The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 26, 1909, Image 4
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fei: j ^u;!I;rcK
Mi ' 1 26, 1909.
Awlse Sumt in was tound
ejl In U50 ie Southron In
The and Southron
eh circulation and
luce oi ouiii wi the old papers,
la manifestly the best advertising
la Su niter
publication of the tax return*,
taa haa been suggested, has the ap
of Comptroller General Jones,
ere fear It will not be carried out
la too gpod a thing to meet with
>va) In the right quarters.
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Tike Charleston f'o?t has tumbled
to the fact that the whitewash brush
fa amch in evidence In the Asylum
tsreeetlgatlon and that there appears
la) be a disposition to make the in
ejatry an endorsement of the Asylum
lutea In 1st rat Ion. This has b >on appar
eaat from the outset and the Investi?
gation will probably be unproductive
mt reeulta commensurate with the
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The attempt to revise the tariff has
ve/ed a number of aaslstant Re
g?abl tears In the Democratic party.
Senator Daniels, of Virginia. Senator
Strum on s. of North Carolina, and oth?
er well known Democrat*, represent?
ing} the South in Congress are as good
fast tariff yard stick, as Senators Ald
rkm. Hale or Lodge. The Democratic
party la well tilgh a hopeless propo?
rtion now that its leading represen
ativee are batie les for lo
*aj advantage ng left to
t that comma {lance of
leuthern white historic
tend for the p inance of
< he white men. platform
tteme to be mer < and not
orth a moment tlon when
. cornea to a i practical
-tenents to tie oh >ting with
he repreeentath corporate
ateresta who cc eas.
t e ?
When the C completes
he work of wine ? < ? old State
? Uses near/ win ? n to pros
?ante the grafts rid small.
?ho fattened on . ion of the
jetem? Pern a p be not
eaaaaaanw-? ? a
ive >i ?eat.
t>r. Lee DeFor ventor of
* ne radio-?#>l*nh? after-din-,
et speech In * i ' M week j
* y ? ? J
?Weser until this yea* have I hed
pr per backing .an* t?.
< aar I eaa also aay that the evetop
faerie la the wire) e been
'aaeat nsdfseentan fVhat 'he f??
nf It ein he i >r any*
alee eaa enret ? ? >sent I
*werklng tin t ?e. the
fcph. aad shl| Ievices,
jeealbilitlea of one tn
latter 4epartni<v!t are almoep
aast, aad t c? predict
_ tslthtn the ne> ? ? ? every
sgp of a certain six to the
wfll besequlpped with ' rlrele
^.aae.
have succeede< ing the
telegraph one In
eg taetrurhent T ephone
a a oaeful fl I, prin?
ts/ toll-line ' >nnect
si.' II towns an lies, as
are connected trunk
look forward when
l?# this means th< > iy b*
ronfht into every ne day
ie news, and evei g. will
t ev sent out to the r the
- treleas telephone.
??I want to tell you also of my new
ik graph system. I became con
laced that further progress along the
resent lines was a hopeless dream,
he possibility of Interference with
teewat'ea were r? ' great. In my new
rstom the tuning possibilities are
mit leu furthermore. It Is noiseless
ad It can be operated at a much
' fwar volts re than th?? present sys
' ean. The speed by which a spark
ransmltter can be operated cannot
soeed forty words a minute.
**I expect to attain a epeed of forty
hnuaan I words an hour. There I*
ie question but that the public can
im) easllv induced to communicate by
etre Instead of by mall. It nuwt be
fink, hoe *? r-eatly reduced
?nat. md this si ?osalble for th??
.fir* ? day also you will
c ' ? to Installed on
r* ornotlve will be
eh of another.
iccld??nts which
e block system
;o worn.
Early callers at the Men's Cost
the** Bale at th?? Rumter Dry Goods
>?tnpany will certalnlv be repaid If
V.ey appreciate a reliable statement
>y a reliable house.
The demand for Sumter reul estate
a stronger than It has been st any
Ime within the past year.
iny Is
The **umt?r Dry Goods Compai
?Hing some good news about Men's
?end Shoes in their large ad. Head It
sawn? It's Intereetlng.
A-il-tf.
Farmers' Union News
?AND ?
8
Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers
(Conducted by E. W. Dabbs, President Farmers' Union of Sumter
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 will be my
aim to give the Union news and ofileial 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,
j THE EDITOR.
All communications for this Department should be sent to E. W. Dabbs.
Mayesville, S. C.
Sonn? Random Thoughts.
