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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

The Sumter County Farmers Union
held its regular monthly meeting with
Trinity Union Friday. The attend
ance was good. the interest in Union
matters intense, the dinner abundant,
and the hospitality whole e-hearted.
Commissioner z. ]. Watson sent a
letter Of regrets at not being able to
attend. But President Harris was
there in fine condition and was host
In himself as he talked during the re-
cession from business with one group
and another OF intensely earnest. far
mers about the practical problems Of
farm management. .....
President Welch of Lee County
Union made an earnest speech at the
open air meeting on the necessity Of
keeping In touch with our represen-.
tatives In Congress. President Harris
presented the three Fundamentally of
unionism. Education. Cooperation
and Diversification.
Sumter County's live business agent,
Mr.. j. M. Brogdon. Of Sumter, made
such fine showing for the business
side of the union that Lee County
representatives asked II they might
participate In our business plans.
And with any adjacent unions Of 9TH
er counties were accorded that priv
ilege unanimously. And President
Harris gave him a good order for far
mers supplies to be shipped to Pen
dleton.
Some Of the visitors spent half
hour. very interestedly. looking over
the eup-to-date SO bbl. flour mill that
IN nearing completion at Trinity.
Crops OF 10 to 80 bushels Of wheat
per acre have been harvested and
threshed by the gasolene outfit Of Mr..
Kirby. and as soon as the wheat is
dry. Trinity biscuits with homemade
butter and syrup will be on the tables
In that neighborhood.
President Harris was let out Of tell
ing how to raise pork at 1-2 cents
PER pound by some local brethren's
assertions that they raised pork for
nothing. or for SO little cost that the
feeds had no market value.
Some extra fine. for this season.
corn. cotton and tobacco were to be
seen. And acres on acres Of oats in
the shock.
President Harris was taken by the
old Brick Church to board the train
at Mayesville, and was charmed with
his trip through this level and fertile
far ming section.
The next meeting of the County
Union will be with High Hills local at
the General Sumter Memorial School
on Friday. July End. and the brethren
from the lowlands are anticipating a
pleasant trip TO the historic high hills
of the Santee.
Very beneficial rains have fallen,
| and we have been blessed in escap-
ing the hail storms and excessive rains
| that have visited other localities. We
are hoping for clear. dry weather that
the grain crops may be hauled in and
the land planted to peas or corn
Some very forward corn has been
laid by but most of the crop Is just
receiving the first application Of fer
tilizcrs.
f. W. ID.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09
Farmers Union News
AND
Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers
Conducted by E. Dabbs,


The Watcbman
semweeky publication
The first to be
Practical my
to To
Also to publish
Bulletins readers
gna articles
will be appreciated published.
Trusting this Department will
s-,t., 81 -re .-. . EDITOR.
All to E. W. Dabbs
Mayesvne
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09
Put Your Faith I'm Truth.

Have faith in truth, never In num-
bers. The, great surge of numbers
rolls up noisily and imposingly. but
fiattens on the shore. and slides back
into the mud of oblivion. But a true
opinion Is the ocean Itself calm in
its rest. eternal I'm its power.-Platt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

Since the dog catcher has been on
the streets of Charleston this spring
he has caught 1872 dogs. OF this
number 129 have been killed, 32 re-
deemed at the pound, and 21 are on
hand awaiting either release or death
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

Miss Nellie Reveli. OF Chicago. has
been selected by the Governor of
Michigan az State press agent. Her
headquarters will be In Detroit. and
she will write up the state and coun-
ty fairs as means Of advertising the
resources of Michigan.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09
NOTICE

The Board of County Commission
ers will hold an election for Two Cot
ton Weighers for the City of Sumter
on July 1st, at which time the regular
monthly meeting of the Board will
also be held.
P. NJ. PITTS, Supervisor.
]. r. Sumter, Clerk.
6-2-lt-a-w-3t
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

Nine. Sofia Loebinger was elected
president Of the new organization of
suffragetts which was formed the 9TH
e. evening i'm New York. 1t Is COM
posed entirely of wage-earning wo-
men.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09
Sps oalMtbman anN SouibroG


The sumter watchman was found
"a In 1880 and the True southron in
Asss. The watchman and southron
now has the combined circulation and
snnuenc' of both OF the old papers.
and is anifestiy the best advertising
medium In Sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

