The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 01, 1902, Image 4
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER I, 1902.
The Sumter Watchman was toundeo
ID 1850 and the True Southron in 18*56.
The Watchman and Southron now has
the combined circulation and infine ace
of both of the did papers, and is m? ni
feetly the best advertising medium in
Sam ter.
Why should the sinking fund com
mission compromise a tax claim against
a railroad, accepting one half the
amount doe in full settlement? An in
dividual is forced to pay his taxes in
fulL, fer when he fails to do so an exe
cution is placed in the hands of the
sheriff, who either collects the taxes,
with penalty and costs added, or sells
the property at auction.
When the Vii^nia-Ckrolina Chemi
-cai Co. undertakes to dictate the price
of cotton seed it will have on its hands
the hardest job a?trust ever tackled.
?? they refuse to pay what the seed are
worth the farmers will rot sell, because.
they can use the seed to advantage on
the farm, and every ton of seed used
as manure will help to decrease the
sale of commercial fertilizers^ the
chief product of the V.-C. trust No
farmer is compelled to sell cotton seed,
since the seed is as valuable to him as
to anyone, and unless he can sell them
at a profit or what seems to he a fair
pr?ce? few seed will be sold* except by
the imprudent
Many Democratic newspapers agree ?
that the abcess developed in the nick
of time to save the Republic&n party
and Roosevelt from disaster in the
est Democratic leaders were count
ing on Jthe President's speech-making
tour in the West stirring up greater
strife in Republican ranks than
7 exists and widening the breach
tween protectionists and tariff
revision Republicans.
The farmers of Marlboro county wi?
jQold a convention in Bennettsville on
the second Friday in October to discuss
the question of tobacco growing in that
county.
The merchants'of Augusta, Ga., are
ieavoring to reach an understanding
abandon the giving ?f trading
stamps, and premiums to customers.
They have decided that it is unprofit
able as advertising and poor 'business
policv.
Emile-Zola the greatest of realistic [
novelists is dead, and a place in the
literary world is left vacant that no ?
Jiving- man of letters', is capable of
filling. Zola was a great writer and
the world-wide recognition of his
ability was justly won by years of hard
work and by solid achievement Yet,
great man that he was, Ms influence
upon the literary world has not been
altogether wholesome and beneficial.
He was an artist, who wrote with a
purpose, and to impress the truth,
.described life and humanity as he saw
it, but unfortunately for the decencies
of literature and art he described the
lowest and most repulsive types in the
most vivid and impressive manner.
The truths and moral lessons he sought
to inculcate were - overshadowed by
the realism of his indecencies, and the
average reader saw neither" art nor
moral truths in the minute description
of brutes is human form. Books such
as Zola wrote will never do for general
reading, for the general. reader does
not look below the surface, and unless
one looks below the surface and gains
an insight into ana an appreciation
0$ the purpose of Zola's novels the
result of reading them is altogether
harmful. Zola has had a wide-spread
influence upon the literature of the"]
day and he has had hundred, of imita
tors, many of whom imitated his gross
ness only having neither the artistic
touch nor the moral force that were
Zola's redeeming characteristics.
A negro was burned at the stake in
Corinth, Miss., on Sunday by a mob
in which, the press reports say, there
were women and children. The negro
made a full confession of guilt the
day before he was burned to death by
the gentle and kindly people of Corinth
who graciously granted a day's respite
until his mother and brother could be
sent for. This Corinth lynching was one
of the most cold-blooded, and brutal of
the many that have disgraced the
South. The negro had confessed his
guilt, hie victim was dead and there
was no reason to fear a miscarriage of
justice if he was held for a regular
trial, nor was there the feelings of the
unfortunate victim to be considered
as an argument against a public; trial.
There was and can be no justification
of the Corinth lynching, no matter
what plausible excuse may be advanced
t ) justify other lynchings.
The remedy for the present unsatis
factory condition of the State's finances
is not economy altogether, although
there is room for a certain amount of
economy. The real remedy is a full
and fair assessment of all property for
taxatoin. If all property liable to
taxation could be placed on the books,
and, if the valuation of all that is
now on the books could be raised to
something like its real value, the State
wonld have an ample income and the
tax rate could be lowered i astead of
being increased. We do not know
the conditions existing in other coun
ties but assuming that Sumter county
is neither better nor worse than the
others, it is clearly evident tnat a
sweeping reform is badly needed.
