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S|je Odlaubmau ;mb ^outbron. WcDNESDAY, JUNE. 30, 1909. The Sumter Watchman was found? ed In H50 and the True Southron In IIB? The Watchman and Southron sow haa the combined circulation and Influent* of both of the old papers, and Is manifestly the best advertising medium in Sumter. WILL TOE HLEEI'Elt AWARE. The completion of the connecting link be ween the Pocahontas coal Uelde and Charleston will be a great thlag for Charleston, provided the go.id people of that city do not neg? lect to improve the opportunity It af? fords them. Just aa they have, for years, faded to make the moat of nat? ural advantages greater than any oth or South Atlantic seaport possesses. More thin the coming of the Norfolk m Western and the Clinfleld will be re? quire I iq make of Charleston a great city?-:h*ie new railroads, like the beat harbor on the South Atlantic Oca at and a rich bock country ?iil be nothing more than tools ready for the hau 1? of the c tyt-bujlders. If they leave the enterprise and skill to make use of them. ) Charleston has a wonderful and daxallnt, opportunity, and it is one of the my urlen of the times why that Ideally located and especially favored toivn his not develops! Into the great commercial city of the South. If Charleston had kept pace In growth ?ni commercial development with the baance of the State and South dur? ing the past twenty-five years It would now have five times Its present popu Jot) and trade. It Is honestly believed by some :har>?:on people, many of whom iihouiJ know better, that the balance pi the StMe Is envious of and antag? onistic to Charleston. There was nev? er a more erroneous Impression. The people of the State are not envious of the wealth that Charleeton haa and holds, nor are they antagonistic to the city. They are only profoundly dis? appointed that Charleeton has not grown and prospered to a far greater extent by the utilisation of her natural advantages; and this feeling of regret one* disappointment haa b*en tinged with humiliation that our chief city haa t?il#n mo far behind towns In geiaht orlng States that have neither the nviral advantagea nor the money |bat Charieaton hau had and h?ld for ens ^ ''ears. If It be true that "Charleston's day has dawned," It behooves Charleston lans to be up and doing, for It will profit them nothing unless they work differently and Intelligently while the day lasta. Charleston, In the opinion of a great many unbiased observers, has slept through \ h* dawn and noon? tide of a cycle of bight days, each one of which was crowded with golden op? portunities. AH South Carolina will rejoice with Charleston If her day has dawned, but the rej<?tctng would be magnified ten fold if there wee esaurance that Char tasten bad awakened with the dawn and wa.? eager and anxious to Improve each hoar and opportunity that the y brings to her. A four per cent town neve?? grow great sad tie name was never linked with life. ent?rpiiae and progress. Ill A fv?ur per cent town with a secret pieference for three per cent, because It sound* more conservative and seems a little safer and slower, may hold Its own but it utterly falls to Improve ssch shining hour as doth the busy bees. J A f v r per cent town plays the waiting and watching game and re? ceives a sure reward In proportion to the risk Involved and the energy ex? pended?but that la not living the strenuous life. ? ? ? lo four per cent men seise op *f>ortunities. Improve natural advan? tage- v utld up waste placea and be c<im i. ..ri^.