Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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5|jf ???kbmaR mto Routinen. **TUROAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1909. 1 #i? Sum'.?t Watchman was found? ed in tstO and the True Southron in 104*. The Watchman and Southron Ms has the combined circulation and ?ntfucMce of both of the old papers, mm I i. manifestly the best advertising m "H?jm km Sumter. flD0fftl> llOAltl? MKKTIXG. ?siaw v? Managers for County Hold Mealed y Ko#don. Iii? regular monthly meeting of the Oaasltf Board of Commissioners was he* 4 Vuesday with all members pres MM mi* A.- W. Newman presented a pe? tto %k\ Asking that ? road running from "fv? w Read" at the place of B. B. Sey m imr m J intersecting the Manning ess Sum tec road at J. J. Brltton's ite?e be mi de a public highway. Hiv? bo are. granted the petition, pro rl* : i ell rights of way are given by lane ewners and the citizens first put the ro?d in good traveling condition stnuui cost to the county, with the ?xr?*??.< m of the necessary lumber for ?ranges. afr. $ P. Ires, old Confederate sol? ller was granted the county pension ?<tt per month. I' wa? moved, seconded and carried he/ the matter of continuing the em )!**-* n*nt of the floating gang on 'uedfc and budges for the coming year, ?f ?tie. he left to the discretion of the Heswiftor, Iis In the Judgment of the ?ear (1 the dialing gang was an ocon ?MSt/ and success. 1>i presentment ot the grand Jury it twe f ill term of court was read and list f?%rt of It relating to the nuisance ?f r* owing up the roads was fully dis? ci*.-t with s view of discovering os?; wir t> abate the said nuisance, t w-i* rooolved to request those mem Mrs >( Ike grand Jury who were pos ieos*i of definite knowledge of such ?er*** >r persons who have been gull y it *u-h treaspass upon the public om4* te assist the supervisor and MCJtssj -;ionera by lodging with them ruOi ??r>riiiation as would enable the nsp-rvisor te apprehend the guilty parties. Actio? will be taken at once ape* any information sufficiently defi? nite 'a onvict persons guilty of plow? ing **? er otherwise damaging the swbii . roads. *lt%c usual number of bills were au? dited *4id ordered paid and after dis? posing of all routine business the be? 1 adjourned. mm Mr in cotton. Mev.Mional Decline FoUowm General ?4fW4ats>a?Unit Prices 17 to ?I Is**** Im wer, With Current Crop 14*1 rcries at Peusust Le*vel. Psra York, Nsr. 4.?There aas a ssa*oti<>njl break In the cotton mar? ket vOdAr as a result of general liqui dan fallowing persistent rumors ths *hc big bull leaders had liquidat? ed -?*ir Ions; lines. The market found very little support and the close v. a* wee* st s net decline of 27 to 61 pofe?* generally 4? to II points lower us "errant crap deliveries. 1?** opening was easy at a decline if ' t.# I? points, and shortly after t* ?? RapBlftg active months were 21 to .?../?.?>?. net lower in response to low? er ?aierpool cables and selling for a rea< ? ?n by local professionals. Cov? ern?* "/ foreign straddlers furnished the market some support during the me?" ? < ?ni slight rallies occurred but IM c the volume of Iquidatinn be ' isermons with autatders fright* ??fi *??/ the i-ontinued nawance oi bull surr >? and rumors that the lesdlng ?#?:: e ??.>? hid out stop los., orders sver? lught on the decline and the mar ' lurlni the rest of the day was sen*" ? mally weak. Jgjs *ry rontracK wold .?ff to 1 \ ana" lajat it If, or si t? points low? ?f. a*> < at ?4 to r.7 psejlnts below th?? ?? ?.b i " I , of t he pre. iou.-: da) ? l?iu' . it were ?it Ik* lowest. Tie f*? thit Ills lead'ng hulls did not ?I i< suppoi t or thi. ni irket on UM ' rent wa* taken by many as eon? hrr ag therumora regarding the Ikiul flntlss oi Um t?ig lang Haas durlni th? <????? two or three days and ?\hil< th-*** wa., no p.irtlcul.ii (banne in tie n^w. peatim '?it was ? redewtly rtrj ?m enssttfed 0agns thought Um hr* itlling reflected Ike aotsthlltt) of a. teas bulMak report from the Na< Impal CMnners' AgMclntlot betweet no** nn i the end of tin- week thai h*i* been looked f?o earlier. Houthart si* ? saai .>\~ reporteM early, were iiri Ch?> d ? ? I?