The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 20, 1915, Image 4
QTljr o^latcbmun airt Southron.
I*ubiuhetl Wednesday and Saturday.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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*-.
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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.
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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.
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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
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