The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 23, 1912, Image 7
FARMERS'
UNION NEWS
Practical Thought* for I'm*-Ural
farmer*.
(Conducted by E. W. Dabbs. Pres?
ident 8. C. Kann era Union.)
Some Random Thoughts.
The cabinet suggestion of the News
and Courier pr nted below shows a
fin* dlscrlmlnat on and appreciation
of one of the brainiest men of the
new south. Clarence Toe would In?
deed he a great acquisition to Ifcs
t>e,>artment of Agriculture aa Its head
The only question that Is puzzling
some of his frlenda Is can the agri?
cultural preaa spare him to the great
work of Hecretary of Agriculture
The work he la now doing la ao great
and ao Important that the sec
retaryabip of agriculture would not
be a promotion, except In giving hltn
official recognition
"There la. however, another North
Carolinian who. notwithatanding hia
youth, measures up well to what
should be expected of the occupant
of thl? important porfollo. We refer,
of course, to Elltor Clarence Poe, of
of The Progreaalve Farmer, publish?
ed at Raleigh. We believe that he
would do great things if called to this
particular cabinet position. Hla views
are aound as often as thoae of any
saan we know and they are fresh and
courageous sa well. He has an opep
mind and he has studied agriculture
not only in Itself but also In ita rela?
tion to the. life of the people in every
pert of America and in Europe and
the Orient aa well If he were in?
vited to Washington there would be
a rattling of dead bones In the depart
ment whoa* chief claim upon public
attention in theae latter yeara baa
been the acandula with which its ad?
ministration has aeethed."
see
As usual Uro. Harrett gets down to
the meat in the cocoanut. Kind the
man with the mlaalonary spirit who
can put up with the < rusadcrs aa well
aa nobility of the farmer, and who
can stay by him tnrougb successes
as well as diacouragementa. and we
have found the greatest lever for
movlnr him that there Is In the
world "the person il equation.
E. W. D.
? ? . ' n*cc<l Meal for
Dgtjgf] LoWS.
We have no oil mill in our town
from which to buy cottons' ed meal,
t lit we have a gin from which I can
buy cottons. < (I a: twenty-five cem.,
bushel. At what price for seed will
it be beat to buy need and feed
milk cows, rather than buy cotton?
seed hulls and meal?"
Hased on the average results of
numerous feeding trials one pound of
?fjttSjsj *??'! meal is equal In feeding
value to about 1.56 pound* of cotton?
seed This means that cottonseed a'
twent>-tl\e cents a buthel are as
< heap for feeding as cottonseed meal
at |23.N per ton.
But there is another matter thut
cannot be lost alght of when 'he feed?
ing of cottonseed or ita p'otucta to
dairy cows la conaldered. When
more than fo ir or five po inda of
either cotton**- d r cottonseei meal
Is fed In winter, the butter Is apt to
be reduced In qual.ty In summer,
when the tow* get silage, these, or
even slightly larger amounts of seed
or meal may be fed without injury
to the quality of the butter; in fact,
in summer the quality Is likely to be
Improved, but theae are about the
limit* to which seed or meal should be
fed to milk cows.
Sine** four or five pounds of seed Is
about as much a* may bi fed to an
average cow per day without Injury
to th?? quality a| the butt* r SJ d with?
out danger of causing the ow to
"sour." the ad antage is on he aide
of the meal waatg it Is desired |g make
as large pgfSJgg g| the ration as prac
tlcable from these pn du< t*. About
aa many pounds of one us of the oth?
er may be safety fed. but four or Iva
pounds of n.eal Is equal In feeding
value to j p..und*, or 7.75 pounds
cottonseed, which is a larger umount
of seed than can usually he f, d to
dairy ggSJI with the tost results.
Cottonseed hulls are fairly good |C
make up ? pirt of the roughneen
when they can be pur* baaed at the
right prices; but it is gejnbilgl If a
Virginia feeder can .ifford to buy bulls
because of the increase |sj pri. .-.
whi< ti v iii be added bj transporta?
ti??n alsajpsjen Thi* will depend on
the prb f of other mttffhnoss II eojg
pared with that of hulls, if ,,ur rO*U
er will glvr tb*? p . al market pre .'*
of hulls and h.t>n w- - ig then ?;..?
an opinion as to whether be should
r?u> hulls It is saf? to -t i?< howt ?? I
that he can pendsjei lilngi chsapei
than he can Sffod 11K rough
uge noctasary to fee I wifh the silage
than he can buy h ill* i'rogrcaslve
Farmer.
