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The Washington herald., 1909-10-24

The South is the land Of cotton. sugar,
rice. cane. and figs, as well as the crops
that grow in higher ATTITUDES. The South
is bountifully supplied with good water.
Rivers. streams. and springs abound IN
all sections. There Is good fishing and
hunting too.
The Washington herald., 1909-10-24
OFFICERS OF ARMY
FIND TEXAS BRIDES
San Antonio Is the Mother
in-law of Z. S. Troops.
MANY GIRLS HAVE WEALTH

Since Day of SenOritas, Beauty Of
Daughters of the Lone Star State
Has Been known 10 the Officers,
and the Inst List of Brides shows
Display of Excellent Judgment.
The Washington herald., 1909-10-24
NEW ROAD REACHES
SPARTANBURG, S. c.
c., C. & 0. Will Run First
Train October 90.
TAPS VIRGINIA COAL FIELDS

Line Extends from EllxhOrn, KY, TO
south Carolina City and In 800
MILES LOng-COnstruetiOn Cost $780,
OOO.OOO-BIE Engineering Difficult
ties Overcome I'm Mountains.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05

To what extent the project OF
transporting Turkish and Russian
Jews to Mesopotamia and the found
ing there OF the Jewish state will sue
ceed is uncertain. As to the country
itself the soil is exceedingly fertile.
but like q good deal Of our own Wes-
tern land u needs irrigation In order
TO be productive. 4. Is stated that
O. restore the old time productivity
$40. 900. .0o0 would be required. but
that sum. great as II Is, will be
speedily forthcoming from wealthy
Jews II the idea materializes.
But will the Jews or any consider
able number of them go to Mesopo-
tamia? AS for the Jews In Turkey
and Russia their condition Is so mis-
cradle that almost any change would
be- for the better. This may induce
many OF these downtrodden people
to go " the way opens. But so far
as concerns the Jews In this country
Il is extremely unlikely that many
would go. The Jews may be very en-
thusiastic about Palestine and the
other regions with which the former
national history Is associated. but
that enthusiasm is not going to make
them give up good living and fa-
vorabie civil and political conditions
for an uncertainty.
In the old days of Ezra and Ne
hcmiah the number who left Babylon
TO rebuild Jerusalem and start afresi
as nation was comparatively small
and the prospect Is that 1t would b.
much the same In the proposed ven
ture. Chicago and New York ar
more attractive than Jerusalem o
the plans of Mesopotamia as a per
manent abode.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05
DECREASE IN COTTON CROP.
Latham, Alexander & Co. Estimate of
Cotton Acreage of the United
States, May, 1909.

New York, June with the view
OF obtaining the most reliable in
formation possible concerning the
cotton acreage Of the United States
for 1909. we addressed 5000 letters
to banks. bankers, cotton commission
merchants and responsible planters,
embracing every cotton growing
county in the South, asking acreage
estimates.
Up to this date We have secured
3.s06 replies. of average date May 25,
and the following is the result. In our
opinion it is as approximately correct
an estimate of the cotton acreage as
could be secured by direct communi-
cation with parties competent to
judge, residing in the Southern
States.
Total acreage for 1909, 3t,7s9,O15;
total acreage for 1908, 33,37O.0O0.
The total estimated decrease Of
cotton acreage in the United States
for 1909 is At per cent. or 1,57O,9S5
acres less than last year. and the av-
erage planting of the crop is eight
days later than last year.
The normal tendency to increase
the cotton acreage from year to year
has been checked this season by the
determination to increase the acreage
in small grains, due to the high prices
prevailing for all kinds of provisions.
This is less apparent in Texas where
the droughty conditions prevented
early planting of grain.
The reports to us complain gen.
orally of the low temperatures ex-
tending we'll into May, retarding the
growth of the plant and causing ir-
regular stands; and the protracted
wet weather has interfered with the
cultivation, so that grassy conditions
prevail.
In Texas the crop is late owing to
the absence of moisture early in the
season and the late termination OF
the seed but beneficial rain finally
covered the cOtton-producing section
OF the State, causing marked inn
provement.
The continued excessive rainfall in
| the central belt makes the present
| outlook gloomy for that section and
| may cause some abandonment OF
| acreage.
| The spread of the boil weevil to
the lower Mississippi Valley has
| caused apprehension and curtailmenr
| or cotton acreage in that section.
Dry. forcing weather is necessary
to promote the growth of the plan
and permit proper cultivation.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05
DEATH.

