Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Cfet SKxttjpnan ani jSoutjjron lid Betiirda*. P17BUSHUIO COMPANY. ?IJMTBH, & O, advance. Irg4 lugewtJoai.$1.00 want laaartlon.50 for tiara* months, or VfB oo made at reduced rotas, eewaaiialoailuai mhlcn sub nrtvate toterem* will bo charged >ta trtbutas of Tfce Bojmttr Watchman was fouud oV sa UM ?ad the True Southron In UN. Tmm ffatcaman and Southron oat haw the eombinod oireaiatloo and Bssswoajoa af hath of the old papers. Mad It meat! letly the heat advertising aeedlaai in t amter. The verdict of the Jury In the Jones Si ng let* ry ed altery case was a shock? ing surprise at those who heard the evidence. Ti e guilt of tho accused waa established beyond the proverbial shadow of a doubt and the Jury found them guilty us alleged- in the Indict? ment, but coupled with the finding a recommendation to mercy. The rec? ommendation to the mercy of the eogrt was whet caused surprise. Tho evt fence adduced at the trial disclos? ed held, brusen lascivious guilt, long flaunted n the face of the com? munity, and why mercy should ?>v. granted them Is not accounted for in the testimony or circumstances. a ? e Both England and Germany are running short of money to cany on the war. England will try to supply Immediate ne. ds by floating another bond issue In the United States - thU time for a qua tar of a billion dollars. Germany is apr.-.wlng to t..e people to torn o? ?r all heir gold Jewelry and ornaments to the Imperial bank to be made lato gol I coin. The war la equeealng Europe dry of both blood and treasuree. BREAD HA J>K OF POTATOES. I Vac of Tubers Urged by Gov lYionrut. Washington, Oct. 17.?More general In msdtingr bread Is re found meats Just concluded to be Just as nu tiitioua as ordinary bread and to re? main fresh loniror. The departn ant believes that In lo? calities where there Is a surplus of potatoes, or ' /here they are cheap, rauch eneonon y can be practiced be? cause of the hi gh price of wheat flour, and that eyen In localities where the relatlvo market prices of potatoes and flour are such that there is no econ? omy la suiwtlt itlng potatoes for flour, the individual davor and keeping qual tty <?f potato bread should make it de? sirable as a variant In the family diet. In their experiments the govern? ment experts 1 aked excellent bread with three pounds of potatoes and two and a half pou ids of flour. Three re? cipes have bee t formulated. One Way to Have MilltfW "It would bo worth millions of dol? lars to South Carolina If. for Just one season, the hinters would forswear the plea?ure of shooting birds." That la the concluding sentence of a strik? ing little artlclo In which Prof. A. F. Conradl, the er tomologist of Clemsou college, points out the va? .a of birds to the farmer and makes a plea for the Intelligent i?rotortion of the feath? ered folk of the air who are man's most valuable allies against the myriads of destructive insects. It would be a tine thing If the peo? ple of South Carolina were to get to gefher and resolve to do what Prof. Conradl suggests, lint there is little likelihood of that despite tho enor? mous benefits that would resu t from the consequent saving of thousands of gwme birds which. In turn, woi Id save the farmers hundreds of thouttiud* of dollars sln a si igle season by their work in destroying insects and weeds. The nest best thing, however, can be done and ahou d be dors and that Is to observe and to enforce tho bird protective law*, both State and Fed-1 oral, that now -jxtst -laws width limit' ths peri ml a during which game birds may be shot and which pi oh bit the shooting of other birds which are of no value as game but of tho greatest value as Insect exterminators ard weed-destroyer A much mor>* enlightened sentiment with regard to bird conservation now prevalla amoni; our people than pre? vailed here some years ago. The farmers and many others are awaken? ing to the fact that scientists, like Prof. Conradl are not talking non? sense when they assert that the birds save the farmers hundreds of thou? sands of dollars snd that their protec? tion means bigger and better crops and consequently moire money in the farmers' poexjt.?News and Courier. SOME ADVICE TO 1 ARM Pills. Farm Demonstrator William* Urges the Plantiuaj of Win at und Other (?rtlri In Preference to Cotton. It Is now time to pull clown the mounds from around the peach tree* and In a week or two a thorough ex? amination should he made to see It' any borers are lett on the tree). Thero should he removed und the trunks of the trees whitewashed with a solution of lime, sulphur and soap. It will soon be time to make Hie tlrwt application of spraying of lime sul? phur solution. The commercial lime sulphur which has to be diluted by adding eight to nine gullons of water to e.ich gallon of the solution may be had at the drug stores in Sumter. If ti e wholesale price hus not ad? vanced, the retail price should not be over 25c a gallon. I have made ar? rangements to order several spray pum )s for different communities. Here is where community cooperation shou d be exorcised. A pump will serve a half dozen farmers as well and last is kng as it would for just one farmir to use It. It ts now time to begin planning for another crop. I am glad to see so much interest being taken In the sow? ing of wheat. The price of cotton is good at present, but we know whut a large