Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r 1 ! ? f|M ><umter Watchman was* found? ed In lsftf and the True Southron In lSf? The Watchman and Southtoi, now has tha combined circulation and Inrtucnce cf both of the old papers, and la manifestly the beat advertising medium la thimter. PUUFI.S POST W\NTK1>. blent llarreU Says Insurgents, 1 tegular* and m ? \ u> Mu-u (.et Bvy niul PrtvtoV Ttsl* Necessity for the \ merit-tin Fanner. To the Officers and Munhera of the Farmers' I'nlon: National In its scope, and including ?very shade of political belief In America. It Is essential that the Far? mers' Union get together in a non partlslam program for reforms In which they are mutually Interested, regardless of political divisions or alignment One of these reforms?or rather ad? vancements?I believe It Is our spe? cial duty to push at the forthcoming session of congress Is the establish? ment of a parcels post. Last session. I took a census of con? gress and found that enough repre? sentatives and senators were In favor ?or at leest said they were In favor ?of this feature to secure Its en? actment In some form. It hi now Incumbent upon us to get In behind all congressmen alike and make them redeem this promise. There is Just one obstacle In the way. That la the avarice of the ex? press companies, and of a few small merehnnts who affect 11 believe their lues will be depleted by a par post. It is time the express companies stopped cutting melons at the public ?smenee. and It is time they stopped halting rural developments In this gountry because af their lust for div? idends. Congressmen all look alike to us;? Insurgents or regulars, democrats or republlcatns. populist or socialist ?It I* up to them to come across and gtv*. ?t? entire | >untry Wants SJId th*1 B. rain ?n logically er h.*>ne?ti> oppoae. W ' in.Tcelr post sjjssjemenl vlth n" J>ni, with a maximum weight oi 1 , ounds. with the postage 12 cents per pound. The maximum weight inside this side Is four pounds. The rate la If cents a pound If you want to send a four pound package even 10 miles, it will eost you '?en**. fou could send It to Napbs ? r T o:?.| >r for IS eSjhgg, If i p ? fo t is rb'ht. profitable .u. I fee, ir on pn Intel national standpoint, p is right, logical tnd goofltnhle from a national stand? point. The American farmer has an espe? cial Interest in an American parcels post. In Eng bind Where the maximum la*| 11 pounds an,! ?he . r ?treasonable the farmev* *?s y.hlpplng eggs and other tru k i roducts by post at such rates nm mike It profit iMo t*? raise these products. C< is'der what the American ex? press companies' chain- you for 11 poufi I? of your firm producta eith? er fo- 50 or f.00 miles, an 1 you see where v. ii ure being; bled Consider what It would mean If you had tbe advantage of the British stottagfe It would IncresjM? the vj'ue of thousands of farms by a large fignt? That Is Just one of the farmer's counts. N ire paving needle** tribute on every or nee of supplies you receive, In the express cbisslfh-ation. to the express companies The aggregate totals a tax of millions upon Ameri? can farmers each y-tr There Is no Justice, no sense In this practice. There Is another side to It. often you ire compelled t> b>*<. tim.? an I spend money. sending int > your county site for t ?o|s food, i 1 dhlng or other supplies. A parejajg post, working In connection with the ru? ral phone or the mail Itself, would reduc ? that expense by a great Idg fracte n It I? this s&m* rural parcels post thai doe* iwny with the argument of the ?mall merchant against the pro? posed Inn >\ at! ?n II i < tr ob would Immrnselv prolt by It. And. at any rate, he cannot hope mu< h longer to deficit every Itom of farm trade from the Bj miio-torlng centers, where prh ? * too t he i helper, to himself Tb? IS are some "f the b .ing rea sons ?hv the fafSg r. why evt ry Amen in ? USSSB BgJOSJld hg In favor of n i post Proper pressure this season bv letter and < >*? ersa ibn upon seSgSjesesSBjefl g| every mrtv v%'ll g?*t results before tlie end of next summer. ('barb s s II irreft. Fnlon < ity. O.t . <>ct. 31. 