The small property owners pay more
than: their proportion of the tases, for
having little, little can be concealed
and escape taxation ; but the large pro
perty owners and the corporations can
and do return property at far les3 than
its value and escape the payment of
the taxes they should, in justice, pay.
An inspection of the tax .returns to
Sumter county would be a revelation
to many. Many people would be
shocked to discover how little some
of our rich men have, or, to be exact
in statement, how low - a valuation
some of our rich men place upon their
property. It would be a still greater
revelation were it possible to compare
in parallel columns the tax returns
and the reports made to commercial
agencies.
The combination of the American
Tobacco Co., and the Imperial Tobac
co Co., will almost certainly result in
lower prices for leaf tobacco and high
er prices for the manufactured product.
The bitter competition between the
buyers of the two companies on all
large leaf markets, has been largely
responsible for the high prices paid for
tobacco this season, and now that this
competition is at an end, the combi
nation is in a position to fix prices with
little regard to the supply. Tobacco
may not be a profitable crop next
season.
It is stated that the Sumter Tele
phone Company will begin immediate
ly to make the long promised improve
ments in the telephone service of this
city. It is high time the improve
ments were completed for forbearance
has ceased to be a virtue and only the
inability of dissatisfied patrons to pro
cure any other telephone service has
prevented the loss of a large proportion
of the patronage now enjoyed by the
Sumter Telephone Co. The writer be
lieves in protecting.home industry, and
believes that whenever possible a local
corporation should have the prefer
! enee in the award uf valuable fran
, chises for public utilities, but it is too
much to expect that a people will
patiently put up with inferior and in
different service indefinitely\ simply
because a local corporation controls the
franchise. The public has a right to
expect and to demand Just as efficient
service of a local "corporation as can be
furnished, and if a local corporation
persistently refuses to supply eiBcient
service the public, to whom the
franchise originally belonged, has a
just right to be dissatisfied and to
demand, an improvement In other
words, there is a demand in Sumter
for-another telephone system the poor
service of the Sumter Telephone Com
pany and its unreasonably long delay
in making promised improvements is
wholly responsible. The Sumter Tele
phone Company has been granted
ample time to make improvements,
and if the improvements are not now
promptly made another company should
be given an opportunity. To the Sum
ter Telephone Company it may be re
marked with entire fitness to the pres
ent condition : "Shoot Luke, or give
up the gun !"
WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN.
Colombia, S. C, Sepi 30.?The
week ending Monday, September 29th
was slightly warmer than usual, with
a mean temperature of about 76 de
frees, a maximum of 93 degrees at
Arlington on the 27th, and a mini
mum of 59 degrees at Bowman and
Benn?ttsville. Sunshine was slightly
deficient, with' more cloudiness to
wards the close of the week, when
showery conditions, prevailed.
The rainfall was quite general over
the State, although below normal,
with a number of localities that had
from one to two inches. The rain
was needed and benefitted late cotton*
late corn, peas, gardens, cane, truck,
and put the soil into excellent condition
for sowing oats, and, while it interfer
ed with cotton picking, it did not
damage the staple to any mateiial ex
tent.
Early and medium corn is being
housed, while very, late corn is now
ripening.
Early cotton is. practically all open,
and picked," except in numerous local
ities where laborers are scarce. Some
; fields have been picked out. Late cot
ton is now opening freely, and is most
ly open, except the new fruitage that,
in a few localities, is heavy, but will
need a full month of favorable weather
to reach maturity; in most fields there
is no top crop, or else a very small
one. Estimates of yields have been
raised by some correspondents and low
ered by others, and from the average
of these estimates it appears that the
yield for the State will probably
compare favorably with last year.
Sea-island cotton is a better crop than
usual, and although it opened slowly
heretofore, is now opening rapidly.
The lint of both upland and sea-island
cotton is of a high grade, and very
little ha<) been weather-stained. In
general, picking is farther advanced
than usual at this date, and will pro
bably be finished during October.
Rice harvest made favorable progress,
with May and June plantings ripening
and about ready to cut. The rice crop
is very satisfactory. Truck crops are
doing well. Peas vary greatly in con
dition, but average a fair crop. The
same is true of grass for hay. A mod
erate crop of both pea vine and other
hay has been saved in fine condition.
