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I Adjoining Counties.
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MAX.
Max. Oct 7.?A Baptist church will
bo organised at Olanta on the fourth
Sunday afternoon of this month.
There are fifty-two members enroll
Cotton and hay are bring gather
ad with Mttle Interruption from
bad weather, or on account of lack
of handa
Meet of the farmers of this section
have raised enough pork for borne
consumption, several having enough
left over to sell.
A few Sunday' ago when one of
the families in this neighborhood re
tarned from church some of them
were attracted by a strange noise In
the room and. upon opening the
door, the lady of the house found a
snako coiled upon the floor. The
snake fought viciously before it was
killed and gotten rid of. How his
snakeshlp entered the bouse Is un?
known and no idea can be formed
as the doors were securely closed at
the time.
sir. H. R. Tomlinson has erected a
new barn and stables.
Mr. O. W. Graham BMrPSd Into his
new residence this week. ,
Mr. and Mrs. E. L Truluck, of
Lynchburg, spent a few days of
week with relatives in Colum
Mr. A. J. Goodman took his niece
to Timmonsvllle on Wednesday where
Oho will attend school.
Mra O. M. Moore, of Teaxs, Is
visiting relatives In this section.
Little Misses Sybel and Fay Tru
hseh and Edith Carraway. three in?
teracting tots, have been visiting
their grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. J.
A. M. Carraway.
Mrs. Jennett Humphrey, of Sar?
gte, who has been visiting in this
neighborhood, was called away by
the Illness of her son. Mr. Mack
Humphrey.
STATEBURG.
Stateburg, Oct. 9.?Miss Annie
Moore Is spending some time with
relatives in Summervllle.
Mrs. A 8. Flud. who has been visit?
ant; her parents. Col. and Mrs. J. J.
Dargan. has returned hoint.
Mr. Frank P. Burgess Bpeal today
at his old home here.
Miss Anne M. Barnwtll, after a
mean sent visit to relatives in the
neighborhood, has gone to Charleston
Cor a few days, before return ng to
Wilmington, N. C.
Mr. A. 8. Flud. who Is in business
sn Denmark, S. C. has been at home
for a short stay.
Mr. Hall Ramsey, spent today with
his parents. Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Hum
A concert will be given by the
ladles of the Rural League, at the
General Sumter Memorial Acad* to
oa Friday night, October 14th at
1:10 o'clock, for the benefit of the
school and league at the close of the
eatertalnment, refreshments will be
sold
Rev. W H. Harnwell held divine
services at Hagood today.
The Incessant rains .f i he past
week have Intcrf? r. 1 to a great ex?
tent with picking cotton. The farm
era hope for fair weather this week,
mm there Is much of ?he Peecy staple
?till to gtj gathered.
H. \. I. (iOKS TO FLORENCE.
?Y?n< ? ?Hton? Granted and Road will
Entrr Ciatr Mty.
Florence. Oct. H.-The Sea?
board Air Line will come to I 1 >r
eace. That Is an undisputed fact.
The deal was closed Thursday of this
week when Mr. Ronsal visited Flor?
ence and arranged nil matters for
their coming with a committee of
rttlsens. who had th? matter In
chars;*' *lth foil power |e Bet |n the
premises. The site for thr .1? potl
and yards have been arranged for.
but th?. ? ? n11r?* BMUtOf SJSI BOOl SS
quiet and the newnpuper r..rres|)ond
ents were etJtnpteterj kjtjofd and ' it
out from being advised of the Joal
It will be kept a ? < n r f ?r several
reason>? until the whole arrnna* merit
has r??on thorough l\ cloned.
It Is authorltlvely Stated, how. I ? r
that all concessions asked for by
Mr I'.oi i \. r.' k,'r ir> I ,md r h-re
was not the sHsjhtesfl delay In
"coughing up" on tin i> irt of II..r
? nee and Klor?*ntini ?<
This In the best news that !, i*
been handed out over tho "grape
vine" wire concerning Florence Md
Florentlnea that has been given out
in a long while.
