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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-04-17


of course, the greater the profit. That
is the object of farming, to make a
profit, so that if there is any way
in which the yield can be increased
without too great expense, every corn
grower is anxious to learn the secret.
The following from the Progressive
Farmer may help out on that line:
AS to varieties Of corn, I have
tried nearly all the recommended var
leties on our little farm, from 'Jeff
Wilborn's Pet" Ga very large variety,
one ear to the stalk) to the extra
prolific that bore from 4 to 6 ears,
small, to the stalk, and the result
Of number of years experiments
shows to me conclusively that good,
tWo-ear variety, with three ears about
as often as one, to the stalk, produces
the best results.
| have from seed selection pro-
duced medium sized stalk, ears a
to 5 feet from ground, whole stalk
6 to 8 feet high. l have succeeded
in getting with this strain from A.
to SO bushels per acre on land that
twenty years ago only produced {
bushels per acre without fertilizer.
This land has been improved, not
by hauling fertilizer on the land, but
by growing it there,-held peas be-
ing the chief growth to add fertility
| cultivate only thirty acres and use
all of that every year, resting it by
changing crops, like | rest myself by
changing work.
Our farmers are not agreed as to
level or ridge cultivation, some pur-
suing one course and some the other
| have noticed, however, after fifty
years of observation with various
home experiments, that level and
shallow cultivation prove best under
nearly all circumstances.
1t is absolutely essential for best
results in corn growing that every
two or three years the land be sub
soiled. [ break about 8 inches deep
with two horses and put one behind
with subsoil plow, breaking but
not turning from 5 to 7 inches, this
gives us a seed-bed, and moisture
conserver of about IA inches, and
10 inches of this bed I wish to re-
main undisturbed after planting.
When the corn is made and housed
the thoughtful farmer looks about
him for the best means for utilizing
his corn to the best advantage. There
are numerous factories easily supply
ing Our farmers in almost any sec
ton where corn can, with very little
expense, be converted into some finer
and better paying product than mere
ly selling the over-production as corn.
A hundred good hens will manu-
facture from crude corn, say 80 bush
els, from October to May, US dozen
eggs, at 20 cents,-$35. 90; cost of
80 bushels, at 90 cents, $500. Total
profit, about $500.
Of course corn cannot be utilized
all summer almost exclusively as in
the cooler months, but will constitute
good help the whole year.
| put the hen first as the very
best manipulation of corn, but not far
behind are the pigs, COWS, and year
llngs to be fattened.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-04-17
N. l.. Willet Seed Co.,
\ Augusta. Ga.
Augusta, Ga.

offer to Florida truckers as a
special leader; Hopkins Valen-
tine Beans $500, and Buist
Lightning Valentine Beans Sass
and First and Best peas at $3.50
per bushel. Two bushel sacks
I8c each extra. Get prices on
other things. State amount
wanted. Get their 1907 seed
catalogue. They want to make
contracts to buy in large amounts
Velvet Beans, and unhulled Beg
gar Weed.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-04-17

Until further notice we will send
the Agriculturist six weeks for 10
cents to new subscribers only
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-04-17

The folly of burning off the
woods is now being made manifest
by the death of hundreds of cattle
throughout the state from starvation.
The extended dry weather would not
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-04-17
Clippings from State Papers.

Clippings from State Papers.
In view of the. fact that Sanford,
Lakeland and other places around US
are shipping large quantities of vege-
tables, grown on irrigated lands, the
said lands being no better adapted
for this purpose than those around
Our own town it has been suggested
that stock company be formed by
our local business men for the purpose
of demonstrating that celery and 9TH
er vegetables can be raised here by
irrigation as we'll as anywhere else.
The above suggestion is good one
and we commend it to the business
men of Kissimmee. Such an expert
ment, we believe, if properly managed
would not only be of untold benefit in
advertising the adaptability of our
lands for this purpose, but would pay
good dividends on the Investment
Kissimmee Valley Gazette.
To produce 100 bushels of berries it
will cost about 81 per bushel when
ready to pick; then $o4 is paid to
a woman and children for picking,
SO that $50 for each 100 bushels goes
to those not otherwise wage earners
and scatters money in all channels.
Take the $3.50 already mentioned and
add SEQ more for crates, ETC., and we
have paid out for 100 bushels $2I5,
Of S2.I5 per bushel, so when the aver
age selling price is S. per crate there
is a profit Of $285 on each 100 bushels.
Lake Butler Star.
j. E. Pace, one of Sanford's most
prosperous truck farmers, refused
100000 for his home place last week,
which consists of about twenty or
twenty-five acres of celery land Mr..
Pace only laughed at the offer, he
wouldn't take twice that amount for
his home, which is one of the finest
and best locations anywhere in the
State. If some of our Northern friends
were offered this amount for 500 acres
of land they would be scared to death.
Sanford Chronicle.
The folly of burning off the
woods is now being made manifest
by the death Of hundreds Of cattle
throughout the state from starvation
The extended dry weather would not
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-03-27
DCTIEs OF DISPENSERS.
Important Opinion by Attoreny Cen
eral in Answer to Query by Lau-


