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Cbf (fiJlHtdjman anb .Sauihrn?. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBF'I 20, 1909. Iii? Sumter Watchman was found ?4 in 1850 and the True Southron In IM?. The Watchman and Southron low haa the combined circulation and baflnence of both of the old papers. |e manifestly the best advertising Huna la Sumter. There la a chorus of complaint con itng the unsatisfactory service that of the local telephone ex? change are now receiving. This com plaint la partly j*iatified and partly plain kicking on account of the forcenvnt of thr rule requiring us of the telephone to give the num tr of the telephone when they make call. Apart from thia there la am? ple ?r-iuml for alt the complaints that ib?rHl>?c* make and an improve ient In t?te : service Is needed. The lacement */ the Sumter Telephone ?av nave contracted for $13,000 worth near equipment to be Installed by tat and tt? * promise ia made it when the new central energy swOtehboard ana other up-to-date sgnlpsnent shall have been Installed Hi ere wMi be a decided Improvement la the service. Until the new switch Ward ia InataMed service will be maintained under dlfJIcultlea, since ?he installation of the new switch? board and the change from the pres? ent battery sgateea to the central ener sauat be. made without In the service. When the ira lenta are completed Sumter wtst bare o*e of the moat modern and beat equipped telephone systems in the gnalh and the aervioa ought to be ?H thai the moat exacting could de sauud. The expenditure of $11,000 at sue time by the comapny for im prvreamenU is a heavy tax on its ro? se nr eon, hut Um company haa faith m < te growth of the telephone busl sn aumter and vicinity and the its now to be made will exchange to handle two or tfmea the business it now haa. ?to .grafts-Us patrons better .and aatiafaotery service. OttANi: VIOTIM OF A JOB? fP9 C%argi Made by Ohicngo Record Herahfs Editor. Washington. Oct. If.?Frank B. rtnyaa, editor of the Chicago Record Herald, the paper that printed *ho etory that coat If inlater Crane his job. waa rn Waahlngloa with Minister Crane and Walter I. Fisher when the atement which waa given to tin In regard to the affair was pre ?4L All that Mr. Noyes cared to ve out wua contained in the follov. l?g editorial, which he prepir?d anti wired to hie pa pet: The treatment that Charl?M ft. Cr>?ne has received at the hare! the t.enactment -)t state has ' eat ihing short of shameful. Fvery newspaper man In WnMiin* tan will hoot at the notion that Mr Crane's alleged Indiscretion In any wey varied from the discretion ordi narily required from public officials. Mo Informed person belle es for a moment that the ostensible reason or reqoewt for Mr. Crane's resignation Is the real one?on the contrary. It Is perfectly apparent that he has been made the victim of what r.ppcars to have been a thoroughly discreditable Intrigue. Inasmuch as the article to which Mr Knox objecla appeared In the Record-Herald it is but Just to say that Mr. Crane furnished our POTTS spondent with no Information that In volved any breach of his official ob? ligations. His mistake, apparently, was fh as? suming that there could be no possl bie objection io taking It for granted that what nil the diplomats and most of the newapaper men of the world knew h' > i known l?y our depart ?int of Jtt<?te. New Toik, Oct. 15.?Friends of Chaa R. Crane, minister dealgnate to China, whose resignation was request? ed. Intimst? strongly that the incident is not Sjaaedi and that a revelation, which would We made public, would ah*w that Crane waa the victim of pohti*al Intriguo DIKs IM LONDON. Wi'Statu I Itucfiaitau Is Picked Up In Pmrh liane. L*??1oi,. <>< ? 17. -William I. Buch? anan of Hoffilo, N. T., former Amer? ican gajbi <er to the Argentine Re? if, and Panama, who had been I.- el ???11U?* I *ith several Impor tant \merlcan diplomatic missions, met a tragic leatti I t"t night on a Lend'>u *lre?.f He wan discovered ly? ing e?? a sMewadk, in Park Lane and waa eejffted to St. George's hospital, a shoit 'li.Mn ? away. Life waa ex? tinct when the ambulance reached the h >*pHx4 Twm Oftgjgf of bin death is not known positively but physicians who examined (he body .mat ? that it result id ippn odly from h mi t dia ? a*? ari l th it there was no Indira lions of fool idiv which wjs sug? gested. 