Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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lit* Mwzm? ?mvmt PUBLISHED TWICE-A-WEEK 'Tuesday and Friday. Vol. 40.No. 57. "Entered as second-class matter Jan. 1, 1908. at the postoffice at Or -angoburg, S. C, under the Act ot Congress of March 3, 1879. fas. L. Sims, Editor and Proprietor, fa*, briar Sims, ? Associate Editor. Subscription Rates. *)rjMt Tear.fl.50 Six Months.. -7? Three Months..40 Advertising Rates. Transient advertisemente $1.00 per inch for flnst insertion and 50 cents for each subsequent Insertion Business Notices 10 cents per line for first Insertion sad 5 cents per line for subsequent Ihn lions Obituaries,' Tributes of Respect, Notice of Hacks, and all notices of a pe:Bonal orpoliti nal nature are charged for as regular adrertise *fiHat3b ^tKci&l Notices, entitled Wanted, Lest, found, Far Rent, not exreeding twenty-five words, one time, S5 cents; two times 50 cents; three time*;, 75 cents and Hour times $1.00. Liberal contract made with merchants and otheis who wish to rvn ar'vertiEements for three noaths or longer. For rates on contract i+rw^ins ?rr'r ?t the ofiite, and they will no osrercUy furnished. fileiuiLukJicvc, biiutid be made by checks *v>oey orders.registered letters, or express or inrs, payable to The Times and Democrat, Oraricreburtr. S. C. Tom Watson is the champion po litical liar of this campaign. As the Savannah Press puts it. mob law knows no geography. We extend our condolence to ev ery candidate who failed to get "there." Most of the defeated c&n try it over two years from now. f The Washington Herald says it is almost as hard to keep a good man down as it is to keep a good airship up. The Augusta Chronicle says Char leston once wanted the circus ele phants to tip 'toe through the Streets. It is asserted that flying bed-bugs liave made their appearance in New Jersey, and the Augusta Herald in timates that this is what aerial nav igation is leading to. Where, oh, where, is Little John Temple Graves? We have not heard a word from him since he consented io act as one of the stool pigeons for Hearst's personally conducted par Five hundred Democrats in Or angeburg County can easily afford to give one dollar to the Democratic campaign fund. Will they do it. We are ready to receive it so send it along. Hearst's personally conducted political party has put out a candi date .for Governor over in Georgia. The snowing under that awaits that guy can better be imagined than inedthan described. The State says: "Within two or three years the airships now flying around will loop obsolete and old fashioned, and everybody will be anxions to get a 1912 model." Who said they are flying around? The Augusta Chronicle is one XSeorgia Democratic paper that hews to the line in supporting the Demo cratic National ticket and does not worry itseif about the chips. The Chronicle iscH^e good work over in j Georgia for | Bryan, wherv w-- >??? 1 sorry to say. it seems to be needed. It is an indisputable fact that po litical equality breeds the impossi ble hope of social equality and this in turn leads to the race conflicts which result in violence and blood shed. This is the position of Sena tor Tillman, and he has offered the only remedy that is worth consider ing. The merchants of a town should combine to keep every foreign ad out of their home paper by buying all the space the editor has to spare and utilize it for their own good. This would place him under obliga tions >to them and he could freely and consciensciously blowjthe trum pet in their interest only. The Norfolk Virginian Pilot says: "Just as we supposed and said, Hon. Luke Wright whose appointment was hailed by the unthinking as the elevation of a Democrat to a seat in a Republican cabinet, will vote and work for Taft's election." Why of course he will. We knew he was a renegade when he accepted a place in Teddy's cabinet. _m_ The Augusta Chronicle advises all1 to wait before they risk their repu tation as a' political prophet on a prediction of Republican success un til Bryan, the new Bryan?yet the -same sincere, honest Bryan as of old ?begins to turn his batter :s loose on the Republican camp. vVait un til there is more "ginger" put into the campaign?and that Bryan "feeling" will grow on you stronger everyday. Mark it! Campaign Funds Needed. The outlook for Bryan and Kern is bright, and we believe that they will be elected. But, as the Colum bia Record says, the great need just now of the Democratic party is a campaign fund. Without such a fund sufficiently large to meet all expenses there is no use counting on favorable conditions and the proph ecies of success, Here is something