The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 10, 1910, Image 2
?kt SRaubmaii anb ^outbroa.
Th? <*xnr*r Watchman waa found
ad In ll-t and the Trua Southron In
10*4. Tho Watchman and Southron
maw haa S>?? combined circulation and
r&aw-xv? sa* both of the old papers,
and la seesUteatly the beat advertising
In Sum tar.
The Corn Exposition in Columbia is
the first fruits of the State-wide move
ssent to raise more corn and eventual?
ly more h^gs arc* less h?1 In South
Carolina and It is a lty the vene
moui old abolitionist who gave this
advice Is not alive to we how it will
worK out.
Col. Roosevelt has advertised his
Intention to explain how the Novem?
ber landslide happen* 1 t>> come abou.t
He will. If he lives up to past per?
formances, blame It all upon the ly
aorance and wickedness of the pub?
lic In not accepting his orders as the
law and the gospel. Even thirty
days of silence*and solitude will not
suhVe for him to arrive at a conclu
alon that will atta h any part of the
blame and responsibility for the over?
throw of the Republican party to his
egotistical self
We have It from the highest au?
thority that the ) inn I ?emonstr?tlon
iu will detail a special agent
It year to take charge of and direct
work of the Rumter County Boys'
Corn Club, provided Rumter ci unty
will arrange to pay a part of th I
agent's salary, the Department of Ag?
riculture paying the balance. T?
?ire this agent It will be necessary
to raise only $150 to 1300, and we
trust an effort will be made to pro?
vide this money at once. If this agent
la deb lied for the work In this coun?
ty It Is desired to have him at the
ground earlV in January so as to be?
gin th? work of organizing the boys
and authorising the work In ample
time to secure the best results. We
know that the business m**n of Sum
tar -will do their part?they have
never failed to contribute liberally to?
ward any movement for the better?
ment of Rumter County?but we feel
sure the members of the Farmers
Union snd other progressive farmers
will be glad to contribute a part of
the money needed to secure the ser?
vices of an expert to direct the work
of the Boys' Corn Club.
F1RK LAST MUHT.
Doe* Considerable Damage >?.
t< l ? of lloie- <*?- upled h> Ml.
I ' ill Welder.
The hose wagons were called >ut
night a out II o'clock to put
out a fire which originated in, and did
considerable damage to the residence
OS* Mr. Julian Wilder on Magnolia
street
The wagons w?re prompt in ans?
wering the alarm and the fire was ex?
tinguished before It could spread
the kitchen to the other por
of the house. All of the celling
roof and walls or the kitchen were
badly burned, but the tire did not
burn through the walls. All of the
furniture was taken out Sf the house,
tuft as soon ss the Are was put out
It was carried back and the family
wms not forced to move out of the
ildlng
The damage VtsSDSl BJsl -unt< d to
about $J0O was fully covered by In?
surance.
Fllll ON \| At.Nol.l \ S1KFF.T
asSSSslsssre of ?. F ?. ommandcr Dam?
aged by lire Tbl.?? Morning.
Th. fe< -ud nr.' ..n Magnolia Stfl at
within u space of twelve hours oc?
curred Usll ncrning about half past
tea Vclock. the ho?,? wagons i < .m
eat>,. out to extinguish the lire
which they did before It had time to
burn through the roof of the building.
The fire originated In the closet
next to the chimney In the living
mom of the hotjx- and burned its way
through the ceiling in whu h it Sfgl
smouldering when the bot? a*ggoi ar?
rived. As the tlr^ had n?t yet burnt
through the roof the dense
?moke from the shingles and the
cracks In the walls made It appear as
If the *ho|?> b ?d) of the house was
on Are.
T\r?-? ?itr amn of water were turn?
ed on the f?re and It was extinguish?
ed m a minutes.
Th* damage, which SSSOUfSted to
several hundred dollars, was cause.!
aa much by the water and tin- work
of the firemen In getting the tire un?
der control as by the fire Itself. The
damage was fully covered by Insur?
ance.
All of the furniture and Uttings of
the housM were removed and little
damage SMS sSSM SS them.
The fOgtllSf ttateSSSal Of UN Farm
ers Hank and Tru-d ? 'oinpany print?
ed today reflects the prosperity of this
section and e\bbn-.s that money Is
more plentiful. The deposits of this
bank aggregate about $ ISO,000 und
all the other Items In the Statement
are Indicative of thn continued growth
and prosperity of the bank
Farmers' U
?AI
Practical Thoughts f
(Conducted by E. W I)a bee, Pre.**
O
Sonic llandom Thought*.