renS Board.
Columbia, March 21.-Attorney
General Lyon has decided that a
county dispenser can not be a super
intendent of a bottlng establishment
at the same time. This, according to
Mr.. Lyon, would be violation Of the
law. The matter came up on a ques-
ton submitted by the Laurens county
board and the opinion is as follows:
Mr.. John NJ. Cannon, Laurens, S. c.
Dear Sir: Your letter Of the 10th
instant, with questions attached
thereto, was received some days since.
Answering the questions propounded,
will say, under the Carey-Cothran law
it is permissible for the county board
to bottle whiskey under the roof with
sales department, provided, same is
separated by partition or floor, the
sales department and bottling depart
ment being conducted separately.
1t is not permissible, under the law,
for the county dispensary board to
appoint the dispenser as supervisor,
or superintendent Of the bottling de-
partment, the two positions being in
compatible. Yours evry truly,
J. Fraser Lyon,
Attoreny General.
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THOMAS B. ALDRICH DEAD.
Noted Boston Author and Editor Sue.
cunbs to Illness.

Noted Boston Author and Editor Sue
cunbs to Illness.
Boston, Mass, March 20-Thomas
Bailey Aldrich died at his home in
this city yesterday. He failed to raj
ly from a surgical operation perform
ed about month ago.
Mr. Aldrich was operated upon at
the Massachusetts, Homeopathic His
pital. He suffered a relapse and for
some time past had been in very Sc
r;ous condition. The nature Of the
operation was not made public.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich was born at
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Novem-
Der II, 1886, and was graduate of
Harvard College. He held editorial
positions on the New York Evening
Mirror; the Home Journal and the IL
lustrated News until 1865, and from
that year until 1874 conducted every
Saturday," published in Boston. he
edited the Atlantic Monthly of Boston,
from 1881 to 1890. He was the au-
thor of many books Of fiction and
poetry. Mr.. Aldrich is survived by
his widow and one son.
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BoNNorr DECLARED INSANE.
Darlington Man Who Shot Wife in

Darlington Man Who Shot Wife in
Charleston Sent to Asylum.
Charleston, March Pr. L. Bon
noitt, who yesterday afternoon seri-
ously shot his wife and tried to kill
himself, was sent to Columbia early
this morning, having been found in
sane by the physicians at Roper hos
pital, where he was sent from the po-
lice station. Solicitor Jervey consent
ed to his rer wal, upon the showing
made Of his sanity. Judge Of Pro-
bate Bryan decided that Bonnoitt was
insane upon testimony Of physicians
and signed an order for his commit
ment to the asylum.
The wounded wife Of Bonnoitt is
still in a serious condition at River
side infrmary. It can not yet be
said that she is out of danger and
whether or not she can live. She is
IN precarious condition.
The young wife, who received the
bullet from the maniac's pistol, has
only been married four months. She
is the second wife Of Bonnoitt.
When boy it is said he was hit on
the head and that the blow made a
clot of blood form on his brain. This
is supposed to have caused his men
tai unbalancing. He was patient at
the asylum some years back, but was
discharged as cured. Yesterday he
developed an attack oe insanity, with
the terrible results Of the shooting.
His brother, Mr. Marion Bonniott Of
Darlington, was in Charleston today
to see him.
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A SAD TRAGEDY.
Mr.. r. L. Bonnoitt of Darlington
Wounds His Wife and Stabss Him

