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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-24
Maryels Of Corn Culture.

Thousands of practical instances
could be given to show the value OF
improved varieties. of corn, says the
Cosmopolitan. For instance, one
Southern Illinois farmer, more pro-
gressipe than the rest, was induced to
secure enough improved seed to plant
800 acres as result of his study OF
corn In the Illinois College of Agrl-
culture. These 800 acres outyielded all
of the other fields on bis farm more
than thirty bushels per acre and, SO
far as could be determined, the fields
of that entire section yielded about
thirty bushels per acre. This increase
of Weld meant a total gain of about
5000 bushels, which represented a
cash value of about 81, 600 that season.
As this increase did not represent an
increased cost of production, the gain
was pure profit. In another case
farmer in Central Illinois became IN
terested in improved seed corn
through, the school of corn judging in
the Illinois Agricultural College. He
secured enough seed, grown by corn
breeder, to paaat eighty acres. AS a
result he raised almost twenty-five
bushels more per acre of this field than
where the ordinary seed was planted
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-24

over there now is few days sunshine.
I have just come down from Glenn.
son and through the upper part CT
the State to Columbia and l must say
that never saw the crops in such a
bad condition. The grass has taken
everything. Why, the country is
Woolly with grass. The lowland crops
have all been washed away and Will
have to be replanted.
No there is nothing going on In
politics here now, you know this is an
of year. The only thing going on
that I know of is with the Governor.
You know he is shooting few tigers
now. Every time he sees one ne
shoots him down"
Senator Tillman looks the picture OF
health, and while his conversation
shows that he is as much as ever in
terested in the affairs Of the American
government, he seems more taken up
lust at this time with the condition OF
farm lands in his own State. The
fact that he is not himself man OF
a gloomy disposition, rather being in-
ciined to be an optimist than pessl-
mist, when he makes the statement
that the crop conditions OF the
Palmetto State are worse than he has
ever seen them before, it would in
dicate as once that there is time for
some concern
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-24
COMPRESSED COTTON.
Alleged That Railroads Have Been
Discriminating.

Washington, June 16.-The Plant
ers' Compress company, with princi-
pal offices in Boston, in complaint
fled with the interstate commerce COM
mission, makes series of charges Of
unjust discrimination against CON-
press cotton in railroad tariffs. In
complaint against the Central of
Georgia ct al, it alleges an unlawful
practice of issuing and crediting ex-
pense bill, which, it says, is at least
unlawful if extended so that such ex-
pense bills are credited on any other
than the cotton originally shipped
Hereunder. The complaint says that
such practice allows rates different
from those published. The commits
sion also is asked to stop the substitu-
tion Of otheror different cottonon
any through bill Of lading when the
cotton originally shipped Hereunder
has been stopped for COMPRISING or
any other purpose. The company
complains that the practice Of the
Southern and other roads, called by
them "equalztion of export rate" is
illegal and constitutes rebate or
shrinkage from the regular published
rates in the case of such exported cot
ton. A complaint against the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas ct al. alleges
that the so-called "back hauling of
cotton and other alleged practices are
unawful. It asks the commission to
adjudge the defendant roads guilty OF
unjust discrimination, Of unlawfully
charging less for a longer haul than
for Il shorter one, of violation of the
law in hauling uncompressed cotton
from the stations north Of Muskogee
south to South McAlester and then
north again through those States at
the rate of 65 cents per 100 pounds,
and of similar violations in all SINH
lar cases of back hauling at other
points on their lines. The commission
is asked to declare that the practice of
exacting the uncompressed cotton
freight rate from shippers of COM
pressed cotton is unlawful.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-24
CELEBRATING MURDER WITH TE
DEUMS.
servians Hold High Religious Ser
vice to Commemorate Assas-
sination of Alexander.
Highest Church Dignitary Praises Army
Officers who Planned and Executed
Essassinations.