Rev. Paul Grantham, cOlored, died
a his home on Council street Tuesday
afternoon, aged about 76 years. The
funeral services which were held on
Thursday at $50 o'clock in Shiloh
Baptist church were attended by a
large congregation and quite a num-
ber of white people. Paul Grantham
was one of the best and most Cody
men, irrespective of race. resident in
Sumter and he had the entire respect
and confidence of the whole COM
munity. He was an example in right
living and his life has been a daily
proof of the virtues of the Christian
religion. For more than forty years
he had been pastor OF Mulberry Bap-
tst church, this county and during
the past year or two has also preach
ed in Shiloh Baptist church, this city.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05
MY NEIGHBOR LIKES MY WORK
BETTER THAN HIS.
L Used One Hand, Two Mules and a
Middle Burster-He Had Five
Hands, Five Mules, and Five PlOws.

Messrs. Editors: have been
binding bitches, stumping, length
ering my rows, ETC., in order to be
able to use improved labor-saving
machinery on the farm. 1 am plant
ing all my corn in 6-foot rows and
my cotton in 5-foot rows.
In order to profit by the experiences
OF others, I want your opinion AMI
the opinion of the readers Of your
valuable paper as to the "b=st rid
jng cultivatOr." want one for
'straddling" the row and blowing a
row at a time, and one for piowiny
middle at a time.
broke my corn ground deep vii h
a two-horse plOw, ran the rows with
two-horse middle burste- and after
me- king very small bed in the bot
;om Of the furrow with a -yuano dis
tributor, planted with a Sunny South
corn planter
With one hand, two E.ules and q
middle burster I did exactly the same
work as did my adjoining neig ghbor
with five hands. five mules and five
rlov:s, and he likes my work better.
H. KEMPEE COOKE.
iit rrry Co., S. c.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05
HOW A, HARROW HELPS.
by Its Use You Can Put Your Corn
In Fine Shape With Much Less
Than the Usual Labor.

From the Progressive Farmer.
Messrs. Editors: 1t is a well-known
fact that the section harrow is a
great implement for preparing the
seed led. but not all OF the farmers
know its value for cultivating while
the crops are small. If ii were more
generally used we should find more
corn. better corn, and cheaper corn.
than we do now. nearly always
count on giving three civilizations
with this tool, and at the time that
the young plants need it so very
much.
In the first place. plant on a firm,
but not hard seed bed. By this |
mean that I break early enough TO
| allow rain to settle the land before
planting. i then use a disc harrow
or cultivator to get pulverized sur
face. Then for the harrow. Just as
soon as / am through planting and
get shower on the ground. go di-
rectly across with my harrow. This
breaks the crust and gives the plants
n chance To come through. About
one week later. just as the corn /.
| peepinS through, i harrow again
This kills young grass and weeds and
| gives the young plants thorough
cultivation. Then when the corn Is
J two or three inches high. / give tn,
last cultivation with my harrow. Th,
corn is In good shape and ready fol
my cultivators.
| Now some one may think tina
narrowing across the young plant.
would pull them out Of the ground
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05

hut / only say, "Try it, and you will
see that you have not hurt your corn
but instead have given it a good
thorough cultivation" 1 think that
you will agree with me when I say
that this is the very time that rapid
cultivation is needed for starting the
young crop and killing young grass
and weeds, and when you try it you
will see that it Is as cheap and AS
rapid cultivation as you can give.
One man and team VIII harrow from
fifteen to twenty acres per day. Now
compare that with the old way of
waiting until your corn is needing
work and you would like to reach
al in one day.
How any one can get along on a
farm without section harrow, 1
cant see. FARMER.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05

