The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 22, 1910, Image 4
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WEDNESDAY. JUNE 22, 1910
The Sumter W.u hman was found?
ed In I860 and the True Southron in
lift. The Watchman and Southron
Bow has the combined circulation and
Influence cf both of the old papers,
and is manifestly the best advertising
medium In Sumter.
THK FIREMEN.
Sumter has this week as her very
welcome guests the tit. SJof South
Carolina, who are gathered together
In annual convention to discuss
?UM stoI meannsM f?>r the good of
the order and the promotion and ad?
vancement of the great. nubile-spirit
ed work, that they have assumed,
for the protection Of the .ife and
property ?f their fellow citizens. It
Is ne m!less for us to assure the fire?
men that they are welcome, that ?v
are all glad to have them within our
gate, for we are satisfied that as they
go about our streets and mingle with
eur peoplo they will be Impressed by
the cordiality of their reception on
all hands and by all our citizens,
and will feel that they are welcome
?words of welcome are needless
when the spirit of hospitality and
cordiality pervades the entire com?
munity. Hut at the risk of giving ut?
terance to a self-ev ident platitude we
will venture to supplement the wel?
come that the firemen can see and
feel for themselves by saying to them
that Sumter is glad to have them
here and that we all trust that when
their meeting Is ended that they will
be able to'say they had a pleas
ant time in Sumter. and will return
again at the first opportunity.
A Jt ST SIM I \ CSt
City Council Commended For l'.nfore
tni; the Law.
Editor tlem:
Please allow the writer space in
your columns to say a few words in
commendation of the action of the
City Council in refusing to commute
er reverse the sentence imposed on the
two violators of the law against the
selling of whiskey. There was no
evidence to prove that the sentences
Imposed by the Recorder were too
severe, and this being the case there
was nothing else for the Council to
do but to let them stand. It very
rarely happens that the punishment
meted out to those who violate the
law does not bring humiliation and
suffering to Innocent people, but can?
not be taken Into consideration by
those who are charged with the en?
forcement of the statutes, for if this
were done the whole administration
of the law would be a farce and fur?
nish no security for either person of
property. Wen a man Is tempted to
violate any law he should, before
yielding to the temptation, consider
what It will mean In the way of mor
tiflcatlon >nd possibly actual physical
suffering to his family, and if the
contemplation of this does not re?
strain him .he has no earthly right to
offer this as a plea to escape the le?
gitimate ronrequr-nces of his lawless
acts. If his family are in need It hi
perfe. t right that they should be
helped, but the man himself should,
by all m< ...is be made to serve his
sentence it may not be amiss to
remark Just here .for the henellt of
outsiders, that n> w .rthy family or
Individual w ill ever be allowed to suf?
fer for food or ( lothlng In Sumter for
Its citizens are warm hearted and gen?
erous and any appeal to them for help
meets with an Immediate response.
The \ery best way to prevent the
violation of any law Is to make the
punishment for It a matter of abso?
lute certainty, and when piddle opin?
ion r. iches this point < rime, now so
prevalent In our Stato will soon be?
come a matter of rare occurrence.
Thei. ar? . very unfortunately, a gn it
many people who allow a sickly senti?
ment-lily to prompt them to sign any
thing in the shape of a petition for
the p ir.hu? or commutation of the
Sentence of those who Violate the law.
and while they do not mem it in this
way. they really, by their acta? adver*
Use Umaaselves as being in sympathy I
with the law lit sah Sfl
It matters rod whether one believes
in the ?iisp. aaary, high Heenes or in
absolute prohlbtlon, In- shouhl give
his netlv?> support (o the Recorder an I
the Conn ii in their efforts lo stop
the - lie of whlakey in Sumter. To
sell It Is a violation of MW and I he
vlolat ors stsssjld be punished.
W I?. W< ?< d -S
Sumt r. S. C., J ue I tit.
In the report of the proceedings of
the Countv Commissioners' meeting It
wa- ? r. I thai SI "i> would be p i id
for the right of M i\ from New S.un?
ter to the Manning Road, it shoul I
have b. en st ifed that Mr. Alb a Is to
pay SSM b iff of this.