|?c l<>\ver. i spits ii ib. ports todaj li?9SI pasSgajgnipSt rit.tHt laat we.d; and %?. i \*m year, Pog Um week II. ba'ft* 4W.iln-*t IM 'iTl kbH West and dSittfl lapt paar? Taday'i reeelpts at Mpaj Qrleana 7.H1H >>ih agalnnt 1 ?? Sf7 l*it yen. At HouhImh U.ipd balev igalnst IH.'iJS bint v?ar. Sp*rt cotton closfd ipibt. J*. points I I n i Idling uplands It It; mid J'' i uulf 15.21; sales HI bales Ku - vipelind aaS| and im I iUnit i Mtates f over nn ssn I road axfH*r|s and phot- de i a*JtaMlfAtjaiplIni to ?t ad:. e Farmers' Union News ?AND - Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers (Conducted by E. W. Dabbs. President Farmers' 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 appreciated and published. Trusting this Department will be of mutual oenefit to all concerned, THE EDITOR. All communications for ti ls Department should be sent to E. W. Dabbs. Mayeeville, S. C. Some Random Tlioughts. The two articles about how to ?et fruit trees, and putting waste land in locusts are well worth a careful read? ing. We should devote more time to growing fruit for the health consider? ations of our families regardless of what money might be made of the surplus or saved by making fruit take the place of more expensive and less nutritious diet. There never was a better time for the farmers of this section to begin. With all farm pro? ducts bringing almost fabulous prices we do not need to consider so much the cost of putting in some fruit, and ornamental or useful trees. Another clipping deserving special mention is the one about beautifying the home. It will be necessary to have some fencing to do any of this work prop? erly. ? ? i One of our greatest needs before we begin to farm properly is more fences. Every Held should be fenced off, and crops so arranged that there will be no conflict of harvests. This is work the union should take up and discuss until every farm is back under fence, gat The union must also spend some of the time of Its meetings this winter in full and free discussions of the right balance of crops on the farm not only for next year but for years to come. Do not lot us go wild on 15 cents cot? ton. With pork at 20 cents a pound in our city markets we can make more money by feeding the people than by clothing them when the labor is con? sidered. Any way some of our atten? tion should be given to growing hogs and cattle. g'fa I wish we had space to publish the results of the boys corn contest this year. When our boys find there can be grown four or five times as much crops on an acre as we are now do? ing, there will not be so many of them rushing off to other professions. Planting Fruit Tree* Now is the best time for planting fruit trees of all sorts in the South, with the single exception of figs. Most Inexperienced planters want to get trees thee or four years old with the idea that they will give fruit sooner, while the reverse is truue. I have long since quit planting any fruit trees old? er than one year?peach trees, of course, have always been planted as yearlings?but apples and pears and other fruit trees have commonly been let grow in the nursery till three or four years old. The consequence is, that the nurs? eryman, knowing that most people want a tall tree, heads his trees three or four feet from the ground, and when such trees are planted, this height Of stem must be accepted with all its disadvantages. Hut the tree that has been in the nursery but a single season is a mere switch, with live buds from the ground up, and is just in shape for the or? chard planter to form the tree as it should be. Such trees can be sold for a lower price, cost less to pack and freight, and live better when trans? planted. But the greut advantage in planting yearling trees is that the grower can make low-headed trees, and in these days of spraying, low-headed trees are very Important for ease in spray? ing alone. But there are other reasons why we should have trees with short stems, j The only need for a stem to a tree is to carry the head, and if we have enough for that purpose, there is no need for growing extra feet of stem. The taller the tree the more liable it is to be blown over, the more the fruit is blown off. and the more it is bruised by a long fall. It is easier, too, to gather fruit from a low tree than from a tall one?and another impor? tant matter in the South is, that it is easy to protect the stem that is only a foot long from the sun until the top shades it over, for sun-scald is often a serious damage on a tall, exposed stem. Having, then, trees of the proper age, how shall we plant them? Form? erly