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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-17

Grating Is no easy matter. IT calls
for special qualifications. In the first
place. one must be under the belief
that We may permit ourselves occa-
sional lapses into virtue, makes for
timidity. for certain unprofessional
uncertainty at critical moments. Eter-
nal vigilance Is the price of success in
grating. as in other occupations, in
order TO succeed. Take one form of
grating and stick to 1t, and all other
thinhs shall be added unto you.
Then. again. the earnest CRATER rec
ognizes that, IL he Is to make a per-
manent success. he must keep himself
In good condition. His home life,
therefore. must be an ideal one. Some
of our most famous grafters have had
loving wives and golden haired child
rem. were home every evening
promptly at six. and never touched O
drop.
In grating. one must have good
manners, a devotion to ones duty, a
sterling honesty OF purpose, and q
continuous self-respect. Grating, In
Its most exalted form. Is I'm reality
an art. To become pre-eminent in IL
one has TO have an abounding faith
that new victim is born every min
ute. Grating. indeed. may only DC
acquired by certain amount of fast
Ing and prayer. and prolonged pa
ticnce.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-17
The Necessity of Reading the Agricui-
tural Papers and Experimental
Station Bulletins.

I will give our readers only one
chipping this week and that is on the
subject of reducing the cost of pro-
ductiOn Of the cotton crop. This can
be done In several ways and every
farmer must adopt the plan that he
thinks most effective on his farm. But
how Is he going to know what plans
have been successful unless he reads ?
or what plans will best suit his soil
and his financial condition? For in
all improved methods there are some
features that some men will not be
able to profit by. by reason of their
environment Until better methods
OF production are more generally
adopted. and that carries with it the
idea of more food crops to fortify the
cotton crop. Gas speaker at the
State Farmers Union put it) "every
bale of hay, every SOW with her litter
of pigs, every beef produced on the
farm, Is building the ramparts around
the COTTON crop, and every one of
these articles bought by the farmer
Is building the ramparts of the specu-
lators." Then can we expect to An
ance the cotton crop and unite our
people on reasonable and Just de.
mands with the full expectation of
success. To every one of my readers
l would commend subscription to at
least two of the distinctly farm pa
Iers. The two or three dollars cost
will often times be saved in "a single
copy of the paper, If one will read
With mind open to conviction. Some
times the saving is made in enabling
us to avoid the mistakes of others. At
other times in better methods.
e. w. D.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-17

MFRS. JOHN HOPP, Webster Ave..
W. Glendale, L. l., n. ", writes:
II have been suffering for the past
ten years with many symptoms incl
dent to my age, also catarrh and inds-
gestion. was weak and discouraged,
had no ambition, could not sleep q.
night, and lost greatly in weight.
II tried other remedies, but with no
success, until i commenced to take Pc
runa. I now feel better in every re-
spect. can sleep well, and have gained
in weight. L cannot praise Peruna
highly enough for the good it has done
me.
"If any women are suffering as did,
would advise them to try Peruna and
convince themselves. Peruna has done
ne good. 1 know by my experience
that 1T is worth its weight in gold to
any one who needs it.
IL also took Manalin, for consultation.
in connection with Peruna, and found
it helped me where other laxatives
failed"
Now Well Of Cetarrh.
Miss Malisa Jolley, Parmele, N. O.,
writes: 81 have been taking your Pc
runa, and can say that am well of the
catarrh.
81 thank you for your kindness and
yCur advice"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-17
The Cause and Cure of Nervousness

