The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 26, 1900, Image 7
THE BIQQK8T COTTON DAY
RKCORD?D.
Mora Than One Tnousand Bales on
The Street Thursday.
More cotton ?u sold 10 Snmtar Utt Thurs?
day tbsotvtr sofort Io tbt history of tbe towo
Tbe coro wagoatbegto coming io icon afttr
dayligbt ?od from th-n on there was * coo*
tiooou* strvses of wsgooe eomtog in oo tvery
road leediog ioro ibeeity Bv 10 o'clock
Meka asd Liberty ttrecta were blocked with
wagons aod tba lioe of vaguce wa.tiog with
eottoo to bo wsigbed encoded from tbe pub*
lie weighers platform to Lee k Moiee's
ufBee. For tbe greater par. of this dittaoce,
more tbao tbrte foortba of a mile, there wu
? donblb liaa of wsgoos Io addition to this
liaaof eottoo wegoos tbtra v;as toolbar line
encoding froji tba wtigbtrt' platform io tbe
a other direction for eeveral aqua ret Tbe
public weighers worked hard all day bot
wars uaabia to weigh all tba cotton before
dark Taw oldaat inhabitant never aaw ao
OiMb eottoo to Sanier at 00? time, nor wat
there ever aocb a blockade of cotton wagons
oa Mate street
Tba regular export buyers were not eager
for eottoo at Sumter priest, aod tot mar
?baa?t bought tbs balk of it. Tbey bald
op tba ;ricesoo blgb as poaaible io tbe face
ml a rapidly dacliaisg aad weak Nsw York
market T1 be rssolt wsa that tba cotton tail*
arsgst b?11 tr prices tbao th v would bavs
obrsictd otberwiet aod tba rxercoaoie bad a
big lot of eottoo 00 band that coat tbem
?ore tbsa 'bey could sell it for tbat night
Tbs farmera art doiog their utmost to ruab
story bait poaaible to market ai ooct, and tbe
rootaqutoce will bt tbat the price will decline
rspid'y aod ten cants cor on will be out of
ibeqoeaiiou oo'il stxt spring.
Tbs ballt bev? r-ad thtogt their own way
ta tbs coKoo market taesotly and btvt seot
prices a 1 by leapt aod bounds to 11 ceots,
but tbs n. are srt baviog aa iooiog oow, and
with tbt btlp of ibt farmers who are ruebiog
'bt crap 10 ?arket sod piling up tba rectipte
eoormoualy, ?bar will pall tbt pneet dowo
?ist as rapidly s? it went up Cotton sold
bersiay tor leas tbao 10 ceote. If tba farm*
1 art do sot waot to act tba market demoraU
latd sow is tba Urns to market slowly.
FOURTfcoN HUNDBKD BALEB
Orsat Receipts of Cotton Th?rs
Jay ?High Prices Bring the
Cotton.
Tbs rsetipts of roitoa Thursday aa report?
ed by tbt cotton wtightrs were at followo;
Wag oa rsetipts 810, railroad receipts 390 ;
otal receipts st waigbtra platform 1,160
Tals, towtvtr, dots sot include all of tba
?SPS? atsrktted ia tbis city yesterday for tbi
rstb was so grast at lbs public wsigbtn
platform throughout tbs day tbat a grea
aaaay peraoss could sot get tbtir cottoi
weights acd tbey atortd it to lots aod wars
oatil this moreiog, aod this eottoo
latisg to more than s hundred bales
sort tbao 100 baltt, wss weigbec
today aad couated with today's receipts I
IS therefore sals to say that tbs total sctos
receipt Tburaday aggregated lolly 1,350 U
1,400 bales. Tb?t it by far the greatest num
bar mi ba'sssvar markstsd in dualer io oot
day aad II will stasd as klgh water marl
* for toast time to cows.