From various sections come the in?
formation that the more thoughtful
farmers are wishing for the organi?
sation of a Farmers' Union in their
locality. When the alms and pur?
poses of the Union are more general?
ly understood, all of the best farmers
will Join, and we do not wish any otj
er kind.
A thoughtful union man remarked
to the writer recently that one of the
most hopeful signs for the success of
the union is that men are joining
slowly after mature deliberation, and
the very best men are the ones who
ire coming In. This is borne out by
my observation in widely separated
communities where I have attended
meetings of the union in three coun
Ites.
We are not asking everybody to
Join. We only want men who will
stand up for principle. Who are will?
ing to make sacrifices, If need be, for
the good of the Order and the general
welfare. To all such we extend a wel?
come, and can assure them that there
Is work for them to do?work that
will benefit themselves and their
brother farmers.
Should such farmers in any neigh?
borhood in Sumter County desire to
be organised and admitted into the
union, if they will make an appoint?
ment en* free mo rnffiedejSrt notice, T
will gl tdiy rn^et then ltd ?fter B&ors
fully instructing the than can be
UOM4 In a u? A-,pap? article give
them epportUftlty to In.
m w. u.
The Right Kind of Stock and the
Right Kind of Stockmen.
Aa the editor says, the keeping of
live stock for profit depends aa much
on the man as anything else. It also
depends on the kind of stock raised.
There Is little profit in feeding scrub
cattle for beef, and leas In raising
raxor-back hogs that require two
years to make pork. But the man
who lets his cattle run out all winter
under the lee of the barn or straw
?tacks needs nothing but scrubs, and
will find little profit in keeping cat?
tle.
Improved animals that have been
carefully b*ed for the making of
the best beaf or the best dairy pro?
ducts, need the best care; and the
pigs that make pork in six to eight
months need also better care than the
plney woodu ranger. In this good
care and good feedlng*wlth the best of
forage lies '.he profit.
Don't Depond on Corn Alone for
nogs.
It does not pay to raise hogs on
corn alone, but where they are sup?
plied with a constant succession of
green food that they can gather for
themselves. It takes but little corn 10
finish off the pork; and there Is no
part of the country where hogs can
>>e grown so easily and cheaply as In
the South, since we can provide
something for them to eat from the
Se|4 every month In the year.
Then If the lews protecting buz
r uds are repealed, we will have lit?
tle hag cholera; for the buzzards are
the greatest of all carriers of this dU
?ase. and should be rigorously keot
from the farm by seeing that all d vi 1
iin.mals are burled out of their reich
find all food of any sort that may at
kfSVOl them burned or destroyed In
SI SAS other w ay.
fiet Dairy llrecil* for the Dairy, lleef
llreeds for lleef-Making.
There I' o< ?? ? n a great dell sail
about the duel*purpose oow, but the
fact remains that Iber?' Is no animal
that will give the best In dairy pro?
ducts and at the same time make the
best beef The two eharaeters are
??o oosspletel] Antagonistic that the
union of hogg. in one animal Is Im
poMsible. If jour Interest is In dairy
products, then get the animals that
have keen brad for the heat dahy
ptOdaetlOJI, On the other hand, if
you are interested In beef, get ths
best beef blood, the animals that top
the market for beef, I know of BO
breed that suits the South better
than tre Polled Angus, which has
topped the beef market more fre
quently than any other beef animal.
If you want to make butter, get
Jerseys or Guernseys; if milk is the
object, get the Holsteln-Fresians.
The dual-purpose people talk a grea1.
deal about raising fine veal calves,
but I could never see the profit In
tfccrlficlng $25 worth of milk and but?
ter to raise a $10 calf. The dairyman
can better afford to give away all
his male calves.
Dairy Animals Do Not Put on Flesh
Were it Brings Most.
When I was breeding up a dairy
herd, using a full-blood bull on se?
lected common cows, I sold all male
calves to a neighbor for $1 a head,
and thought it profitable to do so, as
I saved the milk the calf would have
eaten, only had to raise my select?
ed heifers.
The beef-bred animal makes the
best beef because he is built that
way, and the dairy-bred animal that
gains live weight as fast as the beef
bred animal, Is not built that way,
but stores the fat Inside in tallow.
His slaughtered carcass not only does
not make the same proportion In
weight of meat, but does not make
the broad loins, the high-priced beef,
that the beef-bred animal does. Prof.
