Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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? Wc: ?DAY, DECww?c.. i3, The Sumter Watchman was founde 18o0 and ;ue Trw S&idhron in 1S66. Watchman and Sou?iron now uas tne < bined Circulation and influence of bol the old yt.^?iS, and is manifestly the advertising media ia :n Sumter. Comptroller General Jones un took a herculean task when he set W?& to accomplish the reform of the tire tax system of the State and enforcement of the law requiring return of all property at its ac market value. It is to be hoped 1 ne will succeed, but he selected unpropitious season for 1906 is e tion year. All the county audil ; - "will probably be candidates to succ themselves and few will be foi among them who will run the 1 of offending the voters by : insist ;upon the return of all property actual value which would mean, many cases. ti:e quadrupling of valuation of the property on the ? .; books. In the long run the ref o advocated by Mr. Jones would not Hgv? ?crease, the amount of taxes paid, 1 ; -would, in fact, bring about a redi tion of the taxes of a majority of 1 small property owners, while forci the . big corporations to pay their j share of the cost of government. ? first year, however, the men who n make approximately honest retui ?would pay more taxes, for until it I been clearly demonstrated that the ] turns have been made at the acti Hpvalue it will be impracticable to ] duce the levy for State and cour purposes. This would cause an a ^posing hardship, but ' it would more apparent than real, for t small property owners would pay on a few dollars at most more than th now pay, while the big property ft lows would be forced to pay hu: dreds of dollars that they now escap The men- who- make honest retun would be reUered; of this extra ta? tion, when the levy was reduced, whi the men who-had thertofore pa ; taxes on a lbw valuation would coi thine to pay their legit?mate share < . taxes. - ' . . . The cotton growers should t thankful that it did not occur to Sec retary of Agriculture Wilson to ir elude the weight of the cotton see In his estimate- of the number of b?le in the preS3Dt crop. It is true thc ?| ^Thanksgiving has passed but it is wei r.^ remember at all seasons specia causes for thanksgiving. If ne ha? counted in the seeds as well as th< bagging and ties he could have jus as easily have figured out a gros: weight of cotton equivalent to 25,000, POO bales. ?? * * If Superintendent of Education v Martin is so dead set on abolishing ?he Citadel he should make his cam? paign for re-election-it is. taken foi granted that he will seek re-election on that platform. Ey so doing he will ascertain whether the people wan1 Martin or the Citadel as a permanent V part of the educational system of the ? State. The extreme care with which Pres. Vf dent Roosevelt avoided saying any? thing definite concerning tariff revis B*'icn should commend him to the stanc . patters for another term. Col. T. Lary Gantt, once again o] Georgia, predicts that G. Duncan Bel? linger will oppose .Senator Tillmar when he stands for re-election, am: || that Governor Heyward will succeec Senator Latin^er. S?his prophecy will cause disquietude in not a ?few breasts Wk for there are several sets bf eyes fix?e on Latimer's senatorial seat. ? ? ? The Russians seora hell-bent or rivaling, or surpassing on similai lines, the horrors of the French Revo ly lution. YThe Russians seem to b< , woefully deficient in originality am tiie events that have marked th? progress of the revolution indicat: that* the leaders have studied the his? tory of the French Reign of Terror t< some purpose. . . . Comptroller General Jones in hi; crusade for honest tax returns shoulc not forget the railroads. These cor? porations should pay taxes on a valu? ation that is equal to at least the amount of bonds and stock that have been issued against them. . . . A sheriff or deputy sheriff who puti in a claim for a reward for arresting a criminal in his own county should be kicked out of office. Such a claim - looks like the office-holder wants tc exact extra pay for doing his duty. 11 ls closely akin to graft. . . . Senator Tillman's bill may be al! right, but he will never succeed ir finding out whether the national banks made contributions to the Re? publican party's corruption fund Senator Lodge and the whole gang 02 Republican watchdogs will block anj inquiry that threatens to invade thc sacred precincts of g. o p. graft. m m m The growth of -be ei'y, as ;r;-'I;c. . by tte. inert a ?e in the s -?ra meal, shows x wonderful .? ivan? -ore than a hundred per cent, gi er now. than in 1S95.? Strait? : growing