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JUNI 2, 1909. TT%e Sumter Watchman was found eat In lilt and the True Southron In The Watchmen and Southron tea ah* eombtnod circulation and nice of both ol the old papers, In manifestly the beat advertising itusa la Bumter. mmmmmmmMmmmmmmmwmmwmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm^m Ths strike on the Georgia Railroad suss blew settled, but the effects can asot but have an Injurious and unfor m affect upon Industrial condl la the South. The unfortunate re of the stiiko was the injec the race ?esu? Into the dispute Ml the striking firemen and of ?Mal? aad we greatly fear that this trans bit In Georgia will be du|;heated as* otbiT sections of the South where Save to firemen are employed by thf Taflrosds. Such labor dlspvte\ while enough in themselves, will the start'n* points f>.~ more ?niching race troubles and may wveurtu?ty lead to disgraceful and awotde ous conflicts i oh as hive oc ?wrre?. in Springfield. O.. a.:1 orher lCe*ili? rt% State*. Race rinfll* t* re aajUlng from anlmoelty engendered fey tadnatrial compeltlon will, we fear, re to unsettle conditions and the industrial growth of the ?rath than all the lynchlngs and slm Vmr crtmee against law and order Waara have occurred In the South The trace enmity, of which lynch law ?ia tm* vWtble manifeetatlon. Is directed the negro criminal cad not the negro race as * whole e>r are nst the Industrious and law idled sag majority of the negroes li. fgfce South. The feeling that Incites santhlaktng white men to kill a sus? -pscUd erlinlnal In heat and passion wHtboeit due process of law Is de fjfterebl? and to be condemned, but Is Instated and directed against Individ shale aad does not reach down and sjgtr a>p the deep aeated racial anl araealtj that if allowed full sway weald array all whl'* men against ?I negroes and all negroes against tta* whiee. A race conflict orlglnat *rm ta industrial competition and an ?avcnrteni m more to be feared and rcc nttetaiied. Heretofore white men nng (at law-abiding and industrious i trees have worked side by side in feu mctknm of the Souuh without an *" W+mtom or conflict and it will be a wen lay for the South when this adttloii ceases to exist Jll l ll M BSg-JJ_ ?The telephone ratet In Anderson H be ncreased unless the number 4?? 'phones Increase by the middle of J dy.-?News Item This la a really altoeklag and surprising statement In - ew of the statistics quoted by tele S)sssm men to prove that ths greater t1sy namber of phones 'In use In a tram, the greater the cost of maln t aar 4 and the higher the rates be to stav? off bankruptcy, a e e people are asserting that the i ssnoc ratio party Is dead and all but tear led. aad la proof of the assertion dte the desertion of contain Senators Congressmen who sre Republl la all but name. There Is no about the bad faith of various tors snd Congressmen, in voting the Aldrtch gang of trust repre itlvss, but they are not the Dem? ote party and they will find out bsfor* long that thsy are not svsn Democrats In ths estimation of the anted Democrats who stay at home and ssiy tribute to the tariff fostered rob ajar trusts. ? s s Anderson Is qualifying for the Man stag class In baseball, both aa to at tendance snd games won. s I s The News and Courier has prayer Colly petitioned Mr. Tsft, who has woeeeeded Grover Cleveland as the object of Its dally adoration, to or sjaatse s new party. But we can't saw whst the big men would gain by Snwaplytng with the request, ho lonn mm las retslns the iiubstantlal hacking eaT ths Republican machine and the enOsVtstlag admiration of Charles enaVe most venerable Journal. ? ? ? "We now hesr comparatively |title MB? the boll wesvll and its ravages in the cotton field* of the Southwest. t?ut the wesvll Is still a ne i -? u.?:i mensre to the cotton growing Indus* try and It is steadily moving east* Ward at the rate of fully fifty miles a yrsr. It la due to reach South Caro* lino within five or six years, and the farmer a .if thl* *Mate have that length *f t".:ne In which to prepare to me??t tOhe changed rioti* of farming that il." appearance of tio wcao'.. Will necessitate. Marriage Is that process which tsrtsj sn unsuspecting girl Into an am lur detective.?Atchlson Globe. with whest at 14.32. isnaatenet from Chicago say "the market was ?asteremely nervous." So Is the con ejBjansr.?New York Tribune Dr. J I Hamm, s prominent pby of Torkvllle. was fired on by us he was on his way to see e. pathmt. Farmers' Union News ?AND ? Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers (Conducted by E. W Duhhs, President Farmers* Union of Sumter County.) The Watchman and Houthron 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 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 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, 8. C. I wish to call attention to the clip? ping about wild flowers in this is? sue. It is one of the remarkable co? incidences that the next copy of a valuable exchange should have an ar? ticle on the same subject, und it Is re? produced here for those who are In? terested. fas The split-log drag described in these columns seeems to be a cheap road Implement that wotdd do fine work. Wish some of our road su? pervisors would try it. ? ? ? Members of the Farmers' Union should go to the Trinity meeting on Friday, June 4th, determined to make It the most inteersting meeting of our order. The union has practical plans on foot that are attracting the attention of live union men in other counties. And the writer has been requested to publish them for the benefit of the union all over the State We wish to see them in oper? ation before too much is published about them, for there is always dan? ger of a "slip 'twix cup and Up.'' Of one thing we are assured: the union In Sumter County means business, ard tho' few In numbers, It has some mighty good material In the ranks that will eventually improve our mar? keting arrangements, as well as brl.ik slaked lime per acre, and brush it in with a harrow, then apply loo pounds of nitrate of soda per acre to encourage the growth of grass, and afterwards give it a top dressing ev? ery spring of 300 pounds of bone meal per acre, and you will get a growth of native grasses that will choke out the sedge.?Progressive Farmer. MAKE A SPLIT-LOG ROAD DRAG. Anybody Can Make One, the Cost Is Only a Dollar or So. and the Good It Will Accomplish on Clay o? sand-Clay Roads is Incalculable. By Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt. A most timely and sensible edi? torial was that of yours a week or so ago, under the heading, "Why Not Use the Road Drag?" We wish to emphasize the Importance of this question and give some reasons why the drag should be used. Throughout | the editorial there is as plrit of ap? peal to the people everywhere to use the split-log drag for the reason that it has proven In thousands of in? stances the perfect solution to the earth road problem. The Dirt Road Is Our Problem. The editorial states the fact cor? rectly when it says that the earth about better methods of culture and | road must, for a long time, remain Increased production. E W. D. PLANT A WILD FLOWER GAR? DEN. the majority road in this territory. Whatever, therefore. Improves this dirt road will greatly benefit the greatest number of people. Doubtless every one has heard of ??. I the split-log drag and knows in a Avoid Too Many Varieties, and Mass general way of Its construction, but the Colors With Artistic Taste. of this number very few know __ enough about it or realize Its value At present there is a strong feeling sufficiently to convince them that among Americans for vlld-fiower that they should try It. Many of gardsns in which the plants shall be those who have used It, and any one encouraged to retain their native will put his convictions and characteristics, says Alice Lounsberry knowledge into practice with some in tht Delineator for Ma/. Many degree of persistency, will be abun nurserymen now make a specialty of dantly rewarded by the Improved supplying plants for the wild garden, condition of the road. Usually It is better to buy tieir stock There is often a disposition on the than to rely wholly on transplanting P*r* of many people to resist any from the woods, because uc.der cars change or invention introducing a new pUnts often develop exceedingly custom, largely on account of a lack strong root* which enable them to of knowledge and skepticism regard ef.tabllsh themselves more quickly Ing its effectievness. Knowing as we and permanently In a garden than It do. however, what great good the just taken up from their natural sur- split-log drag will aceompl ?h, we roundings. would urge all those who reside in In my garden I have a wild-flower clay districts to try the use of the corner, or it mlart he called a small road drag, at least in a small way. woods garden, since most of the . . How to Make a Road Drag, things dwelling there are true inha- The