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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-11

now over six feet tall, and I have not
seen a rotten or a wormy tomato
yet This is a good plan for a small
garden but takes close attention. Our
growers here in Maryland who plant
fields of twenty acres or more. LET
them tumble on the ground. This is
all right where land is plentiful. but
in the garden it pays to train to single
stems
Blood Turnip beets sown now viii
make fine roots for winter use. De-
wings Blood Turnip beet is as good
as any. Eclipse is earlier.
Lettuce for fall setting should be
sown early in the month The Big
Boston is generally preferred by
truckers. Rawson's Hot-House let
tuce can be set closer in the frames.
and prefer it to the Big Boston. Let
tuce. like cabbage, wants fat SOIL
Prof Massey in Progressive Farmer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-11

Saving the Entire Corn Crop" Is
reproduce. not because 1 endorse that
method Of harvesting corn. but large
iy for the sentence of cooperation,
which l. have asked the printer to
put In large type. If we cannot trust
our neighbors enough to buy and
own a manure spreader. or a grain
drill. or a harvester. or shredder.
together, implements that could do
all the work Of their kind for from
two to half dozen farmers, according
to size Of farms and distance apart,
does any reasonable or thinking man
believe that thousands of farmers
scattered over entire counties and
States will trust each other sufficient
ly to make effective any resolutions
that a handful Of delegates may see
At to adopt? No. Emphatically, No.
For this reason have combatted the
idea I'm season and out of season.
and contend for neighborly CO .ope-
ration, and individual education as
the foundation Of all success, and
without which all these big schemes
will come to naught.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-11
COTTON CROP CONDITIONS.
Distinct Loss In south Carolina. I'm.
Is pro,ement In Some Other States.

New Orleans. La. Aug. S.-The
Time Democrat Will tomorrow say
I'm IT. snmm1;y OF cotton crop condi.
tons
In Arkansas. Georgia. louisiana
Mississippi and Tennessee. Improve
msDt has been the rule.
North Carolina as a whole shows
no important change. but there has
been n distinct loss in South Carolina.
In Texas and Oklahoma there has
been sharp deterioration and the sit
uation ~ critical.
There II complaint OF boil weevll
In some districts, but the damage
cannot be estimated at this time.
The crop Is very spotted and is
pvSafhriy subject to unfavorable con-
Szltions
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-11

The County Union instructed the
president to arrange for a rally and
basket picnic at Mayesville during
the third week of August, next week.
Just as soon as l can hear from Prof.
Goodrich. Of the United States soil
and farm management bureau of the
Department of Agriculture. will pub.
iish the day. Everyone at Mayesville
and vicinity. to whom the subject has
been mentioned, heartily agree to
join In and make the meeting worthy
of the advanced farming Of this pro .
gressive section. Everyone in easy
reach will help provide, and friends
from distance will be heartily wei
coined. 1t is probable that one or
two other prominent speakers will
be there. But should only Prof.
Goodrich come, his charts and DEM
onstrated facts that illustrate his
lecture will make 1t a profitable day
to every farmer who doesn't already
know 1t all" e. W. ID.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-11

and is now higher than usual. The
rains at seed harvest time here dam
aged the crop of seed badly, and the
crop in Delaware is smaller than ever
while the hay crop was fine.
Keep the cultivators going shallow
ly through the corn as long as Won
can get through. / passed field YES
terday. where farmer had failed to
keep his corn clean by rapidly going
through with harrow and weeder
when the weeds were just germinat-
ing, and he had couple of plcws
running to cover up the grass. and
was tearing the roots and piling up
the soil to dry out, and will lose corn
enough to. more than have paid FOR
neter early Cultivation. Then that
same man will go through and strip
the blades and cut the tops while the
corn Is still green, and will again lose
corn enoupgh to pay for all the fod-N
der ne gets. and will have his labor
mature this month, and should be cut
when the ears are well glazed and
dented, and cured in shocks Some
think that it does not pay to shred
slower, tut there are many advan<,
tages in the practice. You can stack
1t outside safely, more of it will he
eaten, and what is left will make
good absorbent in the manure. and
there will be no long stalks in it to
break pitchforks and cause cuss
words.
L once saw SHREDDED stover baledi
and selling for $12 a ton in Raleigh.
III man can get that price for it. he
had better sell it and put the money
in fertilizers.
Some here find it profitable to sow
turnip seed mixed with the crimson
clover seed on good land They mix
twelve pounds of crimson clover seed
and two pounds of turnip seed for an
acre. The turnips help shade the
young clover and are pulled out as
they get large enough.
Another plan here is to SOW buck
wheat and crimson clover, sowing the
buckwheat first and then scattering
the clover seed, They get a good
crop of buckwheat and the clover
does very we'll in this way. 1 saw
one field yeterday being sowa I'm fbis
way (Ju1y 23rd). In North Carolina.
east of the mountains, buckwheat can
be sown in early August, but is hard
ly crop for sowing further South.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-11
How We Waste One Third of Oul
Corn CrOD.

