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SATURDAY JULY 23, 1910. The Sumter Watchman was found? ed In 1850 and the True Southron tn lift The Watchman and Southron Dow hM the combined circulation and Influence cf both of the old papers, and Is manifestly the be*t advertising ?tedium in Sumter. The boundaries of the Pee Dee Sec? tion are being gradually extended and tm time, in course of time, the term Pee Dee Mm tloi may be applied to all the State not in the Piedmont. We are led lo this conclusion by the an? nouncement that Hopkins, Richland county, is desirous of annexing the Pee Dee Experiment Station to be established by Clemson College. If Richland Is in the Pee Dee. Sumter assuredly is. and an effort should be made to eecure the experiment sta? tion for this county. Sumter county would unquestionably be a better lo? cation for the station than Richland. ?Ines we are nearer the Pee Dee and the eoll la. It t? said, almost identical with the soli of the other Eastern Carolina counties that lie In what is properly known as the Pee Dee Sec? tion. Hot jesting aside, we hope to see u concerted effort made by our people to secure the experiment sta? tion for Sumter county. We haven't a doubt but that Sumter county af? fords an ideal location for the exper? iment station for the reason the soil and elimate Is typical of all eastern South Carolina, and experiments in farm methods and plant breeding made here would be under conditions mors near the mean average than would be obtained elsewhere. The re? sults obtained and lessons learned from experimentation in Sumter SSfJsrty would bo as valuable to farm? ers In Richland Orangeburg and Wli ttamsburg as Sumter, Lee. Clarendon. Florence. Darlington. Marlboro, Dil? lon, and Marlon. An examination of the soil survey map made three years ago shows that Sumter county con? tains a great variety of soils and that these several types are typical of the soils to be found in all other Eastern Carolina counties, and It would be possible to select a farm, guided by the data supplied by this soli survey map. thHt contains all the typical kinds of soli. This may not be pos? sible in any other county, and for this and other reasons Sumter county is the place for the Pee Dee Experiment SlaMon is rills TONY? The Authorities In Florida Feel Sure It Is. From The Dally Item. July 21. A number of telegrams from differ? ent places have already b? en recel1 ad. at different times, statins that Tony Moses had been caught, and was awaiting Identification, but each time the officers who went to identify Tonv were disappointed In finding some other negro, and not Tony. A telegram, which was received to? day by Sheriff Epperson, however, certainly sounds as if Tony has at last been apprehended. The te'egram Is dated at Starke, Florida. July 20. and reads as follows: "Tony Moses in Jail. Come pre? pared to pay reward. Description fits exactly.'" iBlgned) "J. ft Langford." Steps win bo taken Immediately to send some one to Identify the negr?? snd If It proves to be Tony Moses, to bring him ??a? k to this city. Moses Is wanted for the murder of Policeman W. A. Clyde in February. !!>?? n? ir Bossards, Sumter county. M ? ip. .1 from the chain gang * here he was ser\lng I sent' | for a mlP'T .ff?ns.\ ? >Mh:er ?'lyde re <? ' < l information that Moses aus biding in i house near Bossard? and wen: th*r?? In the night to capture him When Mr. Civ le entered the hous* h m shot and mortally wound* ?? ''V Mo.<?^ who was hiding under a bed. He made his escape de? spite the efforts that w ? re made by a pggp <<? run him down. New? m ?>lved hei? Thursday is to ?fieri that Henry Ragt, colored, and Emory I'. . le. white, were bath struck b> lightning on Saturday afternoon, near Trinity Cross lioads. the negro nelng Instantly killed, and Prele be? ing paralysed. They were struck out In the open, no trees or other ob? ject* being near them Rice I lour. Far fresh fftst fleur direct from mill*, best and cheapest all round feed for horses, cows, hogs and chick? ens we have ever used. flooth-Harby Live Stock Co. 7 -13 -t Th? Summer l?an-mg Club's dime, whiih was to h.i\e been given July 24. has been postponed until Sept 13. The next regul.ir dame will be glxen on August !?. Ith I boo F.ir fresh rl< e flour direct from mills, best snd cheapest all round feed for horses, cows, hogs and chh k rns we have ever used P.ooth-Harby Lhe Stock Co. 7-15-.'t. AGRICULTURAL TEXT BOOK. will ME l ski) oknfkaija' in s( hooks OF this statk. Oufeei to instil Idea of seientitic ed? ucation?lal ining Kniplia>i/ed?A He \ lew of the Vol nine?Common SflMX'l Teachers Required to Quali? fy ii. ftgiliiuUuru Greenville, July 20.?With the tung of iIm common school term throughout the State this tall, prob? ably no one introduvtion of hooka will effect more widespread results in the course of a few years than that of the adopted text book on agricul? ture, Which, while it has been on the lists for some years, will be brought into general use all over the State for the first time this session. Agricul? ture has this year, for the first time, been made a requirement on teach? ers' examinations for certificates, and a special course In this study will be given to the teachers of Greenville county at the summer schoof, which will be held in this city August 15-27 Mr. C. B. Haddon, of Clemson Col? lege, acting as instructor in that de? partment. The text book, which was adopted In 190C, and which will be Introduc? ed generally all over the State this fall, is "Agriculture for the