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HOP OOHOIUONS IN STATE. C(>ll K. J WATSON HAH GATHER KD IMPORTANT .STATISTICS. ?Hate Cosnmtastoner ol Agriculture, CwnmwoB and Labor Estimate* Condition at AS, aa Compared With ?I Tbes lame Laos Year--Re port* By toiMrtle*. Columbia. Jun? 14.?'The season of 1 Mt htm started la exceedingly well, ao well that the condition of cotton, as this report la written. Is It com? pared to II the preceding year and II la lieg, which was tbs best condtlon between net and 1901 with the ex? ception ef the season of till, when ft wee IT, the highest In tsn years." "The truest ag season bae been an enoeelient ennk and the Industry Is rap Idly developing In all of the counttec *m well aa In some other portions of the Bute." "This year tbe tobacco acreage !s protably as targe as thst of laat year, with prospects at this time for an gft> oelktnt crop.** Tlie shore are significant extracts from Commissioner Watson's sum tnsrr of conditions In this State. Wh* h whl be set forth In full in his Juno crop report. This report will be very exhaustive, covering every feature of the cotton Industry and the mott Important facts in regard to other crops. The cotton report will embody a rain schedule feature, which is novel and will be of Ir* nense benefit to the farmer* snd others In tereeted in the crops This feature le the shape of a diagram prepared Section Director Bauer, of the lo? west her bureau, and shows the ifall during the plentlng and gath Sng months laut year and for the six months <>f^ the present year, complete cotton report for the ittng season wUil cover data In ipsfieona for past years. Commls Watson's summary of condi? tions Is as follows /?Heretofore the Bute department pt aarWwkure bee been Issuing only a goes?let* mid-season crop report dur? ing tbe month of August This year Che attempt has been msde, following the planting season and during the Seesen of cultivation and growth, to obtain the fullest possible reports from men of highest character In all newts ef the Bute as to crop condi? tions In South Carolina. Tbs agricul? tural industry In thle 8tate has reach gel tbe point now where the cotton crop si one has reached the aggregate value ot abc at seventy million* of dol? lars, ratied on an acreage of over two ;?wfft one h..!' million, ar,.i ?h> corn ,erwp has reached the handsome ngure of twenty six and on- half million raked oa aa acreage of approximate? ly two million and one hundred thou? sand, while the tobacco growing In? dustry has been rehabilitated, and grains are being planted as never be? fore, over two hundred thousand eer-a being devel>ped upon a sound basis "We have reached the point where yields per acre in all agricultural un? dertakings ars being steadily Increas? ed and real development of the agrb cultural snd allied industries of the State are showing marked improve? ment For this reason it wss deter? mine! to Issue this cultivation and growth seisonsi report. In which Is siven also the complete statistics ss tt crop* since 1101. showing condi? tion, mesn temperature by months, rainfall by month*, and all other In formation that could be of value to thtSM who make a study of crop con? ditions. The gathering of the reports from thi? different counties Indicates most ehn-ly thst the united effort that has been male by the State department, the UbHed States farm demonstration w<?r<. the United States bureau of plant industry and the State expert itsert station, together with the con? stant effort of the Farmers' Union to sr*??i-> the people to better methods has resulted In a remarkable Incre in Ifled agriculture, and that this crop year will show splendid In cr?*?ta In all lines, while the cotton crop mill probably remain ss It has | bee" '<t the pa t tv?> v. us. An ex rm! lion of Ihs county report* show elm" t. r.'llhout exception, large and mat* tal Inereasea In tbe planting of orrn nd of wheat and oats, tbe acre? age H the latter being, fur I tot, 111.? ? < r an compared t?? 190s. stated In ? t e. l<?o p'-rc>"itng*> the 19 e crop, a nercentage of lor.. Tbe rsr?- ? 'a show also a remarkable In ere??e In the matter of the Introduc? tion n l u? dilation of modern farm? ing r - 14 hlpsfff and Implements. The] sbov ntles, loo, the sue Cersful results ol the attempt inad? to introduce the winter clover and leguminous crops, s?ich as the clovers and the vetches. Hie 1909 SfiiMin. The sesson of 1*09 hH* Marti d M exceedingly well, ao well that the SOB* dl"b?ft nf citlon, this r?p-?tt Is will ten. la XI. compared to M i h.> pr.