"Hon*- to burn out stumps" should
be tried by some of us who have new
lands. OUT experience is that a
badly rotted stump will burn out but j
n solid one will require ten other
stumps tu burn it out and as much
labor to keep up the fire as it would
require t<> dig and cut it out. The j
uuth.nl proposed in the article be?
low may be the right kind and de?
serves a trial. All that is said about!
the desirability of removing stumps
is true. !
? ? ? . I
The parcels post Seems to be a live
issue and the editorial from the
I'rogresslve Farmer gives good reg?
sons why we should have one that Is
up-to-date as our arrangement with
foreign countries. In this con
neetinri w?. should protest against the '
efforts to drive the government out of
the special request stamped enve?
lope business, livery farmer or busi?
ness man who uses the malls to the
astest of r?o letters a year should buy
direct from the postofficc depart?
ment f>00 stamped envelopes with
his return card printed on them
to be returned in five days. If not
called for. He then insures the re?
turn or delivery of his mall and
lightens the work of every postal em?
ployee who handles his letter.
Some years ago the writer tried to
get the South Carolina Postmaster's
Convention to indorse the exclusive
use of such enevlopes. but It was not
popular then. He was pkused that
Postmaster Shore of Sumter made
such a logical argument for them at
the recent Postmi-sit ~s Convention.
From personal experience it was
demonstrated that such letters are
handled about twice as rapidly as
an irregular lot of letters with stamps
In every conceivable position. Like
the parcels post, this matter of uni?
form stamped envelopes is a step in
the direction of the greatest good to
the greatest number, and one that
the Formers' Union should stand for.
E. W. T\
11 :si DENT'S ADDRESS.
Annual Meeting, Dev. 2, 1910 In the
Court House?Published h> Order
of the (omit) Union.
Gentlemen of the Sumter County
t rm( rs' Union:
Two years ago you called me to
the honorable and responsible posi?
tion of President of this Union. That
l have failed to measure up to the
high hhals set before me no one is
so fully aw ire Of SI myself, but 1
have given my best thought and as
much of my time and means as 1
fsN l could afford, to build up and
strengthen the order in our county, j
gftost we h.tve accomplished li not h
title of what we hope for; but When :
a e lake Into consideration how few j
I i ire in numbers, and how SO many
Sf our good fellow farmers have stood
to one side waiting to sec what we
could do. oftlmes criticising us un?
justly, sometimes taking our mistakes
to snerlngly say "I told you so,"
the won i, i is that we are alive as an
order at all. And we would not be
but for the Union Brokerage company
and the loyal union men who
compose Its stockholders. Two years
ago, shortly after you elected me
dent. I wrote something like
this "It shall be my aim to build up
a spirit of self-help and neighborly
co-operation, and I am satisfied that
if we will finance our farms from the
1st day of January to the 1st day of
I .'tember, the eottOg OfOp will fin?
ance Itself. Up to that time g|] the
union talk We eVSf heard was "bor?
row money on cotton and hold It fof
higher prices." We seemed to hsve
Ight entirely sf sny wsy to con?
trol cotton except with borrowed
money* i have persistently snd oon
itstently fought that idea ail slongi
snd expect to continue to do so; no!
that I go ted think there are times
when it is w? ist* to hold cotton, even
if one has to borrow money on it, but
beCSUSC I think I better OOUSS Is to
finance the farm that the cotton can
b. heb] without borrowing money on
it To this end I have bent all my
energies to have established a Pro?
duce Exchange, Where | farmer
e.in dispose of every kind of farm
produce that he may be able to grow
I surplus of. at prices that are fair
to both himself ami the consumer,
The union In its wisdom hss not
sssg Hi wsy elesr to munch such a
business by Itself; but my efforts In
this direction resulted In the estsb?
Il?hmen! last January of our broker?
age business, ami It is the aim of the
Union Brokerage Company to levelop
the produce exchsnge features Just
i fast ss our people will take hold of
it. ami provide the pro inc.- to w ir
or Practical Farmers
ildent I'liiim-rN' Union of Sumter
aunty.)
