The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 11, 1922, Page PAGE 5, Image 6

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TOWN ?? C SHERIFFS SALE ; joules Sold in Pinewood. Fur ? . nishings of Chandler-Har mon Motor Co., Sold For Rent A-number of mules and horses tw'isrert) sold in Pinewocd Monday by . - Deputy. Sheriff H- G. McKagen, ^.acting., under executions issued by -. the. county treasurer for taxes past v d?e and unpaid Sheriff C-t&ff. Hurst :cdd under a distress warrant for past due rents, v'the oftee furnishings and equip - ment-of the Chandler-Harmon Mo 15'tor company on Caldwell street. ' Tire total amount of money realiz ed-by the sale was $432.05. A tract of 50 acres of land in the & Providence section was sold for a unpaid taxes. The land was in the - name of J. W. Westbury, colored. ^?The. tract was bid in by J. T. Wil liams for^the nominal sum of SS/0.44. , ~ m m m - . ^Marriage License Record. ? The. following colored couples . 'have-been issued marriage licenses y& ths. office of the clerk of court: j 'Levi Ramsey and Ella Thomp son of Providence. Sidney. Miller and Sara Ann ? Alston, of Horatio. , : Will Thompson,.Sumter, and Wil ' 'hilirninia. Alden. Wedgefield. ~A Charlie Champion, . Jr., Wedge ^ field and; Emma * Efferson of Dal ^ell.\ Isaac- Phillips and Lavenia Black o* Sumter. v Varder. Graham and Nora^Gal -;,Ioway of Sumter. Frank Bryant and Beatrice Coop ?;..er,.of Sumter. Maderson McBride and Emma . Wright of Tindals. Bruice Hodge and Cassie Wai 'ter. of Tindals. * Ashley Douglas and Rosa Bur "f roughs of Brogdons. Franklin Davis of Oswego and """Silina; Patterson of Woodrow. ' - Thomas Mack and Lucile Wilson ' ;rof Brdgdon. * David DuBose and Annie White '' of Reminl Counard. Dennis and Mamie ?:;Mores of Brogdon. Joseph E. Johnson and Armanda ^ Wilson of Sumter- . ' Alex dark and Marian Singleton \ -j oif Sumter. . - v Reception lor Teachers. -; . The Columbia Chapter of Win r.throp Daughters, Mrs. Robert A. .r?ooper, president, has graciously .extended an invitation to all ..daughters of Winthrop in attend .'^ay&e upon the State Teachers' As vsceiation in Columbia to be pres ., ent at a Winthrop tea at the gov .^eEior's mansion from six, to eight - o'clock Friday evening, March 17. It 'is hoped there will be a large ^number of Winthrop daughters who Lw?? accept this cordial invitation. <?: - .-? ? ?.-. : Nominal Sales Made by Master. Three nominal sales were made >n Monday, Sales Day, by E. C. laynsworth, Master, under judg ments. ~ Hall vs. MilKgan, a 20 acre tract >f land, bought by S: K. Nash, at torney, for $5?. Brown H-s. Plowden, house and; [lot in city. Bought by Epps & " ?vy, attorneys, for. $75. Moses vs. Plowden, 3 lots. Bought jy Epps & Levy, attorneys, for $50. The proposal of City Council to pose a license tax on suburban erchants. beef markets, pressing Inbs^ etc., who do business in the! ity is going to be a rather difficult ng to carry out. If suburbanites be made to pay a license tax r else be debarred from solicit ngr and doing busness within the 1 mits of the city, why not also re- | uire a license tax of merchants of I esville, Columbia. Charleston, i r elsewhere who solicit business j rom residents of the city? A li ejise tax on merchants of other j tes?mail order houses for in tance?is impossible since they bme under the head of inter-Siute I ojnerce but if a suburban mer-; hant can be required to pay a li ense tax, then a merchant of any ther part of the state could be milarly taxed on the business he oes in this city, it would seem. Fidelis Class Meeting. The Fidelis Class, Grace Baptist ;hurch, held its first business meet ig at the attractive home of Mrs. Schuyler C. Rose, 403 Oakland Ave. m Monday afternoon. At six >*clock the meeting was called to >r<U?r, and after the opening exer ss, the business matters of inter est to the class were discussed, and leiinite plans decided upon. A food attendance was had. and the ;lass is very" enthusiastic as to its future success. ' After business had been laid ?de, we had the pleasure of a solo >y Miss Thelma Turner, accom panied on the piano by Mrs. J. A. EcKnight, and also a piano selec tion by Mrs. J. A. McKnight both >f which were thoroughly enjoyed >y the members in attendance. Refreshments consisting of hot :hocolate. sandwiches and crackers, followed by mints, were served. "Class Reporter.