The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 14, 1909, Image 4
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WfONCftOAV, JULY 14. 1909.
The Sumtei Watchman was found?
ers! In llftO and the True Southron In
IM?. Thn Watchman and Southron
tow haa the combined circulation and
ince of both of the old papers,
U manifestly the beat advertising
Vied I am In Su utter.
Duei's Weekly Review.
New York. July 9.?R. Q. Dun &
Co.'i Weekly Review of Trade t >mor
rew will say:
"No one can now question the sub
utanttal eharacor of the revival In
the Iron and steel trade, which Is rap
Jdly rising to hl<h water mark levels.
The wonderful 'hange. In a short pe?
tted. In the nctl.Ity of the greatest
manufacturing Industry of the coun?
try ; the bright outlook for the crops,
that of corn giving promise of an un?
precedented yield; the cheapneaa of
qttoney, and the fact that the tariff
bill haa been passed by the senate?
these are the etmaplcluous features of
the business situation. The main
aenance of trade revival is all the
snore remarkable becauae this Is the
?Mai saaon of mr) uncertainty and
midsummer metcantUe dullness.
"Revision of cotton goods and cot?
ton yarn prices In an unward direc?
tion la under * > and many lines of
tftods have b??n temporarily wlth
<t?awn from enle pending a more set
died market
"While higher prlcee are considered
Inevitable, purchasing conditions are
lot of a chartcter to warrant an Im
* ted late rise In prices.
"Further advances have again been
?eared in the hide market. Leather
layers continue to operate 'at ad?
vanced prices In ell kinds of leather.
?tpeciaJijr In heavy weight stock."
Weekly Cotton Statement.
Hew Orleans, July 9.?Secretary
lieeter's weekly cotton statement Is
?eed today shows for the nine days of
July a decrease under last year of
ll.OOd and an Increaso over the same
period yeer before last of S.000.
jaar Ike lit days of the season that
faave etepeed the agg-egate la ahead
?* ana aasne days of list year 3.131?
?It and ahead of the same days year
?before last 7?.00(1.
The amount brought Into sight dur?
ing the past week has been S7.737
feil?? against 10.962 for the same Sev?
an day* last year and 32.879 year be
tor tart.
The movement since September 1
jahows receipts at all United States
pcrts to be 9,917.510 against 8.281.
III? last year; overland across the
MtuaiftAlppi. Ohio and Potomac rivers
In Northern mUls and Canada 1.197.
?81 aaatnet T44.TI1 last year; Interior
stock* m ear see of those held at the
?loa? wf Che contmerlcal year 43.000
against TS. 197 last year; Southern
evtl H? taking* 1.111.000 against
2.071.411 last year. The total move
September 1 is 13.343.437
lt.331.9IB last year,
reign es port* for the week have
49.81? against 18.8&S last year.
the total thus fsr for the sea
tsse 1.839.391 against 7.108.45? last
paew. The total takings of American
?iltls. Worth. Mouth and Canada, thus
fhi for the season have been 4.943,
90S against 1.981.44? laat year.
Store? st the seaboard and the 39
feeding Southern Interior centres
leave gecreesed during the week ?'-.
414 bales, against a decrease during
the corresponding period last season
m' t.?4t
lactudlag stocks left over at ports
Sled Interior Uwns for the last crop
sumI the nsmtxr of bales brought Into
sagst Utas far t'rom the new crop, the
supply to date Is 18.134.784. against
11.?19.919 for the same period ieM
at Provklenoe.
Many a delightful dance and all
picnic has been given at Provl
(springe, and the one on lion
tea with the most enjoyable
er given. Special trains from Hum
r. <'send en sad Blshopville brought
to this popular resort to spend
daw
pavilion was crowded with
re and on-lookers The dsy was
enjogably spent and the young
forward with much
ire to the aest entertalament of
nests from Suuiter were:
LwwJs Lyons. Mrs. J. H. Harby.
tsrw.ee Lynam. Mrs. Dick Hood.
Marjr Hutchinson. Miss Susie
ntnaen. Miss Seattle, Miss Ous
?etd. Mies Sadie Davis, Mies Ma*
Miss Natalie Norman,
era WUUford. Miau Berta
and Messrs. John Lee.
