The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 16, 1905, Image 4
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1905,
The Sumter Watchman was founde
185Q and the Tm Southron in 1866.
?Pafe?Kiaw and Southron now has the c
. - bined circulation and influence of bot
the old papers, and is manifestly the
advertising medium in Sumter.
The way to rid the State dispem
X>i corruption and graft is to put
tanest man in charge of the wi
business and hold him responsible
Sts honest administration. There
honest men in South Carolina and
believe that one of them could be
tin ced to take charge of the basil
fend purge it of rascals and corr
' tion. A. salarv would have to
paid that would compensate him
bis time, but a high-priced, hoi
tuan at the head of the dispens
would be worth more than i
: treasonable salary he might derna
* * *
It is evident from the disclose
fcnade In Spartacbarg that tho Disp
isary Investigating Committee 1
been making a real investigation.
* . .
If the Bon. Cole L. Blease, Sena
v :.. from Newberry county, represents J
Dunwoody, the beer mau and whisl
drummer, what right has he to sei
v>n the Dispensary Investigating co
taittee?
* * .
Hon Cole L. Biease to"'Ex. Bi
Dispenser Morris: "You boys t(
too much." That is a queer line
talk for a member of sn investigati
committee.
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The case has been made ont agair
%he Spartan burg Journal, mainly '
the admissions of the owner and ec
tor of that paper. He published, f
a consideration reading matter, n
tn&rked to indicate that it was pa
advertising, in advocacy of the di
pensary system. This fact being a<
knitted, explanations are' useless.
. . . .
The graft and corruption that pe
- toeates the dispensary system is fuL
fes great as suspected for a long tin
and the next legislature cannot lons*
Ignore the facts. The state dispel
tsary is rotten to the core, ana the coi
tiona uncovered in Spartanburg ind
cate that the corrupt i en has ext en de
to some of the counties.
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The establishments of the Columbi
^Georgetown boat line will tend i
fcnake Columbia the interior distribu?
lng point of the state and the advar
tage of water rates will enable tba
g| city to distance all other towns as
wholesale market, unless they can fin
fe way to obtain equally as low ratee
Sumter 'has built up a promisin.
Wholesale business and it can be io
creased if the, favorable freight ;xate
fend maintainted. This city is nea
enough to the San tee river for it t
be possible to build ac electric lin
<W a recular railroad to connect wi*J
the river boats and haul freight is
competition wits the tailroads.
. . .
GK. lt is late in rv,e sensor, to uudprtak:
to lease the Opera Rouse, and the Cit;
Council '"id weil *o ebanae tbe timi
?or execs tia*: the loaae f tota Septem
i ber to January.
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The Dispensary Investigating com
toittee held a meeting here anc
?fessrs. Lyon and Christiensen of the
special sub-committee on county dis
pansaries spent several days here, bul
so far as is known nothing lotten wa?
Xinearthed. But if it was tbe babit ol
whiskey houses to send extra bottles
in every case to all dispensaries wbat
became of the extra bottles that come
to Sumter?
. * *
The Isle of Palms is said tc be the
Monte Carlo of tbe Atlantic coast,
having Coney Isand and all other re?
sorts distanced. Perhaps this accocnts
for the 'inusual popularity of the I-le
this season*. F'iks who go ou pleas
tire trips are usually out for sport."
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'** Candidly, we do not believe that
the Spartanburg disclosures have so
far damaged any man's reputation.
> Kews and Courier.
This should be referred to tbe
Honorables Cole L. Bease and H.'H.
?vans.
. . .
If ft rs unlawful for a beer dispen?
ser to permit drinking on the prem?
ises, or in a room adjacent thereto
owned cr controlled by the dispenser,
why is tbe law net enforced?
. . *
Senator Tillman takes great pride
Sn the fact that two clean and re?
putable men as Senator Manning of
Sumter and Senator Raysor of Orange
burg, although conservatives, give
fcbeir endorsement to some features of
$he dispensary law.
. ? ?