-' The Garner's Ferry bridge will >e completed within three months ind the County Board of Commis ioncrs are considering what to do ibout the approaches. Are those public spirited citizens, who ^u.ar tnteed (by resolution adopted at iass meeting in court house) to raise, by private subscription, all the money needed to construe: the causeway and bridges in this *wamp, considering the making rood of their pledge'.' The mile .of gravel roadway on ^he Oswego public road is said to standing up well under the re lent bad- weather. O?NTY NEWS 1 CITY BOARD OF HEALTH Minutes of Regular Meeting and Monthly Report The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held at the office of the . Board of Health at 4 p. ,m. March 7th. 1922. Members present were H. L. Tisdale, chair man; Dr. .C-.J-JLemmon. Dr. D. W". Green. B. D. Hodges and J. A. McKnight. The reading of the minutes, of the last meeting was approved as read. The report of the health officer was included in the record as information. : The applications for the position of assistant in the health officer's office were considered and Mrs. D. O. Browning was appointed to this position commencing March loth. Mr. B. IX Hodges and Dr. D. O. Browning were appointed a com mittee to develop a uniform method of sterilizing glassware at soda founts. . There being no..further business <he board adjourned. Report of the Health Officer. The daily report .is too volumin ous and on by a summary is given here- Meat rnarket inspections 21; soda founts; 5; Chero-Cola plant, 1; Sumter Creamery.- 3; restau rants,;5; premises, loO. . Sold 2 1-2 gallons .disinfectant; distributed .one gallon free to. in fectious diseases.' Fumigated seven rooms after infectious diseases. Condemned 130 pounds mutton, soured. Vaccinated 250 school chil dren. . .. v ? ~ Vital Statistics Since Last Report Births. 10 white; 6 black. Deaths. 5 white; 4 black. Total for 1922: Births 15 white; 14 black. Deaths, 11 white; 25 black. Infectious Diseases Reported. Smallpox, white 0; black 1. Chickenpox, white 3; black 2. Typhoid fever, white 2; black o. : ... Tuberculosis, white 3; black 0. Scarlet fever, white-. 1; blavk 0. Milk Inspection. Sample. No* 42?Specific grav ity 31: temperature 6S P. butter fat, 2.8 per cent solids not fat S.31 per cent; bacteria 90,000 per c. c. Producer W. T. Brown farm. Sample No; 43?Specific gravity, 31; temperature 63 F.; butterfat 3.4 per cent solids not fat 8.43 per cent; bacteria 520.000 per c c Sample from Mr. W. T. Brown's farm. : Sample No. 44r-Specific gravity 33. Temperature 62F. Butterfat 4.0 per cent; solids not fat 9.05 per cent; bacteria 360,000 per c. c. -'Producer, creamery pasturized. Sample No. 45^?Specific gravity, 29; temperature 66F; butterfat 3.0 per cent; solids not fat 7.85 per cent; bacteria 4,200,000. Producer Rosegarden dairy. (Have since learned that this milk is used only for making butter, and tha skim milk fed to the pigs.) Sample No. 46 ? Temperature 68F; specfiic gravity 30; butter fat, 3.6 per cent: solids not fat, 8.22 per cent; bacteria 2.0.00,000 per c. c. Producer Sanitary Dairy. Sample No. 47?Temperature 68: specific gravity 28; butterfat 4.5 per cent; solids not fat, 7.90 per cent: bacteria 160,000 per c. c. Producer W. J. Stafford. . Sample No. 48?Temperature 6S; specific gravity 31; solids not fat, 8.65 per cent; bacteria 2,200,000 per c. c. Producer-Mr. Middleton. FIRE CLAIMS HOUSES ON PURDY STREET Two negro houses, one located on the corner of Purdy and Bart Iette streets and the other just next door to- this one, were Thursday morning visited by a fire*, discover ed at 2:15, which razed one of the ouses to the ground and demol ished the roof of the second house. It.is stated that "When the fire was found, the roof of one of the houses had begun falling in upon its sleeping occupants who bare ly had time enough to make their escape from the blazing building. The other house had also caught, the whole roof being ablaze. The fire department used two long lines of hose and by pump pressure from truck No. 1 on the two streams did good work. The house which was totally destroyed wa.s being occupied by Jake Singleton, col ored. Report of Carnegie Library. New members._ __ 42 Previously reported.1,802 1,844 Hooks lent this month ..1.883 Previously reported.48,399 \ ? 50,282 Number periodicals l<-nt ?bis month .155 Fines, rental tees and rural membership.$13.4.0 .J ESS1ELTN SM ITH. Libraria n. March 2. 19L'L\ Camp Fire Secretary to Speak in Sumter. March IS. Miss Edith Kempthorne. Field Secretary for the National Organi zation of Camp Fire (.iris will speak in the High School Auditor ium at S::io p. m.. on Monday, March 13 th. Sumter is fortunate in having this treat for Miss Kempthorne in her southern field trip is only speaking to Sumter from Washing ton, Richmond, and Charlotte and is en route to Florence when* there is much Camp Fire interest and en thusiasm. It is hoped that Miss Kempthorne will have a large in terested audience to hear her. There is a market for peanuts and there is a profit in growing them when the farmers learn how to produce large yields. BUSY MORNING FOR FIRE DEPT. 1 One House and Small Store on Manning Avenue and Resi dence on Saratoga Street Total Destroyed by Flames i The Sumter fire department be gan their day with the answering of the fire alarm coming in at 10 o'clock Saturday. This fire claimed the home and a small un occupied store of Chris Jackson, colored. 