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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24
sPINNERs rAKINGs.

New Orleans, April 2s--secretary Hester
gives the taking Of American cotton by
spinners throuehout the world as follows.
In round numbers:
This week Ana, 900 this year. against ts2.-
900 last year, $4,000 year before last.
Total since September LIST. this year fg}S,-
ses,Doo, against $4,000 last year and o.
90e,o00 the year before.
OF this Northern spinners and Canada
took 2.30s, 900 bales this year. against 1884,
0oo last year and 2.1s7.0o0 the year before:
Southern spinners 1.s7B,eo0. against t.747,-
900 last year and i,ss2.0oo the year before |;
apd foreign spinners s,s25,o0o, against 81
efs,00e last year. and b.Isa,ooo the year
before.
a-Not including Houston and Little Rock
minus stock corrections.
(z)--fneludtng minus stock corrections
nus 2o.ss7.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24

Political news from Europe was gem
orally better.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24
COTTON RECEIPTS.

New eyrk, April ss.--The following are
q fetal net receipts Of cotton at all ports
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24
Daily Cotton Market,

$3.50; shipments to Ct Britain iS7as continent s7so;
ssssa; ship m.n 70 q. Britain ssssi coptiasnt ar
. net sesi s2s; shipments Ct Britain so7sS7s; to
IS; Japan 10000: Mexico 1890.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23
MIR. TILIS IN COURT
CHARGED WITH INTERFERING
 WITH OFFICERS ON DUTY.
It is Alleged by Paving Inspector Fa- Der That the Street Car Mag nate Removed Barrtcade
 From Tracks,

Charged with interfering with an of- icer in the discharge of his duties. Richard Tillis, President of the Mont gomery Traction Company. was yester- day afternoon arraigned in the Re- corder's Court. City Paving Inspector Charles Faber, was the prosecutor, and he claimed that Mir. Tillis had directed the removal of barricade over the tracks of the Riverside car line on North Court Street. which had been placed there to prevent damage to the new concrete paving, which was being laid there by contractors for the city.
 It was charged that the barricade was placed there Wednesday afternoon by the contractor at the order of the paving inspector. The barrlcade was removed some time Thursday, as Mr. TiIiis admitted, by his authority.
 The question of the authority of the paving inspector came up. It was al- ieged by the Traction Company that the city had nothing to do with their tracks at the point mentioned and had no authorftg to barricade the same. It was alleged by the Traction people that the ties did not come within three feet of the concrete In question and would not jar the same Paving Inspector Faber claims that the cars would jar
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23
MISS HARRIS IS DEAD
A YOUNG TRAINED NURSE SHOOTS
 HERSELF.
Accidental Disehsrge of weapon Ends Life of Young Woman, Who Was Reared at Robin
 son Springs

Birmingham, May 22.---(Speciai. )--- Miss India Hairis. a professional nurse. 30 years old, shot and fatally wounded herself this morning about 8 o'clock in her room on South Eleventh Avenue.
 She was rushed to an innrmary where every attention was given her but she died before noon. Before dying the young woman made a statement to the effect that the shooting was accidental. She stated that she was taking the cartridges out of the weapon when 1t was discharged and the bullet entered her body, infiicting the wound that caused death.
 The deceased had been nursing In this district for some time and had many friends and acquaintances.
 Miss Harris was a trained nurse and a graduate from Daviss Infrmary She lived in Birmingham for some time. A short time ago she went to Montgom- cry. Returning two months ago she took apartments at 1101 South Fifteenth Street. She had five rooms using them for massage treatment for her patients. Miss Harris was about 30 years of age. and a daughter of Joseph A. Harris. of Robinson Springs She was also a niece of the late Bishop s. s. Harris.
 When Miss Harris shot herself the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23
SOCIETY IN TUsKEGEr.
Entertainment Given in Honor Of Sfsss
 Wrfwht,