Columbia is getting her new water
works system at a cost far below the
original estimates of tbe engineers, if
we remember correctly, and our recol?
lection must be approximately so
oise why would the City of Columbia
vote to issue $400,OOO in bonds to build
a system that will cost only $153,
The bids for the Columbia water
works contract also makes one wonder
what the Snmter water works system
for which we have paid $116,500,
really cost. If ?153,000 will pnt in
a system adequate to the present and
fntnre needs of Colnmbia, wtere the
work mast necessarily be far more
expensive, by reason of the character
of the soil and topography of the city,
than in Snmter, the system here coudj
not have cost more than a fonrth of
what the' Colnmbia system will. Be?
sides the Snmter system was con
strncted twelve or thirteen years ago
when labor was fifty per cent cheaper
than now. "We; are paying a high
price for the franchise which we gave
away, and the worst of it is that we
can't help ourselves and it is cheaper
to pay an exorbitant price for the wa?
ter system than not to obtain control
of it.
mm*
.
If the farmers rash their cottou
crop to market during the next ninety
days as they have been accustomed to
do for many years they will kill the
Southern Cotton Growers Association
BO dead that it can never be resurrect?
ed and will undo all the good that or?
ganization has accomplished. The
way to maintain the price of cotton is
to keep the consumers on the hunt for
it all the year round.
The Russian peace envoys are put?
ting up a big bluff at Portsmouth in
the effort to save their face., but the
Japanese have largly blocked that
game by insisting that the proceedings
be kept secret. A bluff without an
audience is like an egg without salt.
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The Hon. Cole L. Biease says he
will be a candidate for Governor cn
the dispensary platform. A worse
combination might be devised-per?
haps.
The general acceptance of the mosqui?
to theory of yellow fever infection has
served to prevent the unreasoning fear
that always attended an epidemic of
the disease in former years. -People do
not fear the disease as they once did.
DOESN'T XOW ADVISE TO HOLD.
President E. D. Smith is Confident
Cotton "Will not Sell ?elow Ten or
Ten and a Quarter, out Can
not Express an Opinion
About Holding
Columbia, Aug. IL-President E. D.
Smith, of the South Carolina Cotton
Growers' Association has issued an
open letter to the merchants and far?
mers, in which he says :
"There are invitations in this office
for us to be present at rally meetings
in nearly every county in the state.
I hope that every county will adopt
the plan adopted in Spartan burg
County, which has worked so admir?
ably here. The following is the plan :
"The piesident has secured local
speakers, and has made appointments
at every immediate point and in every
township, and then at his county
seat; and has made a complete can?
vass of bis entire county, holding
these meetings and having the people
addressed by those enthusiastically in
sympathy with the Association. Then
after having covered the entire county
has held a rally meeting at the county
seat, in which all those townships
are invited to be present; and in this
way has gotten his county well in
line.
Again I : wish to suggest that ic is
a good idea for the president of each
county to select some bank at the
county seat, where dues and contri?
butions may be paid at any time, and
thus avoid confusion.
"A great many are asking me the
question whether or not it will be
wise for them to contract now to sell
their cotton for fall delivery at 10
and 10^4 cents. I would not advise
any one to held cotton this season
until the meeting of the executive
committee at Asheville on september
6. I will say, no we ver, that the con?
ditions tnroughent the country do
not warrant any doubt as to the price
.being less than the figures above men?
tioned. I have bet.ii compelled to
abandon the work of tue organization !
on account of the quarantine regula?
tions and yesterday cancel!* d ali ap?
pointments. This is a great disappoint?
ment to me, as we bari meetings call?
ed for every county in tue State dur?
ing the months of August and Sep?
tember
"The meetings we have heen hold?
ing recently have been very well at?
tended and there is great enthusiasm
among our members. The state will
t?o ber full part along the line of or?
ganization and will hold colton to any
point that the executive committee
may advise.
"I hope that the proper officials in
the several counties will see to it that
dues and fees are collected at once
and 'promptly sent to this office, as
both State and centrai organizations
are in need cf funds. Let every coun?
ty do its utmost to provide ample ware I
house room at the earliest date possi- j
ble. Organization and ware houses I
are the solution of the probein cf
the permanent success ot the Southern j
Cotton Association.
"1 am trying my best to reach every ;
county and hope to be able to do so :
during the montus of August and |
September.
? D. Smith.
"President Southern Cotton Associa- !
tion. '' '
Ju thc Magistrate's Court.
