The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 05, 1905, Image 4
WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1305.
f vV The Sumter Watchman was founded in
(850 and the True Southron in-1366. Th?
?
Wa tchman and Southron now has the com?
bined circulation and influence of :;both of
She old papers, and is manifestly the best
advertising medium in Sumter.
Several exchanges seemed to have
confused Waynesboro with Statesboro
fend axe saddling Wyynesboro's recent
killing upon Statesboro. Stateboro
feas sins of her own to answer for and
It is not fair to hold her accountable
Zor Waynesboro's misdeeds.
* * .
The Citadel will be a gentle and
lady-like place when the board of vis?
itors get through with it. No base?
ball, no football and mighty little fun
0? any kind seems to be the aim of
the board.
* . .
!Tae Citadel must be in a bad fix if
it is necessary to kick the faculty out
tack, stock and barrel. A few words
Of explanatipn by the board would not
lae amfss.
* . .
The occurrences at Odessa suggest
the thought that the Russian sailors
light -better and more heartily without
- officers than with them and more de
terminedldy against the Russian gov?
ernment than against the Japanase.
* * ?
The wholesade butchery of prison?
ers in Watkinsville, Ga., Thursday
morning appears to have been with?
out excuse. As an exhibition of blood
lust and lawlessness it equals anything
that has occurred in Georgia, though
" Xortunately wanting in details of
fiendish cruelty that have attended
?orne of the burnings at the stake
Which have disgraced the state in
tonner years.
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The Manning Times advocates a
Cotton warehouse for Manning be?
cause Sumter has decided to build
several. Manning should have a
"warehouse by all means, not because
Sumter or any other town has them
but because every cotton market that
bandies as much as 10,000 bales of
cotton a season needs a warehouse to
enable the farmers to hold their cot?
ton until it can be sold to advantage.
. .
When the cotton season opens the
effort will be made by the people to
Whose financial advantage it is to
^have cheap cotton to depress the mar?
aket and sink prices to the lowest -pos?
ible level. In this they will succeed,
even though the crop be short ana
the supply totally inadequate to the
estimated needs of the cotton mills of
the world during the coming year,
unless the cotton growers and South
em merchants and bankers make com?
mon cause to prevent the rushing of
cotton from the gins to the market.
Some one has to hold the cotton from
the time it is havested until the mills
Require it, and those who hold it ex?
pect tc make a profit on the trans?
action. The producers should make
this profit and the additional profit to
be derived from making the consum?
ers pay a fair price for the cotton.
The only way this can be accomplish?
ed is by the establishment of ware
bouses in the South that can store the
cotton and advance money to the
farmers at reasonable rates. The
speculators will be shorne of a larger
?art of their power to manipulate the
market if the cotton is kept in the
Stands of the producers where they
cannot get at it without paying what
lt is worth.
WORLD'S POLTTIC/iL HORIZON.
London, June 27.-Never has the
political horizon of the world been as
Clouded as it is now since the days
When the great Napoleon played ball
\5ith the kingdoms of Europe. Every?
where is disorder and unrest.
Russia is practically in a state of
devolution which only the strict cen?
sorship prevents from becoming gen?
erally known. Street fights which are
tegelar battles are being fought in the
barricaded streets of Lodz.
?'iTbe danger of war between Norway
%&d Sweden is by no means over.
War between Germany and France
Is banging over our heads like the
sword of Damocles.
Aastria and Hungary are in a state
Oi the greatestt turmoil, and that act?
ual civil war has not broke out is due
eely to the love and respect of every?
body fer the old Emperor Francis
Joseph. What will happen when he
?lies is impossible to foretell, but that
bis successor will not be the ruler of
both countries is a goregone conclu?
sion.
In Italy the people are being driv?
en to despair by the increasing taxes,
*ttd the strength of the country is
being sapped by the continuous emi?
gration.
In the Balkans there is the usual
Confusion, the people of the various
kristian states killing each other and
the Turks massacring them all.
Behind the walls of his Konak in
Belgrade, King Peter lives in steady
?ear of his life, a fear which has al
teost driven him insane,
.fia Germany the Socialists criticism
of the Kaiser is sharper than ever
and that in spite of the great risk in
curred in writing anything which dis
pleases the emperor. What the So
cialists especially object to is the kai?
ser's growing^ extravagance. He owns
83 landed estates, all of them models
; in their line, and many of them very
profitable, although the men working
on the imperial estates are paid high
!er wages than anywhere else.
