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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-29
garden at such a small cost?

garden at such a small cost?
Pant few good apple, peach,
pear, plum and pecan trees around
your place, Of course. not where they
VIII shade too much Of your crop;
but in the lots and pastures. They
viii be source of great pleasure TO
tie family and fruit can be resdiIv
sold at good prices. They need prsc-
tically no cultivation after they once
start to bearing, except that the
ground should be opened up around
the roots and some fertilizer applied:
but this takes very little time. II YOU
get trees free from disease. you will
nave little trouble from that source.
insects can now be fought better than
ever before. The State entomologist
VIII advise you free Of charge.
Flowers beautify a place wonder
fnlly, and there are very few women
who do not raise a few of them.
why not suggest to the women OF
the family that they get some good
varieties and cultivate them? Be-
SIDES being great source Of pleas
ure, they can be made a source of
profit. Many florists get rich. In a
good number Of our smaller cities
there are not florists, and there is al
ways a demand for flowers for fun
erals, weddings. and why not sell
them and make the profit?
All Of these small industries of the
farm could be developed and the far
ner could easily make them a source
Of considerable income.-News and
Courier.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-29
LIBEL SUIT FAILS.
Court Throws Out Indictment Against
Publishers OF New York World,

New York, Jan. 26.-The inlic.-
ment against the Press Publishing
Company. publishers Of the New
York World, charging Joseph Pulitzer
and others with criminal libel against
Theodore Roosevelt, President Taft
and others, was quashed today in the
United States district court. Judge
Hough ruled that the statute upon
which the indictment rested was NOT
sufficient in authority, or. in other
words. that the court had no juris.
The decision Of Judge Hough is OF
interest, the now famous libel suit
having at its inception involved for
mer President Roosevelt and his
brother-in-law, Douglas Robinson,
and President Taft and his brother,
Charles p. Taft. The publishing by
the New York World and the Indian
apolis News just before the close of
the last campaign of an article in
which it was asserted that relatives
of former President Roosevelt and
President Taft were members of
syndicate to purchase the stock Of
the French Panama Company from
the French stockholders when 1t was
certain the United States would buy
the stock, created a sensation. The
American syndicate was said to have
made millions.
President Roosevelt sent a special
message to congess on the matter and
made public correspondence in which
he characterized the publication. Of
the Panama story as false and assert
ed that Deievan Smith. one of the
owners Of the Indianapolis News. was
a Conspicuous offender against the
laws. honesty and truthfulness."
Joseph Pulitzer, owner Of the New
York World. came In for severe ar
tack by President Roosevelt. '..,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-29
PERIIS IN STREETS.

Egerton Il. Winthrop, Jr., Urges All
schooi Principals 10 Explain Dan.
gers to Pupils. -" - AZ
AS result of letter sent 70 tbe
Board Of Education by Edw 8. Cor.
nell, Secretary of the National High
way Protective Society, Egerton T.
winthrop. Jr.. president Of the Board
or Education, yesterday sent to the
principals to warn children about
dangers in the street. especially from
automobiles. The letter follows:
In accordance with a letter re-
ceived from the National Highway
Protective Society, I desire you to
bring to the attentiaon Of all pupils
In your school the importance of
their exercising great care when on
the streets. so as to avoid the danger
OF being run down by automobiles.
etc.
IL Is common practice for chill
dren to attach themselves to moving
vehicles, wagons and carts. and then
jump off suddenly, thereby incurrinp
serious risks. They also freouentlv
dart out from behind piles of brick.
lumber, etc" on the streets and high
ways and not infrequently try to see
now close they can escape being run
over by motor vehicle. Many driv-
ers of automobiles run their ma
chimes in most reckless manner. and
the danger to the people Of the
streets, especially to children. is very
great.
II think that few words from
you to'your pupils cannot fail to have
a good effect in reducing the num-
Der of accidents.-New York Her.
aid.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-29
COLD STORAGE HOUSES SHOULD
BE INSPECTED.
DIR. Wiley Crfaicises Elimination of
Government Appropriation for This
Purpose-Hints at Foul Play.

