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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-07-02
Progressive Cites.
Greenvllle News.

Greenville News.
Following the example Of Sumter,
South Carolina, Hendersonville
North Carolina. has employed a
business manager to conduct the
citys affairs. In Sumter the plan
has worked well, just as all ex-
pected, for tthe inauguration Of busi-
ness-like methods never worked any
other way. SO Hendersonville may
expect a good administrator Of its
business, provided good man has
been secured for the business man.
agership. This trend of municipal
government, as evidenced i'm the two
cases cited, and i'm the cases of the
two hundred or more cities which
have adopted the commission form
OF government. unquestionably pre-
sages municipal government i'm the
united states OF much higher
standard than has been seen i'm the
past. Foreign economists have re-
marked that our municipal govern
ments were the sorriest phases Of the
country's governmental affairs, and
certainly the statement is not found
ed entirely in ignorance or fiction.
But the day of transition is at hand.
and progressive cites are transform
ing Within two years Greenville
VIII vote on the question of trans
formation OF the commission form OF
government. III the city is true to
Its spirit of development this election
VIII result in a change from the old
to the new and better.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-07-02

r'h.i. b",umrut, a.l T',. ,,ai.
s.u,lI. -sVt
what is spoken I'm congress may
come n public document and re-
GIVE free distribution through the
hls. This also applies To the
'ech which ARE not actually de-
hNered. but which are admitted to
the congressional record. Such
speeches are also printed at the ex-
pense OF the government There
Tore when some industry. as for i'm
stance the Louisiana sugar industry,
wish To create sentiment one way
" the other It's representatives get
the speech OF some congressman who
thinks as the sugar cane growers
would have him think. and then have
this speech distributed postage free.
Much campaign literature Is sent out
in the same manner. being printed
in the form of speeches delivered by
national Legislators. To step the
printing and free distribution Il IN,
fSli happenings i'm congress would
Hor he desirable. and at the same
time to permit some speeches To go
postage free while refusing thi.
privilege To- others would lot b,
equitable. Congress is confronting
a condition which Is i'm effect "a n,si
graft. one way To- help In the recui-
hcatiOn is To- require that the senator
or representative. as the case may he
send out his own speeches and pr D..
hibit their distribution by outsid,
persons In the case Of the anti
free sugar literature distributed. IN,
sugar interests themselves took ,
large part in the mailing OF tn,
pamphlets postage free such pra".
tice should be made punishable
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-07-02

Greenvile News.

Greenvile News.
No less an authority than the
Journal OF the American Medical
Association takes serious cognizance
OF the statement that the frying pan
was one OF the factors entering into
the aggregate factors which brought
ON the Civil War. In the frying
pan the food of our fathers was en-
erusted with grease. which Is proof
against many digestive apparatuses,
and such digestions ps this being
abused reacted upon the mental
state OF the factions nnd made the
great breach easier We might say
then. that Indigestion, slavery,
States rights, and a natural tenn
peramental difference were the
cause of the struggles of the six
ties
But whether OF not one Is willing
to accept the statement that grease
was a disturber of the peace. Ger.
tainly none will deny that in the
statement a truth concerning huma n
nature Is contained. Where health
Is not n the best all other good
aspects OF the man are apt to be
held beck. IL Is n we'll known fact
that the dyspeptic is belligerent or
rather bellicose. I'm his home. and IL
ne internecine strife brought on by
indigestible foods causes him to row
in his home. Is there not some
Eround To conclude that this same
ceiling of non-pacihcisIn will follow
nm into his dealings with the world {?
lids IL what the medical journal
r~sfs. and therefore IL would. in the
interest OF the individual and OF the
nee taboo the fiapjack. the Bingo
frankfurter. the quick lunch and
other things taken internally which
arc apt to defy the dissolving powers
cd the gastric juices.
America Is the land OF indigestion.
because II Is the land where cooking
.g not yet as scientific as IL should
he. where mastication Is considered
loss OF time and where. more than
In other places. men are wont to
give way to taste. placing 1t above
common sense. This Is the verdict
Of the pure cookers. and II is a ver-
dict worth consideration. One OF
the reasons ascribed for the higher
death rate In the rural districts than
In the large cities Is that the co, !. =
ing generally speaking. i'm the rural
home Is less scientific. more greasy.
heavier. and Is partaken of in more
than the requisite quantities.
Taking the Journal of the Medical
Association AS criterion. one comes
'. the conclusion that along with
'.r ,.'o.t Am.I..q .h.. g.. earn
Uuoi
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-07-02
CIVIL COURT ~ SESSION.
Negroes Suing for Possession Of Land.

