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Tin: spki\<j si wt\<;. II.?< oiton Fabrics? Point* to ho Nnt. il In Tholr So|?N*tlon and Muke By Mrs F. L Steven?. Kaldgh N C, only a few times Is a woman who la not res by va.n. more pleased with hsrsrtf than vhon she Is conscious that hit dree* 1? well fitting; and ap proprlate. "veiled tn a simple robe beyond the pomp of dress;" It may be a simple calico print or handsom" cloth or silk, as the occasion and cir? cumstances warrant. t>ut whatever It Is the sense of wearing one's colthes wtth correctness and appropriateness brines perfect satisfaction to the fem? inine heart. thins; is not sultablo if it does not fulfllV Its mission, and the end to be desired by every woman Is taste fulness and durability. When I have gone, ss I frequently do, into the small country stores where so many of our farm women are compelled to do their buvlng and have seen the cheap, highly colored, shoddy ma? terials, I have realised how fearful Is the handicap to the best kind of household management. Hut there is a solution even to this apparently hopeless problem. Undoubtedly our small merchants aro doing the best they know, handicapped as they are In the matter of taste and values, flow to Secure Better Material*. The housewife who accepts condi? tions as they are and makes no effort to find a way out of the difficulty. Is as hopeless ss the woman who com? plained recently that there was no occasion for an article upon a bal? anced meal for the farm table where the diet was limited to pork In win? ter, chlckon and a small variety of vegetables in summer. Such a posi? tion Is as absurd ss is that of the fsrm msn who complains that since it is hit custom to plow only 3 Inches deep, advice as to methods for growing two bales of cotton on the acre Is useless to him. Provided our home-makers have reasonable health and have ambition to do their best, the housewife will not be con? tent with the restricted diet for her table, neither will the man be con? tent with this kind of plowing. Again, the housewife who must make her selection of materials for the family clothing from the small store at the cross-roads, will equip herself first with all tho knowledge about materials thst it Is possible to ac? quire When she knows how to de? test the cotton adulteration in her table linen, she will be able to regu? late In some measure the price of this shoddy article. When she knows the processes of weaving, bleaching and dyeing the cotton goods used in the family she will secure bettor values. How t4? Judge Cotton floods. Upon cotton wo depend largely for materials for clothing and house? hold purposes. From cotton we get bleaching, denim, ginghams, pari ale, calico, lawn and muslin, not to men? tion the chintses, Cretonnes, organ? ises snd mercerized cottons used for dress materials snd linings. When cott ?n doth comes from tho loom It is by no meabs ready for the market It must pass through a number of steps. Tho bleaching process Involves six steps, each step of which is followed by rinsings, making eleve.i steps In all. They are (1) wet out. (2) boiled in lime water. (3) treated with add. (4) boiled In soup. (5) treated with bleaching powder. (6) treated with acid. The product in then a pure white materl.il suitable for dyeing, or for white goods. If the cloth Is to be printed, it is passed over a flame and through a shearing machine in order to r-tuler a smooth surface which will take the color. It Is In the bleaching, by hurrying the pro? cess, and iti the dyeing, by use of cheap colorings and short processes that the good 4 Is rendered poor in quality. Printed good: such as cal? ico and per? ale. are not so "fast" to washing or t ? light ?? those that have been dyed befefs weaving. Prints aro sometimes mad, in an im? itation of th ? more oeotty gtnghenj or other good i. It is easy to detect the Imltatoln. as the design of print? ed fabrics do. s not penetrate, to the hack of th?? cloth. Itccause the prints are not so * fast" in color as some oth?sr cottons, the seleetloe of the nt'Tf neutral ?ones in Iks oa It cos and percales Is desirobb . These gs etral tints ar" of better WOOTlng quality than a more ntirhlv colored article snd the. pr "T\o a better app.nr anee ss time gooM on. The bouse* w.f.? who PSSjiftgOe the Import i t.f vend cotton mateilals will dls< our sgi ti b"v m> t-ehant the tendency to ?? n I i ehetrrg with the gu'idy prints which we Invariably find there. Some ttsjptfty housewives es? eure sarnpl -? of calicos and glnt - Issgei th't are lo be subjected to f>e sjnenf tubbing, end test the Ii ln< #.f th i dyse Th? prnetloe of this plan, together with ? nice ? hob as to tones of color, will Insure ;i more sati??faetorv gow inenl In i p pea ran ? end wearing quality, Oon't I ?... i iiftr?-c<4*'ir> Trimming. When the materials ggVe ? n rhosen with understanding tnd wie dom the question of utilization of U miterlal to produce ? pledging garment requires judgmen and taHte. Simplicity should ?