The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 03, 1913, Image 4
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letter I'rcm DuUell.
r,\\, Nov. It,?Ninety per cent
of the cotton crop is out and sold
and the farmers feel that tin y have
hern fairly well paid for what they
have put on the market. The CTOp
turned ?tut tolcrubly well after the
bu?kward appearance in the late
miinmt'r, whin wo thoiiKht It would
not be a heavy one at all. We are
glad to say. it was netter than we ex?
pected.
The SfCfttb I i I ? < i.
an II n e for gathering as we could .ik.
The i orn is about in and a lot of
oats ami vetch planted. A good many
p??as have yet to la* gathered, but
when the farmers get straight In be?
ll,nd them. It will not take long to
get them.
Some of the farmers will be a lit?
tle short on pork this season, SJ
the rholera got in nno.ni; tho ho
lust winter and spring and killed out
a gr. ii many pigs, as well uk a lot of
hogs The hog cholera is a Very
fatal disease and e \ e i y farmer should
t ike every precaution possible against
It. The situation now, us It looks us
In the face. Is a strong evidence that
the larsBtffl "f UM whole eountry
must take a greater Interest In the
raising of live stork. Hog produets
re high in pre I ami from what we
sad in tb. i u| ers, the probability is
hag ha\e not gat n o bed the top
not' h
Mr. II. T. Edens' sale came off last
Friday, tho 21st, as previously adver?
tised, but it was not lt mi j Th.'i ?
were sewral pfagggg w h > would like
to buy some land, but the present
money conditions, with the hl?h
prices they would have to pay for it.
has a temb nay It make them hesi?
tate.
I'nlesa we get a monetary system
that b u commodating, so that a
man ran get money on longer terms.
With a lower rate of interest, the
prospects will never be very bright
for the i<e p.-or man to own
any land In this country. We read
of hvM. in.i in other eountries. that
accommodate themsehes to the con?
ditions and are pfOVtag to be a sue
cess and why not some method of
those kind* in this country, "the
land of the free and the home of
the brave." We claim to be abend Ol
other nations in so many other re
a. e m. it does saeni llsll <>ur repre?
sentatives In our national affair:'
should ha\e brains sutlicient to de
vim? u seheme in our liuaneial sys?
tem whereby the honest and hard
workirtg people could s? c u re money
on terms that they could buy a home
and pay for It. We t.ilk and read of.
the hi?h cost of living and are cry?
ing out. hnel to the farm. but as
b ug as our money system remains
as it Is. the farm will OOntlntM 10 be
depopulated and the towns and
cities will keep on growing in num?
bers, ev?n though the class that!
flock to them should be undesirable
to them. The misfortune is the bet?
ter element is lea\ing the farm, and
whv? he. a use they can not get a
fo,,tho|,| and they don't propose to
|t g ami labor as tenants and slaves
fop the landlord, where tiny can not
live decently and no man of any
consideration for humanity, can blame
them. |.?t us hope for better eon
dltlons In the near future.
We nee that Oov. Itlease has tend?
ered loo of the cons h is a Tbanksglv
1 ig present by paroling them. If
he will turn out g few BgefO, he Ml
Md\ertise the p?intentiary for rent.
We also see |u the papers that
Tlllkev and (ireeee hi\e rotten baek
together and we llTe eeltailllv glad
of It, as the price of lard is out of
sight and Vsjg know turkey is mighty
dry I uting VMIlOSJl a little uravy Og
It.
The l:? \. ?i K gng Mrs Wav luiv ?
goro- |a the Conf. reu? , ,t Reek Mill
this week.
K\ot\hody here is busy and noth?
ing out of the ordinary is going n
iif gnejfge ?>nr people are orepaKni
for n gsjt d dinner today. It being
Thatik*gi\ ing
i m| |n\ s| i |? Ml \|,? I or Kale |1 B
bargain, or exchange for OOtton
reed, if ran net sjateh, c. r Osnoen,
Munter. S
FARMERS'
UNION NEWS
Practical Thoughts for Practical
Fanner*.
tConducted by K. W. Dabbs, Pres?
ident 8. C. Farmers Union.)
