Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Wk fiftattbman airt Sontbron WtONESDW. JUNE 15, I9I?. The bumur Watchman was found? ed In 1860 und the 'I rue Southron !? lift. The Watchman and ?OUthron Bow has th? combined circulation and Influence el both ol the old papers, and 1? manifestly the be*t advertising' medium In Sumter. ANOTHER < VX AL BETWEEN si \s Japan S?ld t<> be Looking I-or Such Trent.i With Nicaragua. New Orleans, June 10 ?Much *ig nlflcam e Is attached to the propose 1 visit "f the Japanese hattleship Meet lo Mexico according to dispatches re? ceived here from Central America. The I.atln-American press Is Inclined to regard the visit, which Is to he made upon the occasion of Mexico's centennial celebration of her Inde? pendence, as a bold diplomatic stroke by Japan, und prints rumors of spe? cial envoys being sent at the same time to carry on negotiations with Central American republics. El Lapis, of Celba, Spanish Hon? duras, In a recent Issue, prints the fol? lowing: ' The Japanese thet will visit Mexico In honor of the centennial of Its independence. The Japanese gov? ernment will at the same time sen 1 special envoys to visit Central and South Americun republics. It Is ru? mored that Japan will take advan? tage of this visit to bring about a treaty relative to ?. canal in Nicara? gua. It Is also reported that England and Japan see the advisability of the move for future business expansion, snd It Is stated that England will lur slsh the money and Japan the la bor." Central American politicians in New Orleans laugh at the reporr of a Nlcaraguan canal, but take advan? tage of the opportunity to say. ' Ja? pan, like every other progressive na? tion, has her eyes ton the OOSsmorce ef our wonderful country." I ????????? Till. \LCOIloL Fl W O. Denatured Product Far From 1 ill tilling Prcums of Sponsors. (From the New Orleans State). On the tlrst day of next July the denatured alcohol division of the Treairiry Department will be a thing of the past, and its clerks will re either dismissed or sent to other bu? reaus and divisions. Thus will end the experiments Which were '.o make the farmers rich and contribute un? limited happiness to the general pub? lic. From all accounts it aus cost about 1200,000 x year W keep a force of agents in the ib id for ;hc purpose of watching the manufacture of de satured alcohol, but so little of the stuff has been produced ?ha: here? after the work of supervision will re performed by the regular | gentj of the Internal Revenue Kureai. "For years members of Congress." says a Washington correspondent "went a' ut crying, like a voice In use s1>' ?vne?s, \ib e us denature J ;.]? onaol or w* pe.ish.' End'ess nLin? ters al SU ?. Wi re Introduced t > per? mit the m .nifacture of derate re ! al coito!. Thousand i of words of b.-sii mony were taken by the Ways and Means Committee on the subject Ol denatured alcohol. 1 have- w ritt, a ?olumns of Interviews with gSOSabeil of Congress p .lntlng out the virtues of denature I ah -de.;. It wu? to sup? ply the faimt r. the manufacturer, the housewife with light, power und h at. Potato p'. ling*, old shoes, tin cms congre.-s. n speechs-?an> th?.ig. in fact, that nobody wanted?QOVkl be used P? make some denatured alco? hol. It OSjSjMJ he used to run automo? biles instead of gasoline, and thereby a savage blow would bo struck at the Stan ?,ii I ? *11 o t'.pus. The farmer aouM milk his COWS aj ? machine run by denatured alcohol, und the fanners' wife WOgdd churn with the m>t4\e p..wer supplied by denatured sic >hol." The fa. t that OUtaids of a largely rapit /? I . .?mp iii, u> d-natured al? cohol is product d in this country is due t? tie saoapaess ol gasoline and ether produ t.s .if petroleum. Wirb ueeoesns setllasj today ;-t s eoati a gullon and gas dine at 11 < ents by the barrel, th re Is no demand for de? nature.I alcohol at II I I uts a gallon for lighting purposes or as a motor fuel, which won Use prInclpaJ ases to which It Wal SUppO* I tie- alcohol would OS applied. Tin r lore It SI be? ing pnalui e,| today merely for use In ?he ? rt. >n I s. i, hi es and in certain gtanwrai tnros An effort Is bi-lng made t ? put >>:i ue.ther tea in between Columbia and Klor? nee. I DOT C imbls a?.t 11 or 11 o*' look, and t h Flo* n<? efcsss] i. and return is leave Florence gaosjt I in the afternoon, Such train would b? i I ? ing proposition lor the railroad, and It Is unreasonable to ask them to put It