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'tCljC Wbrtcbmnn iraD * VCBNES9AY, OCTOBER 6, 1909. The ttumter Watchman was found wd a* III* and the True Southron In !Ut?. Tha Witchman and Southron ttew haa the combined circulation and t*Mhtence of both oC the old papers. UM Is manifestly the beat advertising medium In Suenter. T%e Knglinh and continental cotton iiNIa are buying cotton at 12 1-2 to II cents and seem eager to get it. They saust have reasonable assurance of being able to manufacture It at a petal, cin?'iiu'?ntly it la difficult to undent tan I e?hy the cotton milia of Nnrth and South Carolina cannot pay the %ame price, le^s the freight to Eu rwpt. .?nj snake a little profit. Ev ?asy inn.; the price of cotton begins to ndtanc ? oar Southern mills become t>e ?w?v.f rump int of hears and make iruM vi ?tent eff orts to depress the n*?ce than d<> .the New England and te* J.;n mills <|f he Southern mills ?De???'?! mmufacture thirteen cent cot tee at a profit while the English mills earn, tlv > will have to shut down or sre nnsrc:* t?> give them a subsidy aienit*i te the dtip subsid/ advocated *%r VtveteYent Taft and the Aldrlch ?wo? The plight of the Southern Cottas esills is a ?ad one. truly, and thee will receive the same degree of upM?>aihv from the farmers that they ?eatoud *d the farmers when cotton era* filing at seven or eight cents era the mills were making big profile. Two Month can better afford to pay %*4 sauces for cotton goods than to neat retten at a price sufficiently low te sdosee the mill men. The farmer.* %re vtttsfled with thirteen cent cotton and the mill* should try to be. r iitii jury. Pee el fat First Week Fall Term of Court, i*c4 K llruo .on A. M fiondon. K. V Chandler. Jr. I tr a. James. *> U B?slich V^v i. sealo. V Uoyt 1 *> bedding* A I* .fackaon. ?tcloa lira J ford, flat t\ Woedley. It- **as Wlnn *V m. Cnanpb**!! X t. Oeedaasn. ?? ^ Fatten IfW y Lecnmon. 1 ?'f..If. NeeUUt ? 'T. *s\ If Urns. j * V rj ?n Hhkrer. V li. Jackson. J J. T*aen. I IV, Uoykln C V W. Katneid to j. Hodge. art y f/eree, e?Ol\wsaa W. Ramsey. * MeLeod. ?a? it. rort. Hi F. atyere. Jl ?4 ?lltotte ? I? Witherspoon. tX tt Mich ard son. *. ff i?ahhs. W N White R W. t'natlee. Matal VT BALZF.I.L. lee. IV Hi. Martin Ha* Heavy Loss. T%* ? gWi house of Mr. O. B. Martin. \)t e?.?4re4i. waa burned Thursday night it*o*M 4 2 o'clock, together with be r?<eii ?.. and '0 tons of cotton seed nnd irtc or hU bales of cotton There ?spa. es In vur:*nee on building and exwtctla and Mr. Martin's loss aggre Bates ateee than $4.000. *MK4?KNSAIt\ SAI.KS. >??*.?. nf luquors Will Probably Re ? ?* it?- led ilefuee Xo% ember lath. Y*hen the County dispensary om November 15th ther,. will > ee># tittle. If any liquor left on t>4 In fact it is probable that the ef liquor will be exhausted be aVre ? !?*eattl r 16th and the dispen ejarr e>UI elote before the date fixed %y tee f*r the inauguration of the ens s? -???.?-> prohibition. The nex.%. ?4* cheap liquors U a ready run ann *ew and if the demand keeps 14- sv ? ? who consume one X liquor rl" 4e change their tipple wlth 1 ? ffCfl er ten days. I*ast week t? aefat totaled $4.(02. Saturday's $4.440.40. I ",1a, Farly. Ileleo Commander celebrat <o??rth Nrthday by entertain a nsrrrner <*,' her little friends. ? ;m e^rVesfinieuts were served, af w?im. the mtle folks were treated n ?teVghifHi straw ride, which they <j*.V<H.'*l vei 1 much Tbo<?e pres t w<*?* tjMCile Smoak. Nell Ard, Ops; Maude Wsddell. Marlon Imi.Hv Philips. James Wilder. Kiixabeth Ard. Nell >nnq>r. atary Kennedy. Maybell ooit. fMck Hamilton. David <**f?oon, t?aura Kennedy. Helen d^r Farmers' Union News ?AND - Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers (Conducted by E. W. Dabbs, President Farmers' Union of Suniter County.) The Watchman and Southron having decided to double its service by semi-weekly publication, would improve that service by special features. The fast to be inaugurated is this Department for the Farmers' Union and Practical Farmers which I have been requested to conduct. It will be my aim to give the Union news and official