The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 19, 1910, Image 7
WOOLS FOB FARMERS.
DR. KNAPP MARKS IM.HA FOR
THKIR KNTAHLlsllMKNT.
r. Knapp of V. 8. Department of
Agriculture Points Out Value to
Be Deri ml From Institution?.
Greenville. 8. C. Jan. 12.?It. an
here today Dr. Seaman A.
of the Department of Agri?
culture made a strong plea for the
Cjetabllshment of farm-training
school a to supplement the State igri
t cultural colleges. The resultant ben?
efit to the community and the coun?
try at large would be Immense, Dr.
Knapp pointed out, because of the
lac*eased production of food suj plies
and the better condition of ".hose
Who produced the nation's food.
?*At the last census." said Dr.
' Knapp, "there were 1.000.000 rent?
ed farms and 10.600,000 laborers on
aR the farms of the United States.
What per cent, of the rented farms
wer? farmed and what per cert, of
the 10.600.000 farmers were really
farmers? Possibly 1 per cent.
I per cent, were fairly ,tood;
94 per cent, get from one-half to
COS-fourth of what they shoukl ob?
tain from the soil. This loss must
Iset be regarded as Indllvdual; It Is
a loss to ths Stats, to the communi?
ty. What does this state propose to
do ar.out It?
Ths speaker declared the mi
?lust be divided Into two classes?
those who coutd afford to attend a
school of some kind and those who
ess Id not leave home to obtain an
eiueatlon and who, therefore, must
get their education In or near their
it*. For such as were able to de
some time to study. Dr. Knapp
itsd thslr attendance on a
training school, such as he out
1 lined.
?The farm-training school must be
hath effective and toonomleal," he
Haid. "The training must fit men to
* do ths work on the farm necessary
? for them to do and, Inasmuch as
their funds arc limited, It must be
economical, and even If their funds
were not limited the farmer i.iust
learn economy."
Buch a school. In Dr. Knapp's
opinion, should be equipped with
simple apparatus: It should make , a
laaturs of manual labor and It
strive to teach by practical
rather than through the
of books.
Now. after some of these (un
lental things are acquired." con?
tinued Da, Knapp, "which of course
must be acqdlred along with the
.otaer etudy. what actual knowledge
mntt he obtained? And amorg the
actual knowledge that he ne?ds to
acejulre for the farm?and I am now
dftntusntaff the man who proposes to
Ifta an the fan*?are the follow
tat:
"How to make a crop successfuly.
will Include the preparation of
seed bed, the seed and cultiva?
tion, how to do his work the most
economically?which would include
the kind of teams, the feeding of
teams, the use of ths best farm
tools, etc.; ths feeding of animals
and the value of the meadow and
the pasture; the use of greer crops
and the economic ration."
The improvement of the farm
follow Immediately on the
tptlon of modern methods and
the application of the above knowl?
edge to Its administration, said Dr.
Knapp. He declared, also, that the
improvements on farms at th? pres?
ent time were nearly all of a tempo?
rary nature and. 'here fore, coitly In
the long run. "The cost of repairs
Is too great," he said, "and the Pfe
of the Improvement Is too short'
Dr. Knapp concluded his address
wiOi a glowing tribute to the farm?
er's wtfs. He dewlt upon her prac?
ticality and her love for her home.
Taking one such woman. whose
name he did not mention, he said:
"She believed In housekeeping as
a fine art and an art worthy of any
woman. Such a woman Is a treas?
ure In any household and worthy
of all honor by the best man that
ever lived."
Dr. Knapp la delivering a series "f
these addreaae* under the auspices
of ths Southern railway. He speaks
at llfaeon, Oa.. tomorrow.
A large crowd of farmers from the
Piedmont section of South C ef 'Una
heard Dr. Knapp. The dem nutri?
tion agents of the State also held a
meeting here.
?Have you a weak throat? If so,
yvn cannot be too careful. You cannot
begin treament t?>o early. Kuh cold
makes you more liable to another
and the last Is always the harder to
cure, if you will take Chamberlain'*
Cough Remedy at the outset you will
be saved much trouble. Sold by W.
W. Slbert.
Ever notice how much truth there
Isn't In a compliment?
?The busiest and mightiest little
thing that ever was made Is Cham?
berlaln's Stomach and Liver Tablet*.
They do the work whenever you re?
quire !.?elr aid. These tablets change
weak neue Into strength, llstlessness
Into energy, gtonmlncas Into Joyous
nees. Their action Is so gentle one
don't realise they have taken a pur?
gative. Sold by VV. W. Slbert.
