Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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" Werfshssdaj and S?iurd?> t'CRUSHING COMPANY. WUMT?R, & C Tarn?: IXiC s>sr aanum?lo advaac?. i it aknn Hltri Artt lasartloa.$i.Im> eubSMiuent Insertion.6? Oanoaota for tare* mouths. 01 rr wUJ *e auula at rvdu* %??! raiea. 4U oomnuaicaUou* *hich ?ub privat? interests w\u b* charged ?es* as advsrtlsemsDi*. ObUuartse ?Ad tribute* ?f rveprct ?tM be ohargvd for. Tb? aumter Watchman ?u found? ed] ha lilt an? Um Trus Boathron In Mtt, Ts* Watnh man and Southron ? Waw aas the combined circulation and rata sc es af both of ths old papers, ajad at sasatfcrtly th? btit advertising hi tusatev. Hon. Lownde? Browning, of Union, ?merged from hie enforced politi? cal retirement to attack Qov. Man? ning's administration, singing second basa to the tun > raised by Senator Patterson, ol Barnwell. aaa That there has been great abuse of the law granting scholarships and treo tuition, under certain conditions, in the State college* no one donics, but the remedy Is not the drastic expe? dient of abolishing all scholarships and free tuition. Tho law should be drastically enforced and the men who commit perjury to escape the payment of $40 a year tuition for their sons or daughters should be brour ht Into court, at least, if they cannot be sent to the chain gang. It is as great a crime and fully as disreputable to swear to a lie to save $40 as it is to ??II a pint of whiskey to make ten cents. Why not make It a chain gang offense* without the alternative of, a fins, to make false statements to ob? tain a scholarship or free tuition for one's child? bee The denominational colleges would scarcely oppote granting free tui? tion or scholarships In ths State col? lages to wort! y poor boys and glris who otherwise would find it absolute? ly impossible to obtain an education. As we understand It, sll the denomi? national colleges ssk is a free field and no unjust discrimination. Put a ? i tr stop to the abuse of the- free tultiy; privilege and tho church schools will ? ? ? I - naSrs no ground for complaint. Regulatins tre railroads Is ono form Of sport of wach legislators never, tire. Th#? bill t ? reduce the pas??*n*,er rets to two ce? ta is not wise le , tten, nor Is there any demand for the reduction at tills time. Tho thing needed Is better service and better ac? commodations, not cheaper service, c e e Some of the time spent in debating the I-cent railroad rate bill or the! nill to prohibit whiskey advertising j Could be profitsbly spent in framing , and enacting a Torrena land registra- j tloa law. The t resent passenger rate , Is low enough sit it Is, and a majority ?f ths newspapers already refuse to carry liquor advertisements. The leg? islators are manufacturing a grc.u furor by setting up and tearing * to pieces a few men of straw,' while sys temat bully Ignoring measures that an; reeded, auch as tho Torrcns law. ru? ral credits legislation, and tax re? form legislation, beginning with a i ? constitutional amendment repealing the 3-mlll school tax. ? ? ? I Next summer the woods will be fu'l of hearty sdvocatcs of the Torrcns bind registration law, but some of these same fellows, now in tho legis? lature, apparently never heard of auch ? thing as tho Torrcns law. ? so Messrs. Champ Clark und Claude Kite hin sro reported to have formed a combination to oppor.o all the meas? ures that President Wilson advocates. They may succeed in blocking the administration's programme for con? structive leglalutlon. they may s?c t??.l In causing a split In tho Dem? ocratic party In congress and this split may bring about the return of tho Republican party to power, but the light they are making on tho ad? ministration will not get thnii any? where. Personal politics, envy and malice are the . motives back of their opposition to Wilson and the people have their measure. * a a ? Tho Frankfurter Zeitung declares that Germany said Its last word