The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 11, 1915, Image 4
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Contract* for three months* or
aaaet will be made at reduced rate?.
All eommunlcatlona which aub
eerprivate interests will be charged
Age an advertisement*.
Oattusrlse and trlbotee of respect
?rill so charged for.
The Sumter Watchman was foaod
01 In 1110 and the True Southron In
Ilia. The Watchman and Southron
now has the eombloed circulation and
ftainsnes of both of the old papers,
uael Is manifestly the best advertising
seedless la Sum tar.
PltaloViit \\ 11 "ii on National BcfciiM
The SjBjn??unccincnt from Cornish, N.
II.. In yesterday's Sun that the presi?
dent "Is planning to make national
dwfcaes one of the principal subjects
In his next message to congress'' has
a semi-official sound and suggests even
eases than it says. In his last mes?
sage to congress, wide indorsing rea?
sonable measures of national prepara
tiea, the president protested against
turning the I'nited States into a vast
military camp In doing so he express?
ed1 faithfully the sentiment of the
OOaatry at that time, and his policy
represented all that seemed necessary
then to national safety. Hut we. as
well aa the rest of the world, have
lived about twenty years since hut
December. We had not then fully
measured the meaning of tin- Kuro
pean contltct. nor Its possible conse?
quences to ourselves. As it has gone
on. month after month, its spirit and
?lanlflcance have developed more
Clearly, and most of us are now ot
glnnlng^to see that we are interested
In It not only commercially and sen?
timentally, but vitally as possible bel
Maerents sooner or later.
Bven If we are able to avoid being
drawn Into the present war by the suc?
tion of the great struggle. It Is mani?
fest that we must be prepared for
what an sogry future may bring forth.
No matter how the war mav end. it
will ieav? iv inv 1 ' ? . .. i
ternaiion.il ?oll. many dd score? un
SSttlsil. m.ti.y new scores to l#e fSCK
on?*l yrith. Art. r th^ -rur. what '
Weil, aitiuMti j ti*..^ i?ui.. w.eraal
peace.
Mr. Wilson is one of our few public
men who Is not afraid to change his
mind, and who Is not afraid to admit
that he has changed his mind. We
have all changed our minds in the last
eight or ten months because we real?
ise that we confront un utterly chang?
ed situation. The president has had
this driven home to his ' inner con?
sciousness, in common with the great
ma .rlt of Americans, and the dis?
patch from Cornish, read between the
lines, seems to indicate that he is
ready to recommend defensive prepar?
ations that few of us last year con?
sidered likely to be nccessa
The national military program will
be strictly defeii-ise, but an adequate
defense for such a country as this
means necessarily an extensive one.
1 I have given hostages to fortune in
the Panama Canal, In the Philippines
and In Hawaii, and self-interest and
honor alike compel us to he prepared
to protect them In case of challenge.
The Monroe l?octrlnc in more likely to
bs called In question b> a triumphant
power after this war than ever before,
and ws must be ready to assert It
against all comers. In a word, while
wo do not know wh.if may happen he
fore thin war is over, or after it Is
over. It Is evident that It has greatly
widened the field of possible interna?
tional complications, and that we can
no longer afford to continue our tra?
ditional policy of military lethargy.
We must look far ahead and plan foi
contingencies ..n a large scale, if we
would make sure of safety. It may
he true that the nation is thrice arm?
ed which hath its quarrel Just, but
that country is a hundred times armed
which has plenty of big guns and
rifles ready for uss and men who j
know how to use them.
We are gl.id to believe the president
h is I..en impressed hy the necessity of
adopting extraordinary measures of
defense to meet an extraordinary sit?
uation. Such a change of attitude to?
ward this question does not mean a
? hange in our spirit townrd the sub?
ject of pence. or hostile designs
against any other nation. It is simp?
ly potting up an International sign
hoard, hig enough for everybody to
see. of "no trespassing permitted." If
we had it up today, we would not
have to del.at'- so many questions
with Ocrmany and tireat Britain. If
our coast defenses were formidable,
If our navy was of the llrst class, if
we could mobilize In a week an army
of a million trained men. with a pro?
portionate number of reserves ready
to Hfep into their places when needed.
Mould either or the belligerents be
"kicking our hound d".; around" as
they are doing now '.' Baltimore Sun.
WILL HOUSE PROHIBITIONISTS
iiheeden sws UfJUNOnujI pro.
iMIrltlflt WILL ENLIVEN
I.LEtTION.
