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Cfct tiflak jiman an) *oulj)i-an. FabUaivrd VlfdnxlM) ?ml Saturday ?BY? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY Sl'MTKK. ?. C. 11.10 per annum?In advance. Adverttsesneula: One Square first Insertion.|1.0# ?eery subsequent Insertion.It Contracts for three months, or Isager will be made at reduced rates. All communication* which sub gerva private Interests will be charged far as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect wtu be charged far. The Sumter Watchman was found? ed la 1IM and the True Southren la IMC The Watchman and Seuthrea new bss the cemblned etreulatlen and tavdueacv cf both ef the eld papers, aad Is manifestly the best advertising asedlum la Sumter SKATS FOR CLERKS. Woman Inspector to be Named for Inspection. Columbia. March 6.?The law re? quiring seats for female employes !n merchan-.tie establishments In South Carolina will be rlgid'.y Inforced by the State department of agriculture, commerce and industries. Commis? sioner Watson will name a woman in? spector ts provided by the set. The name of the Inspector will not be sr? nounced until the report for the year has been prepared. The following Is the act to regulate the hours of labor for women em? ployed Kg mercantile establishments: 'That from and sfter the passage of this act the hours of labor tor women employed in mercantile estab? lishments In this State shall be 'mi? lted to CO hours per week, not to exceed 1! hours In any one day. and that such female employee shall not be required to work later than the hour of 10 o'clock p. m. The en? forcement of this law Is placed In Ihe hands of the commissioner and factory inspector. "Any employer of female labor In mercantile establishments who shall violate the provisions of this act snail be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than $10 dollars nor more than $40. er Imprisonment of not less than ten d?v? nor ex< coding SO days." The following Is the got with -<f erence to the employment cl an hv ?pec tor l rmi ewvltun ii*. ihe .^1 code of Smith Carolina, be amended by adding at the end of said section Ihe words, 'the commissioner of agri eurture. commerce ana Industrie*, and the State factory inspectors, are hereby charged with *ne enforcement of the provisions c< this law, and said commissioner Is 1 ereby empowered, from time to time, whenever he may deem it necessary, tc- employ female Inspectors for the purpose of collect In ; evidence. The sum of $300, If so much be necessary shall annually he appropriated for the purpose of compensating suon female inspet - tors " so thst the section, when so amended, shall read as follows: "It shall be the duty of all em? ployers of females In any mercan? tile establishment, or any place where goods or wsres of merchandise are offered for sale, to provide and main? tain chairs snd stools, or othei suita? ble soats. for the use of Bu*h female employes at reasonable times, to such an extent as may be requisite for the preservation of their health. And eurh employes shall be permitted to use ssme. as above set forth. In front of the counter, table desk or anv fixture when the female sOnptoyi for the use of whom said seat shall be slept and maintained Is principally engaged In front of sai l counter, table, deek. fixture; and behind such counter. table, desk or flxtur ? When the female employe fir the use of whom said seat shall be kept and maintained |s principally engaged behind said counter, table, desk or fixture. "Any person who violates or omits to comply with anv of the forego Ins provisum? ..f this section, i.r who suffer* or permits anv gfOnggg |Q stand. In violation of It" provisions1, shall t> guilty of .? misdemeanor. und ag eegt viol ten, stM?l be pnaitaned by .? Ore %>T no* Vs.* than $'_?u dol? lars ggf gfOfi than |l'?0 foff each of? fense The eiimmNMlomi of agrl i culture, commerce and Industrtea gad the ^tat*? factory inspector*, are here? by ? barg d with 'he enforcement of the pre i-em* of this law. and said i f>niml->sionrr Is hereby empowered], from tlrae to time, whenes.r he rnav d??"tn It ? ?mr\ t.i empb.y t. male I nip. i tof..r ihe purpose of oottect? Ing evidence. The sum g| |t##, If *o much be rieeewarv. shall annually be appropriated iaf the purpoye of coIM pen?ating su< h f? male Inspe? top*." Mr. A. A. tirllbn form V\ In charge of the Sumter Shoe Store, left M il. for l:b hmond. where he has an e|>t. .1 ,i position. FARMERS* UNION NEWS PrfUHic?! Thoughts for IWUcal t Conducted by B. W. Dabbe, Pf? idem ?. C. Farmer? Union.) I? \ Hits AT CLEM BOX. Urges tiie "Farmers' College" to take Up