Will an authority tell us just where
''sslem, Black River" Is? Early In
the campaign for the woman's monu-
n'ept. The state received a subscrip-
tion Of eI3.60 from Salem. Black
River" The postoffice guide at hand
mentioned two Salems. one In Oconce
and one In williamsburg--the latter
kia telegraph station. As there is a
"Black River In Williamsburg. tho
contribution was credited that coun-
Nv. A citizen OF Williamsburg tells w
we have given his county $3.50 too
much. and we have n,tion that
salem. Black River. Is "Old Salem"
n<sshborhood. Sumter County. Where
n it?--rhs State
All good Presbytsrlans are sup
possd to know that Salem. Black
River" or salem. b. r." as IL is
equally written. is the Official title of
oid Brick Church. situated In that
part Of Sumter County known for
more than q century as Salem. Old
Sumter District war subdivided into
claremont. Clarendon and Salem
Counties. Salem being that part ly-
tng east OF Black River. part OF
which is now included In Lee Coun-
~. Clarendon included practically
me same territory as the present
Clarendon County aid Ciaremont was
enc territory nov composing Sumter
County and the southwestern part Of
Zee County. All OF which good old
time Presbyterian would know on
hand. consequently the weight of evil
dsnce leads TO the conclusion that
The state In not blue stocking In
faith or bringing up.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05

The speech delivered In the Senate
by Senator II. ID. Smith In advocacy
OF the free trade doctrine doubtless
had strange and unfamiliar sound
In the ears OF all his auditors. for the
sound. democratic doctrine of a tariff
for revenue only. and free trade In
every instance possible. is sadly neg
lected and disregarded at this time.
whom majority of Democratic Sen.
ators and Representatives are blind
cd to principles and are all fighting
with the Republican grafters for a
shsre OF the loot derived from taxing
the mass Of the people for the enrich
ment OF the favored classes. Mr..
Smiths doctrine is true and sound
end we are glad that he spoke for
South Carolina rs well as for himself
when ne raised his voice In protest
against the false doctrine OF CONNER
eial democracy.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05
ECLIPSE OF THE MOON.
Partially Visible Here and Soon
throughout the Sontii-Also
Eclipse of the Sun.

There was an eclipse of the
moon Thursday night, visible only in
part to this section CT the world
This IS one of two astronomical events
o. general interest this month. An
oHlclal statement sent out from Wash
Hnston few days ago says:
TWO interesting spectacles in the
| astronomical world will occur during
'ie present month. These events will
oe echpses of the moon and sun. the
ioiiher on June and the latter on
June H. The moon will rise totally
eclipse and its totality will last about
an hour, while the sun vii, on,,, hs
in totality near the North Pole
"Of chief interest will be the In
mar eclipse, which will be visible over
about half the earth. Only few
"hlte men, namely, Commander
ROBERT E. Peary and his crew. who
are now on an Arctic expedition .ra
perhaps a few whalers, will have an
opportunity of observing a totalitv of
the eclipse of the sun.
The eclipse of the sun on June ~
begins in its partial phases in Cen.
trai Asia and China and extend.
down to the Philippine Islands. The
partial phase also covers the eastern
part On Asia and nearly the whole of
North America, Greenland and Ice-
land and the northern part of Fin.
lano in the vicinity of North Cane
Inc eclipse will be visible fairly well
In the western part of the United
states near sunset and in the eastern
part near sunrise. 1t will be observ-
ed through a smoked glass.
THE lunar eclipse is visible prac-
'icaily throughout Europe and Africa
and South America, but in western
Asia and North America the ecIipse
VIII be visible only in part, except in
the extreme northwest portion of the
latter, where the eclipse will be in
visible
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05

less cost, $1S.55, profit, $4.S1.
SoJa beans, feed, per acre, $4,000,
less cost, $13.55, profit $35.45.
Sofa beans, seed, per acre, s4S.SO
less cost, 1885, profit. $35.25.
VIII we fool farmers forever con-
tinue this starvation system, starv-
ing cur land, starving our stock,
starving our pockets?
H. c. DOWD.
Moore Co., n. c.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05
Ihe Italian Language is Extensive.

The Italian Language is Extensive
announcer boy, the son of a Jewish
banker, used to show up every even
ing In a half paralyzed condition.
from looking upon the grape when II
was purple. He, too, sometimes
slept, and sometimes talked. Very
little would he study 1 had him for
SIX months, in Italian, and 1 can
truthfully say 1 never succeeded i'm
driving more than one word into his
mead. He did learn one-"ma" or
"but"-but nothing else. That "but',
cost the old man several hundred
dollars, and almost got me fired from
the university. The boy, you see, had
an extensive acquaintance among the
fcotlinght favorites. He also had a
motor. He used to bring some of hts
huhy friends out to the Yard, Of
an evening, in his swift buzz-bupxv
which was against the rule: il made
'he students laugh and play to see
the girls at school," Worse, he used
u try to smuggIe them into my room.
had hard work to keep him and his
protegees from storming my abode.
He used also to insist on NV taking
wild spins with him and the ladies.
which I didn't do because I didn't
Gas tutor) dare to. His meteorfc
career was finally cut short by one
wild dash round and round the Yard.
honking madly, with three girls i'm
his auto and some scores of students
In pursuit. On the sixth round some
wag in third floor window emptied
a large quantity of slops on him and
the ladies, and he thereafter sped
away into outer darkness. The uni
versity doubled-crossed him, and I
lost splendid source of revenue
George Allan England in " Success
Magazine"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05
How q Gasoline Engine HELPS.

