Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?jjt ?tetonas m? SOH%?H WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22,1905. . The Sumter Watchman was founded in 1850 and the True Southron in 1866. The Wa?c/i??*z7? and Southron now has the com? bined circulation and influence of both of tile old papers, and is manifestly the best advertising medium in Sumter. As we understood it the Southern Cotton Growers' Association was or? ganized to force the consumers of cot? ton to pay a fair ?nd legitimate price ior the cotton produced in the South, aot to exact a speculative profit by creating an artificial famine. If the association should be used to advance the price of cotton unduly, it will at .once become an agency for untold in? jury to the South. The Southern farmers wan* a legitimate price for 5-helr cotton, but they need and must i:-ave. if they are to prosper, a steady ishd s?abie market. If Harvie Jordan burris speculator, with the influence posesses with the Southern farm? ers as his capital, he will do the South more lasting injury than Theo? dore Price has ever been able to in? flict. * ? ? Greenville county has voted out the dispensary system and there is a joy in the "dark corner" around^ Glassy 3?ountain. Stock in the moonshine distilleries is already above par. ? . ? If the dog tax brings in only $50,000 this year, there has been some tall ?y?ng done by South Carolina dog fan? ciers. The dog tax ought to yield at least three times $50.000 annually, e * * ; The success of the Sumter Fall Fes 5/trva? last year gave a remarkable im? petus to the carnival business in South Carolina. There is danger of over-do? ing it we fear, but by the time Sumter is ready po have another week of fes? tivity our people will be able to devise more and attractive features that draw the crowds from all parts of South Carolina as we did last year. . * . That advertising pays was demon? strated by the crowd that packed the Sumter Department Store. Advertis? ing and advertising alone is respon? sible for the crowds. ** 9 * Ten cents was a satisfactory price jfor cotton, but those who still have /aqy on hand are convinced that it is 'worth ll cents or more. If they hold *? the "belief and to the cotton they ?will ?get ?their price before many ww?ks hare passed. There is little cot? ton In the fcan?s v>f farmers in Sum? ter county as compared with the amount on hand last year this time, luit those who have the cotton are aide to hold it, and with the assistance , i>f Gie warehouse company and the jnnks they .can .hold it indefinitely. ?* * ? The "farmers* fight for a fair price ( tor cotton is a long way from being wen, and if there is a big crop plant efl next spring the price will go down te six -or seven cents before the crop 6s chopped out to a stand. The acre- J ase should be still further reduced so - as to -make a ten million bale crop or less a certainty. We cannot count on < SK -seasons to curtail the crop twice I in succession and everybody now admits' that the size of the crop this ? jcear'was largely determined by the ; seasons, the reduction in acreage hav? ing hut a small share in the result. The reduction in the cotton acreage tfeext year is more important than ever l>efore, and the Southern Growers' Associatica should devote more time to the campaign for reduction in acre? age than to the effort to force the price up to 15 cents. If the acreage is materially reduced the price of cot? ton between planting and harvest time will take care of itself. A small cotton acreage will have more in Quence on the market than Mr. Har "?rle Jordan's plan to withdraw 3.000, <W0 hales from the market ASSOCIATION DEMANDS 15 CENTS Organization is Waging War on the Speculators-A Vigorous Cam? paign on Foot. tDorabmia, November 17.