>e the key? note in th.- making of all garments and p.irth ulnrly should this ho the rule In garments that are to have eonst a u t wear. Trimming .should BJfrM n dornet hing. Rnndl I ha 1 bind nothing or serve no purpose are out of place. Ruffle* upon garments that stand for strict utility are waste? ful and out of place. I know a wo? man who Invariably finishes her gingham work aprons with a broad ruffle. In my opinion the beauty of the garment Is not enhanced, and since I know that she does the house? hold washing and Ironing and since these extra ruffles require time In the Ironing. It strike me as sensible and suitable to finish such a garment with a plain hejn. The trimming should fit In and be a part of the whole costume, not something stuck on or added as an after-thought. Anything out of place, as a pin where there should bo a button ,mars heauty. Garments that seem to have required great effort In their making are not pleasing or restful. There Is a certain dignity and restfulness about plain materials, plain colors, plainly mado garments. that mark the well dresed woman.?Progressive Farmer. FISH FHY Hill) FRIDAY IICilfT. The Home Benefit Club of Sumter Celebrate Their First Anniver? sary. A big fish fry was given by the members of the Home Benetit Club of Sumter Friday night at the h>me of Mr. Oeo. O. Fox, on Manning avenue, one of the members of the club, which was thoroughly enjoyed by all of the club members. The fish fry was given to celebrate the first an? niversary of th*? Horn? henetit Club of Sumter ami only eleven members of the club were present. This club !s a most unique one and one that has a great deal of originality about It In the first place the membership Is limited to eleven persons and this number Is retained at all times. The club has a president and a treasurer to man? age It and a board of directors who pass on all expenditures. The club dues are ten cents per week from each member, and If any member Is taken sick and kept away from work he Is paid one dollar a day during the time that he is sick. If the treasury becomes empty during the sickness of one of the members, each of tho other members pays over ten cents a day until the sick member has recovered. In this way the club has continued for one year and has been made a great success. The members have had several fish fries and other entertainments during the year, but still have money left in the treasury. The constitution re? quires that not more than $60 be kept In the treasury at any time, so UsS members spend the accumulated savings In such a way that they can get the most pleasure and l>cneflt, the r< cent fish fry being one of these pleasure giving occasions furnished by the club funds. Th? members of the c ub are: A. M. Bentley, C. H. Dlxor. J. W. Cox, J. A. Ecwls. J. E. Kennedy, J. II. Dorrlty, E. E. Petit. J. E. Ward, W. i\ Make, w. H. Bradford and aeo. O. Fox. Itcul Estate Transfers. The following transfers of r? al estate were recorded In the office of the county elerk during the week just ended: The Realty Development Company to Julia Gregg, one lot just outside ? f city limits. $60. Kaater to Enterprise Building and Loan Association, one |ot on Cal houn street, $30. Master to Inane Schwarte, Charles i?. Schwerte, end Emme Schwartz, ii acres in Privateer township, $e 250. I. C. Triplet* to e. E. Cooper, four lots in "Elnndland," $21*0. I. c. Tripiett to e. B. Muldrow, two lots in "Blandland," |1ft, Rosa fTetaberg to Charlotte e. Drown, 200 acres in Sumter county, |f?t0 and other considerations, e. \v. MeCullum to M. J, Clarke, lot with dwelling on Sah m avenue, $750. The Realty Development Company to w. t. Rowland, one lot just out? Ae of city limits. $loo. w. a. n s/mnn to 11. Ify< rs, land .1 i?. Myers, one-half sere lot in Dateoll, lllf, E i?. Jennings' to Maria E. Jen? idug*, lot an'i premises on Blandlng street, $2..it:. i K F. Hatfl< Id to .r. E. Bhh tr, one i"t ia iown of Rembert, 1150, Master to (?h u lotte A. Bion n, 20 1 ? ??> ? ; In Suml r ? ounty, IS, i00, ? 'I ii M H lr. i t ,,| to Walter Rai? lard, one lol in Sumter county, 11.00, Mast? i to S, T. Blr< h, Jr., I 80 a< ? i on I'.lsb \>\ il'. i . M| -Cioi Every man who attend) lo his own buelnsai Ig a destrab|< r it Isen. WH mlngtoa star. BliBAJBE IGNORES THE LAW. Pardon Hoard fcfOfltS and Governor Sayn hfl Hm Nothing for It To Do. Columbia* April 5.?The pardon board today proeentod Itself to Gov? ernor Hlea.se and he told the hoard that ho had no work for it. Governor llbsiso some time ago announced his policy of not referring any cases to the pardon hoard. Tin? hoard met upon the regular date, and asked the Governor if there were any cases. The Governor thanked the board, but did not refer any cases. Plant Peanuts as Part of a Rotation. Messrs. Editors: The safe and sane development of tho peanut crop In the boll weevil section of the South will mean millions of dollars