Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Cjit tfiAntcbman anb ?ratbron ? _*_ ... 1 1 WEaWCftOAY, AUSUST 18, 1909. Tb.? Sumter Watchman wai found? ed In 1850 and tha True Southron In IM?. The Watchman and Southron law aas the combined circulation and Influence of both of the old papers, and Is manifestly the best advertising saedtum In Bumter. It being unlawful to deliver, ac eept or receive any liquor, we trust we are not too credulous when we experts ths hope that some ardent prohibitionist will make it his per? sonal doty to prosecude the rsilroad and express agents for delivering and each and every citisen who receives liquor of any kind or description. Then we shall have real prohibition. Tomorrow will not be too soon to bo-gtn. ? ? ? Now that the political frensy of prohibition la at an end temporarily, ere would suggest that the I. O. O. T. be reorganised and a campaign for teal tesneprance be Inaugurated. If something of this sort is not done nil the fret and fury of political pro? hibition will go for naught, except for the offices that it will give the lead ? ? ? If Ssmter county goes dry. as ap? pears to be the caa?. we propose to obey the law and neither aid, abet nor encourage those who violate It. Will every man who voted the pro? hibition ticket pledge as much? one The ftrst annual report of Super? intendent Gmmonn. of the State Re? formatory at Florence. Is satisfactory and encouraging- The institution nils a lung felt want In South Carolina and will assuredly save many boys erho would otherwise develop into hardened criminals. e e o The Supreme Court has dismissed the pKition In the Jelllco ca??. brought up from Charleston for the purpose of having the law under Urbich the election Is to be held de? clared invalid, and the election will be held Tuesday as the law directs. The issue b? clear cut and the man who dodges the Issue by remaining away from the polls will fail In his duty The Issue Is, shall we have the sale mi liquor, legalised under strin? gent regulations, or shall the sale be prohibited and let the blind tigers supply the thirsty without regula 5 ? ? ? Dneeai ws sre greatly mistaken the legislature that is elected next sum? mer will contain a majority pledged to enact a drastic State-wide prohibi? tion law. This opinion Is founded on the fact that a majority of the coun? ties will be dry under the local op? tion law. and the prohibitionists who control thoti? counties are determin? ed to extend statutory prohibition to nil counties, regardless of the wishes of the respective counties that may declare for the dispensary next Tues? day Mouth Carolina is In for State wtd* prohllbtlon In 1911. unless con? ditions under so-called prohibition beonme Intolerable before that time, and a revulalon of sentlmnt in favor of regulation of ths liquor traffic oc ?'OTTIW MA ICK KT 1II4.HI Ii. fUesdv at \ (Iva nee of 3 to 9 Points? Ireral l pward Tendency. New York. Aug. 16.?The cotton market was very quiet today. but while fluctuations were more or less i lrreau' ? ?? the general ruling of prices was higher and tiie gearket dosed steady at a net advance of 3 to 0 points. The market opened steady at an advance of 3 to 5 points in re? sponse to steady late cables form Liv? erpool , . ports of rcnewd clear hot weather In the Southwest and expec? tations of a bullish private condition report at midday There was not any aggressive bull support, however, and the market aag?>gd off during the morning under scattering liquidation and hear pressure i itll prices were within 3 or 4 points of Saturday's flnals The private condition report proved even more bullish than ex? pect d. making the condition 70 per cent. aKslnst the report of 75 by the same i-ithorlty toward the end of July and the market was steadier during the afternoon, selling at about th" high*--" point of the day. This Im ??to'-ot w as n >? fully malnt lined, and th?? market at times rti iow that a comparatively small order would Influence either way. The detailed Texas report showed no rain over Sunday and high temperature* ut many points, and the forecast was for clear weather gen? erally In the western belt. Southern ? pot market* oMh lally reported earlv were generally unchanged. One of the private cables received from Liv? erpool nald the South was an anxious seller of spots at pre.