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UimUl'l DRAIN AOS BILL.
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If Um KM art Seacecd* Millions of
111 o| MmUi'i lUcfeeet Land Will
mm' Hi-dull Prodoctlvo and sick?
ly Mrojlesai Mod*) Healthy.
WaohlrMrton, D. C. Doc. 14.?When
4 )T?rnmrnt Irrigation waa written on
i a statute hooka, the legislation was
. ssgneted by some as a virtual
atsjeodmeot to the Homestead Act,
? id It Is In reality operating to meke
% ?lieble thousands of prosperous
to MM soteaOo otherwise too srld to be
< ssdrtwsil hahttabls. There is also
nnether great national improvement
* steh congress le being asked to au
t ioslas ths drainage of swamp
- saa The improvement of Unas
i ads by the government would open
t w free hnmeets*da alnco th? lands
have generally passed into private
t raarshlp. but the ease and cheap
t as with which they can be reclaim?
ed to fertility combined with thalr very
c aaral distribution throughout tho
- tire eastern part of the United
steten constitutes the project a highly
it spartan t* sad attractive one.
At ths recent Drainage Convention
i , Baltimore, where many of the best
w t own men \u the country were dcle
sAsea, reproofing the entire easier
. etton ef the United States. Senat
Intimer of Youth Carolina, took an
adssjastd position on federsl drat'
i i Oaein%?s and pledged hla ende.iv
? la congress to secure ths pa??ugo
of * oroJaag* MIL HO bMabedlatcly
Jrafted aad Introduced such a hi'.,
wheeh) is a simple and dir i
r.en* of the problem, and hu h
the government to constn ? i
w.iffcn oat of a fund %o b ? ierived
fvwn the sale of public lands in <h0
nosvdrvegstieo states, including the
i ad pas therefrom since tuny This
wcapli give an initial fund of about
lt.gO0.eea. and further piovtjo an
asalmel esotrlboti ?n thereto of about
%sH?>#?# for agnae years to come. The
? nOHi'i boa as m *i i largely after
the) hi if a Use Uw in that if provides
fof the t?payment to the government
<>f the east of the rccUmatioa by the
asassjaa ef tn. lands ueoonted, of.
?hove ther are pubiie made, by the
aedasovo o*?? wilt take them up. These
rrasivaaei u are to t>s turned Into the
~iiroxon*e ftmd." tad can he used
aajaan by the government In further
v^eBaasa?oa work. In this way the
* lad become , ?evolving, to bo used
or seed ov*r agala, bat all coming
ok toy the government and simply
awtltce? * national loan wttl <>ut In
rest, mersover It tskee no money
oof, of the treasury.
II Is estimated by government en
mincers that there are something over
< ttt acres of reclalmablsswamp
leasts, which are of course, sxceeslve
1v rteh aai fertile. Their reclamation
*?>old convert a great area of pestl
1 afttaJ. disease and mosquito breeding
knaves late the most prosperous farm
anal garden communities In ths land,
rhsj lew coat of their reclamation.
r'OBgdnf from $1.81 pet acre to per-,
reg* $10 or fit. makes the project an^
sJtractlve one from the engineering
'tanstpolnt as well as from that of the
ruroaer who will hsve tc pay th? cost.