on tho LfUsltanta case and Intimates em? phatically that If the United States does not like the Una I answer we can lump It. It seems as If we have heard ?onfethlng llko this before. ess Columbia political forecasters are responsible for the statement that friends of former Qov. Blease are making strenuous efforts to Induce So? licitor Robert A. Cooper, of Luurens, to enter the race for governor against dev. Manning for the purpose of dividing the antl-Hlease vote and are squally as active In trying to slde trsck Mr. W. A. Stuckey s guberua torial ambitions by inducing him to make the raco for Lieutenant Gover? nor on the Blease ticket. They are eurplsingly considerate of Cooper and Stuckey, who will doubtless feel it an honor to bo the goats of the campaign. see The ways and means committee of the House has presented an appro? priation bill that keeps the expenses of the State government within tho Income and if there are extravagant appropriations and an increased tax levy the individual members of tho legislature will' be responsible. It will be well to keep this fact in mind, see Publicity is a potent corrective of abuses, so Why not resort to this rem? edy for the free tuition and scholar? ships scandal in the State colleges? Publish the names of students and parents who are beneficiaries of the State's charity in tho way of free tuition and scholarships. The $100, 000 paupers, to whom Mr. Verner re* fered in his speech demanding the repeal of the scholarsh. p and free tuition law, would not relish the pub? lication of* their names coupled with the statement that they had made oath that they were unable to pay $40 tuition for their children. SOUTH IN BETTER CONDITION Southern Railway Figures That Farm? ers (Jot More* for Crops Than Last Year. Washington, Jan. 27.? 'Farmers in the Southern States traversed by Southern Railway company's lines are better off by at least *$200,000,000 than they wero at this tim* last year," said President Harrison of Southern Ra:lway Company, commenting on the United States Agricultural De? partment figures of crop and live stock values. "The department figures of the val? ues of the crops of cotton, Including ?eel, grains, hay, tobacco, Irish po? tatoes, sweet potatoes, and apples show a total for those States of $1, 14M30.000, as compared with $1, 179,000 last year, an increase of $u4,451,000. The value of live stock on farms In those States Is reported by the department as $10,228,000 greater than last year, bringing the total up to $178,679,000, and If we. add to this tho Increased value of va? rious vegetable and fruit crops for which figures are not yet available the total will easily reach $200,000,000. "Although, on account of the large reduction in cotton acreage, tho yield 44 t^n w*u? substantially leas than la w ar. the farm value (?? the COt - tOjl was $IH.872.000 greater% and of th* seed $40,963,000 greater taakjns the aAi\\ value of the crop $87,821, 000 greater than last year. The result j of tlte more general diversification of crops which is the outstanding fea- i ture of present-day farming in the' South is seen in an increase of $64, 08 2,00 0 in the value of grains, an In- \ crease of $18,846,000 in the value of hay, an Increase of $12,612,000 In the . value of Irish potatoes and sweet po tatoes, and an increase of more than $10,000,000 in the value of live stock on farms. On account of the gener- 1 ally low prices of farm animals throughout the United States!, the in? crease in the value of live stock does | not fully measure the progress of the South in the past year toward a real? isation of Its great advantages for the production of meat and dairy pro? ducts. ? Tho department figures show increases of 83,000 head of milk cows, 200,000 head of other cattle and 984,- j 000 head of swine. 