Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

I STORM PASSES y * ^ larricaae Held Ckariestaa ud Caast la Grip Nearly Twa Daya ,(, IMMENSE DAMAGE DIME % ?*?' , f So Far 15 Dead Have Been Con1 firmed, and in Addition Rumors of [' I Others.?Property Boss in Char "i leston Will Amount Probably Over / the 'Million Dollar Mark. I ^ The hurrican which bore down upon Charleston Sunday evening, and which held the city in its grip throughout Sunday night, passed on i early Monday, leaving behind it a \ trail of death and wreckage unpar ailed in that community since the great storm of 1883. Fifteen are known to have been killed by the hurricane. Besides that of Engineer Coburn, two young men and a negro woman were killed in Mount Pleasant, and two white women were drowned in Charleston. The names of the dead are: Alonza J. Coburn, of Charleston. E. V. Cutter, of Charleston. Robt. E. Smith, of Columbia. Rosa Robinson, of Charleston. Ida Morgan, of Charleston. Unknown negro woman. Mrs M. Goodson, of Waycross, Ga. Charles Goodson, 2 years, of Waycross, Ga. Mr. s G. Richter, of Charleston. Mary Richter, of Charleston. Lillian Stender, of Charleston. Two unknown negro men, of James ToloriH io inuui Two unknown negro men c' John's Island. Besides -these rumors of a number of other drownings and killings have been brought in, but these it has been imposdble to corroborate. It is impossible as yet to say just how great has been the property loss as a result of the hurricane' -work. No reports from the sea islands or from the coast have yet been obtainI able. In the immediate vicinity of Charleston estimates vary from a quarter of a million dollars upward. It it* probable that the loss is about a million dollars. That is the figure -which a number of the most capable observers hit upon. Sullivan's Island and the Isle of Palms both came through the storm with no loss of life on either island, but the night was one of great terror k on both, and much damage has been done on both. Many houses on Sullivan's Island have, been wrecked, linfnl An f ha Tela A f PnlmR OiJli l/ii C IIWVI VIA CMV *WAV W* A suffered greatly. The transportation system has been put completely out ot business. The hurricane was at its height at midnight Sunday night, when the j wind attained a velocity of 90 miles the hour and the barometer dropped to 29.43. The wind continued to folow fiercely until about daylight and then gradually subsided until the storm passed on somewhere to the south of Charleston and inland?the weather bureau does not know just where. In Charleston the greatest damage, or course, was done along the water front, but practically every house to the south of Calhoun street testified to the fury of the gale. Along Broad street, East 'Bay, King and Meeting streets scores of residences and places of business were unroofed and had the windows blown out. The rain fell heavily Monday night, and was in consequeoice, most unwelcome, even though accompanied by but little wind. Hundreds of trees in all parts of the city were blown down or split to pieces. The streets everywhere Monday were filled with wreckage of all sorts. Little business was transacted. The < work of repairing the damage has already progressed well, however, and < | the street railway will be in operation soon and the streets it is promised will all be opened to traffic. < Communication with the outside world has been re-established, trains operating from the old Line street station of the Southern Railway, the Union station being put out of com- \ mission temporarily. GIVES GGOOI) ADVICE. , ? < Little Girl Tells Man to Trust in Go<l and He a Man. A special dispatch to the State | says S. H. Rush and J. L. Biuist of ' that place were passengers on the steamer Apache, which made such a narrow escape from a watery grave ' during the storm. They were re- 1 turning from New York. Mr. Rush says a little 10-year old girl on the ship was very consoling and sympa thetic to him. He was very nervous and making public demonstrations , * of his feelings. The little girl was j sitting in her father's lap and reached over and put her hands on his , shoulder, saying, "Trust in God and i be a man." , ? Brought on Trouble. 