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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-23
THE FEEDING OF HOGS.
Live Stock Association Will Take Cp
Important Matters at the Next Ses-
sion.

The Live Stock Association will
meet just after fair week this year,
possibly during the fair. the exact
date not having been set yet.
One Of the matters that is Of vital
Importance to this association Is the
feeding OF cattle and hogs so as to
produce the best results.
Since cOttonseed oil mills have
grown so common in the South, cot
tOnseed meal has become a standard
feed for cattle and has proved most
acceptable and profitable. both for
dairy cattle and beef cattle. This fact
naturally led to experiments i'm feed
ing horses. mules and hogs These
experiments have been boti ..ccess-
full and unsuccessful. according as
proper or improper conditions were
observed.
For feeding horses and mules, cot
tonseed meal may be. with profit,
mixed with corn. using one to two
pounds Of cottonseed meal per day.
There have never been any failures
or difficulties by this method.
The best ration tried for hogs was
two pounds of cottonseed meal and
eight pounds Of corn we'll mixed, COW
cred with water and allowed to. fer
ment. The above ration of ten pounds
Is about right for three days feed
for 75-pound hog.
The ration produces a gain in
weight of one pound for every five
pounds fed. while pure corn alton
requires about 13 pounds Of feed per
pound gained. The total average gain
for three months was 81 pounds per
head. with the mixed ration, as
against 16 IA for the corn ration.
1t is shown that the farmer saves
60 per cent. Of the cost by using the
meal for his hogs.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-23
sUsiTERs GREATEST NEED.


To the Editor OF the Daily Item:
There Is q splendid opportunity for
outside capitalists to invest thelr
money In an enterprise which Is sure
to give big returns on their invest
meDts and that Is to build an up-to-
date modern hotel There Is a cry
Ing necessity for another. The idea
OF q city the size OF Sumter with.
sag tS.oNo people. a large floating
population. having only one place for
the accommodation Of the travelling
pubssc. fs almost inconceivabie. but so
II H. The writer was asked by a
Northcrncr on train entering Sum-
ter which was the best hotel. When
told the only one VS. the best, in
fact II was Hobson's choice. either go
to- the only hotel or take your chances
at some boarding house. Now In a
city a. thriving. progressive and ener-
getic ~ sumter. such a condition OF
affairs should not exist and IL the
Chswber of Comcmrce. the mer-
chsnt.. the bankers. and the citizens
geeefciiy well exert themselves Sum-
ter viii have a commodious. well
equipped and well constructed hotel.
which Wit bc an attraction to the
city snd materially increase the value
OF ~ operty. and be In keeping with
the stately and imposing postoffice.
whes completed.
Now Ia the time. the place and the
opportunity for capitalists to invest
their surplus money In a paying in
vestm cnt and at the same time help
70 boautify the thriving city Of Sum
tee. aud the travelling public well ever
pray. etc.
A TRAVELLING MAN.
Sumter. =. C.. Oct. 30. 1909.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-23
Cotton Bearing Trees.

test is to be made of the value OF
the fibre Of the cotton bearing trees
which grow wild in Sonora and Sin
aioa, Mexico. The tree is known to
the Mexicans as the aldone. The staple
OF the cotton is not as long as that
grown by the American planter, but
there is no need of ginning it, Merely
Haying it with pole while it is
spread out on a canvas or floor will
rid 1t Of the seeds. The staple is about
an inch long.
Charles Cummins, a rancher who
has a hacienda near La Pastorilla in
Sonora, has been experimenting with
the cotton and is preparing to put up
small mill to weave cloth as an ex-
pertinent. He believes that he will be
able to produce a cloth as good as
anything that can be made from ordi-
nary cotton, and If so he says there is
enough of the product in Mexico to
supply that country with ALL the cot
ton goods it will need.
The Mexicans have never attempt-
ed to weave the fibre, but they have
for ages been using the lint for filling
mattresses and pillows, and they find
that it is far superior to ordinary cot
ton as it is spongy and does not gath
er into knots.
The bolls are much larger than the
cotton bolls. The method of Mexi-
cans in gathering the cotton is to pull
the bolls just about the time they are
ripe enough to open and before they
begin to drop their contents, and to
let them dry. when they will crack
open and the lint can be moved read
Ay. The lint is then piled on g cam
vas or floor and is failed after the
old-fashioned way of threshing
wheat, ano the seeds readily drop out
of the lint The fibre is then gather
ed up and is ready for use.
Mr.. Cummings says the fibre IS
stronger than the American cotton
and he believes the cloth will be more
durable.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-23

