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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-04-06
Nothlnu Unusual.

"A man was robbed while riding In
4 taXicab the other day"
Did he seem surprised"
Yes"
HE must be a greenhcrn
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-04-06

What is passing in the heart OF an.
other rarely escapes the observation
of one who is a strict anatomist Of
his OWn.-Shel ley.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-04-06

II has always appeared to me that
good manners are almost as valuable
an asset in commercial as in diplo-
matte affairs-Lord Cromer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-04-06
And They Were.

Boarder Ton leaving you
are one of the most honest persons
have ever met.
Landady-I'm glad to hear you say
that, sir
Boarder-Yes; your honesty is
even apparent on the very front Of
your establishment. Your sign says
"Boarders taken in!'-Stray Stories
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-04-06

Constipation causes and seriously aggra-
Yates many diseases. 1t is thoroughly cured
by Or Pierce's Pellets. Tiny sugar coated
Cvanules
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-04-06

To restore a normal action to liver kid
neys. stomach and bowels, take Garfield
Tea, the mild Herb laxative. All druggists.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-04-06

needs Of the body for the growth {
the skeleton.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-04-06

1t is no use running; to set out be-
times is the main point-La FOntaine.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-04-06

good supplement TO stable manure
to make It more complete fertilze
for the garden Is about 30 pound
OF sulphate OF potash and about s.
pounds Of Stag phosphate to each corr
Of manure.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-04-06

TO raise good fruit trees proper care
Is needed; the care the trees need is
cultivation, fertility, pruning and
spraying cultivation should begin
when the trees are young, In the
spring and should be continued until
the latter part Of August This cult.
walton should be p'oWing. la rowing
" dtsking
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-04-06

81, 100000
ACRES,
AREA OF
WISCONSIN,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-30
Notes on the Cotton Situation.

Editor Southern Cultivator:
Have read and re-read your editor
ial. Notes on the Situation" in your
last issue. endorse every word Of
1t. Let's have more and hotter. You
say Cut the area In half" Yes cut
1t good and half.
You suggest an eight million bale
crop. crop Of that size would
bring twenty cents per pound or
eight hundred million dollars. A
sixteen million bale crop would go
begging at five cents. Any farmer
ought to see which is best for him.
hear heartrending tales of farm
ers who have made bumper crop
and lost everything through the
price. That little word price" Is all
powerful. On it depends prosperity
or direst adversely. In that word q
great book ought to be written. And
let me say right here that If the agri
cultural press would lay as much
stress on that word price" as they do
on higher fertilization and greater
production per acre the benefit
would be immensely better. A few
chapters in continued form on
Price" from Cummings Philosophy
of Price" would be worth more To
our people right now than all our
other agricultural teaching.
You advise not to buy any more
ru'es to grow cotton. Right there I
wish you would put a flea in the
farmers ears. If I, as a dealer buv
horses In market at "eightv" n,nety,
and "one hundred dollars per head"
and mules from "seventy-fve to one
hundred and twenty-five per head"
and sell the horses at six hundred
dollars per pair to the farmers and
mules ditto. don't you think that
would be little too mucb nroet ~
me as dealer? Do you suppose we
could get th9 farmers to believe that
$500 and more is the profit on
$500 pair Of horses. Mules the Same
way. Unreasonable. astounding as
this tale may seem, II IS the truth
Don't buy any more mules to grow
cotton Other crops will pay better.
And II our people have any sense Of
Justice they will take your a 1,,,o. o.,1
hand IL back TO the other follow
good and hard. Our people must in
FN~ro 'horr solves Tr hrv,ro not.
ot Nf'o horses now $500 of lt reore.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-30
Cattle Prices Go Out of Sight.

