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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-09-06
Weekly Crop Bulletin.

Columbia, September 5.-The week
ending Monday, September 4th, began
with very cool weather, but the
warmth increased to above normal
by it's close, making the average tenn
perature for the week about normal.
The extremes were maximum Of SO
degrees at Blackville and Florence on
September 1st and I'd, and mini
mum of so degrees at Greenville on
August 2sth and Goth. The week
was generally clear with increasing
cloudiness during the last two days.
The relative humidity was uniformly
low.
Over the greater portion Of the
State there was no rain during the
week, and in places the ground is
becoming dry and the need Of moist
ure is indicated, especially in the
coast truck districts; showers were
general, though mostly light, over
the western half of the State begin
ming on the night of the first and
continuing to the close; there were
also rains in the eastern tier Of coun-
ties with occasional heavy showers.
On the whole, the weather was fa-
vorable for general farm work, es-
pecially for haying and saving fodder
and for picking cotton. In localities
where the soil has been too wet here
tofore, it dried sufficiently to per-
NIT gardening and plowing. Some
oats have been sown in the central
counties.
Cotton continues to detoriate on
sandy lands owing to rust and eX-
cessive shedding, so that practically
the plants have ceased to grow or fruit
and nearly ali the top crop has drop
ped off; on clay lands the conditions
are better, but rust has appeared in
places. On sandy lands cotton open
ed rapidly, and picking made rapid
progress over the eastern and con-
trail counties and will be general over
the western ones during the coming
week. On clay lands it is just begin
ming to openly freely. Caterpillars
continue numerous on sea-island cot
ton.
Tobacco curing is finished. Rice
harvest is underway and some has
been threshed. Peas and sweet po-
tatoes are doing we'll. Pastures con-
tinue good. Strawberry plants be-
ing set out. Fall truck being planted
extensively in the coast districts but
the soil is too dry for favorable ger
mination.
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it up with other and greater. You
may talk about Brown, Hayne &
Sullv and the Chicago bulls, but the
greatest, the most formidable, the
huge bull is the farmer himself. it IS
greatly feared just now that we Will
lose some of the advantages gained
by farmers rushing their cotton on
the market. Let us wait till after
the Asheville convention which, with
all the facts before it as to the crop,
ETC., ought, among other things, to
fix the price farmers should take for
cotton. and that done then let every
farmer. stand by their action.
Ny statement regarding the use of
meal instead Of seed has been crltl-
cised sharply and quite eminent au-
thority has been quoted, Chancellor
Johnston and others, but nctwith-
standing am on the right track The
commercial value Of 200 pounds OF
meal. the amount usually put to an
acre of cotton, is about eight and one
fourth bushels of seed, which is so
small an amount as to require dis
tributor. There are several argu-
ments in favor of the use OF meal as
faga;nst the use of seed, but time and
tspace will not allow their discussion.
Most of the people who went away
to the mountains have returned, gen.
orally benefited.
| Oh. those wedding bells have
chimed for more than one here this
A. D., 1905.
Cotton and corn here are short,
/ but reports say this is more espec-
tally the case in the upcountry.
Before you clear your moorings
know where you are going" is a rule
|applies to the dispensary as well as
the sailor. 'Hagood.'
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The Treaty Signed.
Letter to r. I. Manning,
Sumter, S. c..

Dear Sir: We are in partnership
with it. Burt, \ Y, has had its paint
experience.
Mr. D. Brookins, contractor, bought
is gallons Devoe for houses; re-
turned gallons.
That shows what it's worth, so far
as covering goes: half more than
common paint About half the houses
in Burt are painted Devoe; the other
half will be, as soon as they need
paint.
We want your town same way, and
will serve it same way. Are you
ready yourself? Yours truly,
F. w. DeVoe & Co.
Durant Hdw. Co sell our paint.
Ill -9-4d-9-6w
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SALEM.

Salem, Sept. Sin repsonse to an
invitation extended, a few of the con-
gregation of Brick church assembled
on last Wednesday. The church yard
was beautifully cleaned by means of
mowers, "cufies &c.
Only few ladies' honored the oc-
casion with there presence, but when
they left the inner side of things COM
pared most favorably, and if numbers
be taken into consideration, surpassed
the outside work that vas being done
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DARK CORNER.