GnteEtaAnAnent Given In Honor Of Mtsn
 Wright.
 Tuskegee May S2.-(special )-Mrs w. l.. Laslie was the hostess at a six course dinner Friday evening compIi- mentary to Miss Bessie Wright whose marriage to MT. Herbert Stuart Weeks Of Hartford, Conn, will be an impor- tant event of next Wednesday.
 The house was attractively decorat- ed. The color scheme in the dining room was white and gold, quantities of nasturtiums and white sweet-peas being used to splendid effect. The table had for its center-piece on a lace cover over yellow satin, a pyra- mid of nasturtiums and maiden hair fern. White and yellow satin ribbon vas drawn across the four corners.
 Covers were laid for ten. The place cards were pen and ink sketches of brides.
 The hostess received her guests wearing a handsome costume of ashes of roses messaline, fashioned direc- toire.
 The bride-to-be wore a princess robe of lace and embroidery.
 Miss Lorraine Wright wore blue silk, Mrs. Johnston wore a soft black silk with lace bertha.
 Miss Mabelle Massey wore white em- broidered in blue.
 Mrs. John H. Drakeford wore old rose messaline with touches of black and gold.
 Mrs. R. W. Wellington of DemopoIis wore a cream wool dress handsomely braided.
 Mrs. H. H. Cartwright wore blue silk Mrs. Geo. Wright wore white lang erie.
 Miss Annie Lyde Smith was gowned in corn colored chiffon cloth over pink silk with braided panel and bands em- broidered in gold.
 After dinner the guests using the loving cup drank to the health and good wishes of the bride.
 The wishes were then recorded in a handpalnted wish book and was pre-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23
LITTLE BOY KILLED
 BY HIS PLAYMATE

Birmingham, May 22.-(SpeciaL)-- Albert Stewart. the <s-year-osd son of F. B. Stewart, an employe of the Southern Railway shops, and residing on Avenue c and Twenty-Third street, was shot and fatally injured this morning by a playmate. Maxie Crockett. eight years of age.
 The little boys were in the yard in the rear of the Stewart home and had a pistol. The Crockett boy pointed the weapon at his little friend and said he was going to shoot when to his amaze ment the pistol was discharged and the Stewart boy fell to the ground
 Mrs. Stewart, mother of the boy, heard the shot and ran hastily into the yard and almost fainted when she saw her son lying on the ground.
 An ambulance was summoned and the wounded boy carried to St. Vim cents Hospital where an operation was performed. the physicians in charge experssing' but little hope for the vic- tim. The bullet entered the abdomen of the Stewart boy
 The parents are distracted over the terrible tragedy.
 The boy died during the afternoon at the hospital.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23

Birmingham. May 22.-(special)-- Members of the Grand Army of the Republic and Sons of Veterans Uni- ted States of America, will attend ser vices in body tomorrow morning at the simpson Methodist Episcopal Church, where the pastor will deliver special sermon.
 On the Sunday preceding May 30 the Members of the Grand Army of the Re- public and their Sons attend services at church In accordance with rules in the constitution and bylaws. May 30 Is observed as Memorial Day by the c. A. R. and Sons.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23
SUIT IS DISMISSED.

New York. May 22.--A suit against Edna Wallace Hopper, now the wife of A. O. Brown, the former stock broker. to recover an automobile given to Miss Hopper by Mir. Brown, was discontin- ued today.
 E. Littieieid, receiver of the firm Of A. O, Brown & Co. It was announced today that Miss Hopper had paid the receiver ss.125 in settlement and was allowed to keep the automobils
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23

'sentsd to the brids-to-be by the hos- tess.
 A delightful occasion was that of Friday afternoon when Mrs. H. H, Cartwright entertained at q handker- chief shower, at her home on North Main st, this making a series of en- joyable events complimentary to the bride-to-be. Miss Wright.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23

the concrete and Contractor sharkey also stated that the jar of a car would in a way damage the concrete paving situated as is the case. where the Traction Company's tracks cross the Western Railroad. This was de- advisement.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23

We take your measure and make you n suit to order for 9lA
 DIXIE TAILORING CO.
 50 Commerce Street.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23

Agricultural School at SyiacauRa. was in Montgomery yesterday. a visitor to MT. J. A. Wilkinson. Commissioner of Agriculture.
 The agricultural school man was armed as proof of his experiments, with exceedingly fine specimens of oats. as grown under the nuture of nl- trate of soda. Other fertilizers were. used in the experiments. but the best results. 1t was shown. came from the raw product.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23

You take no risk in sending your clothes to this pIace--we have every thing it takes to make . first elans cleanery-have you thought about where and how your clothes are haudIedP
 FRENCH DRY CLEANING co. Phone 119. 2Oq re~1.r
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23
TO ATTEND SERVICES.

