The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 07, 1909, Image 4
WtO*?$OAY, APRIL 7. 1909.
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The gumter Watchman wai found
w4 In l m r#?? and the "^rue Southron In
Hit. The Watchman and .Southron
tftow baa she combined circulation and
UOflu?itc* of both of the old p
?und la manifestly the best advcrtlsin
ledlum in Sumter.
iUH'-P . . . .L.._
VHU.IMVN RAILWAY OPENED.
SDewl It"**! of It II. Rosen Now
Ready for TrafHc.
Norfolk. Vs., April 2.?The open
tng of th.? Vttslnlan Hallway, extend?
ing from Sewell's Point. Norfolk, to
t>eepwater, W. Vs.. on the Kanawha
fiver, a dt dam e of 440 miles, took
place today with a most auspicious
?slsbratlou heie. made more notable
by the pnmence of H. H. Rogers, who
built the Virginian" at a cost of
bb*w* $4J.0t.O0<). Mamuel Clemens.
(Mark Twam.) and several prominent
Hew fork financiers are Intereated
With Mr. R ?*rs In the undertaking.
Tue o *?.*b? atlon featlvltles began
with the arrival early In the day of
S>fi psog>) i from along the line of the
tea* esj s special train of It
and two Pullman cars.
Tbs day was Ailed with events of
iejfrtut. tit? programme of entertain
USSUt for die visitors Including an In
Of* tho Norfolk harbor, the
Vrrgtuitn coal piers, at Sewell's
the largest In the world, with
*>' 4mraping capacity into ship bot
o4? 00.000 tons per day. and fin
a peSwic reception to Mr. Rogers
hi* ku*-at* Mr Rogers will he
guess of honor at a $10 per
tmuqaet here tomorrow night.
Virginian Railway, begun In
list, waa completed Feb
II. IMS. More <han 1,000,000
of coal lands in West Virginia
leave been made accessible by It.
I the road has opened up a coun
herev before enjoying railway fa
At the recepUen at the board of
Mr Rogers sod Mark Twain
hands with more than 1.000
sViople
Mara Twain waa first In the line
imd Mr Rogers was neat. Nearly ev
sry\?*?e mistook Mark Twain for Mr
lera, and aa the visitors passed
ra Twain congratulating him on
completion of the Virginian Rail
be did not say a word. The
|*wwd maa*ed In the rear of the
Tuen came cries of 'speech,
?ad quite a. If he expected
??? Mnrfc Twitla mounte<l a chair. The
iippearauc of hla silvered, shaggy
JiUpd abeve the crowd commanded In?
stant all out I in
-?My frieiida," he aald. "while I
;t\iaou s>eea alMking your hand*. I have
I Istesaat 4o some very flattering com
tt'Um"??., I like compliinonts. espe?
cial** fhos*. rh. h teem to come from
Hip Ifert. mH yours did. They went
eLrulaht to my heait. and 1 thank you
an. I could not help but feel ftat
itvrud aw you panned me and thanked
me evaw v ly f>. the splendid rom'
W'HaH ytf%{ through your State. I like
t iuf compliments, gentlemen, and I
tl ank ? ??
Tb r hr j i ??i forth a merry round
oV la*nc*ilet. ??d for P.e first tlnvs
those *H , ri v 1 mixed Mark Twain up
whh Mr. Rogers realised their mis
twee.
tTti+m Or (1<?m*n.h drinhel tpe I
\%%t there were cries for "Rogers."
Mr. It >< i ? m >unted a chair and
?aid
"OeeMlemen it U my business to
build raJWtMdrt I employ-my orator
here to talk about them." (Laying
his b ??\ i u|i >n Mark Twain'* should
ur. # tie an old friend and I feel
that 1 cam Mk? llobrtlea with him."
l^rl?* i ill Ts SUO Alt TIU'ST.
,Hrw York < of lector Ordern Rcllqul
da thin of flutie*.
