The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 12, 1906, Image 4

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Mk Mr?mu w? ??lm ^S^fESOAY, SEPTEMBER 12,1906. Sumter Watchman was founded in ?$5Q snd the True Southron in 1866. The ^se?c&jywM?. -and Southron now has the com ?bi-<?? circulation and influence of both of ^???3?d .papers, and is manifestly the best ?*j??dr?skig medium in Sumter. ?Le.'flha.m, Alexander & Co's compre Sieasivo review of the cotton situation -^fes*a2*l ^convince the producers of cot ?SS22. on?. the business men of the ^SSJSESJ, ifcat this is no time to weaken "Sae Sght for a fair and stable price ?Ssr ifec South's greatest product. The '"iSteassLnd, for cotton, is growing more -"?ssp?dly than the production has in *-'.sreased and' there is a demand for j -.*?3?ez3r hale that has been grown this j .^eeasea or left in the South from last j ^petr-s crop. Cotton is worth ten :?2?C'costs or more today, and the only 333?s?n the market is not at that fig 552? JOT higher is because the mill men America and Europe, are en -4?savoring to increase their already o?Ecse profits by forcing the South to saaS.3CS cotton for less than it is worth. 23fce?ry farmer should read Latham, -A?esander & Co's review and digest ^?se Sacis stated therein. THE COTTON SIT?ATIOX. of Last Cotton Year and Out? look For the Growing Crop and Prices. . Latham, Alexander & Co., the well ^o&Hsaa brokers and cotton commis S&EI merchants, of New York. writ under date of September S th, ?So?Gwing the largest crop of ctton rgrown in this country, 13,565, .hales, the new year opened on iSfcfi?sniber 1st with large stocks in the .t?ands of producers, as well as in the tets of the world, and spinners' "TCFZjats wcil^supplied. S*>o? cotton in New York was seil? et ?0.5, and the months for future ?Sfery -averaging about 10.75 per :?ad. The outlook for business was shag and the impression pre ""WLSsiSt that prices would not be great depressed, because estimates of 'Ss? growing crop were small, ranging ^OEt 3,500,000 to 11,250,000 bales ^Sfcc?. & vcrop, .together with surp'us '??asraed over was generally believed "aroa'sd be necessary to comfortably .2E?E2C -the requirements of \he world? ly cstwitstanding1 the estimates were .szn-ili and the season unfavorable for ^T^TK^&g cotton, during the week end '".?5xtir October 14th the price of mid -?lisi^ uplands in New York, on ac ?.?sanest -of large stocks and heavy re ?^te, declined to 9.S5 from this ^oirrt It soon reached and did' not fail ss-fe?tc- again until near the end of the scs$?s<?i2 year, when it declined to 9.SO -ffXBL J^gusz 2.9th. S .A?r?rse reports of the crop and ""'?Szsall : estimates during November ? ^SCiseS -activity in the market and a csEsa?Hciai ^advance -in prices ensued contracts sealing on November 'J!^Qj: ~tz> '??..4Q, and ^advanced to near ^25i 'osnits "by the latter part of that ~^xraa?3x after wide fluctuations. ."?smng the greater part of De <?aoIt*ir the demand was good and ?&E?ees -?coniinaed firm, May contracts .^tcteasLcing to 12.55, just previous to -^3as Christmas holidays. -^?ss* .several months after the new - prices were maintained and the ' ^SSHQP iras marekted freely, although <lferi.Q?r -this period crop estimates >WfcC2 increased and other influences % ^ret? sc favorable for the holders chiton. 'IQrae .money stringency in New *teacfe Sxt tho spring, political compli ?S??o?is ir: Russia and the favorable l^??ss??fcg cf a new crop, with an in ^?Brescse-?? acreage had but little effect <aae. ga?Sees, ? xr the demand continued 5g!*c.<l aad middling uplands were sell l?Rg- ss iaigb ai ll cents the latter part "'.Jbasgjupi proved to be the most fta?&a2S5x? jnonth of the cotton year. 3&&av&zr *3&e spring and summer a :"5?tE?* i?moant of cotton had been "^?Xf?xs&iX. by operators in this city and ^????t-&-here. upon the belief that CggESces were too low. and that the '-*383BSX3g& and condition of the new crop .?RSt :ast testify the belief in a large '*!Cr > was confidently carried 3ftrn*qfft all the vicissitudes of the Za&Gdod&i VT,i?i about August 3rd. when ?Qti?S&Qb?? .> /ors ble reports of the SggtOT&?Sgt*ir'Z? and. heavy sales of con ?BMaas? .' i-:r. .;;..-::ly for Southern ac ?S5Mt?t? 43J?ti its liquidation. Dc ctSAsx&sr t . " .-rets which were selling y-t-Z- ? : a gust Sro declined to 9E?&&&. ?v^us? 23th, with hui slight ^Ste?xSE&->this was the lowest prie?. iStoaec?