TO THE GRADUATES, resslar makes the best photographs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23

Nitrate of Soda Gets Good Crop at , syincauEa. With evidence of the efficiency Of
 nitrate of soda as the best fertilizer of
 oats. c. A. Hall, an official of the State
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23

ICE CREAM FOR SUNDAY. Vanilla, Strawberry, Chocolate, Champagne, Banana Cream, Pineapple MILK sherbet. FLEMING REFREsHMENT CO.,.
 Phones 7T and 7S.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23
FERTILIZER FOR OATS.

Cigars for men with CT without teeth, and all sizes of mouths. Hix-Graveiy Cigar Co.,, AOrpheum."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23


 toss of blood was so great that trans fusion was necessary at the infrmary. When surgeons at the hospital called for a volunteer. W. E. Urquhart, rep resentative from Jefferson County, and an uncle of Miss Harris, readily agreed to, allow blood to be taken from him and transferred to the vascular system of his niece. The transfusion of blood was the only hope the physicians held out for her recovery. After several hours in the operating room the trans fusion failed to keep her alive. The remains were sent to Coosada on this afternoons train.
 Miss India Harris was well known to Montgomery people. She was Q sister of Mss May Harris whose lit- erary work has attracted national at tention.
 The remains of Miss Harris arrived at Coosada yesterday afternoon. They were met by many relatives and friends of the family The funeral will take place this Sunday afternoon at Rob- inson Springs at o'clock.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-10

face grasses, and two years after IT,
ling these places one would be as
tonished at the crops of corn they
would produce. It was only that the
surplus water had been removed from
the subsoil, air had taken its place,
and the soil had become alive where
before 1t was practically dead.
We all know that anything that
tends to strengthen plants and cause
them to grow vigorously insures them
against the ravages of their insect
enemies. Thing. by removing the
surplus water. by lowering the wa
ter table In the soil, by making con-
ditions such that air will circulate
through the soil, does thus strength
en- plants and makes us far more cer-
tain that where we SOW there also
shall we reap.
Our corn fields gave a splendid
illustration Of this point the past fall
We had visitation Of chinch bugs
(the result Of the extreme drought)
and in one of our fields-a low stiff
clay spot-the bugs destroyed the
crop completely except right over and
alongside of an underdrain that had
recently been run through the low
place. Over the drain the corn was
as good as any in the field. Now by
another year this drain will be draw
ing to the edges OF the low spot, and
We want to be there when Mr..
Chinch-bug tackles those big sappy
stalks that will be growing on the
land. 2d
Some Cheerful Plans for the Future.
We are preparing now to lay 5000
three-inch concrete tiles; and we ex-
pect the increase of crops where the
tiles are laid to pay for the tiles. We
expect, too. that our work will last
for a hundred years at least. Then
we are going to get whole lot Of
satisfaction also out of the fnst that
about the last of our deep bitches
are to be done away with, and in
that particular field we will have
c)rn rows $50 rods in length. 1 be-
)ievc shall get an umbrella and at
tach to the riding cultivator, as 3 fell
low will get mighty drOvay riding
up and Gown those long lows, un;e-.
he has some little protection from
the sun. Then how we'll it will make
a fellow feel to know that he has
tile drains under his feet and a big
umbrella over his head, and so is
prepared for whatever comes, be it
wet or dry.-A. L. French in Pro-
gressive Farmer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-10
Are Drugs Necessary?
DO Drugs Cure Disease?
Can Nature be Assisted?