-That the Southern VCotton association is in earnest in the fight to res-ist and rut aside the speculator to the weltaie aa benefit of the producer, vo one wno yesterday visited toe office of Mr. P. rf. Weston, tho secretary of the South Carolina divison, can doab1". Usa office force was busily engaged sending out literature to the various eo&trt|p3 and there were other evi? dence that the work is being pushed ia wo uncertain way. . Asked ?or an interview concerning tais recent activitv on the part of the asBOci&tron. Mr. Weston said : "Today I am in receipt of instruc? tions from headquarters in Atlanta to institute a movement toward secnring pledges from the farmers for the cot? ton which they now have on hand for 15 cents. M We know that there is a most ac? tive demand for dry goods and that the milts have not the cotton neces? sary to run them to fill these con? tracta The association considered ll centB a fair,but net unreasonable price for cotton/ but in view of the very aggressive campaing that has been instituted against cotton in the last Sew days by Theodore Price and his allies,, it would be absurd for tbe Southern Cotton association to stand %j and see the producers of cotton throughout the south despoiled of mil? lion? of dollars. *^ We must-'convince the spinners of the world; that the price of cotton is to be fixed by the producre and net by the speculator. "Mr. Smith is absent from the State, in Texas, speaking in the interest of the association,, but I propose to or? ganize a most vigorous campaign in behalf of securing pledges from farm? ers for 15 cents for cotton now on hand. I am now placing these pledges in the hands of county presidents, with instructions to employ* canvassers in every school district in South Car? olina. "We have the money on hand and propose to pay these canvassers for their work. The auditors' books will be used to furnish as the uames of every cottou grower in each county. The names will be placed in the hands of the party canvassing the school districts and thus every farmer will be approached. ! Iso southern man should stand idly ; by and seo his section robbed of mil? lions of dollars ^which does not innure to the benefit cf the spinner but to the benefit of Wall street speculators. "A similar campaign is being waged in evrey cotton producing State in the sooth. This is a fight of pro? ducer against speculator and we must and will wiu. " Concerning the cotton crop of Rich? land county and of the State general? ly, Mr. Weston continued: "You have asked me for an ex plantion of my opinion of the cotton crop of this county. I am largely interested in farming and lam prob? ably the largest owner of agricultural land in this county, and sam also connected with ODe of the largest banks of the city, which gives me an excellent; opportunity of being brought in contact with the farmer, "This year's cotton crop has been one of the most disastrous ? tc the farmers of the county iu tbi3 respect. We had abundant moisture and our people fer/tilize very heavily, thereby giving us a very large weed. But we realize now that our cotton crop will not reach two-thirds cf what it was last year. "This time last year it ?was really a favor to get a bale of cotton ginned, but it now requires only one or two days iu the week to meet the present demands. "We have practically coupleted the harv*st of our cotton crop and there is only left in the field to be gather? ed that whiten is commonly known as 'scrap' cotton, which is very thin and light. "This shortage is practically ex? plained by the fact thai freezing weather caught "a large number of bolls in a very an matured state and full of moisture, and of course these bolls will not open. "On one of my plantations last year on 120 acres I made 130 bales of cot? ton. On this plantation I had planted this year 90 acres bot fertilized it well and worked it well. Up to date I have ginned 60 bales of cotton, and hope to get five more. "I would consider my experience as that of every other planter in the county. "I have bad occasion to travel over nearly all of the counties of the State and have talked with merchants and business men, and ia most every in? stance I have been told that- the cot? tou crop in their section would reach between 60 and 75 per cent of the cotton crop of 1904." SO?TH^C?ROLINA .YEWS. [terns of Interest Condensed and Par- j agraphed for Quick Reading. ( - Dorchester county will try to vote i >ut the dispensary. Large crowds are going to Darling :on to attend the Carnival this week. i Five North Carolina wagoners were wrested in York county Saturday for selling whiskey. 