Messrs. Editors: or all the farm
machinery 1 have, the best I have
Cor the one that pays me best) is a
gasoline engine. About Z years ago
l saw an ad, by a firm in Portland,
Me-, that they had such a fine en-
gine, so simple, etc., so I wrote them
and at last bought, and ran it three
years and gave it away because it
was no good. Three more years and
would have been in my grave. This
was a single cylinder
Then four years ago I saw an ad.
In your good paper and bought an
other, a double-cylinder, the finest
engine I ever saw. 1t gives me al
most no trouble. 1 saw wood, cut
feed. grind corn. grind all my farm
tools, such as axes mattock steel
plow points, etc.; also thresh wheat,
gin cotton, or anything / wish. l
made the engine pay for itself in
less than a year.
III any OF your readers want to
know about this engine and will
write me. enclosing stamp. I will give
them any information 1 can about
this wonderful gasoline engine. 1t is
a horsepower. Can move it any
where with a very light team, weighs
1850 pounds. all told.
F. L. Spoon.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05
Farmers Union News
AND
Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers
conducted by f. W. Dabb Sumter

Conducted by f. w. Dabbs

Waterman
semiweeky publication
The hrst to be Union and
Practical Farmers
Of
Also to publish and
ment Bulletins think
snai articles failures
viii be and publ
Trusting be mutua all concerned
EDITOR.
All communaor for this Department
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05


We need more help on the farm
such as harrows. middle busters, gas.
cline engines, wood saws, corn an6
feed mills. as described in the articles
selected for this issue. But 1 would
suggest. seeing these or any other i'm
plements at work before buying.
had been disappointed In the
working Of SO many implements that
when wanted a manure spreader
determined to see one in practical
operation before buying. and went
all the way to Columbia to see it.
II had been fooled then, It would
have been my fault and not that of
the gilt tongued agent The same
way we should do about other tools.
Labor saving tools and farm imple-
rients are so widely scattered we
rarely have to 60 far before finding
what we want either in operation or
In the fence corner.
There is evidently some error in
the calculations comparing cotton
and sofa OF soy beans in the article
from Progressive Farmer. Land that
will make only 612 pounds of seed
cotton per acre. unless IT Is land that
ali goes to weed, or rusts badly will
not produce 1900 pounds of cured
scja bean hay. or 80 1-2 bushels
seed. Another discrepancy Is In the
cost Of harvesting. 612 pounds of cot
ton would cost us S3.06 and 80 1-2
bushels sofa beans can not be har-
vested. threshed and cleaned for
$3.50. The 1900 pounds Of hay
could be moved and cured at that
cost. but not the shelIed beans.
This Is a good crop-one of the
very best OF the legumes. and have
planted 1t of and on for twenty odd
yt ars. 1t is harder to cure than pes :
vine hay and more troublesome 10
save seed than cow peas, are the rea-
sons 1t Is not more generally grown
The feeding value of meal from the
beans Is equal to cotton seed meal In
chemical analysis, and superior In
some respects. Its nitrogen gather
ing qualities are greater than COW
peas. In my opinion 1t should be
pastured or the land only enough
seed for planting being saved, but for
L. A..l~
way OF feeding II. Fine crops OF 1t
car be made from paintings up to
July 10th. but June is the best month
to plant. One peck Of seed per acre,
two or four In a hill. IS inches apart
In to 4 feet rows. One hoeing and
one plowing for the later paintings
Is sufficient.
E. w. d.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05

from mo and went home a little the
worse fcr wear y"hen he came
around for his second lesson he said:
Mr.. sullivan, II was my idea to learn
enough about boxing from you to be
able To lick a certain young gentle
man what I've got II In for. But I've
changed my mind. says he. III it's all
the same to, you. Mr.. sullivan. I'll
send this young gentleman down here
To- Iake the rest OF my lessons for
me-"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05