Why should not private enterprise
rootaim our swamps? It is asked. Con
sigsarable private work haa already
tasane accomplished but sttsmpted re
roaanatlon of mo*! of ths big swamp
spans has failed and probably always
WaTl fsll unl-s* handln' I i thcr e i
ejrotle* For this reaion the work
San bast bs und rtnken by the gen
sod government which la In a poal
'tee to secure more concerted action
'hon any other sgent. Where there
*re so many conflicting Interests us
wrlse In trestlng any great ares, espe
aerly where < wned by numerous In
oretduala It requires the overshadow
ig p>wer of the federal government
? > accomplish the grestest good for
f r. jmber This has been
? 0snon?tr4t?-d in the execution of the
rigs' . mm hlch Is proving Itself
ie r success Imaginable. The
* tgod achter taeeote of the reclama
t mm eervice. which has been In exlst
esaoo only five years and which has al
randy completed a number of huge
seasonry earns, towering to dlszy
?ssghte and everlasting as the great
'?aaxyon walls which they connect,
Asa of gigantic concrete canals
errylng ths waters of entire rivers,
? aaneH through granite mountnlns,
?eh*. h?a<tgatee of stone and cement
sunt ether great engineering worka, Is
Hiked opon with wonder by foreign
tl >n engineer*, while the state
i- oft n h*ard that th-re la no
fOOallel in the world for such rapid
Tlga?i-?n c ?natruetlon. The simple
'Ogaon f'?r these brilliant accomplish
nenr* lies in the fsct thai the gejs>
rr rient *urv w?rt h id f.,? >ears been
a reality preparing for ths enactment
f just auch a law as the r. i ..nation
?ft- Th<??a*n<fa of BSJSSSfl | ,i, | pj
eastern country h id I?. . n ? irvt y?-d
>v ths (ie,?i .<ics! Survey, reeerv o;
#t"-' ?1-senh.il. i t. v 111 >?nh .l. t.:.;.: i |(
Streun?. g4giMl t.i il< .
*ows, ye?r tfter year jijid ofh<
3hy?!eai ( h iracterlstles studied pa
that wh?n the Uw wae pass -d and tie
ate bsreeu cm* into exl it* nee it
euajast a vast amount of thorough);
rehai>ls prstlmlniry data upon the
Tran* -\? wMch tt '? v * *
?ssrh to hoii'i ii tc" **
stead of being compelled to spend
long years in reconnaissances and ba?
sic surveys.
Now this is of great interest at this
time, for practically the same condi?
tion applies in consi lering drainage
construction. General preliminary
surveys have been made of consider?
able of our eastern swamp areas and
the Geological Survey is working to?
day In a number o>' sections making
detailed basic surveys of swamps,
upon which actual drainage construc?
tion can be confidently founded.
The federal reclamation of our vas.
swamp areas will not consist of the
mere drainage of local swamps?most
of the small Individual projects have
been undertaken by private enterprise
?but is a broad engineering problem,
the proper successful solution of
which depends upon consideration of
all the factors?physiographic, hydro
graphic and cllmatlloglcal. As was
stated by several speakers at the Bal?
timore convention, all government
drainage construction must be pre?
ceded by cartful and comprehensive
Investigation, else disaster is likely to
result. Surveys of topography must
be made and investigations of run?
off should be carried on. Considera?
tion of rainfall and geological condi?
tions are essential ?just as much so as
in irrigation construction. As stated,
Ills nec-isary preliminary facts, over
? i*? i /rtiuns of the country have al
i . ? been collected by the Geological
garvefl Great areas have been sur
d for topography and the results
of stream flows and general rainfall
ndltlonn are available as a result of
vork covering ten or more years; but
these . highly essential investigations
should be continued and with the
probability or even possibility of con*
gressional action authorising swamp
reclamation and construction largely
Increased preliminary surveys could be
made by the government with great
benefit to the country.
The South is very deeply Interested
In this plan of reclamation. South
Carolina, according to Professor H. S.
Shaler, who mads an investigation of
the swamp areas of the Un-Atlantic
coast states over 20 years ago for the
Geological Survey, has some two mil?
lion acres; North Carolina, nearly
two and a half million; Georgia, about
the same; Alabama and Virginia over
a million acres each; Mississippi
about six million acres and Arkansas
nearly as much; Louisiana about ten
million acres and Florida between 18
and 20 million. In speaking of these
areas. Professor Shaler, stated that
they contain the dormant rt source*
of the nation and that when won to
agriculture they promise a load glv
Ing value much exceeding any high
lying equal area of land In the coun?
try.
Does congress In any msssure real?
ise ths Importance of the problem?
It can be confidently stated that it
does, and It is believed that the ma?
jority of its members are favorable to
a drainage law which will provide new
homes for actual settlers and at the
same time protect the government.
The public lands committee of the
senate has already gone on record?
last session?In favor of a drainage
law and the senate itself Is unques?
tionably friendly. If Senator Lntlmer
pulls his coat off and gets behind his
drainage bill, as he has announced
that he will, in fact Is, something
should be accomjj: * ed this session.