DI8PKNSAHY BOARD PAYS CLAIM
Winding-Up Commission Has Paid to
The New York and Kentucky
Whiskey Company $18,000 In Set?
tlement or Claim Against the tSate
of $22,000.
Columbia, Jan. 13.?The claim of
the New York and Kentucky whiskey
Arm of approximately $22,000 against
the dispensary commission has been
settled by the payment of $18,000.
The claim Is the last to be disposed
of by the commission, and it is stated
that the commission was spilt over
this account for some time.
The attorneys for the commission
contend that there was a certain pa?
per held by this company that would
be of value to the commission and
asked that the money be not paid un?
til this document was produced. The
terms of the settlement were not
made known by Dr. J. W. Murray,
the chairman of the commission He
would make no statement other than
the company had been paid the sum
of $18,000
The report of the commission has
been completed and will be shortly
transmitted to Governor Ansel. The
only work left for the commission Is
that of the appeals of the four com?
panies to the Supreme Court and the
probable litigation over the claims of
the companies held up In the dry
counties, also In the counties retain?
ing the dispensary sytitem.
The $275,000 saved by the commis?
sion to the State has been turned in?
to the State treasury, and the
Treasurer has placed the amount on
deposit In the banks throughout the
State. There Is liable to be a squab?
ble over this money. Under the gen?
eral school law It should go to the
schools In the forty-two counties of
the State, however this matter will
be left with the legislature, and there
can be no definite statement made
wKh reference to the action of that
body.
Calling a Bluff.
Some publishers are worried by
more or less explicit threats from
Washington that their free-speaking
la to be punished by the Imposition
of a heavier rate on second-class
mall matter. The administration Is
Interested, and professes to think
Cooler's and various muck-raking
periodicals are being "subsidized" to
the detriment of the postal service.
AUlrlch and Cannon are worried by
the idea that the people's money
may >??. us*d for transporting maga.
sine? fct less than cost. Our own
emotions at the munseut are rather
cheerful. If on Investigation it be
shown that the postal deficit Is caus?
ed not by the delivery of newspapers
free within county limits, the Indis?
criminate franking privilege to all
branches of the government, or the
excessive rates paid to the railroads
for carrying the malls, but by the
tctual cost of carrying Collier's, Mo*
Clure's. Everybody's the American,
the Outlook, etc., to their readers,
we shall cheerfully contribute our
share of the Increased tax for the
privilege of continuing to print im?
portant, If sometimes disagreeable,
facts. We do not fancy, however,
that the reading public will permit
Itself to be charged more for Its
reading In order that the revenues
of the railroads and express com?
panies may be Increased; nor will
those national advertisers who are
the leading merchants of America
today look with favor upon a plan
wihch would probably result In
quadrupling the cost of placing th^lr
wares before the public, however,
beneficial the plan might be to ex?
press companies, railroads, and con?
gressmen. If the government pays
more to the railways for transport?
ing sacks of periodicals than it pays
for sacks full of other merchandise,
It would be Interesting to know the
reason, second-class mall matter Is
fast freight, and It would be an ex?
cellent exercise for our great men in
Washington really to find out what
such fast freight ought to cost. A
study of parcels posts abroad will be
Instructive, and we understand one
was made by Mr. Meyer when he
was postmaster general. Hire some
expert accountants, Uncle Joe, and
get busy. It will do you good.?Edi?
torial In Collier's for January 8.
Crosses of Honor.
On Jan. 19th. the Daughters of the
Confederacy Wtl] present Crosses of
Honor to the following veterans:
H. M. Uradley, John 1>. Jeffords,
II' in y Morris, F. W. Dean, A. Ci.
Warren, W, i< Troubleflsld.
The presentation will take place at
the Calhoun Street High Bohool at
half past twelve o'clock. The public
is < <?rdlally Invited to be present.
ANNIE M. GRAHAM,
Pr?sident Dick Anderson, Chapter
r i>. <\
?For Indigestion and all stomach
troubles tiike Foley's Orlno Laxative.
It Is the natural remedy for indiges?
tion, dyspepsia* heartburn, bad
breath, sick headache, torpid liver,
biliousness and habitual constipa?
tion. Foley's Orlno laxative sweet?
ens the stomach and breath, and
tones up the entire alimentary sys?
tem. Siberia Drug Store.
PROHIBITION CAUCUS HELD.
MEETING IN SENATE CHAMBER
TO DISCUSS SITUATION.
May be Test in Senate Before Rouse
Bill is Reached?Among Those
Present.
