The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 18, 1910, Image 4
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WEDNESDAY. MAY 18, 1910.
The Sumter Watchman was found
ad In 1*60 and the True Southron In
lilt. The Watchman and Southron
?ow has the combined circulation und
Influence cf both of the old paper*
and Is manifestly the best advertising
medium in Sumter.
Balllnger and Wlckersham are d?>
mg their full share toward making
a mess of the Tariff administration,
and poor old Taft Is putty In their
bands
set
Jf the Boyd-Brock court of Inquiry
will cost several thousand dollars,
as estimated. It had better be called
eff before It gets undorway. It would
bi an expensUe and useless luxury
If it cost only thirty cents.
see
The Sumter County Farmers' Union
should take the steps necessary to se?
cure a Farmers' Institute for this
eounty. Prof. Barrow, of Clemson Col?
lege. Is now arranging the programme
Ml schedule for the Institutes to be
held this summer, and the counties
that speak first will be given a place
on the programme.
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Oood roads for all sections of Sum?
ter county will bo made the leading
Issue In the campaign this summer.
One of the candidates for the House
of Representatives has given the mat?
ter much thought and will go before
the people with a well thought out
|gj| i arefully digested plan for good
roads. The voters will be gl\en some?
thing to think about, and not fed on
meaningless generalities and well
worn Jokes.
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It Is still not too late for Oen.
Willie Jones to retire from the chair?
manship of the State Executive Com?
mittee.
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Hon. U. S. Whaley. of Charleston,
will be nominated for permanent
chairman of the Convention and will
probably be elected. It is an honor
that h > will appreciate, and a more
suitable selection could not be made.
We do not know how the Sumter del?
egation feels about It. but we hope
they will all vote for Whaley
? as
At the last meeting of City Council
Alderman Cuttlno said he thought It
* ? 1 out Hue- fat tatfvc and en
ergrttc measures to be taken to sup?
press gambling, which according to
common report, is carried on quite
txterudvelv In this city. A round-up
ef gamblers, as well as blind tigers.
wo?kf make for the moral purity of
Sumter.
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The trouble with the Oakland
Avenue sewer has given street paving
a black eye, for no man knows how
much the repairs will cost, and money
Is not so plentiful as It might be In
the city treasury.
MANY ASPIRK TO H PI SCOP AC Y"
MctliiMlMx Begin Balloting For
llMmpn Today.
Ashe\ilie. N. C. May 15.?Interest
In the ttorttOI Of the Bishops of the
& th. i -.t 1); i opal Churc h. South,
which opens tomorrow at the Gen?
eral Conferen e, is almost at fever
heat, and tonight the corridors of toe
Battery Park Hotel have the appear?
ance of a big political convention.
>ndar) matters, like the ques?
tion t| th. Y.mdcrl.ilt University own?
ership, the pastoral time limit and the
ministerial ptoMbttkMI of t bacco,
lave been lont fight of in the univer?
sal gJa aarioa of i.pis ..pal possibili?
ties. Tb? r.' are seven vacancies to be
filled by tomorrow's election.
The candidates are the Rev. J. C.
Kllgo. North Carolina Conference^ he
Rev. W. R. Lambuth. Tennessee; the
Rev Collins Denny. Baltimore; the
Rev G. C. Rankln. Texas; the Rev.
If V Dubose, Mississippi; the Rev.
R. O Waterhouso. Holstein Confer?
ence; the Rev. J. F. Cannon. Vir?
ginia; the Rev. C M Bishop. Mis?
souri, the Rev. W. F. MacMurray.
Louisville; the Rev K l>. Mouson,
South Texas: the Rev. J K. Dickey,
North Georgia; the Rev. W. W.
Aalnsuorth. South Qooffjlaj the Kev.
J. W. Tarbox. Brasil Mission; the
Rev. Hi C Tucker. Brazil Mission;
the F N Barker. Louisiana, and the
Rev. 1\ B Culver. Alabama.
It Is generally belloved among the
mt ml i rs mi the CoafOTOaOS that the
Btatthree n.m?d win as elected on
the first ballot. The Virginia delegates
? re working I ard In the interest of
the Rev R. O. Waferhouse.
