The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 16, 1910, Image 2
Fl.oRl \< i: y. M. C. A. BUILDING.
Coast Line Will shortly Begin the
? nation of a Mir Building in Flor
enee.
Florence, March 11.?The Atlantic
Coast Line railroad will, at an early
date. ha i hmdsome V M. C. A.
building constructed for its employes
and Florence citizens. The building
will probably be a reproduction of
the Y. M. C. A. building erected in
Bluefteld. W. V. by the Norfolk &
Waatern railroad and will occupy the
elte of the old Presbyterian church,
which was bought several years ago
by the Coast Line.
Twelve Things to Do on the Farm
Tills Month.
(1) See that the seed bed for all
crops is not merely well broken but
thoroughly pulvertlzed by harrowing
and disking. An ounce of prepara?
tion may be worth a pound of culti?
vation.
(2) Get ready with weeders and
horrows to kill the grass before it
comee up. Don't be afraid of hurt?
ing the stand. This will not happen.
(3) Place orders for all improved
plows, harrows, weeders, cultivators
and other labor-saving tools and ma?
chinery. Get ready to make your
crop with cheap hcrse labor instead
of expensive hand >bor.
(4) Don't waste time and sweat
on scrub seed or scrub stock this year.
Improved varieties will pay as well
with field crops as with garden crops.
(5> Oet ready to share with the
Western farmer his golden flood of
profits in raising hogs and cattle.
First of all, get an Improved breed,
and then arrange to feed economical?
ly. With proper pasture crops both
pork and beef can be made more
cheaply In the South than In the
West.
(6) Of the over $50,000.000 spent
In the South for fertilizers each year
at least $10.000,000 Is wasted through
Ignorance of crop needs and soil
nssds. Try to stop your part of this
colossal loss.
(7) Join In the great corn-raising
revival now sweeping over the South.
The biggest corn crops the world has
known h*ve been made In the South,
and we are Just waking up to the fact
that Dixie can beat the Corn Belt it?
self raising this king of cereals.
(8) Don't forget the garden, and
don't make your wife do all the'Work
In It. Remember, vegetables are
cheaper than meat and more health?
ful.
(9) We cannot have good fruit now
without spraying. A good spray pump
will often pay for Itself the first year,
In the orchard and potato patch.
(10) Drag the roads after every
rain. The split-log drag is the cheap?
est go?>d r??ads maker ever invented.
(in Paint the farm-house and
whitewash the outbuildings that you
do not care to paint. It will pay you
simply *n your increased sense of
pride and dignity.
fit) Get your boy to Join the
Boys' Corn Club movement with an
acre of corn, and give your girl a
flock Of pure bred chickens. And be
sure |S let ea< h one have the money
he or she makes from this allotment.
?Prerrer.slve Farmer.
The Way of the World.
Four-venr-old James awakened
early ore raomlng and iY.und his
father dressing by lamp-light and
asked why he was up so early. "To
earn potat? es. for you, my lad." was
hL* father's reply. Presently James
slouiv climbed out of bed, and his
father asked why ho got up so early.
"Why, to eat ?he potatoes." came the
ans-?. . r The I ?.?! i-um t? -r '->r April.
sioo Reward, sinn.
The readers of this paper will be
pita*, d to learn that there Is at least
one dread. (I disease that science has
been able to cure In all Its stages, and
that Is Catarrh. Hall s Catarrh Cure
Is the only positive cure now known
to the medical fraternity. Catarrh be?
ing a constitutional disease, require*
a constitutional treatment. Hall's Ca?
tarrh Core Is taken Internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
surface4 o fthe system, thereby de
str- . the foundation of the dis?
ease, and giving the patient strength
by ? llldlng up the constitution and
assisting nature In doing its work.
The proprietors have so much faith
In Its curative powers that they offer
One Hundred Dollars tor any cafe
that tt falls to cure. Bend for list of
testimonials.