Tbs heavy receipts are dus to ttvera
oboett, first sad foremost of which is tbi
high crtet paid fa* cotton in Sumter, wbllt
all otigkboriog aoarkata hare been from bl
sagktk 3 a half etat lowtr day for day
Aeotber aaosa is tbs dry sod tot wsatbtr 0
law past several wstfca which madt cottsi
swam prataatortly and asors rapidly thai
avar before Tbs west bar bas beta fseortbU
for gathering tbs crop aod it bas beet picked
wat aad fteaed witb asciasapltd rapidity
Tbs high price sad tba fear tbat lbs marke
iM das'las bas beta as iseeotivs to tbi
I? make oouaaal efforts to gatbei
aad taarket lbs crop as quickly a* possible
Tbt Jbeevy receipts do sot icdicate a largi
for tbe fast is qaits to tba cootrary
Her aad adjacent couot.ee bats produced
tbo tawalleoi crap for years, aod wbsa tbt
pesssut rasb Is over tbo rectipte will faP od
ta a asiaiaeaoi sasoaat.
Sesstor at boqosatioobbly tbt beat cottoc
tserkel to tbe esoirat portioa of tbs State, i!
oot la tbo satire State, sod it paya to abip
eettoe bore by roil, tbo price paid being tc
Stach greater )Q Samt er tbat lbs eel 1 er real
ites o profit ovtr aod abovs (be price io otbei
* taarkets after payiog freight Sumter'i
vagoo trade it ioersaaisg slso, for many
fartstrt who heretofore bavt told tbtir cottoc
ta other placet 10 tbio aod adjoioiog counties
aaw lod it to their advaalagt to haul il 1
groottr distsoct sod stl) io 8uattr.
Lost yter Sumter was tbs bait marke1
throughout tbe ttatoo aod tbe receipts wan
heavier io cootcqatoot, tod tbte year io tpiti
rV the abort crop ibt ytsr't rectipte srt son
tc bs equal If oot greet?r ibao last ytar't
So? e- is drowiog cotton from ttrritory thai
hot teto eootidertd tribotary 10 other placet
aod at tbs tad of hi ttatoo it will be soon
tbot otbsr places bavt lost what Sumter bai
gamed High prices sod s flrtt class mstkei
ars drowiog tbt eottoo, for tbt ?rmere srt
quick to ditcovtr where ibty rectify tbe beei
prices asd tbt best treettstot All that Sum
ttr sskt is s eoapsriaoo of prints wuh olbti
market?, ibt pec pit will do tba real snd tbi
receipt? will eostloot heavy as loog as there
is cotton lo tbe couotry.
?^^aes? ???? ?^aaw^?~? ?
Mr. Baumgardner Ooos to Charles?
ton.
Cbarlteloo, Sept II ? Mr J H Vaugbao,
local freight ogttt for tbt Southtrn railway
ot Cberlssioo, bat bsodtd 10 1 i - rasigoatioo
> of tbt pooitloo bo now holds sod will Itavi
the euesoaay't service is October Mr
Taegbeo laavtt tbt Soutbtro 10 accept a po
aitiea witb tba Pititturg aod Wttttro rail
rood 01 PillSburg, hi* 'oriner home
No nssrial aonouoceot of Mr Vaogbao'i
retagaetioo aor appointment bat yt< otta
med?, bat it it uoderttood tbat tr Biuoa
gerdeer, the local ageot of tbe company el
i* jester, will be givea tbe Cbarleetoo office.
Ov?fl??i
Springer, of 11:, Howard gOj, y biladal pbia
Fa., when ehe found Iba! Dr. King'* Naw Dia.
tvvtry far Coaeomption bad completely cure I
ber of a backing c u-h that for many yeart
bad made life a burden. All other remediee
aod doctore eould glvt her no help, but aha
taya of tbia Royal Curt?"it tOOS retooled
tbe pain in lay eheit and I can now sleep
touodly, * 'tne'hiag 1 can ecarctly remember
doiog before. I feel like * undin^ it* prallen
?broeghou' tht Vniverie " So will every on*
wbo trie* Dr. K? n4Naw o>|sso>SfS for any
trouble of thi Throat, Cbeit or lor.g-. f\
ttr snd $1. Trul bottle* free af .J. I U\
a DtL'jrme* Drug Store; tvtry hott I*gSbbtSS
M Kn'i ilarir-r, daughter of tto
poafmasrer a1 Bet son, Gre?n?i Ic OwftS
ty, bss h? e 1 ?rrMted tor taint ct.ig
with the mails Tbe StvalsssS a\gaiti>>t
?Jr tt ttroug and ahs haa gtyoaj bt-und
oeer for trial io Oflohtf The gtiai?
