The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 02, 1910, Image 4
?be (f?lttcbman anb ?outbron.
SATURDAY, JULY 2, I9t0
The Sumter Watchman was found
ad In 1860 and the True Southron In
1100. Ths Watchman and Southron
low haa the combined circulation and
Influence cf both of the old papers,
and Is minlfestly the best advertising
medium n Sumter.
A (illFAT CAMPAIGN.
Prom The Dally Item. June 29.
The Y. M. C. A. campaign goes for- j
ward exceedingly well, the workers |
ars diligent and faithful, and there is
no diminution In their seal and en?
thusiasm. Day by day they have met
with sufficient encouragement to spur
them on to greater effort and they
see the goal Just ahead of them. If
they fag not In the race. Four days
of work have accomplished even
greater results than anticipated by
the most sanguine?at noon today it
was announced that 84 per cent of
the amount to be raised had been
pledged; this Is a record for a ten dav
campaign and it is hoped that the re?
mainder of the fund will all be pledg?
ed before Saturday night.
The workers and all friends of the
Y. m C. A. movement should not for?
get that the last ft' e thousand do;lnM
of th* fund Is going to be the hardest
to get. and before all the pledges are
secured it be necessary for the
public-spirited cltisens to call out the
reserves and rally all their resources.
It may be necessary for some to In?
crease their subscriptions and for
others to give more than they can
really afford at this time. This may
bo necessary to save the campaign
from being a failure despite the brave
start that has been made, but it will
not be. If each one will give only as
much as he ought to and no more.
This Is a Sumter enterprise for the
good of every man and boy In the
city, and when the building is erected
the people of Sumter will be proud
of It. therefore every' cltlsen ought to
bo qualified to feel thr.t he did his
full share. And now s the time to
come In and qualify for part owner?
ship In the enterprise that will do
more f??r Sumter and pay bigger divi?
dends than anything ever started
here.
At the outset of the campaign we
asserted our confidence In the success
of the undertaking. We have never
been other than confident of success,
but we wish to Impress upon our
readers that the hardest work of the
whole campaign Is ahead of the com
mltteemen who are giving their time
for this good work, and we would
urge them to meet the workers In the
true Sumter spirit, und give as liber?
ally as possible?and give promptly.
A FEW Ri:\so\* WHY YOl
SHOl LD LEV I) YOl'R HELP.
The Y. M. C. A. has a broader aim
than CREED and wider ambition
than SECT. It preaches self-respect.
It weaves an ethical and moral woof
Into the warp <?' life. It Is building
stronger bodies to hold saner and
clearer minds. It Is bringing educa?
tion to those whose prem *ure re?
sponsibilities forced them to fore<>
Us urn. ? acquirement. Iff latch
string fitj into the hand of ALL MKS.
lrrespeeti\e of ra^e. religion or line?
age. It* Christianity strikes the clear
aote of him a nt: ai:i\n:sm what
preachments are mad? In Its halls ure
those of brotherhood.
With one hand, it is striving to
help the struggle up the slope and
with the other It Is stead:, ing the lag?
gard and the disheartened. It has
done m<?r- to Impreg mte young men
with bett erment than any single force
ever brought to ' ear upon youth.
The Association everywhere has
done a good work. We know hun?
dreds her*? whom It could help If
properly established and provide!
with adequate support, without which
th? organisation must remain cir?
cumscribed.
The Y. M Q, A. does not ASK for
charity n<>r plead :or A'AIH; Its use?
fulness exalt* It to ? elvlc dlgnhy. It
Is servant of :h> PUBLIC and fa
o? ligatlon ? 'I i ???? pnb|l< ,
it ran atstj Hva hy laxatloa?a tax
Which must be SELF-IMPOSED b\
those who**- sjtwaporlty and humanity
? waken them to litt the handicap of
nsnroffy from boys whose duties and
niMfortoii- -( have de|?rl\? J tb-m of i
FA IK ST \ I :T I n I4F1
PHI MDI KTM < ?\ THE v m < . v
\Mial < MH Maul-liale- o? th, Nation
Ihtlik of the taSttjrtstttUsVs W?lk.
