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1 fei: j ^u;!I;rcK Mi ' 1 26, 1909. Awlse Sumt in was tound ejl In U50 ie Southron In The and Southron eh circulation and luce oi ouiii wi the old papers, la manifestly the best advertising la Su niter publication of the tax return*, taa haa been suggested, has the ap of Comptroller General Jones, ere fear It will not be carried out la too gpod a thing to meet with >va) In the right quarters. ? ? ? Tike Charleston f'o?t has tumbled to the fact that the whitewash brush fa amch in evidence In the Asylum tsreeetlgatlon and that there appears la) be a disposition to make the in ejatry an endorsement of the Asylum lutea In 1st rat Ion. This has b >on appar eaat from the outset and the Investi? gation will probably be unproductive mt reeulta commensurate with the ? ? ? The attempt to revise the tariff has ve/ed a number of aaslstant Re g?abl tears In the Democratic party. Senator Daniels, of Virginia. Senator Strum on s. of North Carolina, and oth? er well known Democrat*, represent? ing} the South in Congress are as good fast tariff yard stick, as Senators Ald rkm. Hale or Lodge. The Democratic party la well tilgh a hopeless propo? rtion now that its leading represen ativee are batie les for lo *aj advantage ng left to t that comma {lance of leuthern white historic tend for the p inance of < he white men. platform tteme to be mer < and not orth a moment tlon when . cornea to a i practical -tenents to tie oh >ting with he repreeentath corporate ateresta who cc eas. t e ? When the C completes he work of wine ? < ? old State ? Uses near/ win ? n to pros ?ante the grafts rid small. ?ho fattened on . ion of the jetem? Pern a p be not eaaaaaanw-? ? a ive >i ?eat. t>r. Lee DeFor ventor of * ne radio-?#>l*nh? after-din-, et speech In * i ' M week j * y ? ? J ?Weser until this yea* have I hed pr per backing .an* t?. < aar I eaa also aay that the evetop faerie la the wire) e been 'aaeat nsdfseentan fVhat 'he f?? nf It ein he i >r any* alee eaa enret ? ? >sent I *werklng tin t ?e. the fcph. aad shl| Ievices, jeealbilitlea of one tn latter 4epartni<v!t are almoep aast, aad t c? predict _ tslthtn the ne> ? ? ? every sgp of a certain six to the wfll besequlpped with ' rlrele ^.aae. have succeede< ing the telegraph one In eg taetrurhent T ephone a a oaeful fl I, prin? ts/ toll-line ' >nnect si.' II towns an lies, as are connected trunk look forward when l?# this means th< > iy b* ronfht into every ne day ie news, and evei g. will t ev sent out to the r the - treleas telephone. ??I want to tell you also of my new ik graph system. I became con laced that further progress along the resent lines was a hopeless dream, he possibility of Interference with teewat'ea were r? ' great. In my new rstom the tuning possibilities are mit leu furthermore. It Is noiseless ad It can be operated at a much ' fwar volts re than th?? present sys ' ean. The speed by which a spark ransmltter can be operated cannot soeed forty words a minute. **I expect to attain a epeed of forty hnuaan I words an hour. There I* ie question but that the public can im) easllv induced to communicate by etre Instead of by mall. It nuwt be fink, hoe *? r-eatly reduced ?nat. md this si ?osalble for th?? .fir* ? day also you will c ' ? to Installed on r* ornotlve will be eh of another. iccld??nts which e block system ;o worn. Early callers at the Men's Cost the** Bale at th?? Rumter Dry Goods >?tnpany will certalnlv be repaid If V.ey appreciate a reliable statement >y a reliable house. The demand for Sumter reul estate a stronger than It has been st any Ime within the past year. iny Is The **umt?r Dry Goods Compai ?Hing some good news about Men's ?end Shoes in their large ad. Head It sawn? It's Intereetlng. A-il-tf. Farmers' Union News ?AND ? 8 Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers (Conducted by E. W. Dabbs, President Farmers' Union of Sumter 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 give the Union news and ofileial 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 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, j THE EDITOR. All communications for this Department should be sent to E. W. Dabbs. Mayesville, S. C. Sonn? Random Thoughts. From various sections come the in? formation that the more thoughtful farmers are wishing for the organi? sation of a Farmers' Union in their locality. When the alms and pur? poses of the Union are more general? ly understood, all of the best farmers will Join, and we do not wish any otj er kind. A thoughtful union man remarked to the writer recently that one of the most hopeful signs for the success of the union is that men are joining slowly after mature deliberation, and