Common Schools," by James B. Hunnicutt, ed? itor of the Southern Cultivator. The book treats Its subject well, handling the important details of the work with care and accuracy, at the same time Instilling the idea of scientific education for farmers, the entire book being comprised within 236 pages, not including an able appen? dix, by John N. Rogers, "Agriculture Is the noblest pursuit of man," runs the first sentence In the work, and following a general intro? ductory chapter. the relation of science to agriculture is brought out, the necessity of farml ig being stud led as a science being emphasized. The book treats then, of the his? tory of agriculture, the construction and possibilities of the soil, and its composition, together with chapters on the uses of the soil and its pre? servation, this portion consuming some forty pages. Plants and their growth Is next taken up, in connec? tion with the w^ler on the farm. Manures and fertilizers are treated of at some length, and both the chemi? cal theories In this connection and the practical application are discussed in an able manner. Planting, selection of the seed, and preparation of the soil occupy a cen? tre of the discourse, and with the marketing of the goods, this section <?' i uples some sixty odd pages. In the concluding parts of the book, chapters are given on farm animals, grass culture, truck farming, dairy filming, stock growing, raising of poultry, bee keeping, good roads and the farm. farm buildings, village farming, and forestry. In addition to these chapters, there ? re scattered through the book, chap? ters Which bring t<> the young student of this important activity of man. ' 11 of the relation of the farmer to the world, and Inspirations toward making the Southern farm a greater ni l more scientifically operated pro ducing element than it Is at present, tmong th se may be mentioned the chapter on th*? marketing of the K >ods, one paragraph of which serves admirably to show the theme running through the work: "GOttOg is worth in the seed, about tWC DOAtS per pound. In lint it brings six and up. In thread it would bring about twelve to twenty cents. In cloth from firtv cents to a dollar. Why a*]] it In the rough, bulky, cheap lint bale.' You say we should, cease to be farmers And bOCOmC manufacturers. Bo we wouM and so we should. YYY should put our goods In shape to hring the highest value. We ha\ e HI good rtAMM for spinning as we have lot ?Inning. There is no reason why w e should forever tread the dustv plough furrows and enrh h the world In the sweat Of our brow Karin? ibould think and act. It cotton If king, cotton growers should b princes." Ifl the chapter on farm labor, the writer takes up and discusses in de? tail the three principal methods am ployed by the present Southern farm' er to utilize the negro labor, upon which he is most dependent, those of worhing on shares, the renting of ? portion of the land for so much money, or a potrion of the crop, and that of hiring the negro for stated Wages, For reasons dearly stated, the first two are unsatisfactory in many ways, and have caused loss to farm? ers, and the third is stated to ?. leant used, but the best plan. Among the themes treat* d, that of the lack of attraction of the farm for ih< young men of the South i? discussed, and the cloning sentenee expresses one of the vital problems and promi? ses of Boutin rn farming: "The difficulties of our labor sys? tem are at the bottom of alt of OUT failures. When these shall have been adjusted, the South will enter a new era ??r prosperity; out storehouses of farm possibilities will be thrown op n and our fair land will bloom as a gar den." One chanter in the i.k should l?e Farmers' Union News ?AND ? Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers (Conducted by R. W. Dabbs, 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 1 have been requested to conduct. It will be my aim to give the Union news and official tails of the Union. To that end oflicers, and members of the Union are requeued to Use these columns. Also to publish such oil] Ings 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 jblished. Trusting this Department will be of mutual oeneflt to all concerned, THE EDITOR. All communications for tl ta Department should be sent to E. W. Dabbs. Mayesvlllt, S.-C. > Some Random Thoughts. What are our readers going to se? cure from the Farmers' Institutes? is a very pertinent question just now when there will be so many of them in Watchfnan and Southron territory in the next week. On the day this is before our readers, Wednesday, Dr. Knapp, Col. Watson, and others are expected at Trinity near Manning. On 22nd Dr. Harrow and his party will be at Turbeville. On Saturday, 23rd at Pinewood. On Monday 25th, Prof. Harper and his party will be at Gen. Sumter Memorial Academy, and on Tuesday, 26th, at Shiloh and at Bishopvllle on Wednesday, 27th. That covers this section, Sumter, Lee and Clarendon counties pretty well. Now how much good will our larmers reap from the seed sowing of these meetings? You may rest assured you will not reap any, if you do not attend nor will you reap any if you go there to criticse and find fault. But if you go with a mind open to conviction, and a determina? tion to put in practice everything that vou can of the better methods that will be outlined to you, you may ex? pect to see a difference In your farm next year. When you are disposed to aek, "What has the Union done?" or, "What Is it doing to merit my sup? port?" let me tell you that the