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The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06

he has seen his man. but the pros
poets are not very good. then he tells
that the officers have stepped in and
took a gun from him and recfted his
forebodingS Of a jail sentence impIor-
ing her 10 wait for him and be kind
to his sisters, dwelling upon his hope
lesSness without money.
i fine Of SIS was assessed him this
morning for carrying dangerous weap-
ouS. as he had evidently made Koru-
haus believe himself in danger
Payne stood in the pen this morning
with tears shining IN his eyes the
picture of utter hopelessness awaiting
his order to go on the rock pile II
no warrant is gotten for him from the
county it is quite probable that his fine
will be reduced and lawyer employ
ed TO go about the getting of his mon
ey in a more systematic and less dan
gerouS way
waiter on the L. P dining car system
who has been boarding with A
Peacher in North Topeka during the
winter, got TO feeling around in an
old trunk in the house and his fingers
fastened upon $50 with which he
pleasure trip a. Peacher suspecting
him also went to Kansas City on a
still hunt Smith met him there and
thought he had come down fort fun
too and did not surmise that Peacher
knew of his loss but Mr.. Peacher was
playing the detective game and got
smith to come home last night savin ?
that they had fun enough thereby
getting him back into the state
When they were in Topeka Mr.
Smith was turned over to the police
who have passed him on to the coun-
ty to pay the penalty for grand lar
ceny-
The two hackmen Neddo and
Lynch were fined $50 each for solicit
ing for their business That is the
limit for police court and now the
county is TO be heard from.
W. F. C. Meyers whose show was
suspended by the officers for running
without a license in North Topeka
has been allowed to proceed as he has
gotten the necessary document
a ray of light showed for the
autoists last evening when the Judge
took the word of n. s Wear for
evidence to clear him when he swore
his sDeedometer showed only Il miles
an hour and he had never run the
limit yet as against the statement of
the motorcycle meter which took his
speed at 20 miles. Mr.. August
pleaded not guilty but paid the $25
and J. G. Stewart appealed from his
SIS fine.
Pa-mah-me whose first name is
Pete came down from the Indian
Co1-L LAtl4 anu NOOh OA1 NAL1l he 4u-
mitted to be ''Too-muh-me'' being
found in that overpowerd state by Mr.
W0nderly and confined to the jail
where he awaits the coming Of
friend to pay his fine
Chief Eaton has been initiated into
the great and grand order Of the
Horse Thieves whose object it is to
catch one another and prosecute and
defame. There are now some 500 in
the local lodge Of A H. T. 4.
An Anti-WheeI Stealing society
would not be amiss in the city 4
dozen wheels are reported stolen at
the station-au kinds of wheels from
the Y. NJ. c. A to the back door of
the L, P baggage room
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06
NEGROES TO CELEBRATE.
Lincoln Day Is to Be Observed at
Metropolitan Hall

The Kansas Lincoln Day club. color
ed, will celebrate its eighth annual an
niversary on Friday. February u. at
the Metropolitan hall
There viii be music by the local band.
followed by a number Of Spea kers
among them being Jas H Guy. To-
peka. Prof ] NJ Marques Kansas
City. No. w 7. Vernon register of
the treasury. C Patterson is president
OF the club. c C LytIe is secretary
and J. 4. B Taylor is chairman of
the executive committee
Jacksou's band will play Ned O'Ban-
ion and Mrs. J. NJ Wright of this city
and Mr. J. H. Jones' of Pfttsburg, Pa,
viii give vocal selections
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ceived. send Us
One Dollar II
not tell US so and
we viii cancel
the charge You
decide. You can
see that only a
genuine cure could
Be sold on approval
We have c u r 2 q
thousands in every
stage OF this cruei
disea ase-even cases
of 80 and 40 years
suffering. who de-
suaired OF ever get
ting relief II costs
7OrhiuC in any case
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Piles Cured
II You Have Piles Let Us Send You
Our 81 Absorption Treatment
Which Is Curing Thousands