1 Mr. T. M. Merriman, a prominent , citizen of Georgetown, died suddenly Saturday night. ' i Will Foster, white, was seriously stabbed by Wrough Brown in a street fight in Greenville Saturday. Thomas Fuller, a Laurens Mill op? erative, was struck by a freight train Saturday and seriously injured. The store of J. E. Brown at White's Pond, Aiken county, was destroyed Thursday night by a mysterious ex? plosion. The Camden negro who confessed to having made an attempt to assault a iady in that city was, taken to Co? lumbia Monday night for safekeep? ing. The two-story frame house, form? erly used as a bakery by Puckhaber & Girard in Summerville, was de? stroyed by fire Thursday morning. The loss is about $2,00. A well-dressed boy about four years old was found wandering about the streets in Greenville Thursday. An all day search failed to locate his parents but from a badge he wore it is sur? mised that his home is in Gainsville, Ga. Four hundred cattle have arrived in Rock Hill, having been driven all the way from East Tennessee to Rock Hill through the country. The cattle have all been dehorned. Not one of them' weighs less than 700 pounds while the maximum weight is 1,000. The work of the sanitary and drain? age commission which has charge? of the drainage of the swamp lands near Charleston is progressing satisfael J l ly. Hon. J. Adger Smyth has beoi? appointed by Gov. Heyward to rill the vacancy on the commission created by the death of Mr. T. R. McGahan. An unusual and possibly fatal ac? cident happened to a well known farmer living near Jonesville recent? ly. Mr. Thomas Wright was chasing a runaway horse across a field and a bristly cocklebur Hew up into his mouth and wa.-, instantly drawn down his windpipe. All efforts by local phy? sicians to dislodge it proved f?til?, and the man, suffering horrible tor? ture, has been taken to a hospital in Spartanburg to be operated upon. ALTOMOBILE PAK ADE. Big Feature of thc Sumter Light In? fantry Gala Week. Mr. T. B. Jenkins, who is in charge of the automobie parade for gala week announces that the first event under his management will be | the ladies driving contest on Tuesday, November 28th. The contest will be held on Main street between Liberty street and Hampton avenue, and the award will be made in reference to skill in the general management of the car. The first prize will be 810 in gold,- which will be donated by the carnival committee ; the second prize, a pair of 82.50 lady's drivng gloves, will be presened by Mr. T. B. Jen? kins. The grand automobile floral parade will be on Thursday morning, and every car in Sumter and in the neigh? boring towns is expected to take.part. It is not necessary to have the cars decorated in order to make them eligi? ble to participate in the parade, but prizes will be awarded for the best de? corated machines Mr. T. B. Jenkins bas generously offered a 825 head light for the car that the judges declare is the best de? corated ; and to the car that is tbn next best, the carnival committee will present to the owner 810 in gol?. The day for the automobile and horse races will be announced tomor? row, i SO. CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE. Disposition of Church Organ AVill Be Considered By Conference. Among the interesting matters that will come before the South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church, which will meet in Spartanburg nest month, will be the disposition and control hf the conference organ, tbe Southern Christan Advocate. The Advocate has been published in Spar? tanburg for tue past three years by Rev. G. H. Waddell under a four years' contract. At the last session of the conference the subject was dis? cussed and an effort was made by Rev. S. A. Nettles to secure the publication of the paper, which he proposed to is? sue at ?1 a year, and for a time it looked as if Mr. Nettles would get it. However, the matter was put over until the conference of this year for determination. It is not known whether Mr. Nettles will press his proposal at the coming session or what will be the temper of the con? ference toward it, if be does. During this year Mr. Waddell has been unable to give bis attention to the business on account of ill health and the Advocate has been in charge of Rev. W. A. Rogers witn the busi? ness mangement in the hands of J. Wright Nash, Esq. Prominent Meth? odist of the community have contrib? uted to the editorial department of the paper and a very excellent church pa? per has been produced. It ie not known whether Mr. Waddell wishes to continue as publisher of the Advo? cate or what the pleasure of the con? ference will be towards the matter. The people of Spartanburg bope that the church organ will continue to be published aere and, as Spartanburg is in a sense the headquarters of Meth? odism in South Carolina, it would seem to be the proper home for the church organ. The Advocate is- piint 3d by Band & White in faultless typo? graphical style.