Mose," said the proprietor o( a large store that he was passing, "are yon taking a holiday?" "Dish yere," said the old man, In a stately voice, "am mah golden wed dln," sah. Ah'in sally br?tln' hit." '?But your wife." mid the store? keeper, "is working as usual. I saw h< r at the tub as l pawed this morn i: g, why isn't she celebrating too? "Her?" said Mose. angrily. "She hain't uot nuflin' to do with%bit. She am mah fo'th."?-Harper's Monthly. a new department of experimental breeding has just been established by tlte regents of the Unlvrslty of Wis? consin In the College of Agriculture and Hr. Leon J. Cole, of Yale Unl v< rstty, has be< n appointed to tak< charge of the new work. Greenville officers found that tu store of it. P. Peterson, a neuro m r chant of Williamston. was stocke? with goods stolen from ESdwarda * company's store at Fountain Inn. The terrible plague known as the "Black Death" began in China about the year 1333, and from China it went by way of the great caravan route to the north of the Caspian, through Central Asia to Taurm,and on to Constantinople, reaching Wfeurope by 1348. It raged for more Aan 26 years, with a mortality that VfB never be accurately known, add to this day the resuls of its ravages are visible. The disease was bubonic in charactr, and oftentimes was fatal within 24 hours after its attack. It was attend? ed by a burning hirst tha nothing could allay, and many of its charac? teristics were too horrible to mention. It is estimated that at least 25.000,000 of human beings perished from this great plague. In Italy capital punishment doesn't exist, and it has been abolished in the States of Maine, Michigan, Wisconsin, Rhode Island and Kansas^ Colorado and Iowa have both restored it after brief periods of abolition. As to the methods of carrying out death sen? tences: The guillotine is employed publicly In France, Belgium, Denmark, Hanover and two cantons of Switzer? land. The gallows is used publicly in Austria, Portugal and Russia, and pri? vately in Great Britain and the Uni? ted States, except in New York and New Jersey, where the electric chair has been substituted. Death by the sword obtains in fifteen cantons in Switzerland, in China and Russia, publicly; while in China strangulation by the cord is used, and in Spain tht garrotts, both public, and Brunswick, death by the ax. Unfortunately, John L. Sullivan is ahroad, and can't return in time to welcome Cu.onel Roosevelt home. Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! To the cute Studio. Just think of it. '1 i"> photos for 2 5 cents in 5 sit? tings. Postal cards 6 for 50 cents. Come now while you have the op? portunity. Here for a short time only. We did not come to stay. Come and Bee our $3. per dozen pic? tures finished 0n high grade material. Cabinets in this grade work would e ?st you $8 per dozen. Harrell's Cute Studio, over Mrs. Atkinson's Millinery store. Sumter. S. C. The growth of the Otly is calling for extensions ??t the water mains City water has ei wed to he a luxuiy but Is a necessity. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Haw Always bought Pears the Signature of