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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-30
BOYS PRIZE CORN CROP,
a bascom Usher, OF Brightsville,
Marlboro County, Grows f52 f-S
Bushels on an Acre In COntest--Fn-
terest Aroused.

The reports of the results obtained
by the several contestants participant
ing in the State Cereal Growers Con-
test are beginning to reach the ONCE
of the department of agriculture and
the showing that is being made in
olcates that wonderful results have
been obtained in the matter OF iriterIi-
gent corn growing during this past
year. The State commission rs Ar.
ranging its prizes provided for prize
for boys and permitted the BOYS par
ticipating in the State contest to also
participate in DR.. Knapp's United
States Farm demonstration work con-
tests for school boys with free trip
to Washington as one Of the prizes.
The first boys report to reach Com
missioner Watson has delighted him
beyond all measure as it comes from
Marlboro lad, residing in Brights-
Vile township in Marlboro county and
shows a production of 152 liz bush
els on one acre, which is far better
than any result obtained by any
grown up farmer in last years State
contest. The first prize then having
gone to a production of 1877 a-s bush
els
Not alone is the total result one OF
value. but the report shows THAI the
lad used seed that he obtained from
the winner of last years state con
test. Furthermore, the manual show
ing every step Of cultivation, appHca-
ton Of fertilizer, etc., has been kept
In the most creditab1e manner and
the boy obtained his result at a totap
expense Of $55, and sold his crop in
cluding seed and fodder for 1895, alp
of the seed being sold for seed pur-
poses.
The boys name is A. Bascom Ush-
er. Commissioner Watson states ~
bushel Of this corn in the ear win be-
placed on exhibit at the State Fair i'm
the field crops department. ~
1t is interesting to note in this
regard that the Drake worlds record
OF 1889 on single acre was ass
bushels and the Tindal, 1906 WORLDS
prize yield was 1872, the second prize
being won with 131 bushels. 1t Is also
interesting to note that he TindaE
crop was raised at a total expense of
s56.25, and his total receipts from the
crop were $42300.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-30
Carmack's Beautiful Tribute to the
South.

The following is an extract from
Carmack's famous speech which is
said to have won him his seat in the
United States senate:
IL speak, sir. for my native South.
1t is a land that has known sorrows;'
a land that has broken the ashen
crust and moistened 1t with its tears;
land Scared and riven by the plow-
share Of war and billowed with the
graves of her dead, but a land of leg
end. land OF song. land of hallow-
ed and heroic memories.
ITO this land every drop Of my
blood. every fiber of my being, every
pulsation OF my heart is consecrated
forever.
II was born Of her womb. I was
nurtured at her breast, and when my
last hour shall come I pray God that
may be piliowed upon her bosom
and rocked to sleep within her tender
and encircling arms"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-30
YOUNG MAN FATALLY HURT.
Mr.. II. Il. Smith Thrown From Hand.
Car Near Eutaw Springs.

Ferguson. Oct. 25.--A very sad ac-
cident occurred Saturday night on
the Atlantic Coast Line railroad track
near Eutaw Springs. Mr.. r. l. Smith.
Of Tennessee. was thrown from a
hand car and injured internally and
died In Eutawville Saturday night.
Mr.. Smith was going from Ferguson
to Eutawville on O hand car worked
by four negroes. and when the party
came to a very sharp curve in the
track. near Eutaw Springs, they
struck a heavy piece of timber. which
had evidently been placed there by
some very heartless person with OWL
intent. The speed at which the ca.
was going. combined with the sharp
curve. caused the car to be thrown
from the track. Mr.. Smith was thrown
from his seat against the ties. causing
hls shoulder to be broken. The no
groes were also thrown of, but their
injuries were very slight. a
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-30
MACK DROPS BRYAN?
Democratic National Chairman Said
To be Grooming Harmon for Next
Race. |

Buffalo. N. Y, Oct. 25.-The Ma
tional Monthly, edited by Chairman
Norman Mack. of the Democratic ma
ttonal committee gives considerable
space In Its November number to an
article by Judson Harmon, Governor
Of Ohio. In which he bitterly assails
the Republican Administration at
Washington on account of the new
tariff bill and other alleged political
iniquities.
Governor Harmon was the principal
speaker on Democratic Day" at the
Texas State Fair. on October 6. and
his address there. taken in connection
with his article In Chairman Mack's
National Monthly. has given rise to
the statement In political quarters in
close relation with Mr.. Mack. that the
chairman Of the Democratic national
committee has dropped william j.
Bryan. Of Nebraska. as q presidential
possibility and Is now engaged In
grooming Governor Harmon for the
Democratic presidential nomination
In 1919.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-30
A GREAT FEATURE.
OF the South Carolina State Fair az
Columbia Will be the Visit of Pres
ident Taft. ~'~s> ~ +a

