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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-01-11

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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-01-11
From The Daily Item, Jan. Z.

From The Daily Item, Jan. z.
Mr.. Moses Green Of this city, re-
ceived message yesterday afternoon
from his son. Mr.. M. Leon Green, of
Columbia. telling him Of the fact that
his son Alva had been shot, but not
dangerously, at the University of
South Carolina. on Friday afternoon.
He left on the night train for Column
bia.
This morning Mr.. Green telephoned
from Columbia to his family here that
Alva had not been seriously injured,
that he was in the University hospital
attended by DR.. Watson and a trained
nurse. and that he was getting on as
well as could be expected. He did not
think 1t probable that any serious re-
suits would follow the accident.
The facts Of the case are as given
in the version OF the Columbia State
OF this morning, which Is printed
above in full.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-01-11
Death of an Infant,

Friday afternoon at about 4
p. m, little Eugenia Watson, the z
year-old daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
L. w. Watson, who lived on North
Main street, died after being sick with
throat trouble for some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Watson have been liv.
ing in the city only short time, but
they have the sympathy of the many
friends whom they have made since
they have been living here. Mr.. Wat
son Is the book-keeper at the Farmers
Bank and Trust Company.
On Saturday the body left on the
early train, accompanied by the little
girls parents, for Laurinburg, N. c.,
where it was inferred.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-01-11

cour ~ put on the auditors books.
there being considerable at the pres
ent time which has not been returned
for taxetion and on which, conse-
quenuy, no TAXES a1e being paid.
The delegation was also asked TO
provide for 8 sinking fund FOR the
court house bonds amounting 70 s3O.-
600, and to arrange for the retire
ment OF the road bonds when they be-
come due, which at present amount
to $4,000 annually.
Other matters were discussed, but
these were the only ones on which
action was taken.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-01-11
County Affairs to be Considered.
At a special meeting Of the CO

At special meeting Of the coun-
ty legislative delegation with the
county supervisor, held in the coun.
ty supervisors office Saturday night
steps were taken towards providing
for special legislation for Sumter
county at the coming session of the
General Assembly which convenes in
Columbia tomorrow.
Supervisor Pitts, at the request OF
the County Board, asked the delega-
ton that they take the proper steps
towards having all the property in the
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-01-11
ACCIDENTLY SHOT FRIEND.
sumter Youth Is Wounded by Fellow
student at University of South
Carolina.

Hampton White Of Spartanburg, a
student ut the University of South
Carolina. accidentally shot his friend
and fellow student, Alva 1, Green of
Sumter. while he was playing With a
pistol in his room in Rutledge col
lege yesterday afternoon about 4
o'clock. The bullet struck young
Green in the left breast and ranged
upward. The wound is not consid-
cred serious.
The pistol. the proverbial "unloaded
gum" was left in Green's room by
friend from Sumter who visited him
during the Christmas holidays. Yes
to-day afternoon Green carried it
across the hall to show to White. He
removed the cartridges from the pis-
tol. When Green started to leave the
room with the pistol, which he had
reloaded. White called him back and
asked for another look at the gun.
He took the pistol and Was twirling it
around. with his finger inside the trig-
or guard, when 1t was discharged.
White and another student carried
Green to the university infirmary
where he was given medical atten-
ton. When heard from last night,
the wounded boy was resting easily.
White is prostrated over the accident
TO his friend.-The State. Jan. 2.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-01-11
the CENSUS FIGURES. 77,.|
SUMTER'S POPULATION ONLY
500.

