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?bt OdLifcbmaa ;mi) ?outbro&. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1909. The Sumter Watchman wan found ?d In 1850 and the True Southron In Hit. The Watchman and Southron mow has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers. And Is manifestly the beat advertising medium in Sumter. CHRISTMAS GRKETINCS. During the year now drawing to a close we have sent the Watchman and Southern to our subscribers twice a week at the same price previously charged for the once-a-weck, issue. To do this hss entailed considerable additional expense and work, but we feel repaid by the appreciation of our patrons, who have, without excep? tion, as far as we have been able to ascertain, found the twlce-a-week paper more satisfactory than the old weekly. For next year we have planed to make the Watchman and Southron a better paper than ever before and more of a necessity In each household In this section of the State. We sincerely appreciate the loyal support and patronage of our friends and we trust that they will aid Is with their Influence end recom* mendatlon to enlarge the circulation and usefulnees of the paper until It goes Into every home In Sumter and adjoining counties Ws take this occaslc . to extend to our friends in expression of appre? ciation of their support, and to wish for each and every one to whom this greet'ng may come best wishes for a happy Christmas and a happy and ?lore prosperous New Tesr than they have ever before enjoyed. wmmmmmm*. 1 .. -i J "J LL 1 Dr. Cook, on the face of the evi? dence submitted, is an Imposter, but as he made It pay handsomely and aas salted down $100.000, he Is en? titled to qualify for the capitalist see comptroller Oeneral Jones will ler himself extremely unpopular la Columbia and elsewhere among the ^corporations and capitalists If he 1 Ps on telling unpleasant truths concerning the tax-dodging habits of big corporations and prominent cltl sena ? ? ? % he year now drawing to a close been one of considerable ma? il prosperity for Sumter, but not orogrsss, grewtn tnd development, as- ymr must ?h^w u change In i respec t if Sumter Is t her oe as one of the llvo towns of the te. see Vhv Is the United States so anxl < to acquire dominant Influence In -aragua? Can It be that there It ? possibility that the Nicaraguan ca ' I may eventually be built for use - lie ths Panama route Is preserved - a monument of misdirected effort? ? ? ? If the Farmers' Union of Sumter unty. County Superintendent of I lucatlon and the school trustess of mtsr County will co-operste in the sanitation of corn growing clubs long ths boys of Sumtsr County we 11 sndesvor to raise a fund for the ? yment of substantial prises to the ys who succeed In growing crops a >rthy of prises. Ws are satisfied I e business men of Sumter will con bute liberally toward a fund to luce the boys of Sumter County to ter the State corn growing contest id we believe ths boys of Sumter ?unty would do their part If en uraged to enter the contest. ' IRKK OFFICAL8 ASSASSINATED >rran. Englishmen and Russisn Slain. London, Dec. It.?Three high )vsrnment officlalals. ths most ?table being Premier Tl, of the orean Cabinet, met horrible deaths eterday at the hands of political sssslns. The crimes committed - ere In wedely seperate portions of e world and Include In addition to remter Tl, Col. Karpoff, chief of is secret service in St. Petersburg, ussls. and Arthur If. T. Jackson. Bombay. British India, the chief agietrsts of Naslka. In Seoul. Korea, the Prims Mln ter of the Korean Cabinet was abbed to death as an apparent re? dt of the intense feeling In Korea ;alnst Japanese Influence. Col Kar >ff was blown to pieces by the ex osion of a bomb trown supposed? ly by sn Anarchist. Arthur M T. Jackson was assissl nated by a native for revenge, and presumably as a part of the seditious movement against British official authority. In each of the coutrlea, the govern? ing authority Is menacey by a dan? gerous element directed against the existing regime. albert MeO nancy an old ami worthy colored citizen, of Privat?, r. died on the 21st Instant at his home about five miles from town, lie was over 70 years old and has borne a good character through life. Farmers' Union News ?AND Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers (Conducted by E. W. Dabbs. President Farmers' Union of Sumter County.) Th 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 sucli clippings from the agricultural papers and Govern? ment Bulletins as I think will be of practical benefit to our readers. Ori? ginal articles by an) of o.r readers telling of their successes or failures will be appreciated and ) ubllshed. 