The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 17, 1911, Image 8
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
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of LuIrret? Dom nil Parts t
?Xtmtar and Adjoining Counties.
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KEMHEKT.
Kern be rt. May 12.?Dry. dry. dry
Is th< general cry and in many places
the drought has become serious,
?verywhere there are acres and acres
of cotton not up and still more with
a bad stand, with the young plants
dying out. Corn too it beginning to
wilt In some places,
1 have seen some very fine oats in
the McLeod community and on.out to
the river. This la due to a tine rain
which passed through that section
twd weeks ago. Oats in many places
are almost a failure* due generally to
the presence of lice. From m> lim?
ited observation. 1 am Inclined to
think U > fly and lice do not trouble
oats sfter broadcast peas.
Miss Emily Crelghton is home
again, her school having closed.
Mias Mattle James spent several
days in our community recently.
Mr. Robert E. Atkinson Is In your
city today.
Mise ?the] 4Uen*g school In Chester
county having she Is at home
again.
Miss Ma Helle shirer of Williams
burg. Is spending some time with
Mum Emily Crelghton.
We attended the unveiling exen hsM
In Camden on the 10th. Kvei ythlng
passed off quiet pleasantly. We heard
enasellent addresses by v i h >tn
as Kirk land and Jno. J. Dargan. We
were too late to hear the speech of
Mr. McLeod. On every hand the old
heroes of the War Between the States
were In evidence. When we saw the
excellent dinner prepared for them
by the good ladies of Camden. the
writer wanted to he an "Old Vet" for
a little while. All honor to them, a
noble race, who fought, and bled and
suffered untold hardships for their
alters and flres.
Om eesref tires of assuring then re?
count their trial?. troubps. dangen
sjsafl ante-eewedtk escapes.
An "Old Vet" In th*? up-country
told m? ????-??? ttm?. ? ' TM?.- !*w?_-*st
moml ?>r brwie I ev?i < ? ?i m ? ?
out of a horse stable." In keeping
With this Is their blowing the Si urn
back and drinking the foulest i
water OSM "Old Vet" told me. 'Tie
bravest thing I ever did was to run.
and when you he n I him tell low, -
hag g ariaanSfi rather than fOTd thi
Rapahank up t . his neck In Ice
and water he made a sudden dash for
liberty down a gteep decline with a
thousand mmkrts rattling aftef htm.
you would think so too. lb- made his
esjeape without a scratch.
No truer, braver m?n ever llv?'i
than these sam** gaan, who
ilng away.
Wls\( KY,
Wlsacky. May 1 3.? It is dlstrcss
Ingly dry. snd crop* are suffering
greatly. Some farmers have not yet
?ecured .i st.iud of ? oit.m. Gardens
look pitiful and StfnwbeflleS have
dried ii|. the stem. The beffg
crop was promising at on?? fiim, but
the fruit is pan bed and tasteless. The
oat crop has b,.,.n so ttourishing,
but the thy weather has made it al
snost a compb t?? fallun In places.
Tin past several days and nights
have been Intensely h"i.
Malaria fever is prevailing In town
and country.
Mh? Marguerite Seott is unite .?!? k
With chills ar.d fov.-r.
Mr. j. c. Letghtoa has two oasei
of small nag among the colored folki
on his pi;o e. hpt the tas<.tu be
mild gggM
Mm. E. 0. Smith, of lb - hopvillc,
visited nhithrea hers tali waah,
Mr and Mrs. C. M Smith have
gone to a picnic today at Smi'hvllle,
Mrs. m. U ITIIIIani will attend
the comiie nceno tit iggfvJasa at
Orange? nrk: college. Do- i:?th. lb i
two daughters, \l. n I r, at>d
Annie, wl'l graduate al th "t fine.
dim WOOD,
riii? ranaa\ May 11, \ ila hnl
evening a bug- o'.I l. r- ? t? ? I 'h>
echool children tn th. ir ho it closlnM
exercises for thi* tern The auditoi
him was Ailed In over-flowing arltl
persons *e? kmg ? v\ i: ?
hlbltlon. Int? i ? pei d i ?
says, grndnatlon cl
I>r. ThminH I*. ffewberr; md dell
lllg of med i I * f.'f v i i
pltrthmeiits during th on.