crop meana The price of wheat Is uIhu good, and tbe planting of eiiouih wheat to supply a farm wlH take thai much acreage out of the competition to reduce the price of cot? ton. Beside wheat Is the one crop that takes the least fertility from the soil and is always valuable in a rotation. We have splendid facilities In the eounty for making flour. There are no better mills to be found than we hi ve In Sumter county \ and the flvor .nade out of my wheat is as good is 1 csn purchase In Sumter. It Is time to begin sowing oats. Early oats ire alwsyo better thur those sowed In December. I will not say always, but as a general thin,;, early eats are better. I am git id to see the fsrmcrs sow? ing so much Abrussl rye. Every farm should rsiie enough Abruzzl rye for plantl ig all the grazing patches need? ed on the farm and for about half of the band t3 be planted In cotton and corn for it cover crop. Cover crops should be Mowed in Sepember and Oc? tober in order that the land may be broken properly and planted at the ueual time OwlAtp. the fact ttuUwe Wf?$ Im IB hi i IUiitHi Ilm il. Fend we so often have a dry spell In Msy we should make our arrange? ments to plant corn In March and cotton In tne early part of April. Save enough sc<d to plant twice, especially in the caso of cotton. J. Fr ik Willlama jfe- Jounty agent. SrFPitAO ISTS OPEN CONVENTION Rev. K. O. Flulay Delivers PrinclpoJ Address at Ctiarlcaton?Morwe and Smith K|>cak. Charleston, Oct. 17.?With some 40 delegates present, and with a large crowd of friends attending, the South Carollia suffragists opened their an? nual convention here this evening, with a meeting in the Y. M. C. A. auditorium, the Rev. K. G. Finlay, of Columbia, being the principal speak? er. T'vo business sessions of the State Equal Suffrage league, Mrs. H. P. Lynch president, will be held tomor? row, und the concluding meeting will take place in the evening, with Prof. Josiah Morse of Columbia und Judge M. Ii. Smith of Camden as the speak? ers. Entertainment hus been ar? ranged for all visiting delegates. The Charleston league with u mem bei ship of nearly 500, Is represented by 19 delegates. Mrs. Lynch Is the guest of Mrs. R. G. Thomas, at the Cltudcl. All of the State ofllcers, with the ex? ception of Mrs. John Gary Evuns of Spurtunburg, are expected to uttend. SO HOLL WEEVIL CURE. Secretary of Agriculture Snys? Govcrn ? mem Expert* Continue Effort* Without Definite Results. Washington, Oct. 17.?Secretary Houston toduy denied that the de? partment of agriculture has discov? ered n neans of exterminating the cotton boll weevil, u report which cause*1, scores of pluntcrs und cot? ton brokers lo make Inquiries of the department recently. The secretary in a letter to a Southern farm Jour? nal opiained thut agricultural ex* iM its still arc working diligently bill wtthoit dcnliite results so fur to de? velop u menus of eradicating the pest. It Was believed by many of tlciuls that the report of the depart? ment'* alleged discovery have been cireul; t. d by persons anxious to <uf feet the market. ii. v. G. Oooley of Wtlltamston, J. c. Cothran <?f Toney Creeki G? B QreSM of Anderson nml J. C. Derleux or Greenville have been appointed by Qov, Manning as commissioners In the mattet <?f the proposed new coun ty of Willie melon to be formed out of parts of Anderson and Greenville counties. B AU HR SCHOOL NOTES, School I>oln|c ImhhI Work?Church to bo Organized in Community?-Good Attendance ut l*rnyer Meeting. Baker Schoo], Ort. 17.?Our school has now been in I operation nearly four weck?. The principal is Mrs. Sam Erwin of Ware Shoals and her assistant is Miss Roth Ilerndon of Greenville. So fur these teachers are living the best of satisfaction. Every pupil seems highly pleased and all doing good work. There are so few children down in the Rocky Bluff section this year that tho school hoard has decided that they are justified in not running the usual school wagon. Some of the children who used to use the wagon are going this year to Os wego. To run another wagon from this section would be to run two wag? ons for seven or. eight children, it] seems that one wagon should haul all i of these. It seems now that a church is assur? ed for this neighborhood. After sev? eral years of preaching by various and sundry ministers of six or seven dif? ferent denominations? it became more and more difficult to get a preacher who could come wheuhe promised. ^t) tho people doeifcd to form a Presbyterian church. "TAnd a petition to tho Presbytery to have one or? ganized was signed by some thirty of the people. Tho Presbytery sent a committee out u few weeks ago to look the Held over. At the recent meeting of Presbytery held in Sumter this committee recommended the formation of a church at this point and after a full discussion it was unanimously voted to grant the re? quest of the petitioners. So sometime within the next month we shall doubt? less see a Presbyterian church with about forty members formed at the Baker School house. In this connection it is appropriate to call attention to our weekly prayer meeting which is attended sometimes by as many as sixty-five or seventy people/ In a community numbering only about one hundred and twenty five white people, this is said to he a very remarkable attendance. We doubt if there Is another such prayer meeting in the land, held in a com? munity without a preacher and with? out