The court Of common pleas con
''hed Monday morning, all of the
criminal business having been com
Pietcd last week except several small
cases i'm which the defendants were
out ON bond. which were continued
over until the next term of court
Monday morning the case of a negro
Naples was taken up. lie was suing
4" secure possession of land. which
he alleges BELONGED to him.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-07-02
Why Can't We Do Thinoo

The following editorial from the
wilmington Star is as applicable for
South Carolina, and Sumter County,
az 1t is to North Carolina:
Gould Raise Cattle" Is the head
line OF an editorial in the Raleigh
Times. The Times, of course, is un-
der the impression that we could but
we can't do it. We can't do it be-
cause we won't. We can't raise cot
ton in North Carolina. We can't raise
tobacco in North Carolina. We can't
do anything in North Carolina-that
is, we can't if we won't. The only rea-
son we can't is that we won't. Let
us understand each other. 1t is not
because we can't, but because we
won't.
We can't. Can't We? Let us dis
cuss this question from an utterly ri
diculous and perfectly absurd stand
point. or course, we can't do anything
in North Carolina. We can go West
and do it. Let George do it in North
Carolina. Well, George Is doing it,
George is showing us how. George
has come here and George is under
the impression that what we can't do
in North Carolina can't be done any,
where else. If we can't, why others
can't.
Those people who say we can't
ought to move West just as soon as
they can pull up pegs and get away.
The West can educate them. They
VIII learn something. In the meantime
they can unload their lands on George
ana leave him the bag to hold. George
Is sucker and doesn't know any bet
ter than to pay $40 an acre for land
that wouldn't sprout peas. Well it
wouldn't if we planted the peas like
We have been planting them. How
ever, George doesn't do that way. We
happen to know George, but George
can go to grass while We recall this
from the Raleigh Times, which very
highly esteemed contemporary is un-
der the impression that I'VE could
itaise Cattle" in North Carolina
IF man from another part Of the
country were To come here and ask
the fiat question as TO the two things
which Wake county farmers have
most overlooked the reply would be
easy-the raising of cattle and the
utilization of meadows. There are
splendid meadow lands all about
falelEh and not a hundrcdth part
of them is put To use. 1t was Dr TAFT
Butl"r who ten years ago, when state
veterinarian, remarked To the writer
that North Carolina could produce
vastly more cattle than Texas; could
raStur" more to the acre and get
raising is So small thing here in
Wake that it is hardly worth mention
ing, for the writer knows of only
three farmers who fatten cattle for
markct Th"r" is good money in the
profit ON the meat, hut this is ONLY a
part of it. Tho fertilization of the land
Is th" real consideration. woke can
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-07-02