-ced hbtr year, and H2 In 190?, which SfSJ th* beat condtlon between 1101 and 190s. with tbe exteptlon <?f ?Ii- >? >????" of 1902. when it was 97. tbe highest in ten years. The Icwperatnrt der? In* M?y. the time of planting and cultivation, was 79.5 degrees, the warmest May In the decade, the next highest temperature being 74 in 1902, and 73 In 1905. During the month of May there has been an abnormal rainfall, 4.76 Inches, against 2.92 last year. The May rainfall was practical? ly the tame as In 1907, was h full inch lese than 1905. and the heaviest rec? ord aince 1901. which was the wettest spring during the decade. In some sections the general crops are back? ward, but In a great many portions of the State they are well advanced, and there are good stands of cotton, while corn seems to be doing univer? sally well. The general seasonal con? ditions seem approximately very close to those of the season of 1907, though ths planting month has been warmer. "Excellent reports have been re? ceived In regard to extensive corn growing this year, though there has been considerable damage In this re? gard from floods. "Ths trucking season has been an excellent one. and the Industry la rapidly developing la all of the coast counties, as wsll as In some other por? tions of ths State. 'The peach seasoi has been much better than usual and good prices have prevailed for the product. "This year the tobacco acreage Is probably as large as that of last year, with prospects at thts time for an ex? cellent crop. "It is worthy of note that 90 per cent, of the corn crop for 1908 was merchantable, and brought on the av? erage 90 cents per bushel as against 85 cents In the preceding year. "In speaking of the general condi? tions It might be sale that the various experiments In the different portions of the State with alfalfa, the clovers and the vetches have proven success? ful and have been ai encouragement to others In the several communities to plant more extensively of this an >ther year. "The watermelon and cantaloupe season promises to be an excellent >ne this year. The neavy rains dur ng June have had some effect upon :hem, but up to the first week In the month the prospects were as bright la In several years. "The cotton acreage Is probably about ths same as last year, though the reports would Indicate a decrease >f from t per cent, to 6 per cent" BOLL WEEVIL DISCUSSED. Means of Eliminating Pest Consid? ered by Cotton Congress. Montei.e. Ark.. Jurie 24.?Delegates ?..) the Nation d CottOQ ( ongress de? voted too.ay largely to a discussion ?f the boll weevil problem and heard the results of practical teats In efforts to eliminate the peat. An extended Investigation of several methods sug? gested will be made by committees named and concerns announced through the press and by correspond? ence. The merits of asbestos as a cover ig for cotton bales was also discussed. Tcnlght the annual banquet of the Congress was held. The election of officers and the selection of the next place of meeting will occur tomorrow SARAH ORNE JEWETTE DEAD. Noted Female Novelist Pasee* Away In Maine. South Berwick, Maine, June 24.? An lllnesH lasting many montha ended t< night in the death of Miss Sarah Orne Jewett, Litt D., regarded as one of the foremost women writers of America. She was a sufferer from apoplexy and paralysis. It was while living In Boston early In the year that Miss Jewett wai milcken with the disease which proved fatal. The house where Miss Jewett wa* born. Sei tember 3. 1849. and in which she died, has been in the posseslon of the Jewett family since 1740. Miss Jewett wrote "The King of Folly Island. * "The Tory Lover," and numerous other books. Howdotu Col? li if eonferred on her the degree of doctor ot letters In 1901, and she was a member of the London Lyceum. FIREMEN'S CA8E CLOSED. Arbitrators i?> Georgia strike Oontro? Vfswy Hour Railroad's side. All nta, <);?.. June 14.? The Uro? get h oloi ? ii thelf os i b fore ths er? Miration board of ths Georgia Rail road si Ir< ?A noon today, Ths rail road :;t once began it< tsstlmony, an nounetnfl thai unless ths crom*onemln? 'Hons were protracted, it would reel Its sate by noon tomorrow. Argu? ments will then be beard, and it is not unm sly thnl ths board's deel Ion \.ill be given Saturday. The railroad summoned many of i'-1 oflletdls and sxscutlvss to leettfy that the negroes were competent and safe Aromen, thai there was little or no responsibility rooting upon ,, Bremen anyhow, and thai his one duty was to keep up steam. Bevern! wltneosei rwore that the negro stood me Intense heal of the nab better than ths white man. ant' therefore, in the South, mad?