4 Edward Durant, colored, was shot \ and killed In Florence on Tuesday j toy Charlie Johnson, white, a clerk ^ in a store, whore the negro raised a 1 row and drew hie pistol. The coroner < jury exonerated Johnson. < ISSUES ADDRESS COMMITTEE OF STATE FARMERS SPEAKS TO PUBLIC. The South, Having Monopoly of Cotton Production Should Organize and Protect Her Industry. A committee of the State Farmers' Union, whose chairman is Alan Johnstone, has just issued an address to all "Southerners, Farmers, Merchants, Bankers, Mill Men, &nd all Business Men in the industrial aeveiopmet of the South" in the hope of raising interest in getting the South's great staple cotton, marketed reasonably and profitably. It polnts?out the uncertainty of any crop estimate that can be made. As it says, a field that Is smiling this month mght suf, for and wilt the next And why need we hurry in stating figures. The crop is in our hands and It is our ^safest asset. Our banker will loan us money on it and we should want no better security. To let it go at 1 0 cents today as when we let it go at 4 cents. When we take a stand we cannot retrace our steps without fear of a serious breach in our own ranks. Experience has taught us the danger of too hasty action. The outlook may be promising today. But a healthy weed is not the crop. A general drought will cut short the process of growth as the plant advances into irumon. me crop is young, into fruition. The early drought set it back in its early stages and it was well up in the summer months before it showed signs of rapid growth. Having begun late it must bo allowed to grow late. A late fall is our only hope for anything like a full crop. And so an early frost would cut short what seems to some estimators the best prospect in years. The cold rains of fall, if they come early will prevent the opening of a large ipart of the crop. In view of all these possibilities common sense will tell us that it is nothing short of folly to base an estimate upon data that must be very uncertain; and the following of which blight prove disastrous. Aside from the loss in money that might result from too hasty action we cannot es- I mate the loss that would result to the cause of the farmers, if after taking a stand we fail to hold it. The movement for concerted action on the part of all Southerners interested in the cotton crop advances slowly because in the great stretch of country mat it covers tnere is sucn a. uiversity of interest. A change of policy that would suit our section might bring calamity to another. We should wait therefore until such a time when there can be no possibility of a great mistake in the estimate of the crop. Basing our figures then on a sure estmaite we should count on the support of all Southerners. If when we are ready to market, consumers are reluctant to purchase we need fear no disaster Having arrived at a fair estimate ot the crop 1 we may easily retire a percentage of : it. leaving available only so much i as will supply the market at a fair price to ourselves. If we are to pro- ! duce fourteen million bales, let us retire two million bales and stand firmly by this fixed pledge. With all the attention given to the 11 raising of cotton the industry is but ' partially developed. A crop must not only be economically and efficiently 1 produced, but it must be wisely ' marketed. Heretofore all our atten- i tion has been given to the plowing f and we have bestowed but scant care i upon the disposition of the crop. As ! much energy, as great labor, as fine ' business judgment is needed in the 1 marketing as in the raising of cotton 1 As the growing is a science, so ought ( the marketing to be a system. With < united front we can place southern 1 cotton in every market in the world. : We nan all join memorializing our i Congressmen to aid us in finding new 1 markets for the staple, in opening all ' the ports of the world to southern cotton. There is no possibility that 1 the product of the South can flood i the world market. The foregoing facts having emphasized the deep concern that all interests have in the crop of cotton and in the proper marketing of the same, let us call upon all to aid us in strengthening the markets. Not alone the market for raw materials but for the finished product of the mills. We are all farmers in that we deal with the product of the farm. The interests of the South are common to all Southerners whether bankers, merchants, mill men, or farmers. The history of the South should bring us a lesson on the value of t a/1 a f f a r?f ^T^V\ i*aii nrVi mnnv nnenl itiiuu uiiui i. i iiiuugu iiiauj lUDuui" Lions, commercial and otherwise, she has passed and has been able to withstand them only by united effort. When the armies of the nation were arrayed against her in the '60's confederation was all that saved her from complete annihilation. When she lay at the mercy of the unscrupulous men during the period of reconstrction all rallied to free her rrom the curse of the false government. As in war so in business, events of the last twenty years seem to argue against her prosperity, Having by united effort overcome reverses her industrial development has i been wonderful. And yet when the < one great crop in which