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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-24

larger than another, without regard
to the plants that furnished pollen to
make its grains.
We hear great deal about plant
Ing rows from each nf a number of
selected ears and watching the re-
spective prolificacy In the product of
each ear, and then selecting seed
from the progeny of the ear that
showed the greatest yield. But what
was 1t that made one ear from a plot
OF corn make more corn than other
ears but the environment and inheri-
tance of that ear? Would it not
be better to look after this environ
ment and get all the ears to inherit
the same tendency to prolif1cacy? AL
lowing only most prolific plants to
furnish the pollen, and thus insuring
the parentage Of all the grains to be
OF the best, would be far more likely
to increase the yield than to assume
that the great army of individuals
Tn an ear constitute an individual
Breeding from thoroughbred males is
just as important in corn as in colts
A grade animal may be pretty, and
so may grade ear Of corn, but neith-
er Is the best stock for breeding
Scrub males in the corn field are as
bad as scrub males in the herd,
either may produce pretty progeny SO
far as appearance goes.
A few days ago was shown by
good farmer two lots of corn. One
pile. he said. was from corn he has
been selecting for years. But last
year he thought to try some of one Of
the improved strains, and he got some
seed of the Early Mastodon that had
been grown in the same neighborhood
for several years. The ears bought
came near the score-card require
ments nearer than his corn did. He
planted but little of 1t as an expert
--.>''Ss e"u Voo 6iou tIdI ue uiQ not
plant more, for his own seed made 50
bushels per acre while the score-card-
bred seed made 81 bushels per acre
on the same land that was capable Of
making In better season rs bushels
per acre. The Mastodon had larger
ears, better shaped. deeper grains
than his. but the scorc-card selection
had not given 1t prolifcacy and the
corn that the score-card men would
have passed by. made nearly double
the crop.
When we have corn shows in which
The prizes are offered for the hest
Yield per acre, not Of a single pet
acre. but tSc average of the Who'll.
crop planted, with statements of the
method of selection of the seed end
the cultivation Of the crop, we may
talk about improving the corn crop,
bot so long as we have shows of big
pretty ears only there will be little
advance in the production of corn.-
Prof. Massey in Progressive Farmer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-24
Pretty Ears or Moro Bushels.

The farmer needs an ideal corn
plant first: q plant Of a prolific char
acter. short-iointed and leafy, with
the ears borne somewhere near
half way between the tassel and the
ground. and not a plant with one
great ear borne out Of reach and with
a short top above 1t that il 30 top
heavy as to blow down easily. Then
we have proved time and again that
corn plant that makes an average
OF two inedium-sized ears will always
have more shelled corn than a plant
that makes one big ear on stalk. A
prolific corn will always have smaller
ears than corn that makes but one
ear to the stalk, for II IL a law of ma
ture that when we increase the num-
Der Of fruits on a plant the recepta-
cies OF the individual fruits are small
.er. The present rage for big ears is
simply increasing the tendency to
make but one ear to the plant, and
the advice to select the best ears
IS simply advising farmers to do what
they have always been doing and will
not advance the yield fer acre at
all.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-24

The Sumter watchman was found
% In 1850 and the True southron In
aeee. The Waterman and southron
oew has the combined circulation and
>noesnoe OF both OF the old papers.
- u nsnlfestly the best advertising
onedisa In Sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-24

.rhe luck OF politicians and drunken
men IL past finding out.--New York
xvenIns sun.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-24

Mrs. Fred Levi spent Saturday i'm
Manning.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-24
l''IS5Ei$ GIVES HIS |S'Ei SPIh|5H I-5F|5 Sf PERu-NA
An Up-tO-Date Cier lyman Describes
an Up-t0-Oate Household Remedy
that Has Had the Test of
Time lnd Is Known the
World Over.