-, nt prices and that dally offerings were large, but another cable reported that the Man? chester market was Improving slowly god that the tone was more cheerful. I Farmers' Union News AND Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers (Conducted by E. W. Dabbs, President Farmers' Union of s unit er County.) The Watchman and Southron having decided to douhle 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 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. Mayesvllle, S. C. . Tilt Drainage Is an Important subject and ,the clip? ping published in this paper is well worth a careful study. Will republish the scries as they appear in that old stand-by, the Southern Cultivator. E. W. D. Some Random Thoughts. I am glad to see that Prof. Mas sey admits that in the humid sec? tions of the country there often is much loss of corn and fodder when shocked. If it is ever the best way to save corn in this section it is for ate corn that ripens in September und that would be in the shocks dur ng October. "Inoculation and the Nitrogen Sup? ply" is a subject that needs more at? tention from our cotton farmers. Men vho have depended on commercial 'ertlllsers for their crops find that there Is a gradual increase in the amount of fertilisers used to keep up i he Increase In production of the crops. And that the Increased use of ortillzers is more than the increase In yield. I do not mean to say that t he fertilizers do not pay, but that the fertilizers are too heavy a tax on the farm and that It Is growing heav? ier each year instead of lighter. Showing that the land is not growing richer. For this reason I have ar ranged for Prof. Goodrich to be at .vlayesvllle on Wednesday. We have ??round Mayesville some of the best farmers that I know of anywhere, hut their Increased yields are not keeping pace with increased use of lertillzers. ? e ! c The finest field of corn of its size that I ever saw is Mr. Parker's, near Galllard's Cross Roads?90 acres that will make from 50 to 60 bushels per acre. It has been variously esti mated at from 50 to 80 bushels, and I think 50 or 60 bushels safe and ago for $6 per acre. It is now held at $50 per acre, and land all around it Is selling for $50 to $60 per acre totally unimproved, and mainly be? cause there is a fine road leading through the section. Part of this road is shelled and part is covered with clay on the deep sand, and that part is occasionally dragged with a King log drag, and is an excellent road and made cheaply, for the orig? inal deep sand gives a good drainage. Few people realize how cheaply' a good road can be made in a sandy section by covering with clay and dragging, or how cheaply in a clay section the road may be made good by shaping it to drain and covering with sand or gravel. Making good roads should also be a part of the Instruction in the rural schools along with the elements of agriculture.? Prof. Massey in Progressive Farmer. Inoculation and the Nitrogen Supply. A correspondent asks If it pays to buy the artificial cultures for In? oculating soil with bacteria for the legumes. He also adds that in talk? ing with a gentleman this man told him that it does not pay to fertilize peas, as they will get less nitrogen and the following crop will not be as good as where the peas were not fer? tilized. It is always best to be exact about these matters. Peas, clover and other legume crops are greatly benefltted by applications of phosphate, and in many soils by potash. But if we give them ammonia (the hydride of ni? trogen) they will use this and will not get as much nitrogen from the air. Hence, the crop following will not be benefltted as much because the peas or clover have taken the soil nitrogen and have not left an in? crease. It is, therefore, a waste of .money to apply ammonlated fertilizer to peas or clover. And if farmers get to farming right in a short rotation counted the ears on a half acre rowj with peas and clover frequently on i>efore making my estimate. Mr. | the land, and aided by phosphatlc fer I'arker finds corn more profitable | tlllzers. they will find that there is no need for the purchase of ammonia or nitrogen in any shape for most crops. An English bulletin recently pub? lished says that on grass land dur? ing eleven years the use of phosphat ic fertilizers increased the nitrogen in the soil 815 pounds more than in the soil that has had no fertilizer. The plots, too, which had had during that time applications of sulphate of am monb* and nitrate of soda in addi? tion to the phosphatlc fertilizers, con? tained less nitrogen than those which had received phosphate only. This may help to account for the success of the Maryland wheat grow? ers who use only acid phosphate, or acid phosphate with 2 per cent, of potash. These farmers formerly use*! a complete fertilizer on wheat, and made twelve to fifteen bushels per acre, while since using only the phosphatlc fertilizers, their crops have gone up to forty or fifty bushels per aero of wheat. But they grow clover, of course. Thalf success corroborates what I have for many years been insisting upon, that no farmer needs to buy nitrogen if he farms right. This is especially true of the cotton farmer, who will farm in rotation with peas ad crimson clover, and exchange his cotton seed for meal and hulls, and feed tile meal in a judicious way with good roughage. He will have only to buy acid phosphate for his cotton crop, or acid phosphate and potash in most of our eastern soils, and he will gain all the nitrogen needed by the cotton crop If these are applied to the pea and crimson clover crops that should precede the cotton. Thousands of Southern farmers are applying four pounds of ammonia per acre In 200 pounds of the poor 2?8?I goods, when if they had had the previous summer a crop of peas