Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Wit ?Htaroa ann J>o?t|)riiii. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21, 1904. Th* Sumter Watchman, was founded in 1850 and the True Southron in 1868. The Waicfcman and Southron now bas the com? bined circulation and influence of both of the old pape: s, and is manifestly the best advertising medium in Sumter. White ?nen who play a ,negro's game with negroes do, not deserve a better fate than befell those Illinois white men who were killed while playing scraps with negroes near Cairo. The ' Russians are reported to have forced the Japanese to evacuate Liao Yang, but this was brought about by the dead Russians whom Ger,. Kuro patkin left behind when he started on his ioot race to Mukden. The Democrats of New York State seem to be unable to agree on a can? didate for Governor? and some of the leaders are disposed to call in Judge Parker to ac? as a referee to settle the deapute by naming a candidate. The United State Government apr pears to have bandied the case of the Russian cruiser, Lena, that put into San Fraitcicso, with firmness and dis? cretion. The Russian Government wi?? probably not enter a protest, for the United States officials have ad? hered to the letter of the law and this Government is able to enforce its rul? ing. It may have been a wise precaution to remove to Columbia the negro mur? derer, who was in the Dallington jail Saturday night, but it is an unfavor? able commentary upon the conditions in the State when it becomes neces? sary to spirit a prisoner away from the county in which the crime was committed. Mr. Ragsdale, of Florence county, who was defeated for Congress in the Sixth District by Mr. J. E. Ellerbe of Marion is another editor to have his political aspirations blighted. This has been a very bad year for editors in politics and none of those defeated should feel badly. It does net seem to have been a personal mat ter, but a widespread opposition to electing newspaper men to office. The Republicans have put out a slate ticket for State officers in New York State and the Democrats are more confident of carrying the Empire State than ever before. The Republi? can machine will support the nomi? nees as vigorously as - it can, bat the independent voters are said to be tired of the Republican machine rule and ready to tum to the Democrats for re? lief. > The Huntsville, Ala., Grand Jury that investigated the lynching of a negro in that town was the right sort. Ko whitewash was used and the offi cs rs whose cowardice and neglect of duty resulted in the killing of a pris? oner in their custody were called by name and their offence characterized in plain English. If such grand ju? ries were to be had in every communi? ty lynchings would become unpopular with officials. The National Democratic Commit? tee is said to be squandering its ener? gies on quarrels among the commit? teemen, andbas done little or nothing as yet to worry the Republicans. If this f be true, Judge Parker who has the re? putation of being a skillful political manager, h*d better take charge of the campaign himself. The Demo? crats-' have a bare chance of winning by hard work and skillful general? ship, but if the leaders .?pend their time quarreling iu New York, Judge Parker may as well be hunting anoth? er job. Ti;c Japanese Commanders of the forces in front of Mukden have not been idle since they drove Gen. Kuro ? patkin ont of Liao Yang. They are now ready to renew their aggressive campaign with a larger army tuan they had before tue battle of Liao Yang. They have never given up thc pian to annihilate or capture Gen. Kuropatkin's army and it begins to look like they will succeed, unless the Russians immediately begin run? ning again and keep it up until they get out of Manchuria. The Republicans, it is predicted will put out candidates for congress in every district in this State in which the negroes are numerous and will do so for the purpose of contest? ing the election of the Democrats who are elected. They will try to induce white republicans of intelligence and some degree of respectability to be? come candidates to the end that the republicans in congress may have some shadow of excuse for unseating the Democrats. When a candidate, like Dantzler, of Orangeburg, goes to Washington to contest the seat, of a well qualified man like Mr. Lever, the fair minded republicans are not pre? possessed in favor of their brother re? publican from the South, and are not willing to go to the length of violat? ing their ideas of right and justice to unseat a worthy representative, though he be a Democrat, to seat an ignorant negro. The plans of the republicans I are of no concern to ns, some Dem? ocrats may say, bat that would be a mistaken idea, for we are vitally con? cerned. 