Some preachers are afraid to give
IN outspoken opinion on any remedy,
however highly they may esteem it.
Others are not afraid.
One OF those who ia not afraid is
quoted below. Read what he says.
He means every word Of it. IT you
doubt it write him letter, enclosing
. stamp. He will tell you what he
thinks.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-24

But the most important. point IN
real breeding Is to remove the plant
from all surrounding influences that
may be retrograding or harmful.
J have examined many fields of corn
IN different sections, and have never
found field in which there were not
fully 10 per cent. of the stalks with
no ear at all. And yet, these barren
stalks make pollen, and are as strong
males as any In the field, and will scat
ter all around them the same ten
dency TO make male flowers and no
female ones. Hence the environment
of the corn has great influence on
its value as seed.
From field of Illinois corn some
time since was selected an ear that
so completely filled the score card
requirements that 1t was sold for
$3.50. / had rather take corn from a
nubbir that was fertilized by first
class plants all around 1t than from
That $3.50 ear, IL 1t was surrounded
by inferior plants and barren stalks.
The place for the farmer to select
seed corn Is In patch grown for
seed purposes. where the tassels are
carefully pulled out before ripen.rg
from all barren plants. and all that
ic not come somewhere near the
ideal plant we have formed i'm mind.
Then select the best ears for n future
seed plantation and use the remain
der for the general crop. 1t takes
years to establish hereditary tend
ercy to come true 20 type, and /
would work for this for a plant of a
character that wanted i'm the corn
plant, and one of prolific charoc-
ter. Having gotten this inheritance
NJ prolific yield there will be plenty
20 time for the selection OF the best
icrmed ears.
The parentage OF every grain on
the cob Is the important point and
no. whether one ear is prettier and
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-24

The Bank Of Sumter offers two
Dr1zss--one OF $50 for the best yield
- e<rn from one acre and one of S25
~ she second best yield Of corn from
60 acre--which. we trust. will re-
sn1t In wholesome rivalry in corn cul-
ture among the progressive farmers
- tIis section of che State and con-
oouusat incresre In the size OF the
earn crop. The south has frequently
produced two much cotton for Its own
opo& but " the South. or any individ-
nai farmer. has ever produced too
mach corn We have never heard Of
A. Any plan or device that can be
formulated to- induce or encourage
fhe farmers OF Sumter and adjoining
counties To plant more corn and pro-
duce more bushels to rhe acre than
fhey have la the past has our hearty
appreciation and we congratulate the
Bank Of Sumter In taxing the lead
IN the campaign for more corn and
hrssr yields 20 the acre.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-24

The dedication OF the handsome
Dcv Court House of Lee County Mon
day was the occasion OF the assem-
b1aEs in Bishopville that day of
one of tho largest and most represen-
tative gatherings of Lee county's citi-
xenship that has ever met together
m one time. The court room. which
- large and commodious. could not
begin To accommodate those present
and there were many more people on
the streets than within the building.
The exercises attending the laying of
ahe corner stone were held In the
open sis and were witnessed by an
fnincnse crowd. while the dedicatory
ceremonies were conducted In the
court room. which was solid mass
OF people. every available space being
occupied. The programme was car
rief out as pre-arranged. except that
Hon. r.. B Fraser was called on for
an address In PLACES of several OF the
speakers who could not be present
The Court House Is magnincen,
structure ana. while not so large rs
sorne othets In the state. the one in
Sumter f6r instance II Is architect
uraily . gem. and will stand for many
ychrs 10 come as model OF beauty,
completeness and convenience.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-24

larger than another, without regard
to the plants that furnished pollen to
make its grains.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-27
AmuSementS
"kriesler."

An American visitor to Berlin tells
the following story of Kriesler:
When Kries,er played in Berlin
the Philharmonic hall was crowded,
there was not even standing room
left. The audience was most enthus-
iastic and at the end of the program
crowded to the platform to beg for
more. He responded a number of
times, and finally the management
turned all lights out, save one, and
still the crowd refused to go. At last
he came back to their cheers and
played again. Laurel wreaths were
thrown to him as he left. The crowd
followed him to his carriage, where a
bevy Of students took the reins from
the cab driver and cheered all the
way home, where they lifted him
from the carriage and carried him to
the house on their shoulders"
Kreisler arrived in Walla Walla
last evening, and is at the Dacres.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-27

fitted for any higher mission, but some
how that did not seem to improve his
opinion of me. He went right on lacing
me and to this day, the poor man can
not understand how in the name of
common sense l have been given star
Fart in The Vinegar Buyer or how /
can have made a success as an actor.
I tell him / didn't do it in the name
OF common sense, but by invoking the
opposite divinities. But he only retorts
that 1 was the biggest stick that ever
,~ied to edit a paper, and with that
air of finality a man assumes when
ne ends a scientific argument with a
quotation from Genesis or Revelations.
you can fool some of the people all the
lime, hut you can never fool your valet
o. the foreman of a composing ROOM
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-27