Some Random Thoughts.
With OOttOJI nearer picked out than
for mono years at Thanksgiving on
account <>f the line picking weather
that has prevailed, it seems strange
that farmers would let a normal'
ginning raporl sand prlcag down near?
ly a cent a pound, and they continue
to sell as last as w hen cotton was ad
raaOlng in price. Some one in the
Cotton trade will make a fortune
when the size oi this crop i>, den
nitely known. Will there be any
fgraven with OOttOn lo reap the re?
ward ?
e e e
Thai was a splendid showing made
by the boys and girls of Sumter coun
|y last Saturday. President Williams
of tbe Farmers' Union and .Miss Lem
Rion have just ground to be proud
of I heir > ears' work. Why is it that
there is not more interest in the J
Fanners' Union w hich was the original
promoter of these activities? Why
should farmers who started this
splendid work of a better agriculture
turn it over to the merchants and the
b.mks?
e e a
From Williamsburg county there
is a letter before me giving an ac?
count of the good work that a newly
organlied local union is doing to pro-,
mote the financial interests of its
members. Another recently organ-!
Had local union in the same county
lias bought two acres of land and will
build a hail for a permanent meet?
ing place. These men are not new
converts, but they are the working
mernbers of dead unions around them,
who found conditions getting worse
after the unions died, and they have
determined to reorKuni/.e.
e e e
From two other counties I have re?
cent assurances of immediate re?
organisation. The Farm Demonstra?
tion w??rk, the Hoys' Corn Clubs and
('?iris' Tomato Clubs, the Alfalfa und
over croj) clubs are all doing a
good work, but thoughtful farmers
are seeing that these admirable
ugencies ate not doing the work of
the Farmers' Union. In P.arnwell
und tantggttf. I had the pleasure
last week of addressing large aud?
it noes on "Some Problems of the
Farmers and How the Union Can Help
Solve Them."
e e e
The main thought in both was the
need "To Systematize Methods of
Production und Distribution," and
how this is necessary'' to bring farm -
?ng up to the standard of other indus?
tries and business enterprises. These
two important things laid down in
ti\e declaration of purposes of the
Farmen Union are nearly always lost
Sight of in the other one "to assist
Our members in buying and Selling"
with tbe main thought on the "buy?
ing."
ess
Tbe adaptation of production to the
labor available in a community to j
the markets Of that community, to the'
building op of that community, is
a job for community effort that de?
mands mir most serious considera?
tion. And there must be an honest
effort in the local unions to meet this
question ami solve it before mueh
peogross can be made in other import?
ant Improvement! in farm life. So
far as 1 know, it has been absolutely
ignored, but if not studied between
now and next May many a fond dream
of tbe furmers and the business men
of the country will be thin air next
autumn.
see
They had a good county fair in the
court hOUae at P.arnwell, but the
town was hideous with a midway
of bum shows and catch penny Kamb?
ium devices. Pan- aster had a good
meeting for tbe common good. It
was with sincere regret that l could
not siav to all of its sessions. When
aaked about a COUnty fair, I repeat?
ed what I said in a smoker of the
the Chamber of Commerce some
years ago, upon which l bliebt young
mart of Bumter got < tf an amusing
doggerel to tn.- effect, "No midway.,
no crowd; no rrowdi no fair." My
observation in Barnwell confirms me
in the opinion: Hotter no fair than
to till a lOWM with SUeh bum atrae
tii na put ? nough tor this lime,
p. w. i>.
Nll.P XII? HAKIM IN OBEYING
LAW.
Mr MeAefcMn on the situation.
i it merely j< coincidence that tin
same day Secretary IfoAdofl issued
ins statement about the financial out
io.,k. ihe ehalrman of the commit te<
I he National Farmers1 Union mail
ed him 'i letter culling on him t<? ex?
tent! the thin- und Increase the
amounts of the "crop moving de
I posits,and to place these deposits
with the bank! that are nerving the
farmer!? Uather doe! it not show
that tiu- Farmer!' Union committee
was right in September when it
stated that December 15th was too
earl) to make recalls and that the re?
strictions and Complications prevented
the local banks from participating In
the deposits and thus granting relief
to their customers.
ess
If the hanks are "to proceed with
perfect safety" In granting Of accom?
modations to their customers In the
normal and usual way, they must be
able to deal directly with the treas?
ury |f the large available resources at
its command are lobe made avail?
able to the banks. The committee of
the union took that position In the
interview with the president and sec?
retary In September. That nothin;;
came Of it is due to the general pros?
perity that came from 13 and 14 cents
cotton and the refusal of bankers tn
join with the union In protests to the
secretary.