Dark Corner, Sept. I've are
Aaying some more hot weather after
she cool spell during the first of the
Heek.
Cotton is opening fast, and picking
commencing to be the order Of the
sasy now. It's getting to be pretty dry
NH as now. The water in our wells
and ID Weeks mill pond is lower than
H has been this year.
I hear Of good deal Of fever IN
Egarendon. Mr.. w. w. Giddings,
1zrmerly Of your city, understand
mas three children down with it. we
Azve no sick to report this week and
Everything is getting along calm and
serene IN these coasts.
Mrs. Robert N. Owens, Of Orange
hurg, is visiting relatives here and
<aanrendon this week and will go 70
risit Mr.. and Mrs. Alb Owen at
Bloomhili today. She intends to re-
aurn home next Monday.
Mrs. S. C. Kolb and her daughter,
1Ers. r. N. Owen, visited at W. J.
Ards yesterday evening. Mrs. Kolb
quite an old lady, being nearly 80
years old. But she can get round
right well yet, and still uses her old
fashioned knitting needles.
I viii have to wait until the wealth
or gets cooler to give report Of the
origin OF this Dark Corner.
agree with Mr.. Manning-not the
dispensary as it is-but purge it.
Yes, 7 say purge it and if it cannot
a,e purged then kill it, but don't give
ms high license and bar rooms for
Gods sake!
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under the personal supervision Of that
eve. faithful deacon Col. JAS. r.
Muldrow, who is the pillow of this
church and whose pleasure it is, re-
gardless of time. and cost to himself
to keep shings in apple-pie order.
This is one of thee best kept country
churches in the county. These clean
ings are regularly done, which means
light work at sny time, and beautiful
surroundings all the time.
Miss Loula Warren who has been on
visit to relatives here, returned to
her home at Tampa, Fla, today.
Mr.. Hamilton W. Mckay, after
spending a quiet vacation at home,
left today to resume his studies at
Davidson college, which opens On
September 9Th.
There is a petition being gotten up
and numerously signed for the opening
Of new public road from below Pud-
ding Swamp, to intersect the newly
built causeway across Black River.
If opened, it will put those who live
in tbs little corner of the county with
in reach of the county seat. AS it is
now, some of them are much nearer
the county seats Of other counties than
their own. The opening of this road.
which is continuation of the new
road built few years ago. will no
doubt mean much to the city of Sum-
ter, and prove great convenience to
many taxpayers. who have to 60 around
the globe at least once q year to see
our worthy county treasurer, if for no
other business.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-09-06

County Supervisor Gardner OF Ian
caster and the committee of Prohlbl-
tionists, who have been engaged for
several days in comparing the names
on the petitions for an election unaer
the Brice law with the registration
books, concluded the work on the
3Oth. The signers numbered .06o, but
when the petitions were purged Of
unregistered voters the number was re-
duced to figure between $50 and 700
-more than enough, however, to
comply with the law.
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MAX.

Max. Sept. AIRS Tapscot and
Mr.. Templeton of Staunton. Va,
mother and aunt, of Mrs. Malony
Chandler, who are spending some
time with Mrs. Chandler attended the
funeral services of Mr.. R. G. Chand-
Miss Nellie Tilton, lof sampit, Miss
Fannie Nettles, of Lake City, Miss
Martha Hicks. OF Beau]ah, Mrs. Emma
Tomlinson and Miss HELEN LaCoste,
of st Charles Visited at Mr.. j. A.
VI. Carraway's last week.
Miss Kennedy and Mr.. DuBose OF
Cades, were the guests of Miss Eva
and Mr.. Douglas Moore last week.
The young folks enjoyed q social
party at the house of Mr.. E. 7. Moots
Friday night.
Mrs. B. G. Truluck's. health con-
tinues very poor.
Mrs. Alic Defer is critically i'll.
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COUNTY GORE EsP0ADEAeE.
s,IrII:rsY :s,1crsY IETTERs FROM OUR sPE-
C1AL CORRESPONDENTS.
aens Of interest From all Parts OF
sumter and Adjoining Counties.
xxaNTryE no CORRESPONDEN

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.
S MAN your letters 50 that they will
anach this Office not later than Tues
nv morning. When the letters are
rcceived We dnesday it is almost an
4mpossibility to have them appear in
me paper issued that day. $
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TREATY is COMPLETED.

