Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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MARING MONEY ON THE FARM. Um SSid Crops, Better Trent men t of and Steady Work, Aiwa ye Win. Wishing to ascertain the present ejeodltlon of South Carolina farmers. Via Charleston News and Courier called upon Ite correspondents throughout the State, with results are Instructive. Though at this >n of the year many farmers who ?rdlnar?y have money In bank have withdrawn their deposits for active m, reports received show to farm credit over 16.000,000, or more the total deposits of all South Carolina banks In 1881. But, some ?ankers having refused Information aasd reports being otherwise Incom ystte. the Newa and Courier thinks hfest 810.000.000 more nearly repre ?sets ths correct total than 86.000. Ia the seven bank* of York ity. Just below Charlotte, there Is 1.800 to the credit of the farmers. Rock Hill slone the banks hold farmers' credit from 8180.000 to 18.000 In one Rock Hill bank far hare 8160,000 to their credit so the story goes. We do not ider to find a news summary of reports declaring that "the ma condition of the farmers of the An, taken as a whole, Is undoubted better than for some years psst probably better than ever be ? In addition, benefit Is expeet I from the recent repeal of the State en law, which made against thrift sd for debt The Observer quite agrees with a am men t of ths News and Courier farming certainly pays, and that 8g assy be doubted whether any other fcsasinees pays better. And farming jpmpecte become more encouraging when we consider how much there Is for Improvement In tods. Here In the South our folks undoubtedly far behind the east northern and western farmer in Intelligent application of modern methods. The Southern farm worker ?was lately producing, on an average, about one-seventh as much in value the Iowan. Almost certainly he better than this now, but the :t. for example, thatb y very simple ms hec ould double his acreage lid In corn shows how opportunities still largely unused. Dlverslflca es, long recognised to be among his ?hie' needs, grows, though not as rap tdty as It might Perhaps the greateat need of all Is ghat the ruin and butchery of the soil Should cease. Nowhere else on the face of the earth has farming land b*?n so recklessly handled as In our ithern States. Fields which should tve produced Increasingly rich crops r centuries have often been "worn -w?hlch is to say, butchered? srtthln a few years, or perhaps even sgmllied and washed away. To these smfortunate results cheapness of land and cheapness of labor both contrlb In particular, the Ignorant ne? t's low efficiency has tended to drag rn the whttem an's efficiency and exert a most unfavorable influence sjpon the ge- ^i^l standurd. Now, however, the white man 1) not rest lac content with old ways, and the negro shows a disposition to follow ?Im For one thing, land has grown ts>o valuable to butcher. Of course the Southern farmer has had to con? tend with hardships which the farm ejr and people of other sections qVilte ?scaped, chief among these, apart from war and Its results, was the lack ?f local markets; but when the cot taai mill began covertlng competitors into customers his economic salvation ime assured. Year by year the Southern farm air's position grows stronger. He sfasi us with the farmers of the coun? try at large the benefit of constantly rising prices for foodstuffs and every ?Cher commodity which he produces taore and more per acre to benefit by situation. He naturally has plen of brains, and he Is now learning to mix them with his farming, its agricultural departments and rtcultursl colleges serve the South ?well Within the past twelve years the department of agriculture at Washington, under Secretary James >n, has done much. Other fac? tor Isrge usefulness are publlca llks the Progressive Farmer, *rhlch Is at presnt running a most val wabU series of articles on "Five Hun? dred Dollars More s Year." Does farming pay? Well, rather. It la hard to think of any occupation which will so well repay even a Ty aaoderate exepndltur.. of brains and ?oergy?Charlotte Observer. In the early hours of Tuesday, at Oreenvllle Engineer Snclder of the fteuthern Hallway shot and prohiibly fatally wounded a negro. Lyde (ialns, apparently attempting burglary, wbl e the negro was trying to SJltel a house. AftOf shooting the burglar the engineer took his man to the de pot and turned him over to a police? man (lain* |s now being held In the county Jail. Paul Morton Objects to French