II people were born right and aftey-
wards lived right, there would be no
use for medicine. Every doctor knows
this. So do other well-informed people.
One thing more. When person lives
wrongly, or ACQUIRES bodily weakness by
heredity, medicine can do only very
little. Medicine cannot cure him. Only
charlatans claim that medicines will
cure disease. Medicines may palliate
symptoms. Medicines may urge the
powers Of Nature to resist disease. Med
icines sometimes arouse the c forts of the
human body to right itself against de-
rangements. This is the most that med
icine can do.
A man accidentally puts his finger in
the fire. Instinctively he vets bis
finger in his mouth, then blows on it
for the cooling effect. This is no cure.
He knows it very well. But it makes it
feel better for the time being.
People eat unwisely. This produces
dyspepsia or Indigestion. The only
rational cure is to eat correctly. Yet If
apalliative is at hand the pains Of indi-
gestion can be mitigated, the throes of
dyspepsia assuaged. The medicine cam
not be said to have cured. 1t simply
palliates disagreeable symptoms. The
cure must come through right living.
Take Peruna, for instance. No one
claims Peruna is cure for dyspepsia.
But Peruna will stimulate the stomach
to perform its function properly. Peru
ns will increase the flow of digestive
fluids, without which digestion canrot
be carried on at all. twill increase the
relish Of food, the appetite.
It is admitted that all this can be
accomplished by right living, but there
are so many people who either will not
or do not know how to eat correctly that
. tremendous amount Of good can be
done by the wise use Of Peruna.
A stomach that has been frequently
abused performs the function Of diges-
ton very iazily. Such stomach allows
the food to remain undigested for some
time after it is swallowed. This leads
to fermentation Of the food. Sour stom-
ach is the result. This goes on week
after week, until the blood is poisoned
with the products of fermentation. This
condition is very apt to produce rheum-
atism.
It is not claimed that Peruna will cure
rheumatism. Nothing will cure rheum-
atism but correct living. But it is
claimed tl.at Peruna will assist badly
abused stomach to perform its work.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-10
SOUTH HAS TOO MUCH LABOR.
MIR. j. c. Stribling Writes a Letter AS
Full Of Good Points As a Pin -Cusli-
iOn-MOre Horse Power and Ma
chinery and Fewer Mired Hands IS
What We Need.

Mr.. TAFT Butler in his lecture be-
fore the Old Farmers Society. of
Pendleton, S. c., last February, made
the statement that the South already
has too much labor on the farms.
and l argee with him.
What we need in the cotton States
more than anything else just now is
more brains, more horse sweat, more
interest-bearing farm machinery, and
less man sweat and muscle.
We want fifteen kinds of crops in
stead of one crop of cotton
We must plow deeper, rotate our
crops. and do away with the useless
wasteful and unsightly terraced
banks. When We have utilized these
terrace banks and need more land.
we must go down underneath our
plowe4 lands and get all we need
without paying out many dollars in
interest for it. We must pay out
more cheap horse sweat and interest
on improved labor saving implements
and make better use of our brains.
We already have too many one
horse, twO-tmes- marrow cotton i'm
plements. When terrace banks are
gone, we can use more two-horse cul-
tiva'ors and four-horse breaking
plOws.
We need at once a two or three
horse combined cowpea planter and
stubble breaker to follow the harves-
ter with COW peas and soy beans. This
combined machine will cut out at
least five hands per day at harvest
time-the most costly laboring sea-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-10
"wALK-Ov
For Spring
$3.50 & 81.

son of the year.
In these days of conservation of
Americas resources we should never
forget that the South's greatest
wealth lies in a few inches of the
top soil Of her arabic lands, and that
the Southern agriculturist is alone re-
sponsible for the reckless waste and
destruction Of this great gold-produc-
ing resource.
On all sides now we see the pain
full spectacle-the destruction of the
hur:Is, and washing and leach away
of the richness Cthe gold) that is
within the soil-this being the un-
failing result of continuous clean cul-
ture of hoed crops
Ten years practice in not allowing
one acre. to be planted two years in
succession in any clean crop, but il.
stead having a good rotation, with
COW peas or soy beans after small
grain would make this Southland
bloom again with all hei old-time in
dependence and greatness
This writer practices what he
breaches. All terrace banks have
about disappeared from my farm and
1 have been selling some of nine or
ten different crops every year for
some five years, besides selling a few
COWS, hogs, colts and poultry and ev-
erything that grows upon the farm,
excepting children.
]. c. STRIBLING.
Anderson Co., S. c.
Progressive Farmer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-10
e. w. D.

Could q merchant have any capital
left long II he sold his goods for $3.50
and replenished his stock at a cost
of 81? Any one would say that he
was Ounce.
But that is just what the Southern
cotton farmers are doing. The de-
partment of commerce and labor
shows that in the two ten months
periods ending April, 1907, and April.
1908, the aggregate amount of cotton-
seed meal sold to Germany alone for
the 20 months amounted to 6OS,753,-
'd4 pounds. If this meal, sent tc
but one Eurtpean country. sold for
but s25 ton. here was $7,6Os,40s 55
worth of feed that should have been
fed and the manure returned to the
land that produced the crop. If there
was but Z per cent Of nitrogen, this
would be 42.s12.749 pounds of nitro
gen. and at $25 per ton. the nitrogen
will have brought less than Is cents
per pound. The men whose land pro-
duced this nitrogen then turn about
and buy the same thing In a mixed
fertilizer for 90 cents a pound.
The enormous amount quoted Is
but the sales to Germany. Great
Britain and other European countries
doubtless bought much more. and the
soil Of the South. aided by the fer :.
tilizer that cost so much more than
the meal sold for. has furnished the
whole.
In short, the Southern cotton grow
ers are feeding the CATTLE and en-
riching the soil of Europe and paying
for the privilege of doing 1t, while
their own soil grows poorer. Selling
nitrogen at Is cents and buying it at
20 cents, when If the meal was kept
az home and fed judiciously. the
manure used on the land, and le-
gumes grown in good rotation,
there would not have been any neei
iCr spending cent for nitrogen, and
the land and the farmers would have
cen getting richer instead Of poor
er. How long will it take us to get
rich In buying an article at 20 cents
and selling the same thing, after a
hard seasons work, for 10 cents p
Progressive Farmer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-10

