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THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. 'Be Jost and Fear not-Let all the ends Thou Aims't at be thy Country'3, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, ISM Consolidated Aug, 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 19, 1906. Jiew Series-Vol. XXVI. So S ? -J o Published Every Wednesday, -BT OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY, SUMTER, S. a Teems: $1.50 per annum-in advance. Advertisements: One Square first insertion.|1.50 Every subsequent insertion.50 Contracts - for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. AU communications which sub nerve private interests will be ?barged for as advertisements, i Obituaries and tributes et respects will be charged tdc. PRAISE FOR THE VICTOlt 3?etter of Cosgraavfatfioa ?From rtbe Governor to tibe Gentleman Chosen to Succeed Bim. When Governor Heywrard arrived in the city We?oesday; lae was very much fatigaed from bis trip to Vir? ginia and to Atlantic City, but -the first thing he did yegfeerdry morning upon going ts- his office was to ?end the following letter to Mr. Martin F. Ansel, the Democratic nominee for .governor: "Hon. M. F, AaweS, Greenville, ? 'C. Dear Mr. Ansel: I got tack to my office yesterday morning, aSfrer a brief summer vaosiion with -my fam? ily. There was much to occxrpy my time bot I took the first available op? portunity to -sewi you a "telegram congraaulating yen upon your very flattering vole wfeiich gives ..you the nomination for governor of South Carolina. "This victory won over a wor? thy competitor -and I wish now to emphasize my congratulations upon th . honor Which 3B;yours .and^&lso up? on the manner af its bestowal by the Democrats off South Carolina. I am sure that in tSie .administration of the duties of your high office v?ou will fully merit the confidence ano* trust which your friends have reposed in you, and I ?again xwith to empress to? you my good wit?&es for .you in the j discharge of these responsible duties, j Your campaign Twas conducted up? on the plane which is always ob? served among gentlemen, and the people of South Carolina, accepting the will of the majority always, will, I am sure, do so most cheerfully with you. I am equally ?ure that all of our citzens wTJl unite in holding up your hands is ?all that you ;may do for the material advancement of our State and fer xhe continued uplifting cf her highest ?ifeepeste. i "Again tendering .yeal my cordial ?ongratu?at?ons, believe ?me, "Fai?cfuliy yonr-s, "D. C. 3Keyward, ."Governor." COTTON PSKC Columbia, Sept. 14L-A fcs^tge num-5; ter of executive ?eansmJ?tteeanen andr ?officers of the Sott?fe Car dina branch j <xf the Southern Oo?toji association; met here yesterday to discuss; t2*e present situation and arrange for* ? action that would hold the stapSe up to the price agreed upon at the ?aeet-| lng at Hot Springs, Ark. It was de-! cided at the outset that the price ?ras j tow enough, and every elf or wiffl be j made to interest the farmers in t&e proposition which is to their interest j to uphold. "The people,- said Mr. Smith, "might as well make ap their minds that cotton will not be sold for less than ten cents, and the quicker they realize this the better for all concerned. As a matter of fact the Southern planter is tfred of furnish? ing all of the product and none of the price, and if they will but stand together I will pledge them to end present conditions by the first of the year." It was generally agreed at the meeting that the South Carolina crop will be about 40 per cent, less than last year, when the yield was about 1,136,000 bales When the pian for the formation of an incorporated company to buy all cotton offered at less than the agreed price^ was brought up there was considerable enthusiasm and a committee was ap? pointed to draw up the plans and submit them to the people. The gen? eral executive committee of the South is now at work on similar plans and the full details will be published soon. The special committee ap? pointed yesterday will meet this afternoon . Atlanta, Ga.. Sept. 14.-Chas Geis mar, aged 32, of Macon, Ga., sup? posed to be crazy from drink, this morning shot Mrs. E. Ii. Ivor in the hand at her home where he had call? ed. He then sent four bullets into his own body, dying instantly. Geis? mar leaves a wife and tree chi!-.ron in Macon. j _| ???jg, UNCLE SAM STEPS IN. UNITED STATES MARINES LAN? DED EV THE CAPITAL OE CUBA An Attack Is Feared Upon President Palma-Washington Is Without Official Information as to Com? mander Colwell's Action. H&bana, Sept. 14.-There are 120 sailors from the United States pro? tected cruiser Denver camped tonight ia front of old La Fuerza, castle fac? ing the Plaza de Armas, the little park in front o? the presidential palace,. which is the seat of the Cu ! "'ban government. The American flag j is planted just inside o? the low stone coping separating the castle grounds from O'Reilly street, which thorough? fare passes between the camp and the Plaza de Armas. The American j sailors are armed, ?r?th regulation rifles with ahe exceprron of?