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&Ik Material anii jwutfjjM ?VIUNESjAY. MAY 4, 1910. The Suauer Watchman was found <wtt In 1850 and the True Southron in If?4. The Watchman and Southron ?tow has tiae combined circulation and tOolueAoe of both Of the old papers, ??a\d It manifestly the best advertising nsedtuwi in Smut I. \ i\ I WMIMM, in > \IU> \ VMII) Suptvnu I ourt Carrie-. Out Kcccnt I on* tinent. ? ?irtu?abia. April 29.?Those young anen of the State who have not at? tended the University of South Car mlina Law lohool and rOOOtrOd dip torn as fom that institution, und who -wish t-? become lawyers in the courts of South CnrolInn? must hereafter stand thi ir examinations before a new commission created by the re? cent legislature. Today the Supreme Court Justices named ih" ri'-w commission as fol? lows: W tin 1 >. Melton, of Columbia. \V. tX Miller, of Charleston. V. It. Urier, of (Jreenwood. In the order named, and in accord? ance with thi Ait of the General As? sembly, these gentlemen will serve throe, two and on. year, respectively. AW have accepted, for the court "trusted to no mistake," having first written -.,eh of the men they determ? ined to offer the job to. The mem? bers of the I'.ar selected up^n the new board are well known attorneys of this State, and It is needless to say that the? will till the postlons. < lit ?I* 1> \M \t.l Nol so li\l>. J o n Kr)M)ri> exaggerated,. Sa>s !*rc<ddciit Flnlcy. I - Washington. April 29.?Damages to crops in the Southern States east of the Mississippi Itlver are not as great as some of the tlrst reports seemed to indicate, according to INmabh at I inKv, of the Southern Itallway. He said today that reports ahovr cotton and corn have suffered in the northern two-thirds of the States of Mississippi, Alabama and ?Oeorgiu. but that further South these ?oropn were not injured, and that fur? ther North they were not far enough advanced to ho seriously hurt. "Taw re Is still ample time to replant bot* cotton and corn," he said, "and If this Is done extonslvely the final yield may not l>e greatly reduced. Reports Indicate a general suspen? sion <?! cotton seed i rushlng by oil anlUe. with a \icw to conserving the ssnad for planting. The peach crop ?dor* not seem to have been material? ly damaged Melons and cantaloupes In southern Georgia may have to be replanted to some extent. Strawber? ries suff r. 1 little. No damage was done to fruits, vegetables or other ^srops in Virginia.' ftoxitn or i iii \i r/\no\ from The l?aily item. April 30. The County Board of Equalization was Id sesdon all day yesterday. Trv n it many kicks from thocw had their property raised by tb. SJM -r The board worked ?sard .the problems befort them ?SSSt .'??rr.id \hat they would have to ?otoe hiell i? M old iy to finish the nla; or Jennings and the special iOM^'r^. with the Surnter township mar' .rged the county board to pat the rest of the county on the ?mire footing as this township has b*M'Ti put This entailed a lot of i'? tor all the returns had to be SjrOTe . , r. takln;: all the property ?end the ret arm in each township and striking in average. Three town ?hn? v r? fonnd to be high enough. Th? ? re Concord, Stateburg and I?ro\ b n ,< BOSJM of the others are rbl; sj|] low, The effort will be ?Msf t . get all on an equal foot? ing. ? i that every man will carry hin part nl ' lo burd. n. Ma ? r Jennings is deserving of a ?gr? d il of ? redlt for his efforts to bring a-out equalisation of property, ?flora* Widows in making returns, nme.n u nothing of business, have a\ctu??My returned their property at Its face value, while some have re Inrn? d for It sj than 10 per rent, ol the value. Some have based Iheli JW?nrn.? SfJOO the value of the lanil ?arAv r wa- bought years ago, nol taking tit . oeeount the increase In th?- Tht re .should be no objec? tion hji the part of aar fair-minded an.in . . irrying bis part of the bur tir-n of government The w hop, coun? ty if* awaiting with interest the out SJgejBj ? of the m, ting Monday. tfc alah chapter, n a m., ain ?sjasi a ?pec; la I communication on T>> ? redo t ? y enlng beginning at ye.'o' K for the purpo. .. of oonferrtntj all out degrees on a chum of ranclb ?. ii fn slum nls will be terve?l ??f.. deput; hIh riff rep* >rt , \ t i cted from delinquents . Thi n'.rk, however? has jo*t begun. Th< prv bin in.i rlei have bOOU complete" tuftd the real work of finding the de Itesiucnt? Is beginning. Farmers' Union News ?AND? Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers (Conducted by E. \V. Dubbs, President Farmers' Union of Sumter County.) The Watchman and Southron having decided to double its service by s.-mi-werkly publication, would improve that service by special features. The first to be inaugurated is this Department for the Farmers' Union and Practical Fanners which 1 have been requested to conduct. It will be my aim to Kivf the Union news and official calls of the Union. To that end "tlieers. and members of the Union are requested to use these columns. Also to publUh such clip dngs from the agricultural papers and Govern? ment Pull? tins u I tttinl Will be of practical benefit t i our readers. Dri? ll at tirl.-s by any of o r readers telling of their successes or failures will be appreciated and i jbllahed. Trusting this Department will be of mutual benefit to all concerned, THE EDITOR. AH communications for tl Is Department should be sent to E. \V. Dabb-j. .\!ayesville. S. C. KOTICE. The County Union will hold its next meeting with Wisacky loeal at El? liotts* on Friday, May Ith. Local Unloni Will hear in mind that a full delegation should attend the meetlngi of County Union, and delegates or their alternate! should be required to Attend. B, W. DABB8, Hugh Withers].n. Pres. Bex retary and Treasurer. GROWING BROOM CORN, Clemsou Extension Work?Article V. Broom corn is a specloi of sorgh um grown especially for its tops Which are used in manuafcturing brooms. The crop is one about which Inquiry is frequently made by farm? ers and the following is written part? ly in answer to such questions. It is not a great money crop, not more so than cottor if equal to it, and re? quires more In the way of equipment for Its handling, more labor at har? vest time, and more skill in prepar? ing it for market than does the cot? ton crop. It is a crop in Which the profits depend verv largely upon the J quality of the product offered for | sale, the price ranging from $25 up to about $100 per ton according to the quality. Five hundred pounds of cured brush per acre Is considered a fair yield. a The best quality c broom corn must be straight, of good length, fine texture and cured In such a manner as to be a good green color when put on the market. There are two kinds grown, one known as the standard broom corn and the other as dwarf. This latter is grown extensively In the central west. In order to secure the quality of stalk mentioned above It Is very im? portant to have well bred seed and it is almost Impossible to buy such seed in the open markets. One going Into the business of growing the crop should begin at once to select seed with the view of improving the pisnt i from year t<> year. \ny soil that will grow sorghum will produce broom corn, anil the fer? tilizer applied need not differ from H i used on the corn crop when the rime quality Of land is cultivated. Since the object in view Is a uniform pr< du< t in quality and time of ma? turing, great care should be taken in preparing the soli, it should be well plowed and then harrowed and re harrowed until s fine seed bed is se? cured, Late planting is best on account of the fact that the young plants make a very slow grow th when the weather Is i t ail cooi. and the crop will come into head at a season when there is not liable to be much rain. The seed should be fertilized with a planter that is adjusted to drop a few more Seed than you want plants (four to Ave pounds per acre) and under such conditions Of soil and season as will insure good and quick germination. Cultivation similar to what the corn crop r< quires Is nil thai is* necessary, Weeds and grass should always be kepi down and the soil mulched with loose earth by frequent cultivation With small toothed Implement. On land thai will produce thirty or forty bushels of corn per acre one stalk of broom corn should i>e left every four or live Inches and thinner as the soil Itecomes less productive, it is im? portant to have a full stand, as there i n lt".it tendency in sucker when the plants are too thin on the land and the brush from sin kers Is rare |y i r any value, and it Is not ready to bar.est with tie- rem.lind'r of the crop. The lops should be cut eight Inchei '?. low ItlO le ad W Inn t be bloom li railing and bet..re tb> seed are filled out, if the heal quality of brush Is ob? lnln< I The brush c Immediately hauled oii| and Ihe seed stripped off the same day, The >-... .i stripping, : on n I urge scale, la done \,v machin? ery thai may be pur< b.