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Fill DEM0MSTR1TIDH WORK. COL. \\ \lso\ HF( KIVKs llKIK>i:T sh? or im (.<H)Di;i( ii. Artkif* Hhoprt In nn Iniert'Mtliig Wnv what rVrirral Department of Agri < ulturv Han Dniir and will I'm for Um? tanners of south Carolluu. Columbia. Jan. 11 * D?- o t toh ? report on the work of the Fuleral ais;.cultural department's 'arm dem nrmretlon work In this Stute hue just reached Commissioner Watson to be Incorporated In the letter's report to the Legislature. The report Is of great In teerst to the farmers, not only on ac? count of showing In an Interestlni wav ?hat has been accomplished, tut as mv*tcatfng what has been blocked out to he conducted In th > future. The Federal department's workers In this Htate all speak most pleasantly of the great interest manifested by South ?oltrta farmers In the Improve d hods being demonstrated, anil they *rt all personally tr\tng to do all In their power to extend the work In South Carolina. The exretts have found a vsry effective lns:rumont In Farmers' Union throughout the tie In reaching the farmers, and for jm? reason the experts are personally ^ng all they can to keep up Interest the Farmers' Union. For thU rea I the Union promises to become a teh stronger and more useful or * iissatlsn than former associations of mers In this section, fWmK*t- Ooudrlrh'4 report follows: ^vhe office of farm management In? stigation*, of the United 8Utet de i rtment of agriculture. In Its work to South Carolina Is endeavoring to in aloes touch with the farmers of ' > State for the purpose of: (1) idyfng their methods. (2) Flni *m\v\ out their problems and solving ?a* so far as possible. (S) Advl* II with them end assisting them In i Introduction of new systems of ?pplhg and better methods of crop tare; In short, assisting them In ?ry way posdble end advisable to Qh^ prove their methods of farm man cement; and. (4) Teaching them the idaniental principles which underlie i xtesvful farm practice. The methods of work Is: (1) By raonal visits to the farms. (S) ?eerreepondenoe. (1) By sending Farmers' Bulletins and other lit UUre. (?) By holding Farmers' nitutes. and <l) By using certain the more progressive and success '1 farms of the community for the rpose of Illustration and Investlga {Bi>te later line of object lesson from ^>rk has been In progross barely four mths, having been started during i ignet We have been more than a tided by ih*> cordial reception and arty co-operation we have received fissa the farmers over the State, and jpK> by the number of progressive rms that have been offered for the < irpose of carrying on our work. We iv? selected several of these farms ? various parts of the 8tate, snd have the permission of their owners to use ham as object: lessons and for the sslarpose of Investigation. The following line of work has been idsuuted: 1 To illustrate the vHlue of winter S#gy crops ami to And the best time i the (ate summer or early fall when Inter cover crops can be sown In f?e cotton crop to Insure: First, early ermlnstlon. sacond, a well developed eot system at a safeguard against etnter killing; and third, the maxi? mum amount >f growth by the time eeeeasary to turn them under as green manure for the succeeding crop. ^mWr this purpose bur clover, crimson Clover, red cl >v >r and the vetches will be tried. t. In some sections where certain legumes have never before been grown. Inoculation of the soil Is ne Experience has taught that take* two or three years' persistent growing of a crop In order to estab? lish It under nuch circumstances. We wish to determine whether It Is pos? sible to so Inoculate as to Insure s full crop the first year. In order to deter? mine the quickest and most effective kenethod of Inoculating the soil crlm son clover will be grown as follows a. By using V. 8. department of agriculture Inoculation. b By using aoll taken from an old crimson clover field. In varying amount* from 100 to 1.000 pounds pet ^acre. Red clover has been found In vari? ous seetlone of the South under clr eu instances which would lead us | believe tnst the area In which It can he grown profitably Is not yet known Ae a soil builder It has t> w . .ju.ii'. fend as compared with crimson clover and bur clover. It Is no doubl IU? perlor. This we want to determine and for thst resson It will be tested alongside of crimson clover by plant? ing In the fall or late summer and Inoculating with the U. 8. department \ot agriculture Inoculation