The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 09, 1916, Image 3
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. rafter* lie seid, looking et her
?101 otetyfTmt were deeply drawn
ereuVleB ? suffering, "if ye ll ever
tine to stop talkhV about the
Kara llt?e gpell an' remember
boinY*
that you're a human
ejtieeUoned !n perplexity,
with one hand on
of pmr chair, bev face puttied.
mi once that this expres
moet beautiful aha had
wdnt atrd ha sturdily held that
until her eyes changed to
ha forsware hie alle?
in the trat fascination for the
are a human be* |
"Wh"? you wear
ye* are only half Ira
tt> mane you stand in
yon can be cheerful.
' a little bitterly,
ma to stand In the cor
de it. I recken that's
I've got)
hi lwpjp>ii, too, la the next mo>
?aora^of the trial dawned on
t pVetsxrml Id face -a bloody day
train-time crowds had
to the station,
thfeajli at amam consent, the
on one) tide of the!
?as% the Massy* on the othsr.
an hear they meeaed there, low
at taoa, yet quietly waiting.
thafwmk*le shrieked across the
eVxreM mored a little
tightened on rifle*
i moMsaj. The
e out of the depot
bat ween the two
with a strained assumption of
Bat wh??n the train ar?
il carried an er ra coach, and at
a** the MeBrlire groaned and
cmee more they were defeated,
tad come to wrest n prisoner
an wire posse and encountered
Behind the opened
the eoach they taw a solid
tind brown
wind*/*- bristled
train was held beyond
Me* stop, and vhlle those
? trained Impartial ly
Harra and McBrlar*, a line of
ties** ponrtng out Into the
end forming cordons along
the track. Both lines
?lowly but unwaveringly for
pfdsslin back the crowds before
affiant bay on eta.
wicked-looking galling guns
an loaded from the baggage car.
tending them as men might
holered pats, came squads
capes were faced with artillery
Shortly a compact Mttie procession
column of Mara, with the gatnng
at Ha front and a hollow square
at its center, was marching briskly to
tha courthouse. In the hollow squire
the defendant, handcuffed to the
sheriff. Without delay or confusion
ttte galMm guns were put in
place,
tdlng the courthouse
one casting its many-eyed
Up the hillside at the back.
Then, with the bayonets of sentries
at the doors, the bell in the
rang while Judge Sldering
walked calmly Into the building and
mntructed the sheriff to open court.
His nonce* had directed that every
man save officials who sought admis?
sion should be disarmed at the door.
Luke Thtxtoa bent forward in his
eheir sad growled Into the ear of Old
Milt MeJhaar. who sat at his left.
?I've, go* aa much enanst byar as a
iah oa a hilltop. Hain't ye goln' tsr
do nothln* Par me?"?and Milt looked
about helplessly and swore under his
One > onlooker there had not been
searched. Toaag Job bore the creden?
tials of a special deputy sheriff, and
ander his coat was a holster with its
flap unbuttoned While the panel was
being selected; while lawyers wrun
fled sod witnesses testified; while the
court gated off with half-closed eyes,
rousing only to overrule or sustain a
motion, young ieb sat with his arms
oa the table, and never did his eyes
leave tha, face of the accused. ,
H wad a Very expeditious trial.
Judge Sldering glanced at the faces
of Old Milt and young Jeb, and had no
desire to prolong the sgony of those
hours. I The defense half-heartedly re?
tted upon* the old device of a false
attbi. which the state promptly punc?
tured. Sven the lawyers seemed In
haste to be through, and set a limit on
their arguments.
\t thO end his honor read brief In
I struct loss, and the panel was locked
ht Its rocs*.
.Thea tha McBflars drew a little
closer* around the chair where Old
Milt waited, and the militia csptsin
strengthened his guard outside and
bogs a unoetcatatloaaly sprinkling uni?
formst men through the dingy court
room until the hodden gray throng
was flecked with blue.
At length there came a rap on the
door of the Juryroom. and Instantly
ikff lew OfVAv pX YjsLficj. teil ig a kUtfU.