on. \\ hat would be lost by that < ould hi ttcr be put Into u chair Oaf front Charh ton |g Green? rille. WEIS Of SPECULATOR?, \ DIVISION IN i <>rn>\ TRADE Will BE MORE MM'MUM THIS. WEEK. Much Depends m Weather?it* Con dlllona \n> liiuiit Boll Weevil Ma) boom in Positive Factor in Mar? ket New origins. Juno 12.?Thll Week in the cotton market the lino between bullten and bearish bollofa In regard t?? Ina outcomt of the new crop will be moro clearly drawn than hereto? fore and powerful Interests will be moro willing to take decided stands, Smno little time ago the selling Oil contracts against the crop expecta? tions of large plantations Legan but was checked by tho declining tend? ency of prices. Last week the bulges that ware aten caused the planting Interests again 10 watch contracts j closely and this week any rise that ma" some abOVt In the new crop months will Immediately call out sell? ing of the most solid character, but the contracts involved will not be lw uidated Until cotton itself begins to move* As a market Influence, it is liable to be counterbalanced by in veetnent buying whlon is apt to ba quickened by belated reports of storm damage last week and above all by reports of Injury to the new crop by the boll weevil. If weather conditions are right, the boll weevil may loom up this week as OfM <>f the big radon in the situa? tion. The districts to bo cloaely watch" ? ?d uro In north Louisiana. Mississippi and In Arkansas. In the last two M i%( - b inv I, |h< Indications are that the weevlll arc appearing in fields that have previously not been affected and this brings alarming reports from farmers. Last week a few fields in Louisiana were abandoned because of the prompt puncturing of squares by the female weevil and if this injury to the first squares spreads to other States it will cause alarm in the mar? ket as it will mean a considerable cut? ting down of the original acreage planted. The bull side will make much use of reports of this character be? cause it appears convinced that this is a boll weevil year and that the In? sect will be one of Its most powerful weapons. Weevil damage has already resulted In lowering crop estimates for both Louisiana and Mississippi. The weather this week to be favor? able must be clear, dry and hot. Tt must be clear because weevils thrive In cloudy weather, and must be hot because heat is not good for the young warll and also because the plant ne. .is heat now to make up for re? cent low temperatures. It must also be dry because the farmers must be given an opportunity to get Into the fields to complete chopping. The prospects on the Week-end seemed to be for some rain over Sunday and if too many rain reports^come in whan the market opens prices probably will go up unless bearish cable messages regarding a prospective falling off in the spot demand in Liverpool which rare received on the closing of last week, prove to be true. This weak win bring the first no day for July in-.tr at hand arid the old crop positions in consequence will be easily moved one way or an ther until sum*- strong development I ?mes to light. (OTTON GOODS MARKET, i.nek of Response final Buyers Com? dfltlosj Has Breached ierious Point* New York. June 12.?A Cltlcal stage has been arrived at in the cot ton goods market because of the lack of response from buyers to the sus? tained values of cloths, i aused by tho price of cotton. Concerns like the American Printing Company and the Pall Hiver Iron Works Company/ the largaai of the producer! of printed staples, have beea closed becauae buyers refuse to pay 5 1-2 cents for staple prints. The Volum? of curtailment in all the industry is estimated at 80 per cent., some speclAc branches not op < rating more than &0 per cent, of their machinery, stocks of goods in lobbers1 and retailers' hands are not large this being shown by the con? stant requests for immediate ship* mi at Prlaes on staple cotton goo.is are materially below the price current in i'.hit, when cotton was 30 per cent, heaper, and la many caaes they are based "ii ? otton i t iL* i-: , ,.,i?s per pound. a reaction from this abnormal * >n tlltlon Is looked for at any time, is buyers haw waited longer than usual in placing their urd. rs and say th< > can see nothing to indicate a proba? bility of i heap ?otton this y ar. The dem imi i rt?m da) to da) Is of the hand-to-mouth ? hararter, al? though some fen large buwers ha, quietly covered, while others, who :!,-, bearish In their attitude, admit that they will soon have to order mure men handlse, In the primary market the opinion prevallt that reaction Is < lose at hand. a g.i thing can't be cruel.?Dick? ing. i Farmers' Union News 1 fj Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers H \ (Conducted by E. W. Dabbs. President Farmers' Union of Sumter Sj j County.) O The Watchman and Souihron having decided to double its service bj 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 ] have been requested to conduct. It will be mv aim to giv\- the Union news and official calls of the Union. To that end Officers, and members of tbe Union are requested to use these column-. Also to publish such ell] dngs from the agricultural papers and Govern mont Bulletins as I thin:* 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 | tbltshsd. Trusting this Department will be of mutual benefit to all concerned, THE EDITOR. I All communications for tl is Department should be sent to E. W. Dabbs. Mayeovllk, 8. c. Koine Random Thoughts. l wish our readers would ponder the statement made In the clipping telling of the success of the Eastern Shore tu*' Virginia Farmers' Produce Exchange. From $250,000 in 1900 to 12,500.000 in 1909 and pays its man? ager $1000 a year and Its secretary $u,00u. My gracious: How some of our people would kick If Jim Brog don builds up our business so that it would pay him a salary of $",000! Why it would simply be outrageous and not to be tolerated for a min? ute, Some of the stockholders would ask the courts to dissolve the corpo? ration and return its capital slock to the subscribers. E. w. D. TAKE NOTICE! The County Union meets next week Friday 24th Of June with Salem Union. This meeting is In place of the July meeting for several reasons. We should have a full attendance. E. W, DABB8, Hugh Wltherspoon, Pres. Secretary. Eastern Shore Farmers Very Pros? perous. The Eastern Shore of Virginia Pro? duce Exchange, which is controlled by the farmers of that section, is one of the most progressive and business? like associations of its kind in the country, demontsrating as it does most conclusively the success of co? operative marketing of farm pro? ducts on the eastern shore of Vir? ginia. Incorporated in 1900, it has suc? ceeded from the very beglnnnlng. W. A. Burton Is general manager, at a salary of $5,000, and A. J. McMath Is secretary and treasurer, at a sal? ary of $3,000. The association did a business of a quarter of a million dollars in 1900, and $2,500,000 last year, and the handsome new office building, just completed at only a cost of $20,000, suggests prosperous times for the Eastern Shore farmers.?J. M. Bell in Progressive Farmer. How to Kin \ut Grass. The only way 1 know to kill hut grass |fl not to let it show a leaf above ground. This meant constant clean* ing off, for it will he up n< \t day, hut ii constantly prevented from leaking green haves the roots will die. Jfu't grass spreads more from seed thai/ from tin- roots, ami being neglected l ib in the season, it fills the soil with ?OOd, and nothing hut constant vig IgahCS will eradicate it. I have just made a garden here from a piece of land that Is full of it. and I am go? ing to do just what 1 advise; clean up every shoot every day. Nothing short of this w ill answer. Qeese penned on the Spots will keep it down, it is said, mit I have never tried" them.?W. F. Massey, in Raleigh, <x. C.) ProgreB .-ire banner and Gasette. FA KM lit TTER MARINO. Clemson Extension Work?Article IX. .Much of the butter that Is now Ic? ing produced on the farms of this state is of very poor quality. This is not due to the lack of good materials t ? work with, b it is due to the meth? ods practiced, it must he remember? ed that tin first essential in making g ?od butter is to have goo.] cream. Hy good cream we mean cream that has been obtain* d from the milk got? ten from healthy cows and drawn In a cleanly manner, The udders of the cows must be wushed and dried be? fore cob milking and the milkers should milk with .lean and dry hand.-, and In such a w iy th t us little dirt as possible w ill g< t Into the milk. As soon as tb. milk Is brought Into the hotise strain it through nol less than three thlckncfl of clu < so clot h. This will uet out ill fine dlrl and hairs. Strain Into pans or fowls that haVc bcetl Ve|| Wa.'l.d ;||ll 8 11 tl IM l i snd place In the refrlgorator or the coldest spot possible. At the end of twenty-four hour- all the cream will have ri.