'Taking Into consideration the in? creased extent to which Southern 1 farmers have produced supplies used on the farm as well as the large in? crease in the valuo of their market? able products, I think It may fairly be said that the averago condition of tho farmers of the South was never better than it is today." MERCHANTMEN MUST DISARM. United States Will Not Clear Armed Merchant Ships. Washington, Jan. It,?The United States will Insist that the Allies dis? arm their merchant vessels or they will l?c denied clcarantc at American ports. The State department today decided to take this attitude, despite dispatches from London and Paris asserting that merchant vessels have the right to carry guns. HUM t'EH BUTTON MARKET. t orr? <trti Dally by Ernest Field. Oot Umi Huyer. Good Mddiling 11 G-8. Strict Middling 11 3-8. Middling 11 1-s. Strict Low Middling 10 5-8. Lew Middling 10 1-8.' Staple cotton 13 to ice. HKW YOHK CO'iTON MAI Mi KT. Yest'dys <>i*?ti IHgh Ih-w o???o Moei Mch . .1 1.77 11.87 11.72 11.73 11.91 May. . .12.02 12.10 12.94 13.14 12.13 July . .11.11 12.23 12.06 12.Of. 12.27 Oct. . .12.18 1|.|| lf.il 12.0'i 12.25 Dec . .12.34 1 2.37 11.11 11.11 1 2.3 1 Tone?Steady. -1 T THE nUIlNlNG OF COLl!MfcI,y. An Unintcntionul Confession by On< of Sherman's Bummers. The Columbus, Ga., Sun and Times published the following letter, which was found in the streets of Columbia immediately after the army of Gen. Sherman had left, and the original of which has been preserved and can bo shown and substantiated. Camp Near Camden, S. C. February 27, IS65. My dear Wife: I have no time for particulars, we have had a glorious time in this State, unrestricted license to burn and plunder was the order of the day. The chivalry of the State have bocn stripped of most of their valu? ables?gold watches, silver, pitchers, cups, spoons, forks, etc., arc as com? mon in camp as blackberries. The terms of plunder arc as follows: The \aluables procured are estimated by companies; each company is requir? ed to exhibit the results of its opera? tions at any given place. One-fifth and first choice falls to the share of commander-in-chicf and staff?one fifth to field officers of regiments and two-fifths to the company. Officers are not allowed to join the expedi? tions without disguising themselves as privates. One of our corps com? manders borrowed a suit of rough clothes from one of my men and was successful in this place. He got a large quantity of silver and among other things an old time milk pitcher and a very fine gold watch from a Mr. De | Saussurc, of this place. De Saussure Is one of the F. F. V s of S. C, and was made to fork over liberally. Of? ficers over the rank of captain are not made to put their plunder in the estimate for general distribution. This is very unfair and for that rea? son and in order to protect them? selves, subordinate officers and pri? vates keep back everything that they can carry about their person, such as rings, ear ings, breast pins, etc., of which, if I ever live to get home, I have about a quart. I am not jok? ing; I have at least a quart of jewel? ry for you and all the girls and some No. 1 diamond rings and pins among them. Gen. Sherman has sliver, and gold enough to start a bank. His share in gold watches and chains alone at Columbia was 275. _ ... ul't I said I could not go into par? ticulars. All the general officers and many besides had \aluables of every, description down to embroidered, la? dies' pocket handkerchiefs?I .have my^Shc>sai .ad ahstnWts#i' W< t*??d* e:oid fend silver enough from the d-j rebels to have redeemed their infer- j hal currency I vies over. Tnli (the currency) whenever we come across it we burn as it is considered utter- j ly worthless. I wish all the jewelry this army1 has could be carried to the Old Bay State. It would deck her out in glor- , ions style, but alas, It will be scat- i tercd all over the Northern Middle States. The d-niggers as a general rule prefer lo stay at home, partiou- 1 larly after they found out that we only wanted the a bole bodied men and to tell you the truth, the young? est and best-looking women. Some? times