The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 09, 1909, Image 4
f l)f Mlaubnu? ;u;g ^ouli iui,
WfculUbQAY, JUNE 9. 1909.
The .sumter Watchmun was found?
ed In Isle and the True Southron In
Hit. The Watchman and Houthron
gaew hiu the combined circulation and
Inatoenoo of both of the old papers,
and Is rranlfeatly ths best advertising
medium in Sumter.
Comptroller General Jone? Is In a
fair way to make himself quite un?
popular with those who have incomes.
Th? wags-earners ?nd small salaried
snen. on the contrary, are of the opin?
ion that he Is a useful cltisen and a
patriot
ess
Senator B D Hmith has mad* the
discovery that the Republican party
as doomed. We sincerely trust the
dlse>vsry la a reality and not i pipe
dream, but we fear that the O. O. 1?.
will keop on doing business at the
?Id stand for many lone years. It n
toe useful as ths political annex to the
predatory trusts for them to permit
ft to languish and terminate. Politics
an business In the North and the G. O.
F. to operated along business lines by
practical men who need It and c innot
afford to do without it. especially
When a tariff law is to he framed.
? s ?
The correspondents of this paper
nre requested to make careful Inquiry
and Investigation of the crop acreage
nnd condition, a* compared with last
/vsr on June 10th and malf a brief
statement airing result of Investiga?
tion to reach this offics not Inter than
14th. The Investigation should cover
C following points Acreage as
i pared with laut year, tho condi?
tio of crop ss regards stand, the
eartfnWe or lateness and the state of
Jvatioa. the amount of fertiliser
J as eosnpared with Isst yaar, the
pry nod efficiency of labor, any
Other general remarks of Interest, re
si e*lng climatic or other conditions ,
all. tioc*seJve rains, etc., that
a had Injurious effects upon the
9* l<ot the report cover cotton, ,
i, tobacco and othe;* crops,
es?
he suggestion that itteps be taken
go 4et rid ot the life term trustees of
nson Coflseie, who hold office un- ,
the Clean on will and control the j
age. la a good one and should be j
pted at the earliest possible date. ,
.Teenaon Is to on a State lnatltu- (
It should be one In fact aa we'l
as In name, and It can never be so j
f as It Is eontroled by a self* per- (
jatlna board that Is responsible to ,
ody but themselves.
gee
he fact that there will be a minor- ,
report from xhe Asylum investi?
ng committee encourages the hope (
t the investigation sdll be a value- |
im *nd unless proceeding, unleas
re Is something mote In the Inves
itlon thsi^ has beer published in ,
i reports sent out by the Columbia
-spacers snd correspondons. the
vmltter would have saved time and
nsy had they adopted a coiSpll
ltary resolution endorsing ths Asy
i administration s.nd adjourned
hw'.th
When Wsking Vp.
Mere Is s bit of Information it will
pay you to keep ready for reference
though you will perhaps turn up your
gene at it at the first reading: "Ho.v
to wake up. snd wake up fully and
gmlekry? Mont people prefer not to
wake up In the morning?that is, they
think of the pleasure there would bf
)n 1unt live minutes' more of sleep If
only that alarm elock had not sound
ed Its WKmliiK of course you have to
get up. and .f here Is really anything
that will make the Job easier and
new, sloai at roe win aranl to know
about it Doctors have long ago
agreed tl at dullnesa on first awaken?
ing in the morning is due to sluggish
gJrentatlon of the blood In the brain.
This can be o-ilckly overcome by mas?
saging the nci-k in the neighborhood
of the Jagotar vein, thus stirring the
blood to life and action Hub your
meek well on both sides and drowsl
neee will leave you you. Try It.' ?
Time*
('.?. ee nut of Mgtit IIusJiich?*.
It Ig worthy of note that after sev?
eral years of experiment. Chester has
abrn. ned its municipal elligllll light
plant and h.ia granted the Southern
| r < - . ;? ineuese to light the
tl?y Tht franchise was granted for
ton yearn. They ire to furnish arc
lights ?i ' . ? "? r >. .4 saeh unto Ihe
city um?? 10t arc light*, when the
price will be reduced to 160. They
|g ruiMlnh Incandescent lights at
! . ?*nt* >\ kllow Ht hour until in cents
per lamp is consumed, whe t the |.u.
will ch*oge to 7 1-2 cent* a kilowatt
hour. The Southern power Company
hough! the old electric light plant, e\
cept the power station, ermine, dyna
n . ???Hers, belting. etc.. paying
t:?Voo> to the city fo, ihiH. Thh
money wilt be paid to the city upon
the formal entrance of the <ompan\
which will be shortly.?-Rock Hill Re?
cord.