Just fill out and mail the coupon
below as directed. and return mail
will bring you a full 81 Package of Dr.
Van Weeks 3-FoId Absorption Cure
for Piles. Ulcers, Eissures. TumorS-
Consultation. etc (Au in plain
wrapper) To Try FREE Then if you
are fIIIIv satisfied with the benefit re-
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06

Philadelphia Feb- s-Rev- Dr.. Henry
Grigss Weston the veteran president Of
>Crozfer theological seminary. died TO-DAY
aged So Dr.. Weston was known as the
grand old man Of the Baptist church
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06
Washington Once Gave Up

Wash1ngtOn Once Gave Up
to three doctors; was kept in bed for i've
weeks Blood poison from spiders oils
caused large, deep sores to cover his leg
The doctors failed. then 'Buckieu's Arnica
SaIve completely cured me- writes John
Washington. of Bosquevflle. Tex For
eczema bofls. burns and piles 1t 5 suprerne
&c at CarlpbeII Drug Co
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06
weekly Bank Statement.

New York Feb 6--The statement of
clearing house banks for the week shows
that the banks hold so. 236. $50 more than
the requirements Of the IS per cent reserve
rule This IS a decrease OF SIl.360-515 in the
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06
SPENT DAY AT CULEBRA
Taft and the Engineers at the Big
Cut

Panama. Feb. 6-WiIlfam H Taft
and the engineers who accompau auied
him to the isthmus spent today at the
CUlebra cut
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06

T z. Cooper Of the machine shops
has returned from Wichita, Kan.
where he has been visiting with rela-
tives for several days
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06

Cottonwood Falls. Kan. Feb "a B
Watson : dead He was one of the earl
lest settlers here having lived in oue Of
the first two log houses built in this
leIghbOrnOod.
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zENUC'SENGLE
EEEEEI !4s.;sET = Ca cls9s BINDER
4s:sYtl 4s:ssYgtt T.OOOso 90



The percentage of actual reserve Of the
clearing house banks today was ZS-TF- Ihe
statement of banks and trust companies Of
Greater New York, not reporting 10 the
clearing house. shows fnaL these inStftu-
tfOns have aggregate deposits of sl-2z1- -42As-
eco total cash on hand SI55- 19z-sto and
loans amounting to 81, ,oS4 S09, 800
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06

Christian SpirituaIist meeting Sun
day evening at s O'Clock at 1917 East
Sixth avenue
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06
BY



engines
Preside
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06

uhe-a We faiI Send no money; just the
coupon. Do it today and receive slad Re-
TfaE zr once
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06

Items for the Oakland notes may be left
at Lhe iowa Grocery or telephored to Ind
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-09-22

With the two issues Of this week
the series of articles on tile drainage
VIII close. 1t Is a subject that needs
more attention than the vast major
ity Of our farmers give. If some of
the money that is wasted each year
on ammoniated fertilizers were put
into drainage there would be a per-
manent Improvement of our farms,
and larger yields from less fertilizers
would be the results.
Drainage in connection with the
growing of legumes and feeding stock
will work such revolution in our
farming methods that there will be
no more poor lands where this sys-
tenn is intelligently followed.
The Sumter County Union will
meet on the 1st Friday in October,
the 1st day Of the month, with the
Elliott local in Lee County. This will
be next week e.. w. ID
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GOING TOO FAR.

