Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Published Wednesday and Saturday. ?BY? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY. SUMTER, & C. Terms. 11.10 per annum?in advance Advert lueraeoto: Cr.a Square Brat Insertion.11.00 EKary subsequent Insertion.(0 Contraria for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications ahlch sub? serve private Interests will be charged (or as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. The 8umter Watchman was found sd la 1850 and the True Southron In lift. The Watchman end Southron sow has ths combined circulation and Influence cf both of tiie old papers, and Is men!fastly His bast advertising medium In Sumter. President Wilson ha* tried out his watchful waiting- policy to the tlnish, trusting that matters would adjust themselves in stOSiOO, thereby obvia? ting th^ necessity fog armed interven? tion by the United States, but the re? sult has been disappointing Matters have not adjusted themselves, conse qu? ntlv u change of polit y has bo come necessary, and tho immediate adoption of drastic measures has been forced upon tho Cnlted States by tho Huer:a administration by studied in aulta to this country. The point has now been reach? d where war is cer? tain, unless lluerta barks down and aubmlta to the terms of the Cnlted States. II. BJ MM ?ither order the sa? lute of the American (lag or precipi? tate a war with the Cnlted Stttes. In fact a state of war already exists, the Cnr i iten having ' .1cred a block-| ade of the Mexican ports, but Huerta still has time to avert tho beginning of hostilities by submitting to the de? mands of the Cnlted States. e e e Senator McLaurln. the self-appoint? ed Bleaae Bsi date ggf governor, resta all hla hope for success on lining up the Blease faction at his back; and even If he succeeds In this, as he is trying hla utmost to do, he Is still fearful of the outcome, as one can see from the carefully prepared interviews he la having printed in the newspa? pers. He harks back to the remote a of Tlllmanlsm. when he was rid* sag Into office on Hravo Ben's coat . to find something to say deroga , to Mr. Manning's political record, ile admitting in the next breath t Manning Is the man he fears mostj1 an antag. nist By Indirection and nuatlon he throws off on tho other Idates, to use a homely term, and ? lied terms BQCnSCg Cum of fen< - ddltng and political cowardice, wonder how tho other honorablo gi tlemen?the two Smiths, Rich- 1 arde. Urownlng. < linkscales. et al rcl lah thia sort of thing from the gentle- 1 man from Marloboro? Mr. Mc- ' Laurtn. also, alleges that Manning L ratseil the Hlease Issue in this cam- ' i palgn and that he oxpects to force th i ?ther candldat* I to line tip. What a short memory Mr. Mcl^urln must 1 think the people have, for It is legi i than three weeks ago that he gaVS ??ut, with a great Nourish, his platform, in" which ho enumerated the Issues on I ' which be would make his campaign, 1 and the b'gjist. widest pi ink of all was Hleaaelsm?in fact, the whob platform wag tailored out of Cole L. * Rlraso'a i< > ? t ? i ,.' Kxp? i ts at t'lenison College urge farmers not to fsYSjSt ISJ llBIS their wot In to correct acidity. Acidity In soil destroys the helpful bacteria .Vow is IBM time to put on lime for ihn uae of next winter's cover crops The Mine should be put on the plow? ed land and birr.wed in lightly l**nd should Bl tested with litmus paper to determine whether or not it needa llmo. Imnlel Ii is?. < ol ?red. plead guilty in the Reeorder*? SSBfl Thursdav to transporting whiskey and wee let ?II with a fine of ||B, this being his RnH eeteann \< ?t n t In pursuance of the Constitution and Rules of the DglOCfntk part;, of South Carolina, IBs) several l?emo cratie ciubs of the eonnty or Bnmtei am herebv called to assemble at their Plans of meeting on the fourth Sat urdu\ of Apr.l. l?? ?ng IBS %Mh St) -tifth day of tin- month, exc.pt that IBS clubs In the <it\ of Sumter will meet on twent\-fourth dav of April, for the purpose of the n -organisation of all th?? clubs. f. r IBS ?d. . tion of pat in brrs si IBB l> ?