When mature crop of corn is put
IN the silo about half, and when it is
cut at the ground and cured in
shocks. about 40 per cent. of the
feeding value is in the stalks. Leaves
and shucks.
Those who pull fodder" pay twice
Tor the feed they get--once in tn,
labor of pulling and once in the de.
creased yield of corn.
The whole corn crop can be saved
by putting it into a silo. and from 50
I" 80 per cent of it by cutting. curing
in shocks and shredding.
The best time to cut corn. if th,
whole crop is to be saved. is iuS,
when the ears are we'll glazed and tho
shucks and middle leaves are begin
ming to turn brown.
Until we raise all the hay we need
for our stock. ana have all the stock
and all the manure we need. il will
pay us to save the whole of the corn
crop.
The drastic prohibition law passc0
by the Alabama legislature has m,
out of business all purely social
clubs as well as locker clubs and
soft drink establishments.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-11
How to Get Rid Of Calls and Gullfes

Whenever we see CALLED spot or
a gully, bare Of vegetation, we can'tI
help wondering how any landowner
can get his consent to permit the con-
tinuance Of such conditions. The
longer they exist the worse they be-
come. Why should any farmer per.
nit himself 20 be thus robbed of his
stock fin trade" his capital, his
farm? Furthermore, the time lost
through the necessity of more fire.
quent turns. or in working over or
around them, rightly employed would
prevent their existence or restore
them to useful condition after they
have been formed. We do not be-
lieve in filling gullies with rails,
brush, or other materials which are
likely to be in the way later on. For
gullies or CALLED spots, the best REM
edy is straw, coarse stable manure. or
some other material that will improve
their fertility. Follow this with some
growing crop. If gully, plow dirt
into it. turn the excess of water in
another direction and SOW peas; if
a CALLED spot, plow deeply and keep
something growing on it all the time.
We have seen gullies ten feet deep
filled and brought up to the most pro-
ductive parts of the field in three or
four years by liberal application of
straw, leaves, or coarse stable manure
and the sowing of cowpeas. 1t will
pay to fill them up for the crops thew
will bring, and if the fields are to be
put in condition for the use of the
implements necessary for economicaL
cultivation, these Scared and quilted
fields, so common in many parts of
the South, must be made to disap-
pear.-Progressive Farmer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-11
Notice, Notice!

The County Organizer will visit
Dalxell on Thursday. August 18th. at
10 a. m. Rembert at 7.sO. Pisgah
Friday morning. . a. m. Hagood at
3 p. m. to talk Unionism to all who
are interested, with the expectation
Of reorganizing the Dalxell and REM
bert Uniins. and new ones at Plsgah
and Hasood. Borden can be In
cluded at p. m, Thursday. II inter.
ested friends will get up q meeting
and take him from Dalzell and on to
Rembert. Other points in the coun-
ty. wedseneld. Manchester. Bethel,
Tindal. Brogdon. Shiloh and Taylor
or any other neighborhood will be
arranged for when those interested
indicate a desire to organize.
e. w. Dabbs.
Et NA Organizer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-11