The Seaboard has already started
work from MoBee to Hartsvllle.
Darlington, and they will rush th?
work on into Florence at tho aaftltsl
possible moment. Hail is now being
laid on the Mcliee end. and it will
take only a short time to roach
Hartsvllle. after which the Darling
ton treten will be begun and then
the flOfil I stretch.
FEEDING CATTLE OH FARM.
t1eni*on F.x tension Work?Article
XXI.
Tho increased interest in the feed?
ing of live stock by the farmers Ii
one of the mo*t encouraging signs
that a different and better system
of agrlculutvre Is gradually being de?
veloped. Farmers are beginning to
realize that some means must be de?
vised for obtaining maximum yields
of the several crops at the minimum
expense of fertilizer, and fortunate?
ly there Is no section of the country
where the soil fertility can be per?
manently increased moro economi?
cally.
The continuous growing of cotton
on the same fields year after year
and the washing of the land durin?
the winter months has been tho
chief cause of depleting the fertility
aad reducing the yield upon the
average farms. Yet if a rational
system of agrlculturo were followed,
these conditions would be quickly re?
moved and the value and production
of the land permanently increased.
While cotton seed meal contain*
practically all the fertility extracted i
from the soil by the cotton crop and |
is one of the most valuable fertilizers
we have, it is also equally as valuable
for feeding live stock. The cotton
lint and the oil contain no fertility
whatever and can be sold from th?
farm without loss which means
that if the cotton seed meal now pro?
duced In this State was fed to beef
and dairy cattle and other animals
good enough to return to the owner
tho market price of the meal in the
form of milk or increased flesh, the
wealth of the State would be lncreas
ed over $5,000,000 annually and If
tho manu-e were carefully saved and
returned to the soil, the annual ac?
count for fertilizer which Is now $20,
?60,000 could be reduced to the ex?
tent of the value of the meal. It
would only require a' few years of
this system of farming to enable
every farmer to make his own fer?
tilizer free of cost and double our
present yield and revenue per acre.
Many farmers are now endeavoring
to do this by feeding of beef cattle
and if intelligent methods are fol?
lowed this can be developed Into a
profitable business.
In looking over the feeding records
of last year we tlnd that many farm?
ers could have materially Increased
their profits had better methods oi
selecting feed tag and caring for their
rattle be?n followed. For feeding;
purposes farmers should Insist on
buying nothing but the best quality
and highest grade meal that Is ot?
tered. Tin- cheaper low grade meal
and mixed teed are always the least
profitable and should not be used ex
I ? pt at a much lower price than
they are usually sold for.
In buying cattle it is important
that they should be of good beef typ ?
and uniform in size, color and age,
The cattle should be weighed after
being twelve hours without feed Of
eratei or with a 3 per cent shrink.
If they art' Weighed with 50 to 7 ">
pounds of water and feed in each
animal, it might easily offset the
profits of feeding them.
The profits in feeding cattle will
depend largely on the character of
the cattle. The only kind that can
be fad profitably are those that will
Indiana! in value as they put on
tlesh. The scrub narrow backed
steer can only be fed at a loss anil
one of the first requisites in success?
ful cattle feeding is to become a
competent judge and be able tu
make an intelligent selection. The
Agricultural Fairs should assist ma?
terially in this matter by establishing
Judging classes, and wherever the
farmers of the State are sufficiently
interested in the breeding, feeding.
Judging and caring for any kind of
live stock to call a meeting, the Kx
tenslon Department at Clemson Col?
lege will gladly send men who arc
?pc<dally trained in this line of work
to render every possible assistance
or will he glad to render assistance
by correspondence,
PROF. A SMITH.
Clemson Collage, s. c,
In Portugal the re eel i have ex
pelled all monks and other church*
man from their homes and their
property hns been seised upon or de
ttroyed.
