The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 25, 1903, Image 4
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1903.
The' Sumter Watchman was founded in
1850 and the True Southron in 1866. The
Watchman and Southron now bas the com?
bined circulation and influence of both of
the old pap?is, and is manifestly the best
advertising medium in Sumter.
We observe that whenever a deter?
mined effort is made by the Governor
to enforce the dispensary law in
Charleston, either by increasing the
constabulary and maintaining a strict
"espionage or by attempting to fcrce the
city authorities to do their duty, those
Charlestonians who take a peculiar
prid8 in declaring themselves to be
*'the best people" are much in evi?
dence. They create what is intended
to be a furor of indignation, bat suc?
ceed only in making themselves ridicu?
lous. They are unseen and unheard as
long as the dive keepers are permitted
to sell liquor day and night in open
defiance of the state law and in undis
. guised contempt- of the laws of the
city. There can be no doubt but that
the public sentiment of Charleston is
on the side of the blind tigers, for they
aire patronized most liberally and are
not molested by the police, except
j se mi-occasion aHy and the fines imposed
are always nominal-much less than
bar keepers had to pay as license in
anti-dispensary times. Another evi?
dence of the Charleston sentiment "is
I the refusal of the grand juries to find
true bills against the blind tigers,
even after they have paid licenses to
the city in the form of fines for the
illegal sale of liquor. In view of ex?
isting conditions Gov. Hey ward has
made no mistake in his decision to
make a more determined effort to en?
force the. law and to use the city's
share of the dispnesary profits to defray
the extra expense that will be incurred
in consequence of the failure, or refusal
of the city government and the people
of Charleston to respect and enforce
the law of the State prohibiting the
sale of liquor, except by dispensaries.
* Gov. Hey ward may lose the friendship
of the. blind tigers and their defenders,
apologists and patrons among the self
styled "beet people," of Charleston,
bat his course is winning him staunch
friends in all other sections of the
State, whose people do not labor under
the delusion that they are above the
law and should be exempt from its
operations.
J0TT0? 080? FOB 1903-1904.
Latham, Alexander & Co. Esti?
mate it to be ?0,300,000 Bales.
New York, Nov. 23.-We beg to sub?
mit for your information the following
estimate of the United States cotton
crop 1903-04 compiled from reliable
and intelligent correspondents in every
cotton growing ^county in the Southern
States.
Our efforts to obtain approximately
correct results have been as diligent
and thorough as 'twas possible to make
them.
OurEstmte.
Estd. Crop Crop of Crop
States. 1903-*04. 1903-*03. Nov. 35, '02.
Alabama. 1.100,000 1,050.000 1.000,000
Arkansas, t 800,000 1.000,000 1.000,000
Florida, 50,000 55.0C0 50,000
Georgia. 1,350.000 1.4T0.0O0 1.350.000
Louisiana. 800,000 884,000 825.0C0
Mississippi. 1,300,000 1,404.000 1.450,000
X. Carolina. 550,000 575.000 650.000
S. Carolina. 900,000 550.000 950,000
Ten.&C.&O.Ty.. 550.000 509.0)0 535,000
Tex. & Ind. Ty. 3,900.000 3.831,000 ?.300.000
Estmd. Tolrd 20.300.000 19.738,000 11.000.000
As a rule weather conditions
throughout the South for the year
have been unfavorable fer the produc?
tion of cotton.
Planting was late, moisture excessive
in the Spring and after germination
the weather continued too cool for nor?
mal growth. Extreme heat followed
and found the paint tender and rank,
which greatly injured it in a large
section of the cotton belt. Later, about
the middle of October, frost occurred
and as the crop was later, destroyed the
unmatured bolls.
The gathering season has been ex?
ceptionally fine in all secitons and the
crop thus far has been secured in good
condition ; marketed rapidly, on ac?
count of urgent demand in the interior
from spinners whose mills -were closed
for some months, or who carried over
very small stocks into the new cotton
year.
Latham, Alexander & Co.
