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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-03
PEANUT GROWING.
.Dr. j. b. Lane OF Le> County Tells
How He Has Made Success of
Crop.

DIR. j. b. Lane OF Lee County Tells
How He Has Made a Success of
Crop.
DR.. ]. B. Lane of Bishopville,
member Of the legislature from Lee
county, at the meeting Of the Sumter
Truckers Association on Saturday,
read the following paper on how he
mas made a success Of raising pea
nuts. DR.. Lanes paper was listened
to attentively and seemed to be Of
much interest to those who heard
him. Besides the paper he answer
ed number of questions on the sub
ject, telling of his experiences with
this crop and it's uses
In reply to your letter of January
1st, asking about peanut growing Il
Will say as to time of planting, l am
governed by weather conditions,
planting as early or as late as you
would cotton.
As'to cultivation: 1 generally plant
behind cotton, using about one bushel
OF Virginia or 7-S of bushei
OF Spanish peanuts per acre. The
North Carolina pea REQUIRES a
few more per acre than the Spanish.
l break my land broadcast about
three or four inches deep; then for
Spanish peanuts, lay off my rows
about two and half or three feet
apart with a small bull tongue plow.
l make my bed with Dixie point, SO
as to have n small bed for the plant
er which leaves the land almost level
after planting. 1 regulate the plant
er so as to drop the sheled peanuts
about twelve inches apart.
When the peas come up I take q
weeder and run broadcast across the
rows. One may use his own judgment
as to the direction of running weeder,
'crosswise or on the diagonal. 1 use
weeder about twice week until peas
are large enough to plow with small
eagle. 1 try to manage to turn dirt
toward the plant always. as it does
not hurt to cover it up, just SO the top
leaves are left out. 1 generally Law bv
with a shovel plow. the size depends
upon the width of the row. This
leaves god bed for the plant to fruit
in.
AS to fertilizer: I rarely ever use
any for pinders, planting land which
IL in very good state of cultivation
anyway. However, I have used on
poor land cotton seed meal, kainit
and acid mixed in equal proportions
from three to five hundred pounds
per acre.
l have quit planting the large va
rieties OF peanuts except for hogs. l
find it takes the best Of red clay land
down here to grow the large varieties.
The Spanish pea will grow on almost
any land and brings much better
price, while, if the land is suited to
the big peas one can make a good
many more or them per acre. | make
from fifty to seventy-five
bushels of Spanish peas per acre. r
have made over one hundred bushels
of Nirginias per acre without any ma
nure at ALL
realize for the big pea from fifty
to seventy-flve cents per bushel. I'm
1913. l realized III per bushel for
Spanish peas. This year am getting
only $1.OO per bushel f)r Spanish
peanuts.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-03

Mr.. l.. "A. Moore has opened up a
new hotel near the S. G.. w. depot.
Mr.. Moore, has 81, a commodious build
ing. electrically lighted. and other
modern improvements. We wish him
success in his new enterprise.
er and Vindicator.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-03
IN SESSION TWENTY Y-sIx HOURS.
No Sign OF Let-up on Shipping Bill
IHllbustcr.

Washington. Jan. 80. i.30 p. NJ
The senate has been I'm continuous
session for twenty-six hours and there
In no sign OF cessation OF the ship
ping bill filibuster. Senator suther-
land OF Utah In on the floor.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-03
Will Hold Reunion at Richmond.

Mobile. Jan. 30.-The Twenty-fifth
annual reunion Of the United Confed-
crate veterans will be held on June
first, second and third, at Richmond,
Va. announced Adiutant Genera,
Mickle today.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-03
BIG CARGO OF COTTON.

British Ship st. Quentin Sails from
Mobile.
Mobile, Ala, Jan. 30.-The British
Steamship st. Quentin sailed today
for Liverpool with a cargo of $4,000
bales of cotton.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-03
Wheat Prices Still Soaring.