all interests 1 centre seems a success, something i CRUSHED TO DEATH TICKET OFFICE BLOWN OVER WITH FATAL EFFECT. Two Men Sheltering Themselves Behind Xt From the Storm Are Horribly Crushed. E. R. Smith of Columbia and E. V. Cutter, a motorman of the Consolidated Company, were crushed to death when the ticket ofllce of the Consolidated ferry wharf on Mount Pleasant was crashed down on them Sunday night, about 11 o'clock, at the time the terrific storm that struck the coast was at Its height. The two men were sheltering themselves behind the office from the driving rain. Mr. Smith and his wife were safe on (Mount Pleasant and had made preparations to remain at the home of some residents ytho had kindly offered them shelter. It seems that Mrs. Smith had forgotten her pocket book on the ferry boat, and she send Mr. Smith 'back to the wharf to get It. He crossed the bridge to the boat and securing the purse started b^ck, but just then the bridge broke and began giving way. He stopped for shelter behind the ticket office and while waiting there the office blew over, killing him and Mr. Cutter. In the darkness and the excitement it was not known that the two men had met their death beneath the wreck of the office, so their bodies lnv iintnnlp?tfnr liniirs Whpn -w. ..x, v.. ~ office wreck was moved it was found that the men had been horribly mangled. There was no way of getting word of the accident to Mrs. Smith, and it was not until shortly before the Venus left with the bodies that she knew of the sad fate of her husband, whom she had sent on a mission In her behalf. f conspires to put out the price to decrease its market value. The profitable marketing of cotton demands a hnion of forces as real as that of the 60's and 70's, a constant steady pull for the industrial freedom of the South. Without the martial spirit of the 60's but with the same loyal devotion to Southern interests, let us rally to her support in this her day of opportunity. As we have been brothers in all movements for Southern progress, let us not forget that comradeship and fraternity as we enter this movement. The cause in which we labor is high and just. As we measure the cause by its result, we cannot but be inspired when we look forward and see that a fair and reasonable price for cotton as it comes from the gin and it will mean increased prosperity to all concerned, to the farmers who grow it, to the mill operative who weaves it, to the mill men whose great industry is founded on it, to the banker and the merchant whose business is built on the capital that it produces. If the American government would foster trade relations with foreign countries with the same foresight and zealous care as England does, southern cotton mills could find in the great undeveloped countries of South America and Mexico a market ; to absorb their output for twenty years to come. In addition there are ' the Philippines supplied almost en- < tirely with cotton cloth by English i mills while we, duty free, send comparatively nothing and complain of high priced cotton and everloaded markets in the cloth trade. All that < is needed now to establish a paying i trade with Pacific territory is to make i goods in the patterns and weaves desired by the native taade and the re- < 3ii.lt is accomplished. England does ! this and even with payind duty, reaps profit while we allow a considerable opportunity for lightening the load t of home consumption to go by unimproved. Every tropical country is a 1 market for cotton cloth and we have right at our doors sufficient outlet 1 for outr manufactured cotton, if util- < ized to create a quick demand, as 1 would advance the price of raw cot- l ton to 15 cents, or higher, and keep j it there in flat defence of Liverpool, 3r any otner roreign agency. Inertia is our greatest sin. So lot j us rouse ourselves in a great effort ( for market extension; for a proper . estimate of tlie South's greatest sta- ( [)le, for a determination to market j 3iir crop slowly; to retire from the j world's available supply of cotton , whatever percentage is necessary to , tn a*k e the remainder sell at a re- < munerative price; and the whole ( ;rouble is over in our humble opin- j ion. "The South and all for the , South" until our commercial supremacy is assured and maintained. < ; Will Not Reply. ( Senator La Follette stated Tues- 4 lay that his speech at Harrisburg, Pa., Thursday night would not deal ? vith political matters and would not i l)e a reply to president Taft's * iiw/lntr a /I /I a f TJT a m I If a w a ^oiliu uaj nvt 111 coo at iiaiiiiiiuiif inaoo,, ] but will be in the nature of a history >n the grange movement and the earleet successful declaration of the rights of the State? and