Sim fork, April S.?Reassessment -
if aWuVsu ?oi Minting to a total In?
crease J $ I.'Ml. too on sugar Import?
ed 4?? tti* American Sugar Refining
3guupa*v at the refinery of Havemey
ix m M4?t*r, between December, 1901.
ar g N.?? MM bar, I ?07. hive been or
ei.?re<i l?v oll i m l ? i?. of i lo? i
W Nf4^ York
M' Lew? ordered the rellquldatlon
sjf Oho duties on the ground of fraud.
warsaasd asaessmenta Is a
uolt of tli" trlil of the case of the
K'.v n?o ?hi miHt th" AniH i
Sflgir It-oiniiK ' ornpiny. Which was
ypeontly tried here, In which the go*
wrn^i?*nt WU1 iwirded $114.nu>,
T< IfwRwd .st.ttea Attorney Btlmson
and KmmiHi.xni Hhini Alton l>Stl
?lao'V W%*m proaecuted the prsvtou
oaae h?v?? b??n r??t.lined by t(?.- 'I
liattni iit >f i i tl ? s*n spoclal ooun
?sl to carry am further litigation of a
i,, i ,.
The Rev T. vy. ( lift, for fourtsen
yeara r*cl >r >?t St ThaddtMiH Kpiw
fml church at \lk?-n, hat h-imb-d in
Ills rsUUSjaSl I >n to take effr t in IhS
n^xt l"W * k . Mi i "lift inriMunO* I
Oiht retignnt? >n ,.-v i ii ?l.?\s l>4? '.v. gad
the null ?? wtt officially brought be?
fore i ni -'oik ol Mi. . , i I
US* tWI IK ?
Farmers' Union News
?AND ?
Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers
(Conducted by Bi W. Dahhs, President Farmers' Union of Sunitcr
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 Farmers which I have been requested to conduct. It will be my
aim to givo the Union news and 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 thlnK 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, 8. C.
Valuable Information Free.
This week I am publishing below
a Hat of Farmer?' Bulletins that are
free. Write Hon. A. F. Lever for
such of them an you think will be
of Interest to you In your particular
line of farming or housekeeping. Al?
ways order by the numbers. Pre?
serve this list for future reference.
Again I will repeat what I have,
frequently said at farmers' meetings:
We do not use the Department ofi
Agriculture as much as we should.!
There Is hardly a problem of farm, <
soil, stock, (garden, and housekeeping
management that has not been stud
led by experts of the United States
Department of Agriculture: the re?
sults carefully compiled, and em?
bodied in one or more bulletins.
These bulletins at e ucually written In
simp!*: language and style, often Illus?
trated by drawings and pictures that
aid in explaining the text, so that any
one who cun read may take in tho
meaning.
Should we have a problem that la"
not covered by one of these bulletins,
the stating of that problem to the
Secretary of Agriculture will result In
his putting some capable and highly
?rained mind to work on it and soon?
er or later It will be solved.
Call on the department for any In?
formation you want. This Is what
It Is there for. Do not wait for the
demonstration agents to come around
and drive tho truths Into us, but seek
for them ourselves.
E. W. D.
The Feeding of Farm Animals.
24. Hog I Cholera and Swine
Plague.
2*. Weeds: How to Kill Them.
32. Silos and Silage.
33. Peach Growing for Market.
35. Potato Culture.
26. Cottonseed and its Products.
42. Facts About Milk.
4 4. Commercial Fertilisers.
47. Insects Affecting s the Cotton
Plan:.
4S. The Manu:lng of Cotton.
4*. shefp Feeding.
It, Standard Varieties of Chick?
en.'.
14, Some Common Birds.
&r,. The Dally Herd,
r.s. The1 Soy Bean as a Forage
Crop.
I ? i ? i k ??- ping.
SO. Methods of Curing Tobacco.
61. Asparagus Culture.
f>'i. Marketing Farm Produce.
66. Meadows and Pastures.
71. Essentials In Beef Production.
77. The Laming of Soils.
SO. The Peach Twig-Borer.
Ml. Corn Culture in the South.
82. The Culture of Tobacco.
83. Tobacco Soils.
86. Thirty Poisonous Plants.
91. Potato Diseases and Treat?
ment.
N, Itaising Sheep for Mutton,
'?v Suggestions to Southern Farm
ei v
99. Insect Enemies of Shade
Ti.?
100. Hog Haising in the South,
lit Millets.
10j Southern Forage Plants,
lot. Notes on Frost.
106. Breeds Of Dairy Cattle.
110. Hies Culture In the United
I itOBi
i Thi Apple and How to Grow
It.
1 s. Grape Crowing In the South,
Iff, In ects Affecting Tobacco.