Portsmouth, September 4.-The
treaty of peace has been engrossed
and is now ready for signing. The
exact time the signatures will be at
tached has not been definitely fixed.
The clerks worked all night engross-
ing the document. The treaty con-
sists of fifteen articles, with a
lengthy preamble. 1t is estimated
that there are 1000 words in the
document.
Extraordinary precautions are be-
ing taken to prevent the text becon1-
ing public. It will be kept secret un-
til it has been ratified by the re-
spective governments.
The Treaty Signed.
Portsmouth, Sept. 5.-The treaty
of peace was signed at 3:47 by the
plenipotentiaries of Japan and Rus
sia.
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The first balss of this years cotton
crop were sold in Spartanburg Friday.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-09-15
TRAINED ANIMAL SHOW

Cozad's Dogs. Ponies, Monkeys and
Goats to Exhibit Here Next Monday.
II some Of the little tots who find
life SO irksome in attending school
could only witness the little animals
with Cozad's California Dog, Pony,
Monkey and Goat Circus at their
school they would have enough mat
ter to prattle over for an entire sea-
son. The only difference in the two
schools is that the little children are
taught to learn their A, b, C's, while
the little Iour-footed tots are taught
to mind their Psi and Q's. Every
morning at nine O'Clock the respective
trainers and ring master call the lit
lie four footed scholars together and
the animal school commences in earn
est The oldest in their class 90
through their regular routine which
they were taught to perform in pre-
vious years and then they rehearse
their new acts, for everything now
days must be up to date. Beginners
are also given their preparatory les
SONS. You may be altogether cultured,
too complex to enjoy a quadruped
school in session, but IL once you do
go inside, you cannot meet the most
ordinary animal Of your acquaintance
without looking at him as once long
ago You look ed at animals after read
ing fairy tale. You can't help at
tributing an uncanny consciousness
to even the lowest of them if they
were to start suddenly into the most
humane course Of action, you would
look upon IL with eyes that saw only
the appropriateness Of the thing.
Cozad's California Dog and Pony
Show will exhibit at Athena, Monday
afternoon and night, Sept. IS. Grand
free street parade at 10 a. IN.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-09-15
A 1000 BARREL RUN
WORKING ON A BIG FOREIGN
FLOUR ORDER.
PrestGa-Parton Company Humming
Away on 600 Barrels Every
Twenty-Four Hours.

There is a hum of activity out at
the Preston Parton mill at the present
time. The big machines are whiz-
zing away on 7000 barrel flour order
for shipment to Hong Kong, China,
and for every "a hours the busy pack
ers have sacked 600 barrels Of flour
for their foreign shipment.
AT the present time 23 men are ON
the payroll which amounts to nearly
800 per day. The business prospects
of the season g run are excellent, the
indications being that the demand for
coast flour in the Orient will be
greater this season than ever before
in the history of the industry.
This is the belief of J. Fl. Dawson,
general manager of the Hartman
steamship lines. He believes that the
bulk of the shipments will be used to
replenish stock at Manchuria. A
portion of the foodstuffs will 90 to
Vladivostok.
There will be an unprecedented
movement of freight to the orient.
this fall" said Mr.. Dawson. "To take
care of the heavy traffic we have
chartered the steamship Croydon,
which will be loaded in Portland next.
month for Japan. We will probably
charter another tramp in few days.
1t the deal Of this vessel goes through
we will dispatch three cargoes in Oc-
tober; two will be the Croydon and
tha Arouop;a
The British steamship Dumbarton
has been chartered to load on the
sound for Japan, and couple of craft
were taken there Tuesday to load for
the same destination. From now on
it is believed that the chartering OF
tramps for the far eastern trade will
be almost weekly matter.
Heretofore the regular liners have
been capable Of handling the traffic,
with the exception of occasional
periods in the fall and winter, when
it has been necessary to engage an out
side vessel to assist them. But it is
believed the demand for Pacific coast
products-grain and flour particular
ly-will continue until late next
spring. As the japanese have sue
ceeded to the control of Manchuria, it
is declared that they will have to
send thousands of tons of supplies to
that section, During the war it was
reduced to the lowest straits. Siberian
ports are also in the market, and will
draw heavily on the Pacific coast for
supplies of all sorts.
With this as the outlook it is doubt
full if the shipments to Europe will
reach the proportions expected short
time ago. If they do not, sailing
vessel owners will receive a blow
from which it will require them
many months to recover. The theory
is also advanced that the rates for sail
tonnage viii decline.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-09-15
ALBERTA IS GREAT
DAN M'INTYRE PLEASED WITH
HIS NEW HOME.
Sold Twenty and One half Sections to
Umatilla County People in
One Week.

