Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PLANTING CALKNDAK F?H MAY. The Work Tim I? Being Dono and What Hhould Be Done?High Price* Being Paki for Farm Products Now?The Holl Weevil Coining Ttil? Way. N. L. Wlllet In Augusta Chronicle. The following I? a pretty fair farm and iarden calendar for planting In May: In the garden we may plant pole bean*. Ilmtn. okra. beets, sweet corn, oucumbera, lettuce, canteloupes, mel? ons, peaa, pumpklna, radishes, mus? tard, turnips, rollards. salsify, toma? to, pepper, egg and tomato plants. We should plant sweet potato draws. In the field plant corn, melons, cow peas, aorghum, German and Pearl millet, chufaa. cotton, rice, velvet Uana. Bpanlsh, Nor\h Carolina and Virginia peanuts, soja beans. r* - The tree and park commission of Augusta have planted In May Park, a number of Olnkho trees, known al? to as Maiden-hair fern, and also as ftaltaburla. This highly prised Japa sesa tree In Its native land grows to Immen*? sis* It glvea. us. to my mind, the handsomest foliage of all of oar treea The limbs are long and pendant, looking r?ally like fern limbs on trees. In the fall the whole tree U a flame of brilliant yellow?no tree la the fall at all approaches It In beauty. I have seen nearly all of the best type? of this tree In Washington, and all of them too, that ar? especial? ly interesting In the eaat, but to my mind, there la not on* that at all ap? proaches In beauty, the one In front of Mr. W. A. Ramsay's on Green street In Augusta, This tree was planted about forty years sgo, and In sis* approaches that of stiy other big tree In our city. It Is a magnificent ?p?cltn?n of the Glnkho. It might be well for our park commission and other tree lovers to try planting out young tr*?? of the Darlington live oak. they can be had from Darlington, S. C. This a a typ? of live oak. that Seems to be adapted to the up-coun? try, and I? fully as large and Inter? esting a tree as are the ilmost In? comparable live oaks of the Georgia This Is a rich day for th? man who grow* feed of almost any kind. Wheat today coats $1 ?8 to lay down In car ?-?*?? * - ' r" CM) a ?axf '.. No g**at while ago tt< was sal) tf st $4 50 and 1.11 and h*at MR efl*r?.*v< tidltiffly low. >\*tlv? iTSUM e??i net he Viajrl t st 't'Tfla um ?ouineesi. We are bringing In large amounts of Jehnaon <rass hay from the Pouthwest and timothy from Michigan, alfalfa hay from Colorado, anc" all ??Hing at almost prohibitory prices. Perfect rations for horses sad cows are up about 88.00 a ton. Chicken feed Is proportionately high. The man who has chickens for sale, P. however. g?ttlng proportionately hig'o er price*. A letter from a friend in North Georgia In the mountains, said that he had a?nt ?Ight miles Into the ccuntry, and was paying 86 cents for We Will Give $15.00 In Cash For tbe Three Best Advertise? ments. $5 00 for the best Stieff Piano advertisement. tftOO for tbe best Shaw J'iauo advertisement. ?6.00 for the best Stiff sud Shaw Piauo advertisement c >mbin?d. Mr. John Ko-sof the Char 1 >tte Observer and Chronicle, Mr Birch of th* Charlotte l ewi; Mr. Wethers, of tbe 1 olumbia State; and Mr. J. I. Jacobs, of the Religious Syndicate. Clinton. 8. C, sill set a. judges. Contest o^sn unt I June lit, 1909. Cpen to everyone, bend yoor s I to Ohas. M. Stieff Manufacturer of the Artistic Stieff, Shaw and Stieff Self player Pianos. SOUTHERN jWAREROOM 5 W. Trade St. CHARLOTTE, N. C. C. H. Wilmoth, Manager. (Mention this paper.) brcilers and 60 cents for baking chickens. These prices are double what these people formerly received. The Southern farmer easily gets $1.00 a bushel for his corn on the ear, as against 65 cents and 75 cents a few years ago. The Southern farm? ers ' are afraid of Western corn, for much of it is caught in the early frosts, that never gets throughly dried, and Is. therefore, in an un? sound