The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 19, 1910, Image 4

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SATURDAY, FltRUARY 19, 1910. The Sumter Watchman wan found ad la 1850 and tha Trua 8outhron In let I. Iba Wntchman and Clouthron ?aw haa tha ot snbtned circulation and of bath of tha old papers, la manifestly tha bast advertising ?tedium In Sumtsr. The decision of tha Supreme Court setting istde the deed of the father and awirding to Mrs. B. R. Till man, Jr., tha custodr of her two children, ia good common sense and therefore good las/. Wa believe It right that Mrs Tlllman should have the child? ren. In Iba absence of any charge that aha la Incapable, or unabla to give them tha proper cars, but we sea no occasion for the hysterics some poo pla and newspapers have been trying to work up over tha caaa. The report ?emanating from Columbia that parti ?ana of young Mrs. Tlllman had plot tad a violent demonstration against Senator Til Im in is about the silliest thing we hav< heard In a long time. Wa would not protest against the or? derly removal of Senator Tlllman's p?**ra!t from Its present cor.splcucu? place In the h ill of the House of Rep? resentatives to a more secluded niche," bat for an addle pa ted mob of plot* tare to "tear It down and thre w It into the street" would be Just a little more disgraceful than ridiculous. ? . I ? The refusal of the Legis ature to apend It.000 for a statue of Calhoun to bs placed In the Stats Houac Is to be commended. THE PIANO CONTEST. The Greatest and Beet Bonus Yet Offered. The Ptano-Oold Watch contest will cloae at S o'clock p. m. Satuiday Feb? ruary 18th. The business office will remain open until that hour to re? ceive ballots, but no votes will be re? ceived after 8 o'clock, unless sent by mall and showing postmark prior to ? p. m., Peb. 88th. In less than two weeks the contest will close and the contestants should make en effort to get their votes In or have them all ready to be deposit* ed on the t8th. The finish Is bound to be cloae and exciting and the candidates who make the effort to secure new sub? scribers between this date and the 88th and ere successful will win the prlaaa. For the purpose of encouraging re* newed effort to secure new subscrip? tions to the Watchman and Southron we make the following offer: For 100 paid In advance subscrip? tions to the Watchman and Southron 80.000 votea and a bonus of 100,000 votes. For 100 paid In advance subscrip? tions to the Watchman and Southron 80.000 votea and a bonus of 40,000 votes. For 80 paid In advance subscrip? tions to ths Wetchman and Southron 18.000 votes and a bonus of 18,000 votes. For 85 paid in advance subscrip? tion- to the Watchman and Southron 7.800 votes and a bonus of 1.000 votes. All paid in advance suascriptions handed in by contestanta since Feb. ruary 1st will be counted for this bo? nus offer. If you want the piano or one of the watchee, now is the time to get to work end Induce your friends and neighbors to subscribe. FIGHT OVEH TILLMAN CASE. Both tlhle* Favor Young Mrs. Tlllman Bat Result of Altercation Is That One Is Badly Cut. Kdjrefleld, Feb. 18.?As a result of a discussion entered Into by Messrs. Ben U Jones, of this town, and Wal? ter Stevens of North Augusta, as to the T llman case the latter was badly thoiiKh not seriously wounded with a knife at the hands of th? former Both are sympathizers of Mrs Tlllman, and It was rather surprising that they should have fallen out about it. The feeling is so Intense here, however, and Rdgefleld's blood Is so awakened with sympathy for the v..mi* mother and Indignation over her recent suspense that It Is no wonder that even friends should wreak their veng?nance on each othe? if they can't land ?>n some lettow <>f g differ? ent \elw. Th?- Jones-Strv. us Incident is sup- 1 posed t<? b?? closed and the young man ' turned t?? his homo. William Huekley Muria;-, a former member ..f the class of IS 11 of Rut gers College, who obtained a free ' scholarship n f'ohimhla I'niverslty, ' Is counted by Rutgers friends as a 1 In? kv man ||. kj now engaged in plnvlng th.- chirms at historic Trinity1 (hm. hi New Y..rk, at a salary of $?