The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 11, 1909, Image 4
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER II, 1909.
Ths Sumter Watchman was found?
ed In 1850 and the True Southron In
116?. The Watchman and Southron
now has th j combined circulation and
Influence o* both of the old papers,
and it manifestly the best advertising
medium In Sumter.
NOTICE TO SCBSCItlllKRS
We call your attention to the la?
bel on vour paper, which shows the
date to which your subscription is
paid. If the date printed there does
not correspond with that of the sub
script! >n r velpt you hold, or if for
any other reason you believe it to be
Incorrect, please call at your earliest
convenience and point out the error
or communicate wtlh us by mall.
I We have recently mailed state?
ments to all subscribers and while
many subscribers have made prompt
response to the reminder others have
not done so. To those who have not
renewed their subscription or remit?
ted In settlement of arrearages, this Is
a gentle reminder that we n^ed the
money.
Examine your labels and be guid?
ed by what you find printed there.
PIANO CONTEST NOTES.
The Nomination Period closes De?
cember 24th. Clip the ^Nomination
Ballot from this Issue, fill in the
name of the person you wish to win
the Piano or one of the Watches and
mail it to this office.
It costs nothing to nominate your
candidate and each nomination
counts for 1.000 votes.
Each Issue of the paper contains a
ballot worth 25 votes. Clip it and
aend It In for your candidate.
Each person securing 10 new,
paid In advance, subscribers, to
the Watchman and Southron will
receive 3.000 votes and a bonus of
1.000 votes In addition if the sub?
scriptions are entered on our mall list
before Oec. 35th.
1 M person who secures 100 paid
In advance subscribers to the Wat<-h
man and Southron before Jan. 15
/ill receive 30.000 regular votes. 10.
tn Votes bonus and 5.000 votes as an
tra i<onus. Cet Into the Century
?ss.
he person who wins the Grand
s?the $400 Piano?Is almost cer
? be the one who gets out and
new subscriptions. This Is
. 4 big votes are to come from.
$. * ? Piano will be an orna?
te* ome?It Is worth work
3 t400> i want It. get your
.t to any U *e and glve you the
.' for. If yov ,n and tne DalioU
ist? da to suhscrtv pera
*lc canvasser
1.000 new
^man and
ss time.
"?0 new
? win
de
jmn Tor auoscripui.
tpped from their pa
'An active, energe*
I tig ht to secure 500 to
.ubecrtberfl to the Wate?
Southron In sixty days or k
The person who can secure l,0u
mbecrtbers ts morally certain tc
thf Piano. How can $400 be, fn*>
la less time or by less effort?
Ons subscription for two ytAfM
oounts the same as two one-year sub?
scribers. One subscription for five
year* counts the same as five one
year subscribers .
Do not forget Prof. Barrows' In
stltute work at the Court House
the 15th and 16th. next Wednesday
and Thursday. The meetings will be?
gin at 11 o'clock and adjourn at th
Pleasure of the farmers who attend.
m.
If Jtelaya has anything to say now,
he may tell U to ths marlnss.?Phila?
delphia Record.
Governor Ansel has bssn Invited to
attend a hookworm conference In At?
lanta January 1>
Those mho have Muldooned for a
fortnight say that polar hardships
are chlld'i play compared to the
Whits Plains curriculum.?New York
Mall.
On Wednesday. 15th at 3:30 p. ...
the County President will meet, by
"Itatlon with Jordan Union at the
Ht school house. Matters of Im
Melk e are to he discussed and a
ports**, dance will be appreciated,
full attan ? ? ?
*rrltt will I be with us
President! Pv meeting with Con?
st our January . President of the
cord Union. Vice that a mlasent
Stats Union regrets . to attend
letter caused his failure Holly Hill
meetings at St. Georgs, . Monday,
and Monck's Comer on tni8
Wednesday and Thursday ?f
week.
Mr. Manning Dorrlty. superintend?
ent of Mr. L? D. Jennings' farm, near
Blsndlng Mill, had one hand painful?
ly cut In the gin Tuesday. While the
Injuries are quite serious, It Is
not thought that he will lose the
hand.
e *
The Indorsement of th* Attdubofl
Society by the Farmers' Union *?*${s
with approval on every side. We
pect to see an increased membership
as a result. E. W. D.
The members of the D. .N. H. chap?
ter wish to extend their thanks to all
these who assisted In making their
basanr U success The ladles are ap
preclatlvs of the courtesies shown
th? m hf the sHgll as well as by
many others, and are quite gratified
with tbp result of their evening's en
tertalnment.
