The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 27, 1910, Image 4
WEDNESDAY, A^HIL 27, ISl'O.
The Sumter Watchman wu* fo liul
ed in lv'.'i ami the Tine tOtttBTOII in
IMC. The VYatchm in and ?Ottlar? D
mow has the combined circulation and
Influence of both of the old papers,
and I? manifestly the best advertising
medium In Sumter.
IN Till POLICE (OHM.
Thing* Vre (.citing Lively?Pulling
\utoinoblle and liif)clc Mitfl
Wb<> Violate Ilm lau.
A blind tiger case was tried in the
Recorder's court Saturday which
added $100 to the city treasury. A
week ago Otflcer McKagen, who is
always' on the lookout for the viola?
tors of the law, arrested Tom Green,
colored, as he was going to the res?
taurant of Reese James on East Lib?
erty street with three quarts In a
sack. Tom told the officer that he
was bringing it from Epperson's Pen
to Reese James' restaurant, that
Reese had given him a pint to cut
some wood for him and to bring the
boose. The case was tried this morn?
ing after Reese pleaded not guilty.
The result was a conviction and the
sentence was that Reese pay $100 or
serve 30 days on the gang. He paid
his fine, much to the surprise of
all.
Friday night Officer McKagen made
another arrest. While patrolling on
West Liberty, near Walker Ave., he
saw a negro carrying a suit case.
When the officer came up he
dodged into an alley, but McKagen
got him. He had two gallons and a
half of whiskey, which he said was
for 8am Davis.
The case was tried Saturday
by the Recorder, a: il the docket re?
cords the following disposition it it:
n careful inquiry it was shown
that Davis had sent to Columbia for
whiskey for himself and witnesses.
Defendant Smith S is taking it |SJ Ds>
vis when arrested and was not other?
wise involved. There seemed to be
no probable case and defendants
were dismissed."
Roth Smith and Da\ Is were tried.
Is It not sgalnst the law to trans?
port whiskey in the night time?
Several minor cases have been dis?
posed of in the last few days.
Henry Robinson, colored, was up
for disturbing the peace and cutting
Isaac Hradford. He was given $10
or 30 days. He paid his tine.
J. 0. Miller, white, drunk. $2 or
4 days.
J. C. Cole, carrying concealed
weapon. $15 or 30 days.
Trlxle Kins; and Robert Plowden,
vagrancy, dismissed for lack
of evidence.
The Recorder was busy on Mon?
day disposing of the cases brought
before him.
Tom Dye. a negro from near Ash
lanU was drunk K""l and prop?? Sat?
urday afterncon. He said h*; wu
d:unk a a- asked the mer?. v <f the
court. He did not remember any?
thing aft? r he ?ot his whiskey In
Timmons\ il!e. Hi had | rar.or In his
pock. t. He got $20 < r 30 days.
Ruft.s Washington, running auto?
mobile f.. .er than the law allows,
was One.'.
Mabel Brass; n contributed $3 to
the city treasury for larceny.
Harry Larkln and Anthony White
got Into a fight and each contributed
$3 towards pavlne Main street.
Jack Johnson, drunk and carrying
a razor, helped the cause by adding
ftfl Isj wha' had already been con?
tribute.'
Ilenrv Jos? v. I'd Ilenjamln and G.
A. Stewy. each contributed $1 to
building aaHSf streets so they can get
off the sidewalks.
Converse Held, drunk, $r,.
dsSSSSf Wilson, drunk, $5.
J. It. F.rltton. driving automol ito
too f ist. $10.
Rai I'd a Hough HoSSSB,
Ja? k Johnson, colored, living on
Mayor Jennings plantation, went to
Columbia Sunday and tanked up on
some ??! the lire water dispensed In
that < Ity and came home feeling pret?
ty much llko raising a rough house.
He wan scry disorderly on the train.