0 0 0
With cotton declining every day
with no other just reason than cur?
rency uncertainty, it is time for ac?
tion. The trade may give all sorts
of reasons about good weather and a
big crop resulting. They know that
the October lsth and 19th frosts ef?
fectually put a slop to a big crop and
the good weather since has just en?
abled the farmers to pick the crop
more rapidly than usual. It looks
like nothing but low prices for col
ton will bring the farmers together,
is the decline sufficient to .bring out
a full attendance at the county union
meeting on Friday? <>r will the
members of the union wait for still
further decline! before they get to?
gether to plan for relief?
ess
Mr. McAdoo's statement in the pa?
pers of Saturday Confirm my belief
that With the proper representations
to him by the trainers and the bank?
ers, the treasury can and will serve
the people well in this emergency.
He shows now, as both thr* president
and he made plain to the committee
of the National Farmers' Union^ a
willingness and the ability to prevent
a money stringency! The committee
Of the National Farmers' Union on
Tuesday wrote him a strong letter,
showing him the need of* immediate
action on his part. The day that let?
ter was mailed he gives out a state?
ment showing his appreciation of
the gravity of the situation, and of?
?
fering the resources of the treasury
to the banks of the country. Will the
county banks through their proper
committees, join with the committee
of the Farmer!* Union now. to ar?
range with the secretary for the dis?
tribution of treasury deposit! so as
to give the relief needed? Or will
they let the banks of the larger
cities, with their (dealing house com?
mittee!, go up to Washington and ap?
propriate to their exclusive use ?he
people's money, as they have done so
Building Material and Feedstuffs
T\T O^ll Rough and Dressed Lumber, Flooring, Ceiling and Siding,
VV t wjV I I --Mouldings, Shingles, Lathes, Metal and Composition
7 T w UVA1 Roofing, Lime, Cement, Plaster Paris, Hard Wall Plaster,
Fire Brick and Clay Ornamental Brick, Mortar Colors, Shingle Stain; Sewer ;;nd
Drain Pipe, and a Full Line of Building Material of all Kinds. Also Hay, Grain,
Mixed Feeds and all Kinds of Horse, Cow, Hog and Poultry Foods and Remedies.
Booth-Shviler Lumber and Supply Co.,
Successors to Booth Hevrby Live Stock Co., (Si Central Lumber Co.
officer*me no. 10 Geo Epperson's Old Sta.nd Opp. Court House.
YARD kHO.VE NO. 631
far with the thirty-four million put
out by the treasury?
if the members <>f the union and
the farmers generally could but real- ;
ize the power they now hold in their
hands to shape the financial policy of
this country in the interests of fair
I lay and common justice to the masses
of the people, there would be no need
to urge them to attend the meetings
nor to join the union.
Come to the meeting on Friday at
the court house at 12.00 in the grand
jury room.
E. W .Dabbs,
Chairman Committee National Farm?
ers' Fnion.
IT'S SURPRISING
That so Many Sunitcr People Fail
To Recognize Kidney Weakness.
????MB
Are you a bad back victim?
Suffer twinges; headaches, dizzy
spells?
Go to bed tired?get up tiled?
It's surprising how few suspect the
kidneys.
it's surprising how few know what
to do.
Kidney trouble needs kidney teat
men t.
Doan'l Kidney Pills are for the kid?
neys only.
Have convinced Sumter people of
their merit.
Here's a Sumter case; Sumter tes?
timony.
Kidney sufferers hereabouts should
read it.