The Kaiser is allowed an annual in?
come of $4,000,000, but is always in
financial straits, and the rumors in
! the English press that he had bor?
rowed large amounts from Berlin
bankers were undoubtely true.
[ In Spain, King Alfonso is doing his
best to keep his poverty-stricken peo?
ple from rebeling.
In all Europe England is the only
quiet spot, and in the hands of King
Edward lies largely the question of
peace or war.
Bank Statements.
The first suarterly statement of the
Farmers' Bank and Trust Co., which
is published today is a remarkable
showing for a bank only three months
old. The deposits are heavy and the
loans and discounts are large. The
most striking item of the statement
is, however, the profit account,
which shows thai the bank has earned
$4,000 in its first three months.
The regular quarterly statement of
the Sumter Savings Bank which is
published today adds another chapter
to a record of growth and* prosperity.
This bank has the largest deposit ac?
count in proportion to its capital of
any bank in the city and its profit and
surplus account show that the bank
is well managed and prosperous.
The regular quarterly statement of
the Bank of Sumter is published to?
day. As the banks reflect the finan?
cial and business condition of a com?
munity, this statement is one that
Sumter people may view with a feel?
ing of satisfaction. The Bank of Sum?
ter has an exceptionally large deposit
account for this season and other
items of the statement evidence a con?
dition equally as satisfactory to the of?
ficers and stockholders.
THE FARMERS' MEETING.,
The Cotton Warehouse Discussed.
Much Interest Manifested.
From the Daily Item, July 1.
The meeting called by the officers
of the Sumter County Cotton Growers'
Association was held in the court
house, today with a large number of
farmers present, representatives from
every section of the county being in
the audience, showing that there is
still an active interest in the work of
the association.
President A. B. Stuckey in opening
the meeting spoke enthusiastically of
the good that the organization nad ac?
complished and the great financial
benefit it had been to the farmers of
the South. He stated that the meet?
ing had been called primarily to hear
the report of the committee on cot?
ton warehouses and to discuss the
warehouse proposition, which he re?
garded as the most important work to
be accomplished by the association.
He said that he had ^expected Mr. E.
D. Smith, president of the State As?
sociation, to be present, but he un?
derstood that he had been detained in
MeKjphis at a meeting of the execu?
tive committee.
Mr. R. I. Manning was introduced
and made a strong and forceful talk
on the warehouse question, in which
he clearly outlined the benefits the
establishment of standard warehouses
would be to the south. He reviewed
the work already accomplished by the
association and stated that in his
opinion the future success and useful?
ness of the organization was largely
dependent upon the establishment of
warehouses.
He stated what had been done to?
ward the establishment of a ware?
house in the city and urged that the
farmers co-operate with th-? business
men of Sumter both by takir^ stock in
the company and by patronizing it. He
said that it was planned to organize
a company with $25,000 capital and
build a warehouse with a storage ca?
pacity of 5,000 bales. He said that his
present information was that cotton
could be stored for 25 cents a bale
for the first month and 12 1-2 to 15
cents a month for subsequent months.
The banks would lend money on the
warehouse receipts to those who need?
ed money and everything possible
would be doneto make the warehouse
plans attractive and profitable to the
farmers.
Mr R. F. Haynsworth, chairman Of
the warehouse committee, handed a
subscription list to President Stuckey
who read it and called for subscrip?
tions.
Mr. E. W. Daubs being called on
made short talk on general improve?
ment in business methods by farmers.
Before the meeting adjourned com?
mittees were appointed to solicit sub?
scriptions to the capital stock of the
warehouse company.
Quite a number of those present
subscribed to the stock of the com?
pany and there seems to be much sub"
stantial interest in the enterprise.
ACTING SURGEON GENERAL.
Makes Request of Local Health Offi
cer Reardon.
Acting Surgeon General A. H., Glen
nan of the United States Marine Hos?
pital and Public Health Service has
requested Health Officer E. I. Roar
don to give an opinion concerning
the relative incidence of sore arms
accompanying vaccination during the
winter (1904-1905) as compared with
previous seasons, especially three,
four, and five years ago. It is
known from the work done in the
Hygienic Laboratory of this service
that general improvement in the
purity of virus has followed the ad?
ministration of the act provided July
1, 1902, entitled "An Act to regulate
the sale of viruses, serums, toxins,
and analogous products in the Dis?
trict of Columbia, to regulace inter?
state traffic in said articles, and for
other purposes," and it is now. dc;?ired
to know whether the practical results
coincide with the laboratory data.
