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SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 1910. The Sumter Watchman was found? ed In 1850 and the True Southron In Ulf. The Watchman and Southron Bow has the combined circulation and Influence of both of the old papers, ?nd Is manifestly the beat advertising good*am In Sumter. Befor, the next bl-ennlal munici? pal election Is held plans should be perfected to Institute a commission form of government In Sumter. The act passed at the recent session of the legislature, providing for a com? mission for Columbia, has some ad? mirable features, but it would have to be amended in some particulars to adopt It to the needs of Sumter. A commission of three capable business men could administer the affairs of this city far better than they have been In the past and more efficiently and economically than would be pos? sible with a larger body; but the de taile of a commission form of gov? ernment, particularly adapted to the needs of this city, could be worked out by a committee of citizens. A change is needed, and while we car worry along under the old order fov two years more. It is not too soon to begin now to arrange for modern? ising the city government at the ex? piration of the term of office of the City Council that will be elected next month. The needed change will never be brought about unless the Chamber of Commerce, or some other representative body of citizens, takes the initiative, works out the plan and secures the passage of an enabling act by the legislature. We suggest that this matter be con? sidered at the next meeting of the Chamber of Commerce and steps taken to organise a special commit? tee of three or five to study the en? tire subject and draw up a plan for this city. ? ? ? Unless a sufficient number of rep? r?sentative citizens?property owners and successful business man?shall summon all the public spirit they possess and offer their services to the city, the municipal election soon to Id geld will go by defuali Serving on the City Council is a thankless task, we all know, but the services of nine good men wero never more ?Sjgelgd than ,it present. Tlu> men who have most at stake in Sumter should consider this when asked to become candidates. They should lay aside their personal preference for a private station and serve the public without hope of reward, appreciation er thanks. The management of the affairs of this city for the next two years will be no light undertaking and is a task that should not be com? mitted t<> the hands of any save men of pgcj.. i sugtfiesa ability. NOTES OF CITY SCHOOLS. Examinations llegin Next Monday? Other Matters. Th. examinations will begin on next Monda> und w ill Iggg fOf tWO weeks. The reports will be given out ?n Munh :*.Uth and re? turn', by the pupils on Thursdny 31st. As is customary two days will be given at the end of these exami? nations Tkdl fOaff they will fall on Friday thv l;t an 1 Monday the Sth of April. I ?n th. 0r*t of March the superin? tendent b. van work with Iih class oi* dec la lours an! bjgf m St with them at 5 o'< lex k each afternoon, About th* Igt g| 1 ? ) ru irv the speeches were sc! > < I ?I and the boys have them now mm? r i/ ,1 I'r m now until the preliminary com. -t '.??? May this Has* which numbers tw er.tv-three will meet in sections every afteinon for training. At this preliminary contest six declnlmers will hv selected by the judges for commencement. I Miring the first week of March the girls of the loth grade selected those member* v ho are to prepare essays for commenc. mer.t Those w ho were se'. f'd are busily at work now In preparing these essays. The work of both the b,.ys and the girls is done out mi s< hool hours and these extra requirements do not interfere with their regular school duties. The superintendent often expresses the deSgfl to ha\e the parents visit the s ho..is. If they cm remain only ten minutes. The most oportune time for thern to visit the Hampton school I? I a || and the Calhoun school, ?:50. At Oese hours the lesson In music is conducted in these two build? ings and the students :>re In the as? semble balls. The patrons will be welcome, however, at any one of the three buildings at any tin* . Th. content for Mayor botWOSn Jen nlngs and Boyle promises to be n? lively a set-to as Sumt r Icis bad Is torn* years. Those who want a change and new life In the city gov? ernment are supporting Jsnntnge, while Mayor Boyle's manv frteftd* ?"