cam? paign of carrying the college to the people which has engaged Prof. Bar? row's time since last October and has grown so big that he has been given ?u-veral permanent assistants, and the lid at times of several more of the faculty of Clemson College, is the direct result of trie discussions in the S'ate Farmers' Union last July. And now it is stated that the trutsees of Clemson College will establish an experimental Station in the Pee Dee ? ountry, because this is the section where so large a part of the fertilizer tax is paid." "What does this mean?" Why it means that the Far? mers' Union is strong enough in the eastern part of the State to demand recognition. But fellow farmers don't let these "tubs to the whale," or these "crumbs from the table" cause you to let up for a minute in a fight for your rights; the right and proper share of the benefits of your taxes, and the placing of Clemson College on an equal footing with the other State colleges. Here are are paying money directly out of our pocket! accord lug to the amount of fertilizers we use to support B big institution for the benefit of every citizen of the State, and this self-perpetuating1 board of trustees are taking $1S,000 of our money to buy more land at Clemson at i fancy price from some protege of the hoard, while If we gel an experimental station, some public spirited dttsen i r community, will have to donatu the land for it, especially mentioned. "The Farmer Should be Educated," is both the sub jt< t and tin- centra] theme of Chapter !?'.. and i striking fact is set forth In the first sentence: "In proportion to their numbers, there are fewer edu? cated men among ?>ur farmers tha?i in aim >st any calling. This has com.' from th Idea that a man can make a successful farmer without education, but it was thought that to succeed in other professions a man must be edu? cated. From this idea it was an easy step to the idea that all other pro? fessions were more desirable and hence more honorable.*1 Common school teachers have this year been required to make the aver? age on agriculture, as on other stu? dies in their examinations, and the text hook on this subject will go into general use all over the state this .nlng session Tile work treats the subject from a most practical point Of view, and will probably be an eye opener to old and experienced farm? ers, "Agriculture as a science," is one of the precepts which the educa? tional authorities of the State are en deavorlng to instill into the minds of the rural students, and it Is probable that the Introduction of this toxt i.i< throughout the state this fall will have far-reaching effect! within the next few years, #<. _ and may be put up a cash bonus be? sides. This may be satisfactory to a ma? jority of "the fool farmers," whom Senator Tlliman . said would never know the difference, but the writer does not intend to let up on the fight until justice and equity prevail and the Golden Rule is applied by the other fellow as well as by ourselves. What we are getting of recognition now comes from fighting for our rights. When I made the fight alone as a member of the House and the people of Sumter county did not send me back to renew the fight, they felt safe; but when they found they could not swing the Farmers' Union their way, and that my contention was gaining adherents, they put Mr. Man? ning on the board and started this extension work, and now promise an? other Experimental Station. Mr. Manning is as good a man as they could secure and he will do all he can for ths section, but by rea? son of his very strong personal fol? lowing, who will think its all right because he is on the board, it was a very shrewd move to further en? trench that self-perpeutating board in power. And don't you, my readers, hope for more than some incidental benefits, because Mr. Manning is one of the board. He is a hopeless min? ority, and the real powers are only using him to allay us of the Eastern part of the State. A little station here and another there and another some where else, and these gentlemen holding insti? tutes, are all intended to keep us quiet, while the powers that be waste our money in extravagance and en? trench themselves in power. If we are going to continue to pay twenty-five cents per * ton for efrtili ?er inspection that costs 3 1-2 cents per ton, then let us take it out of the hands of these self-perpetuating dic? tators, and use it for high schools in the rural communities under our own administration. And let these Clem son trustees get their support from the State where every citizen will have to pay his just share of the cost, just i I as every one now shares in the uses } of the college, that is if he has any boys to educate, and can afford tu pi ?uare them and send them to Clem son. Right away the blind partisans of Clemson and the beneficiaries of the farmers generosity will say this is an assault on Clemson. It is not, but it is a demand for justice and equity, and I do not propose to be side? tracked by any such charge, nor let the ever growing tentacles of this octopus fasten Itself upon us without protest or warning our people from time to time. E ,W. D. That was a good letter of Mr. L. W. Warren's in our last issue about school libraries. This neighborhood has been signally blessed in this re? spect, in having the line library of Brick church to draw upon. But even this could be Improved for school purposes by the a Edition of standard works of reference. This is another way in which the local farmers' union can be a