Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WEDNESDAY, JULY IO, 1907. . The Sumter Watchman was founded in 5.850 and the True Southron, in 1866. The Watchman. and.Southron no\e has the com? bined circulation and influence of both of lie old papers, and is manifestly the best advertising medium in Sumter; IMPORTANT NOTICE. Subscribers are requested to ex? amine the label on their papers, which show the date to which the subscription has been paid. Those "Who find that they are in arrears are requested to call and settle or remit at tt.? earliest convenient date. The j amount that each subscriber owes is j ?mali, but in the agr?gate the j .mount due us for subscription is : quite large-and we need the money. The Hemphill senatorial boom doe? not seem to be taken seriously. Th# esteemed editor of The News and Courier should speak up and iet his friends know whether he and hi* triends who launched the boomlet at Jamestown were in earnest or merely Working off a joke on the Norfiik newspaper gang. c . * The County Summer School for teachers, which will open here next j ??onday, is one of the few summer j schools to be held in the State this . year and the attendance promises to j he much larger than it has been in a : number of years. The teachers are ; thus evidencing their appreciation of*, the efforts of Superintendent of Edu- j cation Cain to provide a summer j school at a time when there ls no j State Summer School. . ? 9 This seems to . be Senator Lat?- j der's year to court newspaper noto- I riety, while Senator Tillman is pursu- ? ins tiie even tenor of of his way in j comparative obscurity, insofar as: South Carolina is concerned, raking tr the doliars as a lyceum lecturer. * ? * Ec gefield county has broken loose again and bids fair to regain its un Qu?stion?d supremacy as the center \ of the homicide industry in South j rCarolina, which has been challenged i - Laurens county in recent years. . * * Sb am railways and electric lines [ .are desirable public utilities, and do j ,2&or? to develop the country through j Which they run than anything else* ! fSEhile we would like to see Sumter couti ty a regular net work of trolley Iine? and railroads, nevertheless as this ideal cannot be realized for some j time to come, at least, we can do the ] ?ext best thing, build public roads all ! over Sumter county. DEATH BLOW TO TRUSTS. deceivers to be Named to Wind Up j Affairs Where Conviction is Secur? ed Washington. July 8.-it is under? stood that the department of justice has adopted a new and highly impor? tant plan in connection with its pro? ceedings against the so-called tobacco trust. After asking the court to issue subpoenas to defendants requiring j them to appear and answer the alie- J '.g?tions contained in the bill asking j that the monopoly complained of be j declared illegal and in v;olation of the j Sherman anti-trust act, the depart- j ment in its pet.':ion, which probably; Villi be filed in New York within a j few days, will ask the court if in its j judgment the interests and the facts j as disclosed demand such action that 1 receivers bc appointed to take charge of the business and administer it in harmony with law. Such a course, it i ts said, ii adopted, would require the j receiver caking charge of a corr-ora- i fcidn to administer its business with a j View to the gradual disintegration of J such monopoly, that is to say. such j receiver in administering such busi? ness would from time to time be ex- ' X?ected to sell and dispose of the dif? ferent property units composing such ?uonopoly in such a way as to pre? serve all the essential rights of the stockholders and at the same time j ultimately give the general public the J benefit of competition betwem sepa- ? rate and independent corporations of ? business, it is understood that this plan has aever before been adopted in the prosecution of trusts, but it is 1 more than likely that the same plan Will be followed in dealing with the SO-ca2ied powder trust and such other trusts if the pecuiiar facts in connec? tion with each would justify such ac? tion. THIEF PLEADS ?XSANITY. Teller of Windsor Trust Company - Who Stole $100,000 Will Bc Exam? ined bq Alienists. New York, July 9.-Chester B. Jtunyan, former Teller of ti:- Wind? sor Trust Company, when arraigned on the charge of st-aling nearly $190,000. entered a plea of not guilty Witb the privilege of withdrawing and entering another motion by Monday. Kuny&n s lawyer announced that he would have an alienist examine the defendant, indicating that the prob? able defense will be insanity. DR. BONSTEEL HERE. Expert of Department of Agriculture Will Spend Several Weeks in the County-He Will Advise Farmers. Dr. J. A. Bonsteel, of the bureau of soils. United States department of agriculture, is spending the week. in Sumter and Lee counties consulting /with Mr. Frank Bennett, who has charge of the soil survey work now in progress. Dr. Bonsteel has had charge of the soil survey work in the United States for the past two years and he was placed in charge of the newly organized division of the bu? reau of soils on July 1st. This division has for its object the promotion of the agricultural devel? opment of the entire country through