QiHcswts, Onus Wars. Henry
Irwin Richardson. Bob
Oeaham, Lnwrence Rich
rtaresce Lawry. and others.
Oenrt of Owner si Seesions ad
galas its r The only case of
eince Wedneeday's report
W. 44. Lrfnolr va Southern Rall
?erdlct for plaintiff for 8100.
reaeelniai part of the time was
en matters In the equity side of
Farmers* Union News
?AND
Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers
(Conducted by E. W. Dabbs, President I-'aimers' 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 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 apprec ated 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,
Mayesvllle. 8. C. t
A Trip to James Island.
"Wappoo Hall." James Island, S. C.
July 10th, 1909.
Will begin this letter here on the
highest point on the island. In front
of me. looking west, Is Stono Hlver, to
the right Is Wappoo Cut, to the left!
Fort Pemberton. In the distance on
Stono Is a phosphate washing plant.
Behind me about four miles distant is
the city. Fifteen down Stono River,
south, is the ocean. Kelwah Island
on the right and Folly Island on the
left. Yesterday we went down to Fol
Iv Beach In a gasoline launch that
will carry twenty persons. Several
of us were sitting on the cabin roof
when we noared the Inlet, and for
two miles It looked like the staunch
little craft, 20 feet long, 9 feet beam,
and 4 feet draught would be engulf?
ed at any moment. The swells would
be higher than the cabin roof, but
each time she would rise over them I
and with a splash that sent spray
over everything she would hit the
trough of the next one, and look like
she was going straight through the I
wall of water Ir front, but would rise
again and repeat the performance.
The big waves were not near so scary I
a>? the little ones, for the slope was
not so steep nor the motion so jerky.
Sometimes the little ones would look
like they would break the boat In
two, but with her powerful 7-horse
power engine and an experienced cap- I
tain at the wheel we kept straight on
until we anchored In still water on
the northwest end of Folly Island.
Donning bathing suits we were put I
ashore In the "dlnkle" and walked
for a quarter of a mile across the
sand dunes to the beach where "old
ocean" Is perpetually wearing away
the land?several acres of live oak
stumps and roots and limbs show
whst It has done recently. To avoid I
these snags we had to go a quarter of I
a mile eastward toward Morris Is
land and then as far as the eye could
reach stretched the beach. It was
well for the safety of bathers that
this was necesssary for the current
toward the mouth of Stono River was
so strong that a grown man could not I
stand against It in water three feet
deep, and whenever a wave knocked
him down he found himself several
feet further down the beach. The
wind and tide were so strong th;it it
would take ten minutes of the hard?
est kind of work to wade out far
enough to get under the curl of one
of the breakers, and to stay out long
enough for three or four big ones to
break over you was all a strong man
could do. And t hen he would have to I
make for the sliore, and be knocked
down by five or six smaller waves be?
fore he would get out of reach of
them. We were fortunate. m> those
familiar with the beach at this point
said, In striking a combination of
wind and tide more awe-inspiring
than they had ever seen at Folly.
It was too rough for any fishing,
so sfter our party had gotten safely
or board, we left the Atlantic ocean
behind us and when out of reach of
Its swell, in the lee of Snake Island,
we cast anchor, and did ample Justice
to our lunch. At 6 o'clock we were
back home with appetites keen for
dinner, and faces, arms and feet
ready for cold cream. There are on
every s'de remains of old forts. Since
I have been here I have seen several
old Spanish and English forts and
countless Confsdsrats batteries and
earthworks. Ws passed over the
scene of the capture of the U. 8. Gua
boat Isaac P. Smith yesterdsy. There
[ wsrs two mssksd bsttsrles, one at
G rlmball's Point on James Island, and
the other a mils further down at
OrlmbaU's Point on John's Island.
When ths Smith sngaged the Jamee
Island battery the John's Island bat?
tery unmssked and opened on the
stern of the gunboat with the result
that It surrendered in short order. I
think It Is somewhere stated that
this was the only time when land bat
tertee captured a ship.
stono River Is from 1-4 mile to
s mile wide between the banks. At
high tide It spreads out over the
msrshes to more than double its or?
dinary width, but only at very high
tide does It cover the marsh grass.