St Ota pootlty it oot year in the prni
ttb'iary.
Statement From Col Hoyt
The Mountaineer ia again in my
ehirge after an interval of tbree
mcntna, a period marked by an uuue
ual experience and ending in a tern
porary defeat of tbe cause represent
ed by me It would not be proper
to make any extended comment upon
tbe campaign at this time, nor is it
roj intention to dwell at length upon
its salient features hereafter, but 1
wish among other things to say now
that there were many pleasing events
connected witb it, among which wa?
tbe renewal of acquaintance with
hundreds of friends in all parts of tbe
State. The agencies employed
against me were numerous and pow
erful, and there waa a combination of
political interests tbat few men have
ever been oalled upon to copo with,
but I am gratified to know that the
combined enginery of tbe opposition
failed to bring any more damaging
charge againat mo than that 1 was
utterly and oncompromisingiy oppos
ed to tbe dispensary system with all
ita train of attending evils
The result of the campaign and its
antecedent circumstances abundantly
prcve that there is great danger of
the dispensary machine becoming a
monopoly of political power as it is
now a monopoly of tho liquor o\isi
nee8 The State conetabulaiy was
used for all that it was worth in the
election, while dispensers were act?
ive and vigilant in promoting the
fortunes of their favorite candidates
The whisley distillers were arrayed
as one roan in behalf tho dispensary,
which buy* tbe product of the distil
lent h The blind tigers in our towns
and cities and in rural precincts
were foremost in their advocacy
of the dispensary candidates, iu spite
of the alleged "unholy alltouce "
Thus was tbe combination of liquor
interests made perfect, aod it is with?
in bounds to say that tbe recent
primaries were influenced mote
- directly and more generally by tbe
; liquor traffic than any election evet
held in tbe State It is du? to
? truth tbat this much be said, because
? many of tbe people who voted
1 against me were and are in ignorance
j of the true atate of affairs. It is not
? to my discredit by any means thai
. tbe whole liquor influence was used
? to compass the result, and there wa<
t nothing surprising in tbe fact aftei
I all tbat this influence was solid tbe
> other way
" It it< oot my purpose to revive the
t issues of tbe campaign or to fore
abadow tbe course of those whe
I registered their opposition to the
J dispensary, bat it is oot inopportooc
j to say that the fight against the whis
. key monopoly will oot and oannot be
f abandoned by those who oppose il
j upon principle The welfare aod
i bappioeso of future generations arc
I iovolved io tbe decision of this ques<
tioo, aod we most oot prove rec
[ reont when duty demauds our ser
r vioes to break dowo ao evil whict
oeriooely threatens the body politic
1 Expediency aod avarice may for i
j time cootiooe the liquor traffic by tbe
i State, bot tbe doy ia coming when i
f majority will oo looger tolerate tbii
traveaty upoo a republicsn govern
\ meet
> James A Hoyt
' The Manning Times quotes ao edito
i rial from the Greenville Mountaineer
written by Mr James A Hoyt. Jr, in
1 wbiob ibe 8tate liquor maobioe i?
