The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 04, 1905, Image 3
MR REARDON DEMANDS PROOF.
He Denies the Correctness of Popula
tion Estimates Made by Secretary
Woods of Rock Hill Commer?
cial Club.
Editor Daily Item:
In justice to the thriving cities of
Sumter and Anderson, the fifth and
sixth cities in population in South
Carolina, according to the official
United States census of 1900. I beg
space in your paper to ask certain
questions of Mr. John Wood, of Rock
Hil?, the secretary of the S?uth Car?
olina Industrial and Commercial As?
sociation, and also secretary of the
Commercial Club of Rock Hill, S. C.
On page 12 of a pamphlet, entitled
""South Carolina, An Invitation to
Homeseekers and Investors," and
printed upon the face of this pam?
phlet is "Issued by the South Carolina
Industrial and Commercial Associa?
tion, John Wood, Secretary and Treas
urere, with endorsement of the State
Department of Agriculture, Com?
merce and Immigration," will bt>
found the following lines:
"The following gives a most con?
servative estimate of the population
of the several thriving and rapidly de?
veloping cities and principal towns of
the State, based upon the census of
1900 and the average decennial rate
of increase in normal times."
Among the cities and town men?
tioned here will be found the esti
mated population of the following
cities for 1905, according to the latest
"Official Wood Census."
Union 7,295, Rock Hill 6,855, An?
derson 6,78S, Sumter 8,609.
The United States census of 1900
gives the population of those cities as
follows:
Sumter 5,673, Anderson 5,498, Rock
Hill 5,4S5.
According to the United States
census of 1900, Sumter was fifth in
population, Anderson sixth, Rock Hill
seventh and Union eighth.
But now, according to Mr. Wood's
census, Union then the eighth place
is now fifth in population, and Sum?
ter, the fifth in population is now
eighth,. while Anderson, the sixth in
population, is now seventh, and Rock
Hill then seventh in population, is
now sixth.
An official city census in 1903, made
by order of the city council of Sumter,
by four reliable, intelligent white ci?
tizens, by a house to house canvass,
for the information of the United
States govett ment shows by actual
count of; names that Sumter had in
1903, 7.281 ' population in the city
limits, and the suburban population,
practically a part of the city, was 767,
making the city and suburban popula?
ron S.04S. What I would like for
Mr. Wood to do is to show how he
changes the positions of Sumter and
Anderson to the eighth and seventh
places respectively in population, and
puts Union, the eighth in population,
as fifth in population.
I Mr. Wood had before him correct
5 information, . or should have had,
when he made his remarkable esti?
mate of population of towns and
cities, as I sent him a printed pam?
phlet containing information as to the
population of Sumter, etc., based on
the official city census of 1903
<7,281) of the city of Sumter, S. C. I
am, therefore, at a loss to know how
he arrives at the estimates which he
has sent all over the State, and per?
haps over the United States, which
places Union and Rock Hill so far
above Sumter and Anderson in popu?
lation. It may be possible, but I have
seen no indication of the very su?
perior growth in population of Union
and Rock Hill over Sumter and An?
derson. If he bases his estimates ac?
cording to the census of 1900. unless
he knew of his own knowledge what
the actual increase in population of
the several cities was or knew of some
special reason why the population of
Union and Rock Hill had jumped up
so much over Sumter and Anderson,
he should have allowed the several
cities to remain as they were by the
census of 3^00 according to rank, with
additional estimates as to growth in
population. In the case of ,Sumter
he had the printed information of an
official nature* that Sumter's popula?
tion in 1903 was7.2Sl and that the es?
timated population in 1905 was 10.0?O;
I think we can prove to the satisfac?
tion of anyone that Sumter's present
population is 10,000. yet Mr. Wood
puts Sumter down as having in 1905
6.609 population. He may be correct
in his estimates of the population of
Rock Hill, Union and Anderson, and
many other cities and towns which he
mentions in his pamphlet^ but he is
very much mistaken in his estimate
of Sumter, when he puts Sumter down
at 6.609, or eighth in population. Sum?
ter has always had a very close com?
petitor for fifth place in Anderson,
and as we are kept under ;t nervous
strain all of the time to keep Ander?
son, the sixth town in population,
from getting ahead of us, and while
we know that li<>ck Hill and Union
were working over time t" catch up
with the hustling Garni- Cock City of
Sumter, we never lost any sleep <?ver
the probable defeat in population
which Mr. Woods lias figured out.
