The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 24, 1912, Image 8
CALEB HAD NARROW ESCAPE
Why Mr. Bwomen Suddenly Decided
Not to tub sc Hb? for Hm*
Month!)' Magazine.
Whan Mr. CeJib Busmen returned
from the poetofflc? one evening he wee
in tn unusually cheerful frame of
mind; he ?v?a seamed Inclined to be
gay. to whlatle end to hum "Out with
Ct.** said bta wife, good humrredly.
"Let's know whet tin bas made you
feel so good. Has the price o auger
gone down?"
"Net that I knew of." said Mr Bes I
seen, "but I've boen bearing about a
bow magastne that's been started by
reeponstbl? parties, and It'a c ><n< to
hove a page every month called
Kvery Woman tl*?r Own Dressmaker'
1 understand there are to be patterns
sod ail come with It, and direction* ao
clear you can't mistake 'am
*Aa Jed Harmon aald to me. 'If by
paying $1 a yea* w? can eave the
price of Lyddy fitroonds for a week i
apiing and fall, why, 'twould be a good
Investment for all us men?gtod for
everybody but Lyddy.'"
"Don't yon worry a mlta atout her,"
aald Mrs Beemea. smoothly "What
ehe Ioboc In customers sbu'l! make ap
hy her brother William And for ov?
ary customer abe loeea. tbe plumber
over to Oreeoby, and the tailor down
to the Corners, and Pole Saundere.
cobbler, right In 'own. wltl loee one.
too
"I goose you dient look far enough
hi tbat proepeetuH. If you'd turned
ooor a page or two you'd have eeen
that there's to be a helpful article for
seen every month, too. There's going
es he Every Mas Hla Own Tailor,'
tolling bow an Industrious man can
senke a pair o' trcneers la two even
tnge and a coat In three. Therull be
Haina for tbe Hone Plumber.' and a
number of others
"Lyddy spoke tc me about It day
before yeet-day She aald If ahu sub?
scribed abe should put WtlMgtn right
down to thoee artlcfae. and expect blm
to eave her a algbt of money on re?
pairs of all aorta And as for you.
why. I can eee you aow--"
"See bare. Jenn e." aaid Mr. Bee
seen, "we have got more'n enough lit?
erature knocklog round tbe bouse
u'raady Ton can lay tbat dc out
to good advantage in mlnce-pte fix
hags, 1 know. Here tie."?Youth's
Cosa pan ton
Spottest PI et urea
One must not think to renovate is
a work; take It rather aa pleasure, a
task to be eure, but a pleasant taak.
It la really fua after ail to restore to
good condition some old and shabby
article that lay eine? we hare discard
ed aa being ueeleaa There are many
tosaptlng opportunities through the
howee. and If we renovate one. it will
hot give a fresh incentive to try a
hand at something more.
How many have a pet engraving or
picture which associations have
dear but hi which dtst has
sound Its way? It'a a simple natter
after all to clean and put the picture
as order, bot many of ua do not think
to do it or do not know the way to
go about tt
It's the ?aalest thing In the world
so rip off tb? paper In the back, take
out the tacks, dust the picture, wash
to* glase and put tt all back again, i
with a freeh paper pasted over the
It la wonderful what an Inc?
rement tt will make to a room,
m the dean curtains are bung and
new wall ptper on the wall?,
ha have tbe pictures apotleee aa wall.
A Mttle ammonia In the water will
the glasa brill, antly
Ouat gate From Statue.
Two yeare ago bees and bats waged
o eonteet for tbe occupancy of the
.hollow form of tbe Ooddeaa of Lib?
erty that surmounts the dome of the
Taxas capltoJ 116 feet shore the
ground
Vt?w?d from b?io<v It appears the
beee have driven out all the beta and
woe their right to exclusively occupy
the elevated cavern.
Th? bees made a hive out of the
llow bead of the figure, aa dlacov
by a steeplejack who undertook
lb* work of giving the youug lady a
fresh coat of paint
Wbeo be climbed upon the elevated
right arm of the statue myriads of
angry beea awarmed out of the eyea
Of Liberty and forced him to quickly
abandon tbe Job,
Since tben tbe beea encroached up
esj the cavity of the body where tbe
bate bad held forth It could be aeen
from below that tbe bees drove the
hats from their post ions.
