Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PsbUehed Wednesday and Saturday. ?BY? O&TKbZS PUBLISHING COMPANY. ?UMTBR, a C ll.lt par aaoum?In advance. I - Ad rertlsom ratal >o? tquara flret insertion.$1.00 ???ry subsequent Insertion.60 Coatraota for Lara? months, or longer will be made at rsducod rates. Ail communications which sub aar*? private Interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obltusrlaa sad tribute* of respect will be charged for. Tba Sum tar Watchman was found? ed In 1110 and the True 8outhron In a Iff. The Warchman and Southron sow baa tba combined circulation and 'aflsence of both of the old papers, is)d la manifestly tba best advertising ?vadium In Sumter. i Weekly Crop Suninuiry. The following Is the weekly weather and crop summary issued by the Co? lumbia weather bureau: "Tho early part of the week was cloudy and rainy, followed by clear ami a aormaily cool weather at the cloaa. Light to heavy frosts over the northwestern counties, with killing frosts along the mount.t a ridges, ma? terially check? ?1 growth and caused some damage to gardens and tiel l truck. Some d image to new mown hay resulted from the ruins. Cotton picking was resurm d and was being pushed during the latter part of the week. Haying, corn gathering and fall plowing were in progress, as was the peanut harvest in the eastern por? tion." Hit; PKANl'T crop. .Mr. I M. Hogers leathering a Good Yield Prora 300 Acres. One of the most Interesting sights to be seen on a farm hereabouts is that on tho farms of Mr. Frank M. Rogers, Sr.. In Hack Swamp township, where at this time he has begun the harvesting of his large peanut crop. Mr. Hogers planted this year 300 acres of Spanish and Virginia pea? nuts, which was nothing more than an i M?rnnent. for nothing like this great u<i' hi. eVft before been planted In South Carolina. It is said that the next largest acreage plant? ed by any one farmer in this State is near Msfeop rW \ \ here some 11 OX 100 acres are ; Mr. Rogers began about ten dnv-? ago gathering this aOS/ nop, that Is, la Dim auction, and one who has iie>??r seen the peanut crop grown or har? vested would be amazed were he to pass slong the highway and Mew the result Hundreds of hands, negro men. women and children, are ena t>|o>ed In plowing, lifting the vines with their tubers, stacking and cur? ing them, making ready for picking am) separating. The vines with their tubers are stacked in tho Heids on polfg which have been erected with an arrange? ment at the bott-un I foot from the ground for ventilation. These poles sre placed about lift) j mis apart ami In rows ||M b-ngth of the Held. There sre aeve r.i I thousand poles or stacks, which resemble hay stacks, only they are not so high or so bulky, and It certainly Is Interesting to pass along and take a view of these farms. Mr. Hogers will net anywhere from ?0 to 120 bushels of peanuts to the acre, .\nd It Is stated that be will be aide to dispose of his entire crop at VOc to |1 the bushel. It will bo remembered that Mr. Hog? ers was the pioneer tobacco planter in this S?ate, which crop Is the outcome of the News und Courier's efforts some twenty odd years ago and which has proved to be a great big crop in South Carolina. Mr. Hogers planted no cotton on his plantations this year, and by his not doing so ho will no doubt be much henented?Florence Times. HOLIDAY i on phi slin \t President ami Purt> Motor to Harper - IVrry. Washington. <>ct. I?'..---President Wilson, with Mrs. Norman Halt, bis liar coo. and bis cousins. Miss Lucy Sm th and Miss Mary Smith of NOW Urbans, motored to Harper s Kerry W. Vu.. toilay for lunch. Tonight tho |?irt\ ittembtl a theatre here. The motorists left the White House without tolling eres White Honet off? brills where they were going. Vho BjOVTI that th.- president was !n thf vlelnltv had preceded him on the return trip, and at Frederick. Ro0*> vllle and other towns man> people walled to see the White II..use au? tomobile go by and tried to get a r.'llmpso "f Mr. WiNon and Mrs. Oalt. i he Male Iflftawajr, t 'hattanoog i. 1 Igt. It.