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KXH'TII CAROLINA FORESTRY. What Conimlwrioner Wataon Is Try? ing to Do, and How He In Being Aided by the V. s. Government. Columbia, Jan. 26.?Commissioner Wataon baa received the report of Mr. W. M. Moore of the government forest service who apent some time in this Stats In a aurvey of the forest conditions laat summer and fall. Tht report will be printed by the de? partment of agriculture of the state In connection with Ita forestry work, which Commissioner Wataon haa as? sumed and been carrying on moat re? markably well considering that he aad been given no money to uae in this matter. vir Wataon haa been able to get a great deal of govern? ment aid by ahowlng the different bills that have been Introduced In the house for the past four years to have a forest commission appointed aad to have a survey of the state mads, for the government will not de much for those who are not Interest? ed enough to do something for them selves While the dilatory General Assembly has played foot ball with ike propositions Mr. Watson haa been quietly at work securing government aid to enow the thinking people of the State how much la needed to be dens, and what can be accompliahed >y A very little bit of money and In? terest. Mr. Moore has shown a quick and comprehensive grasp of the situation, he has surprised even those who were JanJliar with the work of the govern? ment forest service in the extent of the things hs learned In a abort while about the State while we who have been here all the time, and more vi J*lly interested, have passed thsm unnoticed. His survey of the Stats topographically, the climate, soils, river systems, geological formation, labor agricultural and real estats sta? tistics, are brief, but they are com? prehensive, making his little book a most Interesting and Instructive one of South Carolina geography. He finds that much the land that Is la *z Is really impractical for cul? tivation, but formerly were well wooded, and might be converted into wood lots at a profit to the owner, but recommends moat strongly that farmers do not pasture the wood lots, J&S nogs gnd cAUle do destroy the young trees, while the grass of the wood let Is not of much value for tfrftslng. ths feeding ht ;a* stock and tht pasturing la the'open fields pays for Itself In the value 6f the stock when so cared for, , j 0 Id?* finds ths fire problem ons of tht most serious and afard to meet, out suggests a firs psttrol, the burn? ing oat tht rallroAdwrlghU of way, the CATS of timber lands by the lumber men operating In thsm, ths appoint? ment of etch supervisor aa county fire warden, with authority to ap? point the employea of lumber com? panies deputlea under him, and pat %t?e of stringent law Against ths burning of forests, add punishment for negligence or wanton disregard of tht provision*. Nearly all of the fires, he sayt Are the result of delib? erate burning for pastureage or Clearing. Logging and turpentine methods hs finds unnecessarily waste? ful In the State, end he recommends more atrlngent lawa along thoae Unea, and he auggeata many waya In which those operating In the foreata could save much of the waate now Buffered, H" finds some farmera managing their wooda lota wlaely, but many need advice, and would manage well If they had the advice, ao he suggests a campaign of education by the State along that line, and that If a forester cannot be created Just now, to have the department of agriculture given a small extra appropriation for that particular work. He urges a forest commission especially, along the line of the frequently proposed resolution on this subject which haa never been able to get to the light of dsy In the house In four years, but remalna per? sistently on the calendar. He finds SJfSJM???? RKST MADE EASY. Th*re Will Be Lea* Sleeplessness When Humter People l**\rn This. Can't rest at night with a bad back, A lame, a weak or an aching one. Doan'a Kidney Pille are for bad backs. They cure every form of kidney Ills. From common backache to dia? betes They are endoraed by Sumter peo? ple. Mra. W. A. Clyde, living at 219 E. Liberty St., Sumter, S. C, aays "I can highly recommend Doan's Kidney Pills aa they have proved of great value to me. I Buffered from dull nagging backaches and distressing pains through my loins and also had in annoyance from the kidney secre? tions. The secretions also contained a sediment and were scanty in pas eage. I did not rest well and In the morning I felt tired and languid, hav? ing very little strength or energy. I finally procured Doan'a Kidney Pills at China's drug store and since using them, I have been free from back? aches and my kidneys are normal. I am glad to recommend such a splen? did remedy as Doan's Kidney Pills." For sale by sll dealers. Price 60 cents. FoBter-Mllburn Co., T'uffalo, "New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's?and