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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1909. The Sumter Watchman was found? ed In 1850 and the True Southron in llff. The Watchman and Southron now has the combtned circulation and Influence of both of the old papers, and Is manifestly the best advertising medium in Sumter. Capt. W. E. Gonsales, of the com? mittee that had charge of the much discussed Taft luncheon In Columbia, replies at some length and with much feeling and rancor to Senator Tillman and others who criticised the said committee for levying an assessment of $10 upon each of those invited by the committee to attend the lun? cheon. Having been one of those who ventured to criticise the Columbia committee, we give space to the statement offered by the committee In extenuation of its offense, In order that our readers may see the other side. Capt. Gonzales pours hot shot Into* Senator Tillman and evidently enjoys the doing, but no criticism of Senator Tillman. however true it be, can alter facts, and nothing that Capt. Gonsales has said In his lengthy ar? ticle satisfactorily explains how It came about that a committee of three, all residents of Columbia, had authority to select the citizens of the State who should serve as the so-call? ed 'hosts" of the President while he tarried In Columbia. What the ma? jority of people outside of Columbia objected to and criticised was not the request for $10, but the way In which the Columbia self-elected committee arrogated to Itself supreme authority, but still complacently asserted that the luncheon was a State-wide, not a Columbia, enterprise. ? ? I The coming of statutory prohibi? tion has already had a very marked effect upon the business of the local express office. The receipts of liquor have been increasing for some days, Just as the supply of liquors in the dispensary became exhausted. Since the dispensary has had nothing for sale e c ?>t wine the amount of whis? key coming In by express has been multiplied tremendously. The dis? pensary closed last night for good and all and the era of prohibition is at hand. But there will be plenty of liquor for those who want It while the Southern Express is In business. Those who Imagine that a prohibition law will put an end to liquor drink? ing should keep an eye on the express office and freight depots. ? I I A large amount of space was given vssterday to s communication in ad? vocacy of a Spring Festival at the time the State Firemen's Association meetn In this city. The author gives many and good reasons In favor of a eslebratlon. or festival, of some sort, bat there Is a great deal to be said an the sthsr side, but as there is no | danger of the business men of Sumter , being stampeded with enthusiasm , over the suggested Spring Festival , and the expenditure of $3.000. the , writer does not feel impelled to use ] a club or to throw cold water on the projsct In Its very Inclplency. The spring appears to be an unfavorable , season for an undertaking of the magnitude suggested, but that Is for , the business men to consider and de- . clde. If. after deliberation, the bust- , nsss men who compose the Chamber i of Commerce shall decide In favor of a Spring Festival this paper will do Its full share toward making the celebration a success, but more than this cannot be promised at this writ? ing. An attempt was made to assassi? nate Lord Mlnto, Viceroy of India, at Almedabad, India, Saturday. Two bumbs were thrown at his carriage as hs was driving through the street. A dragoon who was riding beside the carriage caught one bomb as It hurt? led through the air and threw It Into a bank of sand. The other bomb struck the shoulder of a native ser? vant, who was holding an umbrella over Lord Mlnto, and fell harmlessly to the ground. No one was lnlured. Ex-Sheriff Shlpp and five other al? leged lynchera of Chattanooga, Tenn., will appear before the United States Supreme Court today for sentence for contempt of court. The rec?*nt conference on pellagra In Columbia has had its effect al? ready. Many Inquiries have poured In to the local physicians who took prominent part In the meeting. One doctor sent In to the hospital a pella? gra patient whom he had treated for about two years. This shows that the disease Is now being recognized. Another very Important matter In the pellagra fight Is the damaged corn proposition. One man writes that he has lost $2.700 worth of horses In 17 days, snd found that damaged corn had been fed the stock and after stop, ping the corn no more hors?es died.? The State. Mrs. Iris Meacham died In Green? ville Saturday or lock-Jaw, which de? veloped from a wound on the wrist from a rusty nail. 