the nominee Of his party, the Demo-
cratic, for congress, with his election
assured, he gave up the nomination.
He became a preacher, subsequently
10 become the president of church
colleges and State universities. A DO
litical career, so auspiciOusly begun,
was forever abandoned, though he
never lost interest in political affairs.
The boys who attend the academies
of the present, with their fine build
fngs, beautiful grounds and comfort
able quarters, have little idea of what
was the character of wellington when
Judge Longstreet attended il. AS
most academies in the South before
the Civil War, it was situated on the
principals lands, in the depths of the
country, far away from any city. In
its most prosperous days it was at
tended by 130 students These lived
In log cabins, whose chimneys were
mostly sticks. though sometimes of
brlck. In long rows they fronted each
other. Strung out underneath the
over-arching oaks, they formed
long street. At its end stood the two
room school building, a frame struc-
ture. One room was for the little fell
lows, the other for the, more advanced
boys.
Besides books. here the boys were
taught the doctrine of self-help. They
not infrequently built their own huts
or cabins. For fuel they were re-
quired to GO into the woods for the
supply. Once, addressing the students
OF a college, he urged the lesson and
benefit Of manual labor upon young
men. He said that during the three.
years of his pupilage at wellington all
the fuel consumed on his hearth was
cut from the woods by himself and
room-mates, and was borne a long dis
tance to their door, Often they gave
four hours to this work, following it
with five hours of evening study.
Those were days of heroic effort and
aspiration. Among the students like
wise engaged with him were George
n. Gilmer; who became a governor of
Georgia; Hugh S. Legare, who be-
came cabinet member and minister
to a foreign court and McDufie.
whose positions of honor were num-
erous.
Under Dr. Waddell, wellington pre-
pared students for the junior class
of any American college. Calhoun and
Longstreet entered this class in Yale
college, Patrick Noble, who was gov
ernor Of South Carolina entered the
same class at Princeton, while Nc
Duffie entered the Junior class I'm
South Carolina college. After two
years at Yale and one year in a Con-
necticut law school, Judge Longstreet
entered upon his long, varied and
brilliant career.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-23
Farmers Union News
Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers
Conducted President


The Wacbman
m-weeky publication special
officers
Bulletins
will al
IL Department be
s.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-23
Doll Bazaar.

The members of Sumter's Home
Chapter, d. A. r., are preparing to
hold Doll Bazaar about the last of
November. There will be dolls of all
kinds for sale. large and small, be-
SIDES other features attractive for
young and old. A new game is prom
ised for the little ones. The proceeds
from this sale will be used in fur
thering the work Of the ID. A. RS
which Is educational and patriotic.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-23
THE IDEAL UNIVERSITY
President Woodrow Wilson of Prince
ton Says That 1t Should Insure the
Awakening Of The Whole Man.

The word "university' means, i'm
our modern usage, so many different
things that almost every time one en-
plOys it, it seems necessary to define
it, says Woodrow Wilson, President of
Princeton University. Nowhere has
it so many meanings as in America,
where institutions Of all kinds display
it in the titles they bestow upon
themselves. School. college and uni
versity are readily enough distng-
uishable, in fact, by those who take
the pains to look into the scope and
methods Of their teaching; but they
are quite indistinguishable, often.
times, in name. They are as likely
as not all to bear the same title.
The American university as we now
see it consists Of many parts. At it's
heart stands the college, school of
general training. Above and around
the college stand the graduate and
technical schools. in which special
studies are prosecuted and prepara-
tion is given for particular profess
sions and occupations. Technical and
professional schools are not a neces-
sary part of a university, but they are
greatly benefited by, close association
with university; and the university
itself is Enthusiastically benefited and
quickened by the transmission of it's
energy into them and the reaction Of
their standards and objects upon it,
There is an ideal at the heart of
everything American, and the ideal at
the heart of the American university
is intellectual training, the awakening
of the whole man, the thorough in
PRODUCTION Of the student to the life Of
America and of the modern world,
the completion Of the task undertak-
en- by the grammar and high schools
of equiping him for the full duties
of citizenship. 1t is with that idea
,hat I have said that the college
stands at the heart of the American
university. The college stands for
liberal training. Its object is discip-
line and enlightenment. The aver
age thoughtful American does not
want his son narrowed in all his gifts
and thinking to a particular occupa-
tion. He wishes him to be made free
OF the world in which men think
about and understand many things.
and to know how to handle himself
in it. He desires a training for him
which will give him a considerable
degree Of elasticity and adaptability,
and fit him to turn in any direction
he chooses.
If the American college were to be-
come vocational school, preparing
only for particular callings, it would
be thoroughly un-American. It would
be serving special, not general, needs,
and seeking to create a country Of
specialized men without versatility or
general capacity.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-23