The Atlantic Coast Line announces
very low round trip rates from all
points in South Carolina to cover the
above occasions, tickets to be on sale
October 81 to November 9 inclusive.
with return limit to leave Columbia
up to and including, but not later
than. midnight of November 8, 1909
Tickets will include admission to the
tair and transportation to and from
Fair Grounds on local trains of the.
A. c. L. which will make frequent,
trips.
Saturday, November 9Th, will be
TAFT DAY,
When the President will meet and
address the people at the Fair
Grounds and review the Military and
Civic Parade.
Inquire of M. F. Duke. Agent Sum-
ter, or any Agent of the Atlantic.
Coast Line, for information 40 r.,
rates. schedules and tickets.
w. .. CRAIG, T. c. WHITE,
Pas. Traffic Mgr. Gen. Pas. Art
WILMINGTON, N. c.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-30
TO REBUILD RAILROAD.
Who Will Improye lime
From Florence to Wadesboro at
Work.

Florence, Oct. 26.-The Ferguson
Contracting Company, which was
awarde! tn contract for the reorilC.
ing Of the Cheraw and Darlington
and the Cheraw and Salisbury Rail-
road from Florence to Wadesboro. N.
c., distance of sixty-five miles, has
established headquarters at Florence,
and has secured offices in the Mason
ic Temple building, second floor. Mr..
Robert c. Chase, Of this city, is in
charge of the office.
The contractors are now at work
securing material and securing and
organizing their help, after which ac-
tual work Of grading and constructing
will begin.
1t Is stated that the work on the
road between Florence and Cheraw
will not need very much grading ex-
cept at what issknown as Berkley's
grade, about two miles south of So
SASNS AAiAA' al Sudl the reverse
curves will be cut out entirely, and
the grade reduced to minimum.
The line will be run directly throu 81,
the old mill pond that the old line
runs around, which necessitated the
reverse curve.
Another matter Of Importance Will
be the entrance and passing through
Cheraw, Darlington and Florence, at
which points considerable changes
will be made.
On the Cheraw and Salisbury Road,
between Cheraw and wadesboro, it is
stated that very nearly five-eighths of
the road-bed will be new entirely, at
some points the new road-bed will be
very nearly mile away from the DID!
and some Of the towns that are now
on the railroad will be left high and
dry mile away.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-30

A1leeed Slayer Of Miss MiIlman to be
Tried.

Detroit. Mich. Oct. 25.-After
Chauffeur Jos. w. Leach had testified
In police court this afternoon that on
the night Of August 81. he drove DR..
George A. Fritch from the physicians 3
once to Ecorse Creek. where the doc
tor threw into the water three sacks
which they had taken from his ONCE,
DR.. Fritch was held for trial In the
Recorders Court on the charge OF
manslaughter I'm connection with the
death of Miss Maybelle Millman, Of
Ann Arbor.
Miss Millman's body was found I'm
three sections In sacks In Ecorse
Creek. and the lower Detroit River
early In September. The body bore
evidence. the police and county physi-
clans were satisfied. that a criminal
operation had been performed or at
tempted.
At the conclusion OF Leach's cross
examination Attorney Lodge. for DR..
Fritch. made an unsuccessful attempt
To have the complaint dismissed on
the ground that the evidence necessary
To establish the manslaughter charge
had not been presented.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-30
The Craving for Drink Not Inherited.

