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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-04-16

II mas Killed out the grasses and even
ire new growth of trees, which so of
ten furnish in spring the only source
"t nourishment-the buds-unon
which the cattle may browse while
the scanty heritage grows.
q have steadily advised that mas
lures. meadows and growing corps he
provided upon which the cattle could
e held and fed the year around. and
thus the need for using the range he
obviated and the farmers, by securing
control of the feeding and breeding
factors, be able to raise better cattle
Tor the markets. Under present con-
ditions the mountain farmers are saw
ing no manure, are making small
crops and are raising a very poor
quality Of cattle and hogs. By attend
ing to better cultivation, diversified
crops and feeding stock on the farm.
and abandoning the prejudicial burn
ing Of the woods and range, they can,
raise very high quality Of live stock
and acquire better money crop than
they have heretofore held"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-04-16

cotton this year, and on any fair
basis of calculation or in any rational
system of farming. the hogs must be
credited with the increase soil fer
tility To fail to give the hogs credit
for this Improvement Of the soil may
lead to the conclusion that cotton
will pay better. This has been the
usual basis of calculation, but it is
manifestly unfair to the hogs and
the land and has resulted in our
lands decreasing in fertility and abil-
ity to produce cotton profitably.
If we estimate the average in
creased production of cotton as a re-
suit of growing hogs, at rs pounds
of lint per acre, then with cotton at
IL cents and live hogs at s cents a
pound, and deducting the value of
this from the value of the pounds of
hogs which the land must produce
this year to be equal to one-half bale
of cotton per acre, we find that 357
pounds of live hogs will be as valu-
able crop per acre this year as one
half a bale of cotton.
Will an acre produce 357 pounds
of pork or hogs per acre? We find
that the Arkansas and Alabama Sta
tions have done better than this with
peanuts. The Mississippi Experiment
Station has beaten it with cowpeas.
Prof. Duggar, at the Alabama Ex-
pertinent Station, produced hogs, live
weight, at the rate of Gil pounds per
acre from peanuts, and when supple
menlted with 37.S bushels of corn,
at the rate of 1926 pounds per acre
of peanuts. On cowpeas and corn,
after deducting the cost Of corn, he
produced 355 pounds of hogs, live
weight, per acre; and with rape, Alb
pounds of growth in hogs was pro-
duced from one acre.
From these few tests it will be
seen that hogs at s cents a pound
will be found as profitable as cotton
at II cents a pound, on land that
produces, say one-half bale Of cotton
per acre. If we consider the posi-
bility of producing two crops of some
hog feeds per acre and the improve
ment which VIII result to the land,
the advantage is certainly with the
hogs.
In this discussion we have not
taken into consideration the cost of
producing the crops; for this is too
indetinate for calculation. Some
mon will produce cotton crop for
little more than half what il costs
others. If we count the cost Of rails
ing tNo pigs and the gorWing of tho
feed Cr"ps for them, including the
necessary fencing, the cost of prUduc-
ing feed crops for hogs will be about
equal 70 the average cost of produc-
ing cotton and gathering it,"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-04-16
ABOUT FIFTY GOING.
Picked Squad From High School Ca
diets To- Go to Columbia.

e'o w wv W
Superintendent Edmunds has re-
eeived an invitation from Prof. Hand
to send a delegation to the Inter
High School State Athletic meet in
Columbia on Saturday. May 7th. Mr..
Edmunds has decided to take a team
from the athletic association and
squad from the cadet corps. There
VIII be about fifty in all to go.
The following letter was received
by Superintendent Edmunds:
II am instructed by the committee
m charge of the 1nter-High School
State Athletic Meet to extend to you
a cordial invitation to bring to Colum-
bia your high school cadets on Sat-
urday. May 7th. the day set for the
athletic programme.
II do not know IL we can arrange
for a contest drill. but we can arrange
for an exhibition drill. Too, II IL meets
your approval, we should be glad to
have your cadets act as marshals dur
ing the athletic exercises.
I'VE sincerely trust that you may
be able to accept this invitation. We
shall be glad to sec your cadets, and
the people Of Columbia will be glad
10 see them. Hoping to hear favor
ably from you'll am.
Sincerely.
wv. III. HAND"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-04-16
WILL HAVE RIFLE RANGE.
Contract Signed For Five Years Lease

