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WCmttAV, SEPTEMBER IS, 1909. The Sumter Watcam? n was found? ed la lilt and the True Southron In IM?. The Watchman and Southron ttsw has the combined circulation and cejfaeace of both of the old papers, CUtd I? manifestly the beet advertising medium In Sumi.er. The burning o ' the buildings of the Columbia Female College was a great loon to the Methodists of South Caro? lina but the work of the college will go on this winter as if there had been no Are. while the buildings are rising from the ashes of the old. i g ? Col. James T. Bscon, editor of the Edge Meld Chronicle, has gone to hi reward after s long life that was fill ad with service for his State and for mumanlty. He gave to the world. Instead of taking from it. and while he gathered no store of riches, he leaves the prec lavs heritage of s good nsme. In life fee had the love and confidence of*hli 'netghttors and his death causes the sincere*** sorrow wherever he was known A brave soldier, a kindly gentlem m. true patriot was James T. Bacon tnd hU life and work reflected tionor on South Carolina. ? s ? fCdwsrd H. Harrlman may have been "a malefactor of great wealth" and "an undesirable citizen." but there are mlttloaii of Americans who betievv th.it he did more for the prac? tical beeetR of hh> country, his gener? ation and for posterity than his self oleeteJ and sell-righteous critics. When the life sntf work of Hsrrlman sha? be compared with that of Roosevelt by unbiased historians, the latter may not occupy as prominent s place hi the temple of fame as he as? signed himself and the former may got be Yeond amongst Hie criminal classes Harrlman may have been un aerwptoo* in business, but not more so than Roosevelt wius and is in politics. Both w?*re successful?Harrlman as a praco ->i man In business and Roose? velt ss a practical politician?and succesH covers a multitude of sins. 111E LABEL GRAFT. AU****cy General Lyon Says That He Ha* S Head Sure Ca-*e Against Den? nis Wetsfcopf. Columbia, 3epL l2.i?There was some whit of s sensation in the dis? pensary graft cases yesterday when Abe grand jury returned a true bill against Dennis Welskopf on the charge of perjury and a bench war? rant #or his arrest was Issued. It is prob*t*4e that he can be made to 'come "bare under extradition papers. It hb aiteged that Welskopf testified Yalsfftr before the dispensary Investi? gating commission In reference to tftavtog M&.Oee worth of labels The evidence then given does not corrects on d with that which sir. Lyor has since dragged out of other wit* I sssssss. and he declare* that there was graft gtetd and that he knows where ereeey cent of R was directed. WWtskofrf is president of the Nevb ? won-WcSskopf essnpany. He had gajggsj that be bad never offered or paid neu- dollar of rebates, sad even hinted at tble being an unecofltaMe liasissi linn sir. Lyon has the data i ts ens) contrary now. It Is -quits like ? ry ?bat Qejg> Judson Harmon, of Ohio, ?will Issue eatradUiow papers. Wdbdtopf Is also under Indictment together with If. A. Goodman, John T. Kwrt<g. L. WhU Boykln. John Bell TowrS. and W. O. Tat urn for conspir? acy to defraud the State of South Car olios eel of tttt.toe in the label deal. In th case of H. Lee Solomons. In dieted ?.ir conspiracy to cheat and de? fraud the State, bond was made In the mmii >f ft Oft. the bondsmen be? ing M ? Heath snd C. C. Pearce. Bench warrants were issued yeeter ?day hp Judge Memminger for the ar? rest of Jodle M Rswlinson. Joe B. Wylie a<>d John Risek for conspiracy; tor J. 1? Farnum for bribery and foi U Whit tioykin. John Bell Towlll and WIIUm O. Tatum for conspiracy to ?ebeat and defraud the State of South Cerolien These have already given bonds It* previous indictments. There were In the city yesterday l numVt*- of person* known in the dis? pensary Investigations. Jim Farnum, the Charleston "beer kin*." was here and his attorney. T. Moultrte M??r d?< t ? < 1 ? an early call on the ut torn? , generil. Jodle M. Rawlinson Bvfgaef c ball wag mi Mm purehasiai gnat 1 mm? w. o Tatum, forsaet oosa? mho > e? wore "gaaojig I ho pros wnt' loo Ji ?