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 o? r readers telling of their successes or failures will be appreciated and | tibltshed. Trusting this Department will be of mutual benefit to all concerned, THE EDITOR. All communications for tl la Department should be sent to E. W. Dabbs. Mayesvllle. S. C. Some llandom Thought*. In connection with what I said re? cently about fencing our farms, I wish to commend the article by Mr. French about shelters for the man? ure which is published below. The two go hand in hand for the best re? sults on our farms. More fencing means more room for stock: more stock means more manure: more manure means a more fertile soil. The combination is unbeatable in fix? ing the price of cotton. And fellow farmers don't you forget It! If we are to make our resolutions of any effect we must plan to have a full commissary. I heard one of our lev el-h<ided citizens. Dr. H. J. McLaur in. say in connection with the feed? ing of a big crowd on a certain un veillrg occasion: "Our friends seem to forget that the feeding of an army on the march is one that required the best thought of Caesar and Hannibal of Napoleon and Wellington, of Lee and Grant, of Togo and Kuropatkln; and the man that finally solves it will be the military hero of all time." This is absolutely true of the farmer who would keep cotton enthroned as the King of Southern crops. He must feed the army of mules and laborers j needed in its production, and have a 1 surplus to fe< d the army engaged In transportation, manufacture, and all the vast con plex commercial life that follows in King Cotton's trium? phant train. E. W. D. Teach the Bi>ys and Girls to Work. We must rot, however, make the mistake of allowing children to grow up in Idlenesn without some regular 1 Axed duties o perform. No person has any right to live and enjoy the privileges and pleasures of this life > who does not work. The more clear? ly and forcibly this is Impressed on the boy and girl by requiring them 1 to give something in the way of defi? nite regular service for what they re- 1 :elve, the mere wholesome view of labor and the responsibilities of life 1 will they acquire. Usually If the parents are hard > workers, the children are required to work, and as a rule we believe too much labor is required of the boys on the farm, but there are parents who make slaves of themselves to main? tain their children in Idleness. This Is worse than either over-work or Idleness for all. The boys and girls kept in idleness while their fathers and mothers slave for their comfort and maintenance are almost certain to develop a supreme selfishness, as well as habits of idleness, which will re? main throughout life. $500 MORE A YEAR FARMING: HOW IX) GET IT. By Making the Most Out of the Boys And Girls. (By D.\ Tait Butler.) This article Is to the fathers and mothers In behalf of the boys and girls. The ger.eral title of this series of articles ha* no reference to the special subject we discuss. In fact, It is entirely n appropriate, for we intend to dlncuss, "Making the Most Out of the Boys and Girls," without regard or consideration of money matters. What we have to suggest to the fathers an 1 mothers of our farm bovs and girls 4 oes not require money for its accomplishment. Money may be the making or the unmaking of the farm boy at girt More frequently we believe it is the unmaking of a promising boy, but however this may be, its absence* or possession certainly aoed not defeat or prevent the devel? opment of true manhood or woman - hooel. Any properly constituted boy or girl, having the right sort of father and mother, will not be defeated in life's purposes by merely an Inheri? tance of poverty. wiuit Mo?y Oonuot i*>. We* do not under estimate the aid which money sometimes glv?s in the devclopine-nt of character, but it is never an essential feature in such ele velopinent. We go further and state, with all confidence, that poverty nor any other obstacle need prevent the boy or girl possessing a sound body and mind from attaining a life of the highest type of usefulness. Since money is not essential to the development of the highest type of manhood and womanhood it plainly follows that life's accomplishments must not be measured by a money standard*. For these reasons the title of this series of articles Is In appro? priate to this discussion. The making of the most out of the boys and girls rises far above and can not be meas? ured by money values. It so far transcends all other duties and re? sponsibilities, and is so plainly the first great duty of every father and mother, from the humblest to the greatest, that we offer no apology for Injecting It into this series of articles devoted to better farming. Tf we can give ever so little aid in i mak? ing of better men and women out of the boys and girls now on the farms, we shall have done much for better farming. t Some Advice to the Old Folks. From time immemorial it has been the accepted privilege and practice of fathers, mothers and teachers to give advice to the young. If, therefore, they are for just once forced to take a little of their own medicine there' can be no great injustice in it. The inheritance of different ten? dencies and the influences of varied environment make It impossible to lay down definite or fixed rules by which the most may be made or* of any particular boy or girl; and yet there are a few basic facts and prin? ciples which we may discuss, the ob? servance of which