Somehow or other, il is hard 70
think of giraff as wild beast
New York Mail.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

NANTED-To hire three four-mule
logging teams to haul by the thous-
and. Will pay cash once a week.
Address j. w. Jackson, Sumter, S.
e. W&S2wks-4t
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09
AT Oskaloosa, Iowa, there was un-
yelled recentlv q memori,l RI uy;u,o,

Edmundson. . pioneer hr the form of
a statue Of Mahaska. q great Iowa
Indian chief. IN comment on the
monument the Des Moines Register
anu Leader says: "Mahaska had
many virtues. The Iowas were a great
race"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09


Comptroller General Jones Is In a
fair way to make himself quite un-
popular with those who have incomes.
The wags-carners and small salar!ed
men. ON the contrary. are of the opiu-
Son that he is q useful citizen and a
patriot
Senator n. ID. Smith has made the
discovery that the Republican party
y docmed' We sincerely trust the
discovery is reality and not pipe
dream. but we fear that the G.. o. T..
will keep ON doing business at the
old stand for. many long years. II "a
Zoo useful a. the political annex tn the
predatory trusts for them to permit
q 70 Ianguish and terminate. Politics
= business In the North and the q. ..
p. - operated along business lines by
practical men who need II and cannot
o6ord 70 do without Il. especially
whom . tafiff law Is to be framed.
+Nt |r ... -
The correspondents OF this paper
Are reQuestsd to make careful inquiry
and Investigation OF the crop acreage
aRd condition. .ss compared with last
ytar On Tune 10th and mali brief
ceatemsnt giving result Of investiga-
tion to reach this ONCE not later than
18th. TIE investigation should cover |
fhe following points: Acreage as
cor,pared with last year. the condi- |
tien Of crop a. regards stand. the
eariinea or lsteness and the state OF |
GU; ;dvation. the amount Of fertilizer
used ~ compared with last year. the
ssppiy and efssciency OF labor. any
other general remarks Of interest. re-
spe c<ins climatic or other conditions
hall. txecsssive rains. etc.. that
have had injurious effects upon the
crcp. let the report cover cotton,
coFa. tobacco and othe,. crops.
shc suggestion that steps be taken
10 ,:et rid OF the life term trustees Of
Clemson College. who hold ONCE un-
Ser tne Clemson viii and control the
College. IN q good one and should be
adopted NJ the earliest possible date.
n clenso, Is to be state institu-
.iou u should be one In fact AZ wei
ns IN name. and II can never be so
long - II u controlled by a self-per-
pc, eating board that In responsible to
Dchody but themselves.
'rhe fact that there will be a minor
It's report from the Asylum investi-
ratine committee encourages the hope
r. 4 the Investigation will be a value
less and useless proceeding. unless
there ix something more In the inves-
usation than has been published In
the reports sent out b., the Columbia
ne V,spapers and correspondents. the
cor ,rnittec would have saved time and
money had they adopted cornpli-
rro ,tary resolution endorsing the Asy-
non, administration and adjourned
for hwith.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

Comptroller General Jones is In a
far way to make himself quite un-
popular with those who have incomes.
The wags-earners and small salar!ed
men, ON the contrary. are of the opin-
ION that ne is q useful citizen and a
patriot
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

f. w. d.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-28
Asks Only Protection New
England Once Demanded
SOUTHERN SENATOR SAYS
New Manufactures Need It--DecIares
His Belief That New Law win Not
Be Nearly So Good as Ding
ley Statute.

Washington, April Ex-senator Scott
Of West Virginia, Of the old,time, rock
ribbed protectionists, in speaking on the
tariff bill m the Senate yesterday, de-
clared that he did so from the stand
point Of its effect on the south In gen
eral, and on West Virginia in particular,
He submitted an interesting series Of
statistics to show the progress made
by West Virginia and the south along
many lines OF industry, and declared his
belief that If it had not been for the
benefits of the protective tariff system
his state today would be a wilderness,
instead Of one Of the most thriving in
dustrial centres OF the country.
Mr.. Scott insisted that when Con-
gress Is through with the enactment Of
q new tariff law 1--WE will not have near
ly so good a bill in my judgment, as
the present Dingley law"
New England, for instance, profted
in the past BY protection" be said. Now
she is ready for downward revision
Of the tariff and for free coal if she can
get II. BAIT the southland sees ahead
Of her nothing but prosperity under a
protective tariff. She has developed
more rapidly in manufactures than any
other portion of our country"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-28
STEVENSON'S WIFE
TOLD HIM OF ONE DEATH
But Federal Judge KohIsaat Inadvert-
emily Broke News Of Loss Of Hia
Sister While He Was Dan
gerously Ill.

