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WEONESOAY, OCTOBER 27, 1909. The Humter Watchman was found on la ltIO and the True Southron In let! The Watchman and Southron ?aw has the combined circulation and Influence of both of the old papers, sme la manifestly the best advertising media m In Sum tor. f f Orangeburg can afford a modern erntet casting $100.000. why can't Berater build one costing something stile that amount T gnu Congretsman Lever told the whole name truth about Clemscn College In awls speech at Batesburg. gee Che President of the State Fair As? sociation announces with a straight /ace that there will be no charge for reserved seata on the day President Tefti speaks on the Fair grounds. In eSasr of a her things this reckless neg? lect of an opportunity to fatten th< sjste receipts appears peculiar, s o e Solicitor Moll had entered on the docket Thursday a nol pros In the case e* the Stau vs. M. H. Boykln. Jr., and W. I* Oregg, Jr.. oar-breaklng and larceny. We must confess to an laaarilttr to understand this disposi? tion of the case. The partlea named In the iadiotmsnt were whits men ?n en* employ of the Atlantic Coast Uns. who were charged with break *mt Into <che care of the railroad com? pany and stealing a considerable ejnanutf of goods. The alleged crlma wee eemmlttsd while the accused mete In a position of trust which aggra? vated tar offence. They were arrest 04 and gave bond in the sum of $500 noon for appearance for trial at the Gessrt of General Beselins When the ease was called rot tr.a: neither de tVmdar.t appeared, having. aceorTng tn common report, fled the State. A ruse to shew cause why the bonds ah said not be es*re*ted was issued. To thai rule sfr H. T. Edens, surety for Bee kin made a return alleging, that SB* hong was Improperly draun, de? fective and not binding The rule wse therefore dl?m?sved and Mr. K lent ?ms relieved of rsaporialblllty. Tha smritle* for Oregg. Messrs. C. Bf and Ii. C. Oregf settled their bond 1st payment of $100 Instead of $500. Wow ea top of all this comes the 1 psBnas?the Solicitor w.pes the case I tVesn th? docket by marking the In ftlctsnent Mno! proa.- I it V (i ? 4 The p'^ce e|. chicken en<% egge, and < sa fact, pecttcally all couairy pro djuee Is 14 a parity with It 1-3 eta cot? ton. The farmer who utilises thslr op- < portiintti ee have no cause for com? plaint tlen year. If thuy do not pay I their debts and put money in the bank they wit! never do It 0 ? ? The conviction of R. M. Berwick grves the lie to the Often made charge (Hat It Is impossible to convict a white man for killing a negro. Berwick was ma"ahall of the town of Pinewood and she t a negro, who died within a few ders from the effects of the wewnd inflicted by Bawack. Berwick eras put on trial on the charge of mur? der at the last term of court and a mis? trial reeelted. He was tried again fsna week and a verdict of guilty of snao*1 slighter was returned by a jwry composed entirely of white men. H4e attorney will make a fight for a new trial and the case will probably ge to the S-jpreme Court, but the fact remain 4 that a white man has been oonvicted hy a white Jury. This Is net the first case of this kind by any means?hundreds of similar cases eass be found on the court records of She South?but those who delight in slandering the South and pretend to believe that the negro receives noth? ing but Injustice Ignore all such cases. There Is room for improvement In the aeOSiOtstratlon of Justice, we well smew, and we also admit that white snnrderers too frequently escape scot free but the white people of the Smith are not altogether without con snseace or honor In the enforcement of the law. All things considered the nessro in the South comes about as near receiving fair treatment and Jus? tice m the courts and without, In hoe*n?ts* and In all their dealing with the Southern white people as they reoolve in the North, or as any In fertnr rsre receives In any land. Hvervthtng points to higher prices far cotton than now prevail and mills may shut down and ctrtatl as much as they please without seriously af? fecting the market. The crop is short, the demand for cotton goods is in? creasing instead of diminishing and the cotton farmer is In the saddle and wie remstia there until another big crop Is made and harvested. All the farm jr* have to do Is to market their crop Judiciously and their control of the Htustlon will be absolute. They have obtained a fair and profitable price for the part of the crop already aeld and have been able to liquidate the most pressing of their obligations, costseeneotly they are in a better po etejeri thin ever before to sit steady la the boat and let the other