mtk'ng of an effective drag is bltants of dense and quiet places. A so simple and inexpensive that al Hjmllar effect might be achieved in a most any one can do the work. Take border by those who have not so two pieces of timber 4 by 10 inches large a spare corner In their gardens, by 7 feet and set edgewise 3* Inches The wild columbine has grown for apart. Fasten these together with years in light, dry soil under the full two pieces 2 inches by 6 Inches by 4 sun. Not far from columbine there feet long gained in the top edges and snuggles In the May woods the showy securely nailed with 40s nails to hold orchid. The moccasin flower and th* the drag pieces up on their edges, '.arge yellow lady's slipper, with oth- Bore a hole through the end of the er members of the evasive orchid tie pieces and use a chain (two trace family are to be found In the woods chains will do for an experiment) to of May. In fact, thefe two mention- pass from one hole to the other like ed beauties, along with the snowy a bucket bale, orchid, are the three representatives How to Use the Drag, that have come from their native This drag can be hitched to so as haunts Into my garden. The large to give It any angle desired and elth yellow lady's slipper thriven perhaps fer end may be carried forward by the best of them all. and of it I have shifting the hitch and the chain, established a fairly large colony. Throw a board OH the drug for the often a mistake of those Wlto| driver to stand on and drive up and search the woods for plants for their I down the road when it is wet. If gardens la that they strive to collect UM many species. It is better taste to have few kinds and to have them In SQMStdsrable numbers. The aim of wild IIow?ms In a garden should be t<> form large, permanent colonies; as rtd Individual* they are not sufficiently effectlw.?Pro^i e-*i\ ?? Farmer. Improving a Ilill-loV Posture. I have a hillside that has been Uasd a.- pasture for yrars and Is now 0OV? ? t i with broogasedga, it Is vary s!?m< in sono- plac ;?nl c<> ?1*1 not in plowed easily. What ran I do to kill the sedge and get a stand of ^.I pasture gross on It? C. W. you have an old cast-off wagon tire, punch holes in it about six inches Apart and nail It to the front drag at tin- bottom for a cutting edge. The entire thing need not cost a dollar. Including the time, for any old bridge timbers or other stuff may be used it sound, and if that Is not available, you tan gat a log and split It open and use that as ths name implies. Any one with Intelligence enough to own two horses has all the natural ability required to annuls him to make a practical drag and use It in t< lllgently. Clear Out Slumps and Kocks and You Can Use the Drag. in fairness lo the people it should be stated that the valid reason why the drag Is not used Is because In many Instances tin* road is not In condition to ha benefited by the use The he*t thing you can do for the sti ? |> pastor- w II ?>?? to g ive It .? dressing cf lime, about L'5 bushels of [ of the drag, because tho road has TEXAS VILIM DESTROYED. THIRTY-TWO KILLED AND MANY ARE INJURED. Cyclone Loaves Path of Death and Destruction Almost Unparalleled? Fire Adds to Property Damage? Great Lose. Brownwood, Texas, May 30.?A tornado of great violence struck the little village of Zephyr In the east? ern portion of Brown county at 1 o'clock Sunday morning and left a path of death and destruction sel? dom paralleled. The death list has reached a total of 32, and the num? ber of probably fatally injured and seriously wounded will reach 50. The storm formed half a mile southwest of Zephyr and swept down upon the village, cuiting a wide swath directly through the residence and business district. Many houses were entirely demolished. Lightning struck a lumber yard and started a conflagration which destroyed one entire business block. No effort was made to fight the fire as the care of the dead and wounded victims de? manded all attention. A section hand rode a hand car to Brownwood and spread the alarm. In two hours the Santa Fe railroad was speeding a special train to the scene of the storm with nine surgeons and a score of Brownwood physicians. Hundreds of persons directly in the storm's path saved themselves by taking refuge in storm cellars. More than a dozen bodies were horribly mutilated. County Clerk Thad Ca bler, is wife and two children, who had gone to Zephyr to spend the night, were killed. The big stone school building and two churches were swept