>" ' I ir. , The <ot?on market has Humped again and local buyers are Offering: oniv 14 1-4 to 14 1-2 cents, according to grade, at present. s Farmers' Union News -AND Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers (Conducted by E. W. Dabbe, President Fanners' Union of Sumter County.) The Watchmen 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 newa 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 Bulletina aa 1 think will be of practical benefit to our readers. Ori? ginal articlea by any of our readers telling of their successes or failures will be appreciated and | abliahed. 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. Meyesville, 8. C. POINTS FOR THE POULTRYMAN. How Average* Farmer May Make Money From Fnwl?~Tlioroughbred Stock a Sine Qua Xon?Warm Clean Houses and tlie Right KJnda of Food Important Factors-?Look? ing After the Chicks the Time when the Battle Is Lohi. or Won. On account of the universal inter? est in poultry raining, Col. M. L. Donaldson has written a bulletin for the Clemson Popular Bulletin series on "Poultry Raising as it Relates to the Average Farm," treating the subject "In a practical way for prac? tical people." The United States census for 1900 shows the value of the poultry pro? duct for South Carolina to be 81. 589.765; eggs 8925,966, making a total of 82.465,721 and showing poul? try to be a factor In farm economies of no mean Importance. With the ap? plication of a little more Intelligence and Improved methods the above figures may be greatly enlarged. Aa a first principle, the best results can not be obtained from mongrel, scrub stock. Thoroughbreds, no mat? ter what breed, will in the long run prove the beat. For meat and eggs; they get the quick-growing large breasted varieties?Rocks, Rhode Is? land Reds, Indian games, Wyandottes; for eggs, the Leghorns and French varieties. It la a method question, however, if year in and year out, the larger breeda will not produce a ? many egga aa the smaller so-called laying breeda. General management, food, quarters, etc, have much to do with that. Fowls Fowl Houses. Having decided on the breed, select the Individual birds. Cocks should be sturdy and vigorous, standard color, weight and shape. Females should be long-bodied, with bright eyes, an air of buslnesa when In motion? quick, alert and* active. Twelve fe? males of the large meat varieties should be mated with one cock; four? teen of the smaller breeds. The old custom of allowing poultry to roost in open sheds or trees will not do If eggs In paying: quantities are expected. Inexpensive quarters pro? tecting from cold north and east winds should be provided, and will pay In every case. Quarters should be cleaned at least onoe a week, and lime used freely on the floor and white-wash on the walls occasionally, to prevent lice and mites. "One little louse Is enough to kill one little chick? en." The plan of letting the hen in? cubate and brood her own offspring Is, of course, the least troublesome, and perhaps the most successful; but It has proved Inadequate to meet the increasing demand for poultry and eggs. The problem Is how to feed and manage the flock to get the larg? est returns outsidt the natural breed? ing season, when the demand Is strong and the prices are high, during the winter and the late spring. Rations. For flocks that have range, the character of housing and ration in? dicated above is sufficient. Corn, oats, wheat, barley, sorghum seed, with beef scrap or ground green bone once or twice a week, is a safe and satisfactory bill of fare. The usual manner of feeding twice a day often in excessive quantities, may thwart the object In view and prove a positive Injury. The crop of a fowl is not a stomach, but a store house. A hungry ch'cken Will Invariably pack the crop as full as possible. Then, when water Is added, the dry food swells to such an extent that the functions of the crop are setarded or stopped, the .hole digestive prOQSOl impaired, re? sulting in Indlgeatlon, or so-called Choleri What Is called cholera is in most cast s only indie Btlon pro? duced by sour food in an ov< rcrowd ed crop; but is as fatal as genuine cholera, The simple preventive for this is "hooper feeding," or keeping ground such as whr.it bran food al ways before them to eal at leisure which, besides bl Ing a remedy for ibis, in the oheapesl way of feedlngi for the reason lhal when they can km the food at all times, only enough will be taken at a time to keep up the di? gestive grinding. Grain should be fed In little to require soui? exercise. Care of Chicks. The artificial Incubator is the hap? py solution of the proldem of getting early