The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 23, 1912, Image 8
lOe AND HOMINY CHOP.
1. \ I'l III Ml-'. NTs WITH <.H\^s
ptt??\ I t.iti vi si CCBHL
Two Ton.i Hay on Am- Is Average
Crop l^nslm-.d gf Mixture ?t Seeds
Trie*! In 2n lledmoiit Counties.
'?-?lumbla, Ni\. .'1 1 Hiring ihe
past summer the l'nlted States de?
partment of agriculture has been
quietly conducting experiments in
growing bay for forage lr. 20 of the
Piedmont counties of this State. The
result* ha\e proven ao successful that
they warrant the fredlctton that the
live stock Industry In South, Carolina
will be revolutionized in the next
few years. A mlxt ire of seeds, three
varieties of grass jmd one of clover,
were planted on the experimental
acres.
Dr. W. W. Long of the United
States bureau of plant industry. Con?
gressman A. F. Lever and O. A. Der?
rick. United States farm demonstra?
tion aaent in Lexington county, have
been Investigating the results of some
of the experimets with hay as a
/orage crop for the Pbdmoat. Last
night they gave out an interesting
statement.
In all 100 scree were planted, five
la each of the 20 counties. Dr. Long
said last nicht that 8 5 per cent had
proved entirely successful. The aver?
age yield per acre la two tons tf
hay. for which an average price of
over 130 per ton has been received.
The average cost of production per
acre was $13.AS. This was under ex
pennlnetal condition and, of course,
Included the expense of planting.
The object of the experiments was
to establish the fact that hay can bo
grown as a successful forage crop
in South Catollna and ultimately to
develop the live stock industry.
The mixture of seeds sown on each
of the experimental acres wa.< as fol?
lows. One-half bushel orchard grass;
?as-half bushel Italian rye grass;
one-half bushel tall meadow oat grass;
10 pounds red clover. This is the
same mixture which has produced
bountiful hay crops In Virginia since
Its Introduction three years ago by
the department of agriculture. Dr.
Long declared that the experiments
on the 100 acre* in South Carolina
were equally as successful as thoso in
Virginia.
A. F. Lever, congressman for tho
seventh district, who will probably
hesd the committee on agriculture
when the next congress convenes, was
an interested member of the party
which has been iscertalnlng the re?
sults of the hay experiments Mr.
Lever said last night that for the last
10 years he had been eagerlv await?
ing the day when the live stock In?
dustry would be coupled with cotton
raising In the South.
'in order to promte the live stock,
industry, it has been necessary to ind
a dependable and Inexpensive forage
crop." said Mr. I^ever. "To this end
the department of agriculture has be?
gun to experiment with tr- c ,; i. 1 . | t1
for this purpose. The varieties grown
this summer so successfully will not
only produce an abundance of hay for
forage, but will prove to be great toil
builders
?'From <>ur own obesrvatlon." con?
tinued Mr* Lever, "we know beyond
a doubt that hay cm be successful?
ly grown. From these small begin?
nings, I look for great things for the
llv?? sto< k mdustrv. Three tons of hay
have been grown o:t one of our ex?
perimental acres during the post sum?
mer
WILL M \ K I PLOWS
Florence ;.????. New M 1 nufacturing
? onccrn.
Florence. Nov. 20?The Cnlversal
Plow ?fi\. a neu industrial en?
terprise in this city whi< h QgpeStl to
put out I'.'?.000 woith oT goods the
flr?t year and k< . p r i< n travellag SWt
eral States, has go sad a location of
se\en s* PM "ii the easte rn adds Of
the clt\ jusf outside the In ?rporat*
limits where the South C imllnu
Western res*! Win ? Tom ? ?,.? co.mt
ljlne The w .--k on the erection of
the bul hi In** will tie statrted as soon
as the eaeapanv m-x* ,i fatorahic n.
ewer from the Atlantc < 'o;e*t Idas au?
thorities as to the loading of the ship?
ments at the transfer yard |SJSJ|eSjd "'
?he fr. isht dgpat asd the pattlag In
of g spur track J. \v. McCown N
president of the company. This will
be the first of what Is hoped to be a
number of Industrial plant? that will
be located her ? soon It Is on.* of the
achievements of the ehainb? r of i OOS?
meree
Ms Triage Lleense lle^onl.
