The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 05, 1907, Image 7
A Twentieth Century Wedding.
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A marriage has taken place that
promises much for the future of the
human race. After a long estrange?
ment, many lovers' Quarrels and mu?
tual misunderstandings. Miss Agricul?
ture has been led to the altar by Sir
Modernus Scientia. They were kept
apart for years, in verification of the
maxim that the course of true love
never runs smooth. The old folks ob?
jected, on one side sneering at the
would-be groom as "Mr. Book Farm."
"fancy farmer." "theoretical agricul?
turist." and other opprobrious names.
On the other side the aristocratic par?
er ts looked down on the bride's fam?
ily as "clodhoppers," "hayseeds," "ig- ?
norant jays," unworthy to enter the j
j household where genius and gentility j
^ reigned supreme. ; But the difhcuties I
we're finally removed, the friction j
wore away with time, mutual preju- I
dices subsided as the parties came to j
know each other better and at last j
the nuptials were solemnized. Celestial
Ceres acted as bridesmaid; Fair Flora,
K as lady in waiting, held the train, and
Princely Pomona gave the bride
away. Apollo, on ^his harp divinely j
tuned, poured forth the strains of
Mendelssohn's wedding march, the
chorus chanted "Now We Are Mar- ;
ried" to th/melody of Giro ffie-Girof
jj^ ria, and all rejoiced that Science and
Agriculture were at length united in
in di sso 1 u bl e u c i on.
Spruce housekeeping and a" general
overhauling signalised this happy
?
consummation. Cid Slipshod was im?
mediately discharged: Xeer-do-well
i was given his walking papers, and
Mr. T.-.ke-it-easy was sent over the
hills far away. The bridegroom had
brought along an entirely new set of
agencies, children of the experiment?
er's brain, the last complete product
of inventive genius.- Instead of plod
jr"* ding across the hummocks to look af
ter his men. the new farmer went out
seated in a smart runabout, noiding
the reins over his trotter, or. for long
distances in a touring car propelled
by gasoline. From his office stretched
. wires over which he talked with
j barns, dairies and other buildings,
called up the city market people, ex?
changed greetings with neighbors ail
over the county, and ordered supplies
from New York and Chicago. All
. the business correspondence going out
is typewritten. The rural delivery j
k brings all the mail, including the
f daily paper, to the door. Xo longer a j
drudgery, the management of tne j
f rm has become a delightful seien- I
tifie occupation. Handsome and sub
st?n?a? concrete buildings take the
place 6f : . o.ab-dvwn shacks, unpaint?
ed barns and dilapidated outbuildings, j
* The former old wooden structures with !
their earthen .flavor and damp, un?
wholesome surroundings, disappear.
The wand of progress waves and ail
these are changed into walls, floors
and feeding troughs of concrete, kept
clean by frequent flushing of water.
The nasty cow stables reappear as
- modern buildings, with strong steel
bars instead of clumsy, old-fashioned
wooden stanchions. Large windows
let bri a flood of light, making the
place bright, cheerful and sanitary.
Miss Agriculture that was. Mrs. Sci?
entific Farming that is. at first rolled
up ' her eyes in some astonishment,
but she soon caught on and entered
into the spirit of her spouse. She
found that even her chickens, former?
ly housed in rickety coops, now have
comfortable domiciles, whose smooth
walls offer no crevice in which vermin
may find lodgment. Rats, coons,
minks and weasels cannot enter in at
night to cut the throats of adolescent
pullets. Incubator houses, that mar?
vel of the modern poultry world, are
k?p: at even temperature with very
Kttle trouble and render effective
service in raising fries for the early
spring market. New wire fences with
lines of perfectly made concrete posts
replace the ancient bars and stone
walls. "Behold the bridegroom com
eth " the twentieth century bride- j
groom, and great is the transforma?
tion resulting from his advent. The1
methods of working the land have
undergone a revolution. Steam has
come to the farmer's aid in the shape
of traction engines and gasoline trac- ?
tors, which do all the work of a j
team. They may be filled with piows, ?
reapers, planters and cultivators, alt
of which are detachable. They can j
also be used for running thrashing I
machines sawing and hauling wood or;
for pumping. More marvelous .hun]
all are the wonders wrought by elec- \
tricity. Along the traction lines
many a farmer has installed a fifteen- j
horse-power motor at small expense j
whose power is put to almost every
conceivable use. One has been j
known to saw ail the ?.: and cut-"]
fodder for rift;.- cows at an .. eras :
cost of $2 a month. Small gasoline
engines will perform the same work
and double-power windmills will run ''?