broilers. Without discussing the merits of the mauy incubators, many of which are good, it Is desir? able to say that insti actions should be followed. Rearing the brood aftcjr hatching is the rub, and many beginners fail, get disgusted and quit. Upon just two things success depends: Sufficient but natural warmth and proper feeding for the first ten days. Twenty or thirty chickens hovered In a box twenty Inches square, with a little clean straw or chaff at the bot? tom and a cloth or padded quilt at their backs, will keep perfectly com? fortable the coldest nights. Of course there must be an opening In the side for the chicks to run In nd out for fresh air, as they would do with the hen; In this way they will not sweat or freeze as when artificial heat is employed as In brooders. A little while too hot or too cold in a brood? er Is sure to be followed by conges? tion of the lungs or bowel trouble, or both, and subsequent loss of the whole clutch. In 21 days the hatch Is over. ling? ering chicks that come out of the shell after that are net likely to live. Keep chicks in nursery of the Incuba? tor for twenty-four hours, letting the temperature down from 104 to 90 de? grees gradually. Then remove to a dry shed or room with as little change as possible. Each chick should have its bill dipped in water, but should have no solid food for twenty-four hours longer. Don't let sympathy get the best of your Judgment at this juncture. Nature has provided three days' rations In the crop of each chick, after which it is strong enough to seek out food. When the chick looks keen and active place a little food before it?egg bread a little dry crumbled in small quantities, half as much as they would eat. Never give wet food to brooded chickens till they are over three weeks old. Be stingy in feeding for ten days; less danger from starvation than from overfeed? ing. Supply plenty of fresh water and sand or fine grit. Diseases. The best cure for diseases among chickens is preventives. But there are some wholesale sicknesses. So-called cholera, a weak, sick appearance, pale gills and comb, excrement watery and sulphurous appearance, generally only Indigestion, and caused by over? crowded crop, and may be avoided by supplying plenty of good sharp grit, which Is to poultry what teeth are to other animals. Besides the grit sup? ply ten drops of sulphuric acid water to every twenty fowls, and always quarantine the sick chickens. When in doubt two drops of spirits of tur? pentine will do no harm and will often do good. Another disastrous trouble is lim? ber necks, caused by eating grubs produced by the blue bottle fly. De? caying flesh of any kind about the premises Is the fruitful cause. Pre? vention is the best cure; but some? times the owner knows nothing of the cause till he sees the effect. In such j cases try to destroy the life of the I grub without killing the fowl. A tea spoonful of Mustang liniment night and morning, followed by a teaspoon ful of castor oil, will euro the worst OAS*. The liniment will kill the grub and the oil will get It out of the sys? tem. Sorehead, a common disease In the fall, oan be Stopped at once by touch? ing the sores as they appear with tincture of Iron, it Is thought to be caused by a parasite, and special care as to cleanlineaa is the beat safeguard, Mow to Gel Good Seed for the Gar? den? As a rule, it is bad policy t<? buy gar dei aeed thai art* off* red at low prices, for it coats more t'? grow good seed lhan poor onea, and the very fact thai you are offered aeed below the price ? harged by the beat seedamen lasuffl cient evidence that they should be let alone. Buy only the best, and buy from seedsmen oif long standing and unblemished reputation. If you get a seed catalog with the most impossible pictures of fields of vegetables, water? melons, etc., that, is usually a good catalog to put in the fire. But when a catalog has photographic illustra? tions in half-tone taken direct from the plants themselves it shows a man who Is not trying to deceive, and gen? erally has good seed.?W. F. Massy, In Progressive Farmer. The Love You Should Feel For Your Farm. We would have every farmer love his work even as the artist loves his work, and In this spirit, too, every farmer should love his farm itself as he would love a favorite horse or dog. He should know every rod of the ground should know just what each acre Is adapted to, should feel