The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 24, 1912, Image 4
Cj|i ZiAtityM an} ?outjjren.
rnbUattcd WHiMklif and Saturday.
?BY?
OSTEFN PUBLISHING COMPANY
?UMTIR, s. C.
91.lt par annum?la advance.
Oaa Square first Insertion.$1.9?
?very subsequent Insertion.>?
Contracu for thres sneaiae, ar
leaner will be med? at reduoed rat??.
All oommunionttons which sub?
serve private Intexeeta will be charted
fee as advertteemsnts.
Obituaries and trlbutee ef reepeet
wtU S4?eB*rs;ed far.
The ?umier Watchmtn was found?
ed In HIS and the Trus Southros in
tits The Watchman and Southren
anw n .- th* co.nbined *rrculatlon and
influence cf both of the old papers,
and la manlfeetly the beet advertising
ssedtum In Sumter.
J-l I - awawaaaaaawaanani
NKWS ITIOM Ft; YPT.
School Comtm on 23rd? Noun on
Quarterly l\>nrrrence>---Lee County
Field Day.
Baypt. April II.?We are having
beautiful weather for farm work
aow and the farmers are certainly
ssaklna good use of It. Old mother
earth Is shaking in all her beauty
and splendor. We Imagine it does
aae good to get out in free open air
and feel that once more after a most
severe winter our beautiful spring
time is here.
We really believe our various birds
try to see which fellow can sing
the most cheerful.
airs. J. It. McLeod and Miss Sadie
White spent Wednesday in Camden.
MH?J Carrie Love spent the week?
end eith her sister. Miss Blanche
at St. Charles. Prom St. Charles they
went to Sumter on Saturday und took
la the School Day exercises cf Sum?
ter county, which were held at that
place.
? After a very successful term of
seeching near Kershaw. Miss Eva
Britten, one of our most popular
young ladles, returned to her home,
where she will spend the greater part
ef her vacation.
The Field Day exercises of Lee
County were held at Blshopvllle on
Friday and all the contestants reflect?
ed genes' credit up<?n themselves und
tee hem Although this was Lee
^Bounty's first alten m it I'leid Day
e.?er< tsee It \v? .Id I ? ] t?? mrpas-?
ptm the forenoon the various literary
con um? were h?dd la the court house
after which s commute* **? sjHBSiat
Sd to arrange tables In the Woodward
grove for a bounteous spread which
was enjoyed by a V4fJ large crowd. In
the Afternoon the athletic contests
were held and the medals and prises
awarded. Late In the afternoon the
Crowd dispersed, having had a very
pleasant day.
In *plte of the gloomy day the sec
and quarterly conference of the St.
John and Itemhert circuit was heln
fjl Salem church Saturday.
The presiding elder. Rev. W. I. Her?
bert, preached a very forceful ser?
mon, after which tbe ladles served a
alee dinner on the grounds. After
dinner tbe huatnees of conference was
carried out very successfully. Again
en Sunday morning Rev. Herbert
preached to a large congregation.
Our school at this place closes on
next Tuenday. the 23rd and It Is with
Sincere regret we five up our effi?
cient ?nd amiable teacher. Miss Car?
rie l?ove. even for vacation, and we
shall all look forward with great
pleasure to Miss Csrrle's return In
the tarly fall.
New r-.lui. Ml '*Opp<K|tlon."
Da arson News.
Hen is a new kind of Joint debate.
Over n Toom'-s county two candidat?
es f??r the Legislature h ive agreed to
wake their ?agggSjdSJSJ t?>.?ther. One
of them will plow for t o farmer
while the other mates his cause. Then
thj* other will plow while the other
pSSJI will ..O/ite his case. No matter
h one t? elected his present rob?
in politic* will l.f more benftt than
sver 'again
That Ris?^?%e|t K-gg.
Monro. Advertiser.
A leghorn to n it a ?'onne. ticut
poultry show recently laid an >>gg on
whlh It Is aatd. was an excellent Por?
trait of Th. ...b i. Ilaaastralli How ap?
propriate If there's anyone ?ho run
esckle more than our Ex-President
or make a hlgeer noise, we are yet
to find hm.
