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SAT WO AY, OCTOBER 30, t909. *? i ? *? Vhe Suruter Watchman was found ?4 In lt(l and the True Southron tn litt. The, Watchman and Southron mm* baa the combined circulation and Isttuence of both of the old papers, and Is manlfsstiy the beat advertising ?te Hum I? Burnt er. fwe Investigation being conducted sw fne dispensary wind-up commis? sion reached an interesting stage Wed amtug It began to g higher up Waste little oi a character that would Incriminate those who had close and poruliar business relations with Far mmm and the other professional graf? ters was permitted to leak out, there waa enough revealed to indicate that snare, wa* a whole lot of crooked work a* I'oannectlon with the dispensary tsW Che tverage cltisen has not dls ??Vered. We fear, however, that the w%<we atory will not be made public. It writ' be found that it la time to pat an l We ltd ahd the men higher ui? will sacape wt'h gentle singeing?they will mmi be dragged through the fiery fur **<.< We have observed throughout Wmm dispensary investigation that just aa ???n an the Inquisition touches the Qgroltjia Glass Co.. or any other cor aWKHon or Individual who haa Co twambU affiliation it la aide-traoked and another line of inquiry la taken mm, U common goaaip la not alto gsttive' fal?? there are lota of dirty hands in Columbia and elaewhere around the State that have been kept careful)/ hidden. tinea Important to Alfalfa. If Haa been discovered that the lassvy bee ia of even more Importance tn ?*e.,alfalfa than the alfalfa ia to tat W. The wonderful strength and spend a# lb* beea take them long dts for their food, and they have mosursn to a groat variety of plants. Bat the peculiar construction of the aftf.itfa totoeeom renders It unable toy fertilise Itself,, and Its shape makes era** fertilisation very difficult Ia Iiis marvelous "balance of good" In aaU*r*. alfalfa, like thouaanda of oth? er planta, Is aided in its lease on life by the manct world. It is not known Jnat now many Insects or birds assist this temarkable plant, but the honey bee as (ha most conspicuous, the moat Industrious*, the most eager and cer tsen^v the rnrurt useful. i'mi ? (nervations hove been snsd < it %fed pod* gros/n n?**r cnlo ind also of those ao'far ffoto *n, >',? colonies that It was aatMv assumed, no beea had visited she ftelds producing the pods. In ev? ery rmse it was found that those from nearby fields had from SO to 76 per cnn4 m?r*> seeds than, the others and thai th?f were larger' and more per? fectly dreioped. In Colorado and Wast Tn K in.ta.s, where bee culture has been greatly developed in recent yea* i. ?< in found that the alfalfa seed crsp In n I,Is nearest to bee colonies Is marH heavier and of better quality IS art that of fields a few miles away. At tic Kansas Experiment Station a am ill plot of vigorous alfalfa was sovei d pi.it before coming Into bloom with mxqulto netting, suported on stiff, rt was therefore known that as ' -? i other insects could come tnte out ret with the blossoms. Later a c*re/ut ?xaminatlon disclosed that tke so?!.? which had formed were en? tire! v without seeds.?Coburn's. "The fro** of Alfalfa." ft ?? . r.iriceMS. a well dressed and pro i. ' 1'M.Rinn young negro ap faa>l"d t ? tie- police today to aid him I? r > < 1100 which he claims wan < k '11 t orn him Tuesday night, .tt hon?. .trie Hlchardson on Kn-t Han ," , where he attended a dJnac Korneas says he was not drsi'h ???.) hit I, ? neither shot craps por played skin with the bunch of blgb '? who were congregated In ( ?n \ house. According to his atoc,, * t was pick? d >>>? CuTTlS 01 U-r-t, \s hilt- lif was danc? ing " -ru The two women wen ftrvosl**d .mil Carrie gave up $20 whlc? ? niH was '.\V she U'ot. Si. als? that Dnrgssa lo.st hla SjS*n ? n hllng V. 4'.h ? f?i? ? Of the N i op: of the earth have ellctcd aunt unl sal admiration for their gu?< .i in-hip us have the <'<>s gack* of the CTntMsmaua Itaars d in the rom??alnlonahlp of thalr Am S'"- their in*,, work m is> %?ri ? f t? hi of riding. Mefofi the gd-r ? im . i i? rU'ht - folly oi. i.i. ) ih.- greatest cavalry Of tin v* oM A hoilt of th? st- sup. rh horsei? ? 11 i;iv? . xhihitions of tlo-ir pet ui - i llasj and their native danc ss an I putlmrs In "Pavvn. c Hill's Kar alaat" and furnish a unique on trrtaltiiuent. K?lv o I 11. Sterling, of Trenton, N. 4 t*. discovered in the outsklrlts of the town the largeat specimen of poly porufl on record. The mushroom weighs forty-three pounds, is thirteen Ipohss in height, and measured 105 saofcas lu circumference. Farmers' Union News i?AND - Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers (Conducted by E. W. Dabbs, President Farmers* Union of Suinter 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. 