On Thursday evening a large party
of the picnickers gathered at th.
Ptnswood hotel and pimd oil several
hours of fun ami amusement
The numerous friends of Mr, Rob
bis Eidgill will karri With profound
sorrow that ho is confined to his bed
su ffering from a BttddSn attack of
nstvousjprostrsllon The doctor says
he will be out in a few days.
A n?-w brick store Ii being smcted
by Mrs. P. M. Sally between Mrs. C,
\\\ Bates' and ths Harvin Drug Co,
Citizens of this town and vlolnlt)
in school district No. 1 arc still wail?
ing and anxious to be annexed t"
Suinter county.
Miss Annie It. Reeves leaven Fri?
das morning tO visit relatives at At?
lanta. Clamaon col legs and Columbia,
and then on to the summer school at
Roch Hill, before going to her home
at Kidgewav.
Miss Cordie Reeves of Rldgeway.
who has luen a visitor here for the
past week has returned to her home.
Mr. Henry Mims left last Wednes?
day for Lake City, where he opens a
general livery business in the Slngle
tary old stables.
Miss Emily G. Hutson leaves Fri?
day morning for her home at Van
teer's, Wllllamsburg county.
Mr. J. J. Kolb, of Sumter, spent
seyeral days here thia week.
Mr.*. J. E. Rroughton and children
are visiting relatives at Creston.
Mrs. Nap L. Rroughton and chil?
dren have returned from a six weeks'
visit to her relatives in Arkansas.
The Presbyterians have extended
1 call t<> Rev. Mr. Grler to supply the
church at Summerton, Jordan and
this place.
Mrs. R. Lee llarvirr has returned
to her home near Wedgsflold.
Misses Mary BrlttOU and Ethel
Rrunson have returned to their home
after a visit to Mrs. R. s. Beckham.
Mrs. O. D. Harvin and children are
visiting Mrs. R. I* Harvin near
W- Igefteld.
Prof. A. F. Pugh haves on Sat?
urday afternoon for his home town.
Prosperity, S. C.
A three-story brick building, thirty
two by one hundred and twenty fast,
will be erected in the near future ov
the lot where now stands a small one
story wooden structure, across (east |
from the depot.
Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Stack, of Den?
mark, carried their little 10-year old
daughter, Mattle, to the Sumter hos?
pital last Wednesday, suffering with
typhoid fever.
dark corner.
Dark Corner. May It,?We are
having warm, dry weather at th.s
time. I h<?pe 1 am not a pessimist,
but 1 must say the outlook is very
gloomy at the present. We have not
got a stand of COtton, and our corn,
oottoa ami vegetables are dying for
lack Of m?>i-?ture. I have s? . n where
tQM? ?>f mir fiirni<ts | >l ? ? iik n ?-< I
u,? their ?nit. un.l ??1?? r. ? lnt',1
In ii>rn. AMI now the land Im ho dry
the corn cannot germinate, 1 saw
astss of goad land yesterday thut
would make a bale of eotion to Ov
acre w ith good seasons and prop, i
Ullage that has beau scraped and une
in ddlS "busted," and 1 could not s -e
any cotton as It had never come up
or had dud after it cane up.
All of our sick seem to be batter.
Mr. S. E Kasbltt, Who dlad her.- on
the Aral of this month, eras in his
75th yeur and leaves I wife, four
sons. R. U, C Y.. A. nn'., and F. II.