Svnainos connecte i ?? Ith batt; ries i
th.<t store up em-ugh ; '? er to ii lu rm
Ina te the buildings and do : v riel
pf light work besides. Small ndlis for ?
grinding the eat Ti- f?< I and feu
brushing grain .,re no unusual - '
acte. Acetylene and gasolim iii
wellings bcung ahead m this uxuvy >
ta
?Broad sloping lawns no-.v fron: th"
farm dwelling, oordered with well
krpt shrubbery, the grass of which L
cut regularly with an automobile lawn
mower. It is not necessary any long
er to climb a ladder to the top of the
j orchard trees, as fruit may be gather
; ed by patent pickers, which pluck
from the branch and slide the apples
down a canvas shute attached to a
long pole. The culmination of our
twentieth century union between ?ei
j ence and Agriculture is to be reached
j in a farmer's automobile, specially de?
signed for use over country roads,
which may soon relegate the family
nag to superannuation. It has two
seats, the back one detachable, so
that ample carrying space ' may be
had for produce. The engine is two
I cylinder, air-cooled and develops ten
horse-power, v. 5th a maximum speed
of 20 miles an hour, two speeds for?
ward and a reverse, all controlled by
a single lever.-American Farmer.
TIGERS KNOCKED OUT.
Charleston Transportation Companies
to Comply With Ordinance-Chief
Liquor Source Cut Off.
The several transportation compa- J
nies have finally yielded to the de- I
rr.ar.d of Mayor Rhett for a strict j
compliance with the dispensary law.
restricting the importation and de?
livery of contraband liquors, and as a
result, many agents of wholesale es?
tablishments will be forced out of
business and the blind tigers will have
i
their supply of liquors cut Oft.
It required several weeks of much
correspondence, but the ofici?is of
the corporations have all fallen into
line, it Was announced today, and
the dispensary law in this respect will
Ix* strictly enforced hereafter in Char?
leston. Mayor Rhett put the case so
squarely before the transportation
people that they were forced to ad?
mit the justice of the contention of
the city authorities and with the as?
surances which were given to the
mayor today by the transportation
companies, there neey? be no further
fear of any deliberate violation or
evasion of the law.
Under the dispensary law in recent
years the police department has had
the matter of the raids and prosecu?
tion of the blind tigers in charge,
while the' State constables looked af?
ter the transportations. This latter
feature of the law did not consequent?
ly -directly concern the administra?
tion, but recently when the Carey
Cothran law went .into effect it be?
came the duty of the police depart?
ment to enforce the law in its en?
tirety, Mayor Rhett decided to grap?
ple at once with the' most disturbing
feature of the situation and the final
announcement of the transportation
people that they will obey the law is
a matter of much interest and im?
portance in the enforcement of the
law. to Charleston and people all
through the State. The people in the
up-country have frequently criticised
Charleston fer the alleged laxity of
the observance of the law, because
they could not appreciate the difficul?
ties which prevailed here in the re?
spect of stopping the importation and
delivery of the contraband liquors of
the dealers. Under the new dispen?
sation, there will be a change, as will
oe apparent, with the exhaustion of
the supply of the blind tigers.
The chief complaint was against
the Clyde Steamship Company, and
it seemed less disposed to act favor?
ably upon the mayor's demand than
either the Atlantic Coast Line, the
Southern railway or the Southern Ex?
press company. The steamship com?
pany had done a large and profitable
business, and it required considerable
correspondence and a number of con?
ferences with the local officials of the
line before the decision was reached
to respect the demand of the city.
This was, however, finally secured, as
announced today and while the com?
pany wil] bring liquors like all other
freight, which may be tendered to it.
the liquors will be delivered to Uv
consignees in the regular way.
. As an accommodation to the blind
tiger.-? the company stored the con?
traband liquors on ?h^- piers, and at
convenient times to the consignees.
.vh? ts the constables and police of?- i
[-eera were giving their attention else-!
where, the liquors would be delivered
over the sides of the piers into small .
launches, which quickly pulled '-?ut of
*h*' docks and can-led the stuff for
.anding a: other places. Neither the
constables nor police were ab].;- T<-.
cope with this underhand and irreg?
ular proceeding, but now ail this will
- ?;. und ..? the orders of the head of
il?.ia?s of th - company. The liquors^
crin i-l] be delivered in the regular
md the officers ?:' the police depart -
neut t :<.:: <;...*.?. ineir stand, note the
sat
against the S ?uthern Express compa?
ny for the policy of wagon drivers
dodging the pop.ee. When this was
hrought to Agent Allen's attention, he
j expressed his purpose to stop it. for
I he had given his word to Mayor Rhett
I of complete co-operation, and this
j was emphasized, it was stated today
j by the dismissal of a driver yesterday,
; who in the endeavor io save the
! wagon load of liquor, when he saw
i that he was followed by an officer,
? drove into the premises, closing the
gute, and there behind clos.".: door?:
with the officer on the outside, the
! liquor was unloaded. Mr. Alien would
; not stand for this violation, and the
driver will hunt another job.
Th^ Atlantic Coast Line and the
Southern railway both report that the
importations have practically fallen
off to nothing, since the officials be?
gan to co-operate with the police de?
partment in extending them needed
facilities for the performance of their
duty-.
:
The accomplishment of securing
t the decision of the transportation
i companies to accord these facilities
! to che police department, is a good
?card for Mayor Rhett. It required
j hard and persistent correspondence,
j but the results justify all the trouble,
and nov.- the dispensary law will be
enforced in Charleston, as it has not
been in the past.-Charleston Post.