? I supporters s^e no goo.j to be gained by a change tf administration Att rition Is Invited to the adver tlsement of J. J. Brltton. Jr.. who has opened a real estate office. Farmers' Union News -AND Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers (Conducted by E. \V. 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 Farmer./ Union and Practical Farmers which I have been requested to conduct. It will be my alm^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 ] ublished. 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, Mayesville, S. C. ADVANTAGES OF SOY BEANS. Col. J. E. Kribllng Point? Out Profit? able Feature?. Col. J. C. Stribltng, of Pendleton. says In regard to the soy bean: "If I were called upon to name just one plant as the most valuable to man and his domestic animals for a sum? mer crop In the Southern States, the legume, known at present as the soy? bean is beyond doubt that plant, for the following reasons: "1st. It will grow a profitable crop upon any and all soils where corn or cotton will grow. "2d. It supplies the most complete ration of hay and grain for work stock. When ground, the beans are a better feed than cotton meal, and soaked in water for a time?one or two days owing to the weather?the beans more than double In bulk and at such a stage make the best green food for utock and poultry, and rival the navy bean for table use. "3d. The planting season ranges from April to the last of July. The large varieties may be planted any time from early spring to late in July. "4th. For enriching the soil and at the same time harvesting a profitable j crop, there is no equal of the soy bean. My observation is that the lit? tle nitrogen balls on the roots of the soy bean are more abundant than any other plant that I know of. 5th. The upright growth or cot? ton stalk shape of the plants, make it possible to drill and cultivate entirely by horse power, and harvested by ma? chinery when sown broadcast or in drills. "6th. With proper preparation of the soil, I havf never known the soy? bean to fall producing a fair crop, wet or dry. I believe it will stand a drought better than alfalfa, or any other farm crop." The Care of The Potatoes. If you have second-crop potatoes still in the ground, do not lose anv time in getting them lifted. Store in a cooler cellar or in heaps outside, covered with pine straw and earth enough to keep frost out. ' A cellar hSTt you can have five ventilation nid tan let In the cool night air at Hint s so that the temperature can be ?pt down just above the freezing p -int. and total darkness, will keep Irish pOtatOfJl better than anywher else. Such a cellar can he best made away fr<?n) any building and with a doublt roof. Or you can dig Into a hillside and make a cave tliat Will un ?U er the purpose. A hotltt for sweet potatoes shouM Dt l-ept at about 4u to 17. degrees, but for Irish potatoes, the nssrsr you can keep them just above 32 the bettor.? Pros, rssslvs Farmer, V Working Plan, In planting ? corn crop the planter should first determine how much RS Slmi to make to the SOTS, ThOSS who' mads I to 10 bushels last year should aim for II this year. This can be done If the farmer has the right sort of frit and b\gins in time An easy-going, careless. slouchy man will not try it. Hs Is satlstcd with a cartload Ol nubbins to the acre. Al? ter land is well pr? psrsd b'V "'T rows ti\ e fert wide and b t the hill he lour fssi apart. Thai will give 2.17a pin ts nnd ought lo make |Q hushels la |hs acre, By applying: III pounds of standard f< rtilizer whsn the crop Is || to 2" Inches high and 10 pounds of nitrate at laying by time, the 20 bushels may bs mads, it will be corn too, and not a few measly Imperfect e n s. By planting Ihs s? od Ihn s feel apart in the drill ami adding 50 per cent to |hs fertilizer, the yield inn be brought up to -jr. bushels, Plantin? by I and doubling the fertiliser, 18 i nsbeis may be reached, W< do not advise laraners Just beginning to raise corn after tin- intensiv?1 m< thod to reach OUt after Immense v elds .it tin start. If they do tiny will be disap? pointed, Hut a great numb< r all over the state Im wanted |o Join the OlSSI who will make 20 to || hushels to the acre at an outlay for commercial fertilizer ranging from $4 to %1. Let no one get It into his head that some fine, thoroughbred corn will make a big yield under any condi? tions. A good farmer may select a mixed lot of nubbins from the first wagon load