writers on fruits placed great stress on the importance of digging and saving all the roots. Of course, it is important that the trees should he carefully lifted .and the roots protect? ed from drying out in th<? sun and v ind, and good nurserymen fuily un do/Mand this. Hot no matter how. carefully a t*ee Is lifted from the nursery, nor how ^art fully it is packed, the root hairs en tfce extremity of the fine fibers are all destroyed, and as these ro >t hubs aie the only part of the roDt that takes ioeu from the soil it is of the giea*f.tt importance that new' ?ne? shall be formed as soon as possible after planting. The new fibers and root hairs are more quickly formed on roots pruned with a sharp knife than fr >m the old dried-op fibers. Hence we fiod that good p.uong of the roots before plantng is important. It has been shown that, we may now prwne off all the roots to ?a mere stub as long as one's finger and can then plant the tree in a hole made with a crow-bar, and It will live and grow. I am not ready to advise such radi? cal pruning, but do advise pruning all roots to about six inches in length, making a clean sloping cut on the un? derside of the root. The preparation of the ground is, of course, rather im? portant. It should be broken and sub soiled sixteen inches deep, and if the rows are checked out with a good two horse plow, there wil be no need f >r digging holes for the trees at the in? tersections. For apple trees, maketh ji rows 35 or 40 feet apart each way; the greater distance for the strongest soil. At 40 feet apart you can plant peach trees between the apples, and they will have run their course and can be removed by the time the ap? ples need all the room. Bee that the trees are lined in well in both directions, If only for'looks. In planting, ram every inch of soil as it Is put in as tight as though setting a gate-post, putting the surface soil in the bottom of the furrows. Never put any manure In contact with the roots of a tree. If the soil needs the man? ure, put it on after planting. Having the tree planted, cut the top off just above a bud about 18 to 20 inches from the ground?you will then have rows of little stumps. In the Spring as the growth starts select J three or four buds to form the limbs to carry the head and rub off all buds below. Do not have the limbs start opposite, but arrange around the stein in natural order from within a foot of the ground up. Then, if care is till-* in th subsequent pruning to form a round, open head, you will have tin shaped trees. The Keiffer pear tree should hav< a different pruning from the apple, it is naturally inclined to make long side limbs that are apt to break down. In planting a Keiffer pear tret- 1 would use the same yearling trees as of ap? ples, but instead of cutting it hack t<> a short stem I would leave the switch entire to form a central stem, cutting it only slightly back to four feet in height. Then in spring I w ould let all the buds start from the ground up. and would rub off those below a foot and all weak shoots above so as t>? leave the limbs free from interference. Then keep the lower limbs the longs! and form the tree to a regular pyra? mid. This will require a good deal oi summer pinching, hut it is the best form for the Keiffer. In all subsequent growth, or apples pa icularly, watch the start of water sprouts in the centre of the tree and rub them out while young.?Prof. IfaSSey In Progressive Farmer. PLANT LOCVST TltF.KS. _ Many Gullied Spots Might Thus Be Made Fertile and Productive. Messrs. Editors: About twenty years ago 1 began to plant black lo? cust sprouts in waste and bady wash? ed lands on my place, using such spots as could never be restored to cultiva? tion. These places can be made both profitable and beautiful by planting them to black locust, and I know j there are many thousand farms in the | South with just such places all wash? ed and gullied. ] These should be planted to locust, and thus he m>tde to produce millions of pests and poles where they now bring nothing. I have set over a thousand in tin last few years, and they have a great many springing up all around them which makes quite a thicket of them. This Ii best, because ivhere they are thick they grow tall and straight. One of mv eigheen-year-old trees blew down and we made twenty-two nice posts from it. I don't know of any timber that is its equal for