The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 06, 1910, Image 4
Cbe f??atr bman anb Sontbron.
WEONESOAY. JULY 6, 1910.
The Sumter Watchman was found
ad tn 1110 and the True Southron in
llfC. The Watchman and Southron
aw haa the combined circulation and
hafluence cf both of the old papers,
la manifestly the beat advertising
Hum tn 8umter.
No Neatly and So Well.
Whan the cenaus of 1900 was tak?
en, the city of Sumter had a popula?
tion, of 5,673. The population has, of
course, greatly Increased in ten years
but It will scarcely be questioned that
fit.000 la a large sum for a city of
fta slae to raise for a Young Men's
Christian Association building.
The building campaign began ladt
Saturday morning and wu planned to
continue tan days. The work was
completed, the object accompMshc I.
the money raised. In six days. More?
over, the mark set was exceeded by
about ft.MO; the subscriptions aggre?
gating last night about 940.000.
la large manufacturing town* -where
are groups of men drawing large sal?
aries and Sumter is not a manufac?
turing town In the sense that Qroen
villa, Anderson and Spartan burg are.
It la a city of merchants, profeaston.il
men. small manufacturers, working
men and others of the callings found
In any commercial community sup?
ported by a prosperoue agricultural
"beek country" and having first rate
railroad facilities
?master haa set a pace for other
communities What haa been dona
could have been dona only with the
help of the "Sumter Spirit"?the "ab
Ee of narrowness" that a conres
it was lmpreased with In the
work of obtaining the subscriptions
to the fund.
The people of Sumter will bo glad
for all the years to come of this
week's achievement. They have firm?
ly aet upon its feat an tnstltutlou that
will not ceaae to make good men of
?matter's youth. It will be a cltlsen
?Hin? plant, equipped with the
heat machinery and it will not at any
tlma ahut down. The people of Sum?
ter have ereceted a Citadel of Up?
rightness, they have done It cheerful -
fc*. hopefully, without wavering, with?
out murmuring. Seldom anywher?
haa a task been carried to a finish so
neatly and so well.?The State.
\utomobtk? Laws.
It seems to be the impression of
moat people that they can operate
their cars as fast tut they want to
once out of the city limits, but this is
a mistake. Following are a few in
??resting bits of law from the acts
of the general aasemblj |
"No person shall operate a motor
vehicle on a public highway at a rate
of speed greater than is reasonable
and roper at the time and place
having due regard to the traffic and
use of the highways as its condition
er so as to endanger the life, Ilm"
or property of any person or In any
?vent nt a greater rate than 15 miles
an hour."
"Upon approaching a crossing,
bridge, steep descent or curve a
person shall have his machine unler
control and operate It at a rate of
speed n t greater than six miles an
hour. and In n?? . vent greater than Is
reason*He and proper having due re
gard to conditions."
"The ilrlver of a motor vehicle
shall gle. notice by blowing a horn,
heil or otherwise so as not to fright
?n the animals and to use precau?
tion to insure the safety of persons
? Ml property. It Is also necessary to
r rlTV? Ih?? car to | goaf if It Is seen
that the horses are frightened."
**lt Is necessary to stop the car at
h signal from one who is In the hlgh
wny and who Is drl\ Ing >? wild anl
ms The raising of a hand may i>e
ronnhh t ? I a ?ignul t?? -t ?? It Is also
to ????Sil * ? r. mm in ?.?<!? nary until
?u< h an animal could be removed. It
ft no t s trv i..r an automol Hist to
It".. t)? riajht of wav to th.- driver of
? h'trse or mule and he shall go to
the rlsjht of the road."
Violators of these aets shall be
nn? i from $10 to $100 .?r Imprisoned
not more than 3) days.
? . !< i. op.-rating a < ar In any coun?
ty it I* iw . -t- ?rv t > -. '-nr.- from th ?
Clerk of Court a ?ertlll? ate saying
what It Is numb* red. and the number
must be placed on the back of the
rar The owner's address and a Brief
d*\<- nption of th? < a r mii-'t be gtv?;n.
The r.-KHtration lag ll |1< Ten days
la allowed an own?r In whl< h to reg?
ister his car.?Hpartanburg Journal.