Officer M< Kagen. H im meets all the
trains arrested him and bn k< d him
up. In his pocket was found a razor
ready for business. He contributed
$15 to the malntainam ?? of the city
of Sumter. He Is a wiser but sadder
man todav
Young Duncan Owens, who was
n? < sjpylng a tent In tho yard of Mr.
I?. \V. Owens, died l ist Saturday and
his body was < arrled to Mulllns, his
old home, for Interment. Ho was a
tuberculosis patient of the Civic
League
Th?- Dally I less and other friends
of Mr. John K. t'r<?s4well have re?
ceived copies of the Manila Times of
Marth 21st. The Cook Tourist Par?
ty, of whb h Mr. Crosswell Is a mem?
ber arrived In Manila on March 20th
on the trip around the world.
warmers' Union News
?AND ?
Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers
(OoMtaeM bf B, W? Dabbs, President Pannen Union of Stumer
County.)
The Watchman and Southron having decided to double its service by
semi-weekly publication, would improve that service hy special features.
The tlrst to be inaugurated is this Department for the Farmers' Union and
Practical Farmers which 1 have been requested to conduct. It will be my
aim to give the Union news and official calls ol the Union. To that end
officers, and members of t?\e Union are requested to use these columns.
Also to publish such clip Ings from the agricultural papers and Govern?
ment Pulletins as I thlnn will be of practical benefit to our readers. Ori?
ginal articles by any of o. r readers tolling of their successes or failures
will be appreciated and | jblished.
Trusting this Department will be of mutual neneflt to all concerned,
THE EDITOR.
All communications for tl is Department should be sent to E. W. Dabbs.
Mayesvllle, S. C.
IHM Random Thoughts.
I wonder how many readers of this
page or for that matter of the Pro?
gressive Farmer from which the
clipping is taken, "Two Sources of
Nitrogen" believe in a practical way
what Prof. Massey says about the ni?
trogen supply? Judging by the fer?
tilizer sales, and the small acres that
are put In legumes one would say
very few believe that there is as
much nitrogen in a crop of clover as
in a ton of 8?2?2.
Hut, but? well before these winter
cover crops can be used there must
be farm fences, otherwise roaming
stock (and my observation is that re?
gardless of the stock law every com?
munity is Infested with stock at large
from September to March) will make
the effort to grow these crops an?
other source of aggravation.
Several other articles deserve spe
i i ll mention but time and space for
bid at this time. E. W. P.
Do It Yourself!
I'm not going to wait for anybody's
shoes! 1 can make this old farm just
hum my own self, and I know It!"
Folks have said for yeais that!
I
some day John Turner would be a|
rich man when his uncle died and
left him all his property. He was the
only heir and the uncle would sure?
ly remember him In his will. John
Turner had thought about this him?
self. How could any young man with
Are in his heart and a longing to do
things help that? But he had not
let the dream keep him awake.
'Things may not come out as they
bid fair to. You never can tell where
shoes will turn up after the man has
Joen wearing them slips them off! I
have two good strong arms. My head
no i v not be as clear as some folks'
but It is no 'puddln-head* after all!
I'm going on and show them where
I'll come out!"
So he went ahead and turned the
old place upside down with his
strong, up-to-date farming. People
who .vent that way, declared that
they hardly knew the old farm. The
h >use was changed, the buildings?
all. in fact, took on a more prosper?
ous look, the crops began to fill the
barns, and everything showed that
John Turner was wearing shoes of
bis own. They fitted well, too.
I >o you know of any young men
who are just waiting for somebody
to boost them up on their shoulders
and help them "get a start" In the
world .' Tharc are lots of them scat*
t? red all over the country.
They need pity? Not at all. They
need a l it of the same tire in their
hearts that stirred John Turner to do
what be did. Any man with a back
i one Up and down bis body, instead
? ?f a tow string, will never lose any
time ?peculating what will be his
fortune after somebody else passes
on. The man who does that is not
worthy the name of man.