fashions. If he could not give the ladies something m Hjri !??? witching, doubtless they would be glad to fol? low hla genius. DOG SAVES GIRL FROM DEATH. Anlt i il Swims Ashoro From Over? turned Boat and Summons Prompt Assistance. Sausalito, Cal., Aug. 1.?Miss Carol Sheldon, of Reno, New, went rowing in the bay early this morning before the remainder of the family she was visiting had arisen. As usual she took her shepherd dog, Squire, with her in the light skiff and was enjoying the row immensely when the 6:45 ferryboat from San Francisco approached the Sausalito landing. The waves caused by the ferry rocked the tight craft occupied by the girl to an alarming degree, ex? citing both Miss Sheldon and the dog. In her efforts to prevent the animal from leaping overboard Miss Sheldon leaned too heavily upon the gunwale, and the boat capsized. When she arose to the surface the girl grasped the edge of the upturned boat and called for assistance, but her cries went unheeded. Knowing that she could not remain long In the water, she looked about for some means of reaching land. Her dog, Squire, was swimming in circles about his young mistress, loth to leave her In her dangerous position. Sight of him gave the plucky gir! a fortunate Idea, and calling the ani? mal to her side she succeeded In tying a bit of ribbon from her hair to his collar. "Go home. Squire!" she command? ed sternly, and although the loyal dog would not obey at first he finally turned his head toward the shore. The intelligent shepherd went direct to the home of Miss Sheldon's sister on the hill overlooking the bay. Newton Faucet, a mining man of Reno, and intimate fried of the fam? ily, had Just gone out on the veranda to admire the view. He was consid? erably puzzled at the strange antics of the dog, which barked frantically, and after running a short distancr down the path to the shore would re? turn and seem to beg Faucet to fol? low. Finally Faucet noticed the rib? bon on the dog's collar, and knowing it was Miss Sheldon's habit to take an early row in the bay, he accompanied the excited dog to the beach. Miss Sheldon had been anxiously waiting, and when she saw her dog returning with a man she renewed her calls for help. Faucet procured a small boat and went to her assistance Although numb from the cold, the young woman reached the shore suf? fering no serious effects from her ex? perience.?San Francisco Call. His Master's Successor. " Forming a touching illustration o a dog's devotion :o a dead master is Rob, "the unsalaried trackwalker" of the Northern Pacific Railroad in Ta coma, says the Seattle Times. Following the route of his dead master, who walked tracks and tend ed switch lights for the Northern Pa clflc In the local yards, and who was killed by a switch engine more tha' a month ago, Bob, the pet dog of the family of William H. Gehring, 2801 South J street, continues to patrol the tracks and guard the lamps, altohugh his master has answered the call to the Great Beyond. No amount of coaxing, bribe offer* of meat, or even a collar and chain can prevent this little faithful, brown shaggy dog from going to work eacl day and returning home with te set ting sun on the same hours of hi dead master's arrivals and depar ures. "Boh, the Trackwalker," as he has been nicknamed by the railroad men Is not a dog with blood or pedigree but Just a plain dog. His ears are scarred from many battles and hi stub of a tail wags pathetically when he is petted. He was given to one o the Gehrlng children four years ago because the owner could not see am thing in him but Just plain dog. The owner did not look beyond the ski and he missed the big, grateful heart It is Bob's daily habit to leave home at 7:30 o'clock In the morning an return shortly after 4 p. m. Betwee the time he leaves home and returns he Is on the Job every minute. He goes over the same ground covered bj his dead master, and when tired lies i front of the shanty that was Used 1 the trackwalker. By growling and showing vicious rows of teeth the do guards ihls shanty during the noon hour. Bob has found a warm spot in th heart of every employe of the North ern Pacific with whom he has com Il contact. The sight of the shagg dirty little animal trotting up and down the tracks each day brings tears to the mens' eyes, and, at meal hoars ywltehmen ami flagmen vie With I ich oth*?r In looking a.ter his wel? fare.?