can not fail to be productive of good results in direct? ing the development of farm boys and girls. Our first purpose must be to prodrce those influences which will give the boy or girr a true conception of the duties and1 pleasures of life, and In the second place to Inspire a wholesome, sane a>mbition to obtain the fullest measure of the beet that life has to offer. If the boys and ffirls can be given the right Ideals and then Inspired with a burning desire to attain these ideals, the problem is solved. How are higher and better ideals to L>e developed? Example is the strong? est Influence over development during the earliest years of the child's life. As age advances Its potency lessens, therefore Its importance in forming character can not be over-estimated; but In the space at our disposal we can only touch briefly on a few points which our observation teaches us have special application to our con? ditions. Train the Children to Iteml. We believe that the desire Cor knowledge, for and because of the power which it gives to life's work, Is the most Important ambition which any boy or girl can possess and that the formation of the reading habit of? fers the best means of satisfying this ambition. We have never seen a farm home where the parents were readers that the effect was not plain in th Increased refinement and com? forts in the home, and the greater efficiency of the work done Inside the house and out in the fields. If, however, father and mother do not read, and show neither desire nor respect for the knowledge and power | which reading brings, the boys and girls are not likely to form the habit and thereby they miss the greatest pleasure of life and a means of ac? quiring knowledge which gives power in the work of life. We believe In reading for pleasure and culture, but with reading, as with teaching In our schools, we believe that as great pleasure and culture may come through reading that which will furnish us facts and knowledge to better meet the responsibilities and do the work of the life we lead as from any other. We can recall no keener pleasures than those which we have experienced In reading for the first time an explanation of the true rsasotu for doing oertaln'things which we had been doing over and over again without understanding. Ever after there was a new pleasure in do? ing those things and they were done better because of the better under? standing of why we were required to do them. An understanding of why he is required to cultivate a clean crop, and why cultivation conserves mois? ture, can not fail to Interest the boy, improve his mind, enlarge his un? derstanding and encourage him to do his work better. The girl who learns by her own reading why and how milk sours, how and why bread rises, or why can? ned fruits ferment can not fail to take more interest in her work with these things and do it better.?Progressive Fi"mcr. Why the Young Folks Leave the Farm. One of the most notable objections to farm life is the physical labor in? volved. Not only is the work hard but in some respects it is not always agreeable or conducive to personal cleanliness, good dressing or the more refined social intercourses. Of course these objections exist mostly because those living on the farms do not give sufficient attention to their removal, but there Ig no denying that hard physical labor Is usually an accom? paniment of farm life and that it is one of the real although not always admitted objections, which many peo? ple have to living on the farm. A happy medium or balance between work and recreation is too often ab? sent on Southern farms. In fact, we probably have to a greater extent than anywhere else the two extremes of hard work and idleness. It is com? mon advice that the boys and girls should not be worked too hard on the ground that "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." All work and no play also makes Jack's father a dull companion for Jack and an ever-present example to him of the hardships and undesirable features of farm life. How can Jack be expected j to like the farm when work is all he I sees to it? How can he develop a de? sire and ambition for knowledge and greater power when he sees no time devoted to acquiring knowledge, no use made of knowledge in the farm life and no respect shown for the greater power which it gives? In these days we are beginning to hear much of the necessity for our girls studying home economics and learning the scientific facts underlying home making, in order that they may be able to build and keep better homes at less cost of money and ef? fort. Many conditions have conspired to make housework distasteful to Southern women and consequntly in the homes as out on the farms we have a general tendency to the ex? tremes of drudgery and idleness. On many farms the life of the mother Is one of almost perpetual drudgery, without knowledge or mechanical or other devices to lighten her burdens. She is without the knowledge of the things which would enable her to do her life work with the least labor nec? essary to obtain efficiency. It