All tbe hsts have disappeared from
the figure and tbe tees are In com?
plete possession
Briefly Stated
When Samuel U Hiythe. tbe writer,
was ?dltlng a newspaper In New York
stau, s green reporter one night turn .
od In a long and thrilling atory regard?
ing tb? rough treatment handed out to
John Smltb. a vlaltor to the town.
The story related that Mr Smltb.
wearing a high allk hat. had ven?
tured down to the docks after night?
fall, and. a allk bat being unusual and
provocative of antagonism In that sec
Hon. Mr. Smith had emerged from
among the dock bands without the
hut htavertheleea. be carried out of 1
the m?iee so many wounda. cute, and
brat see that he had to be sent to the '
toopttal Tbe arttei? In its origloal
forin was too long, and out la keep- ;
tag with the ityle of the papar. Ac?
cordingly Mythe started to rewrite it
This te the form In which It appeared
to th? paper the next morning: "John
Smith, wearing a high allk hat, want
down to the d ?cka laat night. - Wm?r
gencr Hospital."
Send ua your Job work.
Conference of High School Teachers.
The following Is a revised list of
the names of those who expect to at?
tend ihe conference of High School
teachers and of the homes where the .
teachers will he entertained:
Prof. W. H. Hand with 8. H. Ed?
mund?.
Supt. K. 8. Dreher with hotel.
Mrs. K. 8. Watkins with Miss Mr
Laartn.
Mr. L. c- Crum with Mr< L c
Moise.
Mr. Walter Bailey with Mrs. Alta
mont Moses.
Miss Clara Berg with Dr. McKay.
, Mise Bookman with Dr. McKay.
Miss Brennan with Mrs. Altamont
Moses.
Miss Hoyt with Miss Brunson.
Miss Squier with Miss Brunson.
Camden:
8upt. R. M. Kennedy with L. C.
Moise.
J. A. Marion with Rev. J. P. Ma?
rlon.
Mies Corbett with Dr. McKay.
Miss Zemp with Dr. Spann.
Mr. 8troehecker with Dr. Spann.
Summerton:
Mr. Teasley with Mr. Burns.
Miss Romanstein with Mrs. Lucius.
Miss Llda Scarborough with rMs.
Tolar. ,
Lynchburg:
Mr. W: T. McOowan with Mr W.
R. Burns.
Mise Olive James with Miss Wel
bourn and Miss Wright.
Manning.
Mr. J. C. Daniel with Mrs. J. S.
Richardson.
Mr. Oreen with Mrs. J. S. Richard?
son.
Miss Brown with Mrs. J. S, Rich?
ardson.
Blshopv?le:
8upt. Q. B. Dukr*. Mr. Bethea.
Mr. J. F. Muldrow. Mr. Bethea.
Mise Gregory with Miss McLeod.
Eaatover:
Dr. W. J. Rivers with Dr. China.
Mr. T. H. Auld with Dr. China.
Miss Isadore Williams, with Miss
Handle.
Miss Marlnda Williams, with Miss
Handle.
Mr. Chas. B. Hanna with Mr. Van
Deventer.
Cameron:
Mr. Moody with Mr. Bartow Walsh.
Miss Farr with Mrs. Bethea.
Roster of City School Gradual?
From 1801.
The City Schools of Sumter opened
their doors on the 2nd day of Sep?
tember, 1819. During that time
there have been two Superintend?
ents; Mr. J. B. Duffle, who served
from 1889 to July. 1895, and tie
Incumbent, Mn S. H. Edmunds, who
has served since July, 1895.
Below Is given a list of those wh?>
have graduated. There was no grail
uating class in 1890 and 1893. The
first class graduated In 1891.
1891:
Mart.artt Brunson,
atnsd) C. Haynsworth.
Harry J. Mlkell.
Kaiherlne Moses,
Pn] J. Ryttenberg,
Emmie Saunders,
Eva Smith.
Mamie Warren.