-an and may be taken off In a convenient manner. If the milk has been kept COOl enough it Will still be sweet, but under the usual condi? tions, where no Ice is used it will very probably have clabbered. If the milk has not clabbered, it will be more convenient to put the cream where it may be kept cold and hold ii until a large churning may be made. If. however, the milk has clabbered when the cream is taken off ,it will be best to churn at once. Cream that is very sour never makes a good quality of butter. The quality of butter is due largely to the following points: 1. Temperature at which the cream is churned. 2. Acidity of cream. 3. Tlow the butter is washed. 4. Working and salting. These points will now be taken up in their order. The church should always be scalded out with water be? fore it is used. After scalding rinse out with cold water so as to bring the temperature of the churn to that of the cream that is to be churned. The temperature of the cream should be such that the butter will come In from thirty-five to forty-five minutes, i If it comes in less time than thirty | five minutes, there will be too much butter left in the butter milk and the butter is harder to wash clean. The churning should stop when the gran? ules of butter are the size of grains of wheat. At this stage all of the butter has come and it is easy to wash, for each grain stands out so th.it the water can get to it. If the churning continues until the butter gathers into lumps the size of hen's eggs or larger, it will be impossible to wash the butter well, as only the outsides of the lumps are exposed to the water. When the butter has come draw off the butter milk and add enough Water to float the butter. The temperature of the wash water should be slightly below the temeprture of the cream when it was placed in the churn. Af? ter adding the water shake the churn so that every grain of the butter will come in contact with the water. Tt is best to wash the butter twice, the purpose of the washing is to get out the butter milk. Too much washing will destroy the flavor. 'After the second wash water has been drawn off, take the butter" but of the churn and put on worker. While it is still in the granular form add one ourtre. of tho host grade of fine salt to ewry pound of butter. Work ..\*1r in with paddle or lever of worker, but never with tho hands. The ob? ject ot working is LoS?et out the ex? cess wat? 9 nnd to distribute the sui%. Work until :'ho butter hai A waxy ap? pearance. Too much ?wofking win ruin the grain a Ad cause the butter t"o look greasy. At this season of the year very little if Mfty color need be used, but if color is 'o bo added, it should be put into the cfeurn just af? ter the cream. prof. j. m. ni/f.oEss, Dlv. of Animal Husbandry ft ?>airying CORPOHATIOXS PAY TAXES. Tax Has Brought Considerable Moncj Into Nation's Coffon?Receipts for June $342,611. Washington, .lane 11.?More than a million dollars lots been paid Into the treasury on account of the corpo? ration '-v. Receipts for June have aggregated $342,634. Twenty-seven million dollars in assessments have been levied aginst the corporations of the country under the corporation tax law. The tax la payable on or before June 30. Most of the corporations whose assessments run Into the hun? dreds of thousands will wait, In all probability, until the last moment, be? fore paying up, Cms utilising In oth? er directions the tax money. The supen Isor b is had h.> ohT< e cleaned out and the floor i coured. This is the annual Btimmcr cleaning. Miss Cecllc MeKagen entertained ;i numl er of her friends at h> r home on Calhoun street last Thursday even? ing. 'OMPARATIVE STATISTICS FROM V. s. BULLETIN. vcragc Annual Production of Cotton In United States for Post l ive 1 Years, 11,035,611 Bales, Average Price 11 Cents?Improved Farm j Methods Have Floured In Value?. Cotton Standards. a - 1 . 1 Washington. June 13.?Although the eott<>n crop of the United states 1 in 1909 was the smallest produced ?lnce 1903, its value was 19.2 per cent i more than that of 1908, and, measur- 1 er i y Its yarn-producing quality, and by the financial results to the grow? ers, it was the most valuable ever pro? duced. This statement is taken from the proof sheets of the United States cen? sus bulletin on the subject, which will soon appear. The estimated value of the 1909 crop, as given by the bul? letin is $812,099,833, as compared with $681,230,966 for 1908; 1700,995. 