N ibltt and six da uhg t ers. Miss Fan
! ? Neabttt, Mrs. i:. c. Brawn, of At
lanta, Ga., lira Braxt?n Kasbltt! Mrs
Ids ateddlln, of Blshopvllle, Miss Bus
and Miss Florins Nesbltt of this place,
Mr. Xesbitt was a good SOldler ( I
w as w ith him and know. I and one of
the " holest" nun I ever saw. "The
others of We boys' Would gO OUt atld
"lift" things while we ware in the
army, but Btssrarl Eugene Nssbtti
was never known to take anything
from any man. So I say "surely an
honest man has gone to his reward.
Mrs ,Joe Ardis. mother of Mrs. fcfe
Lsod, dlad at her son's, Mr. John
McLaod, near Manning oa Monday,
May first, and was buried at Fellow?
ship Church on Tuesday the second.
The funeral services were held bj
Rsv, M F. Ki/er. of Psxvllle.
H*S were all saddened last week
whan ws heard of ths death of Mr,
C. ny. Fates of Finewood.
I have harried that the Rev, M. NY.
Gordon will commence his pastoral
duties at Calvary and Fin. woo :
< hutches on the first Sunday In June.
i am sorry thai powers above ms
cntroi prevented me from attending
the veterans dinner, giv? n by the V.
IX C, of the l?t<i< Anderson Chapter
on the lath. The kind Pr. - id- nt In
i Ited me p* rsoally, for a hlch I surel
???turn her m\ heart-felt thanks, for I
think the) the IT, l?. i \'s, net d a
sreal deal of commendation foi theli
oat l it.*.' . hTorl i to commemorate th<
? a use we ?u loi ? d i i well In the Bis
tie* w ht ii i think . f the roll cal
tbege are so fea ? f u i w ho , m answt t
hert .
w I.. re arc Je. h i, m , , . \v. A
v ? II lea, D. F. Lide, J (: w. Hod 11
It. Kolb, j. R, A n. 'i' \. Turner, r
.1. g< ddiliM H, i (leddlni . ny. n. II
I'av Is, M .1. De Id, "Little pot ." .1
M i1" \ id. R. J, \ rdi i, Thomas \rdli
B g. * ri'ry, C, s. Bass, J, P. \rd, J
NN' Meholdi J, NV. Neu man, C. a
\
Cole, Horace Harby, (W, H, Moses),
David L. Iloaee, J. B. White, J. <J.
White, W, H .McRoy, L. M, McRoy,
A', p, McCoy, j. x. Bradford, "<>id
Barg." AU <?f tin ?st- members of Cui
p. per'a company, my old company,
have paaaed over the river with
"Stonewall" Jackson, lt. E. Dec and
so many others, where they will soon
be joined by old
"Hard Times."
As those who have passed over the
river ?have not i.n forgotten, so will
those of us, w ho have not passed, nol
be forgotten 1 y the fair daughters of
Iths "Game Cock" county of South
j (Carolina.
"11. T."
ROUND Till: WORLD TRAVEL
LETTER.
XX?Asia's Most Important Lesson
for the South.
(By Clarence Poe.)
Tin- prosperity of every man de?
pends upon the prosperity (and
therefore upon tin- efficiency) cd* the
"Average Man.'
So i have argued for years, and in
e
season and out of season in The Pro?
gressive Farmer anil in public ad?
dresses in live or six Southern States;
and the most Impressive fact I have
discovered in ail my travel through
the Orient ll tin- fundamental, world?
wide Importance of this too little ac?
cepted economic doctrine, it is the
biggest lesson the Old World has for
the New?the biggest and the most im?
portant. Will you follow me then,
Qentle Reader, a little more seriously
and thoughtfully than usual, while
we consider together what l believe
to he the most notable message I
shall carry back to my people at
home T
In part it is my old message?the
on*' with which you have perhaps
grown familiar i.i my speeches ami
published arflclea. it Is that you
prosper just in proportion tu the
prosperity of the masses of the peo?