< uti.o Committee, and for th?? elSSBSSg of d* b gates to the Cannt| Ceerventlon, whteB will as? semble In th?' OOSffl HottSS on Monday. May Hh. IBM, at II o'etoel M.. and for such iSBjOf bsnBnt s* BS may pro? perly geene ? -? foes snM elnev Kaeh i lub Is snlMled to one dele? gate for every Iwenly-flvs ntenibersi or a m?. jor it > fmetloe thereof. JOBPM il CLIFTON, County Chan ?.i.n PERJURY IN GUNMEN'S FAVOR. Prcsuor, Witncs* In Final Hearing Be* fort* Goff, Admits Lying About Kos cntliol Murder. New York, April 15.?Karl Dres? ner, one of the witness before Su? preme Court Justice Goff last Satur? day in the final effort to save the lives of the four gunmen, slayers of Herman Koscnthal, was arrested to? day after confessing himself a per? jurer in a signed statement to Dis? trict Attorney Whitman. He was ar? raigned in court and pleaded guilty i and was locked up in tho Tombs for a hearing before the grand jury. The confession resulted from tho announcement of tho district attorney! that 'no intended investigating the, sourco of the testimony offered at the1 hearing last Saturday. Justice Goff j at that time denounced the testicony Of Dresner and three other witnesses as worthless and unreliable. Dresner, hearing of Mr. Whitman s intention, went to tho prosecutor's office a few hours after Mr. Whitman' had succeeded in having May I set as tho tentative date for the second1 trial of Charles Decker. In his aill davit, offered In behalf of tho gun? men, Dresner told of having seen the ray murder car o ntho morning of the murder. He said he saw Sum1 Schepps on the running board. Sev? eral nights before that, he testified, he had seen Jack Hose, "Bridgie"11 Webbs? and others near another res? taurant and had heard Kose urge Webber to "put It over on" Koscnthal as the gambler was leaving the restau-' < rant. |l In his statement today Dresner said l he was not near the scene of the i murder and that his testimony before I Justice Golf was untrue. M District Attorney Whitman is Mid l |g regard Dresners confession as : significant in connection with Beck-11 er's coming trial. It had been re- - ported to him that both Dresner and \ moths? of the witnesses who testitled [ < before Justice Goff Saturday were I prospectixe witnesses for Decker. M Tho last of tho executed gunmen I was buried today when the body of 1 "Dago Frank" Clroflcl was interred* i in a cemetery In West Chester county, It AS CHINA SEES THE WHITES. Men "Drag" Women Around Kooiils While "Most Hellish Music" Plays. ( 1 I I Kansas City Star. t In his book, "The Chinese Kevolu- f tion.' Arthur J. Brown reprints a paligraph written by a Chinese who had Keen much of Europeans and North Americans at Shanghai. ' We are always told that the coun? tries of the foreign devils are grand und rich," the Chinese observed, "but that cannot be true else what do they nil come here for? "They jump around and kick balls eis if they were paid to do It. Again you find them making long tramps into the country; but that is probably I re igious duty, for when they wave Itlcks in the air nobody knows why. rhey have no sense of dignity, for lbs) may SS found walking with wo? men. Yet the women are to be pitied, LOO* (?n festive occasions they are I ragged around a room to the accom? paniment of the most hellish mu ?ic." Another Interesting paragraph Is from the pen Of ? Chinese who had lust returned from B tour of Buropoj] md North America He wrote to a relative as follows: "Toy cannot civilise these foreign devils They are beyond redemption. They Will live for weeks and months, without touching a mouthful of rice, but they eat tin- fleffh Of bullocks and' iheep in enormous q lain.iues. That is why they smell so badly. They smell like sheep themselves. Every day the) take n bath to rid themselves of their dtsagrcealde odors, but they do not sueeeed. KOf do they eat their meat cooked in small plSCOA It is ear-' i ed Into the room in large ehunxs, often half raw. and ;hev cut and slash and tear it apart. They eat With knives ind prongs, it makes a civil? Ised being perfectly nervous. One! ian< lea himself In the presence of, sword-swallewera, The) even sit down ,ii the same table with women and ths latter are served first, reversing the order of nature." Teacher*' Examination. The regular spring Teachers' B*> ?mlnntlon will be held in ihe Court 11..use. Friday, Ma) ths Amt, begin? ning at ?? o'clock. The questions will he based on the books adopted b) the st itc