Ada Robertson, of chain gang fame,
was up again before Magistrate Harby
Teursday, and on this occasion was
charged with entry aftvr notice. '.-r.?
bad been notified by Mr. s.
Cherry not to return to a house from
which he had rceently removed 1er.
She persisted in going back and was
accordingly arrested. She plead
"guilty" to the charge, and was sen?
tenced" to pay a fine of ?10.00 cr to
serve on the gang for 20 days. She
went to the gang.
FREE TRADE WITH PHILIPPINES.
A Change of View Comes Over thc
Taft Party Now in the East.
Manila, Aug. 12.-Now that the
Taft party has been in the isands for
over a week a consensos of opinion of
the majority of its members on the
free admission of Philippine prodccts
to the markets of the United States
has been obtained, and it can be stat?
ed without fear of contradiction that
the attitude of the leaders of the posi?
tion to the policy of a reduction of the
Dingley law on sugar and tobacco has
materially changed since their arrival
here. Representative E. J. Hil, of
Connecticut, one of the leaders in the
House of the opposition to the further
reduction of the tariff on tobacco, de?
clares himself in favor of the free ad?
mission of cigars and tobacco from the
islands into the United States. Sen?
ator E. T. Dubois,, leader of the oppo
S:K'- n to the Cooper bill in the Senate,
I also stated that be will not oppose
free trade while other members, erst?
while of the opposition party, have
convinced themselves that sugar and
tobacco from the islands will in no
wise menace like products of the Uni?
ted States.
Representative Shirley, of Kentucky,
a member of the tobacco growing
district, will favor the free admission
of sugar and tobacco, being convinced
that the cigars from there will not
compete to any appreciable extent
with those manufactured in America.
It can be stated upon good authority
that the Cooper bill, which was
favorably reported upon by the House
ccmmittee at the last session of Con?
gress, will now be amended, providing
for free trade instead of tho proposed
reduction of 25 per cent, of the pre?
vailing Dingley rates.
To Achieve Success.
A New York lawyer whose income
is now $12,000 a year and who began
lire a little less than a quarter of a
century ago as a clerk in a law office
at $8 a week gives this recipe for suc?
cess:
"Success will come to the man who
recognizes that genius lies in doing
all the commonplace things of life
well and promptly, and especially in
doing them better than any other peo
pie. A certain number of hours a
day devoted to a given ambition will
do more than any meteoric plunge for
success in any field. Keep plodding
from day to day and don't lose sight
of the ob jeer.''
William Meyer, another New Yorker
wbofle career began as a clerk and who
is now rounding into an international
merchant with an income each year
that is not far from $50,000 says:
"Success must come to the man who
will try to do toe things of life better
than an one else, and, if he can't
do that, do so much more than any
one else that he must be in demand.
From $8 a week to 88,000 a year was
a steady pull for me, and when I
reached that mark I thought I was do?
ing very well and was rather proud
of my success, but I soon saw that
if 1 allowed myself to be content with
that I would go back, because no one
stands still ; they either go ahead or
go back. So I took a new grip on
things and started ahead, and I'm in
the same position today. I must go
on. There are no secrets of success ;
success is an open book. Work, make
friends, establish credit. Stick to it
and don't get discouraged. That's
success."
Growing Towns.
If there is a dispensary town in the
state growing faster than Bennetts
ville we would thank the Abbeville
Medium to show it to us.-Pee Dee
Advocate.
An easy thing has been asked of ns
for there can be no question that the
following towns are growing faster
than Bennettsville : Anderson, Green?
ville, Spartanburg, Union, Columbia
and Sumter.---Abbeville Medium.
A Worker and His Wages.
Today the people of tbe United
States are disposed to question the
methods by which au individual bas
accumulated wealth or achieved posi?
tion The mere o nership of wealth is
not sufficient. The possessor is called
before the tribunal of public opinion
and must show that a valuable consid?
eration has been given in exchance for
that which be has acquired. No ten?
dency has been shown to rob the work?
er of the fruits of his industry but on
the other band the people have said
definitely and emphatically that the
usefulness of the individual to the
community, the value o? bis work to
the state and the nation, the part be
bas played in developing the natural
resources and the aid be has given in
building up society shall constirute
the evidence on which their verdict of
his work and himself is to be founded,
snvs the American Lumberman.