Mrs. J. B. Kaffleld, 340 W. Hamp?
ton Ave.. Sumter, S. C, says: "1 con?
sider Doan'l Kidney Pills a valuable
remedy and cheerfully endorse them.
My supply was procured at China's
Drug Store and they relieved me of
backache and other distressing symp?
toms of kidney complaint."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name?Donn's?and
take no other. No. 34.
New York, Nov. 29.?Tho Army
football team today furnished a spec?
tacular and confusing finale to the
Bastem football season of 1913 by
deefating the Navy eleven at the Polo
grounds, 22 to 9.
We Pay Highest Cash Prices for
Don't give your profits away ship direct to us by express and get your
money next day. We pay highest prices for green and dry hides of all kinds
Beeswax, Tallow and old Metals, old Rubber and Furs. Try us with a ship?
ment low. Send for Price List.
CAROLINA HIDE & JUNK CO.
CHARLESTON, S. C.
A Bank for
Everybody
iwkmmmmm
The Peoples' Bank.
I WISH
Will otil) Inka you to the illvIcllnii line lielwoen Desire ami Attain?
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and into ihr realm ?I attainment.
An active, pnrpoMofnl "will*' i> a necessary factor in turning de
?|ra into actual accomplishment, Tlie man or woman who enye "I
will have money to protect my family ami furulMli old ngv com
forta" and at once ImhiIu lo systematical!) ^ax?? the odds und ende
ol' income, huihl lliem into a lump mihi, will y^Uerally luiVO tliclr
llcslrc uratilicd.
National Bank
U. S. DEPOSITORY
Not Beyond Help at st.
*Sleep-dlsturbtng bladder weakness,
stiffness in joints, weak, Inactive kid?
ney action and rheumatic pains, are'
all evidence of kidney trouble. Mrs.
Mary A. 1'can, 47 E. Walnut St.,
Taunton, Mass., writes: "1 have
passed my STth birthday, and thought
1 was beyond the reach of medicine,
but Foley Kidney Pills have proved
most beneficial in my case." Siberia
Drug Store.?Advt.
Did You Say Hamlk? rchielV.'
Well hero is tho largest stocK. Tho
largest variety that even we have
ever shown. You know too that
Schwanz is the place tor handker?
chiefs. Prom 5c up to $3.00 each.
Dainty Xmas boxes for ladies, gents
and c hildren, from 25c box up to
$4.5o. We love to show them. Schwartz
< li eater Stores.?Advt.
t Saved Girl's life
|? "I want to tell you what wonderful benefit I have re
2 ceived from the use of Thedford's Black-Draught," writes
3 Mrs. Sylvania Woods, of Clifton Mills, Ky.
2 "It certainly has no equal for la grippe, bad colds,
2 liver and stomach troubles. I firmly believe Black-Draught
2 saved my little girl's life. When she had the measles
2 they went in on her, but one good dose of Thedford's
2 Black-Draught made them break out, and she has had no
Jj more trouble* I shall never be without
fetfti - THEDFORD'S mU%tXp
BLack-DraugiiT
in my home." For constipation, indigestion, headache, dizzi?
ness, malaria, chills and fever, biliousness, and all similar
ailments, Thedford's Black-Draught has proved itself a safe,
reliable, gentle and valuable remedy.
If you surfer from any of these complaints, try Black
Draught It is a medicine of known merit Seventy-five
years of splendid success proves its value. Good for
young and old. For sale everywheft. Price 25 cents.
CJ 631
:
Thanksgiving.
"Thanksgiving" is not a clay; its a habit. In order to he thank?
ful on Thanksgiving day, vre must learn HOW everyday In the
year. There aro some simple rules. Walk on the sunny side of
the street; livo in the beet room in the house; think about your
FRIENDS, not your enemies; talk about your good luck, not your
had; Hank with
The Farmers' Bank and
Trust Co.
These arc some of the ways of acquiring the spirit of CHEER?
FULNESS, which is the only soil in which the flower of "thanks
giving'" will grow.
YOUR
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ACCOUNT
Place it with this bank
which has served others
faithfully and well for
24 years.
Whether you ace an in?
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poration your account
will be intelligently
handled and appreciat?
ed.
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