I have heard a great deal ab??ur th.
manufacturing growth and the com?
mercial increase in business of An?
derson, and I know what Sumter ha?
done in the way of increase of popu
Iation, manufacturing* enterprises, in?
crease in business, railroad facilities,
railroad freight and passenger busi?
ness, cotton rceipts, increase in the
school attendance, increase in num?
ber of skilled mechanics, nev.- mer?
chants, new stores new residences,
wholesale houses and many other
things which commercial travelers
tell us has given Sumter the reputa?
tion of pushing Charleston, Columbia,
Greenville and Spartanburg very
close. But I would like for Mr.
Woods to show what great increase in
commercial and manufacturing
growth or other things in Rock Hill
and Union have led him to believe that
Sumter and Anderson have dropped
so far below Union and Rock Hill in
population.
The population of Sumter is in?
creasing very rapidly annually, not
only because of our commercial and
industrial growth, our healthful con?
ditions, our superior graded school
system, our superior railroad facili?
ties, with eight separate lines of rail?
roads, under the control of three sep?
arate systems, our famous drinking
water, but because Sumter is situated
'in the centre of perhaps the most
prosperous agricult?ral and cotton
growing belt iii South Carolina, and
owing to our geographical position,
and being a great railroad centre,
drawing trade from the largest por?
tion of eastern South Carolina. I am,
therefore, loath to believe that Sum?
ter has dropped so far behind Rock
Hill, Union and Anderson, particular
ly the first two in population, and we
will not yield the fifth place in popu?
lation to Union unless Mr. Wood can
show conclusively that his estimates
of population are correct. His pam?
phlet having the endorsement of Com?
missioner E. J. Watson, perhaps Mi
Watson may be able to help Mr.
Wood prove that Mr. Wood is right
and I am wrong. Should I be proven
to be mistaken I will make ample
reparation by public acknowledge?
ment of my errors. In th meantime
Mr. Wood's pamphlet should be
pigeon-holed until he makes good his
statement?? which I claim are erron?
eous and an injustice to Sumter and
Anderson. E. I. Reardon,
Sec. Sumter Chamber of Commerce.
Sumter, September 27, 1905.
NUMBERING MAIL BOXES.
Protests Piled Against th;* IVoposed
Order of the Department.
Washington, ' September 27.-The
order promised by the pos townee de?
partment providing for the number?
ing of rural delivery mail boxes, has
been delayed. Fourth Assistant Post?
master General DeGraw has received
protests from several sources point?
ing out the ease with which mail
order firms could thus reach the
rural population to the injury of local
merchants. Despite the objection,
it is probable the order will be issued,
Mr. DeGraw replying that the same
objection might apply with equal
force to the numbering of houses in
cities. .
WITTE WED?OMED HOME.
Immense Crowds Greeted Him When
He Arrived in St. Petersburg.
St. Petersburg, September 28.-M.
Witte arrived this morning at an hour
when most of the citizens of St. Pe?
tersburg were asleep. The railway?
station was filled with, officials and
friends of Count Witte, but in the
streets there were immense crowds to
welcome the return of the great
peace envoy. He proceeded at once
to his home. The Czar is highly
pleased at the meeting between Count
Witte and Kaiser William. It is said
that the visit caused a deeper im?
pression here than did M. Witte's
work at Portsmouth.
Faith Not Necessary.
?You may be just as skeptical and
pessimistic as you please. Kodol will
digest what you eat whether you eat
or not. You can put your food in
a bowl, pour a little Kodol Dyspep?
sia Cure on it and it will digest it the
same as it will in your stomach. It
can't h'dp but cure indigestion and
dyspepsia It is curing hundreds ana
thousands-some ha.d faith and some
didn't. Kodol will cure you if med?
icine can cure you. whether you have
faith or not. Sold by all druggists.