- The I uxi. Highway tewraSH b it at I o cloek Ibis morning for Atlanta, twenty-four hours late. They expect no furthe? d< l ?ys. USE OF FORMALIN TO PREVENT SMUT Botanist of Clemson College Gives Simple Preventive of Grain Disease. FOROATS AND WHEAT SEED Formalin Solution Applied to Small Grain Before Planting Kills Spores of Smut Without Injury to Germii* nating Powers. Smut fs the most widespread and destructive disease of small grain and It occurs wherevor oats and wheat are grown. When proper control meth? ods are not practiced, It frequently causes serious loss. Fortunately, it is not hard to proven! this disease. In I formalin we have an easily obtainable j preparation that does the work tflh. clontly. Before sowing oats or wheat,' farmers should treat the seed with a formalin solution to prevent smut. Smut la caused by a parasitic growth that lives In the tissues of the plant. The disease spreads by spores (very small, seed llfco bodies) which cling to the hulls or lodge in the creases of individual oat or wheat grains and are thus carried Into a field with the seed. The spores germi? nate at about the same time that the plants come up and the disease grows directly Into the tissue of the young plant. Smut lives la plants apparently without doing serious damage until the plants begin to head out Then the disease concentrates its efforts in the heads and black, sooty masses of spores fill tho places where grain should form. As these masses break up. the spores are scattered over the held by wind. Many lodge In grains on healthy heads of oats or wheat and remain alive there until the seed are planted again. Some remain In tho diseased heads and are tarried to the 1 thresher. In threshing, the smut spores are scattered everywhere and many Had resting places In healthy grains. Oat or wheat smut can be controlled by soaking the planting seed in a chemical solution that will kill the smut spores In the seed without Injur? ing the germinating powers of the seed. The best chemical to use for 1 this Is formalin, which is a 40 per cent solution of formaldehyde. It may be procured from any reliable druggist. Treatment with It is made as follows: Make up the formalin solution by mixing one pint formalin (40 percent solution of formaldehyde) with 40 gal? lons water. Sack the grain to be treated, about a bushel to a sack. Dip each sack of grain into the barrel of solution and let It remain there for from five to ten minutes, moving the sack up and down several times to make sure that all the grains are thor? oughly wet. Finally, lift the pack and let the solution drain out, after .vhlch either pile the bags of treated grain together and cover with bagging or canvas, or pour the treated grain Into a pile on a clean floor and cover with bagging or canvas. Leave tho grain covered thus for from 12 to 24 hours. , As a last step, spread the grain thinly over a clean floor to dry. The grain seed should be dried as rapidly as possible to prevent sprout? ing Naturally, grain Jlhus treated should bo put In clean bins or sacks so as not to be again exposed to the disease. Sacks and bins that have contained diseased grain may be dls* Infected by washing with a formalin solution made of one pint formalin to 10 gallons wator. H. W. BARRE. Professor of Botany, Clernson Agricultural College. ARE YOUR COWS EFFI? CIENT? Putting the efficiency test to cows! with ?M milk scales and the Hancock tester is one of the essentials of con ducting a successful dairy. When food Is high In price a fanner cannot af? ford to have boarders In his dairy barn who eat up more In feed than their milk yield is worth. Tb? Hab ?oek test will show these delinquent cows iu their true light and the milk scales will put the clincher on the argument. Testing cows will give some farmers a big surprise. Some? times the cow that looks like the pOOfOSt creature In the lot Is the best butterfat producer. The dairy divis? ion of Clernson College offers to give any fanner advice about testing milk and keeping records. Test, don't goose, EOUIPPED FOR LIVE? STOCK WORK. The extension division of Clemion College Ii well equipped. , to assist farm ra In any part of South Carolina oith any problem! in livestock