1910 Some of the milk dealers In Sum ter have found It necessary to put the price of milk up to 10 cents per SJSMflj owing to the high price of cow feed. A cow that was fed best fall at a cost of IVIO ncr month now require* $7.70 to give her the . ration. It Is said that milk In Columbia sells for 1J cents p"r quart.. Farmers' U -A Practical Thoughts (l oiuliK ted by B? W. Rahhs, Pre t otuity Farmers' I'nion Meeting on Pec. 2d. In less than two weeks the Sumter Comity I'nion will meet in the court house for the annual election of of fgsafg, Each local Union should send its best members as delegates? men who are loyal to every principle of Unionism, and who wdll be capa? ble of selecting officers who will car? ry forward, and Improve upon the good work that we have begun here m Sumter county. Wit I .moot promise an entertain? ing and Instructive speaker like Hro. Holloa)Vy proved to be it our last me.ting, but there will be enough business to keep the members busy without an aldress. All local I'nions should have their reports in the hauls of the secretary before the me. ting. E. W. Dabbs. Pres. Hugh WUherspo.m. Sec. WUBAY, fllU ORKATKaTI RRi:\i> CROP. ( IcniMon Extension Work?Artic le XXV. To obtain bread has ever been the struggle of mankind. The want of It has caused wars and the change of dynasties. Through the ages, the ever constant cry ha.s been cheaper bread. Today with all of our com? plex civilisation that demand Is as potent as ever and to obtain it economically will be the greatest problem for future gem-rations to solve. Wheat is. as it has been since history began, the main cereal from which bread is made. It is the moat valuable crop of the world. No Other crop is adapted to such a wide di? versity Of soil and climate. It Is grows within the Artie circle and over the F.quat '!?. Each year the worl 1 consumes more than 3,000,00?), 000 bushels of this cereal. The South should produce |ta own bread anil it will when Its fanners fully realize the advantage and full value of diversified farming. Piver silled farming is the one key that will unlock the ehest of g old that lies hidden In every acre of our land. To diversify properly, we must grow all iiops in systematic rotation. The best syst-m of crop rotation for the South Is one that contains a winter cdver crop. This cover crop can be either a winter legume, such ns bur clover, crimson clover or vetch, or a cereal, such as wheat, oats, barley or rya, If the toll is Impoverished and lu great n e 1 of improvement, one of the legU. ies with rye should be sown to be turn? ed under In the spring. If. howev? er, the land is highly Improved sn I was wen fertilised tie- previous spring and summet, either oats ,,r wheat should 1 ? planted. Wheat is not a profitable < rop sxespt when grown on rich bmd. Tie- phenoml nally high yields of OOrn that have been produced in various sections of this State ?lurlng the past feat years are < onvlncin.-r. We know that we have u great corn country, and this year South Carolina will probsbi produce as much as f>0,000.000 bush? els of com. Where these Isrge \ iehls a?f corn were obtained, the land will be sufficiently Improved for w heat. There are thOUSSjAds of acres of land In this State that were plant? ed In corn this season and highly fertilized that should be sown down In wheat this fall. Now is the time to sow; it Is not too late, Wheat can be pleated as lets as the middle of 1 vecmbor. The type of soil best lultsd 10 wheat Is the (day loam. Hefore planting the land should he thor oughly prepared by plowing as deep ;ts possible and thoroughly harrow? ing. Clesason Col legs Experiment Rtatton has tested a number of va? rieties of wheat and the varieties that have given the best results ;irc the Red May and the P.lue Straw. Heed of these Varieties can be ob? tained at any of the leading seed hoir^s l'efore sowing. the seed hould ,,,, treated with ? solution of copper sulphate to destroy the smut. This solution la made h\ dissolving pounds of copper sulphate in io or "o gallons of water, using ? wood den vessel In which to make the mix? ture. After the seed havs been dip? ped for a few minutes, they should be spread out to dry before sow? ing, PoUr to six pe. k.s Of seed per 11 fg should be sow n Wheat, Use batb-r. ahould maks a good growth early In the fall and unless the Hessian fly Is prevalent in the neighborhood! it should be sown any time after the nrsl of October. What can. however, be sown later than other of the eerSSlS, The se? d can be sown dtber broadcast