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WtOMtSOAV. APRIL 28, 1909. The Sumter Watchman wu found era In 1960 a ?d the True Southron in Met. The Watchman and Southron ?ow hue ehe combined circulation and influence of both of tfee old papers, aad Is manifestly the beat advertising gaeeium In Sor ter. osssssssasssssssssspssssa What e Political Speaker I ndorse. Tha political stump speaker has sjnany amusing and many unpleasant ?ipet leucea. A party of us went down tnto the heart of the east sld 3 of New fork one night with a politician some? what handicapped by hie wealth and ?octal position, who nevertheless elect sal to go to the doubtful district per ?onally. At a street corner o bunting draped cart ewat ted htm. and. climbing to the tailboard of this, be began tell Ins the ragged audience In well round ad periods how they should vote and way. A few Jeers began to nx>p from Caw fc4e ranee of the crowd. The Jeers galnel volume. Re wee told to 44Aw, afaat up!" "Close your bead.*" "Say. A*re ss e drink; your talk makes us t*tret] " Somewhat disconcerted, but determined to finish his s|)eech. Wee continuing when something peat bis head end splashed Qently on the floor of the cart An something and snot bor followed, every one wee dodging decadent itoea until. It becoming impose, hie to bear a about above the Jeers und of the voters, tha horses a ere forward out of the soft red bombardment and the district left to Ha own political sins.?John U. Win ?bell In Metropolitan Magazine, Why He Did the Washing. A men came up out of one of the little roof houses serosa from the wo? man's window with e big bosket of clothe r Be wee followed by two ?mall boya carrying more clothes and eaeuheafktna. The man put the basket of dot bee down end began to sort them out preparatory to hanging them em the line. The boys helped, handing hi a the clothespins end some email one at a time. They were a while hanging out the clothee be? ef their awkwardness. It was itly work they were unaccustomed do, but at lest It waa finished, and the rent down tnto the little roof leevtng the man on the roaf. Be stood for e moment looking et the .eearWe, then, going over to e parapet eat down between two tall chimneys. The woman could see him from her window lean against one of the chln> ?ye and by end by throw his aim (Sscroas hit eyea She found out afterward that hie wife had died the week before.?N<"d r Only s Misunderstanding, d years ago ui e well known wholesale house in a big manufactur? ing town an old bachelor bookkeeper, Who bed been many years with the Arm, suddenly announced that he waa be be married. The partners gave him a week's holi? day, a) id eth fellow clerks rained a sattle purse a id presented It to pay the i*o of bis wedding trip, couple of days after the wedding of the members of the firm went to a seaside resort, and there, lounging about the parade and appar? ently enjoying himself Immensely, he ?aw bis recently married old book steeper, but alone. "Where's your wifeV* asked the prin? cipal ?"She's at home." was the reply. "But I thought you bad money given for a wedding trip v" *Vo I had," waa the reply, "but I i't understand that It was Intend to Include her." - Pearson's Weekly. A Valuable Milestone. A well known novelist was touring through Lancashire In order to learn eomethln* of the lives of the Inhabit ?als when be came upon an old man teeaklng stones on the roadside and. aesseklug he might gain some knowl frotn him. addressed him thus: "How far la It to Fleet wood, my sen?" "You'll see a milestone a bit farther a," wee the gruff reply. -What's the use. If 1 can't readr ?Id the norel'ft eager to draw the old aaa Into a conversation. Then it'll 1'iHi suit you, for there's rt on it." said the old fellow.-Lot* Urnpalc. Spscific Directions, measnge was transmitted to the lb" telegrapher. As written It read: "Foundation under freight bouse cede atteotlon at once.** Ae delivered to the general foreman dlspab h contained a rather star til or: Mr of Information. It read: "Found a lion under freight bouse. Heeds attention at once." To which bo replied briefly "Veed the lion and notify the lite agent." Sad Luek. ?Mother." said flve-ycar-old. Jack. ?%ow mifb older than you is father." "Ju r 'ttirteeu years," replied the un ?ewpectlag parent "Well, mother," seriously continued the child, "the next time you marry, don't marry a man thirteen years older than you. Don't you know It Is bad ;f?Delineator. A Strong Pull. Two men were having an argument ? to their respective strengths. ??Why." said the first, "every morn before breakfast I get a bucket lull up ninety gallons from the well ' That's nothing." retorted the other. !