- i bi tter stoker. BODY Of WOMAN FOUND. EASTERN MARYLAND AROUSED BY BRUTAL MURDER. Alleged Slayer Captured?Man Nam? ed Roberta, Believed to Have Killed Mrs. Edith May Woodtll, Put Under Arrest. Baltimore, June 25.?A brief tele? gram received after midnight from St. Michaels, Md., announces the capture of Roberts, the alleged murderer of Mrs, Edith May Woodill. St. Michaels, Md., June 24.?The entire eastern shore of Maryland has been aroused and searching tonight for one Emmet E. or John T. Roberts, wanted in connection with the brutal murder of Mrs. Edith May Woodill, wife of Gilbert Woodill, an automo? bile dealer of Los Angeles, Cal., whose nude body, the skull crushed in from a blew apparently delivered from be? hind; the face horribly disfigured; the entire body swollen from the effects of several days' immersion and weighted with an Iron pot containing half a dozen bricks, was yesterday dis? covered by boys who were crabbing in Back Creek, a tributary of the Chop tnuu river, not far from the home of Mrs. Wooding foster-father, Cn.pt Chas. H. Thompson, a few miles from here. Roberts was with Mrs. Woodill when she was seen for the last kne wn time and he is accused of having com? mitted the murder. The motive for the crime is at present a mystery. The police of Baltimore and all other ci? ties to which Roberts might make his way were asked to search for and ar? rest him. He is said to be about 50 years old, five feet six inches tall, itout, smooth shaven, with abundant, bushy hair and a ruddy compexion. He limps and wears a brace on one leg. He claimed to be a magazine writer and general correspondent of % newspaper. Mr. and Mrs. Woodill came hare sarly this month, the latter with nhe ntentton of spending the summer with her foster father. Her husba.nd remained only a few days, leaving, It la understood, for Detroit, whence he Intended to return to Los Angeles. From that time. Mrs. Woodill and Roberts are said to have seen mich 9f each other. Last Saturday Mrs. Woodill went to Easton to have some dental work done and It had been ar? ranged that Roberts should meet her At Royal Oak and return with her to Ket b me. "Roberts missed the train for Royal (?nk and drove there, met Mr- Woodill and drove With her b&c'< hod to the landing where i . lauste*! was moored They entered the laur.ch and Mrs. Woodill was not aeon again Alive, so far as has been learned. Mrs. Woodill, before her marriage, was given an excellent musical edu? cation in this country and Europe and fhe is said to have sung in the White House before the laie President Mc? Kinley. She was a beautiful woman and highly attractive and was given a warm welcome by her many friends in this locality when she returned with her husband the early part of the month. Former Secretary of the Treasury La man J. Gage took a great des! of interest in Mrs. Woodill and has visit? ed his young protege at Capt Thomp? son's home. A NOVEL EXPERIMENT. To Edit e Town Into Prosperity? Newspaper Men Takes Entire Charge of Business and Govern? ment of Dexter, la. Des Moines, June 24.?W. J. Pil kington, of Des Moines, editor of the Merchants' Trade Journal, has taken absolute charge of every business house in Dexter, Iowa, a town of 800, for seven months for the purpose of proving that city methods will bring prosperity to the merchant in a coun? try town. Mr. Pilklngton has placed the town in the hands of Guy Pogus, who is personally conducting every business from the bank to the lumber yard. At the end of the seven months he declares the profits will be doubled, trade will be attracted to Dexter from other points and the city will be met? ropolitan. As all the members of the city council are merchants who have placed their business In Pilklngton's hands, the latter is also controllng municipal government and has clean? ed streets and adopted many new or? dinances. Mr. Pilklngton believes In advertising, with the result that the Dexter paper has more advertise? ments than the editor ever had be? fore. The remarkable experiment is attracting attention of business men all over the middle west. ?We do not know of any ether pill that Is as good as DeWftt's Little Early Risers, the famous little liver pills?small, gentle, pleasant and sure pills with a reputation. Sold by all druggists. The Veterans' State Reunfon which ended yesterday will met next year in Spartanburg. Chester surpassed its reputation for hospitality in thj en? tertainment of the ?big crowd of vet? erans. A Thrilling Rescue. ?How Bert R. Lean, of Cheny, rv*ash., was saved from a frightful death is a story to thrill the world. "A hard cold," he writes, "brought on a desperate lung trouble that baf? fled an expert doctor here. Then I paid $10 to $15 a visit to a lung spe? cialist in Spokane, who did not help me. Then I went to California, but without benefit. At last I used Dr. King's New Discovery, which com? pletely cured me and now I am as well as ever." For Lung Trouble, Bronchitis, Coughs and Colds, Asth? ma, Croup and Whooping Cough it's supreme. 