The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 24, 1909, Image 4
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"WEDNI^JDAY. FkBKUARY 24. 1909.
The 8umt?r Wutchm.in \v.\-? tou:ul
?4 In I860 and the True Southron In
lflf. The Watchman And Southron
Bow has th? combined circulation and
Influence of both of the old papers,
and I* manifestly the best advertising
medium In Sumter.
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Sumter County in the last prlmarj
Went on record In favor of the repeal
of the lien law. it was understood
that the Senator and Representatives
of (he County would be governed by
the expreeecd will of a majority of
people and would vote for the repeal
hill. In view of this we fall to under
atai d Senator Clifton s attitude In the
matter While he has not gone on
record as opposed to the repeal of tho
Men law, we have failed to find In the
newspaper reporte of the proceedings
Of the Senate his vote recorded for
the repeat when the direct question
name to a vote. It Is possible that
he was paired or was absent when the
veto was taken. Senator Clifton was
moot active In his efforts to amend
the repeal bill and was the stubborn -
ent advocate of the proposition to re?
fer tlu* question of repeal back to the
pee pie. Senator Clifton's flgnt for a
reft ren lum on the lien law. when his
ft County had already voted on
question and declared for the re?
is being commented on by his
ttltuents. This matter will un
?ubtedly come up In the next cam
ehowld Mr. Clifton be a candl
> to succeed himself, and for this
m we mention It now, and we
>?t In all kindliness, that Senator
m explain his poeltlon while the
tter Is fresh in the minds of his
Ituent*
e e e
1ht> lien law Is really dead and
m the repealing act has been ratl
aad signed by the Oovernor It
win be buried. It is to be expected,
however, that an effort will be made
Past year to give It a new lease of
life by postponing the date on which
the repel becomes effective.
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The only thing that has kept thou?
sands of white men out of the Repub?
lican party has been the negro, sentl
me it against political affiliation with
negro being too strong In the
tb for life-long Democrats tb die
ard It. The deelre for office Is
It as strong In the South as else
let e and men will go to as great
igt he, politically, to obtain s good
tb. consequently when Mr. Taft an
itnces positively that he will not
ipolnt nssroee to office over the
tset ef the people most directly
?tested, there will be a rush lor the
counter by Taft Democrats ready
to swallow Big Bill and the whole Q.
O. P. platform.
e e e
Mr. Taft wrote his Inaugural ad?
dress In Augusta, but Teddy may have
a ready-made one for htm?and here
will come the tug of war.
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Unless there shell be a decided
Chan^ of Hontiment in respect to
8tate-r/lde prohibition between this
time aad the assembling of the next
L?Sl?i itnre. the Richards bill will be (
i geweef* through the senste ant will be-;
antae a Isw. We believe that a ma
Jot it* ef the white people of the State
are disposed to give piohlbltlon a j
trial, and. not satisfied with trying It |
In Ills c ?untle* that have voted out j
Ost dispensaries are determined to'
dr ve the counties/that bav. retained i
thjt legalised aale of liquor Into the I
prohibition ran**. This seems to : ?
the dtift of tb ngs and we may as I
Wi ll bgln setting our houses In order
for tie Inevitable. Sjmter County
hss r?: least one ytar of dispensary
profi- t> count on. but no more.
Therefore it behooves County and
City officials t > consider the future
when making plans that call for ex
pendture of money. The abolition J
of the dispensary In Sumter County
tears the reduction of the anuual In
no- >f City sml County by at least
I1S.0QJ each. With the dispensary
ploflts cut off neither County nor City
ein spend money as freely ns hitherto
with "it Increasing- taxes. There le
another and more Important consid?
eration that our City and County offi
elale must take eerlously to lu art
That Is the enforcement of the pro
ttSSJ law that la to t>e given us.
