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i\t f?iatejnnan aiti j5outj]r<m. t^buabed Wednesday and Saturday I_ ?BT 09TKKS PUBLISHING COMPANY. IUMTKK, H. C Tarnest Il.lt par annum?In ad v a net. hi m r it One Square flrat loaartlon.$1.06 ?very subsequent Insertion.10 Contracts for three months, or fengcr will be made at reduced rates. All communications mhich BUb prlTate interest* will be charged m aa advertisements. Obituaries and trlbutee of respect be charged for. Sumter Watchman was fouud sd Bl lilt and the True Southron In 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