1 severely oritieieed ; aod with this as s
basis for its argomeot Tbe Times pro
t oeeds to ssy tbat Mr Hoyt should resign
1 bis position oo the governor's staft It
[ argues that this is ' a position ?hieb ii
supposed to be held only by close per
t aooal friends," aod appears to have s
? gri'vaoce agaiost Mr Hoyt beoause he
( "went through the entire campaign
t wi b Qov MoSweeney'a commission iu
> btx inside pooket" while figh iog for
I aootber oaodidate, his father. This
I seems to pot appointment* to tbe gov
i eruor's etaff oo tbe lev?I of bribery, or
' to eoosider them at least, as insurance
polioies agaiost political oppositioo ;
, aod we are frank to say that we believe
tbat this was the idea aod intent of the
administration io making such appoint
BCOtf
We have had it io mind to opeo a
osmpaigo for the abolition of these stafl
' posttioos Tbey are oseless aod ooea
siooally demoralising No good ood ts
served bj thorn Of oourse there is
oo good reasoo why a mao should
I abaodoo his political and moral belief*
boo?u-h be has reoeived the empty
eomplimcot of a staff appointment,
?ad it 1? ?bnurd Na *uppo*e that Mr
lloyl oonld or would nave been "du
ibe dispconiry sg*it)?t bis own father
aod hu aoti dis:>en>ary oonviotion
because, aa Tho Times says, ho had
'Gov NoBftoooo) 'h eaeausisoiee in his
ioside pocket 91 Neeoetbolets, after
this HUggiHtion from of the goverooi'**
oioses' trienda of tho purpott; in i?9uinu
these commissions w? have ao doubt
that Mr Hoyt srill reto^o the dubious
honor ?Tue Statu
This ii net Gelveetoo'i first loan
dot ion, oocordiwg la ibe Now Ymk
World. In 1861, when it was a
tillage, Iba (lall nod Ibe boy joined
end t oried it under water ion feel
deep for oovornl hoora In imot it
erat alnioot eniireiy submerged, the
tretet being nil tVoi deep in M< ohan
ie at root the boaiueea highway In
1*71 it vioited Iwioe end w ?
remplet' ly Bonded roch lim? In
l*~.'i, again in 1876 and ngniu in
1W'G t.iiiil and bay met over it The
storm of 1S75 lore uff und bore away
one end of the island
THE MINERS STRIKE.
118,000 Men Have Quit
Work.
Philadelphia, Sept 18 ?Tho leader
of the strike says at the end of the
aecond day I bat 118,000 of l&e U'f
000 mine workers in the anhracite
coa! fields aro Idle. No represents
tive of to* mine operators makes a
statement for their side of the matter,
but individual mine owners dispute
tbe strikers' figures, saying that there
are more men at work than the union
leaders will admit.
The first advance in tbe price of
coal an a result of tho strike was
made by the Pbilidelphia and Read
ing company today 25 cents per ton
being added. This advance was
promptly met by the local dealers,
who increased the price to consumers
50 cents a ton
A cloud appears on the otherwise
peaceful horizon in the shape of a
report from Harrisburg that a bitter
feeling is developing between the
union and non union men in the
Lykens district, l?>cated in the upper
end of Dauphin county and involving
about 2 500 mine workers
A concession was voluntarily
granted the 5 000 employes of the
Lebigh Uoal and Navigation company
in the region of Muchchatink, which
will beretfler work 10 hours a day
with an increase in earnings These
men were uuorganiz'.'d and had not
preeen'ed any grievances.
Deputy Sheriffs Fire Into
Crewels of Men Women
1 and Children
Shenandoah. Pa, Sept 21 ?A sher
iff s posse fired OO a crowd of riotous
men near here this afternoon, killing
two persons v.id wounding seven
others
Sheriff Toole and Deputies O'DotJ
nell and Brennemau were called to
Sbenandoah today to suppress the
mobs tbat threatened mine workers
and colliery property At quittiug
time the sheriff and a email posse
whom the sheriff had summoned on
tbe ground went to tbe Indian Ridge
colliery of the Reading company to
escort tbe working men to their
homes Tbe colliery is located a
short distance east ot Sbenandoah
The workmen left for home shortly
after 4 o'clock They walked up tbe
middle of East Centre street and
reached tbe Lebigh Valley railroad
station Here bad gathered a large
crowd of Poles, Slavs, and Huns,
men, women and children, who lined
both sides of the street. A shot
rang out from a saloon This was
followed by a shower of stones
Many of the crowd bad picked up
stones aud sticks and were acting in
a threatening mauuer Seeing this
tbe sheriff, who had previously
cautioued hia men to keep cool and
not use their fire arms, commanded
them to fire Tbe order was obeved
with terrible results The crowd
pursued tbe sheriff and his posse to
tbe Ferguson bouse, where they took
refuge
??a* ?^oa? ? -
Pretty Girl Arrested by Uni?
ted States Inspectors.