the very best men are the ones who ire coming In. This is borne out by my observation in widely separated communities where I have attended meetings of the union in three coun Ites. We are not asking everybody to Join. We only want men who will stand up for principle. Who are will? ing to make sacrifices, If need be, for the good of the Order and the general welfare. To all such we extend a wel? come, and can assure them that there Is work for them to do?work that will benefit themselves and their brother farmers. Should such farmers in any neigh? borhood in Sumter County desire to be organised and admitted into the union, if they will make an appoint? ment en* free mo rnffiedejSrt notice, T will gl tdiy rn^et then ltd ?fter B&ors fully instructing the than can be UOM4 In a u? A-,pap? article give them epportUftlty to In. m w. u. The Right Kind of Stock and the Right Kind of Stockmen. Aa the editor says, the keeping of live stock for profit depends aa much on the man as anything else. It also depends on the kind of stock raised. There Is little profit in feeding scrub cattle for beef, and leas In raising raxor-back hogs that require two years to make pork. But the man who lets his cattle run out all winter under the lee of the barn or straw ?tacks needs nothing but scrubs, and will find little profit in keeping cat? tle. Improved animals that have been carefully b*ed for the making of the best beaf or the best dairy pro? ducts, need the best care; and the pigs that make pork in six to eight months need also better care than the plney woodu ranger. In this good care and good feedlng*wlth the best of forage lies '.he profit. Don't Depond on Corn Alone for nogs. It does not pay to raise hogs on corn alone, but where they are sup? plied with a constant succession of green food that they can gather for themselves. It takes but little corn 10 finish off the pork; and there Is no part of the country where hogs can >>e grown so easily and cheaply as In the South, since we can provide something for them to eat from the Se|4 every month In the year. Then If the lews protecting buz r uds are repealed, we will have lit? tle hag cholera; for the buzzards are the greatest of all carriers of this dU ?ase. and should be rigorously keot from the farm by seeing that all d vi 1 iin.mals are burled out of their reich find all food of any sort that may at kfSVOl them burned or destroyed In SI SAS other w ay. fiet Dairy llrecil* for the Dairy, lleef llreeds for lleef-Making. There I' o< ?? ? n a great dell sail about the duel*purpose oow, but the fact remains that Iber?' Is no animal that will give the best In dairy pro? ducts and at the same time make the best beef The two eharaeters are ??o oosspletel] Antagonistic that the union of hogg. in one animal Is Im poMsible. If jour Interest is In dairy products, then get the animals that have keen brad for the heat dahy ptOdaetlOJI, On the other hand, if you are interested In beef, get ths best beef blood, the animals that top the market for beef, I know of BO breed that suits the South better than tre Polled Angus, which has topped the beef market more fre quently than any other beef animal. If you want to make butter, get Jerseys or Guernseys; if milk is the object, get the Holsteln-Fresians. The dual-purpose people talk a grea1. deal about raising fine veal calves, but I could never see the profit In tfccrlficlng $25 worth of milk and but? ter to raise a $10 calf. The dairyman can better afford to give away all his male calves. Dairy Animals Do Not Put on Flesh Were it Brings Most. When I was breeding up a dairy herd, using a full-blood bull on se? lected common cows, I sold all male calves to a neighbor for $1 a head, and thought it profitable to do so, as I saved the milk the calf would have eaten, only had to raise my select? ed heifers. The beef-bred animal makes the best beef because he is built that way, and the dairy-bred animal that gains live weight as fast as the beef bred animal, Is not built that way, but stores the fat Inside in tallow. His slaughtered carcass not only does not make the same proportion In weight of meat, but does not make the broad loins, the high-priced beef, that the beef-bred animal does. Prof. Massey in Progressive Farmer, Fllon: How to Reduce Them. rvn"^"f Wit\ admit that *"~~ nr a great nuisance in summer, but few fully u-vl :iu r.<i tn.