-Spartanburg Jeor naL Advertise tbe South. The Wall Street Summary in dis? cussing the question of Southern im? migration, says: An intelligent presentation of its diverse advantages promulgated should attract to. its territory emi? grants of the better class-accustomed to agricultural pursuits abroad-and divert Dixe-land-ward, the present steady stream of immigration toward the west. In addition, western farm? ers seeking more congenial climes would probably migrate and bring with them their savings and experi? ence, a?d the poteut influence of capital itself would be attracted. How this may be accomplished is furnished in the annual report of the Commissioner of Agriculture of the state of Virginia, in which he says: If this department had sufficient funds to advert.se the state properly, there would be seen, within the nest few yenrs, a marked increase in the value of our lands and other proper? ties. This is the only medium to achieve - for the south, the permanent success desired. Advertising is today the corner-stone of the business mart, industrial as well as commercial, and a recourse to this indispensable agency in exploitation should bring abundant rewards. New South Wales, the most progressive division of the Australian Commonwealth has at? tracted to its confines, emigrants from all laud? by extensive advertis? ing, and strengthens its development and resources through the efforts of a salaried press agent I In general, the press of the South is doing noble mis sionarv work in this cause, but its circulation is restricted, and means more far-reaching must be employed. In a recent number of Printers' Ink, Mr. William Borsodi described Can? ada's progress through the policy of advertising adopted by the Hon. Cliffora Sifton, Minister of the Inter? ior, and claimed that last year 50,000 Americans crossed the border! The development of the South can only be hastened throught similar channels of publicity *Bd if an intelligent sys? tem ot advertising is adopted it will work wonders. A verdict of $1,500 has been found against the city of Chester for the killing of John M. Weir, who lost his life last August by coming in contact with a live wire of the city electric light system. The residence of J. D. Davis, of Waxhaw, Lancaster county, was burned Thursday morning. His fam? ily barely escaped with their lives, saving not even their clothing. The governo. has received a peti? tion for a pardon for .Mien Id Man, who is serving a 12-year sentence from Pickens county for conviction of manslaughter. Milan killed J. Cannon in 1S9S. Both were negroes. ! BIG GRAFTERS AND LITTLE. Mr. Dooley Discusses Political Hon esty. In Collier's for November IS, Mr. Dooley, discussing- business and p? litical honesty, among other things, says: "It's sthrange people can't see it th' way I do. There's Jawn Cassidy. Ye know him. He's a pollytician or grafter. Th' same thing. His graft is to walk downtown to th' city hall at 8 o'clock ivry mornin' an' set on a high stool ontil 5 in th* afthernoon addin' up figures. Ivry week twinty dollars of th' taxpayers' money, twin? ty dollars wrung fr'm you and me, Hinnissy. is handed to this boodler. He used to git twinty-five in a cloth? ing store, but he is a romantic young fellow an' he thought 'twud be a fine thing to be a statesman. Th' dff'renee between a clothin' clerk an' a states? man clerk is that th' statesman clerk gets less money, an' has th' privil? ege iv wurrukin' out iv office hours. Well, Cassidy come in wan night with thumbs stained fr'm his unholy call in' Well,' says I, 'ye grafters ar-re goin' to be hurled out,' I says. 'I sup? pose so, says he. 'Well,' says he, T wondher what kind iv a business will it be," he says. 'Will it th' insurance business? I tell ye if they iver inthrajooce life insurance methods in our little boodle office there'll fce a involution in this here city. Will it be a railroad administration, with th' office chargin' ye twice as much fr wather as Armour pays? Will it be th' bankin' business, with th' superintindent takin' th' money out iv th' dhrawer ivry- night an' puttin' in a few kind wurruds on a slip iv paper. " What kind iv a business ar-re ye goin' to use to purify our corrupt govermint? Look here.' says lr:. Tm goin' out iv pollyticks,' he says. 'Me wife can't stand th' sthr.?n iv seein' th' newspaper always refe r.'n' to me be a nickname in quotation marks I've got me ol' job back, an' I've quit bein' a salesman,' he says. 