< iod from man? j ufn< tun i ? Imprw I ?> ? ! methods Ilk* I the emry comb with long teeth or n ' steel spiked comb attn< hed in a j frame or aide of a boa answers very well where there is only a small quantity of brush to be stripped. The curing, in order to preserve the green color, must be done under a roof and away from the sunlight. The tops from which the sied have been removed are spread in layers three Inches thick In latticed racks where there is free circulation of air. When no juice can be a lueesed out of the stalks l>y twisting them, the curing is complete and the brush should be removed from the racks. This will require from four to six weeks, it Is then bulked for a period of ten days or two weeks to go through a sweat when it is ready to be baled. The tops should be very carefully sorted into different grades, as mixed brush never sells well. The baling is done with a horse power press. The tops are lapped together in the middle of the bale and the butts stand out at each end. Bales usually weigh about three hundred pounds. The crop requires very careful and prompt work at every step and con? siderable outlay in the way of equip? ment is necessary. If one has had no experience in the growing of broom corn, it would be well to start on a small scale and learn many things from experience about the business that it is impossible to get any othe^ way. W. It. PERKINS, Director Agricultural Dep't. The Cotton Situation. New York, Journal of Commerce, Wednesday: "Thus far there have been no private settlements arranged between the cotton 'shorts' and the group of operators, known as the 'Big Four,* who are credited with having corned the May option. And it was learned from an official source last evening that no negotiations arc in progress looking to a compromise. A number of local firms, in no way concerned with the manipulation, have, it is understood been techni? cally converted into shirts as a re? sult of the Knight, Yanccy & Co. failure. These firms It is understood, have had no difficulty In closing out their short items 'at the market' when they have explained the situa? tion, i ?f the Tdg Four,' tw o mem? bers, namely, William P. P.rown and Frank P. Hayne, claim to be cotton merchants and not speculators or manipulators, Their business, they argue, is selling to manufacturers. Therefor.-, they study the situation and finding the consumption far in excess of the production they buy cotton contracts and make arrange? ments to supply the customers. Km gene A. Scales and .lames A. Patten are more in the e]ass of speculators. Rut all claim to wish to take delivery of tin' cotton they have purchased by contracts, For they are not willing, it is understood to sell this cotton ex? cept for export or to mills who will guarantee to use it for manufactur? ing purposes. They have themselves, Bold, they assert, on this basis a large part of the cotton tbey have contract 1 ed for. if the May shorts do not de fault, it means that the country will i.e 'combed1 for supplies to meet May deliveries, to an extent probably un? precedented. If these deliveries arc successfully made and are .sold bj the 'Big Four' operators in a way not again to become available on tin speculative market there Is still tin July 'corner' to be considered, for the i perators have, it is understood, been heavy buyers of Julv deliveries a> Well ;m Mac. and the question ol where the additional cotton to supply .July delivery Is to come from Is agi? tating man) members of tin local cotton trade. \ now feature in tht situation is tin Knight-Yancey fall? i ure and th< wholesale Irregularities thai it has brought In light in the vva\ oi' Irregular bills nf lading. Then have been about f.0,000 bales of rot? ton brought back from Phtrope at 11 In ; to hi ip out the Ma> i horts; hul I hi K itlghl \ au. e\ failure d?i ? lopi i he fu< t i hat 11.Iton t ha I KJui o? in manufacturers have been cnunt ing on, and for w hieb alleged lulls ol lading ba\e been lot-warded, does not actually exist and the Euro pear shortage, therefore, is much more se rloilfi than lias heretofore been sup posed. In the same way New York Armi who