Tho new rule of City Council for.
>adding officers Of the police force tc
~nter social clubs has created an un.
osud amount of discussion. There
seems 10 be room for debate as to the
exact meaning Of the new rule--some
persons constituting the rule to mean
that police officers must not enter So
cSA, clubs while on duty. while Others
held that officers are forbidden to
eater social clubs at any time, wheth-
~r ON duty or not II this is the true
fneeNt Of the new regulation II is GO
ang too far. A policeman Is public
servant. II Ia true. but he is also a
eats1co aud has the same rights as
~ahsf citizens enjoy. When of duty
shey havc the right to visit places of
0Duscment and recreation as other
eitixeos do. IL a policeman cannot
enjoy the privilege. when not on active
duty. OF spending an hour or so in a
club. Of which he Is member. or
attending the theatre or going to see
n moving picture show. or going fish
sna. or attending church, prayer
neetirg. lodge meeting. or a baseball
game. he Is In tough luck. and had
better hunt another job. Every citi-
1en win approve OF a rule forbidding
policemen visiting social clubs or any
sofhr place OF amusement or recrea-
zion when on duty. unless 1t is neces-
sary to do so in the discharge of duty.
nut when City Council undertakes to
say what a public official-police-
man or any other man In the pay
<of the city--shall do with his time
when on duty. they are going too far.
In this connection II Is not inappro-
PIRATE to advert to the curren. report
ehsh Health Officer Reardon has been
reQuired. as condition precedent to
phts retention of the office. to give up
the position as doorkeeper and ticket
taker at the Opera House. 1t Is right
and proper that the Health Officer be
required 60 give his full time and at
tention TO the duties of the office and
shat he he held to a strict account
absIfT. but IL he gives ten or more
hours a day to the faithful discharge
-o7 the duties OF hts position. neither
The 'CSay Council nor the Board of
Health has any right to say to him
that ne shall not occasionally put in
two oor three hours extra work be-
Nsseten the hours OF and IL p. m.
They might as we'll say to him that
nse shah not attend performance in
the Opera House OF go to church on
SSundny night. There Is such a thing
- gcing To extremes and this is one
~ those times Require the members
81 the police force and the Health
0ncer io perform their full duty and
% conduct themselves at all times
aaE Ofscers a nd gentlemen should,
n~t aow't Interfere with their rights
~ men and citizens.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-09-22

inch pipe for IA acres.
inch pipe for 25 acres.
inch pipe for 40 acres.
inch piper for s. acres.
In a moro open sell which woulds
absorb rain more rapidly. I would. id
place of the above substitute the fol
lowing:
inch pipe for acres.
1-2 inch pipe for IA acres.
inch pipe for acres.
inch pipe for ii acres.
inch pipe for 20 acres.
inch pipe for 80 acres.
inch pipe for 66 acres.
Inc sizes in above tables were
computed for a fall of one foot in
ooo 1eet, or two and one-half inches
In 100 feet, which is about the Same
ihese sizes are for the outlets. For
instance, when the drainage of aus
o'-acre or 66-acre field Gas the ca
may be- is all discharged through a
Single outlet, the main drain would
pegin at its lower end with an Sin.
pipe. This size would be properly
reduced to the next size, after receiv-
ing a certain portion of the lateral
system and so on up the course q
the drain.
In fiat field of so acres where all
the drainage water was distributed
through one outlet, 1 began the main
Grain at the outlet with a 5-inch
pipe. If / had the work TO do over
L would begin with a 6-inch pine.
JESSE G. WHITFIELD. =
Demopolis, Ala.
In Southern Cultivator.
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Farmers Union News
Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers


Watcbman
semweeky publication
Practical Farmers which
aim to give the that end
publish
ment Bulletins readers
telling their or failures
will and publs she'd
All Department be sent to E. w Dabb
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ifg or level. On rolling land the OBJ
Ject should 1e to remove the surplus
water slowly by a system Of terrace
Gitchcs or furrows, in order 10 pre-
vent erosion and at the same time
allow the water time to soak into the
soil. On very flat lands the bitches
may frequently be cut along rho
Hnes OF greatest descent without civ
ing them too much fall. In either
case. when no water is allowed n
HOW on the land from outlying areas.
and the surface drainage is as j..
should be, the amount of percolarjv.
water to be carried off bv the nm
derdrains may be taken as being the
same.
AS drain in free soil will
draw' from greater distance than
one in retentive soil the size of the
former should be the greater. the
lengths of both drains being the
same
If | gould get such sizes then as
would wish, 1 should adopt two inches
as the minimum size for all soils.
The lateral drains would begin at
their upper ends with an inside di
ameter of two inches, and the size of
drain would be increased as the drain
becomes filled with water in its
course towards the outlet or its iunc-
ton with the main drain.
n completing the sizes of drains
the total amount of the yearly rain
fall is not so much to be considered
as the fact that we often have a
large per cent. of the whole Years
rain concentrated within two or three
weeks, and that right at the time
when 1t is necessary to prepare the
land for planting; or, as was the case
this year, right in the midst OF the
growing season when it served only
to injure or ruin the crops. 1t is evil
dent then that drains which would
J""' i"i Sc eiiouSH 20 properly
drain the ground with such rainfall as
we have, distributed somewhat equal
ly through the year.. would be too
small to suit weather conditions as
they actually exist. A system of
drains in retentive soil that would
remove one-fourth of an inch of rain
IN tWenty-four hours, would SO re-
lieve the soil of it's water of satura-
'ion as would bring about that alter
nate circulation of air and water
through the soil which is so neces-
sary to healthy growth. Will here
call your attention to the fact that
drain of capacity just sufficient 70
lower the water of a lake one-fourth
of an inch in twenty-four ho1rrs will
lower the water in the soil of field
OF the same area of the lake MANY
times that amount in the same time:
because in the latter case you are
dealing with the soil of saturation
only, and not with the water of at
traction.
With such fiat grades as would
probably be necessary in bottom land
and in rather stiff clay soil, 1 would
consider the following sizes as being
sufficient:
inch pipe for 1-2 acres.
TX
inch pipe for acres.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-09-22
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER %, 1909.

