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*?4ltSOAV, JULY 7, 1909.
Ths Sumter Watchman wan found?
ed la 1119 and the True Southron In
itdf. The Watchman and Southron
now baa the combined circulation and
Influence of both of the old papers,
amd Is manifestly the best advertising
medium in Sumter.
Patriotism and Money.
If all International scolding matches
tiad resulted in shooting mutches, the
Siebe would have been completely de?
populated long ago. with not even a
newspsper writer left to prophesy
whst countries would next go to war.
?ven within twenty years there have'
t#e?n several political flurries which!
were going to bring on tbe worst war
In history, but which did not. At one
moment Germany and Russia were
auppoaed to be on the verge of fight?
ing, at another it was France and
England. The United Statea and Eng?
land had their turn, so had Austria
and Italy. Still other conflicts were,
no doubt, entertalngly Imminent, but
it is Impossible to remember between
whom or what about. Recently the
patriots of Germany and England
have been nhoutlng at one another In
?odferosui terms. They cry that sac?
rifices must be made, etc., but alnoe
the English charcellor of the exche?
quer presented hU budget some weeks
sign, which of course Included the
price.of warships, his scheme of tax*
atlon has met with almost unanimous
censure. The proposed Income tax.
legacy duties, land tax. liquor llnceses,
stamp* on stocks and bonds, excise
duties on spirituous beversges and
Import duty on tobacco were all at?
tacked by the people whom these re?
spective forms of taxation would have
a .fleeted Last year Germany's minis?
ter of finance had the same experl
ance when h.> suggested the means of
defraying the empire's public expenses,
which of course, also included its na?
val amusements. Everybody who WSJ
to be tixed thought somebody else
ought t.? be taxed instead. As In
England, nobody thought he was the
proper ierson to be taxed. In all
'Countries of ' the world every one Is
?"willing to "make patriotic sacrifices"
?cat of every one else's pocket.-?Col
tlsr's. ?
CTilncno Scholar on Marriage.
Sir Robert Hart, speaking of mar?
riage and death customs In the Far
Cast, tells a story of a great Chinese
scholar and high official, who said
that our foreign a ay of letting the
young people full in love and choose
find the Chinese wsy of first marry?
ing and then making acquaintance re?
minded him of two kettles of water;
the first?the foreign?was taken at
the boiling point from the Are by
marriage and then grew cooler and
exessr, whereas the second, the Chi?
nese-was a kettle of cold water put
on the fire by wedlock and ever after?
ward growing warmer and warmer,
-ao that." said his friend, "after fifty
or sixty years we are madly In love
with each other."?Tlt-Blts.
Vromjem In Cuba.
I
With the beginning of the present
fiscal year ths Republic of Cuba es?
tablished a Bureau of Information.
President Oomef appointing Leon J.
Ca nova, an American newapaper man,
who baa resided* In Cuba eleven
years and has a wide acquaintance
with ths Island, as its director.
Parties wishing Information of any
Statuts concerning Cuba can obtain
sjams free of charge, by writing to
Lbon J. Canova. U. and I. Bureau,
(Utility and Information Bureau.)
Department of Agriculture. Com
?rc? and Labor. Hav inn. Cnbn.
Spare the Honte*.
Th< cavalry surgent had indured
the stupidity of a recruit tor many
days. One dny the "rookie" was thu*
greeted when he 'hat1 violated the
servant's orders:
"Den't ever come at the horses
from behind without speakln' to
to thorn!" exclaimed, the. sergant
?They'll be kicking that thick head
Of yours! Then the first thing you
know ther'll be a lot of lame horses
In the squadron."?Illustrated Blta.
Improving.
(From Lipplncott's.)
??How Is your son. Jsmes, getting
es at college, Mr. Hoggs." asked the
parson.
"Floss,~ said Hoggs "He's getting
more awslaem-llke every day."
-I ana gmd to hear that." said ths
iilsiaiaassi "How does the led show
ftff"
"Wsll." said Hoggs "when he first
went op and wantsd money, he used
to write ashing for It. Now he draws
on me at sight."
