Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Published Wednesda? and Saturday. ?BY? ?WLEX PUBLISHING COMPANY. 1UMTEK. 8. a p k Terms: 11,19 per annum?In advance. N One Square flrat lnaarUon.$1.0? ?very eubsequent tnaertlon.to Contract* for three months, or Jnacer will he made at reduced rates. All communications which sub? serve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect Mil be charged for. The Sumter Watchman was found? ed tr? 1160 and the True Southron in li?0. The Watchman and Southron B?w has the combined circulation and tnfnence of both of the old papers, bad la manifestly the beet advertising ??Slum In Sumter. The enactment of Identical laws, prohibiting the planting of cotton nest year by all the ?otton growing' Mtates would be a drastic remedy for the relief of the South, but the plan has much to recommend it. It would prevent of the piling up of u tremendous surplus of cotton that would clog the markets of the world, even though the demand should have bacome normal by the time the crop1 of 1915 Is harvested. It would com-' pel the p'antlng of food crops and the1 diversification of farming operations.' It would. It is claimed, destroy the boll weevil and remove this greatest of all menaces to the continued pros? perity of the cotton States. The sur? plus that will be carled over from thla year's crop will bo more than sufficient to supply the American mills until the crop of 1910 is har? vested, and as there Is small pros? pect of the resumption of business in Europe even u half crop of cotton next year, added to the surplus curried ovor. would congest the cotton mar? kets of the world. Therefore to cut out the American cotton crop in Itll swini to be a reasonable business proposition, since it will savo the farmers from producing n crop that will cost them more than it cun be sold for. The best posted authorities agree that there will be | demand for foodstuffs greater than ever known ami that the South will be able to market all the araln it can produce If every acre of cotton bind is planted in main. It Is good business to produce a com? modity for which there Is a strong demand. If the boll weevil can be destroyed and the South rid of the pest by plunting no cotton for one year It would he good business to plant no cotton even though It resulted In a loss, but In the present circum? stances It appears that It will be mon? ey In the South's pocket to adopt this drastic method of starving out the boll weevil. e ? e Sumter County has produced a big cotton crop this year?how big there Is no means of accurately forecast Isg?but taking tho glnners' report for the period ending Septemb- . H.lth as the basis for a guess. It seem.-, safe to estimate the crop at little less than the record-breaking crop of 1911, The crop in much larger than last year s, the glnners' report proves this con? clusively, and there Is more cotton in the Pel Is now than lher<? was last year at this ime. The cost of making tin crop h. * been little, If any. gre.?f? r than tr ? cost of last veuf*| crop. con se?iuently the farmers are not in as l?a?l con?lltb?n us they would ha\? been had there been a short crop. As, II matter ?.f fact the prtOS of Cotton would pr?d?aU\ h.i\e 1? en as h?w as it i now with a crop no IbfsjSf than that < last year, for with the exp??rt de nand cut off by the war. Mette would till have been a surplus great enough 0 depress the Ann i i- Sg n at la t Had hsre bees no I'orehn war the price ould not possihlv have averaged gl m:h as ktSt >? >r. for th?> Mg crop ?.ould have weighted down the u ar M4 and th?? coinllti??ns th.it prevailed in 1911 would have I SOU duplicated. It is tine that war has demoralisedi lir.iine s and politically destroyed the settee near bet, Nil it Is just as well t?? recelle? t that t h?