Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?AfWUtAY, APAH. 10, 1909. The ftumter Watchman was found? ed In IS60 and the True Southron in tiff. The Watchman and Southron f* v has the combined circulation and ta&uenoe of both of the old paper*, asd I? naanJfeatly the beat advertiainc thntlum In Sat inter. OOfNTY BOARD MfCETINt*. Bralusajo Brought Up Drainage Plans Con The Ceunty Board of Commiaslon sjra met Tuaedsy In regular monthly entert oa with Supervisor P. If. Pitt* %Sd Commissioners Thome* , abrog? ate a, Mian* and Teung present. If eg er W B. Boyle and Aldermen tV C. Hay*-worth. W. B. Stubbs and IL I* Weight and City Bnglneer W. Xm Im*) sgaa eared la behalf of the City Csaadt aad advocated that the Coun tg aeraaat ta the drainage of Turkey Qrtek The hoard decided, at the sajpsest es* Mr. Boytet, to Inspect the cjajanl at the date of the next meet tafg and then decide a* to what the en* de In the matter. Richardson called the of the hoard to the fact that Ig ae eltectal record of the line nana? sc and Lee count ten and that same b* recorded the otevft's otfeV* and filed with the of state. Mr. Blohardaon's fVMnmaaaratarm was received as In? ternal km aad the matter will be foe keg hate Mr. M. C Hayaeworth appeared be? lt** the hoard aad asked that cer? tain ditch** which ware dug con join t fy by the coanty aad himself. be nJaaaaf eat hy the county, as they bad beea parity Ailed by the road ma ntatae ttarsagmg dirt into them, while ?erapaat; the road. The matter was inferred tu the Supervisor with pow ?r ta ael A rrm ttifM rn was adopted directing the Saa>eevasor to have the Court House graned* glowed and harrow mi aaJ grasa seed sown, and stop farther leaswoaeanenta for the present. "Mr <aar*er Sander? was granted aid as aa ea roofed rat a veteran. Actio? oa the recommendation of the granH lery a resolution was i ad opted, directing Clerk of Court Par rott. tVi castodian of the Court Houae ta keep the doors of the toilet rooms moiled and thereby save excessive ? oaat of water ta the county by re tttArtetirtg the ase ef closets to those (having l?a**a?es* in the Court House. Mr J T M' Nelll requested that a aaluU be cut through Cypress Branch, about t'?o feet deep and not exceed? ing fonr feet in width, and also cut a ditch along lite Khlloh nnl from A.. J. dtMklman'i to Hudson's bridge, 'houff d ? 1 I i ftM lands of Strauss. Mc NeOl. J utta and Tomlinson. On mo? tion it '*as decided that the work be gone tf the pioperty owner* would hear jm ? h-if the gast pf said ditch hu. aad Bte < ?uoty the othei half. Mr. J T McNeill was requested to take e%gfge of this work and have It don?. an lee loo*o terms and the coun? ty wont ) pa) on -half the cost of sab* atitchboi If ?<**? decided that the county email iny lae-hrfif th." <-.?st of cut? ting a ivteh along the public road 1ea?)iog from W< Itride and Warren's saw amii to < larendon line along Mr M. M IfoMtvoHn's land, provided that Mr. ?cRrveen will pay the other half of the oost of sold ditch which will h? i.jie fe?t in icuKth, said dlteto to l?e cut by surveyor's level to be fur nk4?ed by the OOUaty. And further th * th * .op i v i bo aui h >i i/cd t<? malt., the -vtme arrangement with any nth *r parties on same rood who may ha desHoim of doing so. A taaohrtion was adopted that the County Am - | he requested to fur \< i .i >|.o: .i i.v. hit lund if ,miv iii> It th? v can pay t.i the Sum ?"ointy Antl-Tuherculogff Asocla tton, th<i If ft Whmi the last leglsla tare Qtrssfsl I ? Klven them, with., it whit fund said .Hum i*" ? ?k?*n from A 1*r*.? iuiioImt of claims were nu rpoved and ofawrad pud. I,Y TWO loANs ItttPHKSKN T l.l>. in ft Made lo Organize it* lasjgae. l:i?h Hill. Aptil 7.--Cheater and BoiMill i >? pi -iiit v-s were on h i mm* to i t.? organize th*? H l.?*?*ue HonJs protruded from thr* (xi-kftn tnd they looked um ?ghsah willing tg put up a Itffgff lot two oth-r towns had any rt pr? nenta tive* ?i gf ?al?s Mhown up. Theater and Hock Hill wnt Into executive aaavitn and It appoar4 um tbounh th?rr rill Ik In* rfagflgg h-vclopmcnt? hater Th* *4ddca! Mmfortsnsf Hanl gnfJ i man Im t ? bo gsaaafJtgfl ghoirt has caps* My. Vhe W'irld needs a kind of i g] I att.raa* in Tghi h n -wjipap? r-mad ? fame way be preserved. Farmers' Union News ?AND ? Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers (Conducted by E. \V. Dabbs, President l'aniuT.V Union of Suinter 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 thia 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 Bulletins 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. Mayeevllle, 8. C. Dots From Meeting of County Union. The doubting ones as to the Union should have been at Gordon's Mill Tuesday. President Harris, Brother Parrott of the Union News, represen? tatives from Clarendon and Lee coun? ties, joined with us in making It the best Union meeting ever held in Sum ter county. The good people of Concord, and our host Mr. W. L. Brunson at whose residence we met, provided abundant? ly for the comforts of man and beast. To the outsider who wants to know what the Union Is doing to save, dol? lars, I will say one Union has saved Its dosen members between three and four hundred dollars on this year's purchase of fertilisers. And other Unions smaller amounts on various >ther Items. The meeting appointed a commit* tee to look into the matter of market ng country produce. We expect be? fore long to have an exchange where >ur stuff can be handled for our pro :ejtlon, and where the housekeepers >f the city wll know they are getting 'renh produce at first cost. Next meeting will be with the Jor lan Union on 1st Friday In May. E. W. D. Some Spring Time Musings. We fill our space this week with leasonable hints for flowers and two Raster selections. As a general rule farmers do not pay enough attention :o beautifying his homo and farm and that Is one reason so many farmers' ions and daughters leave the farm for ittractlons of city or town life. When \ few dollars and some attention to the aesthetic side of our nature would have kept them at home. \'or do we give enough thought to the. God who glveth the Increase. Consider the llllos of the field." As ' write a large bunch of wild Easter ?lles that a little boy brought to his teacher Is befope me, and truly "Solo? mon In all his glory was not arr;i\. 1 like one of these." Yet they grow >' I uslon In damp places in our pine > ?s without any care of man. Sure ?v where nature has done so much to plain the eye and our sense of the MthTul. we might at least give her a chance, and not plant cotten up to our very door steps. E. W. D. The Faster Meanage, Something happened nineteen hundred years ago In the gray light of the first Easter morning which transform-d and transfigured the fhOt or the earth. History begun i.i The world's heart heat with iu'\\ .111 l g!add< i thrill. Henceforth and fdr jver. beneath the all he-hold? ing sun, there is nothing which Is ? t<? |Oad to he true. It heg not en . sd into the heart of man to con <? ;i good which is better than the reality of things. Bat we are afraid ..f imagination. It Is a vain thing, irol mmt I e yoked to a servile mass of matter lent It soar upward and out Ward, Into the blue sky. above the mountain tOpO, toward tin- glorious sun. a id lOOa itself In the eternal light and eternal truth ol Qodl <>: hrother*man or i1ster?woman< gre yOO afrabl of your own prayers? II,- \* Cod He is the Fntln l -< Midi the Yotlu-r-Cod. the (Jod of the but tercops and dai*dos. of sunshine and Spring, the Qod Who e ires lor the SpSfSTOWl and clothes the lllle?. who spread-- o-.?t the heaven** as a curtai.i and calls all the stais by name, who kmgl for you as the chl'.d of hi* heart. and lores you with an everlasting b>ve, so that sin ami death cannot separate you fnun the might of his affection nor iOOach II hops In you. Morning iivht shames our midnight fears. And the sham-- Is that In the darkness you were not sure of the oomlng dawn. You ought t?- have known that after midnight comes the morning; In the blackest nicht of the year yOU ought 10 ba\. kept Qod'fl unshlne In your soul. Angels have rolled the stone away I nun tin grave of rout loot ruling Lord. Clouds turn to solid rock beneath your feet. And Christ is risen indeed. GET READY NOW FOR THE SEA? SON'S FLOWERS. Every Home, No Matter How Humble, May be Made a "Thing of Beauty and a Joy Forever," by Liberal Planting of Flowers, Vines, Tree4* and Shrubs?-There Is No Time to Lose and These Suggestions Should be Acted Upon at Once. The very commonest mistake is to fill one's front yard with all sorts of highly colored abnormal things? variegated elder, purple-leaved plum, weeping willow, cut-leaved maple, red-flowered horse-chestnut, and that piercingly magenta outrage on the optic nerve?spiraea Anthony Water er. Often you will see all these things in one small yard. It Is just as bad to cover one's lawn with such things as to sprinkle fourteen kinds of spice all over one's food. Use na? tive kinds chiefly, or species that fit Into our landscape. The "horticultural forms" are only for accent. Don't scatter shrubs or plants of any kind over a lawn. Avoid Isolated speci? mens. Group them. Shrubs are for the bcrdei of a place. Don't plant one of each In a long row. You will get a much better effect by having a big solid mass of one or few things in the background, with whatever space in front you think necessary. Don't plant shrubs In straight lines, because straight lines are not the rule of nature. If you hire a man to plant, and fail to watch him he will surely set your plants In straight lines. How to Make the Mower Bed. Dig the soil a foot deep at lea.