Massey in Progressive Farmer,
Fllon: How to Reduce Them.
rvn"^"f Wit\ admit that *"~~ nr
a great nuisance in summer, but few
fully u-vl :iu r.<i tn.- ?taute-s from
MH?s aa carriers of disea** eerms and
f.lth. I have of en urg-'d the impor?
tance of getting the manure out on
the fields as fast as made. This is a
matter of even more importance than
?a winter, as the hot weather comes
on, for the horse manure is the breed?
ing place of the house files, and It Is
not pleasant, to say the least, to have
flies covering Our food when they are
light from the manure pile.
Flies on the farm can be made
much scarcer by keeping the manure
well cleaned up. Then the wooven
w're screens are now made very
cheaply and easily adopted to all
sizes of windows, and wire screen
doors fitted with springs to close
quickly will also aid in keeping out
flies and mosqultos. The few that
get In can be rapidly disposed of
with one of the fine wire brushes now
sold In the hardware stores. With
one of these the housekeeper can go
around the room and kill every fly
on wall or window very rapidly.
Especially should there be the
closest attention In keeping out flies
when there is sickness In the neigh?
borhood, and people are careless
r.bout the wastes of the sick room.
I called attention last year to the
fact that flies in the dining-room
caused the outbreak of typhoid at the
State Xormal College at Greensboro,
and doubtless, many other cases of
diseases that puzzled people to And
the cause, were due to the flies.
Hence It Is not only important for
comfort to keep the flies out, but
(specially important as a preventive
of disease.
With a farm-house Isolated from
other buildings, It should be easy to
prt vent many of the flies that are
usually found there, by keeping the
stables and farm-yard absolutely
clean of manure, and getting It out
where it will do good and not harm.
It'-member that they have horse
manure and tilth to breed In, and you
do not want these carried Into your
milk or other food.?Prof. Massey In
Progressive Farmer.
Hate Flowers on the Table all the
Your.
The iprlng-flowerini shrubbery,
such as forsythlaSi spireas. etc,
should be pruned into shape after the
bloom .s over, SO that they can make
new growth for the next spring. I
have OftSn ween people go over the
shrubs in early spring and shear them
Into mopheaded monstrosities, and
cut off most of the WOOd that WOUld
have made Mowers. We do not want
tin- shrubbery sheared Into stiff
forms, but it is well to shorten bach
the gTOWtb after blooming, and to cut
out stunted BtlOOtS. Put do not prune
spring SOW
early spring; wait till the bloom is
over.
How to Care for the Lawn.
Many people who have fairly good
lawns run the grass out by the way
they treat it. They allow it to grow
up tall and then mow it off and take
off the cut grass, thus constantly ex?
hausting the soil. The best thing for
the lawn in spring is a good dressing
of raw bone meal. Then run the lawn
mower as often as the grass gets tall
enough for it to bite, and then let the
cut grass He. It will soon disappear
and will be constantly thickening the
sod with material to hold moisture,
while if the the grass is allowed to
grow tall, there will be too much to
leaves. In growing weather the lawn
mower should be run once a week.
Don't Have Too Many Trees.
In planning a new place do not fol?
low the common practice of covering
the whole grounds with trees, and
thus preventing your ever getting
good grass. Plant trees, of course,
but let the trees and shrubbery frame
in a broad scope of green lawn. Too
many trees are not desirable, espe?
cially alongside the house, for the
house should have the sunshine on
its various sides as a matter of
health, and too dense a growth of trees
shuts out the healthful sunlight, the
greatest of all destroyers of disease
germs, and shuts out the breeze and
harbor mosquitoes. Plajit trees so
that each will take Its natural devel?
opment, and not be crowded out of
shape, and from the front of the
house let the eye rest on a broad ex?
panse of green grass.
'The Place for Flower Beds.
I love trees and shrubbery If well
grown, but I do not want to live in
a woods where I cannot have grass
and flowers. I know Southern homes
that would be vastly Improved If half
to two-thirds of the trees were re?
moved. Then, having prepared a
lawn, do not chop It up In gaudy flow?
er beds in front. Keep the flower beds
to the sides and rear and do not
break up the restfulness of the green
lawn.
Flowers on the Table for Every Meal.
Then, after you have gotten some
grass and shrubbery about the house,
do not Imagine that It Is the place for
the horses and mules to graze. Have
a permanent pasture, and do not use
the home grounds for this purpose.
Then the men on the farm should
not begrudge the wife and daughters
the money for a PeW flov ring plante
and QOwer teed cost T hive Roarers
of som?> sort on mv dining table the
yeaf r?M:nd, and Would hardly fee'
like the. table wr?* set for a rrovl if
there were none of these in the cen?
tre.