There will probably be a harder right
in the houso since it Is more difficult
to secure recognition for any new
measure but it Is known however,
that drainage, in that body, has a
host of friends. What is probably
most needed is that the people of the
country and the press, If they believe
In it. should take up the matter vig?
orously and aggressively and create a
wave of public sentiment in its sup?
port.
Senator Latlmer's bill, which fol?
lows, is worth reading. It is a true
hoir.emaklng meusure; at the same
time It Is a business proposition since
It requires the repayment to tho gov?
ernment of every cent expended.
When It is recalled that our reclaim?
ed swamp areas are worth anywhere
from $40 to $1:00, an acre, the possii
mittles lying In such a measure can
be appreciated.
On account of the activity and in?
terest displayed by Senator Latlmer
t:t the National Drainage Congress at
Paltlmore, h" Is looked upon as one
of the foremost advocates of this
great reclamation work, which means
?o much to our section of tho country.
Ilecf Cattle a Net Profit on the Farm.
The average farmer think- no is a
-p. < i*llst, and thai he Is wasting time
and money In trying la do anything
11 ??. Thais M a theory thai in Ihe
limited area ig this world where oot?
Ion may !>?? ?UeCOSSfulhjf grown, and
tinonu tin; < i, p.ii; 111 \ ? \\ few men Oil
.trivi who really understand the pro?
luetlon Of cotton. It Would bt ;i per?
rarsten of n.iture for these f? w men
r. |hli limit* d area to attempt any*
? hing but to gram cotton. The thing
rille! h igdt In th<- way ol this argu<
meal is 11m great subject ol by*pro?
luets Tio-r?- is scarcely a manufee?
turi.ig ogjftfprlM in Um world today
tli.it OOUtd ^'ofltably continue busl
zatlott of tho other products which
are the incidental output in connec?
tion with the main article.
Not many years ago, the cotton
farmer overlooked the fact that his
product was seed cotton. He thought
it was lint cotton. He threw the seed
away, and would have thanked any
one to haul them off the farm. But
now, every producer of cotton knows
he could not survive without taking
into account the enormous value of
his cotton seed, which might be call?
ed a by-product. If he raises 100
I bales of cotton, worth about $66,000,
he incidentally raises 50 tons of cot?
ton seed, which he can sell tor about
I $1,000, thus adding to the value of
the main crop about 18 per cent.
This 18 per cent would be considered
by any manufacturer as a fine profit
on his business. This matter has
become so well known, that it is no
longer discussed as a mooted ques?
tion.
There is a by-product of the farm
that is Just as obvious as cotton seed,
and is now just as widely ignored as
was cotton seed forty years ago. This
is cattle raising. It is even more than
I a by-product. It is almost a neces?
sity. The Intelligent raising of cat?
tle on a farm in the cotton region
costs less money (though perhaps
more conscious thought) and pro?
duces more return than any other one
branch of the business. It is not
alone in the market value of the beef
or dairy products, but it is in the al?
most immeasurable value to the cot?
ton lands themselves. The cotton
farmer who raises a large herd ol cat?
tle becomes, in a sense, a manufac?
turer who uses raw material of his
own production, and make a finished
prouct of high commercial value,
while the process of manufacture not
only costs him nothing?except
thought?but actually adds to his re?
sources in the enrichment of his
lands, so he can grow more cotton
and produce more beef which enables
him to grow still more cotton and
produce still more beet
The present commercial value of
cotton seed, meal is based on one of
two things, according to the locality,
namely (1) the value of its nitrogen
as a fertiliser, in comparison with
the value of the nitrogen ini other
available fertilising chemicals; or (4)
the value of Its nitrogen as a feed
stuff In comparison with the value of
the nitrogen in other available feed
stuffs. But now the great and com-1
paratively new truth is being discov?
ered that, with the proper manipula?
tion, the true value ot cotton si e?l
meal is not an alternative -me, but a
cumulative one, that Is. Its value is
made up of the sum of the nitrogen
value as a fertilizer. This truth can?
not long remain dormant; but while
It Is dormant to the farmer who does
not read and study, is the golden har?
vest time for ihe farmer who thinks. I
When he buys a ton of cotton seed
meal at its feed valuation, say $28 per
ton, he should save the resultant
manure from the cattle, and use the
fertiliser value of the meal, say $28,
and thus make 100 per cent on his
Investment In meal, and realize as an
incidental profit, all of the beef (or
the butter as the case may be) which J
his skill and foresight can produce.
