Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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*ri)r ?dhtrbman an? ^cutbroii tjmtvrv* at Utr IHmionhe tit Miini. r, s C. ha S?h<o?mI i'i * h Mailer i ? i riuAUiONAL. Mlasen Hay nsworth. Mar ia Bo., ?ue Duffle, Pauline Blundtng, Nun? y M? Kay and Elisabeth White have ft* turned to the Colbge for Women \{ Columbia after spending the week-end at hom?. Mr. It S. Hood has gone to Green vlll? on business connected with the Woodmen of the World. Min!? Annie P Moore, Messrs. Mi - Kenxie and I >eSa assure Moore. of Cane Savannah, have been vi.dttrg their father, Mr. M. DeVcaux Moore, at his home 124 Broad street. Mise Hattle Brigg* and her b other. Th<?mas. left Sunday morning on a visit to their sister. Mrs F. A. Itob? in.?on in Augusta. Ga. The friends of Mrs. Herbert TfttOg will be glad to kn<>\v that she is im? proving rapidly and will soon ho out again. Mr. J. II. Ilainsbugh has been call? ed to Charleston on account of the Illness of his wife at that place Miss Helen Hlxon, of Florence, Is the charming guest of Miss p a Belle Hughson The many friends of Mr J. ! >. On ham will be glad t . know that he hi getting on nicely after his operation for appendicitis on Tuesday. Will Tl CLOUD. Popular Young People of Sumter Mail i. d In Columbia Monday. The following announcement will b? read with much Interest: Mr. and Mrs. Henry Crawford announce the marriage of their slater Earline White to Mr. Elmer C Cord Monday. February the twenty-fourth nineteen hundred and thirteen Columbia. South Carolina At home after March first, Sumter, 8. C . RAPE CASK AT MAIL "Negro C harge?] with rtndnul Assault on Small Nce.ro (.Irl. News was received in the city Wed " nornlng that | small negro been criminally assaulted afternoon by Tom McFaddin, living in that neighborhood, nformation obtained It seems Mcfraddn. who has served terms In Jail and on the gang, has been b af ing about in the neighborhood for some time. Tuesday he went to a ne? gro house on Mr. J. J. Brltton's place and asked f r dinner. l?lnner was I him and he was then told to leave:. Later on the man and his wife went off from the place, leaving their twelve-year-old daugh? ter at home. She. In the course of the afternoon, went to a nearby woods to get wood, when McFadden as? saulted her. I'pi n their return at night the father and mother of the girl were told of the crime and went to a neighbor's to get help where they found Tom McFadden. They then w? nf SB Kural Policeman Sam Newman to have him arrest McFad? den. but when he arrived McFadder. had uk*-n himself off. Up to Wed? nesday morning he had not b?>en caught but it is supposed that he was in hfdin. -tonewhere in the neigh? borhood. I be.?I F.atute Trunofer*. W T. Hunter to fjffhsOOU and Tay? lor, lot in county. $1.000. Frlerson W. Wilson to George Grant, tract of 37 1-2 acres in Jtaft ing Creek township. $l"J0. H. K. Islington to H. T Edens, four acre* i? s.als Siding. I?"..". Simda> Xfiernoon Lecture. IsSStUtt .it the Y. M. C A. next Rundat afternoon at ?'. o'eloek, sub Jeet: "Whv tin n should Itudy IhS Tit le.' F.v.r\ man in Sumlof should be th. re lie..i i statte Tinnsfus. John Kn->x White to Margaret M' - Per White I res in Providence town-hip. t ii iuh c Hay?worth lo Btunsue MunsiP. I ?tg In ? Ity, f.'.no.ioi w i. wh,?. h. ad to i c. gtn i i '.'i t seres in i sjuety, |l und other eon^td? i atlons Marriage |Jn n-? lb l ?e d l.pense p. marry w ? u< d Johtl pe hardsoa and Venus Ms rlet on ? f Pin. \o,,d und Josh Alston an ) Rlls Jos? \ a4 Borden. \ ; ass was also Issued lo Mr, J M M- lot gh ind MisM A UN Pou ? II of WsdgsiiM mi?s Powell and Mr Melnteoh were ganrrled In I he com ty ?brk's offb ? l.v Mr S- irboroilgtl Igggaedlatel if?ir securing th?ir II? gefjgg 1.1.1 ,(TI<>\ NEXT SUMMER, I imI? r?t<HMl That \ ft County Annr\ iilion Proposition will Cone up Tim, It is UBfarOtOOd thai tin- proposi? tion to unn? \ a portl 'it of Los coun tv to Sumte-r c.ointy will he suhmit t. il to the Vot? rs of the section in? terest- ,| some time next summer. When the reejuesl was made that tin- governor order an election to decide the matte!', hi If. J-aid to have thought it best that the election la held next summer, as It was Impos? sible to hsWS one held before the ad? journment of the present legislative session, so that the matter could be Anally disposed ol by the General Assembly. SEC.HO HAS NARROW ESCAPE. Baggy, struck by Barking Bos cars, ?ggggterd to PCOCS?Horse and Drixer I nhijured. Calvin DuKant, colored, a driver for I>r. ?, W, Blrnle Of this < ity, had j a very narrow escape