in all respects, but in 1 more ihan along educational line^ * * # We would like to know whether i most noisy advocates of the plai vote out the dispensaries in all cc ties, except Richland and Charles would line up for absolute pro! tion throughout the State. We lieve absolute prohibition would t good thing, but we consider it practicable and unobtainable, bu the State is to start on a career of r; bow chasing along this line we willing to give it a trial, provi there are to be no exceptions of co ties or communities. If prohibii is good for one county it is good all. * * * Senator Depew is a peach after when it comes to holding hard t fast to his place at the swill trot of graft. What we fail to understi is why he resigned at all after hold on to his Equitable job so long. m m m . The appropriation of $11,OOO,I for the Panama canal is a good ill tration of how to spend money. T emergency appropriation will carry the work for a few months until c( gress can find time to make a f grown appropriation, and it is. a SJ bet that the appropriations will p up from year to until the estimates cost made by the engineers will a pear insignificant. ? * * Superintendent of Education Mi tin may be on the right line in 1 advocacy of a great State universi but he is going about it in the wro way. If he is really in earnest, w. does he not recommend the aboliti of Clemson and Winthrop, as well the Citadel and the consolidation all the State colleges in Culumbis Something similar to this was co 8idered in ante-reform days, befo either Clemson or Winthrop was e tablished, when the effort was ma? to b.uild> up a great university' in C< lumbla on the foundations alreac laid by the South Carolina College, beginning had been made but whe the Tillman iconoclasts swept throug the State the work that had bee done was swept away, Clemson w? established, the Agricultural Depart mentT in Columbia destroyed and th idea of a great central university un versify was rejected as a thing a< cursed. The Citadel is doing a goo work that would not be done if M1 Martin's plan should be carried on and it is to be hoped that the Citadc will he enlarged, improved and mor liberally supported in future than i: the past. * * *> The death of Altamont Moses de prives Sumter of one of her most use ful and public spirited citizens am his place cannot be filled. The vaia able experience he had acquired t] years of careful, conscientious dcvo tion to his duties as a member of th General Assembly cannot be ga?ne< by any other man who may succee< him, be he ever so talented, save b: the same labor and long service, an< few men are to be found wiro wil make the same sacrifice of persona interests to public duty that Mr Moses made, and few will be foun< who will take the same pride in th' work, who will be content with th consciousness of duty well perform ed, as the reward for his best endeav or and his whole time and attention Therefore, we say Sumter has lost he most usefful public servant, and om whose place no one can fill in th< same way that he has filled it for s; many years. * * n The prevailing high prices tha farming lands in almost all section: of the State now command are no calculated to induce immigrants wh< are seeking cheap lands to sett!? amongst us. However, the lands ar? worth the prices they birng and th< money so invested will pay satisfac tory dividends, under present condi tions, and if home folks can afford t< nay the prices, well to do immigrant: from other sections can do so. * * ? In connection with the high price; now being paid for land it will be in teresting to note the valuation placee on the same land when the new own ers come to make their returns to th< auditors of the several counties. * . * It is reported that Count Witte ha; lost heart and has tried to resign hi: position as premier. The report has also, been denied. If Witte proves t< be a quitter, although the obstacles h< has to overcome are the greatest thai any public official has had to encoun ter in modern times, his prestige wil be destroyed to a certain extent. Il Witte fails, however, there is no hop( for a sane and peaceful readjustmem of Russian administrative affairs, anc that long oppressed people will bi called upon to endure a period of an? archy, bloodshed and other ills thai will be more grievous in their imme : diate effects than the misrule of th( - autocracy. * * * Governor Bell, of Vermont, provee X.?