"Have yoa got any of this nsw kind
of whisks? that won't make a man
drunk*" "Tea, sir." "Well, give me
a quart of the other kind."?Boston
Tteeolsr
Farmers' Union News
?AND ?
Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers
(Conducted by E. W. Dabbs, President Farmers' Union of Suinter
County.)
The Wetchman end 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
Prectlcal Farmers which I have been requested to conduct. It will be my
elm 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 tl Is Department should be sent to E. W. Dabbs.
Mayesville, 8. C.
High lUUs Meeting of the County
Union.
Aside from routine business the
County Union formally launched the
Produce Exchange and Brokerage
business of the Union. Several thou?
sand dollars of stock has been sub?
scribed. The present directors are:
Trinity Union?C. T. Mimms,
Salem Union?Hugh Wltherspoon,
Concord Union?O. W. Mahoney,
High Hills Union?R. J. Brown
field.
Other directors will be elected as
their unions subscribe to the stock.
The board met today and organised,
and elected Mr. J. M. Brogdon, man?
ager.
E. W. Dabbs and Capt. R. J.
Brownfleld were elected delegates to
annual meeeting of the State Union
In Columbia.
The next meeeting will be at Cane
Savannah Plantation. Friday Aug
Cth. After the executive session a
bountiful dinner was served by( the
ladles of the neighborhood and a pub
lie meeting closed the exercises of the
day.
President Welch, of the Lee Coun?
ty Union, Col. J. J. D.irgan. of the
High Hills Union, and Consul Com?
mander of W. O. W. of the Sumter
Camp, Jos. A. Warren, all made
speeches on some phase of unionism
and the Improvement of rural schools
and social life In the country. The
speeches were of a high order and
judging from , hearty applause, and at
times laughter. that greeted the
speakers, the audience thoroughly
enjoyed every minute. Of one thing
th? County President Is sure, he will
never more worry about failure of In?
vited speakers to be at our meetings.
It was stated last week that this
would likely be a notable meeting
of the County Union. The prelimi?
naries of the organisation of a pro?
duce exchange and brokerage busi?
ness are over. As soon as the proper
amount Is paid In and the charter se?
cured, officers bonded, etc., this fea?
ture we have urged so strongly will
begin business. Its success will be a
tangible result that all can see. The
board and manager named above ere
a guarantee of success.
E. W. D.
who has some capital. The very poor
farmer must begin with the little
things which will add to his Income,
and gradually work into better meth?
ods. It is the man who, having two
or three pigs, tries to find out the
most economical way of feeding
them; who, with a small flock of
poultry, will try to care for them so
as to get more eggs during the win?
ter; who, with two or three head of
stock to feed, will try to raise a lar?
ger part of his feed at home; who.
with poor soil, will try to iprove at
least a little of it each year?this Is
the type of man who will understand
that even if he can not do the best
farming, he can do better farming,
apd who will continue to improve
year by year. A man may not be
able to buy a manure spreader?may
not need it. In fact?but he can and
does need to take care of the little
manure he has. A man may have on?
ly one horse and one cow to feed,
but he can at least grow peavlne hay
foi them and save the buying of
much high-priced corn. A man may
not be able to sow his whole farm to
crimson clover, but he can put out
one acre this very fall. He may not
b.> able to start all at once with the
rotation his land needs, but he can
begin by putting a few acres in le?
gumes instead of cotton or corn.
It is the man who Is willing and
eager to Improve along the lines In
which improvement Is possible for
him who will, by this gradual Im?
provement, surely add to his Income
and make more profitable farming
possible with each new year.
Little things count; and because
one cannot farm as the best farmers
do, is no reason why he should be
content to drag along in a hopeless
fashion without any attempt to bet?
ter his methods or his conditions.
There is hope for even the man with?
out capital if he is willing to put both
his brain and His muscle to work and
to do the very best he can, striving
always to do Just a little better.?Pro?
gressive Farmer.
Cheaper Peas and Better Fanning.
Some Random Thoughts.
Oor local county delegates to High
Hills were charmed with the scenery.
Some good crops showed that there
are good farmers at intervals all
along the various roads traveled.