wo took off whole families and plantations of niggers, by way of paying secessionists. But the useless part of them we noon managed to lose, sometimes in crossing rivors and sometimes by other ways, I shall write you again from Wil? mington, Goldsboro or some other place In North Carolina. The order tO march has arrived and I must clone hurriedly, hove to grandmother, Aunt Charlotte. Take care of your? self and the Children. Don't show this letter out of the family. Your affectionate husband. THOMAS J. MYKllS, Lieut, etc. | P, S.?I will send this by the first Hag of truce to be mailed unless I have an opportunity of seni'dng it to Hilton Head. Tell Sallie I am saving a pearl bracelet and car rings for her, but Lambert got the breast pin and rings of the same set. I am trying to trade him out of their. These were taken from Mrs. Jamison, daughter Of the president of the S. C, Secession convention. Wc found these on our trip through Georgia. This letter was addressed to Mrs. Thomas J. Myers, Boston, Mass. The above letter was copied from an old scrap book now in the posses? sion of a citizen of Columbia and was borrowed by a relative living In Un? ion. This scrap book is full of in? tensely interesting things and from time to time we intend to reproduce the best of them.?Union Times. Sam Thomas Dead. Olantn, Jan. 27.?Sarn Thomas, who lives near here, died Tuesday morn? ing after a brief illness. Mr. Thomas was 17 years of age and Is survived by his wife who was Miss Haker Of (Hanta, three daughters and lour sons, three sisters and one brother. The 1 funeral services were conducted by j his pastor, the Rev. P. K. Rhodes, at the Methodist church. Interment ! was in the Thomas cemetery. Mr. Thomas was a good man and will be I sorely missed. INTENSIVE FARMING PAYS. B. P. Broadway of Puiewood Tells of Success on Eight Acres. Manning Herald. B. P. Broadway of Pinewood was caller Saturday morning. Mr. Broadway and the wrker discussed several subjects, but our caller was most enthusiastic about his discovery It is enough to rouse all of us to fresh? er and better thinking. This is Mr. Broadway's amazing discovery: He is making money on about eight acres and making time on a hundred and forty. Mr. Broadway says that hin son's prize acre of corn first brought conviction to him. That acre pro? duced sixty-three bushels and twenty pounds. That gave to Mr. Broadway the idea of other small patches, and now he follows a plan by which he gets profitable results on small acre? age. About like this: One acre in corn and peas. That means bread for the year, also hominy. Two acres in i peanuts and choofers for the hogs. That meant meat and lard; an acre and a half in Bermuda grass, and three quarters of an acre in millet. This for grazing. One-half acre of millet was allowed to go to seed and fed to the hogs. Two acres were de? voted to sweet potatoes and yielded four hundred bushels, besides what the hogs rooted for. The surplus ot I the potato crop was sold for sugar, coffee, and other things. Three-quar? ters of an acre is given to sugar cane and yields enough syrup for family and hands. Mr. Broadway has not bought two hundred gallons of syrup In tweoty-thrce years. Then Mr. Broadway has three garden plots. The iirst is planted in mutton corn and peas, the corn being fed to the horses green; the second plot is .devoted to vegetables; and the third to rye for the chickens. Mr. Proadway thus gets meat, lard, meal, grits, broad, syrup, butter, potatoes, sugar, coffee, and chickens from his garden. He thinks he would be more prosperous if the sheriff were to seize the hundred and forty acre farm and so compel him to cultivate small pieces to their maxi? mum productiveness. \Vc might say 1 cforc closing this little sketch that Mr. Broadway has not had a sick hog in sixteen years. lie attributes the j remarkable health of his hogs to his practice of pouring kerosene on them throe times a year and puts a box of soda in the slop