ing and caring for it pretty nearly
equals it again, it is easy to see that
this is an improbable and wasteful
way of handling the corn crop.
Too many farmers make the same
fundamental mistake here as in a
great many other farm operations
they neglect to take into account the
time and labor expended on q given
piece of work in counting UP the
profits they get from it. Fodder
pulling belongs with such outgrown
practices as cutting grass with the
scythe or grain with the cradle. as
planting corn by hand and covering
with the hoe, as using one horse to a
turn plow. Worse still. while these
things may mean only q loss of time
and labor, fodder pulling means an
actually decreased yield OF corn.
Some folks may question this; but
their doubts will amount to- little
against the positive evidence secured
from every careful experimnt made
along this line. If no more roughage
were obtained by cutting up the corn
and curing in shocks. it would still
pay to do 1t. But there will be more
feed secured in any case; and the
farmer who raises corn to any exL
tent can well afford to provide some
means for cutting or shredding his
corn stover.
The corn shredder is q much-need-
ed implement in the South, the corn
harvester is another. White most
farmers could not afford to buy
| either Of these machines for their in
dividaal use. In almost every neigh
borhood there are several farmers
who could acord to go in together
and purchase them. Local cO-opera-
tion along such lines would solve
many of the problems which now
perplex those farmers who are ham,
pered in their work by lack of CAPT
tai; and until the farmers learn to co.
operate I'm such things as this-things
OF direct personal interest which In.
volve not more than q half dozen
persOns-it Is scarcely reasonable 10
expect them 70 work steadily and
harmoniously together in cases where
more difficult problems are presented
and where the cooperation of thou.
sands must be secured. One must
learn flrst to cooperate with ones
| neighbOrs.
In any case. whether he can use
Improved machinery in caring for his
crop or whether he must depend on
hand work and his own resources, no
farmer can afford to go into his corn
fields this fall and waste labor and
feed-for that is just what he Is do
ing-by topping" or "blading" his
corn. Having raised the corn crop
and\ In most cases getting little
enough off of each acre at the best
1t should be every mans effort to gel
just as much as possible out of it anG
to secure Just as great returns as pos.
sible from the money and labor in.
vested in 1t. Until one can estimate
these things with some certainty, ant
then act accordingly. he is not farm.
ing on business basis.-Progressive
Farmer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-11
FIRST BALE Is SOLD.
Baruwcn Man Repeats Victory Of q
Year Ago.

Baruweli Aug. 7.-South Carroll
mas first bale Of 1909 crop was sold
IN Barnweli today to Moiafr and Por-
ter BY Mr.. II. III. Lutz. The bale
weighed t5s pounds and grades good
niddling.
hr. I.ntz sold to Moiair and Porter
the nrst hale Of cotton for 1908.
Tn bale was shipped 10 F. w. wag-
ner & Co. Of Charleston.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-11
THE FIRST wEEK OF "PROHIBI.
TON"

The state constables In Charles
ton seized on Saturday 2.276 bottles
Of beer and boxes OF loose beer. and
50 quart and 50 half-pint bottles of
whiskey. That was q pretty : fair
days work. fsuring the last week
che State constables captured $500
bottles OF beer. ss gallons Of whls-
key and SEQ gallons Of keg beer. We
do not have the figures Of what the
- men especially detailed from the
City police force accomplished last
week: but We Judge from the very
bad start they made on the frst two
days Of "prohisition" that they did
not earn their salt.
Elm the meantime. Il would be in
tsresting TO know what the County
Sheriff and the deputies have been
doing TO make prohibition prohibit.
"what 10 the use Of fooling about
IL any ionserY II we are going to
let the blind tigers run the town. let's
cay 20 and quite trying to make our
selves believe that we are 'fn control
Of the "situation.' News and
Courier. y
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Farmers Union News
AND
Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers
e. w.