THE lt\CE CONFERENCE.
The South Carolina Race OogtfUYeU/OC
Meets in Columbia Junuury 11-17.
1008.
Mr. Editor: Supposing that you
have colored readers on your sub?
scription list, and also many fair
minded white readers who Will be
willing to notify prominent colored
people whom they chance to meet of
the coming conference, I ask space in
your paper to make the following
statement:
The Negro Race Conference of
South Carolina will meet In Columbia.
Tuesday. January 14th, continuing to
Friday night, January 17th, for the
purpose of discussing the conditions
of the race in this State and suggest?
ing remedies for evils that exist, and
also to organize a Negro State Fair
Association. Among the speakers
(white) will be Rev. A. W. La mar,
D. D.. of Nashville, Tenn., Rev. L. M.
Rice, D. D., and Dr. C. C. Brown, be?
sides the governor of the State and
other prominent white and colorod
citizens of the State and out of it.
Last year the conference had a del?
egation that went over the one thou?
sand mark, and the outlook for the
next masting promises a larger dele?
gation. We want the best people to
come to the conference?preachers,
teachers, farmers, mechanics and
business men. Reduced rates have
been granted on all roads In South
Carolina and from AugustUi Da., oil
the certificate plan, good from th<
Uth to the ,sth.
Dr. L unar will giv?? t\v?? lectures?
ons mi 'Dixie Before the War' an<
?im other "Dille After ihe War." Oui
vhlte cltlseni who chance t<> be ii
Columbia at this Ilms will be wolcom
?d to seati in the conference, Tin
meeting will It "gin Bt 11 a. in. Jan
uary 1 Ith, at the "jura house,
My whits friends in south Curollm
win do me quite a favor lo place thl
Journal in the hands Of tin* colors
pspple aft?>r they have read it.
TKAIM CHEW ARE ACQUITTED
Qfton indicted for a Manslaughter in
Connection With Wreck Found Not
Utility.
Washington, Dec. 23.?A verdict of
not guilty was returned by the jury
tonight in the case of Engineer Hilde
erand, Conductor Hoft'meyer, Fire
man McLellan and Brakeman Rud?
er, the train crew who were indicted
der, the train crew who were indicted
for manslaughter in connection with
the wreck at Terra Cotta, D. C, on
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad Dec.
30, 1906, In which 43 persons were
killed and upward of three score In?
jured.
The trial had been In progress for
three weeks and the verdict was
reached after four hours' delibera?
tion.
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BEES MAKE FRUIT GROW.
Miracle Wrought in a Barren Orchard
by Bee Colonies.
Honey producing is only one of the
missions of the bee. Indeed ?pr ac
utal profit, the honey is but a minor
item.
Some years ago I moved to a small
place up the Hudson river. I wanted
a bee farm and selected for the pur?
pose a spot among apple, cherry and
plum trees, some of which had never
borne fruit, others none for yearss
past. My landlord told me I might
cut down certain trees, as they were
worthless, and he intended putting
out some flne?nursery stock.
Being busy I did not cut the trees
down. They blossomed freely and of
course we paid no further heed to
them than to break blooms by the
armful when we wanted floral decora?
tions, j
The cherry trees were .much to the
owner's astonishment, loaded with
very large, perfect fruit. H e could
not understand it; such a thing had
not happened for years.
Early in t\e autumn while waiting
for a swarm of bees to settle I obser
ed a number of fine applies upon one
of the smaller condemned trees. When
the landlord s attention was called to
theia he wan completely mystified ami
< uited In his nVtgnhots to se^ the WOO
?er. I*a?cr we gathered from this
tree nearly a barrel of the nne.it Call
pippins ever acen In that vicinity
No argument would convince the
man that "them pesky bees" had
anything to do with the yield of fruit
on the place. He Insisted that some
sort of fertiliser must have been used.