following small grain for hay, and than cotton. He was composting lt*l oat straw and stable manure to ap? ply on his pea stubble 1st of Septem? ber, when he will sow rye for a win? ter crop to be plowed in for corn next season, if he will add some winter legume, and put more fences around his farm the conditions will then 1>p ideal for the greatest improvement. a e i The Gen. Sumter Agricultural So? ciety was formally launched on the 14th. Gen. W. E. James for many years secretary and for 15 years pres? ident of the Darlington Agrlcultura' Society, was present and gave the benefit of his experience. ? es Crops in the upper parts of the county show the effects of the ex? cessive rains, and with a very few exceptions are the poorest I ever saw in that section. Notable exceptions are the corn crop of Mr. Parker and the cotton on the Aycock farm, which is the bist I have seen there in several years, and I think Is the result of us? ing green co?ton seed, the piles of which dotted the fields in February as far as the eye could see. E. W. D. What a Good Road Is Worth. Few farmers fully realize what good roads will do for them, not only In the greater facility for hauling l>n?duoe, and saving the tax on horses and wagons, hut in the gen eral Improvement of the neighbor? hood. Right here, where I now live there Is a farm on a smooth shell road where there was formerly d<-ep sand. This farm was sold under th? old conditions to the present owner for $27 nn acre. He has refused $250 an acre for It. and told me recently that he could get $400 per acre on that part of the farm that lien near the city limits if he wanted to sell It. But on another fine road four miles , the peas followed by crimson clover from town there Is another farm that I to turn under for cotton, they would has not been Improved at all. My have had fifty pounds of nitrogen in mother sold that farm over 50 years stead of four pounds for the cotton, and with crimson clover sown among the cotton, and the home-made ma? nure from the cotton seed meal, pea hay and corn stover spread on this clover in the winter, they would nev? er need to buy any fertilizer what? ever for the corn crop. In fact, in a few years of rotation with the le? gumes, the only fertilizer the cotton farmer, as a rule, would need to buy Will be acid phosphate, and in some soils potash, for the peas and clover, for they will do the rest, and you will get more cotton and at a less cost than by using a complete fertilizer for cotton, and every other crop grewn, and can afford to be very lib? eral with the peas and clover. Do not buy artificial cultures for inoculation, but get soil from an inoculated field and spread a barrel per acre. The prepared "cultures" give good results when handled ac? cording to directions, and when con? ditions are favorable; but ordiarily the soil inoculation la cheaper and more certain.?Prof. Massey In Pro? gressive Farmer. Notes and Comments on Recent Is? sues. There is no doubt that in the hu? mid climate of the Southern coast section there Is often much loss of fodder that is cut off and shocked, and I often am inclined to hesitate in advising farmers in that section to cut and shock their corn. Only last week I had a letter from a very Intelligent farmer in Beaufort Coun? ty, X. C, saying that he Is puzzled, as he prefers to clear the ground at once, but that In three seasons out of five the corn and fodder have been damaged In the shocks. I believe that it is true that the man who tops and strips his corn at the usual tlmea loses enough corn to pay for the labor of saving the fod? der, but so far as the actual labor la concerned, there is little to choose between the two methods. Hence, T can not always blame the farmers In the humid sections for adhering to the old practice.?Prof. Massey In Progressive Farmer. What Win He Do With His Money? We believe It was the late Simpn Newcomb who said that at the "con? flux of commodities and gold there aws always prosperity," which is hut another way of describing the work? ing of the law of supply and demand with the added modern method of being there with the goods when the demand shows up. So when the tar? iff is out of the way and every busi? ness has adjusted itself, as best it can, to the new schedule, the Ques? tion comes up as to what is the most encouraging feature to the situation. That is easily answered. It is the big and the profit showing crops of the country. From now until late in the fall the farmer will have something to bring to market, something to turn into money and make trade for himself and for others. Among the b'g crops, this Is wheat's time for the spot light. A line of reapers Is passing like a wave up the country. These reapers are now upon a line about parallel with the lower boundary of the State of Pennsylvania, and they extend almost across the entire con? tinent. The farmers of the winter wheat belt are giving their attention now to their next big crop, which is corn; while further to the south, with the main orop cotton, there is the best of feeling an account