014 for 1907; $721,(47,237 for 1905. and $632,298.332 for 1905. It is interesting to observe .the bul? letin states, that the value of the cot? ton crop of last year was about one half that of the corn crop In the country In 1909, as estimated by the department of agriculture; was mar? ly $100,000,000 more than that of the wheat crop, and was twice the value of the oat crop. The bulletin refers to a leading engineering and mining journal's statement that the world s production of gold in 1909, amount? ing in value to about $400,000,000. was the greatest ever recorded, and It points out that the sum stated is but slightly more than one-half the value 1 of the American cotton crop last year. It calls attention also to Bardstrett's report that the total building expen? ditures for 1909 in 105 cities of the United States amounted to $857,530, t>c:<. or -nly about $45,500,000 more than the cotton crop of this country. The average annual production of i cotton in the United States for the last live years was in 11,935,641 bales, or 1,620,2"9 bales more than the crop ot 1909. The value of the cotton crop of the five-year period ending with 1909 was $3,548,222.369. while tne. value for the five-year period ending with 1899 was $1,529,502,325. The cotton growers were in a wretched state financially, the report asserts, when the crop of 1898 was sold at an average price of 4.9 cents per pour ly began the per pour During the 'as*, five years the /rice of lint < 'LL-Mi .i. i i .it,<~?? .i.?>mji ii cents per pound, or about $55 per bale, and the value of the cotton seed increased from $13.76 per ton in 1906 to $27.73 per ton in 1909. The value of a 500-pound bale of cotton, including the value of the seed, was $84.31 in 1909, compared with $50.37 in 1904, and with $30.22 in 1898. The effect of improved methods of cultivation in recent years on the pro? duction of cotton per acre is reflected in the statistics for Georgia and South Carolina; in the former, the acreage planted increased during the twenty years 42.4 per cent., and the produc? tion 59.6 per cent; in the latter, the acreage increased about 25 per cent, and the production about 55 per cent. Jn Marlboro County, S. C, the aver? age production per square mile for 1909 was 132 bales, compared with 7*1.3 bales for 1904, and 63.5 bales for 1889. The bulletin refers to the state? ment that Intensive farming had its beginning In this county about 1857, ) and it argues that, If it ma} be sa> sumed Ihal iliv. r,'(,,,fd of this county for 1909 hUiftaitel the potentiality in cotton growlrtg *or all th? k i 2 coun? ties for which g.'of.iog wad returned fast year, the posslbiti production for Iffte United States woulo Or? estimated at more than so,000,000 b'sdesf, with? out taking into account any further extension of the cotton-growing* *rca. A complete record of the cotton .in? dustry in the United States, covering* annual statistical Of production, value of lint per pound, consumption, ex? ports, and imports, sine?? 1790, is giv? en In one of the tables. .While the centre of production for the crop of 1909 has not been definitely determ? ined', it Is known that .because of the relatively greater loss In the crop west of th.* Mississippi. It will be found at a point farther east then it lms been In several years, and probably east of Its position in 1899, notwithstanding the fact that the production west of the Mississippi River Increased from 1,306,46 bales i: ,R99 to 6,232,128 bales In 1908. On the subject of official cotton standards, the bulh tin s:.;ics that. while there are practical difficulties in the way of establishing uniform stan? dards for the h ading grades of cotton, they are no! believed to be insur? mountable, ami that tin establlsmenl of such statelard-. e\en if >pplled only to cotton tendered tu re con? tracts, should go far f> relieve the present situation. Reference is mado to th.