Washington, Jan. 25.-Aside from
the animated discussion OF the Amer
lean hen and her products the fea-
ture OF today's inquiry into high food
prices by the subcommittee OF the
house committee on the District OF
Columbia was the statement of DIR.
Harvey w. Wiley, chief of the bureau
OF chemistry Of the department OF
agriculture, who charged that sinis-
ter influences, unnamed had accom-
plished the repeal OF the provision of
law relating to inspecting efficiently
the cold storage Of food products.
DR.. Wiley said the elimination of
the appropriation for this work had
greatly hampered his department in
protecting the public from deleteri-
Gus food products.
DR.. Wiley stated that he was sure
the cold storage people themselves
were not responsible for the elimina-
ton Of the appropriation referred to,
and Of course the consumer was in
nocent. The appropriation for this
purpose had been made by congress
for many years past but was omitted
last year.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-29
plemented with commercial fertfli-

plemented with commercial fertfli-
zers. 20 49,. y. - +.
A third essential is good seeds It
Is useless to expect the best success
with any crop il good seed are not
used, and no falser economy was
ever practiced than the using OF poor
seeds In the garden to save the few
cents extra that good ones might
cost. ny -
Another essential is good tools. The
hoe, the rake and the spade are all
useful implements. but they must not
be depended on for working the gar
den. Ordinarily the garden should
&c go laid off that most of the culti-
vation can be done by horse power;
but whether or not this is done, the
cultivators. seed drills, and wheel
hoes made especially for garden work
WI pay for themselves in a very
short time. A sprayer is another i'm
plement the gardener needs.
But the great essential for success
ful gardening Is love Of the work.
Lord Bacon said Of gardening, 800
year ago: Indeed it is the purest OF
human pleasures" and his words are
true today. Nowhere does one come
into such intimate relationship with
the individual plants with which he
works, or get in closer touch with
nature. And nowhere does one get
more substantial rewards for more
pleasant labors. -.
We have tried to make the follow
Ing pages just as practical las may ma be
tried to make them tell Just how
to raise this or that vegetable or
fruit, for we know that there is much
need Of instruction along these lines.
But we trust that each reader will
feel in them also that love OF the
garden which should thrill in the
heart Of every farmer. This South.
land OF ours should be a land OF gar
dens. The farm without an ample
garden, conveniently located, where a
varied succession Of vegetables IA
kept up the year round. and where
berries and small fruits ripen the
whole summer long. scarcely deserves
the name Of farm. Nor do We be-
iieve that the farmer has lived up to
MS opportunities II he has not
found space somewhere and time
somehow for the more esthetic sort
OF gardening, for the fragrant old
time herbs. for hardy flowers. and
ciambering vines, and blossomins
shrubs.
Garden making Is a work for every
one on the farm, for the farmer and
his wife and his children; and not
until good garden Is recognized az
an essential part Of every farm home.
Will country life attain its fullness Of
beauty and comfort.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-29
The Breakfast for the Legislators.

In accordance with the offer from
the Sumter Chamber Of Commerce
which had been accepted by the men,
bersof the Legislature. to serve
breakfast to the legislators here on
Wednesday, hot chicken stew, bread
and coffee. followed by cigars. were
served during The 10 minutes stop at
the station from .45 - 0 o'clock.
The committee was composed of
w. w. McKagen. L. f. White. Ryan
White. l. I. Parrott and r. I. Rear
don. and they were assisted by MEM
bers OF the Chamber of Commerce
and about twenty-five ladies.
There were 4s5 persons Oegisla-
tors. their wives. aunts. sisters and
cousins) OH the train. and all got
satisfaction.
Mr.. McKagen says that the stew
was made with 3s hens. and eight
young turkeys. and that he COM
menced work on 1t at a. m.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-29
SMALL INDUSTRIES OF THE
FARM
Side Lines That Pay tie Farmer for
His Trouble.