Chicago. Feb. May wheat sold
at Sc IA todays.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-03

j. Walter DuRant, Jr., is a brother
of Mrs. E. p. DuRant Of this city.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-08-27

The reports of the Federal Indus
trial Relations Commission, which has
been investigating labor conditions in
the United States a long time, have
just been released for publication,
There are three reports.
The first section of the report OF
Basil NJ. Manly, u. S. Director of Re-
search and Investigation, contains a
dissenting report from Commissioners
Weinstock, a retired department store
manager from the Pacific Coast, Ash
ton, vice-president of the Chicago
Northwestern Railroad Company, and
Ballard, the biggest flour miller in the
South. These men are rated as mil
lionaires, all are employers of labor.
Their report has the following sur
prising findings:
Despite the fact that We have been
appointed to represent, on this COM
mission, the employers of the nation,
We are free to admit that the investi-
cations made by the commission. and
the testimony brought forth at our
public hearings, have made it plain
that some employers have been guilty
of much wrong doing and have caused
the workers to have their fullest
grievances against many employers.
questionable Methods Used.-
There has been an abundance of
testimony submitted to prove to our
satisfaction that some employers have
resorted to questionable methods to
prevent their workers from organ
izing in their own s~elf-interest; that
they have attempted to defeat democ-
racy by more or less comforting courts
and legislatures; that some of them
have exploited women and children
and unorganized workers; that some
have resorted to all sorts of methods
to prevent the enactment of remedial
industrial legislation; that ONE have
employed gunner in strikes, who
were disreputable characters, and who
assaulted innocent people and COM
mitted other crimes most r%eprehensi-
BILE in character; that some have paid
lower wages than competitive condi-
tons warranted, worked their people
long hours, and under ~insanitary and
dangerous conditions; that some have
exploited labor at the expense of free
labor; that some have been contract
breakers with labor; that some have
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-08-27

evening gown Of white tulle. The
multilayered skirt has its inner layer
bound around its ankle length with a
fold of silver gauze, while the shorter
outer layer is caught up in kirtle eff
feet on each side with a cluster of sill
yer gauze garlands. The bodice con-
sists of a wisp of the tulle over each
shoulder, a wide girdle of the silver
and a spray of the silver blooms at
the corsage. A more delectable cos
tune we're hard to imagine, unless it
be a vision of blush rose tulle whose
fluffy skirt is caught high up on the
left side with long loops of purple
velvet ribbon over a ~petticoat of
golden gauZe. A wide girdle of the
gold is held in its proper place by a
fun of the tulle over one shoulder and
a band of the purple over the other.
These VIII Go to Your Head.
Embroidery in gold and silver
threads and steel and copper beads is
another favorite method of transmit
ting metals into garments and in
deed a most striking one in connec-
ton with the lustrOus velvets that
are TO be the mode for fall and winter
wear. Cunning little velvet hats like
the bell-crowned beavers of the beauty
of old have huge buckles of gold or
silver gauZe and hat bands of the
same. Flat velvet shapes in black or
purple, with wreaths of bright colored
flowers combined with gold and
silver fruits. are a dazzle of gorgeous
ness. They are simply bound to go to
your head. Most of them are bound in
metallic material, too.
The elaborate afternoon gowns and
suits for autumn are almost invariably
shown in redingote or full skirted Rus
sian coat models with wide bands of
fur around the skirts of the coats, the
and the collars and always a
CLEAN of gold or silver picked out on
the velvet or satin of the principal
fabric. Velvet, i'm combination with
broadcloth, serge, satin or chiffon,
forms all the smartest suits and ever
is there fur and the metal mark.
You certainly have to look like ready
money this fall to be in style: so if
you are short on cash but have a
heart of gold, you'd better wear it on
your sleeve.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-08-27
IN FASHION
Turning Clothes Into Gold
Now the Idea, Says Mar
garet Mason.
By MARGARET MASON
written for the United Press.)