Chicago, April 2s.-A pathetic story
Of Adial +. Stevenson's illness at hos
pital here has Just come to light. Dur
ing the time the former vice president
Law i'll from the effects Of an operation
bis sister, Mrs S. S. McChughry Of Sioux
City, Iowa, died and two days later
his brother, William W. Stevenson Of
Bloomington, H., also passed away.
Fearing the effect of this news on his
patients mind and fearing more the
danger Of accidental disclosure his Chi
cago friends decided TO send for his
wife, and to have her tactfully tell him
Of one OF the deaths. When he recover
ca from the shock of this ii was de-
cided he should be informed of the 9th
e. Mrs Stevenson arrived Sunday
morning and told her husband only of
the death of his brother.
In the afternoon Federal Judge c.
G. Kohlsaat visited the patient. but his
conversation could not draw the mind
OF the afflicted man from his grief. Mr.
Stevenson spoke to the Judge Of the
great blow that the news OF his BROTH
er's death had been to him. Surprising
the sick man knew Of both deaths,
Judge Kohlsaat naturally remarked:
eyes, indeed, it must have been a
great shock. coming along with the
death of your sister,
That was the former ce-president's
first inlSling Of the second tragedy
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-28

DIR. Barbrick Will have with him his won
derful X.Ray and Electrical examining
INSTRUMENTS and win give examination with
fhc perfected x-RA Y when required, abso-
Iutefy Free Of Charge 60 all who WIN call
on him during this visit.
BY the use of his Phonendoscope to
distinguish the sounds of the body, bis
Radio-Chemie substances to test the
secretions blood and urine) Of the
body, his electrically lighted instru-
ments, big X-Ray and the perfected
Magno-Chernic Slriascope to see the or
gans OF the body, together with his
other wonderful instruments, 1t may be
possible for DIR. Barbriclx to positively
determine the presence ofdisease IN any
portion of the human body. This abso-
lutely perfect method Of examination Is
at your service without penny to pay
II YOU call on him during this visit
DR.. ]. Fraser BarbrlcEx, Bostons
Master Specialist, is one Of the fore
most of Americas great healers. II
you are sick or suffering you should
call on him at once. He viii surprise
you with his wonderful knowledge Of
disease and his plain, concise explana-
tion OF every cause and effect. The
extensive practical knowledge and ex-
perience Of this physician may be the
means Of saving your life. Although
he treats all forms Of chronic, long
standing, obscure, and difficult dis
eases, and cures many so-called incur
able cases, he wishes it thoroughly
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-28

DR.. Barbrick accomplishes a grand
object. He brings almost TO their very
doors and places within the reach Of
thousands who could not otherwise
obtain them, the advantages Of the
latest discoveries in modern medicine.
He gives to those who are unable TO
pay the regular large fees of the Spe-
cialist and the added expense of a visit
20 his city Offices, the benefits OF his
great knowledge and wide experience
Absolutely Free OF Charge, and aids
those who need treatment to begin at
once, before 1t is too late and their case
becomes incurable F; and by thus rapidly
increasing the number Of his cured
patients, he in this the best Of all ways
attracts attention TO his Boston Insti-
tute - one Of the largest, finest, best
equipped, and most elegantly APP
pointed Of its kind in New England -
and makes known 10 the world the
wonderful results Of his New Cure,
and the great work he is doing for sick
and sufferfng humanity
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-28
FRENCH STRIKE oUrRACEs.
Dynamite Used at Mazamet-Postal
Employees May Go Out.


