The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 01, 1915, Image 5
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f^soiubod Wednesday end Saturday.
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la Sumter.
Position* for Stenograph cm and Type?
writers.
There are at present twenty vacan?
cies In stenographer and typewriter
positions In the Fifth Civil Service Dis?
trict, paying from $S40 to $1,000 per
annum. The Civil Service Commis?
sion has announced an examination
for stenographer and typewriter to
be held here December 7, 1915, as the
result of which the above vacancies
sill be filled. No applications have
been received by the District Secre?
tary at Atlanta. (Ja., from this city
or Immediate territory. Application
blanks and Information may bo se?
cured from the local secretary at ths
poet office building, or from the secre?
tary. Fifth Civil 8ervlce District, At?
lanta, Oa
Boy kin-FX urn.
The marrlape of Miss Lula Cooke
Boykln to Clifford Polnaette Exum of
Sumter wan solemnised Wednesday
afternoon at 5 o'clock at the home
of the bride's mother, Mrs. W. D.
Boykln, 1625 Bull street. No cards
had been Issued and only the near
relatives and a few Intimate friends
were present. The ceremony was per?
formed by the Rev. W. B. Gordon of
Cam den. the venerable rector emeritus
of Grace Episcopal church, who has
been *> lifelong friend of the bride's
family. The drawing room was
beautifully decorated with white roses
and ?nffai h v~-'- &t * rni l whits
tapers in silver csndeinbra forming a
background for th? wedding group
during; tb* ceremony. Wliiia m*)ln<
snd srotlax adorned thh ehandVu- r
and vases of bride roses were ar?
ranged on the mantel and elsewhere
about the room. The bride entered
with the bridegroom and was Joined
by her mother who gave her in mar
rtage. She was lovely In a coat suit
of dark grem broadcloth banded
With fur and a ehrrmlng little French
hat of green velvet trimmed with fur
and roses and she carried an armful
of bride roses. The bridegroom's best
man was Hampton Forrester of Sum?
ter.
After the ceremony wedding cake
and wine were served in tho dining
room by the bride's two pretty young
sisters. Misses Henrietta and Ida Boy
ln. The bride's table, exquisite in
ppotntment and decorations, had In
be centre on a lace spread a long
bsndled basket tied with a great bow
f white mallne and filled with bride
i osoa, The table candles were pale
> reen and were held In three branch
is; silver candelabra and the chan
eller overhead was decorated In
nllax and white mallne, delicate
streamer* of which wore brought
rawn down and aught to the table
/1th airy bows. Cut glass dishes held
'hlte and green mints.
The wedding presents proved, both
by the quantity and the variety of
places from which they came, the
widespread popularity of the young
couple.
The bride, who has for several years
mado her home In Sumter. has al?
ready many friends there to give a
cordial welcome back as a perma?
nent resident. Mr. Kxum Is In the
cotton business In Sumter, to which
city they will go Immediately after
th?-lr honeymoon which they are
spenimg In Augusta. The out-of
town guests at the wedding were:
Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Kxum of
Bennettsvllle, Mrs. Laurence Klrkland
of Camden. Miss Edith Evans of
Sumter, Hampton Forester and Lynch
R Deas of Sumter.?-Tho State.
Mr. and Mrs. Kxum arrived In the
city on Friday and have started house?
keeping at their home, 111 Wtjsj
Hampton Aven
Itiut Over by Automobile.
On Sunday afternoon William
Brunson. a son of Mr W. T. I'.runson,
'was run over by - Bethen in ? strip?
ped K M K ?? ir .1? l.b-nt or
<urred when Bethea turned around at
the corner of Main street and Hamp?
ton Avenue and Brunson was rid im;
on a bicycle In the opposite Mroetton,
The wheel of the car passed over
Brunson's foot, bruising It painfully.
i but not seriously Injuring him. HtS
kbi> ycle was badly damaged and his
mm\y tbmg whm torn In soverol IMtta.
