The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 31, 1917, Image 3
-Arm < vv#s>fn nmow.
Motmm to 9 .Shown in
Attends imo
larch If.?Everything is
for COssden's ninth an
w??eh token plan
\ March 2ft anil
Bai ban put In per
y entries have
with a great
In before the rio >?
Over seven hundred doi
SlWarued as prises, ?es?,K ,
trophies from the
private part leu stop
fOr the winter.
'* tourist travel hai
records for Camden, many
having opened their
OOfiOinmodate the ln?*oT
\y all of the visitor?
far the horse show which
extraction. Many visi
by towns are also ax
outlook for an un
Jdfeudance Is encourag
Fill l>e shown.
RAMBUM;
MARKS.
ke and Crops at It. in?
ns Home Sage Ad v ice.
March 27 ?Mrs. S. W
an unlucUy fall, was
bert that she was < o.i
*eem and bed. We ate
avnVlently recovered to
to household du*
Brown, quite sick for a
improves very slowly,
?fencer, for a long time
rmed invalid, is well
?if!**1
prevail In our community
UM children of W. u.
boon prostrated by it.
Atkinson is visit
and friends at Dalaell.
m goes to Columbia
Vt#>V
?rybody here has an auto,
get about easily when the
{food.
|gy kinds of oars are there?
of a brand new one the
g Henry. What next?
are quite nervous ever
r. we missed the daily mall
In darkness as to the
tff too warv W# ars.aver.;?
il moan the rank ar.d Hi'
but If It Is Inevltal U
the quicker the bette"
OOS oosp us ?n painful sus
H Is to be hoped tnat out
?Sdeuttve and bis advisers will
OOonsel of George Wushint:
enter a foreign alliance,
everything mounting to t!v
behooves our people to try
ought to have a gard in
make It cut the cost of Uv
a war on where will pi-ic i
wmn
always talking about theli
?, are unconsciously talking
the truth,
not so much what you know
you donf know that hui L
fool can be a farmer." That'1
Did you ever seo a real
that wax a fool? You mider
rs. are busy putting down fcr
The beat fertilizer, li'.ri
>n. is the home-made,
planting Is the order of th
Put plenty in the ground, and
mi strong, put no fertilise1
fm a sissy." snd she turned av.u\
ll with a curl of her ro \
took of t ontempt. Sim coul?;
lore him. What was the mat
it Is a stinging lash with whe?'
a young gentleman Is drive:
In he's too slow," and that set*
The word passes on down
and so does he. o clcvet
line* sober. Industrious youtV
every whit. By dint o.
itlon he rises in the world im
him to sit in his saddle
ego a lassie said: "Men an
women triako them." is tin;
If a troth?
"Hn^'ood."
m notiOSJ TO PHOPFMSOH.
Rector ffalsni for Agrh u'.n.
Cttslr In I nl\entity.
Ma. March 27. ? Ropn sr-it .
tor I?. Rect<>r. of Dnrlli
Offered the professorship ?>
ure in the t'niverslty or
ifterejfcs .this hsvin ; l.c n rp . .,!. .< ..
lesley by the eomui.tt?< of the hue
Of frnsJses having fins
fSjtjgi?e. This chair wan author,/f ?
?OO HbSSnt session of thr leKi.nl I
nod will be available at the br;'ii u1
Of the nest session. Mr. Rector i*
gradoete *? the .ynfvorslty and ?
?secher of sXate-wlde nmown. r
A member of tSO house from I'.r it
W county
-Better Farming in the South
HOW CROP YIELDS ARE LIMITED
1 The Weakest Element of Plant Food Fixes the Crop Yield, Just as
the Weakest Link Fixes the Strength of the Chain?-Only
By Fertilisation Can the Weakness Be Removed.
Plants muRt feed
to (row. Four es?
sential food ?ila?
ments come from
the air and sis
from the soil.
Only three of
those that cone
from the soil fall
short of crop ve
qulrments and
have to be sup?
plied by man if the
greatest yields
are to be obtr.in
J. C. PR1DMORE These are \
Agronomist PhosplT
ric acid and pot?
ash. Every soil may be said to havo a
limiting factor of production. This
may be a shortage of some plant food
element. If so, this should bo sup?
plied through fertilization if the larg?
est possible yields are to be obtained.