Alexander Lambert, M. D., in Hope
for the the Victims of Narcotics"
printed in Success Magazine" says:
The cause and effects Of alcoholism
form vast subject about which
much truth and many falsehoods
have been written. The falsehoods
have done more than a passing harm,
for they have caused in the minds OF
the ignorant a disbelief in the truth,
and the strict truth displays a terrible
picture. The use of alcohol is the
most common and widespread Of all
the narcotics, and unlike morphine
and cocaine 1t may be indulged in
modestly without ever being taken to
excess; but, also unlike morphine and
cocaine, when used even in modera-
tion 1t may cause pathologic changes
In the body. and when taken to excess
invariably produces degenerative
changes in the various viscera.
Alcohol has curious selective ac-
ton, and as individuals react differ.
emily to equal doses, so, too, do in
dividuals show different pathologic
changes from equal indulgence. The
brain and central nervous system, or
the heart and arteries, or the liver
and kidneys. may each separately
bear the brunt Of the alcoholic poison.
Thus the brain and nervous system
may entirely escape the poison, and
the individual die Of cardiac or other
visceral degenerations; or the brain
and nervous system may become early
degenerated and the viscera escape
and the chronic alcoholic live long
years, nuisance and a curse to his
community. Unfortunately. when al
coholic excesses are committed in the
youthful. formative period of life, the
brain and nervous system are the
more prone to be affected. The man
who INDUCES in alcoholic excesses is
like man who recklessly signs sight
oAoilS WHICH ne never expects to be
cashed in, but when overtaken with
acute disease or accident these drafts
are cashed in with pitiless insistence.
The effects Of alcohol do not always
remain confined to the generation
which commits the over-indulgence,
since idiscy, epilepsy moral denger-
acy and weakened, unstable mentality
are more often found in the children
Of alcoholic parents than in those of
non-alcoholic parentage. The actua,
thirst or craving Is not inherited, but
the weaker neral character which is
bequeathed easily gives way to any
temptation and quickly forms habits
of excessive Indulgence.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-30

Tommy Turf seemed particularly
obtuse that morning, but "'dear teach
er" was determined to make him un-
der stand, says the Catholic Standard
and Times. "Y0u say you own a dog.
Tommy" she said. "Then you have a
qnadruped. don't you see?" "No'm,"
replied Tommy. But 1 explained to
you moment ago that any animal
with four legs was a quadruped."
"Yes'm, but Buster lost one o. hisn't
fightin' a trolley car"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-30
What Shall We Do for the Old?

In Germany, in Denmark, in Aus
traiia, and now in England, a new
policy has been adopted toward the
old. The pail Of fear which has hung
over the hungry. naked old men for
centuries Is lifted, says Walter Weyl
in an absorbing article in Success
Magazine" To every man who has
labored in his lifetime a pension is
granted, and whether he contributes
to this pension directly and compul-
sorily, as in Germany, or indirectly
through his labor, as in England, he
receives in his old age fixed weekly
stipend which is not dishonoring or
rooted In charity. The pension paid
by the German or English State to its
old Is as much a reward Of labor as
is the wage which is found in the
weekly pay-envelope.
Old-age pensions are not the end,
but the beginning of the problem. A
pension is a good thing, but it is not
SO good as the chance to work. When
by preventing child-labor, industrial
accidents, remediable illness, stock
watering, and other wholesale spolia-
ton not only of city workmen, but of
formers, professional men, and men
and women of small property, we
shall have struck at the root of much
or our senile poverty, we shall have
made the drawing of old-age pensions
universal right which will be only
occasionally exercised. The pension
will be opened to all who need it, but
the need will be less. If our civiliza-
ton is TO be worth while, the solution
Of the problem Of poverty in old age
will eventually be found in prevention
quite as much as in cure.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-30
STABLES BURNED In MANNING.
Fire Supposed to Have Started From
Cigar.

Manning, Oct. 26.-The large
stables belonging to r. d. Clark were
burned today about noon. In these
buildings were stored some corn and
hay and farming implements, which
were also destroyed. Buildings were
insured for $4OO; none on the con-
tents. There are a number of resi-
dences surrounding these stables,
being burned, and would very likely
which were at one time in danger Of
have been but for the good work Of
the fire company. 1t is supposed that
the fire started from lighted cigar or
cigarette.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-30
EXCURSION TO CHARLESTON.
On Account OF the Visit of President
Taft.

On Account Of the Visit of President
Taft.
For the above occasion the Allan
tic Coast Line offers very low round
trip rates to Charleston from Sumter.
Fioreace. Hardeeville. Young's Is
land. Ehrhardts. and intermediate
Points.
Tickets will be sold for trains
scheduled to arrive Charleston by SIS
p. m. November 5th. limited to return
until the following day.
Mr.. Taft is due to arrive Charles
ton Friday afternoon November 5th
and will meet and address the people
that evening. thereby giving every
visitor an opportunity to see and hear
him.
Inquire Of NJ. r. Dukes. Agent
Sumter. 8. c.. or any Agent Of the At
lantic Coast Limo for information as
to rates schedules and other pre-
liminaries.
w. J. CRAIG. r. c. WHITE.
Pas. Traffic Mgr. Gen. Pas. Agt.
WILMINGTON. N. C.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-30
DIR. FRASER HAS ACCEPTED.
Will Become Head Of THEOLOGICAL
Seminary-Has Resigned as Pastor
or StauntOn, Va, Church.