he, made Il cattle raising, county. 1t
used to be one, Though of course
there were no great markets and no
large demands i'm those days Today
We are meat buyers. DIR. TAFT Butler
used to say that it made him feel
full Of disgust when he saw, as ne
often did, a farmer haul hay into
the country; hauling it away from
Raleigh, instead Of toward the city.
declares that d farmer is not entitled
to the name until he raises on his
farm the food supplies for man and
beast"
Why the meadow? There is our old
friend, DR.. TAFT Butler brought into
the question, and we have him refer
ring to North Carolina meadow lands
and declaring that North Carolina
could produce vastly more cattle than
Texas-cOuld pasture more to the
acre and get more money for them"
Dr. Butler is right but why not let
George 90 it? Why does a North
Carolinian want to undertake it when
somebody else can do so? Why not
let the "pauper labor" Of Europe come
here and do it? Why not let George
do it?
Well George is doing it all right.
we know foreigners who landed in
Wilmington without a cent, but they
are now farming and lending money
and lending money and farming. Do
you know what a foreigner does with
your average meadow? Why he drains
the darned thing, rips it up with a
double-chilled Oliver plow, and pro-
duces more forage and cattle feed
than an ordinary neglected meadow
would do in 20 years. We've got a
Kind of poetic idea about the mea-
dow green" but the Scandinavian
farmer comes here and spoils the
whole thing. He turns the meadow
into something else and makes the
meadow ashamed of itself
We've got q friend who is one of
the Georges who do things. We used
to set 'em up" to him a few years
ago. He is a sort Of plutocrat now.
but he still speaks to us. He's got q
car and a farm of less than 25
acres. Part Of it is in pine thickets,
but the thickets are full Of cattle and
hogs. He plants eight acres in vetch.
and rye, alfalfa and rye, vetch and
corn brOadcasted, truck of various
Kinds, and food crops. He plants no
cotton. Last year he cut and stored
away $2,lOO worth of ensilage, lived
off the place, fed u cows, fattened 100
hogs and never bought a cents worth
of forage. He raised cattle, hogs and
poultry, fed them from eight acres,
converted his crops into milk, batter.
beef and pork, and pocketed S4,lao
No, we can't do darned til i.g .u
North Can Dina unless We try ?rs
without we know how to do it. Twen-
ty years ago we were offered land
like Georges for 81 an acre. That's
honest. George wuold not sell out his
for $500 an acre. Who the dickens
would swap North Carolina for Tex
as? When we apply intelligence to
the adaptabilities of this incompatible
region, we won't speculate on whether
we can raise cattle or not. We will
go to work and do it. George laughs
at us, and in that respect we take a
hand with George. -
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-07-02
Pictures of sumter Men.

This weeks issue of the Sn&th
Eastern Banker a magazine is fun of
good reading and OF fine pictures
IN" good reading is about the sum
ter banks, and the pictures are of
M"SsrS. Il. l. Manning. II. F..
Iia\nSworth, J. l.. McCalmm. Bern
ard Manning and VIM. j. Crowson.
Jr
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-07-02

vote to legaiiZe this evil? There is
but one question for me, that of my
individual duty
q. Lastly, because believe that ]
follow the teaching OF Gods word
when | oppose this evil. 1t says,
Thou shalt not follow a multitude
to do evil Moral questions are
not settled by majoritics. All the
voters in the world can't make right
what is inherently wrong. The word
of God says Woe unto him that
giveth his neighbor drink, that put
tcth thy bottle To him and maketh
him drunk also" GIabakkuk 2:l5).
II would be an awful crime for me,
a total abstain"r, To put in the name
of law the bottle to the lips of my
weak brother. 1t NAV be my liberty
IN one sense of the word To SO vote,
but Christian charity says, Destroy
not Thy weak brother for whom
'hriSt died. If it il a crime to put
TN" bottle To the lips Of the drunk
ard. how much more 50 to the lips of
boys and young men who have not
formed the habit. 1t US. For it
must needs be that rncnsc come:
but woe to that man b. whom tn,
"it"ns" comcth," CNIatthcw 1879.
Some say, "Liquor will be sold. and
"" had just as well keep the money
AT home and have the profit" :,
We might say of stealing and mur.
der That IS not TIA" logic of 'hrist
! must have my hands and con
scienc" clean, regardless Of what
others do. "Nu drunkards shat
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-07-02

some one has suggested that IT.
President Wilson is lobbyist, he is
representing only the masses. And
it might hc added that he is indus-
tri"nS but not insidious.-Greenvi
News
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-07-02
Wn.rRA0ou.