WOULD CHANGE INAUGURATION,
KcprcwentatHe Il?*m > Will Introdiuv |
urn Dsganitd ut lawl Union of i
Congress.
Washington. Nov. 20.? Represen
InttVt Henry of Texas, chairman of
the rules committee of the house, an?
nounced today that he Intended to
push the proposition for changing the
presidential Inauguration date from
March 4 to the last Thursday in April
In the coming short session. Mr. Hen?
ry said he would rointroduco the bill
defeated ir. the last MMlon and see m -
ed to be confident of its passage.
JFJU'SALKM IS GROWING.
Total Population Repotted to be He
IsTfJCfJ ho.ihm? aiul 90,000.
Jerusalem is growing rapidly and
several movements are on foot, In ad
Jltlon to those begun by Nathan Straus
iho philanthropist and others for the
amelioration of the living conditions
of the Jews there.
According to a report made to the
department of Commerce and LgDOl
tho population of Jerusalem, particu?
larly the Jewish part, has grown re?
markably and cbletly in the last -0
years, increasing In that period from
10,000 to not less than 50,000 out of a
total population ef between 80.000
and ?0,000.
' The Jewish Quarter within the
walled city," continued tho report,
"haji long been crowded and th? new
arrivals from Russia and Galicla,
Mokhara and Yemen, Persia and
Morocco have spread over the out?
skirts of the city, mainly to suburbs
to the northwest, off the Jaffa road,
dir Mosos Monteflore. the Anglo
Jewish philanthropist of the llth
century, did much for the ameliora?
tion of the housing conditions of the
Jewish population of Jerusalem, la
his honor a testimonial fund of about
1(6,000 was collected in Hnglasd
which has been employed in contin?
uation of the work he inaugurated.
"The money is used to make ai
vancee to local building societies on
condition of the members of the eo
citleu refunding part of the cost and
submitting their building plans for ap?
proval to representative* of the com?
mittee. The advances are repayable
without Interest In 10 years from com?
pletion of tho scheme and the money
is then again advanced for a fresh en?
terprise. In this way five suburban col?
onies have been erected, each contain?
ing 60 to 70 houses; In the newest of
them the minimum amount spent on
each dwelling was $1,000. Their Con?
stitution throughout is neat and sub?
stantial, theugh, owing to the le
markable rise |g the price of land near
the oity, the site on which this colony
is built cost four times as much per
miliare yard as that of the older set?
tlements. More space has been allow?
ed for the roads and trees have been
planted along thorn.
"OtHsf religious denominations have
erected Immense buildings around Je?
rusalcm, such as the Ofthodog Greek
convents on the Jaffa road and the
Mount of olives, the Roman Catholic
orphanage, and the Herman Protest?
ant Institution! by the Damascus
?tute and on the northern heights.
Hut they have not done anything con?
siderable for the improvemet of hous?
ing or the good laying out of suburbs.
The result is that between the abund?
ance of great stono churches and In?
stitutes there are rows of wretched
slums. A few wealthy Hoghara Jews
hive built line mansions, but there
ire few rich members among the
other Jewish communities of Je?
rusalem, and few who can afford to
build for themselves a decent house.
The project has therefore been
mooted in Kngland, of forming a
Hmall garden suburb outside Jerusa?
lem In which the bouses could be let
to the better c'ass artisans who can
afford to pay a re;it of $40 to $T>0 a
year. The idea of garden suburbs
has achieved striking popularity In
Kngland mi l Germany, and It Is rec?
ognized as offering the best solution
for the housing problem of the latge
industrial cities of our time, and at
the same time as fostering the h vc
of the hind and of nature wbich the
modern con entrution of tho popula?
tion in towns has threatened. At some
little distance from Jerusalem land
hi still ga purchased fairly cheaply,
and if i* calculated that ? lubstan
I tlal little bouse with half an acre
COUld be provided for about $1.000.
The garden spice could be planted
with figs and olives ami garden pro?
dUCS, foi which there is ? ready mar?
ket in the ally and thus the tenant
would >?.. jiMe f.i make a little income
by the ( lire of hll land. The tie lf-t h
would preserve the natural beauty -f
i the site, ami the supervision of th<
dwslllngi and the upkeep of roads and
common buildings srould he In ths
hands of o local committee, Com?
munlcaflon with the city would he
? tabltshsd by a dlltg? n.r buat un?
less the tramway concession) of
which so much has been heard, ma?
terialises, In erhielt case ths Una
mlghl he brought mil te the suburb '
I _t_
Mr C w. Chaadlsi of Rembert was
among those In toi n Tuesday,
JANUARY 1, 1912
WE HOPE TO BE IN OUR NEW
HANK BUILDING, COR. MAIN AND
LIBERTY STREETS. WIT HNFAV
AM) ENLARGED QUARTERS. WE
WILL BE BETTER PREPARED
THAN EVER TO SERVE THE PUB?