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. Home Random Thoughts. The Progressive Farmer has ex pressed the ideal we should all aim at so much better than I can pos sibly do, that for our Christmas number, I will merely call attention to it: "Love your farm, the Spirit back of the Work." Thank Ood there is more of the old time love, and old country ven? eration for the homes of our fath? ers than the generation that strug gled through the days of war an! reconstruction, and the grinding ooverty of five-cent cotton, had time to ever dream of. We must reston the old places and make all- the new? er settlement ehrlnes for our child ren and children's children to love xnd venerate. E. W. D. Christmas 1909. Better Crops for Every Acre in 1910. On page 6 we are publishing the first Installment of our "beet crop'' reports; and a very Interesting in? stallment It Is, telling of some re? markably good crops. In fact, re? markably good crops of one kind cr another have been reported from ail over the South this year, even from the sections where weather conditions were very unfavorable. These reports show what we can do; but the fact remains that the average yields this >ear of all our staple oropj *ill b little, if riiiy, above the average :n j y ? r ? past. In iome St-t,?H thoy w'l! J be less. Why is thu?; When farmers nere and there all over the South have been making 100, or ISO, or 200 bushels of corn per acre, why does the average yield remain below 20 bushels? When the boys In Mr. Parker's corn contests can average nearly 60 bushels of corn to the acre, why do most farmers in North Caro? lina continue to make only 16 or 20 bueshels ? There are, of course, several rea? sons for this state of things. This has been a very bad season over most of our territory. A largo part of our lands have beeen worked by Ignorant and shiftless renters who make little or no effort to improve their methods. These large yields have in most cases been made on small arjas, while the greater part of the crop has made only the ordi? nary yield. It Is to this lent phase of the sub? ject that we wish to call attention. Big yields en single acres aro good things as showing the possibilities of farming and glvirg us high Ideals; but big yields on single acres will never make rich farmers. What it will take to do that, is profitable yields? not neceesarl y record-breaking yields, but profit-paying yields?on all the acres cultivated. To make 150 bushels of corn or three bales of cot? ton on a single acre which Is given special care and special opportuni? ties is a fine achievement, but the true ideal is to have the farm so that 10 or 20 or 60 acres can be counted on to make 50 bushels of corn or one bale of cotton without excessive fer? tilisation or special preparation. When we have learned how to grow good crops, not only on a pet acre here and there, but on all the land we cultivate, we will be on the high? way to prosperity, and not till then. And we can do it. A bale of cot? ton or 50 bushels of corn to the acre could be made the aevrage produc? tion for the readers of this paper in the next five yars. This we believe with all our heart; and we believe, too, that any reader who will study the reports of good crops in this and gllOOsadlng Issues will agree with us. "How can It be done?" Well, there Is r.\ ( re Infa'llble rule that can Im given, it ggitil be don Uy lyetonv atlc and continued good farming? that Is, (1) by the rotation of crops, with a legume following taoh crop of grain or cotton; (2) by the pre? vention of washing and better drain? age; (.''.) by the in reaso of the soil's humui supply through the growing of legumes, the use oi' cover crops, and the keeping of enough stock t?? consume the rough feeds grown on the farm; (4) by better methods Of cultivation?deeper breaking, more thorough preparation, more frequent and less destructive tillage of grow? ing crops; (6) by more judicious fer? tilization?the use of the fertilisers actually needed by the crops and In such quantities as the soil conditions mgy justly. systematic good farming would, we repeat, double, and more than double, the average yield per acre of all our staple crops in the next five years; and the beauty of it is that those better crops could be grown at less average cost per acre than the ones we are now making. For bet? ter farming would mean the use of more horse power and better imple? ments and the avoiding of much of the expensive and unprofitable labor that now goes Into the making of our crops. W< are gl id >f acres of corn that make bushes! with extra fertili? zation1 u".; ration; but what we most rreat fields averaging 50, or 6^ or 7 5 bushels, with ordi? nary are md average fertilization. Why Progressive Farmer read* ,ny such fields to re? port Editor in Progressive Farm "Love Voiir > arm?