The work ?>{ the Y. M. ('. A. BsU
, ,.i th* asghesl endorsements by
the chhf executives of the nation.
Ihre are the opinions .r tome Of
them
Presbb fit W ill.mi II. Taft, v h* n
.He. retary efl wnTJ Tie- ?real advan?
tage of the a-s.?< latbui is "l it after
long experience it ic-< i me to be
. ,ndu< ted ilong the m<?st approved
business prliu ipb s. and while It fur
Btshes a fbe ..ne bin I an opportu?
nity for the c ?ntrl utb.ns of those
who l ee th it followmen, It furnishes
on the other, an aaampk f insist in |
to those who need assistance which Is
not extravagant or excessive and
which docs not discourage self-help
by creating a spirit of dependence In
those who enjoy the benefit which it
offers.
i "Another characteristic of the As?
sociation is its non-sectarian quality.
I It believes in the Christian religion,
I is tolerant, liberal in its scope and
j knows no denomination, no race, no
? politics. The truth is the growth of
the Young Metn's Christian Associa?
tion has been evidence of, and, at the
same time, an assistance to, the
growth of the spirit of Christian tol?
erance among all denominations.
"On the Isthmus of Panama four
' club houses have been constructed at
Culebra, Empire, Georgiana and
Chrlstobal. The buildings contain
writing, card and billiard rooms,
bowling alleys, gymnasiums, and
?hower baths. A comprehensive plan
has been devised whereby the com?
mission, working in conjunction with
the Toung Men's Christian Associa?
tion, will manage these and other
similar buildings. Pour Association
secretaries are in charge of the build?
ings. Some questions have been as
to whether the expenditure of this
money was In the authority of the
commission. I have not the slightest
doubt of it. The authority of the
President in the construction of the
canal is to build the canal, and he
has, therefore, the right to expend
money in any way necessary to the
pursuance of that purpose.
"This is a great enterprise, involv?
ing the moving of this strip* which
connects the two oceans in the far
distant tropics, of a colony of from
30,000 to 50,000 men. To render
them efficient for the purpose they
were transported there it is absolute?
ly necessary that they be surrounded
by the influence and furnished with
the attractions which would keep
them in such a moral and physical
state of mind as will make them effic?
ient laborers.
"And I have not hesitated, there?
fore, not only to authorize the con?
struction of these club houses under
the auspices of the Y. M. C. A., but
also to confirm the action of the com?
mission in the payment of chaplains
of different denominations, who offi?
ciate in the church services held in
the buildings of the Association in
the various labor centers across the
Isthmus.
"No problem in our whole social
life Is more difficult than that pre?
sented to one who wishes to give
money to aid his fellowmen without
giving more injury than aid. The
Instances of ill-advised generosity are
as many almost, as the instances of
ill-advised Investments, and when we
find an Institution which has worked
out the problem of materially aiding
our fellowmen In the struggles of life
without discouraging their self-sup?
port toward better things, we have
something that we should greatly
prize.
"A great Christian Association club,
? t ibiished in an adequate building,
will keep men from gambling, drink?
ing, and other forms ot vice by offer?
ing them opportunity to spend their
unoccupied hours in a home atmos?
phere, surrounded by the best In
Miiem e."
WH AT R< ?< mVSLT SAID.
Ex-President Honsevelt said: "If it
b.ul not baaa for the work of such or?
ganizations, the country's Immens.'
material progress during the past
half centruy would have told for ill,
not fOOd. The effort of the Associa?
tion |g DOBlbat the forces of evil have
been successful because it has tried
not to dwarf any of the impulse of
the young. \ igorous man, but to guide
him aright. Hundreds of young men
it. tver> year being lured away from
the haldt of decent living because
they are not supplied with the ehanc<>
to ko where innocent and healthful
arnu>.-merits are provided amid sur?
roundings that encourage education
and morality.