- l.iiuurs would got have been abb- to sill this yenr'i 1 ump? i smp for the same price that tn? y recel\cil last y? ar. Th ? South sjsgejg too mu< h cotton and when L.vorablo neason oct uri the prodtlC Ic e is ?realer than li e ?h inand. I'n ? i. r i iation.ii sjst< m of farming thi ri.ndltlon would not ? > CUF and ;?!l tie t. pj bJgsj of tin- United St ??? thp rt get gt ..f Agriculture i ad t lemson ? *oi i. i is Street ed t.. Induce I!??? i rn - i i la practice rational metnods, THINKS H I.I.I, Of TffiX Pl.W. Ceeambea, net ?? Hdwls w. llob I on i. turn? d bite tins afternoon II in st Lenta, w here be p nth |p ited in th?' conference ?>f bankers which proposes to rabsj i c a?l of llsO.oeo, ? ' 9 tw lend on tte it?n crop and re - IP ve the crisis of Ihe South. Mr. I: d?iuson. fr*sn hbi knowledge as I liMStneSS man. IhHlbs well ol lhe plan n l pf.i d to give UUt .? slat* no lit ?>ii it lumurrow, now to on wumsn tc/Qou, <<dtonsccil Meal and (.rain Ma>h Ad * tl>ed for South Carolina Poultry men. (Memsen Collage, Oct. I,?F, C, Mart>, poultry husbandman of (Meni sou <'olle;e, rnnnillHiids to SouthI Carolina poultrynien a mash made o| cottonseed meal ami grain BS the most economical feed with which to product winter Sgga in this State. Tail state is getting cradlt for the idea of feeding COttoniC Cd HlOal to poultry and Mr. Hare bus received a letter from a Richmond feed con tarn Hating that it was putting out* a mash of me sort recommended , and gaming it the "South Carolina F?;g -Mash." The formula recom- J nu ndcd by Mr. Hare is as follows, I otton seed meal. 1 Ott Iba. Com and oat ( hop. 100 lbs. ship stuff iwheat bran and shorts).100 lbs., (J round lime rock. It; |bg* Ground charcoal. 12 Iba. Suit. 2 lbs. "This is the cheapest food for making eg^s," says Mr. Hare, "and though it is has not been tested at (Memson CoIIckc, the results that, reliable feeders have obtained with it warant our recommending it.:1 Keep it in the house before the hens nil the time. Use u covered box with' slats around it, so the hens cannot aoll or waste the meal, or put it in a hopper. Do not mix it with wate r und feed as wet nash only once a day, becnu.se In that case the hens will overfeed nnd then stand around and got chilled. "When the mash is fed dry the hens consume it gradually, us natureP intends for them to feed. The i I gFOUnd lime rock || ordinary agricul? tural lime. The ground charcoal may be eliminated if it cannot bo ragdlly obtained, but always add thej< salt." WOl'M) IU l>l < I: AtMHKAtiK CoiOffsj Tanners Heady to Cooperate for Advantage of South. (Contributed to the Daily Item.) The Negro Farmers of Sumter coun? ty met In the investment hall on Oct. 2rd. About 250 In number. Mr. ft, W. Westberry called the meeting to order and asked llev. Dr. Seahrooks to give the divine blessing. Mr. West berry then told trie farmers the ob? ject of the meeting, with the informa? nt, n of what other farmers' organiza? tions have done, in his remarks he said "the only solution to relieve the present situation s to place the cot? ton in the wareh >uso and turn th. certificates over to your creditors." The following were some of the speakers llev. Dr. Seahrooks, llev. L. H. David. W. T. \ndrews, Esq., M. J. Fredericks, ggghi Frierson Wil? son, Bonhum Robinson and J. A. Manoney. The farmers at re reorganized with the election of the following olllcers: It. W. Westbery, President; L. H. David, vice president; both of Sum? ter; H. M. Murray, secretary, Sum? ter, II. F. D. No. I; I. A. Manoney. treasurer. Sumter, II. F. D. No. 1. The folio Wing resolutions were pass? ed: "Whereas the conditions growing out of the war have so affected the tottOfl market that the prices offered to the producers of cotton, If accepted, WOttM prove ruinous to the South; And. Whereas In view of thes? low prices it is absolutely necessary in ord. r to prevent industrial Calamity that all cotton producers Should co? operate as far as they are able so to do, to withhold from the market as much of the present crop as it is pos? si ic io withhold nnd to take stops to cut down the cotton