- ?taute-s from MH?s aa carriers of disea** eerms and f.lth. I have of en urg-'d the impor? tance of getting the manure out on the fields as fast as made. This is a matter of even more importance than ?a winter, as the hot weather comes on, for the horse manure is the breed? ing place of the house files, and It Is not pleasant, to say the least, to have flies covering Our food when they are light from the manure pile. Flies on the farm can be made much scarcer by keeping the manure well cleaned up. Then the wooven w're screens are now made very cheaply and easily adopted to all sizes of windows, and wire screen doors fitted with springs to close quickly will also aid in keeping out flies and mosqultos. The few that get In can be rapidly disposed of with one of the fine wire brushes now sold In the hardware stores. With one of these the housekeeper can go around the room and kill every fly on wall or window very rapidly. Especially should there be the closest attention In keeping out flies when there is sickness In the neigh? borhood, and people are careless r.bout the wastes of the sick room. I called attention last year to the fact that flies in the dining-room caused the outbreak of typhoid at the State Xormal College at Greensboro, and doubtless, many other cases of diseases that puzzled people to And the cause, were due to the flies. Hence It Is not only important for comfort to keep the flies out, but (specially important as a preventive of disease. With a farm-house Isolated from other buildings, It should be easy to prt vent many of the flies that are usually found there, by keeping the stables and farm-yard absolutely clean of manure, and getting It out where it will do good and not harm. It'-member that they have horse manure and tilth to breed In, and you do not want these carried Into your milk or other food.?Prof. Massey In Progressive Farmer. Hate Flowers on the Table all the Your. The iprlng-flowerini shrubbery, such as forsythlaSi spireas. etc, should be pruned into shape after the bloom .s over, SO that they can make new growth for the next spring. I have OftSn ween people go over the shrubs in early spring and shear them Into mopheaded monstrosities, and cut off most of the WOOd that WOUld have made Mowers. We do not want tin- shrubbery sheared Into stiff forms, but it is well to shorten bach the gTOWtb after blooming, and to cut out stunted BtlOOtS. Put do not prune spring SOW early spring; wait till the bloom is over. How to Care for the Lawn. Many people who have fairly good lawns run the grass out by the way they treat it. They allow it to grow up tall and then mow it off and take off the cut grass, thus constantly ex? hausting the soil. The best thing for the lawn in spring is a good dressing of raw bone meal. Then run the lawn mower as often as the grass gets tall enough for it to bite, and then let the cut grass He. It will soon disappear and will be constantly thickening the sod with material to hold moisture, while if the the grass is allowed to grow tall, there will be too much to leaves. In growing weather the lawn mower should be run once a week. Don't Have Too Many Trees. In planning a new place do not fol? low the common practice of covering the whole grounds with trees, and thus preventing your ever getting good grass. Plant trees, of course, but let the trees and shrubbery frame in a broad scope of green lawn. Too many trees are not desirable, espe? cially alongside the house, for the house should have the sunshine on its various sides as a matter of health, and too dense a growth of trees shuts out the healthful sunlight, the greatest of all destroyers of disease germs, and shuts out the breeze and harbor mosquitoes. Plajit trees so that each will take Its natural devel? opment, and not be crowded out of shape, and from the front of the house let the eye rest on a broad ex? panse of green grass. 'The Place for Flower Beds. I love trees and shrubbery If well grown, but I do not want to live in a woods where I cannot have grass and flowers. I know Southern homes that would be vastly Improved If half to two-thirds of the trees were re? moved. Then, having prepared a lawn, do not chop It up In gaudy flow? er beds in front. Keep the flower beds to the sides and rear and do not break up the restfulness of the green lawn. Flowers on the Table for Every Meal. Then, after you have gotten some grass and shrubbery about the house, do not Imagine that It Is the place for the horses and mules to graze. Have a permanent pasture, and do not use the home grounds for this purpose. Then the men on the farm should not begrudge the wife and daughters the money for a PeW flov ring plante and QOwer teed cost T hive Roarers of som?> sort on mv dining table the yeaf r?M:nd, and Would hardly fee' like the. table wr?* set for a rrovl if there were none of these in the cen? tre. Plenty of flowers have a refining influence on the whole family. Have plenty of them.?Prof. Massey In Pro? gressive Farmer. TESLA HAS A NEW ONE. Wonder Mechanism, He Says, Will Change Many Tilings. New York, May 20.?