* vio- ind Hem > ban - u?*Im returned ? <> Chester lot the day. jno t |.rley and his attorney, J. ft Orajdon nt ( iin-inn.iti, are also hero. ?Omer attorneys bore yesterday wert C. hi Dnnbir ?>f \ui ta, Malvern Hill, of \tianta. md i; in. i Gilford U Andei mi s. nioi m?*mbi>i >*l t lie firm of And? i *??n. Felder. RountTOS ,v Wil ton, which bus bSSS SSStSttni the n'. torney general. Mr. a very Pattou ol the prcM?nt InvcHtigritlnt* ( OgftgatssJog ,,,,,1 ggggtoi Cbrlstensss of the Brsi Investigating commission were uls<? Th* *t:. " I ' ? d the i? roil >f I Farmers' Union News ?AND 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 impr ove 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 ar e 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 c/ their successes or failures will he 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. Mayesville. S. C How I Grew Three Hundred Bushels Of Wheat on Six Acres. At requested I will try to inform the readers of your paper how I made 300 bushels of wheat on six acres of common land, I call it common be? cause it formerly made only about half a bale of cotton per acre, this land was cleared about 15 years ago and has had no extra care, being worked by tenant until last fall some farmers began agitating the wheat question. Some contended that you could not make wheat without cot? tonseed or manure, and not having much manure and cottonseed being worth $1.00 per hundred they didn't think it would pay to use seed at that price, Some even said seed would buy more flour than your wheat would make. I decided I would see if wheat couldn't be profitably raised with commercial fertilizers. About the first of November I ran a stalk cut? ter, chopping them fine, afterwards I scattered about 500 pounds Gilt Edge 10-2-2 guano (made by Atlanta Oil & Fertllier Company) broadcast per acre and broke land crosswise with scooter plows then laid off lands cross the opposite way and broadcast the same amount of guano (500* pounds per acre) again and sowed one bushel of wheat per acre and plowed in with some single scooter plows that I broke with first time, harrowed it over after plowing in un? til I got surface thoroughly pulver? ised. Wheat came up a perfect stand and began to grow nicely. About March 15th I scattered two sacks of nitrate of soda over the six acres, leaving out two small lands, this l think Increased the yield considera? bly, as there was a decided difference In the lands, I left and where I put the nitrate over. Below I give ex? pense of making wheat Preparing 'and sowing.$ COO Broadcasting guano. 1.00 ? bushels wheat at $1.30_ 7.80 f.000 pounds guano .-. 60.00 t sacks nitrate of soda .. .. 12.00 Harvesting with binder .. .. f.00 Hauling wheat to thresh .... 1.00 Thrssh's total... 35.00 , .. . .'? V 1 '?a?? Total,. ..... .. .. .. ,.$112.8? k Deduct this, frowt 300 bushels ^of wheat At $1.30 or $890.00 we have a otear profit of; $337.20 or nearly $48 profit per acre. Besides. I have a fine crop of peavlne hay growing on the land, also my land will be In fine shspe for a crop another year. I have land that will make twice as much cotton per acre as the land I sowed In wheat, but it won't near pay the profit that my wheat did. T. C KELLET. Hen.y County, Ga., Aug. 9, 1909. P. 8. I only had 280 bushels of wheat threshed, but fed about 30 shocks to my stock, conservatively estimating it I place it at 300 bushels. ?From Southern Cultivator. HAItHIS TELLS FARMEHS TO HOLD. Short Cotton Crop Places Growers In Command of Situation. There is no reasonable probability of a large cotton crop this year. The ev??r Increasing demand for raw cotton must be met. Spinners must haw cotton. The supply beiriK cur tilled. Hs it undoubtedly Will be by this years shortage, the Increased spindles of the world createi an in ? r SSSd demand. Which no .ins logical* !v Mill prices for the gouth's great staple, it Is up to 111#- cotton grow in ot ths South to pelxe thli oppor? tunity to reap the golden harvest that Invites them to put