LIC.
OUR LATELY INCREASED CAP?
ITAL $200,uoo, AND A SURPLUS OF
160,000, ENABLES US TO TAKE ON
NEW BUSINESS AND WE INVITE
VOU To VISIT I S WHEN IN THE
CITY AND BECOME ACQUAINTED.
WE WILL BE GLAD TO SEE AND
KNOW YOU.
The BANK OF SUMTER
Tili: GREEKS IN Tin: WAR.
They Have Achieved Their Full Shape
of the Undertaking.
The surrender of Salonica, follow?
ing closely upon that of Monastlr,
marks the close of the Macedonian
campaign. In three short weeks the
Servian and Greek armies have over?
turned Turkish rule in two-thirds of
the Ottoman's European empire, de?
stroyed armies whose strength was
estimated at 200,000 and left him only
a few minor posts like Scutari, whose
fate is of no Importance to the main
struggle.
Had the Bulgarian campaign in
Thru 'e failed or even succeeded less
overwhelmingly the victories of Serb
and Greek would have insured the
practical extinction of Turkish rule
in Europe. It is only the tremen?
dous successes of the Rulgars which
have temporarily obscured the solid
accomplishments of the other two al?
lies. Tet in the general plan the
Greeks and Serbs have performed
their alloted share and the fall of Sa?
lonlea releases 219,900 soldisrs for
service in Thrsce.
The capital of a province having at
least 1,000,000 inhabitants and the
second city of Eurepean Turkey, Sa?
lonlea Is in a wiser sense the capital
of all Macedonis, which includes an
area of abort SO,000 square miles and
a population of 8,000,000. Over long
years Sera. BulRar and Greek have
all coveted it and rival asslrutions
kave engendered Jealousies that para?
lysed all attempts to unite these States
Austria, toe, looking toward the south
to btllld a new Mediterranean em?
pire, has long believed that when
Turkey was divided. Salonica would
fall to her share.
The close of the Macedonian cam?
paign naturally stimulates discussion
as to the partition of the captured
lands. What part Is to fall to each
ally? Before the war It Is understood
that a forntal compact outlining re?
spective spheres was drawn up. Hut
was Salonica Included or has the vic?
tory surpassed all expectations? There
have been plain intimations that Sa?
lonica is to be held in common by all
three, that Albania was to be creatod
an autonomous principality, but more
recently have come whispers that ap?
petites have Increased with success,
The announcement that the czar of
Russin has bean selected to arbitrate
between rival claimants indicates that
extreme care has been taken to avoid
any quarrel which might be fatal to
Ralkan hopes and invite tho Austrian
Intervention so dangerous to the new
confederation.
When the preseut war began, the
Bulgarian army commanded general
respect, but the forces of the Greeks
and Serv ians were rat? d as negligible
quantities Roth nations have com?
pletely shattered the opinions which
two unsuccessful wars have establish?
ed Ko imanovo may yet rank with
Kirk Klllsseh, and if the Greek battles
have been less considerable their suc?
cess has been invariable. Thus Motias
tir and Salonica dose gloriously a
campaign vs i?i? h marks the rehabilita?
tion 'n Ihe world's eyes of two little
Kalk,tu state*. New Fork sun
uTMTRR COTTON MARKET.
Corrected Dally by
Krnest Field, Cotton Buyer.
8umtera Nov. 31,
Qood middling 12 S?S
strict middling IS i t
Middling. 11 1-8.
Row middling 11 7-S.
strict Row middling 11 8-8.
Htaple cotton 13 to 16 l - 8,
Cotton Picking Machine a Dnoccoe.
lit,viand, N. C, Sun.
The fine Price -Campbell cotton
picking machine which Theodore II.
Price, of New York has been dem?
onstrating in Itobeson and Rich?
mond counties has proven a success.
