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QTljr o^latcbmun airt Southron. I*ubiuhetl Wednesday and Saturday. ?BT? OST! t \ I'l'lir.ISIIINO COMPANY. ?UMTBR. 6. C. Terms: 91.11 per annum?In advance. Ad? crUsemeato: Oee fvjuar? first Insertion.f l.OO ?very subsequent Insertion.jo Contracts (or three month* or femrsr will be mads at reduced rates. All communications which sub ?acre privat* interests will be charged (or ae advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect trill be charged (or. The Sumter Watchman was found? ed la 1110 and the True Southron iu aifi. The Wstchmsn end Southron now has the combined circulation and Influence of both of the old papers, ud Is msnlfestly the best advertising sued!um la 8umter. h..\^ torn < lub Mcetin* for Sumter < ? Ut 11 f > There will be another meeting of the Mimter County Hoys' Corn Club at the court house in Mimter Saturday. March 27. the last Saturday In the month, to complete the organization of the club for the year 1?15. We have about twenty memliers at pres? ent. W? ought to have a hundred members in Sumter county, studying how to Increase the production ami to decrease the cost per bushel of grow? ing corn. The western farmers who grow most of the corn for the market, consider fifty cents a bushel a fair price for corn. We Southern farm? ers feil like we cannot afford to grow corn for less than a dollar a bushel. n with peas grown in the middles Is ae profitable a crop at fifty cents per hu"hel as cotton at eight cents per pound. The boys of Sumter county will have to deal with conditions that .ire as unfavorable to growing cotton as they sre at tho present time. When the boll weevil cuts the yield almost in half it is as bad as having the price cut one-third. We have two ways of marketing corn and on I v one pf mar? keting cotton. We can sell our corn outright or we can manufacture it Into pork and sell the pork. We have made progress in growing corn in Sumter county but there is still room for Irrprovem^nt. and If we gro lo keep 8umt*r county among the, leadrr? the >?oye are tri? ones that run ' goa tribute a great deu? toward he Don t hemi*.. . j ...i ths club this year because your fathers are not In a position to fun i large quan tltlee of fertiliser. The way we award prises in Sumter county those who study and keep records of everything they do in growing an aero of corn stand almost an equal chance in win? ning the many valuable priies thi* are always offered the boys In this countv. J. Frank Williams. Local Agent. \? w?. From l'l'igah. Ptsgah. Ma rcg 16?March has been a cold mouth. The coldest days were the 4th and <Rh. Good progress has been made in farm work. Most of the people are ready to plant corn, and cotton land Is being well prepar I ed. The acreage will be cut from last year. It is currently reported that a sack of gusno has been seen. I can't vouch for the truth of the report. Oata wheat and g.mb us are .?mall. Tin re Is a scarcity of potatoes here for t* ddlng purposes. I>r. W. J. Kingston and Rev. S. It. Hatfleld delivered addresses at Plsgah church yesterday. This was the commencement o; the el.dment woii: of the Kershaw Association. It will continue until all the churches are \iSited Mini Sade Rogers is visiting at Stateburg. Mow Madge Rogers went to State burg to see her sister. Mrs. b'nii Htuckey. Saturdav Mr. J. K. I ?u Pre went to Stateburg Saturday on ouslness. t ot vrA ri \< in its to mi i : -uperlntenilont l.awton 11. l inns or \UgUMu ??? Mabe \ddrc- >. The regular monthly meeting of the Sumter County Teachers' Association will be held at noon at the llainpt'i. school building tomorrow. Superin? tendent Lawton P. Kvans of the Aug? usta citv ssgpgaai ami also of Rich? mond county. Georgia, will make an au-'ren* at the meeting. The ilnal plans for Field Lay will he complet? ed and announced. There will SUM i?e other sgtraotire feat ares on I he program and ?? is hop. d th e there will l?e a large number of leaohcrs present. ?essssssi???? l?lt. /. F IIH.II^MH'11?1 M oi and optbian of Florence, is in Sum? ter. at West Hampton Av?.. esory ||endo\ tu examine c\e-? ami lit glasses. FARMERS' UNION NEWS Practical ITuragiite for Practical Fanner*. (Conducted by K. W. Dabb?, Pr?s? ident 8. C. Farmer? Union.) Some Haiulom Thoughts. If