^? ?or this month during the ?BB&isf?B -fear. Ai-. Vae end of the cotton year. 3@?cpss? '?lst middling upland? in New TGBSS? -s/>ire quoted at 9.S0 rind De <vse?s?&rz: contracts at 9.01. y^hff: v-^zal crop of the United States ita? year was ll,345.SSS bales and ^BBO&^s? ;he. most conservative esti SSsgB?Serjsi. This may be mainly accounted ?:zm .v :the receipt of some 350.000 ?fcjaSpa? f$L rid cotton from the unpre ?:sfet?v?-.,-?; ?. yield of the previous year. S ?nt . average was the largest ever known and the season th continuously favorable one. Reference, to weekly duct will show that the average p May contracts was above ll and as prices for this month cally cover the marketing ses will be seen the Southern plant received remunerative prices fe entire crop. Foreign and domestic spinne taken 11,583,154 bales from t tal supply of last, season. This record absorption, if we exce; phenomenal takings of America ton the previous year, when amounted to 13,464,439 bales. The' Department of Commerc the following to say touching 01 ports: "Cotton is king of^the export i of the United States for the fisca just ended. "The total value of raw cor: ported for the first time crosse $400,000,000 line and exceeded t the value of any other artic!? merchandise sent out of this coi The exports cf breadstuffs of I kinds reached SIS6,000,000, tho j provisions $211,000,000 and tho I iron and steel manufacture 5 ! 000,000. I "Cotton exports during the last j years have increased very rapid! ? was not until ?901 that it crosse< $300,000,000 line and in the five : it has grown to more than $400, 000 or an increase of about tr three per cent. This growth is di part to an increase in the quantit; ported, but in part also to the vance in price since the quantity ported in 1906 was about 700.,00< pounds less than in 1905, while value was $21.Oe0,000 more tba 1905. "Exportations cf manufact cotton were also greater in. 1906 : in any earlier year, amounting $53.000.000 against $50,000,000 1905 and $22,500,000 in 1904. growth in exports of manufacti cotton has been quite as striking that of the raw material. "Europe is, of course, the princ customer of raw cotton. The Un Kingdom took last year $177,0 000 worth. Germany $10?000,i France, $45,000,000, and Italy at $27,000,000 while the other count of Europe took $32,000,000 wo .Japan is also a customer for our 3 cotton, but very irregular in quantity bought, since it only b largely of American cotton wi prices are low, relying upon In and China in years when Ameri< prices are high. The value of cot exported to Japan in the seal year 1906 was in round terms $S,000,0 In 1905 $17,000,000, and in i~04 1 than $3,000,000. . "In manufactured cottons China by far our greatest customer. T total value of all cotton rnanufac?n exported in the fiscal year 1906 v? $53.000.000 in round terms, cf whi about $30.000,000 went to Chii Practically all of the cotton goods se to China was in the form of cloth. T total value of cotton cloth export to China in the year being $29,64: 1SS, and of other cotton goods $ 1 Ti S67." We sum "up the year's business cotton as follows: Total cotton crop of United States 1905-06.11,345.9S8 bal Estimated value of total crop .$600,000,0* Total exports of United States, 1905-06. 6.716,351 bab Value of cotton exported .$400,000,0C Southern ensumption.2,39S,404 bah Northen consumption. 2,499(.768 bah Totai visible supply of cotton in the world Sept. 1, 06 1,702,485 bali Total visible supply of cotton in the world Sept. 1, 05_2,545,470 bale This certainly is a favorable ey hibit of the cotton industry for th year in the United States. Outlook For thc Growing Crop an j Prices. j In summing up the conditions 0 j the growing crop it may be said tha j they are at this date very favorabl J for a satisfactory yield. It must b \ taken into consideration, however j that it is y-1 two months before < j ?aige part 01 the crop can matur? j and be assn:. J: hence, it is pur? ; guess work to e >unt upon the r.umbe: I ?f bales of c ".ton to be secured anc j predicate prices upon such an esti . mate. j There are : I ways elements of un I certainly ab >; the outcome of a cot j ton crop until it has been harvested. ! Only two y. .