Horsei and Males.,
We bars arriving Friday Tth ami
Monday loth, two ears of horssi and
mules, and in this shipment We bars
horses and mules for almost any
purpose. Booth-Harby Live Stock
Csv t 10-7-lt-W-lt
GERMAN POTASH DISPUTE
Attempted Vitiation of Contractu
Cnuee of Contention*.
Berlin, Oct. 9.?one of tin- most
vigorous and stubborn diplomatic
tights over put up by the United
Btatei in now going on quietly in Ber
lln in connection with the German
Government'! crusade against the
American potash Interests.
The battle has been raging for
several weeks and the end is not yet
in sight. On ihe American side it is
being conducted I s Ambnasador Hill,
with the special assistance of M. H.
Davli of the commercial division of
the State department, and the ad
Ivaory CO-operatlon of leading men
of the American potash and chemical
trades, headed by Robert S. Bradley,
of Boston, president of the American
Agricultural Chemical Company, and
s. t. Morgan, of Richmond, presi?
dent of the Virginia-Carolina Chemi?
cal Company. Other interests Involv?
ed are mainly those of the great
Chicago packers. w ho have sent a
delegation here specially to watch
their end of the negotiations.
The Kaiser's Government has ap?
pointed Herr Bydow, the Prussian
minister of commerce and trade, as
Its negotiator.
The chief point at issue Is the at?
tempt of the German Government to
nullify the private contracts made
by the principal American potash
consumers with the owners of the
German mines. The German Gov?
ernment Itself Is a heavy partner in
the German Potash Trust. The
American contnracts were made a
y. \j ago, during a dramatic midnight
pau-e, when the trust for at least
fifteen minutes was technically not
In existence, and the Individual Ger?
man mines w< re at full liberty to sell
below the trust schedules. The Ger
man Government later counteracted
these contracts, whose legality Is
now disputed, by the passing of re?
strictive laws limiting the potash out?
put and imposing prohibitive export
duties. The effect of these laws has
been to vitiate the American contracts,
which represents millions of dollars.
America being the heaviest consum?
er of German potash.
The United States Government has
unreservedly Identified Itself with the
position of American potash com?
panies, and Ambassador Hill is In?
sisting Unequivocally upon the In?
violability of the contracts In ques?
tion. There are indications that
Germany will give way. but it is pre?
mature to say so with posltlveness.
America has not Intimated what she
will do if Germany remains obdurate,
but the retaliation to which Wash?
ington may be compelled to resort is
the withdrawal of the minimum rate
of the Payne-Aldrlch tariff law on
German Imports on the ground that
the German potash regulations are
direct discrimination against Ameri?
ca.
The Great John Robinson's C'drcus.
Will exhibit at Sumter, Monday
October 17.
America's oldest, richest circus, a
modernized, Stupendous combination
of four rings circus, three combined
menagcriea and complete v.*Md west,
all united in the greatest tented ex?
hibition that the world has even seen,
Will appear exactly as advertised up?
on the date nemtloried. Under the
management of Mr. John G. Rob?
inson, grandson of the original
founder, this ancient and honorable
institution has more than kept pace
with the times, and with the prestige
? f three generations of success, en?
ormous financial resources and world
wide popularity, it has attracted to
Itself the greatest artists and start
lint,' features fr<>m every land.
Pour rings, two stages and a half
mile hippodrome track are required
to present acts on the programe.
Three combined menageries comprise
the most complete soologlcal exhibit
carried by any traveling show.
To add to the variety, a complete
Wild West exhibition will be given
by 50 cowboys, 30 cowgirls, 50 real
blanket Indians, a company of lius
slan Cossacks and Japanese scouts.
Mexican horsemen and South Amer
eau Vaqueros. A company of r. s.
cavalry will present all kinds of
fancy drills. There is a tribe of Sin?
gable, and desert Arabs, and a camp
of The Nations, Including hundreds
of strange peoples from the far
? orners of the earth.