Lieut.. Col. Jno. II. Lindsay, Of the
First South Carolina Infantry, Nation
al Guard, and disbursing officer COR
the United State government in this
state was here Wednesday, and signed
a five years lease for a tract Of !lHd
two and half miles from town be-
longing To Mr.. Singleton Bradfor1
The range is To be used 10y Company
l. the Sumter Light Infantry. The
grounds will he fitted mp at once and
everything made ready for the taryct
practices of the Company.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-04-16
Farmers Union News
Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers
Conducted of

The Wacbman
mweeky publication
Practical Farmers
aim
ocs
Also publish
Bulletins
gna articles failures
will be and
Of all
All communications Dabbs
S. C
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-04-16

Very few smokers, comparativelv.
VINO have a fodness for the real
American pipe--the corncob-are aware
Of the land that acres upon acres of
land in Ohio, Illinois, Missouri and
Nebraska are devoted exclusively to
the production of cobs suitable for
fashioning into pipe bowls. The grain
produced here is, of course, market
ed, but the cob on which this grain
grows is the real harvest, and is cut
carefully into proper lengths, smooth
ed, and polished. The most expensive
article on the market in the way of
corncob pipes is a nest of six bowls,
with an amber mouthpiece mounted
IN silver, which may be obtained for
the slight lay out of about $3.50.
Corncob pipes now go to every country
in the .worldd where smoking is a
practice. They are especially in favor
in Australia and New Zealand, where
they are regarded as characteristicall,
American in suggesting the idea o
Yankee ingenuity. With Englishmen.
probably the greatest pipesmokins
people on the globe, it is different,
however, for the briar pip ranks
highest in their estimation.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-04-16
LXTERNsIN.ATI CATTLE TICK
secretary Wilson Writes Interesting
Letter on Subject.

Washington, April 13.-Secretary
Wilson, of the Department of Agri-
culture, has just written a strong
letter to Congressman Floyd, of Ar
f.;lsaS, on the subject Of eXterminat
ing the much dreaded cattle tick that
is worthy of serious consideration. in
which he says:
Il have just received a communica-
ton from DR.. Cooper Curtice, veterin
ary inspector Of the bureau of animal
industry Of this department, setting
forth certain opinions respecting the
burning Of forests and ranges to de-
stroy ticks which infest cattle and
transmit disease, in which the depart
ment fully concurs. DR.. Curtice has
had many years experience with the
department, is one Of the original in
vestigators of the fever tick and has
probably had more experience in this
line of work than any other scientist
He has recently made a tour through
Northern Arkansas and investigated
the conditions which exist in that To-
cality, and his observations are there
fore quite pertinent to the question
of conflict in the policies of the bu-
reau Of animal industry and the forest
service.
"The observations of DR.. Curtice
are, in effect as follows: 1T is true
that at certain times of the year burn
ing the grass on an enclosed field may
remove the ticks wherever the fire
travels, but even then many places
remain unburned and the owner de-
pends on the fire for eradication and
consequently fails. At meetings Of
cattle men and others I have been
speaking against the practice of burn
ing over the forest ground and have
held that no work would be saved in
the process Of eradication, because the
cattle should necessarily be treated
according to some one of the methods
already specified by this department
in order to secure perfect results 1t
is necessary to remember in this con-
nection that there are many unburned
places, especially around the dwell
ings, barns and other places, where
cattle lie.
Whenever the grass is repeatedly
burned, the roots become eventually
destroyed, the sweeter grasses give
way to the more resistant and finally
the latter perish. Not only does fire
destroy the scanty sod, but in remov-
ing the leaves as a protective covering
the hot sun of summer is permitted to
dry the soil to a crust and continues
the devastation. The best grass I saw
was in place where the young
gowth was at least three years old
In so far as tick eradication is con-
cerned, it seems to me an injustice
that the necessities of the work
should be quoted as being opposed to
the needs Of the forest service. Fir
ing the leaves has not eradicated
ticks, although followed for years. In
stead Of being beneficial in the forest
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-04-16
Sbt 0olaItDman anO Sou,yrolA
SATURDAY, APRIL is, 1910.