condition, producing colic in horses. A friend of mine lost three mules last summer In one week's time from one purchase of Western corn. The Southern corn is well dried and is bound to maintain a pre? mium always for feeding purposes over the Western corn. We* are hav? ing a peculiarly fatal disease, too, now, which Is said to come from the human eating corn meal ground from the unsound corns. The Southerer should stick to his corn for feeding, and home ground meal as ground from Southern corn. Oat seed this paat season cost the farmer 3 cents a pound, and feed oats today are more than 3 cents a pound. The corn proplsition, it might seem, would be an attractive one to the Southern farmer. Corn planted 43 inohei apart each way gives us 3.55C hills per acre. One small ear to each hill produces about 35 bushels per acre. A large ear or an ear and a half to the hill should give us 55 to 60 bushels, with less the cost to culti? vate than cotton. Is not the corn proposition an attractive one? The consensus of opinion is that the cotton acreage this year is goinr? to be reduced about 3 per cent. The Boll Weevil Is coming forward 60 to 100 miles farther east, this year, and will invade a large portion of Mississ? ippi. His advent always throws thh given area Into a variable panic. The farmers are unused to the methods for combatting him. Banks and mer? chants in portions of Mississippi and Louisiana today are refusing in the the boll weevil district to advance to cotton farmers. A correspondent in Louisiana last season wrote me that on 2.000 acres of cotton, where he usually made from 1.500 to 1,800 bales, that his production In 1908 was 250 bales. This was sufficient to break him. In Louisiana and In the weevil dis? tricts large numbers of farmers thl> year planted Japan clover. This Is ? perennial, and In the rich lands o! Louisiana makes fin* hay, and 100 bushels this year was sold, when usually one bushel Is sufficient. Th< boll weevil Is largely running out the medium and late cottons. Kings cot? ton seed. Toole, Slmpktns, and the early Big Bolls, such as Mebanes Tri? umph. Cooks, and Clevelands, are in? creasing yearly In values, and are be? ing planted In tremendous areas, ami in amounts not dreamed of a few years ago. Cow peas are being planted for pea hay and seed in larger amounts than for the past five or six years. The Southern Railway shops will run on an elght-hour-a-day schedule instead of nine hours as heretofore. It is announced that the Southern Power Company will move its general offices from Charlotte to Columbia. The safe of the West End Drug *tore In Greenville and the store of John Fahrt In the same city were rob? bed Saturday night. There is no clue. J. X. Holland, a florist of Augusta, is dead of appendicitis. He was 2S years old and a son of J. W. Holland of Dunkin township, Greenville coun The man behind the home run be? comes once more the nation's hero.? New York Tribune. The warehouse of the Swdft Packing Company In Greenville was flooded during tbe heavy rain Friday night and 4.000 pounds of meat so badlv damaged that It was condemned by the health authorities. It will be ship? ped to a soap factory. (' d. W. P. Braak, assistant adjutant general of South Carolina, is in Wash? ington to ask the war department to allow South Carolina to set aside one half Of the federnl fund allowed for a?<?ats for the u?e of encampments this summer. Col. Brook says that if vt I-? is allowed there will he enough 1101 10 keep three regiments of the t? i.i I lit la In camp for ten days. * Ar? i.nllng to the income tax list in ? he miip-v of the county auditor there are || citizens of Spartimhurg county Whose laeORMM are more than $2..Mi". A large ausal er of citizens filed re? turns, hut showed fey their figures that Ihsj s ere n n Nabln, la many es iei the-e Hi i/.. Iis Wer?