written for the United Press.)
Oh you metallurgic maid,
You've a heart of gold, | ween;
And the glory of your hair
Has a FURNISHED copper sheen.
Cloth of gold and silver gauze,
Fashions fabrics for the fall,
Trim your garments everyone,
Frocks and hats and wraps withal.
Silver threads among the gold
Means naught old-it's very new.
You are on your mettle, dear,
And much metal is on you.
NEW YORK, August 27.-The fall
fashions are simply metalliferous, If
you ask me. Mere husbands are used
to the alchemy that Turns their per-
fectly good gold and silver into frills
and furbelows for the fair sex, but
now, 10 and behold! frills and furbe-
lows are turned into gold and silver.
In the early showing of fall models
there is hardly a hat, a wrap or a
frock that doesn't fiaunt a bit of gal
loon, a glitter of gold and silver en-
broidery, or a twist and fold of lus-
trous metallic gauze about it some
where.
For evening gowns the metallic ma
terials are most effective, especially
the gorgeous brocades of old blue and
gold, silver and old rose and many
wonderous color combinations. They
look like products of the looms of ro-
nance and seem to give the lie to the
broad hint that pastel tints would be
the only things in the color line for
the coming season. These magnifi-
cent metalline materials are natural
ly made up on the simplest straight
lines, depending solely on their own
beauty for adornment.
Hope for the "Clmging Vines" Too.
The princess lines that already are
casting their curveful shadows before
are perfect when carried out in these
fantastic fabrics. The straight hung
medieval effects also are good. OBJ
viously these gorgeous garments are
to be worn only by the most stately
and Amazonian of the sex, but let not
the petite and clinging vine despair.
She may metallize as well by touch
ing up a frothy frock of net with high
lights of gold or silver gauze.
Such a fascinating CONNECTION is an
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-08-27

THE only hope for the solution OF
the tremendous problems created by
Industrial relationship" says the re-
port, "lies in the effective use of our
democratic institutions and the rapid
extension of the principles of Democ-
racy to industry"
The Average Mans Interest.
For the average man, Ibis indus
trial relations determine every day
what he and his family shall eat, what
they shall wear, how many hours OF
his life he shall Labor and in what
surroundings. Under certain condi-
lions where his individual or corror-
ate employer owns or controls the
community in which he lives, the edu-
cation of his children. the character
and prices of his food, clothing and
house, his own actions, speech and
opinions and in some cases even
the employers make it desirable for him
to exercise such control. Such 'condi-
lions are established and maintained
not only through the dictation OF all
working conditions of employment by
the employer. but by his usurpation or
control of the functions and ma
chinery of political government in
such communities"
Political freedom can exist only
where there is industrial freedom; po-
litical democracy only where there is
industrial democracy"
1.-The degree of political freedom
and democracy which exists is condi-
toned by the industrial status of the
citizens who form the majority of the
community"
25,OOO.OOO Wage-Earners Involved.
Industrial relations concern the
happiness and security of 25,-
900, 900 citizens of the U. S. who are
wage-earners. says the report. This
relationship determines whether the
machinery of government shall be
used for or against their welfare;
whether or not they shall be tried by
a jury of their peers, or a jury Sc
lected in collision with the employ
ing company, or under martial law
without a jury.
Practically, however, there are
only two alternatives for effective
action: First, the creation OF a huge
system of bureaucratic pa%ternalism,
such as has been developed in Ger
many: second, action which will re-
move the many existing obstacles
which prevent effective organization
and cooperation, reserving for per-
Torrance by the government only
those services which cannot be effect
lively conducted by voluntary organi-
cations, and those which are of such
vital importance to the entire nation
that they should not be left to the
of private enterprise"
The report strongly indorses the Or
g~anization of labor and the principle
of collective bargaining. and in rec
ommending the application of the
British Trades Dispute Act, urges that
the workers of the country be given
freedom to organize and
work out their own salvation.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-08-27

Phone SO to have the Missourian
delivered to you. Csc a month.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-08-27

ONE Of the good things
~ that help make life
worth while-iS a square
meal. Be fair with your
self-isn't it to your ad-
vantage to buy your food
SUITS at a store where you
are sure of getting the
very best? If you buy
your groceries here all
your meals will be good.
We invite you to trade
here, knowing that we
can please you.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-08-27

NVuIu IUtCCt SnlOh &uSAe
Statutes should be enacted prohibit
ing the discharge of any person be-
cause of his membership in a labor
organization. 1t is recommended that
the Federal Trade Commission be
specifically empowered and directed
by Congress in determining unfair
methods of competition to take into
account and specifically investigate
the unfair treatment of labor in all
respects, with particular reference to
labor organizations and refusal to
confer with authorized representa-
tives of employees. Further, 1t is
recommended that all such cases take
precedence over ali other cases be-
fore the Federal Trade Commission.
"The crux of the whole question of
Industrial relations is declared to be:
Shall the workers, for the protection
of their interests, be organized and
represented collectively by their
chosen delegates, even as stockholders
are represented by their directors and
by the various grades of executive Of
fcials and bosses?"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-02-18
No Hair-cutS for 0'KeIIey.