'His honor poured s glass ct water
from the chipped pitcher at his elbow,
while Luke Thixton and Milt McBriar,
for all their Immobility of feature,
braced themselves. Like some rest?
less animal of many legs, the rough
throng along the courtroom benches
scraped its feet on the floor.
Young Jeb shifted hlo chair a little
so that the figure of the defendant
might be In on uninterrupted line of
vision. His right hand quietly slipped
under his coat, and his fingers
loosened a weapon in its holster and
nursed the trigger.
Then, with a dragging of shon-leath
er, the twelve "good men and true"
shambled to a semicircle before the
bench, gating stolidly and blankly at
the rows of battered law books which
served his honor as a background.
There they stood awkwardly in the
gase of all. Jndge Sldering glanced
Into the beetling countenance of their
foreman and inquired in that bored
Toice which seems a judicial affecta?
tion even in questions of life and
death: "Gentlemen, have you agreed
upon a verdict?"
The foreman nodded. The sheet of
paper, which he passed to the clerk,
had been signed by more than one
Juror with a cross because he could
not write.
"We, the lory," read the clerk In a
clear voice, "find the defendant, Luke
Thixton, guilty as charged In the In?
dictment?" There, although ho had
not yet reached the end, he Indulged
In a dramatic pause, then read on the
more Important clause in the terms of
the Kentucky law which leaves the
placing of the penalty in the hands of
the Jurors?"and fix his punishment
at death."
As though relieved from a great
pressure, young Jeb McNash withdrew
his hand from his holster and settled
back in his chair with fix* * r^ scles.
Jndge Blderlng's forma* acstion
broke in on the dead quiet, "So any
you all, gentlemen?" and twelve
shaggy heads nodded wordless affirma?
tion.
Soldiers filed in from the rear. In
leas than thirty seconds the prisoner
had disappeared. Outside the gatling
gone remained In place, and the troops
patrolled the streets.
For two days the McBrlars stayed
la town, but the troops lingered long?
er, and In that time Luke had again
been taken back to Louisville.
Onco more Old Milt led back a dis?
gruntled faction with no more spirited
a program than to go home and bide
Its time again. When they brought
Luke back to hang him, his friends
would have one final chance.
A seeming of quiet, under which hot
wrath smoldered, settled over hill and
cote, but a new note began to run
through the cabins of the McBriar de?
pendents. It was a note of war ing
faith and loyalty tor their chief.
Old MMMtft* tbe signs and fait that,
bis dominion was now a thing noon
which decay had sat its seal, and un?
der his grave face he masked a break?
ing heart. His star was setting, und
since he was no longer young and ut?
terly Incapable of bonding, he sick?
ened slowly through the wet winter,
and men spoke of him as an invalid.
With Milt "aflln*," there was no one
to take up the reins ot clan govern?
ment, and those elements that had
been held together only by his iron
dominance began drifting asunder.
One mill day when a group of Mc?
Brlars met with their sacks of grist at
a wr ter mill, someone put the ques?
tion: "Who's a-goin' ter go down thar
an' take Luke Thixton away from ther
Haveys now thot Old Milt's down t,n*
out?"
There was a long silence, and at la st
a TOlce drawled: "Hit hain't a goin'
ter be me. What's Luke Thixton tor
me, anyhow? He didn't nuver lend
me no money."
"1 reckon thar's a heap o' sense in
thet." answered another. " 'Pears
like, when I come ter recollect, mos'
Of ther flghtin' an' fursln' I've done
In my time hain't been in my own
quarrels nohow." And slowly that
spirit spread.
When Anse Havey went over to the
School one day Juanita took him again
to the rifle-rack, now once more well
Ailed. "Have a look, my lord bar?
barian," she laughed. "Mars is pay?
ing me tribute. So shall it ever be
with tyranny."
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
ALL Ot'T OF SORTS.
Has Any Sumter Person Neye* Felt
That Way?
Feel all out of sorts?
Tired, blue, irritable, nervous?
Hack feel lame and achy?
r. fbaps It's the .story ol disordered
kidneys?
Bad Mead efrealatlag about;
Uric acid poisoning the body.