> supposed to have much larger tneomes than 11,100 a year. Auditor o hodd says ho will I hi returns for all who failed to smki in their Ingoing return We may now nil die resigned sln^e the senate has taken off the Inheri? tance tax.?Philadelphia Inquirer, STILL KISSING. A little kissing Now and then Is why we have The married men. ?Birmingham Age-Herald. A little kissing, Too, of course, Is why we have The quick divorce. ?Chicago Record-Herald. A little klssing's Lot s of fun, If you can kiss The proper one. ?Cleveland Leader. A little klssing's Not enough; A lot of kissing? That's the stuff! ?Boston Herald. A heap of klssing's Just as good. For those who like That sort of food. ?Nashville American. A little kissing On the sly Is sweeter now Than by and by. ?Yonkers Statesman. A little kissing Is a whirl Of Joy if it's A Texas girl. ?Houston Post. A Texas girl! Well, that's no bluff? a Little klssing's Quite enough! ?Cleveland Leader. You don't mean that! You think it nice To use this fine long Fill-up twice. ?Houston Post. A little kissing, Just the same, Leads to more, And that's the game. ?Washington Herald. a little kissing! What a bluff To claim one ever Gets enough. ?Savannah News. a little kissing, Becomes too tame, When you do all your Kissing with the same. ?Sumter Item. Get enough! try, but in vain; The idea! 'tis all a bluff; KIbs her once?still again: Keep at tt?still not enough ?Sumter Watchman. three encampments allowed Visit of Col. Brock to the War Depart? ment a Success. Washington. May 4.?As the result oi the visit of Col. W. T. Brock, assis? tant Adjutant General, to Washington, the South Carolina militia will probab? ly have a better encampment this year than ever before, as there will be sufficient funds to permit of the three regiments going into camp for ten ?lays each. Col Brock, with Lieut Cabanlss, visited the war department today, and after a conference with Col. Wtaver and Assistant Secretary' Oliver. It ITM agreed that South Carolina could purchase half the require num? ber of overcoats for her soldlers this >ear and half next year, In the mean? time using the other part of this fund for the encampment. This is what Col. Brock wanted, and he Is naturally much elated at his success. After seeing Gen. Oliver, Col. Brock spld: "You mny say for me that I have N en more than successful in the mis? sion upon which I came to Washing? ton, and that I expect the encampment of South Carolina troops this summer to be one of the best we have ever hfid. In addition to this Col. Weaver outlined certain Improvements that will shortly be made In the coast arti? llery service at Charleston, which will bi of Interest and value not only to the regulars, but to the State troop as well. 1?. F. Howard, of Greenville, Is dead ,;t the age of S4. He was a Confed? erate Veteran having served In the Iftb South Carolina regiment. "Cnele Joe" Cannon has apparently OOmS to the OOnolUStOB that It is pos slbls to fool h maojrlty of the people of this country all the time. !hlca? ' ko Beeord-Heruld. The Cuban rebels hope to eseap6 the death penalty because they really have not killed anybody or done any nal harm. Conspiring against the life 0/ the republic Is apparently an In? considerable trifle.?New York Trib? une. FARMERS? Don't let this chance pass by===y ou sa ve enough in two plow ings to pay for :: :: A Wool&rd's Cultivator Harrow Come and See It. It won't cost to see one work. A. A. Straoiss & Co. 25 North Main St. 