Since that time I have demonstrat?
ed by scores of experiment that tr?cs
which had for many seasons borne
little good fruit or possiblby none at
all, have been brought up a high
standard of productiveness by the
presence of bees. They carried the
pollen, fertilized the blossoms and a
bountiful harvest was the result.
Regardless of the money crop, ev
ry fruit grower should have a feu
colonies of bees.
If when the bloom seasons is p
there Is so little nectar in mldse - n
bowers that the bees must be fed
!? n deckled economy to feed V.
In eases where a strict account hi
been kept the cash value of orchard
'trodnets alone has been doubled by
their assistance.?Suburban Life.
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Weak Kidneys, rarely point to weak kidney
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and strengthen them. Dr. Shoop's Restorative is
a medicine specifically prepared to reach these
controlling nerves. To doctor the Kidneys alone,
is futile. It is s waste of time, and of money as
well
If'your back sches or Is weak, if the urine
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of Bris:'.its or other distressing or dangerous kid?
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NEGRO CtTS WIFE'S THROAT.
Edgcllcld Negro Who Has Made Sev?
eral Efforts to End Wife's Life AI
most Succeeds.
Edgefleld, Dec. 23.?Lee Hightow
er, a young negro man who has lost
one arm and wears spectacles, enter?
ed the yard of Col. James T. Bacon
here tonight and cut his wife's throat.
The extent of the woman's injuries is
not known.
The negro has tried several times
before to kill his wife.
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For the Treatment of Stock.
Having erected commodious quarters on my premises, No
541 North Church St., I am well prepared to treat, scientifically
and humanely, all diseases of Horses, Mules, Cows and other
animals. Sick animals boarded at reasonable charge. Write
or Phone me.
DR. JOHN I. BRUN50N,
Veterinary Surgeon, Sumter, S. C.
Office 814 South Sumter Street w :?:
Oct 28, '07?2m?Monday and Thursday.
Phone:?No. 493
N. G. OSTEEN, JR., Dentist.
18 West Liberty Street - - - - Up Stairs.
Hours?8:30 to 1-P. M?2 to 6
Office Phone?No. 30 - - - House Phone 382
ATLANTIG COAST LINE
Time Table No. 7?Effective Nov. 3, 1907.
Schedules of 1rains Arriving and Leav?
ing Sumter.
Traiu
(Subject to Change Without Not lev.)
:'5~r?.s?.-?'jger- Florence to Augnsta, leave* Bonxttr
fti
57?
53? "
46
68? 44
881?Mix* a
79-Pa- Tigcr
69?
6
78?
53
II
16
4'?
;>,5-- - ?
?11 > i
? mbift to Wilmington, leave- burater
bsOB to fcumter, arriv> Somter
srlr8tr?u to Greenville, leaves StUntf!
angel a g to Charleston, leaves **
?Sumte' t-.? Qioson, leaves
" ?* Robbie*, *
FeyettfMIl* to Co umbia,
I -on to SueuUi, arrives
--Columbia to Fayetteville, leaves
ten vi lie to Charleston, 4
u-?ta to Florence *4
-Sumter to Gibeo*, **
?Charleston to dangeburg 4
?Robb ins to Sumter, arrives 44
?Wilmington o Columbia, 44
- Ca.. den to Sumter, arrives
? Somter to f'an'.^eo, leaves
?Wilton Mill t<? S"rnter arrives
?Sumter to Wilson's Mi'l, leaves
?Camden to Bnmter, arrives
65 -I avenger?8amter to Csmd* u, leaves
I ins marked * daily. Others daily except Sunday.
2. AuyaptA to Fioreuoe, is Ihrougn tibin ; buu?te4 to Flon uce
at loo 1 ata ioiiR.
N ?t< s >s f 6 ai d 1ST daily tseept Sunday.
os. 24 and 2B doe* not carry pastenizer*.
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