There Is Evidently Something Wrong
With These Figures For They are
Out of All Proportion to the Voting
Population And the School Enroll
mcnt-It Is Absolutely Certain That
Sumter Has More Than $500 Popu-
IatiOn.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-01-11
LOT AUCTION SALE.
BOyle's Property to Go at Auction
Thursday, January f9tn

The American Realty and Auction
Company OF Greensboro, N. c., have
contracted with Mr.. w. B. Boyle Of
this city to sell a number Of residen-
tial lots located on Broad street and
Salem avenue.
This property is desirably located
and will go at good prices.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-01-11

Mrs. sallie Plowden. formerly Miss
willeford, the wife OF Mr.. Miles H..
Plowden. died Sunday night at the
Sumter Hospital. The intorment took
place Tuesday at the r,r'ry at
i1.s0 o'clock.
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wedgeheld was the guest last week
OF Miss Lessie Jones. OF Brogdon. S.
g.
After spending the Christmas holi-
days at home. Miss Estelle Jones re-
turned Wednesday to Orangeburg
college.
Mr.. @. It. Geddings. OF Manchester.
was In the city Friday
Mr.. f. III. williams. of stateburg.
was In he city Friday to attend the
meeting OF the County Farmers as
ISOLATION.
Mr.. n. w. Dabbs. OF Goodwill. was
In the city Friday for the meeting of
the Sumter County Farmers Union.
Miss Caro- Levy who has been visit
ing her grandmother, Mrs. C. II.
Noise. has returned to her home in
Philadelphia.
Miss Lois Bailoush. after spending
the holidays at home returned Tues
day morning to Columbia to resume
her studies at the South Carolina
University.
Col. J. ]. Dargan. of stateburg. was
I'm the city Saturday.
Miss Marion Moore. OF Dalzell.
spent Saturday In town.
Miss Irene McCutcheon passed
through the city Saturday on her
way TO her home at wisacky.
Miss Moida Hodges Of Greer. Is
visiting Miss Maragret Bryan in the
city after having spent two weeks on
a visit to Florence.
Mr.. II II. and John Boykin of Dali
:zell. were In the city Saturday.
Mr.. w. ID. Carson. of Dalzell. spent
Saturday In the city.
Mr.. T. 8. stuckey. Of stateburg.
was In town Saturday.
Messrs. J. III. Shaw and w. r.
Shaw. Of st. Charles. were In the city
Monday.
Mr.. j. Frank Pate. of Brickton, N
c.. Is visiting his sister on East Lib
erty street
Rev. III. r.. Murchison, of Bishop
vile. passed through the city Monday
morning on his way to Bishopville.
Mr.. McKnsie Moore, Of istateburg,
returned to that place on Monday
afiCr spending several days in town.
Mr. louis Appelt. State senator
from Clarendon county. passed
through the city on Monday on his
Way TO Columbia. Mr.. Appelt does
not think that there will be much
legislation at this session Of the Gen.
erai Assembly.
Mr.. Leighton Hudson. OF st. Charles
was In the city Monday.
Mr.. Il. I. Reardon. special health
officer for Sumter county, returned to
Hagood on Monday after being In
the city since Saturday night.
Mr.. ID. Frank Kelly. OF Bishopvins,
was I'm the city Monday.
Miss Emmie Saunders. OF Hagood,
is visiting relatives in the city.
Mr.. Thos. II. Rhame. OF Lynchburg.
spent Sunday In the city.
Mr.. Langdon c. Newman. an old
Sumter county boy. but who removed
TO Stanton. Tenn. soon after the war,
writing under date of January 5. to
renew his subscription to the Watch
man a southron. says that he is in
fine health now. and hopes to meet
some OF the Sumter county boys o.
the u. c. v. Reunion at Little Rock
In May.
Miss Emma Bruner. who has most
efficiently and satisfactorily filled a po-
sition In the business Office OF the
osteen Publishing coApany for the
past three years. left on Monday for
Florence where she has accepted a
position In the Office of the Division
Superintendent OF the Atlantic Coast
Line.
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-01-11

Washington, ID. c. Jan. 9.-Sumter
city population, thirteenth census,
S,1O9. twelfth census, 5,673, eleventh
census, 1865.
e. Dana Durand.
Director Census.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-01-11

The city health officer u uIy
OF vaccine points on h. rG ny
person wanting TO be u.t.I at
any time can go TO him gna . II
mated.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-03
FEEpINa DEALT coLTs