crop for the com? ing yi nr. Ib? it resolved that WO, the negro farmers of Sumter county, recommend that the cotton acreage be reduced t<. It per cent ..f lal i acreage hi 1915. Ami that we stand ready to cooper" ate with ail farmers of Humter county |g any plait or effort looking to the betterment of the farming industry and t he people as a whole. Cummlt'ec on resolution.', were I'onnam Itoblnson, Horatio; c. W, Prime, Maycs\ille, ami H. M. Mur? ray, Milliter. ||, M. Murray. Bee. Per. It. w. w. HI M il I D WILL INYKMTIUATR \ttcgc:l Wee U Kndilppcd IVnm Kiel* land lo llefJTCSN Dome-lie 1*1 Ices. Wasblnaton, Oct. 7.?In view of the fad thai IIIOSl of t he ri< 0 groWU in Smith Carolina is grown in the iirsl dial riet, Congressman Whaley today Ii?om up with Secretary id' Commerci Itedneld the allegations which hav< i een made that American rice is be Ing shippc.i t?? Kngbind and reshlp pad to tinm country to create the up pet ranee ol u rush of imports am depress the domestic price. The alle 11 hui is Ihul this r< Instituten a tun ?piracy against the rice growers. Hee retar) Itedllebl promised Mr Whale; that I he dep.i it lie nt WOtlld lhor< llgh |v luvt llgllte the netter and lllkl whatever step Hcemed neccaaurj If lb I. bat ? ? wen- suatained, FARMERS' UNION NEWS Piucilcul Thoughts for Practical Farmers. 'Conducted by 10. \V. Dabbs, Pres? ident ?. C. Farmers 'Tnion.) Nome Random Thoughts. I The News and Courier of Friday suggests that i am mistaken In asking' Clemson College to promote the hold? ing movement. Says that Clemson is doing all that it can do. that the thing to do is to provide crops to take the place of cotton next year, "Uus tlCUS" in the State of Saturday very pertinently says that very lew farmers have the money to buy "inoculation"' i at || per acre for winter legumes; ot? to buy seed at from $1.60 per acre to $5.00 per acre not to count the labor of plowing them in. ? * * The Item very truly says unless a market is provided for these grains und hay crops "the harvest next spring will bring no relief." There is an in-, ?latent demand for legislation curtail-, ing the acreage in cotton, and I wish to repeat that if facilities for market? ing the crop that will be grown to take the place of cotton are not provided, the hist slate of our fanners will be worse than the present, e a a It is all very well to talk About the high prices of everything we may have' to sell now in the food line. Put we all know that without local facilities' for handling grain and bay and prop? er connection to resell them in the' larger markets, the local market will be easily eonjestod, and small farm? ers will not be able to sell for enough to pay for hauling to market. * * ? The News and Courier would say "Clemson had a big enough job to persuade the farmers to produce these crops, the farmers must make Iheir own arrangements to sell." Ami ?nich reasoning characterise! much' "good advice" so freely given to the' farmers. ? ? * The county union met at Trinity on Friday and after a long discussion of' the situation, proposed that only !-'?'> Of the land actually tinder cultivation should be planted In cotton and that, If the way be clear under the const!-! tution for such a measure to be en Acted into law that it be made to cov-j pr sit least three years to give time for farmers to adjust themselves to the change. Tho union was opposed to swinging from one extreme to another lo swing right back again in another year. see It also demanded that a scientilic plan of marketing be inaugurated by the national and state governments, j declaring thai any limitation of pro? duction by law carried w ith it the ob? ligation to finance and market, sag It would use this emergency to! focus the attention of the national and j ?t?te governments upon the need of Agricultural banks and declared that "better marketing and better banking' facilities are the crying need of South i rn farmers. ess It |fl not