the government ni railroad regulation and control. Diamond Mine in North Carolina. While on hie vacation In North Carolina, J. D. Butler, of Pavo, Qa., discovered a diamond nrine. One of the first gems brought $1,000 in the rough. > a CANADA STIRRED Fight Over Prepmi Recipient v Pac Waxes Fist as! Fans is. LAURIER LEADS FIGHT Reciprocity lleniains The Dominant iKSiie in the Canadian Campaign? Great Crowds Hear leaders Speak Daily?Annexation Bug-bear Denounced by the Liberals. Reports coming in from all parts of Canada show the intensity of the election struggle which is under full headway, and they request also that position and progress of the various elements on the main issue?reciprocity between Canada and the United States. Although the campaign comes while harvesting is at its height, conventions and political gatherings are drawing audiences unparalleled in size. It is conceded a greater number of votes will be polled than ever in Canada. Reciprocity has continued the dominant issue since Premier Laurier and Opposition Leader Borden made their initial addresses. Since then Mr. Borden has remained in Ontario, speaking daily, while Premier Laurier, after one Ontario meeting, has swung over to the French-Canadian province of Quebec, where he has been addressing from one to two meetings each day, including Sunday. Vfnnntlmo Vi i\ nrpnilpra nf tlio v.Jl rious provinces and other leaders have been ranging themselves 011 the firing line. Premier Whitney, of Ontario, Premier McBride, of British Columbia, and Premier Hazon, of New Brunswick, have taken the stump in opposition to ratification of reciprocity and in opposition to the return of the Laurier candidates. Clifford Sifton, formerly a member ol the Laurier ministry, is holding a meeting in Ontario, at which he denounces the reciprocity agreement and the government for having made it. t The grounds taken for and against reciprocity are shown in the reports coming from all sections. The fight against reciprocity is made on both economic and sentimental grounds. Opposition leaders declare agriculture in the United States is so much better developed than it is in Canada, and that the Canadian farmers will be swamped by the arrival of food products from the United States. Conservative papers have been printing offers from alleged American fruit, dairy and provisions firms to sell cheese, fruit, vegetables and other produces to Canadian dealers at less than the prevailing Canadian rates as soon as the reciprocity agreement is confirmed. The liberals have denounced these stories as not genuine but arranged for to stampede the Canadian farmer against reciprocity. The sentimental gtround raised against the return of the government is based 011 the report of President Taft, in which he said Canada had come to "the parting of the ways," as justification for having passed the reciprocity agreement through congress. The opposition still insists President Taft has the opposition of Canada in view. Leader Borden gave instance of this in his speech at Toronto saying: "I don't doubt the loyalty of the Canadian people, but if Canada deliberately interlocks her interests with those of the United States she will be led step by step into conditions which all her loyalty could not hange. The time to withdraw is now before the threshold is reached." The fight for reciprocity is based by Premier Laurier and his followers 011 economic advantages which will accrue to Canada as a whole and they denounce the annexation cry as \ hollow device of the campaign. Quebec is regarded as the pivotal province in the election. Here Henri Bourassa, opposition leader, is vigorously denouncing Premier Laurier os too imperialistic. Bourassa declares Laurier betrayed Canadian dependence to Great Britain by enacting a law for the creation of a navy which eventually will lead to the mnscripuon 01 me young men 01 Canada. This same cry stampeded he electors of Drummond at Athajaska, where Laurier was brought up in a bye-election two years ago. Premier Laurier, at a meeting in Saint Eustaclie recently, departed rrom his usual dignity and calm by leclaring that Mr. Pourassa was a 'wilful liar." The prime minister has shown iplendid form in the campaign, and n spite of his seventy years he ipeaks with more vigor than ever before. The opposition claims they will ?ain seats from the government in he maritime provinces (Nova Scotia, T) Aiirt nlr n il D?1 ftt L^/l ttr a Mil >v iji uiiowiv;a auu ill ii rjuw?iu Island) In Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and 'British Columbia, while the western provinces of Saskatchewan md Alberta will remain with the government as at present. The libsrals, on the contrary, claim they will Increase