Staunton, Va, Oct. 24.-Rev. DR..
A. M. Fraser, for 16 years pastor Of
First Presbyterian church here, ten
dered his resignation today to take
effect in December, 1910.
After repeated calls he has accept
ed the PRESIDENCY of Columbia Tholog-
ical Seminary, Columbia, S. c. He
formerly in South Carolina. DR.. Fra
ser is one Of the best known and most
influential preachers in the Southern
Presbyterian church.-tBaltimore Sun.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-30

oAews Crop Very short "a Compared
WIth fs0S Decrease II 7e0,S75.

Warrington. Oct. ss.-The census
bureau today issued report showing
tAat s.s3S.ss1 bales. counting round
bales - half bales. had been sinned
nom the growth Of 1909 to October
-. ~ compared with s.sss.1ss for
ises. Asio.sss for 1907 and l.s31.sa1
fos 1909.
Ths report showed that 6l3.ssS
balss had been ginnsd In Alabama, as
compared with ssA.t0l In 1908: Sat-
elS In Arkansas. a. compared with
s<I.<ss; sA.os7; in Florida. az CON-
pared with sl.os7; i.11s.7ooo in oeor-
sta. ~ compared with 1.l1s.2as: 144,-
es3 IN louisiana, a. compared with
3ev.se3; Ss3.414 In Mississippi, as
cehpared with, ss1.sss; 2Ss.24s in
North Carolina. as compared with
31e.a31; s3s.37o In Oklahoma, an
compared with 1s2.bss: s22.270 in
south Carolina, ~ compared with
seo.sIs; 101.1s0 In Tennessee, an
compared with 1s1.o7s: i.s7s.s13 in
Texas. ,as compared with 2.o47.7ss.
aad 1878 In all other States. as COM
pared with 3s.s2s. f
In this report s7.s64 round bales
were included. az compared with 49,
Sso for 1908. s7.s57 for 1907, and
i3s.1ll for 1905. The number Of sea
island bales included was ss.sso. as
compared with s3.ols for 1908. 49,
IT'S Tor 1907 and 1,os1 for 1905.
The bureau announced that the In
dtvidual returns OF sinners had alter
cd the report of cotton sinned to Sop
tomber rs so that the corrected num-
eer OF bales sinned to that date was
ftss.iso rStatsN
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-30
HOW THE DRUG MAN "STUNG.-
Mixed Up Few Things For 10 Cents |:
Got SO For 1t.

(From the Philadelphia Telegraph.)
DR.. Charlie Hearn. of Swarthmore,
always has new joke to tell, and in
his latest prominent advertising
man of this city was the victim. The
latter had a touch of indigestion, and,
meeting a doctor who was a friend Of
his upon the street, asked him what
to take for it.
"A little bicarbOnare of soda, a few
drops of aromatic spirits of ammonia
and some water" advised his medical
friend.
Write it down, will you, Doc?"
asked the advertiser. The doctor did
SO. The man went directly to drug
store, DR.. Hearn says, and asked for
five cents worth Of bicarbonate of So
da and also five cents worth of aro-
matte spirits Of ammonia. The drug
clerk got them for him and was wrap
ping them when the purchaser pulled
the prescription blank from his pock-
et. Say he asked, "this just says
put them in some water. How much
ought l to use?"
The druggist leaned forward and
took the blank. "I'll fix it," he said,
and disappeared.
A little later he came back with q
bottle, labeled.
Il added the water" he said,
triumphantly; $50 cents. please"
Fifty cents" roared the customer.
you said it was only 10 cents! Do
you usually charge 40 cents for a bot
tie OF water?"
The druggist frowned. This IS
prescription he said, land we never
put one up for less than SO cents"
And the customer, whispering
"stung!" left the shop. wiser and
poorer by 40 cents.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-30
DISASTROUS FLOOD IN MEXICO,
Cioudburst Does Incalcuable Damage
In State Of TObascO.