-? -V,-.... . ,? -0 lu- ? ' ??. s maudlin sentimental . . balks si the fcgal execut?o? a woroaj c. iminal. Mary Rogers ? j was proven beyond the shadow of a > i doabt to oe guilty of as deliberate and i \ cruel a murder as the records of the J courts of the country contain, and if ever a murderer jusiiy merited death ; she did. If a woman can plan and ? execute a crime so black and unpro ? voked as was the murder of her hus , band, she is not too good, nothwith . standing her sex, to pay the penalty ? on the gallows. Her fate may serve , to deter other vicious women from . imitating her crime. The country is ! not a gainer by the execution of any criminal, man or woman, unless it has the effect of preventing others from committing similar crimes, and it is evident from the number of women who have been tried in recent years for murder, that the time has come for the courts and constituted author tries to emphasize the fact that wo? men will be hanged for murder, as well as men. * * * We are not acquainted with ali facts and circumstances surrounding the disappearance of the cash books from the office of the secretary of state, nor why it would be to the advantage of any one for them to disappear, but the transaction 'has a fishy appearance. We trust that the legislative commit? tee will succeed in turning on the light and if there has been rascality cover , ed up that they will uncover it. * ?. ? If Senator Tillman succeeds in de? feating John G. Capers' plan to land in a life time job on the Federal bench he will please not a few life time dem? ocrats who have never been Tillman ites. . . . ^ Cotton prices are sagging as the holidays draw near and the cotton men predict that high prices will not preva? until after the first of the new year. . . . The statement of Gov. Heyward that he has not and will not endorse John G. Capers for the Federal judg ship is gratifying -news to his real friends among the true and tried . Dem? ocrats who hold to the belief that members of the white man's party in South Carolina have no business mix? ing up in the wrangles and squabbles of the office hunters who seek the loaves and fishes at the black and tan scalawag table. m m 9 President Harvie Jordan is on the right line now, and no mistake. No increase in the acreage and the diver? sification of crops in the South. It is the old doctrine that has been preach? ed for years and years, but it is the [only true doctrine and in it is wrapped i up the independence and salvation o# the agricultural South. FTFTEEX CEST COTTOX. Secretary Richard Cheatham of; thc Association Appeals to the Loyal. The cotton Growers of ibe south, through and with the assistance of thier orgnizatio?. The Southern Cot on Associa ton, are slowly but surely winning the greatest commer? cial battle ever known to til? world. Thoy ere b^ing applauded by millions of people who are watching the greai fight tbat is being successfully wage? thy tbsm to throw off the yoke of jtnieving and speculative manipulation ; tbat fess held them so iung, and bas : been the means of enabling tbe spin? ders to grow enormously wealthy at the expense of the poor farmer. Those who stood loyal to th& Asso? ciation and accepted its advice, as given la?t January, to fix a price of 10c per pound on their cotton, demand it and get it did so, notwithstanding there were thousands who decried their efforts by saying: "IzpD0S?ihle, foolish, etc." The amount of cotton held by the loayl ones was sufficient to bring the price to 10c before the present crop was ready for market. On September 7tb. the Association advised the farmers io ask Ile for their cotton as condition? folly war? ranted tbat price. Many fixed that price and sold for it. Now, on December 1st. the fact that the crup is very short, hps >>e?n established beyond the shadow of a doubt, and only a small remnant of tbat left unsold, also, tbat the mar? kets are bare of dry goods with future prices enormously advanced, cotton mills loaded down with contracts and orders for goods seveial months ahead, and only with about ?rte-balf enough cotton in sight to fill them. Will they pay 15c for cotton? Wbv, of course, they will if you ask it! If von do not they will take it at 5c as they have done in the past. Decide for yourselves,-let tbem h&ve it at its actual value, 15c, or let them take it at their price, 5c,-it is yours-do as you please, but re? member that if you Sell for less than its value, 15c, you are not only injur? ing yourself, bot every other owner of cotton is being denied his price while yon are giving yours away, which prevents the advance as long as they can get it at less than its .. value. ' Hundreds of thousands of bales are being pledged to the Southern Cotton Association for 15c, enough to force the price to its value very soon, nu less buyers can continue to get yours that is not pledged at their price, in this event, the price cannot reach its value until yours has been taken out of the way and at their price-then the loyal ones will again reap the benetfis of their Association's hard work in their behalf. Richard Cheatham, Sec. So Cotton Association. Two land sales made Tuesday show how the value of land bas enhanced recently. Mr. H. T. Pedens bought 70 acres from Mr.