It la a fact, well demonstrated in the
exp. fence of other counties and
State?, that the polltleo-rprohlMtlosv1
Int ' Just '.vh- re fh. y should begin
work ng hardest for temperance, so
br ? .?nd m ?r ?!, >. Th.-> work In
? ml out t? n?>t :i piohlbltlon
low on the statute books and then
drop It. expecting the law to enforce j
Itself For this reason It will he nec- !
eeeery for the city and County of?
ficials to take counsel together and d?- I
vise means for the effectual enforce?
ment <?f the law. A town that Im o\er '
run with bllnd-tlsers. speak-easlex and '
pisosc-fightlng social clubs Is In a far
worse condition than a town with a
, and It Is this unspeakable
that we fear for Sumter
arider a prohibition regime, unlem
public sentiment Is gfou-o-d md the
otrl lals of the City snd Couity take
vlgoious measures to enforce the law.
Therefore, believing that the State
w i.h. law will be enacted by the next
session of the legislature, we expect
to keep the matter of the enforce
HV mi Dl the law before the people. \\\
stand tot obedience to all the laws
l?y the people and the honest enforce?
ment of every law by public officials,
Wfwm though the law be unwise,
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During the progress of the lien la^v
debate in the Senate \Vedne?*da>
night Senator Clifton made the fol?
lowing explanation of his position, j
according to the report in the News
and Courier. Senator Clifton's ex?
planation had escaped our attention
and we came across it by accident
while reviewing the debate on the
the repeal of the lien law:
"Senator Clifton remarked that he
was la the same position as Mr. G ray
don. In Sumter there was a popular
vote for lien law or repeal thereof.
There were 2,300 votes, and upon the
question asked about 1.500 votes were
cast, there being a small majority in
favor of the repeal.
Senator Clifton gave his reasons for
being, personally, opposed to a repeal
of the law. He feels that the repeal
would take away from the poor men
all means of getting credit in order
to keep the wolf from the door. The
repeal of the law would leave the
crop as no asset to the farmer. The*
landlord would have a monopoly of
the furnishing of goods to the ten?
ants. Those who own land and do
not live on it, would have to furnish
supplies to the tenants or the land
would have to remain Idle.
"It's a plain case of class legisla?
tion.?' aald Mr. Clifton. "The owner*
of land who wish to furnish the sup?
plies naturally favor the b'll, as they
could furnish goods at a profit that
merchants now get."
"Legislate for the negro and the
poor white man. But the repeal of
the lien law would hurt the white
man more than the negro, as the
white man needs more to live on. This
would drive him Into the cotton mills
In the small cities and villages."
Senator Clifton said he would have
to vote for the bill, though he does so
tremblingly. He claimed that a mort?
gage on land ls.a dead thing, and a
Hen on a crop is s live thing, furnish?
ing moans of payments of debts.
Senator Clifton offered his amend?
ment proposed Tuesday evening, with
the following proviso: "Provided this
bill shall not effect the Hen of the
landlord on rent and supplies and the
laborer for wages."
An arrangement has been made
with Mr. E. W. Dabbs. President of
the Sumter County Farmers' Union,
to conduct an agricultural depart?
ment in the Watchman and Southron,
which will be devoted to the better?
ment of the farming interests of this
section of the State. Mr. Dabbs is
known throughout the length and
breadth of Sumter county as an en?
thusiastic advocate of progressive
methods in farming and a practical
farmer who has done as much as any
other man In this section of the State
to demonstrate the economic value
and practicability of improved meth?
ods as applied to farming. Mr.
Dabbs is not a book farmer, or a
mere theorist, who does not prac?
tice what he preaches, but a real
nolMSnOirSSnSS farmet. who thinks as
v. !l us works. In nis efforts to in
iiwh.rt new methods he has BAadi
mistakes and met with failure*, al
be hSJ 6 mdldly admitted but from
each failure h has lerrned valuable
leeeoat and has not been diseoui aged
in h!s sei?reh for tin better way of
l -!ng the work that the , Southern
farmer has to do. We believe that
tlltl d rartment will be interesting
and valuable to our readers, and if
the members of the Farmers' Union
and all other farmers will co-operate
with Mr. Dabbs, It can be made the
medium of exehange of experiences
and Ideas that will prove helpful to
every farmer who reads thlg paper
n-gularly. The belief that this de?
partment would prove helpful to our
readers was the motive that Influ?
enced us In Inviting Mr. Dabbs to
take charge of It, and we tru.st that
results will prove that we are not in
error In this opinion.