a study of the crops best suited to each different kind of soils and through investigations of the best methods of cultivating and fertilizing each crop. It has been decided by the authori? ties at Washington that the special interest shown in the soil survey work in both Sumter and Lee coun? ties warrants adidtional work in the region. Many of. the influential citi? zens of this vicinity have called at? tention to the indiscriminate use of a few varieties of fertilizer on all of the different soils of the county re? gardless of the kind of crop to be raised or the real requirements of the soils and crops. Th? last census showed that $221, 300 worth of commercial fertilizers was used in Sumter and Lee counties in the year 1S99. It is not probable that the full value of this expenditure was secured by more than one-half of the farmers of the two counties. This is not the fault of the fertilizer nor, directly, of the farmers. It arises from the fact that very little is accu? rately known concerning the proper forms and amounts of fertilizers which should be applied to any par? ticular field or type of soil. Again, many tons of valuable fertilizers are annually wasted because applied to poorly prepared land or because ap? plied at the wrong time or in insuffi? cient amounts. Few commercial fertilizers when used alone produce as good returns as when used in connection with green crops or pea stubble plowed under. Frequently, too, the effect of fertilizers is nearly or quite lost be-" cause of a failure to use small quan? tities of lime in connection with com? mercial fertilizer. In order that some at least of these important problems may be solved and the results made of use to the' farmers of the two counties the bu? reau of soils will detail Mr. Bennett to collect a few well selected soil samples of large size. These will be sent to Washington, where Mr. Ben? nett will be assisted by the laboratory force in the study of the fertilizer, needs of the most important types of soil. Mr. Bennett will return to Sum? ter and Lee counties to ' co-operate with the farmers in putting into ef? fect the knowledge of these South Carolina soils gained by means of the soil survey and the laboratory of the soils. Mr. Bennett will arrange with a few farmers in each locality to help demonstrate the effects of proper fer? tilizers and good cultivation on each type of soil shown on the soil sur? vey map. .Of course the United States department of agriculture cannot go into the business of farming any more than the average farmer could afford costly laboratories and highly train? ed experts. But the farmer and the department co-op~erating can combine good farm practice and good scientif? ic study for the benefit of American agriculture. Accordingly, Mr. Ben? nett wili be detailed to furnish the re? sults of the department's work to the farmers of the two counties. He will be i.-ble to advise regarding the best crop or group of crops to raise on each different soil. He will be able to indicate the proper kinds of fertilizers to use and the amounts re? quired and the best time to apply them. He will also need to make sug? gestions as to when some green crop or stubble should be plowed under and whe.-% and when to use lime. Owing to the extensive demands for this kind of work in other parts of the country only a few farms can be selected in each community for this co-operative farming. In each case the department will furnish the ad? vice based on its special studies. The larmer will need to agree to set aside two or three acres of land which he will agree to handle as advised by the j department. He will have all of the j crops and profits, the department j only asking that a complete and ex- I act record of all work, fertilizer and crop returns should be kent and fur? nished to Mr. Bennett. About three years work of this kind will com- ! pleteiy solve and demonstrate the fer? tilizer practice suited to the soils of Sumter and Lee counties. The farm? ers ot the two counties can become the partners of the department of ag? riculture in solving these very im? portant problems and saving thou? sands of dollars animally to the farm? ers of this part of the State. Dr. Bonsteel will remain in the district until Saturday in order to confer with Hon. A. F. LA ver Con? cerning the details of the proposed work in the Tth South Carolina dis? trict. Mr. Lever has shown a great interest in the work from the time when the first requises for a soil sur? vey were received from Mr. Reardon, of Sumter and it was on his recom? mendation that the present work was begun in Sumter and Lee counties^ A special train on the Cheraw and Lancaster road, carrying many mem? bers of the Knights of Pythias who had been attending a celebration in Cheraw. was wrecked near Chester? field; No one was seriously injured. FARMERS' MEETING. Expert of Department of Agriculture to Discuss Fertilizers and Soil Im? provement. 