'FRISCO BRIBERY TRIAL. Former Member of the Schmitz Board Star Witness Yesterday. San Francisco, Cal., May 3.?Dr. Chaa. Boxton, a former member of the Schmitz board of supervisors, was the star witness at today's session of the trial of Patrick Calhoun, president of the United Railways, charged with attempted bribery* of a city officer. Boxton, who was trapped by the agents of the district attorney's office, and whose confession precipitated the original exposuTe of the Schmitz ad? ministration, was called upon by the prosecution to relate the full story of the occurrence at the home of G. M. Roy, a Bkating rink promoter, in 1907, when Boxton accepted a num? ber of marked bills, with the under? standing that he would vote for an ordinance favoring a liberal adminis? tration of skating rlnk3. letter, according to the witness, W. J. Burns described every Incident of his visit to Roy's house, and advised him to confess. Boxton said he went to Roy, who confirmed the declara? tion that he had been trapped, de? claring it was the wo:V. of two of Abraham Ruef's lieutenants who had turned against their former advisor. iraMATBac '<mzie>*nm I: J. 11. K. DUNNE, ARCHITECTS. Plaus and Specification4* for all Clas-66 of UuildingF. Personal attention given the Supervision of all Work. Law Range ephone 390. Sumter, S. C. AT procured and defended. ^n<*mo<lol, drawing orphoto.forexpert ?ear?, ami frei- re|x>rt. Free novier, how to obtain j.it.nt-, trade marka,] copyright*, etc., in all countries. Business direct iiitk Washington saves time, | money anJ often the patent. Patent and Infringement Practice Exclusively. Write or come to ut at S2S Ninth BtrMt, opp. United SUt? Vatont Offlee, | washington, d. c f & 60 YEARS EXPERIENCE Trade Marks Designs Copyrights Ac. Anrone ?nndlna a nkotrh an<| description nmr nult'ltiy r.sf.Tiiiiii our opinion free whether ni> Invention is pfohsblf p.'it??ntnhlo. Communion HonsStrlOtlff .?nl.lontlul. HANUbOOK onl'ntenui lent fron. ifltlcftt iiifencv for r?M*iirinir patent*. l'ntent? taken tiirotiuh Mima A Co. ruculve , 9ytc isl not Irr, n I' hout clinrno, iu the Scientific American. A handsomely ninMrntefl weekly. Tnrcest clr dilation ?>f nt.v n ienllUo Journal. Terms. |3 a ye/ir: four months, IL ?old by all rtowsilenler*. MjJNN & Co.3e,0"-d-*New York lirnueb t Tlco, C2& F BL, Washington, I). C. What You Can Buy Lot on Church St, 80 x 300 ft, ?2,000.00 Lot on Church St, 75 x 225 ft. 1,500.00 Lot on Oakland Ave, 60 x 200 ft. - - 600.00 Lot on Calhoun St, 60 x 200 - 600.00 Lot on W. Liberty St, 54 x 164, close in, - - 600,00 6 room house and lot W. Liberty St. - - 3,000.00 8 room house and lot S. Washington St. 4,000.00 114 acre farm, 65 acres cleared, near town, - - 5,700,00 50 other farms in Sumter and Clarendon Counties. N.B.? Have sums of $500, $\%000, Si,200, $1,500,. |2,ooo and $2,500 for loans on income producing real estate. CITY, FARM AND TIM? BER PROPERTY HAN? DLED. REAL ESTATE LOANS NEGOTIATED. 26% N Main St. R: B. Belsen REAL ESTATE ATTORNEY. : : Sumter, S. C. MONEY INVESTED INI REAL ESTATE mort? GAGES LET ME INVEST YOUR IDLE MONEY AT 7 AND 8 PER CENT. mm m * The First National Bank, * m m m m m m m m of Sumter. A. I. CHINA. Pres. NEIL O'DONNELL, Vice Pres. J. L McCALLUM, Ce,hler< We invite you to open an account with us, believing this Hank, organized under the National Banking La?sof the United States and under its supervision, offers the best possible security to its patrons. ? ? ? m m m m u ? MMMMHMMHMBHHKVMHHflHHSMBMSl CSOCSDCSOCSOCSOCSOCSOCSOCl, -Oi Igf FARMERS BANK AND TRUST GOMPANY Invites Both Active and Savings Accounts. Only $2 per week deposited in our Savings Department at 4 percent, compounded quarterly, ww:li give you a capital at the end of twenty years of over $2,500.00. "It's not what we make but what we save that makes us rich." The Bank of Sumter Capital and Surplus $132,000. The first consideration of the Officers and l);rc. iors of this bank, is the security of the funds intrusted to our care by depositors. Our past record is a guarantee of sound and sate bank? ing methods, On this evidence of stability and strength, we respectfully ask for your banking business. AN ADVERTISEMENT PLACED IN THE ADVERTISING COLUMNS OF THE DAILY ITEM WILL BRING RESULTS.