More Interest Will Ik' Cf?led and
Rigger Vote Polled by Bringing of
< Iih|>|h'II Case?Will Try to Have
< >\orvfhclndng Majority.
Columbia. Aug. y.?J. K. Brecdta,
secretary in charge of the movement
lor prohibition through a referendum,
said yesterday:
"The application for an injunction
to present the referendum will do
ticre to arouse prohibitionists than
anything that could have been re?
sorted to. This referendum idea is
in the highest degree democratic, sub?
mitting to the sovereign electors the
question of piohibition instead of
having it imposed on them without a
clearly ascertained sentiment for it.
It has been wholly free from politics
and the whole question has been
threshed out as one of business and
social welfare, The electors are com
I - ???ut and not irresponsible. The op?
position will fail to defeat prohibition
because the people will have it now,
as provided, or through direct leg?
islation. That Is certain. *
Mr. Hreeden urges that prohibition?
ist? redouble their efforts to carry the
election overwhelmingly. "Let noth?
ing abate our efforts," he says, "but
stand together for the good of tho
State. As a general proposition, it
looks much like unreasonable quib?
bling to assume that tho legislature
may not ask the counsel and ratitlca
tlon of competent electors."
J. Rutledge McOee, secretary of
the publicity committee of the prohi?
bition movement, said last night:
"There Is no doubt about the fact
that the Injunction proceedings which
are being asked to stop the election
for prohibition will serve to put the
in.li er?Mt voter on his guard. It was
not entirety unexpected?for in deal?
ing wtth liquor in any way, shape or
form, one must expect the unexpect?
ed. It is now decidedly up to those
? ho are In favor of prohibition, but
who possibly were Indifferent to the
measure, to become active and be
sure to aid in polling a large vote. I
believe that the proceedings will be
beneficial to the movement.
no vot Pi I ? I < >* DJBR,
m rtessj Agfarj t?? Cufa Crr p trots) mi
?Soulhe-n Ct'ti Practice.
Clemson College, Aug. 6.?One
of the most costly mistakes of South?
ern farmers is fodder-pulling. Pulling
fodder not only reduces the yield of
esrn but also seriously Injurie? the vi?
tality of the seed for the following
I ear.
Kxperiments conducted in South
Carolina on the Coker farm in Dar?
lington county, proved that when fod?
der was pulled when the bottom leaves
began to turn, there was a loss of at
least 24 per cent in the yield of corn.
If pulled when three-fourths of the
leaves were dry, the decrease In yield
was about 10 per cent.
P.ut this is not the only loss from
fodder-pulling: Pulling fodder has a
serious effect upon the next year's
crop by lowering the vitality of the
seed produced on stalks from which
(odder is pulled. By pulling fodder,
therefore, a man not only loses on his
current crop, hut also damages hi.
chances of producing a good crop the
following year.
A good authority on the subject ad?
vises that If a farmer feels he must
pull fodder, he should If VI at least
two or three acres of his crop unpulled
and from this select hi seed corn. In
this way he can keep up the quality of
his seed and not suffer the second loss
from fodder-pulling, that which comes
through planting inferior seed.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES SPEAKS.
Dixie Day at Exposition Attended by
(?reut Crowd.
San I'ratif isco, Aug. 9.?John Tem?
ple QnVN was the orator ut Dixie
Day, which inaugurated Southern
Sreeg at the exposition. There was
tue greatest gathering of Southerners
' " ii ut the fair.
\p|Mdnted to Court of Claims.
Washington. August !?.?Comptrol?
ler ol the Treasury Downey has been
appointed to the court of claims.
SUMTER COTTON MARKET.
Corrected Daily hy Ernest Field,
Cotton Buyer.
Sumter. Aug ?*>. , ?
< iood Middling, I I? I.
Strict Middling, I l?S,
Middling. I l-t,
St i let LOW Middling, 8.
bow Middling;, 7 1*1,
Staple Cotton, Nominal.
New York Cotton Market.
Opened. Close.
January.Ml Ml
Oetosjsr.1.41 Ml
Psesmbsr.9.7r? y.71
LIVESTOCK RA18INU.
Sonic Advice to Farmer Who Would
Bafjta Breeding Cuttle sad Swine for
Market.
