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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-14
GOOD LECTURES DELIVERED.
DTS. ward and Egglcston and Mr..
Coker Deliver Interesting Address.
es.

There was only a small attendance
present Sunday afternoon at the court
house to hear the addresses given by
Drs. j. LaBruce Ward, c. ]. Eggle-
ston, and Mr.. David Coker on santa
ton the preventable diseases and
how to get rid Of them.
The meeting was opened by PRAYER
led by DR.. c. c. Brown. Rev. H. H.
Coyington, then stated that DR.. Adam
Hayne had been prevented from COM
ing but that DR.. J. LaBruce Ward Of
Georgetown, another member of the
State board Of health, would deliver
a talk in his place.
Dr. Ward made short talk which
was very interesting to his audience.
He told about all Of the preventabJe
diseases. such as fever, measles, small
pox, mumps etc. and went on to tell
how 1t was possible to keep from
having any Of these sicknesses these
days as 1t was known how they were
distributed and how to kill the germs
that caused them. His talk was along
general lines and covered a very
wide area Of diseases and things per-
tanning to them and their prevention.
Dr. Egg'eston read his paper on
Board OF Health Methods" and it
was a pity that more of the members
of the local board of health and mem
bers Of city council were not present
to hear his address which was very
instructive.
He told how flies, mosquitoes and
other germ carrying insects might
be eradicated, and how this section
of the State below Columbia was re-
garded as unhealthy by the people OF
the upper section of the State, when
in fact, by little work Of prevention.
1t would be made as healthy as any
place on the globe. His paper which
he read, was listened to with deepest
attention by his audience.
Mr.. Coker told what the town coun-
Gil and board Of health had done in
Hartsville. He said that the malaria
carrying mosquito had not reached
Hartsville until about 1897. In 1901
health campaign was begun which
has been carried on ever since. He
said that case of malaria was a very
in To
the mosquitoes which spread ma
laria had all been killed out.
He told how the MOSQUITOES were
carried from place to place on trains,
but that they rarely Of their own
accord ranged more than one hun
dred yards from their birthplace. so
1t was generally in persons own
yard that the m moSquitoes which both
cred him were bred. Keeping all
water from stagnating and pouring
oil on water left standing We're the
best ways Of preventing the breeding
of the mosquitoes.
The lectures were all good and
instructive and the fact that there
was such poor attendance present
to hear them was a disappointment t.
the committee which had secured
the consent Of the gentlemen to come
here. 1t also showed that not as
much interest was taken in the
movement for better health in Sumter
as should have been taken.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-14
T. A. Green.

Mr.. Jennings. as chirman Of the
hotel committee. stated this morning
that because the Gresham's had fall
en- down on the proposition made
and taken up by them was no reason
ar Sumter people TO think that they
would not have the new hotel. The
plan that had been outlined by the
Chamber OF Commerce was still In
hand and would be pushed through
10 completion. Already $4,000 has
been subscribed for the new hotel
by prominent citizens of Sumter and
$4,000 more has been promised and
can be secured at any time for the
hotel. This leaves a balance which
can be borrowed on the hotel build
ing as II Is erected
IL Is true that the Gresham prop
osition has delayed this other plan
for more than n month, but that will
be the only unfortunate result OF
the negotiations with the Greshams.
There Is no doubt whatever. that the
people will have the motel, although
IA Is probable that its completion will
be delayed a little longer than the
hotel promised by the Gresharns.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-14
GRESHAhS BACK DOWN.
LETTER RECEIVED FROM MIR. G..
GRESHAM STATES THAT 1T
Is NOW IMPOSSIBLE TO
BUILD HOTEL.
Hotel Proposition Left on Same Basls
ss it Was Before Gresham Turned
Up and MIR. Il. ID. jennings Thinks
Hotel Can be Built by Local Sub
scrfptions.
From The Daily Item June ~.