- ago the great spinning ! interest of .vorld manifested greal . a tarro that ? supply of raw cotton ? at reasor.r : ; . ~ would continue j inadequate lo aeci their wants com I fortably, and they sought to find new j sources of supply, other than the [ United 'States, to overcome the de ? ficiency-thus far, we beii< ve, with ! out success. Today the same element seems apprehensive than an over? supply of the raw material might r< - : suit from the present growing crop, and this delusion has depressed prices j nearly two cents per pound. I The production of cotton now is far j \ ' more expensive than ten years ago; j perhaps 1 1-2 cents per pound have j been added to tho runter?' expenses, by increased va plantation utensils, .supplies, and par? ticularly labor, which is scarce and high priced in ali sections of the Southern States. In round figures the last two crops of American cotton have amounted to 2 5,000.000 bales, and were sold in the markets of the world for some $1.200.000.000. This enormous supply of cotton was eagerly purchased and went in? to consumption at highly satisfactory prices to the most sanguine producers and we are encouraged to believe that even a larger proportionate con? sumption may confidently be expected during- the ensuing year. The spinning capacity of the world largely increased last year and has been increasing at an enormous rate for several years either by the erection of mills or the application of im? proved machinery to old ones. Our advices are that the stocks 'of raw material in the hands of manu? facturers are in very moderate sup? ply, and many mills are under con? tract far into the future for their en? tire output; hence, there is likely to be an active demand for the new crop. Universal prosperity everywhere seems assured for some time to come in the United States particularly business conditions were never more favorable for large consumption of cotton goods. Labor is not fuly em? ployed at high wages, but scarce. Crops of ail descriptions are bountiful and the great consuming masses of the people will have the capacity to buy cotton goods liberally. In view of the foregoing, it seems to us that continued prosperity may be expected in all branches of the cotton trade for a long time to come, and that present low prices have already discounted a very large crop not yet assured. Very truly, Latham, Alexander & Co. Gambling. We note with sorrow two sad ex? amples of the results of gambling. A prominent and long trusted head of a great people's bank in Chicago has disappeared with hundreds of thou? sands of the hard earnings of the poor. In Birmingham a young man of fine family and high social stand? ing confessed himself a defaulter for $100,000 and gives as the cause, gambling in cotton futures. These are only two of the many cases that might be cited. Gambling must cease. The clouds of public sentiment against gambling, which have been gathering and filling for years, are beginning to break in showers of op? position in certain parts of our coun? try and threaten to become a storm before which this stronghold of vice and crime shall be utterly demolish? ed. Too long sentiment has slumber? ed. Too long this destroyer of wealthy men and souls has been un? molested. At last tardy justice is beginning to arouse and great may her full awakening be! It is a hope? ful sign that a tide is seen to be rising against gambling. Too long the public, the press and the pulpit have been all but tolerant, while the fiower of the young manhood has been destroyed by the lust of gam? bling. IL is utterly inconceivable how gambling, in its many and varied forms. >hould have become so firmly entrenched in the life of such a com? munity as ours. We must ask with utter amazement, "Where has the moral sentiment, the social and civil conscience, of our people been through all these years of the past? How could it have been possible in this enlightened and socalled Chris? tian land for such a terrible vice to fasten upon the public until, like some hideous vampire, it has sucked the very life-blood of society. And how is it still possible for so many otherwise good people to be so indif? ferent, or so blind, to the great evil as they seem today? It is surprising how prevalent the gambling vice is. Riding in a car recently a company of apparently respectable ladies were frankly and openly talking about their winnings at the races. In a public place a number of representa? tive professional men were exchang? ing experiences of their netting. Go? ing into a government building to transact business with an oficial we found him eagerly scaning a sport? ing paper and reading to in.part to a stranger the latest news from ti e track. In