Edwin .V. Mead. on?? of the most
prominent men ? imaged in the '\orld
in v.iiuMit, -ays that after the
year 1915 war will be practically
abolished fr??m the earth; ut least war
I i nations. In th" minds Of
thi I" 't'!" tie Idea "f arbitration Is
getting str "Very day and by
the time the next p< 104) tribunal
meets it win !>?? iafoad to satabltsh
f >r the nations I high intematlon:' I
court to decide all controversies
among them.
t or Sale.
Twi carloads fresh rice meal. The
cheapest and best hog, horse, and
cow fsed you can use. Booth-Harby
Live Stock Co. H.
DEPARMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
Office of the Secretary.
Washington, D. C.
November 20, 1909.
Mr. E. W. Dabbs, Vice President.
Farmers' Union, Care Hon. E. J.
Watson. Commissioner of Agricul?
ture. Columbia. S. C.
Dear Sir:
TIM Hon. ?< J. Watson has SSnt
to the President copy of the address
s/htch you proposed to deliver to
hint at MaySSVlllSi and the Presi?
dent has ? nt it on to me,
i have read it with much gratifica?
tion, it is a great satisfaction to us
to knOW that what efforts w? have
been making to help ths people ol
the South are so keenly appreciated
by a gentleman of .such high stand?
ing nn Ith hli fellowmen as you are.
it has been ? pleasure to ui to do
what wi eould to help the Southern
I irmor make more from ins acres.
We bavs i" better organisation In the
South than n\e have In an] othei
par! of the United states, ami have,
the satl i.o tion of helping along
man) lint . ln- Knapp, ol whom
you apt th <o kindly (and w it ii jus
lice) has one line of Nvork in e\er>
e-.unty In the South. I >r. Galloway
in oharge of plant work, lias anothsi
line. We hunt the world to ge
plants ?ultable for .he South, and hy
Farmers' Union News
?AND ?
Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers $
(Conducted i>y K. \v. r abbs. Pre?l<!eni Farmers* (Talon of lumter
fount y.)
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 tho 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 clip dngs from the agricultural papers and Govern?
ment Bulletins as I thinli will be of practical benetlt to our readers. Ori?
ginal articles by any of o. r readers telling of their successes or failures
will he appreciated and ] jblished.
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.
Some Random Thoughts.
"Saving the Manure on the Farm"
occupies a large part of our space
this week. There is no question that
we do not appreciate our opportuni?
ties along this line, and allow to go
to waste millions of dollar* of plant
food that is incomparably better than
the complete fertilizers put up in
bags.
? ? ?
Mr. Frank Williams of ihe United
States demonstration work writes
that there is a move on foot to raise
a fund by subscription to give prizes
for the best yields of crops during
1910. He says a business man of
Sumter offers to head the list with
$10. How many more public spirited
citizens have we that will join in this
work? In this connection I wish to
lay before the readers of the Watch?
man and Southron the letter received
from Hon. James Wilson, Secretary of
Agriculture, in response to what I
considered a true estimate of the
value of the work being done by the
Department of Agriculture.
I want especially to call attention
to the last sentence In his letter "the
tendency will be simply to induce us
to redouble our efforts in the future."
We do not show sufficient apprecia?
tion, nor do we ask for what we want,
but take what we can get, as a mat?
ter of course. And then criticise the
workerH as "visionaries" "impracti?
cal," etc.
I trust Prof. Williams' suggestions
will meet with a liberal response, and
that the prizes will be of sufficient
value to tempt many of the boys on
the farms of Sumter County to enter
Into the contest.
? I s
1 ridlze to create new plants, cottons
for example. Dr. Whitney of the
Bureau of Soils, has another line of
work down there. The Bureau of
Animal Industry, through its veterin?
arians, has another line of work In
trying to get rid of the cattle tick,
and still another, under Mr. Rawl, in
helping to improve dairying in the
South. Our foresters are doing what
they can, and so are several other
bureaus.
All this is comprehensive, and I
'h'nk good results are coming. The
South has raised the greatest corn
crop in its history. We are now busy
pushing the work of having the
South breed, grow and feed its own
hogs, so that the Southern farmer
may be independent of the world
along that line. As soon as localities
are clear of the tick, we shall helo
the farmers in those localities to?
wards stocking the farm, so that
they can consume at home their cot- ?
tonseed meal find furnish their beevei
and enlarge their dairies.