The delegates of the North and
Mouth Osorffta Coaforacsi are h aving
no stone unturned to c arry I >r. I.arn
t uth. of Teaaoooee, |o victory, to oad
tb.tt Mi supporters win h? ip them
I Um Re-. j. |\ Dickey or the
Ii. Wi W Aahc worth. Th - latter
h looked upon :\ * mwt of the "dark
her ? '* 10 be sprung on the Coafer?
ere e In e:( v,- of n deadlock
There || BJtHI OOfJiplalal about bad
stands of BOteafi and err. The e dd
weather Is bad enough, but added t<
thit th.ntlnued drought makes tbr
outlook very gloomy
Farmers' Union News
?AND ?
Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers
(Conducted by K. \V. Dabbs, President Tanners* Union of Suinter
County*)
The Watchman and Southron having decided to double its service by
semi-weekly publication, would improve tbat service by special features.
The first 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 rails of the Union. To that end
??tMcers, and members of the Union ure requested to use these columns.
Al90 to publish such cllj nings 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 o/ their successes or failures
will be appreciated and | ihlislud.
Trusting this Departme.it vill be of mutual nenefit to all concerned,
THE EDITOR.
Ail communications for tl ?s Department should be sent to E. W. Dabbs,
v 11 Mvllla, s. c.
SUMTEB COUNTY UNION,
Notes <??? Mooting of Coemtj UrJon mi
r.Uiotts May <*?th, i?lo.
K.solutions below wert- unanimous?
ly adopted. There WON several strong
speeches commending Mr. Lever and
the action of the sub-committee of
the Agriculture Committee Of the
national house of representatives as
?toOWn by the bill that has been re?
ported to the house, a copy of which
was read to the Union.
The Union decided to ask of can?
didates for the legislature this sum?
mer how they stand on the gun li?
cense proposed by the Audubon So
< iety. and Indorsed by this Union last
January. Especially to ask of Sum
tor's delegation why nothing was
(lone.
Action was taken looking to the
thorough canvas of the three coun?
ties owning the Union Brokerage Co.,
Lee, Sumter and Clarendon, this sum?
mer. This business is in a flourishing
< onditlon, but to carry out all of our
plans to a successful Issue we need
?very good man In the three counties.
Members of the Union in other coun?
ties are asking admittance and it will
not surprise us if our little "Game)
L'ock" enterprise should become a |
State w ide institution, that will handle
cotton for export When the time is
ripe for it we will have the men train?
ed to handle It. Invitations to go Into
other counties to explain our plans
Dome from different directions.
The good people of Elliotts enter?
tained the Union most hospitably. Our
next meeetlng will be at Oswego on
June 3rd. Any communities that
wish the July and August meetings
with a view to organization of local
unions should send invitations to the
Oswego meeting. E. W. D.
RESOLUTIONS OF SUMTER COUN?
TY FARMERS' UNION AT THE
MEETING AT ELLIOTTS, MAY I
1910.
Whereas: The Union has heard
read the letter of Hon. A. F. Lever,
!ind the Bill now pending in Congress
to suppress gambling in cotton and
farm products, and
Whereas: We heartily indorse the
r ie, therefore, be it
K. solved. First. Sumter County
' nion, arM Lee County Union meet?
ing w ith us, do hereby place on record
our hearty commendation of every ef?
fort by our member of Congress to
enable the farmers to secure their
just dues for the fruit of their toil.
Resolved: We extend to Mr. Lever
our hearty congratulations that he
has at last secured from the Commit?
tee on Agriculture the recognition of
the importance of this matter as evi?
denced by the bill before us which is
the Joint productof the sub-committee
of the Committee of Agrlcutlure.
ilenolved; Third, We call on all of
our representatives in the house and
our senators to leave no loophole for
setting aside the objects Of this bill,
but to see that it is perfected, and
that every effort be made to enact it
into law at the earliest time possible.
Resolved: Fourth, That we trans
n I to Mr. Lexer these resolutions,
mi send a copy to the Farmers'
Union Sun. and ask the County and
h eal unions to pass similar resolu?
tions.