classes of society and from individuals where we never dreamed of such things being tolerated we have heard 'he parlance of the gam? bier and found evidences undisguised of participation in various forms of gambling. From the fashionable quarters to the slum, from the street urchin to the bejeweled matron, from almost every c'^s- and condition of society in our country tin* devotees of chance flock to pool rooms, race ?racks and other places necessarily and essentially immoral. No person with a truly refined moral sensibility can gamble. It is repulsive to a pure, model character. Gambling is highly dishonest. The person who can de? fend any form of gambling is lacking in the elemental conceptions of honesty. Xr. honest soul could boar ' - get for nothing the property of ? ?other. See how many defalcations, embezzlements and other forms o stealing the gambling habit is re sponsible for. Gambling will make a thief of an honest man. Gambling is unduly exciting and will and creates abnormal desire for money and dissi? pation. Thousands of young men are yearly drawn into the awful vortex of this whirlpool of death and go down in sin and disgrace. In view of all these undisputed facts how can we account for the silence of so many who are placed as watchmen on the walls, What of the silence, and often secret and sometimes public conni? vance of the officers who have sworn to enforce the laws and to protect the property, homes and lives of the people? What of the silence of the teachers whose high and sacred duty is to shape the destinies and mold the characters of the youth of our coun? try? What of the fainthearted as? semblies, religious editors and others Who should ,cry aloud and spare not? Do we as a people lack moral per? ception of courage. Are our sensibili? ties blunted and dulled? Are we blinded by the spirit of commercial? ism and graft? We hail with delight hope the showers that have fallen in places. We take courage that in places the lightning plays. But it is time for the full force of the storm to break. Let the thunders roar and the lightning strike in every suspect? ed place! Let the foulness which has poisoned the moral atmosphere be swept away and let us breathe the pure ozone of a new air in which such a foul thing as gambling cannot live. God speedily send the day! And let every lover of God and home hr.sten its coming!-Greenwood Jour? nal. ; The Sumter Brick Works has' just concluded the largest contract for bricks ever made in this city. This plant will furnish 1,000,000 brick for the new County Court House. Man? ager Ryttenberg is now using a new clay in the manufacture of his brick, and the Quality ofxbrick now being turned out is so fine as to call forth most complimentary remarks from various contractors in this city. All o? Sumter's industries seem to be thriving. DILLON HERALD SEES HOPE. Thinks House Will Reform Dispen? sary-Compliments Editor Ayer. The Dillon Herald says: "It looks very much like the dis? pensara- will bave a majority in the next House, but Still it is very grat? ifying to noto that there has been a great improvement in personnel of the dispensary element. For instance over in Florence county our good friend, Hartwell M. Ayer, editor of the Flor? ence Times, ard one of the best news? paper men in the State, was elected on the first ballot. Editor Ayy* is a man of splendid culture, and possesses a bread and comprehensive knowledge of public matters which will be of in? estimable value to the House in the adjustment of any measures effecting legislation. Whatever he does at Co? lumbia, whether for or against the dispensary, will be done conscientious? ly and fearlessly, as he knows no au? thority in the discharge of public duty higher than his own." IS HAPPIEST IX JAIL. St. George, Sept. 6.-Caesar Shep? pard, a negro man over 100 years of age, was committed to the county jail here today to await the action of the Court of Common Plear, charged with threatening and attempting to kill' Mr. John W. Infinger, a respectable white citizen of the Indian Fields section of this county. This old negro has already served five terms in the penitentiary, and expresses himself as being highly pleased with the treat? ment he received at that institution. He expresses his willingness to return to the penitentiary today, and on his way to jail he asked the constable to hurry on as quickly as possible, as he would feel better satisfied in jail. During one of his terms in the peni tiary he worked at Clemson College, where he cooked and waited on the "boys." To Exterminate Cattle Ticks. Washington, September 7.