Belgrade, Servia, June 16.-A dep
utation of the two chambers composed
of four Senators and twenty Deputies,
headed by the Presidents Of the two
houses, left Belgrade by special train
last night to inform King Peter of his
election to the throne. The officers
who have been appointed to attend
the King went on the same train.
The deputation is expected to return
here with the King on Monday or
Tuesday next.
The chamber met at 10 o'clock this
morning and adjourned for the pur-
ponse of going to the Cathedral,
where great thanksgiving service,
including a "Te Deum," was cele-
brated.
The ministers attended the service,
which was carried out with ALI the
stately ceremonial of the Greek
Church. The Cathedral presented a
picturesque scene. The aged Metro
politan, in gorgeous vestments Of pur-
pie and cloth of gold and with jewel
led mitre, was surrounded by the Blsh=
OPS and priests of the Cathedral chap@
ter. Half the congregation was COM
posed of army officers in full uniform.
The ministers wore dress suits and all
their orders. The Metropolitan, in
a brief address, congratulated the ma
tion on the restoration of the Karageor-
gevitch dynasty, dynasty which had
included so many brave and noble men.
While deploring the necessity for re-
cent events, he thanked the army for
what it had done and praised its be-
havior. The officers audibly expressed
their pleasure at these remarks from
the prelate, who concluded with inyok
ing blessing on King Peter and e1-
pressing the hope that under him Ser
via would enjoy peace and prosperity.
The town is perfectly calm and
quiet is apparently assured. .
Guns doomed frequently in honor OF
King Peter, the church bells rang
merrily, and, simultaneously, along.
the n ain street, marched funeral
procession. Accompanied by all the,
panoply of the Greek Church. a regi-
ment of soldiers, with it's band, was
carrying to the grave the remains OF
young lieutenant, to whom had been
accorded the title of the army's
hero,'' title which was gained as
follows:
The commandant of division en-
camped in the environs Of Belgrade
was surprised in the palace by the
conspirators on the night of the as
sassinations and managed to escape.
He found a mounted orderly, took his
horse and galloped to the encampment
of his division to summon some of the
regiments to the assistance of the
King. Just before reaching the camp.
the lieutenant who was buried today
overlook the commandant and in the
sanguinary fight which ensued, the
commandant was killed and the lieu
tenant was mortally wounded. He
died yesterday.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-24
Startling Evidence.

Fresh testimony in great quantity is
constantly coming in, declaring DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs
and Colds to be unequaled. A recent ex-
preston from T. j. Mcfarland, Bentor-
vile, Va, serves as example. He writes /:
81 had Bronchitis for three years and doc
tored all the time without being benefited.
Then began taking DR.. Kings New Dis
covery, and a few bottles wholly cured
me-" Equally effective in caring all Lung
and Throat troubles, Consumption, Pneu-
monia and Grip. Guaranteed by j. F. w.
DeLorme, Druggist. TRIAL bottles free,
regular sizes SOC, and $1.00.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-24
Tomato Culture in the South.
By Guy E. Mitchell.