Poor crops and grassy crops a
plenty, but we have seen worse.
As for corn; several fields In wide?
ly separated neighborhoods are as
pretty trlbues, In their rich dark
green, to the Williamson plan as any
man could wish.
I know Mclver Williamson would
appreciate some of the fields of corn
I have seen on this trip, more than a
monument in marble and bronze.
One of the most careful gentlemen
of my acquaintance said "Williamson
deserves more credit for the Increas?
ed production of corn than any other
one agency of this generatlDn."
May the monuments continue to
grow year by year until Sumter
County farmers feed all of Sumter
County mouths.
What the Poor Man Can Do.
Occasionally we get a letter saying
In substance: "Your advice to do bet
ter farming Is all right, but I am too
poor to profit by It."
Now, we know It Is hard?nay, Im?
possible?for a man with a small cap
ltal to farm as he should; but It Is
this man above all men, who needs to
do better farming This man, who
has to work herd to make a scanty
living, and who Is not able to get
ahead, Is the man of all others whom
w? are most eager to help. But when
a man seys, "I can't get pure bred
stock, or build a silo, or buy a two
horse cultivator, end therefore ell
this talk about better farming does
not apply to me," he takes a very
wrong view of the chances he has.
All these things can come only to
the man who has made some progress
Last week we said that the South?
ern farmer might get his nitrogen
either from the fertilizer bag at a
cost of 30 cents a pound, or from the
atmosphere, at a little less than noth?
ing at all. We say "a little less than
ntohing" because the leguminous
crcps are profitable to grow as feed
for stock without taking Into account
the nitrogen added to the soil by
heir growth. Humus and nitrogen
are?let us say It again?the great
needs of most Southern sdTls; and
he way to get humus and nitrogen is
to grow leguminous crops and either
turn them under or feed them to
stock and return the manure to the
land. Ordinarily the latter method \s
the one to pursue, but both may pro?
fitably be followed on most farms.
So let us again urge every reader
who wants to do the most surely and
permanently profitable thing a farmer
can do?that Is, to build up his soil?
to put every acre of land he can into
the legumes this year. Cowpeas .are
cheap. Sow them at the last working
of the corn, sow them for hay, plant
them for seed and for hog pasture;
they will help your stock, your land
and you. Then soy beans can either
be planted fo* seed or pasture, and
preparations should be begun right
now to have Just as much as possible
of the land covered with crimson or
rur clover next winter. Don't leave the
soil bare during the winter; you are
wasting money whenever you do.
This Is especially true on lands that
are at all likely to wash. Rye is a
better cover crop than nothing, but
the winter-growing clovers are still
better. Last week we had an article
on bur clover; this week we have a
very Interesting experience with
crimson clover and there will be more
about this crop next week.
Then If you live in a section at all
suited to alfalfa, make arrangements
to sow at least a small patch this fall.
Alfalfa and prosperity are almost syn
onmous.
The growing of leguminous crops
regular part of a well-planned rota?
tion of synonymous with profitable
farming. Cowpeaa and soy beans for
summer, crimson and bur clover and
the vetches for winter, will, if we
give them a chance, double the ave?
rage production per acre of all our
staple crops in the next five years.
Let us give them the chance.
Of course, every man cannot sow
all the peas and clover and alfalfa he
would?few of us can do Just as we
would; but every reader can at least
do something along this line, and ev?
ery step in this path leads towards
better farming and more prosperous
farmers.
Once more, put all the land you
can properly prepare Into cowpeas
for hay or pasture (It doesn't pay to
put poorly prepared land in any?
thing); sow all you can of your corn
Melds in cowpeas; have Just as much
a3 you can of your land covered with
a growing crop next winter.
To do this, is to prepare for better
crops nexs year?Progressive Farmer.
Saved for the Farm.
Joe's got a new camera, pa. He
stopped and showed it to me this
morning. It's Just dandy, too! He's
going to take pictures for the farm
papers when he gets it learned. They
want all kinds of 'em?cows, horses,
hens, trees and, oh everything ypu
can think of!"