.ant its advertising to the consumers
that it can supply them with the best
that our farms afford of butter and
eggs, poultry, fruits and vegetables,
hay, COm( oats, peag and potatoes;
bacon, hams and lard. When we
have made use of the opportunities
that are so abundantly bestowed up?
on us to produce these staple ar
tciles of food; through our own sell?
ing agenclei put them on the mar?
kets of the world where they are
wanted, and will bring remunerative
prices, we will then be so prosperous
that are can finance our own cotton.
We can then put our cotton in our
own warehouses, and say to the spin
aera: Hare Ii the fleecy staple that
you need to manufacture the cloth?
ing for the world?it Is ours; \v?
know the grades, and we guarantee
it to pa as represented; we know the
* OSt and we sell it to you at one
profit. Can we do it? Yes. Will we
do it? Yes. ( >r always remain
"Hewen Of wood and drawers of
water*" But we must remember that
we cannot do it iu ;i day, nor a month,
nor a year. We must go back to
tirst principles: Self help and neigh?
borly cooperation. And then the
neighborhoods as represented by lo?
cal unions must concentrate our
produce and our cotton at our con?
tract market prices, ami educate and
train the men to handle ^ur buslnsss
for us, like we are doing with Brog
don and Gregg in our Union broker?
age here in Sumter.
What have we accomllshed Is
probably more important than what
we looked forward to doing In the
future. Well, first and foremost we
have made the Farmers'. Union a
commercial factor in the progress of
Sumter and Sumter county. Two
years ago our retiring vice-President
and business agent, Brother Tindal
said the union was handicapped for
lack of a responsible financial head.
That without capital it was Impossible
to do business, and we had the co?
operative Idea in buying but not the
machineryi nor the oil (money) to
lubricate the machine. Today WS
have the Union Brokerage Co., with
upward of $5,000 paid up capital and
WS have done a very satisfactory
business to those of us who backed
our faith with our money, and we
are developing the cooperative Idea
in selling as well as buying, for
Brother Brogdon has sold not a lit?
tle syrup, peas, oats, hams, bacon
and other country produce for our
members. And the Union Broker?
age Company is a factor not to be
despised in fixing prices in this sec?
tion, and as Chairman of our cotton
committee Brother Brogdon has
handled some lots of cotton, and has
other lots under his control to sell
when the market warrants.
2nd. Two years ago the idea of
Farmen buying fertilizers direct was
laughed at as o drsam of the ha\
se, ,is Last year and this large lot
were bought direct by Farmers
unions and farmers outside th"
union were given rebates by dealers
on purchases already made to keep
them from being dissatisfied. This
season i am informed manufacturers
and Importers are seeking the union
trade.
8rd. Two years ago the New York
correspondents of our Sumter banks
tried to fores them not to loan money
to ho'd cotton. Word had gone out
"No money to hold cotton." A com?
mittee of this union waited on the
President of the banks of Sumter,
and showed them how dlaastsroui it
would i-e to the commercial Interests
of the county to have to sell our ?
ton at I l-i cents, the prevailing
pries, We found the bankers anxious
to help us and the suggestions they
made to us were very valuable, The
result of that conference was that
many ? bale of cotton sold the next
spring at 10 to 11 c uts that would
have gone to the speculators at 8 l-i
or even less than 8 cents if thrown on
the market, and it would have been
but for the Farmers Union and the
Sumter county Farmers' Union alone.
Who knows how far-reaching the
action of the Sumter County Union
and the Sumter banks coop, rating to?
gether waa ai that time. <>r w ho can
measure the benefit to all the com?
mercial Interests of the county by the
mutual confidence thai conference
established We should have more
such conferences,
Ith. The appointment of n legis?
lative committee I* a step in the right
direction, and I trust the union will
continue this committee and ke< |> on
it our most b \ei headi i and con?
servative members, who will alwayi
keep in tou< h with the officials of tin
county government, and with tie
legislative committee ?d the stat.
union. The good that I u< h n com
mitt, e can nceompllsh Is Incalculable
Nor should w< Um t 11 netlvltles b
county and State affairs, but it should
keep in touch with our members of
Congress, and the occasion might ar?
rive when such a committee could be
of immense service to our interests
and the county at large by appearing
before some committee of Congress
to give it at first hand our views on
pending legisation.
But time would fail to detail all
that the union has done. It hfs had
Standard Cotton Samples put where
every grower of cotton can study |
them and compare with his own cot- I
ton. It was the pioneer In this coun?
ty in the Boys' Corn contest. It has
worked for better facilities for hand?
ling and weighing cotton. In con?
nection with Clemson College and the
United States Department of Agricul?
ture, it, the union, provided this past
summer more Information on Im- j
proved farming methods, and car?
ried that information into more
neighborhoods than has ever before
been done. There is no excuse for J
even the most ignorant farmer, one
who cannot read, not to know some
of the fundamental principles of |
scientific and practical agriculture. !