349 Manning avenue. The fire is stated to have been burning around the large brick chimney when it was discovered and had then taken a decided hold of the entire roof of the house. The fire department fought this fire with ' a single line of hose having a Siamese ! connection to the pump on truck j No. 2 from the hydrant on the ! corner of Manning avenue and An drews street. The greater portion of the furniture of the house was saved but the house will be rated i as a total loss. The property is valued at $3,000. Insurance car ried will amount to $1,800. Jack son, who runs a blacksmith shop on Hampton avenue ha*, been un usually unfortunate, having had his house burned three times within the last eighteen months. This house which was burned this morn ing had just recently been reno vated. The second house burned Satur day was the property of W. B. Boyle estate. This house. No. 18 Saratoga street, was being occupied j by Mr. M. K. McLeod. The fire was in all probability caused by the explosion of a gallon jug of kero sene placed too near the fire in an open fire place. The house was par tially covered by insurance. WORK ON THE MANNING ROAD TO BE STARTED Mr. Evans of the- Adams-Evans Construction Co., of Jacksonville, Fla., and Mr. Steele, an engineer of hjs! firm, are in the city complet ing "all arrangements prepara tory to the beginning of the exe cution of their contract for the hard surfacing of the three and one-tenth. mHes on the Manning road and' the building of three and one-tenth miles of hard surface road on the Bishopville road. These men are looking for the arrival of their equipment at any time now and are expecting to begin the ac tual construction work sometime next week. Their work is to be be gun on the Manning road just at the city limits. Curbing is to be set on this road for a distance of a half mile beyond the city limits and the road for this length will be made 20 feet wide. The Slattery and Henry Con struction company are well under way in their grade work on the ^Mayesville road despite the un favorable weather conditions of the last few days. ! SOCIAL AFFAIRS IN MAYESVILLE I Mayesville, March C.?Among the j many social events of the past week ?were: ! The Tuesday Afternoon Book j club was entertained by Mrs. D. M. I Boy kin at her attractive home on j Church street. After the exchange j of books the game of rook was en i gaged in and a delicious salad j course was served. Mrs. J. W. Shaw was at home to I her many friends ?n both Thursday : and Friday afternoons, entertaining ' I with rook and bridge respectively, j Frozen salad sandwiches, coffee ? and hot rolls .were served. J Mesdames E. O. Spencer and B. 1 C. Chandler were hostesses to 'The j Congenial Coterie" at the home of j the former on Saturday afternoon, j The guests were ushered into the ; dining room where the table was j set and beautifully decorated with j the flowers of the. season. The i menu consisted of fish stew, flap j jacks and home brewed?coffee. If I the proof of the pudding is the eat I ing thereof, this stew .must have j surpassed in ? excellence, even that ; of the celebrated fish stews pre pared and partaken of by the gen j tlemen of this town. for these ^dainty and-delicate dames literally J "licked the platter clean." It is j unnecessary to state further that ; it was a most enjoyable occasion. Miss Alice Cooper entertained a [ number of her friends on Saturday j afternoon in honor of Mrs. Win. j Burnside, of Uykesland. who spent [the week-end with her sister, Mrs. ; R. F. DesChamps. I Mr. and Mrs. C. X. Sprotl and ! Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Marvin of Manning'spent Sunday with Mr. j and Mrs. K. F. DesChamps. Mrs. R. A. Chandler. Sr.. now of j Columbia, spent Thursday at her ; old home here. ; Mrs. \V. B. Chandler ol" Dillon Sand son, Master Billy, are making 1 a short visit to Miss Emma j Mayes. I Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Kahn left i this morning in their car for Ashe ! ville, X. C, where they expect to make their future home. They carry with them the best wishes of 1 their friends. j Mr. and Mis. VHlestrigO, artists j from the Keith circuit and known j on the stage as the Texas Duo. are visiting Mi-, and Mrs. George Mc Kagen of this city. Since coming to I Sumter they have delighted many j friends of .Mr. and Mrs. McKagen j with instrumental selections on the I guitar which they play Hawaiian {style. Wednesday afternoon they ! gave their services for a concert at jCamp Alice which, needless to say i was most thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated by those whose life has j very little sunshine or music. Wed nesday evening they donated their j services again and played ai the [Xurses' Home, COUNTY BOARD HOLD MEETING Commissioners Discuss Matter ( of Building Approaches For Garners' Ferry Bridge At a regular monthly" meeting ; of the County Board of Commw i sioners held March 7th, there wore ! present Chairman Rowland and j Members Lenoir, Britton, Oliver and McLaurin. The minutes of February 7th were read and approved. Mr. E. H. Rhame, 'Jr.; appear ed before'the board relative to the j changing of the lighting system i in the court house auditorium and j submitted an estimate of the cost of the same. He argued to the j board that the change of the light I ing fixtures would increase the i lighting efficiency and more than pay for themselves in saving of current consumption for the build ing. i Clerk of Court Scarborough ap ! peared and made statement to the j effect