Board of Rducatlon? J. II II A YN<W? ?KTH. County Superintendent of Rducatlon. Are DoMs < niching T it is i lalmed I hat most colds ars catching as measles and thai one should avoid the association of nn - ora> who has a cold, Never permit anyone who has a cold to kiss your child, Avoid crowded cars and poorly Ventilat? d sleeping, rooms Then wio n you lake n cold gel rid of it aa quickly ns possible, Chamberlain's Cough Remcdj used as directed will enable \ ou to throw it off quickly and permanently. Thai preparation al? ways eures and is pleasant nnd safe to lake. Foi sale by all dealers.?Advt. | Sonic Random Thoughts. See what Mr. HolgOOd of Maple villc, N. C, thinks ahout the Duke cot? ton warehouse proposition. Ask Mr. C. G. Rowland, president of the Farmers' Dank and Trust company, what he thinks about Mr. Duke and his plans to aid the South to market its cotton crop. lit I want every member of the Farm? ers' I'nion in Sumter county to read what J. Z. Green, the organizer-lectur? er of the North Carolina State union, says about planning to make tho meetings of the local union of inter? est. I ani sure that these meetings can he made very helpful to tho mem? bers and their wives and daughters, if each one will go with a definite pur? pose to seek some information pertain? ing to his or her work. Try this plan at the local meetings to be held next week and report results at the Beth? el meeting of the county union on' May 1st. a a a Farm work has been set back a week by the heavy rains of today. 1 have heard of some cotton that will have to be planted over, being caught by the frosts of last week, just as it was in the crook. If this cool spell lasts much longer more seed will rot in the ground. I think more cotton has been planted up to this time than I ever saw at samo date. It will bo a serious matter if much of it has to bo planted over. I I t Mr. Marion Divers, fertilizer inspec? tor for Clemson College, was in this section recently taking samples to lend to the college for analysis. By reason of this work very little fer Llllzers fail to come up to guarantee. But farmers should Insist on definite tatements as to the source of am? monia, rather than the Indefinite "or? ganic mineral" stamped on the sacks. \ cheap mixing plant at every point ivherc many carloads of fertilizers are lellvered would be a fine Investment, f the farmers of that community vouhl buy their material In bulk, and nix to suit the needs of each member, s notfhil a practical plan of co-oper ition that is worth trying? Discuss it it the next meetings. on ? Five years ago on the let of May at Tain's Mill the plan to organize thej Jnion Brokerage Co., took definite' ;hape. Is not the 5th anniversary a pDod time, and the place appropriate, I o start another good thing for the1 armers of the county? B. W. D. Vcvcr Adjourn Without Planning for The Next Meeting. It is just as important to have Veil-defined plans to work to In your i ocal union as it is to have dofinite dani for the preparation, cultivation' ind harvesting of your crops. Meet ng in either county or local union vith nothing to do is like going into 'our fields to work without a plan or uirpose. Never adjourn a meeting vithout arranging something for the lOXt meeting. Having something Ictinite to look forward to at the next neetlng not only awakens more in ereat and Increases attendance, but t gives each member time to study] In- proposition to be discussed and inter more heartily into the spirit 'f the meeting. It has been notable in the history >f cooperation that those who have Hit most in it haw gotten the most ?tat of it. If you don't attend the neetlngS of your local unions and lo a grown man's part towards mak ng th<< organization useful, you are he very last man to complain that 'farmers won't stick." My obscrva lon has been that the knocker who omplains most ahout tho poor 'sticking* qualitiea of farmora usual y advertises himself as a mighty >oor sticker. Genuine cooperation never means "they," but it means 'we.' It means Working together for tornmon Interest) ami if you cooperate right you will always go the other fel OWM way, il' you can't get him to go .our way. Have definite programs at your! meetings, then lie on hand promptly it the hour appointed. Non-attend ince, or being bite at tin* meetings, iVlll put your local union on tho drag. We farmers might learn an Impor? tant lesson in faithfulness and' nromptnes ? ai u> engagomenta from successful business men who are rarely over late at an appointment, Well. Well. What a Bait! $5,000,000 at .1 Der Cent! Mr. Duke is a slick dink. Win* Is Mr. Duke? He is a man that con? trolled the price of tobacco in North Carolina for over 2^ years. From lv.? i ti. 1911 North Carolin;? grew il.out ltMMMMi.iHin pounds a \ear that Mr. Duke paid an average of about ? Ight ( cuts per pound. About three \t tra age Dnclc Bam took a hand in the matter; in 1912 ami 1 !? 