The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 30, 1913, Image 7
ANOTHER RAILROAD PLAN.
SAVANNAH PROMOTERS PRO
JECT ROAD FROM St'MTER
TO t.hiK, i liiuv.
PTCifMiMNl to Hulltl a ? t l.ln?' tu
<4eurgc*town via Olaiila ami Lake
illy ? English Syndicate lla*?c
AgmtJ t . I in-ni-ii Capital Needed
to Build Railroad.
In the Savannah Morning Newa ot
Friday, tha following atory given out
by K H. Sturgeon of that city, waa
published anent the Oerogetown-Sum
lar railroad:
"That In a few montha a new ateam
rail of electric line will be In the
couraa of construction between
Oeorgetown and Sumter, S. C, waa
the atatement made yesterday by E.
H. Sturgeon of thla city, who la the
chief promoter of the project. It was
also aald that Savannah cadtal la In?
terested In the plan.
"The propoeed route of the line la
approximately 100 mllea In length,
running east and weat through
Oeorgetown, Wllllamsburg, Florence,
and Sumter counties, drawing upon an
Aggregate population of 163.000 peo?
ple. The route traverses one of the
finest aectlona of South Carolina,
passing through rich plateaus lying
between the 8sntee and the Great Pee
Dee rlvera A number of small towns
are located along the route, which la
a'ong the old stage coach road lead?
ing up the 8tate to Oeorgetown. The
pnmotera also have In view a great
amor.e* of virgin Umber situated
along the route that could be handled
to advantage with the proposed trans?
portation.
English capitalists, It la Mild,
tbrough their Chicago brokera, have
ag.eed to put $3.000,000 Into the pro?
ject, but i.~ve asked auch a high rate
of Interest that the promoters arc
holding off from the acceptance of
their contract until an effort is made
to secure the money In New York.
"In view of the fact that aeveral
small towna along the route, among
them Lake City, Georgetown, Sumter
and Olanta. are interested In the
project of electric lights for their sev?
eral municipalities, the promoters arc
conaldering the eetabltahmcnt of an
electric railroad Instead of steam, and
aupplylr.g current to the towna along
the route. In fact, negotiations with
a big electric concern are partly un?
der way to carry out this plan.
"It Is claimed that the cost of the
construction of such a road will be
moderate, as the country Is high level
land with no navigable atreams to
cross The citizens along the proposed
Use have promleed to donate liberally
In the way of locatlona for atatlona
and the timber for tlea The right of
way has slready been secured, it is
said."
Mao FARMERS' INSTITtTES.
Will be Hehl at 8. J. White's Place
and al Bethel School on August
lath anal lSih.
Dear Mr, Editor:
There will be held in your county
farmer*' tnatltutea on the following
datea and at the fallowing placea: At
8. J. White's, rtuto 1. Sumter. Au?
gust tSth and at Bethel School houae
at Privateer, \uguat 16th.
There will be present practical
farmera In the demonatratlon work,
and experta from Clemeon College to
addresa the farmera on subjects re?
lating to their every-day work on the
farm. Theae Inatltutea are held In
the intereat of the farmers. The sal
arlea and expenses of theae men are
paid by the tax payers of the State,
and the farmers owe it to themselves
|g attend theae meetings, and derive
all the benefit poaaiblc from hearing
ths lectures. Theae men an- public
servants, anxious to serve the farm
era. It la no easv task to travel from
county to county, day after day and
deliver sddreaaea, and to nwet bun?
dred? of people Therefore, these men
are entitled to be encouraged when
th*y are endeavoring to perform a
public service that is tilled with so
mu< h promise, provided that the
farmer* will simply co operate by at
tm ling the meetinga, and aeek Infor?
mation by asking questions that will
be cheerfully and gladly unswered by
all the lecturers. It la gratifying to
know that the prejudice that wan
aas I te Id b> the farmers against
g laSJtMk men Im passing away. All
of the great di^ \ rles that have
been made in the intetcMt of agricul?