The Sumter watchman was found
% In 1850 and the True Southron in
asss. The watchman and southron
Vow has the combined circulation and
mauence of both OF the old papers.
md ts manlfestly the best advertising
medium in Sumter.
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TILE DRAINAGE IN FOUR CAP
TIERS.
CHAPTER III.



AS our object i'm underdrainage is
to make available to the crop as much
soil as the crop can utilize it is evil
dent that IL we can arrive at q cor
rect notion as to the depth crop roots
would penetrate the soil, If they had
free access to it, we can also fix the
proper depth for our drains; for the
roots would extend to the same depth
in all soils regardless of the character
OF the soils. have been able to see
for myself that cotton roots in
drained clay soils, penetrate as far as
three and one-half feet fellow the sur
face. But farm crops will not send
their roots into stagnant water, and
this fact explains why crops that have
started off to growing nicely on re-
tentive soils. during favorable wealth
CT. are checked in their growth by a
wet season. after which they have a
tendency to parch. The roots, having
entered deeply into the soil the rains
cause the water table or top line Of
saturation to rise among the roots
which the crop has then to throw off /;
and after the soil water again recedes,
tie crop, having lost its deep roots.
is then occupying only the first few
inches OF soil, and must consequently
suffer for want of sufficient water. In
a field that had been drained three
and One-half feet deep and planted in
cotton, I noticed, after the winter
rains set in and the drains were dis
charging water that quantities Of
small roots passing down the drains
had lodged against the iron grating at
the outlet Of the main drain. The
mass of roots that had accumulated
In this way had almost completely
filled the five-inch pipe from the end
back several feet. and it was ne ccs-
sary to remove the grating and sub
stitute q shackle valve, opening out
ward. so the roots could pass out as
they were washed down by the water.
These roots. resembling masses of
matted hair, certainly belonged tC the
cotton crop Of the season just then
passed, for they had the peculiar taste
OF cotton roots, and no trees or other
crops--not even graz s--had been al
lowed to grow on the land. This
would seem TO show that the opinion
held by most of the later writer's on
this subject. that drains should be
about correct.
cannot refrain from comparing
the seed bed formed by four feet of q
naturally rctentive soil that has been
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-09-22

FOR SALE-My Sans Souci planta-
ton of six hundred acres at State
burg, Sumter County, S. c. Will
sell as a whole or in parcels. Ap-
ply at once to owner. c. L. Stuck
ey, Bishopville, S. c. 9-13-4t-2t-a-M
w. e. s. At 7
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Daily New York Cotton Market