-The work of exterminating the cattle tick in the Southern and some of the West? ern States is progressing satisfacto? rily, according to a statement made by Secretary Wilson today. It began in Virginia and North Carolina where, it was stated, cordial co-operation is be? ing given the Department both in money and the extension of State au? thority to the Department's officials. The appropriation for carrying on the work was ?82,000 and this is be? ing apportioned in a manlier to accom? plish the, best results. Some of the States have not enacted laws extend? ing financial and other aid to the Gov? ernment, but Secretary Wilson said i that even with the sam available much progress will be made. From California, Nevada, Oklahoma and Texas, he said, the reports already re? ceived give encouragement to the be? lief that in those States substantial progress has been made in exterminat? ing the ticks. The No A's and Courier insults every advocate cf thc dispensary when it says they will not hesitate to resort to any scheme to accomplish their pur? pose. The people who uphold the, dis? pensary in this State are jost as hon? est and patriotic as those, who honest? ly oppose that institution.-Orange burg Times and Democrat._ On Monday Sheri IT Epperson an? nounced his appointment to office of Jailer ci Mr. J. D. Norris. Mr. Nor? ris is the son of Mr. Scarborough Nor? ris, long a resident of Sumter. And he can he trusted to carry out his work faithfully and conscientiously. SERIOUS EV CUBA. President Palma Revokes Constitu? tional Guaranties and Revokes Amnesty Offers. Habana, Sept. 10.-President Palma tonight decreed the snspen*sion of all constitutional gaaranties and revoked all offers of amnesty. Many Liberal leaders are being arrested. DESERT TO INSURGENTS. Tampa, Fla., ?epfc. 10.-Informa? tion from Cuoa today says that Alfred Laborde and 100 men deserted to the insurgents; that Pino Guerra, leader of the insurgents sent Laborde back to the authorities, saying he did not want such men, but adding that he was grateful for the men and monitions that came with the leader. Laborde was charged recently with murder and was placed in jail near Habaua. f?e offered the government that if he should be paroled he would organize a hundred men and fight for the gov? ernment, agreeing to return for trial after the conclusion of hostilities. His offer was accepted with the result that he deserted with his command to ! the rebel leader. Laborde was promi- ! neut as a Cuban filibuster previous to i the Spanish-American war. , Tili: PRESIDENT S ESCORT. Two Big Battle Ships and One Small- I er Vessel Will Accompany Him to ; Panama. Washington, Sept. 6.-lt has been ' decided that three ships shall accom- | pany ths President on his trip to Pan- ' ama nest November. Two of these will be battleships and one a vessel of J smaller design. The department has ! not, however, determined which ships j shall have this honor, and a decision j on the question will net be reached i before the middle cf October. i In explaining the reason for sending j three scips to Panama with tbe Pr?si dent, Secretary Bonaparte said today that the United States had many ships, bet only one President, and that three vessels would accompany Mr. Roosevelt in order to have one which ! might take on board the President in : the event of an accident to the one on j which,he might be sailing. A Celebrated Quack. Count Cagliostro, "the quack of j quacks," as Carlyle called him, has j tonnd a biographer who has an aston- j ishing story to relate of the audacious swindling of the rcgue. Child of a i bankrupt father, a thief, a forger, a j charlatan, Joseph Balsamo, the Italian, j blossomed into a Marquis in Paris, j He claimed to possess the secrets of j the cure of disease, the rejuvenation I of the.?ged, the concoction of poisons, j the making of gold, the transforma- j tion of cotton into ?ilk, the softening of marble, and all sorts of marvels. | Forced to leave Paris, after trying his I luck in Brussels and in Germany, he i returned to Italy, selling an elixir of ( beauty, transmuting mercury into j gold, making pearls and diamonds j larger, etc. It was after he had fleec- j ed a Spaniard in Cadi/, that he fled to . London, ultimately figuring as the ! Marquis de Cagliostro. He and his