New York, April 2s.-The Sun in a
despatch FROM Paris under yesterdays
date says: A wool spinning factory was
burned yesterday afternoon at Mazamet,
in the department Of 1'arn which ha
been for some time centre Of strike
troubles. The loss is about 10000. II
is believed that the ere was Of ineendiary
origin. At the same time that It broke
out a dynamite cartridge was exploded
under the door Of another wool mann
facturors house. a second exploded
cartridge was found in the same place.
A third cartridge was exploded IN am
other factory. Ail he wires to CastYfes,
the nearest large town, have been en-.
and il 5 difficult % obtain news as to
the happenings ct Aazamet.
A new strike Of the employees OF the
postal and telegraph department seems
probabl. At recent meetings Of the en-
pioyes protests were made against the
NV rules made by Under Secretary
Simyan Of the department and several
of the speakers denounced him in vigor-
Gus language. 4 committee OF seven was
appointed to see the minister of public
works tomorrow in order to reach an
understanding with im upon the matter,
It is stated that at the latest meeting
of the Council Of Ministers it was de-
cided to repress vigorously all NANTES.
tations BY government employees. At
last nights meeting Of the postal and
telegraph employees resolution was
passed declaring that il was desirable
that a speedy solution Of the questions
4 I L
reached, and the unions committee on
vigilance was requested to take All pos
sible measure to secure the revocation
Of his new orders Among the members
of the union the opinion was freely ex-
pressed that should the orders not be
revoked there would be another strike.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-28
FAvoRs HOLDING COMPANY.
New Haven Road win Support Governor
Draper.


Boston, April 2s Although there was
no decided opposition to Governor Drap'
ers solution Of the railroad merger con.
troversy by The organization Of holding
cmpany for the stock Of the Boston 4
Maine railroad, now held outside the
state, the legislative committee on rail.
roads, at an hours session yesterday
failed to reach any definite plan or bill
for the charter of such company. II
was expected at the State House yester-
day that the committee will ask the
attorney general to draw q bin IN con
formity with the governors suggestion
after which the measure win be submit
ted to another genral hearing.
The hearing yesterday showed that all
parties who have agitated the railroad
merger question, either for or against IT
were practically unanimous in endorsing
the latest proposition, but they wanted
many restrictions.
Just as the hearing was closing Rep.
resentatiye Norman White asked Vice
President T E. b. Jones of the New
Haven road, who was present, what re-
strietions his company would agree to
in order that the stock Of the Boston &
Maine might be brought back to Mas
sachusetts and if the company would be
willing to submit such restrictions.
Mr. Byrnes deity parted the ques.
tions by stating that he was present
at the hearing to protect the. interests
Of the road and was not there to suggest
solution of the question The New
Haven does not want its rights restrict
ed, but it believes that the governors
suggestion is step in the right diree.
tion and in the interests Of the transpor.
tation facilities Of the state, as 1t would
prevent other interests coming into the
state and taking control
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-28
NEW COAL AGREEMENT SURE.
Miners win Be Granted a Few conces-
sions.

Scranton, Pa, April 2s--An agreement
between the anthracite mine owners and
the mine workers will be signed ct a
netting to be held in Reading terminal
building. Philadelphia, Thursday after
noon, unless present plans fail The tri-
district convention Of the Union Nine
Workers met in the courthouse here yes
terday afternoon to act upon the propo-
sition already agreed upon by the repre-
sentatives OF the men. The agreement
expected to be signed in Philadelphia pros
yides for the renewal for another period
Of three years Of the old agreement, with
q few concessions Of Importance TO the
miners.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-28
How She Will Accept Congo
Annexation
EVACUATION OF THE LADO
Enclave manded--Frontier Delimita.
tion Also Is Asked--outrages 0c-
cur in the French Strike at
Mazamet.

Brussels, April 2s.-Great Britain has
set forth the following conditions fol
her recognition Of the annexation Of the
Congo Free state by Belgium: "Ihc
evacuation Of the LaSo Enclave on May
IS which territory is held by lease by
the sovereign Of the state, who ceases 10
exist on annexation; modification Of the
eastern frontier, which would give Great
Britain twenty square miles, and pre-
else assurances that reforms viii be in
troduced
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-28
Office Ours jus visit-Tuesday. MAY q Dol @

this is 50 il explains Castro's alleged
lack oil funds and his anxiety to get
back to Venezuela.
Negotiations have begun between the
Venezuelan government and fepresen-
tative Of the Ethelburg syndicate Of
London, for a settlement of the dis
putes over the match and salt monopo-
lies in Venezuela, held until recently
by English companies.
The newspapers and the public gem
orally condemn the suggestion to REL
move the thirty per cent. differential
duty on goods coming into Venezuela
from the West Indies.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-28
CORE ON TARIFF.
Senator Admits His Conversion From
Populism.