be n
EDITOR
Department
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-11

Miss Este,ia Smoak. who has for
sssveral years been the editor and
publisher of the Branchvilie Journal
wss married recently to Mr.. q. b.
Hsrndon. shs hes been regular at
'tsndaht at the meetings Of the Press
A.ociation and - pleasantly remem-
3srsd ~ AN the brethren.
Col Bacon. Of the Edssneld chron-
, scls refers to the marriage Of Miss
smoak In his characteristic style rs
FOLLOWS:
According to the laws OF all ma.
ttons. . deserter from the army.
caught and the fact proved. In at once
shot 60 death. Therefore. stand up
Esseila smoak. late OF that dear con-
temporary. the Branchvills Journal.
and face the fatal voliey. We know
that you win meet Il bravsly. for y.u
have done far braver thing. You
have got married! And you ought
not TO have done It.. And II you think
any OF ~ are ever going to call you
Mrs. @. b. Herndon'' you are very
much mistaken. We are going to call
you nothing Sut "nstella smoak. OF
the nfsnchvtlle Journal" And you
ha1 no right--knowing as you did
that you are were going to desert uz
% soon---to make US all admire and
trust and love you. II was q mean
trick And although we earnestly
pray Tor you all happiness and all
prosperity and all good things. yet
ws earnestly hope that they will no,
Ss>vouchsafed unto you.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-11

Does Mr.. Tillman consider that his
picturesqueness is a quite sufficient
return to his constituents, without his
performing any unpleasant or incon-
venient service? Has he become valu-
able ''for ornamental purposes" only?
The State.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-11
Farm Work for August.

Aoe |iio peas SToW I'LL the pods turn
yellow, and then there is no hay more
easy to cure well than cowpeas. not
withstanding all the talk about the
difficulty in curing them. They will
cure If you just let them, and do not
go to monkeyfng with all sorts of
contrivances to spoil them.
1 had letter today from a farmer
who said that he would rot have barn
room for his pea crop and wanted to
know If they would keep we'll stack
ed. He really answered his own cues
ton, as he said that a neighbor had
stack some when well wilted ant
limp. and they heated and steamed
But to his surprise, he found tina.
they cured perfectly If he had open
ed the stocks and tried to cool them
of, he would, doubtless, have had
nroldy hay.
Now the peas in the morning, and,
If possible. put a tedder behind the
mower to keep them tossed up and
hasten the whiting. Rake the morn
ing moving into windrows that after
noon. Turn them the next morning
and lie till afternoon while cutting
more. Cock them that afternoon, and
when the hay in the cocks can be TAX
en- and twisted hard, and no sap runs
to the twist, haul them in. II to go
into stacks, make the stacks we'll and
rake down the sides, but cover the
tops Of the stacks with straw or dry
hay. This hay will cure, even if the
stacks heat. Put some rails under the
stacks to keep the hay off the ground
and prevent its absorbing moisture
from the ground. and you have as
good as in the barn.
If the pea stubble is to be sown to
wheat or oats, do not replow it, for
! late plowing is bad for winter grain.
but simply disk it shallowly, going
| over and over both ways to get the
surface fine, for the finer you make
1T, the better the chance for the crop.
On red land apply to the grain only
liberal amount Of acid phosphate,
but on gray land add some muriate
OF potash. The pea roots will give
you the nitrogen needed by the
small grain crop.
Sow oats in early September, but
keep the land narrowed for wheat till
there has been light white frost be:
fore sowing, for early sown wheat Is
liable to be attacked by the Hessian n
! fly.
II you intend to sow crimson clover
| after the peas, run a harrow lightly
| over the stubble to slightly freshen
the ground, and SOW fifteen pounds of
| seed per acre the last of this month
or early September. If the land is
dry and level, it will be we'll to roll
| after sowing. But I would not roll
land that is steep and liable to wash,
for the roller will inevitably leave
some loose places into which the wa
ter will run and start gullies.
You can sow crimson clover late
this month among the corn, among
watermelOns or cantloupes and get a
good stand without any preparation,
as the crops will shade the young
plants. If you have seed of your own,
and there is no clover huller to clean
them, you can thresh them out and
sow in the rough, but sow forty
pounds instead Of fifteen Of clean
seed. The hulls will retain moisture
| and often a better stand can be had
| from sowing in the rough.
Get the clover seed as soon as pos
sible, for the crop is small this year
and the price will be sure to advance
i
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-11

