The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 12, 1912, Image 4
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All communloatlgns ahleh sub
eorve private Interests will be charged
fer as advertisement*
Obituaries and tributes of respect
will be charged for.
The Sumter Watchman was found?
ed in 1t&0 and the True Southron in
ItOt- The Watchman snd Southron
now ha* the combined errculstlon and,
influent cf both of the old papers,
snd Is manifestly the b?*t advertising
medium In Sumter.
i >
The grand Jury has taken hold of
ths Shtloh matter with firm grasp and
the accused men all] probably be
speedily arrested, unless they flee the
State before the machinery set in
motion by the grand Jury has time to
be put Into efttdt. When Young and
11 orris are once* In custody the whole
disgusting case can be thoroughly In?
vestigated and sifted to the bottom.
The outbreak of war between Tur- <
key and the Balkan States may
mark the beginning of the end of the
Mohamedan empire in Europe an.f
the expulsion of the Turks; but, then
again. It may mean the loss of the
measure of independence the small
Balkan klngdpms and principalities
now enjoy, it all depends upon the
attitude of the great powers?Austria,
Russia, Germany. France and Eng?
land. If it is to their financial and
commercial advantage for the Turks
to be driven out of Europe the Bal?
kan States will receive the money and
other backing necessary to carry the
war to success, but If the maintenance
of Turkish rule at Constantinople Is
advantageous to the great powers the
Balksn States will not be given a free
hand and they will not be able to ob?
tain money or monitions of war.
Tha greatest danger In the situation
is that the condlctlng Interests of the
great powers may Involve one of
more of them In the hostilities and
a goffered wer will result with the
fra^ir^m* ??f ihe ?rklsh empire as i
|ht prise. ;f come* t' t... ? the
Balkan s?. itt s. erf be wiped out in
the struggle gag th< map of t< uth
SSgjh r?? Cut ope will '.e made SVi
e e e
The null Moose party is being
dnaaced by the big trust magnates
who have ea ranch money that they
do sot know what to do with it.
therefore cami>algn money is easy
and rbundant consequently It follows
logically that those who get Into the
Inner circle wtjh have rtrh pickings In
the division of the legitimate cam
pnlgs exp.ns.-s. so called. This is
shout all there is to the Bull Moose
movement In South Carolina.
e e e
Ninety per cent of the voters of
the county are more interested in the
bettle between the Bed Sox and
Olsnts than tn the presidential cam?
paign.
f see
Sumter county could easily con?
tribute 11.000 to the Wilson cam?
paign fund and should make It at
lesst IS00 without !oss of time,
es?
Wilson is the people's candidate
snd they should provide the money
to pa> the csmpalgn expenses. Wil?
son Is a poor man and cannot fin.in ?
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his own campaign, and he will SC? j
cept no money from the Perkins
Munsevs and other trust made mil?
lionaires.
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The cotton crop Is notfwhat It wna
last year but the hay SfWJ In lamtef
Cossen] i ? gtetfchTsg gre .i
ess
t'ol. l '.i -o.se \ e|t has balled so rn m>
thruthful men liars and denounced fo
-pany true statements as false that It
has t ecome a joke end the majority .
of sens'*.)?? p.-oph- have come to Ig?
nore his wild talk and regard hi
denunebitlofi as proof of the
truth of the statements denounced
see
The Stllloli fugitives >ave either
deps-ted for ,,fhi r St ites or retired
deeper Into the rOeOSOOl of 1 ?1?) s B I
This Is mere surmise, but It ts I fact
that the warrant Issued for their .ir?
rest bv MnsMr.te flayer of Sblloh
ha?" n??t yet been served. They m 11
be guilty is alleged, or thty m.iv bs
Innocent, but when wart ?? t is I*
-ssed it should be ?sfeed), if the law li
not to tie r o.eked and made ? - no ac
count. Tb.? grand Jury hSi Igfceg the
correct p< sltlon. but ?t remain* to
be seen whether or n't Itl recom?
mendation ? will BS regarded.
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f..ims S|he killed f. trl-tein. has
been reeomm- tub d fof I pardon by
the pardon board and lo win doubt
lesa be a free man as soon (s tl
?psrdon mill resumes operations Hu?
man life is the cheapest commodity
In South Carolina,
FARMERS'
UNION NEWS
Traction! Though im ft*r PraeUoal
FanuerH.
(Conducted by K. W. Dahl?, Pres?
ident S. C. Farmers Union.)
Some Random Thoughts.