Feed the draft colts strong for all the
growth and development possible in the
early maturity to get into the big gelding
market as soon as possible. where prices
are high. but do not feed corn and oil
meal to fatten the colts and young
horses as you would to a fat steer.
Horses want bone and muscle along with
their large size With the run of the pas
ture every day for vigorous exercise.
and as soon as old enough give them
careful work; then you can increase the
feed and get them in good show condi-
tion, and with work enough to keep
them in the best condition the buyers will
pay you SIS to $50 more than for the thin
horse.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-03
PRIzE MrNNING RECIPr

The Raisin Growers Association of
Southern California recently offered a
prize for the best recipe for raisin bread.
The following won the prize:
Soak yeast cake In "a cups of potato
water mix in enough -four to make
stiff batter; beat five minutes. Let stand
over night. In the morning scald two
cups of sweet milk, into which put one
rounded teaspoon Cottolene, / tablespoon
salt, 8 tablespoons sugar. When milk
is lukewarm mix with the yeast; add
about ten minutes; let rise. When suffl-
GENTLY raised add two cups OF seeded or
seedless raisins; mix add more -four and
knead until dough is smooth; let rise.
Make into loaves and bake hour. When
baked, wet top of loaf with sugar and
hot water to prevent crust hardening.
Note the use of Cottolene.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-03
National Corn Exposition
BIZ Frederic ]. Haskh

The national corn exposition opened
at Columbus, Ohio, Monday This ex-
position is the fourth annual event
of its kind I'm America, but the
prize exhibits from the great corn
growing states of the union will be dis
1t is the first exhibit that has been fl
nanced and managed by the corn grow.
ers themselves Heretofore the cities
in which the shows have been held have
assumed the responsibility. Now the
growers with the cooperation of the
American Breeders association. are
aroused to the advantage OF creating a
national interest in lettering the quail.
ity and the yield per acre of Americas
greatest cfop a crop which for the
year ending December, 1910, was valued
at more than one and a half million
dollars on the farm; a crop which az
gregated more than 3.100,00O,0o0 bush
els, or nearly four and a half times as
many bushels as the yearly output Of
wheat
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-03
REMrDrBERED THE SIGNAL

A farmer in Pennsylvania recently
bought horse that had been worn out
in the service of the town fire depart
ment. The horse now mistakes the
sound of the farm dinner bell for fire
alarm, and every time it rings he whirls
around and makes a Decline for the
house. One day the farmers wife start
ed to market with the horse hitched to a
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-03

successfully. OF course, where land is
sour and acid, lime is the best thing
TO use to sweeten It, An application of
ton of caustic lime per acre will an
swer very well for your purpose. You
can also use ground limestone, though
it has only about half the sweetening
power of the burnt lime, and If you use
ground rock at least two tons per acre
should be applied. Lime should not be
mixed with acid phosphate as there is
tendency to cause the phosphoric acid
to revert and become unavailable. Ap-
ply the lime as soon as practicable, and
use 1T as surface application. Do not
cover It. Then let 1t stand exposed to the
weather for several months and you can
safely apply phosphoric acid and potash
in the drill row under your crop with
such nitrogen as may be necessary to
stimulate vigorous growth of weed.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-03

e. c. G., Salem, Ala. writes: 1 have
ten acres of gray pine land, with a yell
lowish sandy subsoil that 1 want to
plant in cotton this year, and want you
to give me formula for my fertilizer.
This land was planted in corn last year
and made IL to is bushels per acre and
was sown in cowpeas in July. 1 turned
the land. before Christmas so that the
pea vines will furnish humus for the
coming crop used 225 pounds OF
guano under the corn per acre. want
to make 500 to 1000 pounds of seed cot
ton per acre. ! have about two tons of
cotton seed to use in making a COM
post with stable manure, and would like
to know what kind of commercial fertil-
izer to use in connection with the COM
post. - 80 $1,000.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-03

The process of improving the strains
and quality OF corn and other cereals is
a long and laborious operation, involving
cross-breeding, selection and segregation.
Sometimes it takes ten years to develop
a single variety of corn to its full yield
ing power, but once the propagation is
completed, with ordinary care to prevent
pulling down process by mixing with
inferior grains. the world is permanently
enriched. 4ett
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-03
THE COLONY HOG house