From The Daily Item June ~.
Mr.. l. ID. Jennings this morning
received a letter from Mt. c. Gresh-
am from Mt. Airy. Ca. uating that
circumstances over which he had
no control had rendered IL impossible
for him TO build the hotel In Sum-
{ ter as he had intended doing when he
visited this place about two weeks
ago.
The letter Is as follows:
Mt. Airy. Ca. June To-
L. ID. Jennings.
sumter. g. c.
Dear Sir:
I am writing this on receipt Of a
letter that came not 10 minutes ago
50 as not to delay the matter with
YOU
Circumstances over which I had
no control has happened since our
visit to your city that has upset our
plans and now find II will not be
possible for me 10 build a hotel. and
my son. Il. b. Gresham. has entirely
collapsed and Is physically unable
TO take part In IL or to do anything
about Il.
! am real sorry but this Is the way
'it is. hope I have not deferred the
proposition vith you.
Tours very respectfully.
G. Gresham.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-14
FLIES f55 MILES AN HOUR.
Ncdrinc Makes Greatest Speed Rec
ord OF The World.

Paris. June 1t --LAuto estimates
that Vedrine IN, v inner Of the Paris
9o-Madrld race. whose proper name
J. Jules Nedrines. attained the pro-
digious speed Of 155 miles an hour on
-yuosday. covering the II 1-2 miles
separating Dion and sain Laurent
les-Macon In 30 minutes. Vedrincs
suffered only through the strain OF
his eyes.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-14

Very little importance is attached
to the subject Of health in Sumter If
the attendance at the lecture at the
court house Sunday afternoon was q
fuIl representation Of all those inter-
cstcd i'm the subject.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-14
FLIRTING COST THEM 80.
Two Philadelphia Young Men Nr-
rested and Fined.

Philadelphia, June lO-Wniam Il.
Preston and Charles J. Ice. young
men, giving as their address 1929
Chestnut street. demonstrators f,r a
North Broad street automobile COM
pany. were each fined $40 and costs
yesterday in the City Hall Police
Court for flirting with girls 1T Thir-
teenth and Market streets on Tues
day night.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-14
English Boy Accepts Challenge Of
Pnnl Parsons.

London. June 10.--Paul Parsons.
years old. u Memphis Tenn. has
had his boxing challenge To any En-
.glish boy OF his age accepted by
'Tooties Corri. son Of the National
Sporting Club referee. II pounds
heavier than Paul.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-14

as to Proper Books for Public
Schools.
Columbia, June 11.-Gov. Blease
stated today that there will be NO
change in the personnel Of the State
board Of education pior to the 18th
instant"
In connection with this first definite
statement that he would not at least
Tor the present, remove any member
of the State board Of education, Gov.
Blease explained his position with re-
gard to the adoption Of books written
by Southern authors. He picks DR..
Henry Alexander Whites History of
this State as the best to be used in
the schools and says that he will do
his utmost to have 1t adopted for the
schools Of this State.
Gov. Blease also finds in DR..
Whites History a definite statement
that Sherman burned Columbia. The
burning Of Columbia by Sherman
was the casus belli with respect 10
the objection Of Gov. Blease to the
work by Col. Waddy Thompson, with
whom he had an interview several
weeks ago, the result of which was
the statement that Gov. Blease had
under consideration the removal Of
the appointive members Of the State
board Of education. At that time
Gov. Blease merely remarked, as ex-
planned In this correspondence, that
he was undecided whether he would
remove any member of the board or
not. Today's interview with the Gov.
clears up the situation. temporarily,
at least.
Gov. Blease said: "Since my en-
trance into politics I have been ad-
vocating Southern books by Southern
authors for Southern children and to
be taught by Southern teachers. That
Is still my platform and I propose,
Wherever i can. consistently, TO vote
and request the adoption of boo by
Southern authors, and. for this rea-
son, SO far as I have been able to
make an examination, ! propose to
request the present State board Of
education to stand by South Carolin-
ians where they have books that are
equally as good as other authors. So
far as my own investigation has gone.
DR.. Whites History Of South Caro-
lima comes nearer being what / want
than any history / can find, and I
propose to do what 1 can to have 1t
adopted for our children. In the list
l find other South Corolina authors
DR.. Kinard, Of Winthrop; DR.. Settler.
OF Newberry. and DR.. Wallace, of
Wofford. / propose, in their books,
to stand by my platform.
There will be no change made In
the personnel of the State board Of
prior to the 18th instant.
III NY oplIlOli, DOCKS are 100 eX
pensive and the parents of this coun-
try are suffering from having to buy
so many books. 7 am in favor OF
having the schools of the State adopt
a general system that will allow the
children to hand their books down
from one to the other-that is, if a
man has several children, one in the
eighth grade, one in the seventh and
one in the sixth, etc. that when the
child in the sixth or fifth advances to
the seventh or sixth, that it be allow
ed to study the same books that its
brother or sister studied in the up.
per grade. 10 allow this would save
the parents much money in the pur-
chase of books for their various chill
dren.-News and Courier.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-14
SAVED BY DEATH.
HUB EVANS INDICTMENT NOT,
PROSSED AT NEWBERRY
The Death of q. III. Charles Most I'm.
Por'aht witness Against Hub
Evans Renders State Unable to
Proceed With Trial and Case
Thrown Out,