-i-. of progress and cap talnn <>f trade and Industry. ? ? ? A four p*r cent town may acqulr. the b <torl< atmoMphere but it lej glor . i. in UM history that was wrl? ten large upon the page of time by| men he were m? i "l action and en? ergy, v ho risked much In order to| gain . rgS ft urns. sag A fe If per cent town Is inhabited by Ist pet rent gsog who are content to BOl li with pride BO tho achieve? ment no. ban , grid venlttregOSBo] ancestors who laid by the principal that >lelds the conservative and emi? nently -eapectuble four per cent ln-| ?? UV J aii ih?y Passes gad Plenlg .. There will be an all day dance und picnic it Providence Springs. Monday iwly Sth. Tb* manager hus arranged for good niualr and will make this One of the mOOt enjoyable affairs BV< ' -gjgeen st this popular resort. Special rates from Camdcn. Sumter and lilsh Opv?n Farmers' Union News ?AND Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers (Conducted by E. W. Dubbs, President Farmers' Union of Sun ter County.) The Watchman and Southron having decided to double ita service by s< mi-weekly publication, would improve that service by special features. Tie 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 t! is Department should be sent to E. W. Dabbs. Mayesvllle, S. C. Some Random Thoughts. Send for Farmers' Bulletin Xo. 35? on "Canning Vegetables."' V i uable hints even to the; successful canner are given In It, and to the beginner, the directions mean the difference be- ' tween success and failure. ?(let Rid of the Stumps.*' from' Prigreegtye Farmer of June 17th. meets my hearty endorsement except as to the stump puller propostion. My experience with one was that the hands It took to operate it could dig the stumps out root and branch and cut them into stove wood In less time, and also gave the worry and strain on the mulo team. If there is u "Stump Puller" that will do what the adver? tisements of them say, and the maker will demonstrate It on my farm he can find a buyer without going any further. But until then the ax, spade, mattox and shovel In the hands of a brawney laborer Is the "stump puller" for me. There hv.no question though of the immense saving In the removal of the stumps. A cost of $10 per acre will be repaid In one or two seasons. B. W. D. Farmers' Union Produce Exchange. A weigher had an experience Satur th.it forcibly shov.- the need ol u exohange. Of two wagon load.* ?.f "ate, he eould only sell one ? i had to leave one with a friendly dt*ler. The OM h*? uolu *?. a price much lower than an Inferior grade of Western oats were costing just a few days before?100 bushels of oats glutted the Sumter market. Ye? we are told* to feed our home peo? ple. Sumter merchants tell us, "Put your produce up in merchantable shape and you will have no trouble to sell It." My neighbor bought new sacks, had them uniformly filled 4 1-2 bush? els to the sack, nicely sewed, and there could be no kick on the appear? ance of the package or quality of the contents. While clipped oats were quoted In Charleston at 70c on 24th, but these Red Rust proof oats could only be sold at 65 cts. on 26th, although worth by comparison with the White Clip? ped oat at least 80 or 85 cents, and only 54 bushels at that price. Now here Is something right at home that the Farmers' Union can take hold of and regulate. We can at least see that the stuff we grow to feed the non-producers In our midst Is sold for a* much as the Western product that Is shipped In. When we have shown our ablMty to handle such a simple, proposition a* this, then we will be In shape to tackle the regulating of the cotton crop. What will the brethren do at High Hills on July ftudl It is up to you. farmers of Sumter County, If you expect to diversify, to make it worth while to do so. But you will never secure that diversification that will feed our own people and enable us to control the cotton crop until you establish a Just and reasonable mar? ket for such produce. The case above mentioned is such a fine example of the need for organiza? tion* to promote diversified farming that 1 ha\> given it more space than toe Incident In Itself deserves. It anOWS that Sumter County Union Is' On the right track In Its endeavor In establish a produce exchange, K. W. J) I_ Bur ClOfgf?Condition* of Successful (?row th. gubeei Itx is troin Lonlilana, mi ?gtpni and Arkansas have recently asked foi information a! out bur clov? er, The chief use of bUr ClOVCf il as 0 envoi crop during the winter and eprtng? Id gather nitrogen for ^-oii im piownnnt. and as an earl) pasture* I i- an annual and must ?.?? gown ev? er] yeai of sufficient seed allowed to ripen