-Our Dumb Animals. The Chinese have pr ?ven they in? vented about everything excepting the 4th of July. But they are acces? sories after the fact even in that. Taft || taking a good deal of In? terest In the Wright brothers. But e\< n If he does want to give up golf for aeronautics, who is going to take (the contract for the aeroplane? Somewhet Puzzling. It Is not at nil surprising that the American vernacular should some? times prove a little too much for the Englishman. A case in point was that of a visitor from London who came to New York last summer and was taken by his host to see one of the league baseball games at the Polo grounds. The game had progressed a* far as the third inning without any? thing In particular happening. wUcd suddenly one of the Giants pounded out a three bagger that set everybody howling with joy. ?That was a bird!** ejaculated the Englishman's host after the excite ment had subsided. A moment later a foul tip sent the ball flying back to the grand stand. "And what do you call that?" queried the Englishman. 'That's a foul," said hie host "Ah," returned the Englishman, "n fowl, eh? Well, It seems to me that the language of baseball Is most ex? traordinary. A fowl is a bird and o bird Is a fowl, and yet you use these terms to describe two plays that seem to me to be diametrically opposed tc each other. Do you call that logical r The Englishman la still trying to think It out?Harper's Weekly. England's Generals. There has not been an English gen? eral since Marlborough. Wellington was born at Dangan castle, Meath. of an old Irish family called Wesley and christened In Dublin. Wolfe was boru it Ferneaux abbey. Klldare, and chris? tened at Westerham?nearly in the same case as the Brontes (Brunty). His grandfather defended Limerick against William III. Sir John Moore and the Naplers were Scotchmen, and so was Abercromble vE?vpt): so were Napier of Magdala. Crawford and Clyde. Wolseley. Rob? erts and Kitchener are Irish; so was Gongh. The generals and statesmen who saved India to Great Britain were Neill Nicholson, the two Lawrence? (Irish), Edwards (Welsh) and Rose (Scotch). I know of Wolfe because my great? grandfather seTTed under him at Que? bec. His Irish birth was corroborat? ed to me by Captain Dunne, once well known In literary circles of a Queens county family. I don't know whether Scotchmen like to be called English, but certainly Irishmen do not?Lon? don News. A Queer Battle. A traveler in South Africa *tell3 of v singular combat that he witnessed. He was musing one morning with hts eyes on the ground when he noticed a caterpillar crawling along at a rapid pace, followed by hundreds of small ants. Being quicker In their move merits, the ants would catch up with the caterpillar, and one would mount his back and bite him. Pausing, the caterpillar would turn his head and bite the ant and kill his tormentor. After slaughtering a dozen or more of his persecutors the caterpillar showed signs of fatftrue. The nnts made a combined attack. Betaking himself to a stalk of grase, the caterpillar climbed up tall first, followed by the ants. As one approached Qo seised It in his Jaws and threw it off the stalk. The arts, seeing the caterpillar had too strong a position fcr them to over? come, resorted to strategy. They be? gan Sawing ? through the grass stalk. In a few moments the stalk fell, and hundreds of ants pounced upon the caterpillar. It was killed at once. Taking the Step. It happened while a marriage was being celebrated. The bridegroom did not have the usual happy, bashful look. Instead he seemed to be profound? ly unhappy and fidgeted about, stand In? first on one foot and then on the other So potent vvas his state of mental un? quiet that the "best man" deemed it expedient to elucidate the mystery "Ilae yo lost the ring?" he solicitously Inquired. "No." answered the unhappy one. with n WOffnl look; **the ring's sufe enough, but man. I've lost my en? thusiasm."? London Scrap. A Methodical Ceinj. A mint of method who attended to everything on schedule time, whether It was work or recreation, hud the fortune to fall in love when he had passed the ggf of forty. The mistress of his heart put Bp with his oddities. He had regular ulaJiUi for calling upon her, regular bom* for coming und going, regular theater and club nights, etc. In fact, she looked upon Iiis regu? larity as something udmirublo. Things had been going on in this way for two years, aud finally the great crisis came. They were to be married. The day was fixed, the wed? ding clothes were made, tiie guests in vited, and the minister Wttl engaged. At the appointed time they were a! assembled. The bride was dressed, the wedding presents were displayed, bu. the bridegroom came not Tue bride wept and fainted, but it did no good. Finally some friends of the delinquent groom hurried away to see if he could be found. He could. lie was at houi? in bis room, reading as unconcernedly us if be hud never contemplated gel ih;g marrkd. "Wl.it is the matter? Why don't you come to your wedding?" shouted his friends. The man of regular habits laid down bis book. "I am very sorry," he said, "but tlii^ is my regular day for staying at home and rending. 