Benjamin F. O'Kelley, one of
the most picturesque characters
in upper South Carolina, has
passed away at his home three
miles east of Walhalla, Oconee
county. When a young man,
entering the Confederate army,
he took an oath that he would
not have his hair cut until the
Confederates had whipped the
Yankees. He kept his word, and
the long white hair reaching his
waist which had distinguished
him for many years was the
evidence of his regard for his
oath. Mr.. O'Kelley was for a
number of years court crier at
Walhalla, and a man of many
friends and wide acquaintance.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-02-18
FOREIGN COUNTRIES
WARNED TO GO SLOW

The United States has warned
England that the general use
of the American flag by British
vessels would be viewed with
grave concern; the United States
has also notified Germany that
her destruction of any American
vessel in the newly prescribed
war zone would lead to serious
complications, became known
Saturday as the text Of two
notes sent to England and Ger
many, expressed much more
emphatically than was generally
believed of the United States
displeasure at the use of neutral
flags by British merchantmen,
and its solicitude over the impli-
cation that neutral vessels were
liable to destruction by German
submarines in waters around
England and Ireland.
In the note sent to Ambassador
Gerard for the presentation to
the German foreign office, there
is a friendly but pointed state
ment that American vessels
should have free and unrestrict-
ed passage through the high
seas and unblockaded waters;
that destruction of an American
vessel might lead to change in
the hitherto friendly relations
which have existed between the
United States and Germany.
Representations in the note
to England are not based on the
Lusitantia incident, but on the
statement of the British foreign
office justifying the use of
neutral flags by it's vessels.
The United States pronounced
stand created a profound i'm
preston among diplomats.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-02-18
Calls for Six Mill Lew.

The general appropriation bill,
as presented to the House Thurs
day night, shows some very care
full work on the part of the ways
and means committee. The bill
carries the levy of six mills, the
same as last year.
Under the bill, as reported,
the levy is divided: five mills for
ordinary purposes and one mill
for pensions, which are increased
to $500, 900, an increase of $780,
600. The one mill levy will raise
$3O7, 900, and there is a provis-
ion that any over-plus from pen
sions shall be used for the cur
rent expenses of the State.
The bill this year shows a total
of So, 212, 065. so, as against a
total in 1914 of $2,146, 243. Oh.
The bill shows an increase of
sos, 812. 46 over last years total.
There is no provision for the
$110, 900 borrowed for and by
the extra session of the legisla-
ture, that being covered by notes
and will be absorbed by the in
creased revenue due to the $10,-
600, 600 increase in assessed val
ues of property.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-02-18
Run Down BY Auto.

Friends of DIR. w. K. Reid and
family, who are we'll known in
this section, will regret to learn
that their little daughter Frances
was run down and seriously hurt
by an automobile near the home
of her parents in Charlotte
Thursday evening. The little
girl suffered a broken leg, the
member being so badly shattered
that the bones were protruding
from the skin when she was
picked up. She was promptly
taken to a nearby hospital and
was resting as well as could be
expected at last reports.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-02-18
Shot Sweetheart on Street.

Jean McElroy. a youth 21 years
of age, shot and instantly killed
Miss RoXie Steadman, Is years
of age, on the street at Beau
mont mill village. Spartanburg,
Monday afternoon, after which
he ran a short distance and
turned his pistol upon himself,
inficting a slight wound in the
back of his head. The self-in-
flicted wound was not serious,
however, and he made his way
to the city, where he was arrest
ed and placed in jail.
The tragedy was the outcome
of a love affair.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-02-18
A Golden Wedding.