Harrisburg. Iii.. September 28.
Burglars entered the banking house
of C. P. Burnett & Sons at Eldorado,
north .?! her?-, early this morning.
They wrecked the safe and carried
iway between $8.000 and $10,000 in
currency and gold. A number of ci?
tizens were awakened wh< n the safe
was blown open and arrived at the
bank as the robbers were leaving.
They gave pursuit and shots -.vere ex?
changed but nu one was hit. Blood
hounds have been put <>n the track "f
the burglars.
Por Infants and Children.
His Kind Y?? Hays Always Bought
Bearr, the S~pf y^^z.
Signatare cf C^a^^/T^^^^^
stops t ;b.c co?i?3i .;r.i .r.cci?s?ua?a
BIG COTTON SYNDICATE.
Cotton Holding Plan Likely to Go
Through-Jordan and Cheatham
in New York to Confer
With Hoadley.
New York. September 27.-Harvie
Jordan, president, and Richard
Cheatham. secretary, of the Southern
Cotton Association, arrived in New
York on Saturday, and have since
been in close consultation with the
capitalists who are interested in the
1,000,000 bales purchasing syndicate
project. John Martin, agent of the
Farmers' Union, is also in New York,
and is interested in the same matter.
Although the plan was not formally
presented at the Asheville meeting,
Mr. Jordan has been-in constant com?
munication with those interested since
that time. He would have been in
New York before had it not been that
his many duties detained him in the
South.
The project seems to meet with the
hearty approval of all those who are
interested in a higher price to the cot?
ton producer for his staple, and it is
said that the New York capitalists
who are interested in the matter have
their money ready and are willing to
at once put up $1,000,000 if it is de,
sired to bind themselves to carry out
their part of the project.
Mr. Jordan is very confident that
the farmers will hold for ll cents
anyway, but thinks that this purchas?
ing syndicate would insure an 11
cent minimum price.
The plan, as has been explained
before, is an agreement between a
syndicate and the Southern Cotton
Association and the Farmers' Union,
by which the syndicate agrees to buy
1,000,000 bales of cotton at minimum
price of ll cents a pound. The as?
sociation will obtain the c?tton from
its members, each man selling only a
part of his crop to the syndicate, and
holding . the rest for the minimum
price.
The project, which is a most elab?
orate one in its details, and which
would make the syndicate the biggest
and most powerful spot cotton factoi
in the world, has been submitted to
some of the leading financiers and
bankers of New York and approved
by them. It is expected that an im?
portant announcement will be made
in the matter in a few days.
Neither Mr. Jordan nor Mr. Cheat?
ham was about the Cotton Exchange
on' Saturday. Last night they took
dinner with Joseph H. Hoadley and
some- of the other local capitalists
rho are interested in the project, and
c:>u:d not be found at their hotel.
A man in a position to know gave
it as his opinion that the matter
would be arranged this week, and that
1.000.000 bales of cotton would prac?
tically be taken off the market all at
once.
The cotton market has been some?
what sceptical about the matter, so
that the realization that it is not sim?
ply a talk, would come in the nature
of a surprise, which fnight accentuate
its effect on the market. The men be?
hind the pian certainly seem to be
very much in earnest, and much care
has been taken in the perfection of
the details.
?Sick headache is caused by a dis?
ordered condition of the stomach and
is quickly cured by Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets. For sale
by all druggists.
Will Seacravts, the Columbia
negro who was shot through tbe spine
about ten days ago, died Thursday
afternoon.
How to Cure Corns and Bunions.
* First, soak the corn or bunion in
warm water to soften it; then pare
it down as closely as possible without
drawing blood and apply Chamber?
lain's Pain Balm twice daily, rubbing
vigorously for five minutes at each
application. A corn plaster should be
worn a few days to protect it from
the shoe. As a general liniment for
sprains, bruises, lameness and rheu?
matism. Pain Balm is unequaled. For
^aie by all druggists.
A committee of business men from
Summerton went to Columbia to con?
fer with the railroad commissioners
in regard to the insufficient depot ac?
commodations in that town and the
lack of passenger trains in the North?
western railroad.