material as against soil taken from an old red elover field. I. In certain parts of South Caro? lina, especially In the best cotton sec? tions, deep ploughing hss become es? tablished, and with It a greater use kOf the commercial fertilisers than was po-sihle befoie deep ploughing began. This high fertilization \g very expen? sive and MM '?f the mo t expensive ingredients In the fertilizers is nltro | n. We helleve that all or nearly all the nitrogenous mat* rials necessary in general farming can be grown on tse farm by proper use of leguminous crops h as clovers, vetches, etc. In or 10 reduce the tremendous cost for commercial fertilizers to the farmer each year, the value of clovers In this respect will be demonstrated. Bur h perhaps the most easily e tabllshed clov. r In the South at the present time. Its habit, however, Is nuch that It does not furnish as much humus to the soil wljen turned under i1 i gr.en mannte as some of our ot^er clovers. For this reason crim? son clover will be used to plant In the fall In the cotton and turn under In the spring about the first of April. Along with this red clover will be used In the same way, as for this pur? pose it is considered superior to crim? son clover, the object being to deter? mine which Is the most valuable for j thin purpose In the various parts of I the State. Along with the clovers the vetches will be used In the same way. I The growing of the clovers on the cot- I ton lands will In time not only add a large portion or all of the nitrogen J necessary but it will Insure the main- J tenance of the humus content of the J soil. 4. Of lat? the Williamson method of growing corn has been interesting j the farmers of the South, and in some I sections this method and modifications of It have been quite well established. I Investigations will be made In com growing with this method as com- J pared with other successful methods I that are now known, and also to de- j termlne how It applies to various soil types. 5. One of the grcut needs of the South Is, a better knowledge of the I methods of crop rotation, and demon- J ntratton aloiig this line will be estab-1 llshed, the particular methods depend-1 ing on the needs of the section In which the demonstrations are located. I 6. There is much room for Im-1 provement ii the seed that is used in the South, both in cotton and corn, and an effort will be made towards the general Improvement of the seed of! both these crops by seed selection and cross breeding. There are certain va-1 rletles that ure better adapted to cer tain types of soil than others, and an effort will be made to determine the best variety suited to the locality,! especially looking to a larger yield per acre. For this line of work the following farmers have offered their farms, and these have been accepted: In congressional district No. 1, at I Walterboro, Colleton county, the I farms of W. B. Qruber and J. E. I Peurlfoy; at Ritter, Colleton county, I the farm of A. C. Saunders. In congressional district No. 2, at I Barnwell, Barnwell county, the farm I of Col. Alfred Aldrlch; also the farms! of W. M. Cook, Butler Hagood and J. I Allen Tobln. and the farms of the Pat-1 terson brothers. At VTlliston, Barn well county, farm of T. J. Qrubbs. At I Beach Island, Alken county, the farm I of the Downer Institute. In congressional district No. 3,1 Oreenwood, Greenwood county, the farms of Dr. R. E. Mason and H. G. Hartzog. In congressional district No. 4, the farm of J. Wade Anderson at Laur ens, Laurens county. At Union, I Union county, the farms of W. E. I Thompson and R. L. McNally. In congressional district No. 5, at I Chester, Chester county, the farm ofl J. T. Cunningham. At Gaffney, Cher- I okee county, the farms of Mr. Nathan I Upscomb. M. H. Llttlejohn and C. M. Smith. At Cheraw, Chesterfield coun-1 ty, C. F. Moore. In congressional district No. 6, at I Bennettsvllle, Marlboro county, the farm of Mr. H. H. Newton. At Mar? lon. Marlon county, the farm of Judge C. A. Woods. In congressional district No. 7, at Columbia/ the farms of A. E. Gon? zales, and Messrs. B. and T. Taylor. At Congaree, Rlchland county, F. H. Weston. At Sumter the farms of Is D. Jennings, E. C. Haynsworth, Eu? gene Hogan, Eugene Moses and G. W. Waddlll. Work has been Instituted on a part of these farms only as yet, and will be Inaugurated on the others as soon as possible. Other farms will be tak? en up as soon as time and circum? stances will permit. The work on these farms this