These are some of the projects v.c
have in mind. We do not adevrtise !
to the world what we are doing, ex?
cept to tell something about it once
a year in our annual report. But
when It occurs to some generous
minded man like yourself to pay a j
kind word, we deeply appreciate it.
and of course the tendency will be '
simply to Induce us to redouble our
effort* in the future. Very truly yours '
' JAMES WILSON',
Secretary.
How to Mako Hens Lay in Winter. !
A farmer had some Leghorn hens
running about his place during the
spring and summer, and the women
folks had raised quite a number of
pullets. Down at the barn he had
stored a lot of oats in the bundle.
The hens, and the pullets, as they
matured, and as the season grew
colder and the outside forage was
cut off, took to working in the oatfl
up in the loft, for their daily bread.
They had kept this going for some
time before our friend noticed it.
But he bad noticed collections of
eggs in the n? sts in the various
troughs at the ?table, and was won?
dering what had stirred be hens
up to laying so.
He was a sensible and practical
man, and, putting this and that to?
gether af' *r watching the Leghorns
working UP In the oat loft, and see?
ing them about the nests, singing,
h ying and cackling, he soon came
to a conclusion. "The eggs are
worth more than the oats." he said
to his wife. "I'll keep them at it if
I can.'*
And he did. He had a stack of
oats outside the barn lot in the
corm r of the field, and so he just
fed that loft with fresh oats along
as they were worked down, and he
kept those hens busy all the winter.
It was in February?nearly March
?when he told me about it, and he
declared that th:?jo hens and pullets
had been the greatest source of
profit during the winter, that he had.
"Why," said he, "they fed the
cows, fed us and paid for the oats
with their eggs."
Now, this is no fancy sketch,
neither does it necessarily take a
bunch of Leghorns to lay at a good
profit in winter. Under such condi?
tions any good, healthy lot of hens
or pullets will do it. The farm flock
will do it. Your dock and mine will,
and their feed need not necessarily
be cats either. But the situation,
and the incentive to scratch for the
grain, and the happy contented con?
dition of the hen mu^t be developed
under such conditions.?H. B. Geer,
in Raleigh (N. C.) Progressive Farm?
er.
Twelve Things to I>o This .Month.
1. Bow rye yet on uncovered lands.
Begin breaking tough clay or sod
lands for next season's crops, plow?
ing just a little deeper than you
have been doing heretofore.
2. Haul out all manure and
spread it on the soil; clean up the
! arny. rd an 1 uet every bit of humus
and plant food out where it will do
good.
I. Clean off the fields; get rid of
bushes and weeds. Get a stump-pul?
ler, or some dynamite and blow out
the stumps.
4. Drain the wet lands that have
not been producing anything. Tile
13 best; next stones or pine poles;
third, open ditches and terraces.
B. Set out fruit trees, grape vines,
shade trees, shrubbery and hardy
perennial vines and flowers.
6. If there is San Jose scale in
your orchard, spray the trees with
lime-sulphur wash. If in doubt about
the scale, send infested twigs to your
experiment station.
7. Kill the hogs as soon as they |
are in condition; and make just as
much high-quality bacon, lard, sau?
sage, etc., as possible from thorn. A
fancy product always brings a good
price.
8. See that the barn is made com- '
fortable for the stoek, and that the '
poultry houses Are tight on thr? e
sides and clean everywhere.
9. See that the hou^e is as snug
and cozy as it can be made. Look
with special (are to the kitchen, w: -
ter supply, and the woodpile.
10. Get some books or bulletins
and study farming, (live the child?
ren good books and papers, some
music.
11. Send to our advertisers for
catalogues of machinery, stock, etc..
and see what they have to say.
12. Make a study of your farm,
and decide upon a definite rotation
and a definite plan of work for next
year.?Progressive Farmer.
What a Ton of Cottonseed is Worth.
One ton of cottonseed used as fer?
tilizer is worth $15.00.
One ton of cottonseed used as feed |
and stable manure, $31.25.
One ton of cottonseed sold and the
proceeds used to buy meal and the
meal fed an 3 stable manure saved.
$42.75.
One ton of seed sold to the mills is
worth $27 to $30.00.
In comparing these figures it must
be remembered that in estimating
th? fertilizer values of a ton of seed
and of manure the prices of plant
foods in mixed commercial fertili?
zers are used, and in estimating the
feeding value of cottonseed and cot?
tonseed meal we have used corn al
50 cents a bushel as the standard.
The facts upon which our calcula?
tions are based are simple and may
be briefly re-stated as follows:
Cottonseed contains 3.0 per cent of
nitrogen, 1.3 per cent of phospht ric
aciu, and 1.2 per cent of potash.