For three days now I have pre?
sented the Ideas advanced in the
Sumter County Union by President
Williams on local unions buying and
selling, and the related one of uni?
formity of crops and stock to make
a community noted for its products.
At Darlington, Cowards and Mere at
Mulling there were no crowds, but
those present were earnestly see k -
Ins; for beter methods. Today Bro.
S. H. Hobba, of North Carolina,
spoke on farming as a business, and
his remarks were calculated to make
the truths \ have presented more Im?
pressive.
( The following leter from Wisconsin
is from the Secretary of the State
h?e,rd of public affairs who gave me
the privilege of giving them out in
this State today. K. W. W
Madison, Wls? Oct. 9.?Ninety
per cent of the cranberry crop of
Wisconsin is handled by co-operative
companies which net an average re?
turn of $5,000 per year to each *of
their members.
?Thlrty-i hree thousand barrels of
cranberries," explains John Sinclair
of the Wisconsin State Board of
Public Affairs in a recent report on
"Agricultural Co-operation," "were
marketed during the season of 1911,
returning to the 40 growers a little
more thai $6 a barrel. In other
words, more than $200,000 was re?
turned to the forty men in the cran?
berry business In this State?or the
remarkable average returns of $5,
000 each. This fact will be more
significant when it Is realised that
the total expenses are only from one
eighth to one-tenth of the gross re?
ceipt*. Much of the success of th4s
movement !? due to the organising
genius of John A. Oaynor, of Grand I
Rapids, at the present time seore
ary of the Wisconsin Sales Company."
Results similar to those obtained
"h rough Co-operation by the cranber- 1
ry growers were a'so secured by the
frultmen and oreuardlate who mar?
keted their cn>p* co-operatively.
Some of the more important co-oper?
ative enterprises lor Winconsin fruit
growers besides "the largest and old?
est," the Sparta Growers' Association
organised In May. 189?. are the Wis?
consin Cranberry Sales Company, al?
ready mentioned, the Door County
Fruit Exchange, the Bayfleld Penln
sulia Fruit Association and the
Wash bum Fruit Growers Assoclstton.
The opportunity t>r developing the
fruit growing Industry of Wtsconsin
by the organization and perfection of
co-operative marketing agoncle* ks
an unusual one. For as Mr. Sinclair
points out, the State of Wisconsin is
located In one of the AneSt fruit
belts in the United States. Its rlim.tte
and soil are well adapted to tlio rais?
ing of fruit. AppleS. peers p^ch***..
plums. strawberries. raspbOfrfef,
grapes and emnbetriea can be suc?
cessfully grown nn a comiissrelnl
scale iri many BSCtlOM of the Mate.
The apples of Crawf rd, LS FngWttO,
Iowa and certain of the other CO IUI*
ties are among the finest grown in
the United States and yet Wisconsin
does no! take its plnce beside Wash?
ington, Oregon Idaho. Colorado ?>r
Michigan as A fruit raising State. The
?? tson. many generally believe, 's th it
the frultmen of Wisconsin have not
until recently recognized the advan?
tages to be derived f:oil. co-oper?
ation.
"lni ssl Igntl n," Mr. Sine >>r com?
ments "reveals that these States
have grasped the opportunity to com?
mercialise then- orchards, standardise
i
their piodic t> and m irk< I co-?pera?
lively, Tens of thousnndi ol farmers
have settled In Ihe west ?ml hundreds
of thousands ?>! young fruit trees
have been planted. The growen In
..me og these sections organised al?
most soon as they commenced
M, irk. t ng their Ars! fruit, othen
organised for4 market purposes on!)
whan necessity forced them to do so,"
Wisconsin Will ne\f| stand out i'
.i fruit growing Mate commercially
until the old-time farmer*! orchard,
who it llften Im* a half do/, n different
kind- ol apples growing on one acre
of land, is eliminated, the im1? stand?
itrdlted by localities or counties and
? o?operntlvc m irkt ling " cuplei
larger plnct In out horl leull ore.
a t-p in this direction, Mr. Sin
clnlr fcelleve, has been taken bj lh<
w i oi sin ? t ih Hort It ulttiral Socl<
In its estahllshmi nl of *iif?- en ti
oft hsr 11 .. ob h hav.n pi iced
lb. following point* Wausau n \l i
nttlfjfl ' untj : Popul ir I -I Maple
Dorglns County; M n h ? < ? In Mm
towoc County; Hurron in Hai ton
County; Whitehall In Trempealeau
County; Sparta in Monroe County;
(Jay's Mill in Crawford County; Lake
Geneve In Walworth county; stur
Ko<?r. Hay in Door County; Milwaukee
in Milwaukee County and presumab?
ly Baraboo in Bauk County.