Farmers' Union News
?AND
j Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers
(Conducted by E. \V. Dahl?, President I'mincis' ClUoit of Suniter
I
Count v.)
The Watchman and Soutl: ron 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 ha ve been requested to conduct. It will be my
??Im 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 article* 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 thU Department should be sent to E. W. Dabbs,
M ay es v Hie. S. C.
The Sumter County Farmers Union
held its regular monthly meeting with
Trinity Union Friday. The attend?
ance was good, the Interest in Union
matters intense, the dinner abundant,
and the hospitality whole-hearted.
Commissioner E. J. Watson sent a
letter of regrets at not being able to
attend. But President Harris was
there In fine condition and was a host
In himself as he talked during the re?
cession from business with one group
and another of Intensely earnest far?
mers about the practical problems of
farm management.
President Welch of Lee County
Union made an earnest speech at the
open air meeting on the necessity of
keeping in touch with our represen?
tatives in Congress. President Harris
presented the three fundamentals of
Steering' by Mother's Light.
A very beautiful story Is related of
a boat out at sea carrying in it a
father and his little daughter. As
they were steering for the shore they
were overtaken by a violent storm,
which threatened to destroy them
The coast was dangerous. The moth?
er lighted a lamp and started up the
worn stairway to the attic Window.
"It won't do any good, mother," the
son called after her. But the mother
went up. put the light In the window,
knelt beside it, and prayed. Out in
the storm the daughter saw a gllm
mer of gold on the water's edge.
"Steer for that," the father said. Slow?
ly, but steadily, they came toward the
light, and at last wtore anchored In
the little sheltered harbor by the cot
unionlsm. Education. Co-operation tage.
and Diversification.
"Thank God!" cried the mother, as
Sumter County's live business agent, she heard their glad voices and came
Mr. J. M. Brogdon, of Sumter, made down the stairway with a lamp In her
juch a fine showing for the business hand. "How did you get here?" she
ilde of the union thai Lee County
representatives asked If they might
participate in our business plans.
\nd with any adjacent unions of oth
?r counties were accorded that prlv
said.
'We steered by mother's light," an?
swered the daughter, "although we
did not know what it was out there.'
'Ah!" 'thought the boy, a wayward
lege unanimously. And President boy, "it is time I was steering by my
Harris gave him a good order for for?
mers' supplies to be shipped to Pen?
lleton.
mother's light." And ere he slept he
surrendered himself to God and asked
Him to guide him over life's rough
8ome of the visitors spent a half ?ea. Months went by and disease
lour, very Interestedly, looking over smote him. "He can t live long," was
the up-to-date 50 bbl. flour mill that the verdict of the doctor; and one
* nearing completion at Trinity, stormy night he lay dying. "Do not
?rops of 15 to 30 bushels of wheat be afraid for me." he said, as they
per acre have been harvested and wept; "I shall make the harbor, for
breshed by the gasolene outfit of Mr. | am steering by mother's light."
Klrby. and as soon as the wheat is East and West.
Jry, Trinity biscuits with home-made
butter and syrup will be on the tables Curing a l>octor.
In that neighborhood. An eminent physician of London.
President Harris was let out of tell- who was remarkable for continuing
Ing how to raise pork at 1 1-2 cents hi* visits to the rich patients after he
per pound by some local brethren's had turned their disorders out of
assertions that they raised pork for doors, attended a lady of some cele
nothing. or for so little cost that the brity In the world of wit for three
feeds had no market value. \ months after her recovery and re
Some extra fine, for this season, gularly stayed with her until, in the
corn, cotton and tobacco were to be English manner, he received his dls
seen. And acres on acie? of oats in missing fee of 5 guineas. Weary of
the shock.
President Harris was taken by th<
bis expensive calls and concluding
that to lessen the fee would be to lose
old Brick Church to board the train the visitor, she ventured to give him
at Mayeavllle, and wan charmed with 4 guineas at the conelu.-lon of his next
his trip through this level and fertile
farming section.
The next meeting of the County
Upton will be with High Hills loeal at
call. He looked anxiously In his hand
then on the carpet and stood for
some time In evident embarrassment.
"Have you lost anything?" Inquired
the General Sumter Memorial School the lady,
on Friday. July 2nd, and the brethren 4 Why madam. I thought I had
ffOm the lowlands are anticipating a dropped a guina."
pleasant trip to the historic high hills
>d the Santee.