within the province of all Demo crats to do, to contribute liberally to this campaign fund, or as much as each can afford. Unlike the Re publican party, the Democratic par ty, which is the party of the people, has no big trusts and corporations upon which to levy tribute to meet expenses in carrying on the fight. The "sinews of war" must come from the people themselves. This fight for Democracy is their/fight, and, if they are as desirious for its success as they seem to be, they will respond to the calls for contri butions that are being made. It should be borne in mind that the Repuhlican party also expresses itself as being confident of victory, but it is not dependihg wholly on t^atconfidencej It realizes that it has atTig"fight on its. hands and is doing everything it can to multiply its chances of success. It is show no apathy or indifference. It is making the best it can out of a bad cause, and unless the .Democrats ex ert themselves to the utmost the bad cause stands to win. This is a fact which; no roseate Democratic forecasts can obliterate. The vic tory of Democracy depends alto gether on work and money, but mostly on money for the work can not be done without the money. This is true, and we nope the Dem ocrats of Orangeburg County will contribute liberally to the campaign fund of their party. Send or bring your contributions tcThe Times and Democrat. Brytfn on the Tariff. Bryan made a great speech on the tariff at Des Moines, Iowa, last week. Even the Republican press is forced to praise the speech. The New York Sun! speaks of "the di rectness and suavity of statement and clearness of argument which distinguished this and other recent addresses of [Mr. Bryan;" while the New York Times pronounces it "the most effective and the soundest speech" Mr. Bryan has ever made. "He marshals," continues The Times, "the admissions and the avowals of representatives of the protected interests, the arguments and appeals of manufacturers now convinced of the necessity of revis ion, the principles enunciated by Mr. Cleveland and Mr. McKinley in support of his position that the time has come to reduce the customs im posts. Much that he says is quite beyond disproof or denial. It can not be denied that the bargain be tween the protected interests and the Republican party is corrupt and flagitious, and has imposed great and unecessary burdens upon the people for the benefit of a few. He reminded his Iowa audience that when Mr. John Sharp Williams, the Democratic leader in the house in troduced a bill providing for a re duction to 100 per cent, ad valorem of all duties now in excess of that figure the Republicans refused even to have the bill reported, from the^ committee." The State says "these estimates of Mr. Bryan serve chief ly to show tha* our friends of the I IVnb?can prp?s hnve n >: Hr?n?viat <i til.- lur.viuliK'. a 1 .;. lit .? , >il\, :\\ so, that Mr. Bryan hub grown wiih, the years and with his great oppor tunities." But is it not remarkable that such papers as the Times and the Sun will continue to support Taft and the Republican policies on the tariff in the face of the admis sions they make above. Bryan's Chances. The New York Sun which is sup porting Taft, and therefore cannot be accused of partiality towards Bryan, sent a staff correspondent out to canvas the political situation. The Sun reluctanly admits that this correspondent found Bryan's chances far better than he expected to find them, and presents some of the causes that lead to this conclu sion, The correspondent asserts that local quarrels in the Central States and a possible drift of the radical Republican element in the Middle West, away from Taft to ward Bryan constitute the Chief Republican dangers; while Demo crats, reunited, are in a good posi tion to take advantage of the num erically superior enemy's difficul ties. The correspondent goes on to sav that the Republicans in nearly every state are torn by division. In Ohio and Indiana the principal division is over liquor legislation. Further West the "progressive" and "reac tionaries" form two hostile camps. In Wisconsin and beyond the Mit sissippi sectionalism and Radicalism combine to produce conditions which might eventuate in a stam pede should the Republican national campaign show a "reactionary" note or the East be at ail glorified. As for some years past, there is a strong Republican element which feels tempted to act with the Democrats against the standpatter. In combi nation with local and .special di.