FOR SALE--Land at a bargain. 2a5
acres of farming land in Sumter
County, for sale at $500 per acre.
This includes an eight room house.
barn, tenant house and flowing an
teslan well, with good timber on
the tract. Purchaser to pay for
papers. For quick cash safe see
me. DR.. Walter Cheyne.
9-1S-4t
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There is a nice crop of crab grass
hay on the court house square.
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for the summer, but it was expected
that the report woulI Ia ready when
Council met G%Vin CG lie 13th m-
stant. When the report was not
forthcoming Tuesday night those who
expected the committee to report were
disappointed and there has since been
revival Of curiosity concerning ,hc
tIGrraison report and the ultimate dis
position that is to be made of it, Hav-
i1S heard The report read In Coun-
Gil. the writer not devoured with curl
osity concerning the report, but a
large majority of our readers are ask
ing why II has been pigeon -holded?
They want to know when it is to be
published. If II Is to be published at
all. They want To see for themselves
whether the report was worth $500.
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slide. OF. course. when we are cut
ting through a Slight rise in the
ground and wish to maintain the four
foot depth in the lower ground be-
yond it may become necessary to eX-
ceed this depth. Again, when we
are intercepting the water of springs
or the sipe water coming down from
higher land will be necessary to go
deeper than four feet, in order to
prevent the sipe water from per-
colating through the soil under the
drain to lower ground beyond.
To surface-ditches at such frequent
intervals az would be effective in
draining the subsoil there are the
following objections:
First-It is impracticabe to main
tain the surface ditch at a sufficient
depth to draw off the subsoil water.
Second-Too much space is con-
sumed by the surface ditch. A ditch
four feet deep, even in a stiff soil,
and only wide enough on the bottom
to admit the cleaning tools, would in
short time, be fully nine feet wide
on top. owing to the natural slope
that such earth takes in repUse. The
four or five feet on each bank of the
ditch. lost to any but hand cultivation,
swells the width of lost land to eigh-
teen or twenty feet for each ditch.
Third-The first cost Of the sur
face ditch of such depth, to say moth
ing OF the annual cleaning, would be
several times greater than the cost of
opening the same depth of trench for
under drains.
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u<8 Rtt. his beat to visit q social club
a. any other place Of rest. recreation
er entertainment should be dismissed
arorn the force.
The triaf of the alleged 0ispensary
graftess will be taken up In the Rich
And County Court of General Ses-
Sscns this week. and unless the able
1nd rcsourcesful counsel the defend
Sut have engaged to defend them
shall h"d a way to secure a postpone.
nent. the inside history of the big
graft machine will be revealed to the
Eabiic. Attorney General Lyon has
sNnde good his promise to bring the
<rAttess To- trial and we sincerely trust
NJ viii succeed I'm proving the guilt
90 evcry man VINO defrauded. or aid
I'D and ahetted others in defrauding
rhe state. II he does his part it will
ne Inv duty Of the trial jury to do
their'G. II Attorney General Lyon
preScats conclusive proof OF the guilt
~i tAc men on trial and the jury fails
10 f'riug i'm a verdict according To the
law and evidence. he will be as de-
servi7S Of credit as II the trial re-
smred In conviction. Attorney Cen
~cftS LNop !, TO be commended for se-
cur -: a true blll against the alleged
xra'NVS'. 1rd &c No accomplshes no
norc ,ie 1hI ais Of t.:c state are cue
nNni-
president TAFT Is just as good a
pazty man as Aldrich. Payne or Can
mon w1'o are the Republican party.
Wbcn the report OF Expert Ac-
Vosurcnnt Harralson. who was EN-.
pioycd to audit the books and ac.
count of tie city officers. was pre-
@pteu to City Council II was read and
referrca 10 special committee. Said
seDnmittec being directed by the res
sSSgsrn Of reference to digest the re-
pGfi upd report hack to Council with
recommendation Several months
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FOR SALE--Seed rye and oats. will
have seed wheat, barley ETC., later.
Booth-Harby Livestock Co., S-2-
st.
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FOR SALE-Seven room house. large
well fenced lot. Price low. App
to S. F., % Warren street.
9-1S-2w
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n r,,mber OF City Council states
mat the regulation In respect to po-
mr. ~aicers visiting social clbs has
rersrcnce To officers on duty only and
nue 40 when they are of duty. This
- n reasonable and proper regula.
uass rwu any officer who leaves. or
hz1 heft. his beat to visit a social club
a. any other place of rest, recreation
er entertainment should be dismissed
from the force.