MAYKSVIUiE MAYS NOTES.
School Hoopens After Thanksgiving
Holidays?Cotton Crop About Gath
?-rod?Town Hall Renovated?Per?
sonals.
Mayesvllle, Nov. 29.?The Maycs
vilte school resumed exercises this
morning after enjoying the Thanks?
giving holidays, Friday being observed
as holiday also. This school has an
unusually large attendance this ses?
sion and excellent work is being ac?
complished under the direction of
Principal H. H Brunson and his effi?
cient assistants.
From the present outlook, all of
the cotton crop in this section will be
gathered within the next few weeks
or by Christmas. The gins are run?
ning only two days in the week now
and very little cotton Is being ginned
except on Saturdays. The clear, dry
weather has enabled the farmers to
gather this crop with very little trou?
ble this fall and with the exceedingly
short crop, there Is little of the staple
to be harvested. The good weather
has also given the planters a fine op?
portunity to gather the large hay crop
*hlch has been produced hereabouts.
Good acreages In oats have been put
In and there are good stands wherever
this grain has come up.
The ladies of the missionary society
of the Presbyterian church held their
annual reception on Friday afternoon
at the manse. Quite a pleasant after?
noon was spent and a neat sum was
collected for missionary work.
The town council has completed the
renovations and Improvements on the
town building and now Mayesvllle has
as neat and up-to-date a town hall as
to be found In any of the smaller
U .vns. The front will be used for a
court room and for public meetings,
the Jail is in the rear of the court
room, and the fire appantus is housed
in a fire-proof shed adjoining the main
building. A large fire bell has been
received and will be put In position
within a few days.
Miss Elma Mayes, who is teaching
in the Btateburg neighborhood, spent
the holidays at home here.
Misses Lilian Cook and Jennie
Forde, of the Mayesvllle school, went
to Hart8vllle for the holidays.
Miss Drusllla Gee, of the school fac?
ulty, spent the holidays at Manning
with her sister.
Principal H. H. Brunson went to his
home at Orangeburg for the holidays,
Di. J. A. Hayes of Savannah is in
town on a business trip.
Mi. and Mrs >>. M. tt:egK, of Flor
enee count'.. < >< at Thankngtvmg with i
Mr. ana Mrs. M. Gi Mayes.
J. R. Mayes, Jr., of Baltimore, who
is connected with the Southern Ex?
press company, spent Sunday with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Mayes.
Dr. Hawkins W. Corbett, who has
been practicing in a Baltimore hospi?
tal slnco his graduation, has reutrned
home and will engage In his profes?
sion here, being associated with Dr.
W. M. Bradley.
Miss Juanita Wilson, who is at?
tending Chicora College for Women,
was at home for the Thanksgiving
holidays, returning to college this
morning.
Mrs. W. W. Gardner has returned
from a visit to her sister, Mrs. Adrian
Miller, in Augusta.
Mrs. J. H. Burgess, Mr. and Mrs.
Harvln, and William Burgess of Man?
ning visited Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Dos
Champs during the holidays.
F. A. Sineath Hurt.
Tills morning while arranging the
stock of goods of J. M. Chandler in
the store where they have located
temporarily Mr. F. A. Sineath, one of
Mr. Chandler's clerks, was painfully
hurt by a blow from a piece of Iron
which fell from tho elcvtator, which
was being used. Mr. Sineath was
knocked unconscious, but was found
upon fuller examination at the Tourn?
ey Hospital, where ho was imme?
diately rushed, that he was not se?
riously injured. Tho Iron struck him
a glancing blow In the front of the
head, Inflicting an ugly gash which re?
quired several stitches. However, it
was stated that he was not In a serious
condition and would be out in a short
while.
In Tho Police Court.
The following cases wero heard In
?M Iterorder'H court today:
T. U I-uulct, cursing. $15 or 3')
day?.
Win. Cabbagestalk, petit larceny,
of cow hide from W. P. Iioyle Co., $30
or .'i(> days.