-t Hag plenty of well rotted manure. If the soil is very wet. dig out two feet deep and put in a layer of stones clinkers, or btoken crockery. An? nual plants want all the sun they can I get. Making a Lawn. ttaed the new lawn by the middle of April. It may he done later If the weather Is cool, or even In the fall. Bin the beat time Is the four weeks from the middle of March to the mid? dle of April. It is useless to attempt to make a lawn on water-logged, un? prepared land. Petter defer seeding. Until everything is in proper condi? tion, than to waste labor. Timely Suggestions for Planting. Early plants of marigold flower III pots before replanting and never stOI until frost. Morning glory la the bes^ vine for the trellis. Soak the ?Oed in warm water before planting. It self bowi The first frost kills it. Ordinary petunia Mowers profuse? ly all summer, thrives anywhe e and self sows. Annual phlOX is the beat dwr>rf plant for general purposes, it self sows. It Is a good pot plant. The Japant ? and chines.- pinks are showy Mowers three inches aeross with a curious mixture of colors Th- y will stand cold but not wot. The California poppy is the m ?st brilliant red annual. Do not t:.ms plant. Sunflowers are the tallest growing annuals, The seeds are good for ohloken food. Bow sweet peas early ana cut the flowers promptly, if you want flowers through the whole s? ason. Bweel William, the "cluater-flowt ed pink." is very fragrant. Remcm b< r it likes nndst. rich soil. ?Innig is gorgeous and always in flower, it is well to gel selected ?trains for pure colors. Moon Flowers and Morning Qlollos. The moon-iiower. or evening glory( has large trumpet-ehaped white flowers, often very fragrant) which open during twilight and soirtotlmes last until noon of th< following day 'i hey usually expand to fast yon can sec them move, ? bud often becoming a full-grown flower within a minute Morning glories grow rapidly from seed sown In early spring In th open ground, In very rich soli the vims often reach fifteen feet, but flower less than In poorer ground. If neglected, the plants sometimes be? come weeds because of their self sowing habits. Have Some Hollyhocks. Everybody knows that a "hardy perennial" is a plant that dies down to the ground every winter like a peony and comes ur. again In th<> spring for an indefinite number of years; and most people know that there is a bewildering assortment of them ranging in helghth from two Inches to three or four feet. It is a surprising fact that there are bare? ly a dozen first class parennials that normally grow as high as a man and are suitable for the back of a border of hardy shrubs. The best of these are single hollyhocks. The have by far the greatest range of color of any tall hardy herbs and are hardier and more permanent than double holly? hocks. They are biennial and bloom the second year, and sow themselves year after year all over the garden.. . The Mock Orange Needed on the Home Ground. What sort of a home is it that does not have a mock orange or syringa bush? Lilacs and mock oranges are the two flowers that do the most to fill the whole world with fragrance and make May the most intoxicating month in the year. If you want the most fragrant variety of mock orange, get the old-fashioned kind. A much showier, but less fragrant kind, has flowers an Inch and three-quarters across, and of a pure white. It ?s also a most graceful bush; the old kind is rather stiff. The Cheapest and Most Permanent Way to Get Flowers. We want shrubs on every home place in America because they fur? nish more flowers for less money and care and for a longer period of years than any other plant. True, some trees have big flowers and lots of them, but they are higher up in the air, while a bush is Just where you can see it and smell it. Shrubs are more permanent than "perennials" and they are nothing like the bother annuals are. You plant trees for pos? terity, but shrubs for yourself also. You get flowers the second year. If you pay a decent price, and If you go away for a summer, the place does not look like an abandoned home. The plain truth is, that a home with? out shrubbery is all wrong. Shrub? bery la just as necessary to a place as clothing to a man. Nine time out of ten the straight line where a build? ing moey?) the ground should be hid? den by *hrubs.?Selections made for The Progressive Farmer f:om the Garden Magazine for April. Kamenetz, Russia, Ap:il 