The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 12, 1910, Image 4
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.