all the rest of the cotton belt Is planting as much corn as this Salem country there will be a demand for pigs to feed next fall. And If the cot? ton crop is as much reduced as it will be here there will be no cotton picked in the winter next season and no low ; grade cotton to hreak the price on the whole crop. 0 0 0 FwtlMur will be used very sparing? ly too, so that not so much of the re? turns from cotton and tobacco will have to he paid out for cost of guano. This will make a great difference In the financial standing of the farmers next fall. a * ? I had two requests to organize lo? cals la Sumter la^t Saturday. If theso neighborhoods mean business all | they have to do Is to notify President Williams, Secretary Warren or myself of the date they will assemble to or? ganize and one of us will be on hand With a well trained goat to be put through the usual paces. We mean bu'iness, and If the farmers will meet us on the square and halt* way we will i^e that there is not an unorganized farmer in the county before the Ant of July. a a a Pock Hill wants the next State meeting and wants it bad, but they will have to want it to the extent of showing the largest roll of paid up membcrnhip of any county in the State by Jane 1st or the greatest per? centage gains. The executive com? mittee will pnsa upon the numerous invitations sometime in May when time has shown how the race is pro? gressing. Sumter county union put In an invitation for tho State meeting, but there will have to be many re? cruits added to tho "Old Ouard" be? fore I will vote to bring the annual" I meeting to Sumter. a a * T wonder how the pessimists of ln*t . il in. w'-vn cott'.e. Is sull'm above > (V Ith l.'i l'?s,,, i.| ihe, war ending in rnonthv We ,v?t ? told by some of oui bast Informed (?) that tin i . o i.m thai, urn ith could not expect over 7 or 8 j OSatfl If there had been no war, and j that WS would have to take what wo could get. And that it was foolish waste of time and effort to expect any assistance from government. Well, we did not get much assistance from ' government, but thanks to the "back? bone ' of an army of farmers and the backing of the progressive and pa? triotic merchants and bankers who were for us and not against us, WS have pulled through some how. If we could only have made It unani? mous last September we could have sold every bale of cotton at 12 cents l<?-i pound. 0' 0 S The very thing which some thought I would kill the State warehouse sys? tem, lack of funds, has caused Com? missioner Meliaurin to devise the greatest plan for financing cotton and |V heious marketing that was ever droamSS1 Of, I mean the small farm ? re' IttStS ISQSSfl warehouse. If tin i legiditwro had made a bl| appropri? ation it would all have gone into blieb and mortar warehouses that would have been so expensive and BO far removed from the farmers' cotton that hi would have sohl rather than pay warehouse charges. ess At the meeting of the county union .r Bai?BO sc hool bOUSS On the last Friday in August l urged the erec? tion of cheap Iron covered and Bided structures at every gin In the county Where the cotton could be stored, and the putting of it tinder Slate or fed era] Inspection* Nothing was done with this suggestion which lllled every rei|ulr? nn nt of the secretary of the treasury foff making OOtton S security. until aftsr Iiis legislature adjourned tin- special session and Senator Panks of Calhoun bullt stich a house and put ir under Ihe Mate frarshourt lystsm, Bines then numbers of them have been taken over, and cotton is more ifely and cheaplv StOTSd than ever 1m fore in the history of the trad*-. ? * * If such a SyStl m had bSjSn ready (..mi the Fiiriiv is Union has boon working for it fOf IhfSS years) last lAngust it would have saved Ihs south two hundred million dollars. Sumter's ? hm- would have prevented any panic or depression. aas I would n<?t for a minute let up on mv.ing I live.at-hoiin- poliey of farm? ing; but farmers, ws need more than that, we assd organisation und fro* quonl masting logether to study bow to make organisation serve our pur IsjsaSWi Of Course, If We make ? plenty 'to live oil at home, we can Stand Panic; und war scares ami low prices better then II wt have to buy all we con? sume, but why should we give away ? our cotton and tobacco just because we can etand to do It? Why not be organised to get for our sale crops a profll or not seil until we do? The Farmers' Union offers you the way to ido it. What other neighborhood! want to join? E. W. D. politics AT bishopyillk. Mayor and Six Aldermen to Bo Elect* ed Tuesday. Blehoplvlle, March 10.?The local Ipolitical situation is warming up in Biehopville and the election on Tues? day, the 2!5d inst., for mayor and six aldermen to serve the town for the next two yean promises to be closely contested. Mayor W. U PaiTOtt, who has serv? ed the town one term, is out for re? election. He is being opposed by Dr. L. H. Jennings. Dr. Jennings opposed Mayor PaiTOtt two years ago and the results were very close. The friends i of both will w atch this outcome of the election with a great deal of in? terest. There are eleven candidates an? nounced for aldermen: Messrs Wal? ter Stafford, C. S~. Reams, J. W. Davis, A. If. Ree. C, E, McLendon, J. S Wat bins, A W Kelly, J. L. Shuford, John M. Davit, G. O. Rogers and W. X. McLeod. The lust three are standing for re-olection. _ BERKKLEY (]LEA X -v1 \ Magistrates Indorse Governor's Atti- i tudo?-Sheriff Seizes Liquor. Columbia, March 17.? Gov. Man? ning is In receipt of the following let- j ter from Sheriff R. G. Causey of Berkeley county: "Complying with your order, the magistrates of this county and their constables assembled at the court house, Saturday, March 13. All were present except Magistrates L. X. Mitchum of Rethea and J. W. Flnck lea of Honey Hill, the former being sick with typhoid fever; no report was had from Fincklea. We organized by electing R. G. Causey chairman and J. M. Wilder secretary. The pur? pose of the meeting was fully dis? cussed, the county divided into terri? torial jurisdiction and each magistrate pledged himself to rigorously enforce the law in his socalled teritorv. Your | course and efforts to have the lawi enforced wer< unanimously Indorsee!, b^- tits meeting i made further raids Friday, i 'Ising in ull 100 bottles < S/hlskeyi und now have cliOUeih On hand to stock a first class dispensary, including all grades." The governor has received word from Spartanburg and Greenville that the locker clubs there have taken out the lockers and have done away with all intoxicants and are prepared to obey the laws. Clarendon County Bonds Sold. The Clarendon delegation at the re? cent session of the general assembly made provision for a $20,000 bond is? sue to pay off back indebtedness, and to have some money for court ex? penses. It was predicted by some that the county would not be able to dispose of the bonds because the rate of interest Axed in the act was too lOW, but the county has had no trou? ble along this line, and on Monday last through their representative, Mr. F. (). Richardson, of Manning, Messrs. j R. M. Grant Co., bond brokers of j New York, bought tln? bonds at par, and they also assume the expenses for lithographing, attorney foes and com? missions; In other wordl the bonds are disposed of at par, and vtpon pay? ment of the full amount of twenty thousand dollars into the. treasury the bonds will be delivered. It is expected the money will be in the treasury bj April 1st, and then all claims against the county made prior to 1915 will be paid in l ull. We re? gard this sab of bonds a splendid transaction, because the rate of in? terest is as low as that amount can bring, and under the present financial J stress to secure the money without discount speaks well for the com? missioners. $20,000 is a good sum of money, and when the county needed favors some of the local banks man? ifested a disposition to accommodate I it. now that it will have this money it would be a proper reciprocation to deposit in those banks. It is always wise to remember the bridge that carries us over safely.?Manning Tunes. UNITED STATES post office, Sum ter, s. C, . mice of Custodian, March 19, 1915, Scaled proposals will be i ? celved at t his building until 2 O'clock p m. April 2. 1915, and then i opened, tor furnishing electric cur* rent, water ice, ami miscellaneous supplies, and washing towels during tin- Una] year ending .Time 30, 1010. Scaled proposals W ill also be received until J o'clock p. m., April 10 1'.. and tlu n opened, for 20 tons anthra Icte coal ;nid i cord wood. Tin- right to reject an) und all bids is reserved by the Treasury Department Geo. , \\ . ! 