The place where tomato culture can
be said to have attained its highest
degree of perfection is Crystal
Springs, Miss, and the methods en-
ployed by the growers of that section
can be advantageously followed by
every gardener, if not commercial
grower. The unusual feature OF the
system consists in pruning the plants,
and the plan has been followed by the
writer in his home garden since 1893,
when he learned of it In the Florida
winter tomato section.
Coincident with the appearance Of
the third leaf of young. tomato plant
will COME a sucker or branch; and as
the plant grows, additional suckers
will appear in the axil of each leaf
until a vigorous plant will have
twenty or more branches, the larger
ones having branches of their own,
and the whole plant spreading over
an area of ten or twelve square feet.
Such a. plant of course requires an
immense amount of soil nutrition and
moisture to support it's foliage. The
Crystal Springs planters set their to-
matoes somewhat nearer than do Or
dinary growers-as close as three by
three and one-half feet-and when the
first sucker is two inches long it is
pinched out, as are likewise all suck
ers appearing thereafter. Before the
plant begins to fall, light pine stakes
are driven in the ground and the
plants tied to them with ordinary
white cotton strings. The tomato is
then trained up this stake, requiring
three or four tyings. until it. reaches
the top, four feet from the ground.
Then the bud is pinched out. This
gives a plant with about twelve or
fourteen great leaves, four times the
size of the ordinary tomato leaf, and
five or six clusters of magnificent, per
feet fruit. The patch now looks like
a dirinutive orchard loaded with
fruit Bushels of ripe tomatoes are IN
plain sight as the eye wanders over
the field. Under this method there is
no danger of tomatoes rottlng or mil
dewing; they ripen seven or eight
days earlier than if the plants are LETT
to their own devices or stalked in the
ordinary way, and it is practicable to
get through the rows at any time and
keep down Objectionable weeds, and
perhaps the most important, the
plants having a comparatively small
leaf surface for Transportation do not
require so much moisture to mature
their frElft
If a somewhat bushier plant is de-
sired, the vine can be trained to two
instead of to single stemm.-Scien-
tifc American.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-24
Worst of all Experiences.

Can anything be worse than to feel that
every minute will be your last Such was
the experience of Mrs. S. H. Newson, De-
catur, Ala. "For three years" she writes,
Il endured insufferable pain from indi-
gestion, stomach and bowel trouble. Death
seemed inevitable when doctors and all
remedies failed. At length was induced
to try Electric Bitters and the result was
miraculous. improved at once and now
I'm completely recovered For Liver,
Kidney, Stomach and Bowel troubles Elec-
trio Bitters is the only Medicine. It's
guaranteed by j. F. W. DeLorme, Druggist.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-24

All persons conyersant with the his
tory of North Carolina knew that Ten
nessee once formed part Of that state
and that it was ceded to the federal
government by our state for the pur-
pose of forming new state. The ces.
sion was made in 1870 and the state of
Tennessee was formed in 1896.
But how many people know that in
the deed of cession, which the federal
wavernment accepted and of course,
gos bound by the condition and limita-
tions which it contained, there was a
stipulation that the government of the
United States should never interfere
with the system of slavery then exist
ing in that territory? Is not the federal
government liable to the owners under
this contract for the value of every
Tennessee negro emancipated.-Wil-
mington Messenger.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-24
Ia Earnest Then.

s.I have noticed - said the ff-hand
philosophers, according to Judge,
ssthat a woman will get golf dress
when she bas no intention to play
golf.'' 80,
"That's so,'' agreed the man with
the incandescent whiskers.
sAnd,'' continued the of-hand
philosopher, '@she Will get ball gown
when she cares nothing about dancing,
and tennis dress when she wouldn' t
play tennis for fear she will treckle'
and bathing suit when she has no
thought of going into the water, and a
riding habit when the vecy thought OF
climbing on a horse gives her the
chills, and =,
"Yes," interrupted the man with
the incandescent whiskerss IS but when
she gets a wedding dress she means
business. Ever notice thats9'
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-24
A Brutal Murder.

Charlotte N. c., June l7.-Informa-
tion from the mountain section of
Ashe County is to the effect that Levi
Barker was murdered and his father,
Alfred Barker, fatally injured by
Crack Davis, who also mortally
wounded Mrs. Davis, his wife, when
she endeavored to save Barker's life.
The Barkers were travellers from Vir-
ginia and had stopped at Davis's house
for the night. In the middle of the
night he attacked them with an axe
with the result as stated. No motive
is known and it is believed that Davis
is insane.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-24
LOWEST ON RECORD.
The Temperature Minimums for
June in the South.