fall has been directed par? ticularly to the planting of winter COtOf ?Tops. The work has been In progress so shott a time that as yet it is ^hardly advisable or possible to publish any definite results, although ?one conclusions have flready been arrived at with reference to the grow? ing of these winter cover crops. The office of farm management will keep one man In the State constantly looking after tills work. As to tin amount of money to be expended In the State. It is a little dltTlcult to give an accurate estimate, but it will con? sist of the salary and traveling expen? ses of this man, plus the expense of the supervision of the work. The office of farm management de? sires to express Its gratitude for the hearty co-operation and valuable as sistance rendered by the State com? missioner. Col. E. J. Watson, and others, in the inauguration ()f this ?/ork, C. L. QQODRICH, Expert. Kil l I I) WITH HAT PIN, Murder gospeotOd In CMO '?I Young Man round Hanging from Trco Near ROSmjOkt, Roannkti Va., Jan. 13.?Relatives of William A. Andrews, the young bride? groom, Whoat dsad body was found banging from a tree near town last Sunday after he had been missing a week, believes he was murdered. At the gravi in Bedford County yester? day interment was stopped by an un? cle of the dead man, who demanded an examination of the body. It is said Dr. Kabler found several small holes in the breast, one of them lead? ing to the heart. The wounds were believed ^to have been made with a hat pin. The Destructive Lumber Tariff. The National Forest Conservation league, with headquarters in Minne? apolis, is making vigorous efforts to secure the repeal of the tariff on lumber, as one of the most effective means of putting an end to the whole? sale destruction of the forests. It is pointed out that while this tariff prevents the American consumer from drawing freely upon other lum? ber-producing countries of the world, and hence encourages the destruc? tion of our forests, the lumbermen of the United States find no difficulty in sending their timber to Canada and underselling the lumbermen of that country to such an extent that they have practically destroyed the mark? ets of their Canadian competitors. The motto of the National Forest Conservation league is, "The first step in forest con ervatlon is to cease to encourage forest destruction," and this Is the policy it Is pursuing in at? tempting to break down the abltrary barriers of an unnecessary protection, which closes the ports of America to the lumber of other countries while we are so well off that we can under? sell our neighbors. Senator Edwards, of the Canadian parliament, has taken an active in? terest In this work, and in a letter to the league he recntly said: "Recalling the promise I made to you at Washington a few days ago, I herewith enclose copy of the telegram I sent Sir Wilfrid Laurler in June last after a large deputation of lumbermen had called upon him and our minister of finance, begging for the imposition of a duty on Southern pine coming from the United States, which was then, and for the most of the time since, deluging Canadian markets, produced and sold so cheaply that it has been Impossible for us to com? pete. Hard, of course for the mo? ment on lumber producers, but a great benefit to the buyers and users of lumber. "The ground I take is that we will win in the end. If you Americans are foolish enough to exhaust your forests, not only to supply your own wants, but ours also, our timber will grow meantime, which will result In great ultimate profit to us. "I am taking the liberty of sending you also a paper which has a letter In it I hurriedly wrote over a year ago on the pulp question." The following lg a copy of the tele? gram Senator Edwards sent to Sir Wilfrid Laurler: "Most sincerely and earnestly hope you will pay no regard to unjustified demand made upon you for a duty on Southern pine coming from the United States. The demand arises in conse? quence of a temporary stagnation In our business, which will soon pass away. The imposition of the duty would be most trifling, in so far as mitigation of the present dullness in Canadian trade is concerned, and would be most unpopular excepting with a few avaraclous lumber manufac? turers. I sincerely beg you to allow one Canadian Industry to exist without placing it In the despicable position of robbing the consumers of its pro? duct for its benefit." There can be no question as to the wisdom of the motto of