Super i>u Pitts State)) that he win
l?e tixed f"i the white prl i>ners Mom
dav and Heal.Htm I tied to the gang
will be put to work.
Mr. .\. A. Manning h?s tendered hi*
r signat o,? as lb i sjdaf, and Council
will til. the vaeam y at the next reg
iiUr meeting.
Farmers' Union News
?AND ?
Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers
(Conducted by E. \V. Rabbs. 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 Farmers' Union and
Practical Fanners which I have been requested to conduct. It will be my
Olm 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 j 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,
Mayesvllle. S. C.
Some IUiikIoiu Thought*.
Sum** r County Union meets on
Friday 14th with Salem Union. There
wll be .1 banket picnic. President Per
ritt has promised to be on hand.
There may be other speakers. Ev?
ery local Union should semi dele
Kates.
Sow peas ami quit fussing sboul
the pries of them. Have some peat
and corn ami hay and meat to sell,
SB>d let the prices go as high as they
may. B. W. D.
The t anning of Mr. John Crakorc.
it was early in Beptemberi and here
and there over the cotton held the
bolls wart Opening their snowy fruit.
John CrakOTS sat on his porch tak?
ing rest with his pipe, when his old
neighbor, Jim Mulekin, came up.
"John, I have come over to talk
more about this improved farm in1
you're doin'. We-alls down at the
store have been discussln' it, an' we
hev come to the conclusion that we
alls have got to go to farmin' some?
what in the same way if we are to
make anything.
"They say you made a bumper crap
of oats, an' your corn was something
wonderful Now, I would like to)
know how much fertilizer and what |
sort you put on the corn and the
oats."
"I did not put any fertilizer on the
?orn at all; that is, no fertilizer out
of a sack. I had crimson clover, as
you know, on that field last winter,
ind all wlter long, whenever I could
haul on the land with a manure
<preader. T spread the manure made
? y my horses, cows, and beeves, and
a hen the clover was perfectly mature,
I turned the whole under and prepar?
ed the land for the corn. Then I cut
the corn off at the ground and cured
t in shocks and disked the land fine
ind sowed oats in September, using on
:he oats 300 pounds of acid phosphate.
I made this year nearly 70 bushels of
?its an a-re. My corn now is be?
ing treated In the samt- way, and as
s
at have a beef club, as you know, I
have still some cattle in the stalls,
ind now I am cleaning the manure
>ut and this afternoon will start to
ipread it between the cotton rows."
Manurin' cotton When the Lolls are
beginnln' to open ."' said Jim.
' Well. I do not know that the man?
ne win do much for the cotton; but
it will spoil in a heap, and 1 am going
to sow crimson elOVtr among that
cotton shortly, and while I can not
use the manure spreader there. T
know that If I scatter the manure be?
tween the cotton rows, it will do no
!> wm to the cotton and w in certainly
help me to g. t a good catch of clover.
Then next Winter the manure will go
on the olover for the corn next spring.
You see my corn this year, and every
one sayi 1 will make at least 7." hush
els an SCre, ami In a few more years
of tins sort of farming i hope to get
sn average of |tt bushels an aero.
Then alter tin- oats you see I have
a splendid bold of peas for hay. I
put Itt pounds of acid phosphate and
lt? pounds of muriate of potash an
a< re on the peas i will sow crimson
clover alter the peas are cut. and will
turn it in spring for cotton and ap?
ply 40t pounds an sere of geld phos?
phate only on the cotton land broad*
cast, ami plant on the level, harrow
and use tin- weeder as usual, ami the
riding cultivator, ami i am working
for two bales of cotton an acre, and
from th. looks of the crop, will get
nce-i th, re ibis season.*'
I begin to y. .? It," .aid Jim ".M
ind my old mule w ill make about one*
? bird o| i bale an a r? till )'? .if. and
d will tub. ;t all to settle up at tie
store and pay for the fertiliser. And
\ on ain't bir in' any r i I; -mixed fer?
tiliser at all
I ' at i g<? I all the ammonia I need,
ami more tl on I would buy in a inh -
corn stovcf t" stock and getting lh?
mnii"i tie- i orn. Thi i Is noth
lag like table m iner.' t.? make e< i n,
cypei lally when you have crlm ion
clover to put it on and turn under.