A. E. Shipley, reader IT, zoology at
Cambridge University, has been ap-
pointed by the Secretary of State for
India as editor of a series of volumes
on the fauna of India, an official pub
lication of the government of India.
which has been in progress twenty
years.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05

Mrs. Keith Spalding, OF Chicago,
has just given $4,000 and forty acres
OF land to be used in establishing
tuberculosis sanatorium at Napier
vile, Ill.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05

John l.. Sullivan was asked why he
had never taken to giving boxing les
sons. says Everybody's. "weIl. son,
4 tried u once" replied Mr.. Sullivan.
"a husky young man took one lesson
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05
SOY BEANS VS.. COTTON.
Some Light OH the Way to $500
More Year.

Messrs Editors: In 1907 a plot
OF sandy loam land was cultivated in
cotton. producing a fair crop. In
1908 the same plot, one acre, was re-
bedded and fertilized with 200
pounds acid phosphate. About the
center Of the plot a divinding line
was made crossing the rows. In one
division was planted cotton, in the
other sofa beans. Both cotton and
beans had the same cultivation ex-
cept the cotton had one hoeing more
than the beans. The gathering Of
the two crops was so nearly equal
that / shall omit q detailed account
Of 1t.
The crops We're harvested, begin
ming at the dividing line and measur-
ing 80 yards either way on same row.
each kept separate and careful
ly weighed. The 80 yards in cotton
weighed pounds. an average of
612 pounds per acre. The same row
in beans. 80 yards, after having been
moved green and sun cured days,
weighed 80 pounds, an average of
400 pounds rough feed per acre.
To more thoroughly test the merits
or dement's of the beans / selected
the row next beside the one cut for
roughage to ripen for seed, which
produced i'm clean shelled beans on
| the 30 yards, II pounds, an average
OF 80 1-2 bushels per acre.
Admitting. while the cotton re-
| quired one more hoeing than the
| beans, that the cost of production
from start to finish was the same, We
have:
Sowing seed bed. E. ........$ l.2J
Acid phosphate. :. :. .... los
| Distributing acid SO. E. So. .25
/ Seed and planting. :. :. :. .9C
| Plowings. at 35 cents ...... LIS
| Harvesting, entire. :. E. E. 2.5C
Rent per acre. (cash).. :. -. 4.OC
| Total cost per acre. E. .$13.5,
Cotton product per acre, $1S.36
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05
Sbt oQlatbmaa alo Sputpyol.
SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1909.

The Sumter watchman was found
Cd In 1850 and the True southron in
1ses. The watchman and southron
now has the combined circulation and
influence Of both OF the old papers,
and Is manifestly the best advertising
medium In Sumter.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-13
S46,OOO, ,OOo, 900 EXPORTS
THAT'S THE TOTAL OF AMERICAN MERCHANDISE FOR LAST 120
 YEARS.


 Washington. Sept. 1S.-The exports years from 1789 to 1909, according to report just made public by the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor, amounted to SIP, ,0O0, ,00o, 900. Of this amount two thirds were exported within the last twenty years. and one-half. or S6,O0O, 000, 900, within the past eleven years.
 The total exports of merchandise from 1739 to date amounted to $46, ,OOO, : O00, ,OO0, of which 26 per cent. were manufactures. Steady increase has been shown in the share which manu- factures form of our exports from 6.5 per cent. in the decade 1790-1799, to S7. 6 per cent. in the decade ending with 1909
 Iron and steel products were not re- corded until 1790, when rthe value of these exports amounted to $117, 900. The million dollar mark was not passed until 184O, and from that time forward a steady increase was shown in manu- lectures of steel. Last year a grand lures of steel exported was reached.
 The total value of manufactures ex- ported during 1908 was $750, 100000. Of this amount Europe received approxi- mately dne-half. or $368 000, GOO; North America. $189.0o0, ,08o; South America. s71, ,750, ,O0o; Asia. .s71, ,75o. 900; ooeanica, $40, ,O0O 900, and Africa. $1O, COG, 900. Of the amount sent to Europe $97, GOO, 900 was copper, $55,000, ,000 mineral oil, $47, ,0O0, GOO manufactures of iron and steel $39, ,000. 900 manufactures of wood, $17, ,000, 900 naval stores, and $14, ,000,O0 agricultural implements.