the league. "The first step in forest conservation is to cease to encourage forest de? struction," and at a time when the forests are nt best being destroyed so rapidly there Is no good reason why w ?? should subject our own forests to Wholesale destruction because a pro? tectionist tariff shuts out the lumber of othsr countries from American markets and American consumers. Greenville oounty closed the year with a deficit of $82,000. Stomach Trouble Cured. ?If you have any trouble with your stomach you should take Chamber? lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Mr. J. P. Kioto of Edlna, Mo., says: "I have used a great many different med? icines for stomach trouble, but find Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets more beneficial than any oth? er remedy I ever used." For sale by all druggists. CONGRESS VS. ROOSEVELT. A Great Principle Involved in which The People Are Vltnlly interested* The principle involved in the eon RlCt bi tween the president and con gresa touches the very foundations of our government. In his thoroughly balanced and impressive statement in 'he house on Friday last Representa? tive Perkins, of New York, a Repub? lican, chairman of the special com? mittee to which was referred the ob? jectionable passages in the president's message of December 8 and the con? temptuous reply of the president to the house in the message of Jaunary 4, said: "It is dangerous to the republic that a large portion of our people should have their confidence shaken in the judges who interpret the law. It is equally dangerous that their con? fidence should be impaired in those who enact the laws. * * During long centuries our English-speaking an? cestors struggled and bled that a rep? resentative government might be es? tablished among English people. O?r Revolutionary forefathers, more than a century ago, struggled and bled that our government should be a repie sentative government; that the laws of the American ..people should be passed by the representatives chosen by the American people. The con? gress of the Unuited Stales today exists as a result of centuries of strug? gles for populra government. The administration of President Roosevelt has abounded in acts of executive usurpation. In carrying out certain of his policies he has acted upon the principle that the end Justi? fies the means, and he has exhibited amazing indifference whether either the means or the end, or both, were In conflict with the constitution of the United States. Senator Rayner, of Maryland, in a searching review in the senate of the president's record of usurpations, demonstrated that in a number of instances Mr. Roosevelt had far exceeded his powers under the constitution, and that the effect of his course, if not Its deliberate pur? pose, was to magnify dangerously the authority of the executive at the ex? pense of the law-making department of the government. It Is no extenua? tion of the resident's lawlessness that congross has been lax and irresolute j at times; that It has submittted to acts of usurpation by the executive, and thus has permitted the president to establish dangerous precedents. It Is regrettable, of course, that the ma? jority of the members of the law making branch of the government have sometimes been governed more by considerations of party expediency than by the determination to sanction and uphold no assumption of authori? ty by the president which was in de? rogation of the constitutional powers of congress. We do not suggest that In exercis? ing dictatorial powers the president has been actuated by sinister motives. But It seems to be clear that If there should ever be In the White House a president who was ambitious to exer? cise a complete dictatorship he could adopt no more effective method of un? dermining the foundations of consti? tutional government than that by which President Roosevelt has exalted himself at the expense of congress. And the people ought not to lose sight of the fact that a deliberate and per? sistent policy of discrediting and over? riding congress will lnvltably react upon the people. In the American electorate there Is a very large ele? ment of citizens of foreign birth or thed escendants of foreign-born pa? rents who probably do not understand thi vital principles of representative government. They do not realize, per? haps, the menace to free Institutions which arises from the ususrpation by the executive of powers inherent in the law-making branch of