tbe Question of Establishing a "Clialr of Marketing" to Teach the Farmern how to Dispose of ttmlr Crop to liest Advantage. Clemaon College, March 6.?Mr, E. W. Dabbs of Sumter, president of the State Farmers' union, in an official visit to Clemson Tuesday addressed the cadets at chapel meeting. Mr. Dabbs came at the Invitation of President W. M. Klggs who wish? es the farmers' union to be conver? sant with all details of the work at Clemson, especially since the United | States government has Just recently announced that it will co-operate with the college in farm demonstration work. In addressing the cadets at chapel, Mr. Dabbs .said: Young Gentlemen When your dis? tinguished president invited me to speak to you on this occasion, I had first said to a small gathering of far? mers at the Commercial club of Charleston, that I Intended to take up with our college authorities the subject of marketing, and ask that it be given equal prominence with the other important studies of the college. I do not mean, mere form of com? mercial transactions such as bills of lading or bills of exchange, drafts notes, etc. etc. but the principles of scientific marketing. That very afternoon I had the pleasure of meeting the professor of mathematics at the Citadel and after he had expressed the belief that the higher mathematics are useful to a man more In training his mind to think for himself than in the practi? cal solutions of mathematical prob? lems except In certain professions, I said to him : 'I want to see every college In this State establish a "chair of marketing." I do not know how it ought ' " ? BOT ftrr' I know he w II ought to be taught, but here is ? place t< put your boasted higher m ? il use by solving this very problem that, eo far as I know, has never been at? tempted.' He answered very quickly before I was through, "As applied to the great cotton crop!" 1 said no, but as applied to all the products of the farms, and I do not Intend to have this matter 'laughed out of court.' The very afct that It Is a big ques? tion, an unexplored field should m ike It attractive to the college men of our country, and I do not hesitate In) say that If you refuse to take It up, and having taken It up, do not pur? sue it until It Is solved, or If It is unsolvable. hand it down to gener? ations of college men, unborn, ihat each succeeding class may take up the subject where the last left it off, tnd keep on and on and on, then I say to you, you give Just cause to the men of practical every-day life who have not been blessed with your opportunities to sneer at college men. Let me suggest it you young gen? tlemen that you take this subject up In your debating societies. To any mind it offers equally as good train? ing as the trite query 'which is the greater Incentive to righteousness the hope of reward or the fear of pan* Ishment?" or any other Of the many questions of abstract right, or prac ? tical application that enliven the meetings of the undergraduates of our colleges and high schools. This subject would probably be within the scope of the chair of poli? tical economy or domestic sc ienc e, i".ut in evolving a proper system of II id] even ' hair in a college or unl verslt) should give the matter eare ft i study and whlls I hnvs suggest? ed that you young gentlemen debute It In yoor societies, I WOUld impress Upon the fac ulty that they give it an mportant pines In Ih itr meetings Tak.- the history Of ?mr efforts to Improve the conditions si large, and Improve the Conditions cd <oir olti? ' "s. ami of mankind at largs, and ws will And the greatest stress laid upon inc re ased efficiency in the lines of production nrst. ami then in better facilities for transportation. And the NUhJecl of distrlb itlon Which I de ? nominate SCtenl I lie marketing. In this connection I want to read lo you soim extract! from tin- dec da ra? tions of purposes of the farmers' edu? cational ami co-operative union <.f South Curollnn. Now I hen, yot ng gentlemen, wo cunnol afford and h ast of all can you afford yoa Ihe especial wards of tin : 11 mere of tin- State to leave the great subject of marketing to be the foot ball of the middleman, kic k ed hither and thither, and so manip? ulated that he levies tribute on the producer on one hand and on the con? sumer on the other?to use an expres? siv? c olloijualism. catches them 'a go? ing ami coming,' But you must study this problem, otherwise you may make your very ability to produce a curse to yourself and your people, rather than a bless tng. To illustrate this: See how the great cotton crop of 1911 with its three million hales increased yield, brings |n to the south 300 million dollars less money than the crop of 1910?and why? All because our people had no proper system of han? dling it. See how it will work out next fall. If our people are blessed as I hope they will be with a bountiful har? vest of food crops, and have made no arrangements to handle their sur? plus of corn and hay and hogs. We swing from one extreme of the pen? dulum to the other?and all because we have been taught that "ours not to reason why. ours but to produce and starv \ while all the world won? ders!" Mr. President: 1 thank you for this opportunity to bring this message from the farmers' union of South Carolina to this institution which we are so liberally supporting, and to these young gentlemen who are so j representative of the brawn and brain I of the progress and culture of South Carolina?and in conclusion I want to say there is no royal road to the goal 1 have tried to point out to you. And not by some stroke of luck will this great subject be opened up and made plain, but by hard and unremit? ting toil. T)o not despise the day of small things. Be not like Naaman? ready to do some great thing while despising the simple command of the prophet, "Wash and be clean." Read that beautiful story found In 2nd Kings, the 6th chapter, and take up the work which seems simple enough but is fraught with great possibilities. HAVE A SEED PLOT THIS YEAH. In No Other Way Can You Hope* Permanently to Improve Your Corn or Cotton. I wonder how many of the rer.ders of the Progressive Farmer have a breeding patch for their cotton and corn in mind this spring? Much has been written and said upon this sub? ject and doubtless many of us have resolved to have a breeding patch. But in the hurry of getting our crop pitched this spring these good re? solves are too apt to be lost sight of and forgotten. Most of us have made some effort to secure better seed, either by having made our own selection from our fields last year or by purchase from some man who claims to huve done so. Many who have depended upon the latter meth? od of Improving our crop are doomed to disappointment; out no matter what plan we have adopted we are only going to take temporary steps forward and run grave danger of slipping back into the same rut if we do not give these seed, especially the very best of them, particular at? tention In the shape of selection of soil stilted and prepared for them ' and also give the resultant plants ths best of care and attention and cultivation. As with livestock so with seed. Good feed and care are just as im? portant as good blood. At least. It matters not how well-bred our plants or antmalf are we cannot expect the j bast results unless the two go hand In hand. So the fight for better plants? that are more certain to yield better and be of better quality? | is only begun when We have selected ! our seed or have paid some one else I to do what we had much better ha\e done for ouraelvea j I?o not make the plots too large, for by so doing we are more apt to n gb et or indifferently prepare and cultivate them. and remember the lecrel of the greatest ?ucceei is In giving the best of preparation and cultivation, A1 the greatest a quar? ter of an acre for both notion and Lorn is all that should be undertaken ' ami this had better he reduced to a few tows or even individual plants. A .-Ingle stalk of cotton or ear of corn will In a very short while be the progenitor of seed enough to plant the ordinary farm Bach year we are to selecl the very best indi? vidual In tins seed patch for our I next year's seed patch and the se? lected best of the balance is to go to make up the bulk of our < t op. r.\ pursuing this method our field j see.i is improved each year and tomes nearer In that goal towards which every good farmer should cer lit Inly be striving the perfect plant both in \ b id nnd In the quality of tbe product. The day is rapidly approaching win u ? n one hut it p< rub farmer will plant scrub seed nnd the handwriting is on the wall for the one ns well as Jfor the other. is this handwriting ? for \ou Mi. Render? D, N. Barrow, in Progressive Fnrmer, HOW TO GET RID OF CUT-WORMS Cleinson Extension Work?Article LXV. Now If the tiin- to get rid of the troublesoms cut-wo? ms. Do not wait until they are ruining your stand of cotton and corn and then attempt to control them; for then there is little that can be done. In the Heids where they did damage last year, plow the land deep this spring; for the worms which are going to give you trouble are now in little rounded cells in the soil, dug out for their protection lasi fall when cold weather came on. This