TMC. fS. ~. bO1lO1Ct Ol OdTl1uSUOA
wounds His Wife and Stabss Him
self.
Charleston, March 21-R. L. Bon
noitt of Darlington shot his wife and
then stabbed himself this afternoon
while visiting at teh home Of Mr..
Bonnoitt's sister, Mrs. Laura E. Hertz.
81 Rutledge avenue.
The act seems to have been done
during a temporary alteration Of the
mind, as there was no apparent cause
for it. Mrs. Bonnoitt was shot in the
left side and is in a serious condition.
Bonnoitt has one wound in the breast,
which is not regarded very seriously,
having missed the heart, although he
seemed to have tried for the fatal
spot.
Bonnoitt was arrested and was later
removed from the station house to
the Roper hospital for the dressing Of
his wound. He was sent back to the
station house, but again removed to
the hospital, as his mind semed af-
fected and the latter place was bet
ter suited for his condition. Mrs.
Bonnoitt is at the Riverside indrn1-
ary.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-03-27
NEGRO TROOPS AT WEST POINT
Detachment of Ninth Cavalry Order
ed to Duty There.

Washington, March 20.-For the
first time in the history Of the United
States Military Academy at West
Point, colored troops are to be sta
toned there to form the detachment
Of cavalry which is one Of the fix
lures Of that institution The present
detachment is composed wholly Of
white cavalrymen, and it has been
represented that they are dissatisfied
with the extra duties devo1ved upon
them in the care OF the horses used
by the military cadets. 1t is alleged
that while they were willing to look
after their own individual mounts,
they did not like the idea of caring
for all the horses of the cadet batta-
lion.
In order to meet that condition the
War Department decided to try the
experiment Of having colored cavalry
men at the West Point institution.
That was rendered possible by the
fact that there are seventy-six mem
bers Of the 9th Cavalry whom it is un-
desirable to have accompany that reg
iment to the Philippines, for the rea-
son that their terms of enlistment will
expire within the next few months.
Orders were accordingly issued at the
War Department today assigning the
seventy-six members of the 9Th Cav
airy, who are named, to duty with
the detachment of cavalry at the mil
itary academy, and trasferring all the
members Of the detachment there to
other stations, and in some cases to
other arms of the service. About
twenty Of the white cavalrymen are
assigned to duty with the detachment
Of field artillery at the military acad-
emy The others are ordered to 9TH
er stations.
The detachment of colored cavalry
men at West Point will constitute the
colored troops in the United States,
all the others, including the 9th and
10th Cavalry and the Oath and Oath
Infantry, being in the Philippine. or
on their way there.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-03-27

Mosquitoes are found to prefer ne
groes to whites, a black dog to
white one, and dark colored resting
place. Careful tests have been ex-
tended to great numbers Of anopheles,
showing that they choose colors in
the order Of dark blue, dark red,
brown, red, black gray and violet, and
that azure, ochre and white are dis
tasteful and yellow extremely so.
Confirming these results on $50 mos
quitoes, a Swiss malaria expert has
found that three-fourths settle on
dark colors.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-03-27
s15o,ooo FOR sEAAEEN.
Mrs. Sage's Gift to Building Fund of
New Sailors Home to be Made On


New Sailors Home to be Made On
April 1.
New York, March 21-Mrs. Russell
Sage will send a check for s150,000
to the treasurer Of the American Sea-
mems Friend Society on April 1 for
the fund to build the proposed Sail
ors' Home and Institute at West and
Jane streets.
The Rev. DR.. Charles A. Stoddard,
president Of the society, made this
announcement yesterday to the Off
GERS and trustees and other friends Of
seafaring men who had met at the
Downtown Associations clubhouse, 60
Pine street, as hosts to the Rev. Ed
ward w. Matthews, secretary Of the
British and Foreign Sailors Society,
who has been called the "Archbshop p
Of All the Sea-" the Ecclesiastical
Admiral and the Admiral Of the
Salvation Navy
DR.. Stoddard's news was arnly ap-
plauded, while the guest from England
shouted "Glory to God" He said he
wanted to "get on a table and dance
sailors hornpipe.''
Dr. Stoddard began by telling of the
interesting work Of aiding the people
of the sea to get the most out Of the
peculiar lives they lead There was
one woman whom he had in mind, he
said, who had always felt keen in
terest in the movement.
con st. Patric!l's Day." said Dr..
Stoddard, 'I went to that lady's hause
to see the parade, as had dcne many
times before. We sat in the window,
this beautiful Old lady and 1, looking
out at the parade as it passed between
us and st. Patrick's Cathedral. across
the way. While myself was absorb
ed in the parade this lady turned to
me and said:
DIR. Stoddarl, I have been think
ing about your sailors home. It has
been much in my mind lately. I think
it a most admirable plan, and have
decided to give s'ou $4,000 for it."
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Hanged for Sons Crime.
Albuquerque, n. NJ, Correspondent