a joy and pride in having every hill and valley look its best, and should be as much ashamed to have a field scarred with gullies as he would be to have a beautiful colt marked with lashes; as much ashamed to have a piece of ground worn out from ill treatment as to have a horse gaunt and bony from neglect; as much hurt at seeing his acres sick from wretched management as he would be at seeing his cows half starving from the same cause. Love your ground?that piece of God's creation which you hold in fee simple. Fatten its poor parts as care? fully as you would nurture an ailing Collie. Heal the washed, torn places In the hillside as you would the barb scars on your pony. Feed with leg? umes and soiling crops and fertilizers the galled and barren patch that needs special attention; nurse it back to life and beauty and frultfulness. Make a meadow of the bottom that is inclined to wash; watch it and care for it until the kindly root masses heal every wound, and in one unbroken surface the "tides of grass break into foam of flowers'* upon the outer edges. Don't forget even the forest lands. See that every acre of wood? land has trees enough on It to make It profitable: "a good stand" of the timber crop as well as of every other crop. Have an eye to the beautiful In laying off the cleared fields?a tree here and there, but no wretched beg? gar's coat mingling of little patches and little rents: rather broad fields fully tended and of as nearly uniform fertility as possible, making of your growing crops, as it were, each a beautiful garment, whole and un? broken to clothe the fruitful acres, which God has given you to keep and tend as He gave the first Garden into the keeping of our first parent.? Raleigh, (N. C.) Progressive Farmer and Gazette. Love Your Profession. Love your stock and have comfort? able quarters for them, and you will have good stock. A man with only a hog hovel and a mule has nothing to love in the way of stock, and no one spends much love on a scrub cow that stands outside all winter and has the 'hollow" stomash in the spring. No one can take pride In an old raz? or-back sow and her long-nosed pigs. But let him once have a fine Berk? shire pair and he will take pride In showing the Utter of stub-nosed little roasters. He will get to love a colt from a good mare with good blood In him, and will boast to all his neigh? bors of his Jerseys that have been well fed on peavlne hay and have been making golden blocks of butter all winter.?Progressive Farmer. Twelve Things to Do This Month. (1) Break all the land possible, so as to have it ready when spring comes. Plow deeply all clay soils. (2) Keep the fire out of the fields; do a little more work if necessary to get the trash worked Into the soil. (3) Open up d'tches, or make new ones?the broad, shallow kind,? straighten up terraces, clean up banks, fence rows, etc. (4) Get stumps and brush out of the fields; fill In the gullies. (5) Look over the machinery and see that It is ready for use. Arrange now for the purchase of new Im? plements needed. (6) Begin getting the horses and mules ready for the spring rush; put them to work by degrees; Increase their feed gradually, groom well once each day, (7) Prepare the hot beds, If not already done, and sow tomatoes, pep? per, etc. Sow cabbage, lettuce, onion and radish seed. Plant peas and early potato, s. (8) <Jet good seed of corn, cotton, and other field crops ready for plant? ing. If tin re is any question of their quality, test Rfeedl for vitality. en Fence off the lots for the pigs and begin preparing a pasture rota? tion for them. (10) Set the Inns; clean out the poultry bous s; whitewash; prepare coops anil brooders. I til) Prune the fruit trees. If j you suspect Ban Jose scale, spray ! with lime-sulphur solution. ! (12) Gel the tobacco beds ready. Sow only eb an and In avy seed. i Progressive Farmer. Mit. ATHUR P. FORD DEAD, Former Edltor of Alken Record* r Passes Away Suddenly. Aiken, Feb. 15.?Mr. Arthur Pe ronneau Ford, formerly editor of the Alken Recorder, died at his home here this morning at 10.30 o'clock. Mr. Ford has been in 111 health for several months, having been forced just recently to give up bis work as editor of this paper, selling It the first of the present month. He was Just recovering from an attack of la grippe, as his friends thought, and retired as usual last night. During the night he was taken suddenly worse, being