Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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.|: WJSBNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1898. Bp; The Sumter Watchman was roundep ? io is?tj andthe True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and Southron DOW bas gppae combined circulation and influence cf both of the old papers, and is mani :: festly the best advertising medium in Samper. BHb '? _ _._^^^^ :> .. No new case of smallpox has de v veloped in this city or immediate I vicinity within a period of two weeks ?R and we feet safe in asset ting that ?Kiospfa: as the city of Sumter ia con? gi ^cerned, the smallpox epidemic is at an e?d, and that in future no more .cases are likely to be developed feere If we have any more smallpox io the city it will be brought from other places or from the country, for ; - so thorough has been the vaccination ^ that t'aere are bot few residents of rf Seater who are not immune. tl A? soon as the period of detention of tte few convalescent patients now _ in the pest house has expired they 'J w8I be dismissed and the pest bouse closed. The closing of the pest boase . >r3! mark the end of the fight egaioet the soal?pox epidemic, and that it has proven so socceeefui' should be a soerC3 of ibo highest gratification to every citizen of Sumter. The Board of Health merits and should receive foil! recognition for the good work Xbat I as been done, and we take the greatest pleasure in congratulating ; each md every member of the Board, |f ' ??: fiiavef some knowledge ot %e |S difficulties aod obstacle, tqey bave f: esrooi.etered and tr*;unpbantiy over? come while laboring for the good nf V tim city and to protect the people against a loathsome disease. - Hsbsoo, of Alabama waa as great, li " ?ot geeater ia bb sphere and io proper* : Ctaa: to bis opportun! ty than De wey, of j Terms** Both are Americans of tt e ?roast type ; ooo! sod brave, darug, eat^nat reckle?8, and modest gentlemen ** all times. The far famed heroes of aal^iifiy vere not braver nor greater ?or nobler than these American Sailers . of fte prosaic and oossn timen tal o to e <: ?seoW century And there is Bagley strW to be remembered. Was be less j sror^y of fame than Robson ? Was be lass gallant, less patriarle or lesa braver! Not at all, sod sines success was denied aim aa J bia life was repaired as a saori fis?, toa memory should be the more bigfily revered. Bagley and Hobsoa, gallant young Soot herns rs, the one a martyr, the other a hero. campaign of the candidates, ?: opened in cor colamos to day by tfce *?atdo of fi. L Scarborough for Cowaty Treasurer, aod W. S Bin Ira? foe Sapervisor> They are both good men. aod have given satisfaction io filling these offices heretofore. We take pleasure in referring our readers to their carde. And the attention of other candidates who have bot "come oat,'' is invited to the fact that we are ready to assign them space to awke their annoa neem en te The people who matte coi on aod boy bread aod Oecoo, ba va gued reason to U?\ ?aterested io toe saooeaa, of soo* grej*aao Stoses'efljrt to prcth^i^gam bhoz ie future*. The extracts from ht? reseat epeeeb, published ia" this paper, faro Uh toteres' ?og reading on THE LEE COUNTY RACK? ET. Cluef Justice Mciver Signs Kore Hew Orders, y - Tbs fighting over Lae Coooty seems ts be getting to that ooudittoo which aatjs moah Hugatian aod a lengthy .attie before the whole af air is settled. It u est < OJ pro bi bte, ?o it is thooght, abat tbs sase before ic is fioiahed may be referred to a special master to take Cestimoay. Io that evaot the end is a ioag way off. Chief Justice Mciver yesterday gave these orders io the ease : "Upon bearing the motion of re? spondents for leave to amend their re? torna as to several partioolars raeotioo* ed ia the notice of the motion. "'lt is ordered that respondents have leave to amend their return as moved lar, sod ?bat a oopy of the amended re tarn be forthwith served opon eooosel for petitioners. "It is farther ordered that petition ore have leave t3 withdraw their de? sserrer to the retara aod traverse the same, or aoy part thereof if they shall bs so advised."-The State, Jone 8. ?. