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Sumter Watchman was fouud
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Ills. Tba Watchman and 8outhron
now has the combined circulation and
lateenos of both of the old papers,
r.ad is manifestly the beet advertising
la Sumter.
Weekly Weather Forecast.
Issued by the I*. S. Weather Bureau.
Washington. V. C, for the week be
ginning- Wednesday. June 23,
For South Atlantic and East Gulf
States: Fair weather, wltb continued
high temperature. Is probable through
out the week.
CANNIN?. <.|ltl.S' INSTITUTE.
largr \llnuhiMr From Itichland
County Espcvted for Dentoustrn
The State.
Tbe institute of the canning and
tomato club girls of Itichland county,
which will begin today and continue
through Saturday morning, will be
attended by approximately 100 glrlM
from Klcbland county alone. A num
ber of eoun ; agents and two assist
ants of the State department of home
demonstration work will a> t Mies
Dorothy Napier, agent for thl county,
In conducting the Institute. The dele
gates will be addresed at various
meetings by some of the more proml
nent men of he State.
The open meetings of the institute
which le designed for the furtherance
of Improved canning and preserving
methods, will be held in the chapel
of the University of South Carolina
Tbe programme also provides for pub
lie demonstrations, showing the at
tain meats of members In the (vrt o
canning. The aim of the Institute,
however. Is educational. l*a??ed on th<
bange of ideas.
jh*n|Malng exercises this afternoon
I o'clock will be opened by the
Rev. Charles E. Hurts. D. D., pastor
of the First Baptist church. The del?
egates will be welcomed by Patterson
Wardlaw on behalf of the university
and by a member of the board of di?
rectors of the Chamber of Commerce.
Following this there will be a brief
demonstration by Mrs. Ernest 8.
Dreher of Columbia at Craven hall at
4 o'clock. A lawn party will be held
tonight at I.SO o'clock on Co cam?
pus, when Miss Grace Lumpkm will
give a reading.
Mis Napier will be assisted in han?
dling the Institute by her sister, Miss
Pearl Napier of Charleston, Mrs. Dora
Dee Walker and Miss Grace Hutchin?
son, assistants In the State depart?
ment of home demonstration work;
Mrs Williams of Greenville. Miss
Lajetle Lemmon of Dillon, Miss Mary
Lemmon of Sumter. Mise A. Edwards
of WlUtamsburg. Miss Grace B.
Jamee of Leo. Miss Geneva Ed?
ward will act as president of the
?aunty organisation.
I lt?.EI> TO MAKE MORE HAY.
Government Bulletin* Advises Parm
of South.
Washington, June 20.?The practl
rillty of increasing materially the
luctlon of hay In the South le
on Southern farmers In a bu?
today, the agricultural
;men*t
?ulletln points out that 1.305,
of hay, valued at $17,2*,
brought each year Into the
tuthern States despite the
It Is practicable for the
South to produco all
o v needontbelr own t
ihoy need on tnelr own
eg
?asses and legumes
^ent says make K""d
? Sooth are l^es
Mlsslslppl Valley,
post of the cotton
rass on the rich
Arlington mix
oat grass and
WILL MAKE TRIP TO CLEMSON.
Two Corn Club Hoys Who Made Hot
Average Will IV (ilven Summer
Course?4i<kmI IMacv to Spend Vaca?
tion ? Something About Fruit
Growing? Plenty of Wheat liaised
?Cmi'iii Note? by Demonstrator
Williams,
It will soon be time for the boys
who made the best points in the Corn
Club last year to take their trip to
Clemson College for a four weeks
course In Agriculture, and an inspec?
tion of the different departments of
the College. A course for four weeks
will also be given for the benefit of
farmers who wish to add the scien?
tific part to their practical knowledge.
This course is so divided that each
principal subject will be treated for a
whole week, and if a fellow cannot
spend more than one week away from
home, if be will consult me or write
to the College, he can get the course
of lectures that will be presented and
select the week that will be devoted
to the subject in which he is most
Interested. Live stock, Dairying,
Horticulture and Agronomy. Also a
course will be given for the benefit of
the teachers who hav-e charge of
training the youth of our land in the
rural districts. It does seem to me
that a certain portion of each day in
our rural schools should be devoted
to calling the children's attention to
practical things that are happening
all about them. And how Is the
teacher going to observe these things
unless she Is taught and trained to
observe them.