There's u way to feel right again.
Stimulate the slugKidi Sidneys;
ix? it with Dean's Kidney Pills,
Loan s are recommended by man]
?atatet people
Hero'H one ease:
Mrs. r. !l. Waddell, 117 Keadriek
St., Sumter, says: "I had dull palm
In the small of my back, also
heudu< hes and dUzy spells. The UU\
ne> secretions passed too freely. c:;m
ing me great annoyance. When I
heard about Daaa's Kidney pins, l
n-t d them and they relieved all the
ailments."*
Price iUc, at all dealers. Don't
nlrnply ask for a kidnap remedy?get
Loon's Kidney Pills?the same that
Mrs. Waddell had. Faster-Milburn.
CO., Prop". FUiffalo, X. Y. gl
(Advertisement.)
THE KIND OF DAIRY COW TO CHOOSE
Emlnent's Beat? One of the Greatest of Jersey Cowt. Note Wedge Shape,
Large Barrel and Udder, Thin Withers, and Clean-Cut Head.
In selecting a dairy cow, it Is neces?
sary to examine both her appearance
and her history. By appearance is
meant especially those visible features
which indicate to the knowing eye
whether or not a cow has good dairy
capacity. In history is included both
the record and the pedigree of the
cow.
The picture of Eminent's Bess, re?
produced here, shows better than any
description what the shape oil a good
dairy cow is. The dairy cow should
be fine-featured and angular, with
very little surplus flesh. She is a
combination of wedges, all tending to
jeome together at her head. That is to
say, she is narrower at the shoulders
than at the hips, looking from the
front; narrower in the shoulder region
than in the rear, looking from above,
and shallower In the fore quarters
than in the hind quarters, looking
from the *ide. She should have a
large barrel, large udder and promin?
ent milk vein, sharp thin withers, and
a clean-cut, Intelligent head, with
large, bright, expressive eyes. Her
skin should be soft and pliable. Final?
ly, she should, it goes without say?
ing, be sound and free of disease.
But one cannot depend on looks
alone when selecting a cow for dairy
GETTING AHEAD OF
THE PLUM CDRCULIO
Directions For Controlling Pest
Thai Preys on Most of
Common Fruits.
The plum curculio?which Is known
by many names, such as "cherry
weevil," "peach worm," "peach cur
culio," and 'little Turk"?feeds on
practically all stone and pome fruits
?apple, peach, plum, pear, quince,
cherry, etc. In South Carolina the
peach and plum crops are seriously
Injured by it and the cherry and apple
arc attacked to some extent.
The plum curculio is a small, rough
snout beetle belonging to the same
class of insects as the cotton boll
weevil, grain weevils, and nut weev?
ils. It is about one-fifth of an inch
in length and dark in color. It win?
ters in the heetlo stage under leaves,
trash, stones, or other suitable places
in old and neglected orchards. In
early spring it comes from winter
quarters and begins laying eggs as
noon as the fruit is set on the trees.
The eggs hatch into small white grubs
in from three to five days. The grub
feeds on the fruit, boring to the seed.
Adult Curculio on young peach.
(Farmers' Bulletin 440, \). 3. D. A.)
For general control, Clean up the
orchard by pruning and by gathering
I and burning all vdead wood, weeds,
I and trash in or near the orchard. Re?
move all stone walls or piles of rock
from the orchard. Keep the orchard
clean from weeds and trash during
spring and summer. These practices
reduce the insect's wintering places.
For peaches: About twelve days
after blooming and when about three
fourths of the shucks have slipped,
spray with arsenate of lead, using 2
pounds of arsenate of load paste (or
one pound powder), 2 pounds stone
lime, and 50 gallons water. Two weeks
after this, apply a second spray, using
arsenate Of lead and self-boiled lime
?UlfuT solution. If the curculio con-l
tiuues to be abundant, four weeks at
ter the second spray apply a third
like tho sec ond.