In th< sickle. There should be no bargain-counter sales for cotton this lall, i want to urge everj farmer to ware house i is cotton, bor Indlctmenti caused i great deal ot comment yesterday. Attorney Gen* sral Lyon declined last night to ex press any opinion on the outcome but hs declared that he has tin- evidence to convince the people of the state and it now Put remains to see what a Etlohland jury will do, row money on his ware house receipts and pay off his indebtedness. Money is plentiful and there is no need for him to rush his cotton on the market and glut it during September, Octo? ber, November and December, as he has so often done in the past. If no ware house is near him it will pay him to ship cotton to the one the nearest at hand. Our farmers should this fall make a supreme effort to market their cotton gradually, and only at remunerative prices. Already the spinners are counting on buying their supply of cotton during the first few months of the cotton marketing season, as they did last year, and as they have done for many years. They expect the bulk of the cotton to be thrown on the market in three or four months, the beginning of the selling season. This they hope farm? ers will do, so as to depress the price. Now, brother farmers, let's view the situation from a business standpoint. You have been told for a long time that supply and demand was the only thing that figured in the pricing of the staple. I want to say to you that the demand is now much greater than the supply. So it is evident that you have the situation in your hands. We can? not make this year, according to the best estimates, more than eleven and a half million bales, and this means a starvation crop. Statements from Cotton and Cotton Oil News, of Dallas, Texas, are to the effect that the boll weevil has devast? ated the fields of two States, that Louisiana and Mississippi are suffer? ing from pests and that reports re? ceived at the government bureau of entomology at Dallas from the "bell weevil areas" of Mississippi and Louisiana show that an average of 90 per cent of the cotton boll squares are infested at present with} the weevil. In the Baton Rouge neighborhood. Dr. Hunter, who is in charge of the Southern field crop investigation, says that 86 per cent of the squares are Infested, while in the vicinity of Natchez. Miss.. 0" per cent is s fair figure. This. Dr. Runter says, Is as bad as the worst years of the weevil ravages In Texas. In all sections of ' the Mississippi bottoms, where the . weevil is at .work. Dr. Hunter has established substations, and It is from these that the reports mentioned above came. Regarding the condition In Texas, a'.. the present time,' Dr. Hunter said:" V "West of a line conecttng Weather ford and Austin, the dry weather has had the effect '.of practically reducing the damage incident to the. boll wee? vil to nothing. Through the central portion of the State the damage is considerably less than it was last year. But at the same time this report must not be considered as meaning that the cotton crop will be better, for it will not. In the same proportion that the dry weather has affected the boll wee? vil, it ha? also affected the cotton stalks." Texas is the hope of the past. Not in the recollection of the oldest inhab? itants has the blighting effect of a hot wind of the first three days of last week been paralleled. That spell has cost the South fully half million bales of cotton. It is the worst spotted crop, too, within the recollection of the earliest settler. The damage to the crop in the Southwest, and especial? ly Texas, is little short of u disaster, and cotton should be selling for a high price. 1 know some farmers have sold their cotton for future delivery and they will deliver it just as fast as they can, Just think !'