A marriage license was issued to
Mr Forest K. Coker find Miss Dieey
Ann Osesef of Cades Wedaeeday,
Als?i tu Wallace Kpps and Mary
Italian!, eofored of getaiter,
In the coun'N ?Uli S ofllr,. Tu? s
flay llcen*" m gfOfi IsgCjed '". Murrnv
itemiMTt and Ma'-y Walker of Rem?
i?ert and John Keaaed] "f Rocky
ItltifT and Minnie Wllsog of Sorot? r.
nil colon d
COTTON GINNING ACTIVE.
(,o\ I HNMI NT ISSUES THE FIFTH
lti:i*oitT THURSDA1.
ilgUiei for TliK Stute Show OoOJAil"
oiahle I h*r rcn>e us f"lH|Mlffll to
Tiuw of Jim.
\\ aeblngton, Nov. II.?Cotton gin?
ning during the fifth period Of tin
e ason, fiMiu NoVOmbOI 1 to 14, wan
DAOffi iOtlVt this yi ar than it was
lurtng the ivord crop year of 1011
by about 5,000 bales a working day.
the census bureau's report today
showed.
The total ginning for tho period
was 1,4-2,20!) bales. compared with
I, 3 2,331 bales Jast year. From the
b? ginning of the season to November
14 the quantity ginned was 8,869,222
bales compared with 10,291,431 bales
MM year.
The average ginning a working
day was 129.291 baJes compared with
12 2.030 bales during the same period
laut year.
An estimate of this years' cotton
crop will be Issued by the department
of agriculture December 12 at 2 p.
m.
The fifth cotton ginning report of
tie- census bureau for the season, is?
sued at 10 o'clock this morning an?
nounced that 10.291,431 bales of cot?
ton, counting round as half bales, of
the growth of 1912 had been ginned
prior to Thursday, November 11, to
which date during the paat seven
yenrs the glnnir.j averaged 72.1 per
iert of the entire crop. Last year
t? November 14 there had been ginned
II, 313,236 bales, or 72. per cent of
the entire crop; in 1908 to that date,
9.696,809 bales or 73.3 per cent and in
1906 to that date 8,662.242 bales, or
?;."..!? p r cent.
Included In the beginning 62,490
round bales, compared with 75,963
bales last year. 93.364 bales in ItlO,
1 23,757 bales in 1909 and 173,90s
bales in 1908.
The number of sea island cotton
bales included were 41,321 compared
with 71.201 bales last year, 68,195
halt s in 1909, and 66,701 bales In
1908.
(iinnings prior to November 14 by
States, with comparisons for last
yogi and other big crop years and the
percentage of the entire crop ginned
prior to that date in those years, fol?
low:
Alabama.
Year. Qinnings P. C.
1912 . 961,378 _
1911 . 1,239,21 1 73.1
IMI. 1.020,724 76.6
1906. 831,910 67.::
Arkansas.
1912. 545.988 _
1911. 115, HI 14.0
1908. 665,232 66.S
1906 . 453,658 50.7
Florida.
1912. 42,154 _
1911 . 65,236 69.1
1908 . 51.497 TS.I
1906 . 42.27S II.I
(.eorgiu.
1912.1,331.111 _
1911 . 2,106,305 75.4
1908 . 1,564.037 71.1
1906 . 1.193.141 73.1
I Louisiana.
1912. 300,811 ....
1911. 269.5 1s 70.s
1908 . 341,953 73.3
1906. 552.919 57.9
MlK-lHslppl.