Father straightened some of the
kinks out of his back and listened to
the boy's story of the fine acquisition
which had come to the neighbor boy.
He knew what the light in the lad's
eye meant, too; it was the fire of a
wish and a beautiful hope deep down
in his heart.
But how was that wish to be grati?
fied? Could he get the means to
gratify the hope which he knew was
In his boy's soul for a camera just
like Joe's?
While the boy went on, in his heart
something like this was running:
"Times have been pretty snug for
a few years. Not much money above
a living. Sometimes a tight nip to
make ends meet. I don't see where
the money is to come from to gt the
cameca."
Then swiftly came this other
thought:
"Ben's getting a bit uneasy lately.
The old farm doesn't have the charms
for him it used to have. Wonder..."
Then very quietly the words came
from the lips of the hard-working
farmer
"And my boy would like a camera,
too? Is that It?"
"How in the world did" you guess,
Pa? I never said so, did I?"
Ah, the heart of the true father!
How keen it is to know the secrets of
the boy he loves! Words never spo?
ken; thoughts never put into lan?
guage; hopes which live only in
Ureams, he understands them all. And
somehow the money came for the
new camera. Just how it was done
Father and Mother alone could tell
you. Surely, it meant the cutting off
of some things which seemed very
necessary before, but which love
leave out when the time came for It.
And there were many dollars need?
ed after that. Films, developers, pa?
per, trays?these all cost money; and
yet there never was a word of fault
found. The apprentice must spoil a
lot of material before he sjets to be
an expert.
But what do all these things
amount to as long as thi-ough it all
Father sees the old love for the farm
and* Its scenes coming back and coming
more strong than ever ? ?f the links
may be more tightly riveted, holding
the lad to the old place and giving
him a better grip on himself than he
ever had before, is it not worth all
the sacrifice and the work? Manhood
is counted up, not in dollars, but in
heart-beats.
And Ben was saved for the farm.?
Progressive Farmer.
First Aid to Alligators.
The fianc- of a Louisville girl has
been spending the winter in Florida
in connection with his father's busi?
ness Interests in that quarter, says
Harper's Weekly.
"Marie," said the girl to a friend
the other day. "Walter has Just
sent me the dearest little alligator
from Florida!"
"Dear me!" rejoined Marie, with af?
fected enthusiasm. "And how shall
you keep him?"
"I'm not quite certain," was the
reply, "but I've put him In Florida
water till I can hear further from
Walter.."
Answered.
When Uncle Sam says to a trust:
I'm onto you, put up the dust;
The trust without delay replies
By throwing dust in Uncle's eyes.
?Philadelphia Ledger.
With the opening of a new season,
renewed activity is noticed in con?
nection with the Improvements plan?
ned by the Dominion Governments
for the Prince Edward Island Rall
rc ad.
Poor, Bai Rich.
A poor blind woman in Paris put
twenty-oeven franca into a plate at
a missionary meeting. "You cannot
afford so much," said one. "Yes,
sir, I can," she answered. On be?
ing pressed to explain, she said: "I
am blind, and I said to my fellow
strawworkers, 'How much money do I
you spend in a year for oil In your j
lumps when it is too dark to work
nights?" They replied, Twenty-sev
en francs.'
"So," said the poor woman, "I
found that I save so much in the
year because I am blind and do not
need a lamp, and I give it to shed
light to the dark heathen lands."?
Detroit New -Tribune.
Those Footlah Qneatioua.
(From the IPttsburg Post.)
"Our train hit a bear on the way
dc wn."
"Waa the bear on the track?'
"No; the train had to go into the
woods after him."
Very few model young men are
ever heard of after they reach middle
age.
University of South Carolina.
Schools of Arcs, Science. Education,
Law, Engineering, and Graduate
Studies.
The man who lives in expectation is
usually also in the state of uncertain?
ty.
Ten different courses leading to the
degrees of A. B. and B. S. College
fees, room and light, $66. Board $12
per month. Tuition remitted in spe?
cial cases.
Forty-two scholarships each worth
$100 in cash and free tuition.
For catalogue, address:
S. C. Mitchell, Prealdent.
Columbia, S. C.
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