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?fcOfttoOAV, MARCH 31. 1909. Ths 8uml?r Watchman was found? ed la USO and the True Southron In lMI. The Watohman and Southron ?of* has the combined circulation and ahflasttce of both of the old papers, and la manifestly the best advertising aaellum in Huinter. L" ?? ? _ 44.lt AI. NKW? rAKAClKAPIlLl? Ot Interest t.ntl.errd In and \round the tit). The residence of Di. A. C. Dick, on West Cslhoun street was slightly elataaged by fire on Friday. The fire dspsrtm mt r spomled promptly and checked the (lames before serious dstnaae waa done. Tho kitchen roof was the extern of the damage, fully eovered by Insurance. The administration building plan does not grow In popular favor. 80 far as is known there, are only five ettlseas In favor of the enterprise. "Boonosntst" makes a suggestion that may prove to be the solution of the administration building tangle. It looks liks business and If It can be carried oat It would save the city goosey. The msn who votes for prohibition wtU be morally bound to make good his pcofesssJon of faith by personally prosecuting any and every person whom he knows, of his own knowl? edge, ts be engaged In the Illegal sale of liquor Hi- Liquor Drinking Pro? hibitionist do you expect to swear out wsjrants against the men who sell yew liquor * i J The work of the City Nurse has fn crensed so greatly that It has become ??i asaarj for the Civic League to es? tablish regulsr headquarters and a free, a baa been rented In the old Herns worth m Fr?ser office and fitted up ss Civic League headquarters for the City Narse. Here all supplies will be kept and to this place sll contrib? utions for the City Nurse should be east for distribution among the sick eraser the care of the nurse. The seat game of ball at the Park wIT* be played Thursday afternoon he twoen th ftumtor High School and the Summer*->o Oraded School team. The Hummerton team is said to he on* of the best school teams In the Mate. Read the "Walk-Over" ad if you ant Interested in shoes. o crowd of society folk as well as many loveri of fine horseflesh will go over to Camden to attend the Horse Hh< w There han been some tslk of selling th? sewerage bonds now or at some futare date, if the necessity should arias to raise the money to repay to Um. bsuka. the money borrowed by thb city to finance the sewerage sys tetn t'et the question Is. eta the bo-ids bs legally sold now? Who will sell them* Who has authority to do SO new that the sewerage commission ban been formally discharged by the cUi council? Tho developement of new residence section? ind the rapid building up of the> city while adding to the tax value* of the city makes necessary certain Improvements that will cost eonsidershi.' money. For Instance the building up of the district located be? tween West Liberty snd Oaklsnd ave? nue renders lm.?erative the exten ehvn o' a ate' mains and fire protec? ts n to this ssetl *n of the city There ars several blocks of residences thst are almost without fire protection, there being no hydrants within ea-n reach of 1 mbed of more house*. Th? eatensloo of the water mains though Wright, Salem and Rlandlng eets cannot be much longer delay St, ed The pie of hen fruit is on the rise Kgga me now *Aorth 20 cents \ * 1? .nil there is talk of a still fu-th ?r advam t Laat Thursday** and Sunday'!- I. ? so mi al th, Columbia state, which contained ? 11 a 1 h ill ,^mm ,i. liters I at the HI, Zlon Cen teal shoti'd t?<< preserve.) by those Interest? ed In the history of South Cerollna. Tliene addresses contained valuable hlatorh st mut? t i.u that is not else? where svsJIshh The Mil- tit v .t" will derided wheth er Huoiter County will retain the dis P??n?i' , o j .iM th> prohibition ranks The n> tlaftty of voters are not say ?nx h ? v they will vote on the ques? tion The BumtOt i'lothlng Co., is pr. p.it - ed *1 ? furnish he beX and m??>t ety.isb ghees for tpflfsn and guint woar tnst the best makers hive put os the market S? e the special shoe a<i vertt?ein??nt. A good exhibition of ball is expi ct ? #??1 when the Sumter boys connect up With the Hummei ton team Thill nftern mm, ?t the bull park. The mi:m sjsjgtasj laaan ts ->iM to be 1 ns '?? (hi turnt high school tesms in il The Joe si team is practicing hard for this game add hOpS to put up a good exhibit!