"It is only a mistake in the person.
>ir." rejoined the fair patient. "It is
Very beneficial rains have fallen. I who have dropped the guinea."
:i ii? 1 we have been blessed In e?cap
ing the hall storms and excessive rains | visits
that have visited other localities. We
are hoping for clear, dry weather that
the mam f-rops may be hauled in and
UM land planted to peas or OOm
Some very forward corn has been
i l>. hut most of the crop is just
receiving the first application of fer
tlllzers.
E. W, D
The doctor, of course, dropped his
Put Your Faith In Truth.
Have faith in truth, never in num
I" i s. The great surge of numhers
rolls up noisily and imposingly, but
flattens on the shore, ind slides hack
An English paper ? says that the
champion ahsent-minded man lives
at Palham. On one ocasion he call
ed upon his old friend, the family
physician. Alter a chat of a couple of
hours the doctor saw him to the door
and bade him good night. saying
"Come again. Family all well, I sup
pose?" "My heavens!" exclaimed the
absent-minded beggar, "that remind'
me of my errand. My wife Is In a
fit."
The remains. Of Rev, If, A. Con?
nors were interred In Bpartanburg
into the mud of oblivion. But a tin- ! T-esday afternoon. May 2?th. The
"i.iiiion is tin- ocean Itself, calm in
its reel eternal in its power Platt
Miss Kellte Revel!, of Ohleago, has
h? en He|e< ted l.j the ( Sovel nor of
If ? i hlgan ni Mate pi sei ai ant. Her
headquarters, will be in Detroit? and
she will Write up the Stale and eoun
'lr<< as i menus of .ok hi Ing tin
r< pources of II lehlgan
The appeal of the State Hoard of
I iiiv.i- aeri In Ins election on the an?
' ? itlon of a portion oi H< rkelej
County to Charleeton ha been with
drawn. This election era defeated by
in iii majority and aii' i in? d<'
m m hail been announced bi the coun
b< ii'il .in appeal \n as taken to i
statt board, footorday howcter, tie*
?tai > ofl statt- reoeh id not Ice ti> d
the appeal would be withdrawn
Ci noral servioei were held in the
r st Baptist church and In addtlon
to appreciative remarks by Dr. Rop?
er., the pastor, a life-long friend of
Bro, Connors, brief tribute! were
spoken by Rev. If. IfoGee, of Hone t
Path, and w. \v. Keys, of Greenville
\ delegation of ten or twelve were
pi t sent from the Honen Path church,
and six of the number acted as pall
I ean is. The Moral tributes were nu
II < tons and very handsome, and the
services al the church and the grave
were deeply impressive Baptlsl
i tourler,
If me, Sofia Loeblnger was elected
preeldenl of the new organisation of
suffragetta which was formed the oth
(?:? evening in New fork, it is oom
posed entirely of wage-earning wo?
men.
BUANCHING CUT.
The Farmer's Bank and Trust Co.,
Will Establish Brandies At Bunimor
ton und Pinewood.
Ths OlHcers and directors ^>f the
Farmer's Hank and Trust Company
have decided to establish branches of
that bank at Pinewwod and Summer
ton. Clarendon county and all arrange?
ments have been made for opening the
branch banks between this time and
August 1st. The furniture and fixtures
have been ordered and as soon as the
outfits arrive the branch banks will
be opened for business.
Pinewood. which is a growing town
with important and rapidly increasing
business interests is without banking
facilities and the branch bank wdll
fill a long felt want and will do much
toward the development of the place.
In the case of Summerton conditions
are somewhat different as that place
now has a flourishing bank several
years old. But there is a demand in the
community for another bank and more
banking capital ,and the town is grow*
ing at a rate that calls for another bank
and it is certain that the Farmers'
Bank and Trust Company will builo*|
up a large and profitable business in
that town and section..
The extension of the business act?
ivity and influence of the Farmer's
Pank and Trust Company to include
these two prosperous and growing
tow..ns of Clarendon county will be a
good thing not only for Pinewwod and
Summerton but for Sumter also. It
cannot fail to make the business rel?
ations of these two towns and Sumter
closer and more cordial and will un?
doubtedly have the effect of bringing
more business of all lines to the city
from the towns and country tributary
to them. The branch banks will give
the people of Summerton and Pine
wood every facility that the Farmer's
Bank and Trust Company offers it's
customers In Sumter and the deposit?
ors and patrons of the branch banks
will have the same security that the
parent bank affords it's patrons, and
to that extent they will be better pro?
tected than if they had a local bank
with small capital.