The Sumter officer has replied that
he has noticed a marked improvement
in the quality of vaccine virus since
the establishment of TL S. Govern?
ment inspection of vaccine virus, and
that an excessively ulcerated, swollen
arm is almost a curiousity in this city.
He says that in Sumter nothing but
aseptic vaccination is done, and only
approved glycerinized virus is used
by either the practicing physicians or
the health officer. Particular care
is taken to properly clean the area to
be vaccinated with a safe antiseptic
bath, and the scarification being made
with a new sterilized needle never be?
fore used for any purpose, and the
needle once used to scarify is thrown
away, and never used on a second
perso a. Almost entirely doing away
with very sore arms coused from vac?
cination, the opposition to vaccination
has been greatly diminished, and now
hundreds of people seek vaccination
instead of running from it.
The new compulsory laws recently
passed by the general assembly have
been sent out by the state board of
health to the various health officers,
and are now in the hands of the city
councils to be enacted in the form of
city ordinances. These new vaccina?
tion laws will be published as soon as
ratified by city council.
JOHN HAY DEAD.
Great Secretary of State and Famous
Author of "Jim Bledsoe" and "Lit?
tle Breeches" No More.
Newbury, N. H. July 1.-John Hay.
Secretary of State, died at his home
near Lake Sunapee at 12.25 this
morning.
The end came suddenly and unex?
pectedly. FA . passed a comfortable
day and when Dr. Scudder called he
found his patient much improved,
all the symptoms being favorable. His
condition was so satisfactory at 10
o'clock the doctor "and the entire
househould retired for the night with
the exception of the nurse who re?
mained in the sick chamber. At ll
o'clock the nurse looked at the pa?
tient and he was resting quietly. At
midnight, however, he called her and
she noticed a serious change for the
worse. She at once summoned Drs.
Scudder and Murphy as well as Mrs.
Hay, but a short time after they were
called he passed away.
mimm ^-- ?
The News in Washington.
Washington, July 1.-The death of
Secretary ..Hay has caused most pro?
found grief here. The suddenness
with which the end came was an es?
pecial shock to his friends in official
and private life. The fact is that for
several years Secretary Hay has suf?
fered from heart trouble which is be?
lieved to have developed after the
sudden death of his son Adelbert some
time ago.
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Roosevelt to Mrs. Hay.
Oyster Bay, July 1.-President
Roosevelt sent the following message
to Mrs. Hay: "Cannot believe the
dreadful news. Please accept our
sympathy in your terrible bereave?
ment. I do not know what to say to
express my sorrow."
TAKEN HOME FOR INTERMENT.
The Body of Secretary of State Hay
Arrived in devland This Morning.
Cleveland, O., July 3.-The Lake
Shore train bearing the body of Sec?
retary Hay arrived at 6:45 this morn?
ing. The body was borne in a casket
in the special and with it was another
special car for Mrs.Hay and party.
Mrs. Hay's request that the body
should not lie in state for public view
will be complied with and it will only
be exposed to the eyes of the troopers
who will stand guard over the casket
while it lies in s:ate in the hall of the
Chamber of Commerce .
Murray's Iron Mixt tm-e.
Now is the time to takea spring
tonic. By far the best thing to take is
Murray's Iron Mixture. It makes pure
blood and gets rid of that tired feeling.
At all druggists 50 cents a bottle or
direct from the Murray Drug Co., Co?
lumbia, S. C
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
July Tenn of Court of Common Pleas
I
and General Sessions Convened.
The Court of Common Pleas and
General Sessions convened at 10
o'clock Monday, Judge Purdy presid?
ing.
The grand jury was called and after
being briefly charged returned to
consider the bills handed them by So?
licitor Wilson.
The following cases were consider?
ed before the court took a recess at 1
o'clock:
The State vs. Joe Davis, placing an
obstruction on the railroad track.
Plead guilty and sentenced to two
years in the reformatory.
William Lawrence and William
Frierson, housebreaking and larceny.
Plead guilty.
The State vs. William Lawrence,
Jefferson Fraser and William Frier
son, housebreaking and larceny. Plead
guilty.
The State vs. T. B. Bowen, perjury,
Xol pross.
The State vs. Israel Pringle, using
horse without consent of owner. Nol
pros.