record high price was paid in
Chicago on November 21st for range
cattle and stock raisers say cattle
supply is diminishing steadily. F.. M.
Heinrich, Of Lodgegrass, Mont, re-
ceived $3.50 a hundred for twenty
steers that had eaten only the grass
Of the range. The previous high price
was $3.50. paid in October. 1909, to
another Montana stock raiser.
Today's high priced cattle were
four years old. averaging 1850
pounds, and were destined for the
Boston market. Other prices paid for
stock. indicating the high price
trend. are: Steers, s6.15 to $3.50;
tailings, $500; heifers, s5.65.
The daily receipts being nearly L.
600 head day fewer than at this
this time last year, according TO sta
tisticians for the Union Stock Yards
and Transit Company. are following
the trend Of the last years. indicating
that range cattle are decreasing in
number.
The corn belt states, the stock
yards statisticians say, now have be-
fore them the task Of maintaining
the production and the needed in
crease in the corn States has not kept
pace with the demand, his figures
show. .r-' d -, i.~,n
Comment by the editor.
Cattle prices go up. but instead of
this being to the Southern farmers
advantage, as it should be If he had
cattle to SELL 1t is against him be-
cause he Is a buyer Of beef himself
Now. many will say they can raise
such cattle In the West on grass, but
We can not. 1t is true we can not OF
such pastures as we have, but it Is
now time for us to spend some Of our
time in getting grass to grow. In.
stead of spending all our energies in
kilinr IT, We can all raise Just as
80 -~ HSie III tHe Soutn Wnen
we give due attention to planting the
various nuuitious grasses that will
grow in our section. Bermuda grass
bur clover herds grass, orchard
grHs7 will IL grow we'll on any Of
the clay lanGs Of the South and make
jus aa much beef per year as grass
In any other section. Begin now by
get ing good bull and If you are
able, one or two cows Of the beef
typ let Us commence in 1912 to
get upon self-sustaining basis, and
at 'eaSi Got where. when prices Of
betf 30 mp, nat we will be benefited.
- Southern Cultivator.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-30

been under treatment in the Sumter
Hospital, has returned home much
improved in health.
Pisgah church is about completed
and looks very pretty. 1t has cost
quite sum to remodel it, The Lee
County Union will meet with the
church on next Saturday and Sum
day.
Mr. w. r. Gardner has resigned
his position as superintendent of the
State Farm and moved to his home
in Kershaw county. His J family
could not stand the malaria Of the
low lands which. is the cause Of his
resignation. He made a fine su-
perintendent.
See the school girls who went off
are home.
When the returns are in from
lawlessness I will have something to
say, as we'll as on other matters of
recent date.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-30
A CHRISTMAS TRAGEDY,
PROSPEROUS FARMER Kills
WIFE AND CHILDREN.
Distraught Husband and Father
Leaves Note, Giving This as Reason
Son Finds Bodies.

Benton, Dec. 27.-Despondent, ac-
cording to note found today, James
Grant, prosperous farmer and mer-
chant, dubbed his wife, his five chill
dren and his stepson to death at his
home near Benton last night and then
hanged himself. Grants body was
found suspended to a rafter in a barn
and those Of the woman and children
about the dwelling, their skulls
crushed.
Hugh Grant, 16-year-old son.
made the gruesome discovery when
he returned from a holiday celebra-
ton on neighboring farm.
The note explains that owing to
deep despair and that I see nothing
for me or my children, who I believe
would be better off in heaven, 1 COM
NIT this act"
Instructions were given where
money might be found to pay
burial expenses and a request that
Grants parents be not notified until
after the bodies had been buried.
The body Of the woman was found
in sitting posture, partly disrobed.
Apparently she was preparing to re-
tire when she was killed.
Those Of the children, ranging in
age from to 13 years, were found
in their beds. A heavy oak club COW
cred with blood was found near the
bodies Of the children.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-30
Hrunson-Brogdon.

Wednesday afternoon at the home
OF the brides father. Mr.. ]. w. Brun-
son. In the Concord section. Miss f.
Pauline Brunson and Mr.. B. w. Brog-
don. Jr.. also Of tho Concord neigh
borhood. were united In marriage.
the Rev. w. ID. spinks officiating.
The house was tastefully decorated
for the occasion and there were a
large number Of the many friends
and relatives Of the young couple
present for the ceremony and to wish
the bride and groom success In their
married life. The many beautiful
and valuable presents which had been
given showed the esteem and popu-
larity Of the couple.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-30
sents the ignorance of the buyer.

sents the ignorance of the buyer.
mistake we all made was that
the present fight for better prices and
for holding cotton should have begun
promptly with the marketing of the
nrst bale. Then if the press had
rang with hold your cotton" mar.
ket slowly" prices would not be so
low. You say: THE Southern farm
er can be taught to manage his busi-
ness so as to get fair price for cot
ton.' If the Soutern press will keep
such editorials before the farmers un-
til next planting time we will ge.
twenty cents for the next crop. l
include the county papers becauise
thousands Of people read no other,
nor have these papers done their
duty in advising the farmers. What
you say about the government and
the exchanges is true. If we had a
half dozen congressman with as much
backbone as a red worm, things
would change. Our farmers should
learn that our laws do not operate for
their benefit, but against them. While
we have the semblance of popular
government, its essence is as a des-
potism Of corporate rule A short
crop will whip the fight. Lets do !
and keep it licked by growing our
own supplies.
c.. II. Johnson.
MOultrie, Ga.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-30
A QUIET CHRISTMAS AT PISGAH.
Remodelling OF Pisgah Church AL.
most COmpleted-Persona News.