take no other. No. 2. where the forest area is greatest the stock law is suspended, which he de? plores and recommends a strict en? forcement in those districts for the protection of the forests. He says that the only way to make the water powers of the State safe from disas? ter, such ae the Pacolet flood, is for either the United States or the Stute of South Carolina to purchase the lande around the sources of the streams. He does not think the pro? posed reservoir plan would work well because of the rapid fall of the streams In the Piedmont, which would quickly All the basins with sand. About BOO,000 acres, he thinks should be purchased In this State to be a reservation in which the forests should be used to produce revenue and to furnish recreation for the peo? ple as the Adirondacks are in New York State, but that the State should provide against the sudden flooding of the streams. He recommends a further study of the situation to in? clude a map showing the standing timber and its character and types, a study of the trees, their sllvicul tural characteristics. stumpage volues, and rate of extermination. A policy for forest management for various types aid classes and suited to different classes of owners, Includ? ing foreet planting, which he says elsewhere, is fortunately not general? ly necessary in this State, because If allowed to do so the land reforests it eelf. A . tudy of fires and their preven? tion. Of foreet taxation and an improved try st em. Tables showing the various types and their rates of growth and future yield. He says that an examination of that kind would require four men two years and Would cost $15,000. ons half of which would be paid by the United States. He has proposed a bill very wide In Its scope, but suggested the most epperent necessities, which will be presented with a few changes deem? ed advisable by some friend of the cauee of forestry and conservation in the asssmbly In a few days. ^LIQUOR ADVERTISING. Bill Introduced In the House by Rep? resentative McMahao. Representative McMahan hat in? troduced In the house a bill affect? ing the adevrtlaement of liquors or alcoholic beverages, the terms of which will be of considerable inter? est The bill reads: "It shall be unlawful to print, pub? lish or present to the public in any form any advertisement of any alco? holic liquors or beverages, which, if drunk to excees, will produce intoxi? cation, either in any newspaper printed in this State, or on any build? ing, wall, fence, tree cr conspicuous place of any description, either by means of printing, painting, Stamp? ing, stencilling, pictures, illustrations or otherwise: Provided, that noth? ing contained in4 this act shall prohi? bit the advertisement of denatured alcohol. "That any person convicted of vio? lating the provisions of this act shall be punished by fine of not less than 1100. nor more than $1,000; or for not less than 30 days, nor more than one year." A Candid Doctor. Physicians and lawyers are some? times charged with protracting profit? able "cases" through months, and perhaps years, that could have been disposed of In u few days or weeks. One medical man, who had no temp? tation to that kind of practice, was frank enough to take advantage of the Impeachment and put the blame where It belonged. A lady was very solicitous about her health. Every trifle made her uneasy, and the doc? tor was called immediately. The doc? tor was a skilled man, and conse? quently had a large practice. It was very disagreeable to him to be so of? ten called away from his other cases for nothing, and he resolved to take an opportunity of letting the lady see this. One day the lady observed a red spot on her hand, and at once sent for the doctor. He came, looked at her hand, and said: "You did well to send for me early." The lady looked alarmed, and a.*k ed: "Is It dangerous, then?" "Certainly not," replied the doctor. "Tomorrow the spot would have dis? appeared, and I should have lost my fee for this visit."?Youth's Compan? ion. M. K Pelyot, a car Inspector In the Atlantic Coast Idne yards In Charles? ton, dropped dead as he stooped un? der a <ar to make an inspection Of the brakes. The pure In heart never stop to think abOUt it. How noiseless falls the foot of time.?W. H. Spencer. The hungry for righteousness are not to be satisfied with rhetoric. WILSON TALKS OF HIGH PRICES. Secretary of Agriculture Claims Amer? ican Farm Product* Sell Cheaper Abroad. Washington. Jan. 24.?Proof that American farm products are being sold abroad cheaper than in this country is being gathered by Secre? tary of Agriculture Wilson. This was the declaration made by him today at the "high cost of living" hearing be? ing conducted by a substitute com? mittee of the House committee of the District of Columbia. Mr. Wilson gave strong evidence to show that the pro? ducer at the present time was getting ? little more than formerly for his food products, while the ultimate consum? er was paying an excessive price. "Until comparatively recently the American people enjoyed the cheap? est food in th world," continued Mr. Wilson. "But nowadays not enough people know how to farm profitably, know how to get enough out of a day's work, know how to make an acre respond. The lure of the factory has called the farmer from the plough." Secretary Wilson declared that Washington was one of the most ex? pensive cities in the land, and that retailers in this city demanded 42 per cent, where In cities like New j York and Phlladlphla they were con- i tent with from 17 %Q ?0 per cent. Con? ditions at the Capital, however, with! reference to the cost of living, the j Secretary said, were true to a great extent of other cities. He told the committee that It had a great oppor? tunity to do service for the whole people by ascertaining the cause of these' conditions. Chairman Moore intimated that the whole matter of the cost of food products from producer to consumer would be gone Into. Secretary Wil? son was the only witness examined today. NEGRO EX-POLITICIAN DEAD. Syfax Milton, of Clarendon, Former Ijegislator, Passen Away. Manning, Jan. 24.?Syfax Milton, a leading negro of this county, died at his home in the Satern section yes? terday. He waa a prominent charac? ter In the days of Reconstruction and the Republican regime, being a Rep? resentative, and a Senator from Clar? endon c??nty. While he was fully identified with the dominant element he really belonged to the better class. His influence was often exerted for the good of his people, and It li said that he never profited greatly from the graft that obtained in the "days of good stealing." Milton was in Manning and made a sound and very aenalble talk to his people at the cele? bration of Emancipation Day on the 1st instant. Arkansas Diamonds. It is reported that h.st year, up to July 1, seven hundred diamonds have been found In Arkansas. Three cut stones were found to be brilliant, and were valued at $60 to $175 a carat. A parcel of rough unsorted stones from the mine will be easily worth $10 a karat. Cheap mining in Ar? kansas is possible, as water and tim? ber are abundant nearby, and coal should /be obtained at reasonable rates. Some diamonds are reported to have been found also In a newly discovered perldotlte area about two anC a half miles from where the first d'amond was found on August 1, 1906?nearMurfroe8boro, Pike Coun? ty, in poridotlte, at igneous rock.? New York Sun. The enormous crop of wheat re? ported from Russia Is of great signi? ficance just now. It puts Russia for the first t'me at the head of wheat growing countries, this harvest of 83,000,000 bushels being some 26,000,000 bushels In ex? cess ol the large crop In the United States and about 1,000,000 great? er than ever producd in Russia be? fore. The development of wheat growing along the line of the Siber? ian railway has been very rapid, and as the home consumption is small in proportion to that of this country, It has made Russia the greatest of all the sources of supply for the rest of the world. Other European countries, especially France, also raise large crops of wheat, but also consume much of it. The extent of their crops influences the demand upon outside sources? Russia, India, the United States. Can? ada and Argentina, the chief com? petitors is the export trade. The pre? sent great cost of wheat in this coun? try as against the large surplus in Russia, Will make It difficult to hold our former place In the world mar? ket. Frazer Williams, a farmer of Ches? ter County, accidentally killed Beck ey Chlsolm, his cook, while fooling with a pistol. He surrendered t"> the sheriff. Miss Catherine Arnold, aged 65 years, who died in Charleston, left a handsome legacy to the Charleston Orphan House, in which Institution she was raised. A Rude Landlubber. It is said that every man's defini? tion of the term "gentleman" makes it inclusive of himself. Likewise it is true that each man is prone to be? lieve that his manners are the best In the world. A writer in the Wash? ington Star, speaking of this point, relates the following story. On a man-of-war there was once a recep? tion, and It happened that a disting? uished statesman forgot, or did not know, the usual formal salute on coming aboard. "Who's that lubber what don't tip his skypiece to the skipper?" said a sailor. "Choke you luff," returned another sailor. "That's Senator Blank, the famous tariff leader." "Well," growled the first sailor, "why ain't he got manners enough to salute the quarter-deck?" "Manners!" a third sailor chipped in. "What does he know about man? ners? I don't suppose he was ever out of sight of land in his life." Labby's Ruse. In view of the almost universal complaint as to the United States cus? toms service by returning Amer'cans, U may