Ubere Narrowness Is Kare
The Sumter spirit Is the real
thin*. I ha\e never BOOS In ? town
' . tip r. Hi ? med to l?e |e ?s nar
, . .. r,. They an ih.lng as good
w.rk M not bett? r work, than I ever
saw i . row.i ot gees do in otgaltat
i ir< Bgajtaaeag "
'l ke qui ded ??? rit? n i ire from a
personal let', r r?-' . |.? d yesterday and
they have to do with Bttgetaf und the
t. i imp.iign f- f a V. M. C A.
ling 10 cost $35,000? of which
Wednesday evening; $26,790 had been
raised.
The "Sumter Spirit" has made the
results so far accomplished possible
for, as has been pointed out, Sumter
Is a town of well-to-do and not of
wealthy men. The people are giving;
according to their ability and they
are making no mean and small calcu?
lations, they are giving the cause the
benefit of the doubt when measuring
its worthiness in relation to their in?
comes, and they are setting an ex?
ample that Is going to help every
other city In South Carolina, that will
undertake a necessary work of simi?
lar character for its young men and
its growing youth.
When the campaign in Sumter ends
there should be not one man in Sum?
ter harassed with the thought that
he shirked?for Sumter is not the
sort of community for him to be hap?
py in.?Columbia State.
AS TOLD IN FLORENCE.
Florence Boys Are Set Free-?Result
Of the Prosecution in Sumter.
Messrs. Hollls and Wyatt, who
have been put to a great deal of in?
convenience by reason of the prose?
cution In Sumter for receiving bi?
cycles thta ewre said to have been
stolen, have been declared not guilty
says a dispatch from there this morn?
ing and the young men, In whom
Florence takes a deep interest, am
free.
The first case against them was nol
proased by the Solicitor and no bill
was found by the grand jury In the
others.
A number of their friends accom?
panied them to Sumter for the trial
and half the town went over to go
on the stand to prove their character
and standing, among them bank pres?
idents and big merchants and promi?
nent professional men. They all went
over yesterdsy btu the case was post?
poned.
It Is claimed that a negro stole bi?
cycles and brought them here to sell,
and tht Hollis A Wyatt who run a
bicycle shop bought them knowing
that they were stolen. This they con?
tested and have been sustained by the
Jury.?Florence Times.
Hagood's Rambles and Crop Rumin?
ations.
A trip through Suinter and Ker
shaw counties reveals the fact that
the excessive rains have been very
hurtful Indeed. This is particularly
true of the country between Hagood
and Camden, territory embracing
some of the finest farming lands and
where the people, up-to-date farmer*,
are accustomed to bumper crops. It
was in West Wateree, Kershaw coun?
ty in a section long known to some as
"the lost territory," that we found
good corn and cotton. All through
this country crops were very fair but
especially so were those of Messrs.
Kennedy, Rowen and Rranham, T. B.
It was here also I saw the finest prize
acre of corn belonging to Mr. Mor
decai Martin.
Around Hagood and on the penin?
sular crops arc fair and In good con?
dition.
A word to our farmers Do not dis?
continue work in your cotton. In all
wet territory plowing should continue
to at least the middle of August.
The write* reeelll hOW some years
ago Wht n rains were seasonable In
Sumter. floods prevailed. In conse?
quence i f which fields were overrun
with grade When at hist dry weath
er *< t In. our Kershaw friends clean*
e l up the grass and plowed cotton
when WS were picking. What hap?
pened 1 Why they seemed to have
made better crops that year than we.
I w< r i about the application ol
fertilizer: put it in a furrow whore
It will not OS disturbed, an o?d Is bet -
t- i thafl ? fresh one, and hide fur?
row at oiue with plow. You are al?
ways a loser when fertilizer is left
exposed, Do not delay to apply fer?
tilizer to old cotton. "HAGOOD."
Rembert, S. <\. July 3. 1010.
m I i?s Din . \\ \HM WEATHER.
< ooimerciai-Ippral's Wcckl) Review
or Cotton Crop Conditions,
Memphis, Tsnn., July ."..-The
Cofnmerclal?Appeal weekly cotton re
v lew tomorrow will say:
Owing to excessive rainfall east of
the Mississippi River and in Arkansas
}???..; '.ouisiana. cultivation over ?
large area was suspended during the
Week and grass bas become a mui
m e Fog the best development of the
crop drv, warm weather Is Impera?
tive.
in Oklahoma and Texas moderate
to light rains relieved an incipient
drought.
The crop In thos.- two States i ; late
! small, but has begun to grow very
rapidly, ami aside trom Its la< k of
stag there is no ? omplalnt, Heids be
ling in an exeelleenl state of cultiva?
tion, Heavier and more general rains,
however, would be very helpful.