fallows do the worrying. If the cotton mills IFarmers' Union News | ?AND ? yj Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers 3 (Conducted by E. W. Dabbs, Prevalent Farmers' Union of Sumter Jj County.) rS The Watchman and Southron having decided to double its service by semi-weekly publication, would improve that service by special features. The first 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 ar.d official calls of the Union. To that end officers, and members of the Union are requested to use 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. ???????? Some Random Thoughts. The promised article on shocking corn not having been received. I am still holding the other article. This week we have some pictures of thrift in Oeorgla as penned by the editor of the Southern Cultivator. Sumter county farmers can do as well or bet? ter, If we only go about it in the right way. I want to call special attention to the statement about Bermuda hay. I regard it as the very best pasture grass from April 1st to Dec. 1st. But the yields of Mr. Wing in Cobb coun? ty, Georgia, and of Mr. Hinson on James Island, S. C, Indicate that un? der some conditions it may be more valuable for hay than pasture. The circular letter of President Perrltt in regard to the meeting on Nov. 5th, I should have wide public? ity. I trust our membership will be well represented, and that this meet? ing will mark the systematic consid? eration by other farm topics than financing cotton on borrowed money. We desire the aid of every thoughtful union man in formulating a series of 12 lessons In practical farming for the monthly meetings of the local union* during 1910. These lessons to j be gotten out In leaflets like the In- j and speculators undertake to force down the price In the face of the ?hortest crop in v**r* and a Mg and .nisatlshed iemand. Che t;irnx>rs can ?tore their c-Uon in w?r? houvos and. wait until next spring to sell.; The ml!U cannot remain shut do a until another crop is made, neither can the users of cotton goods do without the goods. The mills will be forced to re? sume operations In self-defense whether the price of cotton goods ad? vance as much as they desire or not. But prices are bound to advance in a short time and the shut down of mills wi'.l have more effect upon the price of goods than upon raw cotton in the present condition of affairs. If the farmers sell slowly they will reap the benefit of the advance in prices and It will not all go to the mills to swell their dividends. If they rush the cotton on the market the mills will garner the difference between present prices and the ultimate price. The cotton mills are in the business for what they make out of it and have a right to curtail, but the farm? ers should meet the curtailment of the mills by a curtailment of selling. The mills may quit spinning and weaving for a time but they will not quit buying cotton for their future needs and they should be made to pay every cent it is worth. If the mills can-afford to buy. cot ton now ad hold It until next summer for their own use it looks as if the far? mer who is out of debt can afford to hold until the mills are compelled to have It and are forced to pay what It is worth. We do not believe that the widely advertised shut down of the r irollna mills Is to be more than tenporary. We believe that the shut down and the tremendous publicity given it is more for the effect It will have up? on the cloth and yarn market and the price of cotton that it is a necessary business measure made unavoidable by the narrow margin of profit that the mills are earning at present. We believe that it is a concerted effort of the mills to depress the market and scare the farmers into selling the remainder of their crop at any price the mills see fit to offer. The mills forsee a big advance In prices for both cotton and cotton goods next spring and summer and they are de? termined te grab the lion's share of It for themselves if they can possibly do ap by getting hold of the cotton be? fore the boom comes. They are using a club on the cotton market and they do not care If the farmers and all other lines of business in the South that are dependent upon the prices of cotton go to smash. It Is a hold up game of the worst sort and If the mills have their way the farmers will be deprived of their legitimate profit on a short crop In a season of big demand. The farmers and all who are the friends of the farmers and ternatlonal S. S. Lessons. One reason some of the meetings of the union- are not as- helpful as they should be, nor as well attended Is the lack of some live subject of farm management for discussion. We can not hold the interest of