There is only one thing that makes
a man sueessful. and that is, what
be has done himself. To Step Up to
the bank window and receive a Ids
bundle of money that has been sav?
ed up by another Is not fortune?it
i^ misfortune, in nine cases out of
ten. The crops we grow ourselves
are the best of any this old world
e\er will give us.
Shoes that some one else has worn
never fit the man who has stood look"
Ing at them for yean and wishing bo
i ould try them on. They pinch in
one plate ;inl mal<e bunions h, an?
other.
Put yourself into this world. yotlBfl
men. The world wants you. It will
Kiw? yoil the best it has If you only
show y..u are worthy of It.?Edgar
I,. Vincent In Progressive Farmer.
Two Monroes of Nitrofen.
After all that I have written in The
Progressive Farmer and Qaaette In
regard to rfop rotation and the mak?
ing of cheap corn, my mail is burden
ad With letters from farmers asking
what formula of felt litter is best to
put under corn.
I Invariably say that the boat thing
i nave aver known under corn is a
crimson clover sod on which the farm
manure has heen broadcasted during
the winter. I would not give such a
preparation for all the fertilizer Mr.
Williamson cures his, stunted corn
with. There is nothing that tires me
so much as the constant dependence
of our farmers on fertlliezrs to grow,
crops. Now and then I am encourag?
ed by one who writes asking the best
rotation of crops for his land, for I
think that here is at least one who is
trying to get out of the bondage tc
the fertilizer trust, and to go to farm?
ing in reality.
One reader asks: "Is cottonseed
meal and acid phosphate mixed in
equal parts better for corn than 8?2
?2 fertilizer?" In such a mixture
he would get over 9 per cent of phos?
phoric acid, more than twice as much
nitrogen as in the 8?2?2 and very
nearly as much potash. The diffi?
culty is, that farmers will not study
the amounts of plant food contained
in the different materials used it
mixing fertilizer nor the cost of the
elements they want in eacb. At pres?
ent prices nitrogen in cottonseed
meal is rather costly as compared
with nitrate of soda, hut if nitrogen
is used, we need some organic form
to go with the nitrate to keep up the
feeding of the crop, and you cr;n refer
to the bulletins of the State depart?
ments of agriculture and of the ex?
periment stations and find out what
nitrogen costs in various materials.
Hut, while nitrogen is costly in any
form when bought In a fertilizer, it is
the cheapest thing the farmer can
get if he farms right, and uses the le?
gumes to get it for him. Then he
never needs to spend a cent for nitro?
gen in a fertilizer, and can, for thl
same money he has been spending
for complete fertilizer mixtures, get
far more phosphoric acid and pot?
ash, that will stay in his soil till some
plant calls for them, and will not
leach away as nitrogen does as soon
as it is in a form that plants can use.
All over the South men are paying
20 cents or more a pound for nitro?
gen in mixed fertilizers, when by
proper systematic farming they could
have free on every acre cultivated
more nitrogen than a whole ton of
8?2?2 will give them. Two hun?
dred pounds of 8?2?2 adds less
than 4 pounds of nitrogen when
spread over a whole acre, yet many
farmers expect this to have a great
effect.
Try to spread 25 pounds of nitrate
of soda evenly over a whote acre,
and you will find that it is put there
very thinly. And yet that will be
about equal to the 4 pounds of am?
monia in the 200 pounds of 8?2?2.
A ton of the 8 ? 2?2 will contain 34
pounds of actual nitrogen. A crop of
crimson clover turned under mature
win gi\e you from 40 to 50 pounds
an acre of nitrogen, or faj more than
you would get in a whole ton of the
8?2?2. Yet you win pay hard cash
to tiu- tune of nearly $7 for the nitro?
gen In the ton of fertiliser, when the
clover will give you almost twice as
much and will add humus to the soil.
Thousands are using a little over
three pounds of actual nitrogen when
they could have turned under to the
( rop over 1" pounds in a crop of
? lover, and would have added perma?
nent Improvement to the soil; and
millions of tons of 8?2?2 are sold
under over 200 different brands,
1 while unesttmated millions of pounds
of nitrogen Moat over every acre
waiting for some one to catch them,
and gel paid for the catching in the
Increased production of his land.