Many farmers Of the South neglect
one Of the most important features
Of the farm, that is the BUILDING nm
Of the small industries OF the farm
such as apiary, piggery, garden. or
chard and flower garden.
The apiary would take very little
of the farmers time. in fact would
not interfere with his work eft all he
cause it would be a pleasant little
job for the women of the family.
Then the busy bees cost next to moth
ing, and are very profitable, because
they are more than self supporting.
Besides the pin money the women
can get from the honey. it adds much
to the farmers meals.
Pigs are source Of great profit. as.
tney eat almost anything. OF course,
IL ID advisable to select good,
hardy, easily kept breed; but even
some OF the less thrifty breeds can
De made to pay handsomely. The
pigs can live and get fat following
the steers. roofing UP old gardens.
drinking extra skinned milk from
a creamery. in the orchards and pas.
lures, also eating soaps from the ia
BILE. Every farmer knows the .ad-
vantage of raising his own meat
why not raise hogs for the market?
II you have real good breed YOU
can sell them for breeding purposes
to your neighbor Or even ship them.
and get good prices. There is al
ways good market for pork.
Another industry to which too lit
tie attention is paid, especially in the
South, Is the raising Of poultry.
Chickens and eggs are always in de-
mand, and at good prices OF course,
every farmer has few hens and
roosters running around over the
place; but no special attention is CIV
en- to them. If the farmers would
select good breed Of prolific lay
ers and good settlers, and give them
some little attention--gather the
eggs daily and set them regularly. he
would make good profit. This is
another one of the small industries
that could be run during the spare
moments Of the day by the women of
the family.
Then the vegetable garden and the
growing Of small fruits issoften left
alone and neglected. A small truck
garden pays better than the main
crop in many instances. The many
crops OF the garden come on when
the farmer has nothing else to mar
ket-why not take advantage of this
for source Of profit?
Hotels. restaurants and housekeep-
ers, besides fruit stores and markets
will always pay a. good price for
fresh vegetables. Again, there is the
farmers own table to consider. It is
lots easier to work when you know
you have good substantial vegeta-
BILE dinner awaiting you-grown by
your own hands. Why sell cotton
and buy food when you could plant
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-29
The Essentials of Successful Garden


The first essential of successful
gardening Is good garden spot. one
with deep rich. loose, well-drained
soil. and one we'll enclosed so as to
keep out the live stock and the poul
try.
The next essential is thorough
preparation of the soil, liberal fer
tilization. and constant cultivation.
Most vegetables need abundant sup
plies Of plant food If they are to do
their best. and many gardeners fail
simply because they do not feed their
plants we'll enough. We believe In
stable manure as the basis Of fer
tilization for the garden. but 1t should
usually be applied in the fall, and for
most garden crops needs to be sup
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-29
Farmers Union News
Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers
Conducted by E. W. Dabb Sumter


The Waterman to
m-weeky
The first Union and
Practical Farmers which
aim to the Union
oc and members Of the
Also publish
Bulletins readers O.
failures
will be appreciated iabls
80 .t ~'ri b,
be sent to T. W. pabb
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-29
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF SUMTER.


Court Of Common Pleas.
Willie Bultman, Plaintiff
, Against
Paden Anthony and Marina Anthony,
Defendants.
COPY SUMMONS FOR RELIEF.
Complaint Served)
To the Defendants Above Named:
You Are Hereby Summoned and
required to answer the Complaint in
this action. of which a copy is here
with served upon you, and to serve
a copy Of your Answer to the Com
plant on the subscribers at their Of
fee, 12O-122 North Main Street, in
the City of Sumter. S. c., within
twenty days after the service hereof,
exclusive of the day Of such service,
and If you fail to answer the Com
plant within the time aforesaid, the
Plaintiff in this action will apply to
the Court for the relief demanded in
the Complaint.
Dated January 21st. A. ID. 1910.
LEE Il NOISE,
Plaintiffs Attorneys
To the Defendants Above Named,
Take Notice:
That the Summons and Complaint
in this Action were filed in the Office
of the Clerk of said Court on the
25th day Of January, 1910.
LEE & NOISE
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
1-2S-6t-1taw.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-29