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 Denefit to all concerned, ? THE EDITOR. All communications for tl 4s Department should be sent to E. W. Dabbs, Mayesville, S. C. NOTICE. Farmers' Union meets on Friday, Nov. 12th, at Salem School House In? stead of 2nd of Nov. as published in Farmers' Union Sun. E. W. DABBS. President. Some Random Thoughts. The very Interesting letter from "Alabama Farm" Is so good that I have secured the writer's permission to publish It. It was for my private information, but treats the subject In such a practical way that Watchman and Southron readers will do well to gvie it a careful reading. I must con? fess that I am almost persuaded that it is a good way to save corn. I trust the other friend will give his method of shocking for next week's Issue. ? I ? I am sending the printer some ar tlles by Dr. Tait Butler of the Pro? gressive Farmer on the subject of teant and landlord for use In these columns as space permits. It Is a sub? ject the has received my earnest con? sideration for many years. I have been on both sides, tenant and land? lord, and know some of the difficulties | in the way of a better understanding, j First and foremost -is the lack of con? fidence each In the other; the idea that each is trying to "do" the other. Dr. Butler Is eminently right that landlords mus?t provl? i better n dines. ? I H? must aJso look ?fter th. repair* and ditching and pay for thorn. To do this as it should be done, and give proper attention to breaking, manur? ing, rotation and disposition of crops as outlined by Dr. Butler, he will have to charge higher rents than the land? lord who merely let his tenant scratch the land and "root hog or die." Even with higher rents, the returns to the tenant would be so much greater that he could prosper beyond comparlslon with the present system or rather lack of system. E. W. D. THE ARITHMETIC THAT YOUR CHILDREN OUGHT TO USE. Stevens ft Butler's "Practical Arith? metic" Is the Only One Ever Wilt ten Especially to Meet the Needs of Country Children and Every Rural School lu America Should Adopt It. (By Clarence H. Poe.) Although Dr. Talt Butler is Asso? ciate Editor of The Progressive Farm? er, the Editor-in-Chief is going to say a word about a book of which Dr. I utler Is one of the authors?and we shall say just what we should say if Dr. Butler were absolutely unkonwn to us. Positively and unequivocally then, lot us say. "A Practical Arithmetic," , by Dr. and Mrs. F. L. Stevens and Dr. Tart Butler, just published by Charles Sorlbner's Sons, New York City, la, In our opinion, the most useful text hook we have ever seen?the most valuable, booh for the counry sc hools ?vet written, \v?- do not mean to say thai there are not other text-booki the study of Which would help the farmer c hild PS nnn ln bttl WS do mean tu say that there is not ? leBt*booh in Bngllsh to? day Which OOUld not Im- wiped out of 1 ? ? ? s ith lees loss to the schools and the public than this brand new i.k of st. vsna k- Butler's. Lsl any other text*book drop out and ther< arc other text-books so near like it thai ihi loss would nardl) be felt, but there la absolutely nothing to take the l Ines of this "Practical Arithmetic." There is nothing like it in print. Moreover, are do not believe thai anywhere else lu the educational world Is there a need so crying as that which this text-book has come to meet. For a hundred years our far? mer boya and glris have been studying wretched) mtsfM lent-booki of mathe? matics, text-books which have told all about banking and commissions and foreign exeange and latitude und longitude and English money and the metric system of weights and meas? ures and a thousand other things eith? er utterly foreign or utterly useless, or both, while never an example have t they given as to how to calculate the value of a ton of fertilizers, how to mix different elements so as to get a certain analysis, how to mix different feeds so as to get economical rations for stock, how to calculate how much a silo will hold, how to ascertain the values of dairy cows from their milk yields and the Babcock test, or any one of a thousand other things that would illustrate the value of science as applied to agriculture. Now comes Stevens & Butler's "Practical Arithmetic." the only one ever written from the standpoint of the country child, and meets all these