No matter how much of other plant
food a soil may contain. If there is a
shortage of nitrogen, for example, then
nitrogen will fix the limits of produc?
tion. Likewise with phosphoric acid or
other elements.
Plants differ from animals in taking
food, in that plants will take foods
only when the elements composing
them are in soluble form, that is, when
they are dissolved in water. When
one element is deficient, the plant
ceases growing.
To Illustrate In another why, ob?
serve the picture.
Here Is a vessel made of staves.
Each stave may represent a food ele?
ment or other factor of crop produc?
tion. Some of the staves are shorter
than others. Does not the short:*r
stave then determine how much war er
the vessel can hold, and does not the
shortest plant food element represent?
ed here by e stave, limit the possible
production of a crop?
If, for Instance, there is only enough
nitrogen In the soil to produce -2C
bushels of corn of 175 pounds of cot?
ton per acre, while there is enough
plant food elements of other kinds to
produce enormously more, how then
can greater yields be obtained than the
nitrogen will permit?
The problem of plant feeding is.,
therefore, no simple one. It has en?
gaged long and most careful investi?
gations of scientists, who have dehed
deep into the mysteries of how plants
feed and what they feed upon. On the
basis of the most exact knowledge thus
obtained, modern fertilizers have been
manufactured. Soil deficiencies, or
"Uniting factors," modern fertilizers
are designed to remove, and to call
into fullest action the natural re?
sources of the soil.
Since there is a limiting factor in
all soils, it is worth while for each
farmer to undertake to remove that
limitation. Intelligent use of fertilis?
ers will accomplish it, if food elements
be this limiting factor. In no other
way can it be done than by the help
of man. He must bring to the plant
the food it needs and cannot find when
this is the factor limiting producton.
The plant, of course, must be given
the best of surroundings. It must not
only have plenty of plant food, but
the soil must be properly drained cf
excess water. It must be well supplied
with lime, and organic matter;, its
moisture must be conserved, and
weeds killed through proper cultural
methods. These things man can pro?
vide. Therefore, if man is not the
"limiting factor" and be looks after
the plant food requirements, the great?
est possible yields will occur.
PA8TURE VELVET BEAN3.
Inquiry?"What is the most profit*
able use of the Velvet Bean?"
Plant the velvet bean in the com
and get a double crop. They do well
together. Plant an early variety and
fertilize for a good growth.
The mo&t economical use of velvet
beans is to let cattle feed on them
in the field and then to turn under
the vegetable matter remaining. If
there are not sufficient cattle on the
place, get them and feed them. Why
go to the expense of gathering beans,
grinding and shipping the meal off to
some one else to feed and get the
benefits??J. N. HARPER.
ADVICE TO GARDFNFRS.
.- ?!
Iloow to Obtain ?nrly Maturing W -
etablcs.
Mr. Kditor:
The freeze several weeks ago di ?
siroyed practically everything green
in the gardens of Sumter and en; a
fluently our people are without feSO*
tables. If they want truck to grow
rapidly, nitrate of soda* should be ap i
piled as soon as danger of frost H
past. We usually have light fro.:t
between the 1st and 8th of April and
after that date soda can be applied i I
the rate of a small teaspoonful to sa<
cabbage, corn or tomato plant, care
b?lng taken not to let the soda COOK
in contact with the plant when th
foliage is at all moist. Now, what I
started out to suggest was that some
of our store keepers should put 01
soda in small packages of 5, 10 and
21? pounds for sale to those who ha <
oily small gardens and who coul?
not afford to buy a 200 pound sack
I believe the gardeners of Sum',
would welcome such a move and Ihft4
it would result in having early v? ._?
tables mature much more quickly
than if only the ordinary Aomsstlc
manures wore used. The ami:. >n ?
contained in t'icse manures bdl lo
undergo a chemical change and be
come a nitrate before it is a\ailai ;c
for plant food; soda bring ahead:' I
nitrate, is ready to feed the plans ?
once, and Its use on truck is nlv.? ?
protltable.
Home Gerdener.
rUVKn ON COTTON Sill).
Census Bureau Announces Statistic
on Product.