"it pays far batter to support the
M rotary of the Young Man'! Chris?
tian tatO< iation in a community than
to pay the salary of a policeman.
Homes are made and the ?ommunlty
la lifted to a higher level by lifting
young men t-? higher ideals <?f lifo."
ci.kyki. \.\n s w< ?uns.
'In the work of the Yoiing Men's
Chrlatlan Association, not only the
ehurcheo and other rollgloui organ 1 -
sat Ions of our land are brought into
important ft lattonehlpaj but these As?
sociations are promoters of the Indus?
try, sobriety, trustworthiness, and,
therefore, an- In < '.>>.? alliance with
th< b M interests of the country."
McKlXMSY'fl TRIBUTE.
The lat< President McKinley: "You
arc engag< d in tin holloa! cause in
which man over engaged, and also
upon the progress von have made 1
bid you Ood-speed, Your Asoclatlon
leads noi only to Christian life, bu(
to good *Itlsenshlp "
Tin: QRKAT C< ?mm< >NEll"
To tin it might be added the t< ~ti
m-kjiv of William Jennings Ilrynn, for
threft tiiii- i i Piesldentlal ? indldatc:
"I ha*N been a member of the Y ?
Men's t'hrlstlon Km i lat ?? from th??
time TV man.
When i V ?????" 1 ft Ulli la to N? -
braaka, j nnected mys< 1 at once
with t ha .i;:tl.' My m< m?
? ? ifhlp 11' 1 ' ? i ' th" ,! ' ' r 1,1
Farmers' Union News
?AND ?
Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers
(Conducted by K. W. Dabbs, President Farmers* Union of Sumter
County.)
The Watchman and Southron having decided to double its service by
semi-weekly publication, would impr ove that service by special features.
The first to be Inaugurated is this De partment for the Farmers' Union and
Practical Farmers which I have been requested to conduct. It will be my
aim to give the Union news and ofti cial calls of the Union. To that end
officers, and members of the Union ar e requested to use these columns.
Also to publish such clij dngs from the agricultural papers and Govern?
ment Bulletins as I thins, will be of practical benefit to our readers. Ori?
ginal articles by any of o*r readers te Hing of their successes or failures
will be appreciated and i ablished.
Trusting this Department will be of mutual benefit to all concerned,
THE EDITOR.
AH communications for tl is Department should be sent to E. W. Dabbs.
Mayesville. S. C.
IMPORTANT NOTICE!
A letter from Prof. Barrow changes
the dates of Institutes In Sumter
County, Stateburg July 25th, Shlloh,
July 26th. He has promised me a
list of the speakers in time for pub?
lication in this column.
E. W. DABBS,
Pres. Sumter Co. F. U.
Some Random Thoughts.
The Farmers Union stands for edu?
cation and I have tried to stress the
fact "in season and out of season"
that unless we "show our faith by
our works" in promoting a closer
union of neighborhood interests, we
need never expect that wider co-oper?
ation that seeks to control the mar?
keting of a staple crop. Hence I
heartily indorse "the school the Hope
of the South." Right now in the
summer months is the time to deter?
mine that our schools, your school,
and my school, shall be better than
ever before. To do this requires the
co-operation of every patron. And
when we have the house and its
equipment, and good teachers, we
must see to it that the children attend
regularly. How much more good can
b# accomplished with regular atten?
dance than by haphazard attend?
ance? Let any teacher answer. We
are not now getting more than two
thirds of the good out of the money
spent for education in the common
schools that we wuld receive if there
were regular attendance on the part
of the enrolled pupils, not to mention
the loss in those who stay at home
make no effort to benefit by the
oppoi tunitles at their very doors.
E. W. D.
THE PEACH TREE BORER.
dcnison College- Extension Work
Article XIII.
Next to the San Jose Scale this is
the most destructive peach insect in
the State. Every fruit grower is fa?
miliar with its work. The time is ap?
proaching when effective work lor
preventing the ravages of this pest
next year can be done.