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. C ii mate aod Crop Bulletin of the Weather Bureau, South Carolina Section. For tie Week Ending Monday, Jane 6, 1898. COLUMBIA, S C , Jane 6. j The temperatue remained high daring the ?eek, but gradually de? creased trooo the extreme maximum of the close of the previous week. The highest temperature reported 'for the week was 98 degrees cn 3rd at Poverty Hill, The day temperatures ranged between 98 dogrees and 81 de? grees, the latter on the last day The nights were slightly cooler thao daring , the previous week, with a minimum of 56 degrees OD the 1st at Cberaw. The mean temperature for the week ?as 79 degrees, while the normal for the same period is about 75 The rainfall for the week was gen? erally tight and came io the form of scattered showers; althoogh notconfined "to any section of the State, the showers were most oomerooa and heaviest io the east centrai, southeastern, . aad northeastern counties. Six places re? ported meas Brem ents of 0 50 io*?, or moro, with a maximum fall of 1 01 inches at Gilliaooville; 28 placee rs? ported amon?la less thao 0.50 io ch; the j < average of all reports was 0 24 snob aad tba normal for the same period is j approx:aateiy 1 12 i oohes ] The continued abseoee of a geo- ] eral,, heavy raia will soon ea tail i offer* ieg Assail streams are dried ap io < Bar swell;, and all streams are getting 1 very low ; wells are failing and io. | maoy instances have bees took from ? 10 to 15 fest deeper to get water. Tba drottgbt hes io places exist? for ] from 30 to 40 days with a high :etnpe j rature prevailing, Sod generally bright j soosbiOe ind desstottiog rinds. < Sioce January lit 1898, only about j 50 per ?nt of the normal a monal of' j rain hms fallen io the Stats while ? o < places the percentage is mach less'. There was an abondance of bright \ sunshine, estimated at 88 per ceo;, of j the possible. J There was a wind storm io Green- { ville,, and eoe io Orangebarg daring the week, doing ?light damage to froit trees in each instance - i Hsil storms occurred io Hampton i eo May 3ist aod in Georgetown June , 2nd doing some damage over their re- \ spec?ve path? of progresa. The erop situation is bot little changed since last report, except that - the need of rai ra is $ rearer. Farm work made rapid advance except where , the ground is too bard, and dry tn plo? Fields are easily kept ftes from era??, aod are exceptionally well colt vated, with the crops aod ground in ?OB best condition to he benefited by the tain when it comes The condition of the corn crop is not perfeotly satisfactory ; stands are not perfect aod oo bottom lands still beiog damaged by worms Corn has a good color bot is small. The heat causes it to wilt daring the day 0? maoy bottoms the stood is poor as there is oor enough moisture to germinate ail the seed Laving by af coro has began io the eastern coontie* althoogh coro has made alow growth generally. It is now io that stage, io the eastern cou o - ties, where it most have rai o to make proper growth. There was a slight improvement in the condition of cotton over the eotire Sute daring the week Where the siaods have heretofore beeo defective, oo improvement io that respect is to be noted, bot oottoo mado some growth aod is ie a healthy condition generally, the exception being that Hoe are ap? parently damaging the plant io Barn well, Aikeo, Oraogeborg and to a less extent in a few other counties. Io Greco wood it is deteriorating for wsot of raia, it is below average growth Some patebiog beiog done to better staods which average considerably be? low perfect. Cotton bas generally received its sec? ond plowiog and is obopped to stands, except io tbs extreme wes'ern counties. Io maoy localities ootton is io Gae con? dition. Fields are oleao and weil cul? tivated. Cotton is putting on squares in the southeastern counties. Oo the same date io 1897 squares were general over the eastern half of the State Sea leland cotton is not doing ?ell for want of moisture The weather bas beeo ail jhat could be desired for harvesting oats N?arly all early oats has beeo out and honked in excellent condition Yialds were generally above ao average, bot ID a fdw places ?ere poor . . account of droQgbt. Spriog *own oats are very poor in poor io most places will be com? plete failure^ Tbe weather favored wheat harvestiog, which made rapid progress, aod will be generally oompleted duriog the carreot week Io most places the yield is above ao average, in Rome the best yield for years, 'while io portions of Oaooee aod S">artanburg the yield falls below last year's Melons are improviog are now doing fioely. Io portions of Florence, mack melons are a failure. Tobacco i? in good condition gen? erally, but needs rain badly except where showers fell during the week Worms less numer?os than last week Bice doing inely and growing well. Planters on the Cooper river are annoyed by salty water owing to low stage of water io the river. Too