from death Tuesday night when the buggy he was driv ng was Struck by backing bos cars and smashed to pieces. The driver jumped just in time and horse and driver escaped Injury, while the buggy was ruined beyond repair. From information obtained it Seemi that several cars were standing near the .Manning avenue crossing, when the buggy came up headed to? wards town. An engine with several box c ars attached passed by and Du* Rant thinking that they would go on started to cross the track. However, the engine started barking the cars and the rear car struck the bug? gy. The driver jumped, while the harness gave wav and the horse ran up the street, apparently uninjur? ed. Dr. Blrnle stated that he under? stood that there- was no tlagman or switchman at the Crossing at the time the accident occurre-d to warn the driver of the buggy that the cars would back, nor was there any light on the end of the train. On the e,th er hand an A. C. L, employee stated that DuRant had been warned not to I cross, but persiste d in doing so de i spite the warning. The wreck oc I curred about 8 o'clock. Chicken StSW for Police Fore-e. The members e?f the police force and cty council enjoyed a chicken -t. sj Tuesday evening in the rear of the e ity hall. The ste?w was prepared by Mr. W. W. IflcX Igen, a guarantee . in itself of Its sph ndld Quality. Lights at Court House. The county has Installed large forty jWStt e-lectric lights at th?- entrances to the court house, ono of these big I globes be ing situateel on each side of the steps. The lights brighten up the court house entrance and yard and add much to the appearance at night. A Friend to the Farmers. The Defender (colored.) Dr. C. \v. Blrnle's Drug Store Company makes ? liberal offer to the torn growers of Sumter jounty. The farmer that make Iths 1 iTgeSt yield e?f corn on ?>ne sere e>f land Will re? ceive 15.00; the second largest yield win receive 910.00; the thud largest yield will receive $5.00. \W feel very grateful towards Dr. Blrnle's Drug Store Company for the offer made- to the farmers of this county. This will encoursgs the* farmers to grow more grain in this county, jiiore- hogs, no.re chickens, and make- a Letter Jiving. When the farme rs of nur county fail b> raise enough ea rn. the y are- forced to buy Western corn, which is ne ver suita? ble to the health of our BtOCk, Tile* corn and grain raised in this coun? try is USUSlly sound, good and sweet and is always WOIth $1."0 per bush? ed. The farmers as a whole- should divide their farms equally into three parts: onothlrd corn and peas; ono? third oats and brosdcsst pass snd pne?thlrd cotton, By this system enough corn and grain could be- rais? ed to supply the hone consumption and tie South would he rch-ased from e. tton slavery Our farm lands would at once advance Is value snd farm bauds would >m easier t?? get. i.et every f rmer prepare his land i w for the coming contest. Broad? ? i-t )our kind siti? mu< k from the ditches snd swsmp lands and ma? nure from your stable and lotj plow it with a doubls plow t? u Inches de. p. and bj Ihe lime you are ready to plant the | .1 w '1 have a uniform i ie hne is of pi mt i >? d and you ai u nrnre than .pr to gel a uniform I ros th \i w tVest berry, i Mstrt< t u, ru of Agrlcultui e The- main trends of Mr 11 V Plti e r. the- popular ticket I :? nl it th \ c. i? stntlon. will p. glsd to knon thai he |g rnpldlj recoverliiM from his recent operation for appendicitis, Mr, Player is nos visiting his parents for Short tune priof to ?? turning to wot I How FARMS LOSE THJSUL FER? TILITY, Clem si m College Bxtentloni Work? south Carolina Experiment Station ?Press Bulletin No. 108. The hulk of nearly all noil* is rock material more or |e*l linaly ground, weathered or pulverised. A few soils consist mainly of organic matter, ah productive soils contain more or less organic (vegetable and animal) nr.U ter. They also CO ill in water, air und bacteria The rock particles and the organic matter contain phosphorous, nitrogen, potassium, calcium (lime) and other substance used by plants. The surface contains the organic mutter and bacteria and is the pro? ductive part of the farm. Urganlc matter decays and there is a constant loss of this ingredient of the soil. Perhaps water is responsible for the most serious looses of fertility from the farm and it is well at the begin? ning to BtCOSS the most serious form ?the total removal of the surface soil by erosion. While it is usual to re? fer to the i fleets of erosion as a loss Of fertility, its seriousness warrants tin- use of stronger language. To say that tin- soil