A friend Of The Times in Gold
Hill has sent the paper the fol-
lowing account of a very pleas
ant event that took place in that
section Saturday:
Kindred and friends of Mr..
and Mrs. Jas. P. Epps assembled
at the colonia. home, with full
baskets, on the 18th inst. (the
18th being Sunday to celebrate
the 5Oth anniversary of the
marriage of Mr.. and Mrs. Epps.
They were married on the 18th
day of Febrdary, 1865, while
Mr.. Epps was at home from
Lees army. Tradition says the
home in which they live is 112
years old and is well preserved.
The house was built by Mrs.
Epps' grandfather, the Hon.
William Pettus. The old people
received some nice presents.
The ladies present prepared a
fine spread, the table groaning
under the heavy load of good
things to satisfy the inner man.
Late in the afternoon the crowd
broke, returning to their homes,
wishing the old people many
years yet to live and that their
last years may be their best
years.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-02-18
SESSION MAY CLOSE
WITH PRESENT WEEK

The passage of the general
appropriation bill to third read
ing in the house Saturday will
enable the general assembly to
adjourn sine die on February 20
unless some unexpected hitch
occurs, says The State. The
county supply bill, the officers
and Offices bill, and one or two
other omnibus measures, which
will have to be gotten out of the
way before adjournment, have
not yet come from the COM
mittees which have them in
charge. 1t is believed that they
will be sent to the house in time
to be passed and permit ad-
iournment next Saturday.
Two important bills now on
the house calendar provide for
the reorganization of the State
Hospital for the Insane in ac-
cordance with the recommends
tions of A. P. Herring, M. D.
The senate bill changing the
powers of the board of regents
will be considered by the house
committee on State Hospital for
the Insane this week. The men
at present in charge of the
asylum will be given a hearing
by the committee. Another bill
by the committee on State
Hospital for the Insane provides
for laying a special State levy of
half mill to raise revenue for
remodeling the hospital on the
Herring plan.
The Graydon bill enacting into
law the rules under which the
last primary election was held is
a special order on the house
calendar. The bill passed by
senate will be substituted for
the house bill.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-02-18
Want Names of Non-P Pensioners.

With a view to obtaining the
names of all Confederates, or
their widows, whose names have
not heretofore appeared on the
pension roll, w. S. Wilkerson,
chairman of the York county
pension board, has busted him
self for some weeks preparing a
list of the veterans and widows
of the county who have not been
drawing pensions. Mr.. Wilker-
son fears that some may have
been overlooked, and asks that
anyone missing from the list
please forward his or her name,
with company and regiment, to
him at Yorkville.
Following is the list of Fort
Mill Confederates whose names
have not appeared on the roll:
j. w. Audrey, w. F. Boyd, S.
P. Blankenship, j. H. Coltharp,
j. P. Fpps, S. H. Epps, Harvey
Kimbrell, j. S. Kimbrell, B. H.
Massey, M. ]. Mendenhall, Jas.
H. Potts, K. Shannon, j. C. Saw
lille, M. j. Spratt, Cohart Smith,
r. S. Terrence.
List of veterans widows not
on rolls:
Greasy Anderson, M. S. Oar
nell, Ellen Bales, Rebecca Ca
rothers, Sarah Coltharp, L. H.
Drakeford, Octavia Felts, Alice
Null, Ellen Jones. R. H. Mills,
Mary Meacham, Martha Mack,
Annie Miller, Mary McClilton,
j. E. Watson.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-02-18
Anent YOrkViIle'S New Name.

Yorkville people learned this
morning with great interest and
some surprise that the bill re-
Gently introduced in the South
Carolina General Assembly Civ
ing the town the right to change
its name, had been withdrawn
from the house calendar and
would not be introduced by the
York delegation as had been
anticipated.
The bill has been withdrawn
and a more direct method will
be pursued in getting the willie"
taken off and plain York sub
stituted. Petitions will shortly
be circulated over the city, pray
ing city council to permit the
change and when a majority of
the freeholders have signed this
petition it will be presented to
city council, following which
that body will order the election.
giving 10 days notice before
hand.
If the election is carried by
those in favor of the change,
notice of same will be served on
the Secretary of State and the
name of the town will then
automatically be changed from
Yorkville to York. York News.