calls of the Union. To that end officers, and members of the Union are requested to u?e these columns. Also to publish such clippings from the agricultural papers and Govern? ment Bulletins as I think will be of practical benefit to our readers. Ori? ginal articles by any of our readers telling of their successes or failures will be appreciated and published. Trusting this Department will be of mutual benefit to all concerned, THE EDITOR. All communications for tl Is Department should be sent to E. W. Dabbs. Mayesvllle, S. C. Sinne Random Thoughts. My clippings have exceeded the apace the printer could aslgn me, so today I will give him an opportunity to catch up and tell my readers som thing of the condition of the Union In three counties that I visited last week. ? i s Before beginning to tell of my trip, I want to say that there is one farmer in Sumter County who says he can cure corn perfectly In the shocks. His method of shocking differs in one important particular from any I ever heard of, and he has promised to write an article for these columns de? sert bin dg it. Prof. Maasey hau just recently admitted that it may not be the nest way in some sections. <nd now comes one of our own farm? ers to show that it is the best. We will see! ? ? ? On Thursday I boarded the Sum tor-Augusta train at 6:45 and two ours Inter sjas put off at Denmark where three, railroads cross, and \ here some day there will be a thriv? ing city for It is backed by a fariu ;ig country the equal of the famous Little Rock section. After breakfast T boarded^a Southern Railway train \ and in a few minutes was at Bam- J berg, the"county seat of the smallest county in the State. 40S square miles, and the moat compactly shaped coun? ty too. When the train from Branch Mile cams up. Bro. Perritt, State 1'resident of the Union, pot off, and ?i. an hour, which we spent very pleasantly beComing acquainted with the farmers assembled, the union was called to order. The writer is some? what of a rambling speaker, as the "Random Thoughts" of these col ajhns would indicate, so it was thought best to put him up first to "?hell the woods,"''and let Brother Perritt pick them off with hut sharp? shooters, and drive home the argu? ments In the logical order that char? acterises hiti speeches. The mayor of the city very happily welcomed the Union and its guests to the city, and qule a sprinkling of outsiders were at the public meeting and listened very attentively to the speeches. After the public meeting the Union transacted the usual routine business. The Union is very much alive In Bamberg coun? ty?not blowing any horns, nor pars? ing impossible resolutions; but it la getting down to business along sane and sensible lines of endeavor that are already bearing fruit. After din? ner Brother Perritt and the writer were sent-to Denmark by automobile and we came home on the Aug^uta Florence train. e e ' e Friday, Oct. 1st, the Bumter Coun'O Union met with the Wisacky Union of Lee County, at Elliott. Secretary Treasurer Keels of Clarendon County Union was present, and extended an invitation to as many as could do so to meet with the Clarendon Union at Turbevllle on Wednesday. Oct. 14th. It is not Bjeneeeery to say any? thing ubout what the Union is doing in these three counties. Union men who attend the meeetlngs know, and otaers will find out soon enough. The good ladles of Wisacky Union gave us a tine picnic dinner. ess That evening the writer went to Newberry via Sumter, and Columbia. At Newberry the audience was larger than st either of the other places and your editor was the only speaker at the public meeting. His remarks on the Importance of education b fore any true progress is possible, were re? ceived with marked approval. When the routine business wus finished and officers elected for the next year, It was r> solved to have an essay at each meeting on some topic of farm econ? omy. The aubject for the November meeting ares selected and Brother Jos. L Keltt was appointed to write the essay. The subject "Reclaima tlon of Worn-out Lands" shows that Newberry Union Is starting at the