is lost is more accurate and should be mote Impressive. When the surface Ifl r< moved from the slop? ing areas, these areas are less pro dud lve. The farmer may express the result by saying that these are worn OUt, but this is not accurate and does not suggest the proper preventive measures. The land did not wear out. To say there was a loss of fertility would be misleading even though the fertility is lost when the soil is lost. The soil?rock particles, organic mat? ter, everything?was washed away. Next to erosion stress should be laid on the natural, desirable and un? avoidable decay and loss of organic matter front the soil, The farmer usually knows and refers to the rock particles of soil as sand, silt and clay. In his long years of dealing wdth soil he has not been impressed with the fact that sand and clay wear out very fast. Now organic matter does not wear out in the exact sense that the farmer uses the term. As the supply of organiv matter in the soil gets loss the farmer says, "my land is wearing out." When the organic matter is worn out, the land is said to be worn otit. organic matter in the soil should decay, as by this means it fur? nishes crops with such food as they require; but more organic matter should be added to the soil that the supply may at all times be adequate for high productive power. When rain falls on the land a part runs off on the surface, a part evap? orates into the air, and a part soaks into the ground and comes out as springs or flnds its way to the sea un? derneath the surface. The water that soaks into the ground dissolves a cer? tain amounts of material from the soil Some of which is valuable as plant food. it is quits accurate to refer to this as a loss of fertility. Where crops are growing on the land this form of loss is not so great as where the soil is bare or ' clean." This sug? gests the advisability of keeping a crop on the land, but there is a busi ness side to farming and it is very well to do those things that pay. It is proper to refer to the fact that sod land does not wash away as easily as bare land so that a growing crop les? sens two sources of soil fertility. ? 'rops use certain substance in the soil as food and the removal of crops from the land lessens the amount of plant food in the soil. This removal Of SOU fertility is desirable and neces? sary. Farmers doubtless make the mistake of thinking that this consti? tutes the most serious form of loss of ?Oil fertility. It is not difficult to pro? vide for returning to the soil plant food equivalent to that removed by crops, it pays to remove plant food from the soil in good crops and a proper System of firming will permit this for an Indefinite period of time without ever wearing out the land. It should he borne in mind that Large areas of good farming land do not have much fertility to lose. A good soil may simply be a good place to put fertilizers. i.ami with a good sod of Bermuda does not wash reudily and the ero? sion usually is ma serious, in the At? lantic ami Gulf Coast region Bermu? da ?S doubtless the best phitlt We have to prevent erosion, A weed is a plant out of place and Bermuda in .1 cotton Held be.,Hues a weed, hm if there Wele no Words, it Would be nee.-ssaty I to work crops anywa> ami for crops, j Bermudfi makes a farmer work his < i in >t ah- ut right. Bi rmudu is the |m t |i] ni known for all slopes where tin soil w 1 lo .- aw i\ without it 'I',- I t the soil aush away -it may be a >- ?f. ii may be shorti r lime is 1 he i" "te t sort of farm manage? in? nt v n ample supply of de. ,\ ing ,.i - nie matter in the soil is one of tin besi guarantees one may have for K.? ci opi Thi re i- a constant lo is of organic matter, it should be \< plenii hi d regularly, the tot d amount being ample and fairly constant Wheie the oil does nol wash It is not such a difficult thing to keep it productive, In South Carolina the :rop is usually limited by phosphorous nitrogen or soil moisture available for i growing crops. The air being the great storehouse for nitrogen, good management may keep a Bupply in the soil. Clover, vetch and bean crops are especially useful for this pur pose. Tiic supply of phosphorus ta South Carolina soils is small and. to provide for an adequate supply for farm crops it must be purchased and added to the land. Finely grossed phosphate rock, Anely ground boa es, Thomas slag, and superphosphate are commercial materials containing phos? phorus. The rainfall and the man? agement of the farm hhVS to djO with the amount of moist uro available for crops. While the supply of potash in the soil generally