or harrowed In Ol planted with i grain nion News Nl) - for Practical Farmers ?Idem Farmers' Union of Bum tee County.) drill. The latter method is the best for the seed ere placed far enough j below the surface to obtain sum- I clent moisture to cause immediate germination. Wheat Ifl a heavy feeder on phos? phorous and nitrogen. therefore it should be liberally fertilized with phosphoric acid and ammonia. At least 300 or 400 pounds of acid phos? phate and 100 pounds of cotton seed meal, or its equivalent, should be applied at the time of sowing; and another application should be made the first of March, a similar amount being used. At the time the latter application is made, nitrate of soda at tlic rate Of lOO pounds per acre should be applied. Most of the clay lands of the Piedmont setlon of tins State contain a sufficient amount of p t ash for wheat. When when plant ?d on tic- lands of the coastal plain should i.e fertlllded With kalnlt or potash. A second application of nl trats of soda <>r about 50 pounds Shuld be made tin- middle of April. A small patch of wheat should be grown on every farm for early spring graslag and as a forage crop. Wheat makes the best hay possible if it is cut while in the dough stage. Prof, J. X. Harper, Director. S. c. Kxperlment Station. CLARENDON'S CORN RAISERS. Severn! Made over One Hundred Bushels on the Acic ? IVi/.es Awarded. Manning. Nov, If,?The corn ex? hibit of the boys' corn clubs and contest for prizes, has engaged the attention of a large crowd in town today. Features of the occasion wert int. resting .and Instructive ad? dresses by Messrs Williams and Smith, superintendent of the corn farm demonstration work. Of the 110 members of the boys* corn clubs. live raised over 100 bushel* of corn per acre. The first prize WSI award? ed to Purman Broadway, 1$3 bush? els, $21; second plae, Jake Williams, bushels, *H>: third prize. Miss [Hannah Plowden, a 15-fear-old girl. [120 bushels. $5; Julian Creeey. 1 in ? bushel*, special prize; T. J. StUkCSi I 107 bushels, two prizes, $13. A I number of other prizes were award ed for best bushels of shelled corn, heaviest ear ol corn, best ten ears in the several local (dubs, lowest cost per bushel, etc, but it was late when the committee got through with the | work ami the list cannot be given to? night it is probable that Claren? don County will be well rep1 resented at the state corn exhibit soon to be held in Columbia. aV\Y8 SPAIN NE ARS REVOLUTION lames J, \riohha!d Tells Of Visit to hon Jahne Dc Buorbon. 1 New York. NOV. 1'?. ? Following visits to pon Jaime de Bourbon, the 1 Spanish pretender, and to Spain and ! Portugal, Mr. James J. Archbald, of Washington, returned here today on board the Amerika, of the Hamberg" I American line, convinced that the | country at present ruled by King Al? fonso s >on will he in a state of revo? lution. He went abroad to study conditions in Spain and Portugal and j ! believes that he succeeded In ohtain ! Ing a dear insight into the situation.: ? I visited Don Jaime at Tr?bsdorf rear Vienna." Mr. Archibald said, I end found him and his relatives to be charming folk, democratic and ph asing in their character and. man ' to rs. The Pretender to the throne j of Alfonso believes revolution Is at hand in Spain, but that it will come without himself being a reason for it. He deplored the chaotic condi? tions In Spain and explained the sys? tem of mi.' tiu ie lias been brought through Untactful and needless ac? tion against the Catholic Church and through failure to foster the indus? tries of the people and the natural resources of the country. "My Investigations' in Portugal have led me to believe that King Manuel could have kept hll throne If he had walked out among his sol? diers and told them he would stand by them. Iiis actions are regarded among his people as cowardly." \ KELLEY Kil l Hick Kelly Went to Home of .fake BroWQ, Where He I?. Fatally Shot. rlartsvtlle, Nov. If.?Dick Kelly, a young white man, resident of Dar? lington, but formerly ?f Kelly Town section, live miles from here, was fatally sind bist night by bis father* ln-law. .lake Rrown, at Mr. P.rovvn's j home In the above named section. Mr. Brown was taking cave ?.f Kelly's wife his (Brown's) daughte and her children. Kelly died this :i fternoon, Tli< New Piano Store. _ i Btricty