ple with whom you deal. That if the
masses of the people are poor
and ignorant, every individual, every
Interest, every industry, in the com
munity will feel and register
the pulling down power of
their backwardness as Inevitably
and as accurately as the
thermometer records the temperature
of the air:?the merchant will have
poorer trade, the doctor and lawyer
smaller fees, the railroad diminished
traffic, the bank smaller deposits, the
preacher and teacher smaller salaries,
and BO ad intinitum. Every man
Who through ignorance, lack of train?
ing, or by reason of any other hind?
ering cans.', is producing or earning
only half as much as he ought! his
inefficiency la making everybody else
In the community poorer, in short,
your proaperlty, no matter In whai
huatneiu |rou are . -11 iri ??*. il?pond.<
upon the prosperity of the average
man; the prosperity of the average
man depends upon lbs efficiency, his
efflch ncy depends upon Intelligence
of ;i practical sort.
in this fashion i have written and
token heretofore. The Highest Ef?
ficiency for the Average Man: this
has been the keynote of every address
In which I have sought to point out
the way to build up the South. Bill
what was before my powerful con?
viction has become Intensified a hun?
dred fold by the ten thousand ob
? et lessons that have burned them?
selves Into my mind and memory
since I have been traveling in the
< trlent.
We must expect, of course, from
our axiom all who fat( upon the
Ignorance of others, those who make
merchandise of other men's misfor?
tunes ami "devour widow's houses,"
I? 111 to every man In any wholesome,
helpful work it may be said: "You
prosper Jusl In proportion t?? the
prosperity of those with whom yon
have tu do." In America, education,
democratic institutions, a proper or?
ganisation of Industry?these have
given the average man a high degree
of efficiency and therefore a hi^h dc
gr.f prosperity as compared with
the lot of the average man in Asia or
Europe?a prosperity heightened and
enhanced, it is true, by the exploita?
tion of ii new continent, virgin re?
sources, but after all due mainly,
primarily, as we have said. to the
high degree of efficiency with which
the average man does his work.
And while there may be "too much
I 'go in -our Cosmos," as Kipling's
Herman said about the monkey, for
us to like to admit It, the plain truth
that, no mater whai our business,
we chiefly owe our prosperity not to
ir eff rts, I ul to the high standards
nt'Hit;, nee, efficiency, and pros?
i.y on the pai t of the people as a
w lode. We li' r In I" tter homes, ? at
more \\ hole ome food, w. ar better
clothing, hnvn more leisure and mote
i ? i rentlon, epdure h ss bltti r toll; in
short, W' llnd human life fairer and
eeter than our fellowman in Asia,
i oi bocam e j ou or I as In llvlduals
j d. sei-v,. s,. much better th in he. but
h i n use 'of our rl< lo r Uncial Herl
? Ige We have Im . n born Into . So
clety w In r.- a higher level of pros?
perity obtains, where a man'; bo
and effort count for more." l'r??
. i - ? iv ? I 'armer.
Thackeray's Disiigured Nose.
The usual nccotinl of how Thack?
eray was disfigured says tbiil Venahle?
brok<* the itfvelisfs nose in a fair
li^ht. John Ward in Notes and Que?
ries supplies another version. About
a year after Thackeray's death Mr
Ward was traveling on one of the
Ulli ill railways and had as companions |
two old ladies who knew Thackeray j
well. One cd them said the novelist
had told I hem this story:
"Being oue of the youngest pupils
(nt Churterhousei, he was chosen by
one of the older lads, a rather proud
grlstocrnl in his way. to act as bis
fag. Thackeray bore it as well as he
COUld. hut demurred to some more ar
bltrary command than usual snd flntly
refused to obey, whereupon the young
?aristocrat' caught Thackeray up, held
his head under his arm and with the
heel of Iiis boot used ns a hammer
beat the beautiful aquiline nose quite
flat with his fnee?in fact, breaking
and injuring its structure completely?
the excuse being. 'You'll clean my
boots next time, sir.' "
Before bis injury Thaekerny was.
the same authority says, remarkably
handsome.? Westminster Gazette.