Respectfully submitted,
R, W. I ?ALLS.
L. I. PA Lit* ?TT,
HUGH W ITHBBSPOON,
Committee
The above Resolutions wer,- unanl?
moiral) adopted,
B. W. LA II LS.
President,
HUGH W1T11EI18POON,
Secretary*
THE PAItTRIDGK.
Interval Inn Facts About \Ut*\ land
liar Bob While.
Order?Galllnae; genus, collnus;
family tetaonldne; species, Virgin
?mii.t
Length of bird, ten Inches; weight,
undreaaedi from live to seven ounces,
\ description of the partridge is super?
fluous in South Carolina, except 10
V
call attention to the fact that the
crown of booth sexes is blacker In
?ummer and the huff markings paler.
There are from 10 to 18 white eggs
laid on the ground in a skillfully con?
structed nest and the bird is an adept
at drawing off a person or animal that
comes too near for comfort.
In this connection! I shall waste no
time discussing the reasons for insist?
ing on the name partridge, although
Prank M. Chapman and Dr. T. S. Pal?
mer of the biological survey at Wash?
ington have tried to cajole me into
adopting the nickname "Bob White"
as a compromise. Among Southern
gentlemen the bird has always been
the partridge. The South has always
controlled the supply for attempts to
introduce them out of their range
?p
have failed. The classification of the
bird, was made first by Linnaeus from
a specimen sent from Virginia, hence
the Virginianus which denotes the j
species. i
It will be observed that the part- j
ridge belongs to the gallinae or ordtr |
of scratching birds and that he be?
longs to the grouse family, to whl.^h
all the finest game birds belong?not
all, for the woodcock and snipe do n?t
belong to it?but at least most of the
finest birds?the pinnated grouse, the
ptarmigan and willow grouse.
The northern limit of the partridge
is set down as Southern Maine and
Minnesota and the Southern the Gulf
of Mexico. But there are few part?
ridges even In Virginia and above this
they are scattered as not to be worth
counting, despite vigorous attempts
to Introduce and cultivate them. The
real limit is from the northern boun?
dary of North Carolina to Texas,
sweeping around In a crescent. In
both Texas and Florida there are sub?
species. These are smaller and have
different markings.
Moreover we shall have to dispense
with a discussion of the various spe?
cies of partridge found In other parts
of the country. This one bird furnish
es"so much matter that any man at all
conversant with its history could write
a volume on it alone.
It is the aim of this article to pre?
sent the partridge in such an aspect
as will lead to more serious consid?
eration than is generally accorded
him.
Of all the birds that inhabit our
woods and fields the partridge de?
mands the largest amount of common
Mouse and w ell-bal'inced judgment to
treat properly. He has so many sides
that It is easy to exalt any one at the
expense of the others. But to proper?
ly appreciate the bird account must
be had of all his qualities and traits.'
There are farmers who will not per?
mit a partridge to be shot on their
premises under any consideration.
There are a few who regard the bird
as an enemy to their crops. One 1
heard of last year poisoned every bird
he could with the result that he lost
his whole crop by cutworms and this
was the treatment he deserved. The i
comes the sportsman who wishes tC
shoot them in moderation as game
birds and lastly the game hog and the
pot hunter who destroy all they can.
I Mit of this confused medley one has
to try to pick his way. The partridge
Is properly a game bird and certainly
may be sind in moderation, hut at
present it ought to be in extreme
i moderation. On the other hand, the
bird's work is of the inst Importance
to the farmer. Only 15 per cent of
I the year's food consists of insec ts, but
these Insec ts are e aten at a time when
they are doing most damage to crops
and tin y are among the worst Insert
pests known. Remember another
thing; IS per pent. In the case of i
partridge means more than 100 per
i i nt in tic rase of some birds, so
great is the total amount of t.1 con
?
sumed.
Did von ever hear of the chinch
bug? ProhnIdj not, except some cas?
ual reference or some short article,
v. t this c tie greatest pent American
agriculture has ever encountered. He
Is destroying more in actual value ev?
ery \' it- than the Mexican I "ll wee?
vil has ever done in five years. The
? ad of the boll wce\ ii v..- . an see; the
end of the chin h bug no man profes?
ses to Roe, You that read this will live
to see South Carolina newspapers fill
ed with accounts of the chinch bug
there will bs stations established to
light him and there will be all sorts ,
Of things said and done; but the j
chinch bug will go merrily on. Me is
hero now and be has eome to stay.