Special to the State
Oreeuville, Sept 20 ?A pretty girl
was arrested in this county yesterday
for tampering with the mails. For
some time tb?re has been complaint
of irregularities at a postoffice called
BatBon, in the upper section of Green
ville county, and yesterday Inspec?
tors Moyo and Moore went to a
neighboring postoffice, White Horse,
from which they sent a decoy letter
addressed to Chicago coutaiuing
marked coins They then interrupt
ed the mail after it left BatBon and
found tbe letter had been opened,
the coins taken and Btamps Substitut
ed The coins were found in a
drawer to which Miss Kate Arnett
Carter, the assistant pontrnaster at
Bslsou, bad the key. She pleaded
ignorance of the whole business, but
tbe inspectors claim positive proof
against her
Commissioner Hawthorne today
sent the case up to court iu October
The minimum sentence for taking
money from the mails is one year
imprisonment
Miss Carter's father ia postmater
and| bor family is prominent and
respected They are intelligent peo
pie, and her arrcNt caused Home sen
n i.?w tune iVordx
a>? w. uioavl M ; muaic sj May quire*
Willtaras?for aal? r?a H c; Oi>if?n a On.
Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure
Digests what you eat.
11 artificially digests the food und aids
Nature la strengthening and recon?
structing thu exhausted digestive or*
gaoti It 1st he latest discovered digest*
auttnd tonic. .v> other preparation
can approach It In efficiency. It iu*
Li ally relieves and permanently cures
Dyspepsia, Indigestiou, Heartburn,
Flatulence, H >ut Stomach, Nausea,
fcJick Headache, Gastralgla ('rampsand
all oi her results ol impel feet digest ion.
PrloeSOc. aridll. Lam lae contains IM tiroes
small sise, book aU about dyspepi ia mauiadfres
Preeercdeye. c DeWlTT a co. Chicago.
jshuqhso;> &CO
ALL WOMEN
AGREE.
A druggist in Macon, Ga., says: "1
have sold a large quantity of Mother's
Friend, and have ne\er known an in?
stance where it has failed to produce the
good results claimed for it. All women
agree that it makes labor shorter and less
painful."
MotSier's Friend
is not a chance remedy. Its good effects
arc readily experienced by all expectant
mothers who use it. Yc.tV.~: ago it passed
the exper imental stage. While it always
shortens labor and lessens the pains of
delivery, it is also o" the greatest benefit
during the earlier months of pregnancy.
Morning sickness and nervousness are
readily overcome, and the liniment relaxes
the strained muscles, permitting them to
expand without causing distress. Mother's
Frfend gives great recuperative power to
the mother, and her recovery is sure and
rapid. Danger from rising and swelled
breasts is done away with completely.
Sold by druc^sta for $i a bottle. 4
THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO.
ATLANTA, (i \.
Send tbf our frt : t?i.sttatiJ i> ju? i .' etpe unt mothers.
A. WAITH 4 Sift,"
Fire Insurance Agency,
ESTABLISHED 1866
Represent, among other Companies :
LIVERPOOL k LONDON k (?LOBE,
NORTH BRITISH k MERCANTILE
HOME, of New York.
UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y
LANCASTER INSURANCE CO.
Capital represented $75,000,000.
Reh 28
0 HARLES G. LESLIE,
Wholesale and Retail Commission Dealer in
1 VX&JHL
Oysters, Game and Poultry.
Stalls No. 1 and 2 Fiib Market.
Office, Nos. 18 and 20 Market Street.
CHARLESTON, 8, C,
Consignments of Country Produce, Poultry,
Eirgs, Ac , are respectfully solicited.
Prompt retnros made.
Fish packed in barrels and boxes for the
country trade a specalty.