DIR. Samuel McComb, the assistant
OF the Rev. DR.. Worcester of EN-
manuel Episcopal Church in Boston
VINO last winter conducted a "CIass
for the Moral Treatment of Nervous
Disorders, writes in Harper's Bazar
as follows:
Valuable as is suggestion If is
second in Importance to moral re-
education. After all, one of the
main roots of neurasthenic misery is
a moral one-egotism. The sufferer
thinks too much about herself. She
interprets the universe in terms of
frlendliness or hostility to her own
petty interests She broods over real
or fancied ills; she becomes morbid
or melancholy; or she is the pIav-
thing Of a representative conscience
magnifying varied offences, the mere
crudities. it may be, of an unripened
experience, into fragrant crimes
against God and man. She passes her
time In dark and sombre reveries.
unable to do anything, a burden to
herself and her friends. Well is it
for such a sufferer if she fall into
the hands of a physician who is also
a moralist and a psychologist. He
Will, by persuasion and sound in
struction, seek to change the centre
of gravity in her inner life; he will
warn her against the power Of atten-
ton and introspection to originate
and to develop states; he will stir
her latent interest and rouse her DOR
mant energies and capacities, in or
der to make an end Of fruitless in
activity, and fill her days with peace
and contentment. The nervous
woman needs, above all thirgs. a
mental and moral re-education. She
needs to be taught how to keep a
healthy idea in the focus of con-
sciousness, and how to keep un-
healthy and morbid ideas on the out
skirts of her mind. Her emotional
nature requires discipline"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-17
THE FERTILIZER TAX.
FARMERS UNION COMMITTEE
WILL MAKE REPORT.
After Visiting Clemson College the
Committee Is Not In Favor of Re-
duction Of Fertilizer Tax.

The committee appointed at the re-
cent meeting of the State Farmers
Union. held in Columbia, to visit
! Clemson college and inquire into con-
ditions there. and make a report as to
whether the fertilizer tag tax should
be reduced. as proposed in the prop
osition made before the legislature by
Representative j. w Ashley Of An
derson, has formulated its report rec
ommending that the tax remain as at
present--25 cents per ton. This re :
port Is now In the hands of Mr.. T. T..
Wakefield. Of Anderson. chairman of
the committee and will be laid before
the State convention at it's meeting in
July. The other members of the COM
mittee were: A., d. Hudson. New
berry; T. H. Foster. Greenville:S DR..
|'Clayton. Richland. ]. b. Douthit, An
derson; Young Duncan. Florence, and
Mr.. Carpenter. Orangeburg. The two
last named were unable to attend and
failed to make the trip to Clemson.
At the State meeting of the sarin-
e's In Columbia, resolution was in
troduced reducing the tag tax from %
cents to 10 cents per ton on fertilizers,
but this resolution failed to reach a
vote. In its stead Mr.. ]. B. Douthit
OF Anderson offered resolution pro-
vioirr for committee to visit Glenn
son college. and then to make q re-
port on the matter to be submitted at
she next State meeting. This was
carried and resulted In the naming
Of the men who have reported as
above.
Representative ]. w. Ashley intro,
duccd a resolution at the recent ses-
sion Of the legislature providing for
reduction Of the tag tax. which is paid
by the farmers. to 10 cents. The mat
ter called forth great deal or discus
sion. but was finally postponed to the
next session. 1t being desired first to
ascertain the wishes Of the members
OF the Farmers Union in the matter.
The money derived from the tax
goes toward the maintenance Of the
agricultural department at Clemson
college, and after visiting the college
and becoming acquainted with condi-
tions there. the members of the COM
mittee decided that 1t would be un-
wise to reduce the tax. The farmers
are willing to pay 20 cents per ton on
fertilizers realizing that 1t comes back
In the way Of education for their sons.
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$500 More Q Year to the Farm.
E. w. D.

To the average farmer the selling
Of the lint for $shigher price, through
some sort of cO&trol of the market, is
a much more attractive means of
Getting More Profit From the Cotton
CROP than that of increasing his
profit BY reducing the cost Of produc
ton or by utilizing the by product,
coftonseed. to better advantage. While
believing that cotton is worth more
'han 10 cents p,und to the cohsum-
Ing world, and Il! at it should always
sell above that figure. anI while he.
hlieving that very much may be done
to Increase the profits by better mar
keting, we are most thoroughly con-
vinced, beyond a shadow of doubt,
that very much more can be done by
the farmers. individually or collective
ly, in increasing their profits from
their cotton crop by reducing the cost
of producing a pound of cotton and
by properly utilizing the by-product,
~ONNN''SSN' tiioh py aHy
which 1T is possible for them to exert
towards controlling the price of the
staple. Not only are we sure that
more can be done In this way than by
efforts to control the price but we
are equally certain that it can be done
much more easily.
BY these statements we do not wish
to convey the idea that combinations
OF spectators, and many other un-
just influences, have not deprived :he
| farmer of fair price for his prod
ucts. nor that these evils should not
be corrected, but the individual farm
or acting alone. or without the help of
cooperation of others, can very ma
terialiy reduce the cost of productions
! whereas the market can only be con-
trolled by the united efforts of a very
large proportion of the cotton grow
ers OF the whole country. Moreover,
concerted action. especially the holding
OF cotton to control the market, Is ex-
| tremely difficult, If not impossible, SO
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-17
DESTRUCTION Of Orchard Rubbish.