Nose Pierson, alias 81 Plunkard,
who escaped from court constable
after having been convicted of lar
ceny in the Court Of General Sessions
more than year ago, and recently
captured i'm Florida, and brought
back, was brought into court Mon
day and the sealed sentence left by
Judge Watts read to him. He was
given two years on the chaingang.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-23

THE following article was not writ
ten iu. Sumter or about the Sumter
cotton market. but u fits conditions In
ehts city with such exact nicely that a
ven Informed resident of Sumter
could not nave described conditions
more accurately and explicitly. The
article refers to the Anderson cotton
market. and as will be seen the cotton
sellers cf Anderson are no better
pleased with the average price system
than are Sumter county farmers. The
svstem must be wrong or there would
mot be 40 much dissatisfaction and
complaint. Why not give the plan of
buying strictly by grade a fair trial?
1T seems to us that the trouble
with the Anderson cotton market is
that the cotton is not sold on it's
nerits
"An average price Is offered. and
every bale that comes In Is sold at
that price. whether 1t Is middling. low
"at ss on the same principle as IL an
average price were fixed for flour and
all grades of -four sold at that price.
EVERY bale of cotton ought to he
s>id on its merits. The farmer who
has extra good cotton should not be
required to take less than 1t Is worth.
Thc farmer who has inferior cotton
should not be paid more than 1t is
worth.
1T Is claimed that by the average
price systens the farmers get more for
thcsr cotton as a whole than they
N0ued set IL they sold It strictly on a
grs6e basis. We think there must be
eeUe mistake about that. II is not
reascnsbie proposition.
But wh,sther the claim Is true or
aot. the present system Is causing a
great deal OF dissatisfaction.
The question Of excess bagging Is
. matter that will adjust itself. II
Too much bsgging Ii put on q bale of
cotton the buyer has a right to de-
duct the excess. Of course. But ne
cosaOe stand up for that right In full
kvod faith unless he has paid the full
pslcc for the cotton.
''Twonty or thirty cents worth Of
besgsng on a bale OF cotton Is a
snsh matte The real point should
~ that GA the Anderson market cot
too win sell for It's real value. no
merc and no less.
There Is no more reason why the
u,fsis should pay more for cotton than
itis sorth than there Is that the far
mcrs should sell cotton for less than
u as worth.
'had yet this Is what happens ev-
cry day under the present system of
fixing aa average price--cotton sells
eicscr too high or too low. The. av-
erogc price is unfair to either the
buyer or the seller. and We believe 1t
Is unfair to both.
y Let the Anderson market be put
back on the old basis. that OF grad
inS ALI tke Gotten and selling each
bale on Its merits. Let a trial be
made. anyhow. and lets see IL this
viii aot solve the problem. ."--Ander-
son Mail.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-23

The Marlboro county grand Jury
charges that there is something
wrong In the accounts Of the treas
urer and superintendent Of education
ana recommends the employment OF
an expert to check over the books.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-23
Gbt @attbnlau anA Soutbra1
SATURDAY. 0CI0BER %, 1909.

The Sumter Watchman was found
% I'm 1850 and the True Southron In
1856. The watchman and Southron
now has the combined circulation and
Influence OF both OF the old papers.
and is mani'estly the best advertising
medium In Sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-23
OLD ACADMEY AT WELLINGTON.