IL person would correct his habits.
persist in right eating and temperate
ways, undoubtedly the stomach would
right itself, the blood would rid itself Of
the poison, and everything would be
right. Eat as said before there are q
multitude Of people who will not or cam
not adopt right methods of living. To
such people Peruna is a boon. A dose
before meals will assist the stomach to
40 Its work. This prevents fermenta-
tlon OF the food, brings about normal
olgestion, and all the train of Ills that
follow indigestion disappear.
In other words, Pcruna is helpful In
those who live badly, or those who
have acquired some chronic weakness.
Feruna does not cure, but it assists the
powers OF Nature to bring about cure.
Inc whip does not increase the power
OF the horse to pull load, but iudi-
ciously used it stimulates the horse to
use his powers at the right time. with.
out which he could not have pulled ths
load.
This illustrates the effect of Peruna.
or any other good remedy upon the sys-
tenn. Taken at the right time, it calls
forth the powers Of the human system
to meet the en-, roachments of disease.
and thus cuts short, if not entirely ends.
the diseased action.
No one should ever attempt to substi.
tute medicine in the place Of right liy.
ing. In the end SUCH an attempt will
prove disaster. But an occasional use
OF the right medicine at the right time
is godsend, and no reasonable person
will undertake to deny it.
Those who know how to use Peruna
IND 1T OF untold value. By and by the
world Will get wise enough SO that
through correct living no medicine At
all will be needed. But that time has
not arrived. In the meantime, while
the world is approaching that perfec-
ton In which all medicine will be elm.
mated, Peruna is q handy remedy to
have in the house.
Slight arrangements Of tho stomach:
slight catarrhal attacks OF the liver. the
throat, bronchial tubes, lungs or bow.
els; these attacks are sure to lead to
grave diseases, and can be averted by
the judicious use Of Peruna.
Wouldn't You like to read few un.
solicited testimonials from people who
have used Peruna, and who stand ready
to confirm the above statements CON.
cerning it. If SO, address the Peruns
Drug Manufacturing Co., Columbus,
CAio, and we will send some prepaid.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-10
DRAIN YOUR WET LANDS NOW
Drainage Insures Against Both Wet
And Dry Weather, and When Prop.
erly Done Will be Good a Hundred
Years Hence.

Many letters continue to come ask
Ing about tile drainage. A good many
OF our folks seem toe think the only
purpose in tiling land is to remove
surplus water from the soil. We be-
lieve a more important function of
tile drainage Is the lowering of the
water table and thus securing for the
soil a much greater capacity to alb
sorb surplus water. This explains the
fact that land that has been tile
drained is dryer in wet time and
more moist in dry time than is the
same quality of soil which has not
been drained.
How Draining Improves Soil Texture.
Then great many Of us overlook
the fact that a soil to produce the
maximum crops must be porous so
the air may penetrate all through it,
The tiles. taking out the surplus wa
ter In the subsoil from below, tend
to cause little streams to flow from
every direction toward the tiles, and,
Of course, anywhere water goes air
goes also The writer has proved
many times that tiling adds greatly
to the porosity OF soils. L have drain
ed small swampy places, where the
clay was as close grained as putty,
that would produce nothing but sur
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-10
Married ChuunS.

judge of a prisoner in the dock.
'No, only wife," was the mat
ter Of-fact reply of the witness. Rath-
er hard on the wife not to be counted
as her husbands friend, wasn't it?
1t is the perfection of marriage
as lovers, just as it is the perfection
OF parenthood when children count
mother and father their real, best
frends.-New York Times.