*.t ball. The game will be cat'lsd at I )? sharp. Farmers' Union News ?AND - Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers (Conducted by E. W. Dabbs, President Farmers' Union of Sum tor County.) 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 Farmors 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 oftVera, and members of the Union are requested to use these columns. Also to publish such clipplnga 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 this Department should be sent to E. W. Dabbs. Mayesvllle, S. C. THE COUNTY MEETING. President Harris ami Prof. Williams Will bo at Our Meeting April otb, And Will Have Some Good Tilings to Tell I s. We want our tsuckers and market gardnera to turn out, and all farmers who sell country produce other than cotton. I have not given up the Idea that more can be accomplished to hold up tho price of cotton by finding other methods of marketing country produce than by resoluting on cotton. Hay has been the solution of more than one farmer in South Carolina, and we are not too old to learn from the experiences of others. Forty aollara per acre f-om hay af? ter n fine oat crop was obtained by a Sutern farmer last yea?\ Whj not more farmers do so, until not a ton of western hay la sent into the coun? ty E. W. D. A Diversity Opportunity. While talking about diversification it Is the part of wisdom to stop once and awhile and look around?taking a glance at conditions. For instance, how many read and take to heart the lesson contained In the contenta of the following dispatch to The Newa and Courier from Rock Hill on March 23rd? A audden Jump in the price of broom corn from $80 per hundred to $200, and the scarcity of that article, has caused the Hock Hill Broom fac? tory to shut down temporarily. Prac? tically all the raw material used cornea from the Western States and the crop la very short this year. This commodity can easily be grown In this section of the country, and it seems strange that more Is not plant d. Unlike pur dear old "King (Jot on." it would also seem that a sho/t crop really affects the price?in this Instance in a rather remarkable de? cree. Can a 8outh Carolina farmer take advantage of this particular oppor PK-RU-NA DID WONDERS FOR ME." I mm MRS. ROSA BOYCR. . h< ia in 11 BH, 1121 r.1v rr i hmaetotti lil?i writ si MI1 .n\ <>:??* has reason to prauu i'lru.ia, || .? surely myru\i. "Unst spring I Iwoamo so run dovn from the serious effects of a lingering , that several coir.ideations united III pulling modown. I con'..I neither eat her hie. p well, and 1?>^ t 11? h and sohlt. ?*! finally tried Peruna and it did oMder* for mo. In two weeks I was i. i .mother person, and in a month I I J belter than I ever had l>oforo. "I thank l'eruna for now lifo and iIran th. I send yon two pictures,eo fOVLens fcco what Peruna bus done Better Than for Ycofft. Mrs. Mary F. Jones, Burning Springs, I"j ., writes: "I frisk to speak a word In prutse of y-sir highly valued lYrmiM, s* 1 have i>? i n blessed with tho goldeno] porin? of giving it a f.iir nnd Impartial lost, nnd can say that I have had bettet it. lib, far hette?! si not i hsTe I.n D - If than for quite a number ol year* b f??ro. "One of my neighbors had stomach I n umnii-nd'(I Tcriina t?? le r, gnd now she is well and healthy, after having beeg pronounced hopoloo* by several physician*." Man-a-lin an Ideal Laxative. tunlty? Certainly, and during this season at that. Neariy all the broom straw is raised in a few States of the Middle West and in Oklahoma. In South Carolina broom straw of fine (i.uallty and at profitable figures can b.? raised in almost any portion of the State. Eminently successful experi? ments have been made with broom stmw around Yemassee and in other sections. No cotton grower has thought it worth while to bother with broom straw or even learn anything about it It is simply the same old story of neglect of opportunities time and again permitted to pass. Such neglect is the child of the one and *wo-crop system, and an alien to di? versification. Why not give broom straw a try-out??Farmers Union Sun. I would commend the above article to tae attention of our farmers who wish to have another money crop. In 1887 I grew near Brick Church, the finest broom corn that had to tha* time ever been raised in the State Samples of it were on exhibit in the State Agricultural Department unti, burned at