*T get a boat every morning and pull uro the river ' Farmers' Union News i> ?AND ? Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers (Conducted by E. W. Dabbs, President Farmers' Union of Sumter County.) The Watchman and Southron having decided to doublt 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 u.se these columns. Also to publish such 'clippings from the agricultural papers and Govern? ment Bulletins aa I think will be of practical benefit to our readers. Ori? ginal articles Ly 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, Mayesville, S. C. County Union Meeting. Bear In mind that the time has been changed from 1st Tuesday to 1st Friday. The May meeting will be on Friday, the 7th. at Mellett school house with Jordan Union, Just across the line in Privateer township. I will do my best to have some one or more of the Government Farm Demon? strators with us on that occasion. Xow ts the time to organize if you expect to be of any force next fall. E. W. D. We publish something more about the pasture and stock. The situation is summed up In these word??: "That may bo all right, but I do not want to be pestered with them." And as I havo remarked before, the reason there Is not greater diversity of crops with us Is that it requires more plan? ning, more constant attention than tht all-cotton system. E. W. D. I clip, entire, this week one page of Progressive Farmer, being its six? teenth article on How to Make $500 More a Tear Farming. This subject of more stock and more pastures, has teen a hobby of mine for several years. I am sorry to say I have not made the progress I wanted to to? ward better stock and better pastures, but I am trying. It seems to me that only in this direction can we hope to find the solution of that very vexa? tious problem, the labor problem, and the equally unsatisfactory one, of low prices for what we sell, and high prices for what we buy. The campaign that is being waged in the agricultural papers for more horse power and less hand labor In the production of crops, should be and Is. also supplemented by a campaign for more stock harvesting, and less hand harvesting. Not stock and ma? chinery, but stock feeding the crops directly off the land, and putting them through the process of manu? facturing meat and beef, and milk, and leaving the resulting manure to ^tlll further enrich the soil. E. W. D. Keep Improving Your Pasture. Many farmers think that a piece of Innd In pasture needs no fertilization, but there Is no place where It pays at tt?-r. Up In the northern section of this State, not far from Baltimore, many years ago there were rough hill lands In a very poor state, and toe rough for cultivation. They were kept In grass and cattle bought In Baltimore In spring, thin cattle and turned on the grass. Every spring the land was dressed with three hun? dred pounds of raw bone meal. This has been kept up for many years, and now there Is no land in the country that feeds more cattle per acre. The grazers are Independent, and culti itt no land, merely buying cattle j I U\ putting them on the grass, and the butchers take them as needed when ready; and they lead the life of country gentlemen, needing little labor except merely for salting the entile and looking uft? r thctn and the ing. and now and then mowing off the rank spots and scattering the Irepplnge, There Is no part of the in which pays better than the pa - ture If It is kept Improving. Mr. <\ S. Williams seems bothered ? the manure question. Nn one ii usually N?st manors enough to ?v i his mem. but I know men who ire profitably raising manure enough (a saver their torn Hate every year, und in 1)1 ?et >' ars covering the farm, '?'?I the tattk are led ;.t | profit. too. taking, tbe aetnal cost of tht feed ate the ealeutatlon, And II Iht farm er gets from the la-eve* he raises or Ho cows he feeds only the market re tue of tht feed, he Is doing fftlli fsi at ban mads tie dlftertnet be? tween tatl and market price as though ho had sold iht feed, and ha* the manure in addition. If tht pro? I nation or forage and iht feeding of i' I u o u b as It should be in tie South, Iht Whntt thirteen million bales of last years cotton crop oould be grown on one-fourth Iht land It took to make them. But the attitude of the Southern farmer is like that of a North Caro? lina man in one of the best eotton gTowing sections. I was urging the necessity of growing more forage and feeding cattle. He replied: "That may be all right, but I do not want to be pestered with them." And that is Just what is the .matter in the South. ?Progressive Farmer. 