bottom to lay the foundation good and strong for success in every other effort. A vary interesting feature of the meeting was the report from va tioue mentbers of their efforts in a systematic campaign of education that covered every point in the co"n ty where there is a union or pi pects of organizing one. One of the ld*OS they reported that they had to combat was that if one Joined the Union he had to hold his cotton for 1," cents, whether he could or not, or whether his judgment thought it ad \isaile. All were agreed that the puoplion of "impossible" resolutions "'Long ranged resolutions" the writ? er has named them) had done more to discredit the Union than anything else. In conclusion: I want to im pr ss upon my readers that the Union is in better shape now in the counties unmeet above than it has ever been? the weak-kneed, the visionary, the impractical, have gradually dropped out, Those who remain are among :hc best of our farmers thoroughly imbued with the Ideas of education, self:help and neighborly co-opera lion. Not the least of the pleasures ?f those trips were the* meeting of old iriends on the trains and at the meet? ings, renewing old acquaintance, iioming new ones, and finding among the great diversity of interests, the common aim of placing farming in the front rank of the learned professions. l trust to have at future meetings of .^umter County Union some of the men who are making the Union go in these other counties. E. W. D. DEAD JiT THE AGE OF 10?. ?*?? ' ':? 1 Centenarian Pasees Aw*y at His Home Near Ridge Spring?Wae Veteran of Two Wan. Johnston. Oct. 2.?Mr. Willilam Klrkland of the Ridge Spring section died Wednesday and was burled, in the family burying ground, near his home. Friday by his pastor, Rev. P. E. Monroe, of Mt. Calvary Lutheran church, of which Mr. Klrkland was a member. He died at the age of 106 years. He served through the Mexi? can war and was a lad 9 yeacs old when the second war with Great Brit? ain began. Ho also served through the Civil war. His youngest child, Mrs. Crombee, is the only child now living and she is in her 70th year. He leaves 11 grandchildren. 39 great-grandchild? ren and one great-^reat-grandchlld. The campaign of the German ac? tors in favor of the new theatre laws which are under consideration in the Cttrman Reichstag has caused much public discussion as to the profession and the income which it yields. One statistical article which is being ex? tensively circulated says that 45 par cent, of Germany's actors receive '''om 720 to i.000 murks a year; 25 per cent, from 2,,400 to 3,400 marks; 10 per cent, from 2.400 to 3.000 marks, and only 10 per cent, have an incom.? of over 3,000 marks a year. The worst of it all, the actors say, it that they can not be employ? ed for a winde year, even at these figures. "That the theater year only lasts nine months is no fault of ours nor do we blame the managers, but that 3.U?0 marks a year (.about $750) is looked upon as good pay for an actor for n year's services is proof that we should have an organisation*" savs one 01 the aggrieved ones. Japan in 1908 made 260,000.000 pounds of paper and imported 4 8,000, 000 pounds, a consumption of 308, 000,000 pounds, or 6.3 pounds per capita of the population. Asa BatSOn, l young whit- man, was Instantl) killed and his father, W. Y. Batson, was slightly Injured near Marietta, Greenville county, by the Greenville and Knoxville train, the accident occuring as the two were trying to cross the track in a wag? on. The South was adjudged in er? ror, because it possessed party solid? arity. The West is equally in er? ror for refusing to accept party solid? arity. Nothing is perfect but politics in New England and industrial condi? tions in Pennsylvania.?Jaoksonvil o Times-Union. Copyright 1909 t Hamburger & Sons Baltimore. Md. WE are willing that the clothes we sell should shoulder their own burden of proof. Let them do- their own talking, if you please. When it comes to designing, styling, inside and outside tailoring, we unhesitatingly claim our Smart Suits and Overcoats for Young Men and Boys represent the very highest examples of latter-day tailoring and clothes quality at fair prices. We guarantee satisfaction. Our Fall stock is ready for your inspection. Suits, Isaac Hamburger Make, $20 $30 ==- OTHER MAKES $10, $12 50. $15, $18.50 AND $20. - = Sumter Clothing Co MIXED FERTILIZER BEST. Government Expert Announces Re? sult of Investigation. Washington, October. 