Her Other Name.
It was the first day of kindergarten,
and the row of new pupils stood wait?
ing to give their names. They were
like Mistress Mary's flower garden,
for they were eight little maidens all
in a row. >
There were Rose and Margaret, and
so on down to three-year-old Jane,
who was so shy and sweet that all
eyes were upon her.
"Your name is Jane, dear?" asked
the teacher, as she wrote it dow?n.
"No, ma'am, not Jane Dear, just
Jane," lisped the baby.
"Well, what is your other name,
little one?" asked the teacher.
"Oh, my ozzer name is muzzer's
pet lamb, but we don't tell It to
stwanger8."
For the time being she was record?
ed as just "Jane." It was too sweet
to spoil.
So the teacher let it remain Jane,
as she had written it, and bided her
time to find out "muzzer's pet lamb's''
surname.?Washington Star.
"It is a wonderful story." says the
publisher to the new author, whose
manuscript has just been accepted,
according to The Chicago Post, "but
you have failed in one important f* a
ture. You do not describe the way
the heroine was dressed when the
hero first met her. You'd better write
a paragraph about her clothes, but try
to avoid the conventional." The in?
genious author, knowing the sameness
Of costume descriptions In the best
lellera, and also knowing how to make
an appeal to the feminine heart
wrote: "Helolse floated toward him.
garbed in a $600 dress, n $260 hat.
with a S9S.T3 mantilla over a $370
lace coat."
"out of sight 1 ii that gown, isn't
she?" observed a gentleman in the
baloony, pointing to Mrs. De Koltay.
who occupied a front seal in one of
the lower tier of boxes, says The Bo
[hemlan. "Out of sight? Well, hard?
ly. It strikes in.- it is the other way
about." responded his companion dry?
ly. Which goes to show the elasticity
??:" the American language, which says
one thing and means another, it also
shows?but. upon second thoughts,
we must respectfully hut firmly de?
cline going into any further details.
War on Hies may had to banish?
ment Of the horse. ;i source of swarms
of germ-laden files, and hasea of dried
tilth which lly about and infect the
eyes, ears, blood, breathing apparatus
ami digestive organs of man. War on
dies may not end until the horse is
b.-mished. and then New fork may be?
come the cleanest, most healthful city
in the wold. Before Hie war on dogs,
dogs were led. loosed and carried ev?
erywhere, Science taught us thatdogs
spread deadly diseases, have filthy
feeding habits, ami Without warning
Inflict grave, even fatal injuries. To?
day the city man with his dog is shun?
ned, henoe most men prefer not to
be BOOH leading (logs.
SUMTER WINS DOUBLE-HEADER
- < *afi s? I ool Team Befeata Columbia|
Hoya in Two Games Yesterday,
The Sumter High School base ball
term closed the season Friday af
ternoon with a double victory over
the Columbia High School team. The
victory was particularly welcome and
gratifying to the home team in view
Of the overwhelming defeat that it
suffered at the hands of their op?
ponents in Columbia last week. Since
their trimming in Columbia the lo?
cal team has put in a lot of hard prac?
tice and the boys were in fine trim
for the game yesterday. They went
in to win, they put lots of ginger into
the game and they played fast ball
from the first inning. The first game
was the hardest fought, closest and
most interesting, the second was not
by any means a slow exhibition. Both
teams played good ball and for ama?
teurs they are above the average.
There are several on each team who
could give a good account of them?
selves in faster company. The score
by inning follows:
First game:
R. H. E.
Sumter 000 200 12*?5 8 2
Columbia 102 000 000?3 6 4
Batteries?Green and Marshall;
Duncan, Squires and Waring. Umpire
Jones.
Second game:
R. H. E.
Sumter 103 400 44* 16 16 5
Columbia 010 210 020?6 12 7
Batteries?Smith and Marshall;
Duncan, Hornsby, Hardin and Wai
rng. Umpire Miller.
The Jealous Deaconess.
Dulolna Bulltt (colored) wife of
Paria Bulltt, living not a thousand
miles from the County teal of Sum?
ter. became jealous ? f a woman
friend, so she made and baked
bread plentifully mixed with pounded
glass in the flour. This loaf she
?Weetly presented to her rival.
She (the Rival) ate thereof.
And her l!tl!e brats beside,
And what they did not eat that night
Dr. P- next morning tried.