needs and meets them abundantly. From beginning to end it is thorough? ly practical, and it is as Interesting a text-book as heart could wish; deal? ing with things of everyday life, it ap? peals as no other book could do to the enthusiasm and Interest of the farm? er boy?and the farmer girl, too, for there are special problems for her, problems In dress-making and the value and composition of foods, and all that. We really believe this book will do more to quicken interest in agricul? ture than any text-book on agricul? ture yet brought out. Every rural school in America ought to adopt it, and even where it is not adopted, pa? rents ought to get permission from their teachers to use it. Not because we know the authors or have any in? terest whatever in thrm. but simply j ? ?? muse this la Incomparably tho best, i laosl practical and moat helpful aruh- j metic ever made for the country child, we would say to ev? ry father and mother who reads The Progres? sive Farmer. ' If there is any possible why of arranging it, make your boys and girls study Stevens & Butler's "Practical Arithmetic' As compared with the dull, citified, misfit books they are now using it would pay you to get Stevens & Butler's instead if It cost $10 a copy. 1 What Your 1910 Rental Contracts Ought to Cover. A rental contract should definitely Statt and control, so that there can be no misunderstanding, the following points: 1. The crops to be planted and the number of acres to be devoted to each, with a reasonably well defined crop rotation and the use of cover . crops. 2. The disposition of the crops? ' whether to be sold off the farm or fed i to live stock?and the care and dispo- I Pltlon of the manure. 3. The horse and mule power and the implements to be used in break- i ing and preparing the land for the" crops. These are essential and basic mat? ters which must not be left to the pleasure of either land owner or ten' ant, If more is to be gotten out of the rsnted lauds in the fuiure. A rental contract should also be for a term of not less than five years, With an option to the renter to renew the contract for another similar per? iod at a stated price. This is so mani? festly to the interest of both landlord and tenant that it is surprising that the destructive one-year renting prac? tice is ao common throughout the South.- Progressive Farmer. CUTTING AM) SHOCKING COHN. (By a Clarendon County Farmer.) Mr. Editor: I see you are not much of a COm tover man. i see also that you are to have an article from a stover ad? vocate. Before i read hla "effort" I am going to give you my opinion and experience and see how many points we agree upon. It was only after reading Dr. Hun nlcutl on stover for a couple of years and having made up my mind fully about Its practical value, that I went Into it. and am keeping at it, now some eight years. The greatest dis? appointment in stover lies in the fact that a great many thought it about a great a deliverer as "16 to 1" promi? sed to be. We all thought that the chemical value would work out in practice. I soon saw that, while the constituent parts of stover were, no doublt, as represented, yet we could not get stock to eat all of it, and so j prove it out practically. But I did not fsll out with the chemists and I did ' not fall out with Dr. Hunnicutt, nor with corn stover. I have not stripped fodder since beginning to make stov I er, and have fed my stock straight i through from October till spring or I oat time on stover for roughage. I ; am not fool enough to say that I think it equal to either good sweet corn fod? der or peavlne hay, or that stock will eat it all such as I have made. If I can get them to eat from 50 to 75 per cent. I am satisfied. I am con? fident that with a better machine, I use a McCormick, that a better stover can be made than I make, thereby in? creasing the feeding efficiency. I put up some last year that smelled as sweet as fodder, and have a good pile on hand now, and will begin to shred in about two weeks. Now for some of the reasons why I believe some people don't like It, and the difficulties in the way of making a good article. Lets get a little near? er home, and leave out the thought that the nearness to the Southern sea? board has anything to do with it. 1st. Corn should not be cut for stover till practically all the shuck has dried on the outside. Say 10 to 12 days later than good fodder stripping time. By this time the fodder has dried practically up to the ear. Wait? ing this long though insures the corn being harder, r.nd nearly all the late stalks will be in