-.mo tions this feeling has distinct possi bilities. Factional fights have al ready established' lines of cleavage and injected many bitter personali ties. Democrats on the contrary are getting together as never be fore in years, and everywhere there is found a marked movement back to the party alignment by men who have long been outside. -It is well argued that a general situation like this must worry the Republican managers very considerably. And, then, there is the apathy of conser vative Republicans toward Mr. Taft: his candidccy, has failed to arouse that enthusiasm which the Repub licans usually manage to throw into a national campaign. Some undertake to explain, de clares the Sun's correspondent, mainly by saying that Mr. Roose velt has "Bryanized the Republican party" and so, as between a Roose velt candidate and Mr. Bryan him self, excite ment is well nigh impos sible. Under such circumstances Mr. Bryan his own party harmon ous, should derive large benefit from Republican quarrels. His chance in the Central States?which means virtually Indiana?rests, sole ly on his possible advantage as a beneficiary of local it^ues. One 01 thg mo. t impressive possibilities vvhich this correspondent encounter ed is the chance of a Democratic congresss There is hardly a state," he says, Inch did not show evi dence of D-'mocratic congress.gains, the factions I fight among Republi cans seems to assure this. There is a manifes' possibility of the election of Democ; r. ic governors in Indiana, Ohio and Kansas. He also notes the not too re<>.ore possibility of Dem ocratic se'f^' irs in Ohio and Indi ana." The ?iove is the plain state ments of a man who has investigat ed for him.- If, and who no doubt made the situation as hopeful for the Republican party as he could, as he was ?1 iting for a Republican paper. Yet as he saw things, Bry ant chances are good. Tlio True Issue. The Columbia Record says "if the Democratic i?;.rty, which goes into the fight unde r favorable conditiors fails of victory this year, its days are numbered. It must inevitably fall to pieces and a new party take its place. The campaign that is now on is therefore big with fate. On its issue depends whether or not popular government shall endure in this country. We are close to the parting of the ways?one of which means a government of the people by the people and for the people; and the other, to which the country has been tending for years, means a government under imperial rule, with its standing army, of several hundred thousand men, its ever in creasing naval power, its internat ional policy, and its class distinctions brought about through the posses session of vast wealth and letters patent creating nobility. Such is the issue to be decided, and it is left to the Deople for this time only to choose what it shall be, for never again, if the road of imperialism is taken will they have the opportuni ty of exDressing a peaceful choice." I The above, we believe, is a true ?a n : ': R ,.? I) party ?>uco-.:o?? in puroou-i.jg {.hr I election this year as they have in the last three elections, the power ! of the trusts will be complete and they will be our absolute political as well as financial masters. The Democratic party is making its last grand stand for the preservation of the constitution and the right it guarantees to the people. Tariff a Winning Issue. The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot re 1 minds the Democrats that Indiana has voted the Democratic ticket three times since the war, and on each occasion the issue was a tariff for revenue as opposed to a tariff for fostering tne trusts. It has also been pointed out that Illinois has been won for Democracy once, when the fight was on the McKinley "pro tective" tariff. New Jersey went Democratic eight times, and lost the ninth race when the tariff issue was abandoned or relegated to second place. As to New York, upon which ' much expectation is based this year, that State went Democratic twice on the tariff issue; and Ohio and Michigan have been solidly Repub lican except when Mr. Cleveland, in 1892. made the tariff issue the chief one in his campaign, and split the electoral vote of both States. Wa agree with the Columbia State that the conclusion from the facts seems to be inevitable. The tariff must be fought and fought hard in this elec tion, In after years women discover that mirrors are not what they used to INTERESTING LETTER WRITTEN BY COL. JOHN D. FROST OF COLUMBIA. To the Farmers of South Carolina_ Better Methods of Caring for Cot ton. Col. John D. Frost, of Columbia, who has handled thousands of bales of cotton annually at Columbia, has written an open letter that is of ex ceeding interest to the cotton grow ers of the state. The letter follows: Columbia, Aug. 2?. 