be well to ask our citizens to justify their reputation for standing for principles by imitating the ex? ample of Mr. Labouchere in dealing with such annoying experiences. "Labby" was held up by the German customs service and all his belongings pitched out of his trunk. "Put those things back/' said he to the German customs officer who had emptied his trunk. "That is your affair," they answer? ed. "I stay here until you do," he re? plied, "but give me a telegraph blank."' In it Mr. Laboucher wrote: "To Prince Bismarck. Berlin?Regret can? not breakfast with your highness to? morrow. Detained here Indefinitely." Quick as a flash the German offi? cers packed his trunk, and Labou? chere went on his way rejoicing," and with "no thought of the morrow." Revenue officers destroyed five stills in Greenville County last week. RAILWAY MAID CLERKS WANTED The Government Pays Railway Mai) Clerk* $800 to $1,900, and Other Employes Up to $2,500 Annually. Uncle Sam will hold spring exami? nations throughout the country for Railway Mall Clerks, Custom House Clerks, Stenographers, Bookkeepers? Departmental Clerks and other Gov? ernment Positions. Thousands of ap? pointments will be made. Any man or woman over 18, In City or Coun? try can get Instruction and free in? formation by writing at once to the Bureau of Instruction, HS N. Hamlln Building, Rochester, N. Y. 1-7-ltaw. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that pur? suant to* a Resolution of the Board of Directors, it was determined to in? crease the capital stock of Union Brokerage Company to the sum of seventy-five hundred dollars, and that a stockholders' meeting be called to consider such Resolution, to be held on the 19th day of February, 1910, at eleven o'clock A. M. at the office of the said Corporation In the City of Sumter. The stockholders will take due No? tice of said meeting. L. I. PARROTT, President. l-20-4t-ltaw. COPY SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. (Complaint Served.) State of South Carolina, County of Sumter?Court of Common Pleas. Llllle D. Knight, plaintiff, against Albert Armstrong Jacobs, Ella Stokes, Rhett Cantey, Moultrle Can tey, Matthls Cantey, William Cantey, Merk Cantey, Windham Cantey, Dol lle Cantey and an infant commonly known as "Sis Cantey", defendants. To the Defendants above named: You are hereby summoned and re? quired to answer the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is here? with served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the subscribers at their office, 120-122 North Main Street, in the City of Sumter. S. C, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and If you fall to answer the com? plaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Dated December 21st, A. D., 1909. LEE A MOISE, Plaintiff's Attorneys. To the Defendant, Matthis Can? tey, Take Notice. That the Summons and Complaint in this action were tiled in the office of the Clerk of said Court, on the twenty-fourth day of December, A. D. 1909. LEE & MOISE, Plaintiff's Attorneys. l-6-6t-ltaw? WAS ^ i?usch's Golden Seal Stock and Poultry Medicine contains no poisonous substances?no food tillers. It is medicine pure and sim? ple, acting directly on the liver and eliminating that sluggish, torpid state that causes the slckncFR. A valuable remedy for Cows. Horses, Sheep. Hogs and Poultry. Try It. Bold under a jpuamnueor money refunded. Sold by all druggists gad dealers. Priced., 00c and Cl a can. GOLDEN CHAIN REMEDY COMPANY, Evansvllle, lad. Rusch's Disinfectant and Ivn is guaranteed to destroy MITES and LICE on chickens. Price '? c 7!i RELIABLE REMEDY We feel sate about our stock and poultry as long as we have a can ot Busch's Golden Seal Stock Poultry Medicine In the house. For a sick horse, cow or chicken It is lust iho thing and we always depend on it (or results John F. Maynard SI11ERT S DRUG STORE, Removing the Trees. Editor Item: As the mauer of removing the trees from the lower part of Main street, from the new postoffice to Bartlett street, is now being discuss? ed, the v rittr would like to make a few suggestions in reference thereto, which he trusts may not be entirely lacking in Interest. There are some of these trees that should be removed, Irrespective of their location, for the region that they are hopelessly decayed, worth? less fox- either shade or ornament and, In eas* of a high wind* dangerous to both person and property. There are others, not especially valuable, but in fair condition, that may, without the sl'ghtest Inconvenience to traffic, well be left for the present, there being no immediate need for their removal. The finest tree on this part of the street Is a Willow Oak in front of the new postofflce, and to remove it would, in the writer's opinion, be a piece of inexcusable vandalism, and every possible effort should be made to preserve It. It taks a good many years for a tree to attain the