The State vs. J. F. Anderson, dis?
posing of crop under lien. Continued.
WATER WORKS BONDS.
Entire Issue Awarded to Cincinnati
Firm at a Premium.
From the Daily Item, July 1.
Sealed bids for the 4 1-2 per cent,
water works bonds were opened at
noon today at the office of City Clerk
Hurst. There were a number of com?
munications from bond dealers, but 1
most of them contained tentative of?
fers for the issue on 5 per cent, basis,
while one offered to take the issue at
par if paid a substantial commission.
Seasongood & Mayer, of Cincinnati,
O., offered to take the entire issue of
$116,000 at par and to furnish the
bonds without cost to the city.
W. R. Todd & Co., of Cincinnati, O.,
offered to take the entire issue and
pay a premium of $500 and accrued
interest to the date of the transfer of
the bonds.
This offer was accepted and the
bonds were awarded to W. R. Todd
& Co.
PEACE COMMISSIONERS NAMED.
President Announces the Names of
Russian and Japanese Plen?
ipotentiaries.
Washington, June 3.-Yesterday
by the direction of the president Sec?
retary Loeb made the formal an?
nouncement in the following state?
ment:
"The President announces that the
Russian and Japanese governments
have notified him that they have ap?
pointed the plenipotentiaries to
meet here, (Washington,) as soon
after the first of August as possible.
The two Russian plenpotentiaries are
Ambassador Muravieff, formerly min?
ister of justice, and now ambassador
at Rome, and Ambassador Rosen.
The Japanese plenipotentiaries are
Baron Komura, now minister of
foreign affairs, and Minister Takahira.
"It is possible that each side may
send one or more additional represen?
tatives. The plenipotentiaries of both
Russia and Japan, will be entrusted
with full power to negotiate and con?
clude a treaty of peace, subject, of
course, to ratification by their respec?
tive home governments."
A day or two ago the Russian and
Japanese governments formally com?
municated to President Roosevelt the
names of the plenipotentiaries they
respectively had selected. Acting as j
an intermediary the president com- ,
muicated the names of the Japanese
envoys to the St. Petersburg govern- I
ment, and those of the Russian rep?
resentatives to the government of To?
kio. Having received from both gov?
ernments assurances that the selec- |
tions were satisfactory, the president,
according to his agreement with the
belligerents, auhtorized the public an?
nouncement of the envoys.
I'll brave the storms of Chilkoot Pass,
I'll cross the plains of frozen glass,
I'd leave my wife and cross the sea,
Rather than be without Rocky Moun?
tain Tea.
China's Drug Store.
Winthrop College
Scholarship and Entrance Ex?
amination.
The examination for the award of
vacant scholarships in Winthrop Col?
lege and for the admission of new j
students will be held at the County
Court House on Friday, July 7th, at
9 A. M. Applicants must not be 'ess
than fifteen years of age. When
scholarships are vacated after July 7,
they will be awarded to those mak?
ing the highest average at this ex?
amination provided they meet the
conditions governing the award. Ap?
plicants for scholarships should write
to President Johnson before the ex?
amination for scholarship applica?
tion blanks.
Scholarships are worth $100 and
free tuition . The next session will
open September 20, 1905. For furth?
er information and catalogue address
Pres. D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C.
May 17-July 6.
FATAL TROLLEY ACCIDENT.
One Killed and Several Injured Near
Buffalo.
Buffalo, July 3.-In a trolley car
wreck near Depew, on the Buffalo
and Depew rail way this morning An?
thony Miller, of Cleveland, O., was in"
stantly killed and his wife and two
others badly injured. The trolley left
the track at a sharp curve.
Mutiny at Kronstadt.
St. Petersburg, July 3.-Th** crew
of cruiser Minnie at Kronstadt has
mutinied, refusing to obey orders io
put tv sea. Tho vessel has been takon
outside the harbor port.
"QUARTERLY STATEMENT"
OF THE CONDITION AND BUSINESS OF
Tte "Bani of SMter," Swater, S. C.
At the close of the quarter ending Jnne
30, 1905, published in conformity with
the Acts of the General Assembly.
ASSETS.