The interest in good roads will new
er be what il ought To be till a man
Will be ashamed to acknowledge that
he is opposed to road improvements.
Star.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-07-02
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21
Cotton and Corn in Alabama

The report of State Demonstration
Agent Moss for the year 1912 Is an
interesting document. The number oil
demonstration farms in each coun-
fy is given in the report and the
number of acres cultivated according
to demonstration methods. Pike, Cal
houn, Randolph and Walker had each
over SIS demonstration farms and
scarcely any county had less than 20.
The work will be extended this year
and every part of the state will be
brought within the influence of i'm
proved agriculture.
The report for 1912 shows that
1856 demonstrators, cultivating 9478
acres in cotton, had an average yield
of ASA pounds of lint cotton per
acre. This is close to the traditional
bale per acre. The average yield of
Alabama farms cultivated in the old
time way is but 173 pounds per acre.
Denomination methods throughout
the state would therefore nearly
treble the cotton crop of the state,
making it a rival of that of Texas.
In the raising of corn 2174 demon
strators on 1914 acres grew 43.4
bushels per acre, as against an aver
age yield in the remainder of the
state of 17.2 bushels per acre. The
increase was 1852 bushels per acre.
These are actual results reported
by demonstrators. About 10000
demonstrators made no report. The
will be felt in every part
of the state this year, and it cannot
receive too much encouragement
from the farmers of this state or
from the state department of agri-
culture. The old methods of shallow
blowing and poor cultivation should
be weeded out, and the better
methods of the United States depart
ment of agriculture adopted instead.
1t would double at least the crops of
the state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21
Another Train Robbery

The alleged bandits who held up a
train near Boyles are in Jail, and
now the alleged bandit who robbed
q mail car on the Southern railroad
near Lincoln has been arrested. The
bandit business in Alabama should
be nipped in the bud, and every robber
should be hunted down, tried and
severely punished.
The indications thus far go to
show that the bandit business in this
state has been adopted by natives of
the state. Those charged with the
holding up of the Louisville and
Nashville train at Boyles are to the
manner born, and the white man
who entered mail car near Annis-
ton is said to have had "a soft
southern accent"
If every robbery of this nature be
followed up quickly and effectively
those who are inclined to become rob-
bers will leave Alabama to find a
more congenial state. Train robbery
is not a desirable industry, and thus
far robbers have not found it profita-
BILE in this state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21
Paint as an ADVERTISEMENT

People who pass along Sixth averue
or Twenty-first street remark the neat
appearance of the contractors house near
the site of Major Tutwilers apartment
building said club man. 1T is a well
built two story house and although II is
only temporary structure, it looks sub
stantial and stylish.
In the south it has been the rule for
contractors TO put UP flimsy work houses
and the public has never commented, be-
cause the building was to stand only for
few months or year or two at most
Major Tutwiler's contract was let to a
New York firm and their work house, in
stead of being an eye sore, makes a strli-
ing appearance better appearance than
many homes that go two or three years
without paint. 1t is certainly good adj
veritsement for the New York contrae-
tors
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21
The wit vf Children

1.-THE unconscious humor of childhood
has been responsible for many bright
and witty sayings said the head of
family yesterday. land there is hardly
man who cannot relate some particu-
larry bright remark made by his Off
spring. OF course the proud father will
sometimes bore his acquaintance by the
recital of little Willies cute sayings.
or rather those he thinks are bright and
cute but the fact remains that chill
dren do sometimes spring sparkling bit
of humor.
lone of my acquaintance has a little
boy of seven or whereabouts, a sturdy
little chap of very decided views and
opinions. The other day he made use
of a remark that sounded to his mother
like 'dod dern YOU His mother was
somewhat surprised, and calling Bobby
to her side, asked him if he used the
word 'dern'
~ Nom, | didn't say 'dern. he re-
Piled L said dam.
why, Bobby said his mother, sinrch
shocked at the answer, don't you know
that the policeman will set you il you
use such words as that?
Like a bolt out of the clear sky came
the answer: oh | don't know. he aim t
got dad yet
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21
THE WEB OF THE SPIDER