In Louisianai Arkansas and Mis
Islsslppl boll weev?s are becoming
more numi roui and in the i rm< r
st ites are report? d ii alread at
work on the ? otton.
Farmers' Union News
?AND -
Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers
(Couducted by E. \V. 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
Practica' Farmers which I have been requested to conduct. It will be my
aim to give the Union news and o n cial calls of the Union. To that end
officers, and members of the Union ar e requested to use these columns.
Also 10 publish such clij.dngs 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 te Hing of their successes or failures
will be appreciated and j ublished.
Trusting this Department will be of mutual oeneflt to all concerned.
THE EDITOR.
All communications for tl ts Department should be sent to K. W. Dabbs.
Mayeeville. S. C.
Sonic Random Thoughts.
My space this week is entirely fill?
ed with matter of an educational na?
ture. Especially such as pertaina to
better schools in the country districts
and such training as will fit our boys
and girls for the very best kind of
service in the greatest profession of
them all.
We "old fogies" who are now bear?
ing the burden and heat of the day
realize how much we have been hand?
icapped by the lack of education and
proper training in our life work and
we want to see that our successors
have every advantage for scientific
and practical training such as has
been denied to us of the generation
that grew up in the awful days of re?
construction, and the depressed times
of 6 cent cotton from 1890-1900. We
want to see our sons and daughters
as carefully trained in agriculture and
domestic science as those who enter
any of the so-called learned profes?
sions. And we must have as good
teachers in our schools of agriculture
and domestic science as there are in
the schools of theology, law, medi?
cine, literature or fine arts. So long
as we as farmers are content to put
up with any thing short of the best,
just so long will our calling be looked
down, on by others, and just so long
will we be ashamed of it. and apol?
ogize for our short comings by saying,
"Oh, you can't expect better of coun?
try folk."
I have before me as I write the
Declaration of Purposes of the Far?
mers' Educational and Co-operative
Union, of America, which says among
other Important declarations. "To ed?
ucate the agricultural classes In scien?
tific farming." "To bring farming up
to the standard of other industries
and business enterprises."
j These cover the entire training of
j the boy and girl of our farm homes
I in all that pertains to making the
i
most attractive homes on the face of
this green earth.
I have said it before upon several
occasions, but it will bear repeating:
"Here is a work for the local farmers
union that must be done before any
lasting success can attend any of the
? more ambitious schemes . hat we may
j look forward to, or that may be held
} up before us by our leaders." If we
j fall down here in the home and the
i community by failing to do the things
] that we can do by individual and
j neighborly help, then we need not ex
; pect to succeed in enterprises that re
' quire the loyal and hearty support of
! thousands and millions of our fellow
farmers, scattered over a county, a
State or the cotton belt.
Rearders of the Watchman and
Southron, Fellow Union men of Sum?
ter County: What are you doing,1
What am I doing, What are we all
doing, as individuals and neighbors,
to make our homes the most attrac?
tive ones, and our section the most
progressive, and to give our boys and
girls the best opportunities in this
I wonderful land of opportunity? Up
! on the answer to this question de?
pends r.ot only Individual suci.ess but
the success of the Union, and the
general prosperity of our county and
State. E. W. D.
"Who is the greatest American''
asks the Des Moines Capital. Thl
Indicates that the silly season has ar?
rived.?Chicago Record-Herald.
Although the census taker has said
it is a large city, very few people now
live in 1'hiladelpnia. Mout of 'em
die th?;ie of the heat.?L)Ulsville
Courier- Journal.
The World's Most Curious Republic.
Wedged In like a debatable land be?
tween France and Spain lies a quaint
little State which calls itself the "Re?
public of the Valleys of Andorra,"and
dates its foundation from the year
782, when Charlemagne gave is peo?
ple a Charter of Independence, as a
reward for the aid they had given
him in his struggle to drive out the
Saracens from Barcelona and Seo
d'Urgel. This Charter, one of their
most precious possessions, is still pre?
served in a curious iron armory with
six locks, which stand in the House
of Parliament at Andorra-la-Villa, the
metropolis of this miniature State.
From time to time, during the
changeful history of Europe, Charle?
magne's charter has been confirmed
by various monarchs; even Napoleon
ruthless destroyer though he was,
spared this miniature Republic as
"Une curiosite publique." It certain?
ly is a public curiosity, patriarchal and
primitive to an almost incredible de?
gree?a wonderful living, breathing
bit of the antique world, lying intact
on the face of modern Europe. An?
dorra has no written history, no writ?
ten laws; everthinyg is done accord?
ing to traditions, handed down from
generation to generation, and the
form of government and the manners
and customs of the people are essen?
tially the same today as they were
twelve hundred years ao.