A fellow can spend two weeks at
Clemson College as cheaply as he can
spend one week at any of the resorts,
either at the seashore or at the
Springs whpre the health-giving wa?
ters are supposed to work wonders on
the constitution. Take it from me
you will feel Just as good or even bet?
ter after spending your vacation at
Clemson, and you will be In a much
better position to increase the profit
on your farm many times over the
cest of your trip. I should like to
meet a number of the farmers from
this County up there and I assure you
that I shall take pleasure In showing
you around over all the different
plants, horticultural grounds and ex?
periment station. Those of you who
have not visited Clemson in recent
years, will be amazed to find how
many things of interest to a progres?
sive farmer are located there.
I have accepted an invitation ttQM) ;
ihv Chamber of Commerce to ipafcd a
pattti n of m> time in the'.r offices on
each Saturday, and any one wishing
It tmt He can intet me there or get
in touch with me from eleven until
one o'clock. Sec. Reardon has kindly
agreed to deliver any messages that
are left for me and to do anything
that he can to assist me in imparting
information to the farmers. I shall
leave a list of fruit trees in his office
so that any farmer who wishes to put
out an orchard and look after it in
the only way that we can grow fruit
successfully in Sumter county, can
leave his order with Mr. Reardon and
I shall transmit it to the nursery.
Remember the price of these trees
are a trifle less than you have been
accustomed to paying agents. Peach
trees are three cents each, apple
trees, twelve and one-half cents;
grapes five and one-half cents, and
others are priced in the same propor?
tionate low rate. I repeat again, if
you do not Intend to put out your
trees properly, keep singletrees from
bruising them, and spray them, go
ahead and pay an agent from twenty
flve up per tre>e, for you can part *rom
your money more quickly in that way,
and you will get very little benefit
from an orchard this day and time
unless you take care of it.
I am glad that this has been a
good year for growing wheat In Sum?
ter county. I believe that thero has
been a barrel of wheat produced for
?very white man, woman and child in
the county, and from the attention
that has been given to gardens both
In the town of Sumter and in the
country, Sumter people can come
nearer living at home and enioying
themselves, than they have in the
past. Then the bran and shorts that
will be fed to ho^s and live stock will
help us a great deal in that Uno. I
heard a fancy poultry raiser say that
It* was Impossible to purchase pure
wheat shorts that had l>een shipped
Into Sumter. and I find his statement
Just about correct. Wo shall soon
have wheat shorts and screenings too.
Then we can mix a better chicken
fond than can be purchased already
prepared, and It will be much cheap?
er. J. Frank Williams.
PRESIDENT AND HOUSE CONFER
President Wilson Obtains First Hand
lnformtalon from Col. T. M. House.
i' >.I>m, It, I., June 24.?President
Wilson today .after a conference with
Col. K. M. House, securing tiist band
information from the Kuropean con?
flict, golfed at the Piping- Kock links.
He loaves at 7 o'clock this evening for
<'<Mnlsh, New Hampshire, where he
tapIPtl to remain until after tho
Fourth of July. Nothing was given
out officially respecting the conference
I ? Ith Col. House.
HOT AND DUV AT W1SACKY.
St. Luke's und W?lls Churches Muy
Unite and Have Church at Elliott?
W. W. MeCutehen Heady to Grind
Wheat into Hour.
Wisacky, June 22.?It continues hot
Mid dry. We are very much in need
of rain. Our crops of small grain
have been safely housed and the
yields were very good. Some farm?
ers have threshed out their wheat and
got as high as 38 bushels per acre.
Others as low as 9 bushels per acre.
Very little oats have been threshed.
Most of the old corn is laid by and
peas put in. This crop is promising
but very much in need of rain. The
cotton crop is in tine condition, good
stands, clear of grass and looks well.
On account of the dry weather and
pressure of other work I have not
seen any oat land sown in peas. A
good many farmers took advantage
of the last wet spell to plant out pota?
toes.
Mr. W. W. McCutchen has added
to his other machinery, a threshing
machine and is ready to thresh oats,
or wheat for the public or to grind
and bolt their wheat into Hour. The
fruit and berry crops are beginning to
ripen and some of us will soon get
relief and indulge our appetites more
freely.
Germany does not seem to have ex?
hausted her strength by any means
in men, or ammunition, purpose or
effort to accomplish what she set out
to do and though the Allies have far
superior advantages in many ways,
Germany has continued to hold her
own, and all .bat she has gained,
with strong probability of further
gains.
Miss Margaret Scott, who has been
on a protracted visit to friends in
Elloree, has returned to her home to
settle down for the summer.