speaking the store is not en tirely a new venture in Bumter. ?. l. Till ? well known merchant of Manning, S. C, entered Sumter about a year ago with several ear loads Of pianOS und sold them in a very short time to some of tie- most prominent people in town. Mr. Till is the factory distributor for the well known Hallet (Si Davis piano, of Bos? ton. Mass., an instrument of world Wide fame. The steady demand lor these instruments has Induced Mr, Till to open a permanent branch store at 18 \V. Liberty St. Quoting from a letter Mr. Till recently wrote to the public he says: "In this age of progress and educational uplift, can you afford to be without a piano? What is home without a piano? Is there any reason why! you should not have one, why your home should not be musical?" It is a fact that the American home is the criterion by which for? eign nations endeavor to set their ideals, and the greatest factor in de? veloping the home Ufa of America is music, and the most adaptable in? strument for that purpose has been and is the piano. The Hallet and Davis piano has been one of the leading makes for) over three quarters of a century,! used and enjoyed by nearly all of the colleges and public institutions in I the United States. It can be truy said that it has done its share in de? veloping the home life of the Ameri? can people, it is only recently that Mr. Till sold over half a carload to Coker College at Hartsvtlle. Mr. Fred IfsrgOtt, the special Repr?sentative of the Hallet ft Davis Piano Co., of Boston, is here for a short time to assist Mr. Till in developing his piano trade and has received the consent of the firm to give a piano away free to the one writing the words "Hallet & Davis pianos." the greatest number of times. This is merely to give the Hallet & Davis Piano Co.. the widest publicity. The rules for obtaining the valuable prize are given in the advertisement in another part of this paper, Work will be resumed on the gas plant about the first of December. Already all of the machinery is here and vary little work has to be done besides the laving of the pipes. Tin- extra train from Florence to Atlanta Will probably be put on about the first o.\ December. It has not been run so far because there has not yet been any demand for it. Sanitary drinking foundtalns have been Installed on the grounds of all of the city schools now. These fountains are a great Improvement rver the old system of drinking from dippers and buckets, and have been j installed at a very reasonable cost. it is to be hoped that local dealers ?grocers, butchers, etc?will hear j about the decline In pries of Hour, sugar, meats and other articles of food. Almost as much cotton has been sold on this market this fall as hud, the price has averaged consider? ably higher than last season and :ill < onditlons seem to have been favor aide for an exceptionally large trade for the retail merchants, but so far as obtainable information goes, business has been no better, prob? ably not so good, as last year. There > no dispensary here to absorb the surplus money and injure trade, so what is the explanation? Unless the electric light company gives better lights than they have been furnishing their patrons re? cently, the gas company ?will not find it such a difficult task to build up a business as has been predicted. The ? lectrlc lights have not been anything like as brilliant as they were a year ago and. at tines, the lights are BO red and dim that it is amost Impos? sible to read by them, a year or such a matter ago the service was all that could he expected or desired, and it is a pity the company finds it Impossible or Inexpedient to main? tain the same excellent standard all the time. Unless the two candidates for Auditor bestir themselves and arouse some enthusiasm among their friends and supporters, the second special primary, which Is to be held next Tuesday, will he a failure, Nobody seems to be interested. There arc many would-be hunters who ate very much upset this season because of the scarcity of good bird dogs. Several of them have offered fine prices for the dotfs, hut were un? able to secure them at any price. To Sellers of Cotton. < ?wantf to the quantity of mixed pa. ke.i cotton that is coming in we are forced to require all sellers to bring their cotton up street where we can have an opportunity of ex? amining it carefully on both sides. .1. Chapman linger, .las. F, Glenn, C. P. Kxum. I'.. .1. Barnett, Ducker ?