ture we owe to m< lentltlc men. It was
the ac lent Hie non who discovered
that leguminous ? ropa are able to
lake nitrogen from tbe air and de?
pgSJM It in tbe noil, and save the farm
er the moat costly of all fertilizer in?
gredients; it waa the sctsattak mas
who made it pagstbli for um to over
I .,me to a large iegrsi the i ivagea of
hog t holera by the gat al *Og cholera
serum; It waa the at ientltu man Who
enabled us to secure a Meed iotn that
would Ki^' ? greater y-eW l,,r "'
t,\ rcanon of careful se|e< tion and
breeding. It Is to the entomologist and
plagt pathologist I hat we Ko to a too.
Igaweti mwi psaal Mseaasf are ie?
atrovlng our* i ropa, it waa s? lentilh
nun who Invented, and manufactured
all of the Improved '..uplements for
tho preparation and cultivation of the
noil and the harvesting of the crop.
Surely, when we realize these facts,
we must respect and he willing to
heed the instructions of these stu?
dents of plants and the soil. So 1
plead with the farmers of South Car?
olina to attend these meetings.
Respectfully,
W. W. Long.
State Agent and Superintendent of
Extension.
CHEAT EVENT AT OLA NT A.
Old Soldiers' Picnic Attended bj
Immense Throng.
Olanta. July 21.?Olanta celebrat?
ed Friday her annual "Old Soldiers
Picnic," and every one who has ever
heard of Olanta knows what this great
event means.
Friday was no exception. Although
the weather in the morning looked
threatening, tho clouds soon gave way
to the bright blue sky and then the
crowds began to realize tha? a day full
of pleasure was In store for them.
The crowd was here, too; they came
from a radius of over a hundred
miles, and they came in autos, in car?
riages, buggies, carts and on horse?
back and on muleback, on motor?
cycles and on bicycles and In every
other means of conveyance one can
imagine, but all came on a good time
bent and had It, too. A larger gath
enng of good-natured, good-looking,
happy, prosperous, up-to-date people
would be hard to find anywhere, and
one man from a neighboring State
was heard to say that at his home the
impiession was that South Carolina
was a place of pale-faced, puny, chill
and fever-stricken people, but he had
to admit that they were laboring un?
der an old tlr.e impression that was
anything but correct.
There were no disturbances to mar
the pleasure and all went well. The
speakers for the occasion were the
Hon. Mendel Smith and the Hon.
George W. Dick, and their flow of
oratory made the audience fairly
tingle with enthusiasm over tho deeds
of valor the grand old Confederate
soldiers performed in the dark days
of '61-66.
A telegram was received from Sena?
tor E. D. Smith, regretting that as
tho tariff bill needed every Democrat
at his post, he would be unable to at?
tend, but that hie heart was with
them.
Among the many men of note were
the Hon. Thomas G. McLeod, the
Hon. Chas. A. Smith, lt. I. Manning
and others too numerous to mention.
One can notice each year tho
changes that up-to-dateness brings.
At tlrst these were only a sort of
family reunion, now you notice the
"Carnival Spirit" growing for the bal?
loon man, the rubber ball man, the
man who sells slangy quotations
pasted on felt bands and souvenirs,
gaudy parasols, etc., was here in all
his glory and reaped a rich harvest.
Then too, shows are here as well as
the box ball man and the photograph?
er, all helping to make the day a
merry one.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
Ttial Contain Mercury
as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely de?
range the whole system when enter?
ing it through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from repu?
tably physicians, as the damaejc they
will do is ten fold to tho good you
cun posslbry derive from them. HaH's
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no
mercury, and la taken Internally, act?
ing directly upon the blood and mu?
cous surfaces of the system. In buy?
ing Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you
get the genuine. It Is taken inter
sally and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F.
-J. Cheney ft Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by druggists. Pries 7&c per
bottle.
Take Hall's Family Pills for consti?
pation.