Columbia, Jan. 14.?It was not ex?
actly an executive session, because
those attending had not secured offi?
cial permission to use the senate
chamber for a caucus, but a number
of members of the General Assembly
interested in the passage of a State?
wide prohibition bill met last night
and requested the sergeant-at-arms,
Mr. Schumpert, to keep the door and
ask each one who wished to enter
whether or not he?that is, the one
who w.inted to enter?was a prohibi?
tionist. Mr. Schumpert looked after
this detail, but said that he would
not attempt to prevent any one going
In. To secure the use of either the
senate or the house during a session
for an official meeting when the dje
Uberations can be either behind clos?
ed doors or open it is necessary to
j obtain the consent of the respective
bodies.
There was a large attendance at
the meeting. W. B. West, the dis?
pensary auditor, acted as secretary.
Dr. Wyche of Newberry sat next to
Mr. West and was probably chair?
man. Rev. J. L. Harley of the Antl
Saloon league was present, as was
Representative Suydam of the Rich
land delgation. There were a num?
ber of others, as seen through the
glass doors, Including Representative
Richards, L. C. A. Roessler of Char?
leston, M. L. Smith, D. L. Smith,
who introduced Mr. Nash's prohibi?
tion bill several years ago during the
fight to save the State dispensary;
C.A. Smith, Senator Wharton, J. W.
Ashley and others. No statement was
given out afterwards, but unofficially
it was learned that a test vote will be
taken In the senate soon. Here is the
committee in charge of the bills:
Senators Carll^e and Johnstone and
Representatives Richards, M. L.
Smith. C. A. .^mith and J. P. Carey.
Mr. Carey was not at the confer?
ence, being in attendance on a com?
mittee meeting.
Senator Summer of Calhoun, when
asked whether or not he considered
the compromise of last session bind?
ing, stated that he did not and added
that something should be done. He
said, however, that he was not for
putting State-wide prohibition
through If the present law can be en?
forced. He wishes the enforcement
of the prohibition law in his county.
He thought that whiskey was being
brought Into Calhoun from wet coun?
ties and thus far the law has not
been strictly enforced as to seizures.
He does not want whiskey bought for
personal use to be seized but he is
after the alleged violators of the law
who bring whiskey home in sacks
and in large quantities.
Senator Forrest of Saluda said: "It
looks to me as if we should let the
local option election result stand at
least one year and that nothing fur?
ther should be done at this session."
Senators from prohibition territory
point out that the law Is hard to en?
force and 'that maybe a reaction will
set in on the prohibition matter and
that nome counties would want to get
back Into the dispensary column.
?It Is a dangerous thing to take a
cough medicine containing opiates
that merely stifio your cough instead
of curing u. Foley's Honey and Tar
loosens and cures the cough and ex?
pels the poisonous germs, thus pre?
venting pneumonia and consumption.
Refuse substitutes and take only the
genuine Foley's Honey and Tar In
the yellow package. Slbert's Drug
Store.
Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton and
Mrs. May Harrington, of Warren,
Ohio, have both been reelected to
the board of education. Both wo?
men have already served several
termn, and at the recent election
were again chosen without opposi?
tion.
Dein} Has Been Dangerous In Sum?
te r.
Act quickly in times of danger.
Do the right thing at the right
time.
Backache Is kidney danger.
Doan's Kidney Pills act quickly.
Cure all distressing, dangerous kld
rey ills.
Plenty of evidence to prove this.
Luciens R, Gibson, 304 E. Liberty
St.. Sumter, S. C, says: "My kidneys
troubled me f<>r two or three years.
The kidney secretions were so fre?
quent In passage that I was forced to
arise Often at night and there was a
scalding sensation when voided. Mv
b 10k ached almost constantly and oc?
casionally it became so lame that I
<? ?uld hardly ^ot around. I had heard
so much In favor Of Doan's Kidney
Pllll that I concluded to give them
a trial and procured a box at China*!
dun,' store. They soon removed the
backaches, disposed of the lameness
and cleared the kidney secretions. My
back Is now Strnger than before In
years,"
Cor sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-MUbum Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agent for the United
States.
Remember the name?Doan's?and
take no other. No. 16.
ACT QUICKLY.
BLOW AT GERMAN POTASH LAW
Foreign Office Informed United
States Would Regard it Discrim?
inatory.
Berlin, Jan. 11.?The United States
today informed the German foreign
office that it would regard the adop?
tion by the Reichstag of the proposed
potash law as a discrimination
against American interests.
It is understood the American
position is that the adoption of the
measure would constitute such a dls*
crimination againsi: the United States
as is described in Section 2 of the
Payne Tariff Act.