H, M. Brown, reekle.s driving of
auto $50 or 30 days.
Clifton L#ee and Charlie Young, dis?
orderly conduct, $10 or 20 days.
Charlie Mack, carrying concealed
WSOPOOS. $^-i or 30 days.
I^'on Frierson and Jerry Moore,
disorderly conduct, bond of $10 each
forfeited.
Kern Re-ole<icd Tien der.
Washington, Nov. 29.?After ro?
eh-et Ing Kern as majority leader, the
Democratic senators caucus adjourned
until Wednesday. Cloture nils WM
rmt taken up.
WILT RESISTANT COTTO
United State? Advises Planting
Wilt Resistant Cotton Seed.
Washington, Nov. 26.?The I
States department of agrlci
points out that highly selected
of wilt resistant varieties of <
can now be had in quantity from lo?
cal growers who have been cooper?
ating with the department, and that
by purchase, from these reliable
sources farmers may avoid risk of
loss from mixed seed or that untrue
to name.
The wilt disease of cotton, which
has been very prevalent this season,
has caused heavy losses to many
Southern farmers. It has proved a
serious problem In some sections
where not only has the disease ma?
terially reduced the yields but has
spread to fields not known to be pre?
viously infected. Already this dis?
ease is present in thousands of acres
of the best cotton lands of the South
and may prove destructive for an in?
definite number of years. These facts
should servo to direct attention to the
valuable work that Is being carried on
for the improvement of certain va?
rieties of resistant cotton for the con?
trol of this disease.
Much of the wilt resistant cotton
grown in the South is of doubtful
quality and resistance, which Is prob?
ably due to the common practice
among farmers of securing seed from
their neighbors who have successful?
ly grown cotton on diseased fields.
The farmer who thus purchases seed,
supplies others, in turn, the following
season. In this method of distribu?
tion there are so many chances for
deterioration and mixing at the gins
and elsewhere that the originally
highly resistant cotton soo- loses its
good qualities. The reputation of
tho best resistant cotton may, in this
way, be at stake because the deterior?
ated strain often retains the name
of the original variety. In order to
maintain resistance in cotton careful
breeding is necessary. Every farmer
who has cotton wilt on his farm does
not have the time or is not properly
qualified to carry on systematic breed?
ing work, but he may take advantage
of the work that is being done by the
use of well bred seed.
Several years ago department spec?
ialists realized that to supply the de?
mand good wilt resistant seed must be
produced on a larger scale. A co?
operative tgreomem was entered Into
to treed and '/row these seed. This
cor pern*) vj hrredir.'; vvj-k h.?:, been |
i irrted m South Carolina. Georgia, j
ana rti.tiMiM.i, with nhuiut wjfcioh dem?
onstrate the valuo of high grade
seed.
The work In South Carolina has
been In cooperation with the South
Carolina Experiment Station and
under the personal supervision of a
representative of the Department and |
Station. It was begun in 1911 and ex?
cellent progress has been made by the
cooperative breeders. From the
fields of Dixie and Dillon cotton which
the breeders had planted in 1911.
pedigreed strains of these varieties,
which are highly resistant and pro?
ductive, have been developed and
their select seed increased to the ex?
tent that in 1914 several thousand
bushels were produced and sold for
planting this last spring. That these
seed have given good results and
have been the means of a great saving
to many Southern farmers is indi?
cated in reports received from the
purchasers. The South Carolina
breeders have grown several hundred
acres of pedigreed Dixie and Dillon
cotton the present season and are so
well pleased with their results that
they plan to devote a large acreage
to the work the coming season. Since
these breeders will probably have a
large supply of seed for disposal as
planting seed in 1916, every care has
been taken to safeguard those who
may secure these seed. Careful in?
spections have been made of the fields
during the growing season and com?
parative tests have been conducted on
Infected lands at several points in the
South as a check upon the resistance
and productiveness of the different
varieties and strains. In addition to
determining their relative merits as
wilt resistant cotton:* it has been es?
tablished that all the ieslstant strains
appear only slightly susceptible to
snthraonoss and this season they are
almost entirely free from this disease.