1?500 IfOIUD A VKAK FARMING: HOW TO MAKE IT. B| Keeping More IJve Stock to Graz?? the Idle Lands. In/traveling over the Progressive Farmer territory, any one familiar with the beet farming sections of this country, cannot fail to be im? pressed with our large acres of waste lnnds which yield no revenue to their owners. The total area of the State of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia Is 91,000,000 acres. Of this vast area, only 63,000,000 acres, or 69 per cent. Is cleared by the Cen? sus Report as "in farms," and of these farms only 24,000,000 acres, 39 per cent, is classed as improved lands. That is about 27 per cent, of the to? tal area of the^e States is Improved land. The balance, or 73 per cent. Is, under present conditions, of prac? tically no value from an agricultural standpoint. That only 39 per cent, of the area included In our farms Is Improved land is the mo.st significant fact brought out by these figures; for In other words, 64 per cent, of even our farms is land yielding little or no revenue to the owner. It is apparent that if anything can be done to make these Idle lands yield some pro? fit, it should be done. The lands which ara yielding no agricultural revenues may be divided Into these classes: (1) Woodlands that are too rough or too wet for cul? tivation. (2) The so-called worn out lunds, and lands on which all the valuable timber has been cut or de? stroyed. (3) Small and Irregular areas or patches in or between the fields?spots too wet for cultivation, patches that are washed and gullied, and areas covered with briers, bush? es, pines and other shrubby and worthless growths. The first class, or the timber lands will be discussed later in article No. 42 of this series. It U believed that theee can be made to yield a much larger revenue than at present. The laste lass has already been inciden? tally referred to in several articles, but will soon receive special consid? eration In article No. 21 of this series The second class of unproductive farms lands?the worn-out or turned* j out, and the cut-over lands?are the ones which we desire especially to consider In this article. Why Stock Have Not Paid Us. Right here we wish to call attention t to the chief cause of our failure In the past to make live stock husban? dry profitable. We have procured live stock without first having made provisions for feeding them; and in this connection it cannot be stated too positively that the majority of our idle lands are now in no Condition to, and will not furnish sufficient grazing to make the live stock busi? ness profitable to us. Before we got liv< stock, to make believe at gras? ing these lands, they must re? ceive some attention. A pasture is not a piece Of poor land with B fence around it. An agricultural writer recently described ? Southern pasture as "a place where grass does not grow," and II must be confessed, the description accurately tits too many so-called Southern pastures. Much of oar idle land can be made to )>;iy a fair Income on Its present value plus the cost of putting II In condition for growing feed for cattle and otlwr li??- stock tC graze. If any laud Is so poor, or so u? i that four or five acres cannot at a moderate coal be put in condition to furnish sufficient feed during the en? tire grazing season for an animal weighing 800 to 1,000 pounds, then sueh land is not suitable for grazing purposes. By sufficient feed we mean enough to produce during a six to eight months* grazing period, a growth of 150 to 200 pounds on fairly good cattle. To do this there must be sulllclent feed to satisfy the animal without too great effort on his part to find it. About three acres of av? erage land should do this. A gain of 200 pounds, worth say four cents a pound, or $8, is not a large return from three acres of land, but it is at least $4 net, more than most of our idle lands are now bring? ing. Moreover, it must be remem? bered that land of a quality that takes three or four acres to support one steer is not high-priced land. These idle lands now have a nominal value only, and the higher that value, the worse it is for the owner who makes them yield nothing. The own? ers of such idle lands should cer? tainly do one of two things: dispose of them for what they will bring, or put them in condition to yield In? terest on their valuue, whatever they may be. It we estimate the steer worth $25, which he will not be unless of better