1 A meeting of farmers will be held in the Court House at ll a. m., Fri ! day, July 12th, at which addresses ! will be made by Mr. Frank Bennett <: and other members of the soil survey i corps now at work in this county. Dr. Bonsteel the soil expert from the de? partment of agriculture, and Con? gressman Lever, on the general sub? ject of soi! improvement. All farmers are urged to attend the meeting. Mineral Wealth of the South. _-T About one-seventh of the mineral production of the entire country comes from the Southern States. Of bituminous coal, the most valuable mineral, the south produces one fourth, and of iron about one-ninth. Its total coal resources amount to nearly 600,000,000,000 tons, or more than one-fourth of our estimated coal reserve. Of mineral chemical materials the south supplies more than one-half, chiefly? phosphate rock, all of which is produced in Florida, Tennessee and South Carolina, and nearly one third of the mineral pigments. Of precious stones the whole country J produces only $325,000, with Xthe j south furnishing its fair share. i The showing in iron ore reserves is quite as good; a safe minimum is 3.000,000,000 tons, or nearly one third of the nation's total. Of work? able iron ore the south contains one and one-half times as much as the famous Lake Superior district, and this does not include the deep lying southern ores, unworkable at present. But all ores"must be counted in any estimate of iron reserve. On a basis of value of product the south furnishes more than two-sev? enths of our oil and more than one sixth of our gas.-World's Work. GOOD MEDICINES. Vastly Important Dnrjrs Should Be Trustworthy. "No; because any man, however ig? norant, with any motive, however ig? noble, may manufacture and sell any ci the 50.000 compounds known to organic chemistry, - and may allege for them "what curative powers he will, and because, too, of this unlim? ited opportunity for fraud among the cider drugs, it becomes a matter of no surprise to learn that at the pres? ent time among the great number of firms manufacturing remedial agen? cies there is the greatest conceivable diversity in science, sincerity and wisdom. s . "These drugs come from the utter? most parts of the earth-from the dark forests of Brazil, from the froz? en Siberian steppes, from the banks of thc 'gray-green greasy Limepo river, ali set about with fever trees,' or from 'silken Samarkland'-but al? most everywhere they are gathered by barbarous peoples, the lowest of earth's denizens. It is small wonder then, that with any one plant there should be a variation among its in? dividual specimens in the proportion of the active medical agent it con tarns. But when we add to this the fact that, in general terms, the per? cent, of the active ingredient de? pends on the amount of sunshine it enjoys, and the time of the year it is i gathered, even on the time of day, on the amount of moisture, the elevation, the character of the soil, and. a dozen other factors, it becomes almost a necessity of thought that the amount of 'medicine' in that plant must vary from a maximum to nothing at all. "A man's wife goes bravely down to the gates of death to pass through, or ' it mayhap, to come slowly back, j bearing radiantly with her the flam- j ing torch of another life. Ergot is re? quired. Now. ergot is a fungus grow- ! ing upon rye. where it destroys and ; displaces the ovary of the plant. It ' romes from Russia. Austria. Sweeden, j -jain and where not; its chemical j analysis does not seem to yield relia- i bie information, tor its active constit- ! uents are not definitely understood. I Finally, the physiological activity of i the drug may be good, or little, or z<:ro. just as it may chance, while af- ; ter the lapse of a year it becomes ? unfit for use. Yet it is to this sub- j stance, so utterly variable, that the physicians must trust the life of the ; woman and the child."-Robert Ken- ; nedy Duncan in Harper's for April. Glasses f? r Weak Eyes. _ I Flue. ?r else smoky, glasses have long been considered the best possi? ble things i JV weak eyes. Recent in? vestigations, however, have altered the views ?f oculists on this subject an amber-? flore? glass being found preferable ia many instances. It seems that The rays <>f light that are trying to the eyes are at and about the upper end of the spectrum -that is to say. in the region of the violet and ultra-violet. These rays p"nftrat?- bia?.- or smoky glass to a greater or less extent, but are en? tirely stopped by amber glass. The discovery in question seemd to have been made first by mountain climbers in the Swiss Alps, who. for a protection against the glare of the snow, ar- obliged to wear some sort of colored spectacles. It became the fashion not long ago. on such ex? cursions in that part of the world, to uso amber. The Wail of the Little Dogs. Some persons like dogs and some do not. The like or the dislike seems to be born with us. and the man born with the dislike can rarely be educated out of it. I have a little five pound dog. as white as snow, and cleaner in her keeping than many people, which J once carried into a river with me whither I had gone to bathe. Among the bathers was a woman, who, when she saw my little dog in the water, at once left the stream in a huff, and remarked that it was not' her ^abit to bathe with dogs. I do not know that any one has such a habit; but I do know that people often choose filthier compan? ions than a clean little dog. The good woman . iacked culture-a