For it is very probable that no farm- j
er In the State was more than 10
miles from sumo Institute last sum?
mer. And the speaker- used no high
down language, but In simplest words
went into ail the details of what ever
trnth they were trying to impart to
their hearers. And every man was
free to ask as many questions as he
pleased. These meetings aere ar?
ranged for by officers of the Farm?
ers union. And they wa re made to
blush time and tim" again at tl e
small number of farmers that availed
themselves of these privileges. So'Hh
Carolina is getting its full share of at?
tention from the United S'ates Depart?
ment of Agriculture, and I have
luard department officials say it is
because the Farmers' Union in this
State has taken such a lively interest
in all that goes toward better farm?
ing that the Washington officials UJ
?0 prompt to send their best men to
us when ever we ask for them. That
I have been slightly instrumental as
your President in this good work Is
a source of pardonable pride. Back
of all national development we trust
there Is growing a spirit of neighbor
liness and good Will among our farm?
ers as a result of these bi-weekly or
I monthly meetings of the local unions
that is worth more to us as a peo?
ple than all else combined. And the
union that has failed to develop this
spirit has failed in its mission what?
ever else it may have accomplished.
My friends of the Sumter County
Farmers' Union I want to thank you
one and all for your kindly support in
all that I have tried to do for the
cause that is dear to our hearts, the
uplift, the betterment in every way of
our farmers, for with their improve?
ment In all that goes toward good
citizenship every trade and profession
and calling is benefittcd. We have
begun a good work and T trust the
officers you elect today will carry for?
ward that work more successfully
than we have been able to do. And
let us not forget that without self
help and neighborly cooperation and
kindly feelings, all our schemes will
come to naught. But with these
homely virtures dominating our lives,
God alone can measure or limit the
possibilities of the Farmers Union.
ELY FLIES IN COLUMBIA.
Aviator Easily Peats Auto 1st in
Three-Mile itaee.
Columbia, Dec. 7.?In the presence
of Post, who was lost In the wilds
of Canada with Iiawhy, the aviator,
and with spectators from other parts
of the State, Ely, in a Curtiss bi?
plane, executed the first suc^csssfu!
aeroplane llight in South Carolina, at
the Fair grounds Wednesday aftemon
In addition to a sustained llight
and an attempt to reach an altitude
of 1,000 feet. Ely ran a race with a
local automobilo man and outdistanc?
ed him for three miles with ease. The
meet has attracted much attention.
The men behind the wheel are
Messrs Eugene B. Ely and J. A. ?.
McCurdy. Ely flew today. The ma?
chines that are in Columbia are
QUlte famous. In the "Hudson-Ful?
ton" flyer, Glenn II. Curtiss made a
trip from New York city tu Albany.
: The other aeroplane Is a speed king
and bears the name "The Belmont
Itacer." This is the machine that
WUS used in the New Orleans meet. I
The other air car was shipped from
Raleigh several days ago. Augustus
U. Post arrived today, and witness?
ed the flight.
In the crowd of thus., who strained
their eyes upward this afternoon it.
the first aviation meet ?>f the season
WUS Carl Mason, ??f Sumter. who la
now constructing a Hying machine,
lie is the sun of an Inventive genius
of Sumter. Mr. C. T. Mason, who
has many telephonic Inventions to bis
credit. Carl Mason will attempt
flights in his own machine as soon
as It Is completed. He is now work?
ing on the Installation of an engine.
\ number of South Carollnalans In?
terested In aviation witnessed the fust
flight h. re to,fay. In this number
I was Mr. It, B. VanDeventer, of Sum
t< r. w ho 11 iot< H Bit d In the Mason
const ruction.
\
Always Fresh Candies
Nunnally'c pre not only the highest grade
candies you can buy, bul the freshest. Every
box we sell h::s been shipped us by fast express.
"None like
Nunnally's"
\V. W. S1BERT
4
YOUR BANK ACCOUNT; OUR DESIRE.
Your Satisfaction; Our Pleasure
Your Need; Ours to Supply
Let's Talk it Oner
THE PEOPLE'S BANK,
Capital $50,000
18 W. Liberty St.
Sumter, S. (1
J
"Time and Tide Wait for no Man."