found unconscious this morning. He never recovered from this unconsciousness, but passed peacefully away. Mr. Ford was born in Charleston in 1844, and at the age of 16 enlisted in the Confederate army as a mem? ber of the Palmetto Guard, of Char? leston. He served throughout the great conflict, being tw e wounded, and on a third occasion a prayer book stopped a dangerous bullet, which would probably have ended his life. He was one of the old type of unreconstructed rebels, and al? ways took great interest in matters pertaining to the war. After the war he settled In Char? leston and engaged in the cotton busi? ness. It was there that he married Miss Marion J. . Porche- in 1873. Early In the eighties he moved to Aiken and entered newspaper work, buying the Recorder from Mr. Chas. Drayton. He was associated with Mr. J. E. McCracken in publishing this paper, and later became its sole owner and proprietor, publishing It until forced to give up all work on account of ill health some time ago. He was a writer of force and wield? ed a great deal of influence In his county . Mr. Ford's wife died several years ago. He leaves to mourn him his two daughters, Misses Louise and Marlon. Mr. Roosevelt's Fine Description of Nairobi Falls. The Nairobi Falls, which were on Heatley's Ranch, were singularly beautiful. Heatley and I visited them one evening after sunset, coming home from a day's hunt. It was a ride I shall long remember. We left our men, and let the horses gallop. As the sun set behind us, the long lights changed the look of the coun? try and gave !t a beauty that had in it an element of the mysterious and the unreal. The mountains loomed both large and more vague than they had been In the bright sunlight, and the plains lost th-elr look of parched desolation as the afterglow came and went. We were galloping through a world of dim shade and dying color; and in this world, our horses sudden? ly halted on the brink of a deep ra? vine from out of which came the thunder of a cataract. We reined up on a jutting point. The snowy mass? es of the fall foamed over a ledge on our right, and below at our feet was a great pool of swirling water. Thick foliage trees, of strange shape and festooned with creepers climed the sheer sides of the ravine. A black and white eagle perched in a blasted tree top In front; and the bleached skull of a long-dead rhinoceros glimmered white near the brink to one side. On another occasion we took our launch at the foot of Rewero Falls. These are not as high as the falls of the Nairobi, but they are almost as beautiful. We clambered down into the ravine a little distance below and made our way toward them, beside the brawling, rock-choked torrent. Great trees towered overhead, and among their tops the monkeys chat? tered and screeched. The fall itself was broken in two parts like a minia? ture Niagara, and the spray curtain shifted to and fro as the wind blew.? Theodore Roosevelt, in February Scribner. The Strength of Pulic Opinion. For the first time in our national history economics are not regarded as suitable only for the edification of the political economist, says E. A. Van Valkenburg in "Success Maga? zine." Economics are coming to be regarded as a flesh- and-blood, heart and-soul personal problem. This is developing the public opinion which ultimately will sweep away mis government and civic abueee. To thoaa whose mainspring of action is morality, it may not be pleasing to a lmlt that an appeal to man'l Selfish instincts is necessary to bring aix>ui changes for good. Let these good people remember that however far apart at the beginning two forces may be that are working ? for the same end. their lines must constantly converge. The decisive victory RlUSl come Horn public opin ' i< n. And a majority public opinion must come from a union of altruistic ethical convictions and enlightened i.nomic selfishness. The m ?dern high explosive which aJone possesses the force to shatter every fortification of civic misrule Will be B combination of ethics and i I economics?enlightened selfishness. RAILROAD PENSIONS. 