One of the best ways to use scrap lum-
Der is to build hog houses out of it.
If there is no old lumber lying around
in the way, it will pay to buy new, even
at the present high prices. and build the
hog houses.
If it pays to take care of the little
pigs when the butchers stuff is bringing
and cents a pound. it is doubly
profitable when they are and II
cents.
We have ten Duroc Jersey brood sows
and ten colony houses, built and fenced
of, as shown IN the drawing.
These houses were built out of lumber
that came out of an old frame building,
once. used as a saw mill.
We bought the old mill, the frame of
which was 80 feet wide, 100 feet long and
two stories high; all the framing timbers
were as good as when put in the build
ing. The scrap lumber we worked into
the hog houses. and the frame and the
best lumber will be used in the building
Of an up-to-date feed barn.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-03

ca. II was only short time ago that
the boy farmers paid visit to Wash
ington end were received with every
mark of esteem by James Wilson. sec
rotary of agriculture. Leading the del
egation of boy corn growers was Jerry
H. Moore. of Florence county, s. c. Jer'
ry was the champion among champions,
for last summer he succeeded In raising
22S bushels and three pecks of corn on
a single acre, which Is within four
bushels of the worlds record.
An important feature of this meeting
will be the addresses. the illustrated
lectures and discussions setting forth
what can and should be done in the
near future. Three days of the expo
sition will be devoted almost exclusive
ly to the sessions of the American
Breeders association, whose work is the
Improvement of animal and plant life
along lines OF heredity and segregation.
Scientists estimate that through the
breeders art. 10 per cent may be added
annually to the value of our plant PROD
ucts. This would mean. an increase of
more than 315o.000.000 in our annual
corn crop alone. To show that these
estimates are not purely imaginative,
a concrete example may be given In the
work which has been accomplished by
w. M. Hays, now assistant secretary or
the department Of agriculture in Wash
ington. For number OF years Mr..
Hays was engaged in a great work in
the agricultural experiment station OF
Minnesota There he succeeded in Gre
ating corn seed variety which broad
ened the corn belt for more than sc
miles through three states. The state
Of Minnesota has spent $4,000 at its
agricultural stations, and the estimat-
ed increased production of corn. wheat,
oats, flax and barley resulted in the
astounding total of $40,00O,0O0, or
thousand-fold on the investment.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-03

light wagon, and the husband desiring to
attract his wife's attention, rang the din
ner bell. Like a flash the horse wheeled
around and dashed back to the house,
leaving the farmers wife and her load of
produce distributed along the road.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-03

stalk layer, the water causes the cellu-
lar particles to expand, thus closing the
hole and temporarily keeping out the wa
ter.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-03

One of the most interesting exhibits
at the Columbus show is that of the
champion boy corn growers OF Ameri-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-03
Use
Virginia-Carolina
High-drade
Fertilizers

literally before planting well several times during the
growing period The cotton buyer pay several times the
of your investment in thsthe very best plant food
Our new free FARMERS YEAR BOOK or almanac will
tell you how get than bale of cotton per
Ask your dealer, or write us for a copy.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-03

An interesting contest between the two
great varieties Of corn-the dent and the
hint-is apt to take place during the ex-
position in Columbus. Until the last year
the showing made by the dent corn was
invariably superior to the flint variety,
but at New England corn show held
In Worcester, Mass, in 1910, q move
ment to have the corn tested by the
dry substance yield was successful. BY
means Of an invention of the depart
ment of agriculture the percentage of
water was determined and deducted from
the grain. After this process, 1t was
found that the flint corn was the more
prolific, thus marking the first victory
for this variety in the history OF ag-
riculture in New England.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-03

