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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-06-17

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Cannot Overcome,


Few are the steamer passengers who
fail to visit the wireless office aboard
ship TO watch the operate OF the in
struments ana to question the oper-
atOr. Needless to say, the technical
understanding OF the well meaning
visitors is variable quantity. The
operator must listen to wondering eX-
CARNATIONS. original suggestions for
che Improvement Of the ser'.ice dis
courses on the relations between Wire
less telessraphy and spirituaism and
ether doubtful topics with uniforu
courtesy Al times, however. the
strain Is too great. 1t was lady pas
SGnger with an eye for details VIII"
came to the wireless room and lool>e..
wonder,ngly in.
"Oh, here's the wireless. May {
come In? Isn't 1t wonderful to thinl
Of sending those those waves-yo',
can them waves, don't YOU: How IL,
cinating TO work ~ this! Are the
jars filled WITH u:.ter:'
"TAosc Nrr coite4>er lars. mada
quite empty"
"Haa!v? i GoY't hel,eve cou.,
ever understand it il,., coil of wtr
looks Hike : G.r;lease
"'rhat /: thc ind,lcl&nco h"liy"
what ate itr,Se thtu@~ over your
&ars?"
"'rhe receiving Telephones
Thea you hav" telephone connec-
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-06-17
The Mystic Seven.

The Rossel Islanders In New Guinea
aholc the number : in great awe. A
native policeman when asked what the
numerals in the local dialect were
gave them readily enough. but hesl-
c8ted at the number T. You might not
always say that number. he explained
sometimes it brought on thunder
sstorms II you did. And you must new.
er say it at all when you went to
Adele island to get cocOanuts or fish,
would undoubtedly follow" Miss
GsEifhshaw vouchcs for the supersti.
aMsn in her book on 1.-THE New Ne.V
ssninaa"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-06-17
Applied History.

FIRST Professor My dear colleague,
I'm little puzzled. When did the
6rsr peloponnesian war begin? Sec.
ond Professor-B. G. 431. First Pro-
eessor-Quite right. quite right That
!s the number OF my doctors tele.
phone. ! was to call him up and tel
him my wife is ick.--Exchange.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-06-17
An Easy Arrangement.

Wife-Am ]. then. never to have my
way In anything:" Husband-Certain.
y, dear. When We ure both agreed
you can have your way. When ws
differ I'll have mine"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-06-17
JMnaie a1ausskesplna.

The negro housewife In the West
Indian jungle finds housekeeping very
DaGy Fruit and vegetables grow wild
IN about the hut and the river abounds
Nth fish. On wash day all she has to
- Is to pick a few Of the berries Of
tAe soap berry tree. take her clothes
= the river and use the berries as she
would use ordinary soap. Even her
cooking pots grow ION the trees. the
ealabash cut in halves being used TO,
shis purpose. Cal.;haShes are used
Glso for bowls, basins and Jugs iai
carrying water from the river, WIFI
the small ones make excellent cul
10 the afternoon. when she u rea'
for her cup OF tea. the negress pic
half dozen leaves from the lime bus
growing at her door bells .heH
sqn.ezes the Juice from q sugar raii
Tor swectening and the cocoana' ~..''
plit~ the milk Thus she has II n, :!
elous cup OF tea without depending on
the grocer Tor 1t. She makes the mats
for her door ont Of the dried leaves Of
the banana. plated and sewed togeth-
sr a the old country people II ~
osuntry make their rag matk
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-06-17

eh:"
Yes. the loncine for 4 i.,tle home
where caa pa Any feet against he
wall. brace ny "tAir h1ck and smoke
my pipe in confer; goi to be 800 nuct
for me-"
That's a beautiful drram."
Isn't IT."
$50 beautiful that 4 VIII lie Il shatas
for you to get marie! a!lt. soil il =
Atlanta Constitution
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-06-17

No man who minds his own business
ever comp'"ins of having nothing TO
DO -Harrisburg Telegraph
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-06-17

$50 YOU are ~oins 10 get hurried,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-30

Contributed to the Sumter Item by
The Rev. Geo. Studson DeLano:
Great festal Of JOY. whose fiagons
hold
Full measures of love from a vintage
old
From the virgin fount Of the Moth
er's breast,
Where the Son of God, as q babe
found rest
Always you bring US peace, Joy, and
good will
From Bethlehem's hills, where re-
echo still,
Voices Of Angels, who sank DER the
earth
Anthems proclaiming Immanuers
birth;
You bring us new hope with your
merry bells,
The strength which endures, and
courage which tells,
For your message is, and ever will be
From the dauntless Man who dared
Calvary;
festal Of years! the Christ child
glad day!
over the earth Is your glorious sway;
Newborn each year, yet an epoch in
space,
You come as a smile from the Sa-
viours face.
George Studson DeLano,
Sumter. s. c., Dec. 20, 1911.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-30
CLEMSON LETTER.
What Farmers Can DO With Their
Cotton Seed.