The potash bill recently laid be?
fore the Federal Council by the Prus?
sian Government, is designed to
create a trust of all the potash minss
of the country under the auspices of
the Imperial Government.
The Prussian Government owns
five potash mines, and a government
official, Herr Paxmann, is chairman
of the German Potash Syndicate,
which up to the present time has
controlled the potash business of the
world. Last July the syndicate was
temporally dissolved and before :t
was reorganized Individual member*
of the syndicate had contracted
heavily with American fertilizing
companies. The American market
amounts to 60 per cent, of the ex?
port trade and is valued at *7,S99,999
a year.
The bill presented to the Federal
Council provides that the output of
potash shall be sold through the
joint selling concerns to which pot?
ash miners belong, at international
prices, subject to the approval of the
Federal Council. Existing contracts
with America would be taken' over
by the syndicate, provided they are
not for longer periods than two
years.
According to Section 2 of fhe
Payne Tariff Act, if it should be
shown that Germany was discrimin?
ating against the United States, it
would be obligatory upon the Presi?
dent to penalize all German imports
by the imposition of 25 per cent,
duty In addition to what would bo
collected ordinarily upon them.
?Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is
not a common, every day cough mix?
ture. It is a meritorious remedy for
all the troublesome and dangerous
complications resulting from cold In
the head, throat, chest or lungs. Sold
by W. W. Slbert.
Misu Sheila O'Neill, a young Irish
girl, whose home is in Belfast, has
caused a stir in aeronautic circles in
Great Britain by the announcement
thet she shortly will attempt to fly
across the Irish channel In an aero?
plane. The machine she will use la
a b'plane.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children,
Tbl Kind You Have Always Sought
Bears the
Signature of
Farm Loans.
Loans negotiated upon improv?
ed farms, payable in annual in?
stallments. No Commission.
Borrowers pay actual cost of per?
fecting Loan. For further infor?
mation apply to
JOHN B. PALMER & SON.
P.O. Box 282, Phone No. 1085.
Office Sylvan Bldg.
COLUMBIA, S. C.
12-8-2m.
TAX RETURNS FOR 1910.
OFFICE OF
COUNTY AUDITOR SUMTER CO.,
SUMTER, S. C, Dec. 3, 1909.
Notice is I reby given that I will
attend, In person or by deputy, at
the following places on the days In?
dicated, respectively, for the purpose
of receiving returns of real estate,
personal property, and poll taxes for
the fiscal year commencing January
1st, 1910.
Tindalls, Tuesday, Jan. 4th.
Privateer, (Jenkins* store.) Wed?
nesday, Jan. 5th.
Manchester, Levl's, Thursday, Jan.
6 th.
Wedgefield, Friday, Jan. 7th.
Claremont Depot, Monday, Jan.
10th.
Hagood, Tuesday, Jan. 11th.
RembertS, Wednesday, Jan. 12th.
Dalzell, Thursday, Jan 13th.
W. T. Brogdon's Store, Friday,
Jan. 14th.
Mnyesvllle, Tuesday, Jan. 18th.
Shiloh, Wednesday. Jan. 19th.
Norwood's X Roads, Thursday,
Jan. 20th.
Oswego, Friday, Jan. 21st.
All persons whose duty it is to
make returns should bo prompt to
meet me at these appointments. All
returns must be made before Feb.
20th, 1910.
J. DIGGS WILDER,
Auditor for Sumter Cj.
1-2-8-1-21-10.
The Ballot.
TWENTY-FIVE VOTES FOR
M.
Address.
District. ;
Subject to rules of The Osteen Pubilshlng Co.'s Contest. Void
j
after January 25.
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Groceries. We are appealing to those
who appreciate good service, liberal
treatment, fresh goods and full weights
and measures.
{his week we will sell the
Famous Tennessee Eggs,
Candled and Graded, at 3Qc doi.
Red Cross Milk,
16 oz. Best Milk, Every
Can Guaranteed ? ? 10c can.
Ever tried Cherry Pie and Cherry
Dumplings in Mid-Winter? Makes one
of the finest deserts; besides you can use
the straight cherries.
"Our Name is a Household Word."
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the following desirable residences at reasonable
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No. 17 W. Dingle St., 7 room house, modern Improvements 17.10
No. 130 S. Main St, 9 room house, with bath
No. 101 S. Sumter St., 8 room house
No. 101 S. Salem Ave., 7 room house,
Cor. Hazel and Chestnut Sts., 7 room house
Four 6-room houses on Haynsworth St., each
No. 9, S. Blanding Ave., 9room house
Two 6-room houses N. Salem Ave., at
One 6-room house Purdy St., near Broad St.,
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at
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18.00
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