Washington, June 16.-The weather
bureaus weekly crop report is in part
as follows:
The week ending June Is was alb
normally cool in nearly all districts
east of the Rocky mountains. the
minimum temperatures from the 10th
to the 18th throughout the central
valleys and southern States being the
lowest of record for the second decade
of June, and heavy frosts were OF
general occurrence in the upper Mis-
souri, valley with light frosts as far
south as Tennessee. Under these
conditions the growth of vegetation
has been slow.
Corn is unusually late and has made
very slow growth under the low tenn
erpatures of the past week. In the
middle and south Atlantic States the
crop is much in need of cultivation,
and in the southern States is largely
laid by.
Cotton continues very backward,
having made slow growth under alb
normally low temperatures. Chop
ping has made favorable progress
throughout the belt, but cultivation
is not we'll advanced except in portions
of the central districts. Rains have
been beneficial in Texas where fair
stands Of early planted are now indi
Gated, but cut worms are proving in
furious in north central and boil
weevil continue destructive in south
central counties.
All reports respecting tobacco indi
cate that this crop has made favora-
BILE progress and that transplanting is
now finished, except in the more
northerly sections ard on some bot
tom lands in Virginia and Ohio.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-24
A Serious Mistake.

&c. Dewitt & Co. is the name of the
firm who make the genuine Witch Hazel
Sal7e. DeWitt's is che Witch Hazel Saive
that heals without leaving scar. 1t is a
serious mis- AXE to use any other. DeWltt's
Witch Hazel Salve cures blind, bleeding,
itching and protruding piles, burns,
bruises, eczema and all skin diseases. Sold
by j. s. Hughson & Go.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-24

transactions; and whereas, move
ment is on foot to force sale of our
court house; and, whereas, such a
sale would leave the county without
shelter; and, whereas the present
Court House is sufficient for all pur-
poses,
Therefore be it resolved, That we
enter our protest againts making such
sale of said property, at the present
time. j. E. Davis,
Secretary Pro TEN.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-24
John Brewnfield Resentenced.

Special to The State.
Georgetown, June 16.-John Brown
field, who three years ago killed
Deputy Tax Collector Jas. G. Scurry
while in the discharge of his duty,
was today resentenced by Judge Ernest
Gary and viii be hanged on Friday,
Jnne 26.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-24

indianapolis, Ind, June 12.-In the
Circuit Court today Col. Russell B.
Harrison, as trustees for his children,
won the suit brought by him against
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, widow OF
Ex-President Harrison, and the Union
Trust Company, as executor under the
will of BENJAMIN Harrison. Judge
Allen ordered the property sold and
the proceeds of distributed among the
heirs.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-24
Driven to Desperation.

Living at an out of the way place, re
mote from civilization, family is often
driven to desperation in case of accident,
resulting in Burns. Cuts, Wounds, Ulcers,
etc. Lay in supply of Buchlen's Arnica
Salve. It's the best on earth. Csc, at j..
F. W. DeLorme's Drug Store.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-24
That Throbbing Headache

Would quickly Leave you, if you used
DR.. Kings New Life Pills. Thousands of
suffers have proved their matchless merit
for Sick and Nervous Headaches. They
make pure blood and build up your health.
Only IS cents, money back if not cured.
Sold by j. F. w. DeLorme, Druggist.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-24
RESOLUTIONS.

Adopted by Wayside Grange:
Resolved, That we think it very
unbusinesslike to sell our court house
at present.
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r. X. Higgins,

Adopted by Cedar Creek Grange:
Whereas, we feel that the interest
Of the country is ignored in all large
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02
- Ev. DR.. WASHINGTON GLAD

~ EV. DR.. WASHINGTON GLAD
X DEN, of Columbus, O., was re-
Gently asked to outline his idea
of the function of the church In its re-
lation to politics. In view of the fact
that he himself went into practical poll
tics not long ago, and served his home
city in legislative capacity, his words
have more than ordinary weight. The
conclusion at which he now arrives is
that it is wisest for the church in all it's
activities to keep itself free from en-
tanglement with practical politics" but,
he says, "the church whose membership,
including it's minister, is not actively
at work in securing good government
in the community in which it stands has
neglected great part of it's duty" He
says further, in the Christian Endeavor
World (Boston):
1.-THE first and most obvious reason
why the church should not engage in
practical politics is that practical poll
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02
THE SUI q
e s ! Fighting Machine S Re-
!, markable Power. 81: Il
Of Regulars, Redifs andS
Hall Trained Militia from Eu-
rope, Asia and AfricasanA
i Numbers /, 500, 900 Men. S..

