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Ci)c tU?tcljmfin an? doutijron. W SUSrasB WATCHKAS; Established April. 1850? "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thon Aims': at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SO?THKOK, Established jane, 1866 tosoll?ated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 19, 1903. Sew Series-Vol. XXIII. No. 3 NEW HOME SEWING MACHINES. %fi<^? ' ' ' ? ? .. _ ... . . The World's Greatest and Best. T. B. Jenkins, Jr., TEMPLE - - SUMTER, S, C. ? SMITER, S. C. TEEMS : ?1 Sd per annum-in advance. ?3V13TI81X1It: foe StpKse first insertion...... .........-^l 00 bery ackesnuent insertion ........ 50 COR-auls for three "months, or longer trill se ruade -at reduced rates. All cB-raanic&tions which ?observe private ate resta will be charged for as advertaements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be [barged for. iesfeg ?of the State fRsfftote in C!ei?soa-Large and fcepre ???Ftative Body of Agri? culturists Present. Clemson College, Aug. \o.- The state Farmers' Institute for 1903 was ?nvened here tonight, at 8 o'clock, in Memorial Hall, five hundred or more iarmers from every part of the State seing present The indications are &at it?s perhaps the most representa? ble "oody ol agricultural men that has pet assembled here at these great an? ana! gatherings, where the farmers aet enly^et information and instruc? tion as to the scientific principles of sericulture, but exchange ideas and ?iscass practical applications. Many prominent men afb noticed in she crowd ; men who are daking a marked success of agrichzture in its rarious phases, hut who feel that they bave something .to learn nevertheless. Ju?gfrttg from the attendance at this pre__^_ary and introductory pro gra-imet there will be six hundred to Bight iron erred people here during the wee-. _3r. Mell is busy, Mr., J. P. Lewis, "?he genial foreman of the l?rm, ?B very busy, and Mr. , Sehil Seter *s -still more busy feeding the large ?rowd, and everybody is having ? good "tame already. Col Sewman, presiding, introduced Dr. P. S. Mell, president of the Col? lege, wi? welcomed the five hundred farmers present, calling attention to the desire of the College authorities to be of any assistance possible to those i- attendance, and offering free? ly ali the facilities of the institution for their information and instruction and entertainment Dr. Mell spoke of. the high a_d important calling of the agricultural classes? the dependence of all progress upon the agriculturist, and went on to give some figures, show? ing how the United States Govern? ment has assisted and is assisting to promote agriculture by means of the sixty-two agricultural colleges, with their 40,000 students annually, and their $58,000,080 of property value. Clemson is one of these, and one of the very best, with its fifty six teach? ers, officers, etc., and its total num? ber of students who have come to Clemson since 1883, 2,345, and its to? tal number of graduates inN its ten. vears of existence-251. Another thing the Government has done is the astablishment of fifty-six experiment stations, using over ?l?0C0,000 to aid farmers. The South Carolina experi? ment station has sent out ninety-five bulletins, distributing to 10,000 per? sons, per bulletin, giving results of experiments in various lines of scien? tific agriculture. In response to the president's wel? come Mr. W. F. McArthur, of Chero? kee county, spoke, the thanks of the farmers of the State for Clemson Col? lege, and its various forms of oppor? tunity, not the least of which ls the annual Farmers' Institute, stimulating the farmers to thought and to experi? ments, profiting by results of scien? tific investigation and by exchange of ideas. J Col Newman took occasion to im? press upon those present that they must make themselves at home, and not hesitate to take advantage of all facilities or to call upon any officers of the College for information or in? struction. Prof. J. H. M. Beaty, director of the textile department, then spoke apon "Some advantages of Southern cotton manufacturing to the agricul? tural interests." Prof. Beaty is a close student of the cotton manufac? turing industry and its relations to the. agricultural develoment of the South, and spoke interestingly, auth oritative?y and convincingly, pleadir for the correlation of agriculture ai manufacturing. He showed conclusivi ly that the country which manufacture its raw products is far and away be ter off than' the one which sells i raw material to outside manufacture: tobe bought back as finished product He urged technical education, shot ing its advantages, importance as necessity if we are to manufacture ot own raw products, cotton, etc. fi said in substance : Tracing the earl history of our country we find thi Puritan and Cavalier alike had 1 make his own cloth for home use. I 1810 Virginia, North Carolina, Sont Carolina and Georiga spun more clot than ail New