that the present lighting ; system was inadequate for court purposes. The board referred the matter to the chairman with power to act. The report of the county engi neer was read, as follows:. Main gang engaged in the construction of the school road in-the Concord section and the claying of. three sand beds on the Sumter-Manning road. Work during the month was handicapped very much on account of the bad weather condi tions. Expected to fininsh the above mentioned jobs within a few days, when the main gang would be put to maintenance work on the main roads of the county. Jail yard gang engaged as usual in re pairing bridges and culverts and work on roads leading out of city. Pinewood and' Shiloh gangs en gaged as usual- in those sections. Superintendent Nunnamaker of the alms house appeared and dis cussed with the board the pre vail ing price of 50 cents per day for dieting and keep of inmates at the alms house. He stated that un ? der present practice of taking care of the needy outside of alms house number of inmates was cut down to such an extent that there was not a living in it to him r.nder the present arrangement. After con sideration later the board agreed to increase the per diem to 60 cents. The clerk asked for instruc tions as to the publishing of the annual financial statement of the county and was directed to have : this published. The clerk was directed to write the State Highway Department asking that they relieve the coun j ty of the saddle tank locomotive and dump cars obtained through it several years back, which the j county had been unable to utilize. j The board discussed the matter of means for building approaches to the Wateree bridge, indications being that this bridge would be i completed within three months and that it would take at least this time to build the approaches. The clerk was directefl to write- the j State Highway Department and get it to approve of the four miles construction work done on the Oswego road and the new Privateer road which has been lately built. On application pensions of W. A. Weldon and John Turner were increased to $5 per month. Appli cations for aid were received and acted on as follows: Robert Com mander granted $5 per month for two months. Lev!" Fletcher de clined. Eddie Smith referred to Red Cross Home Service secretary. Manning Floyd committed to alms house. Ashley Kelley committed to alms house. Simon Miller was granted $6 per month, j Chairman reported result of con 1 ference with Mr. E. W. Dabbs rel alive to repairs to a house, stating I that this had been satisfactorily j adjusted. Engineer was instruct ; ed to do the work indicated as j soon as possible. i Commissioner Oliver asked for j further time to be put on the case j of Mrs. E. C. Evans, who gets a I monthly appropriation, j The attention of the board was I called to the fact that Turkey creek canal again needed cleaning out. j The county engineer was directed I t omake an estimate of cost of the j cleaning out of same and submit J to the board at its next meeting j when it would take up the matter with the city authorities. A letter was received from Treasurer Wallace calling atten tion to the $75,000. note of the city (due April 14th, and stating that 'the indications were that this note i would have to be renewed. The. j board passed resolution authoriz i ing that $75.000 be borrowed ?for ! the -purpose of retiring the out j standing note. A request was received from the j improvement committee of the {Sumter Cemetery association ask j ing that Oakland avenue from ?city limits to cemetery be worked ] up and put into shape. The county ! engineer was instructed to do i this. The board went over the list of persons whom the county is now granting aid and revised same. After approving claims before jit the board adjourned. i Meeting League ot* Women Voters. The League of Women Voters will j hold its regular monthly meeting on Monday afternoon. March the 13th at 4 'oeloek, in the hasement of the Carnegi?- Library. The League urges the women of Sumter to remember that tin- registration I books are open at the coun house on the first Monday of each month. You are again reminded (hat you cannot vote within thirty days al ter registration and if you delay too long you may find that yea are debarred from an important elec i ion. Airs. R. L. Purman. Publicity Chairman League of Wo men Voters, of Sumter. ? ? ? ? ? Xiee thing about paying a* you go is everyone wants you to stay. TRUCK GROWERS' ASSOCIATION j Organization Formed at r Meeting Held Tuesday Af ternoon I 1 . A well attended meeting of the ? committee on organization and ! number of other farmers and busi | ness men was held at Sumter ! Chamber of Commerce Tuesday af I ternoon and it was decided to or j ganize a permanent truck growers' i association. Mr. C. L. Cuttino pre j sided. Messrs. R. A. Bradham, C. L. Cuttino, J. F. Williams. J. A. iMcKnight, I;. O. Tindal, W. R. I Wells. T. S.. ,' .Bose. Jr.. A. D. jH?rby," Dr. M. L. Parier, H. A. ! Moses, N. L. Broughton. W. R. i Welte, B. R. White made short ? talks and they with others present j unanimously endorsed the