he sees for sale, and with proper cultivation make a fair crop. First class seed will make much more, of course. Best seed, best preparation, best cultivation, af 'ter the Williamson plan, will always make a satisfactory yield.?Spartan burg Journal. COTTON SEED BREAD. Mr. B. F. Taylor, of Columbia, Has Some Samples to Exhibit. (Columbia State.) B. F. Taylor, vice president of the cottonseed oil mill men's national organization, will next Monday deliv? er an address at the university on the subject of their products. The lecture will be illustrated with scores of sam? ples of the by-products, from soap to an emulsion to be taken by invalids, and from absorbent cotton for wounds to guncotton and other ex? plosives. But the most astonishing exhibit will be that of bread made from a meal from the cotton seed. It has long been contended that the cotton seed is a grain crop, and now the table may be supplied with bread of much palatability. Cottonseed flour has been used for bread making in Ennis, Tex., and Mr. Taylor yesterday received a large ex? press package containing plain bread resembling pumpernickle, ginger bread and even fruit cake. The label on the pacakage containing the fruit cake, says: Fodewahr Fruit Cake A Modern Adaptation of Mammy Jule's Receipe Made Exclusively of Cottonseed Flour With Cottonseed Oil A delightful reminiscence of Christmas on the plantation "before the war." A delicious triumph of modern dietetic science. All the de? lights of the old with all the develop? ments of the new. Made and Baked by Mrs. Dan McCarty "he First and Only Purveyor of Cottonseed Bread and Cakes Ennis, Texas. No wheaten flour; no butter; no lard, Purely Vegetable. A number of housekeepers in Co? lumbia who have tasted the bread are wanting the recipe for the making of it and the loaves that came here were subjected to an interested in? spection. Cottonseed bread has the outward appearance of bread made of graham flour and "eats mighty good." The Associated Press explains that the COSt of the cottonseed flour Is said to be only BO to 7."? per cent, that of cereals, while its nutritive value is declared to he from the to seven times as great. An; lysis show:- that cotton seed contains 37.7 per cent, more protein than vheat flour. Mr. Taylor explained today that in the bread and cake the product of bread is obtained while the protein in meats, that for which meat is eaten, is had, so that this bread and cake .ms the nutritive value of ordinary bread and meats combined. The bread, it is explained, can be made either i*r< m pure cottonseed Hour In which ease it is very pala? table, but dense, or from so per cent. cott< nseed .lour and 20 per cent, wheat Hour in which case it becomes lighter and resembles more the wheaten bread. The cake la very tasty, and those who tried it here today "axed" for more of it. The I >. .1. Chandler Clothing Co have recently had their place repaint? ed and has ? put in a lot of up-to-date fixtures. Their store is equipped in modern styles throughout. Hand? some clothing cabinets Will protect their goody from dust and light. Their place is a thing of beauty now. LIEUT. GOV. McLEOD INTER- I VIEWED. Thinks the Whiskey Question is Not The Only Important Question. From The Daily Item. March 10. Lieut. Gov. McLeod, of Bishopville, who is an avowed candidate for gov? ernor in the primary this summer, is in the city today on professional bus? iness. He was seen by the Item man and asked about his platform. He talked freely of his chances, and is sanguine of election. He does not think that the whiskey question is the most important question be? fore the people at this time. He is for general development of the State along industrial, educational and agricultural lines. He said: "I have always stood for the public school system and its development, having been among the first to favor an ap? propriation for the public schools. I advocate such development of our public school system and enlarge? ment of Its sphere as will make it the basis of our educational system. The old idea was that the college was the main thing, while the public school was a mere side issue. I will have some definite plan to offer for the improvement and development of our system, which, if carried out will make an epoch in the history of our educational system." He further said: "I will have some? thing to offer along the line of our tax problem. We are on the eve of considerable Industrial improvement, and