quality than those we now have; charge 10 per cent, on this amount to cover interest on investment and Insurance against loss by death, for the eight months; and add $1 for care Of the pasture, we have a total charge against three acres, or the $S -ross earnings, of $3.50. This leaves 54.50 net income from three acres. Four and a half dollars is 10 per cent, on $4 5. which permits an investment of $15 an acre. If this land is now worth $5 an acre, we have left $10 fOr putting it into condition for grow? ing feed for live stock. Wo yiusi Keep tiie Pastures Clean. The most .important point regard ir.p the preparation of these waste lands for growing grass is the re? moval of the useless plants which now occupy them. The space oc? cupied by weeds, briers and bushes cannot, be occupied by grass, nor can the plant food used in the growth of these useless plants go into the growth of plants that live stock will eat and thrive on. Our pastures must be cleared up and kept clean. Cheap or poor lands which are growing timber of value should be left to grow that crop, but lands which are now growing nothing of value should be made to furnish grazing for live stock if it can be done and come out even. The first cost of cleaning up the land for nastures Is considerable, and rnnkt be regarded in the nature of a permanent Investment, but when once cleaned up and set in grass, the cost of maintaining them clean ll entail. This small expense, however. 13 none the less necessary. We are so sure that cotton and corn, for in? stance, will not grow profitably on land occupied by other plants that wc spend large sums on cultivation, to keep down weeds and grass, but we seem never to have realized that grasses and other grazing crops must also be protected from more vigorous and rapidly growing plants in order to produce the most profitable re? turns. Lands Must 1k? Fenced and Live Stock Controlled. That the pasture lands must be fenced and the live stock controlled must become apparent to any one giving even casual consideration to the subject. Even if this were not necessary in order to protect the pas? ture and keep the live stock where it may receive the personal attention necesrary, the necessity for the era? dication of the cattle tick, the control of hog cholera and the prevention of Othor infectious diseases, would make it imperative. In fact, it is beyond understanding why any people in this day and stage of agricultural enlight? enment will permit live stock to run at large at any time or season of the year. The cattle fever tick, the greatest obstacle to successful cattle growing, and hog cholera, the cause of the heaviest losses sustained by hog rais? ers, cannot, and never will, be con? ti (died until cattle and hogs are con? trolled; and so far as the eradication of the cattle tick Is concerned, allow? ing the cattle to run at large during the winter, is practically as bad us ;ill?>wing them to range freely at all tines. Moreover, cattle running at large during the winter do much more damage to winter growing crops and i.\ tramping the land than the feed gathered is worth. Pasture or Grasing Planta After these waste lands ha\e been fenced and cleaned up, the next ques? tion to be solved is the selection of plants t'? be sowed or planted for ; using, it Is plainly Impossible to j: . si M combination of plants that will heat suit all soils, sect inns and <?< nditlons in our territory; bul in all. except possibly the most northern part, Bermuda la unquestionably the '?st general permanent pasture grase available, it bus objectionable fea? tures, the chief of which arei it starts lat< in the spring. Is early killed by tinst in the fall and i< dlf?culi to era? dicate In case the land is ever desired REV. J. G. DUKES Writtt: My wife has been in a ve>y bad state of health. Nothing seemed to do her any gcod until she began TO USE PERUNA. mrs. j. g. dukes. Itev. J. G. Dukes, Pastor of the Uni? tarian Church or Piuetown, N. C, writes: "My wife has been in a very bad state of health for several years, and nothing seemed tj do her any good until she began to use Peruna oue month ago. Hince then the color has returned to her face, and she is gaining in flesh every day, and I believe she is a well woman to- Jay. '?My little boy, ten years old, was pa!* gad had but little life. Ho be^ran to Dae Peruna the day his mother hegen? To-day his face is rosy, and he is out In the yard running and juinpin?? with the raat of the children.11 ?teinacti Trosjhlo Re'leved. Mrs. T. J. Ballard, Pryor Creek, Tn'i'.