Oats sowing made slow progress, but j
early sown oats are coming up to good
stands. Minor crops continue to do |
well, but need more rain in places.
More Cheap Bananas.
Bostick has ready for you 350 select
ed bunches of Jamaica Bananas.
Large solid bunches o? selected fruit
that will stand for two weeks. Will
sell you below the wholesale price
.without the freight and give you bet-.
ter bananas. Come see me today.
Out of town orders given special atten
tion. \
|Oct ??it. ;-;\
E ADVANTAGES WHICH ACCRUE
TO THE FARMER.
Some of the Profit He Realizes by the
Establishment of Cotton Seed Oil Mills.
No manufacturing industry stands
so close to the farmer as the cotton
seed oil mills. The interest of the two
are mutual and inseparable. A very
large part of the products of the oil
mills is now returned to the farm and
practically all' of it in some form can
be utilized.
.The mill provides a profitable market
for the surplus seed, and returns the
product to the farmer, with greatly
enhanced value in a finished condition.
While the larger part of the business
between the mill and the farmer is
j conducted on a basis of barter and ex
change, it does not actually differ
much in results from the toll system of
j the corn mill.
The oil mill purchases the seed in
the open market, and sells its products
in the same way, but ultimately, all
of the hulls and meal should get back
to the farms from which the seed were
shipped. While this is now the result
j In many cases, it is not as common or
; general as the practice should be. Ev
ery pound of these two products pro
duced in th? South should be returned
to the land, either as fertilizer ap
plied direct, or stock feed, the latter
much to be preferred, as their value
j in that way is immensely increased.
About 1830 a cotton seed oil mill was
established at Columbia, S. C. The
historian of the time only considered it
of sufficient importance to congratu
late the "public-spirited" citizen who
had enterprise enough to establish the
business, but did make the further
comment that the owner "expressed
from cotton seed a very fair grade of
edible oil." No further reference is
made to this beginning of the busi
ness, and it can only be inferred that
the improper handling of the product,
or the prejudices of the people against
this "edible oil," prevented it from be
ing successful. In 1860 Aldigee
found thousands of tons of
seed dumped on the commons, and
placed under guard to prevent th?
cows from eating them, as they were
regarded as poisonous to cattle!
From such conditions - has grown a
magnificent industry that has added
millions to the value of Southern
farms, increased the traffic of the rail
roads, established an immense foreign
trade with this country, earned fair
returns for its promoters, while giving
employment to thousands of men at
remunerative wages, many of whom
otherwise would be idle at the season
when their work is required at the
mills.
In all of this development the great
est benefits have been derived by the
farmers. The mills have taken the seed
which prior to their establishment,
\ were either lost entirely or wastefully
i used, and converted them into valuable
products, easily and economically
'? handled, resulting in the cheaper pro
duction of crops, and increased yields
per acre.
Raising a?d fattening cattle has been
one bf the interesting features of this
development. The fattening of cattle
in the South for market, outside, per
haps, of the Texas ranges, was un
known before the extensive use of cot
ton seed hulls and meal. At present,
almost every neighborhood is raising
a few head of cattle for the butcher
on. this feed, and in many sections,
numbers of cattle are being fattened
in this way. As this business increases
it will be followed by the erection of
packing houses in the South with all
the advantages of such industries.
Any land-owner can make fattening
cattle profitable. ? It has been chemi
cally demonstrated, sustained by prac- j
tical tests that the droppings from cat- j
tie fed on cotton seed meal is equal in
feeding value to the meal itself applied;
directly to the land. No other- feed
has any such comparative value.
When this is considered, the immense
advantages derived by the farmers
from thte establishment of cotton seed
oil mills is realized eve* if no other
benefits accrue, but when the abund
ance and cheapness of hulls is consid
ered, and their value to the farmer
and feeder recognized, some idea is.
given of the splendid work and advan
tages the other mills have accom
plished towards the development of
Southern agriculture.
In almost any season, regardless of
the price of seed and products, the
mills of the Southern Cotton Oil Mill
Company of the Carolinas and Georgia
will give back to the farmers all of the
meal and hulls produced from the seed
In exchange for the seed, reserving
only the oil, and small amount of short
lint to cover transportation charges,
cost of working, interest on investment
and profits. No more liberal division
of the profits between manufacturers
and consumer has ever been accom
plished. It makes the business co
operative, returning to the farmer all
that is of any value to him, in a great
ly improved condition, ?Yid consequent
ly greatly increased in value, and
leaving with the mill only that part
of the seed universally regarded as de
trimental in its natural condition,
either as a feed or fertilizer, from
which the mill must realize all of its
expenses, including cost of working.