-W. 0. Bradford, paying i him $80 an acre. Mr. W. H. Ingram bought SOO sere? frets XT T Mi i; j paying $05 a?- aa . ; situated <>n ree road co rb; <. c 1 I Vi Wi, about i:?? miles from thu city, . j Sob^e of chis ?and sold las; summer 1 A?? COTI O?s ASSO Ci A i w - ?. Facts Plainly Suited by ?residen Stuckey for thc Farmers- Consid? eration. Mr. Editor: Permit me to sa; through the columns of your pape: a word or two about the Southon Cotton Growers' Association. Thos? of us who are taking part in the cf forts to perfect this organization ar< much delighted at thc results whicl have Leen accomplished. We do no like the tone of some editorials o: some of the papers of our State wh? are criticising Mr. Harvie Jordan foi asking the farmers to hold their cot? ton for lfteen cents. I believe it i: these same newspapers who also crit icisted the meeting of the associator in Asheville last summer for fixinc the price so high as ll cents pei pound. The authors of these criti? cisms express their friendship anc sympathy for the farmers and I have no reason to doubt they are genuine but we think they were unwise ir trying to keep the price lower thar tiie farmers wanted to get for theil produce. Those who said ll cents wai too much and would be an injury rather than a benefit to the farmers ought to come forward and candidly acknowledge that they were wrong sivu-e coltan has gone above that fig? ure. If they were as well informed as Mr. Harvie Jordan of the present sit? uation, of the shortness of the crop, the great demand for cotton and th?, fact that the English mills largely have sold- the output of their mills at a profit basing their estimates on thc purchase of cotton at 13 cents pei pound, anxl this, too, before it was really known that the cotton crop wa? so short as it is, they would now agree with SEr. Jordan that 15 cents for the remainder of the crop would not make their arvie rage purchases above the 13 cents per pound, and the mills will therefore go on prospering as before. Oa?y twa other arguments have beert urged by thoe newspapers, I be? lieve,, against this so called high price for cotton; fir?v fh?t it will induce the farmers to pjazzt more cotton than is needed for the world's supply, that it will, spoil the ?abor by which the cotton is produced- As to the first oi these have not the farmers proved that they eouict and: would reduce their acreage when they were shown through the: efforts: of this organiza? tion that-it would be to their advan? tage to do so- Then why may tbeey l?not see again aaother year that it will jibe to their advantage to keep down j the acreage when it gives them more provisions and just as much or more money, for their cotton crops? We I certainly ought to have faith im their good sense which is now certainly backed by experience. You cart teach even an idtot something by object les? sons. As. to spoiling the labor we think this; is a mistake. These mat tecs will adjust themselves naturally. When cotton brings a better price, the , price of labor- should be higher anxi ila nd rents sho^d of course- be higher. The face that this Southern country produces most of the cotton to clothe the world will make its, lands more valuable. As this fact becomes more and more realized, emigrants will iiow in to cultivate t)>e soil which is fast becoming the most profitable farming section of the world. Let those who have cotton now get 15 cents per pound and let him have sa bank account to last away into the midst of next summer, if possible, without interest to those clever batiks who have beor* so helpful in this en? terprise of the farmers. One word more; I trust that all of tho township and precinct organiza? tions will heed promptly the call which I have made through the pa? pers today. I trust also that the col? lectors will follow the example of Mr J. A. Blackwell, of Concord township, who begun on Friday afternoon and by Saturday noon had collected $17.24 on the basis of 3 cents per bale from each farmer who had not yet paid his dues. Mr. Blackwell reports that on? ly two farmers had declined and that these two, m while they were willing to pledge to hold their cotton for 15 cents per pound, were not willing to pay the little sum of three cents per bale to support and keep alive the most promising organization that the farmers have ever