U. D. C. Meeting.
A special and important meeting of
Dick Anderson Chapter, Daughters of
the Confederacy, will be held at 4
o'clock p. m., Friday at the residence
of Mrs. J. M. Knight.
Agnes Bogin, Sec.
A special agent representing the
insurance companies having agencies
in this city was here a short time ago
for the purpose of making a new map
of the city and rerating and equaliz?
ing rates of insurance. The new
tariff is now in force it is said and
some merchants are in no pleasant
frame of mind over the increase of
their ratea The rates on many com?
mercial risks have been increased
quite largely and this method of equal?
ization of rates when they were hoping
for a reduction, does not suit anyone
who will haye to pay more for his in?
surance.
TO PLANT ALFALFA.
Mr. Lever Helping the Farmers
in the Agricultural Department.
Washington, Nov. 24.-Representa?
tive Lever has received the following
letter from W. J. Spillman, agrossolo
gist of the department of agriculture,
which will be read with interest by the
farmers of the cotton States generally :
My Dear Mr. Lever: I have the
honor to acknowledge reciept of your j
favor of November 10, requesting a
package of lucerne seed to be sect to i
Mr. N. G. Osteen, Sumter, S. C. I
regret to say that at this season of
the year our stock of seed is exhaust?
ed, but I will put Mr. Osteen's name
on the list, and if we are able to carry
ont our plans for the next year I shall
be able to furnish him seed for a con?
siderable area, and will also direct
one of my assistants to visit his place
in order that we may help him as
much as possible in the preparation
for sowing the seed, and thus ensure
success with.it.
. (The progress of the cotton boll
weevil eastward over the cotton belt
renders it certain that within a few
years the whole cotton region is going
to have to battle with this pest. Xhis
fac? renders it highly important that
the farmers of the cotton producing
section should devote a large propor?
tion of their land to crops-other than
cotton. It is, therefore, very necessary
that your farmers should experiment
with new crops. I believe that alfalfa
for hay and for hog pasture, sorghum
for fodder and silage, improved varie?
ties of corn for grain, Kaffir corn for
grain, Bermuda for pasture, rape for
green feed in winter time, but clover
and hairy vetch and winter grains for
winter pasture, are crops which will
succeed in South Carolina ; and it is
of great importance that they should
be grown in an experimental way by
your farmers. ) We have planned exten?
sive experiments with these crops in
your State for the coming year.
Whether we shall be able to carry
them out will depend, of course, upon
the action of congress during the com?
ing winter. I should like very much
to be able to talk over our plans with
you some time this fall or winter. ^
W. J. Spillman, Agrostologist.
. ? 300 MOROS PACIFIED
Bat Ben. Wood Had to Slaughter
Them to do it.
Bloody Story of Benevolent As?
similation in the Jolo Islands.
Manila Nov. 24.-Three hundred
Moros are known to have been killed
and many others were were carried off
dead or wounded as a result of five
days' fighting in Jolo between the
American troops, nuder General Leon?
ard Wood, and the insurgents. Maj.
H. L. Scott of the Fourteenth cavalry
and five Americas privates were
wounded. . *
Gen. Wood landed near Siet lake,
in Jolo, Nov. 12.- The Moros were soon
located and fighting began immediate?
ly and continued until Nov. 17.
Maj. Scott has taken Panglima
Hassen, the Moro leader, who has
been made a prisoner, to Jolo. While
en route ?assen asked to be allowed
to see his family.
His appeal was granted and he there?
upon led Maj. Scott into an ambus?
cade where the American detachment
was fired upon. Maj. Scott was shot
in both hands. Hassen succeeded - in
escaping during the unexpected at?
tack but is supposed to have been kill?
ed the following day. The fighting
took place in a country covered with
rocks. The Moros were driven across
the country from Siet lake and the
town which Hassen had made his
headquarters and there it was report?
ed the Moros were 2,000 strong. The
rebel position was attacked in the
flank by the American toops who oc?
cupied the town and inflicted a loss of
50 or more on the Moros. The Moros
went into the swamp out of which
they were driven Nov. 1G, leaving 76
dead behind them.