The fact of the Republic's isolated
position contributes as much as any?
thing to this curious state of affairs.
The Andorrans are almost as con?
servative as the Chinese. They mis?
trust foreigners and foreign inven?
tions, and have a rooted objection to
such things as photographic cameras,
railways, telegraph wires, telephones,
and other modernities, which, to their
minds, savour only to Sodom and
Oomorrah and that wicked world
whose far-off echoes occasionally
reach their ears and shock their sen?
sibilities. Nature has provided them
with impregnable fortifications in the
shape of Pyrenean masses that shut
them in completely and securely on
every hand, and they have no mind
to allow their peaceful harmony to be
disturbed. Let other nations quarrel
and fight with each other if they
choose; Andorra has no ambitions.
She never has had any. The confines
of the country at the beginning of the
twentieth century are just exactly
the same as they were In the year
782, neither more nor less. She is
verv tenacious of her lndep*?ndene*?,
of her antique traditions, of her man?
ners and Customs, but she is content
to remain what she Las ever been a
miniature State in the midsi of mod?
ern Europe; managing her own little
affairs as she chooses, and leaving
her neighbors to do the same with
theirs. To go into or out of Andorra,
on any side, you must cross an ele?
vated mountain pass, and there is not
a single highway leading into the
country either from France or Spain.
The principal entrance from the
French side is the Pass of S?lden,
nearly eight thousand feet above set
level. This is the only one practi?
cable for horses; the others are mere
mule-tracks or footpaths, and all of,
them are blocked during the snowy
season.?Wide World Magazine. \
The Statement of The Farmers'
Bank & Trust Co. in today's paper
?hows that this institution is being
v. ell managed, and its steady increase
in both volume of business and prof?
its?indicates that it has the public
confidence and justly so.
,__
For A GrafUess Town.
(From the Indianopolls News.)
' A graftleps town is being built on
the Kentuckey side of the Ohio river
directly opposite Evansville. The town
will have no officials, hence, it is
agreed, there will be no graft.
J. A. Brown, of New York, is the
j builder, and his backers are Mrs. Kate
Hawley, a philanthropist, of New
York, and James Crawford, a capi?
talist, of Terre Haute, Ind. The town
has been laid out and work has start- 1
ed on a large factory building and
the electric plant,
j The new town will be run on So?
cialistic lines, although Brown states
; he is not a socialist. He says Mrs.
I Hawley and Crawford want him to
; build the ideal city of the world. The
, people will rule themselves. .
j There will .be a public meeting omce
a week in the coliseum in the town,
i where all trials will take place. Peo?
ple accused of any crime will be
brought before the people as a tribu?
nal and they will vote on the giiirt
I or innocence of the accused. AM
! home-owners will have an Interest
in the public utilities of the town and
share In the profits.
Under the regulations in the new
town, if a clerk in the community
store "sasses" a customer, he can be
brought before the town meeting and
have his job taken away from him.
Brown says he proposes to have a
town where every resident will obey
the Golden Rule. ?
I
j And there will be two new tSates
to name battleships after, at $11,
000,000 per name.?St. Louis Poet
I Dispatch.
The Georgia legislature meets in
the dog days and enacts rabid legis?
lation.
Man is that name, of power which
rises above them all, and gives to ev
ory one the. right to be rhat which
i ?od meant he should he?Beech er.
Do you need printing of any de?
scription? Come to headquarters?
Osteen Publishing Co. For nearly
fifty years Osteen and good printing
have meant the same thing in Sum
ter.
Our Semi-Annual Clearance Sale
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-Of Men's ?^rvd Boy s Clothing =====
Commences Tuesday,
T I C+K And Wil1 Continue For
JUiy Jill, Ten Days ::
The time is opportune?three months more
of Summer Weather in which you will need
Seasonable Clothes, and five months longer in
which you can wear Summer Clothes.
Our stock is large, we can please you and
we will interest you in a Clothing Proposition.
All Mohair Suits
?The Ideal Mid-Summer Suit?are
Included in Our Sale
We have genuine bargains to offer, and if you
desire to get in the push come early Tuesday
morning.
25 to 30 per cent. Discount
During Sale, For Cash Only.
The Sumter Clothing Company.