Address P. J. < lli:\KY & CO., To?
ledo r.
?eld by all D: ugy it.. 5c.
Take Hall's Family Tills for consti?
pation. .1-4-lm.
Heprcenlallxe Perkins Dead.
Washington. Mar'h It.? llcpreson?
tatlve Jumes Bre< k Perkins, of Roch?
? ' r \\ Y.. db d this morning at 1:15
o". loek. at Oaiflsld Hospital, after an
Illness of several weeks.
WORTH \ DOLLAH \ DROP.
?Tre.l Pat-dons. Manilas. N. Y.,
write* "Cor a b?ng time l wa.* af?
fected with kidney trouble which
caused an almost constant pain In
my back and inflammation In my
bladder. Other remedies did not even
Pelleve nie. but two fifty cent bottles
of Pnlcy's Kidney Remedy completely
cured me and I have not had any
symptoms of kidney trouble for o\er
two years." Slbtrt's Drug Store.
Um smith's Militant Progress.
Richard H. Edmunds, in a recent
Issue of The Manufacturers' Record,
prSSSntl an array of figures llustra- ,
11\ *? of the South's phenomenal pro- [
frSSS since the war and the exhibit I
which he makes will doubtless prove
an eye-opener, even to the South her?
self.
Neither the capitalist in search of
a field of investment for his money
nor the immigrant in quest of a home
for his children can do better than to
act upon the recommendation which
the Baltimore editor makes in this
eloquent plea.
For the South is today the most
promising area of the whole republic.
Mr. Edmunds estimates the value
of last year's cotton crop at $1,000,
000,000, a sum equal to twice the out?
put of all the gold mines in existence
for the same period of months.
The annual yield of grain is flxeA
in round numbers at 800,000,000
bushels.
Says Mr. Edmunds:
"Southern cotton mills are now
consuming of Southern grown cot?
ton.
"The South has 62.000 cquare miles
of bituminous coal lands, as against
17.000 in Great Britain, Germany,
France and Austria combined.
"The South is now mining over
113,000,000 tons of bituminous coal a
year, as compared with 42,000,000
tons, the entire bituminous output of
the United States in 1880.
"According to officials records, the
South has more Iron ore than foreign
experts claim for all of Europe.
"The South Is producing nearly
one-half the sulphur of the world,
and Is absolutely dominating the
world's sulphur trade.
"Phosphate rock, the foundation of
the great fertilizer Industry, Is found
in larger quantity and under more ad?
vantageous conditions of mining in
the South than elsewhere in the
world.
"Over 40 per cent of all the stand?
ing timber In the United States is In
the South.
"Nowhere else on earth are found
in the same country the foundations
of all great manufacturing Interests?
cotton, coal, Iron, lumber, phosphate
rock, oil, sulphur gas, water powers
and many other things.
"With a population less by 3,000,
000 or 4,000,000 than the total popu?
lation of the United States in 1860,
the wealth of the South is $6,000,
000.000 greater than the total wealth
of the whole country in 1860.
"The marbles, granites, building
stones and clays of the South are un?
surpassed In quality and scarcely
equaled in quantity elsewhere in
America, furnishing a limitless field
for development work.
"Southern railroads must spend
$2,000,000.000 in ten years to provide
facilities needed In Southern growth.
"All of the present development of
the railroad and industrial work In
the South Is only the revival of what
was being done prior to 1860 on a
relatively still larger scale, which
shows the inborn trait of Southern
people to turn to industrial interests.
"The total value of the agricultural
products of the S< nth last year was
$2,550.000,000, wl Ich is more than
the total of the agricultural output of
the United States in 1890, when the
population of the country was 63.
???.000, while the population of the
South at present is 27,500,000.