England. But the Sout being naturally ehe home of agrien ture, manuafcturing went North as they became wealthy. But in recei years the South has begun to awake and today South Carolina stands ne: to Massachusetts in manufacture c cotton. To the question, are we getting >.to many mills-are we ov?r-doing th mill business? I give the followin comparison: England, not producin a pound of cotton, has 46,000,000 col ton spindles and 6,000,000 woolie spindles, with her 46,000,000 ?nhabi tan ts. The Sooth, producing four fifths of the worlds1 supply, with he 12,000,000 to 15,000,000 inhabitants has only 5,009.000 spindles. Curtailing the production is no Cur for low prices, for other fields wi! furnish supply if necessary. The tru remedy is to make as mach as eve before, or more,. to make it for les cost and .instead of sending to other our raw material, manufacture thi raw material and sell the finishe? products. The South's principal ra\ material is cotton, and we have per sistently soid it in the raw state. Tak a pound of cotton in the raw state worth 8 cents, manufacture that an? it is worth 40 cents at least. If th? Massachusetts mills do that, 2 cent goes for freight both ways, and th other 30 cents of the 45 cents; fo which we bey "fcack our pound . of cot ton, goes to the people of Massachu setts-the ?mill owners, the operatives etc. So we have been growing fiv< pounds of cotton for one .pound o: cloth, and yet we have expected, no only to make a living, but to get rich By selling to frome mills yon not onl: get better prices, but the profits ar< left among yon, and you share in then in various ways, as will be Been b] following illustration : I know in this State a one-time small, sleepy town of a few hnndrec people, with indifferent homes, slug gish business, valueless property. After the location 'of a cotton mil some benefits to the town itself are i thriving bank and thriving mer? chants, new Ta??way station, new oi renovated homes, etc. For the 1,40( bales used by this mill better joicei are paid than the farmers formerly received; for the New York broker, who. formerly had no competition, must now, in order to meet foreign contracts, compete with the mill, which has to fill its orders for finished gooda The value of these 1,400 baies as raw material is $63,000 ; as finished product made by this mill it is $200, 000. This gross income goes partly into dividends to stockholders, ail r?sident in the town or county ; one half to operatives, spending their j money at home, the rest goes into pur? chase of cotton or supplies. The tax? able property is increased by $175,000 they have better roads, better schools, etc.-in fact the general influence of cotton mills in a community is to build up the commercial interests of that community. The longer we insist upon selling our raw materials-not only cotton, but other products-and buying them back as finished goods, the poorer we get and the richer the manufacturer gets. In manufacturing communities, not only does cotton sell for one-half a cent to two cents more than N?3W York markets, but mill operative?, being consumers and not producers, our farmers find ready and reliable market for all kinds of truck-meats, fruit, vegetables, wood, etc., etc., ty. which the cash annual income can be in? creased 25 to 50 per ceHt. So it is the duty of producing communities to fos? ter industries that utilize raw ma? terial, and I ventare to say ^hat farm? ers are benefited by subscribing to mill stock, even though they should never geS dividends, since they get better and greater markets for raw material and produce of all kinds. What we need then is a di versity of interests and diversity of industry, correlating agriculture and manufac? turing. Clemson College, Aug. IL-Six hundred or more farmers were here today and much interest was taken in the institute. Large crowds visited the dairy, horticultural grounds, ex? periment grounds, farm, etc., and at? tended the lectures and discussions in the chapel, morning, afternoon and evening. This morning, CoL R. B. Watson spoke upon fruit growing in South Carolina, making a strong address, urging greater production of peaches and small fruit generally for home and market and showing how to do it. CoL Thomas J. Moore followed, with "Some experiences with upcountry river bottoms,'* which was full of val? uable information. In the afternoon Prof. Metcalf discussed bacteria in agriculture, and CoL Newman sup? plemented with a talk along the same lines. Miss Hyde lectured to the ladies on domestic economy. The. State Agricultural and Me? chanical Society met at 4 p. m., and considered the proposition for moving the Fair grounds. Much discussion resulted in the adoption of the follow? ing resolution by CoL Evans : Resolved, That a committee of five, the president, the secretary and Messrs. A. T. Smythe, T. J. Cunningham and C. S. McCall, be appointed by this Society to confer with the Cham? ber of Commerce and the city council