On Nov. 17 the American forces re?
newed the attack on the remaining
Moros of whom 40 more were killed.
The rebel forces have been literally
destroyed by these operations and
Gen. Wood says the indications are
that there will be no extension of the
uprisings, which was handled without
difficulty.
On Nov. 18 Gen. Wood started on an
expedition against a body of 2,000
Moros, who are in the mountains
back of Tablibi. No news has as yet
been received as to the result of this
movement.
DOGWOOD, Persimmon and Hickory
timber for sale by R. C. McFaddin, Sn ut?
ter, S. C. Oct. 21-4t*
WANTED, Persimmon, Dogwood, Hick?
ory and Holly Logs. Freight paid on car?
loads. JAMES COCKSHOTT, Charleston,
S. C. Oct 21- 4m.
FOR RENT-One storehouse, with
three room dwelling attached, with
necessary out buildings, for five
months. Three and one half miles
from Sumter in tho fork of Providence
and Stateburg roads. For terms apply
to R. M. Edens, Sumter, S. C.
July 29-tf.
Petit Jury Second Week.
THE CENSUS COMPLETED.
T. E. Hodge, Privateer.
M. E. Rivers, Priviateer.
W. J. Jones, Concord.
J. H. Witherspoon, Sumter.
M. C. Kavanaugb, Sumter.
Edgar Skinner, Sumter.
W. R. Wells, Sumter.
J. A. Mims, Shiloh.
L. B. Bradford, Sumter.
J. T. Burkett, Jordon.
J. R. Brunson, R. F. D. No.
N. G. Osteen, Sumter.
R. S. Whildon, Sumter.
T. F. Pritchard, Sumter.
E. A. Jenkins, Sumter.
J. E. Flowers, Sumter.
S. M. McLeod, Remberts.
J. I. Brunson, Sumter.
J. B. White, Jordon.
Joseph Brown, Jordon.
Wallace Sanders, Catchall.
S. F. Lenoir, Sumter.
D. J. Auld, Sumter.
W. B. Boyle, Sumter.
W. M. Graham, Sumter.
Samuel Weeks, Sumter.
H. W. Bennett, Providence.
W. D. Frierson, Stateburg.
J. M. Jenkins, Remberts.
S. C. Carroway, Shiloh.
F. L. Stewart, Sumter.
H. A. Raffield, Sibley.
G. E. Tisdale, Concord.
I. H. Moses, Sumter.
Thos. S. Sumter, Sumter.
W. F. Hartsoe, Wedgefield.
j Total Population 7,164. an Increase of
Nearly 1,500 Since 1900. ,
the
the
the
The taking of the census of the city
was completed this morning. Mr. W.
C. Broughton, the Ward 2 enumera?
tor, filing his report at 12.30 today.
The repoorts of the four enumerators
show that the total popultion of the
city is 7,164, tho population of
suburbs 691 : total population of
city and suburbs together, 7,S55.
The increase in population of
city proper since the regular census
was taken in 1900 is 1,491, an increase
of more than 25 per cent within
three years.
A comparative statement of the cen?
sus of 1900 and of the census just com?
pleted follows :
1900
677
1,645
1,719
1,632
Ward 1,
Ward 2
Ward 3,
Ward 4,
1903
768
2,559
1,882
1,955
Total, 5,673
The population of the
wards is as follows :
Ward 1, 166
Ward 2, 140
Ward 3, 179
Ward 4. 206
7,164
suburbs
by
Total.
691
AL
For
Beginning- today, we of=
fer to the public the
In Clothing, Hats and Gents'
Furnishings that have ever
been offered to the people of
Sumter and adjoining coun=
ties.
SUMTER CLOTHING CO.,
Phone 170.
November 13.
School Books, new and
second hand, Tablets, Pens
Inks, etc., etc.
H. G, OSTEEN.& CO.,
16 W. Liberty Street.
PJL WS UTK
Q,ULgirts SO Cents.
Shipment just received.
