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v, HA?CM 13, ini_ ?e- ? Watch ma a was found -ejg 4a iHM and the True Southron in lMH. The eVstcha&en and Southron ?Slew itses See eesshtaed circulation and ts*swe?ee of beta of the old papers. 4*ol eB'sansSiiiHf the heat advertising th Ms1 el sie is no mesas of knowing how senna'weald vote ea the liquor ques? tion, ewe we do read la the scriptures *he* he eaade ewd 4rank wine, and 4 had he was, alee, ha very bad odor %9%tm osrteaa estieeneey righteous men lease regewled H as the height of bad Sheen %oiereuk or aseoolate with pub itsjses ?awd sinners. The moet Impor? tant ejeestiea is aot how Jesus would twee, asyt how he would aot subee ?Sgaaatly. altould he vote for prohibi? ts test, ee our correspondent suggests? Is/ implication?he sroald. Would he vmtm and fold his bands, assums a ??holler than thou" attitude and wait for the other fellow to enforce the .law or would he do something hlm ?eelf? It Is this morsl support and leave it to somebody else to enforce Cam .saw business, that keeps u? from having confidence in the prohibition ^propaganda. When there is a major? ity voting for prohlbltloi and every snaa of that majority taking an oath, when he so votes, to do his part to eaferctag the law, we msy have of prohibition that wi'l do but otherwise the proh' tdtton we shall hsve will be the blind delight WBI They Never Leans. We are In receipt of an anonymous iruaavtcation that is unobjectlon teeet that It is somewhat bet In accordance with our rule the article goes Into basket. Will our readers that ao attention Is paid ?es communicationi? muAjcmx wprra light. Will Do, If Rend ntw the Mtor of The Dally Hem: ?n tj aas moating on my article head ? ad "Slew Would Jesus Vote." you say - **We do reed la the sortpturai that he 'Wssste and drank wine." If there is ? statement hi the Bible that Jesus ? ewer draah wine. I here never before of K. The version I read la the lames. What version is yours? to the attitude of prohibit Ion ists whisker Is voted out would say It is aot the duty of the private to enforce law-officers are be the people to attend to Mrs?but knowing prohibi? ts this county as I do, there be no Sear of their failure to their full duty. The trouble corns Crom our friends, the liquor e. who will delight to stand off wink at violations of ths law in hope of bringing prohibition Into mpt. Blind tigers will, of course, t to Jurois who msy have probt tendencies, but when Recorder Burst (srao will hear the majority of gives the white as well as the ro '"tiger." who Is brought before for the second offenae. straight sentences, without fines, .?esse people will begin to "sM and take notice" that prohibition attar all be enforced. We have trie 1 the dlspensiry sollt? en of the qaestlon to our sorrow, glee prohibition a chance snd IS the tree by Its fruits. ?DWIN P. MILLER. ?Ranter. March 11. :itOt. (Mr. Miller la referred to John II: -If Luke VII SI?tl. for authority r the ststement he questlona; and are other passages that might cited as bearing out the statement, reaeeeable Inference.?Bd.) A Hysapathetic Farmer. ft large touring automobile con a man and hla wife met a td of hay In a very narrow road, a an declared that the farmer aeast beck out. but her husband con ided that she was unreasonable. 'Pat you can t bnck the auto mo? ss far." she ssld. "snd I don't Intend to move for anybody. Be? be should have seen la." The huaband pointed out that this lanpoasible. owing to sn sbrupt tarn is the road. "1 don't care." ahe Insisted. "I i't move If I have to stay here all it" ?r husband was starting to argue trie matter, when the farmer, who essi hSSS sitting quietly on the hay,| t*n*rrupted: "TVever mind, sir!" he exclaimed, erttk a sigh. ' I'll try to hack out. I've sjot one just like her at home."? Philadelphia ledger. " I tol l on? ?r her friends that ahe young for her age and ahe got magry " "tjnuldn't you fix 1? up?" "I triad ts. I told another of hit friends tarnt ehs Is not as old as the looks, smd eow she doesn't even apeak to sjao."?Houston Post. The Carolina Hardware Co. waa closed laat night under ordere of the United States District Court, bank? ruptcy proceedings having been in? stituted. Ths ordsr names R. J. Bland, Esq., as receiver and he has ohargs of ths business. A Poser tor Mother. Oustavs Bberleln, ths famous Ger? man sculptor, said ths other day in New York, that In beauty of face and figure ths American woman ex? celled all others?that the Amerlean type of beauty approached almost absolute perfection. "Kn Intelligence as well," ths sculp? tor returned, "ths Amerlosn woman ox eels. But now and then she hss the defect of the Intelligent?she is overpositive, she Is overconfident. In that: case I like to see her taken down. "I onoe met a beautiful and bril? liant American woman on shipboard. She talked splendidly, but she was very positive?positive, Indeed. " T am a good reader of faces,' she said one day at luncheon. 