Experience shown that the estab?
lishment of co-operative fruit ex?
changes by the growers themselves
i rinRF i bout the better sorting, crat?
ing, packing and marketing of fruit,
and tin llnal result is better prices
and getter profits.
The paragraph ahove about stand?
ardSsatlon Of the fruits of Wisconsin
remind? me of the State Warehouse
bill, At Darlington <>n Monday my
remarks about eliminating the num?
erous varieties pf cotton, and plant?
ing only one, that the best adapted to
each neighborhood, met with hearty
commendation. .
That a sa\ing of $22"?.000.000
<OUld -e made to the consumers and
producers of the farm produce of
this c lUntry through co-operative
buying and selling is the opinion of
John Sinclair, of the Wisconsin Leg?
islative Reference Library,
For the purpose of devising some
plan whereby consumers could re?
duce t ie cost of living by paying less
for treir food products while the
farmeis of the State would, at the
same time, receive more for their
crops ind produce, more than a year
ago Mr. Sincla^* was sen;, by the
Wisconsin State Board of Public Af?
fairs, to England, Denmark and other
Europ?an countries In which co-oper?
ative marketing has succeeded), tow
study the methods followed t?h?rre
and to determine whether or not
these would be applicable to Wiscon?
sin ctnditlons. A report but lately
Issued by thlH department contains a? i
summary of bis findings which should
be of unusual interest to the consum- i
ers ard producers of the State. i
The farm produce of this country I
is worth about 19,000,000,000, and
assuming that half of this represents
the cost of marketing under the
present system, Mr. Sinclair, in this
report, estimates that at least five per
cent cf the dher half could be saved
by the producers by having their own
co-operative managers and sales
agenttt. This would mean a net
gain to the people of $225,000.000.
And the experience of co-operators in
Ireland andl Denmark, as told in Mr.
SlwcU.ir's report, was thai many
time* five per cent could be saved.
Tho great asm of co-operstkvn. ac?
cording to this investdgator, le to in
creas I production and to get the prr>
'dViot' to the voifsamer as economical?
ly as possible. Getting the product
into the hands sf the* eons^nsser is,
of course; a< vwyr intricate process
wher? growers and cons am ers are as
far removed) from ?ach other as the/y
are at the prosen? time, laterally ;
enotiirh the large pcoduosrs can not
attend personally to* all of the cftttalh* I
of transportation asd1 marketing of
their output off prod'aeo. The?." ?an, '
however, hin? competent m?ea at B*gu- ?
lar salaries to property take ease of |
some of these prtuseM nt psrodfuction, \
and marketing; Hur they can -only
sJFord to do tilts \+r ao<-epeisnUssx I
with other prodlicurs. I
Fettretary Wilsen at the? Depart?
ment of Agriculture, has estimated
that btlt ??'?per OtSJt of what the COB- '
suaser pays for hij proeTnet ever got*
back to the farmursi 5? th*? prssgnt j
charges of distributing and retailing
Bam producta i>* private sfiwcesne
were not excessive, there would \w. rjo- I
need of changing As system. Elut it
Is evident rhat 60 per eenl of the
selling price is a high rate to pay for
putting the products into the con
aumer's hands. Eaperlenee >n other
countries and to ar lessee degree in
this, has already gene far to shew
that co-operative wgnnrtM give im
proi ed service at a lurgely diminish?
ed coat, How Important a further
application of this principle is. may
be Judged from the fact that the
present annual retailing value lof |
farm produce ini this country is about
$0,000,000,000. Assuming that half
of this represents the cost of mar?
keting under the ptessnl .system, and
If but Ave per cent of tho other half
could be aWied to the producers by
hiring their own co-operative man?
agers and sales SgsntS, it would stfill
mean a net gain of $225,000,000.
Co-operatton unquestionably
accomplish more through the savings
which product rs may realise by con?
ducting their own distribution, timn
through Increases In the wholesale
price obtained, Wa need a bettor
sdjustmenl of supply t?> demand,
which will rn iK? ii possible to uwu
ket commodities when and where
the) will bring the largest net return.
The time lias now arrived for the
I glitte of Wl nnaln t?? take an active
Interest Itt the co operative move?
ment within its bordera, Wisconsin
J has passed through the pioneering
stage of Industry int<? one whore co?
operation has become well establish?
ed and what la noe needed i ofWcial
re ognltion and central organisation,
I .. ? DM- add ti. tl abO> e til.lt J |?
is time for the farmers of South Car
odnu through the Fiirnicrs' Union to
<iuit talking about the good nf or?
ganization, and proceed i?? organise.