There Will be a great street pa
geanl every day at 10 o'clock an I
two performances, afternoon and
? i enlng. No one should fail to see
this great exhibition In this city.
< 'ottoil at and ROOV6 I 1.30 looks
good to everybody. Borne of the
cotton-wise ate predicting Is cenl
cotton before Christmas,
BUMTER BETS THE PACE.
Facts stated by A Charlotte Paper of
Which Bumter should Feel Proud,
County Supervisor Pitta, and his
associate! on the hoard of county
commissioners, Messrs. F. E. Thomas.
John I. Urogdon, W. .1. Foung and E.
T. Minis ought to feel proud atter i
reading the complimentary remarks
reproduced below from the Charlotte
Observer.
The comments by this Influential J
and well known journal in the "Tar
heel state" further show that good
judgment and business managemei t
of city or county affairs are good
and far reaching advertisements for
any community.
The tax payers of Sumter county
will no doubt feel as proud of the
showing made which has attracted
the attention of even people from
other States, as the board of county
?ommissioners.
One thing the Charlotte Observer
'eft out in commenting on the article
of the Bumter correspondent of The
Columbia Record. That was that the
correspondent also referred to the
expert manner in which the books
and accounts of tho county commis?
sioners office are kepi by Mr. John
R, Sumter. clerk of the board, and
to the fact that Mr. Sumter can at a
moment's notice give out any infor?
mation wanted about tin county af?
fairs.
Tin- Columbia Record recently
published some figures furnished by
its Sumter correspondent which evi?
dence the unusually propsperous con?
dition of Sumter county. "With all
ordinary expenses and claims against
the county paid." says this report,
"the balance on hand October 1
amounted to $16,546.04. The county
will have ample funds to defray all
expenses up to January 1 and will
have a surplus of about $6,000 from
the HMO revenues." On the 1st of
last July there was Interest on sav?
ing banks deposits due the county
amounting to marly $1,000. Three
years ago the < ounty borrowed $25,
000 from the State for the purpose of
building a new court house, and of
this debt only $0,000 remains unpaid
and plans have been made for its
entire liquidation wtihn twelve mnths.
The people of the county authorized
early this year a good roads bond
issue of $50,000. but not one dollar
of this has been used, as it has not
yet been required. That the road
making of the county is by no means
standing still is evidenced by the
construction since January 1 of
seven miles of first-class sand-clay
road and the cutting out of more
than three miles of new road through
swamps.
This is a record of which any
county might be proud and demon?
strates that the commissioners who
have directed affairs have been en?
ergetic and far-sighted. Their ad?
ministration has been marked by
conservatism, as is evidenced by
their excellent financial condition;
but the new court house, the bond
issue and the road construction show
with equal plainness that they .^re
progressive. Their success should
prove an incentive to all county au?
thorities and in itself offers a fine sort
of encouragement.
FUNDS TO SECURE RAILROAD.
Darlington Citizens Raise Money for
McBee Line?Bond Limit Reached.
Darlington, Oct. 7.?A mass meet?
ing of the citizens was held this af?
ternoon to consider the question of
financing the proposition to give
the m-w railroad from McBee to
Darlington a right of way through
the town and a depot site. Recently
there was an (lection on the ques?
tion of issuing $12,000 worth of
bonds for this purpose, and it was
voted about three to one to issue the
bonds. It now appears that the
proposed aid offered the railroad will
cost about $26,000. The constitu?
tional limit has been reached, and it
becomes necessary to raise $13,000
otherwise. A committee was appoint?
ed to devise plans whereby it may
be done. Forty-two of the leading
citisens have pledged themselvei as
individuals to provide the necessary
amount and thus the new railroad
is assured. It is true that it Is un?
derstood that the town will eventual?
ly relieve these citisens of this ob?
ligation, but regardless of this under?
standing these patriotic men have
provided the wherewithal for a new
i railroad.
Principal James B. Hodges, of the
Southslde School, Spartanburg, has
been arrested on the complaint of J.