their present large majority in the French-Canadian sections of Quebec and in the maritime prov SIX PfR CENT TARE FARMERS SHOULD INSIST ON IT AS THEIR RIGHTS. United States Senator E. D. Smitn Gives Some Good Advice to Cotton Growers. The Times and Democrat has often told the farmers they were sleeping on their rights if they failed to get six per cent tare on their cotton, and we are glad to see that Senator E. P. Smith hoe tnlrort nm thf? mutter In nn interview with the Progressive Farmer Senator Smith said: "A commercial bale of cotton is reckoned at five hundred pounds, including bagging and ties. The price of cotton is always fixed in reference to this tare. A bale weighing 500 pounds is allowed by the exchanges to carry 30 pounds of bagging and ties. That is 30 pounds are deducted or discounted in the world's price for cotton So that, if less than thirty pounds is placed on the bale the spinner gains, if more, he loses. If more than thirty pounds is put on a 500 weight bale, the farmer gains. If less, the farmer loses. "In a word, 6 per cent is deducted from the individual bale, if only one is bought, or from the aggregate weight of the lot if a number of bales are brought. Therefore if the farmer nuts less than G per cent of bagging and ties in the gross weight of the bale he loses whatever difference there may bo To illustrate: Suppose his bale weighs 500 pounds, and t he only puts 2 2 peounds of bagging and ties on that bale, lie not only loses the 2 2 pounds of bagging and ties, but eight pounds of his cotton besides. "In order that the farmers may understand this whole proposition, the whole thing can be summed up in one word: That no matter what the price for your cotton may be, the buyers in fixing the price in the great centers of trade have fixed it upon the basis that six per cent of the entire weight of all the cotton they buy is deducted for tare "In my own State the law is as follows: " Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, engaged in tne ousiness or Duying cotton in this State, as principal or agent, to deduct any sum for bagging and ties from the weight of any bale of cotton when the weight of the bagging and ties does not exceed 6 per cent of gross weight of such bale of cotton. In the event that the weight of the bagging and the ties exceeds six per cent of the gross weight of said bale of cotton, only the excess over the said six per cent may be deducted " 'Section 2. For each and every violation of this act the offender shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined in the sum of not less than $5.00 nor more than $25.00, or imprisoned not less th anetnse.af'to imprisoned not less than ten days nor sure than thirty days: Provided, this act shall not apply to what is known in the trade as round bales, and bales of cotton which weigh less than 300 pounds' "I think tdiis has finally settled the question in my state of the contention of cerain buyers in reference to how much bagging and ties shall go on the bale. And I would heartily recommend the passage of such a law in everv cotton erowiner State. "In view of the fact that the purchasers of practically all other commodities pay for all the process through which those commodities pass in becoming perfected for the market, it does seem that the farmer should not be required to lose any more than the mere covering that protects the cotton. "When the farmer goes to buy a shirt made out of cotton that he grew, he pays for the price of the coton that hat into that shirt, the freight that moved it from his platform to the mill where it was converted into the shirt lie pays the commission or the salary of the purchaser of the raw cotton. He pays for the machinery, for the operative and all the commissions in handling it the wages and salaries of all those through whose hands is passes; for the paper and boxes in which it is packed; the freight back to the retail store; clerk hire, insurance, commission and profit incidental to its handling until it come into his hands. In a word he repats, he pays all the < cost incident to the manufacture of that shirt from the time the cotton leaves the field until he buys it in the form oJ the finished article All expenses are added to it. And yet when he sells his cotton all expenses are deducted from it. And the costs of handling his cotton, insurance, freight, and 6 per cent for tare are deducted. This rule is so established that the contract for the export cotton are called 4C. I. F. & 6* contracts. "In those States whore hey have no law on the subject I do not think that the buyers have any right to insist that less than 6 per cent shall be put on the bale in the form of bagging and ties, and certainly the farmers in the light of their own interest should not put on less" inces, and will make gains in Ontario and throughout the western provinces. COTTON MELTING DELEGATES AKfi NAMED FROM SOUTH CAROLINA. Every Brand of Business Interested in the Staple Represented for Montgomery Gathering. Commissioner Watson has appointed the delegates to the meeting of those interested in marketing cotton. The meeting will be held in Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 12, and was called by the commissioner of agriculture of that State. Mr. Watson has included in his list all who might bo interested in the cotton situation. 