190S. Hon. B. Harris, President, Farmers Educational and Co-operative Union, Pendleton. S. C, and Hon. E. D. Smith, President, S. C. Div ision, Southern Cotton Associa tion, ?Columbia, S. C. Gentlemen: The time for picking cotton having arrived, has it ever occurred to you to look into the question of damage brought about by a lack of care for the staple from the time it is ginned to the time of marketing? Having lived on a plantation for twenty-one years, and at present owning and operating one, as well as being in the cotton busi ness for the past ten years, I thought possibly that my observations along this line might tend to show the great amount of money lost to this cotton producing country. 1 desire to impress upon the farmer the necessity of caring for his cot ton after laboring hard all the year to make it, and thereby lessen friction between producer', buyer, and manufacturer. A large portion of the farmers, as well as the car riers, treat the staple as though it were coal, allowing it to lie on the ground for months after ginning subject to climatic conditions, which results in rot and country damage. When the cotton is ready for mar ket it is picked up and offered for sale, the damage, as a usual thing, being disregarded until buejected to the buyer's inspection, who, in pro tecting bis interests, will either dock for the damage or have the cot ton picked, resulting in great loss to the farmer. Unquestionably it is to the farmer's interest to store his cotton in a reputable warehouse thereby protecting himself from loss by fire as well as damage, and In ad dition he can secure warehouse re ceipt for same which is prime mer cantile paper, and can be discounted at any bank, allowing the farmer to sell his cotton when he desires to do so. My object, however, is to impress upon the farmers to house their cot ton as soon as^ it is ginned, whether it be in a warehouse, or in their barns, or dwelling, thereby reducing the element of damage to a minimum. To my mind, one of the most im portant things the Farmers' Union and the Southern Cotton Association could handle is the caring for cotton i c." - it is ginned, and up to the time it is marketed. Having personally handled, during the past ten years, about 300,000 bales of cotton of ail grades and staple, this cotton being shipped here from Texas and Oklaho ma on the West, to North Carolina on the East, I do think I am in a very fair position to speak intelli gently of the item of damage, large ly caused by carelessness. In addition to the rotten cotton on thousands of bales, varying from five to as much as three hundred pounds per bale, all of which has to be picked off before settling for and which is caused by allowing the cot ton to sit on one end or lie on one side in the mud and rain for months before offered for sale; there is an other element of damage which is not so easily detected, but which has for more reaching effect on the buyer, as well as the manufacturer. I refer to what is called country damage. When cotton is allowed to stand in the weather after being ginned for any length of time, although the owner may turn it about from side n ;f'o in W.<>p j' fr; n rotMn"\ "i" ? ? - ?? .* th ? outsi 'e of the j?!e is aT. ?I? n ?v j portion to the lime it is allowed to remain exposed to climate conditons. To illustrate, a bale cotton ginned and packed December first and al lowed to remain in the weather until the first of March, will have about half as much country damage as the same bale would have if it remained in the weather until May the first, and when the manufacturer opens this bale, he will find that the cotton sticking to the bagging and extending inward is practically without any strength of staple, and as a result all of this affected cotton will go In waste, or be found in the shafting overhead. Should the buyer de tect this country damage" the farm er is the looser; should the buyer not detect it. the buyer is tile looser; in any event, dissatisfaction is the result .all of which could have bpen avoided by housing the cotton. The amount of country damage varies in proportion to the time the cotton lies out in the weather, and will vary from three to twenty-five pounds per bale. I have carefully estimated that on every 11.ono.000 bale crop produced, the producer, the carrier, and the compress together, allow 250,000 bales to be destroyed by rot and country damage, and when you figure this at ten cents per pound It amounts to $12,500.00. all of which could be served to the pur ducer, the buyer, and the manufac turer, should they exercise the pro per precaution against damage. Three years ago a farmer brought twenty bales of cotton to the warehouse for storage in March, which had been out in the weather since it was gin ned