60c and $1.00. Trial bot? tle free. Guaranteed by Sibert's Drug Store. THE PEOPLE ROBBED. A TARIFF FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROTECTION IS GRAFT. It Gives a Few the Privilege by Law Of Preying Upon the Rewt of the People. Former Governor Joseph W. Folk, stopping in Denver after a trip through the West gave an interview to the Denver News in which interview he suid: "From what I have learned in my trip through the West, I can say that the Democratic party will un? doubtedly win out in the next presi? dential election. And tariff is at the bottom of it all. The discussion of that great national and International topic has made it clear to the people that the tariff Is a tax. "They are awakening to the Injus? tice of 80,000,000 people being taxed to make a few rich, and, that it is more important that all of the people be proseprous than some of the peo? ple be extremely wealthy. Instead of protecting monopoly against the peo? ple, the demand now is that people be protected against monopoly. A tariff for the purpose of protection Is graft. It is a privilege conferred on the few to prey upon the rest of the people. "If the Democratic party will stand for the real principles of Democracy, which are opposition to the privilege of lawlessness and privileges confer? red by law, it will succeed. The trouble has been that_so many who call themselves Democrats voted against the party's principles when they see a chance of getting a part of the graft for their own States or dis? tricts. This must stop," he interject? ed emphatically. The great fighter of graft ami crime took occasion to criticise severely the stand taken by a number of Demo? crats fn the present congress. He In? sisted that recent votes in that body idicated clearly that they had desert? ed the teachings of their own party and had declared without the* least hesitation for the monopoly tariff as framed by the Republican party. "As a matter of fact," he safd, "the tariff discussion in congress seems to have degenerated into a game of grab, with many of the senators and representatives trying to get a part of the loot for their own districts. The Democratic party must stand squarely against the monopoly tariff and for equal rights to all, otherwise* It stands for nothing. And then, if the party declares bodily for the rights of all, as opposed to the privilege of a few. It will win." ?Colds that hang on weaken the constitution and develop into con sumption. Foley's Honey anu Tar cures persistent coughs that refuse to yield to other treatment. Do not ex? periment with untried remedies as delay may result in your cold settling on your lungs. W. W. Slbert._ ( i:\si HKS NEWSPAPER MKX, North Camlina Judge Finds Fault With Reporters for Publicity Given Ordinary Crimes. Durham, N. C, June 21.?After sen? tencing Wesley Bates to the full 30 years for the murder of Night Watch? man Jack Robertson. Jucge Crawford Biggs today censured the newspaper men for the wide publicity given to ordinary crimes and their featuring murder above religion. He said Dur? ham Is far better than many counties and lawlessness is as easy to punish here as anywhere. Scholarship and Entrance Examina? tlona Clemaon Agricultural College. At the Court House on Friday, July 2nd. 9 A. M.. the Scholarship and En? trance Examinations to Clemson Art cultural College will be held under the direction of the County Board of Education. Applicants must be at least 16 years oi' age and must be prepared to enter tie Freshman Class. There are no Scholarships in the Preparatory Class. Tills class is only open to a limited number of boys who cannot reach high schools and who are living In sections of the State where school fa? cilities are poor. Scholarships are worth $100.00 and Free Tuition. The next session of Clemson Agricultural College will begin Sept. 8, 1909. Apply to the County Superintendent of Education * after June 20th for needed Information concerning the Scholarship Examinations. For catalogs, further information and cards upon which to make appll ction for entrance to the College, ad? dress P. H. MELL, President, Clemson College, S. C. 6-9-4t W. & S. Winthrop Cortege SCHOLARSHIP and ENTRANCE EXAMINATION. The examination for the award of vacant Scholarships in Winthrop Col? lege and for the admission of new students will be held at the County Court House on Friday, July 2, at ? a. mv Applicants must be not less than fifteen years of age. When Schol? arships are vacant after July 2, they will be awarded to those making the highest average at this examination, prorfded they meet the conditions governing the award. Applicants for Scholarships should write to Presi? dent Johnson before the examination I for Scholarship examination blanks. I Scholarships are worth $lst and ' tre* tuition The next sew?V?* will j open September 15, 1909. For farth ! er information and catalogue, address j Pres. D. It. Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C W. & S. to 7-2-09. i_ J ?Many of our citizens are drift! j to wards Bright's disease by neglect : ing symptoms of kidney and bladd ' trouble which Foley's Kidney Re~ 1 edy will quickly cure. W. W. SlberL GREAT PREMIUM OFFERS TO 'SUBSCRIBERS OF THE Semi-Weekly Watchman and Southron St OF v-fEW S/fOVt/NQ .TENSION SPfVNB $1.50 ONE YEAR'S SUBSCRIPTION, 104 ISSUI s. 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