'On first sight of a person I form my opin? ion of that person's character, and I am never wrong. I am positively never wrong.' * 'Mother,' her little boy called shrilly from the other end of the song table, where sat he sat with his nurse. ???Well, what is It, my son?' said the mother, Indulgently. "And we all turned to hear what the little fellow had to say. " 'Mother,' he piped, 'I want to know what was your opinion, mother, when you first saw me?'"?New Tork Times. Misplaced Sympathy. A traveler passing through a moun? tain district in northern Pennsylvania last summer cams across a lad of six toe n cultivating a patch of miser? able potatoes, Hs remarked upon their unpromising appearance, and expressed pity for any one that had to dig a living out of such soil. "I don't nosd no pity/' said ths boy, resentfully. Ths traveler hastened to sooths his wounded pride. But In the offended tont of one who has boon misjudged, ths boy added: "I ain't as poor as you think. I'm only workln' hsrs. I don't own this place."?Everybody's Maga sins. v Doctrine of Election. "I hoard a Presbyterian preacher toll a good story ths other day," said a traveling man. "He had been preaching a ssrios of Interesting Ber? molls and hs told his congregation to go to ths old darkles who were reared by good Presbyterian families if they wanted to know the doctrines of their churoh. Ones, when I was not quite certain about ths menlng of 'election,' I called on an old negro man and ask.?d him if he belonged to the church. ?? 'Yas, sir, boss, I's a church mem? ber.' " 'How long have you been one?' I askod. " 'Gwlne on forty year now, sir.' "'What church?' '? 'Presbyterian.' " 'What do the Presbyterians mean by election?' " 'Yas, sir. Well, boss, you know dat de election Is gwlne on all de timer "'Going on all the time?' " *Yas, sir. De Lawd an' Satan Is votla' all day an' night, an' people votes when its deyer' time. When yo' time comes you vote?an! de way dat makes two to one on de Lawd's side, but ef you vote wld de devil, den it makes two to one on de devil's side, an' fur you It's all over; de devil i* sho' gut you. " 'Yas, sir, marster, dat's de way it looks to me.' "?Charlotte Observer. Where Was BIU? BUI Jones is a country storekeeper down In Louisiana and last spring he went to New Orleans to purchase a stock of goods. The goods were ship? ped Immediately and reached home before he did. When the boxes of goods were delivered at his store by the drayman his wife happened to look at the largest; she uttered a loud cry and called for a hammer. A neighbor, hearing the screams, rushed to her ansUtance and asked what was the matter. The wife, pale and faint, pointed to an inscription on the box which read as follows: "Bill Inside."?Ladles' Home Jour? nal. "Sometimes." said Uncle Eben, "you feels It you duty to tell a friend de truth. But de chances are you'll be so disagreeable 'bout It dat he'll git mad an' lose all de benefit."? Washington Star. Tomorrow's burdens always prove tot much for today's back. Just received a car of harness horsen, nice single and doublo drivers. Where? Boyle Live Stock Co., Sum? ter. S. C. v-l-4t. W. A 8. Farmers' Union News -.and Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers (Conducted by E. W. Dnbbo, President Farmers' Union of Sumter County.) The Watchman and Southron harms; 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 offleial 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 Bulletins as 1 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. Mayesvllle, S. C. ORGANIZATION. Will the farmers of Sumter County go on In the old huphazard way:*, when by organization and cooperation they may better their conditions In so many ways? So much has been writ? ten on this subject that I will, not in? flict my views at length on the read? ers of the Watchman and Southron. Merely to call attention to the sub? ject occasionally should be sufficient. I am In receipt of a letter ifrom Pres? ident Ben Harris of Pendleton,. say? ing he will be with us at our Coanty Union meeting on the first Tuesday in April. Prof. Williams of the Farm Demonstration work has also promis? ed to to be with us that day. Begin now fellow farmers to plan to* re? vive the interest in the local tsnlona and have a good turnout at the Alli? ance school house in Concord town? ship April 6-th. e e e Any neighborhoods wishing the or? ganiser and