The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 17, 1912, Image 4
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The Kumt'r Watchman was found
as! la 18S0 and the True Southron In
1**1 The Watchman and Southron
?s* has the combined circulation and
>nc* cf both of th. old papers
Is manifestly ths I?. t i x in i >,
lam In Huint?r.%
Why It Ii 8o Often Done.
II la % very <asy thing to laugh at
gggaebody who Ii trying to do an alto?
gether new thing.
Mint for Mechanics.
If two nuts er?) run on a bolt so that
the square sides face each other they
will serve as a wrench in an em er
Village Personal.
Aase Judaon. our banker, had 10
Sauch tire experse on bis automobile
thst he put on four grindstones for
wheels snd haunt bad a puncture
aloe*.?Boston Globe.
t
expensive Luxury.
Tea," said tho literary man with a
sigh, "style Is s fine thing for a writ?
er to hare; but 'when his wife's got It,
too, it takes all the profit away.
Harper's Weekly
Pickpocket Specialist.
The sge of specialism! A pickpock?
et who was srrested In Paris last
week mentioned that be only exer?
cised his profession on the Irresistible
sockets of person watching sn aero?
planes?Punch.
A. ranging Flow? ?.
Whan arranging cut flowers In a
howl, pour a tabl ?glassful of water in?
to the bowl. Put moat of the flowers
Into the glaas. This makes a graceful
bunch, and la especially practical when
blooms are scare*.- Suburban Ufo.
Share Life of Apes.
As a modern sxsmple of sn abso?
lutely primitive race of people, Prof.
W Vols of Breslau university bas
brought to notice the Kubus, who sra
completely >olated in the forest in?
terior of humstra. Tbey share the
gfe sod habits of the spes In ths
same forest.
I
Wsnted It Located.
At sa Inquest In Kllinwood a doc?
tor was testifying: "Where did the
gsotor csr strike him?" the coroner
seked. "At the Junction of tbe dorsal
and cervical vertebrae, replied the
medicine man ' Will v>u please point
that o it on the map?" said the cor?
oner, pointing to a msp of Harton
souaty cn the wsll ?Kansas City Star.
Uvt Australian Freaks.
A cslf. somewhat of a freak of na?
ture, e/is born on T. O. Ware's farm
it Little Akaros, Australia, recently
It hss flvs legs, the extrs one work?
ing la s socket In the brervbone. Ths
self Is thriving, snd Is strong and
Seslthy Another freak, a lunib, Is re
ported to hare been born at Plat
folnt fltntlon. It his thrre ears snd
Sight i?g*. it did not I.V.
Apis.
It Is difficult to believe what enrly
writers tell ua of the divine honors
lavished upon Apis, the sacred bull of
Memphis, snd upon Mlnevts 'he sc?
ored ox of Hellopo?s Yet perhaps
game of our customs of deeds of to?
day, as hsnded down hy th* uninitiat?
ed, may seem Just ss Incongruosjslf
gbeurd when heard ann1 unders*"- d
f-'-m -r equally sesjpojftftg sltfl hstsVi
time.
Misquotation.
It Is very surprising to find In the
Cbsrlotte Observer this misquotation
of sn old phrase. "Everything WSI
k?r?ly snd the goose was bang'ng
sigh" This la the way the Mils
formed commonality have come to
write It but In the Tar Heel conn
try they know better The r!ght r< l
derlng I? "the goose honks high," sa
tse wild goose does when the we if I.
er Is flit, or, In other words, wheg
"everything Is lovely."--Nashville
Banner.
Odd Neet.
A cirlous frssk on the part of
wasps was recently discovered In
afsrvland The wasps were noticed
fotag hn snd ssjl of a lock tliat secured
a workshop door. The ew ier of the
shop hsd the lock removed to satisfy
his curiosity about 'ho doings of the
busy workers. He found g nest In
side Ths cells were made of tnud
end were full of larvae There
seversl dead wa*|>s Inside tlie lock
As th* gMfj was In dally use. |g*1
wasps could got here had s peacefi
NOTED BREED OF CHICKENS
Fowl Imported From Europe Fevs
Years Ago, Has Gained Much Pres
tige Among American Fanciers.
After studying all the good breeds 1
finally decided on the Anconas as com?
ing nearer to Sheppard's standard of
perfection than any other.