Von w in pee that my com Is green tn
the ground, while i san yours nred
almost to the ears."
?That's s<>," said Jim. "ami 1 can't
understand it. for I put some 2?8?2
In the furrow under that corn."
"But you have not the stuff under
it to hold the moisture. Your corn is
fired in the dry weather following th<
heavy early rains, and you have noth?
ing there but the old dead skeleton
of sand and (lay. while I have the
decaying clover and manure making
humus that w ill hold moisture. Then,
too, you lald-by your corn with a
turning plow, hanking the earth up
to it and cutting the roots, while T
went through as shallow as my two
horse cultivator would run, and simply
left a dust blanket on the level
ground."
"But." laid Jim. "1 thought that
the corn would blow down If the soil
wasn't hilled up to it."
"It has blown down worse ban
mine as you see, for you weal
it by cutting the roots, and you coh?
ered the brace roots and made them
tender, while mine are left tough
above the ground and hold on hard
with their uncut roots.
"Why don't you take the paper and
study these things?" asked John.
"That is where I have learned these
improved methods. The man in these
days who fails to study his profession
is not going to succeed. The whole
South is waking up, and if you want
to keep up with the procession, you
must wake up and go to farming."
"But I ain't go the money that you
have."
'I had no more than you when I
determined to do better, and it only
takes brains and energy to do better.
You can better afford to go in debt
for horses and implements than for
2?8?2 fertilizer and grow cotton and
only corn enoguh to feed a mule. And
I have seen that solemn old mule of
yours walking along the rows looking
as though he was wondering If there
was going to be corn enough made to
keep him alive next winter. If you
must go in debt, go in for things
that are going to get you out of the
hands of the merchant and fertilizer
man. You are working harder than
necessary if you only knew how to
make your work pay better. I have
money because 1 planned to have
some coming in at all seasons instead
of depending on the one crop of cot?
ton for all the money I need. So long
ai you do that you will have the same
old thing to do every spring?go In
debt for supplies, and then at the end
take everything you have made to
square up, and ko through the same
process the next spring, it is that
sort of farming that has kept you
poor ami made your land poor, and so
long as you keep spending your money
for a little -<>o pounds an acre of a
fertiliser thai Is one-fourth sand, and
grow no forage and feed no stock,
make no manure and look to the cot?
ton crop to pay for everything else,
you will keep poor and your land will
remain poor.
"There's more In the man than In
the land. Del a move on you. The
land is all right, it the man does his
duty by it. and the land will continue
to make poor crops so long as the
man fails to do his duty by it.
"The greatest corn i>?>it is right
here In th<' South. |nd many farmers
are flndlni it out, while men like you
arc every year buying the frosted,rot?
ten Western corn. Gel a move on
'you and stop talking about the miser
let of a one-mule farmer. <5<i some
sii ml in your craw." ? Progressive
i'. rmer."
Candidates' Cards. |
Announcement ol candidates w111
be printi I in thl!" .?>???.,. > t I:>
immune? i ? i the voters ol
Ku inter CVittnty that I am a candidate
for the state s? nab . subject to the
rules go ornlng the Primary election.
A. EC, BAND EH B
YVisncky News of Interest.
Wisacky, Jim?- L'<>.?Farmers are
gloomy over the heavy losses they
have sustained in tht oat crop. The
Incessant rains for about ten days,
have injured both corn and cotton
and many oat crops are a total loss,
also the wheat crops have been
greatly injured.
We now have bright sunshine once
more with very hot weather and far?
mers are rushing with their work,
trying to conquer the grass.
The health of this community is
moderately good at present. We hear
Of a few typhoid cases in Bishopville.
Mrs. Eva Smith's daughters, Miss?
es Katie and Florrie, of Bishopville.
have been visiting relatives here the
past week. They will attend the Tour?
nament in Sumter this week, and
then go on to Summerton to visit
Mr. W. C. Wiliams and family.