Montgomery. Ala. Aug. THE
nrst hale OF new cotton here reach
"a the Montgomery market today
from Graceviile. Fla. IL sold for II
cents pound. and classed strict good
middnng.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-11

The meeting of the County Union
at Cane Savannah demonstrated be-
yond the shadow of a doubt that the
leaven Of education. self-help and
neighborly cooperation ia at work In
Sumter county and our sister coun-
ties Of Lee and Clarendon
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-11

THIS 10 straight talk and the sort
We like to hear. Coming from the
Ne-s and Courier Il leads us to hope
and beaieve that the rule of the
blind tigers In Charleston IL not to be
. Dsrvstuai condition in that city. 1t
In scarcely to be believed that the
decent people Of the city will submit
TO forever endure existing conditions.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-11

the Sumter watchman was found
I'd IN 1850 and the True southron In
ices. The watchman and southron
COW has the combined circulation and
enAuence Of both OF the old papers.
end h manifestly the best advertising
medium In Sumter.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-09-02
~ - TWIN nOVYYT
-lns Fidelity ard DOWAs
ALEGEND. OF ST. lNIGO'S.
BY JOHN r. KENNEDY.
J. "a. LIPPINooTr COMPANY.
Publishers, waahiusson square.
phiIadelphla, sept. Vi 1875.


DNAR SIR s--EiepIying to yours Of the i7lh
instant, we would state that al Interest III y.
+. Kennedy'a eRob OF the nowl' IL owned
by the authors estate, but we have had no
correspondence on the subject for some years
and do not know where 10 direct yeu. How
ever, the work Ia now out OF copyfight, and
there u no reason why you might mos re-
print II without peRmisaion.
Yours very truly,
j. ~ LIPrINo0rT G0MrANYs
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.

The following tracts Of land located IN
st. Mary's county csn be purchased
cheap and on liberal terms, II time y do
sired
A farm on road leading from Saint
Johns to 81. AndFews' church; contain.
| ing las acres. Dwelling OF flve rooms,
stable and barn. Level and iairly tim
berad. Soil varied.
Alarm near, or adjoining the same.
on the Glebe road, containing 22B acres,
level and well timbered. Small dwelling
and stables, barn and corn house In good
condition. Fine tobacco soil.
A farm near Laurel Grove containing
100 acres, more or less. Dwelling and
tout houses In good condition. Fine
Tobaeco soil.
Also one farm containing 100 acres,
near Jaxboesville, 9Th District. well
timbered In oak, pine and gum,
The above lands being owned by me.
can be purchased exclusive Of Agent y
commission.
In addition to the above lands, hvae
for sals the following very desirable
farms Ia the 9th district, near Charlotte
Hall, and on the Southern Maryland
Railroad, which can be bought at . re-
sonabls figures and ON liberal terms.
A farm IN the 9th District, containing
253 acres; can DO divided into two
farms. On one side Is barn OF 60x4O,
with large peach orchard; on other side.
twosmall d wellings. directly on railroad;
both aides wei timbered.
Another farm containing 20o acres
building; large dwelling 81 10 rooms
three barns and tenant house. Wei
timbered.
Another farm Of 1913 acres; fine, roomy
dwelling; new barn, A0x40; well tim
beFed aud tenant houses for labor.
Another farm Of 100 acres; large dwell
Ing Of Z rooms and 2 barns; heavily
timbered with chestnut and white OAK.
Tenant house for labor.
Another farm Of 168 acres; 9 room
dwelling; nice barns In good repair. I
tenant house
The last mentioned four farms adjoin
each other, near Charlotte Hall, and all
In Gloss proximity TO Railroad.
ENOcH B.sABELL,
LsonaFdt0wn, Md.
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Nd. Del. 4 I'd. Ry. Co.
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Read carefully, ~ important changes
have been made.
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GreenWel's Mill.

FLOUR, Meal and Feed on hand
for sale oil tbs tims cheap for CASH.
Hereafter, In order 10 avoid hav-
ing 10 keep mill books, ell orders
must be accompanied by the cash.
"a ". #. GREEN WELL.