In brief it may be said tbat the pos?
session of money itself has lost a part
of ii s former significance, this being
true even though to some extent thf
measure of a man's success is comput?
ed in dollars. Prrsent social and in?
dustrial conditions peimit of the ac?
cumulation of a fortune in a great va?
riety of ways. It may represent the
fruits of patient industry, tireless ac- j
ti vi ty, exceptional ability, invention
or aggressive fcree ; or on tiie other
band trickery, fraud, discreditable
practices and the exercise of undue
advantage over the needs and neces?
sities of otheis. Rightly therefore the
public has decreed that the mere pos?
session of wealth dues not signify cr
designate the worth of the individual
to either hi^ fellow men or his com?
munity.
Ample room and opportunity are
given the builder and usually if the
operations cf the individual aie con?
ducted along correct lines the measure
of reward meted out is generous-not
only the monetary remuneration but
that representing the status of the
worker ou a man to man basis.
Success in a small way is paid for
by the individual at perhaps a higher
proportionate rab' than where the ac?
complishments arc on a larger scale.
The worldwide domination or one in?
dividua! is not possible, yet the world
of commerce lies invitingly open,
with no abrupt dmd wall bearing the
notation "Thus far and no farther
shalt thou go'' to rt strict honest en?
deavor.
lt is said that not a little of the
pun- linseed OJ I tbat goes into paint
is made from cotton s<. ed. Cotton seed
oii is a wonderfully adaptable product
and masquerades equally a> well as
olive oil or linseed oil.
Weekly Crop Bulletin.
Columbia, August 15.-The mean
temperature for the week ending Mon?
day, August 14th, was slightly above
normal over the eastern half and
slightly below over the western. The
extremes were a maximum of 103 de?
grees at Blackville on the 8tb, and a
minimum of 64 degrees at Greenville
on the 9th. There was less than the
usual amount of sunshine. High
winds, damaging to cern and cotton,
prevailed during the week in the
western counties Bottom lands were j
flooded along the upper portions of the
Saluda, Broad, Wateree, and Great
Pee Dee rivers and their tributaries,
and considerable corn destroyed.
The long drought was broken over
the entire State. The rainfall was
heaviest in the central counties where
it amounted in places, to o\er six
inches, and was least in Beaufort and
Georgetown counties where it was
generally less than half an inch.
There was rain nearly every day and
the ground is now thoroughly saturat?
ed. The rain was needed and in
places was very beneficial, but in others
it caused deterioration in crops, es?
pecially cotton, and in te rf erred with
farm work, especially haying and pul?
ling fodder. Nearly all' crops have
been laid by, and further cultivation
is now impracticable.
With very few exceptions, the repots
on cotton indicate rapid deterioration
due to excessive shedding, rust and the
plants turning yellow. These condi?
tions prevail over practically the entire
State, but are most marked on sandy
land. In many places growth has stop?
ped, while in a few the plants are
making new growth. Bolls are open?
ing rapidly in the south and central
counties and considerablie has been
picked. The excessive heat of the
5th, 6th, 7th and Sh was very damag?
ing on cotton.
There is a general improvement in
the condition of late corn due to the
ample moisture which came oppor?
tunely. Tobacco curing is nearly fin?
ished. Peas, sweet potatoes and all
varieties of cane are doing well. The
frequent rains interfered with prepa?
rations for all truck crpps. Rice made
fine progress. Pastures imprc\ed
rapidly and again afford fine grazing.
Turnips were sown extensively. Late
fruits, especially apples and peaches
are rotting badly.
Weather and Crops.
Washington, Aug. 15.-The weekly
crop report of the weather bureau
j says:
As in the previous week the least
favorable reports respecting cc""m
are received from the eastern districts,
? where the prevalence of rust and
! shedding continues. During the past
j week a large part of the central and
eastern portions of the cotton belt
has received from two to six inches of
rain, which has proved injurious. In
northern Alabama and in portions of
Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, cot?
ton ha? improved, but in other por?
tions of these States the crop has
deteriorated. In Oklahoma and In?
dian territories, Arkansas and Missou?
ri cotton has generally improved, al?
though local complaints of shedding,
rust and insects are received from
Arkansas.