In favor of a greater ex? tension of taxes than at present pro? vided, believing it would be unwise to! postpone for one year the payment of taxes and thereby make two year's collections come in one year. e a a It will meet on the First Fridays In November, December, January, Feb? ruary and March In the court house, j and Will" expect as hospitable enter-I lalnment from the city members us, the COUnty members extended to them In the bountiful pienbs during the summer months this year and In the years that have passed. Will they b> it : If course they will! E. \V. D. IIF.Lta I'M MOV KS GOVERNMENT. Ministers (Juit Antwerp for Ostend as Caorman* Menace city. Amsterdam, Oct. 7.?via, London ) The Nleuw ban Dendag says thai the Belgian government was moved today from Antwerp to Ostend. The paper sa\s that the German Commander of the forces besieging Antwerp sent an olllcer carrylnii ;> white Hug into the city this morning tu announce that the bombardment of the temporary capital would com? mence at y.IIO n't lock this forenoon. Many refugees left for Midland and nt noon the government was truna fcri cd to i ?stend. C'OfUlt Line llliys Florida Central. Thomasvllle, (la., i?ct. 6.?The Flor Ids I 'cot fa I Ittillroail In t he State n th'orghi was sold ;it public outcry her* todu> to I he Atlantic ?*...?. t Line Itall wny for 122,000. It holds a lllorl Huge mi the property tor $200,. 'I in- .tie Include.-! two locomotive* in: ami supplies and I he I'IkIiI o v. a\ in tleol'gla. now to i i id iio(.s. Care for the Brood Sow and Young , l?i?s?U raxing Crops and rattening, feeds. Clcmson College, <>ct. ?;.?"All breeding stock and young animals need liberal amounts of nutritious feeds that will develop and maintain muscle and bone," said It. L. Shilds. head of the division <?t' animal hus? bandry and dairying of Clcmson Col? lege, making suggestions for the care and feeding of hoga, with special reference to brood sows and pigs. Clcmson College is receiving many letters Indicating unprecedented in? terest In hog raising In this State. Prof. Shields suggests the following) feeding practices to the average South Carolina farmer who is es- J tahllshlng U hog plant this autumn' or winter: The brood sow must receive care ful attention. She must be kept In good condition during gestation, or the period of the development of her pigs, but one should not allow her to become fat The sow must have exceptional care If she is to produce two littlers a year. Suitable rations for the brood sow consist of (1) equal parts by weight of ground corn, wheat middlings and ground oats; or (-) equal parts by Weight of rice meal, wheat middlings and ground oats; or. () equals parts by Weight of rice meal and ground oats. Hither rice meal or wheat middlings may be used as a part of a ration of' I feedi Is preferable, Wheat bran may be used as a part of ration of mature breeding hogs. Bran is too bulky to ((institute the entire ration. Skim milk and buttermilk are ex? cellent for both growing and mature hogs and should he used when avail? able. Rely on grazing crops to supply] the bulky portion of the ration, as such feeds aid in keeping the hogs in thrifty condition. They balance the ration, reduce the cost of pork pro? duction, generally Compel exercise, ward off constipation and reduce dis? eases to n minimum. Rape, wheat, oats and rye, sown in the fall, fur? nish excellent winter grazing. Vetch may be used to advantage with any uf the grains. Bur and crimson clover sown on Bermuds sod is es? pecially recommended. win n the clover dies out the Bermuda grass will replace it and can he grazed un? til frost. Cuw peas, soy beans, pea? nuts and sorghum, sown in May, will furnish grazing in late summer and early tall. If given an opportunity, pigs will soon learn to eat. They should be weaned when about 7 weeks old if skim milk can he given them and it is desired to raise two litters a year. Otherwise they may he allow? ed to