have made arrangements to receive cotton here at New York i to make their May deliveries find that ?hipmentl are being unexpectedly de- j layed and fears are beginning to be seriously entertained that irreg? ularities in bills of lading will be found to enter into the local supply situation. The present so-called cor? ner may be said to mark a new de? velopment In cotton manipulation. Heretofore the great spot houses, the McFaddens and others, have usually been sufficiently strong to bring for? ward enough cotton at the last mo? ment to provide a deluge of deliver? ies, and thus make an object for bull operators not to force the situation to the last extreme. The entrance of James A. Patt< n and his large weit? em following into the situation pre? sents a new factor, as it places, ac? cording to a very general market view, a combination of financial strength quite equal to that of the large spot operators and at the same tune n degree of expertm ss in mani? pulation of cotton supplies quite equal to th? lr own. Tin- net result of tile speculation is that the cotton business of the country is at a com plete stand, awaiting the result of tin* current contest of manipulation and money." DOUGLAS JENKINS RESPONSI? BLE. Coroner's Jury Finds That lie Caused Death of Frank Williams. From The Dally Item, April 30. Frank Williams, a six year old boy, w ho was in Tindal's store at the time that Douglas Jenkins, the magistrate, and Charley Jenkins, his constable, killed George Mitt hell, died night be? fore last. Coroner Flowers empan nelled a jury yesterday and held an Inquest, The jury found that the boy came to his death from a gun shut wound inflicted by Douglas Jen? kins. Mr. Jenkins telephoned the sheriff that he would come in and surrend? er, and that it would not be neces? sary to send out for him. Hut two witnesses beside the phy? sician were examined. Dr. Mood testified that it was his opinion that death was caused by the wound. Mr. J. M. Tindal testified that George Mitchell was in his store at the time, and that Charley Jenkins, deputy for Douglas Jenkins attempt? ed to arrest him. The boy was on the other side of the counter that ran down the middle of the store. Mit? chell moved on the side of the store on which the boy was. Both Charlie and Douglas Jenkins commenced fir? ing from the door at George Mitchell after he moved. They fired five or six shots. Mr. Tindal saw the boy sitting down, and when he went to him found him paralyzed. One of the Jenkins did the shooting of the boy, but he could not say which one it was. Harry Williams, swore: "I was standing very near on the other side of the counter. Mitchell did not clear himself from where the boy was. Douglas Jenkins came to the side of the door and fired one time. It was the last shot fired and it was the shot that hit the boy. Sev? eral shots were fired but am certain that the shot that hit the boy was tired by Douglas JeJnkins, as I saw it." Mr. T. 1'. Rutledge, who has been tin' efficient superintendent of the Sumter <>il Mill has been transferred t > Charleston, where he will serve in a similar capacity. This is a promo ti >n for Mr. Rutledge, as the Char leston mill is the most important in the whole State. Mr. Paitledge will be succeeded here by Mr. C. B. Mark ham, formerly of Darlington. The county registration board was in sc ssion Monday, There arc three more opportunities to register to get ready lor ihe primary. A registration certificate is necessary in the coming primary, ami every one who wants to \ote and has not provided himself with a certificate, should do so on next first Monday. Winthrop College SCHOLARSHIP and ENTRANCE EXAMINATION. The examination for the award of ? vacant scholarships in Winthrop Col i lege and lor the admission of new i students will be held at Hie County ' Court Mouse on Friday, July t. at r a. in. Applicants must be not less ? than fifteen years of age. When I Scholarships are vacant after July 1 5 they will be awarded to tlmsc making ? tic highest average ;it this examin? ation, provided they meet the condl ' I tions governing the award. Appli ' I cants for scholarships should w rite - to President Johnson before tin- e i iimination for Scholarship ? xantina t lion blanks. Scholarships are worth ?l"?t nnd free tuition, The next session will open September 21, 1910. For furth I er Information and catalogue, address Pres. D. lb Johnson, Rock Hill. S. C. i 5-1 It. PE-RU-N? USED FOB KIDHEY CATARRH.