Loans and Discounts, ?332,909 32
Bonds, 12.000 00
Real Estate 17.550 00
Furniture and Fixtures, 1,500 00
Cash on hand. Cash Items and
Cash due by other Banks
and Bankers, 63,449 48
Total, ?427,408 80
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in, $ 75.000 00
Deposits, 217.143 49
Due to other Banks and Bank?
ers, 462 35
Dividend payable on and
after July lt-t 1905, 3 000 00
Undivided surplus, 30.8 2 96
Rediscounts, 6?.000 00
Bills payaole, 50,000 00
Total, $427,408 80
I, W. F. RHAME, Cashier of "The
Bank of Sumter," do solemnly swear that
the above statement is true, to the best of
my knowledge and belief.
W. F. RHAME, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
3rd day of July 1905.
GEO. L. RICHER, [L. S.,]
a Notary Public for S. C.
Correct Attest :
RICH'D L MANNING,
President.
MARION MOISE,
E. C. HAY^SWORTH.
July 3, 1905.
Directors.
BEPOBT Or CONDITION OF THE
Farmer's Bank and Trust Go.,
I OF SUMTER, S. C.
For Quar.er Ending Jure 30, 1905.
! RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts, $149,594 38
Real r state 375 00
Farni'ure an 1 Fixtures 570 34
Overdrafts secured a?d unsecured 952 87
Cash on hand, Cash Items and
Due by Banks and Bankers, 27,016 73
$178 509 32
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock paid in $.60,000 CO
Undivided Profit 4,000 00
Due to Banks and Bankers 1,050 15
Individual Deposits, subiect
to Checks 113,459 17
$178,509 32
I, R. L. Edmurds. Cashier of the above
named Bank, do Folemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
R. L. EDMUNDS, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me thi3
the 3rd day of July, 1905.
GEO. L. RICHES, Notabiy Public, S. C.
Correct Attest:
C. G. F OWL AND Prest.
W. B. BURNS,
ISAAC SCHWARTZ,
July 5. Directors.
QCABTEBXY STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF
THE SUMTER SAVINGS BANK
At Close of Business. June 30,1905.
RESOURCES.
Loans, $14 3,954 00
Furniture and Fixtures, 1,375 00
Cash on hand and in Banks, 27,? 90 67
Total, $172,419 67
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock, $25,000 00
Deposits, 108,112 66
Undivided Profits, 8,554 Ol
Dividend payable July 1, 19 ")c, 753 00
Rediscounts, 30,000 00
Total, $172,419 67
I, Geo. L. Ricker, Cashier of the above
named Bank, do s ole ml y ?wear that the
above statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
GEO. L. RICKER, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 3d daj of July, 1905.
R. L. EDMUNDS, Notary Public, S. C.
Correct Attest :
G. A. t EMMON, Prest,
MARION MOISE,
H. J. HARBY,
July 5. Directors.
G. R. BARRINGER,
Surgeon Dentist.
Office Over China's Drug Store.
The Very Best of Material Used.
Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty.
Office Hours, 8 a. m to 1 p. m -2 p. m. to 5 p. m.
THE SUNTER IRON ' WORKS.
!
Phone 237.
JOHN I. BRTTNSON, President.
W. E. BRTJNSON, General Manager.
E. W. MOISE, Jr., Sec. and Treas.
? We are now in a position to furnish you Engines, Boilers.
Saw Mills of the following "makes : (Engines) Liddell and Wa?
tertown ; (Boilers) Lombard, Nagle, Erie City Iron Works
and, also, Boilers manufactured by The Sumter Iron Works ;
(Saw Mills) Hager Mill, Chase Turbine Mig. Co 's Mill and, also,
The Chattanooga Machinery Co. Improved Drag Saw
The J I Case Traction Engine and Treshing Machines and
all other machinery necessary for the wants of the people kept
in stock at all times.
We also make a specialty of repairing engines and boilers
from 1 to 100 horse power ; also machine shop work and mould
shop work, eastii gs made from 1 to 3,000 lbs, such as iron sills,
columns gratings, ventilators, andirons, fire backs, etc
We also handle The Deering
/^|5t^? Harvesting Machine, including
Reapers and Binders, Corn
Harvesters and Threshers.
Mowers and Rakes, Peg Tooth
and Disk Harrows, Hay Balers.
The above machinery being
the best sold, the only ball bear?
ing machines on the market.
We are also in a position to offer the public the fo.lowing
wagons: The Weber Four Wheel Broad Tire, and The Colum?
bus. And to the Mill men we offer the Hattiesburg & Lindsay
eight wheel wagon.
Come and see us, Corner of Washington St and Oakland ave
One block north of the Southern Railroad Depot. Sumter, S. O