Clemaon College, Aug. 6.?Many
requests for information have come to
Clemson College recently from farm
era who wish t?> enter the livestock
business on a more considerable scale
than ever before. Many farmers are
being induced to go into livestock by
the cooperative marketing plan that
Clemson College has inaugurated and
it la expected that hundreds will feed
cattle and swine for the mid-winter
and spring cattle and swine sales to
he held at six points in the State next
winter and spring.
In reply to a man who recently
wrote and asked for information as
to the kinds of cattle and hogs he
ought to raise in the coastal section of
the State, the head of the animal hus?
bandry and dairy division at Clemson
College wrote:
"Just what breeds of cattle and
hogs you should take up is governed
largely by personal preference and the.
manner in which you handle your
proposiiton. Of course, you under?
stand that no livestock, if allowed very
wide range conditions 'with little care
will prosper. In fact, nothing but
scrubs would result from this and it
would be throwing away money to in?
vest in good stock accustomed to fa?
vorable environments and then to
subject them to the conditions referred
to. If you are rid of ticks and will
fence in certain lands and get good
pastures, you will be in a position to
raise some good beef cattle. The breed
I would suggest under such conditions
is the Hereford.
"Regarding hogs, of course, you
realize that suitable forage crops as
well as some grain is essential for suc?
cess. Too often the mistake is made
of allowing hogs to run under range
conditions with little or no care. Suc?
cess does not attend stock raising un?
der such conditions. As to breeds, I
would prefer the Herkshire or Duroc
Jer^ey. If subjected to range condi?
tions tnore or less, then perhaps the
Tamwiorth would suit you. hut I can?
not emphasize too strongly the import?
ance of preparation for the successful
raising of any kind of livestock."
Fat merti are invited to consult the
livestock experts of Clemson College
freely about their stock problems.
(Juestfons will be answered promptly
>y lett? r and whenever Circumstances
r?ennit., persona] visit: will he made to
arms which sssnt dlfHcuii probp ,ni.
Weekly Crap Siuiiuiuib
For the week ending at 12 noon,
Wednesday, August 4, 1915.
Drought conditions became inten?
sified during the week under excessive
heat. All crops were needing rain,
especially those in the central and'
western portions. Corn, both early
and late, was firing in considerable
areas. .Cotton shedding increased ma?
terially, but the crop as a whole has
withstood the drought well. Gardens,
truck and pastures had become badly
parched. Wheat threshing shows
continued good yields. Timely rains
over most of the State at the close
of the week will materially check fur?
ther deterioration of all crops.
THE BEST PROOF.
Gtraa by a Sumter Citizen.
Dean's Kidney Pills were used?
they brought benefit.
The story was told to Sumter resi?
dents.
Time has strengthened the evidence.
Has proven the result lasting. *
The testimony is home testimony?
The. proof convincing.
It can be investigated by Sumter
residents.
W. M. Folsom, proprietor dry
goods store, 141 Calhoun St., Sumter,
says: "My hack ached nearly all of
the time, and if I made a quick move
?harp pains started through me. Af?
ter sitting down for a while I would
have to lift myself up by force. The
kidney secretions wero discolored,
and filled with sediment. Doan's
Kidney Tills relieved the backache
and pains and after using them I
could rest much better." (Statement
given March 17, 190S.)
On Jan. li, 1915, Mr. Folsom said:
"The benefit Doan's Kidney Pills
brought me has lasted. Another .of
my family has since used them with
good results."
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy?get
Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that
Mr. Folsom had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Props., Buffalo, n. y. li
^ I
Geo H. Hurst,
Undertaker and Embalmer.
Prompt Attention to Day or
Night Calls;
ATI 0. CralgOld Stand, [H. Main
Phones gleet tot
GOOD CANTALOUPE SEASON.
Wilmington Reports Heavy Shipments
From Vicinity.
More than 500 cars of cantaloupes
were shipped North under refrigera?
tion from the BennettsvlUe and Fay
etteville sections, and ><,er a hundred
cars from the Wilmington and Wel
don Road by the Fruit Growers' Ex?
press during the present season, which
is just closing. There were many more
shipped in open cars, and in every re?
spect the season was a great success.
The prices held up well and the qual?
ity was all that could he desired.
Mr. G. H. Hobe, local agent of the
Fruit Growers' Express, said yester?
day that the present season was by far
the most successful in the history of
this organization. While the hulk of
the movement is over a few cars are
still being shipped. Four cars were
loaded in this territory yesterday for
Northern markets.?Wilmington ?Star.