The tirst step is to join the Union ? > ti<i
the next is to make out of the Union
a clearing house for our products.
We can do it to the mutual advantage !
of ourselves and of our customers.
E ,W, D.
Kooky Bluff News Notes.
Kocky Bluff. Oct. 10.?The saying
"make hay while the sun shines," is
being eirrried out in this section, for
everybody that is able is making good
USC of this fine weather we are hav?
ing now.
Mrs. Mary J. Cato spent Saturday
night and Sunday with Mrs. J. J. Hat
lield.
Mis. W. Jones, of Concord. Is spend?
ing some time at her brother's. Mr.
J. P. Josey's.
There was qdite a number of peo?
ple from Sumter, Mayesville and Os
wego, besides our own community at
the Baker school house last Sunday
to witness the Evans-Mclntosh mar?
riage. The young couple received
several nice presents that were both
useful and ornamental.
The stork visited Mr. and Mrs. H.
H. Winkles on September 3<> and left
them a sweet baby girl.
The friends of Messrs. J. J. Hat
field And (?. I*. Josey are glad to see
them out again after their recent Ill?
ness.
?t??mi?**mmmmmmmm?.mm mm , ?.v~**
LIME?Sot agricultural lime, hut
Shell lime properly ground for ag?
ricultural purposes and ready for
use. in even weight sacks, by Varn
Oj Platt Co. orders solicited and
promptly tilled. Thos S. Sumter.
PLANTATION FOR SALE?The old j
"Shaw Place." three and one-half I
miles from Bishopville, containing
one hundred .sixty acres. Over one
hundred thirty-fire acres now cul?
tivated; yearly rental of nearly
seven hundred dollars. In good '?
Community, one rnlle of school and I
near Mt. Zion Church. Address T. J
E, Cooper, ?t. Charles, S. C.
Mr. Bugen? Joaey ls beginning to
improve junt the le;ist hit. For more
than a week he was not expected t >
live, hut nil doctor announced this
morning thai he has hopei of hi*
r? < <> \ erjr.
I>itle Clara Wills has a>" had an
Attack of malarial t.\?r.
Several children of til ? neighbor?
ly ?ui hnva whooping Cough.
The Reason
Why
You should insist upon getting your bread
wrapped in an airtight wrapper as soon as it
leaves the baker's oven, where it has been
sterilized, while exposed to the steam heat.
Here is a statement From the l>e
part moot of Health. C hicago, III.
/ "?>ut ot a hundred loaves purchas?
ed from as many different shops In
the city of Chicago, 14 per cent were
each coated with more than lo.uoo
bacteria. As might he expected,
loaves < btalned from clean shops,
where all the surroundings are fa?
vorable have not nearly so many
germs clinging to them as loave?
kept under generally dirty conditions.
The difference between the bacterial
coating of wrapped and unwrapped
bread ii-- particularly suggestive. In
no case did the bacterial contamina?
tion of wrapped bread reach a high
figure. On the other hand. more
than half of the unwrapped loaves
(62 per cent) were coated with over
a thousand bacteria."?From "Ba?
ker's Kevfew."
"Mother's Bread '?It's Wrapped.
The New York Bakery.
O'DonneU & Co
Shoe Department
^ SIDE from the requirements of the inner
=T7r man, there is nothing that figures so much
="1 in the expense account of a large family
as their footwear. Every family in this and ad?
joining counties is familiar with the brands of
shoes we handle?the old folks have been wearing
them, the middle aged folks have been wearing
them, and the children, all with PERFECT SATIS?
FACTION.
IT may sometimes happen that a pair
of shoes will go wrong, but every
pair of our shoes goes out of our house
"Backed by our Guarantee."
Patronize Home Industry.
It may not be generally known that Sumter has a shoe factory of its
own in which we are interested, and in addition to our regular lines, which
are a household word in nearly every home, we have put in a line of these
Sumter Shoes, which for the present they are making for men only, and
while we do not claim to know everything about a shoe, we believe they are
a s good as any we have in our house for the same money. They are not in?
tended to adorn the feet in a ball room, but they are built for service on
the plantation, and we would like every man whom we call a customer to
try a pair of them and we feel assured the result will be satisfactory to
him. The price is
$2.50 a Pair.
O'Donnell 6 Co.,
Svimter.
South Carolina