"The United stat. s st. , i Corpora?
tion, having already invested about
1 $50,0Oo,000 in Alabama, is carrying
out rast Improvements! including the
building of a $:?.000,000 steel and
wir'- plant, a storage reservoir lake
for the use ?.f its own works to hold
1,100,000,000 gallons of water, a coke
oven plant to produce 3.000 tons of
Coke per day and other undertakings
Which will add immensely to the pros?
perity Of the winde South.
' S Southern port outranks all oth?
er ports In the United States In export
trade, except New York, the value of
its foreign exports and imports being
Ils5.ooa.oao, or $27,000,000 In excess
of the total foreign exports and im?
ports of all Pacific coast ports com- !
bined.
"Great drainage undertakings are
now being carried out In the South,
reclaiming wet of overflowed lands* I
and making BUSCSptlble tO cultivation |
some of rthe richest lands in the
World, Much of this easily reclaimed |
I land has a soil not surpassed, if
i luab d. in the w orld for fertility and I
I depth. Through the utilization of ,
such land tho wonderful development
of rice growing in Louisiana and Te\
is w as made possible, and the bun-1
di i ds of millions of values thus cre?
ated will be more than duplicated by
further drainage operations."
Last year, it is stated. 100,000 per
ions moved Into the South from oth< r
sections, and facts and figures like
I the foregoing need only to be given
j proper currency t<? unloose the gold?
en tide of prosperity upon Dixieland.
\ mU LY PROTECTION,
* Everyone knows the alter effects
of i?i Giippe are often mon? danger?
ous than the disease. Bo often it leads
to pneumonia, Which ? weakened
lo ut action makes fatal. La Grippe
i lUghe that strain and weaken the sv s
, tem yield quickly to the healing and
lstrengthentns qualities of Folsy'i
1 n*4ie y and Tar. Slbert'i Drug stoic.
CAMP GROUNDS DECIDED UPON.
Citadel Boyi Will be Pleasantly Lo
cutcd in Greenwood (his summer.
Greenwood, March lu.?Superinten?
dent 0. J. Bond, <?f the Citadel, with
Quartermaster 11. L\ Rhame, and
Prof. John Moore, of the faculty, ar?
rived lu re this morning and were met
by a delegation of citizens in automo?
biles to show the visitors the proposed
site for the Citadel encampment,
which Will be held here this summer.
After inspecting all the sites offered,
it was decided that the encampment
proper be held on the property back
of the Presbyterian church formerly
the lots of Mr. W. H. Bailey. The
drill grounds will he on Maxwell ave?
nue, the baseball park, which is not
far away, and the ritle range will be
on Cambridge street, beyond Brewer
Institute.
The cadets will be warmly welcom?
ed here and every possible effort will
be made to make their stay a pleas?
ant one.
ESCAPED CONVICT'S ADVEN?
TURE.
His Long Walk Across Africa?How
He Reached Europe.
News was received in London on
Saturday of the death of Joseph Cres
wick, who while tleeing from justice
accomplished one of the most re?
markable walking feats on record.
Creawlek was undergoing a sen?
tence for forgery in Rhodesia and
while being conveyed from one pris?
on to another by train (as reported
some months ago) conceived the idea
of escaping from his guards. As his
legs were heavily ironed the task was
by no means an easy one, but one
night, when the train in which he
was being conveyed was between Bul
uwayo and Salisbury and his guards
\ ere asleep, Creswick quietly opene
ed the carriage door and jumped out.
When he reached the ground he fell
but was not badly hurt. During ti e
remainder of the night he shuffled
along In the dark and at daybreak
could see the railroad in the distance.
He decided to walk in a straight line
from it, which he did for several days
still with his feet shackled.
Day after day and night after
night he rubbed his Irons with the
sharpest pieces of rock he could find
until at last he was able to throw his
manacles aside. After this Creswick
went on with great strides through
the unknown country in which he
found himself, his sole object being
to get to some white settlement.