Cottonseed meal contains 6.2 per !
cent of nitrogen. 2.S per cent phos?
phoric acid, and 1.8 per cent of pot*
ash.
The values of these plant foods in
mixed commercial fertilizers are cal?
culated at 20 cents a pound for nitro?
gen, 5 cents a pound for phosphoric
acid, and 5 1-2 cents a pound for pot?
ash.
The feeding value of cottonseed
meal and cottonseed are shown by
the following facts Which we have
used in our calculations:
? One hundred pounds of cottonseed
meal equal 150 pounds of cottonseed.
One hundred pounds of cottonseed
meal equal 175 pounds of corn.
One hundred pounds of cottonseed
equal 115 pounds of corn.
These relative values mean that
I with corn at 50 cents a bushel cot?
tonseed meal is worth about $31.000
a ton and cottonseed about $20.000 a
ton, or 30 cents a. bushel of 30
pounds, for cattle feeding.?Progres
sive Farmer.
PROPERTY OWNERS W.wrc ALD
v> :ll STREET WIDENED.
MCMTS. Manning aiul Shore Appear
Before OooBCil ami Ask That Body
To C?e IllifSSTfi With Kress & Co.
To Induce IbM i<? Donate at
Leas' Three PoH <?f Their Lot on
North Side Of Cahlwe'l Street.
By request of Mr. It. I. Manning.
Council held a special meeting at 6
o'clock p. m.
Present: Aldermen H. D. Barnett,'
EL F. Haynsworth, H. C. Haynsworth,
WT. O. Stubbs and R. L. Wright.
Abosnt: Mayor W. B. Boyle, Ald?
ermen Wm. Bnltman, p. p. Finn and
J. R. Ligon.
AJdermaa R. F. Haynsworth was
railed to the chair. Messrs. R. L
Manning and Geo. D. Shore were
present to interest Council in an ef?
fort to widen Caldwell street. They
stated that valuable improvements
are soon to be mi.de by the erection
of stores on the north side of that
street, to hich will render it more than
ever important as an avenue of trade
and travel. Hence the necessity of
increasing the width. They offered
not less than three feet for the de- >
sired improvement and asked the co?
operation and influence of Council to
induce other land owners to make a
like donation. Mr. Shore presented a
letter to Messrs. g, H. Kress & Co.
with the request that Council adopt
it as their's and send a copy to that
firm. The request was granted and
the Clerk was directed to forward a
copy of the letter, as follows:
Gentlemen: I am directed by
Council to address you as owners of
property fronting on Caldwell street
ihis city, requesting the donation of \
at least three feet of your property
for the widening of said street. This
. tion by the Council is predicated
upon information of permanent im?
provements about to lie made by
yourselves and other owners on Cald?
well St. At present there are no
biddings for the length of the entire '
block. The improvements here
sought by the Council will increase
travel upon Caldwell St.. and hence
benefit the public and owners alike.
A like request has this day been
addressed to the other owners of
property on North side Caldwell St. m
Council then adjourned.
Egg nog will be a scarce and cost?
ly beverc.ge this Christmas. Eggs are
even scarcer and harder to get than
the other ingredient, even though
Sumter is nominally a* dry town. (
Dr. James P. Magenis, of the Bos?
ton school board announces that
hereafter every high school girl In
that city, unless incapacitated, will
be required to master the art of
swimming in order to obtain points
for her graduation.
HOLIDAY SPECIALTIES!
KEISER CRAVATS
Holiday Shipment
Red figured el facts,
deep shade**, in
rich Satins
and Silks
Silks specially woven.
Slip easily under
fold collars
Keiser-Barathea, bright
all-silk, in over sixty
plain colors, three
qualities
Grand Prix* St. Louis World*? Fair
for Quality. Workmanship and Style
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NEW N '
eLtj.'j. . f.".
Hear tbi? Lab?
T|| HE select ion of a suitable
I Christmas Gift for a Man
a Boy. rs an easy pre position*
at this ?tore.
Wc have so many "juot
right" things, that it's only a matter of
choice in making selections.
The thing a Man or Boy appreciates
most?the things he \\ould buy for himself
?are here in great variety and the picking
is now at its best.
CHOICE GARMENTS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
CORRECT HEADWEAR OF ALL SORTS
T06GERY FROM MAKERS, THAT KNOW HOW.
CHOICE OUTFITTING IN ALL THE BEST STYLES.
Our store fairly glows with the spirit of
Christmas, and wc promise you the best of
service, looking or buying. Make* your
selections early !
The D. J. Chandler Clothing Co.,
Phone 166.
Suniter, S. G