'But let me tell ye something. I've ben a boodler an' a grafter an' a pub? lic leech fr five yes rs, but I used to be a square business man, an I'm givin' ye th' thruth whin I say that business ain't got a shade on polly? ticks in th' matther iv honesty. Th bankers was sthrong against Mul? cahy. But I know all " about th* banks. Whin I was in th' clothin' business Minzenbeimer used to have th' banks overcertify his checks ivry night. That wud mean two years in th' stir-bin fr a pollytician, bul I don't ?see no bankers doin' th* wan two in th' iron gaU'ries at Joliet. I knew a young fellow that wurruked in a bank, an" he tor me th' prisidint sold th' United States Statutes to an ol' book dealer to make room fr a ticker in his office. We may he a tough gang over at th' City Hall. A foreign name always looks tough whin* it's printed in a rayform idi toryal. But, thank th' Lord, no man iver accused us iv bein' life insurance prisidints. We ain't bnncoin* art* scarin* people with th' fear iv death into morgedgin' their furniture to buy booze an' cigars fr us,' he says. We may take bribes , because we need th* money, hut we don't give thim because we want more thin we need. We're grafters, ye say, but there's manny a dollar pushed over th' counter iv a bank that Mulcahy wud uing in th' eye iv th' man that offered it to him. " 'Th' pollytician grafts on th' pub? lic an' his inimies. It don't seem any worse to him thin winnin' money on a horse race. He doesn't see th' writhing iv th* man he takes th' coin fr'm. But these here high f'-hancers grafts on th' public an their inimies, but principally on their frinds. Dump y?'er pardner is th' quickest way to th' money. Mulcahy wud rather die thin skin a frind that had sthrung a bet with him. But if Mulcahy was a railroad boss in? stead iv a pollytical boss, he wud sell thim his stock, thin he wud tell thim th' road was goin' to th' dogs an' make thim give it back to him fr nawthin, he thin he wud get out a fav'rable rayport an' sell th' stock < to thim again. An' he'd go on doin' this till he'd made enough to be ilict ed prisidin iv a good government club Some iv th' boys down at our office are owners iv stock. Whin do they first larn that things ar-re goin' wrong with th' comp'ny? Afther th' prisidint an' board iv di-rectors have sold out. Don't ye get ( ff anny pas at me about business men an' polly ticians. I ni ver knew a pollytician to go wrong ontil he'd .been con? taminated be contact with a business man. I've been five years in th' wath? er office, an' in all that time not a postage stamp has been missed. An' wfc're put down as grafters. What is polytical graft anyhow? It ain't stealinr money out iv a dhrawer. It ain't robbin' th' taxpayer direct th* way th' gas comp'ny does. All there's to it is a business man payin' less money to a pollytician thin he wud have to pay t<> th' city if he bought a sthreet or a dock direct. Iv c ?orse, there ar-re petty larceny ^rabs he p lismen. Washington. N*o\ n?;er 21.-The census bureau toja;, announced that 7.408.167 bales of cotton had been ginned to November 14th, as compar? ed with 9.7S6.646 to the same date in 1904. ,1. m...i. nnx*-, CONSTABLES NEEDED. Columbia, November 20.-Gover ? ernoi? Heyward decided today to slightly vary his general policy re? garding constables in counties which have voted out the dispensary, so far as Greenville and Spart?nburg coun? ties are concerned. The elections in these counties have not yet been offic? ially declared, but even after this "s done he will not withdraw the con? stables, until he has the advice of the county authorities that this should be done. He makes exception of Green? ville and Spartanburg because the constables have found much work to do in both localities. If you are troubled with dizzy spells, headaches, indigestion, consti? pation. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea will make you well and keep you well. If it fails, get your money back. That's fair. 35 cents. China's Drug Store. Western Prospectors in Trucking Region of the Carolinas. Florence. November in.-!