dry for settiog out sweet potato slips ; few have as yet been transplanted Some being set and watered by hand. Sets drying np in beds Irish potatoes are very poor, and io most places- a failure, the drought having mined them Apples are dropping badly ; there will be none at all in portions of j Florence. Peaches late in ripening and are small ra fidgefield ; they are j' ripening in the southeastern conn ties. * Grapes doing wel l. Pear trees dying from blight in Sumter. Blackberries plentiful sod promis? ing io places, while elsewhere the berries are drying , on the vines. Plums plentiful. Peas are being exten ?iveiy planted DD stubble lands and in corn fields. The acreage of peas will apparently be larger than usual Too dry to plant jieas over large aireas. Sugar cane is generally doing well but, like all other minor crops, stands in need of rain to enable it to make proper growth. Gardens are parch td and io places entirely dried np ; [jailing everywhere, except opper Darlington where veg? tablee of best quality are abundant. Pastures are fast failing or are en iirely parched, especially in the up >er counties, except on moist bottom ands The beat and ?cant pastores ?re hard on farm animals Chinch bogs are numerous io York A compreheosive summary of I weather and crop conditions, wonld indicate that they were favorable over about one third of the state and unfavorable elsewhere Meteorological Record. Tbe fol low iog ie a report of observations >f the weather<taken at Statebarg, by Dr. W. W. Anderson, for the past mooth : ate TBMPRRAjTURR Max Min. Mean Precipi? tation in inches. 1 2 4 * 6 7 8 9 10 ll 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2> 26 27 28 29 30 31 84 I 90 ; 90 89 92 I 81 ? Si 76 76 79 78 83 88 87 90 89 91 87 93 94 91 93 ?0 90> 89 83 88 93 97 101 SO 59 63 65 65 64 59 44 44 47 52 60 64 64 69 65 66 66 i 6-, ! 66 j 69 68 67 I 67 68" 66 I 61 62 68 71 ! 74 68 71 5 78 5 77 5 77 78 70. 52.5 60 61.5 65 5 69 68 5 16 78. 77 5 77 5 78 * 76 79 5 81.5 81. 80. 78 5 79 17.5 72 74. 80 5 84 87.5 79 .00 00 00 00 00 .36 00 .00 00 00 00 .00 00 Trace" .00 00 .08 .00 .00 00 Trace .00 .00 00 64 03 .00 .00 .00 .0i .00 Mean temperature 75 ; Maximum tempera? ture 101-date30:b. Minimum temperature 44- date 7, 8 Total precipitation-1 12 inches. Number of days clear, 19; partly cloudy, 9; cloudy, 3. Hail on 25th. Prevailing wind-Direction: Southwest. Thundarstorms 6. 14, 17, 24, 25, 26 and 30 Remarks-Thunderstorms oa 14, 17, 21, 24 and 30 were distant. Kingston, Jnne 7.-The American trcops which haye beeo laoded near Santiago within the past few days, yes? terday made an atta?k on tbe Spanish forces and routed them. The Cuban forces aided the Amerioaos and fought bravely against tbe Spaoish. There is no question bot that (be Cubans will give the Americans the most enthusias? tic support aod will aid most energeti cally io the campaign to drive the Spanish from the island without delay. Cape Haytien, Jone 7.-Additional details of Santiago bombardment have bees received . at this point The Amerioan fleet attacked the forts and completely . d?mo?f>hed theo. The gunners were demoralized and fled from the fort*. To Prohibit Gambling in Futures. Congressman Stokes' Bill to Regulate Future Contracts in Agricultural Products. From Congressional Information Bureau, 161 Corcorac Buiidiog. Washington, D. (J , June 4 -Rep resentaiive J William Stokes of South Carolina, the mildest mannered man in Congress, is after the dealers in options and futures with proposed legislation more dangerous than war or the rumors thereof. Mr Stokes is a student as well as a Congressman His convictions are the result of carefol study. They are not spasmodic, but firm fixed and lasting He is not trying in one fell swoop to scatter the exchanges to the winds He is working up his plan systematically, earnestly, and with dilligent care He is going to make ?be fight nest winter He bas assurances of co? operation from many members of Congress, the National Grange, the American Cotton Growers* Associa tion. the Inter State Cotton Growers* Association, and the agricultural or ganizstion8 throughout the country. The Cotton Planters' Jc j mal of Mern phis and other paper? devoted to farming interests hare already pledg? ed to the cause their hearty support Mr Stokes bas introduced "A Bill Relating to Future Contracts in Ag ric ol tura! Products. " This bill will j be made the basis of the fight, lt j declares tbst "options" and "rotures" are obstructions to and restraints upon commerce and are illegal and void and that dealing In them shall constitute a