<>r n momenl what stich u man has done. 11" has furn? ished ammunition to the enemy to shoot him witl?. He is killing 111?? goose tbat has laid Ihe golden egg. And the man w ho sells his cotton ihi vvaj Is one i>i the worsl cotton bears ? o) tin market. < n course, stu b men will be glad for cotton no| to go higher than thc> have sold. So do no! be scared when nee then) delivering their cotton, it will sonn be oul of your way. Lei our cotton mowers use good Judg? ment, sell whenever the price will justify, ami not before. The holders oi spol cotton have he opportunity ol systemic: catarrh. One of many cases where Peruna has done what other reme? dies failed to do. MR. C. A. LANDGRAB E. Mr. C. A. Landgrabe, Box 25, Coal bu:g, Ohio, writes: "1 had been a slight sufferer for a number of years, but paid littie or no attention to it, until the spring of this year, when my suffer? ings became very severe. MI had pain in the head, back, spine, liver, chest, and various parts of my body, besides indigestion that caused me much trouble and anxiety. I often thought when I retired at night I would not live through it. X tried medical aid, but to no purpose. "Not knowing what was my main trouble 1 wrote to Dr. Hartman, after reading of his treatment, for advice, telling him of my various ailments, and ho notified me at once that I had sys? temic catarrh. 44 After using the first bottle of Peruna I felt relief, so X continued to use it until I had taken four bottles, when I felt entirely cured. I recommend it te all others, believing that they will ex? perience the relief that I did." Pe-ru-na as a Tonic. Mr. William F. Hawkins, 12 West St, Westerly, R. I., writes: 1 ??I wish to give my testimony in favor of Peruna as a tonic. I have used the same for catarrh, and can recommend It to all who are troubled in that way." their lives. I want to urge you to ware house your cotton, borrow money I on your ware house receipt, pay off I your debts and market the cotton, as the world needs it, and our country i ,will be prosperous. The deterioration I of the crop in all of the States is of ! such a nature that it is now too late ;for It to recuperate and make anyhiiig like a full crop, no matter how fav? orable the seasons may be from now on. So realize you have the situation in your own hands I want to urge j every farmer to sow largely of wheat and oats; for corn, flour and bacon are now very high'.. They can be raised for much less than half the cost at which farmers are buying today, and we have every reason to believe they will be higher another year. Let us begin now to diversify our crops for 1919. Make home self-suporting and nelf-sustaining, and our country will grow rich. I want to urge upon ev? ery farmer to study the conditions of the cotton crop In all the cotton belt Stares, and I am %?re he will not dump his cotton on the'market as he has done in the- past. Just a word about cotton seed. Re? member'%ho supply this year will be short and the demand great for eot ton seed products. When you sell your seed.- be sure to make arrangements for the price of meal and hulls; or you will be caught In a. trap/ You probably have- used good Judgment in growing your crop, and it behooves you nov to t ? better judgment In setting. B. HARRIS. "' Ex-Preel State Farmers Union. Pendleton, S. C. Room for More Veterans. Columbia, Sept. 13.?At a meeting of the board of commissioners of the Confederate InPrmary, held yesterdar afternoon, it was resolved that on and after October 1 next the housa will he thrown open to any Confederate veteran who comes from his county pension board with the blank applica? tion properly tilled up, regardless of the minimum of two from each coun? ty, as heretofore. There are now about fifty men in the home, and there is room for thirty-four more. Blank forms will be furnished pen? sion boards or old soldiers on appli? cation by Mr. David Cardweil, chair? man of the hoard. Columbia, s. C. Without better proof, the Ansonlan cannot take much stock In the re? ported story of Peary's discovery of the North Pole. We arc inclined to believe what l>r. Cook says about it. because h< i:> well and favorably known in town, having been a class? mate of I >r. K. I >. Ross.?Wadesboro .