The success of this cooperative
breeding work, not only in South Car?
olina but in Georgia and Alabama as
well, will enable many farmers to
control the wilt disease on their
farms. Thors who may desire to pur?
chase seed for planting next season
should apply at once to the State ex?
periment stations, or to their county
agent it must he remembered th.it
Where root-knot Is assoeialed With
wilt in in.ected fields the problem of
control becomes none difficult and
that it is not advisable to plant even
the most resistant cotton. Th I pres?
ence of root-knot Increases the loss
from wilt and where both are pre?
valent it is practically Impossible t<?
produce cotton successfully. II is Im?
portant therefore to determine the
presence or absence of rout-knot, in
-We Are Extremely =
GRATEFUL
For the many offers of assistance received since the
destruction by fire of our stores Thursday morning,
and take this method of thanking our friends, as it
would be practically impossible to reply to each in?
dividual.
Q Our loss is very heavy but we regret the incon
venince to our friends and patrons in this and ad?
joining counties more than the loss in dollars and
cents.
Our Temporary Quarters
5 We have rented the store formerly occupied by the Burns Haidware
Co. opposite the Post Office where we will be found doing business on Mon?
day morning.
Just a Little Patience
^1 We will have to ask our friends in the city especially to be patient for
aafew days at least, until we ha\e had a chance to get in a stock of Gro?
ceries, but if necessary they can send us their orders and we will have them
filled. Just call the old familiar
Phone 46
And some one representing us will answer.
O'Donnell ? Co.
vuiiiici uuii ?villi Lite control ol ih?
wilt disease and where this pest i?
present to practice rotations with
small grains, corn, iron cowpeas, and
other immune crops, as recommenc?
ed in Farmers' Bulletin 625.
Fatal Football Season.
Chicago, Nov. 29.?The football
season just ended claimed sixteen
lives, one more than last year. Eight
were high school players.
WANTED?My friends to know that
I have installed a modern gasoline
filling station at my store and will
be pleased to furnish gasoline at |
Sumtt-r prices. J. H. Myers.
FOR SALE:?Fulcaster Wheat; Ap?
pier oats; Appier oats with vetch,
mixed; Bancroft oats; Fulghum oats
(more prolific and matures three
weeks earlier.) All recleaned and
faulty grains and grass seed remov?
ed. C. P. Osteen. Sumter, S. C.
This TRENTON Watch
for an Ingersoll and
a Nickel a Day
VTfE will count the full
purchase price of an
Ingersoll as the first payment
on a high grade jeweled
Trenton watch-you to let us
have the Inger soil when you
secure the Trenton you want
Then pay 3 5 cents a week
(5 cents a day) untill your
deposits plus the purchase
price of the Ingersoll equals
the price of the Trenton you
have selected. * $
Andthen-theTrentonisyoura
OFFER OPEN ONLY
FOR LIMITED TIME
W A. THOMPSON.
I
Marriage Liociums
License to marry has been granted
to Joe Sanders and Rebecca Robert
ton, Wedgefield.
j?rudo, . . 26.-?Sixty persons, |a>
eluding several Americans were re?
ported killed in a railroad wreck be?
tween Tampico and Monterey.
75-Head-75
Our Fourth Shipment Horses & Mules Received
Friday Morning
Eleven Full Made Young: Mares, two pairs now in
Foal, good brood types and all good workers. These
animals will take the place of Mules for any farm work.
Also several nice single Harness and Riding Horses
and some good big Mules.
We have on hand 7? head fresh shipped young
Mules and Horses, ready for work. Small and large
Mules, Saddle and Draft Mares and Riding and Driving
Horses. In fad: we have jusl: what you want. We
are proud of our complete line and take pleasure in
showing them to you.
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Company
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