1 1 .. J Ci ^ ^ i ^ ? TO T"\ C5 t A- V? liiciuilt'o oviiitivi rj. u. ouuiii, iiicinbers of the Farmers' Union, prominent bankers, the warehousemen and farmers who are not members of the organization, but who are cotton planters, as will be seen from the list. The delegates are as follows: E. D. Smith, Florence. E. W. Dabbs, Mayeeville. B. F. Keller, Cameron; R. M. Cooper, Wysacky; J. W. Reid, Columbia; J. B. O'Neall Holloway, Newberry; J. M. Bragdon, Sumter; A. J. A. Perritt, Lamar; Alfred Aldrlch, Barnwell; B. Harris, Pendleton; S. J. Summers, Cameron; T. B. Stackhouse, Columbia; R. I. Manning, Sumter; Bright Williamson, Darlington; W. K. Durst, Greenwood; A. D. Hudson, Newberry; John McKinard, Newberry; James Q. Davis, Winnsboro; E. A. Smyth, Greenville. L. W. Parker, Greenville; B. F Taylor, Columbia, D. R. Coker, Jr., Hartsville, Alan Johnstone, Newberry; W. D. Evans, Cheraw; Douglas >McIntyre, Marion; H. T. Lucas, VValhalla; John T. Roddy, Rock Hill; W. J. Montgomery, Marion; D. F. Moore, Rrunson; D. A. Spivey, Conway, A. F. Lever, Lexington; F. H. Weston, Columbia; John G. Mobley, Winnsboro; C. W. Whisonant, Blacksburg; J. E. Beamguard, Clover; J. A. Banks, St Matthews; J. W. Kibler, Newberry; S. G. -Mayfield, Denmark; Frank Evans, Greenwood; M. L. Donaldson, Greenville; O. P. Goodwin, Laurens; T. H. Foster, Piedmont; E. L. Archer, Spartanburg; T. J. Moore, Moore; J. F. Vernon, Wellford; W. E. Dargan, Darlington; J. F. Nesbit, Lancaster; J. S. Wilson, Lancaster; W. H. Stewart, Rock Hill; J. G. L. White, Chester; P. L. Harden, Dascomville; T. J. Cunningham, Chester; J. Swinton Whaley, Edisto Island; S. A. Burns, Anderson, J. H. Claffy, Orangeburg; W. S. Barton, Jr., Orangeburg; R T. C. Hunter, Prosperity; D. F. Efird, Lexington; R. A. Meares, Ridgeway; J. C. Striding, Pendleton, C. H. Carpenter, Easley; C. IM'. Smith, Gaffney; H. S. Lipscomb, Trough; W. R. Parks, Parksvllle; J. P. McNair, Aiken; W. C Vincent, Bluffton; L. C. Padgett, Smoaks, W. H. Curry, Rhems; J. II. Wharton, Waterloo; S. N. Welch, Elliot; L. L. Baker, 'Bishopville; J. W. Alexander, Westminister; J. T. Frierson, Mouzons; F. F. Capers, Greenville; J. J. Fretwell, Anderson: Aue. W. Smith. Snartan burg; G. VV. Duvall, Cheraw; R. M. Bethea, Dillon; R. P. Hamer, Hauler; H. T. Morrison, McClellanville. ? i TO FLY ACROSS OCEAN. Ohio Man ami Five companions Will Make the Attempt. Melvin Vaniman's balloon with which he and five others say they will attempt to fly across tho Atlantic ocean October 22 will be shipped from Akron, Ohio, to Atlantic City Monday, and having just been completed in a rubber factory. As soon as the framework of steel tubing is attached and the balloon inflated in the mammoth hangar, the airship will he christened the "Akron," with fitting ceremonies. The "Akron" is the only dirigible of the first class ever built on this side of the Atlantic. It is 268 feet long or about 30 feet longer than the "Amercia," which was lost in the ocean as a sequel to the Walter Wellman expedition last year. Filled with hydrogen it will have an atmospheric displacement of 350,000 cubic feet and a gross lifting power of 2 6,000 pounds. With the car and engines attached it will have a net capacity of 12,000 pounds, or. about .8 0 persons. iThe Akron is made up of 2,200 pieces of tough fabric. The propellers will each be driven by a gasoline engine of a hundred horse-power. The gas bag is of the cigar shape with an extreme diameter of 45 feet. ? ? ! floats and Navy Yard Damaged. Six torpedo boats were swept ashore and the Charleston navy yard was damaged to the extent of $20,000 by the violent storm which struck tho Georgia ana souin (jarounn coasts Sunday night. Hoofs and doors of the buildings of the navy yard were ripped off, wires were strewn in a tangled mass on the ground, tracks were torn up and considerable damage was done to the wharves. Be Blithesome. Some people put themselves to an unconscionable amount of trouble to make themselves unhappy, when they could be as blithesome as a lark With but half the effort. It shows what a distorted view of life one may get.