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 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. Alao 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, All communications for tl Is Department should be sent to E. W. Dabbs. Mayeeville. S. C. THE EDITOB. Some Random Thoughts. It was my pleasure to attend the meeting of the Clarendon County Union at Turbevllle last Wednesday. It was gratifying to see the number of earnest. Intelligent farmers who had left their farms to attend this meeting at such a busy season. The union has recently bought a set of cotton scales for an Independent buy? er at Manning and it was reported that the keeping of this buyer in the field had helped the Manning cotton market one fourth of a cent per pound. e e e It looks like it will be necessary for the growers of cotton to also be the buyers. In other words have their paid representative in the field to see that cotton sells for its market price, see The union can in this way concen? trate the cotton so as to make direct trades with large mill or export buy? ers, and it can In this way take the a/eak cotton off the market. e e e The difference all this season be? tween the price In Liverpool and our | local markets has been too great and | leaves too much profit In the pockets { of the middlemen. see It also looked brighter fdr unionism to see the evident desire to learn. Good talks on education and better farming me l hods were well received, and a talk by Mr. Kelley, the county business agent on oat-growing was very Instructive. e a a In answer to a letter asking more tl out the tireless cooker, I reprint an irtlcle giving the address of a lady who finds one indispensable. e e s Two articles on curing corn will ?on appear. See If some of our far? mers can not equal the Georgia farm? er In Sumter, Lee or Clarendon c >un ties this year. E. W. D. Hold Part of Your Cotton. Ordinarily, we do not wish to take the responsibility for advising our rmers to hold any over for higher I rices. If justified by natural laws gad conditions, there is just as much profit In being a bull as a bear on the market; hence if a product is selling 100 low the chances are that the bulls speedily force the price upward to pproxlmately its proper price. Just now, however, It seems to us that there is little risk in advising ev? ery farmer to hold a part of his cot i >n crop for better prices. The month v report for October issued by the %ernment last week shows an aver? se condition of 58.5, which is the ? st showing but one of which we have any record In our olllce, the Oc? tober condition figures for the last 12 years being as follows: 1908, 75.4; 1899, 62.4; 1900, 67; 1901, 61.4; 1902, 71.6; 1907. 67.7; 1908, 76.1; 1909. 58.5. Still more light upon the pres? ent bad condition may be had from the government's detailed statement of cotton conditions as follows: m > Vj T. m a ? n <t ? xi ? -o -c r r " r r HI S M t0 states. r " T r > M 8 ? *? I ^ I ? Virginia . ..." 71 73 78 76 75 N. Carolina . . 70 73 69 76 70 S. Carolina . . 70 74 68 77 69 Georgia. ... 71 73 71 76 70 Florida .... 67 75 72 69 71 Alabama ... 62 66 70 68 67 Mississippi. . . 53 61 70 69 68 Louisiana ... 39 48 55 65 57 Texas. 52 59 71 60 63 Arkansas ... 64 60 70 65 67 Tennessee ... 68 75 78 76 72 Missouri ... 72 80 70 72 74 Oklahoma. . . 55 56 70 65 69 United States . 58.5 63.7 69.7 67.7 17,0 On the whole, with ail these faoti bofOTg us, It stems to us that all the signs point to higher cotton, and >? t it is not unlikely that it may be sixty days or more before prloes reach the level Justified by preaanl conditions, November, we must remember Is the flood month for distressed cotton; farmers and tenants who have sold or pledged their crop in advance turn loose thousands and hundreds of thou? sands of bales upon an unready mar? ket. This cannot fail to postpone the rise of cotton to normal prices. An even more important factor in depressing prices temporarily is the probable action of Southern cotton mills in curtailing production. South? ern cotton mills are much more seri? ously affected by an advance in the prices of the staple than are Northern mills because the Northern mills make a finer and higher priced pro? duct, and the cost of the raw material is not so large an item in the total value. As yet the prices of Southern mill goods have by no means advanc? ed in keeping with the advance in the price of raw cotton, and they, there? fore, threaten to curtail production until the market adjusts itself. Thia may depress prices of the farmer's cotton for a little while, and is the more to be deplored because its moat notable outcome may be only to shift the big profits from the cotton grow? ers' pockets to the speculator's pock? ets. Prices forced down now must In? evitably climb to much higher levels and the mills can't long do without the cotton: sooner or later they must have it, and then there will be a fight between European and American mills as to