At Capt. Hinson's I saw a piece of
the British cannon that fired the shot
that took off an arm of the Pitt
Statute. The distance was 1 1-2
miles from the battery on James
Island to the site of the Statue in the
city, and Capt. Hinson states that it
has benn the wonder of ordnance of?
ficers ever since that there was a can?
non in 1780 that could throw a shot
so far. He also showed me a grape
shot that was found inside the skull
of a yankee soldier when the bodies
were being removed from the James
Island graves to a national cemetery.
A' the time it was found the shot was
covered with the man's hair and was
then, as now, a most gruesome object
One could spend a month down here
studying the historical places, and an?
other month, the system of agriculture
that makes James Island cotton the
finest in the world, with possibly one
exception. The Presbyterian church
was established 1706 and its grave?
yard Is almost a history of James Is?
land. They are now building a beau?
tiful brick veneer church that will be
sufficient for the needs of its congre?
gation for many years. This is the
4th building since its organization in
170*.
This letter has been written under
many difficulties, most of it on the
train as we came home Saturday af?
ternoon. Other items will have to be
put off for next time. We are now at
Lane's and hope to be home in two
hcurs. E. W. D.
Some Itandom Thoughts.
In my letter from James Island In I
the issue of 10th Mr. La Roche's pic- I
ture was the opposite of "glowing"? I
It was "gloomy" In the extreme. And I
I was the recipient of hospita lity as I
"unobtrusive" as it waa gracious. 11
wish to call attention to these two
words for the types exactly changed
the meaning of what I wrote. The
printer will justly say "write more 1
legibly."
The Southern Cultivator for July I
1st. is before me, and among other I
good things. "The Oood Work in the I
Fifth District." of Georgia deserves I
special mention. I trust our readers I
will give it a careful reading and ev-1
ery one who can do so should attend j
some farmers meeting during the
summer. On the second Tuesday in I
August, the 10th, the Darlington
Agricultural Society will hold Its an- I
nual meeting. Usually at the Mineral I
Spring about one mile from town. The
trains run from Sumter points very I
conveniently to run over there In the I
morning and return that night. I
feel sure every farmer who can at-1
tend will receive a hearty welcome, I
and be fully repaid for the expense of
two or three dollars and the fatigue I
of the trip.
We are too much Inclined to claim I
a monopoly of grass and extremes of
weather as described by the article 1
copied below. And to shout from the I
dry goods box, "there ain't nothing
In farming no how."
After our good friend from Edisto I
Island had drawn the picture as I
j darkly as possible, the next speaker I
said he had heard such forebodings 1
I since he was a small boy, but that ell-1
matlc conditions still give us the mon-1
opoly of the cotton crops, and there 1
Is more money In cotton now when
grown Intelligently in connection with
he me supplies than ever before in the I
history of its culture. It was said
that his remarks put off the funeral
of Sea Island cotton culture. With a
net profit of (117,000.00) seventeen
thousand dollars from 86 acres of;
cotton in one season, which one
grower made, it did not look much
like the industry was in danger of
West India competition.
These letters and comments are not
Intended to enlighten our friends who
travel, but to share some of my pleas?
ures with those who stay st home and
stimulate them to take an occasional
vacation. E. W. D.
Good Work In the Fifth District.
From a private letter I learn of a
movement in the Fifth Congressional
District which It would be well for
the other districts to copy. It seems
that Mr. E. M. Williams of Monroe.
Mr. Mitchell. President of the Fifth
District Union, Prof. Adams, Presi?
dent of the Fifth District Agricultural
School, and a number of other prom?
inent and enthusiastic farmers of the
Filth are planning a Three Days Far?
mers' Convention at the Fifth Dis?
trict Agricultural School in the near
future.
To outline the plan briefly, they
propose a delegated meeting to con?
sist of three union and three non?
union farmers from each county, to
be appointed by the County Agricul?
tural Chairman of each county. These
delegates and the speakers will be en?
tertained at the college. The speak?
ers will be men of State and National
reputation on farm subjects, and the
general public will be cordially In?
vited. That the meeting will be an
immense success and productive of
great good is a foregone conclusion.
Those farmers of the Fifth are people
who do things.
The efforts of the State Agricul?
tural Committee, appointed by the
last State Union, have borne fruits all
over the State, but in no section more
rbundantly than In the Fifth District.