Some Seasonable Advice.
. *It may be a piece of superfluous
advice to urge people at this season
of the year to lay in a supply of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, it is
almost sure to be needed before win?
ter is over, and much more prompt
and satisfactory results are obtain?
ed when taken as soon as a enid is
conti acted and I '-foiv it has become
set tied in the system, which can only
he done by keeping the remedy at
hand. This remedy is so widely
known and s<> altogether good that
?o one should hesitate about buying
it in preference to any other: It is
for sale by all druggists.
Robert Pender, of the Jacksonville
baseball i?-:?m will manage the Char?
leston South Atlantic Baseball teajn
next season.
Chief of Police Dean has warned
the Spart?nburg gamblers i<< cease
operations and close their joints at
once.
X
When you place your O. K. on anything you are posi?
tive it is correct and as it should be. You are willing to
stand by your mark-your 0. K. When the NATIONAL
BISCUIT COMPANY puts this trade mark in red and white
on each end of a package of Bis?
cuit, Crackers or Wafers it has
affixed its final 0. K. which abso?
lutely guarantees the contents of
the package to be the very super?
lative of excellence. To learn what
this trade mark really means try a
package of GRAHAM CRACKERS
or SOCIAL TEA BISCUIT.
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
Veting Out the Dispensary.
It is probable that one-third of the
counties will soon vote out dispen?
saries under the Brice act. The
whiskey question would be easily
solved if voting could d<> it. Tvi these
elections the earnest c msciemi
prohibitionists will vote against the
dispensai y. The men who desire
whiskey sold under license by private
individu?is will oppose the dispen?
sary, thinking that getting rid of
them is the first step to saloons.
Then there are many persons who
will vote against the dispensary al?
though they once thought it the
best method of controlling the sale of
whiskey. They see so much corrup?
tion and dishonesty in its manage
I ment that they will oppose it. The
i dispensa; y will have many support
ers, sober, clean, honest men; who
still believe that it is better to have
whiskey sold by the State rather
than by private barkeepers. The evils
of the saloon, with the gambling
rooms attached and kept open day
and/night with a side entrance on
Sunday, and all the inducements and
allurements possible held out to peo?
ple to drink, are remembered by them
and they prefer any thing to that
condition.
But it is not the coming election
and the arguments in " favor of, or
against the dispensary that is the
most serious question. Dispensat?
or no dispensary, there are too many
men capable of highest attainments
and usefulness, who are weakening
the foundations of character and
sinking to lower moral levels every
year by the habitual use of whiskey.
There are genial, honest, good busi?
ness men, professional men. skilled
and able, farmers who are models in
some respects, that are gradually go?
ing downward because the whiskey
habit is fixed on them. It is bad
enough to see a young man. the hope
of his mother, giving way by degrees
to this habit; but it is worse to see
the husband, with children growing
up in the home, bringing shame to
his family by this constantly increas?
ing habit. It is said that, if a man
drinks regularly and moderately un?
til he is 45 years old, he will drink
himself into the grave before he is
60. There are some notable excep?
tions, but where one reforms at that
time of life forty-nine go down. We
appeal to business men. professional
men and farmers especially to come
out on the side of total abstinence in
their private lives, instead of going
downward and hastening tn the end
of the journey by fast living. The
man who drinks habituallv. although I
* .- j
lie is never seen intoxicated, goes
thdough life with his higher qualities
of mind and heart dwarfed and even
dead. Hfs influence for good in his
family and neighborhood is negative.
ii not positively and continually evil.
- Carolina Spartan.
A Judicious Inquiry.
*A well known traveling man who
visits the drug trade says he bas often
..card druggists inquire of customers
vho asked for ? cough medicine,
whether ii was wanted for a child or
for ah adult, and if for a child tiley
ilmost invariably recommend Cham?
berlain's Cough Keine.ly. The rear
.on i"r chis is that they know there
s no danger from i; and that it al
vays enies. There is not tin- least
langer in giving it. and for coughs,
?olds and croup it is unsurpassed,
ror sai< l'y ali druggists.