Our; clippings from Prof Massey
on Gardening" deserves special at
tention. have often said no acre
on the farm pays as well as a good
garden. but 1t II more often neglect
ed than any other part CT the farm.
Why IL this so? There are several
reasons. think the main one is
that It requires an immense amount
Of constant detail work that can not
be delegated to any one else. The
gardener must not only know how to
garden, but ne must do the actual
work himself. II he would succeed,
or he must have a competent gar
dener who II given sufficient time ev-
cry day. not Just "once in q while" !"
to see that each crop receives the
proper attention at the proper time.
This 10 gardening. not trucking. The
trucker works on such a scale that
he has his laborers organized like
any other well managed farm. only
better than most cotton farms, and
he directs their labors. The ordi-
nary farm garden is on too small a
scale to 10 this. or II worked this
way is usually neglected before the
next Invasion OF the farm laborers.
have always worked long rows and
used the plow after Prof. Massey's
plan, but the most successful gar
deners ! know Of are profession onal
men who work their gardens with
hand tools for the exercise and recre-
alton they reiceve. Probably once a
year the garden is deeply broken
with plow or spaded up by hire 4
help: ~ the rest Of the work is by
the owner who takes this way to get
close to nature: to keep his MUSCLES
firm and his digestion In order: and
Incidentally to provide the most
toothsome vegetables to aid in the
GOOD work of keeping him and his
family In the best possible physical
~"N ''chS~s POAec' AuiD 10 SaTucu-
Ing" Prof. Massey's and my horse
power work Ii trucking. The aver.
age farmer will be sure to neglect II
when his garden IL all filled UP. And
there are more vegetables than the
.housekeeper: can find time to prepare
for the table; and very interesting
problems Of how to save the field
crops from the grass. harvest the
oats, lay-by the corn, and sow the
peas. put out potato vines while the
soil Is moist. and few other things
demand his time and seem to need
to be done all at once. When he
thinks Of the garden again his good
wife reminds him that she can hard
ly find any potatoes among the grass
and weeds. and he finds 1t necessary
to use a mower to cut of the hay
before he can dig the balance of the
Irish potato crop. This Is the way
Of II. fellow farmers. know for I
have been there. but 1t should not
be so and I hope more of us will have
good gardens throughout 1910 than
ever before. E. w. d.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-29
10 the Boys OF Sumter County:

10 the Boys OF Sumter County:
Two Bank Presidents have written
me that they will be with us on Feb.
4th. at IL o'clock to aid by their
presence and counsel the organiza-
ton OF the Corn Club. Commission
er Watson promises to come II pos
sible and bring Prof. Williams with
him. and 100 copies of the rules
governing the contest. The Farmers
Union will give you boys one hour Of
ITS time for this cause, and more If
YOU respond like you mean business.
SO do not fail TO come. This means
YOU. f. w. d.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-29

Man has been called the sick ami
NAL An ordinary Bengal tiger or
self-rsspecting armadillo does not
cvereat, or smoke or drink to excess,
or stay up all night at directors
meeting and awaken next morning
with a bad taste In It's mouth. Civili-
zed man Is especially likely to be sick,
Tor the things that improve life make
men III through their abuse. II It
we're not for houses there would be
less consumption: but for the inven-
ton Of glass. which lets In light and
Keeps out air. there would be less ILL
nsss. Clothing. chairs. books and
osoked food are all elements of civin-
setion and Of sickness.
America has tremendous sick-iist.
According to Professor Irving Fish,
er's recent report on national vitality,
there are In the United States at AL
times three million people, actually
ack. II you try to picture three mill
Non sick beds side by side stretchi
nom New York city to Nevada you
may set an idea of the extent Of this
1inssa Our Amrican sickness costs
~ si.5oo.ooo.ooo q year. equal to
shout twice the revenue Of the ma
usnai government. This estimate
dcss not include the loss of eficiency
of people who are not III. but just
tired. fagged. below par" N
TSs next great reform In America
- TO get we'll" Az q sick nation we
have done fairly: we could double
and treble and quadruple our work
u We wiped out sickness. II can be
zone: In fact. II Is being done. We
have obliterated yellow fever and
equrvy and almost ended smallpox.
IN another generation anv city which
has a typhoid epidemic will be held
up TO the soorn OF the nation. Today
mere are Ave hundred thousand peo-
pie continually sick from tubercuio-
sis. ar easily prSyentablo disease; in
another generation we shall have tu-
brcuiosis well under, control. Hun
dreds OF thousands of~people In tn.
South are suffering continually from
the hook~orrn disease. s3pplarly call
od the '1szy gerg,..s TX$ can easily
kockef tontributed q
~ the work. Ac-
es of malaria every
|uinine and a vigorous
6Ytoes will make. this an
NE entering upon a new era
berica. National. State and mu-
~ boards OF hygiene. better san
laws. associations OF doctors.
thropic and other organisa-
n~t bureaus OF medical research,
proved hospitals and sanitaria, bet
trained doctors and nurses arc ra-
d,y Improving the health Of the ma
don The people themselves are do
Ing still more. They no longer be.
heye relisiously In bad-tasting and
worse-acting drugs. but are learning
that pure air. pure water. pure food
and war on files. mosquitoes AID rats
are half Ae battle. and freedom from
worry md anger the other half.
We are, wisely spending a great
deal OF thought on the conservation
OF our natural resources: we are just
a. wisely devoting our spare effort
and tbOqgh. to conserving our vital
resources. BY lengthening and
strsngtheniug our lives. we can cre-
ate . new and higher civilization In
This tired old world.--success Maga-
sine.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-29
Change I'm Schedule OF A. G.. l.. Train.