associa tion. - j The following directors were ? elected and are requested to meet at 6 p. m. Thursday, March 9th ' at Sumter Chamber of Commerce j to complete the organization by ! election of officers, selection of the kind of truck to be planted, pur chasing of seed, etc: Directors by Townsliips. Stateburg township?J. Frank Williams. Middletown township?Dr. M. L. Parier. Providence township?T. S. Du Bose, Jr. Privateer township?11. Drane Tindal. Mayesville township ? E. W. I Dabbs, Jr. Shiloh township?T. J. Keels, j Rafting Creek township?W. A. Shulef. Concord township?J. T. Glass cock. Sumter township?J. A. Mc j Knight. A. C. Phelps and R. A. Bradham. Acting secretary of the associa tion, E. I. Reardon. Every one was agreed that truck growing along intelligent lines with co-operative marketing standardization of products, proper j grading and packing will be pro fitable to the members of the as sociation which is open in mem bership to every farmer of Sumter, Lee and Clarendon counties, j Mr. R. A. Bradham has received the following letter from the North American Fruit Exchange: "Answering your letter of the 23rd of February, our service is adapted for the marketing of such products as snap beans, cucumbers and cantaloupes, and other similar products, under the following con ditions: "There should be a concentrated tonnage of five hundred to a thou sand cars during tne season loaded in- straight carlota of one product. "These shipment^ should be of strictly first-class quality, and uni formly graded and packed accord ing to the standards required by the buying trade In the markets. In order to accomplish this it is necessary" to have experienced grad ers and packers to look after this feature of the work, and these can be easily secured from points fur ther south which have been ship ping during an earlier period. A satisfactory grade and pack can al ways he better secured through a : central packing house, instead of J havinsr each individual grower grade and pack according to his own ideas. A miscellaneous farm er's pack is seldom satisfactory to the buying trade, and packing house stock is given the preference always. j ? Cantaloupes are very depend | ent on favorable weather condi ' tions, as to whether they will be a j desirable crop to market. Present j indications are that there will be a I very large cantaloupe crop planted j in the south this season, and the ; people who produce the best qual ; ity and most desirable grade and ! pack will have the preference of j the buying trade. This is true of j any product which is placed on the I market. It is impossible to be too i particular. "It is afrvaj's more difficult for j farmers -v\ho have had no previous j experience in growing these crops j w get best results. The assist | ance of the state agricultural j agents is usually very valuable { along these lines, and we suggest j your securing their co-operation I in any agricultural development ! which you propose to carry out in j that district." ! "New York March 6, 1922." A Creamery at Sumter. News and Courier.) j It is gratifying to learn from the j Sumter Item that the success of the I campaign for sufficient capital to i start a creamery at Sumter seems i to be virtually assured. The Item [thinks that "the most difficult phase I of the undertaking has been pass I ed,"* by which it means that a con Isiderable number of the most sub j stantial business men of Sumter ! have been convinced that a cream j ery there can be made to pay. They ) are now prepared to back the prop osition with their money and their influence and The Item believes that from now on the work of get ting business men and farmers to support the proposed enterprise will be comparatively easy. The movement for the establish ! ment of creameries in South Caro j lina has behind it the endorsement i not only of the experts who have ' made :i study of ways and means of developing new resources to take the place of cotton as a mon ey crop, but also of former South Carolinians now living in the boll weevil territory in other states who i write back t<> their old home t-.> say I that the dairy cow is the farmer's ' best friend after the boll weevil iconics. The conditions in and around Sumter would seem to In- especial ly favorable to the success of a creamery and surely if any place !in South Carolna can make a creamery a go Sumter should be that place. It** people have long i been noted for ther ability to pull ; together. BANKERS BACK DAIRY I INDUSTRY j Financial Assistance Pledged to Farmers in the Purchase of Dairv Cows _________ ? Greenwood. March S.?Foilow ; ing action of the Greenwood Bank I ers' association in pledging to ' finance purchase of dairy cattle by j farmers of this county, orders have ) been placed by many farmers who j intend to increase their dairy ; h^rds and indications are now that j several carloads of Guernseys will : be imported from the west in the i near future, according to County I Agent L. B. A It man. I Interest in dairying has received i a marked . stimulus throughout j this section, following the ravages I of the boll weevil and