But the Farmers' Hank & Trust Company is
always waiting with the goods. Having the
largest capital stock ot any bank in the
county, and a steadily increasing surplus, its
prepared to take care of you and w ants your
accouut.
The Farmers' Bank and Trust Co.
The Bank of Sumter
Sumter, S. C.
Capital and Profits,
$140,000.00
i
LIME, CEMENT, ^i^MbTfeac^uDi^
"PTaxr flroir? Rice Flour. Ship Stuff, Hran.
Ild} , VJldlll, Mixed<V>w and Chicken Feed.
Horses, Mules, BSUi"' :Tago"s an:1
tjrjg^? Order Too Large Or Too Small.
Booth-Harby Live Stock Co.
SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA.
Ely. in his biplane, must have gone
more than 45 miles an hour in the
race with a local automobile man.
The automobile man, Mr. Roddy, in
a Bulck, says that the airman "cut
?econd" on him, that is he didn'c
go clear around the track for the en?
tire three miles. Mr. Roddy said to?
night he would race the airman to?
morrow, if allowed.
A Large number of the farmers
from the county went over to Colum?
bia Wednesday and Thursday to at?
tend the corn exposition and to wit
aeaa the airship flights, both of which
features proved a drawing card.
-o
Another%Arrival?Of two cars seed
oats and one ear fresh Rice Hour, di
i. . t from the mills, the best and
most economical feed for hogs, cows
and horses you can use. Our prices
are right Booth-Harby Live Stock
Co., Sumter, S. C. 12-8-4t.
FOR BALE?One thousand bushels
best white corn, good enough for
seed, at one dollar per bushel; three
first rate mules, two horses, work
in double or single harness; fairly
good saddle gaitos: three good
farm wagons, some farming im?
plements. Apply S. W. Raftleld,
Agent, Mayesville. S. C. 1126-tf.
FOR BAUE?A very attractive farm
of 292 acres. Three tenant houses
and OUtbutldtngJ. Land lies per?
fectly level and within 7 miles of
Sumter over a clay road. Location
all that could be desired. W. L.
Saunders, Sumter, I C. R. F. D.
Xo 3. 12-2-bt
We talk little If we do not talk
-ibout ourselves.?Hazlltt.
FOR sali-:?a 600 acre farm m
Wateree Township. ECershaw county,
three miles from railroad station?
Blaney, 8. C, and one mile from
Automobile Highway between
Camden and Columbia, one of the
lines! Band-clay roads In the State,
and on R. F D. route. The land la
sand gravel, with a clay subsoil,
and als?) bottom l.mds, capable of
producing a bale to two balea per
acre, properly cultivated. Three
hundred acres under cultivation,
with one 9-room bouse and six ten
Jut houses in fair condition. FoF
particulars. Write, Jno D. Bailey,
Blaney, s.
,21 r. '.?. 16,?W & S 9-17-24-28.
Folt RENT?At Stateburg a first
Claas two or four-horse farm. Four
room cottage and necessary out?
buildings. Lands In condition to
make a bale of cotton per acre.
For prices and particulars ap?
ply to W. L. Saunders. Sumter, S.
C. R F D No 3, 12-2-tt
for ?>ALE?Several sow* and gilts,
some with pigs and some due to
have pigs soon. Several pure bred
Berkshire pigs, both sexes. Some?
thing choice In both lots. E. W.
Dabbs. Mayesville, S. C.
ll-19-I-2t aw-tf.? W-ltaw-tf.
FOR SAL1-:?Seed corn from irize
acre. None but choice ears, 70
pounds In car for $3.00. Without
extra selection. rated third
by Judges In seed contest. Jas.
IfcBrtde Dabbs, Mayesville. S. C.
ll-lt-I-2taw-tf?W-ltaw-tfc
FOR SALE?Sheep and goats, in
pairs or two's. Great for cleaning
out under brush, Prices as to size
and quality. Sold out of sheep
skins F. w. Dabbs, Mayeevllle, S
C. 11 -.9 l-2taw-tf-W-tf
si.i:i> CORK?The committee f<>r the
Hoys* Corn Cluh has remaining on
hand about fifteen bushels of the
selected corn entered for seed corn
prise. Bach bushel was selected
with car. and is the best seed corn
to be had In Bumter County. R
will be sold for M per bushel. Ap?
ply to s. D. Cain, County Superin?
tendent of Education.
ll-22-st w