which shall have the pro? duct. Southern mills should learn a lesson from last year. Refusing then to buy at 9 cents in October, they paid 12 cents in May; refusing now to pay 13 cents in October, they may pay 16 or 18 cents next May. This is the situation as we sec it, and it seems to us to indicate that while the flood of "distressed cotton" and the delay in getting the mills ad? justed to the new conditions may pre? vent an early rise, 15-cent cotton ? * ven if not higher?may easily be ex? pected before the end of the year. All >ur readers must act on their own judgments, but in our opinion, every farmer ought to bold at least a part of his crop for the higher price that seems certain to come.?Progressive Farmer. Finds the Fireless Cooker Indispen? sable. I have a fire less cooker of my own make, which is deep enough to hold three baking pans one on top of the other. The heat from one helps cook the other, and with a large family you can get so much more in it. It use earthen plates for covers. There are few people that know how to use the flr^less cooker. The more you see them the better you like them. I have had mine eight months and would not do without It. I raise my light bread in it if the weather is cool. I put a pan of hot Watt in and put the bread over it. I have no further trouble keeping it warm. I fix baked corn, tomatoes, pota toes, butter heans, apples, fried or baked chickens, and hash ready to put on the table early in the mornings while it is cool, and set them in the box. Then I am at lilverty to go wherever I please, and am not afraid to invite the most fastidious folks home with me to dinner, for there isn't anything to do but set a nice hot dinner on the table. I can also put a coffee or tea pot in my box. I let it boil before setting it in. I will not begin to mention the stews that you can cook in them with only a hont 10 minutes Are. If you have an oil stove to heat them on, it will save a lot of time.? Mrs. Hertha D. Clore, in Progressive aFrmer. RECORD YIELD OF CORN. Alken Fanner Uses New Methods and iieta (.real Results. This week Mr. j. T. Bhuler, one of Alken county'l foremost farmers, harvested three acres of the finest com ever grown hereabouts and per hapi the equal of any grown in the Stute. The three ncres netted 348 1-2 bushels, an average of J16 I S bush sla to the acre, in addition to the corn harvested, 1,800 bundles of fod? der was stripped from the field, av? eraging 2 1-2 pounds each. The land upon which this remark? able yield was gathered is not extra? ordinary land, but average rich up? land, and Mr. Shuler ascribes the magnificent yield entirely to the mode of cultivation and fertilization. Sim? ilar land last year made a yield of about 25 bushels per acre. Mr. Shu? ler is so enthusiastic over the yield this year that he intends to carry out the principle op a wider scale next year, and perhaps plant the entire corn crop, using the same methods and fertilizer. The land Is now \ 'inted in peas and a yield of about 20 bushels is expect? ed. The peo crop was considerably cut off by dry weather. Considering the fine yield of corn per acre on this land, it beats cotton to death, even at the present good prices, the clear profits going well above the best that could be expected from an average yield of the fleecy staple. The following is a detailed state? ment of the mode of cultivation and fertilization employed in working the field this year. The land was broken during the latter part of December with a two horse turn-plough, broadcast. The first part of February the land was again broken, crossing the previous furrows with the same heavy plough, following with a deep two-horse sub? soil plough. During the first week in March the land was laid off in rows, five feet wide, and the middles were broken out with a large one-horse plough, and the subsoiler was again run behind this plough. The ridge in the middle or the rows was broken with a hes.vy two-winged turn plough, the subsoil plough again be? ing run In thin furrow. The corn was planted in this furrow, twelve Inches apart, two grains to the hill to insure a good stand, and It was covered with a Gantt guano distributer. The corn was dropped by hand. Two hundred pounds per acre of 8:2 1-2:1 ammoni ated fertilizer was put down at the planting through the distributer. When the corn came up and was ten days old it was thinned to one stalk in the hill. For, the first cult! vatlon ar? ordinary cultivator was used to pulverize the soil, running around the corn. The middles were now broken out very lightly. In ten days* time the corn was run around with a disc cultivator; in ten days from this 300 pounds