1892:
Ji"a Cuttlno,
J. O. I>. l..?rme,
Mamie Dinklns,
O. E. I laynswort h.
I . K Iddman,
L I?. Jennings.
Hugh MsLawrtai
II ? i i i? t Kershaw,
Marian Mood,
M. A. Musts,
I HIM
I' inline C.atllard,
L R, Jennings.
Bessie I ,???>,
Emma Mood,
IMnkins Spann.
1895.
Wime Barrett,
CHfeasJe Dlnklns,
Annie I're.land,
Laufi stood,
Hattle Rytt? erg.
Rehe? < a S< hwerin,
Sophie Warren.
1M9?.
Beaufort Brand,
Bthel Coopor,
Mannle i >inkIns.
Mltt I Mi I Unit.
Ullis drags;,
rlOTOes llarhy,
I>?isy llatncld.
Herbert 11 kynsworth,
Mar\ Hill.
? laude Hurst.
Beolnll l.yuam,
BdJwnrd McCnllutn,
Lydia Morris.
?mils Moses,
K'i'ha Cringle,
Clauds Rhnms,
Msrgarsl lew ttafdaon,
Ida tiaajtll.
Basjsns wini? r.
imi?:
Mn Brunsen,
anna David,
Bell?- iMnklns.
< laftle Bppei on,
Clssnaals rnil r,
lle*sle Rich 1' 1 oti
Fannie KyttenbeiK.
Alice Stuhhs,
IC? ,rtfie Smith,
Emmie Wh item ore,
Crosswell Raffln,
Charit? ?yttenherg.
1898.
Maggie Bradford,
Jaaaia Foleom,
Anita Mar by,
Theresa James,
MandO Jones,
isaheile MoLaurin,
Flora Moses,
I^oul3;> Moses,
Rosa Mood,
Moneta Oateen,
Stella Phillips.
Irma Smith.
Lizzie Stuckey,
Daisy Scott,
Maude Wallace,
Daisy Yeadon,
Sam R Mitchell.
Jno. S Richardson, Jr.
L C. Molse,
1890.
Ethel Carson,
Annie Cunningham,
Jennie Olhson,
Alice Harby,
Mamie Sanders,
Kate Sumter,
Annie Warren,
Charles Oalllard,
Harry Green,
George D. Levy,
1900.
Augusta Folsom,
Bessie Glllespic,
Rosa Gillesple,
Armlda Moae3,
Sophlo Richardson,
Robert Grnham,
Davk* McCallum,
Cecil Wilson.
1901.
Mamie Boyle,
Mary Carson.
Mabel DuRant,
Margaret Gibson,
Leona Jennings,
Ruth McLaurin,
Alice Moses.
Lillle Pringle,
Ladson Boyle.
1902.
Elma Epps,
Charles Hurst,
Hattle Lowry,
Annie hynam,
William Manning.
Cornelia McLaurin,
Edna Mortimer,
Leona Smith,
Isidore Tclchor,
Evelyn Wallace,
Berth* Winburn.
1902.
Elizabeth Boykln,
Emma Boyle,
Edna Broughton,
Evelyn Cunningham,
Mary Galllard,
Bendy f Ibson,
Leon, Mreen,
Ceieste Hughson, '
Gulgnard Jones,
Dozier Lee,
Edward McCutchen,
Elizabeth Satterwhite.
1904.
Winifred Atkinson,
Hennle May Bradford,
Louis Bryan,
Mary Burgess,
Lizzie Dinklns.
James Graham,
m nrr Hall,
Hnllle Jones,
VlVlan Manning.
Lnolle Handle,
Arrie Btuokey,
Leonora WUUford.
loo.v
Henry i;< shamar,
Bdwln Brunson,
Ahhie Bryan,
Nellie Chandler,
Hoher! cooper,
I: rth t Lawrence,
John LeOi
Mary Lowryi
Bernard Manning,
Chas. M?drath,
Louise Murray.
Gertrude Plow/den,
Charles Richardson.
Junlua Smith.
Bartow Walah, Jr.
I ?06.
Vera Barden,
Irvln i Belser,
Eellme Bowman,
Hertha Bultman,
Willem c<M.k.