1 forgot It when I made the engagement. The wedding will have to be postpoued."?London Tit Bits. Not Working. Nellie apologised for the action of her new baby sister by saying, "You see, she hasn't got any sense yet." Her mother objected to such an idea, and Nellie replied, "Oh. of course she's got sense, but It Isn't working yet"?Do Uneator. FREDERICK AND VOLTAIRE. Stormy Relations of the Miserly King and the Lavish Author. The world knows plenty about the i elements of strength In the characters Of great men, but loss about their weaknesses. Here is a story that shows the other side of the natures of Frederick the Groat and Voltaire: Frederick the Great had a leaning | toward literature. He wrote poems, J plays and booklets that. In his opin? ion, possessed rare merit So It seemed fitting to him that great liter? ary meu should fraternize, and he sent ( an Invitation to Voltaire to be his guest Accompanying the invitation was a sura of money to defray the great Frenchman's traveling expenses j to the Prussian capital. Let It be explained at this point that Frederick was extremely penurious and that Voltaire was not only ex? travagant but had many of the char? acteristics of what we would now call a grafter. It should also be under? stood that Frederick despised graft? ing, and Voltaire abhorred miserli? ness. Voltaire accepted the Invitation?and then had an afterthought. Why not take a favorite niece with him? So he wrote to the king that If he would send an extra thousand louls he would bring the girl. "Sir." replied the king, *1 did not ask the young lady to do me the honor of visiting me, and I shall send noth? ing to pay her expenses." "The old miserr said Voltiire to a friend. "Ho has tubs of money in his treasury, yet will not giant me this wish." However, Voltaire went to Berlin, but each fonnd that he hated the other too much to make their friendship perma? nent The king once gave Voltaire a pack? age of poems to revise. "See*" said Voltaire to a German no? bleman, "what a quantity of dirty linen Frederick has sent roe to washl** The king thought his giest was too free with the chocolate and sugar and gave orders that he be put on a re? stricted daily allowance. Voltaire retaliated by gathering all the wax candles he could find in the halls and storing them In bis trunk. Soon the royal palace became too hot for him, and be began to pack up. Then Frederick missed his package of poems. At once he scented a plot. Vol? taire Intended to take the verses back home with him and palm them off as bis own. Lord Macaulay has sold that the poems were so bad that he wok convinced Voltaire would not for half of Frederick's kingdom have consent? ed to father them. But the king thought differently, being the author of the poems. So the Prussian monarch had Vol? taire thrown Into jail at Frankfort and kept him locked up for twelve days. Sixteen hundred dollars that was found in his pocket was taken away from him. The king In the days of their friendship had given Voltaire a life pension of $3,200 a year, and the money that was confiscated was a semiannual Installment Thus ended their friendship.?Scrap Book. The Porcelain Secret. The porcelain industry of Germany comparatively young, says the Berlin Morgen Post and its development was rapid. Although It is generally believed that the Chinese kept their processes of manufacture secret, Julian's transla- ? tlons of their voluminous encyclopedia | show that this Is not true. All who j could have read the work might have j known also the porcelain secret. But evidently no German fathomed the me? chanical mystery until the apothecary's apprentice Boettgar, 20C years ago, made the first German porcelain at Dresden. Some years before he had attracted attention by proclaiming the discovery of a method of changing base metal Into gold. Klag Frederick I. gave him orders for the precious metal, which the slxteeri-year-old In? ventor could not execute, aud in fear he fled to Dresden and became a sub? ject of King August the Strong. While endeavoring to make gold he