Columbia, June 12-The case
against n. H. Evans, former dispen-
sary director who is charged with re-
ceiving rebate was mol pressed at
Newberry this morning. The State
was unable to go to trial owing to the
death OF G. H. Charles, material wit
ness.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-14

Tn" first cotton bloom brought to
tn" Item Office this year came in on
Monday Green WASHINGTON a ne
gro living on Mrs. JAS. Carsons place
brought in the blossom and stated
that the field was fun Of blooms. The
cotton was planted on the fourth of
March.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-14

The Shaw Motor Company has Just
sold Mr.. \. H. Jackson a Case auto
mobile. one Of the newest and best
machines in the city.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-14

letter from Mr.. T. A. Green. who
2 Is interested in hotels with Mr..
Gresham. to Mr.. c. Gresham was en-
closed In the letter received by Mr..
Jennings. and In as follows:
spartanburg. s. c.. June ..
Mr.. c. Gresham,
Mount Airy. Ca.
My dear sir:
find that j cannot get my affairs
In such shape as would warrant me In
proceeding with the Sumter project.
While consider the proposition a
good one and appreciate your conf
dence In me. have decided II would
be best for me not to assume the re-
sponsibility and necessary work that
would follow such an undertaking.
Sorry that could not make up my
mind TO say this some " eeks ago. but
really I wanted TO do the Job, but a
combination Of circumstances makes
, IL impossible with me just at this
time.
Trusting my action will not incon-
venience you To any great extent.
Yours truly.
T. A. Green
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-14

NO IMMEDIATE CHANGES.
STATEMENT OF GOVERNOR AS TO
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

'hiei Executive Says there will be
no Change I'm Personnel Prior to
June II, when Board Meets to
Award Text Book Contracts for
Next Five Years-Gives his Views
as to Proper Books for Public
Schools.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-01-11
INTEREST ON STATE DEBT.
Scmi-Annual Payment Made by State
Treasurer.

Columbia. Jan. 2.-The State of
South Carolina today paid the sum OF
s145,000 as interest on the State debt.
This is a semi-annual payment, the
total amount of interest paid each
year being approximately $3.50. 900.
The State debt amounts to $685.
0e0. The interest is 1-2 per cent.
The State Treasurer desires that all
OF the county treasurers send in the
tax money as soon as possible. Sew
eral days ago the Treasurer was fore
ed to renew note for 100000 be-
cause Of lack Of funds.
BY an order Of the General As
sembly tho State last year borrowed
$55o.000. 1t is not known how much
money will be required for operating
expenses Of the State government this
year. The amount will be determined
by the General Assembly.
The State Treasurer has only ten
days In which to prepare his annual
report Consequently the report will
be very short. All settlements have
to be made after January /. No rec
concentrations will be made by the
State Treasurer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-01-11
Never Burn Leaves.