This noted breed of chickens, im
ported from Europe but a few years
ago, has gained great prestige among
fanciers in /merica, and yet more
has it found a place In the estima
Ancona Cockerel.
tlon of those who look upon the utill
tariar side alone of thin beautiful, ac?
tive and ever alert bird, says a writer
in an exchange. Its attractcive color,
beautiful form and graceful carriage
at or.ce give it a place among the
prime favorites of the coop, in the
competitive show, as well as on the
table of the preacher, and the crates
of the egg producer.
I have known pullets to lay an aver?
age amount of 259 eggs each per year
for the entire flock, and this In the
cold climate of the northern states.
They are active and hardy and with?
out doubt flourish best in close con?
finement of any known breed. Their
eggs hatch the largest per cent, of all i
breeds, because of their superior bar- '
dinesf. The chicks run forth from in- j
tubator or brooding hens as alert as
matured songbirds.
Young cockerels often crow at the
early age of six weeks. Pullets will ;
frequently lay when 4^ months old i
Ancona Hen.
when properly cared for. It is nv Arm :
belief that on account of the .r phe- '
i omenal growth they will produce !
more meat by the end of ton weeks 1
after hatching than any other breed
of this class, and even some of the
larger breeds.
WINTER CARE OF THE DUCKS
Feed Any Green Stuff That Happens to
Be Handy?Not Much of Any One
Plant Given at Time.
During winter 1 feed my ducks any
green stuff that I happen to have
handy. Turnip, parsnip and carrot j
tops, cabbage leaves, beet leaves, on- J
Ion tops, purslane, pigweed, tender '
crab grass, lettuce, radish, mustard,
cut fine, all make good bulky feed.
These are dried in thr shade during
the summer and stored like hay. When
1 w*nt to feed them a quantity Is
boiled for 12 hours and mixed with
finely cut roots, such as potato, turnip,
parsnip, carrot, onion and beets. Ap?
ples are also used, says a writer in 1
tho Orange Judd Farmer. These are
all cooked. Not much of one kind of
plant Is given at a time. Four meas- j
ures of any one with four of corn
chop, to each of wheat bran, red
wheat shorts and boiled fresh meat
are fed as a mash?all the ducks will
eat up clean in few minutes. If any
of the mash Is left, it is at Once re
?MVad to avoid its getting sour. This
feed is gl\en twice dally during the
winter and thr^t. times in spring. It
has always proved satisfac tory.
GREEN FEEDS YEAR AROUND
Nothing Better Than Well Cured Clo?
ver Rowen or Second Growth Clo?
ver Hay?Bran Is Substitute.
(By J. f. BCHUMBsfAlf, 17. s. Dspart?
tut ? I of A p ttlturs )
There || nothing better than w ii
cured clover rowen or second growth
clover hay. This should bo cut up
tit i ami it earned, Clover u not only
highly nitrogenous, but rich In lime,
a substance ntqiftred by tbt hens for
providing shells for the eggs Asldt
from alfalfa there is no Othtf food
" i' ? in take the place of clover. Hy
allowing a ration of lealded < lover to
hens they will keep In I?. tter laying
condemn and I he production of eggs
ail] bo Increased Whott clover hay
cannot !>?? secured, bran is a very
good lUb fiMite. though not ho rich in
mineral matter
Vegetable food should be supplied
| the real around, stich as cabbage, DO"
tatOOf beefs ami turnips
Hand us your Job work.
^WILBUR P- NE5B1T
A LATTERMf
PIRATE
We mot a man upon a ship a-salllng on
the lake;
He raised his Rat and smote the air with
hotly wrathful shake;
"I know that Captain Kidd is dead, and
Blackboard's crew no more '
Sends terror to the hearts of folk who
dare to leave tlie shore?
Bat there's a pirate here on board who
gold and treasure snatches;
He Just charged me a nickel for a penny
box of matches!
"There Is no Long Tom on the deck, no
cutlasses are stacked
Along the rail all ready fur the folks that
must be hacked; %
Therp is no Jolly roger flapping wildly at
the peak
To chill the blood and send the ghastly
white Into the rheek,
Rut any minute we may Bee them battan
down the hatches?
I've Just bean charged a nickel for a
penny boa of matches!