from the face of the earth. By daylight 16 surgeons were working on the wounded. Brownwood hurried her second re life train at noon today loaded with provisions, clothing and necessary ar? ticles and 40 nurses. Tonight three persons are still un? accounted for. Two children were found dead late this afternoon two mlies out from town, having been blown that distance. The storm was 300 yards wide and swept the earth fo> only a short dis? tance, probably less than a mile. Its fury is considered the most terrific o? any tornado ever experienced. The hillsides at Zephyr were cov? ered with debris of all kinds and bodies of dead animals and human beings. The ruins were dimly light? ed by the burning buildings and the cries of the wounded rose above the sound of the elements, which threat? ened a second storm. A hog roam? ing through the debris-strewn street was killed while trying to devour the body of an infant. Bodies were found twisted about trees and in every con? ceivable shape. People walked the streets almost naked, crying for their loved ones. Residences which es? caped the storm were turned into hospitals, where were carried the bodies of the dead and wounded. COLUMBIA DEFEATED SUMTER. Local High School Lads Worsted High School Boys From Gamecock City Fifteen to Three. From The State. The baseball representatives of the Sumter High School never had a show to beat *the Columbia High School bunch at Elmwood Park yes? terday afternoon. The locals com menced scoring in the first Inning and scored at regular intervals untii the game was over when they had piled up a score of 15 runs to 3um tei's 3. Green started the game in the box fo? Sumter but on account of wild* ness and poor support he retired in favor of Smith, who was also troubled with the poor suppor: that had driven Green from the mound. Duncan pitched a great game fov Co? lumbia, his work being a feature of the day. The catching of Waring and Marshall wars fea'wcs, Columbia 4 00 2SO 01*?15 11 3 Sumter <'01 010 001? 3 i S A fool uttereth all his mind. never been freed from stones, stumps and other obstructions. These must be removed and the road rendered ttlrly even. The drag will then finish the smoothing and, if used faithfully, will effectually harden the surface so that little impression will ha mad* In the road by travel, even in wet weather. Only In rare cases where the clay Is so sticky and picks up on the wheels, will this fail. In such cases a little soil top-dressing to pre? vent this stickling to wheels will be found excellent relief and than the drag will do the rest. V Suggestion for County Road Au? thorities. In view of these facts would it not be well for the r<>ad authorities to plan their work so as p> make the drag a more generally used means of r< ad repair for all clay, sand-clay or gravel roads? if this wars done and the farmers Instructed In the uaa of the drag and induced to use it, the benefits arising would be untold. FORTY-EIGHT GRADUATES RE? CEIVE DIPLOMAS. Tlie Largest Class in the History of The Schools?Medals Awarded to Successful Contestants. Mrs, Lamaster% of Kentucky, Suffered with Internal Catarrhetud Finally Relieved by t3?-ru na. "1 The most successful year in the history of the city schools was brought to a fitting close with the commencement exercises in the opera house Thursday evening. Auditorium was packed to the doors and stand? ing room was at a premium some? time before the hour for the exer? cises to begin arrived. The large at? tendance was neither unusual nor ex? traordinary, for each year the num? ber present at the closing exercises is I'mited only by the capacity of the 1 opera house, which is the proof of i the unfailing interest of the people j of Sumter in the cit\'s schools. The programme was well arranged j and interesting, and was thoughly en- | Joyed by every person in the large iudl< nee. The exercises opened with a phan? tom drill by a picked squad from the High School battalion, which was an exhibition well worth seeing. Then followed the regular programme, which is reproduced in full below. The essays read by the several young ladies selected from among the graduates were thoughtful and well written productions and were re? ceived with applause and every evi? dence of approbation by the au? dience. , The D. A. R. medal was awarded to Miss Clara Childs and the U. D. C. medal to Miss Eilleen Hurst, their es? says on assigned historical subjects having been adjudged after careful reading by committee the