-the Spirit Back <>r ? \e Work." The "1 1 year ends and the Christ mac .. ... i time wh? n, ' LVluq f??r a moment our work Itself, our attention is given rather to fh*? spirit whh i alone makes 'ul labor north while. ..'w>i unfittingly, therefore, may we now turn aside from the severely practical considerations of the farmer's daily tasks to the spirit in which we would have every mem? ber of our Proggresslve Farmer Family go about these tasks. Bet? ter seed, better tools, better stock, better cultivation, better marketing ?from year's end to year's end we urge these fundamental principles of more profitable farming, and Vet we have failed miserably if our typi? cal Progressive Farmer reader has not gone back of all these things and cought the deeper spirit we would have him imblde. We would have every farmer love his work even as the artist loves his work, and In this spirit, too, every farmer should love his farm ltse'if as he would love a favorite horse or dog. He should know every rod of the ground, should know just what each acre is best adapted to, should feel a joy and pride in having every hill and valley look its best, and should be as much ashamed to have a field scarred with gullies as he would be to have a beautiful colt marked with lashes; as much ashamed to have a piece of ground worn out from ill treatment as to have a horse gaunt and bony from neglect; as much hurt at seeing his acres sick from wretched manage? ment as he would be at seeing his cows half starving from the same cause. Love your ground?that piece of God's creation which you hold in fee simple. Fatten its poorer parts as carefully as you would nurture an ailing Collie. Heal the washed, torn places in the hillside as you would the barb-scares on your pony. Feed with legumes and soiling crops and fertilize the galled and barren patch that needs special attention, nurse It back to life and beauty and frultfulness. Make a meadow of the bottom that is inclined to wash; watch it and care for it until the kindly root-masses heal every gap? ping wound, and in one unbroken surface the "tides of grass, break Into form of Mowers" upon the outer edges. Don't forget even the forest lands. See that every acre of wood? land has trees enough on to make it profitable; "a good stand Of the timber crop as well as of every other crop. Have an eye to the beautiful in laying off the cleared Heids a tree here and there, but no wretched beggar'i-coat mingling of little patches and little rents; rather broad field! fully tended and of as nearly uniform fertility as possible, making of your growing ("ops, as it were each a beautifu ,-irmont, whole and unbroken, to clothe the fruitful acres which God has given you to keep and tend even as He gave the First Garden into the keep? ing of our first parents. And so again we say, love your farm. Make it a place of beauty, n place of joyous frultfulness, an ex? ample for your neighbors, a herit? age for your children. Make im? provements on it that will last be? yond your day. Ma<e an ample yard about it with all the old-fash? ioned flowers that your grandmother knew; get a great orchard near it, bearing many manner of fruits; lay off walks and roads leading to it and keep them up; plant hedges along the approaches, and flowering bulbs and shrubs?crape myrtle. and spirea and privet and grass?so that your grandchildren will some day speak of their grandsire, who cared enough for the beautiful and loved the farm well enough to plant them. Name the farm, too; treasure up Its history; preserve the traditions of all the romance and advanture and humor and pathos that are in any way connected with it; and if some of the young folks must leave it, let them look back to it with happy memories of beauty and of worthy ideals and of well-ordered Industry. We have not developed in this country, as we should, the intense pride that the Englishman feeels in being a land-owner. It gives a man distinction that the homeless man has not. He is a better citizen, a freeholder, a guardian holding in trust a piece of creation fresh from the hand of the Almighty. And