Pisgah, Dec. 27.-Christmas pass
ed off quietly here, owing no doubt
to the extremely bad weather. Fire
crackers were fired in abundance as
a source Of amusement.
One fellow got tight and jumped in
we'll and got badly hurt. This was
the only casualty. One woman spent
her Christmas in beating another. but
no one pays any attention to such
things about here.
Capt. j. j. Cooley of Darlington
spent Monday with his daughter.
Mrs. ]. l.. Gillis.
Mr.. John McCaa and family Of CO.
lumbia are spending the week here,
also Mr.. Fitz Muller OF the same
place.
Mrs. j. w. Ramsey went to Orange
burg last week to spend the holi-
days with her father and other rela
tives.
Mr.. Albert Rodgers Of Bishop
vile returned yesterday after weeks
stay with his son, Mr.. T. NJ. Rog-
ers.
Misses Hattie Hussey and Alma
bradley had Christmas trees for
their schools.
Lawrence Vinson who has been
very sick with typhoid fever is slow
ly improving.
Those who had such severe at
tack of Southwest Georgia fever
nave ali recovered. I am glad 10 saw.
II took quite n sum to get them wau
Mrs :. W Robertson. who has
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-30

Mr.. Alex Burroughs. Of Congaree,
was in the city Wednesday.
Mr.. f. w. Dabbs. Of Mayesville,
was visitor to the city Wednesday.
Miss Singleton. Of Washington, d.
c.. Is visiting Miss Susie Dick on Cald-
we'll street.
Mrs. c. c. w. Ryan, Of Orangeburg,
Is visiting at the residence Of Mr..
ard Mrs s. r. Smoak.
Misses Annie Strohecker. Of Char
lesion. who has been visiting DR.. and
Mrs. ]. c. Spann. and Miss Louise
Carson went over to Florence las
night to attend a dance at that place.
Misses Matte and Meta Boykin OF
Dalzell were among the out-of-towr
visitors to attend the play at the
Academy OF Music Wednesday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. ". Smell have re-
turned to the city after spending
Christmas with Mrs. SHELLS parents
at Yorkville.
MIR. w. ID. Carson Of Summer.on
passed through the city Thursday
morning on his way TO his former
home near Dalzell.
Mrs. ]. M. Carson and daughter,
Miss Brace Carson, passed through
the city Wednesday on their way to
Columbia to visit relatives.
Mr.. Jules Deas. Of Summerton. Is
spending some time in the city.
Mr.. r. M. Cooper. Of st. Charles.
was In the city Thursday.
Mr.. Frank Sanders. of Hagood. was
In the city Thursday to attend the
dance.
Mr.. w. j. McKagen. Of Bishop
VILE. who was elected Tuesday night
to the Sumter police force to take
the place of Mr.. @. ]. Williams. re-
signed. was In the city Wednesday.
returning home Wednesday night
Mr.. McKagen is well known in Sum-
ter. where he was raised and lived
for the greater part Of his life. and
where he learned to be a printer, a
trade he followed until his election as
chief Of the Bishopville police force
about two years ago. He will as
sumo his duties here on the police
force on January 1st.
Mrs. w. T. Backus and Miss Sue
Roebuck. Of Van Vert. Ohio. are the
guests Of Mrs. z. W.. vogel.
Miss Emma Tweed. Of New Jersey,
Is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. G.
Tweed.
DIR. Warren II. Burgess. Of Elliott
was In the city Thursday to attend
the dance.
Miss Lillian Lockwood Koennecke
In spending the holidays with her
brother. Or a. r 4. Koennecke of
Charleston.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-30
FARMERS
UNION NEWS
Practical Thoughts for Practical
Farmers.
conducted by E. W. Dabbs, Pres
ident 5. c. Farmers Union.)
Some Random Thoughts.