Briefly stated the life history of
this Insect is as follows: the small
brownish eggs are laid in the crevice
Ol the bark or in wounds on the base
of the tree and also on exposed roots.
These soon hatch and the small whit?
ish larvae begin burrowing into the
sap and outer layer of wood where
they continue to develop until growth
is checked by cold weather. In this
oondltlon they lie dormant except for
an occasional interruption by warm
weather, until the approach of spring
w hen feeding is resumed and contin?
ued until about the 10th of June. At
this time the fully developed larva
bases the trees and forms a cocoon
or capsule about one inch in length
composed of silk in the soil at the
base <d' the tree. In this cocoon the
larva passes a quiescent period of
three weeks, finally emerging as a
beautiful moth, the male of which
slightly resembles an ordinary wasp.
The beautifully colored female begins
laying eggs, for the next generation,
soon alter emerging about July i<>.
Approximately speaking, tin- egg lay?
ing period extends from July 10 to
< October i.
REMEDIAL MEASURES,
j it the soil Is banked around th
I base <d the infested Irees t<? a depth
..t about ten Inch* m after the lan at
ha> e enU red the soil for pupation,
which Is about June 20, the resulting
moths will perish In ? < tempting t<
roinc t.i ib- surface "i the mound ol
? firth. The mound should be left
about 'It- trt e until I October 15
w hl h will pre ?etil U male mo! h
from "i h< r oi char Is, and uny posslbh
one thai m i v hai e es< ? ped, from lay?
ing their eggs 'ii the molsl portion
.,t the ' n <?? Ms ny ? Ihe ? gga In i
I higher up on the trunl of the treej
j ?? ? ? ????? r.w i ?"?Uli ii mim iwm.mr mm
landti g In thai < it ?' and State a i d no
int. rest In tie Association h i grov i
L , have more fully mprehende.
will never hatch, and the larvae of
any that may hatch can easily be de?
stroyed by carefully going over the
orchard with a knife later in the fall.
After October 15 the mounds may be
removed and the upper portion of the
roots uncovered during the winter, in
order to destroy any borers by ex?
posure should the weather be suffi?
ciently cold. This method has been
tried in several orchards In South
Carolina and found to work admir?
ably.
By following these few simple sug
getlons we will be able to improve
the quality and quantity of our fruit
besides adding greatly to the protec?
tion of our orchard.
W. A. THOMAS,
State Entomologis.t
CONDITION' OF COTTON.
Tennessee ami Texas Make Rest
Showing as of June 25.
Memphis, Tenn., June 29.? xhe re?
port of the National Ginners' Asso?
ciation issued today gives the condi?
tion of cotton up to June 25 at 82 3
per cent. The report by States fol?
lows :
Alabama 81, Arkansas 77, Florida
7i*?, Georgia 80, Louisiana 80, Mis?
sissippi 84, Missouri 83, North Caro?
lina 77, Oklahoma 90, South Caro?
lina 77, Tennessee 86, Texas 85, gen?
eral average 82.3.
The School the Hope of the South.
Traveling this week across a con?
siderable section of our Progressive
Farmer and Gazette territory, we
could but dream of the time when all
our Southern country shall become as
fair as the rural district of France
and England as we saw them two
years ago?when our muddy roads
shall give away to beautiful highways;
w hen our old fields shall be redeemed
to life and usefulness: when our half
cultlvated patches shall be converted
into broad and fertile fields; when
herds of cattle and floc ks of sheep
shall dot our hillsides; when a gully
shall be reckoned a disgrace and a
fire-ruined wood a crime; when cab?
ins and ugly cottages shall be replac?
ed by homes made beautiful by lov?
ing care, however humble they may
be; and when a thickly settled and
well trained population shall not only
relieve country life of that isolation
which has most retarded its develop?
ment, but shall give needed support
tor all the conveniences of twentieth
century rural life?rural telephones,
vvater-works, the township high schol
with its public library and lyceum
course: the school a center of intel?
lectual and the church of spiritual
activity, each giving symmetry and
beauty to a community life which
finds its material basis in a high de
j gree of efficiency on the part of the
? average man.