cv$ry three or four months. Let's hear from somu other farmer. WOOD'S Prosperity Seeds, With bright prospects a head for good prices on Veg? etable and all Farm products, our farmers should feel en? couraged to plant improved varieties of seeds, so as to in? crease their crops* WOOD'S VEGETABLE SEEDS, long known for their supe? rior quality and productive? ness, nave greatly increased in demand and popularity m WOOD'S GRASS, CLOVER and FARM SEEDS are of tested ger? mination and superior quali? ties. Write for prices. * WOOD'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOG gives valuable information about all Seeds for the Farm and Garden, Mailed free on request. T. W. WOOD & SONS. SEEDSMEN, - Richmond, Va. Tax Return Notice I will attend In person or by deputy at tho following named places, and on tho dates mentioned, for the purpose of receiving tax returns, on all per? sonal property, polls, roads, and dogs: Tindal, Tuesday, January 4. Privateer, Wednesday, January 5. Lcvl Siding, Thursday, January 6. Wedgcfleld, Friday, January 7. Claremont, Monday, January 10. Hagood, Tuesday, January 11. Rembert, Wednesday, January 12. DalSOll, Thursday, January 13. Rrogdon, Friday, January 14. Mayesville, Monday, January 17. Oswego, Tuesday, January 18. Pleasant Grove, Wednesday, Janu? ary 19. Bhtlohi Thursday, January 20. Norwood's Cross Roads, Friday, January 21. My oflico will be open for tho pur pose of receiving tax returns from January 1st, 1916 to February 20th, 1916, inclusive. R. E. WILDER, Countv Auditor. Geo. H. Hurst, MM '>n Ml ?< ? AI I, U i.'mi^ 'IM Sfhno. % ??"' Phones S^mVoi jttmmtmtmmmmmmmmmmm^ 400 PAIRS Boy's Knee Pants Knickerbocker Style SIZES 6 to 18 $2 50 Pants $1.75 Pants &1.50 Pants $1.00 Pants $1.50 $1.15 $1.00 $ .67 The above prices hold good until Feb? ruary 4th only. STRICTLY CASH. PR fill hi Jl uuU. uu. {?t:;?n{tinmnt;nnniiuii?iiinMiit!ttrtTttri??it???it?ttft!!!M?M>tftttttttnMII,|tnffy COKER'S PEDIGREED LONG STAPLE COTTON SEED NOW ON SALE Coker'f Pedipreed Hartsviile No. 9 Cok- r's Peditcrrcil Harrsville No. 7 Coker's Pedigreed Webber No. ?2 Ooker*? Peotfrerd \Vebber No. 49 Ooker't Pedigreed Webber General ? Coker's Improved Keen an-Good on No. 3 Mex teen'Bin Hoi (Short. Supii) Cook's Improved (Short Staple) 20 Bu. 2.00 1.10 2.<N) 2.75 1.10 Ml 1.10 1.10 Per Bj, 2.25 1 25 2.25 3.00 J 25 125 125 1.25 OTHER FINE PEDIGREED SEEDS Williamson Corn, Amh^r and ^urnw Sorghums, [roe Warren Peas, Whlppoorwlb X New Era Peas, et \ Also tin*' seeds Infludintr Ini proved Marlboro 1'rolHic Corn. Improved Garrlc Com. What ley's K 0 . ob Covm, Brabham Peas. Iron Pe s. Chufas Ca.. Tad Milieu. Mam? moth Yellow So? Berns, Tar lb?el B ai*k Soy B^ans. 100 Day Ppeckled Velvet Beans. Florida and Yokohouoa Velvet Beans. Vthite Wem and Queen's Golden Popcorn. Sudan and Bermuda Grass. Burr, ('prln?) Gits, Spanish and Vale iCtft Peanuts Japan Clover. Gorman Milieu. Earlt Adam Garjen Cor ?. Country G.mt oman and Stowt-U's Ever ? reon Swee?. Oor \ Bockv F >rd Cantal upes Dwarf o?ra, a d . om ?>"? . Watsjn Watermelons. Write for des-r.pt.ve catalogue and price****?222L on any of these seeds. Mall Orders to vuaiiry PEDIGREED SEED CO. HARTSVI LLE, S. C. DAVID R. C0KER. President MIIIIM'MMMHMHHHMHHMlllMMMMlHttMt*1 I Unhappy the Condition f ?l iht man wb i htuj no 1 ?Ire to rise. Still, bis case is not ?!? II together hopeless. If he will just take on a little more nerve, ? 4 ii and a little more spunk, he can lift himself out of the rut The ? 4? banking habit, when true to its mission, assists men in their ef <? forts to rise. ?<?. .- - - I ? I ,,_ I The Fir^t National Bank 1 SUMTER, S. C. .MUMMMMMMMHtHMHte M HA M >??? H >>!>>'Mi The Small Voice Of conscience which tells you to save some of your money for future use, instead of spending all on pleasure. Make It To-day For starting the account at ou Savings Department. 4 per cent Interest will be paid. The National Bank of Sumter, ESTABLISHED 1889 SAFEST FOR YOUR SAVINGS"