Knowing of the prevailing low
price Of cotton-seed. We have asked
Prof. T. e. Keitt. of the Experiment
Staff. to prepare the following article
which will be Of special interest to
the farmers:
A question Of some concern to the
farmer at this season Of the year is
what disposition shall be made of his
cotton seed. They can be either roll.
cd In acid phosphate. crushed, or
composted to prevent sprouting and
applied directly as q fertilizer; they
can be exchanged for cotton seed
meal; they can be sold and the farm.
or may or may not reinvest In fertiliz.
ers. The question to be decided Is
which Is most profitable? The fer
tilizing value Of a ton Of cotton seed,
using present relative commercial
values is s11.1s. When this ton of
seed Is manufactured the products
and fertilizer values will be approx
mately as follows: Cotton seed OIL
ESQ pounds. no fertilizer value: cot
ton seed meal. $50 pounds. s10.0S
fertilizer value; cotton seed hulls
s7s pounds. s1.12 fertilizer value;
iinters. 22 pounds, 3 cents fertilizer
value. There would be some addi-
tional agricultural value In the fur
nish.ng Of organic matter for decay
but this Is not large when we consider
that 10 bushels would furnish less
than good peavine stubble. We
note the figures given that most OF
the fertilizing elements are contained
In the portion that goes to make ur
the meal.
The present selling price is $17.0t
per ton and the rate Of exchange IL
about 1.400 pounds Of meal per ton
The value OF this meal reckoning It as
2-7-1h Is S16.SS. but II must be re.
mernbered that these relative com.
mercial values are not made up tc
represent retail prices. but to show
values which are relative among
themselves. Taking the selling price
OF meal as s25.00 per ton. then, L..
40 pounds would cost $3.50. II the
swap In made some Of the seed should
be sold outright to purchase acit
phosphate and potash to mix with
meal and make balanced fertilizer
or else these materials should te
bought and mixed with the meal. Fol
Information relative to mixing ferti-
lizers at home. write for Bulletin 151
Of the s. G. Experimental Station.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-30
BE Farmer Next Year, Not Merely
Cotton Grower.

Whenever cotton gets very low
there are always a lot of people TO
cry out. "Quit raising cotton" and
h of farmers who begin looking
for some other crop ito take the
place CT cotton" Now, We do not
believe that the Cotton Belt farmer
should quit raising cotton or that he
needs another money crop" to take
Its place. Cotton is the greatest
money crop that Southern farmers.
as class. can grow. For the man
who has been growing cotton all his
life to quit all at once just because
prices are lew and plunge altogether
into some other branch of farming,
is anything but a wise policy. The
cotton farmer doesn't need to get un-
duly excited because cotton prices are
low. Cotton was a profitable crop,
even this year. to some farmers: Il
will be a profitable crop for a long
time yet IL farmers will only give it
a chance. There are a great many
changes sadly needed in our system
OF farming. but there Is not the slight
est need Of a panic-stricken rush TO
untried lines OF work The kind of
farming needed next year Is exactly
the kind Of farming that was needed
this year.--the kind that The Pro-
gressive Farmer urged,-and the kind
that good farmers here and there all
over the South are doing.
Cotton is low this year. because our
farmers went wild last spring and
painted the biggest cotton crop in the
history OF this country. Prices had
been high for two years. and they
forgot that a cotton crop OF medium
Size almost invariably brings more
thsn big one. They forgot. too.
that the entire dependence upon Il
single crop, no matter how good a
crop II may be. Is an unsafe policy.
For all these years The Progressive
Farmer has been urging Southern
farmers To reduce their cotton acre.
age. To farm their lands In n system-
attic rotation. to grow more corn and
nay and other feed crops. To keep
more livestock. 10 give more attention
to building up the fertility Of their
lands. to reduce the cost of produc-
tion by making larger crops to the
acre--in short. 10 farm so as 10
make their cotton n real money
crop" surplus crop instead Of hav.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-30
CHRISTMAS PASSED QUIETLY.
Bad Day for Merry Makers.