run with the sow until 10 weeks old or even longer. The sow should have only dry feed f<?f several days if the pigs are tak( n from her. in? stead of allowing her to wean them herself. The weaned pigs need good con? centrates that are rich in muscle and hone making material to Insure thrifty development hut get them on their feed gradually as overfeed? ing will produce scouring, etc. Take from 10 to 12 days in getting them adjusted to the change, feeding them lightly three times daily during this time. Kations recommended for young pigs are: ( 1 ) skim milk and wheat middlings; or (2) one part ground grain of some kind to 21 parts wheat middlings or rice meal. Ground oats and rice meal make a splendid mixture. feed pigs about as much as they wiil clean up readily and witli appetite. TO USE VITAL STATISTICS. - State Board of Health to Tut New Law into K fleet dan. t. Columbia, Oct. 7.?The State hoard of health met in Columbia to.lay and' decided to put the new Vital Statistics Act into effect on .January I. Provis? ion has been made for its enforce? ment. Coil RENT?My place on Broad Si. S room cottage and out houses. S 1-l' acres land. Nice truck and poultry farm or tobacco farm. See me quiek. T. W. McCollum. DK. Iltt?llSMITIl?Optometrist of Florence, is here at Claremont Ho? tel only one day euch week In fu? ture, every Thursday, to examine eyes and lit glasses. W.WTf.D?Heifer calves, three to six months old; also one nr mote voting cows, fresh In milk, or springers. Apply I >r. c, r. < isteen, Sumter, s. C. Geo H. Hurst, Undertaker and fmbalmer. Prompt Attention to l-ay or Night Calls a I I Ii. Cralq I Id Stunil.\H. Vsls Day 63f Nlshl lot Phone* $10 Discount Allowed each pupil who enters our .( 'ol? lere within ?Ii** next thirty <luys. If in re res ted, write at once for full particulars* Klcctric fans installed in each depart meat of our ('olletre. McFEAT-BOWEH BUSINESS COLLEGE, Columbia, S. C. POWERS CARPET CLEANING AND RUG CO. The most modern and best equipped plant it> the stat1 for ras :in<l earpet clean inj;. Our ?eourinx proceiM niskes youi carpel look new. < 'nrpets Ute red and re? made . Out of town work given prompt attention. We guarantee our work to be the oe?>t. Write us for est i mates stall. j? the quality and size of ru^s. ?IWOCtil Street . C. Powers Carpet Cleaning and Rug Co., mcSSSS^i ROOFING--ROOFING--ROOFING $3.00 PER SQUARE First-class (Galvanized Corrugated and V-Crimped Roofing in 6, 7, 8 and 10 foot lengths. Sticks 10 cents per square extra. COLUMBIA SUPPLY COMPANY, 823 Gervais St., Columbia, S. C. nuntiat:? Have It Insured! ANYTHING FROM A HOUSE TO A BALE OF COTTON Wallace & Moses Time and effort are your tools for accomplish? ment and a Bank account proves neither were wasted? Why don't you learn the advantages of having a Bank account in a reliable hank ? If To start is the thing?don't be backward because your beginning may be small, all big things had small beginnings and there is a pile of satisfaction and comfort in watching your account grow. We want to help you save and be somebody, if you will only give us the chance. Begin with $1.00. THE 4 Per Cent Interest Paid on Savings. BANK OF SUMTER ESTABLISHED 1889 Lumber, Lime, Cement, BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY AND FEED OF ALL KINDS. Booth-Shuler Lumber & Supply Co. Successors to Booth-Harby Llva Stock Co. and Centra! I umber Co. Geo. person's Old Sta^rvd Opp. Court Houso "To Safe-Guard Children" Home IrttliiltiK Is more poieitl limn nti> Illing rise In forming Ciutrmier. \n one thin-.: Itioithi ? " Hie Imme will <io more to Mife-KHunl Hie I'nliire wcitaiv of m rtilM from Hie evils of Um woiiil. than Hie SAVING II.MtlT. TIm? iinrenf* who lake lite op. poinn.it> to instill into Hie eliilil's life Hie IIAIHT W SWINti. helps Hint t 1111.1? to Ikm-oiih" :i usefol limn or woman In the bus? iness world. The Commercial & Savings Bank "Te?c!i the Desire to Save, the Habit Will Grow"