- few who carry revolvers or carbines. Two field howitzers and two rapid-fire guss were sent ashore with the sailors and now point across the pretty little park, a significant warning to any? one approaching- the executive head? quarters of the Cuban government with hostile intent. The whole business "was done so quietly and quickly that it caused the greatest surprise, The reason for the sudden landing of the American sail? ors was a conf?rence between Presi? dent Palma, Charge d' Affaires Sleep? er and Commander Colwell this after? noon. On the occasion of the latter's formal call upon President Palma, Mr Sleeper asked the president the direct question w'bether he considered that the government was able to protect all American interests in Ha? bana unaided. The president replied that he hoped the government would be able to do ?c* but himself sug? gested that 'ia might be advisable as a measure of ^precaution in the inter? ests of Americans as wTell as for the maintenance of order ir general to land marines at -some convenient point, suggesting the Plaza de Armas as the place Mr. Sleeper and Commander Col? well after a bri^r conference decided that the landing -should be made this evening, and at '5:30 o'clock the de? tachment under command of Execu? tive Officer 31iller -began coming ashore, with ?.rms, ammunition and camp paraphernalia and took up a position commanding the approaches to the palace. 'Two hours later the commissary ozrtflt followed with sup? per for the ?Soers and men. Ques? tioned whether their duties on shore would simply be protection of Amer? ican interests or defense of the palace and President ?Palma, IBxecutivp Of? ficer Miller and the other officers of the detachment ?unanimonsly replied that if the town should be attacked or if an uprising -occuraed in the city they undomirtedly would have .something to do regardless of fine questions as to wSxo is attacked. That Commander Colwell had lan? ded a force of 15* men an? stationed -ffetem in the v?cnarty -o? President Palma's palace was a -shotifc to the administration and ttirt?l a tfull re? port shall have been ireceicwed from htm ., judgment will be isuspended as to whether he exceeded his instruct? ions. He was told to ?axoid aasy pos? sible action which could be construed into inierevntion. Apparently Com? mander Colwell thought he was justi? fied in landing a large force. The celerity with which the President countermasded CoIwelTs action is in line with his announced policy to re? frain as long as possible from any? thing that would be construed as a j desire on the part of the United States to interfere. The whole situation will be thoroughly canvassed today by the President, Secretary Bonaparte and Acting Secretary of State Bacon, at Oyster Bay. FATAL PLEASURE TRIP. ! Excursion Party on Nap tba Launch Run Down By Schooner. New York. Sept. 15.-As a result of a collision between a naptha launch and a sch?ner in lower New York bay last night, four of the eight occupants of the launch were drown? ed. The remaining four, three men and one woman, were picked up by a steamer after clinging to the over? turned craft all night and were in such an exhausted condition that neither their names nor the ?ames of the drowned could be obtained. The rescued were taken to Otiten Is? land and placed in the hospita!. The woman my not recover. The Farmers' anc?*Herehants Bank opened ia Aiken on Saturday. Mr J. P. McNair is president, and already the new institution has the backing of enough business men to be assured of success. \ CAN'T IT BE. DONE? MK. CLAYTON QUESTION'S PRAC? TICABILITY OF ANSEL'S PLATFORM. Matters In the State Apt to Be In Chaos If ?State Dispensary Is Done Away With. Editor Florence Times: A great hurrah is being made that the dis? pensary is dead and nine tenths of those who voted to kill it, actually believe that they will have the pleas? ure of attending its funeral next January. This does very well for people wiio had proclaimed that they would get much and have actually realized so little. There is no doubt that the dispensantes have control of both branches of the legislature. The ?anti-dispensary papers deny this but fail to show as they do, the names and how ihey stand on each man elected. The State some time since gave the senate as 21 dispensary to 16 anti, with four counties to hold a second primary. Rogers, of Marl? boro,* makes 22, and gives the anties the other 3 and it brings them to 19, a clear majority of 3 for the .State dispensary. As to the house we can giv.Pi no definite figures, ^mt to our reco1 lection "Williamsburg is the only county in which the dispensary has lost two votes, while it has gained in Marion, Marlboro, Chesterfield, Lancaster, York, Richland, Union and perhaps other counties, making a clear majority of from 3 to 12, for the dispensary in the house. But for the sake of argument, let us suppose that both branches of the legislature will repeal the law which authorizes a State dispensary, what then, each' county may have a county dispen? sary or. prohibition, that was Ansel's ! platform. Now can that platform be ' carried ont? We say