Christmas Day passed off very
quietly in Sumter this year. Many
persons stated that it was the quiet
est Christmas which they had ever
seen. There was some drunkenness
to be seen on the streets, but as those
who had imbibed too frequently of
the Christmas spirit did not make
themselves obnoxious to the general
public, there were very few arrests.
A great many Of the people from
the city went hunting, despite the
threatening condition of the wealth
er and the wet fields and woods. In
fact some Of the hunters reported
that there was more shooting going
on Monday than they had ever
heard on any previous Christmas.
There were fewer fire works than
usual and there seemed to be less
general merriment than on preced-
ing Christmases, although the Lyric
and Savoy did a big business at
night. The weather was about as
bad as it could have been without
rain, for there was a mist falling most
Of the day and the sun never show
ed its face.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-30

Ing to sell 1t to pay for fertilizers
and mules and feed and supplies
and clothing and everything else they
need. All this we still believe was
sound advice then and now, but It
does not follow that 1t will pay the
man who does not understand hog
raising or dairying to rush into these
businesses or that the man who has
had no experience with truck crops
should change all at once from a
cotton planter to a trucker. There
is no great change needed, except the
change from the present miserahly
wasteful cropping practice to a rat
ional system Of general farming;
and when this change Is made cot
ton will still be the great staple crop
Of the South.
Do not be misled, either, by the
advice some people are going to buy
no fertilizer next year or by any Of
that sort Of stuff. What you want is
to have every pound Of cotton you
produce next year produced at the
least possible cost. The way to do
this Is to make just as much cotton
as possible on every acre planted.
Reduce the fertilizer bill by reducing
the acreage. Put half the land you
expect to plant to cotton In peas or
soy beans or potatoes or some 9TH
er crop. and then plant your cotton
on good land; plant good seed. fer
tilize literally. cultivate we'll with
improved machinery.
Whenever Southern farmers get to
the point Of making the fertility of
their land their first consideration In
tho planning OF their farm work.
and when they get to real farming
with systematic rotation and diversi-
fication, they will not plant every
available acre in cotton one year
because prices are high and then hunt
substitute crop the next year be-
cause prices are low. And then cot
ton will be a profitable crop every
year to the man who uses good farm
ing methods, and big crop will not
have to be sold for less than a small,
one just because the farmers are un,
able to hold and market 1t in a busi-
ness manner.-Progressive Farmer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-30
Sumter's "Skyscraper."

Sumter Is soon to have a "skyscrap-
er. 1T Is to be seven stories in
height, and will be erected by the
Sumter Savings Bank (Which, after
January Is, will be known as the
City National Bank) on a lot 35 by
6S feet In dimensions at the corner Of
Main and Liberty streets, the city's
two principal thoroughfares. The
site was purchased seferal months
ago and cost $4,000, or s714.19 a
front foot. a record price for Sumter
real estate at the time Of the pur-
chase. although 1t has since been
eclipsed more than once. The build
Ing, which Is to cost between $4,000
and 100000. will be perfectly plain
and substantial but will be equipped
with all needful conveniences. The
first floor will be occupied by the
bank. which is undertaking it's con-
struction. the remaining six floors to
be fitted up as offices. Sumter is the
centre OF rich farming country and
Is more largely dependent than any
town Of its size in the state upon its
back country for support. In a year
when the cry Of hard times has been
heard oftener than for more than a
decade previously the faith which Is
thus being displayed by some of the
best business men of Sumter In their
town and in It's future Is distinctly en-
courgaging.-News and Courier.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-30
FOR SALE.

Having decided to discontinue our
farming We will sell at private sale
until sales day in January. On sales
day in January we will sell what is
left at public auction ~ the highest
bidder.
Is head Of mules from year to
10, 4 mares. l Jack, stallion, .
cows and calves, 9 head of sheep, 80
brood sows and pigs, Berkshires, /
Berkshire boar. All farming imple-
ments consisting Of one, two and
three horse plows, cultivators, disk
and smoothing harrows, moving ma
chimes, seeder, reaper and binder,
wagons and harness, corn, fodder,
hay and oats, one hay loader.
J. J. HARDY & L. II. MOSES.
For any information call on T.. III.
Moses. Electric Light Plant.
12-20-2taw
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-30
Sahara An Inland Sea.