Nellie Mellette, I
Lillian Owens,
Blrdls Owens,
Lydia Richardson,
Bdna Stack,
Vernon Stanslll,
Matilda Terry,
I ?07,
Wyllle Brunson,
Margarei Louise Bryan
Daisy Burgess,
Louise Carson,
Jennl ? ?Jhs ndler
Btta Cuttlno,
Marie DeLorme,
Rather l lenti >
Huheri Qreen,
I I let tie Lou Jones
Clarence Klnard,
I lamer Lav rence,
Wyndhain Mnnnlng.
Harold < ?cj
Bslher Murray,
? frad Mash,
Eunice Osteen,
Dorothy Owen.
Veva R?ndle.
Henry Reaves.
Janie Spann,
Quelle Stack,
Jennie Walsh,
Louise "YeadoT.,
1908.
BSmma Haker,
Helen Hroughton,
Irene Bryan,
James Chandler,
William Crowson.
Bessie Ives,
Lee Jones,
Franke Lesesne,
Wendeil Levl,
Eva McGee,
Sarah Mellette,
Sarah Moore,
LnHee Pate,
Ulrica Pate,
Mary A. Pitts,
Virginia Reynolds,
Annie Richardson,
Henry I* Siddall,
Octavla Schwerin,
John K. Scott,
Ada F, Seymour,
Vileta A. Tisdale,
Quay Donovan Williford.
1909.
Lucile Hak er,
Alice Heck Halaguer,
l.ois Warren Ballough,
Mabel Clair Bowman,
Martie Boyle,
Jessie Jaunlta Bradford,
William Nettles Bradford,
Carrie Bee Breeden,
Henrietta Winifred Brunson,
Alle? Childs,
Clara Annie Childs,
I Ja Chandler,
Benjamin Fr?ser Dick.
Alfred China DeLorme,
John Brawnor Duftie,
Marie DuPre,
Lawrence Woodward Folsom, Jr
Alva I. Green,
Mildred Lee Hall,
Agnes Stewart Haynsworth,
Alex. T. Haynsworth,
James Arthur Haynsworth,
Donald Graham Hinson,
, Margaret Augusta Hood,
Eleanor Beverly Hughson,
Blileen McDonald Hurst,
Walter Herbert Jones,
Hay Jones.,
Camilla Holmes Kilgore,
Edgar Loyns,
{Catherine Loretta McKeiver,
John Alfred Owen,
Ernest Harrison Rhame, Jr.
Sarah Richardson,
Leola Kate Hose,
Elizabeth Ryan,
Lucile Ho^e Hyttenberg,
Julian Schwartz,
William Judson Shaw,
Julius Sinclair Smith,
Sudie Stukes,
Sophie Tisdale,
Hurry Danner Walsh,
Du ana Lntimer Wannamaksr,
Frnneys White.
Wade ti. wiiiiford.
Lucile Rodgera Williamson,
Sallie Wright.
1910.
Helen Beaumont,
Hammond Bowman,
Mamie Bradford,
William Brogdon,
Heida Brown,
Robert Brown,
Edwin Boyle,
Herbert Bultman,
Laurel Carr,
Anna Cuttino,
Frank Chandler,
Teresa Chandler,
Julius Cooper,
Eugene Cuttino,
Harry Davis.
Marion 1 >avis\
Noble Dick,
Belle Harper,
Richard Hood,
Bward Hook.
Mamie Ives,
Sadie Join s.
William Kinard,
William Lawrence,
William Marshall,
Francis efolse,
Marie McQee,
Fred Niseis.
Mary (?wen-,
Marie Phillips,
Carito R?ndle,
William Reynolds,
Bean Scott,
Maggie May Reale,
Raymond Btanslll,
Quy Wilson,
William Winn.
1011.
Anna .lane Harnes,
ECUs Pauline Blandlng,
Adele Kennedy Bowman,
.lohn Kemper Bradford, Jr.