Albuquerque, y. M, Correspondence
New York World.
Sheriff Denny, Of Otero county,
New Mexico, arrested to day at Estes
City William Mitchell, alias Henry
Russell. a stockman, charged with
murder committed in Hood county.
Texas, 33 years ago.
It is alleged that Mitchell allowed
his aged father to be convicted and
hanged for the crime in 1874 upon
the testimony Of rancher. who re-
Gently admitted on his death bed that
the old man was innocent Of the
crime, and who said that his son was
the guilty man.
Mitchell, Sr., was so years old
when he was hanged. Mitchell, alias
Russell, has been taken to jail at Ala
mogordo 10 await the arrival of Of
fcers from Texas.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-03-27
ANDERSON WANTS BASEBALL.

A Stock Company will be Formed to
Place a Team in the South Carroll
na League.
Anderson, March Git was decid-
ed this afternoon at meeting Of
business men that Anderson shall
form a stock company and place a
good baseball team in the South Car
DINA league which, it is proposed,
will embrace teams from Darlington,
Orangeburg, Sumter, Greenville, Spar
tanburg and Anderson. Anderson
will be represented at the league
meeting in Columbia on Thursday. A
large part Of the necessary subscrip.
ton Of stock has been made.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-03-27
Rheumatic Pains Relieved.

.B. F. Crocker, Esq, now "a years
age, and for 20 years Justice Of
the Peace at Martinsburg. Iowa, says:
It am terribly afflicted with sciatic
rheumatism in my left arm and right
hip. I have used three bottles Of
Chamberlain's Pain Balm and it did
me lots Of good" For sale by De-
Lorme's Pharmacy.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-03-27
Cause Stomach Troubles.

*When man has trouble with his
stomach you may know that he is
eating more than he should or of
some article Of food or drink not
suited to his age or occupation, or
that his bowels are habitually consti-
pated. Take Chamberlain's Stomch
and Liver Tablets to regulate the
bowels and improve the digestion and
see if the trouble does not disappear.
Ask for a free sample. Sold by De-
Lorme's Pharmacy.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-03-27
Notice to Cur Customers.

I'VE are pleased to announce that
Fo1ey's Honey and Tar for coughs,
colds and lung troubles is not affected
by the national pure food and drug
law, as it contains no opiates or other
harmful drugs, and we recommend it
as a safe remedy for children and
adults. Sibert's' Drug Store.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-03-27

"a severe cold that may develop in
to pneumonia over night can be
cured quickly by taking Foley's Hon
ey and Tar. It will cure the most OBJ
stinate racking cough and strengthen
your lungs. The genuine is in a yell
low package. Sibert's Drug Store.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-03-27
WILL CLOSE DIsPENsARY.
Elloree Fayors Prohibition Under the
Carey-C -Cothran Law.

EIloree FayorS Prohibition Under the
Carey-C Cothran Law.
Orangeburg, March 23.-At g. meet
ing Of the county dispensary board,
held in the Court House this morning,
that body considered the petition Of
the people of Elloree, and decided to
close the dispensary at that place in
dfinitely on the 80 Of April. This is
the first dispensary that will be clos
ed under the provisions Of the Carey
Cothran bill. A representative COM
mittee of the citizens Of Elloree and
vicinity were here today while the
matter was being considered by the
board, and they were given the op-
portunity to emphasize their claims
in short talks on the subject.
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This is worth Remembering.