Where is the old fashioned lady
who used to wear a sunhonnet and
enough Calico in one plain, unassum?
ing dress to make a dozen modern
gownsV?Wilmington Star.
Surprising Cure of Stomach Trouble.
When you have trouble with your
stomach or chronic constipation, don't
Imagine that your case is beyond help
Just because your doctor falls to glvo
you relief. Mrs. O. Stcngclc, Plain
field, N. J.. writes, "For over a month
past I have been troubled with my
stomach. Everything 1 ate upset It
terribly. One of Chamberlain's ad
i vertlslng booklets came to me. Af?
ter reading a few of the letters from
people who had been cured by Chan?
berlain's Tablets, I decided to try
them. I have taken nearly three
fourths of a package of them and can
now eat almost everything that I
f ant" For aale by all dealers.?Advt
Crisp October mornlnga look good
from this distance ? Wilmington
star.
Hie King of all Laintlvc*.
For constipation, headachaa, indi
gestlon and dyspepsia, use Dr. King's
N'w Life Tille Paul Mnthulka, of
Buffalo, N. Y.. says they are the
King of all laxatives. They aro a
b)< **lnf In all my family and I al?
ways keep a box at home." Get a
box and gel weii. price lac, Recom?
mended by your druggist.?Advt
FIGHT ON HOLL WEEVIL.
Congressmen und Department Ex-1
pern Confer?Recommend That
Work to Control Beet Should he
Kitewrted und Congress should Ap?
propriate $10,000,000.
Washington, July 24.?A more ag?
gressive light against the spread of the
boll weevil which Is devastating the
Southern cotton held was today de?
termined upon at u conference be?
tween senators and representatives of
Southern States and agricultural de?
partment ofllclals. The conference,
called at the suggestion of Senatpr
Itansdell of Louisiana, agreed that all
the government resources should be
brought into the fight against the in?
sect.
In the course of the discussion, Sen?
ator Vardaman of Mississippi declar?
ed that congress should make avail?
able $10,000,000 immediately to aid
the department of agriculture in its
light against the pest. Several mem?
bers of the congress present agreed
with Mr. Vardaman.
Senator Kansdell in opening the dis?
cussion declared there was urgent
need for an Immediately more agres
sive light against the boll weevil in?
stead of the indirect methods now em?
ployed by the department. In reply
it was pointed out that these methods
thus far had proven effective and that
they could be made more* so through
the extension of the work.
E. F. Evans, an expert of the de?
partment, declared that thero was a
small section in Mississippi and Louis?
iana where the boll weevil could not
be checked through proper agricul?
tural methods. He said there were
not enough men in the work to roach
the vast territory involved and urged
that the demonstration work be ex?
tended.
T ie proposal for a neutral zone to
head off encroachments of the pest
was only briefly referred to. At the
suggestion of Assistant Secretary Gal?
loway a committee probably will be
appointed at an early date to consider
all the phases of this proposal with
the view of putting it Into operation
if found feasible.
Among those who took part in the
conference in the oflice of Secretary
Houston were:. Senators Bankhcad
and Johnston, Alabama; Robinson,
Arkansas; Williams and Vardaman,
Mississippi; Gore, Oklahoma; Smith,
South Carolina; Smith, Georgia;
Fletcher, Florida: Sheppard, Texas,
and Kansdell of Louisiuna, und Rep?
resentatives Aberconibie and Heflin,
Alabama; Sisson, Harrison, Collier
and Quinn, Mississippi; Aswell, Elder,
Lazaro und Morgan, Louisiana.
From the department were present:
Secretary Houston, Assistant Secre?
tary Galloway, W. A. Taylor, Chief
of the bureau of plant industry, and
L. O. Howard, chief of the bureau of
entomology.
Secretary Houston has decided to
hold another conference next week.
Entomologists at the conference to?
day as well as the senators differed as
to the practicability of the barrier
method. The entomologists who have
studied the habits of the cotton pest,
legal advisers and crop experts will
d lac UM the various phases of the sub?
ject at the conference.