deep plowing* will turn many of the worms under so that they will never be able to g';t to the surface to do any damage. Not all of them will be killed in this v ay. Experience has shown that it Is a good plan to follow this up by an additional measure. About planting time, in clear weather, cut any fresh, green material which may be about the place, preferably clover, and dip this into a barrel of poison solution, made by dissolving one pound of Paris green (the sub? stance that is used for killing potato bugs) in fifty gallons of water. In the late afernoon, scatter this poisoned vegetation over the worst infested acres so that it will not wilt too quickly. The starved cut-wornrrs, having had no food all winter, come out at night and eat this greedily, and are poisoned. Defer chopping the cotton or thinning the corn as long a.s possible; for the greatar the amount of food the worms can get, the quicker they will n ature, change into a "candle-fly," and ease to trou? ble the crop. Frequent shallow cul- I tivatlon. as close to the young plants as can he done without injury to them, also proves a check to the work of these pests. The best permanent way, however to handle them is by rotation of crops, practicing deep fall plowing, thorough spring prepara? tion, and by keeping the land covered In winter with some cover crop, such as rye and vetch, or better still, crimson clover. If it can be grown. Such steps as these will rid the land of the cut-worms and at the same time this extra cultivation will im? prove the land. The problem in the garden is a somewhat more difficult one, but the same methods apply. An important point to observe Is to put plants badly affected, such as cabbage, as far away from their last year's place of plant- | ing as is practicable. WILSON P. GEE. Assistant Professor of Entomology. REDUCE ACREAGE IN TEXAS. Sex-rotary in Charge of Movement In Texas Reports to Watson on Cot? ton Situation. The following letter has been re? ceived by Commissioner Watson as president of the Southern Cotton con? gress from the secretary of the move? ment in T?xas to reduce cotton acre? age: "I would say for Texas that we have the organization well in hand, and pledges are being taken in every cotton growing county in the State. So far as reports have been received at this office, though we will not re? ceive the majority of them until the 25th of March or possibly the first of April, as a general average, they will Indicate a general reduction in this State of about 38 i>er c tent. We don't think the average will hold up that well all the way through, because the moat enthusiastic send in drat, though I think it is safe to say that we will get a reduction ot 2T> per sent. "Even if we do not get the pledges from a majority uf the farmers that we ought to get them from, the re? duction WOUld take place on account of the increased amount planted in oats and grain of different kinds for feed for man and beast. As we are having rain and reason suitable for the planting of these crops the in? creased amount planted as indicated would cause a natural reduction in acreage on cotton for 1912 of 20 to l 25 per cent." BULLETIN FOR TKACHERS. W. K. T?te Tells Teachers How to Secure Helpful Literature. To the Kural School Teachers of South Carolina: While it is generally known that the United States Government is now issuing hundreds of helpful bulletins to farmers and teachers. I feel that the teachers of South Carolina are not sufficiently well acquainted with the variety of these bulletins and the great possibilities of using them in connection with their school work. The Department of Agriculture has just issued Circulor 19, entitled 'Pub i lication of the Department of Agri? culture Classified for the Use of Teachers." This is a pam? phlet of 36 pages, and in it a teacher may find classified for ready reference the various bulletins which may be used Ir the school room and in the rural community. Every teach? er in the State should have a copy of this circular. It may be obtained by dropping a card of request to the Secretary of Agriculture. Washington, D. C. Many of these bulletins could very properly find a place in the rural school library, and could be distribut? ed and rend not only by the children I I of the school, but by the farmers in the community. They will add in? terest and variety to the work in , agriculture, and will prove a fertile source of suggestions to the teacher ' in the adaptation of her school to the needs of the community. The fol? lowing are noted especially for their direct bearing on our work in South Carolina, and teachers should secure them at once; they are free. Farmer's Bulletins. 