We publish today some more OF
The Southern Cultivator's notes on
the cotton situation.
Another letter to The Southern
Cultivator on stock prices should
be taken with a grain Of salt. There
may be profit of $4O0 on a pair Of
5000 mules or horses between the
breeder and the ultimate buyer ,tbe
cotton farmer) but 1 dare say 4, is
divided up among so many middle
men, dealers and retailers, that not
one of them will admit that he is
getting an excessive profit when the
risk to be taken Is considered.
If there is that difference, and
judging by the difference in our SELL
ing price on some Of the raw ma
terial We produce and the cost Of the
finished product or the cost to the
ultimate consumer who buys our pro
ouce at retail, / would not BE- sur
prised II 1t is true. then there is an
other argument not so much for
raising mules and horses, as for
closer business relation between pro-
ducers and consumers.
The Produce Exchange idea upon
which We have been working in the
Farmers Union is spreading. The la :
test is the proposition of a bank in
Rock Hill to build and equip gran
cries for storing corn and oats, is
sue to the farmers receipts FOR the
same upon which he can set ad.
vances from the banks. 1t is a GU
rious phase Of the public mind that
ninety-nine out of every hundred
plans for improving conditions be-
gin and end with some scheme for
the farmer to borrow money. 1t
shows an unhealthy sentiment per-
vades the entire body polite. Bor-
rowing money has its proper func-
tion In business life, but any system
Of business that depends on borrow
ing will sooner or later come to grief
and ] do not think the human mind
can perfect laws that will meet every
emergency. or protect the borrower
from the greed Of the lender whose
servant he Is now, always has been
and always will be. While It is well
and right to try to safeguard the
borrower In. every legitimate way
for borrowing has It's proper place in
business life, the point wish to make
clear Is that the finding and de-
veloping of cash markets, eliminating
In every possible way excessive cost
of distribution would relieve the
credit situation more than anything
else that can be devised. Work along
this line Ia constructive. permanent
| and sound. E. w. d.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-30

lhere was some talk some time
ago about the defect at the corner
OF Main and Liberty streets which
prevents the water from running off
West Liberty street. but nothing has
been done about II yet. The street is
In n very bad condition as II IA and
could be remcd,ed with very little
trouble.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-30
Miss BIanding Entcrtains.

Miss Pauline Blanding entertained
AT the residence OF her aunt on Broad
street Wednesday evening at a dance
given to some Of her numerous
school friends at home from college.
Dancing continued until late I'm the
evening and all who were present had
very enjoyable time.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-30
YOUNG MAN KILLED NEAR FLOR
ENCE.

Florence, Dec. 27.-Nophie P.
Pleasant, a well-known young man.
car inspector for the Atlantic Coast
Line. was run over by string OF cars
in the transfer yards herc O. c
night, some tine alter midnight and
horribly mane led. SO hat the ariy
means Of identiacation was ny the in
itial on his watch fob. It iss
posed that he had iaiien asleep on
the track and was struck by the cars.
and it was some time after the acci-
dent that the body was found, tho
track being the one on which cars
are shunted for repairs.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-30

Always OH0lnal.

There are two words In the English
language that. no matter how often
they are used, never lose their fresh.
ness. originality and charm. One is
sweetheart" and the other is
damn!"-From THE Bramble Bush, /"
Cy Caroline Fuller
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-30
DEATH.

The two-year-old daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs l.. d. Way Of the Whites
MIL Section died Monday morning
after an illness of several days. The
BODY was taken on Christmas for For
eston where the interment took
place.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-30
GREENVILLE WOMAN KILLED.
HORRIBLE CREME IN BRANDON
MILL WALLACE.
Victim Was Found i'm Bed With Head
Laid Open by an Axe With Her
Babe by Her Side.

Greenville, Dec. 27.-In one of the
mill villages of Greenville tonight the
coroner is holding an inquest into the
death of woman who was found ir
her bed at daybreak with her hea
split open with an axe and her 2-year
old babe immersed in a pool Of bloc,
by her side. The woman's hrsi7,, ,s,ss,,
is locked in cell at the county sss;
and finger nails bearing bloog - z
uncleansed by water USED .Afzs: %5s-
other traces Of the foul Afss
at him as the guilt uanNsE kssx
At 60" o'cioc,. rDis No
Poole received can fES
mill, ana in re pondM
one Of the most deg
has stained the pa yes
criminal history IL
their three-roor1 and
iff discovored Mrs.
wife Of Lafayette 4
ing in her bed ir p "a
head had been muriE
during the right with
ment, a huge gash la
skull over the temple
bruise on one cheeA and
about the face almost bid
identity. The woman w
and by her side lay hers
harmed. Phys clans wer
attend the moman but afteA
sections of her skull and
portion Of brain, she died
ternoon shortly after o'cIod
The murdered woman her
been in the courts Of this
Some years ago Will defendr
husband from an attack By he
brother she secured " revoiyeA
fired four shots int. the In
body. For long time It p
thought the woman's brother 10
die. The case dragged thrcuchfE
courts for some time and fn
wore itself out without any one baissy
convicted.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-30