mis m em ea nor punishable by afine equal to the amount of the contract if it is not les? then a thoo sand dollars snd by Imprisonment from one to fire years It provides also that every distinct contract shall constitute a separate offense for both boyer and seller. It provides for en joining and properly punishing mer chants or excbsnge boards of other associations that deal iv> options and rotores. Mr Stokes has received thousands of petitions aod letter! from all over the country endorsing his bill aod urging its passage. From his home district, the Seventh, Sooth Carolina., he received 1,091 pet it i tiona contain* ing about 8.000 signatures He launched his bill with an elaborate speech, in the coarse of which be 8sid : "Mr. Chairman, the man who should advisedly bargain away in the beginning of tbe year, at a clearly ascertained loss to himself, a whole year's product of toil and privation, would be adjudged a fool in the assizes of common sense Still tbe man woold simply have done what he had a right ta do with his own ! Bat whnn thal man presumes, unask ed, to bargain away the year's pro duct of another in advance,- even if at no cost to that other, the natural and proper feeling would be one of resentment toward him "If it became clear that he bar gained the year's product of another in advance, bargained it - and sold it time and time again at an appreciable cost to the producer, I think 'it quite likely that violent remedies would be applied "That is essentially the relation of toe future' operator to the producer of cotton and other agricultoral sta pies "Through all the six thousand years and more of toe world's bis tory down to 1872, the world bad gotten along wit boot the services of the option dealer, and bad gotten along fairly well He owes his birth to a decade of debauch of public con? science during and onbsequent to a period of public war and consequent public plunder. The continued toleration of his superfluous and officious presence is due to the grip acquired upon the public throat dur? ing the stupor incident to that maui moth debancb. j "Hear what was said by the Senate Committee, presided over by that able jurist, the late Senator George, of Mississippi : 'In the first place let it be noted that in and through and under the regulations of the two cotton ex changes of New York and New Orleans can this business be trans? acted The Cotton "Exchange in New York is a corporation under the laws of that State It is composed of less than 500 members aod the number cannot be increased beyond that The initiation fee is $10,000 and the new members are elected by the old. No mao can deal directly in futures unless be is a member. The corporation has absolute power over the dealings All disputes or controversies are settled by a court established by tbe corporation itself in what is called arbitration proceed i?gs. Neither party is allowed to call in a Federal or State Court. It fixes the grades of all cotton, desig nates 'he warehouses ic which it shall HQ S? ed, fixes the fees and charges i .orages, weighing snd ail other work done in relation to cotton It fixes the quotation of prices that are to be published to the world, and these quotations are th * fixed under its rules for mom hs for which there are no actual sales. "/'It and its members have such wealth that it is claimed in a publish ed letter of one of its principal mern hers made in response to argument j made on the floor of fbis body that the exchange can absolutely dominate and fix price??, as against ai! others, by flooding the market with offers of an unlimited supply of futures when at other places prices are, in its opinion, too high, and thus break the market : and on the other hand when it deems prices are too low at other placee may immediately buy all that can be offered The *New Orleans Cotton Exchange though located in the largest spot cotton market this side of the Atlantic, is a mere annex to and subordinate of the New Yotk Cotton Exchange and so need not be disoribed further than by saying if it bad the will to do good it has wot the power Such are the agencies and localities of these deal inge, and they are the sole agencies and localities of these dealings and transacting of this business " After explaining the significance and importance of this statement, Mr Stokes continued : "Not ooly is this absoluta power over prices exercised to the farthest limit of tts tremendous sweep-the unan? swerable proof of its exercise appears io tbe unbroken policy aod depressed prices in the fal? and higher price? in tbe spring. By unlimited