Judge LOngstreet. Author of Georgia
Scenes Studied at FdpetipId
School, Where Calhoun. McDufiie,
Legare, Pctieru. Crawford and Pat
rick Were Trained by Moses Wad-
dell
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-23

The United States government is
spending $4,000 in the erection Of
new barracks and other buildings on
Sullivans Island.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-23


DEDUCT this from 800 bushels Of
wheat at $1.30 or $500, we have a
clear profit of $257.2O. or nearly $43
profit per acre. Besides. / have fine
crop of peavine hay growing on the
land. also my land will be in fine
shape for crop another year.
1 have land that will make twice as
sowed in wheat, but 1t won't near pay
the profit that my wheat did.
p. ST. only had $50 bushels of
wheat threshed, but fed about 80
shocks to my stock, conservatively
estimating 1t I place 1t at 800 BUSH
els.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-23

Tho tot,i receipts Of cotton on this
market 10 date exceed 1900.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-23
A BIG YIELD OF WHEAT.
Georgia Farmer Grows 800 Bushels
On Six Acres.

AS requested 1 will try to inform
the readers of your paper how 1 made
So0 bushels Of wheat on six acres of
Common land, says T.. c. Kelley, If
Henry County. Ca, writing in the
Southern Cultivator. 1 call it common
because 1t formerly made only about
half bale of cotton per acre, this
land was cleared about fifteen years
ago and has had no extra care. being
worked by tenant until last fall some
farmers began agitating the wheat
question. Some contended that you
could not make wheat without cotton
seed or manure, and not having much
manure. and cotton seed being worth
81 per hundred, they didn't think it
would pay to use seed at that price.
s)me even said seed would buy more
-four than your wheat would make.
decided 1 would see IL wheat
couldn't be profitably raised with
commercial fertilizers. About the 1st
Of November ! ran q stalk cutter
chopping them fine. afterwards 1 scat
tered about 500 pounds Edge 10
2-2 guano (made by Atlanta Oil and
Fertilizer Company broadcast per
acre and broke land crosswise with
scooter ploughs then laid off lands
cross The opposite way and broad
cast the same amount Of guano (5Oo
pounds per acre. again and sowed
one bushel Of wheat per acre and
ploughed i'm with some single scooter
ploughs that broke with first time,
narrowed it over after ploughing in
until 1 got surface thoroughly pulver-
lied. Wheat came up a perfect stand
and began to grow nicely. About
March 10 I scattered two sacks Of nj
tratc of soda over the six acres, leav-
ing out two small lands. This think
Increased the yield considerably, as
there was decided difference in the
lands. 1 left and where / put the nj
trate over. Below 1 give expense Of
making wheat:
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-04-22
May Move Office to Rock Hill.

Rock Hill, Special.-There is more
than a chance that Rock Hill may, i'll
the near future become the head
quarters of the Southern Power Com
pany, now located in Charlotte. 1t is
stated on good authority that the big
corporation is dissatisfied with the
new amendment to the charter of the
City of Charlotte which imposes a 10
per cent tax on the gross receipts Of
corporations doing business there,
and while nothing definite has been
done, it is believed that the company
will move its offices within short
time. Acting on this belief the exc
cutive committee of the Chamber of
Commerce has appointed committee
to 60 to Charlotte and consult with
Mr.. Lee the vice president, and en-
deavor to induce them to come here.
Among the inducements to be offered
IS the fact that syndicate stands
ready to erect $4,000 Office building
under plans looking specially to the
company's convenience and subject
to its approval.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-04-22
BIG FIRE IN ROCHESTER,.
Damages Estimated at $780, 900 May
or Calls For Help For Destitute

Rochester, y. y, Special.-Swcpt
along Ill the face of a 25-mile gale,
hre Tuesday destroyed several Sec
tlons of the city and did damage esti-
mated at half million dollars.
Mayor Edgcrton issued call for
relief funds for these families. Some
or them were quartered in precinct
houses and large number spent the
night in public school.
y heavy rain set in a 6 O'Clock
Tuesday night and while it helped in
eXtln"ulShing the smouldering ruins.
1t was hardship on the homeless, es-
peclally those whose household eff
feets were in the open.
Although accurate estimates can
not be made at this time, the loss is
estimated at least $500,00O. This in
cludes 100000 on the Palmer Build
ing; 100000 on the Hunting Com
pany. manufacturers of plumbers
supplies IS 10000 on the beautiful
Jewish temple, Berth Kodesh, and
The rest in small amounts, is appor-
TONED among the manufacturers.
mouse owners and tenants.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-04-22
SERIOUS FIRE IN CHARLOTTE
Blacks Livery Stable in Ashes-Six
Horses Burned-Loss S25, 900.