I of Columbia relative to any proposi I tions which they wish to make to this Society, and to report back to this Society at the October meeting. -News and Courier. COTTON GIN STATISTICS. How Statistics Will be Taken of the Coming Crop. Preparations for gathering the cot? ton ginning statistics for the crop of 1903 have been completed by the divis? ion of manufactures in the census office and final instruction have been sent out to the field agents by Director North. With the experience gained in last year's work it is the expectation of the census officials that this years statistics will be even more accurate than those of last year and will ac- i count for practically every bale of cot ton grown in the United States. Spe- j cia! care has been taken in the ia strnction of field agents as to their work. There are in all 626 of these field agents. Almost ali of them are ; men who were employed on the work | last year and have consequently had j experience. In addition to the printed! instructions sent out the census office ; has had two special agents in the field < during the summer visiting the field j agents, especially the new ones, and j giving them personal instructions and advice as to the best methods of carry- ' ing on tibe wrok. With a view to facilitating the work of the field agents and also with the object of securing more accurate sta? tistics the census Office contemplates supplying to each ginner a record book. This book will contain blank forms which wili enable the ginner to reeord the name of each customer daily, the number of pounds of lint obtained, the number of poands of seed and the ac? tual weight of each bale of cotton gin? ned. By getting a record of the weight of seed cotton famished by each cus? tomer and of the lint and seed obtain? ed it will be possible to verify the re? ports as to the weight of baled cotton. . By the use of these record books, if the hearty and intelligent co-opera tioan of the ginners can be obtained, ? it will be possible for the census office to make an almost absolutely accurate report as to the number Of pounds of cotton grown in the United States each year. How a Great Surgeon Died. While Bichat, the famous surgeon, was dying of typhoid fever he turned to au old colleague who was sitting beside his bed and said to him : "My friend, I am lost, but it is some consolation to know that my case is very curious. During the last few days I have noticed some odd symp? toms and I am studying them careful? ly" "Oh, you may recover yet," said the friend. "That is impossible," replied Bi? chat, "and if it were not for one thing I should be quite willing to die." "What is that," asked the friend. "I am exceedingly sorry," answered Bichat, "that I shall not have an. op? portunity to perform an autopsy on myself after my death, for I know that I would make some wonderful scientific discovery." An hour later he wai} dead. FARMERS WILL FIGHT THE TRUST BY BOYCOTT. Resolve to Use No More Trust Tobacco and Urge Co-operation Florence, Aug. 12.-At the mass meeting of the citizens of the County of Florence held at the Court House on the 11th inst, as reported, yester? day the following resolutions were unanimously passed : Kesolved, . 1st That we will not purchase any manufactured tobacco or cigars put on the market by the Tobacco Trust; or any other goods manufactured by the I Trust where other manufactured by independent concerns can be purchas? ed instead, regardless of any drop in the price on the part of the Trusts. 2nd That the chairman of this organization appoint a committee of three to visit all the merchants of Florence to urge on them not to pur? chase or sell any Trusts manufactured ! tobacco, or other Trusts goods where I others can be purchased. 3rd That the chairman appoint a committee of three to prepare a com? plete list of all tobacco products manufactured by the Trusts and that these lists be given to the press. 4th That the Chair appoint a com? mittee of three in each township to solicit membership in this organiza iion. 5th That this meeting urge on all 'other communities to perfect organiza? tions looking to co-operation with us on these lines. 6th That a committee be appointed ? by the Chair to confer with the mer? chants of Florence looking to making arrangements to procure the sale of oil from independent companies. 7th That these resolutions be given to the papers of Florence, to the State, News and Courier, and the Columbia Record, and that ali the county news? papers be especially requested to copy. The farmers of North Carolina are already moving along this line and if they stick to their resolutions there is a promise of an interesting time ahead.-Florence Times. RESCUED FROM LYNCHERS, Whitesboro, Tex., Aug. 12.