<? l lultman, Levl Bros., Darby ,\l Co. O'Dpnnell aV Co. ll-l 6-3tl?a it Deliciou Bonbons and Chocola mouth water to thinl always fresh; the high "None likt W Nunn^lly's" DEMOCRAT FROM CALIFORNIA. Democrats Have Inserted Wedge by Election of One Representative From Pacific State San Francisco, Nov. 16.?Califor? nia will send one Democrat and sev? en Republicans to the next house of representatives, instead of a solid lb-publican delegation. The complete returns from the official count of the First district show that Judge J. E. Haker (Dem) has a plurality of ILM votes over W. F. Knglebright (Rep., incumbent. Englohri^ht's plurality two years ago was r.,5D3. Sounding a Warning, The printing of the following ar? ticle in the columns of the Colum? bia State, just at this time, when ar? rangements are being made by cer? tain foolish, or public-spirited, citi? zens to begin the publication of a daily newspaper in Columbia in com? petition with The State, strikes us as quite the most humorous thing we have run across recently: "The discussion going the round of the daily papers ;is to whether the report that Andrew Carnegie or John 1 >. Rockefeller propose to^ establish an endowed newspaper is true or not suggests that they might study the old story about the contract made between the devil and a man who was anxious to have an ample sup? ply of money for all his needs. "In order to secure the money de? sired he made a contract to sell his soul a the devil, with the stipulation that he was to be supplied with un? limited money tor any w ild extrava? gance or any purpose of any kind for which he desired to use it. He r?ud the deVil Were to meet OCCSUEI Ulla 11V and at such meetings he was to re? port the amount expended end get a new Bupply for future extravagance. Having mane tin- contract, the devil supplh d him with money in abund? ance, w hich in- ciub avored to the best of his ability to spend. He indulged in ya hs and last corses and high living and the owning <. f many homes in different lands, but still he could not get rid of all the money that the devil willingly furnished in return for tin- bargain of bis soul. At last, how? ever. It entered into his bead to pub? lish a newspaper. He undertook \h<3 establishment of such an enterprise, and into this he poured the money which the devil had furnished him so freely, satisfied that there was no limit to the amount of money that could be furnished. Rut in less than a year the devil sought a conference and told him that while he had been able In fulfilling the contract for the purchase Of his soul to furnish the almost unlimited amount of money that he had been spending, he WOUld be compelled to cancel the contract and let him take back his soul, as he could not provide money enough to run a newspaper, and he would rath? er cancel the contract and give back the man's soul than undertake the job.?Manufacture rs Record. \ CARD. To the Democratic voters of Bumter < tounty: It is your duty as a good citizen to vote on next Tuesday, the 22nd inst. for County Auditor, whether that ballot be for be or for my opponent. It was my duty to myself and my friends to insist that the box of Ward L' of Sumter, which was unin? tentionally out of place, be found and its vote tabulated which necessitated a second primary. is it not time for s cltlsen of the County to have a county office? Win it not foster good feeling betaken *'ity and County? So Important to the welfan of both by helping this time t ? elect a countryman whether you live n the city or the country. I profess to be familiar with the duties of the office and ;?tn anxious to perform them on my own re? sponsibility. I have h heart to servo, and to accommodate my friends and strangers too. Please bear In mind two points: Remember If you put the harness on me that w ill tit. And to thos< who do not know me, take notice of the fact that In the first primary I lost not a single vote In my township, i will gratefully remember this to the end of my life. No man could expect <>r hope for more from his neighbors and friends. Vote as you think wisest and best and no one should complain. Yours respectfully. T. S. STUCKEY. 