best sub? mitted. The Declaimer's medal was award? ed to Arthur Haynsworth, and the judgment of the committee was a popular one, a large majority of those who heard the declamations Tuesday evening having decided in advance of the announcement by the committee of judges that the medal had been won by Arthur. The programme was as follows: Invocation. Phantom Drill. Curtain. Sweet Evening Bells. Words of Welcome?Miss Lucile Baker. Music?The Woods Give Me to Roam. Essay?Child Labor?Miss v>t|? McKIever. Music?Prof. Schumacher. Class Poem?Miss A'lnnie I . Music?Welcome, Pretty I Flower. Essay?Universal Peace ? Miss Clara Childs. Music?Prof. Schumacher. Essay?Womanly Power ? Miss Marie DuPre. Music?May Bells Ring Out Awarding of Prizes for Essays? D. A. R. and U. D. C. Music?Band. Words of Farewell?Miss Sallie Wright. Music?Band. Presentation of Diplomas. Concert?Band. (During this concert flowers will be taken upon the stage.) Music?Band. Awarding of Declaimers' Medal. Music?Band. mrs. w. w. las;astj:r. H| SUFFERED for twenty-six years A with bladder and kidney trouble, and being advised to give Peruna a trial, I did bo, and am thankful to ssy that eight bottles of Peruna and three bottles of Mat alin entirely cu.~ed me of that trouble, and I am as well as ever."?Mrs. W. W. Lam as tor, 8127 McAtee Aven Louisville, Ky. Catarrh Causes Kidney Disease. Catarrh is a frequent cause of kid* n< y disease. The pelvis of the kid? neys, as well as the tuoules, is lined with mucous membrane, and is there? fore subject to catarrhal congestion. Sometimes the catarrh bi so slight as to cause no attention. Othor times itleads up to very serious conditions. Any remedy capable of mitigating the catarrh is a much more rational treatment than to give palliatives that only relieve the patient of one or more disagreeable symptoms. It is claimed for Peruna that it is an Internal systemic catarn remedy, snd reaches the catarrh in m hatever organ it nap pens to be located. "I ws3 cured of a severe attack of in? flammation of the bowels by taking Pe? runa. I am glad to recommend Peruna to any one."?Mrs. J. J. Erosa, 60S Water St., San Antonio, Texas. Loyns, Katherine Loretta McKiever, John Alfred Owen, Ernest Harrison P.name, Jr., Sarah Richardson, Leola Kate Rose, Elizabeth Ryan? Lucile Rose Ryttenberg, Julian Schwartz. William Judson Shaw, Julius Sinclair Smith, Sudie Stukes, Sophie Tisdale, Harry Danner Walsh, Duane Latlmer Wannamaker, Francys Cornelia White, Wade H. Williford, Lucia Rodgers Williamson, Sallie Wright HOUSE STRUCK BY LIGHTING. Residence of Ifrs. J. I>. chandkr narou;r*xl Hu:" d;>v Class of 1909. Lucile Baker. Alice Beck Balaguer, Lois Warren Ballough, Mabel Clalr Bowman, Martle Boyle, Jessie Jau nita Bradford, William Nettles Brad? ford, Carrie Bee Breeden, Henrietta Winifred Brunson, Alice Childs, Clara Annie Childs, Ida Candler, Benjamin Fraser Dick, Alfred China De Dorme, John Brawner Duffle, Marie DuPre, Lawrence Woodward Folsom, Jr., A Iva I. Green, Mildred Lee Hall, Agnes Stewart Haynsworth, Alex T. Haynsworth, James Arthur Hayns? worth, Donald Graham Hlnson, Mar Lighting struck the house of Mrs. J. D. Chandler, 110 South Washing? ton St., Thursday night during the rain storm. The bolt struck the chim? ney, which was in the middle of the house. A hole about two feet across was broken in the plastering above the mantle piece and a p-ece of the mantle torn off and thrown against the bed. The family had not retired all being down stairs. No one was hurt and no other damage of conse? quence was done .except tie pictures above the mantle piece were scatter? ed o^ul torn up. The nou>e was fill? ed with dust and srv>Ke which had a sulphurous oder. The wind blew with great force during the storm and some hail fell, but not enough to do serious damage to gardens. In some parts of the city the wind appears to have been more severe than in oihers, the greatest velocity seems to h.i.*e been reached on Calhoun street, where several trees were broken off and limbs blown down. The falling limbs became entangled with telephone and electric light wires and some damage resulted. There was also some dam? age to shade trees on East Liberty street. Roger D. O'Kelly. a negro, of Ral? eigh. N. C.i who was born deaf and garet Augusta Hood. Eleanor Beverly j dumb and has only one eye. the other Hughson, Ellleen MeDonald Hurst, j having been removed because of an Walter Herbert Jones. Ray Jones. 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