\Ir. Clar? ence L. Fisher, ot St. Louis, Mo., ac? companied by a party of nineteen other gentlemen from the "West and -Northwest, were here Toesdny night, returning to their homes in their pri? vate car after a most profitable and intere?firg trip to the trucking lands in eastern South and North Carolina, where they have been prospecting. Mr.Fishpr ana his party visited Chad bouro, Conway and many other punis i-i thU State and across the border ever in North Carolina, while they were do^n South, and they, were so much delighted with the country and con? ditions down here that they will probably locate somewhere in that section of the Stat? and establish quite a large colony. Es ate of L# J* Myers, Deceased ALL persons having claims against aforesaid Estate, will present the same duly attested : and all persons in any way indebted to said Estate will make immediate payment to CC. MYERS, Nov 8-3t Qualified Administrator. lEYSKlDNEYCURE Blakes Kidneys and Bladder Right THE CHAMPION STUMP FULLEE (Improved) The strongest, T he sironiest and most economical of all Stump Pu!i^r>. Try it before you pay for it. G narai , toed" to pull your stumps or no pay asked. Be sure you write us before you buy else? where. Write for Free BockSet "giving terms and pri?es. THt CHAMPION STUMP PULLER COMPANY. Johnston S. C. Mention this paper. lC-ll-x Dear Gus: I have solved the moth? er-in-law problem; just give her reg? ularly Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. It will make her healthy, hap? py and docile as a lamb, 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. China's Drug Store. far children; safet sure? Jio opiate* HOLLISTER'S Bosky Mountain Tea Nuggsts A Busy Medicine for Busy Peep'e. Brings Golden Health and Reneged Vigor. A specific for Constipation. Indigestion, Live and Kidney Troubles. Pimples. Eczema. Impure Blood, Bad Breath. Shi??r:sh Bowels. Headache and Backache. Ifs Rocky Mountain Tea in tab? let form, 3T> cents a box. Onnine made by HOLLISTER DRVG COMPANY, Madison. Wis. GOLDEN NUGGETS F0? SALLOW PEOPLE .lag? On February 1st, Durant s Pharmacy will give away a hand? some Gold Watch worth $40.00. or its equivalent, to be se? lected at Folsom's Jewelry Store. " The watch will be awarded to the person who guesses near? est the number of seed contained in the big pumpkin now on exhibition. A disinterested committee will be appointed to cut the pumpkin and count the seed the day the contest closes. With each five (5) cents purchase one guess is given. Ask for a "Pumpkin guess77 ticket, and record one guess for each 5 cents vou ?pend. Durant's Pharmacy. Dry Goods vs. Cotton. With the fleecy staple circulating around the elevnn cent mark, consumers naturally expect to pay a corresponding price for the manufactured product, and probably in some stores they are obliged to do so, but not so here People express surprise at the enormous business we are doing and the fact that our stores are daily crowded with customers, but this is easily ex? plained The buying is of the highest order of intelligence, the interest of our patrons is so thoroughly eonsiderrd, and care? fully guarded, and every advantage obtained by us in buying, is transferred to them, so that when they leave their homes, they come direct to us with that feeling of confidence cemented by many years association, and d.> their trading, knowing fail well that in no other house will they be better taken care of Buy? ing goods is the most difficult part of our work, for it hus been well said that Goods well Bought are Half Sold. In the Spring when cotton was selling at Ii to 8 cents and we tound that farmers w.jre going to reduce their acreage we decided that it was a good time to contract for our domestic dry goods, which we did on a very large scale, and i-.s a result we are prepared to offer you goods on a basis of the prices then existing for cotton, as the following list will show : 10,000 yards Piaid Homespuns At 5 to 6*4 cents. 20,000 \ard3 Brown Homespuns At 5 to 6 L4 cents. 7,000 yards Calico at 5 cents. 5.000 yards Gingham, at T> cents. 2500 yards Canton flannel, at $% to 10 cents. 25H0 ysrds Andras 4-4 bleach at old prices. 2,(00 y arde 10-4 Bleached and Brown Sheeting 2500 yards Bed Ticking at 634', and 10 cents. f>.e00 j ards Outmg at S1^ cents. 3500 yards Percales at 8>3 and 10 cents. 5500 yaids Bleach Sheeting 36-inches wide at 6f4' centi. 3,000 yards Fruit of the Loom at old prices. 1,000 yards cannon clotn at old prices. 100 dozen Towels, note the size 18x36 at 10 cents. There is not an item in this list, that it is possible to purchase on a basis of the present cotton market, and sell them as we are doing, but as is our custom, they will be sold as bought, our I patrons reaping the benefit* co.