of the same fer? tilizer as previously used was put down on one side of the row. This was followed in ten days with another application, 300 pounds being put t< the acre, on the side left unfertilized at the previous cultivation. Two weeks after this the corn was laid by and 200 pounds of Peruvian guano and nitrate of soda was put on one side. After two weeks the same ap? plication was put down on the other side, laying that side by at the same time. The corn's first two ploughlngs were deep, using straight shovels, af? ter that sweeps and small cultivators were used. The variety of corn used on this plat was Mason's Prolific. The value of the fertilizer used is $22 a ton for the 8:2 1-2:1, and $36 a ton for the top dressing, a total valuation of fer? tilizer used per acre of $16. Eighty pounds of the corn, in the Shuck by actual measurement and weight, shelled out 68 pounds of corn and after removing the sjiucks there remained 76 pounds on the cob, from 80 pounds !n the shuck. The total acreage averaged about three good ears to the stalk. The corn was put into a crib, in which last year the yield of 12 acres of 'what was considered good corn, was piled. The pile from three acres makes as good a showing as the yield from twelve did last year. A state? ment of the cost follows: Freaking of land for preparation 6.00 Corn dropping.1.00 Putting down fertilizer and cul? tivation. 5.00 Value of fertilizer used.16.00 Total cost of production. . .$. .28.00 116 1-8 bushels corn at 90 cts. .104.51 Value of 600 bundles fodder... 13.33 Total value products .. ..$117.84 Net profits over cost of pro? duction.$ 89.84 This land is estimated to make an average of one bale to the acre. If it had yielded one bale per acre the profit would have been $32 per acre, while on this three acres the profit per acre was $89.84. A. K. L?. Aiken, S. C, October 16. Asa Hood, colored was killed at Bowman, Oangeburg county, Tuesday night. Mary Hobinson, Peter Miller and another negro named Warren have been arrested for the murder. Rev. J. F. Morrall, a well known preacher, died at Walterboro Friday aged 80 years. Din Hinds. I. B. Blngham and A. II. Fuller are being tried in Florence on i the charge of lynching Arthur Davis, i dored. STORM DAMAGE IN AIKEN. Large Quantities <?f Dot ton Are Seri? ously DnilMROd 'in the Fields?Con? siderable Territory Affected. Alken, Oct 15.?The worst hall storm, perhaps, In the history of the county visited the upper section of the county lust night during a heavy storm. As a result of the hail alone perhaps several hundred hales of cot? ton are knocked out on the g'ound and much more was destroyed by un open bolls being knocked off. A strip of country several miles wide and 40 or perhaps 50 miles long was almost covered by the hail. While it was worse in some sections than in others, all sections in this area were more or less damaged by the stones. The hail lasted lor about a minute and a half, during which time the ground was covered to a depth of sev? eral inches with r.he hailstones, some of which were as large as partridge eggs. The hail could be seen on the ground for several hours after it had ceased to fall, although a blinding rain fell afterward. In some sections the stones broke the window panes, and many birds are seen dead on the ground this morning that were struck. The hail came down in an almost solid sheet. A high wind accompanied the storm, doing in some sections consid? erable damage. It is reported that some damage was done to the Bath mill by the wind. LONG BALLOON TRIP. Travels From St. Louis to South Car? olina at Average Rate of Forty Miles Per Hour. Charleston, S. C, Oct. 16.?Break? ing all speed records for long distance flights, the balloon St. Louis No. 3 landed near Ridgville, SI miles west of Charleston, at 9 o'clock this morn? ing, after having left St. Louis yester? day afternoon at 5:30 o'clock. The balloon carried A. B. Lambert and S~ Louis von Puhl, who arrived here to? night after their thrilling cross-coun? try flight. They had exhausted their ballast, and, seeing in the distance the waters of the Atlantic, which they were fast approaching, they were forced to descend. In nearing the ground the ballon caught in a tall tree and narrowly escaped destruc? tion. The distance from the place of landing to St. Louis in a direct line is approximately 660 miles. The high? est altitude reached was 12..40O feet. The average rate of speed was 44 miles an hour. RANK GUARANTY LAW INVALID. Nebraska Governor Deplores Decision Of Two Federal Judges. Lincoln, Neb., Oct. "16.?In a state? ment on the action of the two Federal judgi s who yesterday declared the Nebraska bank