The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 17, 1909, Image 4
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SATURDAY, APRIL i7. IB09.
The dumter Watchman was found?
ed in 1S10 and the True Southron In
tiff. The Watchman and Southron
thow has the combined circulation and
Influence of both of the old papers.
Said ts manifestly ths best advertising
medium la Sumter.
I in i ??? ?
?very cltlsen and taxpayer should
lead ths section of the annual report
A t the city Clerk and Treasurer which
?? published today In connection with
the report of the council meeting. It
?show* where the money came from
??nd where It went. The expenditures
<n account of the sewerage system
wore extraordinary expenses and are
not likely to be duplicated again, al?
though there Is today urgent need for
the spending of as much or more on
the Improvement of our streets. But
a pan fress the money spent on sew?
erage the expenditures were very
heavy, and It Is an open question
whether sll of this money has been
west spent; snd irrespective of the abo?
lition or retention of the dispensary
which supplies about $25,000 annually
fer the city* to spend, there should be
e, dec? led curtailment in the expenses
of certain departments. If the dis?
poses, \ income Is cut out. curtailment
ol expenses will be obligatory and not
to be escaped; therefore. If the way
?an be *eeo to curtail in that contin?
gency, steps should he taken at once
to apply the pruning knife and lop off
?every item of exepnse that is not ab
*otute!y necessary.
? ? s
The sdminlstration building idea
?Ohe hard and the plan to house the
?n? apparatus, firemen, horses, city
-off claim, policemen and city prisoners
sanier oos roof may yet be consum?
mated. The council by a majority of
o?? committed Itself to the plan at
a -eceat meeting' and the resolution
thsn adopted has not been rescinded.
Mm discussion Tuesday night of the
Sre department building and the ways
~attl means ef getting the money to
pa] for it, notwithstanding the fact
ahat the city has slready borrowed up
to the limit from local banks and Is
pajluK I per cent, discount on its
notta. nothing positive was said as to
what sort of building is to be erect
?d. If arrsagements can be made to
?on ow the money in sccordance with
atr. Ltgoa s resolution. In the ab
aame of aa explicit statement that the
e)grs hi lation building plan has been
sjamw'oned. the logical conclusion is
thai wo?u the money ts secured the
fjganhinatiofi building will be erected.
We sre still opposed to the admlnls
traS#> building Idea, even more so
'that Vh.'n It was first sprung, for the
(annu-Mi ceadUJon of the city Is even
sb?*' unaaAfSfartory than we SUp
Id \W?* lees than $3.000 on hand
collection tlmo a long ways
eC. M wW be necessary for the city
aa lorrow hesviiy from the banks to
pity or bun y running expenses during
ths next sis months. It may be
a regr?tshle and unavoidable ne
*ty will force tile city to borrow
?ey to pi ovide quarters for the fire
Ovpurtnuvst snd to equip the depart
mert with .tppjratus to nght Are but
theie Is no absolute and dire need of
m tft'W ofnee building snd even though
the estimated additional cost for the
adrjufntr.tr.Uioii annex Is a mere bagn
taaii <>( three, four or five thousand
rtoMuv this I* no time for scatter
lag the city's pocket change about.
ftMjDWtM WILL CASE HETTI.F.IK
lVawycot <???< geOO.OOO In Fin** From
Turfman * Friste.
l4?s Anxelea. Csl.. April 14.?The
treat laer fee ever paid on this gOAfl
gar bilef hoi vices goes to the attor
smjs for airs Lilly Bennett Baldwin
tor?ln< a aettlsmsnl of Lucky 1 14
wie'a will. It Is app: oxlmuiely ??><? -
??1, and will lie paid out of the efc
tat? to es-Gov Henry T. Gage and
Walter J. Trnsk. of this city, and Gar?
ret' M I n, i y. of San 1-'! iineis o Tiv
forme* la to receive $300,000, Trask
|1< ,) *??> and M< i:n??r\ ? r.-ina'nd,:\
M-a Baldwin will receive $1.400,
Oi< t o bi-i ,nd -I?.- i.-, ,?|.p.< .all'
weil salsaHid it develops that the
is io retain only $l.<u>0 a
month of the $3.ooo n onthly allow*
ante for the support granted her g
day* s*o by the cour?. the re
mtWiOW to Im? equally dlviot d b?
t a Mi , Anli i Mc< 'lauuhry of
Bar Francisco, and Mr*. Clara stock?
te \i Mi,?? Baldwin's daughter,
w rtalhjr, ? daughter In Oa It land,
gjtt? liavuoo aavah besides Ifta,tell
en tb i.f land left h.t. Buldwln's
?4riei daughters gof the re adu,- of
the $ oho oaf cMtute
i\ i i'iu.u knbie feature i?f tlw set
tlvlie nt i . that it h.i* I.u ? !?.?< * 'd
within a month of lbs death of |hs
multl-milboiuiii, and without the ?V
Ing of a s'.iiKle paper. It w. s a ro?
of iu?>y cio"kett ?ooipromlse, "DatVt
.sheof." h?ld tb,- llahlw n Ii? ms, "v.t 1
?COPie ?b?wn."