Pot apples, cherries nnd plumn: Im?
mediately after the Detail have fallen,
apply the same spray an the flrst spray
for peaches, Bight days after the first,
apply the second spray, using the sattM
Hpray as the second for peaens*
G. M. ANDER80N,
Assistant in Entomology,
Cluiusou Agricultural College.
use. The best guide of all is the ani?
mal's milk and butterfat record, as
j found out by means of milk scales and
j a Babcock tester. The records quot?
ed below indicate how important this
is.
In the Clemson College dairy herd
were two cows equal in appearance.
Both were of good dairy type, as far
as could be seen. Yet consider the
following record of a year's milking:
Dolly Eurotiis Difference
Pounds milk... 8,567 3,446 5.121
Lbs. butterfat 346.9 186.1 210.8
Value butterfat $178.21 $60.70 $108.51
Cost of feed.. $ 64.70 $33.63 $ 25.07
Profit . 8113.51 $30.07 $ 83.44
The labor involved in keeping these
two cows was the same. They were
of almost the same weight and about
the same quantity of food was needed
to maintain their bodies. The differ?
ence in their value, then, Is due to the
fact that, for some reason not appar?
ently to the eye, Dolly could handle
more, feed and was so constructed that
she could return more milk per pound
of f,ood eaten than could Eurotus.
This .illustrates the wisdom of the ex?
pression, "Test, don't guess."
J. M. BURGESS,
Associate Professor of Dairying,
Clemson Agricultural College.
-i?L?_?_,_
vVB?T feed to give
to breeding stock
Beef Cattle Fed For Breeding
Purposes Need Tissue
Making Foods.
In the management of beef cat
I tie for breeding purposes, the object
I in feeding is to develop the animal and
I maintain vigor and tone. Therefore,
feed rations rich in tissueJbuilding
materials, protein and ash, and avoid
feeding excessive quantities of fat
forming feeds. Below are feeding
hints for South Carolina cattle
feeders: ^
Concentrates: Mix the feeds in
I each group in proportions suggested
and feed as directed:
Group 1: Corn-and-cob meal or
I ground barley or rice meal, 40 pounds;
ground oats, 40 pounds; wheat bran,
20 pounds. Ration: feed from 1 to
2 pounds of this mixture per 100
pounds live weight, exact quantity to
I feed depending on age, weight, and
; general condition.
j Group 2: Corn-and-cob meal or
I ground barley or rice meal, 50 pounds;
! oats, 20 pounds; bran, 20 pounds; cot
' tonseed meal, 10 pounds. Ration: as
; in Group 1.
HEREFORD COW.?The Kind of Cat?
tle it Will Pay to Feed and Breed.
Group 3: Corn-and-cob meal or
ground barley or rice meal, 40 pounds;
cottonseed rndal, 10 pounds; bran, 50j
pounds. Ration: as in Group 1.
Roughage: Peed from 5 to 81
pounds cowpea hay, clover, or alfal j
fa, and what crab grass or other hay!
the animal will clean up. Stover \
(corn fodder) and oat straw may be
used with the cowpea, clover, or al-1
falfa hay. Corn silage and roots, j
such as beets, carrots, turnips, etc.,!
are excellent feeds and, when avail-;
able, should make up a part of thei
roughage, replacing about 6 pounds,
of the dry roughage. Feed about 2j
pounds of silage per 100 pounds live
weight.
Livestock need salt. Feed it in
small quantities at regular intervals
or put in a suitable box tc which the
stock have continual access.
Good and abundant pasturage Is I
essential in economical livestock pro
duct Ion. During the grazing season
if pastures are good, cows and calves!
need very little attention.
Pure fresh water should be avail
able nt all times. If not constantly
before the stock, it should be given'
them at least twice daily and during
hot weather three times daily.
R. L. SHIELDS,
Chief, Animal Husbandry and Dairy
iug,a Clouiaoi\ Agricultural College 1
I-.-1-j?.-?
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NOTES.
The Sumter Tobjuvo Market?rAcreage
-?Buy at Home and Booster Trip
Talks.
While the acreage of tobacco to be
planted in Sumter, Clarendon, L#ee,
and other counties tributary to the
Sumter tobacco market will be much
less than last year, nevertheless the
tobacco acreage record from free dis?
tribution of tobacco seed by the Cham?
ber of Commerce shows that the ac?
reage will be gratifyingly greater
than was expected early in the pres?
ent year.