discover sd the porcelain secret and inscribed - his door thus: "Into a potter was changed by Almighty God a man who thought he could make gold." What s Political 8peaksr Endures. The political stump speaker has many amusing and many unpleasant experiences. A party of us went down into the heart of the east side of New York one night with a politician some? what handicapped by his wealth and social position, who nevertheless elect? ed to go to the doubtful district per-1 sonally. At a street corner a bunting draped cart awaited blra, and, climbing to the tailboard of this, he began tell? ing the ragged audience Id well round-! ed periods how they should vote and why. A few Jeers began to crop from the tolerance of the crowd. The Jeers gained volume. He was told to "Aw. I shet up!" ,4Close your head!" "Say, give us a drink; your talk makes us t'irsty." Somewhat disconcerted, but still determined to finish his speech, he was continuing when something hurtled past bis head and splashed gently on the floor of the cart. An? other something and another followed, and every one was dodging decadent tomatoes until. It becoming Impossible to hear a shout above the jeers and laughter of the voters, the horses were started forward out of the soft red bombardment and the district left to Its own political sins.?John B. Wlu chell In Metropolitan Magazine. Very Little Change. "It's three years since I was In this city," said a stranger In a restaurant as ho was walking out after finishing his dinner; "city looks the same." "I don't find much change!" respond? ed the waiter as he took up the nickel that was left on tbe table. The Hind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of and has been made under his per fflj- fll, sonal supervision since its infancy* 'C<?^4A<1 Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and" Just-as-good"are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children?Experience against Experiment? What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare* goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups* It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium* Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee* It destroys Worms and aMays Feverishness* It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea?The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. TM? ?sirrAu* company, rr murra\ trcct. new vcrr em. Birnie's Drug Store, 15 W. Liberty St SUMTFPw. S. C -Dealer In Pure Drugs and Medicines, CHOICE PERFUMES AND FINE TOILET ARTICLES, COMBS AND BRUSHES, PATENT MEDICINES AND DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES, A FULL LINE OF CIGARS AND TOBACCO. :: :: :: :: :: : PORE AND RELIABLE GOODS. nil \x Our stock is complete and we cheerfully solicit your patronage. :: :: :: A STRONG ARGUMENT In favor of our building materials is that our house is the favorite purchasing place for builders who have the reputation of putting up the best residences, public buildings and stores in Sumter. You get nothing but the best here, whether it be lumber or sash and doors, and our prices are beyond competition. The Sumier Door, Sash & Blind Factor}, J. W. McKeiver - - Proprietor. Thirtieth Annual Mountain Eicursion Via SOUTHERN RAILWAY AUGUST IStk, 1909 Very low round trip rates to the principal resorts in North Car? olina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Washington, D. C. and Norfolk. Va., including Asheville, Brevard. Flat Rock, Hendersonville, Hot Springs, Lenoir, Lincolnton, Marion, Saluda, Shelby, Tryon and Waynesville. N. C, also Abbeville, Anderson, Glenn Springs. Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg, Walhalla and White Stone Llthla Springs, S. C. have been authorized. Tickets will be on sale for all trains on August 18th, 1909, from Barnwell. r'amden, Ches? ter, Denmark, Summerville, St. George, Eiranchville, Orangeburg. St. Matthews and Sumter, S. C. Tickets will be good returning on any regular train up to and including September 2nd, 1909. Children between five and six years of age, half fare For detailed information, tickets, etc., Apply to Southern Rail? way ticket agents or address. J. L. MKEK, Ami, Gen. Pas. Act. Atlanta, lift. Ii. 1). LVSK. Div. Pass. Agent. Charleston. S. C. Who Deposits Your Money? FIRST NATIONAL BANK, tSumter. S. C. "It's Square." Why not deposit your own money and pay all your bills by check? Have a receipt far all the money you spend. When yon own a poor! hank account, you get more benefit from ^ood tirmsand less liarm from hard ones. We IWant Your Business.