size of this one, and in addition to this it is something of a land mark, planted very probably when the city was in its infancy. There is another tree of the same variety, unfortunately too near the first mentioned, which is in very good condition and this might be spared also. Just a little lower down Is a fine Elm that ought also to be left. The writer is aware of the fact that most people hold to the opinion that trees are out of place on a business street, and it must be ad? mitted that they are when the street is narrow and the traffic heavy, but under favorable conditions it is pos? sible to have them in a street lined on both sides with business houses* Then the Idea prevails that trees on the business streets ?f a city makes it look like a villa**, but there Is no force in this objection, for the sim? ple reason that a city has Just as much use for chade and as much right to be attractive as has the vil? lage. j The writer is such a believer in trees, both for beauty and comfort, that if he could lay off the streets for a future city, he would make the bus? iness streets one hundred and fifty feet wide, and have a row of fine trees on each side, placing them 25 feet from the lot line, so as they would not be in the way of the build? ings, leaving one hundred feet for the use of vehlcls and street cars. This plan would not only add to the value of the lots, but at same time make it an ideal street for beauty and comfort. Ever since the writer has been in Sumter he has oeen trying to induce the Council to adopt a systematic plan for the planting of trees and for the care of those already on the streets, but so far his efforts have been unavailing. The city is growing rapidly and some effort ought to be made to make it attractive by plant? ing trees, for putting aside the ques? tion of beauty, they are. in our cli? mate, a necessity for both comfort and health. About a year ago one of the street hands boasted to the writer that he could trim a tree so that It would not need any trimming for the next five or six years. H?2 made good his boast, hut when he got through with his work the tree had very little In the way of beauty to boast of. Sumter has. in the estimation of the writer, for its size, a remarkable number of attractive homes, its busi? ness Interests are large and growing this speaking well for the energy an* enterprise of its citizens, yet with all of th's nobody so much as lifts a ling? er in the way of making the cit> beautiful, and the question may very reasonably be asked as to how long this utter absence of civic pride is tti continue. Business enterprise, with? in reasonable limits is commendabll in every way. but it should not domi? nate one's time and attention to the exclusion of everything except that which can be converted into money. Sumter has a very active Civic League which is doing a great deal of good work among the poor, but ab ? solutely nothing In the way of mak? ing the city attractive, and for this reason ought to take the name of the King's Daughters. It is certainly not a very pleasant thought to feel that Sumter is utterly devoid of any beau tiful public grounds, and sadder still to feel that this inexcusable condi? tion of affairs Is to continue indefi? nitely. To say that the city is too poor, both in its corporate and In? dividual capacity, to better present conditions, is to make a statement tht is utterly absurd and false; but it 's hardly to be supposed that any one would assume the responsibility of saying this, that Is if he wanted to keep his reputation for veracity. W. D. WOODS. Sumter, S. C. Jan. 25, 1910. John W. TYuesdale, ? Well known citizen of Kershaw, is dead. A freight car and 43 bale! bf cot? ton were burned at Easley Saturday night. The cotton was consigned to a cotton mill in Greenville. The express office at Hickory. Grove, S. C, was broken Into and robbed of three gallons of liquor. John Davy, a tree physician, is tell? ing the people of Greenville how to cure trees of diseases and how to care for them when cured. The Wise come here when their eyes need at? tention. Why? Because they can depend on getting the right treatment and the right glasses. Why not fol? low their example if your eye sight is becoming defective? Graduate Optician in charge. Alt work Guaranteed. W. A. Thompson Jeweler and Optican. NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS. We the undersigned barbers of Sumter do hereby agree that on and after February 1st our price for shav? ing will be 15 c? nts. This advance in price has been ren? dered necessary by the advance In salaries of workmen, in rent, fuel and everything else, and It is Impos? sible to pay expenses at 10 cents? the price in effect for the past fifteen or twenty years. (Signed) R. K. BROWN, J. T. EDWARDS, LEVAN St ROBINSON, W. H. STRANGE, A. G. COOPER. 1-13-W. 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