in the fall. Some of the bales were so badly damaged and water sobbed that they weighed one thous and pounds per bale. I asked him why he alkiwpd his cotton to get in that condition? He replied that hei was so busy making preparation for another crop that he had not cared! "KNOfiKO!" -ff},,. Wyt ?Harcing in Brooklyn Eagle. for what he had already made. "When this cotton was conditioned for market, he had about ten bales of merchantable cotton left out of the twenty. A bale of coton ginned dry and housed until marketed will hold out better than one allowed to re main in the weather subject to cli mate conditions, and will not possess the element of damage and will also retain its strength of staple even to the bagging. Travel where you will, and you will see cotton sitting at the railroad stations in the mud and rain, or you will see it lying /on the ground around farm houses, where it will remain until ready for market, and when marketed, the bagging will be so rotten that you can not handle the cotton. Owing to the seeming negligence displayed in the care of cotton after ginning, the buyer, when purchasing a lot of cotton, has to take into con sideration the element of damage, or he would rather send his classer to receive the cotton, thereby estab lishing the amount of damage be fore payment is made. Where you find a section of country where great care is taken with the cotton, after ginning, and before marketing, there you will find cotton sought after by the buyers, and everything else being equal, a premium will be paid same. The manufacturers will pay bet ter prices for cotton free from rot and country damage, because his percentage of waste will be decreas ed. The point I desire to impress is, take care of your cotton, handle it as though you thought something cf it. Tf you cannot put it in a ware-'H| ?.. . . ? ? . ........ ? . n.i . pcj ..... Mi, .v;:,: ? , ?4 i.;in, or s.ud iodli, or anywhere to keep it from climatic conditions un til you market it. and by doing this every pound will he spinnable and no dissatisfaction between producer, buyer, and manufacturer will result. There are some places in South Carolina where warehouse facilities are a'dequte, but are unfortunately not utilized. My own experience is that four lots of cotton out of every five shipped from places where cotton is not warehoused are badly dam aged, due to the fact that It is allow ed to sit on one end for weeks and months in the open before it is of fered for sale, and as a result, heavy claims are made, and yet the best character of cotton, so far as body nnd staple is concerned. Is produced at these places, and would be very much sought, were the element of damage eliminated. In conclusion. I would strongly urge that, this matter be brought to the attention of all concerned, and thereby save twelve and one half million dollars per year <. the southland. Very truly yours. John D. Prost. We are Local Dealers for the Renowned REMTICO TYPEWRITER SUPPLIES Manufactured by the Remington Typewriter Company v (Incorporated) Remtico Paragon Ribbons ?in all colors and for all makes of typewriters. m Remtico Paragon, Red Seal and Billing Carbons?of different .weights suited for all classes of work. All Remtico Typewriter Supplies are known as the Highest Grade Goods Manufactured. SIMS BOOK STORE. Ten Reported Killed. At. Grafton. W. Va., Ten person?; are reported to have been killed and many others injured Wednesday when a passenger train on the Pen nsboro and Harrisville Railroad, be aring excursionists from the Richie County Fair, one mile from Penns boro, broke down. * Bridge Expert Killed. Mike Scobia, of Cleveland, Va., a bridge expert, fell a distance of ISO feet from a bridge which he was on gaged in examining Friday and was instantly killled. His body was mashed into a pulp. Practically every hone was broken, and his flesh was little more than jellylike mask.* 1 The Edisto Savings Bank, OKANGEBURG, s. C. $ a Capital.8100,O0UOt>. Surpius. riO.ono.OO. * f B H Moss, President. J. M. Oliver, Vice-President, ? F S. Dibble, Vice-President. Wm. L. Glover, Cashier. ? 0 DIRECTORS " 0 M 0. Dantzler, J. M. Oliver, W. R. Lowman, W. F. Fairey, ? 1 B. H. Moss, T. C. Doyle, Sol. Kohn, J. W. Smoak. ? I Money saved is money made, and the way to save is to deposit your f ! money in the savings department and draw interest on the first days o ? of January, April, July and October at the rate of four per cent per I ^This bank's absolute safety is best attested by its capital stock, its t surplus and by the character and standing of its officers and board { of directors. Money loaned on good security. 9MMa9IMMOM0M0MMMMMMi Post Cards at Sims' Book Store.