Misses Kathrine Shirer, of Bishop?
ville, has been spending a few days
with her uncle, Mr. M. L. Williams
and family.
Miss Sal lie Ledlngham has been
called to Conway on account of the
extreme illness of her brother-in
law. Rev. (i. w. Oatlln.
Mr. Clifton Ledlngham is Improv?
ing from a recent attack of fever.
Mrs. M. L. Williams and daughter,
Miss Maud, will return to their home
tomorrow accompanied by Miss
Peays, of Chester, a Bchool-mate of
Miss Maud's. They base been spend?
ing the past ten days very pleasantly
at Winthrop, Columbia and Rh bland
Their uncle, Mr. J. II. Ledlngham,
has been with them, enjoying the trip
immensely.
Bishopville News Items.
Miss Inez Bethea has been visiting
in Sumter.
Mr. Hugh H. Evans, Jr.. a graduate
of the University of S. C, and who
has had considerable experience as a
teacher and also a member of the
Board ot Education of this county, is
j out for Superintendent of Education.
I Mr. T. D. DuKose of Mechanicsville
was in town last Monday for the hrst
t;me In about 30 years. He attend?
ed school here in his youth.
Mr. Claud M. Aman, of Bishopville.
is out for the House of Representa?
tives.
The Bishopville Firemen have de?
cided to take part in the Tourna?
ment at Sumter and the horses and
hose wagon will be shipped there
Monday morning. The railroads fur?
nish free transportation for the horses
and equipment, and have also agreed
to give reduced rates for the tourna?
ment.
Mr. J. A. Galloway is ratting in a
burr flour mill at Hagood for the
State Farm. He put in a Turbine
water wheel some time ago for
grinding corn, and the same wheel
will be used in running the burr mill.
At a recent meeting of the Board
of Trusteees of the Bishopville Grad?
ed Schools, Prof. W. S. Hough, of
Lancester, S. C, was elected Superin?
tendent. The following assistant
teachers were also elected at the
same time: Miss Sallie W. Walker of
Orangehurg, Miss Bessie L. Paris <>f
Fort Mill and Miss Steel of Littleton,
X. C.?Bishopville Vindicator.
The lietail Vehicle and Harness
Dealers' Association of the Carolinas
was organized at Greenwood, Thurs?
day.
i ??
AN OPPORTUNITY?In January af?
ter the last horse show in Sumter
I purchased the handsome horse
which was awarded the blue rib?
bon (first prize) by the judges, they
having decided that he was t'.ie
best single harness horse on exhibi?
tion. He is without blemish, kind
and sensible and the kind of horse
that is not often on the market.
Having determined not to keep
a horse, I am offering him for sale.
C. P. Osteen, M. D., Sumter, S. C.
Cead Mille a Falthe
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rJMIIS GREETING, which is intended for our guests,
is quite familiar in
THE EMERALD ISLE,
and means
A THOUSAND WELCOMES.
It but feebly expresses the pleasure we feel in having
with us
FIRE FIGHTERS
from every section of the State.
There is no class of people to whom we owe a greater
debt than the Firemen, the protectors of our lives and
property while we sleep.
We are glad to have you with us, Boys, and if we can
add in any way to your pleasure or comfort, while the
guests of
The Game Cock City,
do not hesitate to command us.
O'Donnell 6 Co.
15he Doctrine of
Two Summer Suits!
1
IN SUMMER your suit is constantly in your
own and your associates' sight. One suit
gets tiresome?and tired ; needs a rest,
cleaning and pressing. The logical solution is
two suits?
One a Blue
I?
Serge : : :
T
HEX you are right and ready for any
emergency. One suit always pressed
and fresh. Erequent changes will do
both yourself and the suits good.
W'E'VE right serges for you?closely
twilled from line spun pure worsteds
some fancy blues, some plain-a
plenty of both.
$12.50, $15, $18,
$20.00 to $27.50.
The D. J. Chandler Clothing Co.
PHONE NO 166. - ? - SUMTER, S. C.