farmers are ; turning to dairying as one of the means of insuring a steady month i ly income. The establishment of : a creamery in Greenwood has as ' sured a steady market for the pro I ducts of their cows. j - _ j The How and Why of Hotbeds. When a gardner installs a hotbed j for the first time, he has made a ' joyful discovery, wonders why in i the world he never had one be ! fore, and it is safe to say that un } less he is badly cramped for gar ? den room he will never be with j out one again. A hotbed gives the gardener at j least a months lead on the season. : a c hanc e to get all his vegetables ! and flowers going in advance of J the outdoor planting season, and j when it is time to plant seeds in '? the open ground he may set sturdy : seedlings in the beds ready to go ! along and give him a crop from ] two weeks to a month earlier than j usual. ! There is nothing difficult about i the management of a hotbed and I a little experimenting soon will j render a gardener as expert as it is at ail necessary to be. with the 1 most that can be lost during the j experimenting being a little seed ; which can be replaced readily i enough, or seedlings that have j not advanced very far. The principal trouble nowadays { in making a hotbed is to secure a j supply of fresh horse manure. J which is the necessary* material for furnishing the heat, the fer mentation of the manure furn i ishing the bottom heat, which is j the greatest spur to germination j and growth. Oil stoves are some j times used with success where ma ; nure is lacking. A hotbed is merely a wooden i frame, or. if permanent, made of I concrete, to carry glass sash. They j may be made of any size to suit I a gardener's convenience, but the : standerd size of frame and sash is I the 3x6 foot unit, j A hole is dug in the ground j slightly larger than the frame. I This is filled to a depth of from ] fifteen to eighteen inches with j-fresh horse manure being best. (which has been stacked up and [turned from time to time for sev ! eral days in order to distribute the fermentation more evenly. This is packed down by trampling it, the manure extending a few in ches beyond the walls of the frame on all sides. The frame is then placed upon the manure and four to live inches of good garden soil are spread over the manure. At first the1 manure will ferment quite too violently and will be al together too hot for planting. The i sash should be raised frequently to I lower the. temperature and to per mit gases to escape. A therniom jeter should hang on the side of the ' frame where it can be seen easily. I Sow the seed when the thermom ! eter shows the temperature to be I SO or S5. Close attention to wat ering and ventilation must be j given. The soil should not be al I lowed to dry out nor yet become j water soaked. It is. best to water , early in the day, so the plants will ; dry off by night and minimize ; chances of damping off. 1 Hotbeds are sometimes started as 'early as January, but this is haz ardous in the northern States, as the manure may become spent be ' fore the cold has departed. L'su | ally March is the month to start > hotbeds. I It is easy io make home-made hotbeds, but there are also frames ?knocked down, with the sash, all ; ready to be shipped and set up on the market. Cotton Campaign for Clarendon. Manning. March S. ? Friday j morning at l! o'clock T. B. Young, of Florence, president of the South 'Carolina Sweet l'otato Association land one of the directors of the new j ly organized Cooperative Tobacco j Growers' Association, will speak in 'the c<?urt huse at .Manning on the co-operative marketing of cotton. Mr. Young will address the farmers <>f the Summerton section in the school auditorium at Sum merton at o o'clock Friday after I noon. j These meetings will open the [campaign for the co-operative j marketing of cotton in Clarendon county. A number, of counties have ; started off ahead of this, but [County Chairman Floyd and Coun jty Agent Gray are expecting Clar endon to sign its share in a very ; few days. Every farmer and business man [in the county is urged to attend oar of these meetings and hear Mr. Velvet beans are in demand by I local feed mills, the local supply I not being sufficient to their needs, i With the development of the dah\v ? ing industry there will be a steady growing market for cow feed and In better local market for velvet -beans.-corn and cotton seed meal Ithe chief constituents of one ?