Paris green has no more effect on
him than moonshine.
The only effectual enemy the chinch
bug ever had was the partridge. Noth?
ing else has ever held in ( hock this
evil-smelling, much-devouring pest. j
The most careless reader knows of
the potato bug. The first time he sees
a patch of Irish potatoes he will see ,
the bugs at work. It costs the coun- !
try $10,000,000 a year to fight them.
The only effectual check to the potato
bug is the partridge.
Any farmer can tell you of the bill
bug (there are several that go under
this name, but all alike and all bad)
that bores into the cornstalks and lays
his eggs so that white grubs are
hatched that eat out the pith, eaus- j
Ing the stalk to fall over. Thousands
of acres of corn arc destroyed annual- '
ly by this pest.
The only check to the bill bug is the
partridge.
Besides this, the partridge is one of
the chief destroyers of the boll weevil
(a first cousin of the bill bug, both
being members of the snout-beetle
family).
The partridge ranks high as a cut
worm destroyer and equally high as a
grasshopper (locust) destroyer. He
eats click beetles, the parents of the
dreaded wire worm. These are only a
few of the many insect pests that the
partridge destroys. The bird is a wide
ranger and a vigorous scratcher.
In winter he is a great eater of the
Beeds of noxious weeds, ranking at the
head of weed destroyers.
A farmer in Kansas writes that he
took two tablespoonfuls of chinch
bugs out of the craw of on* part?
ridge.
In the opinion of the United States
department of agriculture, the part?
ridge is worth 20 times as much liv?
ing as he is dead?an opinion from
which not a single authority dissents.
It is interesting to note in passing
that the chinch bug came down from
Virginia through the counties in
North Carolina where the partridge
have been shot out and entered South
Carolina by way of York county?
whose representatives, by the way.
voted against the only law that would
give the partridge protection?and
the bug has now passed entirely
through the State, being found last
year in Edgefield and Saluda coun?
ties.
It would not have been possible for
this pest to pass through South Caro?
lina 25 years ago; partridges were
abundant then and would have kept
him out or thinned down to a point
where he could do no harm.
As this will carry too far a-field I
shall In another paper have some?
thing to say of the partridge as a
game bird and how to make him plen?
tiful once more, for he can be made
just as plentiful as he ever was and
that in a reasonably short time.?
James Henry Rice, Jr.
ELECTION CLOSE IN FLORIDA.
Complete Returns Give Taliafcrro
Plurality of Only 27 Votes Over
Itrmvard.
Jacksonville. Fla., May 16.?Com?
plete unofficial returns from the State
primary gave Senator Taliafcrro, who
Is running for reelection, 21,045, N.
I). Rroward 21,018 and Claude L'Engle
4,060. For congress, S. M. Sparkman
was nominated without opposition.
Frank Clarke defeated his opponent
by a large majority and N. H. Mays
will be returned to congress by a safe
majority. The official count will be
made on May 24. A second primary
will be necessary for United States
renator and will be held on June 7.
The race between Senator Talia?
fcrro and ex-Oov. Broward is ihe
? losest ever encountered in the politics
of the State of Florida, only 27 votes
separating the two. The second pri?
mary Is expected to be one of the
hardest fought In the State's hitsory.
MANY CONVICTS CREMATED.
Thirty-five Burned to Death in Ala?
bama Stockade.
Centervllle, Ala., May 1?;.?Thirty
five convicts were burned to death at
an early hour this morning at the Lu?
cille mines of the Red Feather Coal
Company, located in Bibb county. 15
miles north of this place. The men
were cremated while making desper?
ate efforts to escape from a burning
stockade, in which the}' were confin?
ed, and otlur prisoners were, with
great difficulty, saved from the same
late.