So Southern farmers wade through
a sea of nitrogen and dream golden
dreams over a little Back of fertilizer
they pay their hard cash for, because
tb< Sack stinks and the air does not,
though nature is ready to supply all
tneded nitrogen If the farmer will
only use tin- means for getting it. -
Prof, Masses- in Progressive Farmer.
The Bumt< r high school team were
Iwaten Friday In Florence by a
score of it to '.?. There must have
j been s? me bum playing. The boys
were (?( nsoled, however. They stayed
over that nlghi for a party and wa re
given a loyal time,
REV. J. G. DUKES
Writes: Afy wife has been in a very
bad state of health. Nothing seemed
to do her any good until she began
TO USE PERUNA.
i lag? f.? ?$>?:
MRS. J. G. DUKES.
Rev. J. G. Pukes, Pastor of the Uni?
tarian Church of Piuetown, N. C.?
writes:
?'My wife has been in a very bad state
of health for several years, and nothing
seemed to do her any good until she
began to use Peruna one month ago.
fcince then the color has returned to'her
face, and she is gaining in flesh every
day, and I believe she is a well .vornan
to-day.
"My little boy, ten years old, was palo
and had but little life. He began to
use Peruna the day his mother began.
To day his face is rosy, and he is out in
the yard running and jumping with the
rest of the children."
Stomijch Trouble Relieved.
Mrs. T. J. Ballard, Pryor Creek,
Indian Territory, writes: "I am happy
to tell you that I keep free from my old
stomach trouble; feel no catarrhal
symptoms at all. I am able to do my
work, eat and drink what I want, and
rejoice that T found a sure euro in your
valuable medicines, which I failed to
bud in the best of hom - physicians."
The suggestion that Hon. R. S.
Whaley, of Charleston, be made the
permanent chairman of the democra?
tic convention has met with approval
in Sumter, where Dr. Whaley has
a large number of friends.
Dr. S. C. Baker's colored automo?
bile driver was pulled for speeding
and fined $10 Saturday. Another
arrest has been made, but the de?
fendant has not been tried yet. Chief
Bradford Is getting in behind them.
In the report of the club meeting
Saturday the names of Dr. Geo. W.
Dick as executive committeeman
from Ward Four, and L. I. Parrott,
as delegate from Ward Two were
omitted.
OKoiinell 6 Co.
THE POPULAR
STORE OF SUM?
TE R. : :
TO ALL OUR FRIENDS : When you are in
to buy for the Spring and Summer, remem?
ber that this big store, where each depart?
ment is really a store in itself, can offer you values
that are well worth your time to see. Buying as large
as we do and paying the hard down cash for them as
we do, makes the manufacturer anxious to sell us and
sell us at the very lowest price. They know they
don't have to wait for their money.
I We are Headquarters for
DRY GOODS
of Every Description
Shoes for Man, Woman or Child.
Clothing for Man or Boy.
Groceries for the Whole Family.
O'Donnell 6 Co.
Tindal Tidings.
Tindal, April25.?The Earle Demo?
cratic Club met and re-organized on
Saturday, April 23rd, at 4 o'clock p.
m. with six members present.
The officers electe'd were:
T. E. Hodge, president; M. L.
Hodge, vice president; W. M. Broad?
way, secretary; H. D. Tindal, member
of executive committee; delegates to
county convention: M. L. Hodge,
Ezra Hodge, S. D. Richardson, T. E.
I Hodge, W. C. Sims, J. A. Hodge.
Sunnyside school will close next
Friday with a picnic on the school
J grounds. There will be entertaining
exercises, and a splendid day is as
j sured all who attend.
Superintendent of Education
Swearingen has sent out the second
installment for the high schools in
the State. The General Sumter
Memorial Academy received $150,
making the total amount for that
school $300. The Rembert school
received $155, making that total $310.
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