j wife no longer traveled zs poor pil- ; grims, but surrounded by couriers, lackeys and valets in gorgeous liver- ! ?es. they journeyed in a private car- j riage, magnificently dressed and cov-1 ered with diamonds as false as them- j selves. They scattered money right and left. It was said that Cagliostro ! could raise the dead, infallibly cure disease, restore lost youth and vigor, discover treasure, make the philos? opher's stone, and foretell tte fu? ture. One of Cagliostro's victims was the Prince Cardinal, Louisde Rohan, a man of immense wealth, with a weak head and a natural disposition to dab? ble in the occult. Too clever to show any eagerness to make his acquain? tance, Cagliostro, when the Cardinal was suffering from asthma and sent for him, wi?h a fine air of indepen? dence, answered, "If my Lord Cardi? nal is ill, he must come here, and I will core him; if he is well, he does not want me, nor I him." This brought Rohan to the feet of the quack. The Cardinal's faith and ad? miration were boundless. After the first interview he told the Abbe Georget that he desired nothing more ardently than a close acquaintance. This closer acquaintance Gagliostro was wise encngh to withhold ai first. Dering the Cardinal's ensuing visits he was reserved, almost hostile; but by degrees be grew more friendly, acquir? ing in this way an almost boundless influence over his dupe. Finally this sou of a bankrupt shopkeeper told the descendant of one of the oldest fami? lies in France: "Your soul is worthy of mine, and you deserve to be the par? ticipator of all my secrets." The Cardinal had before this lodged Cag? liostro in his palace, putting his house and servants at his service, and loading lum with gifts. Cagiiostro re? ceived ali these favors with the air of bestowing a favor upon che giver; he had the art, without asking fer any? thing, of inducing his victim to show? er upon him money, jewels, and other property, which he appeared to take with reluctance, as if they were forced upon him.-The London Practi? tioner. STICKS TS THE STOMACH. Feeling That Often Comes to People With Weak Digestion. A poor sufferer from indigestion once, said that his stomach felt as though it was filled with stick? and as though some of them were or. fire ana buring him up inside. When the so mach a'i.e the organs of digestion and nutrition are weak- , ened and do not act properly, the symptoms of ill health that roll ow are many and varied. There is often a feeling of heaviness in the stomach, there, is distress and nervousness, diz? ziness, nausea, nervous and sick head? aches, inability to sleep weil, pa.'ns in the sid? and limbs, specks before the eyes and a general peevish, irritable condition. All these troubles are the direct re? sult of indigestion. Cure this by strengthening the stomach and diges 4 tive system with Mi-o-na .-rtcmacn tablets and your symtoms of ill health will vanish like dew before the morn? ing sun; life will be joyous, and 5 - gestion will "oe so natural that you will forget you have a stomach. M:-o-na stomach tablets cost but 50c a box and are sold by J. F. W. DeLorrne under an absolute guaran? tee that they will be successful in every case where used according' to direction or money will be refunded. -o Encouraged by the success achieved by us in. the sale of Embroideries, we have added very largely to our lace stock and succeeded in securing V 6,000 Yards, which we consider the best values ever offered in Suniter and our views are confirmed by the ladieis who have seen them. There is not a yard in the lot worth less than ten cents and many numbers cannot be duplicated at twenty-five, but THEY WEBE BOUGHT II ? S?ORIFiOE m THEY WILL SE S9L0 IN LIKE UER 5., 6, 8 and 10 cents a yard. Embroideries. We cannot refrain from saying a few words about this line, although it hardly seems neces? sary, as we are thoroughly known as THE LEADING EMBROIDERY HOUSE, but some people are of the opinion that we deal only in high^ classed goods and we want to 1 disabuse their minds of that idea. Our offer? ings consist of about 15,000 yards and while ther e are hundreds of yarda of high class novel? ties from 5G cents to SI a yard a large majority of the line is of the popular priced goods from 8 1-3 to 25 cents. You will find that those who buy Embroider? ies in the old way will be asking an advance of 20 TO 25 PER CENT. Not so here, if anything we are offering better values than we have ever done.