The Sumter Watchman was found
Cd In 1850 and the True Southron in
isss. 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 watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-04-16

EGGS FOR HATCHING-Single
comb Rhode Island Reds, best lay
ers in the world. s1.00 for setting
of Is eggs. M. L. Moore, Dalzell,
S. G. Asst. w. ct.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-04-16

Five blcyclist have boon made to
pay dollar each for riding on side
walks OF clayed streets.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-10-05
CHINESE MUST PAY
'anadian Government Will Guard
Against Fraudulent Immigrants

Vancouver. B. c., Oct. 4.-As a
Jesuit of the investigation of alleged
Chinese immigration frauds at Van
Fouyer, the Canadian department of
Trade and commerce has issued an
order that hereafter certificates of
previous residence in Canada must
be written in French or English, and
bot in Chinese; that Chinese who
present fraudulent certificates must
bay the $500 head tax or be deport-
I'd, and that in the future when q
Chinaman departs from Canada he
hall be photographed and the pic
Eure attached to the certificate en-
+itling him to return.
The investigation revealed that
Chinese were buying from China for
$3.50 gold a complete equipment for
sntering Canada.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-10-05
BOOSTER FOR THE
ASSOCIATION
Orondo Grower Champions
Cause of Fruit Grow
ers' Association.

ANY grower who knocks the
fruit growers association is as fool
ish as the man who cut off his nose
to spite his face" This is the way
A. J. Murdoch, an Orondo grower,
feels about the duty and advantage
of supporting the Wenatchee VAL
ley Fruit Growers association.
The senior member of the orchard
partners, Murdoch & Freaney, is a
firm believer in the power of organ
iZation. He came to this country
solely to regain lost health, having
been in active business for II years
at Huntsville, Ala. Wenatchee val
ley climate has saved his life and he
is now welded to this country.
To reporter of the Daily World
Mr. Murdoch this morning recited
some inside history of the struggle
he witnessed in the south between
the cotton spectators and the grow
ers. 1t was a long and bitter fight,
in which the outsider always got the
upper hand until the producers or
ganized.
Without knowing any history of
the association here, MI. MurGOck
Joined it about the first thing he did
after purchasing his orchard He
joined on principle. Of late he has
overheard several men complaining
about the association and saying they
would not affiliate with it until GER
tain things were changed, etc. The
southerner has interrupted in several
instances to declare his loyalty to
the principle of union and to cham
pion the plan of uniting with the or
ganization and then participating in
the work of eliminating faults and
perfecting the system.
"It has done my soul good" ex-
claimed Mr. Murdoch, ito observe
the firm stand taken by the Daily
World on the side of the growers
and the association. Keep hammer
ing away along this line until ma
jOrity of the shippers are enthusiast
tic and loyal members. Then the
owners of orchards in this valley
will get the return from their fruit
to which they arc justly entitled,
and not till then. Down in Alabama
the greatest obstacle was illiteracy
and ignorance of the farmers Here
we have the highest type of intel
ligence and independence Where
citizens of such superior calibre once
get together, there is nothing they
will fail to accomplish when they
once determine to have it
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-10-05
A HANDSOME EXHIBIT
Chelan Represented at Spokane Fair
by Easley and HOag; Wenatchee
by III. S. Simmons.

F. w. Easley returned yesterday
from Spokane where he has been the
past week assisting o. A. Hoag in ar
ranging the exhibit from Lake Che
Ian at the Interstate Fair.
Mr.. Easley is very much pleased
with the fair and the general exhi-
bit. He says that the Lake Chelan
exhibit is a dandy and that H. S.
Simmons, of this city, also has a
handsome booth.
Mr.. Easley had expected to remain
during the progress of the fair, but
he received a telegram calling him
home. The telegram was to the eff
feet that Messrs Ellingsworth and
associates, eastern promoters, were
signing up contracts for the reclaim
alton of the large tract between Che
Ian Falls and Pateros. Mr.. Easley
went up the river today and will as
sist in the work of signing up for
the big project.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-10-05
SUGAR PRICE DROPS
Friction Between Sugar Trust and
Beet Sugar Manufacturers.