loss of five million Of pesos, includ-
Ing crops and fine hard woods, two
lives known to be lost, and many
others, 1t is feared, sacrificed in the
floods, hundreds of homes in country
and town washed away and thousands
of head Of cattle drowned are the
known results Of the disastrous cloud
burst and storm that broke over the
State Of Tobasco yesterday, following
twenty-one days of incessant rain all
over this region. Rivers are out Of
their banks, towns are inundated
thousands homeless and no relief is
yet in sight.
From north to south, extending
across the State from the Mescalpa
and the Grijalva rivers, which takes
the two names after forking near
Huinaguilto to the banks Of the U.s.
macinta. which for a short distance
marks the boundary between CHA
pas and Guatemala. the entire coun-
try is a total waste. Only the high
mountains villages ndtplateau farms
escaped from the terrific onslaught of
the waters.
Five hundred families are home
less in the city Of Alasta alone. 9th
er cities and towns. inundated are:
Jalapa, Tiacotalpam,> Tlapa, Santa
Rosa and number Of smaller villages
along the Mescalpa River. while the
south border Of the State of Jonu-
ia, Palizada and Santa Rita in the
valley Of the Usumacinta River are
badly damaged as the result Of the
flood.
A total Of thirty-two and a half in
ches of water has fallen in the State
In three weeks. which is the record.
for water fall in thirty two years. A
large part Of the lower section of
San Juan Bautista Is under water.
The Barrio Of Santa Cruz has been
totally depopulated and the water is
three and four feet deep in many
houses. Temporary lodging houses
have been fitted up by the authorities
Of San Juan Bautista and more than
a thousand people are being fed and
lodged at the city's expense. So COM
plete is the inundation of Santa Rosa
that 1t resembles the arm of the sea.
Streets. parks and gardens are inun-
dated by three feet Of water and the
population is living on roots, shiver-
ing and striving. praying for the wa
ters to recede.
Jalapa suffered heavy losses on ac-
count Of food and many Indian huts
have been destroyed compelling the
occupants to seek relief from the
town authorities. Similar conditions
prevail at Tiacotalpam and Tlapa
Reports from the interior state that
the storm accompanying the heavy
rain was the most destructive known
In the section in, years. Forests .oi
mohogany and cedar were uprooted
by the force Of the wind and rain.
and thousands of trees washed away
Cattle ranches also suffered heavily
stock being drowned as the herds
fled from the big rain and were wash
ed into the treacherous streams.
Every crop in the State traverseG
by the storm is thought to be destroy
ed, while thousand Of acres are un-
Ger water. The State Government is
assisting the stricken cities and il
is likely the Government will SEND
out an appeal to the Federal Govern
ment for aid.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-30

Raiston Roberts Coffin. who was
the youngest man who ever rode In a
varsity boat at Poughkeepsie. and q
member of the Columbia football
team Of 1899. which DEBATED Yale.
died recently In New York.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-30

It's hard to convince a man that he
Is the real thing when bigger man
has him down. :.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-30

Ii you would be happy, let your
memory go and cultivate your forget
terry.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-30

Send Us your i,b work.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-08-05
GARY UNDER STATE RULE.
Troops Sent Model Town" az Result
Of Clash With offfctaIs,

Chicago, Aug. As the result Of =
clash between state and city officials
over the suppression Of vice and law,
lessIess at Gary, Ind, that model
town practically is under state rule,
ceputy sherinfs, under command Of
Sheriff Thomas Hunter, Of Lake coun-
t., takirg charge of the situation over
the head of Mayor T. E. Knots and
his police department.
While the blind pigs" are running
wide open, Mayor Knots announced
that neither troops nor deputy sherifrs
would be necessary to close up the
illegal saloons and resorts. He de-
clared he intended to enforce the law
to the letter and that before the day
was over every blind pig would be
closed and deserted
Notwithstanding, following the an
nouncement Of Governor Marshall that
he would send the state militia to-
Gary If the city officials did not take
immediate steps to stamp out the Dor
der lawlessness. Assistant Prosecut-
ing Attorney Hodges declared be
would have several hundred deputy
sheri6s sworn in, if necessary, to
close up the blind pigs and other IL
legal places which have been flourish
ing there, and he took action imme.
diately. -
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-08-05

! Waverly, (OhDo Democrat: NV
young lady reader, if you are looking
for your prince, just test his home
conduct before you accept him. DOM
be guided in your choice by what a
young man may be in your parlor
find out what he is in his mothers
sitting room. Don't judge him by
how he can dance, or turn a com.
pliment, or tip his hat or carry your
small bundle; find out how agile he
is to do service for his old maid
aunt, or how he speaks to the women
folks when his collars are not laun.
dered to suit him. If he stands the
test, catch him quick for he is rara.
avis. Together you may establish a
kingdom second to none but the king.
dom Of heaven--a happy home. For
the home where mutual considera.
ton rules, is bound to be a happy
one, although it be the top in a tene-
ment, or an adobe hut on the prairies.