BUMTJCK SOIL SURVEY.
\W bave received through the cour?
tesy of Hon. A. F. Lever, the pamph?
let and map giving the results of the
soil survey of Sumter county made In
Itei by Messrs. Frank llenet, Q, W.
'I >?.' \. Jr.. .James L. Hurge>s. drove
MX Jones, W. J. Litlmer and H. L.
\v, lover, of the Borsatt of Soils, Unit
9% Itatei Department of Agrleulturs
it is a doenment thai should be In the
ham i of even landowner and farmer
Oi I unter \ ounty, since It contains ln
fors stlon ol the greatest Interest and
mine heretofore gnnvnilsble, This in?
formation will enable Ihe farmers of
Sumter eounty to farm and to fertl
HSfl their lauds more intelligently.
eeonomtealty and profitably, The ter- j
tiliSSf ami cultural treatment best
adapt- d to one t\pe of soil will not
fhNj profitable results when applied
to another type, and this map and
the aceompanylng text will enable a
farmer to locate and Identify the type
of soli of which his land Is composed.
Farmers' Union News
?an im?
practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers
(Conducted by i:. \y. Dublin, Pre idem Farmers* 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 clippings from the agricultural papers and Govern?
ment Eulletins as I think will be of practical benefit to our readers. Ori?
ginal articles by any of our readers telling of their successes or failures
will be appreciated and published.
Trusting this Department will be of mutual benefit to all concerned,
THE EDITOR.
All communications for this Department should be sent to E. W. Dabbs.
Mayesville, S. C.
Salem Union and the one or two shall at any time be used outside of
friends who are not In the Union, are Its own borders.
preparing to entertain the oificers, j (a) The said fund shall be exclu
delegates and visitors at the County sively used for the purchase of cot
meeting next Tuesday.
Some officers of the Union have
missed more than they realize by fall?
ing to attend the last meeting at
Trinity. We hope to see them at Sa?
lem.
Finance the farm. Have some oth?
er money crop besides cotton. Grow
oats and hay, corn, peas and potatoes.
Feed hogs and cattle. And the cot?
ton crop will not need a ten cents a
bale assessment of the Keltt plan to
finance it with.
Ten cents a bale to finance the cot?
ton crop! Just enough to pay for the
weighing.
By all means unanimously adopt
Sections 1 and 2 of the Keltt plan?
and?and then go home determine
to put them in operation.
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Co-operation problems should be
thoroughly discussed at the local
meeting. And delegates to County
Union prepared to put some plan in
operation next Tuesday.
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Why is It that some farmers will
not co-operate with any one except
the cotton bears?
If we do not care to raise mules
and horses, we should at least raise
enough corn, hay and oats to feed all
that the dealers and timber men
bring in and use, as well as our farm
stock.
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A very observant man who has
built up a big business in Sumter told
the writer, "there is more and quick?
er money in hogs than any other live
stock." One farmer in the County
had five young brood sows and one
boar a year ago. He has sold $120
worth of live hogs. Killed 2,300
pounds of pork. Has on hand two
brood sows, one boar and eleven
pigs to do better with in 1909, and
last year was not an extra good one
t<>r pigs.
ton and to be loaned upon cotton
stored in bonded warehouses or oth?
erwise satisfactorily insured.
(b) That the fund shall be raised
by 10 cents per bale upon each bale
of cotton produced by members ol*
the Union of the crop of 1909 and
succeeding crops until discontinued
by resolution of this body.
(c) That all cotton producers not
members of this Union be requested
to contribute 10 cents per bale to the
fund.