? Too much rain and lack of sun?
shine have proved unfavorable to to
j bacco in Maryland, Virginia and Ken- j
? tucky, elsewhere this crop has ad
, vanced satisfactorily.
SUMTER LOSES TO CAMDEN.
A Close and Exciting Game of Ball
on thc Camden Diamond.
Camden. August 14.-Good game J
of ball played this afternoon bc
tween Sumter and Camden, with n j
final score of 2 to 0 in favor of Cam- |
den. Battery for Camden, Mabry ;
and Cunningham, for Sumter, Dwyer, j
Moore and Miller. Base hits, Sum- ?
j ter 2; Camden 3. Errors, Camden, j
1, Sumter, 1. Struck out by Dwyer, i
5; by Cunningham. G.
Score by Inning.
Sumter -0 <> 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0
Camden-0 1 1 0 0 OOO 0-2
THE PEACE CONFERENCE.
Portsmouth. X. H.. August 15.
Willie official verification is still lack- !
[ ing there is high authority for the i
I
statement that three articles of the j
j
(Japanese demands were agreed to j
yesterday by the peace plenipoten- !
! tiaries. They were: 1. Recognition
by Russia of Japanese preponderat- |
ing influence in Korea, politically and |
commercially; Russian subjects in \
Korea to be given equal rights with ;
other foreigners. 2. ?Russian evacu- ,
ation of Manchuria. 3. Mutual j
agreement to respect territorial in- :
tegrity of Chinese empire.
Considerable secrecy is still main
fained as to proceedings in the peace '
conference, owing to the agreement
between Russian and Japanese en- \
voys that no official statement re?
garding terms should be made public \
. until later. Sufficient, however has
leaked from sources close to the prin- ;
i
cjpais, tu make it reasonably certain ;
i that the points indicated above are !
I ones that have been disposed of. jn '
: Korea the agreement points to th3 i
j establishment practically of a Japa- j
nose protectorate similar to that exer- !
, cised in Egypt by England.
Bagging and Ties.
The season is now fast approaching when every cotton pro?
ducer will be looking around for the cheapest place in which to
buy the wherewith to cover it. As usual we are well supplied
in this line, having made our contracts in the early Spring and
a large percentage of our purchase has been in our warehouse
since the first of June. Our purchases are made direct from
those who manufacture and produce the material, and in such
quantities as entitle us to
THE INSIDE JOBBING PRICES.
Our Stock Consists of
New Jute Bagging.
Second Hand Jute Bagging.
New Sugar Sack Bagging.
New Arrow Ties.
FLOUR, FLOUR, FLOUR.
There has been a sharp decline in flour owing to the milling
of new wheat, and while we have some on hand that cost us
more than we can buy at today, we base our price on
What We Can Buy at Not What
We Have Paid.
And Quote as Follows:
Miilbourne $6.00.
Semper Idem $5.40.
Devon . $4.40.
Our Miilbourne may seem high even at this ?gure compared
with other patents, but those who have tried it pronounce it
THE BEST THEY EVER USED.
O'Donnell Company
THE SUMTER IRON WORKS
Phone 237.
JOHN I. BRUNSON, President.
W. E. BRUNSON, 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 ; (Boil*rs) Lombard. Nagle, Erie City Iron Works
and. also, B ile rs manuf ctured by The Sumter Iron Works ;
(-aw Mills - Bauer Mil!, Chase Turbine Mfg. Co ?s Mill and, also,
The Chattanooga Machinery Co. improved Drag Saw
The J I Case Traction Kt gine and Treshing Machines and
all other machinery necessary for the wants of the people kept
in stock at a l 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, castings made from i to 3,000 lbs, such as iron sills,
columns gratings, ventilators, andirons, fire backs, etc
We also handle The Peering
Harvesting Machine, including
Reapers and Binders, Corn
Harvesters and Threshers,
Mowers and Rakes, Pep; Tooth
|g and Disk Harrows, Hay Balers.
The above machinery being
the best sold, the only bail bear?
ing machines on the market.
We are also in a position to oiler the public the io 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, Corn?r of Washington St. and Oakland ave
One block north of the Southern Railroad Depot. Sumter, S. O