just at this season OF the year,
chose orchardists who have not al
ready done SO. should make a care
fui inspection OF the premises. re-
showing and burning all dead and dy-
~ wood. II Is In just such places
ehat many Of our most injurious or
chard pests pass the winter. And be-
oideA such rubbish serves as an ideal
breeding ground for many of these
Insects. II viii only be few days
oow before most Of these insects will
have left their places OF protection to
being their work OF destruction upon
the Budding orchards. then It will be
COO late for action. 1t Is extremely
important that some action In the
matter be taken Immediately. There
are many orchards In the state in
eosted with san Jose Scale that have
been pruned and the badly infested
material left lying In the orchard.
'rhts mistake ahould be corrected. be-
causes such infested material is a
gsonace to the rest of the orchard and
70 the whole community In which II is
tound. being a constant source of in
lection. Then there are those trees
that are heavily infested with the
>Ihot- Hole Borer. recognized by the
e1han round holes In the bark. re-
ssEubi(ng those made by number 8
shot and usually general unhealthy
condition OF the tree. This insect
nsDes the winter as small white
urub In its burrow In the dead tree,
-energ'ng In spring az small brown
An beetle. Trees are often complete
u girdisd by this insect. causing
then TO die In the course OF few
wseks Besides the two just mention
60 there aSe numerous other insects
fAat inhabit dead wood and rubbish
11lss around the orchard. No one
wu attempt to deny the fact that by
Destroying all prunings. dead branches
And trees. and other rubbish about
the orchard the coming generation of
Inject pests will be considerably de-
crCased. rendering control more prac-
ltica1 and certain.
- is therefore to the advantage Of
every Individual owning an orchard.
whether II be one OF commercial Inn
portsnce or merely one for home con-
sumption. TO put forth every effort to
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-17
One More Chance.

One day the office boy went to the
editor of the Soaring Eagle and said
There's a tramp at the door and
he says he has had nothing to eat for
six days"
"Fetch him in," said the editor. eff
we can find out how he does it we can
run this paper for another ek."-
Illustrated Bits
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-17

Inc Waterman to
The first to be
Practical Farmers will be my
to of
ohcers
Also to publish such clippings
Bulletins think our readers ORR
gna
will be and pub she'd
Trusting this Department
EDITOR
All Department be sent to w Dabs
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-17

The president of Clemson college,
Dr. Il. III. Nell, has received a letter
from DR.. $. c. Mitchell, the new pres
ident fthe University OF Suoth Car
olina. accepting the invitation Of the
faculty OF Clemson college asking him
to deliver the address to the gradual
Ing class at the commencement exer
clses I'm June.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-17

Near-sighted guest at banquet)
presume the next thing will be a long
and tiresome speech from some talk
ative guy. Man Sitting Next-Oh!
suppose so, I'm the talkative guy that
has to make the speech.-Chicago
Tribune.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-17

According to the story told by New
York retail tobacco dealers, there are
five thousand more cigars being
smoked daily in the metropolis than
there were six months ago. They say
that this is one of the signs of pros
perity's return.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-17

What are you doing brother farm
ers toward org9aization and cooper
alton? Do you think 1t wise to put
of until the Union organizer comes
around? Why not get together and
send for him?
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-17

long as a large proportion of the
growers are not independent. but
wholly dependent on others, whose in
terests may be different, for the finan-
cial support necessary to continue
their farming operations.-Progres
sive Farmer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-17