*Whenever you have cough or
cold, just remember. that Foley's
Honey and Tar will cure it. Do not
risk your health by taking any but
the genuine. 1t is in a yellow pack
age. Sibert's Drug Store.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-03-27

sOrino Laxative Fruit Syrup is a
new remedy, an improvement on the
laxatives Of former years, as it does
not grippe or nauseate and is pleasant
to take. It is guaranteed. Sibert's
Drug Store.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-03-27

*The winds of March have no ter
ror to the user of Of DeWitt's Carbol-
lied Witch Hazel Salve. It quickly
heals chapped and cracked skin.
Good too, for boils and burns, and un-
doubtedly the best for piles. Sold
here by druggists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-03-27

*Little globules of sunshine that
drive the clouds away DeWitt's Lit
tie Early Risers will scatter the gloom
of headache and biliousness.
They do not grippe or sicken. Recon-
mended and sold here by druggists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-03-27
BLACKBURN GETS JOB.

President Appoints Former Kentucky
Senator Member of Canal Com
mission.
Washington, March 23.-President
Roosevelt today signed the commission
of former Senator John Blackburn, Of
Kentucky, member of the isthmian
canal commission.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-03-27
MAIL BAG RoBBER coNFEssEs.
Man Under Arrest in Paris Admits
Guilt and duplicates Gang. of In
ternationaI Thieves

CSIHdCIO1IctI
Paris, March 21.-The man named
Butloss, arrested here recently with
$4,000 in American securities in his
possession under the suspicion that
he was an accomplice Of the thieves
who stole mail bag containing about
100000 on the French line steamer
La Provence, which arrived at Havre
March from New York, has made
q confession, duplicating gang of
international robbers, as the result Of
which other arrests are expected i'm
mediately. 1t developed today that
the majority Of the stolen securities
are not negotiable, and the loss there
fore is conparativly small.
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ACT QUICKLY.
Delay has Been Dangerous
in Sumter

Act quickly IN t re OF oanger.
Backa che Is kidney danger.
Doan's Kidney Pills act quickly.
Cure all distressing, dangerous kidney
ills
Plenty of evidence to prove this.
Elias Hudsins, gardener and farmer we'll
known in Sumter and vicinity, says: Il SUI
fered for eight or ten years from lumbago IN
my back so bad that could not get out OF
bed at times. The re wa % s. strength in my
back and it ached constantly. When | NOV
ed around a kink would strike me right
across the sm.lI Of my aack just like someone
striking kni into it. The secretions from
the kidneys we're dark colored. Smelled strong
and contained sediment besides causing me
to get up several times during the night. l
could not begin to tel you the number OF
remedies | used but nothing did me much
good until procured Doans Kidney Pills at
DR.. a. j. Chinas drug store. The first few
doses helped me and since taking the remedy
have not had any trouble with my kidneys
and the pain, disappeared from nv back.
You are welcome to the use of my name as
one who can endorse what is claimed for this
re1"edy."
For sale by all dealers Price 50 cents.
Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo New York. sole
agents for the United states.
Remember the name-Doan sand take no
other. 4S
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-03-27

An orchard valued at $1,000, owned
by Col Charles Newman, of Colum-
bia, was totally destroyed by a forest
fire Wednesday afternoon.
Evening journal., 1907-02-01
CONSTABLE AS
GOOD SAMARITAN
aids BereaVed Prisoner and
Sends Him EOme at Own
Expense

Some time ago three young Philadcl-
phians were arraigned before Magis-
tate Hollis. charged with trespass by
tho F., b. and W. railroad. and 9s a
result were committed 10 the work.
house for ten days In default Of a fine
Among the prisoners was a well-bred
young fellow named Haight, OF Phila-
delphia. the son Of highly respected
parents. Last night Constable Thom-
las II. Buckley received a telephone
message from Haight's father stating
that the young mans mother was
dead and that his presence was desired
lat her funeral. which would take place
this afternoon.
Accordingly, the big constable, who
has a heart as big as his body, gol
busy The rst thing he did was &C
have Magistrate Hollis remit the fine
after which he went out to the work
house and told Haight Of his bereave-
ment, later bringing him TO this city
where he bought him "a ticket hom'
and gave him some change 20 spenl
in reaching his home.