Plenty of flowers have a refining
influence on the whole family. Have
plenty of them.?Prof. Massey In Pro?
gressive Farmer.
TESLA HAS A NEW ONE.
Wonder Mechanism, He Says, Will
Change Many Tilings.
New York, May 20.?-Following the
incorporation of the Tesla Propulsion
Company, with $1,000,000 capital
stock, at Albany, today, to exploit one
o.' Nicola Tesla's Inventions, Mr. Tesla
announced the adoption of the de?
vice by the Alabama Consolidated
Coal and Iron Company.
"I have discovered a mechanical
principle entirely new and of the
greatest economic value," Mr. Tesla
said, "but I shall not be in a position
to make known the details and ex?
hibit the principle In operation for
perhaps six weeks. It Is a principle
which minimizes the size of the pow?
er-producing plant and Increases to a
maximum the power reduced. The
apparatus we will build for the Ala?
bama concern will not be one-third
of the size of the ordinary air blast
machinery equipment for such work,
and the air blast and other effective
results will be far superior in volume
and value to those at present general?
ly used.
"In connection with this plant I
will Install a turbine of my own In?
vention, and the air blast will be sup?
plied under a turbine principle. This
new mechanical principle I have dis?
covered is applicable to air, steam,
gas or water power, and may be used
for locomotives, automobiles or any
form of power production. With it
a locomotive as powerful as any now
used would need to be les.? than half
the size."
The Tesla Propulsion Company's
directors Include Mr. Tesla. Joseph
Headley and Walter H. Knight , of
New York. Mr. Tesla stated that ma?
chines of several types had been built
and that successful demonstrations
had been given with them to his as?
sociates on the new company and to
!? preaentativea of the Alabama com?
pany.
Work on the new postofllce is ex?
pected to begin within the next thirty
days.
The Sumter Dry Goods Company
have an Ad In this issue which is in
U nded "for men only". It should
prove of special Interest to them,
FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. IX CUBA.
Government May Be Hard Pressed to
Meet Obligations?Congress Seems
Unable to Work.
Habana, May 2 3.?Financial prob?
lems constitute the gravest feature of
anxiety on the part of the Cuban gov?
ernment and with the protracted de?
lay in the presentation of the budget
for the coming year the general feel?
ing of uncertainty and laik of confi?
dence become accentuated. Can the
government, in view of its enormous?
ly increased expenses, meet its obli
gations out of the ordinary sources
of revenue? is the question asked on
all sides.
While there is no doubt that
President Gomez is fully alive to the
seriousness of the situation and is
doing everything in his power to ef?
fect reductions in the cost of all de?
partments, it is feared that political
exigencies will compel him to refrain
from Insisting upon retrenchment on
the scale that is believed to be abso?
lutely necessary.
Importations through the custom
house have declined materially over
those of last year and the year be?
fore.
Congress, after being in session for
more than three months, has accom?
plished little useful legislation, its
:ime being frittered away in flights of
oratory and the discussion of trivial
Tieasures.
The lottery bill just passed by the
house is probably one of the most im?
portant acts of the congress, and
while it will doubtless bee )me a law,
the bill, so far, has only teen passed
"in totality."
FAITH WITHOUT WORK IS 1>EAI>
In the course of a recent editorial
on Augusta The Herald said: "In tho
1 osom of all successful town-builders
you wdll find two acute emotions,
affection and faith." Thi3 sentence,
says the Brunswick News, expresses
a great industrial truth. "The man
who builds his city, who works in sea?
son and out for it, who draws upon his
energy and his vitality for its growth
and development, must needs have in
his heart faith for Its future and love
for Its very being. We see practical
demonstrations %of this every day in
every year we live!"
Without love for one's city and
without faith In Its future such work
and such efforts as are required to
build up s v ty ;ir,' [m >sslb1e But R]
I3 ais<? true tbat aifeetl 1 a? d faith
9 '? ouf. works v. I accomplish nofb
inc Onr kffectfon for Atlgusta may
be over so great our faith Ii: the city's
future ever so strong, but unless that
affection and that faith And expres?
sion in action it is as sounding brass
or a tinkling cymbal. The disserta?
tion of James, the apostle, on faith
and works is as applicable to city
building as it is to soul saving. "What
cicth It profit though a man say he
hath faith and have not works? Can
faith save him?" A passive faith is
barren. It is active faith which finds
expression In works, that is productive
of results.
