The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 30, 1909, Image 2
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
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