Dan Mcintyre arrived in town yes
terday from his new home in Nanton,
Alberta, and ever since his arrival he
has been nearly tongue-tied answering
questions regarding resources and
possibilities in the land across the
Canadian line.
Dan answers every one in his own
inimitabie way, and there are many
who have been up there and unhesi-
tatingly verify his statements.
He is member of the real estate
firm of McPhail & Mcintyre, and that
he is making success in the real
estate business, goes without saying.
During the past week his firm has
disposed of twenty and one half Sec
tions of Alberta land to Umatilla
county purchasers alone.
: He is enthusiastic about his new
home and says that he only wishes
that all Of his Umatilla county friends
and acquaintance were located there
Crops are turning out wonderfully
well. The success of growing winter
wheat in that country is practically
assured, the present harvest turning
out from 80 to As bushels per acre on
sod land. Alberta is the home of the
oat, this crop yielding from 80 to 14O
bushels per acre.
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New Grain Steamer.

Information is now given out that
the new steamer Columbia will soon
be carrying wheat from up river points
to the portage road. The sinking of
the steamer Jerome few days ago
has not deferred them and just as soon
as their boat is ready they will put
her in commission. The boat has a
gross tonnage of $50 tons, is ~ feet
long, 30.4 feet beam and 36 feet
depth of hold. She is comparatively
new steamer, having been built in
1902. This will materially help the
wheat situation in that locality, and
will give the portage railroad some
work to do and if the raising of the
steamer Jerome is successful, the two
steamers will move large quantities
of wheat this fall. --The'Dalles Chron-
icle.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-09-15
NEWS FROM RABBITvILLE.
"A Phisrfuli of Phunny Paragraphs
Phrom the Irrigon Irrigator.

"A Phistfull of PhunnY Paragraphs
Phrom the Irrigon Irrigator.
Dan Skedansky has got pretty
good summer job, considering he has
a wooden leg. He has taken the con.
tract to drive the town hogs over to
Willer creek once each week and lei
them stand in the water an hour OF
two to soak up, for the weather has
been SO hot it has warped all of the
Rabbitville hogs SO that they leak
their swill out about as fast as they
swaller it..
Your correspondent came pretty
near scrapping with Rastus Spin
doodle last Thursday afternoon. He
was witness on little case down to
Squire Sinchein's, and me bein' in
there remarked that would bet $2
that Rastus couldn't tell the truth
once in four times put under oath and
allowed to choose his own subjects.
We fixed il by my sayin' I'd 'pologize
in this weeks paper. Sol pologize.
| admit was wrong. But I'll bet So
against 80 cents he can't do it 2 times
out of the 4.
For a nice mint iulep, Tom Collins
or high ball, or a nice clean shave
or hair cut or anything in the
grocery, hardware, dry goods or mil
linery line call at the city drug store.
Also drugs for sale.
Our barber is in the hospital over to
Pendleton. He was Shawn sheep
herder last Sunday and his razer slip
ped and ampitated about an inch Of
the sheepherder's nose. Then the f1t
begun. The barber got walked on and
stomped on and sot on and pounded
until be was pretty near dead. So
we had to take up collection and
send him off to have him patched up,
for be was too fur gone for country
doctor, like DR.. Standpat, to tackle.
He will, we fear, recover, but he will
never again be what might be called
q handsome man.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-09-15
Derrick to Handle Wheat.

The Pacific Coast Elevator company
has installed in its warehouse at Pen.
dleton small de- rick to be used in
pulling the grain sacks. Heretofore
the work has been done by the men,
making the work both slow and to-
dious. The derrick is run by a four
horse power gasoline motor, and will
pile 500 sacks of grain an hour. The
engine is set on wheel base, making
it possible to move it around the ware
house wherever needed.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-09-15
A CHASTITY FIND.
Dead Infant Found in Bureau Drawer at
Walla Walla.

