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