self seeking labor sharks is licensed by
the authorities.
Employment--the jobs the most vital
thing in mans womans life today. In
the United States especially, the city tene-
ment worker is mostly detached from all
property from all resources. He has no
folks back home to come to in time
OF a crisis. When he loses his job he
must find another one quiclly-or starve.
Finding work for the jobless man or
woman is too serious matter to be made
a gamble of by private agencies To let
the detached, helpless city worker be-
come the prey of a scheming, lying labor
shark, who ultimately forces him into
vagrancy, is more than an injustice to
the worker. 1t is a menace to the COM
munity. 1t is preposterous that man
seeking work to support his family should
have no place to turn to for honest and
dsinterested information about the labor
market In the country. The private en-
poyment agencies should goa Their place
should be taken by municipal labor ex-
changes which will aid the handicapped
jcbless rather than traffic and fatten on
their handicaps.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21
Peach Blossoms and Cool Weather

The peach blossoms are nearly
ready to burst forth, but a bulletin
from the weather bureau says that
two cold waves will be felt this week
Each will in the gulf states be of
moderate severity. Severe freezing
weather is not predicted-merely
normal January weather, and this
should be sufficient to stay the out
coming of the peach blossoms.
One cold wave will enter this state
9n Tuesday or Wednesday, and the
other at the end of the week. Neither
will do more than to check the out
coming growths of the fruit and or
namental trees.
The best observers do not antici-
pate any marked change in the gen
eral nature of the season. 1t is an
open winter, and it will continue to
be an open winter to the end of it.
The earth has already stored up con-
siderable warmth from the sun, and
this will serve to lessen any cold
wave that slips down this way from
Medicine Hat or any other factory of
frigidity in the far west.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21
WHAT'S THAT?

Uecturer in New England said the other
night that American humor hasn't
amounted to anything since Artemus
Ward.)
Old-fashoned folks are elannish and they
stick TO Artemus.
It's true that many years ago he was
a funny cuss,
But now he's sadly out of date and never
was so gay
AS these here funny fellers who are hold
ing forth today.
We laugh at old Abe Martin and we think
he is immense
When Hubbard has him sittin' on
sharp-edged barbwire fence.
Walt Mason has the gift of CAB which he
sets forth in rhyme
And he kin get chuclSle out of us most
any time.
We doff our hat to John D. Wells. Judd
Lewis is a peach
And we must surely all agree George
AIDES scream-a screech.
Tom DAILY in his gentle way can make
us smile or weep.
Bill hampton always hands to us
thought that we can keep.
You've heard of Charlie Leedy? Sure.
He's got waggish style.
We haven't seen the like of old Ed Howe
in quite awhile.
For downright funny sayin's, philosoph-
ical and rich,
There's no one dead or Twin who could
beat our friend George Fitch.
John Kendrick Bangs has got the goods
and so has Finley Dunno;
Fred Schaefer, Parker Butler, Irwin Cobb,
Ted Robinson.
Sam Kiser, Wilbur Nesbit, Homer Croy
and Eddie Guest
Dunk Smith and Roy McCardel Douglas
Maock and the rest
Hand bouquets to the livin' and don't
save 'em for the dead.
This world is full of funny men who
to their art are we'd
without them there would be few smiles
and life would be bore.
And they're every bit as funny as the
ones who've gone before.
Roy X. Moulton, in Grand Rapids Press.
And William Rose, and Kee Maxwell, and
Rudolph P. McPhee,
And Melvin James, and old Paul Cook,
and Dixon Merritt; we
Would not for all the world that you
should leave them on the shelf
And hand a bouquet to Ed Cooke, and pin
one on yourself.
Judd Mortimer Lewis, in the Houston
Post.
THUS.
Other wights
Hate to quit;
Never worries
Us a bit,
PAUL COOK.