Senator Smith of South Carolina,
author of the plan, will be present.
For Cuts, Ilurns and Bruises.
In every home there should be a
box of Rucklen's Arnica Salve, ready
to apply In every case of burns, cuts,
wounds or scalds. J. H. Polanco,
Delvalla, Tex., R. No. 2, writes:
"Rucklen's Arnica Salve saved my lit?
tle girl's cut fool. No one believed
it could be cured." Tho world s best
salve. Only 2Gc. Recommended by
your druggist.?Advt.
Even the most momentous subject
appears Inconsequential during wea?
ther like this.?Wilmington Star.
Rid TOUT Children of Worms.
YOU can change fretful, Ill-temper?
ed children into healthy, happy young?
sters, by ridding them of worms. Tos
i sing, tolling, grinding of teeth, cry?
ing out while asleep, accompanied
With intense thirst, pains in the stom?
ach and bowels, feverishness and bad
breath, are symptoms that indicate
worms. Kickapoo Worm Killer, a
pleasant candy lozenge, expels the
Worms, regulates the bowels, restores
your children to health and happi?
ness. Mrs. J. A. Brlsbin, of Elgin.
111., says: "1 have used Kickapoo
Worm Killer for years, and entirely
iid my children of worms. I would
not be without it." Guaranteed. All
druggists, or by mall. Price 2ftc. Kick
apoo Indian Medicine Co., Philadel?
phia and St. Louis.?Advt.
The Turks have Actually Invadod
i liulgurla and the old lady is on lo t
knees begging the powers tor help,
and none is forthcoming. Never was
national hoggishness so promptly and
aniph rewarded.-?-Wilmington Star.
A Good Investment.
W. D. Alagll, a well known mer?
chant '.. Whltemotipd, WIs., bought a
stock of Chamberlain's medicine so
as to be tilde lo supply them to bin
customers. After receiving them he
was himself taken sick and says that
one small bottle of Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
was worth more to him than the cost
of his entire stock of these medicines,
j For salo by all dealers.?Advt.
The Avenge Farmer and "Afarsarge."
Harris Springs, July 23.?To write
as eufllo would pronounce it, it would
be "marsarge," all intended for ".Mas?
ter Hodge."
He was reared on a farm, Mursarge
was, but since his major.;-'?he now
has several grown children^ > has
lived in town engaged in railroading,
merchandise and insurance, but nev?
er having so much as a truck patch)
if you except his garden. Recently
he came into possession of some val?
uable lands, a lot of it badly abused
in one or another way so he con?
cluded to turn his attention to farm?
ing. Of course he was without
equipment, not having ho much as a
rake or an axe. He had no money
to throw away, few if any spare dol?
lars, but when he went to equip that
farm, he bought just what he really
needed, as closely as possible, and
began at once to put it, as needed,
into use. In doing this he did not
call In Mr. Tom, Dick and Harry,
but gave it his own personal over?
sight, allowing no inconvenience to
interfere. It is true he began late
to prepare his ground, but that was
really the best that could bo done
and though always in a hurry he did
nothing hurriedly, but all the way
through was painstaking, careful,
thorough as though far ahead in his
work, when in fact it was the re?
verse.
I have omitted to notice his lack of
experience, his ignorance as to what
waa best. Already it has been said he
was thorough, but how so, when he
was inexperienced and ignorant?
In tho first Place he callod to his
aid a farm demonstration agent, not
any sort of a fellow but a man who
knew, Mr. Williams, took him over
the ground and from his own mouth
got specilic directions concerning
preparation, fertilization, etc. Next
he subscribed for a live farm journal
which he read closely and he got oth
or up-to-date literature on the sub
ject.