1:'. the same lobacco averaged about 10 cents per pound. Bo Mr. Duke robbed the tobacco farmera of $8,000,000 a seat f..r 20 years. Dating the 20 years 1 grew about 200,000 pounds of the weed, so Mr. Duke owes me about $16,000, and owes tin- lobuccg farm ers of North Carolina about $100,000, 000. If Mr. Duke is really interested in the welfare of tho cotton farmers of the South let him make a loan of $5,000,000 to the Farmers' Union for a term of 10 years at 3 per cent in? terest, to enable them to store their cotton when it is necessary for a fair profit for their work. Let this money bo deposited in banks all over the cotton belt. The farmer is the back? bone of the world, and if this kind of arrangement can be made then you Will see the South grow. If not, the Farmers' Cnion better hold on to their own warehouses, where they can control their own interest. H. H. Holgood. Mapleville, N. C. How a Baby Lost $12,000. In the May Woman's Home Com? panion appears a very interesting ar? ticle entitled "The Safeguarding of the Child," by Julia C. Lathrop, chie: of the Children's Bureau in the United States Department of Labor. In the course of the article Miss Lathrop shows the importance of the registra? tion of births. She makes the point that thousands of* children's lives could be saved if. in the first few hours of life they could have proper attention. She also proves that in the| United States no proper records are kept of births. In the following ex-1 tract from her articlo she tells tho r.tory of a case where the failure to register the birth of a child cost the mother dearly: "The importance of a birth record is very well illustrated by the case, recently brought to the attention of the Children's Bureau of a young Swiss immigrant, who, coming to this country and settling in Indiana, was killed, leaving a widow and infant child. The mother, in dire poverty, had trouble to keep herself and her baby alive by scrubbing and sewing. One day there came to her an official letter from the Government of Switz? erland, stating that her late husband's ' brother had left twelve thousand dol? lars to this child. All that was de? manded was proof of identity, with . the customary birth certificate. But there was no such certificate, and the much-needed money was lost. "Another instance of the kind, like? wise in Indiana, had to do with a1 farm which was left to a girl by her! grandfather. Being twenty-one years! of age, she was entitled to the prop? erty. But a dispute nrose. Her fath? er, who had the use of the farm dur? ing her minority, claimed that she was only nineteen. There was no birth certificate to prove her age. But, hap? pily, a neighbor remembered that a valuable cow belonging to the grand? father had given birth to a calf on the same day that the girl was born. The birth of the calf had been duly recorded, and, this evidence being ac? cepted by the court, the young wo? man obtained possession of her farm." Says Sex Hygiene Docs Not Belong in Schools. On the subject of the teaching of sex hygiene in schools the editor of the Woman's Home Companion says in the May number: "Many sincere people, who are urging the study of sex hygiene in the classroom, have much to say about the evils of Ignorance, and their dramatic, not to say sensational, recital of these evils often makes a profound Impr slon. "The .nciple that ignorance makes for evil and knowledge makes for K?