Dec 6 z
Furman University,
GREENVILLE, S. C
THE NEXT SESSION opens od the 26th
of September, 1900 Poll and thor?
ough instruction, leadiog to the degrees of
B A., and M A , is offered Boarding in
private families moderate ; in the Mess Hall,
excellent fare may be bad at less expense.
Correspondence solicited Applications for
places to the Mess should not deferred. For
full particulars, ?pplv to the President.
A. P. MONTAGUE, L. L D.
July 35?2m_
THE BANK OF SUMTER,
SUMTER, S. C.
City and County Depositary
Capital stock paid in, . . $75,000 00
Undivided surplus, . . 16,000 00
Individual liability of stockholders
in excess of their stock, . 75,000 00
Transacts a general banking bueinees ; also
has a Savings B?nk Department. Deposits of
$1 and upward received. Interest allowed a)
the rate of 4 j er cent, per annum, payable
semi-annually.
W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, President.
Marion Moisk. W. F. Rhamk,
Vice-president. Casbier.
Jao 31.
Davidson College,
Davidson, N. C.
64th Year Begins Sept. 6.
CLASSICAL, MATHEMATICAL,
' LI r SKA BY, SCIENTIFIC,
BIBLICAL, COMMERCIAL.
Courses Offered for A. B., S. S.
and JL. M.
Tcrme moderate, Location healthful,
Laboratories complete,
Te.cbiDK tborotmh. Ci.ymo??ium .quipp.i.
Send, for a. Catalogue.
J. B. SHEARER,
June lo?3m President
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
SUMTER,
STATE,CITY AM) COUNTY DE?
POSITORY, SUMTfiRj 8. I'.
I Paid up Capital.$ 75,000 00
Murptua and Profits .... 25,000 00
Ad nal Liability <>t Stock
holdrra mi tsceaa of their
stock. 7V;(i0 00
; To'sl pooler i n to depositors, $175 ?'CO 00
TraM .1 la it r-1.?; Banking Biiainrss.
Special sitci lion given 10 collections,
NtVINtJS DEPARTMENT.
I ?: ?? 1 ? ?>! $ l and upwards rectised. In
lei "i owed i?i ibs r?,!,- oi > per can I pet
annum, i an <utit? shot* .7?? >ni<t r.tn eict*vd*
mil ? ; ) >, pa ?ab i] srlsrly, oa litgt days Of
^.\ ?:. 1 v April, Juit and 1 ?< ..*.?!
U M WALL AGS,
L 8 1'assom, Preiidsat.
Cabhi. r
Remember
That Mayesville
is the best Tobacco Mar?
ket in the State.
SALES ARE GOING ON DAILY.
We have a Sarge corps
of buyers and plenty of
money with which to pay
for tobaccos and we guar?
antee good prices and sat?
isfactory treatment.
Bring us your tobacco.
THE PUDDING SWAMP TOBACCO WAREHOUSE COMPANY,
I JOHN W. MILLS, Manager.
OUR
First Car Load.
To arrive about Septem?
ber lOth or 12th, one
car load
HORSES AND MULES.
Call around and see
them.
H. HARBY*
Sumter, 8. C, Sept 7,1900.
and Ties.
We have made large contracts for Bag?
ging and Ties, and feel that we are in a
better position than ever to supply our
customers in this line.
For some years we have been buying largely of second hand
Bagging and Ties from mills in the upper part of the State,
and fortunately our contracts were made with them this year
in the early Spring, or wre could not have gotten them?owing
to the high price of new goods they were eagerly sought.
Some people object to use this class of Bagging because it is
a little ragged, but we think that should make but very little
difference as the best of it looks pretty tough from sampling
very soon after it passes out of the farmers hands.
Based upon the price of new goods there is a
saving to the farmers of nearly
By buying that which was used before
and why not reap the benefit of it, as
it makes no difference in the price of
your cotton.
We have all grades, and it* you don't want the old we will
he gla 1 to sell you the new, but feel that it is our duty to
rccounn id that which will pay you best.
Allian? and dr?nge Clubs would do well to see us before
l>u\ inc.