4 We mention these rumors concerning the republican plans for the purpose of again emphasizing the necessity for every Democrat to regis? ter and vote at the general election. If the Democrats do their duty and vote in the general election, as they do in the primary, it will be impossible to unseat our representatives. Regis? ter and vote. The Columbia State has considered getting up a big writ6 up of the propos? ed fall festival in Sumter for the Sunday edition of that enterprising paper, giving a sketch of the proposed pro? gram, a write up of the city of Sum? ter, and printing the pictures of the leading promotora of the enterprise in the Sunday State. This goes to show that the Game Cock Fall Festival has, attracted attention already, and if the festival is pulled off, we believe that the kind of ^advertisement which The State will give Sumter will be worth the three or four thousand dollars which the fall festival costa Travel? ing men . from all over the state say that the people ali over South Caro? lina are talking about the ''big festi? val week" to be held in Sumter, and that tbousnds will be here. It will never do to abandon the project, now, since it has been advertised. Commissioner of Immigation Wat? son has arranged with the railroads to run home-seekers excursions from the Northwest-one in October and the other in November. One excursion will bring in a crowd for the State Fair and the other will bring a crowd that Sumter could capture if we go ahead with the Fall Festival, get up a week of entertainment that will at? tract crowds from all parts of this State, and advertise it properly. If we can attract any of the substantial home seekers from the Northwest to ^Sumter county we have faith that what they will see and learn of this section will induce them to buy land and set? tle here. _J_ The destruction of property in Hor ry county by the storm of last week was evidently very great, after full allowance is made for the overesti? mate in the reports sent out by dor? ry's versatile press agents: and the people nf that progressive section are to be commended for not appealing for outside aid. In recent years it has become the rule for every community that is visited by any calamity to appeal immediately to the world for help, and it has frequently happened that the response has been so gener? ous that the sufferers found themselves in better financial cnodition than they were before the disaster. We are- not opposed to extending help to the needy whose property and means of earning a living have been swept away by storms, fire or flood, but we have a greater admiration for a people who bravely face such -disasters and go to work to retrieve their losses without calling upon the country at large to put them on their feet again. If a cheese factory is as profitable an enterprise as it is represented to be by Mr. Yoight, who has established seven in the upper part of this State, it would be wise for some of our land owners and capitalists to estblish one in the vicinity of Sumter to supply the local demand. If the local cheese eaters could not consume the output of a small factory cur wholesale gro? cers could probably dispose of the sur? plus to grocers in nearby towns. Sumter county has thousnds of acres of land that could be used for pastur? ing cattle and there would be no diffi? culty in producing milk sufficient to supply not only one but a dozen cheese factories, if it could be shown that they are money makers. Georgia bas a railroad man who knows Iiis business on the railroad comoiission and he is making rates that the railroads cannot dodge. He knows how to make rates because he was trained in the railroad service and goes about it in a business like way. The result is, the people of Georiria are beginning to reap the benefit of reduced frieght rates made on a just and business-like basis. In this State we have elected politicians of all sorts and descriptions to serve on the railroad commission and no one has yet been able to find wherein they have accomplished any practical good for the people who pay the freights. One good man with a practical knowl? edge of the railroad business, and the ability to make and adjust freight and passenger rates, would be worth more than is now paid the three commis? sioners who draw pay for doiug little or nothing. Such a man would com? mand a large salary in the railroad service, but the State could afford to pay as much or more than the rail? roads to secure his services. Unless the office of railroad commissioner can be filled by a man who knows something about railroad business it should be abolished. The railroad from Conway to Sumter will eventually be built, and by eventually we do not mean some indefinite time in the dim future, but within the next few years. It will be built because the people who have large property and business in terests in Horry county need the road to develop their country and put them in a position to realize on their invest? ments, lt will be built because Rorry needs it, not because it will benefit Sumter, that is merely incidental. There is another railroad that is need? ed, and needed badly, by Sumter and this section of the State, and, if built, the benefit that Sumter would derive would be greater than we anticipate will result from the construction of the Conway road. We need a road to give us connection with the Seaboard Air Line, and, as badly as we need it, we see no immediate prospect of its be? ing built. A road from Sumter to Bishopville and thence up the west? ern side of Lynches River to a junc? tion with the Seaboard Air Line. Ultimately this road would be extend? ed to Monroe, N. C., following the route of a railroad projected more than fifty years ago. South of Sumter the road could be advantageously ex? tended across Clarendon county and through the richest, healthiest and most undeveloped section of Berkeley county, to Charleston. The ^timber resources of that section of Berkeley county remain practically untouched and this alone would furnish a profit? able freight business for a railroad until the other resources of the coun? try could be developed. This is a road that Sumter and this section of the State needs and it could be built, as other roads have been built by the issue, of bonds if some practical busi? ness man would take hold of the plan and push it. Weekly Crop Bulletin. Columbia. Sept. 20.