1 1-lS-lL't. W-lt tes that just make your z about. Always pure, lest grade candies made. \V. SIBERT. RAIDS UPON ALABAMA SALOON'S. \> Result of Personal Visit by Comer,41 Montgomery PoUcs Make Whole? sale Clean-n p. Montgumtry, Ala.. Nov. 13.?As result (?1* a personal visit by Gov. Comer to nearly all the saloons in the city last night, in many of which he witnessed the sale of beer and whis-^ key. in violation of the prohibition laws, wholesale raids were made this afternoon and before sundown it is estimated that $35,000 worth of liquor had been carted away by officers, j The raids followed a conference bcr^_ I tween the governor 8h< r iff Hoo i^ i hut what transpired at the confer | ence could not be learned. A DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE. Baltimore Sun Urges the \\ i-dom o^ Raving Such a (fathering. (From the Baltimore Sun.) The path of the great Democratic i victory in New York was made ? straight by a meeting of party levi I ers which took place some time be j fore the campaign began. The char- , aeter of the men who composed thatu j meeting and the sentiments e x press ! ed by them inspired confidence in ! the party. It had its effect upon the ! State Convention and largely brought ! about the wise nominations made by that body and the excellent platforms j it adopted. I It il believed that a ?miliar confer I ence here in Baltimore of Democrat^ from all sections of the country would be in the same manner helpful in strengthening the party, in Knapping ! out its present course and determm*4 Ing its future policies. This is a erlti cal moment for the Democratic party and it needs the united wiadom of :.ll its leaders. If they will come to? gether in the spirit of true Democ? racy and 'with an earnest dos*re to carry out the pledges of the campaign platforms and to promote the inter-4( ? Its of the people, there will be lit? tle difficulty in agreeing upon a po? litical programme that will mean not only success but WeU-desStSed popular confidence. Last wok's election was not so much the victory of the j Democratic party as the victory of | the people, and the people will hold the party to a strict accountability in th?- exercise Of the authority with which it has been Invested, it has promise^ certcin definite tbnigs, tariff reform and the economical adminis? tration of j ||bile affairs in particular. . and It will fall to redeem these prom [ Ises at Us peril. The people must be convinced that the party is pro? gressive as well SS conservative? that it will progress in advocating good government and In advancing the material welfare of the country.4 and that it will be conservative in maintaining the Constitution and form of government and in the ex? penditure of the public money. The proposed Baltimore confer* ( nee, to w hich, it has Veen suggest? ed, formal imitations should be b> sued by the Governor, the two Mary- ' land Senators and the two Demo? cratic members of the present House I who hav e been re-elected?namely. Messrs Talhott and Covington?will be composed. In the main, probably of members of the two houses of ?Congress, it cannot fall to be help? ful to members of Congress to con? sult with wise and patriotic rfien of their party who are not in Congress. Th. idea in calling the conference) is not to have it usurp the legislative functions of Congress. The Demo j cratfc members of that body are doutblem entirely competent to take , care of the party's interests there. I But much good can come from a j friendly and patriotic conference of I Democratic leaders at ? time when j the party should have the benefit of iall the suggestions and advice which i ! t can get from tlUMM who love it j and desire to see it restored to eom I plete supremacy. The general attitude of the party I toward the popular demands for re? form, as well as toward the business interests of the country, should be made plain, just as the attitude of the party In New York 'was made plain by the conference of Demo? cratic leaders in that State. A strong, ringing,, straightforward declaration of faith r d purpose by tha leading Democrats of the country bist at this juncture. With the statement of a definite general programme, would strengthen it immeasurably in every section and with all classes of peo? ple, and WOUld pave the way tO fttr> I ther and enduring triumphs.