guaranty law uncon? stitutional. Governor Shallenberger tieploree the ruling as smacking, he says, of partisanship, and what he be lievea la a distinct blow at remedial - t?te legislation. Governor Shallen 1 erger also declares that the refer? ence of the case to the Federal in tead of the State judiciary is a usur? pation of power. He says in part "The decision is exactly what those who for partisan or selfish reasons are opposed to any effective guaranty of deiMVsitS law desired. It goes to the v ry heart of the question and denies Ihe right of the State to require the banks, which exist by virtue of their Charters, to pay a certain tax to cre? ate a guaranty fund or to prescribe a form and manner under which the 1 anking business shall be conducted, it appears to lea*ve banking on more a matter for public legislation or lim? itation than the grocery or butcher business. 'The law which has been set aside I y the decree of the court was fraught with great benefit to the people. I am sure that the . 'de desired the legislation and were anxious to see it put into actual practice. One result of the nullification of legislation by the courts would be to intensify the desire and determination that our State Supreme Court shall not be longer constituted wholly of members of one political party. It might be noted in passing that the distinguish? ed Demoe-at of this State, who was made a Federal judge by a revered Republican president, was not called into judgment upon this case. "The overthrow of legislative en? actments, by interference by the exe? cutive, by the use of patronage, or the veto power, and by the nullifica? tion of laws by our courts, has stead? ily tended to degrade the power of the executive branch of our govern? ment, and to make it a thing for poli? ticians and lobbyists to play with. Hot Supper. There will be a Hot Supper at the residence of L J. Brown, Oswego, <>n Thursday night. Oct. 21st. A reg? ular meat supper, plenty of pork, turkey, oysters, ice cream and cake. Proceeds for benevolent purpose. Don't forge! the date. l0-19-2t. W. & s. it. Dr. J. W. Fuller, of California. Pe-ru-na tbe Remedy. DR. J. W. FULLER, Scientific Opti? cian, 203 North Main. St., Los Ange? las, CaL, writes: **I was troubled with catarrh of the bead for many years* It affected my sense of smell, hearing and bight. "I spent lots of money witb doctors and the use of local applications to re? lievo me, but to no purpose nntil my attention was called to the wonderful effects of Poruna. "I must Bay that I met with moat sur? prising and satisfactory resalts. Peru na took hold of the complaint and drove tt entirely out of my system. "AUhough well along toward the allotted span of man's life, I am as pleased as a child over the results, and Keel like a young man again." Man-? lln an Ideal Laxativ?* Coming to Sumwr. To My Friends in Manning and Clar? endon County: It is with deep regret that I beg to announce to my many sincere friends who have contributed so unhesitating? ly and cheerfully to whatever success I have achieved, that af*er due delib? eration it will serve the best purpose to relinquish my citizenship in Man? ning and Clarendon county and con? nect myself with the thriving, grow? ing, energetic and progressive city and county of Summer. As my territory embraces Clarendon and Sumter counties, I beg to say that I will not be an infrequent visitor to my many friends in Manning and brave old Clarendon. Reiterating my heartfelt thanks for kindnesses shown and wishing all my friends and clients an abundance of success in whatever undertaking Providence may assign them, I am Sincerely, ISAAC M. LOR YEA. Special Agent for Sumter and Clar? endon counties for the Mutual Life In? surance Co., of New York.?Man? ning Times. Cowboy Musicians. William Sweeney's Cowboy Band will be among the novelties presented with the Wild West and Far East when Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill come to town. These men are exper? ienced musicians, skillful adepts at playing the vf.rioua instruments, and they are also expert riders. They can play music while mounted on horse? back as easily and harmoniously as the average crcus band plays while seated in the baadstand. Other in? teresting scenes with the Wild West and Far East will be An Oriental Spectacle, Indian War Dances, and Cowboy Sports. The trial of Dr. C. G. Bigham and W. C. Avant for the killing of Mrs. Bigham at Murrell's Inlet several weeks ago will be held at Georgetown Monday. There are boys of all ages?French. ..GIBSON.. Fi Tablets We have now 25 different flavors of this fine candy 250 pounds just recceived. Sibert's Di Sie, Phone 283. 8 S. Main.