a church. Next Wednesday night a dcleglation of young people is oom- J coming out from Sumter to organise a Christian Endeavor Society. * -^ l^isw ~~~~ PURE UKKai USTB. : Wataon Puts Ban on Adulterated Brand. Columbia, Oat. 17.?As a result of the fight the State department of agriculture hus been waging against adulterated seed oats shipped 'late I South Carolina .the shippers are com? ing to terms and are now cooperating with E. J. Watson, commissioner, in an effort to divert all adulterated seed oats from South Carolina and get the fanners of this State to buy'reclean ed oats. A shipper fiom Texas, from which State most of the adulterated seed oats have been coming, writes Mr. Watson as follows: "All of these oats that are not satisfactory in your State for seed we are sending to points outside of your State, and we trust that you will render us whatever assistance you can In getting this trou? ble straightened out. We are uolng to urge all. of our customers in your state to buy nothing but the recleaned oats, and we wish the commissioner in your State would urge the dealers there to get recleaned oats, as we ap? preciate the necessity of farmers planting nothing but the best grades of seeds. "Texas i.his year is full of Johnson grass; In fact the oats have more Johnson grass In them this season than I have ever known before. This resulted in the fact thut our oats were put in the ground late, and the John? son grass and oats ripened at the same time. Ordinarily, the oats ripen a little ahead of the Johnson gross, and the farmers aro able to thresh their oats practically free of grass for this reason." Im Sessions Court. From the Dally Item, Oct. 18. The case of Walter Harrington, charged with the murder of Emma Cook on the night of September 24, wns still In progress In Sessions Court today. There were numerous wit? nesses mi both side! and tho defense put the defendant on the aland this morning, whore ha remained the greater part of the time. ruses disposed of for this court m era i Rachel Potte, murder, continued. Ldrlna Hugglns, abduction, con? tinued. Bradford Farmer, obtaining goods by false pretenses, continued. Prank Thompson, disposing of property under ben, continued. Charles Davis, malicious mischief, i continued. John Burrlneau, obtaining goods by false pretenses, continued, C, j, Hyatt, grand larcenv, con? tinued. Blolaa Gibson, violation of dispen? sary law, nol piosoed. PKL1 AGHA sllows DECREASES ALL THROUGH sol Th. Decrease Doe In Large Measure to Hester Knowledge of the Disease und Its Treatment. According to' a medical statement published recently the number of pel? lagra Victims has been 15 per cent, less this year than last year. Study, of the disease is bearing fruit and it is to be hoped that in a few more years the South will be free from this terrible malady. The most effective single weapon so far known in the tight against pellagra Is u wonderful mineral found.In Mis? sissippi. This remarkable mineral contains highly cttteacious acids which are an almost sure specific in every case of pellagra, rheumatism, indi? gestion and all blood diseases. Placed on the market three years ago under the name of Sulferro-Sol this marvelous remedy has spread by leaps until it is now known and loved in every corner of the South. A member of The Sul-Ferro-Sol Co., called on Mrs. Lula Ward, of 201 Lois St., Greenville, S. C, recently to hear from her own lips the remark? able story of her daughter's recov? ery. j "She looks well now and is well and Strong, hut you should have seen her when she was a mass of sores and suf? fered so she cried all night. Her bowels were in a frightful condition too and we never expected to see her get well again." "But thanks to your wonderful Sulferro-Sol my little girl is now well and sound and enjoying her little life \ like other girls and I can never tell | you how grateful I am lor your great remedy. It surely saved Sophie from endless pain and death and I shall praise Sulferro-Sol as long as I Vive." Sulferrp-Sol is being demonstrated this week at Sibcrt's Drug Store and is sold and recommended by them, also all other druggists in Sumter and vicinity. Murray Drug Co., State dis tribators.?Advt. Bliss, Okla., Oct. 18.?Santa Fe mail-express train No. 5, southbound, was held up and robbed by a band of robbers near here at 8:?7 o'clock tonight. An express messenger and baggageman, whose names have not been learned, were shot and kllle^ by the bandits. The robbers, after loot? ing the train, escaped in an automo? bile. A special train of police has liecu-^cent from Perry-, It 4s reported, and has taken up the trail of the robbers, the number of whom is un? known. * PREPAREDNESS * Seems to be the cry of the day. You could not do better than prepare for the cold weather by I investing in a pair of "Tar Heels" You can buy them now prob? ably cheaper than you will ever be able to again. The line includes a beautiful assortment of plaids. ?iin>iimtiiiitwww**fiw?t?t?>ttnHm?M? CLOTHES FOR BOYS sen We Have Always Specialized on Boys' Clothing. This Fall Our Line Is Larger and More Attrac? tive Than Ever. Despite the fact that all Clothing has advanced in price, and Boys* Suits and Overcoats with the others WE CAN OFFER You extra good values in both Dress and School Suits Prices From $3.50 To $12.50 Let Us Show You 1D. J. 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