} ommmmuiimtmmmm - m m m m ? i mm* (7cn. >4. /:. Haw ley, of Washing* ton, D. C, w rites: "I have used Pe? runa and find it very beneficial for kidney trouble, and especially good for coughs, colds and catarrh* al troub* les." m Gen. A. F. Hawtey. > Kidney Trou&c for Nearly Titirty Years. I William Bailey, Past Col. Enc. No. 80, Union Vreteran Legion, and prom ) inently Identified with many of the great labor proteetiTo associations in % Chicago and New York, and secretary of one of the largest association ) in the former city, had for nearly thirty years been afflicted Witli kidney J t.'OUbl Within a short period he has Ien persnaded to try Peruna, and his present healthy condition is attributed to bis judicious use of that great remedy. Washington Climate is notoriously bad for kidney and liver troubles, yet by a judicious use of the renn dy he is now quite cured and In / excellent physical condition. \ This brief statement of facts, without exaggeration or hyperbole, appears ) to tell the whole story, which the Peruna Company Is authorised to use, if \ it so chooses, believing, as I do, that by so doing it will be for the general / good. William Bailey, 68 I St., N. E.. Washington. I>. c. Kidneys Affected? Sack Weak. Mr. M. Broderick, Secretary and Treasurer Local Union No. Kfci, Inter? national Brotherhood of Teamsters, writes from 435 E. 46th St., Chicago, 111., as follows: Ml have been suffering from a weak back and kidney trouble for some time, and have been able to find relief only througfl the use of Peruna. "During the winter season I usually keep a l>ottle of your medicine in the house, and by taking a dose at night I am feeling fine the next morning. '?Some of my friends r.ssure me that Peruna is equally as good for their var? ious ailments as it is for my complaint; but I do know that for kidney trouble and suffering from a weak back it has no equal." Cold Settled In Kidneys. Mr. Joseph Klee, iil"> East 4th St., Topeka, Kas., writes: "My wife took Peruna for liver trouble and a run-down condition incident to the same, a few bottles built up her health and strength. "I took Peruna for a cold which set? tled In my kidneys, giving me much pain. In two wee Us I was much better, and in a few months I was well." For Liver and Kidneys. Mr. W. H. Armistead, Cumberland, C. II., Va., writes: "Your Peruna has cured me of chronic catarrh of long standing I thank yoa so much for your advice. I think it is a great medicine. It will do all that you recommend it to do. Besides, I can recommend it to cure all liver and kid? ney troubles." Chronic Kidney Trouble. Judge C. J. Park, It. F. D. 1, Huekhead, Ga., writes: 4 For a long time I was troubled with catarrh of the kidneys, and after taking Peruna I feel like a new man. I think it the greatest catarrh medicine of the a>.e, and believe it will cure any case of catarrh on record." The stores begin closing at 6 o'clock this afternoon and will con? tinue to do so till fall. This will give the clerks a little rest and recrea? tion. John Loney, who was sent to the chaingang at the recent term of court for five years, has found the life there too hard for him. He was returned to the jail this morning, and will very to the jail Friday and will very like? ly be sent to the penitentiary. Hollywood Camp, No. 19 W. O. W. will unveil a monument to the late Sovereign Albert C. Ducksr on Sun? day afternoon, May 8th at 3:30. All members of the camp will meet at the forest, from which place they will go in a body to the Sumter cem? etery where the exercises will be held. QUICK LUNCH?And lodging, also furnished rooms. Palmetto Inn. Opposite depot. Will Costln, Prop. 4-28-2taw. O'Donnell 6 Co THE POPULAR SI ORE OF SUM TER. TO ALL OUR FRIENDS : When you are in to buy for the Spring and Summer, remem? ber that this big store, where each depart? ment is really a store in itself, can offer you values that are well worth your time to see. Buying as large as we do and paying the hard down cash for them as we do, makes the manufacturer anxious to sell us and sell us at the very lowest price. They know they don't have to wait for their money. We are Headquarters for DRY GOODS of Every Description Shoes for Man, Woman or Child. Clothing for Man or Boy. Groceries for the Whole Family. O'Donnell 6 Co