\ < orni-fioii.
In the article concerning gal ar?
rent of J. K. hslrd prlnte<i in the
Item It wan -tat?d th.it Mr. Italrd was
an actor. He wishes this statement
corre< ted. as he is not an leior, hut
merely the leaner of the A ideni\ i f
Music, and not connected with tbe
companies which he books for vaude?
ville performances.
FlF.LD DAY AT MANNING.
Meet ??f County Schools Sur|MSH Ex?
pectations?The Winners.
Manning. April 21.?About twenty
sc lools were represented in Claren?
don County's first field day, which
was observed ..ere Friday, and prov?
ed a gsjegega beyond the expectations
of the prime movers and promoter*.
There were approximately three hun?
dred entries for the various schedul?
ed events, and all the pan clpants ac?
quitted themselves with great credit.
Not only was there a large number of
teachers and pupils present, but lb*
fathers and mothers and brothers and
alsters were here In great number,
and altogether the occasion proved to
be quite a gala event. The attend
l n -e was estimated aa numbering 1,
50c to 2.000. and when the dinner
svas spread in the adjacent Thames
grove there was abundance and to
spare.
Owing to a lack of time several
contest events were not carried out.
In the literary contests each school
was entitled to one entry for each
grade, and In several instances there I
was marked rivalry as to who should
have the honor of entering the con
testa In the spelling contests prizes]
were won by the following: Grade S, i
Lula May Turner. Manning. Grade
3. Frances Mood, Summerton. Grade
4, Mary Gentry, Summerton. Grade
I, Mamie Harvtn, Pinewood. Grade
t. Sudle Davis, Summerton. Grade 7,
Jeanette Plowden, Manning. Grade 8,
Emily Geiger, Manning. Grade 9, Vlv- j
Klan Curtis, Paxvllle. In the reading
contest the following were the prise
winners: Grade 1, primer, Ora Haley,
Deep Creek. First reader, Sarah
Leseene. Manning. Grade 2, Craven
Bradham. Grade 3, Mary Pass. Grade
4, Allen Harvin. Grade 5. Violet An
drews. Grade 6, Isabella Thomas? j
jail of Manning. In the declamation'
contest for girls the prize was won
by Lucy Wilson, and In the oratori?
cal contest for boys, Julius Mood, of
Summerton, won first, and-Haley,
of Deep Creek, won second.
In tie outdoor athletic contests
prices were won as follows: Girls,
apple race. Addle Weinberg, Manning.
Hoop race. May Hodge, Harvin.
Boys, 100-yard dash. Herbert Sls
tiunk. Manning. Broad Jump, Oscar
I nlth. Turbevllle.
7n the match game of basket ball
between Summerton and Manning.
the former proved the winner, while
in the basoball game between Sumter
visitors proved easy
winners.
delighted with the
; st field day, and no
doubt greater preparation will be
made next year, and the event look?
ed forward to with redoubled Interest.
WOULD NC UNMARRIED.
A YUiting Couple Find Life Made up
of sham and Dggggi,
Florence Times.
Not very long ago the clerk of
'?ourt married a couple from Harts
who came down to the best
town in the State to start off their
Hf| of connubial bliss, and they got
a license here and they w?re mar
i i d by the clerk of court, as above
stated. You may Imagine the rude
shock which the genial clerk got a
few d;?\* later. when he tfot a letter
from the supposed happy groom ask?
ing that the marriage lie annulled,
for. he said, "that woman had no
nno/e hair on her head th; n a tur?
nip." Me was prepared for rats
and trimmings, and smaller fakes,
but for a complete sell like that he
would not stand for.
Heal I -t?te Transfers.
The following transfers of real es?
tate were left In the office of the coun?
ty clerk of court during the past week
to he recorded:
Curtis V. Kamsey to II. I). Ham
*e\, ?; acre* In county, $423.
I'artv Maples, alias llarby Maphs
|C F W A. F.ultman. lot In Sumter
township. $25.
B. i>. u?e to Heui Estate Molding
[Company, lot on eoener Harvin and
Liberty street. |ii,t#g4
F. W. itlce to M, J. Frederick, lot
In city with buildings. $3,450.