the govern? ment or powers which, as In the case of treaties, the executive can exercise constitutionally only In combination with the law-making branch of the government. We do not, of course, include our fellow-Americans of Ger? man descent among those of Euro? pean ancestry and traditions to whom the spectacle of the President of a re? public magnifying his office and authority has no dangerous signifi? cance. The people of Germany have given recently a most inspiring mani? festation of their determination to im? pose constitutional restraints upon their ruler. It would be astonishing, indeed, if the people of the United States, who have enjoyed representa? tive government and free institutions for nearly a century and a quart* r should be indifferent now to the as? sumption by the executive of powert Which were not delegated to him by the constitution, while in the Old World monarchies and empire! the tendency Is to impose further re? straints upon rulers and to empha? sise tiir principle of the sovereignty of the people. The King of Croat Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India would shrink from adopting the attitude toward parliament which ?>ur president has assumed in his relations with the congress of the "first repub? lic in tho world." The people of the United States?at least all Americans who realize the danger to the people of persistent en? croachments by the executive on the rights and powers of congress?will not he deceived by the claim of some of Mr. Roosevelt's admirers that ?in discrediting congress the president is lighting the people's battle; that he is saving them from incompetent or unscrupulous law- . ikers. If this argument were acci j,ted as conclusive, it might be possible in time to reduo" the congress of the United Slates to the level of a body which would be limited to carrying out only the orders of the president Now, presidents are only human, after all. Having usurp? ed the constitutional powers of the law-making department of the gov? ernment and discredited congress ut? terly by charges of corruption and ir eiflciency, a president in the not re? mote future might discover that the people cannot govern themselves as efficiently with free institutions as they would with instituions adjusted to a thoroughly centralized government. Then congress might sink to the level of a Russia Duma and the people would probably realize in due season that not only had the powers of their representatives in congress been usurped but that popular sovereignty had disappeared with it. It is vital y important to the people of the United States that the constitutional powe rs of congress shall be asserted and maintained unimpaired.?Baltimore Sun. SEMI-WEEKLY NEWS AND COU? RIER. A Splendid Newspaper That Gives the News of the Whole Worhl?Club Rates With the Watchman and Southron. Beginning with February 1. 1909, the combination price of the Watch? man and Southron with the Charles? ton Weekly News and Courier will he raised to $2.25 a year. Two months remain in which new and old sub? scribers may take advantage of this this splendid combination at the pres? ent price, $2.00. Send in your orders now. Think of it a little. For the small price of $2.00 you get your own county paper once a week and a twice a week neyspaper that covers the news of the whole world both for one year. Published every Wed? nesday and Saturday, each issue of the Weekly News and Courier con? tains all the news of Importance, not only of the day of publication, but of all the intervening days. The cream of the Associated Press News?the greatest newsgathering agency In the world?and all important happenings in South Carolina are given, as well as striking editorial articles and stories of one kind and another. It has de? partments for men, women and chil? dren. It is a clean newspaper, and it It is a home newspaper. 