Washington, Match IT.? Cotl I
seed and QOttOTtSSSS' produetl
, tistics for the seven months end ?
February 2H, announced by the i o ?
sus bureau today, include:
Cotton seed received at mil]
1.-IS,102 tons; ?lUOlnd ::. t ? T.V J
tons: on band at SJtlltt 1111,001 ton
Crude oil produced l .?> I i. : I, I.
pounds: on hind. ?i.sn/.sTi pound!
Refined oil pTOdueed IOS,181,?0<
peejnae; on hand. ISl.tse.918 poum
hinters produced !????.?. I:;s (<|iii..| ? :
oOO poun<l bales; <>n band. IV.'"'
bales
Hull fibre pt od need IC0,| I .*. I
on band. IS,lea bales
on iisjorti M01.M1 pounds; .
ports. lO.llf.OOl pounds.
Lintorf exporta onbleached, P<
rnnalni ?alee; bledohed, 7.?..ar,s i>n!
Washington, .March St.?The >\
^lepa rfiiient today called foui
National ftuarri regiments Into t?
federal service. They are th ?
West Virginia. Seventy-fourth
York. Hecond Conneelk ut, and I
New Jersey.
INTERNES) SAILOKS IN STOCK AU1
Men From Cruiser Kronprinz Wilhelm
In New Lodgings at Fort McPlier
son.
Atlanta, March 27.?The crew o
the , Oerman auxiliary cruiser Kr?v
prim Wilhelm, 411 officers and me*
arrived at Fort McPherson today, de?
clined to give any pledges whatto
ever, saluted the United States flat
Hi the band played "The Star Spangloc.
Banner" at "retreat" and were placed
In a stockade. Those brought here
from Philadelphia, where th*v ha<
been interned, included only the pt
licers and crow of the Wilhelmn, th?
remainder of ? the 750 sailors bein^
taken to Fort Oglethorpe, near Chat
tanoogn
When the train bearing the sailor
j arrived at the post, Capt. Thier
l folder and eight German officers we;?
! met by Capt. H. S. Wagner, of th<
i Seventeenth infantry and informs
! that they were to be immediately ta\
i en before Col. Charles R. Noyes. i
I command. After a curt introductio
; of himself, the captain presented one
of the other officers and then wa:
told by Col. Noyes that "I havi
j sent for you that I might know yo
and that you might know me." H
had proceeded no further whe ,d
Thierfelder interrupted to say "My
' men are military men just the same
as you and we will give no pledgee,"
The Germans will be housed in fl\c
barracks surrounded by a barbe
wire stockade 13 feet in height.
DUTCH SHIPS CONFISCATED.
Great Britain Reported to Have Seiz?
ed Grain Shi|>s in Knglisli Port.
Washington, March IS.?The Dutch
steamships in British ports are re?
ported here to have been confiscated
iy Qreat Britain, Th* Informatior
which couid nol be confirmed at tht
Netherandt legation. Is understood t<
I have come from a grain house whirl
sold the Dutch government the grail
1 .board many ol the vessels. Greai
Britain has been insisting thai it oer
tuln percentage <>i Dutch merchant
mop carry cargoes to Qreat Britain
i which request 111 * * Dutch goverumeu
refused, There uro about forty Dutcl
?'ossols now in Hrltlsh ports.
OLJVKH APPOINTED GOVKRNOR
Hear Admiral Will llulv Danish W?s!
Indies.
Washington, March *js?Bee rotary
Danlsll has named Rear Admiral Oli
vor, ehwf of the bureau of nnval In
lelllgence, to eel us governor of th<
Danish \Wst Indies, which the I'nit
ed States wil take over on Saturday
Important fortifications will be con?
structed, and the Islands will be US
j as a Mt ill bifao.
*.*?.. . ?>?>?
Tile Merchants Enter Into Agreement
to Close Their Stores at ? o'clock I?.
M. Eveiy Day, Saturday Excepted,
l'Yom April 1st to September 1st.
We the undersigned merchants of
the city of Sumter, hereby agree to
close our stores at six o'clock p. m.
every day except Saturday, beginning
on the flrtt day of April and contin?
uing during the months of April, May.