>i" I the most approved mixed dairy ' feeds. The farmer who plants 'velvet beans this year \\i:i not go ! wrong. DAIR-TNG IN LEE COUNTY Clemson Expert Working to Promote New Industry Bishopville, March S. ? C. Scmolke, an experienced dairy man, who is working for the Sum ter creamery under the auspices of Clemson College, is spending Monday and Tuesday ?a Lee coun ty, meeting the faimers at Una, Lynchburg, Bishopville and Wood row. He Is showing them how they can sell thefr sour cream to the creamery and receive pay on the butterfat basis. Mr. Quinerly. county agent, is doing everything that he can to help the farmers to meet the weevil conditions in Lee county. ? ? ? Pr<xluce Farm Seeds at Home. Clemson College. March ?Cot - ton anthracnose is carried in the seed, and the latest evidence indi cates that cotton wilt is also car ried that way. Cowpea wilt is an other probably disseminated in the : same way. a study a few years ago indicated that where anthrac nose was severe it had been intro duced into the farm in seed se cured from outside sources?and often the seed was supposed at the time to be unusually good. An thracnose of melons and cucum I bers is introduced on the seed. Bacterial wilt of sweet corn is sim | ilarly carried. Angular leaf spot and wild fire of tobacco are still I ot her diseases which are so carried. I One of these tobacco diseases did i serious damage in parts of South i Carolina last year, j "What can we do about it? (1) I "We can sterilize the outside of the seed. This will help with some diseases but not all, according to Dr. C. A. Ludwig, associate plant pathologist. (2) We can raise seed at home if we have a good va riety and a good strain. It is a mistake to think that varieties of j most crops 'Tun out" after they i have been grown for "a good while in one locality. If they run out it is because the seed has not been properly selected. Plant from the best, taking the entire plant as the unit for selection, and varieties will not ran out. Sea Island cotton never "ran out," and the planters seldom or never introduced new j varieties. What is more, if the [growers of upland cotton had se lected their seed with as much care [as the sea-island planters used, it [is not likely that the latter would jhave had a monopoly of fine sta jple cotton for such a long period I of years. [The Colored Farm Demonstration Agent. The farmers of Sumter county I under boll weevil conditions have I taken their old system of farming to heart and are asking what can they do to be saved. Saved from what? From the boll weevil dis-; aster. Safe farming in South Car- J olina is the only redemption, for it: will take care of the 'children and the husbandman. It ? will cause you to have plenty of feed and foodstuffs to sell and to keep. Plant two-thirds of your farm in feed and foodstuffs and one-third in cotton. On every farm in the South this should be put into prac tice. If this is put into practice it wont be long before the farmers of the South will see. a brighter I future. One writer saiys that some j days must be dark, but behind the i clouds the sun is still shining. How ! can this cloud be moved away and S let a little sunshine upon the.farm lers? The sun will soon come-x?ut j on the farmer who will follow the I government and study his farm ; I as a business. Mr. Farmer, it* you j i will follow the government system j ! of farming it won't be long before jyou will have a self-supporting: farm, will get value received forj your labor and will be farming atj a profit. Mr. Farmer, if you ex-j ; pect to remain on the farm and I work out your salvation there get? ! in this scientific system of farming) ring. To those who get in the ringj the dark cloud will soon pass over! ithem and the sun will shine down' ?upon them in this new day of! ! farming. i What Each Farmer Should Do. j ? Anything worth doing is worth i doing right. I would like for caeh 1 i farmer in Sumter county as near ; as possigle to have on his farm' at least one acre of demonstration j ?work under my instruction. On tins! acre of land the farmer will have; ? any one crop he desires, such as' : corn. peas, potatoes. Irish and; I Sweet, tomatoes, beans, watermel ; ons. home garden, cotton, sugar i cane. etc. ! A large number of the farmers! have taken an acre under my in-; ? struetions and I would like for oth-j er to fall in line. Live Stock j Each farmer should have on hisj ; farm a good breed of poltry, cows, hogs goats, siieep. There is a loss; (of money in scrub stock, and it is j best to have one good breed than-] ; to have live or six scrubs. For the: i cost of keeping live or six scrubs ! j put it into one will be cheaper and; jget better results. Jason Maloney. Farm Demnostrafion Agent. Busi ness office, Mayesville institute.; . Mayesville. S. C. For any information on farming! call at my otfice or write and i will come to see you. 1 have on; hand bulletins on all phases of; farming in the United States for; ? distribution. When Vounge Island cabbage; growers deliver hard head cabbage in Sumter at two and a half cents a pound local growers will not he able to sell theirs in bulk to ? grocers at six cents per head: The seel<? rs after state offices are; beginning t<> pull the old gag about: being urged by friends from all'! sections of the state to offer for! this, that or the other oihVe. Wny can't politicians think up some1 new excuse once in a century? j A I*romisi?g Xcw Treatment for The San .Jose Scale. (By A. L. Quaintanec. Entomolo gist in charge fruit insect investi gations. United States department of agriculture.) The San Jose scale is just now ex ceedingly abundant and destructive in many orchards in the Benton: ville, Ark., section, and growers state they are unable to adequately control the pest with the usual