He found it full of bottle glass,
And evil as could be;
So Dulcina Bulllt just did pass,
A swinging to a tree.
The "Odd Boys"
And "squashed
To justify their
They all would
A character so shining bright.
They could not bring to shame;
Nor on her deed shed any light,
To sully her fair name.
So all night long they viewed tlu.t
bread,
Those Coons of high degree.
And not a single woolly head,
A piece of glass could see.
So back to Paris fast, she sped,
As happy as could be;
With carte blanche now to make her
bread,
And Queen Societee.
Of Foraker! O! Booker T!
O! Misera! O! Misere!
UNKNOWN TONGUES.
It Is All Gibberish, Says a Chicago
Scientist.
In view of the fact that the "Gift
of Tongues" movement has such
strong backing in this section as that
of the Rev. J. M. Pike, editor of the
"Way of Faith," a religious weekly
of large circulation, published in Co?
lumbia, there is considerable interest
for South Carolinians in the study of
this peculitar manifestation which
has been made from a psychological
standpoint by Prof. Frederick G
Hencke, who, writing in The Ameri
can Journal of Theology (Chicago.)
calls it "a recrudescence of psychic
phenomena of a low stage of cul
ture."
However, the phenomena agree,
ho says, both In their origin an 1 lU
the experiences themselves, with the! Edmtm
description given by similar
mena in the New Testament
gestlon, it is asserted, plays
portant part; and "suggestibility is
greatly increased by the formation of
a psychological crowd, that is. a
group of persons who through recip?
rocal suggestion and imitation one of
another act as if a group mind had
supplanted the various individual
minds.'
Suggestibility and loss of rational
control are sometimes ? found to be
made more intense by deliberate ef?
forts on the part of the subject to ex?
clude every possible extraneous im?
pression.
For the belief of those people that
"the sensory and motor automatisms
which appear in connection with
their revivals are the product of the
Holy Spirit working within them."
Dr. Hencke accounts by tracing to
its origin the belief in spirit posses?
sion. Precisely these beliefs were
held by the Hebrews, says the writer.
After investigating several hun- |
dred cases, Dr. Hencke says: "I j
heard no one speak in any'of the |
six languages with which I am ac-1
qualnted. In its simplest form, it
has been a mere babbling or screech?
ing; and where it was more develop?
ed there has been a constant tend?
ency toward a repetition of certain
syllables."
The location of the encampments
for the three regiments of Infantry
have teen fixed. The first regiment
will go into camp at Greenville be?
tween July 25 and August 3, accord?
ing to a letter received from Col. W.
W. Lewis, who inspected the sites of?
fered by Greenville and Spartanburg.
Col. Lewis writes that the induce?
ments offered by bcth cities are very
attractive but there are better and
more advantages at Greenville for In?
struction work than at Spartanburg
and therefore the encampment will be
held at Greenville. The Second Regi?
ment will be encamped at Ridgewood
Park near Columbia, between June
28 and July 7 and the Third regiment
will be In camp at Aiken July 12 to
July 21.
At Oskaloosa, Iowa, theje was un?
veiled reeentlv a momnri?l to WMHttro
a pioneer, i?t th- form o?
Mahaaka, a great Iowa
Ii Ran chief. In comment ?n the
motxament O e Des Meines Register
ami jueuuer ?a>s. .wanasna had
many virtues. The Iowas were a great
race."
Somehow or other, it Is hard to
think of a giraff as a wild beast.?
New York Mail.
WANTED?To hire three four-mule
logging teams to haul by the thous?
and. Wrill pay cash once a week.
Address J. W. Jackson, Sumter, S.
C. W&S2wks-4t
Barber
Shop
Under New Management.
D. Atkinson, Proprietor.
The Best Service in the City.
Your patronage solicited.
NOTICE
Since the dog catcher has been on
the streets of Charleston this spring
he has caught 182 dogs. Of this
number 129 have been killed. 32 re?
deemed at the pound, and 21 are on
hand awaiting either release or death.
The Board of County Commission?
ers will hold an election for Two Cot?
ton Weighers for the City of Sumter
on July 1st, at which time the regular
monthly meeting of the Board will
also be held.
P. M. PITTS. Supervisor.
J. R. Sumter, Clerk.
6-2-lt-a-w-3t. **'
Hog Feed Cheap
CARLOAD EXTRA NICE
RICE FLOUR
The cheapest and best Hog Feed you can use.
We will sell it cneap as long as it lasts.