Won His Supper.
Terry is of that class of gentry
whose nimhie wit is the only thing
whicli keep- them from starving in
this day ?1 nractlca titles. Terry Is n
great coflTea?drinker, and tunny nre the
expedients he will undertake to get it
when he is without funds The other
evening he walked Into a cafe and said
to the proprietor:
"Good evening. Mr. M."
"How are you. Terry?" was the re?
sponse
"Pretty good, pretty good, bnrrin' a
bad t'roat. it's glad I am to see .ver?
seif lookin' so smart and vor doin' so
well In 'yer business, now. ain't yer?
It's glad I am. too, about that. By the
way. Mr. M.? would yer be nftlnr
trustin' me this evenin'?"
"Trust you: Terry. I wouldn't be
tmstiif my owu father."
?Thrue.fer you. Mr. M. If I'd know
ed yer father ns well ns you perhaps 1
wouldn't trust him ineself!" ?.
And Terry got his coffee and rolls.?
Chicago News.
When Nature Was Timekeeper.
In the British museum Is a large
Stone composed of carbonate of lime,
which would serve perfectly as a day
laborer's calendar Inasmuch as it would
Indicate to him erery Sunday and holi?
day of the year, though not the day of
the month. Moreover, the stone is nn
actual time record of the work done
for a long period in an Engllsfi coai
mine.
The "Sunday stone," ns it is called,
was removed from a colliery drain.
When the mii.crs were at work the
water running through the drain loft
a deposit colored black by the coal
dust, but. whea no work was being
done the water ran down clear and left
a white deposit. These deposits in the
course of time built up the Ilona
Each day of work left a black streak,
immediately followed by a white streak
made during the night. Wide white
streaks Indicate the holidays atid Sun?
days.? IIarj>t'r's W^.'kly.
Baok to Adam
I A pnrchment roll over a foot wide
and nineteen feel long containing the
genealogical tree of King Henry VI. is
I in the Welsh National ? library at
Aberystwlth TJhe work is beautifully
executed In tabular fashion of the lat?
ter half of the fifteenth century and Is
illuminated with miniatures, rich capi?
tals aid rod ornamental letters. The
pedigree Is traced from Adam, and
the particulars occupy a red line of
six yards on the scroll On the left
side of the pedigree appears the list
of archbishops of Canterbury down to
John Stafford and ou the right side
the list of Welsh princes down to Ed?
ward I.?Dundee Advertiser.
Eskimo Trial Marriage.
The trial marriage is nn inerndi
cnble custom among the Eskimos. If a
young man and woman are not suited'
with each other they tr.e again, and
sometimes several times, but when
they Ond mates to whom they nre
adapted the nrrangement is generally
permanent It two men want to marry
the same woman they settle the ques?
tion by a trial of strength, and the
better man has his way.?"The North
Pole." by Robert E. Peary.
Helping Dad.
Small Johnny?Papa, would you be
glad if 1 saved a dollar for you? Papa
?Certainly, my son. Small Johnny
?Well. I saved it for you. all right
You said if 1 brought a tirst. class re?
port from my teacher this week you
would give me a dollar, and 1 didn't
bring it.?Chicago News.
What She Wanted.
Father (to his daughter)?I've brought
you a r.ither for your birthday, my
dear, and a hook by which you can
tench yourself to play on it in a month.
Daughter?But it was the zither teach*
er 1 wanted most?Fliegende Banter.
Honesty.
Judge Did you have a partner with
you when, you committed this bur?
glary ? Rnrglnr? No, your honor. I
never works with anybody. You see,
Jou never can tell whether a -chap is
honest or n< >t!
Man.
Man is the sun ot the world, more
than the real sun The lire of his
wonderful heart i ; the only light and
beat worth gauge oi tir ? iimcr
son.