Some weeks after his escape the
wanderer had a wonderful piece of
luck. In a hut apparently belonging
to a settler he found a gun and some
ammunition, which in the circum?
stances he did not hesitate to take
possession of. With the gun he man?
aged to shoot several zebras and oth?
er animals which provided him with
many a welcome meal; but unfortu?
nately his gun got out of order before
his ammunition became exhausted
and he had to rely upon fruit for his
sustenance.
Just when Creswick was coming to
the conclusion that he had been walk?
ing 'round and 'round without mak?
ing much progress he fell in with
some natives, who gave him certain
directions as to how to find "a very
long water" which Creswick conclud?
ed must mean the river Congo, and
for several more weeks he continued
his tramp.
lOight months after his escape from
the train between Salisbury and Bul
uwayo, Creswick was found by a par?
ty of Belgiani lying in a weak and
feverish condition about two hundred
miles from Leopoldville on the Con
kro. They nursed him hack to health
and strength. At Bomba, arrayed in
all the glory of a pair of cricket flan
n? Is and a foot-ball jersey provided
by his new friends, the fugitive found
a ship on which he worked his pas?
sage to Antwerp. From there he got
a ship to London. That, however,
led to his undoing, for while walking
In Whltechapel he was recognised by
Detective Inspector Belcher of Scot?
land Yard, who arrested him on the
charge of escaping from lawful cus?
tody,
He was taken subsequently to Rho?
desia as a fugitive offender, and for
his escapade he was sentenced to a
further term of six months' Impris?
onment, during which he died.?Lon?
don Globe,
?Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets are safe, sure and reliable, and
have been praised by thousands of
women who have been restored to
health through their gentle aid and
curative properties, Sold by W. VV.
Slbert.
To lOulogtzc Late Member.
Washington, March 11.?-Eulogies
on the life and character of the late
Representative Origgs, of Georgia,
will be delivered In the hall ol the
House of Representatives on Butidav,
April 17.
'Medicines that aid nature are al?
ways most successful, Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy acts on this plan. It
loosens the cough, relieves the lungs,
opens the secretions and aids nature
in restoring the system to a healthy
condition. Sold by \V. W. Slbert.
MORE BRIEFS IX STANDARD CASE
Content! There Has Been no Unrea?
Bonable Advance In Price of Oil.
Washington. March 10.?Although
a brief "on the part of the ^appel?
lants" was already on file Sfl the Su?
preme Court of the Unltyj States, a ;
second group of legal lalent of the j
Standard Oil today presented to the
court an independent defence of that
organization. f
Particular st/ess is laid by counsel
on the claim In the brief that the rec- |
ord shows no unreasonable advance
in the aevrage prices of the Standard
Oil.
Today's brief is devoted to an at?
tempt to prove ten points. On these
the case is submitted to the court,
and they are as follows:
1. The plants and properties of
the Standard Oil Company have al?
ways been in a common ownership
since their acquisition or creation.
2. The Sherman Act has no appli?
cation to the acquisition by the Stan?
dard Oil Company, of New Jersey, of
the stocks of manufacturing and min?
ing or producing corporations.
3. The contracts, combinations
and conspiracies of Section 1 of the
Act are contracts, combinations and
conspiracies which restrict the free?
dom of the parties or strangers in the
conduct of their business.
4. The acquisition of the stocks of
the subsidiary companies by the Stan?
dard Oil Company, of New Jersey, in
18 99 was not such a combination or
conspiracy in restraint of trade.
5. Monopoliizing or attempting to
monopolize or combing with anyone
else to monopolize when this proceed?
ing was instituted.
7. The ownership of the pipe line
sVstem has not been a means to mo?
nopolizing.
8. The decree erroneously includes
and operates upon sevral of the ap?
pellant companies.
9. The sixth section of the decree
(disbanding of the corporations) Is
unwarranted and impracticable in va?
rious of its provisions.
10. The Circuit Court had no ju?
risdiction over the appellants.
New Building for State College.