1912. 644.115 _
1911 . 719.638 61.6
190H.1.0S6.183 67.U
1906. 792,778 53 1
North Carolina.
1912. . . . . . . . 627.045 ....
191 1 .716,200 63.6
1908 . 451,434 66.0
1906. 38 4.275 62.6
Oklalmma.
1912. 722,512 _
191 1 . 657,497 64.7
1908 . 322.051 46.7
1906 . 484,996 55.6
South C arolina.
1912. 882.976 _
191 1 . 1.163.984 68.8
1908 . 938.926 77.2
1906 . 654.458 71.7
Truueeaee,
1912. 158,072 ....
?II. 264.7 77 11.1
I ?4)1 . 243.493 72.9
IMI. 14 Mil 48.7
Ifegg*
1912.1.111,111 _
191 1 . 3.473.702 14.?
1908 .Mit.SH 7s. I
IMI. 2.995.791 75.7
Other tfntni
1912 . 55.952 ....
1911. 7 |,fSJ 58.a
IMI. 46.751 63 9
IMI. ::?>,:;7 1 I I I
The glnnings of poa island cotton,
prior to November 11 by states, fob
Ion
Y?nr. F|U <Ja. S. <\
1912. . . . If,* 11 11,111 2.547
itit, . . .iMii imm i.iii
IMI.23.15:: 11,111 |,m
IMI . ..18,120 11,113 ?',,j|s
Pregehlng at Baker Keliool.
i:? \. .1. r. Marlon will pr< a< h ai Ih<
Matter Rchool house Sunday after
noon at i o'clock. Bunds B< hool nt
; o'eloi k<
For horses, mules, wagons, buggies, surries, harness, etc, call on ua and
gat prices. Terms and prices right. Agent for the Kock Hill buggy, A
full line of Mollne plow Implements, consisting of one-horse, two sizes of
two horse steel turn plows (Blue Bird), middle bursters, harrows, grain
drills, cotton and corn planters, pea hullers, etc.
Have you seen tin- 1919 Fords? Take a look at it. Reduction in price,
but better in quality. Touring cars, $t;u??; roadster, $525.00, F. <?. B. De?
troit. We will have a large and complete iin?- of Ford parts in stock in a
few daya, so that you can gel any 1'oril part from ua.
lO-lJ A: 1 I Slimier St.
I'liojie 553,
SPECIAL & C. W. TRAINS.
Two Trains Will be O|>erutod Oxer
Now Line into and Out of Sumter.
Two special trains will be operated
over the South Carolina Western
Hallway, the new railway line running
into Sumter, on Friday, November
20th, the trains running out of Flor?
ence and IfoBee and arriving in Sum
ter about 10 and 11 o'clock in the
morning, respectively. The first of
these trains will leave in the after?
noon about 5 O'clock and the second
will leave after the show at the
Academy of Music, returning to
Hartsville.
Spt-cial literature in the shape of
handbills, pamphlets and bulletins
have been and will be sent out from
Sumter to the stations along the line
and will be distributed with special
literature of its own by the agents
of the South Carolina Western Rail?
way. Enough Of this literature will
l>e distributed so that everybody along
the line will have the opportunity of
hearing of the big Seaboard Celebra?
tion being given In Sumter a no" the
advantages Of the new road.
The exact schedules of thtw two
special trains which will be operated
have not yet been announced, but the
officials of the road are work.ug on
these schedules and will announce
them later.
Death of Juntos Gregg.
Junlus Gregg, colored) died at his
home In Concord township Sunday
morning. November 17th, aged SI
yearn, alter an illness of several days.