-Eight negroes were arrested for an attempted criminal assault on Mrs. Hart, a white woman, here today. Seven were releas? ed and the eighth man was held for identification. A mob appeared at the jail tonight, took the negro and hanged him to a tree nearby. Before he be? came unconscious officers appeared and rescued the negro and are hurrying him to Sherman for safekeeping. The mob is gathering to pursue the pris? oner and it is said other communities will join the mob. After the negro, Brown, had been forcibly taken from the mob, its mem? bers turned their attention to the colored residents of the town. Guns were fired promiscuously in the negro section and the terror-stricken negroes when they came from their houses were ordered to leave town at once. No violence further than this intimi? dation has been offered so far. ^As a result outgoing trains on all roads are crowded with negroes. ) - i ? ? i mm "There is a eharm, a fascination about circus life that is hard to ex? plain," said a veteran showman lately, "it is surely a tough experinece, be? ing buffeted about from plaee to place, often without a bed to sleep in, and the wages, outside of the salaries paid to a few stars, are amazingly small. Yet when a man once gets a taste of circus life it's all up with him. He's never good for anything else and never wants to be. There must be a germ, bred of the sawdust, that gets into the blood. Take the canvassers, for in? stance. They get $20 a month and their grub and an impromptu bed in a wagon. Often they don't take their clothes off for weeks at a time. There's one fellow I know who has a trade, and during the winter he makes on an average $20 a week. And yet, just as soon as the circus season opens, he throws up his job and gets out on the road with a show for $20 a month. In most every town the management is besieged by men and boys who want to go along, and many of them offer their services for their board. It's a queer state of affairs." Augusta, Ga., Aug. 12.-Augusta received its first bale of new cotton crop tonight. It was grown by H. C. Folk, of Bamberg, S. C., and was consigned to Pope & Fleming, of this city. A TERROR TO BAD MEN. Constable Jones Always Used Fists as a Last Resort. Behind the announcement that the government has offered a reward for the arrest of the man who killed Con? stable Jones, of the Osage Indian re? servation, on July 4, is the story of j the life and death of one of the most I remarkable tamers of bad men in the. west. The most surprising feature of the history of this man is that in all of his encounters with murderers and desperadoes of the western type he never carried or used a gun or other weapon of any kind.' Continually brought in violent contact with men who carried guns they were quick to use, Jones scorned weapons beyond those that nature gave him. With his brawny arms and their knotted ends he spread terror among evildoers, not on the Osage reservation alone, but through all the Indian Territory. For ten years or more Jones had kept the peace of the Osage reserva I tion. When he took the place the re? servation was overrun with tough ! characters of every class. The Osages themselves were peaceful enough, but the half and quarter breeds, always a source of trouble on any reservation, were an annoyance and a danger. Then ! there were the bad men from the out? side, who invaded the reservation to trade with the Indians and to cheat them out of their money at cards. I Jones tamed them all and did it I quickly. He went about his danger? ous task in a new style that was ridi? culed at first. His first step in making an arrest was always to use a common sense argument. If that did not work, he used his fists. They never failed to accomplish the desired result. When a gun was drawn on him, as it was in the majority of cases, he seized it and threw it out of reach and then proceeded with the taming process. Dozens of men who were noted for their quickness with a gun and who laughed derisively when told that Jones was coming to arrest them, were met and conquered in . the same way. Jones' eye and arm were always quicker than the most rapid action of the worst of the gun fighters. The ready revolver was often drawn, but before it could be used it was snatched from the grasp of the man who intend? ed to use it and it was sent flying through the air. With desperadoes who boasted of their physical strength it was the same story. . The best of them were easy for Jones. When one or two of them rushed to the aid of a comrade, Jones bumped their heads together and lugged them all off to jail. In ex? treme cases they often went to the hospital first, so thoroughly were they tamed. No one knows how many men Jones could have whipped' single handed, simply because he was never put to the supreme test. He always won, whether he was taming one or six. Jones soon drove the tough outsiders off the reservation for good, and the quarrelsome half breeds became quiet and subdued, even when under the in? fluence of "firewater." The govern? ment officials glorified in Jones, not so much because of his fistic process, as because he maintained perfect order on the reservation at a minimum of expense.