P. McLauchlln for whipping Melvln
McLauchlln, a 12-year-old boy.
Much of the time of the court of
General Sessions will be taken up
with blind titfer eases. There are a
, number on the docket for trial at
' this term.
Walter Wellman, with six otlur
! men, is about to start on a trip
across the Atlantic in an adrshop. He
1 ? started on other trips* before
without being successful and thtl
trip 1 likely to be like the others.
-AN
Practical Thoughts f<
K'oiuIsm ted by K. \V. Dabhs, Pre*i
Cot
Notes on Farmers' Union Meeting.
Ths county union meeting at High
Kills on Friday was not so well at?
tended as usual on account ot the
distance some of the delegates had to
go, and the rainy weathor. Very
Interesting reports were made by1
committee! appointed at the Trinity
meeting. The committee to secure
i nited states official cotton samples
reported that they had done so in
. o-operation w ith the Sumter Cham
i T of commerce, and urged the
farmers to go into the lobby of the
Farmers' Bank (the old court house)
and study these samples, compare
the cotton they have for sale with
the official samples before selling,
and thus be in better shape to trade
intelligently. It has been said that
the farmers will not do this and that |
Forty-tWO dollars have been thrown j
away. This is like the other state
ment we so often see, "Farmers won't i
stick." May be not. and may be
they will not use the official motion
samples, but that is the more reason
and need for continuous efforts to
educate them to their duty and their
high privilege of being as well in?
formed as to their business as any
other business man. And as loyal to i
their interests and organization as j
the members Of the merchants asso?
ciations, the bar association and the
Brotherhood of the many labor or?
ganizations are to their interests.
? ? #
The next report of great interest
was from the committee to try to
bring about a better system of hand?
ling cotton during the rush season
at the weighers platform in Sumter.
The committee re ported some pro?
gress toward a better system and to?
ward what the law creating the pub?
lic cotton weighers contemplated,
viz. Exact justice between buyer and
seller, and quick and economical
handling of the cotton In its delivery
and weighing.
The committee was commended
for its diligence and ordered f.o con?
tinue to look after this matter until
there la no cause foi complaint.
From the report of the committee it
would seem that the writer has been
mo severe on the management of
the Sumter Warehouse Company,
(but none too severe on the abuses
that have crept into the business),
and that the troubles have arisen
from too many heads working at
cross purposes. And from the fur?
ther fact "that what is everybody's
business is nobody's businees" and
heretofore there has been only in?
termittent individual complaint.
I Now that there is an organized ef?
fort on the part of the Farmers' Union
to And out where the blame lies, and
help ihe proper authorities correct
tile troubles, we expect to see so
great an improvement that none but
chronic kickers can find cause for
complaint. We recognize that Sum?
ter fixes the price for cotton in all
the surrounding small markets, and
all of our efforts are for the Improve?
ment of conditions there until per
tectlon In handling cotton is reached,
believing that this will not only bene?
fit Sumter, but all the cotton grow?
ing section contributory thereto.
? * *
Another matter of importance was
t. ? appointment of a committee to
work in connection with committees
from the Civic League. the school
Improvement association, and the
merchants' association to provide a
comfortable ladies' waiting room In
the business part of town, where
country ladies could rest and refresh
themselves when shopping. Some of
the big stores in New York have
such rooms on each tloor, and we
are informed J. L. Coker and Com?
pany of llartsville, have such a room
In their big department store. Jt
does not look right for Sumter to be
so far behind a town the size of
BZartSVllle, and any merchant In
Sumter that will put in such a room
will almost double his patronage. As
no merchant has done sc?, we hope
they will CO-Operate With these oth?
er committees to secure a place con?
venient to them all.
F. W 1>.
J. Willie Jackson, of Parish's mill.
Marlboro county was convicted of
sidling whiskey on three counts and
sentenced to pay a tine of $"0o or
serve six months on each count,
.lodge DeVore suspended sentence in
the third case and Jacks.ui paid
* 1.000.