"I'll stand for ten cents more for any
quarter magazine,
I will n( 1 howl or groan or growl or
speak in language keen
At beim; soaked a dime for what are Just
five cent cigars?
But. O, I looked for powder marks and
grisly saher scars
On his JTOUng face, for well I know his
treasure's hid In batches
He Just charged me n nickel for a penny
bo>: of matches!
"I know that Captain Kldd s dead with
all his cruel crew;
Pierre Laflltte and all the rest have mot
I ttielr fatal due.
And piracy upon the wave Is thought to
Dt no more"? .
And here his voice grew loud and strong
and lifted to a roar?
"But < >, tl>e news stand hoy Is one who
every dollar catcliHS?
He Just charged me a nickel for a penny
box of matches."
Plutarch.
Mr. Plutarch was one of the best
known writers of his time. He la said
to have written more lives than Mu
rat Halstead did. but thU statement
cannot be proven successfully.
Plutarch was fhe Klbert Hubbard
of his time, however. He would os?
tensibly write the biography of some
famous Grecian, but this he would
contrast unfavorably with the life of
one of his own countrymen. His lit?
tle visits to the homes of great men
were among the best sellers In his
duy and age.
When he was In his prime his coun?
try was flooded with book agents who
worked by the Sheldon method of
salesmanship. Plutarch kept a flock
of geese to furnish quills for him.
Today his Lives are a fixture in
every library. One would as soon
think of omitlng the shelves as to
oralt Plutarch's "Lives" and Dante's
"Inferno " or Milton's "Paradise
Lost." The latter are nice books for
j a library; they look Intellectual and
they are the despair of elecutlonlsts.
Plutarch could have found lots of
material today. He would have been
a good editor for the Congressional
Directory.
Cruel.
I "And you are going to select your
spring hat tomorrow?" Mr. Penhecker
says to his wife.
"I am," she replies, without heed?
ing his chudderlng sigh as he thinks
of her haying all his money banked
lb her name.
"I am." she contlncs. with com?
pressed Jaws, "and what Is more, Hen
I ry Penhecker, you are going with me
to see me select It."
More for the Menu.
In time, such were 'he marvelous
atridea made by inventors, the cry
arose
"The automoble most go."
Whereat eome people murmured:
"This Is tor. much:"
For 'hey remembered tin. dreary
days when borae meat graced the
table, with tuning stock on fast
da)B
Self Respect.
"Hl k " argues the fOUd Wife, When
ths spring bonnet discussion is on,
"you acknowledge l&st Mrs. Jlmblum'a
new hat is perfectly beautiful It
didn't coat any 'nore than the one I
w ant ?"
?'1 kBOW Its n beautiful but an ?i
iisMc creationi In fact. Bui ?i<> y**i
suppose I wanl people to 'hink I'm as
big a fool as Jimblum?"
Send us your Job work.
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FARMERS'
UNION NEWS
Practical Thoughts for Practical
Furniers.
(Conducted by E. \v. Dabbs, Pres?
ident B. ('. Farmers Union.)
Some Random Thought*,
County School Day! Well, it was
a success in spite of the fact that
everybody and every giii did not win
prises. To the disappointed <>rn> i
i
wish to commend the spirit shown
by <>n,' boy last year. n?- tried for a
number of events last year and did nut
win. When some sympathy was ex?
pressed he replied: Why, every one'
COUld not win. I will try again next
year, and for us many events as I
have time to practice for, maybe out
of them all 1 will win something."
The prise li*ts show that be won six
out of seven entries, all first prises,
except one. Now this was not a case
of luck, but of hard work and long
continued preparation, with a deter*
munition to do his lust ;)tid let re?
sults take eaii- of themselves. That
his success should have been intel?
lectual as well as athletic shows that
i
the two can be combined.
? ? i ?
1 have had many inquiries about
Bujnter'i Field Day. other counties
want to adopt .sonn- smh plan to
luing the rural teachers, trustees, pa?
trons and pupils into closer relation?
ship, ami also to ?et in touch with
the city schools. Too much praise
cannot be given the teachers ?-f tin
Sumter city schools, for the hard
..oik they did to help make the day
a success. Nor must we forget to
thank the merchants and business
men and holies of the city for their
aid. The l.est answer 1 have been
able to make to Inquiries was to come
to Sumter mi Field 1 'ay and you will
surely take home the spirit of the
occasion.