>od lg not always a safe guide m dealing with the minds and bodies of children. It might work infallibly if all children were alike and if all teachers were fitted to teach the los son requiring supreme tact and almost divine sympathy. "The Woman's Home Companion strongly urges that sex hygionce shall not now be taught in our public schools. Satisfactory mechanical methods Of giving this Instruction to children have not yet been worked I out. it has been tried and has not! been successful, as the whole question is Still In an experimental stage, and discussion of details should be con? fined to normal schools and to con? ferences of adults, without subjecting children to the danger of wrong In? struction. "In Montclair, New Jersey, a resolu? tion was adopted calling for the ap? pointment of a slate commission to in? finite Into the best method of giving BUCh instruction, surely a step in the right direction, "It is b significant fact that the Hoard of Education of Chicago, one of tho ft i st cities to introduce a spe? cial course of sex hygiene In it** RchoolS, has recently Noted to abandon 11 he course." Cured <>r Chronic Constipation. "For twenty-one years i suffered with chronic constipation." says C. W. Robinson, of Cordova, P. c. "In May, 1008, it had assumed a more so Irlous form, resulting In Indigestion, piles and neurasthenia. Life seemed n burden to in... Two famous physi? cians and one specialist with all their I drastic drugs tailed to help me, A friend advised me to give Chamber? lain's Tablets b trial, which 1 did. and ..in pleased to say two bottles of them j cured mo." For sale bv all ?lealers. I? Advt. PREPARING TO SAIL. Albany and Pittsburgh Take on Sup? plies. Seattle, Wash., April 15.?The cruis? ers Albany and Pittsburgh at the Puget Sound navy yard are taking on j coal and ammunition. The Albany has orders to leave for the south Friday ' and the Pittsburgh to stand by. Rear Admiral Robert M. Doyle, command? ing the Pacific reserve lleet, has rec? ommended that the South Dakota be sent, in preference to the Pittsburgh, , which has been undergoing repairs. The 250 marines at the navy yard have been ordered to be ready to sail on the first ship departing. TOMATO CULTURE. Fertiliser. On soils of medium fertility, one I two-horse wagon load of well rotted IStable manure may be broadcast over j the ground of the one-tenth acre plot, and turned under whin the ground is broken. In addition to this, 40 to 80 pounds of commercial fertilizer an? alyzing 3 per cent nitrogen, 0 per cent phosphoric acid, and S per cent potash should be sown in the drill and thor? oughly mixed with the soil ten days or two weeks before the plants are set. If stable manure is not used, SO to 120 pounds of commercial fertili7er, con tainin,? from 1 to 6 per cent of ni? trogen, 7 to 8 per cent of phosphoric acid, and 9 to 10 per cent of potash, is needed for best results. In fertilizing tomatoes potash should predominate I in that it makes for meaty fruit. Oak and hickory ashes may be used in the tomato garden, for the potash that is In them. In commercial fertilizer muriate of potash is preferred to kalnit as a source of potash for toma? toes. The best sources of nitrogen to be used are dried blood, fish scraps and nitrate of soda. C otton seed meal should not be used, as it stimulates the growth of foilage at a time when the fruit should be developing, ft is well to apply the fertilizer in part when the plants are placed in the field, and again when fruit formation begins. It should be confined almost exclusively to a strip one or two feet wide along the course of the row in? stead of being sown broadcast over tho garden. Transplanting to Garden. If possible select a time for trans? planting when the soli is moist, but not wet, and the air still and warm. Just before setting the plants the ground should be thrown into broad fiat ridges four feet apart, varying in height from almost level In sandy sell to several Inches higher in stiffer, moister land. Plants are put in con? dition for transplatlng, allowing a scant supply of water 'or a few days before, with the fullest exposure of air and sun. then a thorough wetting a few hours before they are taken up. Take up the plants for the day's plant? ing in the early morning, being care-; ful to secure as much of the root as possible, pack them tightly in a box, and keep them in a shady place with canvass or burlap thrown over them. Holes to receive the plants may be made with a dibble or planting trowel, either