I'hle tux affair may had to the
tSUlon Glove and Stocking Pally
.Net* Yirrk Mall
Farmers' Union News
?AND ?
Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers
(Conducted by E. W. Dabbs, President Farmers' 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 this Department for the Farmers' Union and
Practical Farmers which I have been requested to conduct. It wlM' 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 telUng of their successes or failures
will be appreciated and published.
Trusting this Department will be of mutual benefit to a!! concerned,
THE EDITOR.
AH communications for this Department should be sent to E. W. Dabbs.
Mayesvllle, S. C. '
CLARENDON FARMER'S UNION.
Farm Do?.-*.
Some weeks ago I staled that a Sa?
lem farmer bad made $40.00 an acre
return from hay after an oat crop.
Below you will find results of a one
horse farm in Cherokee county that
shows net profits of $60.00 per acre
on land valued at $100 00 per acre.
Have we not some Sumler county far?
mer that will try this year to beat the
results as given in U. S Bulletin No.
312? Keep accurate accounts of all
expenses and publish the result.
It is time to be working for it If
wo would break the record.
A Largely Attended Meeting At Tur
beville.
Salem. Black River. April 15.^
The County Farmers' Union of Clar?
endon, met with Turbevllle local
Union yesterday. Eleven local Unions
were represented by live delegates
who had something to say and knew
hew to express themselves.
It appears that the local unions are
so strong In Clarendon county that
several of them are establishing co?
operative business of th'dr own. One
will build and equip a ginnery, anoth?
er a bank and mercantile company,
another some other system to give What One Farmer Has Done Making
to each member the strength of the Hay.
whole. I There is no sort of farming that
Turbevllle Union Is the strongest can be as well done by the one-horse
numerically In the county, having farmer as by the man who is better
fifty-odd members, and they say they supplied with farm work stock; but
will have one hundred when all of that the ons-horse farmer can make
their progressive farmers have joined, good money hay farming In all parts
which will not be later than the time of the South, where the local demand
for the county meeting to return to Is not. supplied by the local crop, is
Turbevllle. shown by the following experience
Several fields of tobacco have been of Dr. S. D. Ramseur, Cherokee
set In this section. Other good to- county, S. C, as relate! in Farmers'
bacco farmers say they will wait un- Bulletin 312 of the United States De
tll the first of May, as the May set- partment of Agriculture,
ting produces the finest tobacco. The
"burro crop In this section, the fa- Equipment of Form,
(nous Pudding Swamp country, will 1 One horse Georgia plow stock
$5.00
har
10.00
7.00
10.00
t>a Increased this year. I saw men with attachments.,
oday who have made $275 worth of 1 One-horse smoothing
nhacco to the acre and from $150 row
.) $200 per acre frequently. One of 1 One-horse weeder
hem said, "When a man drops be- 1 One-horse curved-tooth slic
ow $100 per acre he better quit." ing and smoothing harrow.
Their farms, in many instances clear 1 Two-horse mower. 35.00
>f stumps and underdrained. with 1 One-horse hay rake. 15.00
rood outbuildings, and painted dwell- 1 One-horse wagon. 30.00
ngs. looked like gardens or truck 1 One-horse hay press. 90.00
lelds. And these people are enthu- I One-horse wuoden roller . . 7.50
lastlc Union men. not because they
ire debt-ridden and poverty-stricken. Total.$209.50
or they are not. but because they see Expenses.
he potentiality of co-operation; and 1 Man 12 months at $15.$180.00
ho need of education. The meeting I Horse, use of and feed.. .. 100.00
eday was distinctively an educational Interest on 25 acres of land
>r.e. The self-sufflcieot communitv
:hat thinks "It knows It all." could
< urn a lesson to its profit by attend
Ing one of these union meetings in
\ community like Tubervllle, Sardinia
\nd Du Rants In Clarendon county or
Ti laity In Sumter county
The .food housewives sent a boun
ti.nl ?lianer to the meeting, but we
suggest they grace the occasion with
their presence next time.
^be next meeting of Clarendon
county Union will be with Trinity
Union near Manning on Wednesday
aft.r 2nd Sunday In May. Members
of Sumter Union were Resent today
and enjoyed every minute of the
time. This lg g f? atur ; we would
rammen.I to other counties the i" ?
cent exchange of visits between Sum?
ter and Clarendon counties at their
union meetings, and the Invitations
are standing- for a continuation of
such visits.
I W D.