our mem? bership, if we spend our time'on im? possible schemes of finance, or in cussing out" the "other fellow;" but we must have live issues of a size that we can handle. Matters of crop ro? tation; the use of fertilizers; the mak? ing of composts; preparation of the soil; etc. etc., things which each far? mer can work out for himself wheth? er he runs one plow or a dozen. This does not for a moment mini? mize nor belittle co-operation In buy? ing and selling, but it would put each farmer in better shape to co-operate. In other words we must be educating ourselves ?long all the lines of farm economy.. And to be better citizens in every sense of the word. E. W. D. A Model Farmer, a Real and Not a Fancy Picture. Some of our readers are familiar ! with the humorous and burlesque character sketches written by Qeneial Longstleet and entitled "Georgia .Scenes." We are going to give you a few "Georgia scenes" of a better type. We have cast off our "backwoods" customs and habits and are now here and there coming up to a higher standard of afrm life. While down at Luthervllle, Ga., in Merlwether coun? ty, we saw a farm home that struck our attention, from the view received from the car window in passing. We decided to get a closer and better view of the farm home and live stock, so we got Mr. Cylpepper, a friend of ours, to drive us out to the place. As you come out from the village of Lu therville^ some two miles on the Nweman road, you reach the farms of Mr. J. C. Trammell and his brother, one on the left and one on the right of the right of the road. Here is what we saw: In front of the house and sloping down to the road is a well set Bermuda pasture of some eight or ten acres. Near the road is a beautiful i little fish pond covering an acre and surrounded with a border of trees. In this pasture five pretty Jerseys were grazing and as many sheep, an animal as valuable as it is rare on our South? ern frms. We turned in along the the business interests of the South should combine to fight the mills with their one weapons. When the South? ern mills take the lead in the game so long played by the New England mills to the injury of the cotton growing section it is time for the other bus? iness Interests of the South to line up on the side of the farmers and give the mills a lesson that they will remember for years to come. Cotton warehouses and 6 per cent, money are the remedies and the time is ripe for the farmers to declare and prove their independence. Columbia's "Dutch-treat" luncheon in honor of President Taft would be ridiculous were it not that the unen? viable notoriety it has attained is not to the credit of South Carolina. It is a most unfortunate and regrettable occurrence for which Columbia and Columbia alone is to blame. If the people of Columb;a did not wish to make the entertainment of President Taft a Columbia affair they should have said so at the oaiset and called upon the people o* the whole S'ateto make it a State aflf-j.ir In management as well as finance; but having assum? ed full responsibility for it without consulting the balance of the State it was peculiar and unusual for each In? vitation to be accompanied by a de? mand for a $10 check. Charleston and Florence are both entertaining Presi? dent Taft and he will be as much the guest of South Carolina in those towns as he will be while in Colum? bia, but Columbia and the balance of the State would have viewed a levy for expenses on citizens of other towns in much the same light as Sen? ator Tillman views the Columbia per formr tee curving road that made a semi-circle up to the dwelling and back to the public road. On the left was a fine field of corn that would yield some 35 or 40 bushels per acre. Then farther up on the hill was cotton that would make a bale per acre. Now we came to the barn and lot, where we saw two good-sized mules walking around and some hogs which feed upon the waste and run out into a Bermuda pasture in rear of the lot. Then comes the home, a neat, painted five-room cot? tage, surrounded with an attractive flower yard filled with roses, shrubs, and other flowers. The lady of the house sat on the front steps at the gate feeding her feathered tribe and it was a sight to see them?some hun? dred brown leghorn hens, and then to the right of the yard some fifty Plymouth Rocks in an enclosed pen. Twice a week Mr. Trammell goes to Newnan to dispose of the butter and eggs and their revenue from this source alone would pay all the house hold expenses. On beyond the prem? ises was a field that had been sown to grain, now well dotted with stacks of peavine hay. The whole scene pre? sented the combination of thrift, di? versification of crops and