K I'ra -tic.il Suggestions for
r irtu i u idinKH.
1 J7. Important ln>eetieid< s.
155, Ineool ?nornles of Growing
Wheat
III smi?iuiiii Syrup Manufacture
i:;7 Thi Angora Gbjot
III, Irrigation Of Field and Gar?
den.
145. CarhOI Bisulphide as an In
? I i e lde.
147. Winter Fora ge CrOpS fOI thi
South.
i . a Clearing New Land,
III, Bonblei in Cattle*
154. The Home Fruit Garden
Pieparatlon and Care.
156. How Insects Affect Health
In Rural Districts.
150. The Home Vineyard.
157. The Propagation of Plants.
159. Scab in Sheep.
161. Practical Suggestions for
Fruit Growers.
164. Rape as a Forage Crop.
170. Principles of Horse Feeding.
173. Primer of Forestry.
174. Broom Corn.
177. Squab Raising.
179. Horseshoeing.
181. Pruning.
183. Meat on the Farm; Butcher?
ing, Curing, and Keeping.
187. Drainage of Farm Lands.
192. Barnyard Manure.
194. Alfalfa Seed.
196. Usefulness of the American
Toad.
198. Straberries.
199. Corn Growing.
205. Pig Management.
206. Milk Fever and Its Treat?
ment.
213. Raspebrries.
217. Essential Steps in Securing
an Early Crop of Cotton.
220. Tomatoes.
229. The Production of Good Seed
Corn.
231. Spraying for Cucumber and
Melon Diseases.
235. Preparation of Cement Con?
crete. v
lit, An Example of Model Farm?
ing.
248. Fungicides and Their Use In
Preventing Diseases of FruUs.
245. Renovation of Worn-oul
Soils.
246. Saccharine Sorghums for
Forage.
250. The Prevention of Wheat
Smut and Loose Smut of Oats.
253. The Germination of Seed
Corn.
257. Soil Fertility.
2">s. Texas or Tick Fever and Its
Prevention.
261. The Cattle Tick.
|$4. The Brown-Tail Moth and
How to Control It. >
266. Management of Soils to Con-'
serve Moisture.
26S. Industrial Alcohol: Sources
and Manufacture.
269. Industrial Alcohol: Uses and
st itlstios,
171. a Successful Hog and Seed
Corn Farm.
277. The Use of Alcohol and Gas?
oline in Far n Engines.
27S. L -gumlnou* Crops for Green
M an u ring.
279. a Method of Eradicatin-g
Johnson Grass.
2m). a Profitable Tenant Dairr
Farm.
Ill, Celery.
L'11. insect and Fangous Enemies
of the Crape East of the Rocky
Mountains.
?2s'o. The Advantage of Planting
Heavy Cottonseed.
2K6. Comparative value of Wind.'
Cottonseed and Cottonseed Meal in
Fertilizing Cotton.
2ss. Non-Saccharine Sorghums.
fit, The Cotton Boll Worm.
L".i2. Cost of Filling Silos.
117. Methods of Destroying flats.
Ill, Diversified Farming Under
the Plantation System.
100. Some Important Grasses and
Forage Plants for the Gulf Coast lie
Klon.
101, Sea Island Cotton. Its Cul?
ture, Improvement, and Diseases.
101. Corn Harvesting Machinery.
310. a Successful Alabama Diver?
sification Farm.
311. Baud-Clay and Burnt-Clay
Roads.
Ill, A Successful Hay Farm.
Ill, Harvesting and Storing Corn.
Ill, Progress in Legume Inocula?
tion.
:'. is. Cow peas.
Ill, Demonstration Work in Co?
operation with southern Farmers,
111. The Use Of the Split-log Drag
on Barth Roads.
Ill, sweet Potatoes, ^
III, Building Up a Run-down
Cotton Plantation.
117. The Conservation of Natural
Resources,
III, Cotton wilt.
33S. Macadam Roads.
339. Alfalfa.
334. The Boll Weevil Problem.
siMA'S SCHEME OPPOSED.
South Will Not Aid Plan to Hohl
Hack Part Of Cotton Crop.