0 Many (ire Hi Systems Make Prvsions for Caring for Men Who Grow Old In Service. >nsW el New York, Feb. 16.?According to the latest estimate obtainable there are 67 4.259 railroad n ployes in t United States in line for pensio This is about 40 per ceat of the total number of railroad employees In this country. Thirteen railroads report that 4,659 in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1907. A number of railroads have had unofficial pension systems for ma4fcy years. Among these is the Central Railroad of New Jersey; the New York Central also granted pensions before it Inaugurated its official plan on January 1, 1910. The officials in charge of the Pension Department of the New York Central, with Its 125, 000 employees, estimate that the In? auguration of the new plan will 1,500 to 2,000 men a year to th number already drawing pensions. The twenty-one ral road systems having pension departments in oper? ation are the Atchis^n, Topeka & Santa Fe, the Atlantic Coast Line, th, Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad, Baltimore & Ohio, the Boston & Al? bany, the Buffalo, Rocnester & Pitts burg, the Central of New Jersey, the Chicago & Northwestern, the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha, the Cleveland Terminal &. Valley, Delaware, Lackawanna & Weste the Houston & Texas, the New York Central, the Illinois Central, the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co., the Oregon Short Lin?, the Pennsly vanla, the Philacelph a & Reading, the Rock Island, the Southern Pa*M fic and the Union Pacific. The eijf> ployees of the numerous subsidiaries are includeed, of course, In the pen? sion system. In the majority of cases the pen? sion Is fixed at 1 pe cent of the average wage for the ten years next preceding retirement multiplied ~ls? the number of years >f services. TrSr example, If an engine nan has earned $150 a month on the average during the last ten years of I Is service, and has been in the employ of the com? pany for thirty years, he is retired on a pension of $45 a month. In every case the pension fund is supported exclusively by the company, the employees not contributing there? to. The pensions are given for both superannuation and disability. The age of retirement on four roads?the Atchlson. Topeka & Santa Fe, Baltimore & Ohio, the Buffalo, Rot? ester & Pittsburg, and the New York Central?is 66. years old. On the rest of the roads it is 70 years. Half of the roads limit the age at which the laborer may be employed to 36 years, and half to 45 years. roads, the Rock Island and the Union Pacific, make th? distinction of em? ploying inexperienced labor at 35 years, and experienced at 45 years. The length op. service after which a man is liable for pension varies with the different roads from years, 20 years being the All insist on continuous service, but the interpretation of this term is most liberal. As a general rule, leave of abence, suspension for dis? cipline, or temporary lay-off (not ex? ceeding one year) on account ots^Je duction in force, Is not considered a break In the continuity of service. When an employee leaves the road voluntarily, of course, he interrupts the continuity of his service, and may destroy a long record entitling him to a liberal uenslon. The records of employment ^re carefully kept, some of the card in? dex files containing from 250,000 to 300,000 names. An instance is cited, where an englneman applied for a pension for service dating from 1869. His record showed that he was entitled to a pension for sertiw dating from 1866, and he was notified. 10 f# average. On Women's Mights. (From London Truth.) Last year Sir Melvill Beachcsoft chairman of the London (^A.y Council, made a speech at the Ly? ceum Club on what women could do in that body. He began by saying. "I take it you ;ill know what your rights and what your privileges are In that connection." He was quite mistaken. In any 200 women t-ttfe is certain to be a proportion utterly ignorant, not only of their rights and privileges, but of their duties. Ehren in the specialized audience ad? dressed by sir Melvill this was the case. How many women living in London know that they can votettJaV the 28 borough cot nclls and 31 boards of guardians of the London County Council; that they can also be ebeted themselves for these, be members of the Central Unemployed Body or of the 29 <"istress coronslt tees. and also be co-oj ted to all cSjsrr bodies like tin l>u%al Pension com? mittees? Women can be Aldermen of the Council, and there is nothing to prevent any one of them from holding the office of chairman Itself. These are the offices they can hold, but very t. w of them do. ^ -. j Brave men were living before Age ; menon.?Horace.