of the advancing price. A president of one of railroads has figured that the increased money in? come which the crops of the country, at the present outlook of prices, are going to bring to the farming com? munity, taking the cereals and cotton and all. will lie as much as $400,000, 000. This is the profit over the mon? ey received for the crops last year, for the expenses of production have been but little. If any. higher than last season. With this much to in? vest and spend the farmer will he the current of gold to which old Si? mon Newcomb referred and there is prosperity for those businesses that can form the conflux with his need! and wants. During the panic the farmer was the one who had the money and he did not spend because he did not know what would happen and how things would turn out; last year he was "conservative" in his expendi? tures, but why should he wait longer for what he wants? The first thing the successful farm? er wantl is muri? of the land that yielded him the returns; next, the Improvement of what he owns, his buildings and the equipment for his farm; then he considers hi* pleasure and his comfort. To any ore of these lines of investment the lumbermen will contribute, even in the purchase of land. Lumber, machinery, vehi? cles and furniture represent the branches of trade that Will be Widely benefltted in Whatever increase in in? come the American farmer enjoys, though he stands able to contribute to the revival of prosperity for all. Far back In the hills of Tennessee today there are farmers with money e/ho heretofore knew only debt. And this state is no exception.?Southern Lumberman, Aug. 7. America nit i>?Can it Be Cured? "Hurry is the devil," says an Ara? bian proverb. Although we under stand that the Oriental has a con? stitutional prejudice against haste, it might be well for us to consider the proverb seriously applied to ourselves at a nation. The morning paper gives us a daily list of deaths by suicide, apoplexy and insanity?men in the prime of life rushing into eternity, desperate because they are left be? hind in the race or driven mad by the rush of the business world. What is the matter? Is it the changing climate that stimulates the nervous system to abnormal activity? Is it the struggle for money? Is it the desire to emulate others, or is it habit? A distinguished foreigner in writ? ing his impressions of us says that we are not accomplishing anything more than if we were quiet; that we are doing it merely to give the im? pression of activity. We take our? selves too seriously. The woman who flutters about, creating confusion, is not the one who is doing the most work in the world. Hurry means physical tension somewhere, and exhaustion after? ward. Hurry suggests had planning or careless execution. Hurry means loss of dignity and power. Hurry means fear, and fear is the greatest enemy of success. Can we stop hurrying? Some ans? wer that we must keep up with the procession or drop out entirely. Let US see If we can not conserve our strength, at least in small ways. Let us take thought and begin to reform. As tension expresses itself in bodily movements, we must first learn mus? cular control. Relaxation means let? ting go, and while we are learning to let go we are getting ourselves train? ed to take hold again when the time comes. For relaxation teaches far more than rest. First, it enables us to do what we will with our own bodies, and to do it easily. Second, it is the basis of grace and beauty, free joints being necessary for all easy movements. In walking it is the free hip that permits the athletic swing of the leg, and the relaxed shoulder that lets the arm hang as it should at the side. The willowy movements of the Orientals, the salaair.s and kowtows and rhyth? mic dancing, show the power to re? lax, which, of course, is increased by the warmer climate. Third, relaxation teaches us to conserve the energy by oslner only the part of the body ecessai 1 ? may stand still while waiting; l< t thi chair hold him while sitting; stoop by bending the legs Instead of the back; lie with all muscles relaxen when sleeping instead of rigidly. In vain people try to attain a calm manner with a tense body. When we have relaxed the muscles at will we may easily become quiet in manner and peaceful In spirit. The bodily condition is the basis of real rest. We will not hurry when we know the danger to the nervous system; when we realize fully that we gain power by working quietly; when we believe that we are living in Eternity now. Then we can say with the poet, whose life is lived close to the world of nature: I stay my haste. I make delays: For what avails this eager pace? I stand amid the eternal ways. And what is mine shall know my face. ?The Delineator. And she Painted. "Then I am to understand that this is your final answer. Miss Stubbles?" "My final answer." "Nothing can move you?" 'Nothing." "Then my life will be a lonely <?;.<> and my fate a harsh one. for my un? cle with whom I live has just died and left me"? "That fact somewhat alters the ease, Henry. 