Misses Maud and Marvin Williams
are at the home of their father for
their vacation.
There was a Sunday school conven?
tion held at St. Luke's church last
week. The attendance was not what
was expected. Excellent addresses
were delivered by Hon. T. G. McLood
and Hon. Mr. Norton. The latter
made a very favorable impression on
all who met him, or heard him talk.
Many other talks or written articles
on the subject of Sunday school work
were given, all of which, I trust, will
prove helpful to the good cause of
ChHmlan work.
Th? members of the two churehi-j,
St. Luke's and Wells', are consider* j
ing the question of Uniting the church
OS, locating their OhUTOh at Elliott.
LET CONTRACT FOR CHANGES.
Atlanta Company to Convert Heating
System at Washington School?Oth?
er Contract to Be Awarded Shortly
?N. G. Walker and J. H. Johnson
Architects for New Building.
The heating contract for the Wash?
ington school building has been let by
the board of education to the Eich
burg Heating Company of Atlanta.
The contract embraces a conversion
of the old gravity system of heating
and ventilation to a mechanical syj
tem and the installation of a modern
system of sanitary closets. The pres?
ent system of heating, ventilation and
closets has been in the bulllinf for
twenty-two years.
The contract will be let in a few
days for the conversion of the incin?
erating sanitary closet:: in the Hamp?
ton* and Calhoun schools into mod?
ern Hush closets. When these two
buildings were erected and the closets
were installed, the city had no swer
age system. Similar work will be
done at the Uncoln school.
Mr. N. G. Walker of Rock Hill and
Mr. J.%H. Johnson of Sumter have
been selected as the architects for the
new school building. The board had
the opportunity of seelctlon from
over twenty very tine architects. Mr.
Walker has a most excellent reputa?
tion in every respect and the board
feels fortunate In being able to se?
cure his services. Mr. Johnson Is a
well known local architect and will
collaborate with Mr. Walker in the
formulation of designs and plans for
the building.
SUMTER. COTTON MARKET.
Corrected Dally by Ernest Field,
Cotton Buyer.
Good Middling 8 T.-8.
Strict Middling 8 1-2.
Middling 8 3-8.
Strict I?w Middling 7 7-8.
Low Middling 7 3-8.
Staple Cotton, Nominal.
New York Cotton Market.
Opened; Close.
January.10.14 10.07
July.9.85 9.31
October. 9.77 9.74
December.io.o?; 9.99
Washington. June 23.?Nineteen
WON reported killed when a band of
Zapataistas attacked a southbound
train from Vera Cruz on Monday. It
Is reported that the Yaqul Indians
are burning ranches ami homes of
foreigners.
Why Every Acre of Cow Peas
Should Be Inoculated
What the Berckmans Say About Cow Pea Inoculation?Facts That Read Like Fiction,
Wonderful Results With Oats Following Inoculated Cow Peas?Remarkable Re?
turns in Money Value of Cow Peas and Permanent Benefit to Soil
After years of intelligent toil, when
P. J. A. Berckmans of Augusta, Ga.,
was gathered to his fathers, he left
behind him an enviable reputation as
a most useful citizen, as a noted horti?
culturist, a great nursery business,
and three sons to carry on the
work he had inaugurated?a business
which had its customers in every civil?
ized land, for the Berckmans nursery'
products were above all reliable and
just what the firm declared them to
be. There was no guess work about
anything they sold. They knew the
possibilities and the limitations of
every tree, shrub or plant that went
forth from their establishment.
The business started by the re?
vered P. J. A. Berckmans has far out?
grown the business left by him. In
addition, the activities of the sons
have caused them to branch out in
several other directions, and among
their ventures is a fifteen hundred
acre farm at Mayfield, half of which
is given over to peach orchards and
the other half to general farming.
This farm, "The Oaks," located
at Mayfield in Hancock county, Ga.,
is being brought up to high produc?
tiveness through the application of
the underlying principles of the main?
tenance of soil fertility, and a record
oat crop grown this year on sandy
land under drought conditions has
pointed so conclusively to the money
value of the inoculation of legumes
that this year the Berckmans Broth?
ers are using more than 300 acres of
inoculating material on cow peas
alone.
In discussing the remarkable yield
of oats, Mr. P. J. A. Berckmans, Jr.,
said:
"For years we have grown cow peas
with what we believed to be success,
as a means of increasing the fertility
of the land as well as for the excellent
forage the crop provides. Some years
ago we began testing out commercial
bacterial cultures for the inoculation
of hairy vetch, planted along with
oats, and some of them proved de?
cidedly successful, while the hay was
easily the best ever fed on our place.