very much greatt r than the phosphorus, it may not al? ways be sufficient for large crops and where provision Is made lor enough phosphorus, nitrogen and moisture for largo crops the point may he reached where potash will limit the < rop. Kainit, muriate, and sulphate of potash are commercial materials that are commonly used for supply? ing potash, The total loss of the soil, by erosion, In the cotton states is Immeasurably great and easily takes first rank among the serious losses on cotton farms, it may be economically pre? vented. The organic matter In cot? ton sods decays rapidly, making it necessary to be very careful to add more to take its place. The most feasible way to keep up the supply is to plow under the unused parts of the crops grown. Stahle manure is a most excellent form of organic mat? ter to add to the soil?in fact it is the best form?but the usual limited sup? ply warns one not to depend on it as even the main material fot keeping up the supply of organic matter in the soil. It is a good plan tj use all the Stable manure you car. get. Leach? ing is a form of losa easily prevent? ed, as f.?; as may be by growing crops to use the soluble material in the soil. Prof. W. L. Hutchinson, Professor of Agronomy. PROFANITY IN NEW YORK. Ribald Talk Said to Be Common ami Unblushing. Some- three score members of Chi? cago Boys' Club No. 3 have found an Anti-Swear Club. The director of No. 3 says that the society has had "a wonderful effect on the entire neigh? borhood." He only wishes that similar associations could be formed among the girls, who, it is distressing to hear, "often use language worse than the hoys"; to do that must require posi? tive genius, says The New York Sun. Tins plan of moral sanitation, this society of the clean mouth, Is needed mightily in this town. Outside- of Whitechaped, w here profanity and ob? scenity have a redudant and over? powering lingo, due to generations of evil heredity and e nvironment, there can he- few civilized re-gions?and af? ter all Whitechapel is merely savage ?where profanity is as common and unrebuked as in this te?wn, and that in spite of all the he>m>rable ami fruit? ful effort of the Holy Name Society and all the- religious and moral in? struction given by churches and par? ents. The first words spoken by the for eigne-r picking up our language in tlie streets are- profane. A distinction of New York profanity perhaps of American profanity, Is the unblushing and apparently uncon? scious use of it on the- street, in ears, In public places, by well dressed and prosperous men. In no other coun? try, so far as we know, does a person "calling himself a gentleman" swear In public. Perhaps there Is no cure for the careless or vulgar or merely unself controlled persons who eject oaths in public; the Bufferings e>t* women from this "coarse expectoration of speech' must be acute and almost continual; the more imperative the need te> train the children to clean speech. Some reformed hectoring and curs? ing fellows t? 11 us that they have had much help from substitution e)f the mildest for the old strong, rank, sul? phurous sort of exclamation. They tlnd just as much relief, and without trespassing on public decency, In ?such amiable extracts from "The Dic? tionary of Profanity" as "Mj gracious,' "Godfrey's cordial," "Pitch tar and turpentine," "Sam Walker," "Sam ihn," "Jerusha Jan??," "1 swanny,' "l vum,' "1 ll be jlgge re d,Pare and T. ddy," nnd"Joe t' innon." \ 251-F.gu lb-n Baltimore Sun. The be a at did Wya n?i? lies and 1 ck horns and Cochins, the bl? Plymoutl Kocks and 1'rahm e -See Heir feath? er* fall. For a Intl.- it ??de Island Ued hen on n Kentucky tum has "outlayed," so to speak, the entire barnyard, She has made n r< 'ord of 251 eggn In one year, Perhaps higher scores have been mad.- than in thi particular contest, but a hen that earns ?i n year above her keep, and is still good for a tamiis dinner. Is ? ntitled to crow a hit. AN ?NSl HA.\<;i: BLREAV. <nu- Cltj that lias bVutad How *>Gel Honest, < heap. Safe Rrc I near nnce. (Alberl F. Furge?H?sj In Atlanta Jour Indianapolis, ir?J.?The cjty of Indianapolis bat ?.?? "araon ^ing" as Chi* ago h;vs. it has no "tire Insurance ?yust," as Cleveland hut it has no crooked fire insurance ad- J justers, as many eitles h:?v. Why? That is what I rnnso here to find out, and my discovery can be slimmed up in one sente;p*e: The city of Indianapolis has an in? surance exchange that is run by the nu n who axe Insured, a ad not by tin agents, That is> the reason die lire losses per capita in Indianapolis are less per capita titan in any other city in i he country, with more than 10 0,000 population. .