Margaret Y. Mtatialll to George L
Rleker, 2-3 arrea in 111y, $r,no.
R, I>. Be... I, C. Strauss, and Davis
D Hoger, executors, to c, o. Row*
land, lot on Broad street. $1.K00.
Charles (i. Rowland to Mrs. S. W.
\l< Kay lot on Rroad street. $.r. and
? ither conetd< ration.
it u said Preei lent Tail carried
New Volk <'itv with the small expen
? iiture of |l,egg, while ei. Roosevelt
lOOt It in spite of the expenditure of
%:.'.* 12?'.. Dims that Indicate reform
?fflOggj the voters of the metropolis''
Wilmington star.
One realises now why so many
braVS -hips In the old days, before
wireless, were 'never heard from
again." Washington Post.
FARMERS'
UNION NEWS
Practical Thoughts for Practical
Farmer*.
(?Conducted by M. W. Dabbs. Pres
ident *. C. Farmers Unlsa.)
DIVERSIFICATION IN FARMING.
?ssay Written b| Chas, Ri< haul l'ur
BJSJUl lieall in City National Bank
Man Content.
A diversified system In farming is |
opposed to the one crop system.
There may be countries in the world
where men cannot raise more than
one or at most, two crops. Hut what
we have to consider in this essay is
the merits of the one crop system as
that word is used in the South where
we live and the system by which
farmers grow about everything they
need or may sell to others who do not
raise anything but who must eat. The
latter Is diversification.
The merits of the two systems can
be seen only by comparing them, not
only in theory but In practice. For
we find that when men talk about the
two systems, nearly every man will
admit that the diversification system
Is the most reasonable and should
bring the best results. Hut when we
look around we see that nearly all
men follow too closely the one crop
system.. In this State and the en?
tire cotton belt, men will tell you that
we have a natural monopoly on cot?
ton In the South and that, therefore,
we ought to plant mainly cotton and
with the money got by selling cotton,
buy the others things we need and
must have. Hut neither reason nor
experience confirms this view of
things. Let us put together the ar?
guments or reasons that favor the
system of diversification in farming.
First, where men grow one or even
two crops only, they are subject to
periods Of great suffer.ing when that
crop or those crops fail. We sec an
Instance of this fact in our experience
In tht> cotton belt the past year. We
raised the largest cotton crop in the
history of the world; and in con?
sequence we were Impoverished by
our plenty, so to ?peak. Ws could not
In many, if not most cases, pay the
cost of the Crop With it. And If it had
not been that WS raised some corn
and other things to eat and had some
credit, we would now be dependent
upon the charity of the world. It
was divsrslflactlon that saved US from
this fate. We found that we had
raised too milch cotton, the world
would not buy It for what It cost, we
had very little to eat and the situa?
tion affords the strongest argument
for the system of diversification that
the South has ever had. It may be
seen then that the more closely the
South follows the one-crop system the
mors likely we are to face an occas?
ional famine of every thing that we
really need to sustain life and mako
us happy. Comparing our State with
the West where they produce the
food of the world, we And them hap?
py and prosperlous. It will thus be
seen too that a one-crop system Is a
disastrous one In proportion to the
rank the crem takes as a supporter of
life. If we had produced a surplus
of the good things of life, the thim^s
that immediately support life, we
would have been much better off, for
we would at least have been able to
live at home.
If It were the case that the one
crop grown by any community can
be grown so much more cheaply than
all Others that It pays better to buy
the others, the argument for a one
crop system would have considerable
weight of which It is deprived here m
ths South. We have demonstrated
In many places and times that we
can grow here in South Carolina
about SVSrythlng that WS need and at
a cost that leaves a very large profit.