This test was made on the orchard
section of The Oaks, and it was ob?
served by all that the mules on that
part of the plantation were in finer
condition than on the farm section,
where mxed grain and forage were
fed. Crops grew better after the In?
oculated vetch, showing the increase
.11 nitrates and the genera] Improve?
ment of the suil
'in the summer of CHI, the repre?
sentative of the Earp-Tbomaa Farm
ogerm Company called on us and
satisfied us that the inoculation of
cow peas would be profitable. The
representative told us of people we
knew who had got as much as 100
per cent increase in their oats and
other crops after cow peas inoculated
with his culture. No claim that we
would pet such an increase wis made,
and we were led to believe that an
increase of 35 to 50 per cent, would
be what we should expect.
"We accordingly bought 135 acres
of Farmogerm for cow peas and as
a result grew the best crop of cow
peas ever seen at "The Oaks"?
vigorous plants, so dark green they
were almost black. We cut them
off and planted oats on a part of the
land after the inoculated cow peas,
and oats on a section where cow peas
j without inoculation were grown. In
all respects the preparation and fer?
tilization of the two were the same.
"During the prolonged drought this
spring the oats after the inoculated
cow peas continued to grow and ma?
ture properly. The oats after the cow
peas fw ittyout ^inoculation ceased to
I grow and did not head out satisfac?
torily. You could tell to the row
j where the soil had been inoculated
j so much more vigorous were the oats.
I The result? We harvested three times
as many oats from the land that had
\l>eeii inoculated for eow i>cas as we
did where the cow peas were grown
without inoculation. The effect was
marvelous. The cost was trilfling.
about $1 per acre, and for this small
expenditure we got a bigger and bet?
ter crop of cow peas than we had
ever grown before, and a 200 per cent,
increase in our oats.
"We have demonstrated that our
soils need organic matter and nitro?
gen and fully appreciate the benefit
of the inoculation of cow peas with
FARMOGERM, as well as vetch, on
poor soils. You should have seen
the unpromising character of the soil
where we used the FARMOGERM to
understand fully the difference in the
two crops. This field we are planning
to lime and thus realize the fullest
benefit from the inoculation. That
field is now well inoculated, but we
will plant it to cow peas again to get
the full bneefit of last year's inocula?
tion. In actual return, figured either
as an investmant or an expense, no
money has ever l>eon expended by us
that gave such a large profit as the
money spent for the 135 acre9 of
Fumtogerm.
"There is no guess work in this
statement. We know it, because we
keep books on every crop grown on
? our farms.
i "We bav< low had the beat proof
jthat it pays to Inoculate cow peas,
? and we shall use loculatlon wher?
ever we can t -??> t cov peas this year
to Increase permanently the fertility
of our lands. When we have the
whole place inoculated we are sure
our bill for fertilizers will be cut to
a fr^tion of the present expense,
and chat we will get full benefit from
all fertilizer used?something that is
impossible unless there is plenty of
organic matter in the soil. We are
told that liming lime-deflcent soil in?
creases the value of artificial inocu?
lation, but we did not use lime where
we planted the inoculated peas.
"We are also using inoculation in
our peach orchards with a steady in?
crease in the amount and the quality
of the peaches.
"I have heard of other farmers
whose experience with inoculation of
cow peas parallels ours. Used prop
perly, according to the simple direc?
tions, w e see no reason why any farm?
er can not get as profitable result as
we did. Just think,, for a dollar an
acre, we got a better and bigger pea
crop and three times as many oats as
the land would have produced without
the Farmogerm!
Learn from the experience of
Berckmans Brothers. Inoculate
your cow peas 'with FARMOGERM,
and plant them on every acre of land
this summer you possibly can.
Furmogerm Pays on All Legumes.
Cow peas inoculated with Farmo?
germ root deeper, gather more ni?
trogen from the air and make the
locked up plant food in the sub-soil
available for any crop that follows.
Berckmans Brothers have proven that
FARMOGERM insures the continued
growth and maturity of crops under
drought conditions nat made crop
failures on soils not treated with
FARMOGERM, but which had grown
cow peas and were "treatedj and fer?
tilized alike. Where else can crop
insurance be bought f^r $1 per acre?