lecturer to visit them should communicate with me at ones. s e s Have our cotton growers hast all Interest in the price of cotton? It looks so, if what we read m any index. Well. Just let me say: If you do not put in effective work now. It will be no use next September to meet and fix the price, and howl be? cause the world does not agree with our idea of the price. EL W. D. PRACTICAL TURKEY RAISING. Cleanliness, Good Feed. Freedom From lice. Dry Quarters and Good Care Essential to Success. Messrs. Editors: One might suc? ceed raising turkeys in one locality with certain rules which would not do in another. There are some things, though, which must be observed, cleanliness and pure, fresh water and food among others. The little ones must be kept clear of lice, and they muct not be allowed to get wet or stay In damp coops. Dampness and lice mean death to young turkeys, so look out for the lice and grease the heads, vents and wings of the young turkeys with carbolated vaseline. Camphor? ated oil is also good to use. Grease the little ones every week until three or four weeks old. Clean out boxes or roosting pens every few days and keep plenty of lime scatter? ed around. The first thing I do to my little ones Is to pull the little pip off the end of beak and then put a grain of black pepper down the throat. I never feed them until they are 24 to 30 hours old, letting the first feed bo stale bread soaked in fresh sweet milk. Never feed turkeys any sour food, and be sure to keep plenty of clean grit before them. I never turn my little ones out until they can fly over a two-foot board. Feed sparing? ly but often until about ten days old. giving a little meat chopped fine about every other day while very young. After they get to running out they get bugs and worms that will supply the meat food. They like green food. I cut onion tops fine for green food. Dandelion leaves are also fine. I use a great deal of black pepper In feed to pre? vent bowel trouble. I boll the sweet milk that I mix my feed with and put black pepper In. I do this every few days and In that way I am not bothered with this compalnt. I don't have beef to feed the little ones, so I take the trimmings off the moat that I fry. I always trim off the salty edges of the meat, soak the salt out and cut fine for the little ones. The beef Is better, as It Is not so heating as the hog meat, but by being cautious not to give too much, bacon is ull right. I begin to take poults off the infant food when about ten days old, and by the time they are two weeks old or a little over I have them off en? tirely, feeding them bread made of corn meal, wheat bran and middlings. I make this bread up with milk when I have it. if not make with water, salt it a little, then soften with fresh buttermilk or good sweet clabbered milk. Turkeys like soft feed. But be careful to feed them on clean boards, and never feed them food that has soured. Peas, snap beans, po? tatoes, in fact all kinds of vegetables, are good for turkeys. I have turned out as high as forty eight little ones in one bunch) and raised forty-six. The forty-six aver? aged me nearly $4 each.?Miss E. C. Giles, in Progressive/ Fmarer. CREDIT SYSTEM BAD FOR BOTH FARMER AND MERCHANT. The Prosperity of the Merchant De? pends on That of the Farmer, and There is Mere Money in Selling Baggies end Millinery Then m Sell? ing Scoesens end Bacon. I have bean watching country life In the South for many years and have come to the conclusion that me "ad? vance system" is Just as great a mis? take on the part of the merchant as it Is on Use part of the farmer, for the follosrtag reasons: First, the merchant takes great risks, wdkteh, of course, ha tries to cover bp increased charges. But even though these charges are increased, the staples of life are not such ar? ticles as a high percentage of profit will adhere to, and the merchant is practically trading gold for a promise to pap. If the crop fails,, he is oblig? ed to> carry and carry and carry, and may ultimately, as in thousands of cases, be obliged to take a farm, for which he has no use. Under a cash system there will be a great reduction in the sales of some staple foods, such as bacon, potatoes, beans, lard, vegetables, canned goods, hay, corn, etc., all articles that carry low profits. The farmer, however, will buy with his surplus more dry goods, clothing, shoes, furniture, etc., for his family, better teams, farm im? plements, wagons, buggies, etc., on which there is a much greater profit for the merchant than on staple ar? ticles of food. The merchant can turn his money in thirty days, Instead of a year. Ten per cent clear profit turned monthly is better than 120 per