Parson-Oh, Mrs. Hostess, how do
you slice this meat in your sand
wiches so evenly? Mrs. Hostess (de-
lighted)-Oh, easily. We used ms
husbands safety razor.-Judge.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-17

My dear friend, 1 beg you to lend
me $780, write a needy man to an
acquaintance, "and then forget me
for forever, am not worthy to be re-
membered. d."-Philippines Gossip.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-17

We trust to have a fine meeting to
meet President Harris and such other
speakers as We can secure for the
April meeting.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-17

S0no of the virtues OF our friends
grow out OF the graves where we
have buried their faults.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-17

There is world OF differences be-
tween willing a deed and sImly be-
fnx willing to do.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-17

Chsrishing the memory of sights
and injuries Is like hliing the pillow
with thorns
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-17

On the ocean of life many a woman
sails under false colors.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-17

No man can take inlquIty In his
creed and keep n out of his charac-
ter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-17

Some jokes are seldom enough t
make an undertaken laugh.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-17

n man Is financially weak he's
unable Co stand loan.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-17

c,ward manages TO dodge lot
OF things that are headed his way.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-17

In these days OF commcrcialism Il
takes more genius TO sell picture
than q, paint II.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-17

A correct guess passes for wisdom.
even though II Is only a guess.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-17
NOTICE.

Estate OF w. c. Dana Stiles, deceased.
All persons having claims against
said Estate, will present them duly
attested, and all in any wise indebted
to said Estate will kindly settle same
with,
WILLIAM c. STILES,
Administrator.
2-15-W & st.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-17

A mans talk shows up best after
a good dinner. 4..-..,-..
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-17

The Sumter watchman was found
a IN asso and the True southron in
asss The Waterman and southron
%ew has the combined circulation and
ennsence OF both\ OF the old papers.
end 10 manifestly the best advertising
uzediom In Sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-17
Farmers Union News
AND
Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers

Conducted by E. of Sumter
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-06-12

well, Chaves County, New Mexico, at
ten O'Clock in the morning of the goth
day of July, 1909, the following de
.scribed property, to-wit: The NWA
of the NEA OF section 20, Township
IL S. R. 26 East, together with all and
singular the lands, ~teneInents and
Entertainments and appurtenances
~thereunto belonging or in any wise
a-ppertaining.
The sale of said property shall then
and there be made to the highest and
best bidder for cash, and the proceeds
derived from said sale, after paying
all court costs and expenses of such
sale, will ibe paid to the said judgment
creditor to the extent of the judgment
debt.
G.. L. BALLARD,
Sheriff Chaves County, New Mexico
By c. R. Young, Deputy.
5l22 IA.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-06-12
NO WOOL SALES.
S. G.. Adams, of Boston Said, "Grow-
ers' Ideas Higher Than Buyers"
All Bid elected

ers' Ideas Higher Than Buyers"
All Bids Rejected.
Growers ideas higher than buyers,
therefore all bids rejected" tersely
said s. G. Adams Thursday in the lob
by of the Grand Central hotel, where
there were about a dozen wool buyers
gathered who had come here from all
parts of the country to bid on the inn
ems wool clips that are stored here
The spirited bidding yesterday af-
ternoon on several wool clips, includ-
ing the Eliza White clip of about 200,-
900 pounds, A. D.. Garrett clip of about
1000 00 pounds, Fritz Brink clip of
about 10000, Arthur Ingram clip of
about 100, 900 n several other small
Ter clips in storage at the warerooms
of the Roswell Wool & Hide Company
and at the Roswell Trading Company,
resulted in naught. all bids being re-
jected, or in other words none were
accepted. Among other large clips to
he brought in yet are w. H. Longs of
about 100000 pounds, G.. C. Martins
estimated at about 100000, and Kelly
& Norriss' New Mexico clip estimated
at about $4,000 pounds.
Mr.. Adams, who entertains the idea
that the growers ideas are higher
thar the buyers" is one of the best
known wool buyers here, having been
coming here for ten years in the inter
ests OF his firm, Brown & Adams, of
Boston, which is one of the greatest
wool buying and commission houses
in America. 1t is frequently said of
Mr.. Adams that he is always the same
ever ready to greet in friendly terms
the wealthiest as he would an humble
Mexican sheep herder. 1t is reputed
that he is evera times a millionaire.
With him he has his special represent
tative, Ralph Vandewart.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-06-12
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT rooms for light house
keeping, 3O7 N. KY. S6t3'
FOR RENT first class house
keeping rooms, 405 N. Penn. Z SSt3
FOR RENT:-Two unfinished rooms
for light house keeping, close in
Apply at Snipes store. S4tf.
FOR RENTS room house with
.bath.-C. C. FTannehill. 81tf-
FOR RENT:-Two large rooms furn-
ished or UNFINISHED. Housekesp-
ing.-13O9 North Kentucky. s7t3~
FOR ~RENT:-Nicely furnished 5
room cottage. cheap to right par
ties.-South Hill us W. Mccall
ey. -88t7.
FOR RENT:-Four room modern cot
tage 1901 s. Main, and 3 room
house 504 E. 4th.-Apply r.. E.
Price, Roswell Hotel. SOL
FOR RENT room house, j. w.
; Kinsinger. 72t-
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Gard of Thanks,