offe tings in advance of Ootober, November, De? cember, and Jaouary futures, the prices of contracts for those mouth? are forced down as already shown The spot cot? ton market follows tbe cootraot market. ' D?ring ' these mooths the bulk of the crop passes oat of the bands of the prodooer. It bas to be so. Few of them are independent Coder the metb'od of the exchange fewer are iode pendent to day thao there were ten years ago. Their obligations most be met *Phen, wheo the bolk of the crop has passed oat of the producer's possession, by reversing their tactics the prices are raised This is ootori oas. It has beeo boroed ioto the memory of the cotton producers every year sioes the exehaoge io traded its superfluous presence " Mr. Stokes theo elaborated the work* inge of tbs Exohaoge aod showed its tremendous aod dangerous porer. He argoed io detail fthat the cottoo is now worth three aod n half eeots less thao it woold bs boc for the evil effects of speculation io fotores. "But, Mr Chairmao," he eoatiooed, "it is claimed that these contracts are boos fide ; that deliveries may be de? manded. The conclusive answer Mo this is that deliveries are never made, aod delivery is not contemplated As ao absolute demcoBtration of this, com? pare receipts at New York aod New Orleans, respectively, with tbe opera? tions io fotores at those points. "In 1896 tbe total receipts at Ne? York were 168,000 bales - The sales of fotores footed op 56 000,000 bales At New Orleans tbs same year total receipts were 864.000 balts, and the sales of fotores amounted to 15,498. 700 bales Tbe entire crop of that year was only 7,147,000 bales, 4.627, OOO*of which were exported and 2,505, 000 by domestic mills "What do those figures mean? Fifty six and a half millions of bales sold against a total receipt of 168.00 in New York. Seventy million bales of recorded contracts (and the Omniscient qoly knows how many were oot record ed) sold against total receipts of less thao 10 000.000 How could deliver? ies of 70 000.000 bales be made with 10,000 000? "It is gigantic fraud or gigantic gambling-gambling beside which the wildest orgies of Monte Carlo are jame. This means only one of two "things Either the 69.000.000 bales sold io excess of receipts were gam? bling contracts pore and simple, or else those receipts were sold over and over again sixty nice times, aod commis? sions, all of whiob come oot of the producer-charged on every sale." These extracts sbowt he line of fight whfch the Sooth Carolina Congressman means to wage. Mr S'okes considers the great Leit? er deal ander tbe bao of this proposed legislation. Io explaining it to-day, he said : "Letter bet fieo million dollars, say, tbat wheat woold go above seventy cents by a oe?rain date aod tbe high? er above the bigger would be the stakes according to ao agreed sale He put op the stakes and tbeo witb the power of the ooiimited money, he went to work to force the price above 70 cents to order that be might win bia bets. The higher above 70 cents he could force it the bigger would be his wio oings. By tbimbleriggiog methods well known on the exchanges, be turced the prioe up to 77 cent cent?. Then it oo curred to bim if be could get oootrol of the actual wheat, he ooold demand de? livery of actOAl wheat iostead of the margins .Io that eveot his an? tagonists would have to come to him for wheat to fal fil .their gambling ooo tracts, and so he could force the price up indefinitely That is precisely what be did. He bought up all the wheat in the market-at what prioe ? At the prioe he himself had fixed by manipulat? ing the figcres on the exenange. Then what? Having control of the actual wheat and of the gambling contracts as well he aotaally forced the price up to $1.85 per buchel. However we may disagree about terms di seri p t i ve of these act?, there oan be oo rubbing out of the face that the price went up I from 77 cents per bushel to $1-85, af ter Leiter bought actual wheat. This increase took place io the main, after the producer parted with bis product,'" To see ts to try, to try is to buv the i;Wfaite." Prevention better than cure. Tutt's Liver Pills will not only cure, but if taken in time will prevent Sick Headache, dyspepsia, biliousness, malaria, constipation, jaundice, torpid liver and kindred diseases. TUTTS Liver PILLS ABSOLUTELY CURE. $10.00 REWARD. FOR ONE VICTOR BICYCLE-Vi0DEL 1896. Steel Bars, Black Victor Pad? ded Saddle, Robber Pedal?, 2i-incb Frame. Ooe Searchlight Lantern. Number on wheel 100,856. Stolen Apil6 Ma* 18 D JAS. 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