-The week end? ing 8 a. m., September 19, 1904, had mean temperature of 75 degrees, which is nearly normal The early part of the week was warm but the last four days were very cool. The extremes were a minimum of 45 at Spartanburg on the 16th, a maximum of 93 at Batesbnrg and Blackville on the 13th, and Blackville and Kingstree on the 15th. The precipitation was confined to the eastern part of the State, and was excessive from Horry to Chesterfield counties, the greatest amount being 4.70 inches at Conway. The rain fall occurred on the 13th and 14th. The other days were generally fair. Prac? tically no rain fell in the western part of the State. The week has been favorable for farmwork; except ?n the eastern por? tion of the State, where the storm of the 13th and 14th delayed work and did great damage to growing crops. . 5 There were numerous reports of de? terioration of cotton due to mst'and shedding, and, in the eastern coun? ties, caterpillars are still doing dam? age. Considerable damage is reported in the northeastern counties from the storm on the Ut h. Cotton is opening rapidly and picking lias become gener? al throughout the State Corn is reported to be in good con? dition generally except in the north? eastern connties where it was damaged by the storm of the 14th. Fodder! pulling is practically completed. Rice is not damaged as much as was first reported ; harvesting and tliresh ing are progressing. The weather has been favorable for haying during the past week The forage crops are good Potatoes are generally good, but poor in a few places. Minor crops are very promis? ing. - ?mm- . ?. - The Weekly Crop Report. Washington, Sept. 20.-Complaints of cotton shedding still received from the eastern sections and the northern portjon of the western sections of the belt, but reports of rust are not so general except in North Carolina. The staple is opening rapidly in all dis? tricts, in some localities prematurely and picking is general, although de? layed by rain in portions of Texas, from which State as well as Georgia, scarcity of pickers is reported. Dry weather is causing iujury to late cot? ton generaally in the central anud eastern sections, and a light, or no top crop is indicated in the central and western districts, while worms and caterpillars are causing injury in Oklahoma, La Ala and South Caro? lina. In Texas the boll weevil con? tinue as imagined in the southwest, coast, central eastern and a number of the northern counties, as the advance? ment of the season permits. Error in Returns. Bishopville, Sept. 19.-In reporting the official count of the votes cast in Lee county, a mistake was made, giv? ing, R. M. Smith a majority for trea? surer. The correct figures were : J T. C. Perrin 810 k and R. M. Smith 602. Mr. Perrin being elected treasurer by a majority of 158. Secretary Reardon has secured sub? scriptions to the Fall Festival Fund totaling nearly $2100 and still has many business men and corporations to see. If he has been able to raise that much within the limited time he has had at his disposal to canvass the city, it seems reasonable to suppose that a thorough canvass would raise the additional ?2,000 that is needed. Mr. A. D. Eetts delivered an ad? dress Sunday evening at Magnolia. Street Church on the "Christian Life." It was full of force and earnestness. His illustrations were pathetic and soul inspiring. He held the entire congregation spell bound. Mr. Betts leftMonday morning for Spar? tanburg, to resume his work at Wof ford College. His many friends in Sumter wish him succces in the noble work he is engaged in. FIRE IN BISHOPVILLE. I - j Boarding House Burned atan Early Hour This Morning-The Loss Heavy. . Special to The Daily Item. Bishopville, Sept. 21.-The large residence owned by Mr. O. Levy and occupied by Mr. T. D. Jones, who conducted a boarding house, was de? stroyed by fire at 5 o'clock this morn? ing. The honse and all its contents were destroyed, there being no time after the fire was discovered to remove the furniture or effects of the board? ers, and the occupants were luck? to escape with their lives and a few ar? ticles of clothing that they could se? cure in their hurried flight from the burning building. The house was valued at $2.500; and was insured for $1,500. , Mr. T. D. Jones lost his'furnitrue and household effects, valued a $500, insurance $150. The boarders all lost more qr less heavily. Prof. Thomson, $50; Mr. L?rick, $200; Miss Wilson $300; Miss Hattie Roland, $100; Miss Fair, $300; Mr. Sligfa, $25. Stateburg ?t?ms. Statebnrg, Sept. 20.-Cotton pick? ing is in full blast. The pickers are being paid 50 cents a hundred for the "fleecy staple" now. The Statebnrg High School opened yesterday, with Miss Anna P. Burgess as teacher. Mr. Tom Price, of Charleston is at Mrs. E. N. Frierson's Miss Anne M. Barnwell spent Sun? day at home. Miss Lily M. Holcombe was her guest for the day. Misses Annie Rees and Lee Moore leave today for Winthrop College. Mr. Frank P. Burgess, now employ? ed in Bishopville, spent Sunday at his home. He spoke of the "rushing business" done in our sister county. I Mrs. W. B. Nelson and son Edgar, are visiting Mrs. S. E. Nelson. Mr. Earlly Melette, of Bishopville, spent Sunday with relatives. Mrs. S. R. Cain returns to ber home in Pinopolis today, after a pleasant visit to Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Ramsey. Mr. Warren H Burgess of Sumter, was the guest of Messrs. Matt and Henry Moore on Sunday. .fc^*jH MORE ABOUT COTTON WILT. Bureau of Plant Industry Writes Con? gressman Lever Concerning Disease in Somier County. mm ._mmmvmm mm M , tmJ? ?