Everyone Coming.
With tine crops throughout the
State ami peace and plenty prevailing,
there will be an unprecedented crowd
<t the State fair this year. The fair
opens in Columbia October 31 and
continues through November Ar?
rangements have been made to keep
tie fair grounds open at night.
or Practical Farmers
Jent Farmers' Union of Suiatrr
mty.)
Some Random Thoughts.
What with tho late and cold spring,
and too much rain in June, July,
with hot rainy weather in October,
it looks like the cotton crop will j
be so short that the price may again
reach 20 cents per pound, not on a
speculative squeeze, as in August, but
lor a steady market. If it does re?
main for any length of time steady
at the figures now prevailing o? the
higher figures that seem so sure to
prevail, there will have to be a re- *
adjustment of a great many values.
Land which is already so high it is
cheaper to rent at what some years
ago would have been a buying price,
than to buy will go still higher.
And rents will have to advance to be
in the right relation to the value of ?
the land.
Interest rates will go down be?
cause of the abundance of money,
and the purchasing power of a dol?
lar will be so far depreciated that as
some one has said the dollar and its
interest at the end of the year will 4
not be worth the dollar that was
loaned out at the beginning. Well,
"its a long lane that has no turning."
and for many years the borrowers
had to pay Interest and repay loans
In mon y that was constantly in?
creasing In value. So now it seems
that the borrower will pay interest J
and repay loans in money that has
less and less purchasing power.
Some years ago Senator Tlllman
said in a speech at Memphis, Tenn.
They taunt us with wanting a 50
cent dollar, I hurl back at them that
they want a 200 cent dollar." We
wonder what kind it will be called
now ? ,,
We have thought for many years
that rents should be in part of the
crop grown on the land. In the
years of low prices the landlord
would have shared in the depression, 1
and now in the years of high price
he would share in the increase. And
there can be no question that when
he or she is dependent on rents for .'
a support, where those rents are rh
money, on the same basis of th >
years of low prices or even , of JO |
cent cotton, that support is very
much curtailed now on account of
the smaller purchasing p,ower of the
dollar.
E. W. D.
REBELS T?RM I PON CLERGY. \
Priest Slain in \tuuu*k 1>mi Jesuit
Monastery.
Lisbon, Oct. 8.?The proclamation
of the Republic of Portugal is being
received by the people generally in |
a matter of fact way. While order
has been in a measure restored, the
fear still prevails that the attacks
against the religious establishment
may become general. The marked
feature of the situation now is the
resentment shown by a portion of the I
populace against the clergy.
I^ast night the Republican troops
attacked the Jesuit monastery in the
Ran do Quelhas, after they had been
tired upon from the windows One
priest was killed and the Others were
placed under arrest. ^
The hoisting of the British flag
over the building had the effect o*
chocking tho ftre oi the troops.
Armed bands have descended upon
the houses of various officials close?
ly affiliated with the monarcny, but
the houses were found empty and
the property was not damaged.
Because of this condition of affairs,
police measures have been Increased
and patrolling parties have been senf.
out to guard against maurauders and
rioters. Tho Government has grant?
ed amnesty In the case of all political
crimes and has revived a former law
increasing the liberty of the press
?>ne of the most interesting feit ?res
in the new regime will bo the line?
up of the different parties in th I
constituent Assembly.
All the old party groupings have i
disappeared and there must spring
up new divisions. A majority of the
party organs, such as those repre?
senting the conservatives, the pro
gresstvea and the regenerators, ha
suspende?! issue.
Eugene Ely was the only person t
try the cross-country fight from
Chleago to New York but he wa*
forced to descend after being in the
air about twelve minutes and travel*
ing eleven miles.
The prises offered at the corn ex?
position to be held In Columbia, Po
5. will aggregate to about $10.000
North and Sooth Carolina and Oeor
gia will take parl in the exposition
Savannah Is sure to .c. t the gr in I
prise automobile ra< e