The committeeman from that Dis?
trict, Mr. L. W. Jarman, of Porter
dale, has unquestionably done more
good earnest work, or had a more
fruitful soil in which to sow, than al?
most any man in the State. At a
sacrifice of his time and money tu
has organized and enthused most of
the counties In his district, and this
meeting is just one of the results.
Brother Jarman did not originate the
icea of this Farmers' Convention in
the Fifth, but it is the result of his
untiring energy in arousing the Union
iren of his district to a greater de?
sired to be real farmers.
Our farming people need to attend
more meetings of this kind. Need to
mix with their fellow farmers from
olher communities, and to hear from
men who have given their lives to as?
certaining facta relativ? to a better,
higher, and grander farming. The
average farmer is too prone to attend
n?> conventions except those in front
ol the village store where he meets
no one but his neighbors who are do
lug exactly as he Is doing, and no
si bjects are discussed but the weath?
er which is too wet or too dry, or the
giass'of which each claims to have a
monopoly. The net results of these
tillage store conventions is to add to
the general gloom and to more thor?
oughly convince the pessimist that
"there ain't nothhup In farming no
how." Any meeting, in->i itute, or
convention which will take the far?
mer out to himself and his own im?
mediate section, which will stimulate
discussion of real farming instead of
swapping hard luck stories, any trip
which enables the farmer to see how
other farmers of different communi?
ties or counties have solved some of
the problems which confront him, is
of untold good.
To the President of other district
Unions in the State we commend this
plan to have a big district farmers'
conference. Get your people togeth?
er Let the non-union as well as the
Union farmer, see that the Union
stands for things which touch his ev?
eryday life, which teaches him in?
dividual independence, and which
makes him a better farmer, a better
man and better citizen.
To the principals of the different
Agricultural Schools we commend
this as one of the best plans to gel
ycur school In touch with the people
for whose especial benefit It is sup?
posed to be established. The success
of our experiment farms, agricultural
schools and colleges will increase in
proportion to the efforts their direc?
tors make to get in close touch with
i.he plain everyday farmer. You can
not, gentlemen, affords to misa an
opportunity like this.?Southern Cul?
tivator, for July 14.
He Won Out.
A curious person of a certain town,
who loved to find out everything
about the new residents, espied the
son of a new neighbor, one morning,
in a doctor's office.
"Good morning," he said. "Little
boy, what is your name?"
"Same as Dad's," was the quick re?
ply.
"Of course, I know, flttle boy, but
what is your dad's name, dear?"
"Same as mine, sir."
Still he persisted: "I mean what
do they say when they call you to
breakfast?"
"They don't never call me, I allua
gets there first. See?"
Harmed.
"What harm has Wall Street ever
done you?"
"A whole lot," answered Farmer
Corntossel. "I git so excited talkln*
about Its dotn's down to the store
that I lose about seven hours a week
right In the busiest season."?Wash
i irgton Star.
A Good Scheme.
Mistress?Nora, why do you always
sing, "The Rock of Ages," when you
are boiling the eggs?
Nora?Well, mum, two verses for
soft-boiled eggs, three verses for
hard-boiled!?'Brooklyn Life.
Pickling Season
W E have just received our shipment of FRUIT
" JARS. And to assist the housekeeper we
purchased the best quality of Pickling Spices, Vine?
gar, Extra Rubbers, Etc.
You make no mistake in purchasing our goods.
Have you some old jars that you have lost the
tops? Probably you have somt that leak at the
top. Then we suggest the
S A N I C A P
Come down and look our stock over.
Our attention is polLe.
A. A. Strauss 6 Co.'
?'Where Quality R.eigns."
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O'DONNELL & CO.
E. P. Reed & Co. Ladies Fine Oxfords,
$3 50 Quality, Special. - . $2.98
E P. Reed & Co. Ladies Fine Oxfords,
$3.00 Quality, Special, ? - $2.39
Just Right, Mens9 Low Cut Shoes, Vici,
Kid and Gun Metal,
Worth $3 50, Special, - - - $2.75
Just Wright, Mens* Low Cut Shoes,
$4.00 Tans, Special, - - - $2.95
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CARLOAD EXTRA NICE
RICE FLOUR
The cheapest and best Hog Feed you I can use.
We will ^ell it cueapl as long as it lasts.
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SUMTER,
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