Some of his land was a bit stumpy,
other was in need of drainage, all
this was looked after though it cost
him considerable. Nor was this all,
he wired in for cattle and hogs con?
siderable land as pasture, planting
part in rye, vetch, etc., then bought
some line brood sows and a thorough
bred boar. Of course he could have
gotten scrub stock for much less
money. As a result of buying good
stock he is able to eat hog and horn
Iny of his own raising. The land he
planted in vetch was very thin, so he
used Farmogerm on vetch, also on
peas, planted in corn. The laborer is
worthy of his reward, which is suit
to come to those who wait. One field
of corn has a present promise 61
lifty or more bushels and a smallei
one hundred per acre. His harvest,
the better part, tbe enjoyment of
seeing real results, is coming in HOW
Contrast with him the average
farmer and wha*.
You see his farm so poorly equip?
ped that he must be continually boi
rowing from his neighbors and is
never able to do his work as it ought
to be done. Niggardly in his expen
ditures, he expects something foi
nothing for he allows unsightlv
hedges to occupy his best lands until
the ditches, if they happened to In
there, are quite tilled and the land is
abandoned as undesirable and un?
productive.
Moreover the farmer becomes un
healthy because of the numerous
brooderics for mosquitoes, and he
must go to the mountain! or else?
where to recuperate, or else grin and
endure it, the latter prjferablly, all
because he was too stingy to spend
a few dingy dollars in drainage. For
flie same reason all his ideas and
methods are antiquated because he
has persistently refused to take up
to-date farming journals, to invest in
literature on the subject, or if he
docs, he is too lazy or indifferent to
read them.
Everything about the place shows
the blighting touch of this mean,
stinginess. Tho hogs arc plnerooters
and razor backs and the cows look
lean and lousy for lack of care and
pasturage. This is the man who finds
farming a dull, unprofitable business
tor the above named and other tea
sons.
Possibly in the outset he saw fall
?
lire in it and never had any heart or
willing cash to go that way. Then too
lie grew Puny and pevlsh because
of hookworm ami malaria and bit
the management almost il not wholly,
to the tenant, generally a negro.
"Hoaood."
1'iisightly Face Spots
Are cured by Dr. Hobson's Eczema
Ointment, which heals all skin erup?
tions. No matter how long you have
been troubled by itching, burning, or
scaly skin humors, just put a littlo id
; that soothing antiseptic, Dr. Hobson's
lVzem.i Ointment, on the sores and
the suffering stops instantly. Heal?
ing begins that very minute. Doctors
use it iu their practice and recom?
mend It. Mr. Allemnn, of Llttletown,
Pa., says: "Had eczema on forehead;
Dr. Robson's Ecsema Ointment cured
it in two weeks." Guaranteed to re?
lieve or money refunded All drug?
gists, or by mail. Trice 60c, Pfeiffer
Chemfcal Co.. Philadelphia ami St.
i i.ouls. ?Advt.
Couldn't Walkt
"I used to be troubled with a weakness peculiar to
women,* writes Mrs. Anna Jones, of Kenny, IIL **Tor
nearly a year, 1 could not walk, without holding my sides.
I tried several different doctors, but I grew worse. Finally,
our druggist advised Cardui for my complaint I was so
thin, my weight was 115. Now, I weigh 163, and! am
never sick 1 ride horseback as gpod as ever. I am in
floe health at 52 years.
CaWW WomIi*Ton>c
a
We have thousands of such letters, and more are
arriving daily. Such earnest testimony from those who
have tried H, surely proves the great value of this vegeta?
ble, tonic medicine, for women.
Cardui relieves women's sufferings, and builds weak
women up to health and strength. If you are a woman,
give it a trial It should help you, for it has helped a mil
on others. It Is made from pure, harmless, herb ingredi?
ents, which act promptly and surely on the womanly organs.
It Is a good tonic. Try it! Your druggist sells it
Wltm to: Ladies' Advisory Dept. CtatUnooa* Meduaaa Co..
lX$P4X*ttIn9trwciioru. and 64-pue book, "HTana Traaiafrtm fer woatta." aaat Iraa, J SB
Stasi: It Now!
Now is the time to
start a Savings Ac?
count. Money de?
posited up to 1 Oth of
July draws interest
from 1st. Start sav?
ing something today.
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