cul? ture which no sort of training or edu? cation could impart. A dog is a man's best friend, the one friend whom misfortune can nev? er drive away. Not far from Gray Friar's Church, in Edinburgh, Scot? land, is the monument erected to Gray Friar's Bobby, by the Countess Burdette Co?tes, who but lately pass? ed away. Bobby's master was buried there in the old graveyard, not far from the "Trough Stone" on which the immortal Covenanters signed j their names with their blood. For i years after is master's death, Bobby refused to leave the old yard for any ? length of time. He slept night after night beside his master's grave, and became known as Gray Friar's Bob? by. The people who lived near by learned to know him and care for him. and children from wealthy J homes in the city brought food to | him from time to time. For fourteen years, Bobby was quite a character about the old church, and when at last he was found dead near his mas? ter's grave,* he himself was buried near by, and the sympathetic countess erected a monument and drinking fountain for dogs in memory of his life-long faithfulness. Stories about dogs-about their love and faithfulness and their mani- j fest gift of the reasoning faculty-fill many books, and some of the most tender poems in our English tongue were written about dogs. It may be a weakness to like dogs, but it can? not be said thsit only weak people have the weakness. Some of our highest masters of thought have had the love for dogs to develop into a passion. A dog is an uncomplaining little beast. He accepts a bone or a bea? ting, and still clings to his master. He has no gift of words, but only a cow? ed and broken look when abused, and a mern.- switch of the tail when petted or fondled. It seems to be a habit of us to legislate about dogs periodically.. Sometimes it may be done in wisdom, sometimes without a forethought manifestly. . Our city fathers-all of whom I hold in the highest esteem-have seen fit of late, to go into the business of legislating about dogs. Whether it was to pro? tect our citizens against a dreaded hydrophobia madness or to increase the revenue of our treasury. I am not prepared to say. But I do feel free to say that, in either case, the law is working great injustice and is a fail? ure upon its very face. To protect us against the canine madness, all dogs must be kept away from con? tact with us upon the streets; for the very fellow that is not confined at home may be the one mad-if, for? sooth, dogs ever do such a thing any more than people do. But as the law now stands, it is unjust and discrimi? native, and belongs virtually to the OTU r of class legislation. The free? holder who has a dog and .is attached to him pays his dollar, embellishes his dog's neck with a collar and badge, and turns him loose to prey upon a frightened and horrified pub? lic: but the poor man who loves his dog and has no dollar which he can spare from his scant store of coin, must bind his pet to the yard fence, or allow him to wander freely about and fall into the hands of a man dep? utized to impound and then to kill him. if the redemptive dollar is not produced. The result is that now in ? the midst of this burning weather, th'e howl of the little dogs can be heard al! through the night on al? most every city square. If under this ?ore treatment, together with the bit? ing of Meas, the torment of the flies and the burning of the sun. some of them go into unnatural madness, some philosopher will come around and remark upon the fact, and wisely rub his nose and say. "I told you so!" But would he not himself go mad un? der s^ch treatment? A great many centuries ago, a very wise nan wrote. ..A wise man regardeth the life of his beast." and Lt strikes me the time is n<>w at hand when we are called upon to consider the wisdom or unwisdom of his words. Dogs may go mad; men certainly do. Now and then, we hear of a dog which has wrought great evil upon son e one: but it is not a question to. be debated as to which is the more hurtful animal-a bad man or a mad dog. if I must give my vote in the matter, I say !<-t us put a prohibitive badge upon a dozen or two men in Sumter-rio- midnight brawlers, the wretches who are leading youths astray in the gambling hells, the se? ducers into every sort of evil-let us put the badges on them and give lib? erty to the dogs. In their places, the dogs are useful: in every place, they are faithful and affectionate. The evil they do ts iva rd of only onee in many days and week?: the havoc wrought by the Sumter gambling fra ternity is roping in new victims week by week into toils from which there will never come a liberation. The gambling habit and the opium habit are twin brothers from which one is rarely ever set free. Let us seek the betterment of our people along higher lines than dcg-muzzling. The cry of the poor beasts at midnight is enough to sur the deepest sympathies within us. The resultant revenue that comes to our city treasury is being gotten at too high a cost. It brings cruel treat? ment to a poor animal which has no way of defending himself, and it works injustice to the p?or man who loves his dog just as much as his wealthy- neighbor does. The whole affair is based upon