lo re ?seed Itaelf? it makes an early spring growth I sufficient seed will ripen from 1 May 1 to May ?0. according to loca? tion, to re-seed the land, i In two years' experiments on one of the test farms of the North Caro? lina State Department Of Agriculture bur clover produced sufficient growth of hay to >ield an ave ige of $28.27 worth of nitrogen per acre at current price;. In mixed commercial fertiliser*. On two plats fertilised with the same quantities of phosphoric acid and pot ash. but the one having grown a crop Of bur clover and the other having boon fertilised with 1.20 pounds of ccttonseed meal, the bur clover plot gave at the rate of 400 pounds more seed cotton per acre. At 4 cents 6 pound for seed cotton this would give an increased profit of $16 per acre. The increased cost of picking, etc.. would be covered by the 120 pounds of cottonseed meal used on the other plot, which would leave a^ net profit of $16 for the crop of bur clover. That a heavy crop of bur clover was grown is shown by the fact that nearly three tons of hay were obtain? ed as an average of two years trials on this farm, but half that growth would yield a profit sufficient to more than justify the use of this plant as a winter cover crop on the cotton field. Value as a Pasture Crop and as Win? ter Cover. Its chief value as a patsure crop Is In the fact that it affords pasture ouriig February and March when U g I ircity of green feed. While la legume, and rich in pro t in. ii Is not readily ?????en by stock oepl when other more palatable green feed is not obtainable. It grows on a great variety of soils and will, under proper condtlons. probably do well practically through? out our entire territory. Bur clover may be sown at the last working of the corn cr cotton crop. In fact, that is probably the best time to sow it if s*ed in the bur is used In? stead of clean seed. It takes the burs some time to rot and unless sown In July or August a stand is not so cer? tain. If clean seed are used, later sownlng may be advisable. The seed may be sown broadcast and lightly covered with a cultivator at the laat working. When lever cul? tivation is practiced this will be found satisfactory, but If the turn plow is used In cultivating, the seed may be covered too deeply unless a very largo quantity is used. Inoculation. After the seed burs ripen they fall to the ground and are usually swept up In gathering the seed. In this way more or less soil and trash are gath? ered with the seed burs and sufficient of the germs or bacteria usually ad? here to the burs to Inoculate a fresh sell if a liberal quantity of seed be used?about two bushels to the acre. If clean seed are used, it will be nec? essary to Inoculate the soil In some way If bur clover has not been recent? ly grown successfully on this soil, and the most satisfactory way to Inoculate ?as for any of the legumes?Is to obtain a few hundred pounds of soil for each acre, from a field that has produced a good crop of this clover. bJven with the seed sown in the burs, complete and satisfactory inoculation I-, not usual the first year, but the sec? ond year it usually becomes SUftVtelit It Is usually claimed thai soil taal has grown alfalfs or melllotus successful? ly i* Inoculated Cor bur clover Many failu"?s to obtain a Stand of this plant are recorded and In the upinlor of the writer they sr ? mo*i often due to sowing too late wheJi I ho reed are In the bur* and to the lucH 11 Inoculation, Follow BUT Clover With Corn. Tin re Is probably no winter cover crop from Which the best results can be obtained In Ilms t-? prepare the land auain for cotton. Tor tins rea? son, as well ;ts for many othera -one other crop should follow tin- cotton and bur clover, 11 (orn be planted after the bur clover, ample tlmt exists for ths rip salng ot the clover, the proper prop aratlon ot ths land and growth oftht corn crop, As soon as enough ot tb< bur olover has ripened to Insure re seeding of ths land?May l to 10 ? i i.~ ..