Walla Walla.
With its little hands grasped in the
last agonies of apparent suffocation,
its pretty blue eyes closed and sight
less, its limp little form curled up in
bloody sheet wrapped about in an
old gray skirt, beautiful baby gifl
lies cold in death at the undertaking
parlors of McMartin & Co., says the
Walla Walla Union. 1t was taken
from bureau drawer in room at
the Louvre hotel, of Walla Walla,
about IL o'clock last night and con-
veyed to the police station.
The circumstances of its birth and
death coupled with the manner in
which it was concealed, point strong
ly to the fact that the child was suffo-
Gated in order to shield its unhappy
mother from disgrace of bringing it
into the world. She is rather
handsome girl OF about 10 years of
age who does not bear upon her face
the marks OF dissipation or depravity,
which it would seem would Ee re-
9ulhOu w CuluAulb 6uCu UlOubbIOuS
crime as numbering a defenseless,
though illegitimate baby.
She gave her name to the police last
night as Nellie Mcqueen and her
home up until two months ago as
Spokane. Since that time she has
been working in the Star restaurant in
Walla Walla as waitress. She said
she came here to avoid disgrace of an
exposure among her friends and
acquaintance in Spokane and had
been maintaining as best she could,
waiting for the moment to come when
she could go back again where she is
known, free from the disgrace.
According to her story, she was
confined about noon yesterday, and
was attended by woman by the
name of Lottie O'Brien, who is en-
ployed as chambermaid at the Pal
ace Hotel. When seen by the police
last night, the O'Brien woman de-
clared that the child was ''still born"
and asserted that she had been called
in the case through friend of the
unfortunate woman who came to this
city with her, but is now in Pendeton,
and who went by the name of Miss
BALDWIN.
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A FEARFUL DEATH.
j. r. Bayne Of Helix Dragged TO Death
by q Team.

j. r.. Bayne Of Helix Dragged to Death
by q Team.
A Helix special to the East Oregon
ian of Tuesday says:
g. R. Bayne was dragged to death
this morning while driving from
,, Adams to Helix. Mr.. Bayne drove
over to Adams last night to visit his
brother, who is in the grocery store at
that place. This morning be started
back to Helix. He took some wire
along, intending to repair the barb
wire telephone line on his way back
TO Helix. He was seen to stop once
and make some repairs where the wire
had become detached from the fence.
About mile and a half from what is
known as horseshoe bend, not far
from Barger's place, one Of the Clerk
ing boys who was hauling grain, saw
team walking along the road with
what seemed to be large object hang
ing against one wheel and dragging
along the road. When he came up he
was Mortified to find that it was the
body of man. Almost every bone
was broken and his head fearfully
mutilated. 1t is supposed he got out
of the buggy to repair the phone line
when the team became frightened and
started to run.
He had on heavy ulster which
caught in the hub and as the wheel
revolved around it tightly drew his
body up close to the wheel with his
head hanging down on the ground.
He is relative of d. B. Richardson,
in whose general merchandise store he
worked for year or more. His par
ents reside in Canada. He was very
popular in Helix and his death is sin
cerely regretted.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-09-15
Heavy Rain Storm.

Rain did not fall in this vicinity in
sufficient quantity to lay the dust but
the western part of the county was
visited by severe rain and wind
storm, and though reports are meager
considerable damage was done. The
0. r. & N. roadbed was washed out
at several points between Barnhart
station and Echo and traffic was de-
layed. Reports from Echo state that
one of the heaviest rains known for
many months, fell in the Butter creek
country. Some damage was done to
small farms.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-09-15
Hill Road is a Go.

Railroad construction along the
north bank Of the Columbia river
seems to be an assured fact. The en-.
tire upper floor Of building at Van
couyer has been rented for the head
quarters Of the engineering and
legal departments, and great activity
is noticed. The work, it is said, will
be in the interest Of the Hill roads
to secure the long contemplated line
on an easy grade into Portland.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1905-09-15
FARM HAND MISSING.

Frank Wall Suddenly Disappears From
Havana Station.
The Tribune says Frank Wall, who
has been employed on the farm OF J.
N. P. Snyder and Mr.. Parkes the past
several months, is missing, having
mysteriously disappeared last Sunday.
Young Wall was last seen near
Havana station where his grip was
found on Tuesday. Charles Wall, a
brother Of the missing man, was noti-
fed of the affair yesterday morning
and left for Havana station to learn
something concerning the cause of his
brothers sudden disappearance.
No one seems to know much about
the case and it is feared that young
Wall met with foul play.