that may arise. The college has two men giving all ?their time to beel cattle and swine extension work, three dairy SXtenslon experts and one extension pooltrymen. This is one ot the larg? e f ui be it equipped animal husband^ rv ei tension forces In the T'nit States South Carolina formen houM advantage of their oppor? tunities atOO| this line to net expert help free of cost. STUDY CIRCUS METHODS. ITnt'lo SamV Offldolfl Observe System of Corl IIegeiibock*Wollacc Bliow, Beneath the pomp and glitter and amidst the oder of sawdust and naph? tha is a system of government and management whose scope and scale are stupendous and staggering. No human institution is more perfect in rperotton than the circus. Surely no more nattering tribute could be paid the Carl H?gen book ?Wallace circus than that Officially given by the Unit? ed states government. Officers from the army department, veterans in their profession? carefully observed the rapid ? uence of proceeding! when tlie big . now was in Washing? ton. The naval officers were in the rail? road yards to watch the arrival of the trains, the process of debarkation, and on the show grounds they marveled at the manner in which the monster Aladdin like palaces were raised in the air. They critically observed the man? ner in which the two-mile long street parade was lined up. They marveled at the haste and precision in which hundreds of other employees hastened about their work. Gen. Evans survey? ed the marvelous scenes and he was dumfounded. He asked Mr. Wallace to permit several members of his staff to travel with the show a fortnight that they might grasp a few of the ad? vanced ideas as to how so gi'oat an in? stitution is moved with apparently so little effort. Gen. Evans confessed that the army department had always leaded their wagons on Hat cars by hoisting them over the sides, not roll? ing on them from the end. Tlie Carl Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus is the most wonderful tented organ? ization in the world. In reality there are two separate shows, Carl Hagen beck's collection of trained animals and the Great Wallace Circus. Sev? eral years ago the two shows were combined, yet one ticket admits to ev? erything. The Carl Hagenbeek-Wal? lace Circus will come to Sumter on Saturday, October 22 for perform? ances at 2 and 8 p. m. The monster, all new street pageant will leave the jjrounds at 10 o'clock on the day of the exhibition.?Advt SIDNEY J. COHEN. The Young Man Who Was Shot to Death in Charleston Riot. Sidney Cohen, the reporter on the Charleston Evening Post, who ^ was killed during the riot at the meet? ing of the Democratic executive com? mittee, was a graduate of the Uni? versity of South Carolina. The mem bora of his class of 1940 held him in the highest regard. He was a man of lofty character and scholarly at? tainments. After he was graduated from the University of South Carolina, the late Mr. Cohen went to the University of Pennsylvania to study architecture. Ill health prevented him from com? pleting his course there and after a period of rest Mr. Collen accepted a ploee as instructor in the department of history at the L'niversity of South Carolina. Mr. Cohen worked in the offices of the Columbia bureau of The News and Courier one summer, and later went to Charleston to accept a re portorlal position on The Evening Post Mr. Cohen was a son of W. B, Cohen, the head of the Arm of Louil Cohen & Co., merchants of ?Charles? ton. a brother was graduated from the University of South Carolina last June. Summerton Social News. Bummerton, < >ct. 1G.?The Matrons' Book Club was entertained last Fri? day evening by Mrs. c. it. Davis. After the business was dispensed with, the social feature was taken up. In the guessing of advertisement! Mrs. H. A. RJchbourg proved most successful, and was awarded the prise. This club has the distinction of being the old' st social club for women in town, ami seems to maintain its original enthu? siasm, .lust now it is making civic im? provement a subsidiary feature, and to that end has had several entertain? ments for the raising of funds. A special train was chartered on Thursday