durability except the nag (ft orange or Bols d'arc. Cattle are very fond of locust sprouts, and will keep them eaten clean where they become a nuisance to any one. The young trees make the best hubs for all kinds of vehicles, and also the toughest and most lasting ship pins and braces. The timber also puts on a very nice polsih. One man planted two acres of badly washed lands to locust sprouts eight feet apart then when he threshed his wheat close by he used the straw as a mulch between the trees to shade the land and keep it moist and from further he was an acr Wh there v and trie* that cam - i;j among ?tae.ru but he n fu-<-<i In m H tfe tying t-> the partial tint II at II years they wonld make Single posts, in 12 more years they would he worth four timc*^ IS90 or $i,2iuj an acr.-. I don't know how he came out. hut I do know he had ;i good thing Oi it and made two acres of gullied and practically worth? less land pay him tiie best profit for the hast labor of any land he had.? .1. W. Day in ItPf lesnfVS Farmer. -4 It Pays to Make a I?reity Home. Did it ever i Dour t<> you that it pays to make a beautiful lawn and plant it well with shrubs and flowers? Take two farms side by stele, one with a bare house and cotton fields right up to the door, and another along-side^ with a well painted house, a nicfj smooth roadway ami beautifully kept and planted lawn. Put those two farms up for safe and, though there may be the same number of acres and just as good land on one as on the other, the house with grass, trees and dowers will sell for more money fc4i every acre than the other one will. I have seen instances of this.?W. F. Massey in Progressive Farmer. *When a cold becomes settled in the system, it will take several days' treat? ment to cure it. and the best remedy to use is Chamberlain's Cough Rem? edy. It will cure quicker than any other, and also leaves the system m a natural and healthy condition. Sold by W. W. Sibert. Thomas Hoffman died in Orange burg as the result of a stroke of perm alysis? *Lame back comes on suddenly and is extremely painful. It is caused by rheumatism of the muscles. Quick re? lief is afforded by applying Chamber? lain's Liniment. Sold by W. W. Si? bert. The Dun Mercantile Agency has opened an office in Gieenvelle. ?Many school chih'ien suffer from constipation, which is often the cause of seeming stupidity at lessons. Cham Ik Cam's Stomach and Liver Tablets are an ideal medicine to give a chi. for they are mild and gentle in thei fff?rr. and will cure ev#?n chronic ojo *ttpr.tion. Sold by W. W, Sibert. lefr FOK B\%MJR -Three nee gilts left, one pun brad t.-.rvhire and with trace of Poland China. Two cr three cows will be fresh in milk iuA ter. Several undressed sleep skins at a dollar each; about that value in wool on them. After washing, fine for botom of buggy or bedside. Goat skins 50c. E. W. Dabbs, Mayes ville, S. C Nov. 4th. _ FOR SALE?The McLeod place, Ml 1-2 acres, fins Wateree River swamp, cotton and grain land, ?ear R. R. depot. J. ft. Sumter, Sum I ter, S. C. 10-l?-tt Sumter's Big Store. O'Donnell & Co. "The Big Store That Fair Dealings Built. Sumter's Big Store. Do You Need House Furnishings? t If you do pay us a visit to our recently enlarged house furnishing department, which occupies a good space on our second floor. Here you will find a complete stock of Mattings, Rugs, Art Squares, Linoleum, Lace Curtains, Portiers, Window Shades, Couch Covers, Door Mats, Etc., all at money saving prices. When you have any of the above items to buy, give us a call and let us show you. We will make the time you take with us pay you well. Mattings From the best that's made down to ioc per yard. Art Squares That sell for 525 down to a Square for $3.50. Rugs Of all kinds. The best and the cheapest. Priced as low as Q5 cents. Lace Curtains A line to bewilder you. As cheap as 50 cents pair. Maas?Door Wire, Rubber aa\d Creo. V GvirtaJri Poles acrid R^ods. Portiers All colors and qualities. You need not spend more than $2.75, unless you want our finer mir-,. Window Shades Which include the Duplex Two-color Shade, and then down to j^c, if you wish. LINOLEUM AND OIL CLOTH All widths from 36 to 72 ins. .Ml prices too, up to Si.25 per yprd. TABLE COVERS ANDCOUCH COVERS All the new designs. At prices from $5.00 down. Grass Maring in all the Shades. The H?Lrd-wearing Floor Covering. O'Donnell & Co. Phone 46. Phone 46.