Even as the painter when he goes
to his canvas, sees with his mind's
eye some beautiful vision which he is
to work out, even so all of us should
have before us as we go about our
daily tasks this vision of the South
that is to be, and the part, however
insignificant, that we may have in
helping its fulfillment. We should
all of us like to live to see it with our
own eyes, as Moses yearned to see
the promised Canaan to which he led
his people. But whether we shall see
it with the physical eye or only in our
dream, it is enough that we may
have a hand in bringing it about,
enough that we may work intelligent?
ly and unselfishly to hasten the com?
ing of this better day. |
And the one way is by giving the
child a chance. That boy of yours,
that boy of your neighbor's, who al?
ready has the basis of all character
in that he is learning to work, that
boy who "warms his feet cold morn
j ings in the place where the cows lay
I the night before"?he is the hope of
' the South. That girl of yours, that
I girl of your neighbor's, whose mind
and spirit will some day give tone
j and color to everything in a home?
j she is the hope of the South. And
' only through the school they can be
developed.
j The boy and girl in the towns are
getting good schooling; the farm boy
and girl in the North and West are
getting good schooling. Shall i
then, that among all our twem
I century American youth the S
j em farm boy and girl alone sha.. ?It?
ter life's race handicapped by
shackles of ignorance?
It must not be so. The best in?
vestment the South could make in
1910 would be to double its school
taxes and double the patronage of
our high schools and colleges. Only
by providing the best of facilltes can
we at>aet to the South that tide of
Immiffktlon which we need to in?
crease our percentage of white popu?
lation ,nd to relieve rural life of iso?
lation; and only by educating all our
people can we ever work out our
dream >f a South the beauty of whose
rural aid urban life, the intelligence
and efficiency of whose people, shall
make it indeed the foremost and the
fairest section of America.?Pro?
gressive Farmer.
ABOUT THE CLUBS.
No Moral Terpitude Imputed to Those
Presented by the Grand Jury.
,o| -.
The tflion brought against the
Clubs i>a\rie city growing out o' Wed
nesday\etWesentmenc of the Grand
Jury evHrging Jxmes Calk and T.
Fred WO? with the unlawlal storing
of alcohifc liouors, imputes no spe?
cial mol^ turpitude as to those
charged li ;he indictments, but Is an
I action brodkht to test the right of the
two social cubs to have alcoholic liq?
uors in thei? club rooms. It is simply
a test case for that purpose. Mr. Calk
and Mr. Wiie are no more guilty of
any violatioi of the law, if there has
been any, thin any other member of
the respective orders, and the charges
were brought against them solely by
reason of tie fact that they are re?
spectively in charge of the two clubs.
The seconi cotton bloom, of this
season, from Sumter county, war. sent
to the Item Tuesday by Mr. Abell
Hurst, of Ranbert. He states that,
while it is r;ther late in the season
for cotton bbssoms to begin opening,
the crops are away behind, from the
recent severe rainfall.
Announcements of candidates will
be printed in this column until the
close of the campaign for $5. No
cards accepte| on credit.
THE SENATE.
I beg to announce to the voters of
Sumter Count/ that I am a candidate
for the Statef Senate, subject to the;
rules governing the Primary election^
A. K. SANDERS. ?
>p:
< it's
,i the 'Jou^e I
01 me i-^emowatic .Primary.
urn
R. B. BELSER.,
FO]
I hereby
didate for Mi
District, Sui
.UKJ
reat
for
MAGISTRATE.
nnounce myself a cai,
istrate for the Thirds
County,
?e "
subject Utt
the rules of the Democratic primary: *
- HORACE HARBY. !
15he Doctrine of
Two Summer Suits!
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
Serge : : :
THEN you arc right and ready for any
emergency. One suit always pressed
and fresh. Frequent changes will do
both yourself and the suits good.
W'K'VK ri^ht serges for you?closely
twilled from tine 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 160.
UMTER, S. C