One loses nil tie time wh. h he
might employ to better purpose.?ltous
SC Ml
In reverence Is the chief joy and
power of pre. -Rus -he
NKi.KO STEALS MM OP MONEY.
Willi* Talyor, Nemo. (aught with
Money on H!s Person as He wm
Lending Town.
Monday*morning about 14 o'clock
^?iii' ? ne, supposed to be Willis Tay?
lor, a !i?'gr<?, entered tin- st<>r< ,,f Geo.
. haidaressi, a Greek, al tin- corner of
Liberty and Harvln itreeta and took
. >m it a box containing about $W
n silver and currency. Tin- police
a'er at once notified and told t<? be
<m the lookout for Taylor, who had
i ? en in the store and wh" was sus
pected of th.- fheft
Th.' result "f the warning to the
police was that Taylor was arrested
by Policeman McKagen just as he
was preparing to leave town. Mr. Me
Ka gen having run across him at the
corner of Hartlette street and Sa?
lem avenue. just after Taylor had
purchased some things from the store
belonging to Mr. u. Ei. Bigham at
the cdrner of Oakklnnd avenue and
Council street.
Tile box which was stolen contained
??>?'>'i and when the negro was caught
he had on his person $55 which was
r. .-overed. It is Supposed that he
had disposed of the other $5 by pur?
chasing things with it before he was
arrested. When Mr. McKagen first
saw the negro he started to run, but
soon gave up and allowed himself to
be arrested.
H< w to Combat some Injurious Gar?
den Insects.?Ctenison Extension
Work?Article XL1.
Tlic Potato Beetle.
This is a gnawing Insect and famil?
iar to every one. The simplest meth?
od lor controlling it completely con?
sists of an application of Paris green.
It should J?e Remembered that the
soluble arsenic contained in Paris
green is dangerous to foliage and this
poison should not be used undiluted.
When properly made it can he used
with absolute safety to the foliage of
potatoes and is the best poison for rap?
id destruction of the beetles. It can
bo used either wet or dry. When
used as a spray, it is made as fol?
lows:
Paris green. 1 pound.
Quick lime, 3 pounds.
Water. 1J5 gallons.
The lime must not be omitted as
this will prevent the burning of the
foliage.
How to Prepare.
Mix the Paris green with a small
quantity ?f water to form a paste
pour it int?, a barrel of water. Slake
the lima to the consistency of white
wash and also add it to the liarrel of
x%-;.t.-.-. stir wit ri *. I>i*.?l ?11?-- **rm<X ?V.?
?pray i.-* rt-ady.
In the small family garden mix a
tablespoon full of Paris green with a
int o water to form a paste, then add
it to a 2 1-2 to I gallon pail full of
water. Then sake a lump of stone
1 im- about the size of a man's list and
also add it to the pail of water. Stir
ami the spray is complete. Apply
with a spray pump or with a whlftdt
broom.
Paris green may be used dry. A
teaspoon full of Paris green is thor?
oughly mixed with one quart of di
lutent as air slaked lime, land plaster,
or Hour and then dusted on the plants
it: the morning when the dew is on;
it is dust.-d by .moans of a muslin
bau or a can with holes made through
the bottom.
The Melon or Pickle Worm.
Both are present every season and
attract attention by boring into the
fruit of no lons and cantaloupes. The
pickle w orn prefers the buds, bloc m.
and fruit of summer squash; the
melon w.-rm prefers tin- foilage. In
th.- no lon ??r cantaloupe patch there
should bo thoroughly sprayed with
arsenate of lead, two pounds to fifty
gallons of water. Wh? n the melons
or cantaloupes approach the size of
a base ball they should he tightly
bagg.-d with six pound bags of a
fairly heavy grade of paper. This
will prevent worms that wer?' not
killed on th.- summer squash to en?
ter the melons and cantaloupes.