-New Orleans Times-Demo- j erat. ARBITRATION IN ALABAMA. Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 12.-To? day's session of the board of arbitra? tion which is in session to adjust the differences between the Alabama min? ers and coal operators opened with a statement by the chirman, Judge George Gray of Delaware, regarding the scope of the arbitration. Judge Gray said that the following matters would be considered : Eight hour days ; five cents advance in min? ers' wages on the ton with correspond? ing increase in day wages; semi? monthly pay days; prices paid for dead or narrow work; differential in machine and pick mining; minimum number of days to be worked each month ; re-adjustment of day wage scale ; differential between Pratt mines and other mines. J. W. McQueen, vice president of the Sloss-Sbeffield Steel and Iron company, said that his company does not traffic in store checks and that credit is extended to thrifty miners. He declared that last year's wage scale was not equitable. ? i THE WEST INDIAN HURRICANE. . It Has Done Great Damage at Martinique and is Threaten? ing South Atlantic Coast. Washington, Aug. ll.-The weather bureau tonight issued the following special bulletin: The tropical hurricane this after? noon was apparently central south of the central Cuban coast and recurving northward. Its exact course cannot now be determined but it is danger? ous for vessels to sail for southern ports. It is probable that more precise information can be given Wednesday morning regarding the direction and the intensity of the storm. Hurricane warnings are, displayed on the gulf and South Atlantic coast from Port Eads to Jupiter, at Nassau and western Cuban ports, and storm warnings from Jacksonville to Char? leston. All other Atlantic and Gulf ports also have been advised regarding the storm. ANOTHER BULLETIN. Washington, Aug. H.-The hurri? cane which yestedray passed over San Domingo and Martinique probably is approaching the South Cuban coast with indications of recurving, but at what angle the weather bureau officials are unable to state. A report from ! Habana at 7 o'clock tonight said that the wind was blowing 36 miles an hour and was from the northeast. The hurricane probably will cnotinue in its course northward somewhere close to 'the Florida peninsula. Hurricane warnings have been sent to points from Port Eads on the Gulf coast around the Florida coast up as far as Jupiter, and storm warnings to Atlan? tic coast points from Jacksonville to Charleston, S. C. The weather bureau regards as extremely unwise for ves sells to sail for Gulf or Cuban ports or the Bahamas just now. The storm was central this morning at Kingston, Jamaica. MARTINIQUE SUFFERS. Washington, Aug. ll.-The_ state department today received a dispatch from Consul Jewell, at Fort de France, Martinique, dated yesterday, con? firming the press report of the dis? astrous cyclone in that island. The dispatch says: "Terrific cyclone visited entire isl? and midnight Saturday ; great damage to crops and fruits many houses in Fort de France unroofed : trees two feet thick uprooted. One killed. Consulate intact. At Trinit? seven killed, many houses destroyed. Smaller towns damaged. New villages Tivoli, Fond, La Hay, Fourniols and Recul?e de? stroyed, renderinng 5,000 survivors of last year's catastrophes again homeless. Reports interior island indefinite. Great discouragement." ISLANDS CUT OFF. New York, Aug. 1.-The Commercial Cable company has issued the follow? ing notice : "W? are advised that there is no communication with Jamaica. This cuts off Puerto Rico and all the West Indian islands south of there." Ptomaine Poisoning. Washington, Aug. 12.-A remark? able case of ptomaine poisoning is re? ported from Ashburn, Va., some 20'' miles outside of Washington. A large number of persons had gathered to at? tend the sale of the dairy farm owned' by Senator Stewart of Nevada. The senator served the prospective buyers a light luncheon consisting of coffee, ham and beef sandwiches. Shortly afterwards at least 50 persons were taken violently ill, suffering from ptomaine poisoning. One after another .they fell to the ground, writhing in agony. Horsemen were dispatched in all directions for doctors, and a num? ber repsonded and took prompt meas? ures to relieve the sufferers. In a statement issued at ll o'clock tonight, the doctors report their patients out of danger, although many are quite ill. An investigation developed the fact that the beef, which bad been purchased in Washington and kept in cold storage on the farm for several days was the cause of the trouble. Norfolk, Va., Aug. 12.-Reports from Elizabeth City, N. C., are to the effect tiiat the steamer Mayflower of Norfolk is ashore in North Carolina waters, and will probably prove a to? tal loss. The Mayflower struck on a bar a Wade's Point. Albemarle sound, about 18 miles south of Elizabeth City. The Mayflower is a small river craft and was lumber laden.