-oil breiten thor i hiekl! i.'st time, to sow only a small urea, say one acre. Procure seed In the burs and also. If practicable, 200 to 500 pounds of soil from a field where the crop is now growing well. Sow the latter part of July or in August, and alter a success has been achieved on one acre the seed and the inocu? lated soil are at hand for sowing sev? eral acres if desired. As a cover crop and soil improver bur clover is worth much more than it will cost to grow it, but get your soil inoculated and learn how to handle it before you try it on a large scale.?Progressive Farmer. A Gl IE AT COMBINATION CHOP. Messrs. Editors: I have just ob? tained the figures on our turnip-clov? er combination crop?2 acres. The turnip crop will make 600 to 700 bas? kets from two acres, worth 25 cents per basket, at a low estimate, equals $150.00. We cut nearly two tons of the finest kind of hay per acre worth $15.00 per ton, $60.00. The prospects for next season's crop are far better than last year, though a very dry fall indeed. We estimate improved eondtion of land $10 or more per acre?$20, like? ly much more, making a total of $230.00. The debit side shows land rent. $2.50 per acre, $5.00; 20 loads ma nur?, and hauling, at $1.50, $2u.00; plowing 2 acres, $2; double dl*c!hg and double harrowing before sowing. $2; 1-2 buslud clover seed, at $5, $2.50; 2 pounds turnip seed, at 25 cents, 50 cents; harvesting and haul? ing in clover, $5.50; needing broad? cast mixed seed 50 cents, harvesting turnips $17.50; a total of $65.50; leav? ing a net profit of $$7.25 per acr. on land worth $25.00 and so poor five years ago it was not worth planting without fertilizer, and poor crops with it. This was also a very dry season. The clover leave the land In fine condtlon for corn, cant or other crop to follow. We followed crimson clover with sorghum and black peas mixed the past season, and raised the greatest crop of forage eevr seen here. Moral: manure well, plow deep, harrow thor? oughly before sowing and double har? row after sowing to cover seed well. Feed all crops on the farm, make and save your own ferti.izer and be independent. I think the winter pastur? w?rth nearly as much as the laid rent. Be? sides the calves, ?hoats ar d goats will leave a lot of manure in the fields to help the crop along. The clover makes a fine fall feed. Mine is six inches high now, sown in June and July, and coves the ground. A 22-degree freeze this week had no effect on it. I want to sow z'o to 40 acres the next season, atfer haying. It works tor me in winter and builds up my land when ra it aic dead. A. II. u UiU;E.\. Coffee Co., Tenn. ?Progressiva >"armer. i WANTED?Highest cash price paid for Lrfjng and Sho:t Le.if Pine Logs j Address J. W. Jacks n. Sumter, B. C. 6-17-liwks. WAVi; IV?i will pay good prices for Teams to haul logs l?y the thou? sand feet. Cash once a week. Ad? dress J. \V. Jackson. 6-17-2wks. University of South Carolina. Schools of Arts. Silence. I duration. liUw. Engineering, and (?raduate Studies. j Ten different courses leading to the degrees of A. B. and E. S. College fees, room and light, $66. Hoard $lt I per month. Tuition remitted in ape I cial cases. Forty-two scholarships i ach worth $100 in cash and'free tuition. For catalogue, address: S. C Mitchell. President. Columbia. S. C. 6-29-1 Ot. \V. &. S. SUMMER El SUE Spring 6 Sammer 1909 Isaac Hamburger & Sons JUkimore^ Md, Clothing, Straw Hats and Underwear, MEN'S SUITS. $30.00 SUITS NOW. I1.S0 25.00 SUITS NOW. 17.50 20.00 SI ITS NOW. 14.00 10.50 SUITS NOW. 11.50 i5foo surrs now. 10.50 12.50 SUITS NOW. 8.50 10 SUITS Now. 7.00 BOYS' sins $10.00 SUITS NOW.$0.50 s.r><? SUITS now. 5.50 8.50 sins NOW. 4.50 5.00 SUITS Now. 5.50 1.00 SUITS now. 2.50 :; 50 SUITS Now. 2.25 3.00 SUITS Now. 2.00 MEN'S PANTS. ss.:?o PANTS NOW.$8.18 7.50 PANTS NOW. Ml 8.00 PANTS NOW. Lt| 5.00 PANTS NOW. 8J0 1.00 PANTO NOW. 2.75 8.50 PANTS NOW. 2.2:> 8.00 PANTS NOW. 2.00 STRAW IIATS. sj lIATi XOW $2.50 8.50 HATS NOW. 2.25 8.00 11A I s Now. 2.oo 2.50 II Vi s SOW. 1.50 2.00 HATS Now.>. i.? 1.50 II UN now. i oo 1.00 II m s now. 75 imh.hwi ai: at cost?NOTHING t II UtGED at SAU PRICl 8 THF WIMTER riOTUHir TAMDAMV J THj vJUiTiiL#l% vViTlI mil I ?