FLOlm MILL AT TRI MTV.
valued at $1)0 per acre at 8
per cent. 200.0'
Interest and depreciation on
machinery, at 20 per cent 41.9
Total .$521.90
Receipts.
7 Acres crimson clover hay,
3.500 pounds per acre, at
$1.25 per hundred weight. $306.25
18 Acres oat hay, 2 000
pounds per acre at $1.25
per hundred weight. 675.00
22 Acres cowpea hay, 3.000
pounds per acre, at $1.25
per hundred weight. 825.00
3 Aires corn. 66.66 bushels
per acre, at 75 cents a
bushel. 150.00
3 Acres corn stover, 2 tons
per aorei at $i*> per ton.. 90.00
Total receipts.$2,046.25
Total expenset. 521.00
A Long Felt Want Supplied by Prog?
ressive Fnlon.
Salem. Black River, April 14.- -The
biggest rain for over a year fell here
\.- terday and puts a stop to farm
work fOf s verul days.
Th?- out crop In all this section,
MayeivvUle, Salem, Pudding Swainp.
bids fuir to be 11 bump'*'' one.
The Trinity UatOg (Sumter Coun?
ty* flour Min is gearing completion.
Two orderi noch for 10 bis have bean
received] one from local unions In
another county am? one n- m a mer?
1 \ bant
The Trinity, Ballon, and Padding
Swamp farmers bavr pledged ttiom?
selves to grow wheat ror live years
t ? guarantee tne promoteri of Ihn
Boor min dividends on their outlay.
Tie- fact that an up tn?dnte Hotter
Mill Im hers should encourage win at
gPOWlnj for many mil. - aronml.
y? buMmss men of Homier better
get In closer touch wi?h this section
by a straight dirt-mud. ami by <-y.
lend tag lag Betti Rallros 1 int.. sum?
ter and on t ? Trinity, Shiloh, Tml.e
Vllle, OlaalO and Lako City.
E.W.I).
Net profit.$1.524.38
Now. it may appear to some that
the prices obtained for the hay were
too high as ; I :i<is for comparison
With what others can do. There atv
f. v lections in tha South, however,
where good hi ys of the .sort made on
this farm can not be sold for above
;, t,,n. but suppoae we figure on
1 more eoneervattve baais. Before
d< Ing so. however, lot it be clearly un
del stood that the figures above gi\c;i
do not represent paper farming, hut
the) are actually the n ??tili- obtained.
bat us give the following yields ana
prices which lire so low no one need
:;i!i 1 low them:
Receipt-.
7 Aorei crimson clover, 1 ton
per acre, at ?ir. per ton..$105.00
II Aires oal my, 1 ton per
?ore. at $18.
88 Acres peavlne hay. 1 ton
1 ? r acre, at $18.
;s Acres corn, 80 buaheli per
acre, at 50 cents.
.'. .\< rei corn stover, 1 ton per
acre1 at $8.
711 n 1
46.00
1 r.. n 11
Total.$715.00
lixpenaeo.
1 Man II months at $18.$180.00
1 Horse, use of and feed.. .. loa.no
Interest and depreciation on
machinery at 20 per cent... 41.90
That these figures are conservative
is proved by the fact that Dr. Ram
seur did very much better, but even
here we have a business which after
paying all expenses including depre?
ciation of machinery yields a revenue
of $443.10 on the following invest?
ment:
25 Acres of land valued at
$50 per acre.$1,250.00
Farm equipment. 209.50
Total.$1,459.50
The net profit on this reduced bu?
s's of production and sales, $443.10,
is equal to a little over 30 per cent on
the total investment of 11,459.50.
In this calculation the yield of hay
per acre has been reduced to such a
low basis that It is only fair to re?
duce the estimated value of the land
to $50 an acre; for thousands of acres
are to be found all over the South
that will produce a ton of these hays j
per acre that may be bought for
much less than $50 an acre.
Here Is one case, at least where hay
has been a profitable money crop.?
Progressive Farmer.
CLEVELAND CHARACTERISTICS.
A Good Listener As Well As Talker,
And Absolutely Honest of .Mind. j
Great men are so often great
bores; admirable, but interesting
chiefly as curiosities. Friendship sei- |
dorn thrives on greatness. It takes'
two to make a quarrel or a friend?
ship. It requires giving as well as
receiving. Greatness Is apt to con?
sume the capacity for real friend?
ship. Mr. Cleveland, however, was
one of those who made and kept real
friends. Het set great store by them*
He liked to be with them. Naturally
they liked to be wich him?not, how?
ever, because it was an honor and a
privilege and a liberal education mere?
ly, but because he was such good
company. His humor, sympathy and
simple friendliness, which the world
at large had little chance to see,
were the most characteristic things
about him to those who saw him
most.