Clemson College. Growing it is no more trouble than sorgum. The skill comes in knowing when to turn down the heads, when to cut, and how to cure. The best variety is said to he "Ev? ergreen" and seed njsy be obtained from Woods, Stubbs & Co., Louisville, Ky. The seeds are valuable for chick? en and hog feed; equal in quantity and quality to sorgum. As a side line some of our farmers should try an acre or two of it. E. W. D. The tariff is the mother-in-law oi 'he consumers?Tlrooklvn Esel*? SOUTH MAY GEGIOE. BAST AND WKST AT ODDS AS TO 11 ID KS AXD LUMBER. _ I I Differences Seem Likely to Become so Sharp tlmt Democrats From This Section May Determine the Oat* come?Advocates of Free Di(!c> Hopeful, hut the Outlook for Free Lumber is not Brillit. Washington. March 28.?The fftte >f lumber and hides in the proposed new tariff law probably will not be decided until the conference reports >n the bill have been approved by >oth the Senate and House. The clash" i 3S on these schedules have occurred | largely between the Representatives >f the East and West, and there is a prospect of the differences becom? ing so sharp that the Democrats .rom the Southern States may deter? mine the outcome. The supporters of protection on j hir'es express hope of inducing the \ senate committee to rcommend the sontinuance of the D. ?ley rates. The [ Western senators on the committee I have proved strong advocates of the restoration of the duty, while Sena? tor Lodge is said to stand almost alone in his campaign for free hides. Champions of the movement to take the duty off lumber entirely are not so sanguine of success as the ad- ! vocates of free hides, so far as their j contest in the committee is concerned, f Senator McCumber, in accordance with the instructions of the Legisla? ture of North Dakota, is prepared to carry the fight to the floor of the Senate. Regardlsess of the vote of the com mitee, the advocatse of free lumber and free hldei have bten promised ' the )ry that all great nations would votes on these qu??tions in the Senate, take action so far as to be given the There U a well defined rumor in the lower rate. Senate that the committee on finan?? Will upset the principle declared in D?ring the considerati on of the Mil thfM far, all of the r-A.s whi h d' the Payne I ill of making the estab- j ptnd upon Sfrfatlnsj treaties have mm n lished rate the minimum with a twen- i UUd aside tc he t en: !1, ed When the ty per cent retaliatory increase to I maximum, an I minimum features are countries which fail to give their best rate to the United .States. If it should be decided to reverse the proposition <? .is to make the established rate taken up. Attenth n Is invited to t?o enounce* the maximum and give to the most meat ??? I mell & Co. Every line friendly nation a favored rate ?* 20 >'i it is o? Interest to the public and per cent less, it is asserted that the rates in the Payne bill would have to be raised all along the line on the tho.se who are in need of goods will do well to note the prices quoted in the advertisement. aaaaaaaan LIME :: CEMENT HARD WALL PLASTER, SHINGLES, LATHS, ROOFING, Fire Brick and Clay; Stove Flue and |Drain Pipe. . :. Building Material Generally. . :. ^ H-RSF, COW. B08 m CH'GKEK FEEO. ^ Horses, Mules, Vehicles and Harness as Usuai. We still have some Milch Cows on hand. BOOTH-HARBY LIVE STOCK COMPANY SUMTER, S. C. Youjwill wear New Shoes Easter The question is merely whether they will be tans or blacks, high cuts or oxfords. If your taste runs to oxfords, how do you like this one ? Made in patent colt on the Rialto model. Price $4. Others in other leathers and shapes at $3.50 and 84.00. No. 5, South Main Street, SUM TER, S, C. \hoe rvvvvvuuwwooggooOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOGOOOOOOC?OG m EASTER SUNDAY. m O matter how carefully you may dress on other days of the year, Easter Sunday always calls for J your best. It's splendid foresight to make Easter preparations early so as to secure the best. If you need a New Suit just take a look at our "Clothes cf Quality" designed, cut and tailor? ed from the choicest fabrics by experts Some of the best in the land. \\\ 10 $30. Everything in Clothes, Hats, Shirts, Neckwear and Underwear, for Men and Boys, in styles that are the prevailing fashions, and at prices that are pleasing. Ik 8. J. C Phone 166. oooooooonnn