1 cannot he harsh to any one who has sustained such re? cent bereavement. If I could believe that you are sincere"? "Sincere? Oh. Miss Btubb'es'" "You have certainly made an irr pression on my heart. Give me time to think of it. ' "He w long?" "After all. why think of II ? Henry I am yours." "Oh, Genevieve!" "Do not squeeze me so hard. Hen? ry. Your poor uncle! Was he long I Hi?" "Three days." "It is tOO bad! You say he h it you"? "Yes, he has left me." "How much?" "How much! 1 said he had left me. He had nothing else to leave. 1 am alone in the world now, homeless, penniless, hut with you by my side ? why, she's fainted!" ?The only thing we can sell whis? key for in this town." said the drug? gist, "is lor snake bites, Hold up now! Don't ask me where to get bit? ten. No use. There is only one snake in town, and he is engaged for three weeks ahead."?Kansas City Journal. ROAD ID COLUMBIA. <;OOD ROADS WORK ACTIVE! PUSHED. Columbia Chamber of Commerce M Moday?Fiist CUHM Roads Pia ?City of Sumter and Adjo'j ?^ares cooperate. Co'.umhin. Aug. 17.?Yc morning there was a meeting oj good roads committee of the (j i>er of Commerce. The purp the meeting was to take actio; tive to the construction of u class road between this city and! ter and other points in the Staj idea being to encourage and aj the plan of improving all roadj v> ,ing towards Columbia central point. The matter of the road olumbia and Sumter had the spi cial attention of the committee. Su' pervisor S. H. Owens was present the meeting and gave the committee information relating to the most* practicable route by which the Wateree river and lowlands lying be? tween the cities could be negotiated. The Garner's ferry road is a direct route between the cities, but travel over it is impracticable because It stops within a mile of the river on this side; on the Sumter side the swamp is about three miles wide. The route must either be changed to find a better crossing, or a great deal of work will have to he done to make the crossing at the ferry practicab'e for auto travel. Secretary Moorman was authorized and instructed to communicate to the chamber of commerce at Sumter that the commercial organization of Co? lumbia stands ready to cooperate with the people of Sumter in the establish ment of a road uniting the cities, with a ferry across the Wa? teree at a point yet to be determined upon. In conformity with these instruc? tions Mr. Moorman wrote a letter to the secretary of the Sumter cham? ber of commerce advising that body that the Columbia Chamber of Com? merce had appointed a committee to meet with the Sumter committee in joint meeting. Mr. Moorman's letter states in part: ' This chamber of commerce appointed a committee for t*\^ pose of cooperating with Sumt "At a meeting of our commit lay I was instructed to inform umter chamber of commerce we are now ready to coopera.e. them te secure a good road an tetween the two cities. "Our supervisor, Mr. S. Hi nforau me also that he is meet with Mr. Piits when lattOf desired. T would BUgl fore that you ask these gentlemen meet with the two committees. If you will suggest a time that Will suit your committee the commit? tee from here will come to Sumter for a conference. A plan for further action can be outlined at that time." It has been suggested as a good idea that the meeting be held at Sumter, the Columbia committee go? ing over in automobiles, and that the committees jointly, with the two su? pervisors, make an examination of the points along the river between the cities probably best adapted for the crossing. has Wanted Sympathy. To the leader of a band in Omj jocularly spoken of In that loc as "the worst in seven differ states." there once came a man b request that the band play &C cousins funeral. "is it a military funeral?" nsk< the leader. "Not at all." was the reply. "M cousin was no military man?in fac lie was never even interested in ma| tt rs military. Nevertheless, it was ?xpress wish that your band shou] play at his funeral." The leader was surprised and fla] tcred. "Is that so?" be asked. "Yes," responded the other. "H^ said he wanted everybody in Omatuj to be sorry that he died."?Harper'? Magazine. After the Show. A well dressed num. said to be an" ECngltshmen, has ben arrested in Montmartre. Paris, on a rharge of tendering bad half-sovereigns f?r dinners and entertainments. Which reminds us of the story about the touring company which has been do? ing very bad business in "the smalls." While the proprietor and sole respon? sable manager was standing outside the temporary theatre (the Corn ex? change) a very small boy with a very large melon arrived and proposed to barter the fruit for a seat in the gal? lery. The bargain was duly conclud? ed, ami the scene now changes to the interior of the theatre after the per? formance: "Boy," says the manager severely, 'that melon was rotten." "That's all right." returns the youth? ful critic, "so was yer show."?Lon? don (i lobe. FOR BALK?Seed rye and oats, will have seed wheat, barley etc., later. BoOth-Iiarby Livestock Co., 8-2 st.