Savannah, Ga., April 4.?State
men ts of local cotton factors, and re?
ports received from other cities in
Georgia, indicate that the plan of
Daniel J. Sully to throw a chain of
cotton ware houses across the South
capable of holding one-third of a
year's cotton crop, wil be strongly op?
posed If it ever threatens to become a
fact, and that it will have a very
slight if any support at all in this
section.
A member of the Savannah Cotton
Exchange states that the plan in the
first place is impracticable, that had
th^ South wanted it, the plan of the
Farmers' Union would long ago have
secured support, instead of Mr. Sul
ly's plan, and that cotton factors see
in it nothing to commend itself to
them or to the planters.
He indicated that no improvement
upon present conditions can be ex?
pected from this new source, and
that locally efforts along that line
would meet with probably more than
passive resistance.
Miss Brecden Entertains.
On last Friday evening Miss Carrie
Bee Breeden entertained at her home
on Washington Street, quite a num?
ber of young lady and gentlemen
friends. The guests assembled in the
front parlor and each was handed a
miniature slate upon which was writ?
ten the geographical questions to be
answered, and the number of the
young gentleman's "deskmate." They
were then invited Into the sitting
room, which had been transformed
into a cozy school room and asked to
study out the questions before them.
This fun lasted for quite a while
when the teachers asked the class to
hand in their work for correction.
During this time lunch was served
which consisted of an elegant salad
course. Four corect blates were hand?
ed in, which occasioned the catting
for the first prize. Mr. George War?
ren cut the ace and was presented
Tennyson's Memoriam, elegantly
bound in leather with gilt edge. Mr.
Russell Shaw was given the booby, a
box of A B C building blocks. Quite
a number of games were enjoyed
during the evening. At 11:30 the
guests began to Pave, each bidding
the hostess adieu, assuring her they
hu?d spent a glorious evening.
Tho young ladles and gentlemen
present were: Miss Gussie Hood with
Mr. James Bryan, Miss Lizzie Britton
With Mr. Johnnie Lemon, Miss Mary!
Pitts with Mr. George Warren, Miss
Lucile Ryttenberg with Mr. Russell
Shaw, Miss Christine Williamson with .
Mr. Rlley Bradham, Miss Eiline1
Hurst with Mr. Harold McCoy, Dr.
and Mrs. Durant, Miss Katie 11c
Kiever with Mr. James Cuttlno.
1 ? ?? ? ? . - l
IXSAXE ASYLUM BURNS.
Woodward. Okla., April 1.?Six
hundred insane persons were in dang?
er of denth today when flames start-'
ing from a prairie fire destroyed ser-,
eral buildings of the State Asylum sjt
Fort Supply.
The fire broke out in the laundry
building shortly after the inmates had
returned to their quarters from Ihc
noon meaT, The arylum fiie depart-,
ment v. as ordered out and every ef?
fort was mad ? to conceal fron; ihc
patients the fart that the building
was burning. A woman, seeing the
fire, however, excitedly gave the
alarm. Attendants then rushed
among then' charm * and narrowly
averted a panic, rhe l'.re &prea.1
from the UlUndiy to the pharmacy
supply building Rnd threatened tho
asylum Itself. The inmates yielded
to the entreaties of the attendants and
kept good order when the danger was
greatest.
By hard work, the firemen saved
the various ward buildings. There
was no loss of life. Tho stables,
laundry, pharmacy and employees'
quarters wer?? destroyed. The loss Is
$75,000.
CATARRH DESTROYED
V I? MAI ?*
MY APPETITE
PBR?H A rarely rail* \?> restore the
ippOtitS* 1 D) IH a:.it< .y upon t <- b>
r:n_ lUu pas <?(' PortMw patients ba
tc eat ami tilgest? TltTs I l*io iinlisrsaj
t .ttimonj omulng t**om ail parts of the
ciriiiaed world.
Oalarrh Is a very frequent cause of
ios- of ipu tite an I distort h*1 rPgeetloex.
The b*n< dels I i mluence of reruns ??n
Qatarrh completed y restores the app3
t Its in such cases.
To prod the digestive orians with
medicine* that are msrel> stimulants is
c poor way to remedy Stich < ases.
"/ am now cured and cheer?
ful in spirits, ail through the
agency of rerun a, which has
cured me tffcctually and restored
my apfcti'.e.
"My only regret is that I did
not use Peruna sooner and 1
would have avoided all my pre
vious suffering and misery."
?Mr. Joseph If. Conlan.