*~*?. Congressman A. F. Lever, who has interested himself in the effort to have a government expert sent to this coun? ty to investigate the cotton wilt dis? ease that caused considerable damage in sections of Sumter county, sendsfus the following letter which is self ex? planatory : 2 Washington, D. C., Sept. 10, 1904. Hon. A. F. Lever, Lexington, S. C. Dear Sir : Referring again to your letter of August 8 in regard to the cotton wilt disease in Hagood, S. C., we have to inform you that our Mr. Orton, who has investigated this disease, was unable to visit Mr. San? ders on account of the pressure of other duties. Since much of Mr. Orton's time has been spent in South Carolina, he is acquainted with your local conditions and has written Mr. Sanders instructions for controlling the disease that will enable him to avoid much future loss, and it is real? ly unnecessary for ii im to go to Ha? good. Our investigatinos of the cotton wilt have given us quite definite informa? tion in regard to the cause of the dis? ease, which has been proved to be a soil fungus which persists in the land for many years. Although no direct remedy has been found, it has been shown that it is possible to breed va? rieties resistant to the disease and several such are in process of develop? ment, lt is our intention to push this line of work as rapidly as possible, in order to relieve the farmers by the substitution of these improved varie? ties for those susceptible to the wilt which tLey are now cultivating.. One of these straina^gill be distributed in small quantities next year. It is not entirely resistant, but it is so much superior to the ordinary as to be pro? fitable on infected land. Very trulv your, A.'F. Woods, Pathologist and Physiologist. There's Dysentery-Colic, too, And Cramps ; but this remember do Though enemies all babes must meet. "TEETHINA" will them all de? feat. "TEETHIINA" Overcomes and Counteracts the Effects of the Summer Heat, Aids Digestion, Regulates the Bowels and makes teething easy. Costs only ?5 cents._Sept. 21-at THE OIL MILL GINNERY ls now running and will Gin all Cotton for FIFTY GENTS PEU BALE. ? Six yards New Bagging and pix New i Ties to our gin customers, 60 cent?. Capacity, 50 bale.j per day. Work done with despatch and satisfaction guaranteed. THE SOUTHERN COTTON OIL GO. P. MOSES, Manager. Ssp 21-lm OUR SHOE DEPARTMENT. II IBM III MM I 1 ------j?. m?u, 11 UMMO? SK^aWHBCBaBD&aBBKEBBBSBBSEaBSaBBHnBSBBKB The season for Barefooted Boys and Girls Is practically at an end, and the heart of the shoe dealer made glad as a consequence, for now their parents will be looking around for the most desirable place in which to buy their shoes. We have practically Nothing New to Offer in This . Line. We believe in sticking to old friends, and when we tell the mothers and fathers of these barefooted boys and girls that there is no shoe in which they can invest their money that will give better results than The Godman Brand, It as as honest a statement as we ever made. This shoe is not built for style, but for service, and the youngster, who suc? ceeds in kicking out a pair of them in six months will be so tired of the job that he will not attempt it again. We have them also in ladies7, but, of course, they do no kicking, but a great deal of walking and some talking. Any shoe can stand talking, but it takes the best of material to stand walking, and that's what you get in the Godman. E. P. Reed & Co.'s Line. Here is where we can suit the most fastidious female. Our increased business on this line is very gratifying. It is a com? bination that is hard to beat-comfort, durability and style. Their patent leather Bloucher gotten out this season is the swellest shoe we have seen. Ask to see it. Men's Shoes. Our friend Reynolds met with the misfortune of having his factory destroyed by fire last winter, but we found an excellent substitute in "THE KING QUALITY." We sold these goods quite freely during the spring and summer, and if anyone found fault with them it has not been reported to us. The brand would indicate that they are good enough for the royalty and if that be true, they ought to satisfy the most fastidious of our patrons. _ ^ Our Winner Shoe at $1.50 is a very popular num j ber We buy them by the thousand pairs. We carry one of* I the largest stocks of shoes in the State, and if you want honest ! footwear, this is the place to get it. O'DONNELL & COMPANY. BOOTH LIVE STOCK CO. FALL ANNOUNCEMENT. Our buyer has just returned from the Western markets. This means a choice car of horses and mules to arrive aboufr Thursday, September 22nd. High class' harness and saddle horses and good all round farm horses and mules. We have recently received a car of White Hickory Wagons, Warranted to us-we guarantee them to our friends and cus? tomers. One car Columbia Buggies, This, justly popular buggy is even better, if possible, than ever. Every buggy warranted. The next time you are in town see our buggy and harness, the two for ?35.00. A few one and two horse wagons at less than manufacturers7 prices, fully warranted. Lime, cement, hair, terra cotta pipe, stove flues and building material generally. ' One thousand bushels home; raised South Carolina Rust Proof Seed Oats. -AT Horace HCa,x*"b3r's OLD STAND. The First of the Season. A choice car load of horses and mules just received and need sell? ing. Among them are some extra nice drivers, some good smoothe, full made work horses and a few nice mules. All young and sound. I will appreciate a look from you whether you are ready to buy or not. Respectfully, A. D. HARBY.