to tho Southern farmers. The only cloud on the otherwise clear sky is that the farmers will over-do a good thing and come to grief. Tho peanut as a crop, will pay best when used as an ad? junct to the standard staple crops. With the development of live stock of all kinds In the South, peanuts will play a large part as a profitable for? age crop; and at present prices, they aro a good cash crop, especially on the poorer upland soils and the thin sandy soils of the river bottoms. In tho scope of such an article, it would be Impossible to go into de? tailed discuss'on of tho various methods used in handling the peanut crop from the preparation of the soil up to and Including tho harvesting and marketing of the product. In fact, it Is unnecessary as the Depart? ment of Agriculture has issued a new and revised bulletin on peanuts writ? ten by Mr. W. R. Beattle. of the Di? vision of Horticulture, which covers every phase of tho subject. Mr. Heat tie Is a recognlzod authority on the practical growing and handling of peanuts; and any one contemplating peanut growing should have this bul? letin. The cheapest and best way to grow peanuts Is as a "follow" crop, be? hind oats, wheat, early potatoes, or some purely winter cover crop. It is possible that in a very dry summer this might cut down the yield slight? ly, but the advantage of cheap pro? duction and tho raising of two crops in one year on the some land would more than counterbalance the de? creased yield. In this article, I refer entirely to the growing of the Span? ish variety of peanuts. Where the peanuts are not used as a "follow" crop, avoid too early planting. The earlier the plant? ing, tho greater is the cost of production. Grass and weeds are particularly harmful to tho crop; and after the field becomes grassy the hoeing Is costly, as well as damaging to the plants. Prepare the land for tho crop early, and then keep it clean and in good tilth by the use of the section harrow until planting time. This la verv cheap cultivation and very effective. By this means, we kill successive crops of grass and weeds before the peanuts are planted. This makes tho cultivation of the crop proper, very easy and inexpen? sive. On the whole, few Southern farmers do enough "before planting" cultivation in the raising of any of their clean cultured crops. . Too many acres, or over-cropping. In peanuts means disaster to the in? dividual farmer, just as surely as the over-cropping in cotton did under the all-cotton system. As a balanced ra? tion is essential to successful live stock feeding. BO is a proper balanc? ing of our crops on the farm neces? sary to successful farming. The pea? nut fills a long felt want on the farms of the South, especially to the small farmer of tho uplands. It fits well Into any system af rotation. It can be used for a cash crop by harvest ing, or it can be used as a forage crop for hogs and pastured, It is destined to become of much econom? ic Importance following in the wake Of the boll Weevil Invasion.-Progres? sive Farmer. We are not going to quarrel with anybody about Governor Blease going t.. the senate. \\'e would just as lief see him as tic representative of South Carolina as either one of the gentle? men who are there. Honestly, an 1 really, and truly, we believe he wool i iti every respect makes as good and :is creditable a representative as el h'r of the present senators are mak i nor, or have ever trade, We are not trying to compliment anybody, and neither do we seek to detract JTork \ iiie Enquirer, Speaking of punctuation, did you e\ ;? notice how little use u woman b:is for tht full stop? Memphis Corn? au rclal-App >al. The ''recall'' In connection with lh< "Initiative, referendum end recall' lau place? Ihe question of Im >? ach men! In Ihe hands of the people, Tin people seem lo be having more ant more chance to have something, to d< with the management of their affairs The people must be getting to 1 i Influential with tho lawfakers.- Wll mlngton Btar, AUTHORESS MARRIES INDIAN. I - I Pretty New York c.iri Quickly Wooed , und Won. Loi Angelet, Cel., April 5.?Exclu? sive in its membership of artesian literature and dramatic students, the ultra fashionable Arroyo Dinner Club was shocked last night when it discovered that Miss Annabel Mc-? Karland, its youngest and prettiest member, had secretly married a Blackfoot Indian. He is Hart Schultz, a tribesman of the Dakotas, 6 fe^t 2 inches tall, with the stamp of the plains upon him. For a few weeks ho nvoved like a shadow in the picturesque select cir? cle and stole the heart of the New York girl, who came here as a dra? matic pupil and to study painting. The Indian, too, is a painter. PRAYED FOR WOMAN SHE RILLS. Two Years of Supplication for Hus? band's Alleged Intimate Fort Wort'n, Texas, April 5.?Wo? men neighbors and friends testified today that Mrs. Lizzie Brooks, who Is on trial for killing Mrs. Mary Bin ford January 1*5, had prayed every I day for two