Columbia, March 11.?Members of
the board of trustees of the Colored
Normal and Industrial College, at
Orangeburg, met in the office of Gov?
ernor Ansel today, and outlined the
plans for the rebuilding of the kitch?
en and dining room that were burned
in the fire last winter. The new
building will cost about $10,000. The
board is also considering plans for the
construction of the new dormitory,
for which provision was made at the
last session of the General Assembly.
The kitchen and dining room are be?
ing rebulit with the insurance money.
One Fertilizer Application or Two?
The Weekly Press Bulletin of the
University of Wisconsin, in referring
to experiments in soil improvement
being made by the Experiment Sta?
tion of that institution, says:
"An interesting fact developed by
this work is that on heavily manured
lands there is excessive leaching of.
fertilizing materials, particularly
phosphates, which were formerly sup?
posed to have been retained in the
soil in a form available for future
crops. Examination of the drainage
v. aters shows that if large amounts
of these materials are added there
are heavy losses which cannot be re?
gained."
This is in direct line with the ob?
servation of farmers and the cxpeii
ment of the South, namely, that
where large quantities of fertilizers
were to be applied to sandy soils two
applications, one before planting and
one during the growth of the crop
frequently gave best results, it does
not follow, however, that this holds
good tor clay or clay loam noils, for
the available evidence points ' orv
( 'early to the conclusion that on sa^h
'iis the expense of two applications
is not justified by the Increase of
yields which results.?Progressive
Farmer and Gazette.
stomach Misery for Over six Years.
Bead what Mr. Hoffman, landlord
of the Webster Hotel, writes.
"i suffered misery and lnt< use
pains from stomach trouble for over
six years, and all the docterlng that
l did or medicines I used were of no
avail until about two years ago,
when I used a treatement of Mlso
na. The first few days' treatment
helped me greatly and upon using it
a While I v. as mad- entirely free
from any stomach troubh er com?
plaint whatever. Since the cure by
Ml-o-na l have regained my weight,
l eat and sleep well, am never ner?
vous, and my cut iff general health
is much better." Mas M. Hoffman.
Webster, x. v.. Aug. 2.1009.
Ml-o-na stomach tablets relieve dis?
tress in five minutes. They act liH?*
magic. They ere guaranteed to cure
sour stomach, gas eructations, heart?
burn, dlzalnenn, blllouness and ner?
vousness, or nionc) back. For sale by
druggists everywhere and by J. F.
VV. DeLorme, for B0 cents a large
bo\.
Try Booth's Pills for constipation;
they never disappoint, 2r? cents.
2-1 1?-W-3-1G.
The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been
in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of
and has been made under his per*
^t^Vt^> Sonal supervision since its infancy.
? /'CCccA^^i Allow no one to deceive you in this*
All Counterfeits, Imitations and "oust-as-good" are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children?Experience against Experiment*
What is CASTORIA
Oastoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare?
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant* It
contains neither Opium. Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and aHays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep*
The Children*s Panacea?The Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
The Kind You Haie Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
TMS ?KNTAUR COMPANY, TT ?UNRAT ST?CKT. NEW ?ORK Cm.
YOU REACH THE RIGHT SPOT
for superior building materials, when
you call at McKiever's. We can fill
the bill every time. Whether It be
sash, doors, blinds, rough or dressed
lumber, we can give you estimates
that for quality and prices can't be
beaten by anyone.
The Sumter Door, Sash & Blind Factory,
J. W. McKeiver.
Proprietor
Birnie's Drug Store,
5 W. Liberty St. Sumter, S. C.
Dealer In
Pure Drugs and Medicines,
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Banking.
Large, strong, sate and progressive. We offer unex?
celled banking facilities and want your business.
The Farmers' Bank and Trust Co.
Sumter, South Carolina.
Don't Forget
Th.it One Dollar in the Bank does more work than five in
your pocket. It is our aim to see that money deposited
with us keeps working.
15he
Bank of Sumter.
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