The South has grown more corn to
the sere than the boasted corn beltj
more oats than the oats belt; cheaper
hogs than the pork ladt; as good
mules at as small cost a he horse
belt, our cattle ?an compare with
the best anywhere when they have
the range ami attention that the cat?
tle expert would provide for them
snywhere else, our graslng facilities
very easily can be made to
surpass those of any Other portion of
the United States, There is not a
month In the year when our cattle
may not grate the open Heids, and as
for winter feeds, we have the most
valuable In the world in cotton seed
meal and hulls which the Northern
States And it profitable to use after
paying freight on them for h thousand
miles. We have the best market In
the world for dalrj producta and
meats, for horses and mules ami al?
most anything lo eat, simply becau ?
p is in? freight on these things thej
bring big prices, Naturally, we have
the paradise of Ihe diversified farm
sr,
\ third reason for a diversified sys
lern and posslbl) the strongest rea
son Is the effect such a system has
upon the fertility of the soil. It is
an admitted fact that the one crop
system gradually impoverishes the
land,, the farmer's ehief capital, and
that diversification may be the means
of an unlimited increase in fertility.
For dlverslficatl on makes it possible \
to adopt rotation. Without diversi?
fication, rotation is an impossibility,
and without rotation there Is no per?
manent fertility. The reason of the
great value and real necessity of ro?
tation Is to be found In the fact that
continual cropping in one crop will .
exhaust the elements of plant food
in the richest soil, while a system of |
rotation may be made to restore these
lost elements. It is a wise provision
of the Great Maker ol the world that
ths leguminous crops have the power
to gather the nitrogen from the air
and store it up in the soil, and nitro?
gen is the most costly of all plant
food. The South has a long list Of
these legumes that extend their sea?
sons over the entire year and the
growing and feeding of them will
not only keep our land at its present
state of fertility but may be made to
increase it. It is a well known fact
that a crop of peas or other legumes
will make land richer and this fact
has made growing of cow peas one
element in a rotation on practically
every Sotuhern farm. The practice
of feeding legumes to stock on the
ground is not so often practiced, but
this one element in a diversified sys- 1
tern can be well adopted to still fur
ther add to the fertility of our land.
It is an admitted fact that a crop of .
legumes fed upon the land adds no }
less to the fertility than if the same
crop were turned under, but all the
meat or butter or wool or mules will
be that much clear gain over the
plan of turning under so good a feed |
crop. !
It will then appear that a system of |
diversification may be made to pay j
our fertilizer bills, the greatest tax
upon the Southern fainter. Imagine
the great profit in the cotton crop If
We eould make it without buying
any commercial fertilizer I have
read that this State paid in 11? 10 about
$16 to the acre upon the cotton land
for fertiliser*. That would of it
?eIf be a handsome profit on the crop
if it COUld !??' saved. And it seems
easily possible to save it if we would
only make our fertilizers with legumes
instead of buying them in sacks. If
the cotton belt would riant half it
land in cotton and the other half in
grain and legumes, and feed cattle
and hops on these last crops, the en?
tire fertilizer bill could be cut out,
for we would not need the stuff. We
would each of us have a home fer?
tilizer factory, making the beet man
tire in the world, costing us nothing .
a ton; for before the legume goes
back to the ground as manure it has
more than paid for the cost of grow?
ing it in cattle and heg and horse
feed. To look at it from the other
side, under this system we would
grow the finest horses and mules,
the finest beef cattle and the fattest
hogs costing us nothing at all. For
the feed we grow for them is worth
as manure more than it cost to grow
it; and all the stock that have con?
verted the growing crop into money
as live stock, has got its feed for
nothing. In this way of planting
there would seem to be no end to the
Increase of fertility, and hardly any
limit to the amount of stock we could
produce. And one of the chief gains i
from the system would be the effect
it would have upon the price of cot?
ton. For it is admitted that if we did
not m.?ke more than ten or twelve
million bales, we would get more
money for the crop than we got for ;
our sixteen rr illion-bale crop.