It seems that orders have been giv?
en for one hundred of these ma?
chines. An account Pent out from
Maxton says:
During the demonstration here
Mr. Price counted out 25 cotton
rows, which represented one acre
on Mr. A. C. McKinnon's farm. He
then ran over six rows twice. The
second picking yielding only 10
pounds of seed cotton to the six
rows. This left some still on the
stalks and on the ground, but the
quantity was very inappreciable. To
show what was still left, he had a
negro man and his children to go
over one of the rows, they picking
all cotton from the ground and
elsewhere, taking a great deal more
care than hand pickers ever do, and
as a result only four pounds seed
OOtton was gathered from this and
B little of this taken from
the ground had fallen from stalks
on the adjoining rows on either
aide.
The field from which this was
picked was good average cotton
and will make a hale to the .acre,
hence the flight per cent Of the
cotton wast? d Is seen to be incon?
siderable. These careful tests were
made to meet the criticism that the
machine wasted a great deal of cad
ton and left Some On the stalk, but
the most skeptical and severest
critics were convinced that the ma?
chine was a success after seeing
the tests made.
As yet the machines are, in price,
out of reach of the small farmer,
though the farmer on Ji large scale
can easily make iL pay for itself In
a short time, as it costs only ^5
tents a hundred to pick with it,
whereas, you now pay from 50
cents to $1 a hundred, and a great
many times are unable to get it pick?
ed at all, thus losing it entirely.
The machine is a mammoth one
weighing more than two tons and
has a horse power from 35 to 38.
With all its size and weight it is
thoroughly adapted to working in
almost any kind of soil, but, of
course. Work! better in the' more
level Sections than where it is ex?
tremely hilly. ^he price of $5,000
is considered reasonable when its
accomplishments are considered, al?
though perhaps when they come in?
to more general use they can and
will be materially reduced.
New Ye?rk Cotxon Market.
New York. Nov. 21.
Open. Close.
January. 12.20 12.22?23
March.12.34 35 12.22?24
May .11.34?36 12.20?22
J?.ly. 13.86?37 12.IS -19
October. 12.69
December.. . .12.18?19 12.19?20
Qinners' report 10,292.
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Geo. H. Hurst,
t XBLIItTAkl.K AND I AIR AI Ml U
Prompt at tent loa to da,? er night
AT OT,? .). D. OKASU WAND, 202 N
.vssHsssw ~ Ui ens ?| .
Da? Ptoam* 3*0. Ntgan Ftma 201.
Whatever Your
Name Is
Potting it at tile bottom of a check in the be* possible way of
paying your bills; ihn, you'll never dispute an ac-count, because
you haw YOUR OWN RECEIPT.
It doeen't matter whether your account is large or small, me
want it. We 11 guarantee to mat a one dollar aecoum with the
same care as a KM) dollar account.
The Peoples' Bank.
Without Cojft to You
On one piece of paper you can have the amount in words and
figures; the name of person receiving payment; the date; if de?
sired the purpose for which payment is made; your own name
and a legal receipt.
A complete, systematic record of each one of your financial
transactions if you deposit your earnings with us and pay your
bills by check.
Fir^l National Bank.
to the
Business Community.
We extend the accommodations of a
Strong and Well Equipped Bank.
The Farmers' Bank & Trusu
Company.
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LAND LIME.
We are prepared to furnish this product at prices that will enable
every farmer to use it We have a very low price this year and
nothing will do your land more good, especially run down lands,
or low and sour land. It is necessary for all leguminous crops
such as Alfalfa, clover, vetch, peas, etc. Get our prices in car
lota or in smaller quantities. Samples on request.
BOOTH HARBY LIVE STOCK COMPANY,
SUMTER, S. C.
Porter-Snowden Co.
COTTON FACTORS AMD COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
I 90 e. bay street. Charleston, S. C.
All Cotton Handled on Commission.
Extra Staple Cotton a
Specialty
Would be Glad to Receive Consignments From You,
Which Will Command our Very
BEST ATTENTION
MOLES and WARTS
Removed with MOLESOFF, without pain or danger, no matter
how largei or how far rolaed above llie surface of the etna, And
they will never return, and no trace or sear will be left. MOU9B?
OFF is applied directly t?? the moi i: or WART, which entirely
disappears In about sis days, killing the germ and leaving the tain
smooth and natural.
Moi.r.sorr i?. put up onlj In tine Dollar botttea
Bach bottle is neatly packed in a plain caae, accompanied by full
directions, and contains enough remedy to remove eight or ten
ordinary MOLKH or WARTfl We pell IIOUCfcOFF under a positiv?
QUARANTEE if it falls to remove your MOLE or WART, we will
promptly refund the dollar.
Florida Distributing t ompuny Department, PCBUUOOla, iW