Prices, 1 acre bottles, $2 each;
five-acre bottles, $6 each; 50 acre
units (ten five-acre bottles), $65, and
100 acre units (20 five-acre bottles),
$100. Carrying charges paid. Name
the crop on which it is to be used.
N. B. The Earp-Thomas Farmo?
germ Company are the contractors
for the breeding, manufacture and
supply of NITRO-CULTURE to the
Department of Agriculture, Commerce
and Industries of the State of South
Carolina, and to the Department of
Agriculture and Immigration of the
Commonwealth of Virginia. Price
forty (40) cents per acre in South
Carolina, on orders to E. J. Watson,
Commissioner of Agriculture, Colum?
bia, S. C. Price in Virginia, fifty cent*
per acre in acre bottles, and $2 each.
for five acre bottles on orders to G.
W. Koiner, Commissioner of Agricul?
ture and Immigration, Richmond, Va.
Carrying charges prepaid in both*
cases. m
The Earp-Thomas Farmogerm, tl
Company absolutely guarantees that
NITRO-CULTURE is in breeding and
virulence and purity the equal of any
inoculating material, regardless of
price, with the sole exception of
FARMOGERM, the World's Standard
inoculation. If you don't use FARM?
OGERM, use NITRO-CULTURE.
EARP-THOMAS FARMOGERM CO.
809 Union National Bank, Columbia, S. C
EDMUND A. FELDER, Manager_ PHONE 1014
MA YES VI LEE DEFEATS WEDGE
FIELD.
Wins 1-Vom Visitors l)y Score of 4 to
3 in Hard Fought Contest.
Mayesville, June 23.?In an excit?
ing and fast game of ball, although
marred at times by errors, the locals
defeated the strong Wedgeheld team
here yesterday afternoon. Matt Mayes
was in his usual good form, allowing
but four hits and retiring nine men
on strike-outs. The playing of Spann
at third, the hitting of Ervin Mont?
gomery, and the work of Du Rant at
first were features for Mayesville.
Burriss pitched a splendid game for
the visitors, allowing six hits and
striking out six.| Mabry caught as
well as usual. The umpiring of Mr.
Mellette of Wedge field was up to his
usual high class and gave entire sat?
isfaction to all concerned.
Score by innings:
Wedgefleld .2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0?3
Mayesville.. .0 00 012 01 x?4
Ratteries: Burriss and Mabry;
Mayes and Reaves.
The Mayesville team is now one of
the strongest teams in this section
and hopes to arrange games with all
of the best teams within reach in the
near future. A game with Sumter
was scheduled for Friday, but was
cancelled as the Sumter management
had arranged games with another
LANDER COLLEGE,
GREENWOOD, S. C.
44th Year Begins Sept. 22, 1915,
The school for your daughter.
SEND FOR CATALOGUE.
Geo H. Hurst,
Undertaker and Embalmer.
Prompt Attention to Day or
Night Call*;
AT 1. 0. Cralg Old Stand. [N. Main
Phones Sfghtwi
team and got the dates confused. It
is hoped that these two teams will
meet next week.
Jj. M. McBKE RESIGNS.
Greenville, June \?L. (M. Mc
Bee resignc i today as president of the
Vardy Yarn mills of this place, and
Wade Gray, president of the Gray
mills of Woodruff, was elected in his
stead. Mr. McBee being elected vice
president. The change will be effective
immediately. W. J. Thaekston was
added to the board of directors.
VILLA ARMY DEFEATED.
_ T
Obregon Wins Decisive Victory and
Captures Anguas Calientes.
El Paso, June 24.?Gen. Villa's
army has been completely defeated
by Gen. Obregon's Carranza forces.
Aguas Calientes was captured and the
Villaistas are fleeing northward.
Carranza expects to make Aguas
Calientes his permanent headquar?
ters and the provisional capital. It
is believed Villa will make a stand at
Torreon.
1905 1915
The National Bank of South
Carolina.
RESOURCES $825,000,00
Largest Bank in Eastern South Carolina
See our last report. Your neighbor's bank. Why
not yours. It pays to patronize.
C. G. ROWLAND, President G. L. WARREN, Cashier
??fr??***?**??*???'
$1,000.00
a year is what James I. Still estimates a Bank Account
has gained for him from increased respect of business
men increased credit and increased opportunities.
Men everywhere show respect and consideration to a
man with a Bank Account. Your account here will
greatly raise you in the esteem of men whose esteem
is worth while.
When you pay by cash no one knows your re?
sponsibility. When you pay by check everyone
knows it.
THE PEOPLES BANK