-Following the incorporation of the Tesla Propulsion Company, with $1,000,000 capital stock, at Albany, today, to exploit one o.' Nicola Tesla's Inventions, Mr. Tesla announced the adoption of the de? vice by the Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron Company. "I have discovered a mechanical principle entirely new and of the greatest economic value," Mr. Tesla said, "but I shall not be in a position to make known the details and ex? hibit the principle In operation for perhaps six weeks. It Is a principle which minimizes the size of the pow? er-producing plant and Increases to a maximum the power reduced. The apparatus we will build for the Ala? bama concern will not be one-third of the size of the ordinary air blast machinery equipment for such work, and the air blast and other effective results will be far superior in volume and value to those at present general? ly used. "In connection with this plant I will Install a turbine of my own In? vention, and the air blast will be sup? plied under a turbine principle. This new mechanical principle I have dis? covered is applicable to air, steam, gas or water power, and may be used for locomotives, automobiles or any form of power production. With it a locomotive as powerful as any now used would need to be les.? than half the size." The Tesla Propulsion Company's directors Include Mr. Tesla. Joseph Headley and Walter H. Knight , of New York. Mr. Tesla stated that ma? chines of several types had been built and that successful demonstrations had been given with them to his as? sociates on the new company and to !? preaentativea of the Alabama com? pany. Work on the new postofllce is ex? pected to begin within the next thirty days. The Sumter Dry Goods Company have an Ad In this issue which is in U nded "for men only". It should prove of special Interest to them, FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. IX CUBA. Government May Be Hard Pressed to Meet Obligations?Congress Seems Unable to Work. Habana, May 2 3.?Financial prob? lems constitute the gravest feature of anxiety on the part of the Cuban gov? ernment and with the protracted de? lay in the presentation of the budget for the coming year the general feel? ing of uncertainty and laik of confi? dence become accentuated. Can the government, in view of its enormous? ly increased expenses, meet its obli gations out of the ordinary sources of revenue? is the question asked on all sides. While there is no doubt that President Gomez is fully alive to the seriousness of the situation and is doing everything in his power to ef? fect reductions in the cost of all de? partments, it is feared that political exigencies will compel him to refrain from Insisting upon retrenchment on the scale that is believed to be abso? lutely necessary. Importations through the custom house have declined materially over those of last year and the year be? fore. Congress, after being in session for more than three months, has accom? plished little useful legislation, its :ime being frittered away in flights of oratory and the discussion of trivial Tieasures. The lottery bill just passed by the house is probably one of the most im? portant acts of the congress, and while it will doubtless bee )me a law, the bill, so far, has only teen passed "in totality." FAITH WITHOUT WORK IS 1>EAI> In the course of a recent editorial on Augusta The Herald said: "In tho 1 osom of all successful town-builders you wdll find two acute emotions, affection and faith." Thi3 sentence, says the Brunswick News, expresses a great industrial truth. "The man who builds his city, who works in sea? son and out for it, who draws upon his energy and his vitality for its growth and development, must needs have in his heart faith for Its future and love for Its very being. We see practical demonstrations %of this every day in every year we live!" Without love for one's city and without faith In Its future such work and such efforts as are required to build up s v ty ;ir,' [m >sslb1e But R] I3 ais<? true tbat aifeetl 1 a? d faith 9 '? ouf. works v. I accomplish nofb inc Onr kffectfon for Atlgusta may be over so great our faith Ii: the city's future ever so strong, but unless that affection and that faith And expres? sion in action it is as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal. The disserta? tion of James, the apostle, on faith and works is as applicable to city building as it is to soul saving. "What cicth It profit though a man say he hath faith and have not works? Can faith save him?" A passive faith is barren. It is active faith which finds expression In works, that is productive of results. It