will be open from o'clock A. M. to Z
o'clock P M. of said day.
The following polling places and
election officers have been appointed
by the City Council for said election,
to-wit:
CLARKE PRECINCT: Polling place,
Sharpstein School building; inspec-
tor, John H. Hodgis; judges, r. H.
Ragsdill and o. D. Tabor; clerks j.
F. Tiderington and E. S: Nixon.
LEWIS PRECINCT: Polling place,
Barron's real estate office, corner
First and Alder streets: inspector,
John F. Mclean; judges, George Sur
beck and John F. Akerly; clerks, l..
n. Hart and Perry Lyons.
STEVENS PRECINCT: Polling
place. Ending tailor shop, inspector,
H. w. Ending; judges, Frank Smith
and Pat Russell; clerks, n. B. Fish
back and A. F. Bryan.
SIMMS PRECINCT: Polling place,
Lincoln School; inspector, J. w. Arm
strong; judges, Robert Thompson and
Moss and c. L. Tempany.
WHITMAN PRECINCT: Polling
place, No. 129 East Main street, in
spector H. A. Crowell; judges, G. w.
Dickson and J. L. Cowell; clerks, U.
G. Bean and George B. Day.
STEPTOE PRECINCT: Polling
place. Baker School; inspector, John
Kirkman; judges A. J. York and
Campbell Robinson; clerks, Mark A.
York and Ebert E. Honeycutt
FREMONT PRECINCT: Polling
place, Muntinga's store North Fifth
street; inspector, Charles Glenn;
judges, B. c. Guthridge and Edward
Grove; clerks, Ike Lamar and Saul
Simon.
MULLAN PRECINCT: Polling
place, Ringhoffer's residence: inspec-
tor, James Fansher; judges, Charles
E. Berg and P. G. Knudson; clerks,
M. E. Crosson and Fred w. Schultz.
T. D. S. HART, City Clerk.
Published in Evening Statesman
Nov. %, "a, 26, 27. 20; Dec 1, 8, 6, 8.
10. 10, IA, Is, Is, Is, 1909.
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Billie Burke's Advice On Dress.

Miss Billie Burke, who is touring
during the present season with Charles
F'rohmans presentation of Love
Watches" has uttered some sage and
comforting advice to red-haired girls,
in the matter of dress. when you Sc
lect materials for a dress" she says,
"be governed in your choice of color
by the color of your eyes, not of your
hair. Ny dressmaker in London chose
all sorts of shades and cOlOrs which
I've never thought it possible that a
red-haired woman could wear. And l
told her so.
"Oh,' said she, "the color of your
hair doesn't matter. It's your eyes
that we must consider in getting either
a match or a proper contrast"
And to my great surprise I found
that this was true A red-haired girl
like me can wear almost any color
except a dull shade of brown, kind
of biscuit color which dulls the red of
the hair"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-27
NEW THEATEa SUCCESSFUL.
Third Week Shows That Founders
Dreams Are Realized.

NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-The third
week of the season at the New Thea
ter, just closing, was noteworthy in
that there was presented program
which fully carried out the plans of
the founders. The three dramas which
have been performed during the pass
two weeks, together with two excellent
opponents of opera comique, consti-
tuted the weeks program. Thus in one
week were presented a tragedy in
Shakespeare's Anthony and Cleopat
ra," a modern play of the conflict of
capitaI and labor in Knobloch's Strife
and a light comedy in THE Cottage
in the Air" an opera of the italian
school. in Rossinfs THE Barber of
Seville" and one of the Germanic
school in Lortzings Gear and Zim-
norman"
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THIRD WEEK CT OPERA.
In Seven Days Closed There Was Not
Single Repetition.

NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-At the Man
haitian Opera house for the third week
of the season, Oscar Hammerstein Of
fered a program, the novelty and vari-
ETY. of which greatly pleased his host
of followers. Under his regime the
presentation of the old haCkneyed
operas has become a thing of the
past Thus far this season fourteen
different operas have been staged, all
in a manner meriting the praises Of
the critics. In the program scheduled
for the week just closing there was
not a single repetition. The Daugh-
ter of the Regiment" with TetrizZini;
the opera bouffe, la MascOtte,'
"Herodiade,' with Cavalieri, Dal.nOres
and Renaud; and the Old favorites.
Carmen and "Tosca" were presented
in turn The afternoon the operate
version of "Sapho" with Mary Garden
in the title role will be given, followed
in the evening by the second light
opera of the week, Les Dragons dc
Villars."
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-27
From "ShyIock" to "GutIieb."


People interested in the drama who
have seen Israel the Henri Bern
stein play that is at the Criterion
theater in New York, announce Justin
Gutlieb the only dramatic portrayal or
Jew likely to be spoken of with
Shylock, but for different reasons.
Shylock today is not regarded as a
truthful portrayal of the Jew, but as
the portrayal by the master dramatlsts
udice conceived him to be.
AS with the Greeks "Thersites, the
Wretch" or "Creon the Tanner" were
always brought in as the butt for rid
icule and foil for the hero, so in Eliz-
abethan times was the Jew used on
the stage Thus, in striking and signif-
icant contrast is the character Of
Justin Gutlieb (actually drawn from
life), a rich banker, magnanlmous,
wise, patient and. forgiving under ter
rible provocation, in fact the modern
ideal of a gentleman and man of the
world
The drama is unquestionably an in
deX of civilization and Gutlieb and the
interest which the play has aroused
among all nationalities and faiths, is
evidence of the deep changes that have
OH in no CT n
dred years.
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better known to the last generation
as Fanny Kemble. She was noted
throughout the English-speaking
world as an actress of great ability.
a Shakespearean reader and writer.
She was the daughter of the cele-
brated English actor Charles Kemble.
and was a niece of Miss Siddons. She
was born in London, Nov. 81, 1909, and
was secured her early education in the
British metropolis. Her father being
in financial difficulties. she determined
to aid in filling the family purse by
going on the stage. At the age of 90.
she made her debut at Convent Garden
and in 1882 came to the United States
with her father where she won a
splendid triumph. While on this side,
in 1884, she contracted an unfortunate
marriage with Pierce Butler, a Phna-
delphia gentleman, and retired tenn
porarily from the stage.
Whether due to faults of her hus-
band, or to her own artistic tcmpora-
ment and desire for public applause
the alliance resulted in unhappiness
for both. She left her husband and
went to reside at Lenox, Mass. In
1S47 she secured a divorce, resumed
her maiden name and returned to Lon
don. From that time she resided al
land and the Continent adding to her
fame by writing and public readings
as we'll as appearances on the stage
She died in London, Jan. 16. 1898
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-27
The Coming Week
Day By Day:

National society for the promotion
of Industrial Education will begin its
annual session in Milwaukee.
Friday.
Equal Franchise society of New
York will hold first public meeting,
with Governor Shafroth of Colorado
and other distinguished men and wo-
men as speakers.
New York Bible society will cele'
brate centennial with an interdenOmi-
national meeting in Carnegie hall.
Saturday.
New York rates on sugar from
New York to central territory will
be put into effect, the schedule invo!v-
ing a considerable reduction.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-27
Ezra Kendall, In "The Vinegar Buyer

Ezra Kendall, In "The Vinegar Buyer
Ezra Kendall, who comes to the
Keylor Grand Monday night, in Lieb-
Ter & Company's up to date revival
of the famous laughmaker, THE Vim
egar Buyer" was once the editor Of Il
small upstate paper which was saved
from untimely death many time, so
Kendall says, by the foreman of the
composing room.
HE was a good man, a very good
man, that foreman" Kendall affirnis,
"but he could never understand me
Lacings! Never was a man laced by
any one as 1 was by that compositor
He said l was worthless, lazy, a fool
a blockhead, a shiftless do-nothing, fl.
for nothing on earth but to talk and
go to ball games.
Il told him a man could not well be
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-27

NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-AmonC the
important news events scheduled for
the coming week are the following:
Monday.
Joseph M Huston, architect, charged
with conspiring to derraud the state
Of Pennsylvania in the building of the
state capitol, will be placed on trial.
Voters of Alabama will ballot on a
constitutional amendment placing pro-
hibition of the manufacture or sale OF
state.
James Wilson, secretary of agricul-
ture, will equal the longest record for
continuous service of any cabinet
member, previously held by Albert
Gallatin.
National Council of Jewish Women
will hold executive meeting in Pitts
burg.
United States supreme court will
reconvene, after a recess of two weeks.
Corn growers of Iowa will open sew
enth annual exposition in Des Moines
Tuesday.
Emperor William will open the
German reichstag with a speech from
the, throne, in which he is expected to
view with alarm" the growth of So
cialism.
Samuel LanGhorne Clemens Mark
Twain) will celebrate his seventy
fourth birthday.
New York State Waterways associa-
ton will hold meeting in Albany.
Wednesday.
DR.. Charles P Grandfield will re-
tire as postmaster generals first as
sistant to become postmaster at Wash
ington.
Robert Person, auditor for the Inte-
rior department, will resign, and be
succeeded by H C. Shober of South
Dakota.
Maj. A. S. Rowan, the man who
carried the message to Garcia" Will
retire from the United States army.
Hearing on the application for re-
ceiver for the United States Express
company, the Plat concern, will be
resumed.
Department of church and labor OF
the Presbyterian church will be-
gin sociological conference in New
York.
New rule increasing rates on cipher
messages will be put into effect oy
Western Union and Postal telegraph
companies.
Party of Boston merchants, headed
by Governor Draper, will leave on
trip to Chicago.
Wright Brothers suit against Cur
tbs will be argued at Buffalo.
Thursday.
First anniversary Of the croWnlng
of Pu vi, the infant emperor, will be
celebrated throughout the Chinese
empire.
Sixty-first anniversary Of the ac-
cession of Francis Joseph to the
throne will be observed in Austria
and Hungary.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-27

rings Lupin to bay, related hitherto
urDublished anecdo+e Of the late Au-
gustin DAILY as hrowi!.G light upon
The question.
"Mr Daily he said, had invited me
to travel to New Orleans with him III
his private car. One afternoon we
we're reading in the living room when
/ noticed him rise from his chair and
put his book under he cushion before
g ing to his stateroorn Mr.. Daily was
ca of the bz q. raI nv I have ever
r'o' and as everyone know. was 4
famous collec Or OF b ks His action.
thi. efore, rous.,' NV richly and
vent softly to lis chain and - 1t
glance at his o'Dx - as volume I.
OF Dread NOu =: 80. of 1.-THE Boy
L. ective' SEES, In. novel. /
fct I'd out later So, h. read each new
nr- as it cam o.. =. rested his
r1'1 Il with Dire :: 80 Dick an,, !
have come to believe that the love of
detective stories is part of every
healthy mental makeup. The vogue
of 'Arsene Lupin' seems to prove it,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-27
Discuss Juvenile Courts,

HUTCHINSON, Kan, Nov. o.
Discussion OF the work of juvenile
courts and the reformation of erring
youth will largely occupy the session
of the Kansas State conference OF
charities and corrections, opening here
this evening. Gov. Stubs is expected
Smith, Juvenile judge of Minneapolis
Mimi. will lecture Monday evening
Many other authorities in correctional
work are on the program, which will
extend through tomorrow, Monday and
Tuesday.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-27

TOMORROW and continue several DAYS.
Havelock Wilson, a labor party
leader of England and member of
the British parliament, is at the head
of the movement for matchmaking
the seamen, and English and Ameri-
can organizers have been working for
weeks to get the new union in shane
for an suspicious launching upon the
stormy seas of organized labor.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-27
J. H. TimmOnS, Transfer

Ali manner Of freight, goods and ulu-
All orders promptly attended to. Fo--
warding freight a speciality. Office.
Hedger's Jewelry Store. Telephones,
Res, '>s7 Store PCS.
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NOTICE OF REDEMPTION OF LO-
CAL IMPROVEMENT BONDS.

Notice is hereby given that the UNI
dersigned will, at the annual interest
paying period, November 81, 1909, re-
deem at his office in the City Hall,
in the City of Walla Walla, Bonds Nos.
SIS to 81, both inclusive, of Local I'M
provement District No. 2, amounting
to 100000, interest on said bonds to
cease on said date.
r. G. PARKS, City Treasurer
Pub ished in Evening Statesman
No. 26 and 81, 1909.