^.n Territory, writes I "I am happy to t< il you tliat I keep free from my old stomaeh trouble; feel uo cal.irrha! symptoms at aii. I am ablo to do my work, eat and drink what I want, and rejoice that I found a eure cure in youi valuable medicines, which I fatted k 0od ? he bei fcjof home i hysicians." for cultivation, but it will furnish more grazing during the hot weathe-, from May to September, than any other pasture plant that does well generally throughout the South. It is essentially a hot weather grass. But no one plant should generally be depended upon for^ making a per? manent pasture, and when Bermuda is used a variety of other plants may be used to furnish grazing early in the spring before the Bermuda has made sufficient growth. For this pur? pose buT clover, white clover, and some of the earlier-growing cultivat? ed grasses are used. Where lime It abundant In the soil, sweet clover or melllotus Is a valuable crop for this purpose, and where bluegrass will grow, It is one of the best of all pas? ture grasses. If we roughly divide the soils of our territory into three large classes?(1) clay and loam soils; (2) alluvial and rich rtver bottom soils, and (3) sandy solle, the following plants are suggest? ed bh worthy of a trial for posture purposes. Clay and loam soils: Bermuda : glass lespedeza, bur clover, white clover, orchard grass, the brome gras - es, rescue grass, and, if the soil be (irmp. alsike clover, red-top and wa? ter grass. Alluvial and river bottom soils: Bermuda grass, rye grasses, large wa? te;- grass, red-top, lespedeza, alsike clover, bur clover, and white clover. Sandy soils: Bermuda grass, rye grass et, carpet grass, lespedeza and bur clover. It is frequently stated that for per? manent pastures, it is safest and best to depend on the native plants of the locality rather than attempt to intro? duce cultivated or foreign plants. When Weeds, briers and bushes are kept down, the native plants may yield considerable grazing, but they eon usually be supplemented by oth? ers, and from no permanent pasture In the South should Bermuda be omit? ted. No matter what pasture plants are used, weeds, briers and bushes must be kept down if a full crop of feed It expected.?Progressive Farm? er. GA8 PLANT TALK. Mr. Ainut to Canvass City to Ascer? tain Number of Prospective Pat? rons. j As the result of the visit of Mr. Henry s. Lee, of Chicago, the repre? sentative of a Syndicate Of capital? ists of that city who are maklni large investments in p iblio ultility corpora* tarns in the South, the plans for a gas plant in Sumter are beginning to take on a lomewhat more definite shape ' than heretofore. Mr. Lee spent boy* I era! days here end during his stay made a painstak ng Investigation of conditions ami a careful Inspection of the elty. He has now gone te> Beau? mont, Texas, on business and is ex? pected to return within two weeks. In the meantime Mr. j. l. Ainut. at whose invitation Mr. Lee came to I Sumter, will canvass the city for the i purpose of ascertaining how many gas consumers can be counted on as regular patrons of the proposed com? pany. Everything depends upon \he result of this preliminary canvas?, for ? unless there is an assure.1 patronage j for the gas works the men who are expected to finance the enterprise w ill not care to put their money into it. The slump in the speculative Wttaat market did not come too soon for tht se who eat whert products and have no wheat v to sell. It Is to be hoped that the price of flour will fall a few points. ...SPECIAL. TALCUM 11 .SALE... p LEHN*FINK'S AW RIVERIS TALCUM POWDER. We believe you will find this the daintiest, most delicate Talcum Pov?der you have ever used, it is so extremely light and fluffy that it can be used frith pbwdei puff if desired. It is in t glass jar and wt n giv< j u holder it. 2hcy h for $1.00. Colgate's Violet J Cash mer Boquet Talcum Powder. You know what this powder is. We sell it at i;c, more than I can at special price. Sibert's Borated Talcum Powder. This is a refreshing, antiscep tic Powder ior the nursery and toilet, and where you use quantities of powder for the children, you will find this as good as any. It is put up in I lb cans with sprinkle top. We are selling it now at 15c a lb. or 2 lbs. for 25c. We Have Corylopsis of Japan Williams'Carnation awl Vie - let, Tetlowi in i lb tins Men* nier's, Semibb's ant', hiudnut'I Violet Sec 25c. iludnut's Extreme Violet 50c, and many others to nelcCt from, It will pay you to buy your summer supply n \ Call For Samples. B F 0 T1P U LS U 1 U SI DRUG mi. W. W. SIBERT. 8 S. Main St. Phone 283