is any wonder that our girls prefer to study music or elocution, or work in the business office or the store, when they know the life of drudgery which their mothers spend and have never been shown either by example or precept th possibilities of making home-build? ing and household work a pleasant employment for both mind and body? The mother who makes a slave of herself in her work is not a fit exam? ple, a pleasant companion, or an in? spiration to her children. On the other hand our failure to appreciate the value of science to farming and to home building and the conditions which this lack of knowledge brings about, particularly incessant and disagreeable toil, have created such a dislike of and reaction against farm and house work that we find too often the other extreme of idleness. An idle father or neighbor, one who has no other purpose In life than to have a good time without work, is a dangerous example, little calculated to inspire a wholesome view of the purposes of life in a boy or girl. Let us show by our example that by ac? quiring knowledge of our work it can be done with less effort, leaving am? ple time for mental culture, recrea? tion and other pleasures.?Progres? sive Farmer. PREPARE TO SAYE THE MAN? URE. If Lett Out in the Weather, It Is Los? ing Value All the Time, and You Are Losing Money?A Cheap ami Serviceable shed for Cattle Feed? ing. (Py A. L. French.) There is such a crying need On al? most every Southern farm for good stable manure, thai it would seem as If our farmers ought to realise the necessity of making more Of it. lint the plain fact Is that not 10 per cent of our farmers are saving in the besl and most economical manner what little is being produced at present. It has been proven by careful ex? periments, that rich manure forked out Into an open yard, or pen, and left there for six months, loses at least 40 per cent of its value and yet this is exactly the way the majority of our people are handling what manure is being made on their farms. I wish you, my reader, would do a little experimenting along this line yourself and see for yourself, on your own farm, the vast difference there is between the results obtained from the use of carefully housed manure and manure made from feed? ing the same class of products and left exposed to the Weather for sev? eral months. Don't experiment on too large a scale, however, for when you see what a difference there is in the results obtained you will feel like employing a strong man. or a well fed Angus heifer to hick you all round for quite a while because you have been so slow in learning your lesson. When I hear men talking about making "barn yard manure" it makes me feel like getting up on a high place and hollowing, 'Don't", with all my might, for I have seen enough of it to know that it is the poorest kind of economy to make yard maure when the same product may be made under cheap sheds at practically no greater expense and with no harm to the animals so con? fined; Here is the practical way to handle the matter in the South as we have found it: Provide a cheap shed, cov? ered with any sort of good roof, hav? ing the south side enclosed only by gates, or a tight; four-foot fence, the other three sides closely boarded up. Have this shed of ample size so the cattle will have abundance of room to walk about. Have the cattle de? horned, of course. Arrange a man? ger along the back of the shed. This shed had best be two stories high, of course, so that the one roof may cov? er both feed and cattle. Bed the shed well before bringing in the cat? tle and furnish bedding as often as necessary to keep the floor dry and comfortable. When the cattle are let out of this shed for water or exer? cise, let them go direretly into a per? manent pasture or other sod field that is to be plowed later in the winter. Having the shed of good height?not less than nine feet in the clear, ten is better?the best ventilation is pro? vided and the forenoon sun will shine all the way across. You will find the cattle lying there in the sun as con? tented as cattle ever can be; and there will be practically no waste of valuable plant food. When the weath? er is pleasant turn the cattle out on the pasture. Drive right into the shed and get the manure on the land where it is to be used, spreading It as haul? ed. Bed the sh?d again and repeat the process. Where money is* not available for the purchase of good, permanent roofing, bundles of corn stover may be used by making the roof of steep pitch, laying the bundles as singles are laid. This roof will need to be renewed each fall', of course, but as the stover is only valued at around $5 per ton, and not valued at all by thousands of Southern farmers, the cost: is very little except the work of laying the bundles, and two men can easily cover a large shed in one half a day. A light pole laid crossways of each layer of bundles will serve to hold them in place during windy weather; Now is the time, my friends, to construct these sheds so they will be ready to protect the cattle when the first coTd, sleety rains