The ii ceased was one ??t" the best
Known and most highly respected ne?
groes at Sumter county and in many
respects was a remarkable man. He
was a pure blood negro and was
born I Slave, the property of the late
("apt. Jamei IfcFaddln. At the close
Of the war he began farming on rent?
ed land in the neighborhood in which
he was raised, and in a few years
was able tO buy a farm. He raised a
large family and five sons and one
daughter were given college educa?
tions, three of the Sons attending Bld
die University and two Lincoln Col?
lege, Four of the sons entered the
ministry and were ordained preachers
of the Presbyterian church.
Personally Junlus Gregg was s
quiet and unassuming man who re?
spected himself ami enjoyed the con?
fidence and reaped of his neighbors
and all who knew him. Among the
I nein? men of this city his credit
ws the best, for In all his business
affairs he was punctual and trust?
worthy,
He was one of the founders of Con
grulty Presbyterian church, and was
for more than forty years one of Its
ruling ? hier *. He lived to b ripe old
age, enjoyed good health until the
last, being able to attend to his usual
work until a few days before his
death, ami tins year made the best
crop he ever made.
He is survived by his wife and the
following children
Rev, BUJah Gregg, pastor of the
Presbyterinn church, colored, and
principal of the colored graded
I hool. New berry. S. <'.
Etev, i rank Gregg, Principal of Mc
Clellan Academe and pastor of Fres?
hen rlan church, Newnan, Ga.
Rev, Junlus Gregg, Jr.. Castor Pres?
byterian chinch. SVlnnsboro, s. c.
EC, w Gregg and H. T. Gregg, farm?
ers oi Concord township.
Alice <;rec^, teacher In the colored
Graded School, Newberry, s. C.
Francis Mc Fad din, married, and
ii\ inpj In < Joncord township.
One son. in \ n. n. Gregg, I>. D.,
Who died about tWO >cars ago, was
pastor of the colored Presbyterian
chunh Due West, S. C, at the time
of hi death.
Till passing of i hi: doss.
Political Natrup? and Dictator*. Hitting
One rtocsn'i henr ho much of poli?
tical bosses as ol yore, A ft \% years
ago tin centre ol reform fire was
bosses and bosslsm, One of the most
conspicuous ta. i . of the diligent
muck-raker wai I ? ? ferret out this po?
lit leal bete noli and expose him to
the public view. There were muni?
cipal bosses, state bosses and nation?
al bosses. There WHS Uo doubt about
in Hnckgrotuid.
their activitiei and their relation to
politics and public life. It was their
business to keep in the background
as much as possible and pull the i
strings, quietly hut effectively, writes
Ellis < >. Jones in Lipplncott's,
Almost any one with hut a mo?
ment's reflection can easly name a
half-dozen bosses who, a few years
ago, flourished and whose names were
political bywords. The bosses of va?
rious cities and States were better
known than their duly elected repre?
sentatives. But one by one these
have gradually disappeared. Some
of them have died, some have been
deposed as the result of a direct light
upon them and tome have sunk out
of sight or lost their power through
changed conditions and altered senti?
ment.
There are two explanations for this.
the first is that the publicity which
has been given to bosses and the boss
system has so changed the political
machinery and aroused the people to
arf active Interest In public affairs as
to make the office of boss impossible
and unprofitable. Another explana- |
tlon might be that the non-existence j
of bosses is more apparent than real; i
that while the old bosses have been I
put out of business simply because |
they had become too well known, new
bosses have taken their place and are
quietly at work, but without the
knowledge of the public.
This later explanation may, indeed,
be valid in some localities, but as a
general rule, the llrst explanation is
the correct one. Any one can see that
the politics of neither of the old par?
ties, in these confused and strenuous
days, is run with that oily smoothness
which one expects when the political
machinery is under the domination of
a single shrewd and positive will.
When bosses are in control, slates are
made up b?ng in advance, and one can
be morally certain that the slates
made up by tin bosses are the ones
that go through, even though they are
slightly modified here and there by
unforeseen exigencies.