According to estimates of expert
authorities there will be ample to?
bacco planted among the farmers who
do business with the Sumter tobacco
warehouse to keep this warehouse
busy and profitable for the 191G sea?
son.
Counting the number of farmers
who saved their tobacco seed from
last year, with the acreage listed on
the Chamber of Commerce record, as
given in by those who secured seed,
there will be at least fifty per cent, of
last year's tobacco acreage.
However, had not the commercial
organization purchased and distribut?
ed free seed, and advertised extensive?
ly the fact that there arc brighter
prospects for protflable prices during
1916 owing to the removal of tobacco
from the lists of contraband of war,
there would scarcely have been one
fourth of last years' acreage planted.
Reliable farmers from several counties
have said this.
The tobacco warehouse is not yet
leased for the 1916 season, several
parties, however, are after this ware?
house, but It will be leased, and Sum?
ter will have one of the biggest corps
of buyers representing the leading
wholesale and manufacturing tobacco
concerns^ domestic and foreign, as
Sumter's market had last year,
Every one of the parties negotiating
for*'the Sumter warehouse wish to
know if . the business men of Sumter
will back up and advertise the. Sum
ter-tobacco market with "Booster
trips" during the 1916 season, as was
done during 1914-1915. They have
been informed that this will certainly
be done by the Retail Dealers' Asso?
ciation and the Sumter Chamber- of
Commerce, and that incidentally the
"Buy at Home" boosting of last year's
booster trips win be switched in as a
side line while hitting the high places
advertising the Sumter tobacco mar?
ket.
Mr. T. R. Pepper, lessee of the Sum?
ter warehoues during 1914 and 1915,
said while here a few weeks ago,
that Sumter being a new market, the
tobacco market boosting and adver?
tising trips had done wonders for this
market, and that he would not bid on
this warehouse for 1916 unless he was
guaranteed that the Chamber of Com?
merce and Retail Dealers' Association
I
are going to continue the bosting
trips this coming summer.
Buy Directly From or Order Through
Home Agencies.
Buying at home or ordering
through home business establishments
anything not on sale in Sumter county
mercantile establishments, manufac?
turing, and mechanical establishments
of all kinds, and patronizing Sumter
county farmers and home labor and
professions means many thousands of
dollars kept at home for redistribu?
tion and for .employing that many
more home men and women.
Every time you send a dollar away
for something that can be purchased
directly from or through some home
agency you are decreasing the amount
of money in circulation, sending away
unnecessarily commissions and pro?
fits than can just as well be kept in
Sumter county.
Try your home business establish?
ments first, and then get them to or?
der for you, if you can't find what you
want In Sumter county
The profits are at least kept at
home in this way. Don't send away
any job work, or other kind of work,
if you can help it. Give the home man,
home woman, and home business con?
cerns the opportunity to show what
they can do first.
$300 for Jewish Relief Fund.
Bishopvills raised a little more than
$30.0 for the relief of tho Jews in tho
war zone of Europe. If every town
the size of Bishopville had done as
well there would have been millions
raised for these poor starving people.
Sumter raised $3,000 and no doubt
is the banner city in tho State in pro?
portion to her population.?Bishop?
ville Leader and Vindicator.
Now Agent for Loe County.
Miss Mary Brist Fleming of Union
has succeeded Miss Grace Dell James
as County Demonstration Accnt for
the girls' clubs. She has already
entered upon her duties and we wish
for her as much success as her prede?
cessor.?Bishopville Leader ami Vin?
dicator.
BLEASE SLATE NAMED.
Anderson Tribune Put? Forward Full
State Ticket for Primary.
Columbia, Feb. 2.?Just to add
to the gaiety of the political forecasts
ing the following hand-picked tick?
et for the "Bleaseites" has been sug?
gested by the Anderson Farmers*
Tribune, a stalwart and powerful
supporter of the Blease faction:
For Governor.
Coleman L. Blease, of South Caro?
lina.
For Lieutenant Governor.