He Was not a great talker. Once
In a while something would start him
going, and he would run on for half
an evening with reminiscences and
comments on men and events?won?
derful talk which ought to have been
recorded even if never printed?but,
for the most part, he let others do
the talking; he listened. Like many
men of attainment, though not all,
he was a most inspiring listener, with
a flattering manner of regarding you
while talking, as if your views upon
the topic of conversation were quite
Total.
Total receipts.
Total expenses
$321.90
$765.00
321.90
Net profits
$443.10
as worthy of retention as his o\. n. 1 monition that when a fi.^h struck he
He really believed so. He knew that must keep his thumb off the reel un?
tie was not brilliant, and thought that til the fish swallowed the hook,
he had no extraordinary "gifts*? Presently a beautiful fiV. Itruok, and
and he was right. There was nolh- 1 struck hard, but Soaped >fT.
ing extraordinary about his qualit .es J "I told you to keep your thumb off
?except the degree to which he had ? the reel," said the guide,
developed them. j "I didn't have my thunb on the
"He was the honestest man I ever J reel." was the rep'.y.
knew," as certain distinguished law-j "Tut," he addei. in relating the
yer said 'who had known Mr. Cleve- story, "I oughtn't to hare said that;
land long and intimately. It seemed I m afraid my thumb giazed the reel;
I to he an innate quality and manifeat
I ed itself early In life, not an acquired
I've thought of it again and again; it
wasn't right for me to contradict
characteristic, as with many children him. The guide couldn't answer
who turn out to be good men after ^ back." and he actually looked as
all. It was the only precocious thing ( troubled about it as If it had happen
about him as a child. Ke could hard- j ed that morning instead of years ago.
ly have been more than 4 or 5 years ; No further reference was made to
old when one day he was found cry- ! the story by either of them until sud
lng bitterly because a peddler who 1 denly a couple of days later Mr.
had visited the house had accident??.1- j Cleveland said: "I'd like to show
ly dropped a pair of suspenders and | you just how my thumb was with
was now too far down the road tor j reference to that reel," and he illus
the little fellow to catch up with him i trated with his rod.
and return them. | "Well, If that was the position,"
Truth was a passion with him, al- said his friend, "it didn't tighten the
most a mania. One of his friends line in the least and you were all
tells a story to the point. Mr. Cleve- j light."
land had been relating his first ex- i The other thought it over a mo
perlence in killing a salmon; the ! ment. "Well. I hope so," he said. "I
guide had given him the usual ad- j hope so."
fOR YOUR SASH, DOORS OR BLINDS
get an estimate from us before de?
ciding upon where to buy. It will be
money in your pocket, as we can
guarantee you lower figures, in a bet?
ter quality of material, than you can
possibly get elsewhere. We handle
nothing but the best, and we are con?
tent to "live and let live." Our stock
of building material is Al in every
way.
THE SUMTER DOOR, SASH UNO
BLIND FACTORY,
J. W. McKeiver,
Proprietor.
LIME :: CEMENT
HARD WALL PLASTER, SHINGLES,
LATHS, ROOFING,
Fire Brick and Ckiy; Stove Flue and
iDrairji Pipe.
. :. Building Material Generally. . :.
j HORSE, COW. HOS AHD CH'CKEW 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.
Spring House Cleaning!
AT this season of year every house is supposed to get
a complete overhaulind, a general cleaning up, in an?
ticipation of Summer, which is fast approaching. This will
necessitate the taking up of carpets and replacing them with
rugs or mattings, and we wish to suggest to those who have
not already invested, that it would be hard to find a more
attractive stock from which to make their selections than
we are offering. -:- -:- -:
China Mattings.
In buying these goods the most satisfactory
results are obtained by selecting small fig?
ures for the reason that they are more close?
ly woven and will as a consequence wear
better. Our offerings consist of a beautiful
assortment of patterns in which the small
green, red and brown figures predominate.
Prices 35 Cents Down.
Jap Mattings.
We have a few roils of these that we will
close out
Very Much Under Price.
Art Squares.
We have i\n excellent line of these and
prices within reach ot everybody.
Our Axministers
This season are the svvellest patterns we
have ever handled.
Prices $22 50 Down.
RUG3! RUGS! !
Our stock in this line is very complete.
The assortment ot patterns in our moquettes
At $2.50 and $3.75
?
is very attractive. We are selling an ex?
cellent tapestry rug, nicely fringed, made
from remnants of carpets.
Size 27 x54 inches at $1.00.
LINOLEUM.
There is nothing more sanitary or durable
for a pantry or kitchen than Linoleum, and
it is frequently used as a dining room cover?
ing. We are selling the best grade wctvu
offered in a splendid assortment of patterns
At $1.00.
O'DONNELL 6 CO., *
SUMTER.,
SOUTH CAROLINA.