Arsenale of lead is rapidly taking
!h?- plaee of Paris green for use on
tender foliage, it contains less than
1-2 per cent soluble arsenic ami for
this reason can be used without dan?
ger of burning the foilage. in this
State it ;- recommended at the rate of
two pounds to iif'y gallons of watei
er .a.nnce to three gallons.
Pr< f. \. I*. Conradl
I c\i Pitele - <.ood (inillf
Prise* For Ideas for Po*i Card Day.
At Mi' last meeting of the Commer- j
( ii Secretaries "f South Carolina, It j
a/as decided to ask the people of South
Carolina to celebrate the Fourth of
J?il\ in a sai'<- and sane way, and in?
stead of shooting fire works at the
ski<-s. shoot i><>st cards to friend?, ac?
quaintances and prospective settlor,
ill over the world.
To make ?Iiis a state wide in ?ve- I
?ii< nl and to attract attention, it was
decided t<> offer $25.00 in prize.- fori
pnst card ideas, $15.00 for the besl
design, or tiie card from which t le
most suggestions are selected, and an
additional $1.00 for each suggestion
accepted up to ten suggestions.
This competition Ii open to all the
people of Smith Carolina. Suggestions
as to the cards: ,
1. it must be regular post card
size.
2. it may contain maps, symbols
or designs of any character, that
would 1 t st express an idea of South
t Carolina.
2. It may contain accurate statis?
tics regarding what is grown or man?
ufactured and marketed in South
Carolina. '
4. it may tell of climatic condi?
tions, reasone why th< farmer, or
manufacture r, or merchant or pro?
fessional man should come to South
Carolina, in fact it is thrown open to
the Ingenuity of the good people of
the state.
The plan for distribution of the
earths will be announced at a later
date. All suggestions should be mail?
ed to A. W. McKeand, Managing Sec?
retary, Chamber of Commerce, Char?
leston, S. C? noon. May 22nd.
By the way, has anybody heard
from Vice President sh? rman of
late?
Weather like this makes one
wonder where he is going to spend
the summer vacation.
The race is to the swift in old
Juarez. ?
In union there Is strength?in the
mlon also.
Mr. Carnegie is respectfully refer?
red the city of Juarez as a likely mis?
sion field.
There are two outdoor attractions
that this seasons provides?baseball
and auction s?.les.
Judging by the prices of the early
peaches, the e(.st of fruit seems to be i
going higher.
The college commencement season
now Imminent, meam one round of
Soon it will be the season of the
young man who is hunting a job and
's "willing to do anything."
it seems to be settled that Cncle
Sam won't intervene in Mexico. Uncle
Sam is busy just now on reciprocity.
Nearly every man is honest until
special pressure is brought to bear on
him. Then it is best to dig up the
lantern.
BEEKEEPERS' SUPPLIES.
1 have decided to keep on hand a
stock of Hives, Frames, Sections,
Comb Foundations, Smokers. Veils.
Gloves, Etc., for Beekeepers, and will
order any goods not In stock.
These goods are made by the A.
1. Hoot Co., the largest and most re?
liable manufacturers of Apiarian Sup?
plies in this country* Catalogue* will
be furnished en application.
Also on hand Hoots A l> C and X
v z of Beekeeping Price $1.50, by
mall -?"> cents additional. If you art
keeping bees in the old way, ge?
this hook, and learn to do it in th<
Improved way.
N. C. OSTEEN,
Daily Item Office,
Sumter, S. C.
Do you need printing of any de
scrlptton? t'ome to headquarters
Osteen Publishing Co For ne.-ri\
rtfty years Osteen and uo,, ? prlnttns
haVS meant the same thing tn Sum
?er.
Program of <i\io league Festival.
Parade, 1:30.
I bu s,- ba< k dHII 5 "".
* I rand animal sh >w S?: 30,
I tab* show ft:30.
It,
rude ami to n
iv it 1:00 o
i. rnoon, M n \