Washington, April Ex-senator Gore
the blind senator from Oklahoma, ad-
dressed the Senate yesterday on the
tariff bill His speech was political
and was devoted to freeing the history
Of the country under the various laws
He took issue with the claims made by
the Republicans that the prosperity Of
the laboring classes was due to the
protective tariff system.
1T is due to their superior skill, SUI
perior intelligence, and superior oppor-
tunities," he declared, Rather than TO
the fostering care of protective tariff
framed by the Republican party"
Incidentally, Senator Gore said he
favored a restriction Of the immigration
into the United States.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-28
THE NEW CURE.

The old-fashioned slipshod methods
of treating Chronic Diseases, with their
guess work Diagnosis, their drastic
and poisonous drugs, their harsh treat
ments, barbarous, unnatural, and
dangerous operations, have passed
away. The modern method Of treat
ment. Magnopathy, with its certainty
OF Diagnosis. its mild application OF
Natures forces and remedies, its sys-
tenn Of cure without cutting operations
and painful treat~ents, has come ia it's
place. This SYSTEM Of cure, originated
and developed by DR.. Barbriclx, Is pc
culiar to itself, and is as essentially
and radically different from. as IL is
snnarior 10 All other rnathods
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-28
MAGAZINE REVIEW.
DRIVING Away Frosts.

'Protect us against the early frosts,"
says the fruit grower, "and we'll take
chances with anything else"
And with the coming Of improved
orchard heaters, this demand has been
gratified to such an extent that the de-
struction of q crop BY frost will soon
be unknown. When a room il cold you
heat III When the fruit grower receives
Of an approaching cold wave he
immediately proceeds to heat his orch
ard in practically the same manner as
a person would carry an oil heater into
his bedroom. True, smudges, as they
were formerly called, had long been
known, and crndely put into operation,
but no system was ever used and as a
direct consequence their orchards suf-
fered as much from this method as
from the frost
The heaters are extremely simple.
One, the cylindrical heater, IS made up
OF four parts and stands about two feet
high. 1t is constructed of ordinary
stove pipe iron, and the lower can is, in
appearance, similar to ten pound lard
pail. This receptacle holds Ave quarts
of oil, and will burn five hours with
large flame. Above this stands the ilue,
eix inches high, five in diameter, and
open at both ends. a fat piece Of iron,
six inches square, is used as cover for
the heater when not in operation, also
to extinguish the fame by laying over
the opening, and lastly, BY aid Of the
hook riyeted near the center, is placed
upright on the edge Of the ilue to spread
the fame when a breeze il blowing.
The fuel used is what il commonly
known as smudge or fuel oil, and can
be procured at all refneyies for about
two and half cents gallon, in car
lots. This crude oil burns steadily,
gives off great volume Of heat and
very little smoke.-iFrom keeping an
Orchard Warm in May Technical World
Magazine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-28
OUR NAVY NOT CONSIDERED.
McKenna Tells Of Two Power Stan
dard.

London, April 2s.--Answerimv ques-
ton in the House Of Commons yesterday
whether it was the policy Of the British
government to take into consideration
the American navy when estimating the
number Of ships necessary 70 Great Brit
ain to maintain a neet ten per cent.
more powerful than the combined fleets
Of any other twao powers, a formula
known as the "Two.Powor standard. y
Reginald McKenna, First Lord OF the
Admiralty, said that this was an aca-
demic question, as under existing con-
ditions the navy Of the United States
for the practical purposes Of the two.
power standard as defined in the speech
Is Of Premier Asquith would not enter
into account Asked further II IL was
not a moot point whether America was
not at the present moment the worlds
second strongest naval power. Mr.. Nc
Kenna replied @Undcr the two-power
standard as defined by Mr.. Asquith the
American navy is not to be regarded"