\ nsonlun. FOR SALI' Se d rye and oats, will have seed wheat, barley etc.. later Booth-Harby Livestock Co., s-2 St. Lot; SALE M> Sana Souci planta lion of six hundred ncres at State ! burgi Sumter County 8. C. Wii sell as .i whole or in parcels. Ap ply at once to owner. C. L. Stuck ey, Blshopville, S. C. ?-1S-4I 2t-a-v UM Need of Winter Kruiuw in the Sonth. The following is as strong a state? ment of the greatest need of most of the soil in the Southern States as we have read. It is understood that bv "Winter Legumes" is meant Crimson and other clovers and vetch. We would also include the summer le? gumes like cow peas and Soy beans. The beauty of the winter legumes is that they make the soil work and earn nitrogen, while otherwise it would be an idle spendthrift. It is my belief that a proper under- I standing and application of winter le? gumes would mean more for the ma? terial prosperity of the South than cny other one thing. Properly used they would be a great, if not the greatest factor in conserving our na? tional resources. Thty would con? serve the natural fertility of the soil (our greatest asset) better than any? thing elae, because they naturally fii in with our king crops?cotton and corn. It would increase the humus content faster than any other rota? tion. It would improve the soil and give a cash crop each year. My brother has some naturally poor sandy land whicli gave two tons of Crimson clover hay per acre and no/ promises from 60 to 75 bushels corn per acre. Winter legumes used prop? erly will be a great help toward con? serving our forests, as with good land there would be less desire for virgin soil. They will conserve our water courses and power, because wisely used they will almost prevent soil erosion, <he great agricultural sin of the ftOttth. A regular conservation congress. Enough; you kuow by this time what my hobby is: win.cr le? gumes. The Sumter Cotton Compress is be? ing put in shape for the season's run and will be in o?pe. ation within a few days. Dolly New York Cottoa Market. New York, Sept 13 Open High Low Cl Jas 12 13 12 13 12 18 1! Moh 12 19 12 22 12 19 1! May 12 20 12 28 12 24 12 30 Oct 12 20 12 18 12 ob 12 18 Dec U 18 12 19 12 11 12 19 Tone?Firm. ST41BW*MT OF IHK OOSDinOM Or THEk Farmers' Bank and Trust Ci, LOCATED AT SUMTER, 3. C. At the Close of Business Sept. 8.1909. RESOURCES. Loans and Discount*. $463,846 39 Overdraft*, 9 604 20 Banking Hobs p. 19 50* 34 Fornitnre and Fixture*. 2,47gft|7 Due from Bank? and Trust Co's, 6 %40T38 Currency, 12.112 00 Gold, 180 00 Silver and othor coin, 2.659 70 Checks and Cash Items, 2,910 84 Total, $666,656 82 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock paid in $120,OG?0 Surplus Fund, 25,102 34 I'l divided Profits, lees Cur? rent Expenses and Taxes Paid, 9.773 47 Due to Banks and Trust Co's. 3.319 67 Dividends Unpaid, 104 00 Individual Deposits, ?objeot to Cheek 2 7,668 91 Savings Deposits, I09,7S?| Bills Payable, including Certifi eatee for Money Borrowed 80,000 00 Reserved for Taxes 1 000 00 Total, ?5156.6 6 82 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, > County of Sumter. ) Before me came R. L. Edmunds, of the above named bank, who be duly sworn, says that the above foregoing statement is a true condition said Bank, as shown by the books of i bank. R. L. EDMUNDS, Oashier. Sworn to and subscribed before me tsiv 13th day of Sept. 1909. O. L. Tatbs, Notary Public, 8. O. Correct Attest: c C. O. ROWLAND, R. J. BLAND, I8AAC SCHWARTZ, Sept. 13, 1909. Directors. Seed Oats, Appier and Red Rust Proof. Seed V'heat Smooth and Bearded Varieties Seed Rye and Barley. Grain Pasture Mixture Composed of Winter Turf Oats. Wheat, Rye, Barley and Vetch. The best winter Horse, Cow and Hoi Pasture you can possibly plant. :: :: * THERE WILL BE A ROLLER FLOUR MILL IS SUMTER BY JAN. 1910. i Lhe Stock Co.; BEST UVERY ID SUMTER. SUMTER, SC. Ftl finds irriTitf, lailf. O'Donnell&Co. The Big Store of Sumter. Another lot, 10,000 yards, of those Justly Celebrated VAL LACE5, They are better than ever before. 50c per Doz Yards, 5 Cents per Yard, O'Donnell & Co Reed's Fine Shoes For Women, New Fall Styles. Godman's Celebrat? ed School Shoes Are Here. A f J i