is natural to love Augusta. Our city Is so beautiful, It has so many at? tributes that charm, that affection for its comes unbidden. Faith in Augus? ta results from a process of simple reasoning. The topographical centre of one of the most highly favored agricultural sections, and the gate :lty to the natural highway connect? ing what must become one of the greatest Industrial centers with the sea, Augusta is destined to become a great metropolis. When the popula- | ion of the Savannah valley shall be numbered by millions?as will cer? tainly come to pass?Augusta as cer? tainly will number its population by hundred thousands. As the original Centre street is now near one edge of the city, so the future city will ex? tend south and west until the present centre shall again be nearer the com? ing outer edge. All this is seen by faith inspired by reason, but it re? quires work to bring Its realization Faith alone cannot bring salvation, and faith alone does not build a city I Let us show our faith in Augusta by our works, every Augustan who loves his city and has faith in her fu? ture, each according to his or her op? portunity. The value of Augusta dirt Is certain to enhance in value great? ly, let us put as much improvement upon it as we can. The various en? terprises of the city have the brightest prospects for expansion, let us give all possible substantial aid to all of them. Every new movement that is started for the city's advancement, let J us boost it with all our might, and In ' a practical way. And thus proving I our faith by our works the city will mow as it has never grown before, and there will Im? fast accumulating fruit of this combination of faith ttacked by works. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Laurens Furniture Manufactur Ilng company Friday it was decided that the llrm go into liquidation and Bell out. The liabilities of the COin I pany are not quite |SO,000 while the : < . ts about $25,000 not including 1 the plant which is worth at least $2v 000. AN AKRON MAN. MR. WILLIAM F. STKK8E. Mr. William F. Steeee, 701 Coburn St., Akron, Ohio, writes: **I have been troubled for severs! years with catarrh of the stomach. Have used different patent medicines to no effect whatever, and have doc? tored considerable with family doctor. "Sometimes his treatment would re? lieve me for a few weeks, but would eventually have to go back to him,and that had kept up for several years, "I was advised to use Peruna, and ha^e takeu three bottles. Never felt so good in my life. Am going to con? tinue using it. Wouldn't be with? out it in the house. I will gladly reo ommend It to any one afflicted with catarrh of stomach, or stomach trouble of any kind." The above is an oft-repeated story. Troubled for years with chronic ca? tarrh. Tried different remedies and doctors to no avail. Peruna was ad? vised by friends. Instant relief expe? rienced. Great gratitude to Pernna expressed. This, in brief, is a story tliat is repeated to us a great many times every year. No one could be in touch with our vast correspondence for one month without being impressed with the sin? cerity and truthfulness of these kind of testimonials. Peruna promptly produces an appe? tite, corrects digestion and relievos stomach difficulties that have resisted other treatment. Man-a-lin an Ideal Laxative* Old Grandfather's Clock To the Editor of The Daily Item: In his rambles through the Salem section of grar.d and historic old Clar? endon he was hospitably entertained by a gentleman and his family, and during the afternoon was shown a venerable grandfather's clock which rut AQ| never been : <-p:-hv d nine- is pur? chased. It is beautifully carved with two Cornnpcopias and in the Inside of the case bears this inscription: "Patent Brass 8-Day Clock, Made and sold by C. & L. C. Ives, Bristol Conn., warranted If well used." It cost at time of purchase sixty dollars In gold. STYLUS. Manning, S. C, May 24. 1909. Just received lot harness horses for business and pleasure. This is prob? ably last load of the season. Boyle Live Stock Co. 5-21-3t. FOK SALE?One Top Buggy. Will sell cheap for cash or on time. L. L Johnson, 334 S. Main St. 5-22-2t. $14.45 -to HI. 111. And Return. ?VIA? -account REUNION CONFEDERATE VETERANS, June 8th=10th. Tickets on sale June 5th, 6th and 7th, final limit June 14th, By deposit of ticket with Special Agent, Memphis, not earlier than June 9th, not later than June 14th, and pay? ment of fee of 50 cents at time of deposit, extension limit may be secured to leave Memphis not i later than July ist. ; For further information, call on I Ticket Agent or write, W. J. CRAI6, T. C. WHITE, Pas. Traf. Mgr. Gen. Pas. Agent. WILMINGTON, N. C.