12-2-tf The Pure Food Law. ?Secretary Wilson says, "One of the objects of the law is to inform the consumer of the presence of certain harmful drugs In medicines." The law requires that the amount of chloroform, opium, morphine and other habit forming drugs be stated on the label of each bottle. The man? ufacturers of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy have always claimed that their remedy did not contain any of these drugs, and the truth of this claim Is now fully proven, as no mention of them Is made on the label. This remedy Is not only one of the safest, but one of the best in use for coughs and colds. Its value has been proven beyond question during the many years it has been in general use. For sale by all druggists. Federal Court convened In Colum? bia today, Judge Brawley presiding. ?A great many people have kidney and bladder trouble, mainly due to neglect of the occasional pains in the back, slight rheumatic pains, urinary disorders, etc. Delay In such cases Is dangerous. Take DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills. They are for weak back, backache, rheumatic pains and all kidney and bladder trou? ble. Soothing and antiseptic, and act promptly. Don't fail to get DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills. Accept no substitute. Regular size 50c. Sold by all druggists. _ PHONOGRAPHS ?\ON'T let the young* folks get *^ into the habit of seeking amusement outside of their own homes. It's so easy to give them the best sort of amusement - clean, hearty, wholesome fun?in their own homes by means of an Kdison Phonograph. It sings the songs they like to hear, gives them the monologues of clever comedians, plays the music they are fond of and renders waltzes and two-steps that set their feet a-tripping. W. A. Thompson JEWELER. ?Always haw Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup handy. ItpiclfcOg tor the children. It tastes BSartv ftj g>>ool a< maple sugar, it eure? the coid br gently moving the bowels through itn 1 Native principle, and at the IMS*) time it is toothing for throat irrita? tion, thereby stopping the cough. There is nothing as good. Bold bp ail druggists. Sheriff Coriey of Lexington Court> has not as yet made a report upon the alleged lynching of a negro who attempted a criminal assault on Mrs. Thon, a I Wingard. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature ML JOHN 11. MORSE, Grad. University of Penna. VETERINARIAN Office: Smith's Stable. Office phone. 172. YV. Liberty St, Residence phone, 12. ll-16-3m?i&w FOLEY'S H0NEY?TAR The original LAXATIVE cough remedy. For coughs, colds, throat and lung troubles. No opiates. Non-alcoholic Good for everybody. Sold everywhere* The genuine FOLEY'S HONEY nnd TAR is fan a Yellow package. Refuse Substituten? Prepared only by Foley A Company, Chicago* SIEBERTS DRUG STORE. _ Croup, When a child wakes up In the middle of ths Bight with a severe attack of croup as fr? quently happens, no time should be lost la experimenting with remedies of a doubtful value. Prompt action is often necessary t*> save life. Chamberlain's Cough. Remedy has never been known to fall in any case and It bas beim in use for over oue-t h) rd ofl ceo* tury. There is noue better. It can be de? pended upon. Why experiment? R f I pleasant to take and contains no hanufnl drug. Frtc% ?5 cents; large sue. 50 ceuts. PATENTS PROCURED AND DEFENDED. drawing Ol photo, for expert march and free report. Free adVtce, how to obtain patents, trade mart" Copyright?.etc., |BJ AIL COUNTRIES. Business direct with Washington saves time,\ money and often the patent. Patent and Infringement Practice Exclusivity. Write or come to ua at B23 Wlnth Stratt, opp ?altod 8tat?? Patent 0Oe*.\ WASHINGTON, O. C. GASNOW TAX NOTICE. The County Treasurer's office to Court House building, will be open toi the collection of taxes without penal? ty, from the 15th day of October te> the 31st day of December, 1908. The levy is as follows: For State, 5 1-2 mills. For County, ordinary, 2 3-4 mill*. For Sinking Fund loan of 1901, 1 mill. For Sinking Fund loan of 190f, 1-4) mill. For Constitutional School. 3 mills. Polls, $1.09. Capitation Dog tas; 50 cents. Also Special School tax as follow School District, No. 1. 2 mills. School District, No. 2, 2 mills. School District, No. 3. 2 mills. School District, No. 4, 2 mills. School District, No. School District, No. Schood District, No. 12, 3 mills. School District, No. 13, 3 mills.. School District. No. 14. 3 mills. School District, No. 16, 2 mills. School District, No. 17, 3 mills. School District. No. 18, 2 mills. A penalty of 1 per cent, addc.4 tar month of January, 1909. AddifiowoJ penalty of 1 per cent, for month oi February, 1909. Additional penalty of 5 per cent, until 15th day of March?. 1909, when the tax books STill ^?re for the collection of taxes Dar SSSSSl year, ItOt. T. W. LUE. Co. Treas. for Sumter Co., ft. CL 10-7-mchl5,09 8. 1 mill. 11. 2 mills. KILLthe couch .no CURE ths LUNGS wi? Dr. King's New Discovery for c8ld818 ?iSi., AND ALL THROAT AND LUNG TfKHJBUESw GUARANTEED SATISFAt OR MONEY REFUNDED.