years that the woman j she killed might "reform" and se? cure a position In another city. Intimacy of Mrs. Binford with the husband of the slayer is said to have caused the shooting. Miss Ida Stephens, a deaconess ;n the First Methodist church, said she had knelt in prayer with Mrs. Brook:?, praying that Mrs. Binford might be a better wv>man. REPUBLICANS DON'T LIKE MED? ICINE. Democratic Assignment of Commlt teemen Enrnges Ilepubllcan Lead? er. Washington, April 7.?The tirst formal conference of Republican house leaders, including representa? tives of the Insurgent portion of the party, was held this afternoon In the office of Jas. R. Mann, minority leader. It followed a refusal of the Demo? crats to give up any more committee places to the Republicans or to re? store the proportion that has hereto ore existed between the two parties in the oemmittee assignments. After the conference Mr. Mann gave out a statement bitterly arraigning what he called the "unfair, arbitrary and brutal action" of the Democrats In "trampling the representatives of the minority." The statement promises a lively Republican tight to take ad? vantage of every parliamentary privi? lege to make things hot on the floor. Mr. Mann submitted the situation to the conference of leaders this af? ternoon and asked whether ho should not refuse entirely to name commit? tees on the limited basis of represen? tation given by the Democrats. It was determined to go ahead with the se? lection of Republican members. Mr. Mann stated after the confeience that absolute fairness will be shown the insurgents In the arrangements. GOVERNOR VETOES ACT. Su renson Act to Distribute Dispen? sary Funds Opposed by State Board of Education. Columbia. April S.?Gov. Blease today vetoed the Stevenson Act to distribute among the common schools the $.'?00,000 dispensary fund. This he did following the unanimous vote against approving the measure by the State board of education late Friday right. A sub-committee of the board will draft a substitute bill for subn Issotn to the legislature at its session next January. The board does not like the school enrolment as tin- basis of apportion? ment. Everybody knows that Champ (Mark has been an ardent Bryanite. To embarrass his alleged presidential candidacy, it is recalled that he once declared Mr. Cleveland's election to tin- presidency "the greatest calamity to the human race since tin- fail <?f Adam." Mr. Clark ,however, begins a new caret r with his election as Speaker ami ail Democrats will be disposed to judge him more by what he docs in that office than by what In- said in tin- distant days of hi. Cleveland phobia. Bpringtleld Repub li' an. To B ok copers.. The A. [. Root <'?.., Medina, Ohio are offering a six month's trial sub aciiption to Gleanings In Bee Cu lure and a free book on bee ke< pint and their 1911 catalogue of bee sup I plies Ml for twenty-five cents. Gleanings In fl o Culture Is th leading publication of its kind In th' country, is issm-'l twice a month fo * i 00 a j ear. 11 1-? hnndsomel printed and Illustrated. Address The A. I. Root Co., Med ina, ? >hlo. in writing men Ion this paper. THE FARMERS' BANK & TRUST CO. In addition to its already elaborate banking facilities, has added that of issuing Foreign Exchange, and is now prepared to supply ex? change payable in any city in the world. It is also prepared to furnish traveler's cheques payable at any point. THE FARMERS' BANK & TRUST CO. tBeKEY to SUCCESS IS MONEY '?f?e if you have a bank Account She'll be your\alentjne OUR SUCCESS for the pr.st 23 years proves the se? curity of our bank. Make OUR Hank YOUR Bank. We pay liberal interest consistent with safety 4^. Fir^l National Bank, SUMTER, S. C. R. B. BELSRR ERNEST FIELD. "Attractive Propositions" Am offering two attractive lots near in on Calhoun St. at reason* able prices. This street is now being clayed, and is one of the wides. and best shaded streets of the city. The property on this street it going to increase in value. You can not get better lots than these. Am offering also some choice business property that will pay a fair interest on the investment and enhance in value. No better in vestment than this class of property is to be found. N. B.?I have associated with myself in the real estate business, Mr. Ernest Field, formerly of Charlotte, N. C, and we are now pre? pared to handle real estate of every description. CITY. FARM AN! TIM Btft PROPERTY HAN 04.El). REAL ESTATE LOANS NEGOTIATED. It El 26 1-2 N. Main St. REAL ESTATE BROKERS SUMTER, S. C. MONEY INVESTED IN REAL ESTATE MORT? GAGES LET ME INVEST YOUR (OLE MONEY AT 7 AND 8 PER Cfffl Phone 404. SELLS LANDS WHERE FARMING PAYS. Seed Potatoes! Seed Potatoes! Strauss' Satisfactory Selling Seed Potatoes Makes for Good Results?Big Yields. EARLY ROSE, IRISH COBLER AND BLISS Direct from Maine. Buy Your SwppI Potatoes tv?un? A. A. Strauss & Co. IMIOXE B5 2r> N. Main Street Sumter, S. C MM ? l\l M il NTION TO MMl, ORDERS.