2.?The re? sults of a comprehensive study by Prof. Milton Whitney, chief of the bureau of soil, agricultural depart? ment, on "fertilizer for cotton soils," have just been made public. Prof, Whitney says: "The chances for increase in crop production are greater with two or three fertilizers mixed than with a single substance, and a larger Increase gain. It appears that the smaller ap? plication of single fertilizer?manure, compost and commercial fertiliser have given in general no less an in? crease than the latter amounts. The Increase obtained from the more pro? ductive soils based upon the yields of unfertilized plants appears to he less than from the !t.ss productive -<oils, Indicating an equal increase lb crop from the same quantity of fer .;i)zers used for the good soila as for 'he less productive spilt," The C. & W. C. road will erect a large and handsome depot in Green? ville. G. L. Johnson, of Richmond, a tres? tle worker of the American Bridge Building Company fell from the At? lantic Coast Line trestle at Santee river and received injuries that re? sulted in his death. Mrs. J. H. Peters, of Rice Lake. Wis., is the only woman founder and machinest in the country, .says a news item from that city. She pick? ed up her trade when visiting her husband's shop, and can do anything of the things that machinists general? ly do. It Is also reported that she is a good cook. WANTED?To buy a large quantity of short or long leaf pine logs. Eith? er f. o. b. cars Sumter or f. o. b. car at shipping point. Correspond? ence solicited. Sumter Lumber Co. 9-22-2wk. FOR SALE?At Cotton Warehouse in Sumter, 300 bushels Appier Seed Oats 75 cents per bushel there or F. O. B. cars. Write or phone. Jno. L Frlerson, No. 3 R. F. D., Sum? ter, S C. 9-18-3t; W. 2t. FOR SALE?Several pure bred Berk? shire Gilts, as pretty as pictures. Too fine for pork if any farmer needs to Improve his stock. Prices }. 2c pound gross wt. Weigh from 150 to 200 lbs. Will be bred, if de? sired, but do not advise it on O. K. in breeding. There is more and quicker money in good hogs with meat so high, than any other live stock. Also several milch cows* Will sell at. bargains before calv? ing. B. W. Dabbs. Mayesville, S. C. 9-2S-2W The Home ?OF THE? Tar Heel The Home ?OF THE? Tar Heel O'DONNELL & CO These Chilly Mornings Are gentle reminders of the near approach of Winter, and that means more bed covering. When you find that you cannot longer defer the purchase of blankets, do not forget that this is the - Home of the Tar Heel? The Greatest Blanket Ever Put on the Market for the Money. 13 cent cotton has not affected the price of of them because they are strictly ALL WOOL. In fact we are selling them now as cheap as we did when cotton was 5 cents. We have cheaper Blankets from 75c to $3 pair. Children's Crib Blankets $1.50. A Full Line of Comfortables from 75c to $7.50 each O'DONNELL 6 CO. Blankets Comforts THE POPE ILL WITH GOUT. Attack Not Serious But Audiences Are Suspended. Rome, Oct. 4.?For several days past the pope has been sick, but he continued to see visitors, hoping to overcome what he considers a slight Indisposition. Yesterday he received in audience several of the archbish? ops, who noticed that the pontiff ap? peared tired and languid. After the audience the symptoms became ag? gravated, there being considerable pain and swelling in the leg, which indicated a recurrence of the gout. Although the attack is slight, the pope's audiences have been suspend? ed. Miss Mary Nye, of Columbus. Miss.; Bertha Salsgater, of Bellaire, and Mrs. Irvine C Miller, of Springfield, O., have been appointed deputy in? spectors of workshops and factories. John Wheeler, colored, killed Pay ton Rowl at a barbecue in Newberry county Saturday.