Charlotte, n. c., Special.-A fire
which dared the utmost efforts of the
clty's fire fighters, blaze which
threatened to wipe out of existence
half-dozen or more surrounding
dwellings,, cOnfagration that
brought thousands to view the con-
filct, was that which RACED to the
ground the long, two and three-story
brick structure which it early claim
ed as Its own. Result, six horses
dead, the building and contents. in
cludlng vehicles, harvesting and farm
ing machinery entirely DESTROYED,
with an approximate total loss of
$4,000; with damage done to the
stables of Mr.. R. c. McManus nearby
TO the southeast on College street TO
the extent of about $1,000 and a
similar amount of loss charged ND to
Mr.. A. w. Whitaker's stables. which
adJolned on the west. All the injury
done to the two latter establishments
was wrought by the collapsing of
heavy brick walls which carried with
them part of the roofing beneath.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-04-22
SOUTHCAROLfFNANE NEWS ITEMS
News OF Interest Cleaned From All Sections of the se ard
Arranged Fer B.sy Readers
Five Life Prisoners Pardoned.

Columbia, Special.-Samuel Smalls,
George Simmons and Thomas Rivers,
OF Charleston, sentenced to life im-
prisonment in the State Penitentiary
for assault, were Monday afternoon
pardoned by Governor Ansel upon
recommendation of the State board of
pardons.
Nv. r. Cade, of Williamsburg, sen-
fenced to life Imprisonment in 1896
for murder, bing recommended to the
mercy of the court, was pardoned up
on the recommendation of the board
OF pardons.
John Martin, of Beaufort, in 1905,
was sentenced for life upon convic-
tion of murder, and it is stated now
that the testimony against the prison.
er was altogether circumstantial. He
was pardoned.
Herbert Boyles, of Bamberg, was
paroled, a pardon having been asked
for i'll his case. He was found guilty
of house-breaking and larceny in
1905, and was sentenced to five years.
In this case there was some evidence
tending to prove an alibi. Under the
parole now granted Boyles may go
free if he gets into no further trouble.
In that event he would have to serve
out his sentence.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-04-22
Notorious Negro Captured.

st. Matthews. Special. - Sunday
morning at O'Clock. Sheriff Dantzlcr
and Deputies Fred Huncerpcler and
John j. Wclfc came in from Sandy
Run with Isaac Robinson. a negro of
rather notorious reputation in
'those parts.' The sheriff and de-
puties, armed with n warrant, charg-
ing him with assault. and battery with
intent to kill upon one Capers Will
llams, colorcd, went in search of Rob
lnson and located him. Robinson
escaped through the window and made
a bee line for an adjoining swamp.
Several shots were fired before lie
was brought down. He had buck
shot wound in his right side, and a
bullet, which has not yet been located,
penetrated the hip. He is detained
In the local "calaboose until able to
attend a preliminary hearing, when
he will be bound over to court, which
conveneS in Nay.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-04-22
Negro Shoots Two White Men

Hampton. Special.-Mr. w. B.
Causey. clerk of Court for this coun-
ty, and Mr.. Jesse Sheppard, a white
man living near Hampton, were shot
here Saturday night by a negro man
known as "Peg Leg" Hughes. The
particulars of the shooting are not OBJ
tainabla. Mr.. Causey was shot
through the body and has been taken
to n hospital i'll Augusta to be treated.
Mr.. Sheppard received bullet in his
right arm. which was removed Sun
day. Hughes was arrested Sun
day morning by Mr.. d. H. Reid
and was turned over to Sheriff Light
sey and Deputy Sheriff Anderson,
who carried the negro to Columbia
for safekeeping. Hughes has served
time in the Penitentiary before.