(d) That all citizens of the South,
bankers, merchants and those of all
other avocations, be requested to con?
tribute donations to said fund.
(e) That each County Union shall
elect five directors, who shall have
charge of the fund and shall report
to the Union at each quarterly meet?
ing. They shall be elected in such
manner that the term of one director
shall expire each year and the va?
cancy caused thereby shall be filled
by election at the July meeting.
4. That the directors in their dis?
cretion receive from friends of the
Farmers' Union, for the purposes
above stated money in sums of $5 or
multiples of five; that a separate ac?
count shall be kept of this fund; pri?
ority of investment shall be given to
it; all interest accruing therefrom
shall be paid to the contributors, and
the principal shall be refunded upon
demand after three months' notice or
if invested, as soon thereafter as it is
received into the treasury.
6. That each county should sell not
vide for a proper administration by
the directors, hut In no case shall
compensation or expenses of any kind
be permitted to entrench upon the
principal or interest of the fund.
6. That each county should not
more than 1-12 of its production of
cotton each month, unless the mini?
mum price is paid and each County
Union Is charged with the duty of
withholding from the market all cot?
ton in excess of that amount.
FARMERS' UNION.
Financial
Plan Submitted by Hon.
Thos. Ii. Keltt.
1. As thorough organization of
the Union In each county of the cot?
ton States as possible.
2. Active educational work upon
the merits of diversified farming, for
the purpose of rendering our farms
self-sustaining and thereby relieve
the cotton crop from liens imposed by
the credit system.
3. That a cumulative fund shall be
raised by each County Union within
the cotton States, no part of which
NOTICE.
The dinners of Sumter County are
requested to meet with the County
Union at Salem School House Tues?
day, March 2nd, at 11 o'clock, for a
0Onfore}nce on matters of great im?
portance to both Ginncrs and Farm?
ers.
E. W. DABBS.
President Sumter County Union.
NOTICE.
The local Unions are requested to
get out a large attendance on Friday
and Saturday to consider the Keitt
plan for financing the cotton crop, and
vote upon the same. Collect dues, fix
up reports and send delegates to
County Union Tuesday, March 2nd, 11
o'clock, at Salem School House.
HUGH WITHERSPOON.
Secretarv and Treasurer.
The soil survey and the data it has
made available should be a starting
point for more scientific and profita?
ble farming in Sumter county, and
We trust every farmer will not oniy
procure a copy but will study it care
fUllly, Congressman Lever will take
pleasure In supplying copies to all
who apply.
EXPERT FARMERS MEET.
state Agents of Farm Demonstration
Work Hohl Convention at Colum?
bia.
Columbia. Feb. 21.?Friday and
Baturday the agents In south Carolina
of the United States farm demonstra?
tion work, were In session in Colum?
bia, their sessions being held In the
Rlchland County Court House. They
came here at the call of the active
and able Stab agent Ol the work In
this Stato. Mr. Ira Williams, who ha.*
made hlmsslf almost a household
word in South Carolina, by reason of
Iths substantial character of his work.
The sessions were of greatest bene?
fit.
Mr. Campbell, of the Washington
office, who, by the way, was the rep?
resentative of the department short?
ly after the work was started In South
Carolina, was present. Mr. Williams
presided at the meeting. At the meet?
ing the following subjects were fully
discussed and every agent present
gave a full report as to what work
he had done and contemplated doing
during the coming year: 1. Prepa?
ration of soil. 2. Fertilizers and
composts. 3. Seed selection and
seed testing. 4. Cultivation of the
crop. 5. Crop rotation. 6. Cover
crop. 7. Forage crop. 8. Pastures.
5?. Gardens, fruits and poultry. 10.
Co-operation among farmers.
The reports were uf a high char?
acter, and as Mr. Campbell said, dif?
ferent and more complete than the
Government had been able to secure
from other States, ami they indicated
a substantial advance during the'
coming year.
The discussion displayed an usus
ual degree Of interest, and they ware
Interesting from first to last.