undertaken. Mr. Blackwell's commissions of 20 per cent, paid him very well for his time and labor and it is gratfying to state that not a colored man declined tc pay, but were as ready and anxious t*. pay these little dues as they are to pay their taxes. The white f?rm?rs of otii country should note the fact of th? implicit faith, confidence and loyalty of these colored people. Obedience on the part of every soldier makes a conquering army. Respectfully, A. B. Stuckey, President Sumter County Cottor Growers' Association. The plan to extend the Agusta Aiken trolley line to Columbia has been revived. Pink Tolleson, a Greenville negrr who was pardoned out of the peniten? tiary by Governor Heyward last week, committed several robberies ir running Attention, Woodmen, Regular mouth y meeting of Holly t wood Camp Xo. 19, W. of W., will be held Wednesday, I>ecember 20th, at 7.30 p. ni. The annual election of officers will be held, and 25 applica? te Lions to be balloted upon for mem r bership. i Four (4) candidates for introduc ? rion. The usual smoker wilt be given ? after the business is over. A large i attendance is desired. fain in Your Of course you know it is a little * cold settled there. You hope it will ' 'pass off. " There is a chance you will pass off with iL Be careful ! Cure the cold, be? cause it is dangerous ! A sure cure, external, powerful, penetrating, harmless-that is Gowan s. You rub Gowan s over your chest ?or throat. It goes in and works on the cold at once. Doesn't have to be digested. Have Gowan's in the house ready ; to cure croup, colds, sore throats, pneumonia. All druggists sell it. Bottle, $i.co. Croup size, 25 cents. By mail, if desired. Gowan Medi? cal Co., Durham, N. C. Gowan's Pneumonia Cure _ FOR SALE-Lot and 7-room dwell? ing, barn and stables, on Church strret, Lynchburg, S_ C. Also, car? riage, two-horse- wagon, one-horse wagon, one disc harrow. For terms, apply to- Mrs.. Jane M. Haw? kins,. Lynchburg^ S.. C 12 13 2t* WHEAT MILL NEAR HAGOOD Ellerbek Mill is: well equipped for I grinding. Wheat. 12 13 lt? SkSiBE^-To? make- room for au ; tomobSe^.-one. trn OL horse ca ri ge in perfect* conrlitfam Will be sold cheaj?. Can be- seen? at 35 Sumter street. 12-6-tf WANTED-First class, fermer to take change and oversee our farm. Must be industrious,, sober and intelli? gent; married man. preferred. Ad? dress with reference- J. J. Harby & R H. ?*oses.. 12-6-4t Estas* e? ?Br* A? 1. Frkrsoa, steed? I WB>L apply to the Jud^e cf Probate of ?Suintfrr County. ?S. C., cn December 23r 1905. foi 3 final Discharge ?ss Adminis? trator of said Estate. W. J. KEE 15, Nov 20-it Administrator. j Stocky Juntala Tea Angers A Busy Medicine- &r Bosy Peopia. Brings Golden Enalta a^d Renewc? v"igor. j A specific for CWistiprvrion. Indigestion, Live ! and Kidney Troupes. Pimples. Eczema. Impure Blood. Bad Breath. S?ag???sh Bowels. Headache ! and Backache. It's-Rocky Mountain Tea in tab > let form, 85 cents a bor. Genuine made by i HOLLISTER DRUG COMPANY, Madison. Wis. I GOLDEN NUGGETS F?B SALLOW PEOPLE ?fer childrens safe? sure? ?Zo opiate* j WHISKEY, MORPHINE and oth j er DRUGS, and nervous diseases j treated. ; Charges more reasonable than otto |er like institutions. $25.00 per week paj's for treatment,, remedies and board. Results absolutely tne same. Address for particulars, THE CAROLINA SANITARIUM, Greenville, S. C. Or Dr. IA G. Corbett. '?lzkes SH?neys and Sledder Kigbt_ THE CHAMPION STUMP PULLER (Improved) The strongest, the simplest and most economical of all Stump Pullers? Try it before you? pay for it. Guaranteed to pull your stxnsps or no pay asked. Be sure you. -waite ns before you buy else? where. Write for Free Booklet giving terms-and;pz?ees? THE CHAMP?!! STUMP PULLET COMPANY, Johnston S. C. Menttanrtfete paper. 10-&-X lilli, Il Ffraetsee limited to the Eye, Ear:. ?*T??e asa Throat. O?K--f No. 3 S. Main Street GO TO For your Fruit. For Fruit Cake. Christmas at hand. Call for Xmas goods. Full line Toys? Candies and Fruits==all kinds. Dealers in General Merchandise, Dry Goods, Groceries? Notions, Shoes and Hardware. SPECIALTIES : Hake chocolate for baking. Jello, Evaporated Apples* j Evaporated {'ream, Canned Oysters, Peaches, Toma? toes, Columbia River Salmou, ete. Fresh Fish and Oysters every Saturday at 1 o'clock Full Line of Fireworks =:= Fruits of All Kinds Package Candy from 5 cents to $2.50 Groceries of all kinds can be found here, including n large shipment of French Sardines. Our Restaurant is first class in every particular. Fresh Oysters received daily. SUMTER FRUIT CO. 6 West Liberty Street - Phone 351 Sumter, S. C. 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 you spend.