Fools burn leaves. leaving for them
selves pinch Of poor ash. but send
ing back into the air what was taken
from II by the process Of growth, says
Outing. These thousands Of tons are
not made out OF the earth. but out
OF the air and are intended to be turn
ed over into soil. II you plant tree
In tub Of earth and leave 1t there
until II weighs one hundred pounds,
you will find. by Weighing the earth
that the tree was not made up of
what was In the tub. but almost alto.
gether Of what It could get from IN =
air-carbon and nitrogen for the most
part. with hydrogen composing q good
share of the liquid psrt Of sap.
The elements Of the soil that are
not In the air are deep down under
the surface OF the soil. or incorpor-
ated In the rocks. The most import
ant are potash and phosphorus. You
get some potash from ashes, weed
waste. soap suds. and there are a
few soils that in their natural state
are entirely deficient In this element.
The timber soils Of our corn belt con-
tain about 1900 pounds of phosphor-
Gus per acre. Raising crops that use
up these elements steadily lessons the
possibility Of growing any crops at
all. We have got to find them In the
soil; II we use them up, we have got
to replace them.
Agriculture should be renamed
agriculture. because we are really TAX
Ing from the air the la. ser part OF
our annual crops. What W. must
know Is how to do this most readily.
Our fathers knew that they must use
manure and they knew that they
must rotate crops. They knew. also.
that living plants fed on decaying
plants, this having first served as
food for animals.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-01-11
NEW RAILWAY INTO HARTS.
WILLIE.
S. A. l.. Completes Connections at Nc
Bee.

Hartsville, Jan. 5.-The Seaboard
Air Line connection at McBee has
been completed and the freight trains
are running a regular schedule into
Hartsville each day. In few days It is
expected that q passenger schedule
Will be put on and from what is said
1t will be one which will give con-
nection at McRee with all the through
passenger trains.
This road has been constructed
with a great deal Of care and with a
krade not exceeding one per cent
from McBee to this place. This gives
cause to hope that it will soon be-
come the main line Of a road headed
for Georgetown or Charleston. The
depot here is in charge Of Mr.. J. T.
China, who was recently with the At
lantic Coast Line at this place, and
the patrons Of the railroad consider
that the management has made a
most excellent selection for the place.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-01-11
Some January Work.

When too wet or cold to work in
the helds, mend and grease harness
and put plows and ploW. stocks in
good condition.
breaK and pulverize the garden
thoroughly and scatter plenty Of ma
nure over 1t.
The hardy, early peas and sweet
peas may be planted now. Onion sets
should be planted and lettuce and
cabbage plants may be set out, when
the warm days come.
Let the plows run every day when
1t is dry enough. This Is the time
OF year to prepare land for the next
crop.
Land for melons should be we'll
broken and subsoiled. Just before
planting harrow the land and kill all
grass and weeds.
Irish potatoes may be planted this
month If we'll covered with pine
needles. Break the land thoroughly.
Lay off the rows with a long shovel
and 20 inch bow. Plant the pota.
toes In every row about is inches
apart. Cover with the next furroy
and the rows should be ~ to IS
inches apart.
A lot 40 by so feet planted in that
style would make an abundance Of
potatoes for an ordinary family. If
well covered with pine needles 10
work would be required.
Terraces should be strengthened
in the weak places Even when thew
are In the right place, it Is well 20
make a new one a few feet above or
below and cultivate the old terrace.
II there saw mill in your neigh
borhood, get in a few hundred feet
Of plank and put in a dry place
They Will come in handy before the
year is out.
Repair the pasture fence, so that
you will not have to do that Job
when very busy on the crop.
The first field work should be the
sowing Of oats; or rather planting
them in the open furrow. At this
season Of the year is better to plant
In the open furrow. for they will not
be killed. Then they stand the dry
windy weather Of March and April
better than If sown broadcast.
He who makes a good beginning
In January will be ahead in July
You will find work enough to keep
you busy every day this month II you
Will look around for 1t.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-01-11
WATTS WANTS NEW JOB.
Circuit Judge Aspires to The Supreme
Court Bench.