II. in. OSTEttN & ??.
Our North Main Street friends have taken up consider?
able newspaper space in an endeavor to extricate themselves
from their position, and the most important statement, con?
tained in their declaration is a letter from the Manufacturers,
under date of Nov. 4th, in which they admit having apolo?
gized to us for shipping them blankets under our brand. To
quote from their letter published: "We wrote the firm named
(meaning ourselves) an explanation, or an apology, for hav?
ing shipped you blankets under Their Ticket, which, so far
as goods of our manufacture are concerned, is Their
Ticket." Does this not confirm our position? This letter
further states, "We do not remember to have put a Tar Heel
ticket on our goods for any one else and the matter evidently
escaped vour attentiou at the time YOU ORDERED thc
blankets under THEIR TICKET." Does the reading public
believe it escaped our friends' attention?
Oh, no! there was a motive in their getting the "Tar
Heel," and that was an attempt to depreciate it, by placing it
on sale side by side with a blanket of inferior quality, and
representing them to be of equal value, as their advertise?
ment indicates, which they know is a misrepresentation.
Can thev denv^his?
While we are regarded by a great many manufacturers
as Jobbers, we never attempt to misrepresent our position,
and refer our readers to tte Watchman and Southron and
Herald of last year in a special advertisement about Oct. l?t,
on "Tar Heel" Blankets in which we stated that the manu?
facturers had declined to sell us because we were not Jobbers, .
and when reminded that we were the second house in the
State that had sold their blankets and had spent many dollars
in advertising them, they recognized the justice of our claim
and put us on the Jobbing list with aili the advantages enjoy?
ed by their largest customers-so they stated, and we believe
?hem. We never doubted that our friends were selling the
genuine "Tar Heel,"-we knew ali about it, and advised our
patrons to buy them, if there was any inducement in price, as .
they were good property. Our friends seem to think they
are "the only pebbles on the beach" and ought to have the
exclusive right to sell the "Dixie" brand, and in reply
to their query "for what purpose were blankets ordered last
season ticketed "Dixie" and ad\jrtised for sale by the only/
originators of the "Tar Heel brand," permit us to remind you,
frier, is, that we sold "Dixie" blankets before you ever heard
of the brand, except through us; and there are people in
Sumter County sleeping comfortably under them now that
bought/them from us more than.a dozen years ago, but they
were the GENUINE ARTICLE, same as we are now selling
under the Tar Heel Brand, and not the third grade, such as
is being sold under the "Dixie" ticket to-day.
Yes. we have had our trade-mark registered, as we be?
lieve in protecting our rights and warding off intruders, and
our action was encouraged and approved by the manufac?
turers.
We know all about the 15 pairs you returned, and, if
agreeable to us, you may get 15 pairs in exchange, but really
we don't think we owe vou anv consideration and mav recall
our consent.
In regard to the statement of our friends that all the
"Tar Heeisv bought by them were received, we congratulate
them, as we have several pairs still due us, but we adhere to
our original statement that only 25 pairs were shipped them,
and challenge them to produce invoices in excess of this.
There is another statement of our friends which we can?
not allow to pass unnoticed, and that is that "all their blankets
were bought from the Mill's direct selling agent." We are
reliably informed that the Dixie blanket was bought through
a merchant in a neighboring town, a former employee. Is
he the mill's direct selling anent?
Consistency, Thou Art A Jewel!
A Rose may smell just as sweet by any other name, but
why did our friends attempt to depreciate a year ago the
flavor of a flower that they are now trying to make an adorn?
ing feature of their Mercantile house, filling it with the per?
fume of the "Tar Heel."
O'DONNELL & CO.
ULES.
HORSEyNyB?LES.
A. D. HARRY
Wishes to call your attention to the fact
that he has just returned from the West,
where he purchased
A CHOICE LOAD.
They are nice and a well selected bunch. No trouble to
show or drive them. A call from you will be appreciated.
You are sure to be pleased.
A full line of
Buggies, Wagons and Harness always on
Hand.
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