dormant tree treatments with lime sulphur spray. While the bureau of entomology believes that thor ough spraying with dormant tr*jc strength of lime sulphur will con rrol the San Jose scale, yet to meoj, the desire of orchardists for other than lime-sulphur treatments, a number of experiments with sprays were undertaken. The purpose o* the present article is- to call at tention to results secured in the treatment of the scale by the ?ise of a spray containing 2 per cent of lubricating or engine oil emulsi fied with potash fish-oil soap." The careful experiments in Flor ida by W. W. Yothers'with various sprays for the control of citrus scale insects and the orange white" fly, as published in Farmers' Bul letin 933 and elsewhere, resulted in a formula of engine-oil spray which has been found remarkably^ effective in view of the small amount of oil used, namely. 1 per cent, emuslilied with potash fish oil soap. Mr. Yothers found that any one of several oils of the lubri cating type, when thoroughly emul sified and used at the dilution in dicated, was quite effective against these scale insects and the white fly, and these sprays have now come into large commercial use in Flor ida. The surprising efficiency of a spray containing such a low per cent of oil suggested the desirabil ity of testing sprays of this char acter against the San Jose scale. The abundance and destructive ness of the scale in the Bentoaville section of Arkansas and the desire of growers for other than lime Sul phur spays, has offered excellent' opportunity for testing varoius di lutions of engine oil sprays against this pest. The experiments were carried out by A. J. Ackerman, of the office of deciduous fruit insect investigations, and have included tests of lubricating oils of a strength of from 1-2 per cent to 4 per cent or 5 per cent, thoroughly I emulsified with potash fish oil soap. ! The results showed practically com plete killing of the scale by one thorough application of the spray i of a strength as low as 2 per cent of oil. Orchardists have been so pleased with the results that the 2 per cent oil spray will be extensively used in their present necessity of bringing the pest under subjection. A point yet to be established in connection with the present expert iments is the possible injury of the oil spray which may result to the trees, twigs, or fruit buds, and sev eral seasons' experience will b* necessary before a final decision on this question can be reached. In view of the experience in Flo ida in spraying citrus trees in foiage with 1 per cent of oil, it is felt that dormant deciduous trees will probably stand without injury -one annual frcatmen "tcontaining 2 per cent of oil. ? ? In order that entomologists who desire to do so-may mal;e tests of the treatment- the present winter, and also to render the treatment available to orchardists who may wish-to test it on a small scale,. ! ihe following directions for making ibe stock emulsion are given: ! Red engine -oil. or oil of similar I grade ..'_ - -Gallon.. 1 Water.- ..do.. 1-2 Potash fish-oil soap _.pound.. I The oil, water,' and soap are placed in a kettle or other recep't?^ cle and heated until the content! come to a boil. A brown scum appears on the surface of the mix? ture as it first begins to boil Aftef boiling tor a few minutes the brown scum begins to disappear and-^at this stage the kettle is removed from the fire and the enti"i> mix ture is pumped twice under pres sure of about 60 pounds while still very hot. A proper emulsion can not be made by stirring nor should the mixture be allowed to cool be fore it is pumped. Too much pumping will often break up the emulsion. During pulping, ordi nary pump packing is burnt up rather quickly by the hot oil mix ture. For making the stock emul sion on a large scale an all-metal pump would be necessary. The stock emulsion contains 2-3 per cent of oil. To make a 2 per cent emulsion for use in a 2?0 gallon spray tank it is necessary to use 6 gallons of the stock emul sion. Precaution should be taken--to prevent the stock emulsion from freezing, which occurs at a teaaa perature of about 15 degrees3T. above zero. In case difficulty is experienced in making a proper emulsion, due to hardness of the water, the water used should be softened by the ad dition of 1 pound of caustic soda or lye per 100 gallons of ?14luted spray. The caustic soda should be dissolved in 2 or 3 gallons of water and then added to the spray tank and thoroughly stirred, after which the proper quantity of stock emulsion can be added. Any one of the following, oT similar oils, may be used, some one or more of which can doubtless be ?obtained in most parts of the coun try: Diamond paraffin oiL ISO red neutral. Jr. red engine oil, Nabob oil. NIGHT RIDERS IN CALIFORNIA Fresno, CaL, March 1>?Mrs. Mary Harnes, a rooming house proprie tress, received warning from white robed nightriders and was given twenty-fur hours to leave town. She is reported to have left. "What tckles us are these women haters with seven suits of clottieS. ? ? ? Subscribe to The Daily Item, de livered by- carrier, 15c per week.