everything should be in harmony with that improvement." "As to local option," he asid, "I believe prohibition, or the legal sale of whiskey by the counties as the majority sentiment of each county decides, as expressed by its voters, is the best solution of the problem. That it. is the best solution is evi? denced by the fact that the law is better enforced now than under the dispensary law. Prohibition as it exists now in Sumter, Lee and other counties can be enforced. Human nature is so constituted that a condi? tion of affairs or obligations assumed by the people themselves are much easier of enforcement. The f>eople realize that they have assumed re? sponsibility for the enforcement of the law and act accordingly. Ex? treme measures which go beyond the sentiment of a community are likely to be followed by a reaction." At this point the interview was in? terrupted. The matter of organzlng a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani? mals is being talked by some, and it is likely that a meeting will be called al an early date for the purpose of form? ing the organization. Charles Brown, colored, has a fiat at Sumter's Landing and has a good road on this side of the river. He says that he will at an early date open up the road on the other side and then advertise for the automobile travel between Sumter and Columbia. Advertisemnts have been posted in accordance with law for the drawing the jury for the criminal court on March 19 at 11 o'clock. Court con? venes on April 4th.? FINGER JERK KI) OFF. John J. Peay of Chester Meets With a Horribly Painful Accident. Chester, March 9.?John J. Peay of this city was the victim of a hor? ribly painful accident yesterday af? ternoon. He was riding in a buggy and leading a mule, near the York county line. The mule became fright? ened and pulled back violently and the first joint of the forefinger of Mr. Peay's right hand was jerked off, together with a tendon more than a foot long, reaching almost to the el how. Mr. Peay was brought at once to the city and the wound was care fully dress?d. He is resting comfort ably. A woman never exaggerates when speaking of her age. The Pension Board completed its work Monday and made its report to the State Pension Board. All mem? bers were present. Mr. R. M. Aman, of Bishopville, sold fifty bales of coton to a local buyer for 14.62.5. This was the largest sale made Thursday. Neighbors may save a nice bit of money by putting their orders togeth? er and buying of large quantity of grass seed or other farm necessaries. Nice to think that farmers bave con? fidence in each other to do that. Among those prominently men? tioned as candidates for Mayor is A. B. Stuckey, Esq. When asked about it he said that he did not know ex? actly what to say, but that he was considering the matter seriously. Seed Potatoes We have now on hand and ready for delivery 100 Barrels OF THE GENUINE Red Bliss and Irish Cobbler.1 These two brands have proven to be the best adapted to this soil and climate. Place your orders at once, for it may be too late to replenish our stock when tlie present supply is exhausted. >'(? ?: Iii minri that -v s.uttdle only the GENl 5 N E ARTICLE. O'Donnell 6 Co. We Want the Attention OF EVERY LOVER OF HORSE-FLESH, EVERY PERSON INTERESTED IN CHICKENS, EVER)' MAN, l VOM AN OR CHILD INTERESTED IN THE SAN IT A TION OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS. We are the direct representatives of Dr. Hess & Clark, -of Ashland, Ohio, manufacturers of the CELEBRATED STOCK FOOD, POULTRY PANACEA, INSTANT LOUSE KILLER, DR. HESS* DIP AND DISINFECTANT, HEALING POWDER, WORM POWDERS FOR STOCK AND HOGS, COUGH AND DISTEMPER CURE. This is the season for general cleaning up. Give the animal his regular food with some of Dr. Hess' Remedies ami watch the result. It you are not satisfied, you have not made a bad purchase, for every package is guaranteed or Your Money Hack. An Egg per Day Try to get this from your hens. The only discovery on the mar? ket today to stimulate laying is DR. HESS* PANACEA. Sanitation?Kill the Germ. You can do it with Dr. Hess' Dip and Disinfectant and Sprayer. A quart of this makes a half barrel of the finest disinfectant known to science, Paint your horse's hoof with Campbell's Horse Foot Remedy. Keeps off scratches, sand-gravt 1, makes the hoof grow soft and pliable, strengthens the frog. Th :se remedies cost so little in comparison with the net result, that it is up to you. PHONE 85.