The invention of the department of
agriculture for ascertaining the amount
of water in the grain was mothered by
the necessity to determine the moisture
in corn designed for expectation. It was
expedient to know how much water va
riOns grades of cereals contained, and
whether 1t was so great as to cause de-
cay during the long periods of trans
portation across the seas. The process
includes a boiling in oil. drying and
reweighing.
Efforts are being made TO utilize corn
stalks in the manufacture of paper. Pa
per-making has grown to be a very Sc
rious proposition within the last five or
ten years. following the rapid exhaus-
ton of the supply of spruce and poplar
forests. Chemists are bending every
EFFORT to discover a means of adapting
the great cornstalk waste to the paper
machine. A seemingly insurmountable
dif1culty, however. lies in the fact that
the stalk Is made OF two primary SUBJ
stances, one fbrous and the other nom
fibrous cellulose. The chemical treat
ment necessary to reduce the fiber prop
erly is too severe for the non-fibrous cell
lulose which Is overlooked and partly
dissolved. resulting in low yields OF
weak paper.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-03
Cotton Plants Need Plant Food

Good plant food on cotton any other crop large
yield per acre and profit money that you should
can get, fyou
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-03

One of the greatest gifts with which
nature has endowed corn is the ability to
enrich It's own soil: In the corn belt "a
rotation of crops on corn land is neces-
sary at less frequent intervals than al
most any other product. Indeed, some
lands are not entirely impoverished by
yield of corn for 80 successive years. And
even on the land where rotation is de-
sirable at intervals OF three or four years,
the crops which restore the soil are those
which are suited for forage for stock, so
that double fertilizer Is thus supplied
through these crops and the litter from
stables.
One of the leading figures at the Co
lumbus exposition will be Eugene Funk,
president of the exposition company and
the largest Individual scientific corn
grower In the world Mr.. Funk is the
head Of a famous family of corn grow
ers and breeders whose holdings COM
prise more than $4,000 acres in Illinois,
5000 acres OF which are devoted to the
cultivation Of corn. He and his broth
ers have been interested for years in
the work of propagating a harder and
fuller; grained ear of corn. What he
will have to say at the exposition will
be followed with the keenest interest by
his associate corn growers.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-03

The most practical use to which the
has been placed is as a cell
lular layer underneath the armor of bat
tleships. When the armor is spierced
and the pfojectile goes through the corn
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-03

Land which is subject to overflow and
on which water stands can never be Gull
tivated advantageously unless II is I'M
derdrained. This is the first thing to be
accomplished in retaining such an area.
o. course, drain tile are the best thing
TO use for this purpose. 1t cost something
to drain a piece of land, but when this
is once done a good yield is practically
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-03

The vast held or Improvement In the
yielding power of the seed plant and in
the methods of cultivation are wildly
set forth by comparison of the crop
raised by the boy farmer of South Caro-
lima and the average yield per acre
throughout the country. For 1910 the gen.
eral average was 274 bushels, less than
one-eighth the amount produced by Jerry
Moore. Yet 1910. with two exceptions
2S.S bushels in 1906 and 800 bushels in 1906
showed the highest yield since 1900, and
higher than the percentage for any ten
year period since the civil war. If the
increase this year in yield per acre is as
large as 1910 was over 1909. the crop will
be greater by more than 100000, 900 BUSH
els, which. at the average value of the
grain on the farm last year. will mean
an increase OF 500 .OoO. 900 in corn produc-
ton.
The increase In the corn yield of the
country eepends very largely upon the
grain selected for seed. In an effort to
foster an intelligent choice Of seed, Gov
ernor Eberhardt. Of Minnesota, last fall
ISSUED a proclamation which will in all
probability be followed by other execu-
tives this year. He set apart one week in
September as "seed-corn week" This
was a revival of an ancient religious rite
of the Zuni, Mayas and Aztecss and while
the proclamation did not have the hold
upon the planters that the religious fes-
tival OF ancient tribal days had upon the
Indian growers, the suggestion was along
the same line as the nationwide move
ment on the part of rural schools, agri-
cultural high schools collegiate short
courses for farmers, and farmers extern
sion departments to teach the selection
of seed corn. To plant more than 100000
900 acres this year required storing of
0f mil IF hrroh aI Of
1t Is estimated that 500, 100000 bushels of
grain will depend upon whether the seed
selected was of good heredity and so
raras.ar.1zad that lro-.,,I p