The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 13, 1909, Image 4
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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. Moye, In Pro?
gressive Farmer
Fresh young mules, well broken.
Your kind too. See them at the
Boyle Live Stock. Ox's Stables. Prices
I Right.
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"WALK OVER"
Shoes
f&JSO & $4
The Sumter Clothing Company.
E. J. & ?. K. DUNNE,
ABBWiCTS.
Plsns and Specifications for
sll Classes of Buildings.
Personal sebestion given the
Supervision of all Work.
Law Ring* epbone 3S0.
Sumter, S. C.
NOTICE.
Estate of W. C~ Dana Stiles, deceaseeX.
All persons having claims against
said Estate*, wtD present them duly
attested, ajsd till la any wise Indebted
to said Estate will kindly settle sasae
with,
WILLIAM C. STILES,
Administrates.
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N. G. OSTEEN, JR., Dentist.
18 West Liberty Street-Up Stairs
n Homs:-8.30 to 1-p. M-2 to 6.
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