? ? ?
Mr. Bnell struck the keynote of true
progress when he said: '"1 want to
see every county have a strong Far?
mers' Union and every city a strong
Chamber of Commerce, pulling to?
gether lor the good of both county
ami city. Then we will make things
hum in this old Btate."
Originating a little more than a
year ago in the fertile brain of the
chairman of the committee of educa?
tion of the Bumter county union. Mr.
II. W, Beall, Saturday's meeting is
but one manifestation of such unity
of purpose, and is a tribute alike to
til.- originator and all tin- forces that
combined for Its success, it is an?
other illustration of what can be
done by organisation.
? i i
Hoys and girl* of the rural schools
of Sumter county begin now to plan
for next veai. From remarks made
by a number of persons who did so
much for Saturday's success, next
year School Day will surpass this one,
if variety ami value of tin. prises
count for anything. Do such con?
scientious work that it will be worthy
i f any prize however expensive, and
letter still that it may receive the ap
proval of your own conscience and
the "well <i?'ti <>i your friends, even
if lome other boy or jlrl surpasses!
y?m.
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Last year tii*? prize for, butter wenl
to ?the little daughter of Hie pastor j
of Brick church, this year to the
little daughter of t!i ? pastor of Bethel.
What other pastor's daughter will
win next year?
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The number "f prises won by
Bethel high school will probably give 1
an Impetus to school consolidation. I
If the United stales Department ol
Agriculture (alls to locate an expert- |
men! station in connection with this J
school it will !><? because the patrons
i
and trustees do not properly present
the advantages of their neighborhood.
THANKS FOR COMMITTEES.
.\ Few Words of Thanks from the
County Superintendent of Edncn* i
i
tlon.
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j . !
As president of the Bumter County
Teachers' Association, ami as County
Sup r'ntendont of Education, I wish
to thank all who helped to make our
'School Day's auccesa. Unless a per
son knows the inside workings of an
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occasion like this, it is hard to real- J
Isea the amount of thought and hard
work it takes to make it a success.
As president of the County Teachers'
Association, my first duty towards
making this day q success wan to se?
lect a chairman. This was happily
carried out in the selection of Mr. \v.
M Soctt. He saw to getting up the
prizes, and to the appointment of
committees to act as judges In the
different contests. He and his com-!
mit tee deserve the highest praise
for everything went off beautifully,
and not the slightest complaint lias
yt t reached the superinten lent'S ears.
The other committees, who had
charge (,f the dinner, had much f>
tight against, as their plans were
thwarted by the weather, but tin
committees, < f which Mrs. Richard
Hood and Mr. Eugene Wilder were
:<{ the head, certainly made the best
"f circumstances, for to feed a hungry
crowd of fo" j under such trying
conditions v%;. by no means an easy
task. They certainly deserve credit
for their management under these
conditions.
Those who spoke are thanked 'for
their words of interest and encour?
agement. Teachers, children, and
patrons are to be congratulated, and
highly praised, for without them
there could be no County School Day.
ami win rcas they all have shown the
greatest interest and desctve to have
this day. With last Field Day, and we
hope with many a School Day to
come, go on record as being a great
success.
Respectfully,
j. Herbert Haynsworth,
.County Superintendent of Education.
Novelty Brings Profits.
A New York grocer has combined
an advertlsug novelty and a source
of profit In a butter churn which is
In almost constant operation In his
store. The churn is driven by a small
electric *..otor and the scheme is to
sell a patron a quantity of cream and
then, for a small charge, ch irn it Into
butter. The operation takes but a
few minutes.
TO VTTEXI) hl STRICT CON VEX
TIOX.
(?gutes In,in Cbaiup Coric Lodge,
K of P., Went la B: ! ? pvllle Till*
M? ruing.
a number of delega: from lame
Cock Lodge, Knight f Pythias,
went to Bishopvllle tf*ln morning to
if mi the tilth district conference
?f the EC of p. which meeta at that
pla.cc this morning for a session of
one ?!;*>-.
Among those fr< m the local lodge
to go as delegates a ere: Dr. <Je->. W.
leek. Qrand Prelate; Past District
Deputy, C. H. Wilson; Past fhan
ceUor, it. d. Rpps; Knights, Gee. C.
Wauen. Jas. C. Bryan and U B. H.
Darr.