Mr. E. B. Boyleston, In charge of
the cotton breeding work of the Unit?
ed States department of agriculture.
was present and gave the agents
much valuable advice and aid.
Mr. Campbell, in the course oT 1 Is
brief address, .said that South Caroli?
na had equalled?if it had not sur
1 as.sed?all other States in de p I
ploughing
MURDER IN CLARENDON.
Mr. 9, Ii. Miene shot by William iie
tixane?siuvur ami ?v n? wt <<i
PuTSttftt of Slayer.
Manning. Fe!. Ii.?T? atterrioon
nd special preparation of j about 5:3i> Mr. -T. I - Mi IS was 4
the land on demonsti ttion farms, snd|about live inilee irom bei ty ? n
that in regard to winter cover crops j WillU n i ethane, and d ec about an
and in special demonstration it WasI hour afteiids. Th< negro is still
far ahead of any other State engaged [at !: r e, I ut is : U ? y the sheriff
in the work
RACE RIOT
NARROWLY
ED.
AVERT
Nc
Iowa Mob Thirsts in Vain For
gro's Blood?
Ottumwa. Iowa, Feb. 21.?Lack of
a leader was all that saved Ottumwa
tonight from adding another bloody
chapter to the history of race riots in
the United States. A mob of men
snd boys, which has increased from
100 to more than 1,000, gathered
around the city jail, thirsty for ven?
geance on the negro, who committed
a criminal assault ou a white woman
early today. While three negroes
have been placed n the city jail and
one in the county jail, and several
threatening demonstrations have been
made, no man Wf s daring enough to
lead the mob in the work they want?
ed to do, and it seemed likely that
peace might be preserved.
and a posse.
Tht ni ro had taken a horse and
buggy belonging to Mr. Mime and was
running 09 with them. Mr. Mims se?
cured a warant for the negro from
Magistrate E. C. Dickenson and went
to get his hor.^e and bu^gy.
He found the ?iegro in the buggy
with two negro women. Mr. Mims
advanced on the negro with his pistol
in his hand, but made no attempt to
use the weapon. The negro drew his
pistol and shot Mr. Mims thro ig'a the
brain.
Mr. Mims was an energetic and
prosperous planter and eras a man of
considerable means. He was about
36 years old. He is the son of Mr. T.
R. Mims. He leaves, besides his aged
parents, three brothers and four sis?
ters.
The plans for the enlargement of
the manufacturing department of
Bultman Bros., shoe business have
been practically completed and Sumter
will soon have a shoe factory of con?
siderable magnitude. The experimen?
tal stage has passed, Bultman Bros.,
having been engaged in the manu?
facture of shoes for more than a
year and have found no difficulty in
selling their entire output. In fact
the demand has outgrown the ability
of the firm to handle the business,
and the organization of an independ?
ent corporation to take over the manu?
facturing department and enlarge it
has become imperative. Conslderabl'
capital will be invested in the busi
ness and a big trade will be built up
on Sumter shoes.
Recorder Hurst had a big court on
Monday. He had all sorts and condi?
tions of offenders before him, rang?
ing from plain drunks to chicken
thieves.
MONEYMAKER COTTON, improved
by T. J. Klrven, makes one-third
more than any other variety with
same expense. Seed 50 ?ts per
bushel; if sacked and shipped, 55
cts. bushel. T. J. Klrven, Provi?
dence, S. C. 2-10-lm
NOTICE.
Estate of W. C. Dana Stiles, deceased.
All persons having claims against^
said Estate, will present them duly
attested, and all In any wise indebted
to said Estate will kindly settle same
with,
WILLIAM C. STILES.
Administrator.
2-15?W & S?4t.
NOTICE.
All persons having claims against
the Estate of Mrs. Maude McBride
Dabbs, deceased, will present their
claims duly attested, and all persons
indebted t3 the same will make pay?
ment to
E. W. DABBS,
Qualified Executor.
2-17-W & S. 4t.
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