a morbid sort of sentiment which originates in man's j natural tendency towards cruelty. It j is easy for some persons to look,- with- j out a tinge of feeling, upon the suffer- j ing of a brute. The fact that it is a brute robs him of his power to sym? pathize. I hope the city fathers will accept ? my words in the spirit in which 1 i write them. I am making an honest; j appeal in behalf of suffering, sentient j creatures who are crying out in their bondage in the midst of these scorch ing July days. I beg them to turn | the, dogs loose and, ii needs be, put j up some of the people, who are far j more hurtful and dangerous. If the . badges already bought are too much \ for the city to loose, I will engage to j pay back into the treasury what they cost, if it will result in letting the lit? tle dogs go free. C. C. Brown. I SPARTANBURG TEAM STRONGER Infielder McKenzie Made Field Gap- ! tain-New Directors Elected. Spartanburg, July 8.-Meeting of the directors of the baseball club was held today, and the members of the j team were given a curtain talk and I urged to play good ball and win the j pennant. F. D. McEowen was plac- 1 ed in full charge of the team while i at home, and his word will be law. ! McMakin is still the manager of the j team, though McKenzie, second base- j man. was made field captain, and j will have absolute authority in all the games. O. L. Johnson was elected director. It is reported that the home ceam has secured the release of Lanford from Orangeburg. It is understood that a good price was paid for him. DISAGREES WITH ROOSEVELT. President of the National Education? al Association Condemns War Talk and Roosevelt's Foolishness in the Public Schools. Los Angeles. Cal., July 9.-N. G. Schaeffer, president of the National Educational association, has locked horns with President Roosevelt in his advocacy of . rifle practice in the pub? lic schools as a "peace measure.'' He said today: "Already there is too much war talk, beating of drums and waving of swords in the school ( rooms." Seven protests have ' been filed ! with the election commissioners in j Kershaw county protesting against ; the election against the dispensary. The claim is made that the election j was irregular. # Ladies, I have moved my millinery ? up stairs over the Sumter Clothing i Co.. South Main street. Be sure and ! examine my stock before baying. Great bargains. Yours to please, Miss S. A. Murray. 7-10-lt* Just Arri\ Another shipr Patent convoi Canopies with both wood and friends who hi they are the b< used. We tho ty well fitted 1 this season. 1 of nets has be< er. Have also tach to the w Our netting, 8 in blue, white, We still have 1 titv of those that we are se , Mulls for 19c. for 37 l=2c, ar colored wash prices. We a neckwear and THE FOURTH'S CASUALTIES. The Celebration of Independence Day Was a Fatal and Costly Affair. Chicago, July 5.-Thirty-seven dead and ?,?13 injured and a fire loss of $34 0,555 is the statistical record of the country's celebration of Independ? ence Day, according to the Chicago Tribune's annual comr?ation. The direct cause of the fatalities follow: By fire works, 17, by cannon 4, by fire arms 9, by gun powder 3, by toy pistols 1, by runaways 3. Injured by fire works 1,046, by cannon 222, by fire arms 292, by gun powder 347, by toy pistols 205, by runaways 4L Roster dead four more than last year, year ago 33 dead on morning after the Fourth. New York leads all cities in the number of killed and injured. Pittsburg is second with 9 dead. In Chicago only 2 deaths are reported. Although the dispensary was voted out of Darlington county under the Brice Law more than a year ago, drunkards and booze artists need not go out of business in that town. It is sold there openly, freely and abun? dantly. The town is wide open. . Elzey Putnam of Greenville cele? brated the Fourth by shooting at an automobile party that was passing through the streets of Greenville. For? tunately no one was injured. ? FRESH TURNIP SEED HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARGE SHIPMENT OF NEW TURNIP SEED. MANY VARIETIES TO SELECT FROM. BUY NOW BEFORE THEY ARE ALL SOLD. Sibcrt's Drug Store, No. 8 S. Main St. Telephone 283. NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. TAKE notice that all persons having claims against the estate of alford Ken? nedy, deceased, of Shiloh, S. C., will pre? sent the same fco the undersigned execu? tor daly attested within the time requ red by law, and all persons indebted to the said estate v/ill make payment tc W. W. GREES, 710-4: Executor. Estate of Josenii G\ Cai?wel!, DECE ' SED, ALL persons having claims against aforesaid Estate, will present the same duly attested ; and all persons in any way indebted to said Estate will make immediate payment to DAVID W. CUTTINO, Admi'ji t ato-, <M?-4L Sumter, S. C. nent of Palmers lute Spring=back attachments for I metal beds. Our ave purchased say est they have ever ught we were pret= for the Mosquito But so far the sale ?n a record break ? canopies that at all from $1.25 up. yards to the piece, , pink and yellow, eft a small quan= 8c. figured lawns liing at 5c. 25c. 50c. Silk Mulls id in fact all of our goods at reduced Iso include ladies' belts. f Ut" Ililli f *