No sooner has 1t been determined
that Maine shall be dry" than a
French reformer and scientist propos-
es to make a former region wet which
is now more arid than Maine. That
region is the Desert Of Saharas This
has been suggested in the past, but
never so earnestly as 1t now is by
Professor Etchegoyen. who goes into
details and tells how the great des-
ert may be convert into an inland
sea. One-fourth of the area of Sa-
hara is below the sea level. and in
order to make a lake Of 1t it is only
Necessary to dig a canal from the
Mediterranean Sea. This canal would
be only fifty miles in length.
To make a navigable body Of wa
ter here would aid in the COM
merce OF Northern Africa. 1t would
occupy uninhahited and worthless
land. The great question is what
would be the effect upon the climate
The climate Of the Barbary Strates
Is greatly modified by the hot winds
from the desert, and Morocco, AL
geria and Tunis are almost tropical in
their temperature, although the
northern point Of Africa comes al
most as far north as Maryland. 1t
is possible that the creation of a sea
in Sahara, which would be about half
as large as the Mediterranean. might
have a marked effect upon the cli-
mate Of Southern Europe, which is
now as delightful as that Of any part
Of the earth.
The Professor thinks that an inland
sea would cause rains in it's vicinity
and make the surrounding regions
fertile.-Baltimor Sun.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-30
CHILDREN ENJOY LYRIC SHOW.
More Than One Hudred See Motion
Pictures at Lyric. '''-

Manager Grady OF the Lyric made
many a little child's heart glad
Christmas afternoon, when he open
ed the doors Of his popular motion
picture resort to more than one hun
dred of the little children in the city
who had been visited by Mr.. L. I.
Parrot and his distributing commit
tee earlier IL the season, and allow
ed them 10 come in and see the pic
lures.
T.,L-- I...Lf ., inv .ar.E. ...t....
The gift was ore that pleased, for
the little children could appreciate
the pictures and many Of them would
probably not have seen them had it
not been for Mr.. Grady's kindness in
allowing them to visit the place free
Of charge. There were more than a
hundred and ell seemed to enjoy
themselves.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-30
SHOT WRONG MAN.
Luther BicdsOe Perhaps .,.OrtaIly H.
jured by Is. Nj. Havird,

Newberry. Dec. 23.-There was a
serious shooting scrape among white
men at Silver Street, eight miles west
of here, on the Southern road, at 8
o'clock this morning, in which Luther
Bledsoe perhaps is fatally wounded by
being shot in the leg with a shotgun
by Ben Mayer Havird, and Havird
was shot in the thigh with pistol by
w. B. Dledsoe. The trouble did not
start between Havird and the Bled-
soes, but between Havird and M. D.
Sheppard, the mail carrier on r. f.
d. No. l from Silver Street. These
TWO were Quarreling in H. e. Luke's
store and got into a fisticuff, which
continued until they got out Of the
front door. In the fight Havird
dropped his watch and keys. He did
not notice them. but rushed off to his
house. close by, to get his shotgun
Luther Bledsoe picked up the watch
and keys and was going toward Hav-
ird as he was returning with his gun.
Mr.. Bledsoe put his hand in his pock-
ct to get the watch and keys to hand
to Havird, but IIavird says he
thought he was getting out his pistol
to shoot him, SO he blazed away with
his shotgun and shot Bledsoe in the
leg, between the foot and knee, MAX
ing a very serious wound. W. B.
Bledsoe, an older brother Of the
wounded man, then drew his pistol
and shot Havird in the thigh, making
flesh wound that is not considered
serious.
Drs. Glider and Pelham of New
berry were telephoned for and went
up on the Southern passing here
at 1857, thus getting to Mr.. Bledsoe in
short while after the shooting.
They found that ne had lost a great
deal Of blood, that he was extremely
weak, and that the leg may have to
come off, though they are trying to
save It.
Mr.. Havird Is a leading merchant
Of Silver Street and Is about As years
Of age. The wounded Bledsoe is
about rs years of age, and his brother
about 80. All are prominent in their
community.
Sheriff Buford went to Silver
Street with warrants for the arrest of
B. M. Havird and w. B. Bledsoe. Ha-
vird was released on bond in the sum
OF $500 and Bledsoe was given bond
at 5000. 1t is thought that Luther
Bledsoe may not survive the night.
He was shot near the calf Of the knee
and part Of the bone torn away. The
physicians would have performed an
operation, but did not consider the
injured man strong enough to stand
II. '.A,E
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-30
"LiQuOr Special Doing Fine Business