Regif?ates the BOWELS
Cores Constipation and
Sick Headache l?elsbere
Checkers Medicine Company, WI as ton -Salem, N. C
atlantic Corni JLine.
Effective August 6, 1905.
Pcii.senger Trains arriving and leaving Sumter.
T'jv.n 35 Florence to Augusta Arrives 5 15 am
" 54 Columbia to Wilmington " 8 10 am
<l ?77 Floretee to Sumter " 9 20 an?
fc *57 Gibson to Sumter ** 9 20 am
" 52 Charleston to c?reeeviiie Leaves 9 SI ans
44 46 Orangeburgto Charleston (Tuesd-^Thnrsd'y-.Saturd'y) " 9 35 am
" *78 Sumter to Lucknow Leaves 9 :0 am
" *77 Lucknow to Sumter Arrives 6 GO pm
" 53 Greenville and Columbia to Charleston ** 6 30 pm
,v 32 Augusta to Florence " 6 30 pm
" *56 f>o rater to Gibson u 6 50 pw
*? *7e> Sumter to Fiorerce Leaves 7 10 pm
" 47 Charleston to Crangebcrg(Tuesd'y,Thnrsd'y.Sattixa'y) " 8 20 pu
* 55 Wilmington to Columbia " 9 35 pm
" 78 Sumter to Bishopville Leaves 9 50 am
" 77 Bishopville to Sumter Arrhes 6 00 pm
Freight Trains carrying Passengers.
Train *24 Sumter to Kartsviile Leaves 8 15 am
" *19 Sumter to Kobb'nc Leaves 10 00 am
" *20 Bobbins to Sumter Armes 7 30 am
" *25 Hartville to Sumter Arrives 9 10 ppr
Northwestern Railway.
Train *70 Camden to Sumter Arrives 9 00 au
" *71 Sumter to Camden Leaves 9 36 am
*68 Camden to Sumter " 5 45 pm
" *72 Wilson Mill to Sumter Arrives 12 30 pm
** *73 Sumter to Wilson Mill Leaves 3 30 pm
" *69 Sumter to Camden * 6 31 pm
Trains marked * daily except Sunday ; all other trains daily.
For further information, apply to
J. T. CHINA, Ticket A?ent A. C. L
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WE GUARD OUR PATRONS' INTEREST?
Tile Farmers' Bank and Trust Gc.
Capital Stock S60.0G0. -:
-:- Undivided Profits $4,000.
C. G. Rowland. Prst. R. F. Haynsworth, V. Prst.
R. L. Edmunds. Cashier.
Deposits June 30, end of first
quarter after organization, $113,
459.17.
Liability of stockholders, in
addition to capital stock, S60.000.
A general bank inn business.
Solicits your patronage and
guarantees every courtesy con?
sistent with good business meth?
ods.
G. R. BARRINGER,
Surgeon Dentist.
Office over China's Drug Store. Telephone No. 350.
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 5.30 p. m.
Judge Gary Could Not Identify Either j Calumbia, September 29.-It looks
of Them. as Richland might join the steadily
Columbia, Sept. 29.-John Ca- increasing number of "dry" counties
rey and John Lurksie. the ChicagoJ and go on iver,! as opposed to the
toughs held by the police, ns suspect- [graft-laden dispensary. A meeting,
cd of doing the recent daring hold-ups worked up by the Kev. E'Ason of the
in Columbia, were today confronted { State Law and Ord?? League, is to be
by Ju.icc Gary. The smaller man was j held i:i the v. M. C. A. rooms here
extremely nervous in the Judges {tomorrow tor the purpose of consid
proser.ee but though the Judge said j-ort ns -; " ^xbiliiy of putting out a
........ petition for an election under the
........ Brice act Inasmuch as this is now
;,, x will ? regarded as the principal dispensary
., st-n nghoM in the State, with the pos
Aikon will have a million gallon [suit of the fight here will bc watched
warer reservoir. I with great interest.
this man w??s the same siz<
who robbed him he cou;
tively identify < i:b r. an
b- ?th be r? 'Teased t ! ii