It is natural to love Augusta. Our
city Is so beautiful, It has so many at?
tributes that charm, that affection for
its comes unbidden. Faith in Augus?
ta results from a process of simple
reasoning. The topographical centre
of one of the most highly favored
agricultural sections, and the gate
:lty to the natural highway connect?
ing what must become one of the
greatest Industrial centers with the
sea, Augusta is destined to become a
great metropolis. When the popula- |
ion of the Savannah valley shall be
numbered by millions?as will cer?
tainly come to pass?Augusta as cer?
tainly will number its population by
hundred thousands. As the original
Centre street is now near one edge
of the city, so the future city will ex?
tend south and west until the present
centre shall again be nearer the com?
ing outer edge. All this is seen by
faith inspired by reason, but it re?
quires work to bring Its realization
Faith alone cannot bring salvation,
and faith alone does not build a city
I
Let us show our faith in Augusta
by our works, every Augustan who
loves his city and has faith in her fu?
ture, each according to his or her op?
portunity. The value of Augusta dirt
Is certain to enhance in value great?
ly, let us put as much improvement
upon it as we can. The various en?
terprises of the city have the brightest
prospects for expansion, let us give
all possible substantial aid to all of
them. Every new movement that is
started for the city's advancement, let
J us boost it with all our might, and In
' a practical way. And thus proving
I our faith by our works the city will
mow as it has never grown before,
and there will Im? fast accumulating
fruit of this combination of faith
ttacked by works.
At a meeting of the stockholders
of the Laurens Furniture Manufactur
Ilng company Friday it was decided
that the llrm go into liquidation and
Bell out. The liabilities of the COin
I pany are not quite |SO,000 while the
: < . ts about $25,000 not including
1
the plant which is worth at least $2v
000.
AN AKRON MAN.
MR. WILLIAM F. STKK8E.
Mr. William F. Steeee, 701 Coburn St.,
Akron, Ohio, writes:
**I have been troubled for severs!
years with catarrh of the stomach.
Have used different patent medicines
to no effect whatever, and have doc?
tored considerable with family doctor.
"Sometimes his treatment would re?
lieve me for a few weeks, but would
eventually have to go back to him,and
that had kept up for several years,
"I was advised to use Peruna, and
ha^e takeu three bottles. Never felt
so good in my life. Am going to con?
tinue using it. Wouldn't be with?
out it in the house. I will gladly reo
ommend It to any one afflicted with
catarrh of stomach, or stomach trouble
of any kind."
The above is an oft-repeated story.
Troubled for years with chronic ca?
tarrh. Tried different remedies and
doctors to no avail. Peruna was ad?
vised by friends. Instant relief expe?
rienced. Great gratitude to Pernna
expressed. This, in brief, is a story
tliat is repeated to us a great many
times every year.
No one could be in touch with our
vast correspondence for one month
without being impressed with the sin?
cerity and truthfulness of these kind of
testimonials.
Peruna promptly produces an appe?
tite, corrects digestion and relievos
stomach difficulties that have resisted
other treatment.
Man-a-lin an Ideal Laxative*
Old Grandfather's Clock
To the Editor of The Daily Item:
In his rambles through the Salem
section of grar.d and historic old Clar?
endon he was hospitably entertained
by a gentleman and his family, and
during the afternoon was shown a
venerable grandfather's clock which
rut AQ|
never been : <-p:-hv d nine- is pur?
chased. It is beautifully carved with
two Cornnpcopias and in the Inside
of the case bears this inscription:
"Patent Brass 8-Day Clock, Made and
sold by C. & L. C. Ives, Bristol Conn.,
warranted If well used." It cost at
time of purchase sixty dollars In gold.
STYLUS.
Manning, S. C, May 24. 1909.
Just received lot harness horses for
business and pleasure. This is prob?
ably last load of the season. Boyle
Live Stock Co.
5-21-3t.
FOK SALE?One Top Buggy. Will
sell cheap for cash or on time. L.
L Johnson, 334 S. Main St.
5-22-2t.
$14.45
-to
HI. 111.
And Return.
?VIA?
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REUNION CONFEDERATE
VETERANS,
June 8th=10th.
Tickets on sale June 5th, 6th
and 7th, final limit June 14th,
By deposit of ticket with
Special Agent, Memphis, not
earlier than June 9th, not later
than June 14th, and pay?
ment of fee of 50 cents at time of
deposit, extension limit may be
secured to leave Memphis not
i later than July ist.
; For further information, call on
I Ticket Agent or write,
W. J. CRAI6, T. C. WHITE,
Pas. Traf. Mgr. Gen. Pas. Agent.
WILMINGTON, N. C.