218?The School Garden School Exercises in Plant Pr? 409?School Lessons on Corn, 121 Testing Farm Seeds in the Home and in the Rural School. 134?Tree Planting on Rural School Grounds. I 155?How Insects Affect Health in I Rural Districts. 385?Boys' and Girls' Agricultural Clubs. 422?Demonstra? tion Work on Southern Farms. Circulars. 60?The Teaching of Agriculture in the Rural Common Schools* 9i>? Arbor Day. 17?Bird Day in the Schools. 21?The Man Who Works With His Hands. Documents.. ?44 ? Boys' Demonstration Work: The Corn Club. Year Book Reprints. 4 43?Does it Pay the Farmer to Protect Bird'? 518?Comforts and Convenience* In Fanners' Homes, i men 5-7?Community Work in 111 ilural High School Very sincerely, W. K. T?te. Sta,:e Supervisor Elementary Ilural . chools. New York Cotton iinrkei. v ?? a York. March 7. Upen. Close. M i eh. 3 0.38?3? Ma?.10.40 10 49?50 JUiy.10.55 10.61?62 Aug. 10.60?62 IK1 . 10.65 10.69?70 i Hosed vei y steady. LIVERPOOL MARKET. Liverpool, March 7. Open Cios? Karen. 581 March?Apr .572?7*> 581 Apr ?May. b81 M> M;y?June . . .574 % ?76% 582% June?July. . .574 % 582 Closed firm. WARNING TO VANDALS.* Suporintendnt of Cemetery Calls At? tention to Depredations. Editor Daily Item: Please allow me spac columns to mention a m. portance to any and all visit the city cemeteries, flower season and throug the year, many lot owr beautify their lots and h; blooming on them. I am sorry tc say that some grown persons and children think it no misdemeanor to pluck flowers from graves and lots. As a matter of fact, there is a fine of $5 imposed by the cemetery board on any person guilty of such offense. If one would stop to think of stealing something, just one flower from a grave?planted and coaxed Into bloom with loving care and sacred memory ?tne thought would be enough hu? miliation to say nothing of laying one's self liable to arrest and fine."" Visitors are always welcome by lot ' owners and superintendent of cem? etery, but they are requested to re? member the sacredness of the place they visit. They are warn pick flowers, and requeste< walk on the lots as there ^ merous drives and walks be lots. It would be well for ?. speak of these things to their chil? dren, as children are often seen tn cemetery with no gros n p< reon with them TTu cemetery is wat. bed, at * all times, and any person who ly and deliberately commiti offenss of this kinu him be pUiu?Ue?i. Respectfully, Jno. S. Kennedy, Supt. Cemetery. Sumter. March 6, 1912. Mr. Henry Spann left Wedne evening for Baltimore. FOR SALE?One medium size horse, good worker and in good condition. For sale cheap. W. H. Y'ates. 6, 8, 11, 13, 15?W It. WANTED?You to know that my re? pair shop is now open under di? rection of an experienced man and that I am ready to do all your fur? niture repairing for you. Geo. H. Hurst. "Feed Dr. Hess Stock Tonic on Three _ MonthsTe^t at Our Expense."--Dr. h [ess & Clark Ths is wiiat Dr. n<'*.s A; Clark anile us. and we stand ready t:> make good that gnereutee to uag letter., it' it doeen't pay. return to us the eenpty packages end we will refand your money. Feeding Hr. Iloss Stoek Tonic is just like applying fertiliser to the soil. Fertilizer makes the soil yield: Dr, Ho*s stoek Tonic nuikis the digestive organs convert agora feed into growth. sometimes r>n per rent of the food a healthy animal rate at foand undigested in tin* manure, if tiii- wasn't true, ttow could we fa ten our hogs on the eorn that passes throagh tin* other stoek ewdtgeet* i?d? Feeding medical Ingredients will reduce tills waste. Every med leal ivritrr in the aedverar sn>s so. sa\ing a part of the wasted nutrition by inereoaing dtgjeetlogi i*. known as the l>r. ihs?* ideal of Stoek feeding. Get tills Idea hrml> in your mind. IHl not allow the system to waste half of >our feinl? nave a part of this waste. Ever] particle you sa\e means profit to yoavartf. .^-Hundreds of Herds made Immune from the_ o-called Hog Cholera Epidemic by Feeding Dr. Hess 5= Stock Tonic. =====Vi Dr. Hess \ Clarke are liavlng hundreds of letters from stockmen all over the corn ixdt thai are suvlng their herds from the ravages of the ilo<; dtolera Epidemic b> reeding Dr. Heas souk Tonic ami disinfecting the liens and slce|>liig ipuirters with Dr. Hess Dip and disinfectant. In guaranteed to euro poultry ill- and makes heu?. |ay. it has Mime growth and egg producing funetion as Dr. Hess stork Poultry Pan-a-ce-a 1 I'milc tine extra egg will pa' lor all the I' a iv-a a hen cats for three month Instant l.ou-e Killer Kills Ltee, A. A. STRAUSS & COMPANY, PHONE NO. 85. St Mil R. S. C Jj^y