condition. By this time all the feeding roots are dead and the corn if cut and the butt well touching the ground moisture will continue to rise about as well, to help such ears as need it. 2nd. Mouldy corn is caused by there being some late stalks, caused by replanted corn, or moist spots in the field. When I commenced to cut, I would leave out these stalks, and go back and get them afterwards, or Intended to do so. Finding this did not work out so well, I now cut ev? erything and expect to have a little corn not in good condition, but these few ears, do not have any effect on the good ones in the shock. I think if those who find so much complaint on account of bad corn could think back, they would remember finding bad corn every year. I left some rows standing this year for comparison in yield and found rotten corn in that. 3rd. The main reason for bad corn or mouldy corn in shocked corn is be? cause It Is not properly put up. I had never seen a shock before I made one, or.r? ~*~ not R very prent ???port yet. A great many did It <>ne year and quit The farmer nor his hands did it right My experience hay been that by the time I could gel a. set of han is to know how, they would leave me and next year would have a new set. A shock must be built up evenly, all round and must not be twisted in the tying, and should be retted in about six or ten days. I had shocks and others about here that stood the storm of last week. When properly set up they will stand and 200 stalks is not too much for one. If twisted and not well tied they will go down and then trouble starts I admit. Shredding should be done In about six weeks, but good shocks will stand till Christmas, and a surprisingly small amount of damage done to the fodder, no more than to a good stack of hay. As to corn being so that it can be told in the dark that is nonsense. I have corn shocked In the field now. Bring a bushel of yours, and we will go to the field and break out a bushel and see what we see. If a man puts up a shock that looks like an old press screw, and rain gets in, that's his fault. Or little shocks that fall down, that's his fault again. Now I figure that I can get my corn shocked, shredded, corn In barn and stover In loft as cheap as I can strip fodder and break corn after the usual style", or break corn and get rid of stalks afterwards. I get more edible roughage and a lot of the best stable bedding the part not eaten. If you want t?? out vines in corn field you can gel a' it sooner and no stalks in the way. If you want to plant oats in corn land, you can go right in and haul corn out afterwards. We must plant corn thicker to get a perfect stand ami cut OUl replant? ing, then it will all ripen at once. In ciiM' of scattering stalks, cut along with the rest, in case of bottoms go back and cut later. There are better machines than the McCormick. unless they have changed their knives or shredder head. I believe I have not yet found the beat way to ted it. "ALABAMA FA KM." The native ranch girls of the great west have developed personality and achieved B reputation for deeds of skill ami daring almost equal to that of their eo workers and sharers of privations and hardships?the cow? boy. In dash, abandon, courage and perfection ?>f equestrlanship the ranch girl equals her cowboy broth? er. With "Buffalo Bill's Wild West'' is seen a complete aggregation of these surprising exponents of femi? nine skill, daring, dexterity and grace, forming a pleasing cOntraft to the masculine portrayels of similar char? acteristics with Pawnee Bill's Far East, October 29. Has Woman a Sense of Humor? Not a wife-Eve but plays up from morning to night to Adam's idea of his own importance. S'he must as? sume always that he is absolute mon? arch of the little domestic kingdom, no matter how firmly Intrenchet she be as the power behind the throne, writes Inez Haynes Gillmore in "Suc? cess Magazine." She must assume al? ways that he is the hub of his busi? ness world, that it would fly to pieces were he to absent himself from it for a week?assume It even though she knows that it is his capable under clerk who keeps the wheels moving. 