evening to enable music lover! to attend the "Red Rose" in Sumter, Quite a large number went. Dr. and Mrs. I!. M. Badger of Mul lins nre visitor! here. They are the re? cipients of many Invitations Mr. and Mis. Ii. Ii. Chcwntng of llendereonvllle, N. t'., are here for the winter. Dr. a. .1. Briggs formerly of this place, now of Darlington, was a visi? tor here during the past week. I.ost?Check No. 1600 for $480.81, payable to Mis. R, <'. Rem her I for 8 bibs COttOn l! null and Void as duplicate has been made ami paid in its place, Hank! and other! nre warned nol to pay or accept same. Cl in st Pichl. WANTED?i nil- friend! to Know rush is over ami we will mill their Wheat ami corn while Ibey llsh er take a hoat ride. r. M. Dwlght. VILLA REPORTED DEAD. Story <>f His Assoslnutton Reaches El Paso. El Paso, Oct. 16.?Americans arriv? ing from Casas Granden brought the report that Gen. Villa has been assas? sinated, but there is no confirmation. Another report stated that it was Vil? las brother, Hippolito Villa, who had been killed. Villa Still Lives. Washington, Oct. 10.? Villa agents here doubt the story of his assassina? tion, as they received messages from him dated yesterday. Villa on Way to Border. El Paso, Oct. 16.?The Villa agency denies the report of Villa's assassina? tion. It states that Gen. Villa is on his way to the border from Casas Cirandes. RUPTURE EXPERT HERE. With Appliances Used and Approved by United sttaes Government, W. 1J. Seeley, the noted expert, is again sending his personal representa? tive back to Sumter. He will he at the Hotel Sumter, Wednesday and Thurs? day, October 10 and 31, 1916, thor? oughly equipped and prepared to deal with the most difficult cases. His Spermatic Shield Trusses, as used and approved by the United States government and the Czar of Russia will retain any rupture per? fectly, affording immediate relief, and frequently closes the opening in a short time. Wonderful results with? out surgery or harmful injections. Clean and durable; no irritating leg straps or binding of the hips. Examination and advice free. Pa? tients treated on former visits invited to call for attention without charge. Home Office, 1027 Walnut St., Phila? delphia, Pa. Cut and keep for refer? ence. J. Sumter Moore, COTTON LONG STAPLE EXCLUSIVELY.; 1218 Washington St. Phone 585 COLUMBIA, S. C. ; Send samples from both sides of bale and 1 will name you best price for cotton lauded In Columbia. The Biggest and Best Circus Ever in This Section of the State Will Be a Sumter 0?* 23rd SEASON'S HOLIDAY EVENT! RESERVED AND ADMISSION TICKETS ON SALE CIRCUS DAY AT SIBERTS DRUG STORE, SAME PRICES AS CHARGED ON SHOW GROUNDS. . HAG MM >\!< cam. \ .-;?;??. In PI IP rV#w rem 1 Wonders FILLING 6 ARENAS! 0 s+z^f Its Triumphs reaches beyond the seas ?1^3 / NOTHINQ ELSE LiKE IT IN ALL EARTH'S HISTORY! J^f/ Capital 5 nvested,33.000,000! Mcro acts,mora features,more thrill-, than you ever saw be? fore; 3 rings, 2 stages, great aerial enclosure; quarter-mile hippodrome track and steel girded arena filled with CARL HAGENBECK'S performing Uon3, leopards, pumae, panthers. Polar beers royal Bongsl Timers and untamable beasts. 100 ACTS, FEATURES and SENSAT1ONS-100 3 RAILROAD TRAINS 3 22 TENTS 22 60 RIDERS?The Greatest In the World 60 400 PERFORMERS 400 8 BANDS 8 /?S^ CO Aerialicts, the 6 Flying Wards / 50 CLOWNS, the World's Funny Men 50 f Cji*' GO ACROBATS SO S&C*^ Carl Haoenbeok'e biggest and most ^a^aV^^w ifcoHection. ^\^^y< phants. ^^A\V>^J complete zoological collection, herds of Lie BP** HIGHEST CLASS CIRCUS IN THE WORLD! A GLITTERING, BEWILD? ERING STREET PAGEANT, THREE MILES IN LENGTH, REPRESENTING AN EXPEN? DITURE OF $1,000,000 AT 10 O'CLOCK, A.M. CIRCUS DAY. DOORS TO CARL HAGENBECK'S ZOO OPEN AT 1 AND 7 P. M. PERFORMANCES BEGIN AT 2 AND 8 P. M. ONE 50c TICKET ADMITS TO EVERYTHING. CHILDREN UNDER 10 Years, 25c. GARMENTS FOR SERVICE (I Ladies' Long Coats and Sport Coats?In Black, Gray, Brown, Blue, Sheppard Plaid, Plush and Cor? duroy. (1 Also a full line of Children's and Misses Coats. (| Designed and made by expert workmen. ' <f The price of every garment absolutely right. O DONNELL CO.