The stockade was fired by a convict
in attempting to escape, and he t<>o
met death In Harnes. Guards of the
camp were uroused by cries of an?
guish from the suffering ne u. but the
stockade burned so rapidly that their
? fforts to save all Inmate* wor< futile.
Those w ho escaped from the stock
ade, in which about 100 wore confin?
ed, attempted In escape custody, re?
sulting in one being shot to (hath.
\ fter the lire the stoi kado Bite pre?
sented a grewsome scene, theground
being covered with baked bodies,
while the groans of those Injured ad?
ded to the horror of the scene.
Beautiful Spanish Dancer
Gives Praise to Pe-ru-na.
NRRVOU8 prostration i? usually the ' Peruna Is not a beverage nor a bitters,
result of a vocation which requires but an honest, straightforward tonic
a continual st rain on the nervous j that increases tbo appetite and encour
tysteni. I ages digestion.
I a such cases it would be wise if a
change of vocation c< mid ba made.
Joit this is not always po.- t?ibio and a
g< d tonic becomes a ne < . -1 v.
Peruna is a tonic that invigorates
Without prodiunr - a dri\*5 habit.
There is a great demand for tonics
during the depressing neat of summer,
:.::J especially In countries where hot
weather is very prevalent*
Such a demand is exactly met by
i Peruna.
'f- I
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Miss Pilar Monier de Praises Peruna as a Tonic
A letter sent to the Peruna Drug Mfg. Co., from the popular Spanish dancer,
Miss Pilar Monterde, is as follows:
Teatro Principal, City of Mexico, Nov. 3, 190S.
The Peruna Drug Mfg. Co., Columbus, Ohio, U. S. A.
Gentlemen : Having used your justly celebrated remedy t "La Peruna,*'
for some time, I have the pleasure of Informing you that I consider It the
best tonic I have ever used.
It is a wonderful fortifier of the nerves after exhaustion and It in?
creases the vitality of the whole body, and in my own case has produced
the most complete and permanent restoration. It Is also pleasant to the
taste. I
I do not hesitate, therefore, to recommend this remedy to all worn em
as the best and most pleasant tonic that they can possibly take.
Yours very truly, (Miss) P. Monterde.
i
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Corn Club Meeting!
The Corn Club of Sumter County
will
Hoi
me:
rffas 21st at 12 o'clock All
ip
noent
< am
anc .7. P. Williams, ITnited State!
Demonstration Agent will make in?
structive talks on corn culture.
J. SINGLETON DWIGHT,
Edwin Boyle, Sec. President.
Statenurg, May 12, 1910.
Some folks are anxious to make the
acquaintance of John Doe, if he is in
town. But has he come?
There are symptoms of the recur
rence of the baseball fever in Sumter
Mr. Willie Bultman, one of the ex
moguls of th< State L igue and- the
iter j\nm ball Asso Uttl in has made
id : )V some of the Colum .a. South
Atlantic games to be played in tn.
city.
1
WANTED?The Farmers of Sumter
County to know they can get pro?
tection for their crops against de?
struction by Hail by a policy in the
Carolina Hall Insurance Compan:
G. E. Haynsworth, Agent, 26 1-2 N.
Main St., Sumter, S. C. 6-6-lt
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Seven Car Loads
in One Week : : :
ONE CAR LOAD OF C0RN0 HORSE AND MULE FEED,
ONE CAR LOAD OF MEAL,
ONE CAR LOAD OF GRITS.
ONE CAR LOAD OF RICE,
ONE CAR LOAD OF FLOUR,
ONE CAR LOAD OF CORN,
ONE CAR LOAD OF MEAT.
THIS is the record of our receipts for last week and
needs very little comment from us. It requires
capital and a business outlet to handle merchan?
dise in this way, and we are fortunate in having both,
particularly the outlet, for which we are very grateful.
This business has reached such a stage of success that
no quantity is too large for us to handle, providing the
quality and price is right.
All our merchandise of this character is bought
from first hands, and the fanner who 4-loes his trading
with us, and there are many, can feel assured that he is
paying no middle man's profit, but obtaining tho neces?
saries of life as cheap, or cheaper, than they can be got?
ten anywhere, t >ur patrons are our friends and best
advertisers. It you are not one already
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