Harrington Cooper Brearley,
Anna Louise Crown,
Agnes l Irys n,
i u un Ard ?I. c i lultman,
< 'harlton i .? \ i I lurkett,
afargaret I >undoa (!heyne,
Cosa [sabelle Choyne,
Virgil Pus ne I Jorbett,
Innls McKewn Cuttino.
(faith, r Pierson lHck,
j Susie Dunlop Dick,
lue Duftie,
John Benjamin Folsom,
Evelyn Fraser,
Francis Ewing Gibson,
Robert Haynsworth, Jr.
John Cralg Hurst,
Edward Eugene Jones.
John Dargan Jones,
Gertrude Elizabeth Kuhn,
Motte Julius Lawrence,
Archie LeGrand,
Leon LeGrand,
Harold McFaddin,
Nancy Wltherspoon McKay,
Francis Jamej Mellette,
Mary Louise Mellette,
Walter W. Moore, Jr.
Shepard K. Nash,
Marlon Pate,
Adele Pitts,
P. Mellette Pitts, Jr.
Vermeils Plowden,
Susie May Rarneid,
Mary Louise Ramsey,
Allen Raymond Richardson,
Irvine Manning Richardson,
Earle Rowland.
Eugene Anna Sanders,
Alfred Scarborough,
Raymon Schwartz,
Ervin David Shaw,
Wilfred McLaurin Shaw,
George Decatur Shore, Jr.
Thomas Henry Siddall, Jr.
Mary Anna Strother,
William Brooks Stuckey,
Praxton C. Wallace, .''r.
Eliazheth White.
FARMERS'
UNION NEWS
Practical Thought* for Practical
Fanners.
(Conducted by E. W. Dabbs, Pres?
ident e>. C. Farmers Union.)
Sonic Random Thoughts.
Every few days there is a state?
ment in the papers by some New
York cotton man that there will be
no reduction in acreage, or fertilizer;
or that the soil is being so filled with
reserve stores of moisture by the un?
precedented winter rains, that there
will be another bumper cotton crop.
In all of these statements "the wish
Is father to the thought." Without
any Rock Hill plan there would have
been a material reduction In acreage
i even under normal winter weather,
t because thousands of farmers could
not finance such operations as last
year, and because they would not
be such fools as to plant for a crop
that they could not hope to harvest.
But on top of this experience comes
such a wet winter that there is prac
ticajly no plowing. Here is February
two-thirds gone and the soil so wet
that what liitle plowing has been
done is worse than thrown away for
the soil was too wet when it was
done, and the rains have so packed
It that It will be harder when it dries
off than it is In ordinary weather he
fore it Is broken.
? ? ?
Beside** there is some cotton that
has never heen picked hecause before,
the pickers reached It the land be?
came boggy ami will remain so un?
til not only too late to pick the heavy
crop that was grown on it under last
season's drought, but until too late ti
plant in cotton in 1912, thanks to the!
Inadequate drainage of so much of
our farming lands.
SOS
These are facts that any man can
verify by just driving through the
county districts in any direction at
any time.
? . t
! This being true wherein is the
benefit of the Rock Hill plan? It
I
gives advanced Information of the
s'ze of the next crop before it Is
planted with which to refute the
claims of those who either want
cheap cotton or profit by big crop
scares; and we are not dependent on
mere guesses as to the acreage. Judg?
ing from weather conditions there
will he a greater reduteton than even
the most earnest adovcates of reduc?
tion hoped f<>r?greater than the
tUibscrlbers put down. And nothing
short of i r. cenl cotton between now
and Jim ? 1st, can prevent it.
? * ?
The practical farmer Knows how
Impossible It is to properly prepare
large areas of land In the high winds
of March, after abnormal winter
winter raios that have continued
through February. With all the im?
proved Implements and fine stock
that Mr. Secretary Wilson is credited
with saving in a recent Interview as
' being responsible for last year's
bumper crop, not more than one*
third of the area that was wall pre*
pared last year can he prepared this
yen' even under the mosl favorabl?
conditions in March, April und May,
because we have lost all of November,
December, January rm<i February. A
year ago the oldest Inhabitant had
never ?een the farm land of the Bouth
so nearly up to garden and trucking
tilth- and it was this preparation
that mole the great cotton crop pos?
sible when we honestly thought it
was badly cut oh by late stands and
n burning drought; and at some
writer well HI id last week, kept the
corn Ctop from h.ing a total fail?
ure.