June, July and August of the year
1917: '
The Sumter Clothing Company,
McCollun Bros.
Cuttino & McKnight,
I?evy & Moses,
Shaw ard McCollum Merc. Co.
. Moran (k Co.
. w. h. Shelley & Ron,
Carolina Grocery Co.
Wreck Store,
Stubbs Bros.
The D. J. Chandler Clothing Co.
W. B. Burns & Son,
Bultmar Shoe Co.
W. M. Folsom Co.
? Cash Dry Goods Co.
L,. W. Folsom,
Mclnvail & Zeagler,
Sumter By. & Mill Supply Co.
Ducker & Bultman,
DuRant Hardware Co.
M. Green,
McClellan Stores Co.
J. M. Chandler,
V. H. Phelps,
E. R. Taylor,
V. Baula,
Spann's Cash Grocery,
The O'Donnell Dry Goods Co.
O'Donne: 1 & Co.
L. F. Ntmce,
The Sunder Dry Goods Co.
Geo. H. Hurst,
Is. E. Led rand,
B. J. Bat nett,
Columblc. Tailoring Co.,
W. A. Thompson,
W. L. Lester Furniture Store,
American Tailors,
M. H. Flaum,
The following stores agree to close
at 6 o'clock after their Easter sales.
The Battery.
The Boston Furnishing Co.
I* Alpert,
J. Denmark.
?Close at I all the year:
?Schwarte Bros.,
?The Ladies' Shop,
?The Misses Wilkes,
?Lev! Bros.
?*U. S. Woolen Mills Co
NATIONAL GUARD SUPPLIES.
iff
Quartermaster's Department Busy As?
sembling Stores.
Chicago, March 27.?Quantities of
military stores, equipment and food
were being prepared here tonight by
the Chited States army quartermas?
ter's department for dispatch to the
National Guard units of Illnois, In?
diana, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Min?
nesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, South
Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming and
Ohio, being mobilized under the di?
rection of Major Gen. Thomas h
Barry, commander of the Central De
pa.rtment. Details of the prepara?
tions were withheld under the army
censorship regulations.
Unofficial: y it was stated that prep?
arations also were under way to care
for the neel3 of the guard organiza?
tions not now under arms.
While no figures were announced as
to the number of recruits, Ion;? lines
of applicants were ? about the re?
cruiting stations, the Illinois National
Guard armories and the naval reserve
headquarters.
SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER AR?
RESTED.
Roat Loaded With Dynamite Discov?
ered in New York Harbor.
New York, March 28.?The discov?
ery of a motor boat containing forty
pounds of dynamite, and sixteen de?
tonating caps within a half mile of
Curt Totten. not far from a United
Slates destroyer oil neutrality duly,
resulted in t lie detention of a man
who gave his name as Mathias John?
son, of Perthamhoy, New Jersey.
Johnson asserted that he was i
wrecker who had pdt in for, shelter
Police said be had no license as n
wrecker or to cany dynamite.
On Do?viuan-IIarby Case.
The Bowiiian-Harby cotton case for
$325,000 has and is attracting niu^h
interest in court this week. Yester?
day afternoon the testimony given by
F. C. Hubble, as taken in Texas week
before lest, iraa gone OVSr und sub?
mitted to th<* court' ?nd jury. This
morning Mr, B. Mttn Hall, one of the
book-keepers of Harby A Company
was on the stand for the plaintilf to
tCHtify as to the accounts of BOW man
und Hubble us shown by the books.
Messrs. Purdy A Bahd, .1. II. Clif?
ton .*!..<I II. D. Molse ure representing
thn plaintiff, Bowmen, and Messrs. L.
It. 'Jennings, Davis D. Moise, N. W.
Robertson, It 1). Fpps and F. A. Mr
I^'cvdv/ne representing tho defendant
llurby,
PAXVILLE NEWS BUDGET.
. . - ? ut.*m win -w. ?i
. K. Brenden Delivers I<\jrcefal Ad
dross to W. C. T. U.?Flower De
I mi it men t Active.