1t is said that the Liquor Special
running between Wilson's Mill and
Sumter Is doing a thriving business
these days, and that the shipments
into Clarendon's dry territory" is
very satisfactory to the mail order
houses in Richmond and jacksonville.
at the same time, the liquor deluge
in this county is not very helpful for
the community, and If there could be
some way devised to put a stop to
these Interstate shipments the coun-
ty would be the better off-Manning
Times.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-30

tnCm o1Etfy avail
themselves Of these promises In the
close Of this year. that they may start
the New Year with clean slate-witb
the smile Of their Fathers face upon
them. and with the fellowship of their
Redeemer and with fresh resolves for
earnestness anG CarefriBess In walking
ic His steps
Wary and Heavy Laden.
There are other Scriptures which np.
ply 10 those OF the world who have not
yet become the Lords people The
class we refer TO are included In the
Lords words: Come unto Ne all ye
tLat lrtor and are heavy laden. and I
WI give you rest"
What moro opportunc time than tho
beginning OF the year to make the one.
great contract with the Lord which
VIII make us disciples indeed-the COW
enant OF selfsncrifce self-deninl. self
renuncintion. taking mp the cross to
follow tho Lords leading whitbersoev-
or He goeiJ. knowing that the end Of
the journey vii DO glorious snd
blessed
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-30
In THE POLICE COURT.
Only Two Drunks and Two Disorder
ly Charges Result OF Christmas
Spirit.

The recorder did not have such a
hard time as might have been expect
ed Tuesday morning, for there were
only two charges for Christmas
drunks and two more for disorderly
conduct.
Isaac Weatherly, drunk and carry
ing concealed weapon and disorderly
was not present to answer to tho
charges against him and forfeitese
bond Of $25.
John Wesley, disorderly condu/
$40 or 20 days.
John OdOm, disorderly conduc
bond was forfeited as he did
pear for trial.
Richard Reid. drunk ansS
was fined $40 or 20 days
80 days, respectively. -
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-30
CLEAN CITY OF FLIES.
Breeding Places Should be DESTROYED
and Then Flies Would Necessarily
Die Out-Results OF Fly Swatting
Campaign.

Washington, Dec. 23.-"Don't swat
the fly. swat the man who permits
the fly to breed" was the slogan
10 meet the contention of people who
claim the house, or typhoid, fly is a.
beneficent scavanger and which Prof.
c. F. Hodge, Of Clark University
Worcester, Mass, suggested to the
delegates at the American Civic AS
sociation convention here today.
Prof. Hodge summarized the re-
suits accomplished since the associa-
tion last year adopted plans for it's
campaign to exterminate the house
fly. He described the fly swatting
contest" inaugurated in Worcester
and Baltimore, he said, the Woman's
Civic League paid ten cents a quart
for flies and it was estimated 1000
quarts were slain.
Outlining the campaign which
must be followed next summer, Prof.
Hodge said:
ITO completely free the city Of
flies is the purpose and the more
that are caught, and the quicker,
the better. But the proposition
must be reserved. To place a pre-
MUM on filthy condition even
| may stimulate fly breeding. The
civic fly campaigns Of the future will
focus all Of these prizes and honor
| on the complete absence of flies.
Dividing a city into equal districts
instead of crowning him winner who
catches the most, he will win who
| has his district cleaned first, that is,
who first can catch none. We can
then rejoice in clean, wholesome
| homes. free from danger of filth dis
| ease infection; clean wholesome
stores and market places; a time
| old, weary fight ended and the most
| deathly enemy Of mankind vanished
at last. This is now a perfectly pos
sible consumation if every house
hold will cooperate. 1t could all be
done by any city at less expense and
labor and time than is now required
In extra window cleaning and house
cleaning, due to the presence Of the
filthy pests.
| The details must naturally be
worked out by each civic center. In
a group Of intelligent country homes
the unit will be the single home and
some good-natured rivalry may be in
dulged in to see which shall be fly
less first. In town or city the
block is the natural civic unit. Some
one person living in the block, should
assume or be elected to the respon-
sibility and should see that effective
measures are in operation at every
home. If the campaign is begun
with the opening of spring. and If the
breeding places Of mosquitoes also has
been attended to, the time will have
passed when we need screens in our
windows"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-30

that all Chris
tians keep a daily
record with the
Lord and never
retire TO rest
without obtaining
this grace Of for
giveness and help.
But II any have
delayed the mat
ter and a cloud
has CO I'M e be-
tween them a,d
the Lord. let