? ? ? ?
1 f the trade will take the trouble
to verify the Statement! made above,
it will prevent many of its member*
from going wrong on tiie market, to
the temporary hurt of the South,
and to the complete undoing Of the
recklaai hears.
E. W. D.
THE CAMPAIGN OPENS.
c'aii>t. EL s. CUrson AnaaMaaoeal for
Sheriff.
The campaign for county offices is
now under way. the first candidate to
he formally announced being Cspt.
E. Scott Carson, who is In the race for
sheriff. It is, of course, generally
known that there are other aspirants
for the office, informal announce?
ment having been made of their :an
dtdeoy several months ago. Capt.
Carson served as sheriff of Sumter
county from 1888 to 1892 and is
thoroughly familiar with the duties
of the office.
COTTON ON A LARGE SCALE.
"h.^ Mississippi Delta Planting Co..
which was financed to the extent of
$3.000,000 by English cotton spinners
some months ago for the purpose of
purchasing 30,000 acres of Delta land
with a view to growing a fine grade
of ?otton, i3 carrying out its farming
j operations on a large scale. This
company is operatiig what i3 said to
1 be the largest cotton plantation in the
iwoild, and is handling the whole
proposition with a view to raising suf?
ficient grain and cattle to make the
property self-supporting in that re?
spect. The most modern methods of
agriculture under the direction of
trained experts are being carried out.
The plantation and stores are at Scottr
II iss., while the executive office of
the company is at Memphis.
Mr. Ii. K. Salsbury, the presidpeie^
of the company, writing from Mem?
phis to the Manuafcturers Record,
says:
"We have built an oil mill at an ex?
pense of $50,0000. We have built for
our managers in Scott nine houses,
costing from $1500 to $4000 each.
We have installed a deep-well water
system and sewer system, giving each
house deep-well water and sewerage,
with bathroom and toilets complete.
We have built water reservoir con?
taining about 40,000 barrels of water
for tire and drinking purposes. We
are installing an up-to-date mill to
grind our own corn and meal. We
have bttllt large brick stores and a
brick office; also up-ward of lt)0
houses and repaired upward of 500
houses We are expending about
$4 0.000 in small drainage. We are
ojurating a gasoline plow, threshing
machine and tools in large quantities.
We have recently engaged Prof. J. W.
Fox. for many years Government ex?
pert in farming, as well as professor
at Agricultural and Mechanical Col?
lege in Mississippi, to take charge of
our agricultural experiments. The
Improvements have been undertaken
and completed during the past eight
months. We expect to continue to
break u ? deep and thoroughly all the
land that is open to put in a thor?
ough drainage system. Our resident
engineer at Scott, who has charge Of
the drainage work, Is B. J. Young,
and he is laying out an extensive sys?
tem of drainage, which we hope to
adopt, opening all the large bayous
and creeks etc., With steam shovels.
We expect this year to plant sufficient
oats, com, soya beans, lespesder.a, al?
falfa, etc.. to completely supply our
property. We also expect to buy and
maintain at bast loco head of cat
tin/'
The attention of property OST BOH
might again be called to the fact thnt
the emptying of water on the side?
walks through the drain pipes run?
ning down from the roofs of build?
ings is a nuisance that t an be easily
abated. The resolution of council at
Its last session was to the effect that
these property owners be given ten
days i?i which to remedy present dis?
agreeable conditions, but as yet no
notion has been taken by the property
owners towards obeying this- ma 1 ;*t??
Of the Cltl Fathers.
Announcements of candidates Will
be printed In this column until the
i love of the campaign for $5. Ma
. aids accepted on credit.
Cor sheriff.
rapt. IS. s. Carson is hereby an
nounced as a candidate for Sheriff at
the ensuing election, having before
discharged the duties of that oil
with promptness and efficiency, ere
take pleasure In recommending hire
Cor SSid office. BUbjeCt tO the rules of
tin Democratic primary.
M \ \ v V ITEM