Notes Prosa Prlavteee,
_
i Privateer, April 15.?There la not
much news in this neighborhood.
The farmers have been pushing their
! farm work since the weather be?
came favorable. Most of them have
finished planting c.?rn. Boms have
; begun to plant cotton. Judging by
appearances the reduction in fer
tilizer and cotton a<
I worth mentioning. <
i with favorable seasoi
there will be a goox
I this year. If we don't have more
j killing frost there will be an abundant
peach crop.
Miss Sadie Nettles of Sumter spent
the week-end at Mr. Q. A. Nettles'..
Dr. and Mrs. R. B. Furman spent
several days the p;ist week In Colum>
I
bla.
I
I 1 have been informed that the
; Bethel school captured seventeen of
the prises given out in Sumter Sat
! to day.
There seems to have been some
misunderstanding sbOUt the Iieti^Oajf"
school wagon's going to Su-wiler Sat?
urday, therefore, several of the
scholars did not get the chance to go.
a sad disappointment to them.
Glad there is no Sickness for US to
l put at this time.
Australia's Tallest Tree.
The tallest tree in Australia Is
probably one of the eucalyptus amyg
dalina regnan species, which was
found some time ago on a spur of
Mount Baw Baw, in Gippsland. Vic?
torian experts now have ascertained
the height of the tree to be 326 feet
1 inch. Its girth at 6 feet from the
ground is 25 feet 7 inches. A tree
of the same species discovered at
Neerim a'so in Gbppsland, while only
227 feet high, has a girth of U feet 7
Inches at 6 feet from the ground.
Where the Ralr. Goes.
AU the rain that percolates down
into the earth comes to the surface
again somewhere. It goes down until
It meets rock, through which it can?
not pass, and as more water is com?
ing down and pressing upon it, it Las
to find a way to escape to the sur?
face. In this underground trip it takes
up from rocks the salts that are use?
ful to the life of plants and animals.
Selfishness Universal.
A Kansas City judge announces as
tn original discovery that selfishness
ts the chief cause of divorce. Of
course it is. It is also the cause of
mo3t of the other troubles of human?
ity. Eliminate selfishness from the
nature of man and the millennium
wculd be with us.
"Feed Dr. Hess Stock Tonic on Three I
MonthsTe^t at Our Expense."- -Dr. Hess & Clark II
TIiIm Is what i>r. Hess & Clark write us, ami wo stand ready to make good that guarantee to t
letter*. If II doesn't i>?>. return to us the empty packages and we will refund your ntoney.
Feeding i>r. Hess Stock Toni? is just like applying fertiliser to the soil. Fertiliser makes the soil
yield: Dr. Hess stock Tonic makes the digestive organs convert more feed Into growth.
Sometimes 50 per cent of the lood a healthy animal eats is found undigested in the manure. If
this wasn't true, how COUld we taten our lio^s on the corn that pass's through the otJier slock umligcst.
ed.' Feeding medical Ingredients "ill reduce this waste, Every medical writer In the universe says so.
saxing a part Of tin* wasted nutrition by Increasing digestion Is known b? the Dr. Hess Ideal ol
si.irk feeding. Get this idea flrmlj in your mind. l>o not allow the system to \umc lu.lf of your food_
<*uvc part of this waste. Every particle you save mean- profit i<? yourself.
^?Hundreds of Herds made Immune from the
o-called Hog Cholera Epidemic by Feeding Dr. Hess
Stock Tonic. =^n.
Dr. llcxs .v i larkc art having hundreds of letters from stockmen all over the corn bcif tliai are
saving their held- from the ravages of tJie lio^ Cholera Epidemic by feeding im Hess Stock ionic and
disinfect lug lite pens and sleeping i|unrtcrs with Dr He-* Dip ami disinfectant,
Pi^llltrV P'ln-'l-rP-'i 1 ^uiM^,'u^,,, tn eure ****** ?I? and makes lie,,. p,:. |( has
Ii/II 11 I y I clll cl \~\-> el the same growth ami egg producing funcn ? ss im. Beag Stock
Ionic, one extra egg will pa\ for all llu l\in-a-oo-;i a hen cats for three months.
liiHtaut iHiitse Killer Kills Lice.
A. A- STRAUSS & COMPANY,
PHONE NO. 85. SUMTER, S. C
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