Columbia. Jan. 4.-Judge r. c.
Watts will be a candidate for the as
sociate justiceship to be created by
the general assembly provided the
constitutional amendment Is ratified
by that body. This announcement
was made today by w. H. Stevenson,
Of Cheraw. He said that the friends
Of Judge Watts would press the cam
paign IN the general assembly, 9th
ers who have been announced as can
didates for the position are Judge
Memminger. Of Charleston: M. l..
Bonham, Of Anderson; w. b. Gruber
of Walterboro. and Thos B. Fraser
OF Sumter.
This will be one Of the most .m-
portant elections to be held by the
general assembly this year.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-01-11
HUNTLEY PAYS DEATH PENAL
TY.
Slayer of Jailcr Cook Hanged n,
Camden.

Camden, Jan. 6.-Henry Huntley
was hanged here this morning at %
minutes to II. Huntley was
sentenced to be hanged by Judge
Shipp at the last tern Of court for the
murder Of EX-Jailer Cook during
September last. The present Jailer,
Roe. states that after the sentence
had been pronounced, at first the
prisoner sworc like a trooper, and
said he only wanted the chance to
kill Jim Cox and Mary Jones, the
other two prisoners who made their
escape at the time Of the delivery:
that they were going to hang him
anyway, and could do no more. Hunt
ley seemed to think better later.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-01-11
COLORED POSTMASTER CRAZY.
LyhchDu-s, S. c. Official Sent to
State Lunatic Asylum.

Lynchburg, Jan. 4.-The negro
postmaster at this place, Irving T..
fleming, was today adjudged insane
ana committed to the State Hospital.
The postoffice is now in charge Of the
deputy postmaster.
Fleming has lately been a very en-
thusiastic member OF a Holiness sect
OF this neighborhood and it is sup
posed that the constant excitement in
the religious rites has unbalanced his
mind.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-01-11

The resignation Of DR.. Herman ".
Hilprecht, research professor Of As
syriology and professor Of Semitic
philology and archaeology In the
University OF Pennsylvania, is in the
hands OF the university trustees but
no member OF the board will talk OF
II, and DR.. Hilprecht is also silent.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-01-11
tGamaiiei Bradford. Jr.. I'm the At
lantic.)

Undoubtedly Lee esteemed and ad-
miro Davis; but the expression of
those feelings does not 20 beyond
kindly cord.aiity. Soon after the war
he writes to Early: 'T have been
nuo,i pained to see the attempts made
TO cast odium upon Mr.. Davis. but
DO not think they will be successful
with the rejecting or informed part OF
tho country" After Davis release
from captivity. Lee wrote him a let
ter which In very charming In It's old
fashioned courtesy: "Your release has
lifted n load from my heart which
have no words to teli.'s' That the
rest OF your days may be triumphant
" happy is the sincere and earnest
wish OF your most obedient and fsith-
ful friend and servant. Lee is of
course even less out-spoken In criti-
cism than In praise of his superior.
II is only very rarely that we catch
a trace Of dissatisfaction. as In ref
erence TO the anxiety OF the authorities
In regard to Richmond: The Gen.
sral had been heard to say that Rich
mond was the milestone that was
dragging down the army" In the
diishtful memoirs OF General Cor
don we get perhaps the most ex-
plicit statement OF what Lees feeling
about the President really was. 1t
was at the time OF Davis refusal to
abandon the capital. Lee spoke to
Gordon in the highest terms Of the
great qualities OF Davis character.
praised "the strength of his convict
ions. his devotion. his remarkable
faith I'm the possibility ot still win
ming our independence. his uncon-
auerable will power. But" he
added. ''you know that the President
is very tenacious In opinion and pur-
poses"