come. Try this way of saving the manure and see if the "Sunny Home'* farmer hasn't helped you some toward better crops the coming year. Patrons of the Atlantic Coast Line are kicking against the way the trains are handled in the afternoon when several trains arrive at prac? tically the same time. The trains are all lined up on parallel tracks and incoming and outgoing pasengers complain that it is a great inconven? ience to be forced to walk around the trains to reach the depot or trains on the outside tracks. Some of the kick? ers think the trains should be cut in two. Another cause of complaint is the difficulty in ascertaining when a train is late without going to the sta? tion. The fact that a train is late Is posted on the bulletin board, but, as a rule, it is almost impossible to find out by telephoning that the train will not arrive on tim<-. The kicks are passed up to the railroad officials. Rev. Dr. White, of the Theological Seminary, tilled the pulpit of the Presbyterian church morning and evening Sunday. The pastor. Rev. J. P. Marion preached at Mr. Zlon Bunda y. The Sumter Savings Bank now stands eighteenth on the honor roll of South Carolina banks. Last year this bank was twenty-first. Only banks having a surplus equal to or great, r than C>0 per cent, of the capital stock an eligible to the honor roll. Archer Christian, of Richmond, Va., left half-back on the University of Virginia football team was fatally injured in a game with Georgetown University in Washington Saturday afternoon and died Sunday morning. SUFFERED THREE YEARS WITH CHRONIC CATARRH. 1 Mr. Disc A, of Louisrilh, Gives Pe-rjt-na the Credit for Iiis Recovery, and Recommends it to His Friends. MR. JOSEPH F. DI8CH, 454 W. Jef? ferson St., Louisville, Ky., writes: 4iI take great pleasure i n Teeom mending your valuable Peruna as a catarrh remedy. "I have been suffering for the past three years with catarrh, and had used almost everything in the market until I read of your wonderful Peruna rem? edy. After using two bottles of Peru? na I can cheerfully recommend it to any one having the eamo disease. "I was almost compelled to give up my business, until I used your remedy, and I have never been bothered with catarrh since." Hon. C. Siemp, Congressman from Virginia, writes: 441 can cheerfully say that I have used your valuable rem? edy, Peruna, with beneficial results, and can unhesitatingly recommend your remedy to my friends as an invig? orating tonic and an effective and per? manent cure for catarrh." People who object to liquid medicines can now secure Peruna Tablets. Sold by druggists, and manufactured by The Peruna Drug Mfg. Co., Columbus. Ohio* Man-a-I in an Ideal Laxative. I ARGENTINE OFFICIALS SLAIN. \ Man Supposed to l>e Russian An | archist Assassinates Police Chief * ? And Secretary. Euenos Ayres, Nov. 14.?The chief of police of Buenos Ayres, Senor Fal? con, and the police secretary were as? sassinated today w hile driving in Cal lao street. A man supposed to be a Russian Anarchist, but not yet identified, sud? denly sprang from a secluded spot, where he had been in waiting, and threw a bomb directly under the car? riage. The vehicle was blown to pieces, and both Senor Falcon and the secretary were terribly injured. They were carried to the sidewalk and later were transferred to a hospital, hut both died shortly afterward. Immediately on throwing the bomb, the assassin drew a revolver and shot himself. His wound, how? ever, is not expected to prove fatal. UNCLE SAM CONDEMNS BEETLE. I*ine Sawyer Sentenced to Extinction By Department of Agriculture. Washington, Nov. 14.?The depart? ment of agriculture has begun a campaign of extermination against a beetle recently discovered that is causing much damage to pine logs in the South Atlantic States. This beetle is known as the Southern pine saw? yer, and investigations made show that in Mississippi alone from 75 to 90 per cent of the trees blown down by a recent storm were infected. It is estimated that three storms that passed over the Southern States in 1907 and 1908 blew down more than two billion feet of lumber, and that practically all of it was damaged by the sawyer, the damage amount? ing to two and a quarter million dol? lars. It may doubted if politics can be entirely barred from banking institu? tions, but. at any rate, it should not Im allowed to dominate them.?Prov? idence Evening Tribune. FOR SALE?600 acres, near State burg. 10 miles west from Sumter, about 400 acres cleared; 12 settle? ments; good water, healthy; well rented; price $25 an acre. Address A. M. L, Box 326. Charleston. S. C. ll-ll-4t-ltw FOR SALE?The IfcLeod place. 256 1-2 acres, fine Wateree River swamp, cotton and grain land, near U. R. depot. J. U. Sumter, Sum? ter, S. C. 10-U-tl FOR SALE -Three nice gilts left, one pure bred Berahlre and two with trace of Poland China. Two or three cows will be fr?sh in milk la? ter. Several undressed sleep skins at a dollar each; about that value I in wool on them. After washing, fine for botom of buggy or bedside. Goal skins 50c. E. W. Dabbs, Mayes ville, S. C. Nov. 4th.