Paxville, March 28.?Quito a large
udience greeted Mr. John K. Breedln,
of Manning, a representative of the
Anti-Saloon League, on last ?unday
evening at the Methodist church,
when by special invitation of the Wo?
man's Christian Temperunco Union
he delivered a most forceful address
on the life of Miss Frances K. Wil
lard. Mr. ,Breedin's messages car?
ried profound thought, were ably
pressnted, and were favorably recoiv
od by the audience. Special music
was rendered by Miss Jessie Curtis,
and Lea t ha Ed wards. A generous
contribution was received for the ben?
efit of the Willard Memorial Fund.
Under the auspices of the Flower
department of the Woman's Christian
Temperance union, a chysanthemum
club has been organized by the la?
dies of the town and community. It
is not necessary to become a member
of the union to .join the club The
president, Mrs. N. G. Broadway, will
be glad to take the name of any one
and is very desirous for a large mem?
bership. She will also give any de?
sired information. An exhibit of the
blooms will be held in the fall and
some valuable prizes will be awarded
the most successful growers.
Mrs. Hattie DuRunt came last week
from Bishopville to spend awh.le with
her daughter, Mrs. W. R. Keels.
Several of the young people are re?
hearsing a play entitled "A Kentucky
Belle," which they hope to present
very soon for the benefit of the
Methodist church piano fund.
Mrs. G. H. Curtis, Jr., and children
are back from Columbia, where she
took Master Henry Beach for special
treatment at a hospital there. She
was accompanied by Mrs. Madge
Curtis, of Chesterfield.
Mrs. Marion Cox and children from
Florence are visiting at the home of
her mother, Mrs. H. McLeod.
Miss Pearl Broadway has closed her
school near Pinewood, and is at home
to spend her vacation.
Mr. H. S. Boyd, ot Lamar, was here
for a short visit to relatives last week.
GERMAN FOOD FAMINE.
Canvass of Food Supplies Shows Un?
favorable Situation.
Copenhagen, March 28.?A recent
canvass of grain, potatoes and other
food crops on hand in Ger any re?
vealed so unfavorable a coi. iton as
to cause general apprehension, ac?
cording to the Berlin Vorwaerts,
which quotes Socialist Deputy Ehert
as saying that the 1916 yield of broad
grains was only fifteen pounds per
capita above that of the 1915 harvest
which was regarded as almost ca?
lamitous.
MISSIONARY SOCIKTV MEETS.
Officers Elected for Ensuing Quurter
?Next Meeting With Mrs. Spencer.
Horatio, March 2S.?The Woman's
Missionary Society of Bethesda church
met at the home of Mrs. S. W. Allen
of Rembert on Saturday, March 3.
One of the most important features
of the meeting was the election of of ?
ficers for the ensuing quarter.
Those elected were: Mrs. J. L. Jack?
son, president; Mrs. T. R. Moody.
1st vice president; Mrs. C. A. Jackson.
2nd vice president; Mrs. D. O. Mc?
Leod, treasurer; Mrs. W. M. Lenoir,
Jr., secretary, Miss Courtenay Atkin?
son, assistant secretary and Mrs. W.
J. Spencer, agent for the "Missionare
Voice." The amount collected as
pledge money was $5.75 and duet
$5.45, total $11.20.
Among the other enjoyable feature
of the meeting was the delightful
course of refreshments served by the
hostess.
This is one of the most progressive
societies of the community and is do?
ing an eificient work in Foreign Mis
sions.
The next meeting will he held
April 1 at the home of Mrs. W. J.
Spencer.
Mrs. W. M. Lenoir, Jr.,
Secretary.
STORM IN ALABAMA.
Fourteen Persona Killed at Pctrcy
and Much Damage Done.
Montgomery. Ala.. March 27.?A
storm at Potrey, Alabama, early today
destroyed virtually every house there,
killing Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Middle
brooks, Thomas Hanby. the school
teacher, his daughter, Ethel. Robert
.Tetter, and nine negroes, according to
a message received bete. The storm
did Considerable damage to crops be?
tween Petrey and Providence.
CRETIC COMES IN.
A White Star Liner Arrives From
Europe.
New York. March 28.-?The arriva'
at an Atlantic port of the White Star
Line freighter Cretlc from a European
port is announced.
Constipation, if Ntfbet*
Causes Serious Ulm
Constipation, if negiectcd, leads
to almos*: innumerable complica?
tions affecting the general health.