The Whiskej .Situation in Charlcstom
There has been a marked change
for the better in the whikey situation
in Charleston during the last ten
days or two weeks. On account of j
the vigorous efforts made by Mayor
Rhett two of the largest importers of j
intoxicating beverages in the city j
have been driven out of business;; :
the Clyde Steamship Company has j
abandoned the policy of delivering ii- I
quers to consignees, excerpt through
the regular channel as all other
; freights are delivered; the importa- !
tien of liquor by the Southern rail?
way has almost entirely ceased and
the Southern Express Company is co
operating to the full extent of its
ability with the municipal authorities:
in a determined effort to enforce the
new law. There is a ver\ strong and
growing feeling on the part of the
people in favor of the new dispensary j
law. The police are quite active in
their efforts to confiscate liquors
brought into town for illicit sale, and;
altogether the situation is better than j
it has been for many years. Tester
I
day the manager of the Southern Ex?
press Company here discharged one
of the employes of the company be
cause he had delivered a supply of li?
quor to a blind tiger, and with the co?
operation of the transportation com?
panies and the moral support of the
people of the community the muni?
cipal authorities feel confident that
within a short time the situation will
be so improved as to be entirely sat?
isfactory to the governor of the State
and ali law-abiding citizens.-Xews
and Courier.
SIGHTS OX THE MOOX.
What an Astronomer Would See if He
Were to Pay It a Visit.
If an astronomer were offered a
trip to the moon and asked where he
would choose to land first, it is prob?
able that he would reply: "In Plato, if
you please." Xow. Plato is a huge
circular mountain-ringed valley,
which can be seen from the earth
with a good opera glass, lying in luna j
north latitude 50 degrees, and it ex?
cites the astronomer's curiosity be?
cause of what he has dimly seen go?
ing on within it.
Let us. then, approach Plam- as if
dropping down upon the moon with
a balloon. As we draw near we find
that the time of our arrival is that of
luna sunrise in the lbngtitude of Pla?
to. Eut the rising of the sun on the
rn--on is a very slow proeess. It takes
che solar orb seven days to pass up
.ysrd from the horizon to the noon
tine. The consequence is that, hang?
ing over Plato in our aerial convey?
ance, we find the whole of the great
valley under us. about sixty miles
broad and a mile deep, buried in the
blackest night. But the peaks of its
.v? st. rn bor 1er are already gleaming
in the sunlight, and the surface of
th?, moon v> the west of these moun?
tains is ali illuminated with the morn?
ing beams. Th-- luna Alps are ablaze
with light, while the shadows filling
their mighty gulches and chasms ar:
-.s black te- jet. Far off, along the
ourhwestern horizon, we see the tow
ring giants the ?una Caucasus end
he luna Apennines, r serrate ridge of j
tia ming pinnacles sei against a black!
i
ky. Tie- shapm-s of th< division :
?vis. - from the virtual absence of I
nc e
: iv.'n the precipices on the eastern
border of the valley floor emerging
into visibility. Its central part has
been dimly visible for some time.
Slowly the darkness in the valley re?
tires westward as the sun n-:es higher
and the great plain at length hes fully
displayed in the morning light.
And now strange things occur.
Wonderful changes of color take
place in the valley. These become
more pronounced as the slope of the
sunbeams falling into the valley
grows steeper. The entire fie or is
checkered in a curious way - with
spoth and areas of varying tint By
the middle of the long luna afternoon
the whole valley has lost its original
neutral tone and has become a duli
spotty brown, and with suggestions o*
yellow. Prepared by analogy, we are
not much surprised when descending
to the floor of Plato, we find ourselves
standing in the midst of a rolling
prairie, covered with fantastic plants,
slender, crowded, shaped more c?pri
ciously than a mass of orchids, and
with flowers of a strange, unearthlike
beauty, already opening where the
sunbeams have rested longest. There
is no wind, not the slightest breeze,
no motion except the stir bf the open?
ing leaves and petals. It rs like the
magic awakening of the petrified city
of che Oriental legend.
"A tou-.n. a kisis. the charm is
suant!'"-The Circle.
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ZIOX CITY AT AUCTION.
(Treat Religious City Founded by Eli- !
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the interests of the Christian Catho- ??
lie church in Zion are to be sold un- ;
der the hammer to satisfy the de- :
manu? of creditors. The order was .
granted oh the petition of Receiver
Hailey. The sale will be made as j
sco? as the contests of Dowie's over ?
personal property are settled. ,'
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HOLOC AUST IX NEWARK.
Newark, X. J.. June 3.-Three lives
v/ere lost and four persons are miss?
ing and many thousands of dol'ars
worth of property destroyed in ? fire
in the Newark Turnverein Hall today.
The dead are the janitor with his wife
and child.
BARGAIN FOR PRINTERS
We have one 8 Point Simplex
Typesetting Machine and abont
450 pounds of type that wiH
ba sold cheap for cash or oa
time to responsible person. Ia
good order, but discarded to
make room for Linotype.
Also one 6x9 Job Press, in
good order and nov; in daily
use, but to be displaced by a
larger press.
Also one 2 h. p. Gasoline En?
gine.
Osteen Publishing Co.
This is the gardening
season. We have a full
supply o? the best test?
ed garden seeds. For
years
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