\i ivt.r L? w Shanks is largely re? sponsible. Mayor shanks discovered Richard Lieber and told i?icttard to j get busy and reform things. and Lieber accidentally fell on fire insur anee as his first step in reform. He started the Merchants and Man? ufacturers' Insurance Bureau of In? dianapolis. At the very beginning he had found that the insurance rate for Indiana? polis was fixed by a "teporter" who simply passed the timo of day with a few busjness men aid then sent out a bulletin stating what the rate should be. There wasn't any investigation of the premises to be insured that amounted to anything, nor was any advice given the insured. lie simply took what the agent handed him. The agent was a foxy individual, too. He hung around his prospective client for several days dealing out fancy calendars and desk pads of big companies and then when the man llnally bit, he was handed a policy in a company he had never heard of. The reason was that the strong com? panies pay the agent about 15 per c< nt commission and smaller, less re? liable companion from 25 to 50 per cent. The Merchants and Manufacturers' bureau has changed all that. Here's the way It works: A business man wants to be insur? ed. He Joins the bureau, if he Isn't already a member. The men in charge of the bureau are business men. One is proprietor of a packing plant; an other is a distiller; another is a de? partment store owto r; another is a banker?the same men you 11 ttnd on the list of directors of the board of trade or chamber of commerce. They receive the application ami turn it over to their manager and in? vestigator. He goes over the plant to be insured. He goes over it thorough? ly, because he hasn't any other object in doing it than showing the owner how to, protect nts nt u> reduce poasthllig; of On to ? mlalmnsn. and to secure the lowest rat?- of insurance. He hu nothing to do wich th.* selec? tion ol tin- romganjr for the polhrjr The business /nan doee that?If he ii- so Inclined. Other.n1 Ins lie ngssntsj the recommenelatlons of the hu? rt an. If ho has ajroady agreed tfj take out policies, h<- may tan tJtffJt poli? cies over to the bureau; and the tu:n agor investifsstee for the purpov-. of getting the hvst rate. One man -suites ho was save i several thotiaandn ol dol? lars in tiiis way. This scheme worki both ways The business men know* exactly what ho has bought when he pays his pre? mium and the company knows exact? ly what t has insjred; and when al? teration.* of construction are to bo made, the company knows the alter? ations rill be DJtgfie. ?Why Wouldn't this sort of thing benefit other pities " 1 asked Mr. Lieber when he told BOO about it. "There isn't any reSsSSShN he re? plied. "In fact, Detroit and one or two Others hxve asked us to give them the details A the scheme. "There isn't any mystery about it It's simply a squai? deal for legiti? mate insurance companies and peo? ple who are legitimately insured.'* The installation of fixtures in the Lank of Sumter building is rapidly nearing completion and it is under? stood that tho bank will occupy its new quarters in the course of the next week. The bloodhounds, which were brought over from Columoa Tuesday afternoon by Mr. J. C. Robbins to be used in trailing a negro who set fire to Mr. Si. R. White's barn, were taken back to Columbia Wednesday morn? ing, leaving here on the 9.50 train. Monnmenta Work. TO THE PUBLIC: Are you needing anything in the monumental line. If so, come this way. We belong to no combination or trust. We claim to do honest and good work. We will duplicate any work pur? chased of an agent at a discount of I 25 per cent. We have recently ordered two car loads of stone?one of marble and one of granite, which will arrive In a few days. Come and look this over itcfore placing your order. W. P. SMITH & GO. t t ? Pleasure or Profit e If Do you raise chickens for profit or merely for the pleasure of having them around? Tf You will find it just as pleasant and much more profitable if you feed them on Aunt Patsy's Poultry Food U This Feed does more than keep your [chickens fat and healthy. It actually makes hens lay? they can't help it. FOR YOUNG CHICKENS PRATTS BABY CHICK I 1 FOOD % Starts them off right. If you are not getting as t many c^tfs as you should, or for any reason your X poultry doesn't show a profit, it might pay > oil t to sec us, the chances are we have the remedy that will show you a Profit in Poultry. I ?[ A full line of Wood's High Grade Scratch ? Food and lloliy Brook Chick Food always on ? hand.