Many cases of
typhoid fever,
appendicitis and
other severe dit
easet are trace?
able to prolonged
clogging of the
bowels. Regard
the effects of
constipation. C ?
E. Ayers, 6 Sabin
St., McJntpeh'er,
Vt, says:
"I was adUctai
with conitlpatioO
and biliousness for
yean;, and at times became so bad 1
would become unconscious I have been
found in tlmt condition many times.
Physicians did not stem to be abVe ts
do me tnj good. I would become
weak and for days at a time could ds
no work. 2\'ot long ago I got a bos
of Dr. M11??' Laxative Tablets, an?
after using them found 1 had never
tried anything tbat acted in au<*h a
mild and effective manner. I believe
I have at last found the remedy tbat
suits my case."
Thousancs of people are sufferers
from habitual constipation and
while possibly realizing something
of the danger of this condition, yet
neglect too long to employ proper
curative measures until serious ill?
ness often results. The advire of
all physicians is, "keep your bowels
clean," and it's good advice.
Dr. Miles' Laxative Tablets are
sold by all druggists, at 25 cents a
box containing 25 doses. If not
found satisfactory, your money is
returned. 7
MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind.
-
Nothing Succeeds Like Success.
"Be sure you are right and then go
ahead, say the producers of Sutferro
Sol," you can make the trip.
The average medicine vender
doesn't belong in the main tent with
the regular zoological exhibit, he
stands on near the main entrance,
yelling and hawking himself to death*
endeavoring to attract the attention
of the maim, the halt and the blind.
Like the country boy's muskrat trap,
he must "kech 'em goin' an' comln."
'It's too had that such an efficient
remedy as Sulferro-Sol ever has to be
advertised," says Mrs. Lena Bagley,
107 1-2 North 24th St., Birmingham,
Ala., "but then it's the only way of
letting everybody know Suiferro-SoJ
healed me. I am cured of pellagra. I
used no other medicine or treatment
in conjunction with it. It's all right,
and I heartily recommend It."
"And me, too,' says F. P. Schlos?
ser, a watchmaker, 409?19th St.,
Birmingham. For years t had ca?
tarrh. I used Sulferro-Sol. It did a
great deal for me, and it deserves the
good testimonials it is getting every?
where."
Sulferro-Sol Is sold and recommend?
ed by every Druggist in Sumter and
vicinity. Murray Drug Co., State Dis?
tributors.?Advt.
EXAMS FOR POSTMASTERS.
Wilson Soon to Direct New Plan to
Take Effect.
Washington, March 27.?President
Wilson will issue within the next few
days an order requiring examinations
for candidates for nominations as
first, second and third class postmas?
ters to go into effect April 1.
Postmasters of these classes now
are named without any sort of com?
petitive tests, usually upon the recom?
mendation of the member of congress
in whose district the office is located.
The recent announcement that the
change was contemplated stirred up
a row at the capitol which will be re?
vived upon the return of congress next
week.
It is understood that the new plan
has not been perfected. There has
been no statement as to whether the
civil service commission will conduct
the examinations.
MANY JOIN THE NAVY.
New York, March 27.?Almost
swamped by the rush of applicants for
enlistment, the recruiting officers of
the United States navy in this city
have appealed to the municipal Civil
Service Commission to supply finger?
print experts to take the prints of men
enlisting in the navy. In the metropol?
itan district today 101 men enlisted,
it was announced.
Recommended by
Doctor Cothram
Dr. T. E. Cothram is a well-known
pharmacist of Alexis, Ala* And when
he gets bilious or needs a purgative
medicine, what do you suppose he
does? Out of his whole big stock of
liver medicine he selects and uses
Granger Liver Regulator. Ho says
"There is none better." That's a
pretty strong endorsement, den't you
think, from a man who knows all
about the merits of the different medi?
cines on the market? Granger Liver
Regulator is purely vegetable, does
not gripe nor irritate the delicate lin?
ing1 of the stomach and bowels r.r.J
ilways river, quick and pleasant re?
sults. It is the best system puriticr
known. Your druggist can supply
you-^25c for large box. Accept no
substitute.