Removed Catarrh, Restored Appetite.
Mr. Joseph H. Conlan, 487 7th Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y., writes:
UI suffered from catarrh which completely destroyed my appetite and
weakened my entire system.
??I am now cured and cheerful in spirits, all through the agency of Peru?
na, which has cured me effectually and restored my appetite.
"My only regret is that I did not use Peruna sooner and I would have
avoided all my previous suffering and misery."
Torpid Liver, Stomach Trouble.
Mr. James O'Byrne, 616 Madison St.,
Topeka, Kas., couduetor Santo Fe Rail?
way and member Order of Railway Con?
ductors, writes:
4*I suffered with a torpid liver and
rtomaeh trouble, which made my com?
plexion very sallow, r.nd I f-?lt misera?
ble and tired all the iiinp.
"An aunt wrote mo that she was tak?
ing Peruna with such good results that
she advised me to try it, and I finally
bought a bottle, although I disliked to
take patent medicines.
However, 1 found Peruna very agree?
able to take, and effective, as I felt bet?
ter in a week. I took only five bottles
in all and I found that was all I needed.
**I am most grateful to you for what
your medicine has done for me."
Dysentery Entirely Relieved.
Mr. W. N. Casey, Leamington, III.,
wnteo:
??in two weeks after beginning your
treatment I was weii. I Used nine lit?
tle* of Peruna. My caso wss bowel
trouble or dysentery.
"I also tried Peruna for a ccugh, ac?
cording todirections, and it exceeds any
cough syrup I ever u?ed.
"1 wish every one afflicted would give
Peruna a trial."
Pe ru na as a Tonic.
Capt. It. B. Smith, Greenrdioro, Oa.,
writes:
*'Aftcr using several bottles of Peru?
na I can recommend it as one of t he best
Catarrh medicines ^n the markei- As a
tonic it has no equal.
*'Peruua is all that is claimed for it."
Catarrh of Stomach.
Mr. Henry Neely, First Lieutenant,
Co. *<F," 86th R giment, O. V. L, Box
666| Trenton, Mo., writes: **1 suffered
for years with catarrh of the stomach.
Seeing sn advertisement Of Peruna, I
bought a liottle and every dt so made ma
feel better. OewSM Dottles completely
cured me."
PREACH IMMORTALITY OF BODY
Prophet* of Queer Sect Expound New
Doctrine at Chester.
Chester, April 2.?The Rev. Wesley
Bohmlds and the Rev. Francis Wert,
members of a sect, which in their an- ,
nouncements they call "Israelites of
the House of David." whose base of
operations seem to be Benton Harbor. I
Mich., arrived in the city yesterday
afternoon and have since been |
preaching their doctrine to such as!
gathered to hear them. Their belief i
ll in an immortality of the body as)
well as of the soul, it being their con- j
ten: ion that the physical man, by ab-I
Staining from sin and practicing t
righteousness, can live as Enoch and
Elijah did without ever undergoing
the pang of physical death. The col?
ony at Benton Harbor seems to be
communistic in principle, but these
representatives have more to say
about the immortality of the bodv
Chan about their other principles,
.^'chmide and Wert wear long hair
and flowing beards, and have all of
the ear-marks of the religious de?
votee.
TAKEN VP?One black sow on my
premises five miles from Sumter.
Owner prove property and pay ex?
penses. W. R. Wells, Sumter, R.
F. D. Xo. f.
4-3-3t I?It W & S.
LIME :: CEMENT
HARD WALL PLASTER, SHINGLES,
LATHS, ROOFING,
Fire Brick and Clay: Stove Flue and
|Drain Pipe.
. :. Building Material Generally. . :.
ggf, COIf. HOS kB Hjjjgj FEED.
Horses, Mules, Vehicles and Harness as
Usuai.
We still have some Milch Cows on hand.
BQ?TH-HARBY LIVE STOCK COMPANY,
SUMTER,
S. C.
You will wear
New Shoes Easter
The question is merely whether
they will be tans or 1'lacks, high cuts
or oxfords.
If your tiste runs to oxfords, how
do you like this one ? Made in patent
colt on the RlALTO model. I*iice S4.
(Others in other leathers and shapes at
$3.50 and S4.00.
rr^XTZ
?95
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No. 5, South Main Street,
SUMTER, S. C.