Perhaps it is the bosses that are
dead, not the idea of bossism, Per?
haps a sufficient time has not elaps?
ed to grow up a new race to replace
the old ones. Perhaps out of the
present chaos will arise others who
will gather up the reins and drive
off with master hand. That remains
to be seen. The present fact, however,
Is that an unusually large number of
powerful figures have disappeared
from the local and national political
arenas within a very short time, and
it may require another wave of muck?
raking to discover the real situation.
DULL DOG8 MEET GAMECOCKS.
Game to He Played in Columbia on
Thanksgiving Day.
Columbia, Nov. 21 ? Dr Edgerton Is
drilling his men for the Thanksgiving
day game with the Citadel. Bach
year this game Is one nf the most In
tereating on the schedule. For the
first time the contest will be staged
lu re. Previously it has been in Char?
leston.
The Citadel showed up well against
Charleston College last Saturday, win?
ning 40 to 0. The Bulldogs have a
that baektiold and execute the for?
ward pass with wonderful perfection.
This forward puss has proved the
most dangerous feature of the Cita?
del's attack. Qlb80na Folger, Martin
and McFaddln compose a backfield
that has developed much since the
season begun.
'I'iie game will be played In the af?
ternoon, beginning probably at 3.'?t?
o'clock.
Here' a prettj pickle* Governor
Hleasu is quoted as saying that there
Is one negro convict who would
have been pardoned out of the pen
itentlar) long ago but \>>\- the
"toothsome pickles" he has the
knack of making, According to the
Governor tins negro, who is a
"lifer," and has served twenty three
years (.i his sentence( should be set
at liberty, but Is k< pt in prison to
ta kle (he palates of Superintend?
ent Griffith and the guards with hi
u i ronomlc dellcut y. Truly I hli
li i serious accusation and we mov<
thai the General A scmblj Immedl*
ateh upon convening appoint
committee lu investigate the charge
? fcSxcbengi
If You Call on
BURNS HARDWARE CO.
You will be served bj polite Intelligent salesmen, shown new
attractive goods, quoted reasonable prlcea and will leave a
ph ased eustomer.
Our large complete stork will enable ?1?. to sufMplj your
wants.
stoves. RANGES, GUNS, AMMUNITION.
SPORTING GOODS, PiTTSBURG WIRE.
Our China Closete is fiiU*?| with the most beautiful line of
plain and decorated chlaa ever s?sn in Sweater.
WEDDING PRESENTS.
XMAS GIFTS.
Burns Hardware Co.
Mail Orders a Specialty.
Sumter, S. C.
THE
CITY NATIONAL BANK
Sumter,
This Bank wel?
comes the Seaboard
and the citizens it
brings to visit us?
we hope your visit
will be one of pleas?
ure ard that you
will resolve on
leaving to come
again.
South Carolina.
Located on Liberty St.
WE ARE CONVENIENTLY LOCATED RIGHT IV THE
BUSINESS PART OF TOWN, AND WHENEVER Df SUM?
TER, WE INVITE YOU TO EIITCH AT OUR STABLE FREE
OF CHARGE.
Horses, Mules, Wagons, Buggies,
Whips, Lap Robes,
Harness, Etc.
tJS^ Let us Supply your wants.
King-Blanding Live Stock
Company,
21-25 WEST LIBERTY ST.
SUMTER. S C.
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SiBERT'S DRUG STORE
T5he Rexall Store
Eiclualve Agent* for the 11 * * x .? 111 lane, the Nyal Line* Naanal*
ly'g Ca nil y, llauuany Perfume* and Toilet (Sooda ofl all kinds.
You x\ i11 find ai our -.fore >i verj large BHHortaaeni of Draga,
Toilet Article*, fa nil Ich, Cignro, TohaecoM, Pinea, ete., to nelecl
from, \\iii he glad lo have you pome and nee whai ire have
We guarantee satisfaction.
Sibert s Drug Store,
W. W. SIBERT.
Telephone 283. Sumter, S. C
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