Mr.. A. +. Barker, Of New Sumter.
one Of the employees at the Belts
Lumber Company. died at that place
Saturday morning after being i'll for
some time.
The body was taken to Augusta
sunday where the interment took
place. Mr.. Baker had lived at
New Sumter for a number Of years
and had a great many friends In that
section and In Sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-30

The infant child Of Mr.. and Mrs.
II. Nj. Hudson. 312 Council street,
died Saturday morning at the home
OF Its parents. The death was stated
on the certificate as being due to
smothering.
The funeral services were held at
the cemetery Sunday morning.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-30

&.asvs~d AZ tue t','su,Hi,c al ,nuAter, 8.
c.. 40 ~s~oust Ciass Matter.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-07-05
Skeleton Found Near Hutchinson.

While working on the road near
Frank Teleck's, seven miles north
east Of Hutchinson, in Hutchinson
town last week, Thursday, John j.
Klima, uncovered with a plow the
bones Of a man who had ben buried
there many years ago. Mr.. Klima,
with others, were Strengthening the
road at that place and were cutting
down a hill on The top Of which the
bones were uncovered, having been
buried to a depth Of about five feet.
He is positive in his own mind that
the man came to a violent death
from the fact that the back part of
the skull is cut off as with an ak;
that he was not an Indian from the
fact that the grave was so deep; that
he was not buried by his friends
from the fact that there were ne
signs Of the body having ever been
placed in any sort of a coffin and
buried in as small grave as pos
sible, the legs having been doubled
over the body; that he was a young
man from the fact that the skull
contained a full set of perfect
teeth.-Hutchinson Leader.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-07-05
MISUNDERSTANDING.

At the East Norwegian United
Lutheran church of Norway Lake
last Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
urred the marriage Of Miss Jean
cite Gordhammer, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. A. H. Gordhammer of Nor
way Lake to Mr.. Walter Hoglund,
a well known young man Of Willmar.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. NJ. Sotendahl in the presence
Of a large number of invited guests
from far and near.
To the altar the bridal pair was
attended by Mr.. Victor Hoglund as
best man and Miss HELEN Landauist
as maid-of- honor, Mr.. Hugo Hog
lund and Miss Ida Hoglund, Mr..
Emanuel Erickson and Miss Esther
Hoglund. The wedding march was
played by Miss Nellie Rasmussen,
The bride wore white braided net
over white messaline silk and ear
ried in her arm a hoauet of Queen
roses. The bridesmaids carried
pink roses.
After the ceremony at the church
the guests repaired to the home Of
the brides parents nearby where a
reception was held and delicious
wedding dinner was spread. tho ta-
bles being decorated BY vines and
carnations. "A.
The young couple was made the
recipients af = large number Of valu-
able and beautiful presents. They
left Monday morning ON q two
weeks honeymoon trip to Northern
Minnesota, and will be at home to
their many friends after August l3,
at AS 4th ST., this city.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-07-05
Married at Rome. N. Y.

Bernie Moster, 1875 Third street,
and Miss Clara Olive Hanson of
Spicer, Minn., were married at the
Zion Church rectory at 9 o'clock on
Sunday morning by Rev. Douglas
Matthews, rector. The best man
was Albert Moster, twin brother of
the groom, and Mrs. Albert Moster
attended tie bride. The bride was
attired in cream colored dress of
nuns yelling and carried boquet
OF white carnations. A wedding
supper was served at the home of
the groom at z o'clock on Sunday
evening and the relatives and i'm
mediate friends were present. Hand
some and useful wedding presents
were received. The bride came here
from her home in Spicer, Minn., last
week and that was her first visit to
this city. She met her husband
while he was employed in the west
at his trade as boilermaker. He is a
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Benedict Mos
ter and most Of his life has been
passed in this city. He is employ
ed in the Rome Tube Mill and is a
popular and worthy young man. For
the present Mr.. and Mrs. Moster
will live with the groom's parents.
Many good wishes go with the young
people in their welded life.-Rome,
IN. W Daily Sentinel.