The A. c. l.. ticket agent at SUM
ter has been notified that on and
after Sunday. January 30th. train No
81 tSumter TO Augusta) will leave
Sumter at $50 n. M. instead of at
a. m.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-29

In fight in a barber shop In, An
derson w. H. Wallace was stabbed
by G.. II. White and Lannie snipes
was cut while trying to separate the
combatants.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-29
Sbs 0Gaubnau ano Sou,bral,
SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1910.

The Sumter watchman was found
"a In 1850 and the True Southron In
1sss The watchmsn and southron
now has the combined circulation and
influence Of both OF the old papers.
and 10 manKsstly the best advertising
medium In Sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-29

Fred Smith, white, has been ar
rested In Greenville in connection
with the murder of Wesley Russell.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-29

Mrs. II. A. s.. Mixson, postnnistress
at Barnwell. s. c.. was found dead I'm
bed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-12-22
OFFICIALS DECLINED TO ACT
State Oficials Claim That Health De-
partment Paid No Attention to Let
ters Sent Out From Madison Some
Time Ago.

The State Hygienic laboratory at
Madison will shortly give out re-
port Of the analysis of water taken
from the lake at various lake shore
cities in Wisconsin but the report will
contain no analysis of the water run
ming through the mains of the Kenosha
Water company as the Kenosha board
Of health has thus far declined to CO.
operate with the state in making the
tests of lake water. DR.. NJ. P. Ravenal
in charge of the Madison labratory has
taken Kenosha officials severely to test
for declining to take part in this great
work of the state and it is possible
that members Of the state board of
health will be sent to Kenosha to look
into conditions and seek to find out
just why Kenosha has declined to join
in this movement and if it is the will
of the people of the city make a spec
ial examination of the water used in
Kenosha. The report on the various
tests of the water promise to be inter
esting and the state department has
ness than any tests ever made of lake
water. One of the Kenosha physicians
who was deeply interested in the ex-
animation of the lake water appealed
to DIR. Ravenel for some facts in regard
to the Kenosha test and was advised
that no water from Kenosha had ever
been sent to the laboratory, notwith-
standing the repeated calls for samples.
DIR. Ravenel said: "Letters addressed
to the health department of the city of
Kenosha asking for samples of lake
water were never answered. The state
department. thought that it was en-
titled to at least courteous answer to
the letter. Every other city touching
the lake in Wisconsin responded gladly
to- our call for samples of the water
and we believe that the tests will be
of great value to these cities.
Several of the Kenosha physicians
have taken up the matter and will see
to it that samples Of the water taken
from the Kenosha mains and from sew,
eral points in the lake about the places
where it has been proposed to place the
new intake are sent to the state de-
partment for an analysis. 1t has now
been two years since there was an an
alysis of Kenosha water and the result
of the tests will be watched with con-
siderable interest by the people of Ken
osha.