of which may bo made of wood. Tho plants are placed in these holes an inch or two deeper than they stood in the bed and earth is packed closely about the roots?especially at tho bottom. A slight saucer shaped de? pression is left about the plant and Into this a half dlpperful <>f water is poured and tho depression filled with dry earth?left loose to prevent caking and evaporation. Cultivation. As soon as tho plants are set the ground should be well stirred to the greatest depth possible with a small toothed cultivator, as the tramping necessary to setting tho plants com? pacts and hardens the soil, which needs to bo loosened and aerated. Cultivation should follow every week from time of planting till after fruit begins to ripen, and should be quite shallow after the first two workings? so that the roots that have spread across the middles may bo injured as little as possible. Sour Stomach This Is a mild form < ? Indigestion. Bat slowly, masticate your food thor? oughly and take one of Chamberlains Tablets just after supper und it may bo avoided. For sale by all dealers,? Advt __________ CAROLINIANS HONORED. Victor Blue and A. H. Scales to Be Captains in Navy. - - -< Washington, April 15.?President Wilson today nominated Commanders i Victor l aue anc Archibald H. Scalee jto be captain* in the navy. Com? mander Blue is now chief of the bu ; reau of navigation at the navy depart !mcnf. here, with the ex.-officio rank of ! rear admiral. Commander Scales is m icharge of the receiving ship Franklin :at the Norfolk navy yard. He is also I a Carolinian. WILL REDUCE PASSENGER RATE. Readjustment Will Mean Many Re? ductions. Washington. April 15.?Readjust? ment of passenger rates on all inter? state railroads in the United States in conformity with the long and short haul provision of the law, under or? ders of the interstate commerce com? mission, will become effective May 1. The new tariffs filed by the roads with the commission indicate a material fare reduction, particularly from im? portant terminals and rate basing points to intermediate points. Officials of the commission, after an analysis of the tariffs, estimate that 95 per cent of the changes in fares will be reductions and 6 per cent increases. In such advances as ? are made the increases are where traffics to intermediate points is- so great as to affect seriously the rev ; enues of the roads. WILL SEEK TO APPEAL. Counsel for Kocliler Would File Brief. Washington, April 15.?Counsel for Maj. Benjamin M. Koehler, the coast artillery officer convicted of immoral conduct by courtmartial at Fort Terry, X. Y., and sentenced to dis? missal from the army today asked the war department for leave to file a brief in behalf of the convicted of? ficer. The petition, in all probability, will be granted. The war department has not yet reviewed the case. Widely Used. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is one of the most widely used medi? cines In the market. It is as popular In Canada, Australia and South Africa as at home. This is because it "makes good.'' You can always depend up? on it when you have a cough or cold. For sale by all dealers.?Advt. 600 BUSHELS?Good home raised white corn, 20 tons No. 1 baled pea vine hay well mixed with crab grass; also . mail farm mule we will sell cheap. Apply to Andrews Bros. Oswego, S. C. YOUNG STRAIN?Single Comb White Leghorns. From several hundred raised past season selected 25 for breeders. Cock birds same strain unrelated. Free range, eggs $1.66 per 15; $8 per 100. Pecania Poul? try Farm, Davis Station, S. C MONEY TO LOAN?I have several 3ums of money to loan on improv? ed Sumter county real estate. Terms reasoeable. A. S. Merrimon, Law Dange. BEESWAX WANTED?Cash paid for gv>od clean wax. N. G. Osteen, PLANTS COR SALE?Lettuce and pansy plants, also sweet olive cut? tings well rooted. The pansy plants are fine and well grown and will be sold at reasonable price. 316 W. Flampton Are. I \ FOR SERVICE Stud-Half Blaze, Regis? tered combination Stal? lion. Is at stables of Harby-Epperson Go. A. D. HARBY. Farmers' Bank & Trust Co. ESTABLSHED APRIL 1905. Resources to-day between seven r.nd eight hundred thousand dollars.* Many thousand satisfied patrons tell th story. If you arc not among them, you should be. Come with us.