cent gain received annually. Again, there is something about raising cotton, tobacco or any other crop, to pay a debt, that saps the vi? tality of the farmer and affects the quality of his tillage. It really lowers the grade of farming. If the merchants will Join with us in urging farmers to raise all their food supplies and try to produce by better tillage double the crop per acre they now produce, the result as It af? fects the merchant will be that all business will soon be on a cash basis and the volume will be three or four times as large from the farmers alone. The advent of more money I will bring diversified industries among the farmers, and eventually will attract manufactures to the mar? ket towns. If there are idle farms In the coun? ty, instead of calling meetings for the purpose of raising funds to secure im? migration, call meetings to encour? age the farmers who know the coun? try and are loyal to It, to universally adopt the following plan: First, pro? vide their own food supplies from the farm. Second, double the average product on every acre under cultiva? tion and let each worker on the farm by the use of better teams and tool* till three times as many acres as ar. present, not In the one crop but in a variety of diversified and profitable crops. This would cause an imme d.ate demand for more land and would provide the money to pay for it. This makes every man on the farm more than six times the indus ti'.al power he now is and gives him a love of the farm. This is better than to leave him in discouragen-en; and secure Immigrants to come and buy him out. It appears to me, therefore, that tht farmer will Immeasurably gain when he produces what he has hith ??rto bought In the way of living. He Is not compelled to sell hie crop im? mediately upon the harvest. When he does sell he trades for cash. The greater amount of money he h*j 1* very helpful to the family, but the stimulus to hia self respect is perhap* the most Important item to be con? sidered. The merchant will be equal | ly benefltted by the greater vol? ume of business and by the quick re? turn of his money. These points should be urged upon all the people. S. A. KNAPP. Special Agent in Charge Farmers' 1o-operative Demokratien Work. CLEARED $150 FROM FOUR SOWS. This Year Mr. Moye WU1 Enlarge HJ? Pasture, Keep Fire Sows and Thirty-two Pigs and Expects to Clear $350 From Them. I want to endorse what you have been publishing relative to raising mere stock upon our farms. In cist? ern North Carolina I think the most profitable stock at the present prices is hogs. For instance, last y*?ar I had four sows, ran them durin.j the summer upon a permanent pasture of aoout fifteen acres, fed proAvably one thou? sand pounds of shorts,, about ten bar? rels of corn, and let them have the run of five acres of peanuts, one acre of soia beans and the leavings of four acres of potatoes with the slop3 or dish-water from the house. From this outlay I sold $8L worth of pigs, two shoats for $25, and slaughtered 3,050 pounds of nica meat. I also saved one hog for a brood sow. These hogs could net have cost, all told, ovvir $150, counting every item of coat that they could be fairly charged with, and I have realized at least $300 from thatu. or 100 per cent profit. I might have done better Have often not succeeded so well. This year I have five sows and! thirty-two pigs?one-half Berkshire.. These sows have not done as well as. ~m A A Ti D?Young man to stay urn farm for two months as helper and. protector to small family. Boasd and salary. Address or call at 14 S. W?*hlngton St, Sumter, S. C. S-10-2t.-lt-Item-tt W. & S. SPRING STYLES "WALK-OVER" OXFORDS. The Sumtes* Clothing Company. they should, still I expect to realize gross from them (If I have good luck) five hundred dolhsra worth of food producta at a cost not to exceed one hundred and fifty dollara You see that I exp.?ct to feed tar lean be? cause I expect to have more pastur? age. A very careful farmer could do even better than I did last year, or anticipate doing this year. These thirty-two pig* could be made to slaughter six thousand pounds of ' meat, and these sows should farrow again in stay and should do equally as well as they did last time?that la, have thirty-two pigs, which should weigh when killed In January. lsleV three thousand pounds net. So you see it Is possible?yea, even probable?that one can from five sows realize nine thousand pounds of fresh pork, which at eight cents per pound would give a gross income of seven hundred and twenty dollars; and all the cost of keeping and fattening need not exceed two hundred and twenty dollars.?A^ J. 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