- work being done in this con? nection by the department of agricul? ture. A review is given Of the law providing t??r the establishment of such standards, and also of the ac? tion in conjunction with the cotton growers, etc., In carrying it out. < >ae hundred and seventy-live sets, each consisting el nine boxes?that is, one ??OS t*. r each grade, and in each box twelve samples showing the range of diversity In the particular grade? nave been prepared, bot only 150 of these will be sohl, the selling price I i ing the cost of preparation. The re? maining twenty-five sets win be placed In vacuum storage for use in ke eping the grades up to the original stndards. Vacuum storage represents a new departure in preserving cotton standards, the experiments of the de? partment in-.icating that the cotton in vacuo ston 1 in vaults will not under? go deterioration on account of light, moisture or atmospheric and other Influences. Proper provision is*1 also made to preserve the integrity of the copies of the standards issued. The New Orleans Cotton Exchange has adopted them. The bulletin states there are .good reasons to believe that other cotton exchanges also will adopt the standards. The bulletin goes on to say that while it may not be practicable to se? cure from those endeavors all the im? mediate assistance needed, they will lead to a more extensive dissemina tion of the knowledge now possessed by a few experts; and that, through special courses of study in the agri? cultural colleges, with practical dem? onstrations in handling and in exam? ining these official grades, the cotton producers will at least have the op? portunity of acquiring Information which will assist them in determining the true value of their cotton; and at the same time the efforts made should Influence more careful ginning and handling. h, . THREE BALL (JAMES. The C harlcston Collegians Will Be in Sumtcr For a Scries of Three Games?Great Ball Expected, ? - NT, The Sumter fans will have an op? portunity to see some classy ball games here on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week, when the Charleston Collegians come here for a series of three games. The Charles? ton team is composed of all college m^n, principally players from the Col? lege of Charleston and Citadel teams, with one or two men living in Char? leston who attend colleges In other parts of the State. They have been playing fine ball in the city hy the sea, defeating all comers, and are anx? ious to trv conclusions with Sumter's young Game Cocks. v%. j The Sumter boys <?av< lj??fi bfaciid* I ng faithfully for two weeks adW< *nd [arc In splendid nape Pha infield work is beautiful, and the outneid is fast. The entire team has shown up remarkably well in batting practice, and it will take a good pitcher to keep the local swatters down. Theie have recently been two additions to the lo? cal line-up. Sanders, of Hagood, a college pitcher of ability, and Watscn, a new outfielder and pitcher, have joined the Game Cocks, and they have materially strengthened the team. The only Way that the locals could afford to get this team here was to entertain the. member'? of the Col? legians at their homes, and they de? serve the hearty support of the local fans. It is very certain that tnere will be three fast games of ball play? ed on the local lot, and the players expect the encouragement from the Sumter people that they deserve. Af? ter this series, the Game Cocks take l road trip for six games. The sched? ule of games ?\all be published in a I few days. O. HENRI IX PlHsoX. ' - U lian PH'himl Bai'H Cancer in Liter? ature That Gained His Hcnown. - ?? I I (Columbus, Ohio, dispatch, in ?/mein' nati Enquirer.) William Sidney Porter, known in the journalistic world ai ?>. Henry, who died yesterday In N; York, at one time was a i inmate of lira Ohio Penitentiary. Po.ner served a *Vd eral sentence of five" years trpm iSt Welfta'rn District of Texas, his offer.se being 1 violation of the barking laws at Houston, Texas. He was received In April, J^M and was discharged in July, 1901. Porter was i eirfnfered as a aewapa> l?er writer and drufcWist While here he acted as Clerk to Storekeeper Wal? ter Harris under the administration? of Warden Darby. Porter made few friends u?ong the convicts, and durin r his leleurt wrote short stories which brought hit; as much as ??o a month. A former employe of the penitentiary, who was connected With the institution during Porter's ln< arceration, said today that Porter practically established his rep? utation as a writer while he was in prison, and knew positively that he ?ras well paid for his work. Quite s heavj wind and rain storm pissed over the city Friday after noon. The w ind blew down one of the large oaks near the Hotel Sum? ter on Main street Tho rain was the heaviest In months, it was more like a cloud burst than a rata? for the heavens fairly opened and turned loose the wat? r. Fortunately it was of short duration.