'i< U, Custodian. COTTON VARIETY TESTS. _ I There is a Wido Difference Between the Beet and Poorest Cottons. The cotton variety tests for the yeai 1913 at the test plats of the Georgia State College of Agriculture show re? sults that should interest the cotton grower. Thirty-one varieties were *rown , and the results estimating the value i of the cotton at 13 cents per pound and the seed at $28 per ton in gross revenue, arc as follows: Poulnot * 126.70; Brown's No. 1. $111.70; ( Cook's Imperial, $104.90; Putt's Im- ? perial, $104.GO; Brown's Wonder, ; $104.10; Cleveland's Big Boll, j '$99.95; Lang-ford's Imperial, $98.35;! ! Triumph's Big Boll, $1)6.25; Long i Shank, *95.40; Broadwell. $9::.35; ! Christopher, $91.90; Williams,! j $89.60; flowden, $88.70; Money .Maker. $88; Uncle Sam, $87.35; i ! Cleveland, $85.40; Kite's Early,' : $85.30; Jackson Limbless, $82.55; j [Rexall, $79.80; Texas Burr, $79.40; I Money Marker (seed from a different grower from one mentioned above), $78; Culpepper, $76.70; Bramlett's, $75.50; Liverly's Early, $75.45; Cli jmax, $73.20; Peterkin, $69.90; Cur? tis, $61.95.?Progressive Farmer. Poulnot cotton is a limby, vigorous growing, big boll variety, fruiting heavily; the bolls forming very close together. Entirely free fron, all plant diseases in our crop of 1914. Our seed were obtained direct from Ath? ens, Ga., for 1914 crop. A limited amount of seed for sale $1.00 per bushel F. O. B. Sumter. C. P. Osteen Co.?Advt. POULNOT COTTON SEED?A limby. vigorous-growing, big boll variety, fruiting heavily; the bolls forming very close together. Stood first in production and value of crop in test of thirty-one varieties at Georgia's State Agricultural College in 1913. Seed obtained by us direct from Georgia for our 1914 crop. En? tirely free from all plant diseases in our crop of 1914. A limited amount of seed for sale at $1.00 per bushel F. O. B. Sumter. Cash with order. C. P. Osteen Co. SEED CORN?Improved varieties. Seven Ear, a very prolific variety, having from 4 to 9 ears to stalK. The X. C. Agricultural Depart? ment 1912 report states this corn made highest yield of all vo : i- Lies tested. t:; I ushel, $i pe< Willi ?Y< n fr< m 1 edigt >e I . ? bi slu I, Cash with order c. P. Ostesn ^o., Sum j Tobacco Barn Flues % Now is the time to place orders to insure delivery when needed. T bought iron before the advance in price and my prices are right. Don't place orders tor Flues until you get my prices. AI ADH Office 12 East Liberty Street . J. /\EVi/| SUMTER, - S.C. FLUE FACTORY NEAR TOBACCO WAREHOUSE LARGEST STOCK OF Pumps, Pipe, Valves, Fittings, Belting AND ANYTHING RISE IN THE MACHINERY SUPPLY LINE LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE STATE COLUMBIA SUPPLY COMPANY, 823 WEST GERVAIS ST., COLUMBU, S. C Lumber, Lime, Cement, BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY AND FEED OF ALL KINDS. Booth-Shuler Lumber & Supply Co. Successors to Booth-Harby Live Stock Co. and Central Lumber Co. Geo. Epperson's Old Stfvnd Opp. Court House Save That Extra Dollar "If your wages wore cut one dollar a week you would manage to * * get along all right; nor would yen miss the extra dollar you eo of- ?* ton have left over. ik SAVE THE EXTRA DALLAR. Start putting your money In J [ our Savings depurtment and plan to save a certain amount out of o every week's wages. ?? Don't dUoouragc yourself wiih the thought that saving tea Jf hardship, for h is easy after .von onto got started. JJ i We pay i per cent Interest, compounded quarterly on SAVINGS ?? T DEPOSITS. V, ? The Commercial & Savings Bank, IE0. D. SHORE, J. K. CRCSSWELL, R. A. BRADHAM, E President. Vice-Pres. Cashier BY ORDER OF 7?e United States Court of Bankruptcy The entire stock of the McCormack Jew? elry Company will be sold at Public Auc? tion in lots to suit all purchasers on Wed? nesday and Thursday, March 24 and 25. This is your opportunity to buy. Diamonds, Watches, Jew elry and Silverware AT YOUR OWN PRICE Auction Sale from 3 to 6 P. M, and 8 to 10 P. M. Each Day. LOUIS L ON, I Reserved Seats for the Ladies Attending the Sale .111 I n ? t 1. 1 r v ? ??-?-^-??-???g-?-'-... ' * * ? *-^T t 11 II1111 n y