Finally, why is it that we do not
adopt the diversification system if it
is so superior to the other? I have
heard that there are at least three
reasons:
First, we have planted cotton so I
long that we do not know how to-1
do anything else and we are so set in
our ways that we do not want to
learn: second, we have got so in the
habit of buying our fertilizers that we
think this way is the easiest, and the
fertilizer agent tries to keep us from
seeing the light; and third, the credit
system on which cotton is the only
money crop, the only crop upon
which the farmer can i orrow money
and buy supplies. But in reply to
i" ?!*u arguments it may ! said that If
the farmer raised hi-* supplies he
w?.nld not need to buy "'hem and
would not need the CTOult; if he rjis
e l ?tock and made h s manure he
would not need to bU) C< rtllUors; and
ly the time he had tl ji - these two
things awhile, he w< > \, . ao ay#II
off and so satisfied with the system
of diversified farming that he could
not be persuaded to go back to th?
one-crop, all-cotton system.
Roy Scouts Have (iood Time.
Friday afternoon the Boy Scouts of
Game Cock Troop hiked out to Po
calla Springs, where they spent the
afternoon. The occasion was a very
enjoyable one for all, baseball, boat?
ing, swimming being the chief at
trction.
The scouts were under the super?
vision of Scout Master Witherspoen
and Patrol Leader Brown. Some took
the trip on bicycles, but the majority
made it on foot, the return trip being
begun shortly before 6 o'clock and
the scouts arriving in town before
dark.
Representing the Furman Fitting
School, Mr. B. K. DeLorme. of Sum
ter. was winner of the 100-yard dash
last Saturday in the Piedmont annual
track meet.
OVER 65 YEARS'
EXPERIENCE
Patents
TRADE MARKS
Desk, ins
Copyrights Ac.
Anyone sending a sketch and description may
quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an
invention is probably patentable. Communica?
tions strictly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patente
sent free. Oldest agency for securing'patent*.
Patente taken tnrouuh Mann a Co. receive
tpteial notvet, without charge. In the
Scientific American.
A handsomely Illustrated weekly, i.antest cir?
culation of anv scientific Journal. Terms. S3 a
year; four months, f l. Sold by all newsdealers.
MUNN&Co.36'6""**" New York
Branch Office. 6? F 8U Washington. D. C
What
Ask Your Docter and He Will Say Sew Standard Central Needle Way,
Come and see our DEMONSTRATION DURING THIS WEEK. All kinds
of fancy work done on the New Machine. Also the latest line of seams
done with the new attachments.
E. Liberty St. VOGEL Sumter, S. C.
"Feed Dr. Hess Stock Tonic on Three
MonthsTe^t at Our Expense."- -Dr. Hess & Clark
This is what Dr. Hess & ('lurk write us and we stand ready to make good that guarantee to the
letter.. It it dt>esu't pay, rctiani to us the empty packages am) we will refund your money.
reeding I>r. Hum Stock Tonic 4s just like applying fertilizer to the soil. Fertiliser makes tlie soil
yield; Dr. Hess SUx:k Tonic make* the digestive organs .?ouvert more feed into growth.
Sometimes 50 per cent of the food a healthy animal eats Is found undigested in the manure. If
tikis wasn't true, how could we faton our hogs on the corn that losses through the other gfuek undigest?
ed? Feeding medical Ingredients will replace tills waste. Every medical writer In the tuiUerse says so.
Saving a part of the wasted nutrition by Increasing digestion is known as the Dr. Hess Ideal of
Stock feeding. Get this idea firmly In your mind. Do not allow the system to waste half of your feed_
save a part of tills waste. Kvery particle you save means protit to yourself.
_.Hundreds of Herds made Immune from the_
So-called Hog Cholera Epidemic by Feeding Dr. Hess
^s= Stock Tonic.
Dr. Hem A Clarke are having hundreds of lot tor*, from stockmen all over Uie corn helt that are
saving their herds from tl?e ravage* of the Hog Cholera Epidemic by feeding Dr. Ilesn Slock Tonic and
dhnnfeotlng the pens and sleeping quarter* with Dr. Hess Dip and disinfectant.
Poultry Pan-a-ce-a ?j
Tonic
is guaranUiil to core poultry Ills and makes tieivs |ay. It has
same growth and egg prmlurlng function as Dr. Heas Stock
One extra egg will pay for all the I'an-a-ce-a a lieu eats for throe monttis.
iii-iaoi l^oiise Killer Kills lice.
A. A. STRAUSS & COMPANY,
ii
PHONE NO. 85.
SUMTER, S. C