The oil is converted at the refineries
in Savannah into pure and whole
some substitutes for lard, known as
"Palmatina" and "Snowdrift," and is
given back to the consumers' table as
a delicacy at a low price, or as a pure
cooking o?l, as Wesson Cooking Oil.
The refuse or waste from the refined
oil is made into a soap, and sold back
at a -cost that places it in the reach of
the poorest. The lint is made into
quilts, pillows and mattresses and sold
at a price that makes it possible for
the bed-rooms of the humblest cottage
to be comfortably furnished.
In buying or raising cattle to be fat
tened on hulls and meal, every -jffort
should be made to secure good beef
producing breeds. A prominent and
successful packer is authority for the
statement that the improved breeds
will sell on foot for three times as j
much as the common stock.
The consumption of beef in the South
far exceeds any previous period. It
can be met by home production if
Southern farmers will use all the hulls
and meal made by the oil mills, with
out drawing on the West. At present
1 only about one-fourth of the cotton
seed meal is consumed where it is pro
duced for feeding and fertilizing crops,
the balance finding a market either In
Europe or in the Eastern or Western
States.
The cotton oil industry has been de
veloped when it was most needed by
j the people of the South, especially by
the Southern Cotton Oil Company.
I which has mills throughout the South
( and general headquarters at Columbia,
S. C, Goldsboro, N. C. Charlotte, -
a, Atlanta. Ga., and Savannah and
Augusta. Ga Its only danger is in
being over-done. It should get to
such proportions as to have the crush
ing capacity run ahead of the produc
tion of seed, or the production of oil
increase faster than the consumption,
the results would be disastrous both to
the mill bwners, and to the farmers.
It is a business requiring a high order
of commercial intelligence for its suc
cessful continuance, and it is manifest
ly to the interests of the manufacturer
and tr> the farmer to keep it well with
in reasonable bounds.
Cotton Market.
The receipts during the past week
have been heavy. Today middling was
quoted at 8.30.
Card of Thanks.
The members of the Ladies Aid
Society of the Presbyterian Church,
return sincere thanks to their friends,
who generously assisted them with the
musicale given last Thursday evening
at thejresidence of Mrs. Brand, inas
much as it was due largely to this aid
that the entertainment was a success.
Jenkins Bros, have jnst received a large
shipment of ball bearing, drop head, New
Home machines. See them. Under Ma
sonic Temple. July 30.
BULLETIN.
Waste Baskets.
Eye Shades.
Letter Boxes.
Card Backs.
Pen Racks.
Gem Clips.
Feather Dusters.
Indellible Ink.
No. 10 Commercial?the best record
ink.
H. G. Osteen & Co., Stationers.
Sept, 27?3t 16 W. Liberty street.
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J.
RYTTENBERG & SONS.
SUMTER, S. C.
LADIES' FLANNEL WAISTS.
TWO SPLENDID VALUES, THIS
THIS SEASON'S NEW WAISTS, IN
ALL THE DESIRABLE SHADES?
GREEE, NAVY, ROSE, GARNET,
BLACK AND LIGHT BLUE.
TO MAKE LIVELY SELLING,
WE OFFER OUR
$1.25 ALL-WOOL WAISTS AT 97c.
?1.50 ALL-WOOL WAISTS AT $1.27.
ALL SIZES IN STOCK NOW,
CT DON'T WAIT TOO LONG.
J, RYTTENBERG & SONS,
SUMTER, S. C.
The Best Car Load
OF
HORSES ?S jnzr&ES
Eeceived in this market this season, will be
found at
GEO F. EPPERSON'S STABLES,
Direct from a Western market* >
Seven pairs of the best Mules you ever saw.
All classes of Horses.
Give me a call and get what you want.
Oct 1?lm
MACON, 6A. SUMTER) S, C. ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.
Artope & Whitf
9
Gr. E.j RICHARDSON, - - Manager.
Marble|and Granite Monuments, Head
stones and Iron Fencing,
Large Stock Finished Work on Yard.