William A. Stuckey, of Lee. \
For Secretary of State.
Eugene R. Buckingham, of Aiken.
For Comptroller General.
Jarnos H. Craig, of Anderson.
For State Treasurer.
Daniel If, Miles, of Spartanburg.
For Attorney General.
Thomas H. Peeples, of Barnwell.
For Adjutant General.
James H. Claffy, of Orangeburg.
For Railroad Conunissioncr.
Jen! D. Edens, of Marlboro. (
For Commissioner of Agriculture.
William T. Jones, of Greenwood.
For Superintendent of Education.
W. A. Brown, of Marion.
All of which adds to the sum to?
tal of. the political situation simp?
ly opinions.
Egypt News Letter.
Egypt, Feb. 2.?We have been hav?
ing real summertime weather for
more than a month. Some of the
farmers have taken advantage of this
good weather to begin preparation for
another crop. AH the work that has
been done is timely, for according to
the old adage on the second of Feb?
ruary the ground hog comes out and
if he sees his shadow goes back, then
there will be bad weather until the
first of April, and as the sun shone
out early in the morning he doubtless
I saw his shadow. So hence bad weath?
er for two months. It begins like, this
too, for today is a typical rainy day.
Small grain is looking good. Thp
acreage of this is not so large as It
was last year.
Nearly all of the farmers are plan?
ning to plant more cotton In 1916
thap they did in 1915. Ten and
twelve cents for cotton looks too good
to the most of us to let it go by.
Ford cars seem to be the order of
the., .day here now. Recent purchasers
I are J. K. Richbourg, J. R. Kirkley. F.
G. Peebles, and Chas Peebles.
J. R. Kirkley, a merchant of this
place, haa recently opened a branch
store at Spring Hill.
Spring Hill Lodge No. 188, A. F.
M., will hold a lodge of sorrow at
Pisgah church on .the. 3rd Sunday in
this month in memory of R,ev. T. L.
Cole, and Mr. Jas Davis, both h; Ing
died recently. The public is invited
to attend. t
Mrs. T. J. White of Branchyille
paid a flying visit to Egypt recently, i
Mrs. Sam Folk of Providence visit?
ed her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M.
McCaskill qf this place last. week.
Briggs-Whilden.
Miss Grace Lannoau Briggs, daugh?
ter and Dr. and Mrs. A. J. Briggs, and
Oscar Rogers Whilden, of Trujillo,
Spanish Honduras, will be married
this afternoon at 6 ?.'clock at the Pres?
byterian Church, Rev. D. M. Fulton
officiating. .? , ? ,\i<>
Owing to illness in the bride'a^am
ily, there will be no festivities either
before or at the time of the wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. Whilden will reside in
Trujillo.?Darlington News and Press.
Miss Briggs is formerly, of Summer
ton. She has visited in Sumtec and
has many friends here, to whom the
announcement of her marriage will
be of interest.
Mr. L. C. Lloyd missed death by a
close margin last night. Mr. Lloyd
was on the road between TurbevlHe
and Timmonsville, riding his motor?
cycle at about twenty-five or thirty
miles an hour, when at a sharp turn
of the road his machine skidded and
twisted into a big rut, throwing him
with heavy impact on his face.?Man?
ning Herald.
Mr. B. Hart Marshall and Miss Hat
jtie Lou Jones of Brogdon were happi?
ly united in marriage last Sunday, Jan.
30, 1916, at 4.30 p. m., at the home of
I the bride. The ceremony was per?
formed by Rev. Spinx, pastor of the
bride, assisted by Rev. M. If. Benson,
pastor of the groom. Mr. Marshall
loft hero In his auto accompanied by
Rev. Benson and Mr. R. W. Scarbor?
ough on his pleasant mission and by
6.15 was back here with his bride re?
ceiving the congratulations of his
friends.?Blshopville Leader and Vin?
dicator.
Geb. H. Hurst,
Updeniksr jjj Eioihitr,
Prompt AfteMtoS U Dey er
NlfM Calls.
AT I. 0. Crsl| OM Stene, N. ??Is
Phones 2u5>twi