6.?Thir? teen schooolhoys were drowned near here today as a result of the floods. They were on a bridge over the Mor ritch river at the village of Orina when the structure collapsed and they were precipitated into the wa? ter. LUMBER MBU ASK PKOTECTIOX. South Carolina Manufacturer! Rt> quest Delegation to Work Against Rentovnl of Duty. Washington. April 7.?A delegation of South Carolina lumbermen arrived here to day to urge upon the South Carolina members of Congress their claims to a duty on lumber. They conferred with Messrs. Ellerbe, Fin ley, Johnson and Lever in Mr. Eller be's room this afternoon and discuss? ed with them the situation. The lum? ber men present were D. W. Alder? man, of Alcolu, D. W. Andrews and G. A. Doyle, of the Atlantic Coast Lum? ber company, Georgetown; J. W. Al? len and T. W. Boyle, Sumter; J. W. Maynard, Cheraw. They told the South Carolina mem? bers that to take the $2 tariff duty off lumber would not lower the price to the consumer in South Carolina and would put them practically out of the Northern market, where the bulk of their lumber now goes. Only about 5 or 6 per cent, of the lumber manufactured in South Carolina, they said, is sold in South Carolina. Most of the lumber used In the State, they said, is made at the small mills, which do not do any export business. The duty, they claimed, would not ef? fect these small mills one way or the other. Tampa Business Man a Suicide. Tampa, Fla., April 6.?Harvey L. Fowler, a prominent young business man, committeed suicide this morn? ing it his home here by shooting himself through the head with a 38 calibre revolver. His mind has been failing since January, when he gave up his position with the Tampa Hard? ware Company. He leaves a wife and two children, who are now visiting relatives at Carrebelle, Fla. North Augusta Negro Accum <1 of Out? raging His Own Child. Aiken. April 6.?Charlie F'sher, a negro, has been committed ? jail without bond, on ? charge of crimi? nal assault. It is alleged that he as? saulted a child, said to be his daugh? ter, about 8 or 9 years of age. Fisher Wag committed to jail by Magls; Hahn, of North Augusta, near V place the crime is alleged to been committed. There appear: be a strong case against him, as eral witnesses give direct testimi for the State. It is said that crime was committed several daj ago. The negro denies any kno\] edge of the crime. Negro Child Burned. The ten months old child of Sarah Jamison, colored, who lives on Grier street was seriously burned Thursday, about 11 o'clock while the mother was absent from home. A child five years old and the baby were alone in the hDuse and the screams of the baby attracted the attention of neighbors. Wheri they reached the house they founc the baby crawling toward the door with its clothing in flames. The flames were smothered immediately, but the child had already been se? riously burned, and while it is still living its injuries are serious. Killing at Construction Camp. Spartanburg, April 6.?Ellott Davis, colored, shot and killed Walter Mc Cullough, also colored, at J. C. Dunn's construction camp on the line of C, C. & O. railroad, a mile from Chero? kee, this morning. The shooting was the result of a quarrel orer a negro woman. Davis and the woman es? caped. LIME :: CEMENT HARD WALL PLASTER. SHINGLES, LATHS, ROOFING, Fire Brick and Clay; Stove Flue and IDrain Pipe. . :. Building Material Generally. . :. HORSE, COW, HOS Mg CH'CKEN FEED, j Horses, Mules, Vehicles and Harness as. Usuai. We still have some Milch Cows on hand. BOOTH-HARBY LIVE STOCK COMPANY, SUMTER, : : : : : : S. C. ? ? ? ?.'????? we . ? ? L>?- nJ M.tt. 61 Soo. 1 New Yo?k ER WEEK... MEANS =? = CLOTHING For everybody from the Knickerbocker Kid to Grandpa will want to appear to the best possible ad? vantage on Easter Sunday. Boys' Easter Suits. Nowhere in the city will you find a better line to select from, including a large assortment of Juvenile Suits. Our Eoys' Blue Serge Makes a swell Easter Suit?Prices $6.50 Down. Young Men's Suits. This line is unusually strong with us, and our Easter offer ings are strictly Up-to-Date. PRICES $20 DOWN. Horse Shoe Brand Clothing For Men. This is the line we have buill nur clothing reputation on, and here you will find as nobby a line from which to select your Easter Suit, as can be found anywhere. It matters not what your shape is, are will come pretty close to fitting you. prices $25 DOWN. Men's Easter Hats. We are showing a very swell line in all the new shapes and Spring shades at $3.00. Men's Easter Neckwear. WAICIH JL LOOK ?T 0"CT3X ~5 CIZ1TT EASTI W ? could sell them for 50 cents, but we are satisfied with small O'DONNELL 6 CO., * sumte:r. south carolina