& Say what you will of the sultan,sf
soldiers save that they are not brave
and it will probably be true. Call
them SQUAT. heavy, dirty, sloppy,
ragged, bearded, allah-1nsplred irwin
cibles;" It II even 50 Or call them
fierce looking fellows, 1.-THE, agile,
erect and prompt, every inch the sol
sdier;; you are no less In the right.
Call them we'll disciplined, temperate,
childishly obedient; no one will contra
dict you. But you might as well have
said that they are insubordinate, fanati-
cal and bloodthirsty.s The one As as
true as the other, says the Boston
Transcript. -. ss@ =75s1- -s..4 sss +
The fact. is, the Turkish army is
homogeneous in but one respect-its
religion. All are Mussulmans. No
Christian dog is suffered to fight I'M
der the green banner of the prophet.
For the rest you have all the Moslem
races of the hither east-Albanians,
Circassians, Syrians, Arabs, Negroes,
Osmanlis or true: Embarrassing it
together. But it is not nationality
alone that makes the Turkish army SO
exceedingly various" 1t is the world
wide contrast between the separate
branches Of the service. The Nizam,
or regular army, is to the wild squad
ron of the Hamadie cavalry as Kip
lfng's ''Fuzzy-Wuzzie" to the British
Infantree." In between the two comes
different sort of body from either
the Redifs, or Reserves, the backbone
Of the army. -. = = '.>-* --.%;, !
Every male Moslem serves in the
Turkish army from the time he is
20 until the time he is 40-unless he
can get out Of it. This he stands q
fair chance of doing Exemptions are
made pretty freely for variety OF rea-
sons. Constantinopolitans are excused
in body, and after them all those
who can show that for physical or
family reasons they are unfit to serve.
The rest, who can find no excuse, serve
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02
IA YERS in B
VIM F}ght2to Save 100000 for Mrs.
I. Florence Maybrick.
EXECUTORS Of Her Grandlather's Ds-
= tate VIII BE Forced to give Ace -.
~ :.
-. acknowledgements
~ III of Great Riches. =

~ - Il
Fighting for q fortune for Mrs. Flor
ence Elizabeth Maybrick to ease her
years after her release next July, and also
those of her faithful old mother, lawyers
have begun proceedings TO recover more
than 100000. That is all that is left Of
the immense fortune Of Darius Blake
Holbrok, grandfather of the American
woman now spending the last months Of
q life sentence, commuted to Is years, in
an English prison.
Before John H. Judge, referee, at No:
20 Broadway, New York, s. v. Hayden, of
Washington, D. c., attorney for Mrs.
Maybrick, asked an accounting from
Hamilton B. Bradshaw and William H.
Gardiner, Of New York city,. They we're
the executors of the will Of Mr.. Holbrook,
who left his vast estate to his daughter,
now the Baroness Won Roques and resi-
dent of Rouen, France, with a reversion-
airy interest to her daughter, Mrs. May
brick.
Tens of thousands ofthat fortune went
to save Mrs. Maybrick first from the
gallows. when she was sentenced to death
in 1889 for poisoning her husband. Hun
dreds Of thousands were spent by the
Baron Won Roques, an Austrian, who
married the American heiress long be-
fore her daughter by former husband
had been accused of murder.
Darius Blake Holbrook also owned
$500, 900 acres Of coal and iron lands in