Plsgali News and Views.
Pisgah, Aug. 5.?Heavy rains have
fallen here this week. The props are
greatly revived, though old corn, is too
far spent to receive much benefit.
There is a lot of young corn which
bids fair to make good if the seasons
continue right. Cotton is holding its
own very well. The crop will not be
largo*
A few protracted meetings are go?
ing on in different churches.
News from the up-country indicate
the running lor governor of Hon. R.
A. Cooper. If. ex-governor Please
runs Mr. Manning will have his hands
full.
Teddy says he is going to oppose
Wilson. We hope the breach in the
South will heal over, so we will have
a solid front as usual.
FOR .SALE OR EXCHANGE ? Full
blood Jersey bull calf, five months
old, dam twenty quart registered
cow. Will sell, or exchange for
well grown heifer or young cow.
Apply Dr. C. P. Osteen, Sumter,
S. C.
Greenville
Womaits College
tireeuville, S. C.
Affords complete advantages for
a broad, liberal education. Trains
its students for lives of fullest
efficiency and responsibility.
Equipment, faculty, courses of
study, and cultural influences are
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day requirements.
Administration, instruction and dor?
mitory building i equipped along lbs
most modern lines, for convenient,
coinfortablo life and efiiclont work.
Entrance requirement! upon 14-?Bit basis.
High standard courses leading to B. A.,
B. L. and M. A. degrees. Literature,
Lauguages, Sciences. Practical train
Inn In Domestic Science. Basinets Course,
leading to diploma.
Thorough courses leading to diplo?
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This institution alms to afford tho
bestoducational advantages obtainable
at a minimum cost. For Catalogue address
DAVID M. RAMSAY. D. D? Pres.
Greenville, S. C.
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time CUPRYWUrRP WORTH
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SPECIAL
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HIGH
SPEED
J* Sumter Moore,
COTTON
LONG STAPLE EXCLUSIVELY.;
1218 Washington St. Phone 585
COLUMBIA, S. C. ;
Send samples from both sides of
halo an?l I will name you best price
for outrun landed in Columbia.
Do You Need a
Truss?
You do no. have to send away for it.
We can fit you right here in Sumter with
just as good Trusses as you can buy anywhere.
The fit will be right, the Trusses will be right
and the price will be right.
HEARON'S PHARMACY,
PHONE 36 GET IT QUICK ]
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1801?1915 Columbia, South Carolina
The University offers courses leading to the following degrees:
1. School of Arts and Science. A. B. and B. 8. ?
2. School of Education, A.B.
3. Graduate School. A. M.
4. School of Engineering, C. E.
&. School of Law, LL. B.
For students of Education, Law, Engineering and those pursuing higher graduate
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Graduates of South Carolina Oolleges receive free tuition in all courses except
in the School of Law. Next session begins Sept. 21,1915.
For Information Write
W. S. CURRELL, President, Columbia, S.{C.
A Shoe Store Without Shoes.
A shoe store without shoes would not do very much business
would it? And each shoe store buys its shoes from those makers
who manufacture the kind of shoes for which it has a market. It
must have shoes adapted to the requirements of its trade. How
many men?yes, and women, too?ore trying to do business with".
out a Bank Acootnat. . You can no note do a successful business
without u bank aooonni than a shoe store can soli shoes with? it
Stock. \ou h'vm! b Bnjnk of IVvsonnI Scrvbt?. One that take*** a
hearty, personal Intcacst in you arid your individual needs. This is
a liank ol i'crooual . cry ice. It giveg the ?ao*o intli\idual attention
to the small depositor that it docs to the large.
THE PEOPLES BANK
i
Bagging and Ties
THE WORD
PREPAREDNESS'
Has gained an international reputation on
account of the existing conditions in Eu?
rope. We adopted it more than
THIRTY YEARS AGO
a
Our success is largely due to it. Not only
are we prepared with the necessary fur- \
nishings for the
FLEECY STAPLE
But anything else needed for the farm or L
household. We carry a stock of Bagging
and Ties in our warehouse in Charleston
from which we can ship direct, thereby
saving the outgoing local freight.
Come in j
BROTHER FARMER j
And let us talk it over. You have been 1
buying this class of material as well as a
large pecentage of your other requirements
from us for more than A QUARTER OF
A CENTURY, and each year finds us in
better condition to take proper care of you,
thanks to your loyal and generous patron?
age.
O'DONNELL 6 COMPANY1