You will find our prices much lower than you
have been paying. Investigate, call or write
for designs and prices.
Special discount for the next thirty days.
Office and^works 33 E. Liberty Street, Suin
ter, S. C. Aug 11?
NOTICE.
Our store will be closed Saturday,
Oct. 11th, on account of holiday.
Sept. 24?2t Schwartz Bros.
To Washington and Return, $10.00
to New York and Return, $20.00
Unprecedented low rates via the
Atlantic Coast Line, account of the
national encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic, at Washington.
Tickets to be sold Oct. 3,. 4, 5 and 3,
with return limit Oct. 15. By de
positing tickets with the joint agent
at Washington, not later than 12
o'clock noon, Oct. 15, and upon pay
ment of 50 cents, extension to final
return limit of Nov. 3, may be obtain
ed on tickets to Washington.
Interesting side trips to battle fields
and other historic points may be made
from Washington at low rates. These
tickets will be good go'ng and return
ing one way, or via diverse routes.
Train leaving Sumter at 6.35 p. m.,
city time, arrives in Washington at
7.54 the following. morning. New
York at 2 p. m., 'carrying through
Pullman sleepers and dining car.
Train leaving Sum ter at 8.20 a. m.,
city time, arrives at Washington at
11.40 p. in., following evening, New
York, 7.15 following morning.
IS YELLOW POISON
in your blood ? Physicians call
it fiaiarial Germ. It can be seen
changing red blood yellow under
microscope. It works day and
night. First, it turns your com
plexion yellow. Chilly, aching
sensations creep down your I
backbone. You. feel weak and 1
worthless.
ROBERTS' CHILL TONIC ;
will stop the trouble now. It
enters the blood at once and
drives out the yellow poison.
If neglected and when Chills,
Fevers, Night-Sweats and a gen
eral break-down come later on,
Roberts' Tonic will cure you
thea?but why wait? Prevent
future sickness. The manufac
turers know all about this yel
low poison and have perfected
Roberts' Tonic to drive it out,
nourish your system, restore
appetite, purify the blood, pre
vent and cure Chills, Fevers and
Malaria. It has cured thous
ands?3t will cure you, or your
money back. This is fair. Try
it. Price, 25 cents.
A. J. CHINA, T. D. CHANDLER.
GLENN SPRINGS WATER
The Kidney Cure.
For sale by A. J. CHD?A,
J. F. W. DeLCRME.
Pure Corn Whisky
4M?
$3.00 Ij
This is old
put up in plain
cases, holding
Twelve bottles
marks to indi
This whisky
suitable for
poses being
best quality,
erty to have
physician test
satisfactory re
expense and I
your money,
should be with
order must
than four qua
prepaid.
stock whisky,
cotton wood
Four, Six and
to case. No
cate contents,
is especially
medicinal pur
?ureandoi'ihe
'ou are at ?It>?
your family
it and if not
turn it at my
will refund
No fami l_y
out a case. >o
call for less
rts by express
If interested in whiskies write for full
price list. In ordering remember whisky
cannot be shipped C. O: D., and all orders
must be accompanied by cash.
Address all communications to
E. A. LACKEY,
ausr,3-6m Hamlet, ~N. C.
THE HUNTINO SEASON.
The bird season soon opens, and the
sportsman who wants a good gun?
a real high-grade sportsman's gun?
will make a mistake if he fails to
inspect my stock of
PARKER'S, REMINGTON'S,
L.C, SMITH'S, LEFEVER'S,
BALTIMORE, WORCESTER
and ITHICA HAMMER
LESS SHOT GUNS
and the standard makes of.
HIGH GRADE RIFLES.
Double barrel shot-guns ranging
in price from $20 to $80 ; single
barrel $5 to $8.'
AMMUNITION......
Full stock of Loaded Shells?all
size shot?for standard gauge guns.
BICYCLES_.
I am sole agent for Rambler and
Tribune Wheels?none better made
?and have in stock both chain and
chainless for men and women, rang
ing in price from $25 to $75. A
full line of bicycle sundries and
supplies.
My price? are right on guns and
wheels.
W. S. REYNOLDS,
30 W. Liberty Street.
Sept 24?tf
Money to Lend,
Money to lend in sums to suit borrower,
real estate required as security. Apply to
F. FRANK WILSON,
Master for Sumter County.
Sept 17?3t.