A slump of 40 cents in sugar has
come in the past few days, and
housewives who buy sweetening by
the pound may now get at 40 cents
a barrel less than the price of a week
ago. The cause of the decline is
said to be the beet sugar makers,
who have cut the Dffce. There has
been friction, fostered by the cane
sugar trust, that sugar made from
beets did not have the saccharine
quality that cane sugar has, and con-
sequently was not worth the price
asked for cane sugar. But govern
ment chemists have demonstrated
that beet sugar is equal to cane in
all respects, and the beet sugar max
ers have also demonstrated that any
time they go after the trust they can
make it come Off the perch.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-10-05
CAPACITY HOUSES
Raymond Bell Company Presented
''Zeke, the Country Boy"
Last Night.

''Zeke, the Country Boy" (inciden-
tally not as countryfied as he might
have been), went On his way to the
satisfaction of the assembled house
full at the Wenatchee last night.
The play comes the nearest to
melodrama yet attempted by the Bell
company, but it was at all times
within the limits of reason. The
one big scene of the show, showing
the descent of the comedian by a
rope from a history window, carry
ing the leading lady in his arms, was
we'll handled, eliciting much ap
plause. Mr.. Butler, as Zeke, was
fully up to the requirements Of the
part, and the support left no room
for Improvement The play, as a
whole, was better than the opening
night, which speaks we'll for the
management. Mr. Bell certainly has
d clever acting group of players with
him this year, and deserves the sue
cess he is meeting with. Especially
good are the vaudeville numbers be-
tween acts nightly. Few better COM
edians, singing and talking, have ap-
peared here, and the other offerings
are good, to say the least.
Tonight Kathleen Mavourneen,"
the famous old Irish comedy, will be
presented, Irish reel and all. 1t is
a glood play, and as the company is
capable, a very good, performance
may be looked for.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-10-05
WEAK ATTEMPT TO
STOP CHOLERA
Authorities Making Little
Effort to Stop the
Epidemic.

Berlin, Oct. 5.-The disgust and
impatience felt at st. Petersburg and
daily expressed in the newspapers at
the half-hearted and effectual at
tempts of the authorities to stamp
out the cholera, have been consider
ably heightened today by the discov-
cry that vessels loaded with grain
from Odessa, where there is plague
as we'll as cholera, are allowed to
enter st. Petersburg without any
medical inspection or sanitary pre-
cautions whatever.
Such a vessel has been jischarg-
ing Odessa grain on the quays of the
Neva for several days past, having
naturally brought with it some of
the rats of Odessa, which are being
officially exterminated as far as pos
sible in the latter town in order to
prevent the spread of the infection.
The sanitary regulations of the
port of St. Petersburg appear to be
those Of the time of Peter the Great,
200 years ago, but without Peter the
Greats genius and energy in dealing
with emergencies. The Novoye Vrem-
va despairingly declares that the
dead bureaucratic Journalism, official
carelessness and the medieval hab-
its of the uncultured population have
entered into conspiracy to SOW
Russia with the seeds of disease and
destruction
The highest Russian medical and
sanitary authorities are beginning to
express the most pessimistic views
concerning the unhealthfulness of
Russia One of them has just de-
clared his belief that the cholera will
be worst next year. Professor Veil
aminoff also certifies to the failure
of all measures against it, as long as
the insanitation in the towns and
villages is not radically dealt with.
Out of 1882 towns throughout the
country, only thirty-eight have any
kind of drainage at all, and only 1872
are provided with a water supply. AT
Hughesofka, the great metallurgical
center, belonging to the English New
Russia company, 500 Turks have had
to be engaged to take the places of
Russian workmen, who have decamp-
ed in consequence of the cholera.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-10-05
Builds New House.

c. A. Harris has begun the cree
tion of fine new residence on his
place on Washington avenue. The
new building will be a bungalow in
style of the California type. 1t will
be modern and will have eight
rooms. The work is being done by
J. NJ. Harris, brother of c. A. Harris,
who is here from California.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-10-05
May Discuss lavender Case.