I desire to most sincerely thank my
friends for the kind words of sympa
thy extended to me in che hour of ny
bereavement in the loss of my deal
wife. This dark time of my life prov
es to me the value of real friendship
and has a sustaining help in the time
Of trouble. Especially l want TO thank
my personal friends and the lodges of
Eagles and Owls for kind words and
beautiful floral offerings.
Respectfully,
V. L. ANNETTE.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-06-12
A Veteran Well DriIIer.

J. H. Fox, the we'll driller who now
has his headquarters here and who IS
engaged in drilling an ~artesian well
at Artesia, is here looking after some
supplies and having machinery fixed.
This has necessitated the temporary
closing down of his drilling at Artesia
until the first of next week. The well
is down about nine hundred feet. Mr..
Fox has been a resident OF the Pecos
Valley for seventeen year and during
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-06-12

John Murray. who has been coming
here for several years looking after
the apple crops, left yesterday for
Kansas City. He has made a careful
review OF the fruit conditions here
and is of the opinion that there will
be at least a twenty per cent. apple
crop in the entire Valley. He will re-
turn later to take up some of athe
crops that he has made estimates on
buying. Mr.. Murray is said to be one
of the best posted fruit men in the
entire country and has investigated
and bought besides apples, thousands
of dollars worth of corn and hops in
western and northwestern states.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-06-12
Lonesome for Frogs.

w. l.. Bagley, a banker of Little
Rock, Ark, who has been here for the
benefit of his health and a guest at
The Grand Central hotel, will leave
for his home 0his week. He will only
remain in Little Rock for a few weeks
looking after business interests when
he will likely return to some point in
Arizona, Colorado or New Mexico,
where he has been for some months.
Mr.. Bagley takes his i'll health in good
humor. Says he, Back TO Arkansas
for me for a short stay; lonesome for
frogs, haven't sung for me since last
Summer"
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-06-12
Tom Waller Is Going to Mexico.

Tom Waller, of Lakewood, went to
that place last Thursday after looking
after business matters in this city.
Mr.. Waller who is one of the founders
and earliest settlers of Lakewood and
has been postmaster there for eigh:
years, is preparing TO locate percna-
nently in Mexico, where he will en-
gage in the land business. He recent
ly returned from a prospecting trip to
Mexico before he decided positively
to pull up from Lakewood. He has
been an untiring worker for the ad-
vancement of Lakewood and he will be
missed greatly in the white City"
His successor as post master has not
been selected. However, there are re-
sponsible applicants for the position.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-06-12

G.. A Kelly, who has a dry farming
claim in this county, in the Cana
Valley, is in the city recuperating
from the loneliness of a dry farming
life, with his closest neighbor "out
of sight Mr.. Kelly has some kodak
pictures showing his residence made
out of gyp rock. which he constructed
himself, and burned the same as lime.
1t is a substantial looking one room
house. Mr.. Kelly thinks there are
great prospects in store for the Cana
Valley.