4 nd last, "Women h?.ve no sense of humor." says?does the man live who has not said it? It is the oldest brom idiom extant. Yet man has always before him the irrefutable evidence that, for countless generations, wo? man has lived with him. How could she ha\e survived that ordeal minus the s< nse of humor? Dr. Leonard Pearson, of Philadel? phia, one of the best known investi? gators and writers on tuberculosis in the world, committed suicide at Spruce Brook, on the west coast of Newfoundland. He had helped to cure thousands of the fatal white plague, yet he killed himself because he could not be cured of a non-fatal ailment? insomnia. Miss Elizabeth E. Shimer, of Ma cungie, last week, sailed from New York for Panama, where she will be? come a Unit?d States public school teacher in the Panama canal zone. Miss Shimer, as far as is known, is the only woman school teacher in this State to offer her services to the government and become a teacher in this Southern country. Lewis Thompson is dead at Islip, L. I., in his 101st year. He leaves a daughter, twelve grandchildren, two score great-grandchildren. He was born et Bald Hill, Ct., March 12. 1309. HE WAS EXCITED. And Yet He Wat Making Only a Vary Reasonable Request. It was a dramatic scene, pregnant with the most tragic possibilities. Thus thought a witness to the meeting of three Italians near the big express depot nt Fifteenth and Market streets. A man and woman who were deliver? ing a trunk into the hands of a clerk were suddenly confronted by another man, who was highly excited, ne ap? proached woman. In rolubfe Ital? ian he ra *ed and swore and plaaded, whdo shi shrilled equally excised an Hv.yT*. Tho other man stood beet" against the w.ill. his aims folded deii autly, bis bead sank ou his ebtet. It certainly looked as if daggers were to be drawn. The interested bystander asked of some listeners who under? stood the rapidly spluttered dialect what the trouble was all about. "Why," was the volunteered transla? tion, "this woman has run away from her husband with this man." pointing to the sulky individual. "Oh, and he is begging her to re? turn?" was the next query. "Not on your life." was the express? ive reply. "She has packed up nil her husband's clothes in her trunk, as well as her own. and he is begging her to give back nt least his Sunday suit."? Philadelphia Record. Afloat on Hot Air. Members of the house of representa? tives are fond of poking fun at the florid style of speech affected by a cer? tain congressman, who invariably con? tributes much "hot air" to any debate in which he may participate. On one occasion the politician in question ventured to air his views touching a financial act under consid? eration, when he drew the following ribald observation from an opponent: "Our able and adventurous friend has undertaken to present bis views upon this question. In this he re? minds me of a beautiful swan breast? ing the sea with arched neck and wings outspread to catch the glint of the sea, moving along in serene and stately splendor, but blissfully uncon? scious of the unfathomable depths be? low." ?\V*i*-r?- Cicero Took the Mad. Marcus TullluS Cicero bathed in the mud of Lake Aguan 2.000 years ago in order to got rid of the gout. The mud of the standing waters in the dis? trict west of Naples was famous from early times fcr the relief of arthritis. The luxurious; high livers of the im? perial days knew its efficacy and no doubt did their "cmv" there in much I the s:'iiu? rough und ready fashion gg their modern representative does now. < It Is no doubt to the sulphur and other deposits that the mud of the lit? tle lakes on the promontory of Cumae owes its bealt? giving properties, and as nature works much the same way now in thai res on as ?he did in tlw i tim^ of the Caesars *.he effect Upon : twentieth century gout is probably much the same ai when the great Tul , ly soaked his Inflamed joints lu the i ooze of the Phlegreeaen fields. Italy's queen, it is said, owns the most beautiful and valuable handker? chief in the world. It Is an example of the earliest Venetion point lace, dating towards the end of the fif? teenth century, about the time the art was introduced into the city of the doges says the New York American. The piece in spite of its great age, is in perfecu preservation, and it Is valu? ed at $2(>,000. THE GREATEST OF STATE FAIRS EVERYONE WILL BE IN COLUMBIA NOV. 1 TO 6. Big Events Planned?Alt Sort* of Pleasures?Cheap Rata?. The forty-first annual state fair, to be held lu Columbia November 1 to 6. nromlses to be tbe best In tbe history of the South Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical So? ciety. Not only are the premiums offered larger than ever before, but the officers of the organization have arranged a program rhat will bring hundreds of visitors from uear by states. On Faturday, November 6. tbe feature of the closing day will be the visit of Presi? dent Toft. He will make an address at the Fair Grounds to several thousand people and afterward