Dixon, H., Oct. 5-The seventy
first annual session of the Rock Riv-
er NJ E. Conference opened here to-
day with Bishop Cranston presiding.
Interest in the proceedings has been
enlivened by the report that the con-
ference may reopen the case of Rev
E. B. Crawford, the Woodlawn Park
pastor who figured recently in a SEN
sational suit for SANDER brought by
Mrs Mary Lavender of Chicago.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-10-05

is heavily interested in land adjacent
to Pateros, considerable of which is
coming into fruit, and Mr. Sexteff is
interested in seeing great fruit
growers association in working con-
dition so that in the future there will
be no trouble in the disposition of
the fruit grown in the Columbia
river valley. He believes that the
should take in not only
the Wenatchee valley, but the up
river countries as we'll
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-10-05
Smith College Inauguration.

Northampton, Mass, Oct. Sin
the presence of the most notable
gathering ever assembled here DR..
Marion Leroy Burton was installed
as president of Smith College today.
succeeding the venerable President
Seelye. Among the participants in
the exercises were Governor Draper.
President Lowell of Harvard, Presi-
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-10-05
Good Roads Meeting.

Knoxville, Tenn, Oct. 5-The Sec
ond annual COZ vention of the South
ern Appolachion Good Roads AssO-
citation began a two days session
here todoy with many delegates in
attendance from Virginia, Georgia,
Kentucky, Tennessee and the Carol
mas.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-10-05
OklahomaSynod Meets in Tulsa.

Tulsa, Okla, Oct. 5-The annual
of the Oklahoma synod
of the Presbyterian Church began
here today and will remain in session
until Friday. More than 100 min
listers and many lay visitors are in
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-10-05
Northwestern Underwriters.

Chicago, Oct. 5-Many represen-
tatives of fire insurance companies
assembled at the Hotel La Sale here
today for the annual meeting of the
Fire Underwriters Association of the
Northwest, the sessions of which will,
continue over tomorrow.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-10-05
Big ORGANIZATION Needed.

w A. Stexteff came down from
oateros yesterday en- route to his
home at New Sharon, Iowa, where he
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-10-05

Major Charles r. Evans, nephew
of H. Clay Evans, is the republican
candidate for congress in the Third
district of Tennessee.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-10-05

dent Nichols of Dartmouth, President
NorthrOp of the University of Mimi
nesota, President Harris of Amherst
and Miss Mary Woolley, president of
Mt. Holyoke College.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-23
COL. ROOSEVELT
IS At kHARTUM
Ex.President Again in Touch
with Civilization.
GREETED BY MANY FRIENDS
Wife and Daughter Among Those Who
Journey to Egyptian Frontier City
to Welcome Distinguished Trav-
eIer and Hunter

Khartum, Egypt.-Col. Theodore
Roosevelt arrived at this place on
Monday, and was received officially
by Gen. Sir Reginald Wingate, gov
ernor general of the Sudan, on be-
half Of both the Egyptian and English
governments. The ex-president was
met here by Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss
Ethel and by host of American and
European correspondents and numer-
GUS delegations of political and other
friends from the United States. In
fact this historic town is literally
filled with visitors brought here to
greet the returning traveller.
With his arrival at this place, Col.
Roosevelt completed one of the most
notable journeys through the wilder.
ness OF Africa that has been underta.
ken since the days of Livingstone and
Stanley. It was remarkable jour
ney both in number of animals slain
and preserved as specimens, and be-
cause of it's lack of accidents and
sickness of every kind. Ordinarily a
traveller, through the regions through
which Col. Roosevelt has passed
comes out OF the jungues loaded with
malaria and fever germs. Up to the
present tine, neither Col. Roosevelt
nor any Of his party have shown any
symptoms of having contracted any
of the numerous contagious diseases
Gen. Sir Reginald Wingate pro