good culti? vation. It was a scene such as the rich might envy and yet that the poor might imitate. It was not so preten? tious but that any farmer could re? produce it; yet good method and in? dustry are required. To us it present? ed one of the few model farms we had seen In Georgia. Dost thou like the picture? Then go and do likewise. The farm and home of his brother, Mr. R. N. Trammell, were equally at? tractive. He had mor^ cows and bet? ter bred hogs. Homes like these will make any State great, and we want to see more like them, not with one feature of good farming, but with a dozen or more.?Southern Cultivator. Nine Tons of Hay From One Acre. Nine tons is a large yields of hay from a single acre and few would ex? pect this yield from Bermuda grass, yet such is the case, or at least from an acre of vetch and Bermuda. Mr. J. B. Wing, who lives at Ros well, in Cobb county, has an acre of rich red land in the rear of his home. For years it has been sodded to Ber? muda, and has made remarkable growth. A year or two ago he seed? ed it with vetch seed. Last year he cut from this acre nine tons of well cured hay. While this is a remark? able yield considering the nature and quality of the hay, yet Mr. Wing does not consider this the limit. He says if he would seed this acre to oats in the fall and cut them as hay he be? lieves the yield can be increased to twelve or fifteen tons of hay per acre. Here is a higher standard for you, but It is not the limit.?Southern Cultiva? tor. \ $1,500 For One Farmer's Labor in 1909. While down in Coffee county we met Mr. H. \V. Andrews, of Rocking ham. In speaking of South Georgia and her crops this year he said: "With one mule and only the help of two little boys eleven and thirteen years old, I will make plenty of corn to do me and sell $1,500 worth of cot? ton. Have sold already $750 worth and will have as much more." This shows what a farmer can do by his own labor. If a man can earn $100 per month in the cities he is doing well. His expenses are double those of a farmer. It seems to us no farm? er has room to complain when he can make such earnings as this. What Mr. Andrews has done others can do. Southern Cultivator. State Union Meeting. Columbia, S. C, Oct. 19, 1909. Dear Sir & Brother: Therj will be a Farmers' Union Mass Meeting in Columbia, S. C, dur? ing the State Fair, on Friday, Nov. 5, 1909, at 7:30 p. m. The Richland County Court House will be used, un? less otherwise engaged at that time. If any change of place is necessary due notice will be given. All the County Presidents are re? quested to attend this meeting, and the invitation is also extended to all members of the Farmers' Union who expect to attend the Fair. It is de? sired to have as many members pres? ent at this meeting as possible. The newspapers will give full in? formation as to reduced rates to the State Fair. This meeting is called to consider what can be done to improve the work of our organization; to set in motion some definite plan to build warehouses to be ready for use by next season; to take up the fertilizer question and the planting of legumes; to consider the advisability of estab? lishing an experimental station in some one of the counties of the coas? tal plain belt under the auspieces of Olemson College. We hope that you will attend this meeting and try to bring some other Union members along with you. By order of the President. J. Whltner Reld, A. J. PERRITT, Secretary. Pres. S. C. F. U. If people were horn right and after Wards lived right, thero would bo no ose for medicine. L'very doctor knows this. Bo do ether well-informed people. One tiling more. Wh< n a person lives wrongly, or acqu ires bodily weakness by heredity, medicine can do only very little. Medicine cannot cure him. Only charlatans claim that medicines will cure disease. Medicines may palliate symptoms. Medicines may urge the powers of Nature to resist disease. Med? icines sometimes arouse the efforts of the human body to right itself atrainst de? rangements. This is the most that med? icine can do. A man accidentally pute his finger in the fire. Instinctively he wets bis finger in his mouth, then blows on it for the cooling effect. This is no cure. He knows it very well. But it makes it feel better for the time being. People eat unwisely. This produces dyspepsia or indigestion. The only rational euro is to eat correctly. Yet if a palliative is at hand the pains of indi? gestion can be mitigated, the throes of dyspepsia assuaged. The medicine can? not be said to have cured. It simply palliates disagreeable symptoms. The eure mi,st come through right living. Take Peruna, for instance. No one claims Peruna is a cure for dyspepsia. But