will be taken through the city and shown the principal tatota of interest. The premium list issued some time ago shows that a number of valuable prizes are offered fur the beat dlaptay of farm prod? ucts. This was one ef the features last year in which there was lively competition, and farmers throughout the state are writ lug Secretary Love for Information as to the conditions for entrance. Another feature last year was the bench show. There were so many entries in this department that the society has decided to Increase the prizes and classes to be ad? mitted and a special space has been set aside for the dogs. The racing, of course, will be up to the high standard. Since tbe society has Joined the Virginia-Carollnas-Georgia racing cir? cuit, the horses sent South are soiae of the speediest lu tte country, and an exam? ination or some of the records now being made on the Virginia tracks will show that royal sport is promised those who care for the even's. President Mobley will set- that the racing is kept absolutely clean. A special committee is at work on the ?educational department. It Is planned to have Tuesday set aside for the schools and colleges, and with a view to encouraging pride in school and college work considera? ble space will be given for the exhibits. Silver and bronze meduls are awarded as prizes. The students and pupils must get their admission cards from the officers of tbe respective institutions one week before the fair. * Military day at the fair also promises to be largely attended. Prizes have been of? fered, and thru President Mobley. after a conference with a number of officers of the I South Carolina Gnard association, active work Is being done among the various mem? bers in order to insure a large attendance. Further announcement concerning the condi? tions will be made later. Aside from the fair proper there will be hundreds of attractions, including a large midway, and the main street of the city will be lined with shows under the control of the officers of the Fair society. And don't forget tb? Carotins Ctemaoa (eotbstl game ??n Tliursdny. Of awm all the raaV \ roads wfll sen specialis refusal ticket? for all rtattora fee :iie atate f?itr. The attend race proatiaea to be th largest ou record. is Woman a Servant? "In the main, the position of woman is curiously like that of the servant in the house," says Inez Haynes Gilmore in "Success Magazine." "A servant with good wages and a generous al? lowance of afternoons and evenings 'out,' a servant carefully nursed when she Is ill and attended by the master's own physician, a servant who is sure always of generous tips, when there is extra work, and of a carefully sine cured old age. Like a servant, how? ever, it is to her interest to spy on the master, to discover his weaknesses and to play upon them. In some respects it is a pleasant position, although it is always an uncertain one. For, from her birth to her death, her welfare depends not on herself, but on a man; her father or brother or guardian first, her husband second, her son last. Luck always controls her des? tiny. Though the wheel of chance may set her in a pleasant place today, there is always the dread on her of a week's notice, the possibility of the crowded vista of the employment agency tomorrow. "Her duties, ranging over a limited arc of human endeavor, made for a cheap versatility rather than, as in tbe case of the men, for the develop mi nt of special gifts. Her working hours and her wages are arbitrarily lixed by men. Her habit* are settled by men. Her intellectual convictions \ are doled out to her by men. She has j never, until this generation, been per j mitted to cultivate her mind. As her i chief control of man is through his i senses, she thinks almost entirely with ' her emotions.** The following llgures show the weights which can be sustained be? fore breaking by rods of various ma terlala ? quarter of an inch in diam? eter: Best steel, 9,000 pounds; soft steel 7,000 pounds; inferior bar iron, 2,000 pounds; cast iron, 1000 to 3. .t pounds; copper wire, 3,000 pounds; silver, 2,000 pounds; gold 2. E?00 pounds; tin, 300 pounds; cast zinc 160 pounds; cast h ad, ! 0 pounds; bOgWOOd, 1.1200 pounds; tough ash, 1, 006 pounds; elm, 800 pounds; beech, cedar white oak. and pitch pine, 600 pounds, chestnut and maple. 650 pounds; poplar, 500 pounds. Wait till Judge Anderson, of the United States court, shall have heard the roar from the jungle.?Phila? delphia Record. Killing schoolmasters has always been a costly policy for despots to pursue ?Kansas City Journal.