yet how many?alas! how many!?who have such talents in their keeping are indeed unprofitable servants? not so much as keeping their treas? ure unhurt (as the one-talent man man in the Bible did), but wearing out and destroying in one brief life? time the heritage that the Creator intended to remain fertile and fruit to feed our human race, as long as the earth shall last. Love your farm. If you cannot be proud of it now, begin today to make it a a thing you can be proud of. Much dignity has come to you in that you are owner and care keeper for a part of God's foot stool; show yourself worthy of that dig? nity. Watch earnestly over every acre. Let no day go by that you do not add something of comeliness and potential fertility to its fields. And finally, leave some spot beneath the . hatte of some plant tree w here at last, "*HklB as a shock of corn cometh in Iiis .-?i.ipor." you ciaii !:?.;? ?flAjr? your wear) body, leaving Ute world a little bettor for your having !i\r ! In it, and earning the approval from the Great Father (who made the care of the fields and gardens the first task given man): "Weil done, thou good and faithful ser? vant, enter into the joy of thy Lord."?Progressive Farmer. ?Many persons find themselves af? fected with a persistent cough after an attack of influenza. As this cough can be promptly cured by the use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, it should not be allowed to run on until It becomes troublesome. Sold by W. W. Slbert. William Sanford, white, fell from a C. N. <t L. train near Prosperity Tuesday and was killed. He was un? der the Influence of liquor. ?The greatest danger from In? fluenza is of its resulting in pneu? monia. This can be obviated by using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, as it not only cures influenza, but counter? acts any tendency of the disease to? wards pneumonia. Sold by W. W. Slbert. ?The peculiar properties of Cham? berlain's Cough Remedy have been thoroughly tested during epidemics of influenza, and when it was taken In time we have not heard of a sin? gle case of pneumonia. Sold by W. W. Slbert. Mr. Charles B. Whlthlngton, Inven? tor of the first automatic grain bind? er, died in Janesville, Wls. He was born In 1850. In 1870 he patented a grain binder and later sold it to Mr. Cyrus H. McCormlck, of Chica? go. Later he was associated in bus? iness with the McCormicks. CASTOR IA Por Infants and Children. The Kind You Haie Always fought Bears the Signature of Farm Loans. Loans negotiated upon improv? ed farms, payable in annual in? stallments. No Commission. Borrowers pay actual cost of per? fecting Loan. For further infor? mation apply to JOHN B. PALMER & SON. P.O. Box 282, Phone No. 1085. Office Sylvan Bldg. COLUMBIA, S. C. 12-8-2m. NOT FOOD, BUT MEDICINE All sensible live stoe'e and poultry raisers understand how Important It Is to keep their stork iu healthy condition. And ior all thocommon diseases of Cat? tle, Horses, Mules, Sheep. Hogs and Poultry there is nothing that eive* such satisfactory results as ' w Bosch's Golden Seal Stock and Poultry Medicine It Is laxative In action and quickly produces a beneficial effect. Veterinary authorities agree in endorsing this excellent preparation. Sold under a guaran? tee or money refunded. Sold by druggists and dealers. Price 25c., 50c and $1 a can. Sample on request. GOLDEN CHAIN REMEDY CO., Inc. Evansvllle, Ind. Busch's Disinfectant and Dip, guaranteed to destroy MITES and LICE on t your poultry, 50c. Splendid All Round Remedy. I have used Busch's Golden Heal Stock and Poultry medicine on my stock Tvlth the most satisfactory results. My wife also uses It on the chickens when they get droopy. Several times friends of mine have been to me as If I were a veteri? nary doctor and asked me to see what I could do for their atock with the B remedy and whenever they come for me I put the can in my pocket and go back with them and give some of it to their animals. The remedy Is all right Silas (i. Ruffln SI BERT'S DRUG STORE. Nomination Ballot. I hereby nominate M. Address. a a a a a a u a ? a a ? a This nomination ballot, when properly Ailed out, will count for ? 1,000 votes. Only one ballot will be credited to a candidate. M a a a a a a B Address.. . a W My Name is a a M. a a a a a a a aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa a m I The Ballot. * S? TWENTI I IVE TOTJ9I 1? K V * a Mm. ft ? ? ? - Void J Under no circumstances will the name of anyone making nomination be divulged. 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