Peruna will stimulate the stomach to perform its function properly. Peru? na will Increase the flow of digestive fluids, without which digestion cannot be carried on at, all. It will increase the relish of food, the appetite. It is admitted that all this can be accomplished by right living, hut there are so many people who either will not or do not know how to eat correctly that a tremendous amount of good can be done by the wise use of Peruna. A stomach that has been frequently abused performs the function of diges? tion very lastly. Such a stomach allows the food to remain undigested for some time after it is swallowed. This leads to fermentation of the food. Sour stom? ach is toe result. This goes on week after week, until the blood is poisoned with the products of fermentation. This condition is very apt to produce rheum? atism. It is not claimed that Peruna will cure rheumatism. Nothing will cure rheum? atism but correct living. But it is claimed that Peruna will sssist a badly abused stomach to .perform ita work. New Buildings. Messrs. Johnson & Platt, architects of this city have completed plans and specifications for a handsome colonial residence for Mr. G. A. Lemmon of this city. Mr. J. W. McKiever has been awarded the contract and will begin work in a few days. Plans and specifications have just been completed by the same firm for a large colonial residence for J. B. Johnston, M. D., of St. George. This contract has been awarded to Mr. C. cessary? Lire Disease? i e be Assisted? I If a person would correct his habits, persist in right eating aad temperate w:.\ s, undoubtedly the stomach would ? right itself, the blood would rid itself of the poison, and everything would be right. But a t said before there are a multitude of people who will not or can? not adopt right methods of living. To I such people Feruna is a boon. A dose I before meals will assist the stomach to do its work. This prevents fermenta? tion of the food, brings about normal ^ digestion, and ail the train of Ills tba47 follow indigestion disappear. In other words, Peruna is helpful to those who live badly, or those who have acquired some chronic weakness, Peruna does not cure, but it assists the powers of Nature to bring about a cure. The whip does not increase the power of the horse to pull a load, but judUffe ciously used it stimulates the horse to' use his powers at the right time, with? out which he could not have pulled the load. This illustrates the effect of Peruna? or any other good remedy upon the sys? tem. Taken at the rljht time, it calls forth the powers of the human systems to meet the en. roachments of disease,^ and thus cuts short, if not entirely ends, the diseased action. No one should ever attempt to substi? tute medicine in the place of right liv? ing. In the end such an attempt will prove a disaster. But an occasional use of the right medicine at the right time jj is a godsend, and no reasonable person will undertake to deny it. Those who know how to use Peruna find it of untold value. By and by the world will get wise enough so that through correct living no medicine at all will be needed. But that time has not arrived. In the meantime, whilc^ the World is approaching that perfect tion in which all medicine will be elim? inated, Peruna is a handy remedy to have in the house. Slight derangements of tho stomach; slight catarrh al attacks of the liver, the throat, bronchial tubes, lungs or bow? els; these attacks are sure to lead to grave diseases, and can be averted b/Jfc the judicious use of Peruna. * Wouldn't you like to read a few un? solicited testimonials from people who have used Peruna, and who stand ready to confirm the above statements con? cerning it. If so, address the Peruna Drug Manufacturing Co., Columbus* Ohio, and we wtil send some prepaid, H. Deal, of this city. Mr. H. C. DesChamps of this city is having plans and specifications pre? pared by this firm for a modern two story residence to be erected on War? ren* street. Johnson & Platt have just added*1 the engineering feature to their busi? ness, with Mr. W. K. Tavel in charge of this department. The Horse Show is coming along nicely and it promises to be as greatlj a success as it was last year. Phone No. 46. Phone No. 46. O'DONNELL 6 CO Y F you are not perfectly sat ? isfied with the wear Red Raven Hose for Ladies give you, return them and get another pair. No coupons to sign, no red tape of any de? scription. They just have to give you satisfaction. The price as low as any stocking of the same quality without a guarantee. 25 CENTS. Red Raven Hosiery are guar? anteed and only cost 25 cents. New stock just in. O'DONNELL 6 CO. Phone No. 46. Phone No. 46.