power for good in e\?ry community. Un? der the law the patrons must raise $10.00, then the school district adds $10.00 and the county board $10.00 from the general school fund, and then the State superintendent draws on the Statt' Treasury for $10.00, making $40,00 to begin with. By having these libraries selected by a central committee, and by swapping from school to school, a Kreat many books can be secured at small cost. There is one m<?re or less serious ob jet tlon to this system, and that is the transmission of disease. Some fumi? gating and disinfecting system should i>e adopted to safeguard the public health. Nor would disinfecting be a bad idea lor all library books, in this day, w ben so much is being writ? ten about health and inoiv Idual drinking cups, it is surprising thai there has not been started a crusade for disinfecting books. Books prob? ably are germ catchers equal to pa? per money, and money is sometimes w ashed. in writing about Agricultural High Schools, in connection with the dis? position of the privilege tax, I should have said Rural High Schools. V< r as 1 said recently, we farmers mU?t not he content with anything but the liest and our sons and daughters mutt have as good educational advantages as the sons and daughters of profes? sional men. Professo? Hand's thoughtful paper on subject should have a wide circulation, and deserves careful consideration. We do not want farmers to be narrow and pro? vincial but to have the widest culture, and to be above apologizing for being nothing but a plain farmer. Col. Dargan very aptly expressed it when he said he wanted farmers sons to be able to stand forth before any au? dience and not be afraid to express their honest convictions; and then no one would ask "why is he a far? mer?" The farmers union stands for the best there is in life for the tillers of the soil, the men who feed and clothe the world. Our co-operative schemes, warehouses, and banks, are but means to this grand end, when the farmer's life shall be the most free and inde? pendent; the broadest and most con? servative, and at the same time, the progressive spirit that moves and dominates the State in the paths of righteousness and peace. E W. D. Plnewood Frolics. Pinewood, July 21.?Misses Lizzie and Alice Hodge had planned to en? tertain their visitors and several young couples with a moonlight pic? nic on the evening of the 20th, but on account of the inclemency of the weather it was changed to a dance at the hospitable home of the Misses Hodge, where refreshments were ser? ved, then vocal and instrumental mu? sic after which the evening's en? tertainments were closed with danc? ing. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Briggs and Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Epperson act? ed as chaperons. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Auld are visiting here, accompanied by Miss Hammet. Miss Katie Hodge, of the Sumter Hospital, is spending a two weeks' vacation at home. Miss Louise Norris, of Columbia, has returned home after a month's visit to the home of Misses Alice and Lizzie Hodge. Several young ladies are coming down on Thursday, the 21st, from Sumter to visit Misses Alice, Lizzie ???wn'wurn?mnammm. i ????m Public Notice. By mutual agreement. D/s. Hayns worth oc DuRaat have lv< i partnership. Dr. Haynsworth now has his office over Mrs. Atkinson's Millinery store. His phone number is 556. Dr. DuRant will remain over the Sumter Dry Goods store, with his j phone number 210. I 5-24-1-1 m. W-4t. and Katie Hodge for a few days. An? other dance has been arranged for Friday night. Rev. Wilson, of Sumter, is conduct? ing services here in the Methodist church daily at 11 o'clock a. m. and S:10 p. m. Rev. C. W. Creighton is in town on business. Mrs. F. M. Harvin is v isiting friends at Clinton, S. C. Mr. R. C. Richardson. Jr., and fam l lly are now quartered at Skyland, K. Mrs. D. E. Williamson leaves on the j 27th for Rock Hill. Candidates' Cards Announcements of candidates will j be printed in this column until the close of the campaign for $5. No cards accepted on credit. : j T? ac FOR CONGRESS. I hereby announce myself as a can? didate for the Democratic nomination for Congress from the Seventh Con? gressional District of South Carolina and pledge myself to abide by the rules and regulations of the Demo? cratic primary. A. F. LEVER. FOR THE SENATE. I hereby announce my candidaey for re-election to the State Senate from Sumter County, subject to the j rules and regulations of the Demo? cratic party. JOHN H. CILFTON. _____ j I beg to announce to the voters of Sumter County that I am a candidate j for the State Senate, subject to the I rules governing the Primary election. A. K. SANDERS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. I hereby announce myself a candi? date for the. House of Representatives subject to the rules of the Democra? tic party. J. E. DuPRB. I am a Candidate for the House of Representatives, subject to the rules J of the Democratic Primary. R. B. 13ELSER. FOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR. im a candidate for tht office of Supervisor of Skimter County I will I abide by th< rates of tht Demex ratio party P. If. PI : TS FOR MAGISTRATE. I hereby announce myself a can I didate for Magistrate for the Third j District, Sumer County, subject to I the rules of the Democratic primary. HORACE HARBT. O'Donnell 6 Co. Special Summer Clearance Sale Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Big Bargains for One and All O'Donnell 6 Co.