yes. But at the total disregard of all business principles, the constitution of Southe Carolina says, "after enumerating what the legislature can or may do' in regard to the sale of liquor, 'and may authorize. and empower State, county and municipal officers, all or either, under the authority and in the name of the State, to buy in any market and retail within the State liquors and beverages in such pack? ages and quantities under such rules and regulations as it deems expedi? ent'*" Now that we can carefully look into matters, the election being over and no further incentive to throw dust in the- voters eyes, it is readily seen that we haare county, city or State dispen? saries, as the legislaure may see fit to empower, but the liquor must be bought in the came of the State, thereby making the State responsible for the ?ebts incurred by counties or cities running dispensaries. Now that would be thought of an indi? vidual cr corporation* from a business standpoint that wca?d establish thirty ?r Corty places itf business, al? low the a acal manager ?af ?each to buy in its OT his name, be responsible for" the debts ?f all, and n?t reserve the right of inspection or management To ask that question of ?Eine men, is to answer it, and yet a glentor has been elected upon a platt&rjn that proposes that South Carolina *hall be committed to such insanity. What would 20 prohibition counties ?say as to 21 dispensary counties, pledging their taxes for sueh wild scheme*. But says some enthusiast, what are you going to do with that clause of the constitution which says "under euch rules and regulations as it deems ex? pedient" can't the legislature pass an act exemptng the State from liability. We answer no, for if the goods are bought in the name of the State and credit is given up on the strength of that name. The United States consti? tution comes in and says no State shall pass any law impairing the ob? ligations of contracts." So in any as? pect of the case the State is the re? sponsible party, and being responsible we feel confident that she will super? vise her c^-dit, so that it cannot be abused. These matters will come up before the legislature and there are some good lawyers in that body, and it , really looks as though the anti-dis- , pensary army has, like that of a cer? tain King of old, "Marched up the hill and then marched down again. i ) W. F. Clayton. Capt. M. Kennedy died Saturday noon at his homp in Anderson. He was in his seventy-third year. The Board of Trade at Kingstree is i using ev.-ry means to irt-t tho new rail- : road from Bethlehem, in Florence : ?.'.linty. to Lanes, to erne through : their town. This will make 'hr road only seven miles longer, and Kings- ; tree is certain that their business will justify the increased cost. : SYNDICATE TO BUY COTTON. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION TAKES IMPORTANT STEPS AT . MEETING. Statement By Mr. Smith-Advan? tages of Plan to Control Market at Fixed Price Explained-Crop Out? look. Columbia, Sept. 15.-Mr. E. D. Smith of the Southern Cotton As? sociation has returned from the -meeting of the executive committee recently held at Hot Springs. As a :r*sult of the investigations made by ;the committee and his personal ob? servations, Mr. Smith is very en? thusiastic over the outlook for the /farmers this year and believes that [the prices will remain firm. True, j the farmers of this State have suf? fered greatly, but there are . short jj ages in other States. In reference to khe endorsement of Richard Cheat ham, the Atlanta official who was charged with speculating with the in? formation at his command, Mr. Smith admitted that he went to the meet? ing prejudiced against Cheatham. All of the others, however, were i'ully satisfied with the evidence as it was bought out and as a result the com? mittee decided to endorse the man. It has not satisfied all of the mem? bers, however. ? Mr. Smith gave out ? very impor? tant sttaement concerning the meet? ing and the organization of a syndi? cate with a capital of $60,000,000, to 'buy up all cotton offered for less than the fixed price. Mention was made of this some time ago in The State and it was Mr. Smith's own plan which the committee adopted. Mr. Smith urges cooperation as the only way to win the fight and his statement is ^worth careful consideration. He says: I have just returned from the meeting of the executive committee i at Hot Springs, Ark., which convened ' Sept. 6, and adjourned on the even? ing of Sept. 9. Matters of great importance came lip .for consideration before this meet j ing and were considered deliberately and entirely with - reference to the I good that might be done to those in ! interested in cotton growing in the South and in the prosperity that has J resulted from the two years of tl|e remunerative return for cotton. ? All the States were represented, and in spite of the fact that some serious blunders had been made, every man was enthusiastic as to the principles of the organization and its ultimate power .to win the fight for Southern independence of the domination of foreign ?peculators and foreign capi? tal. The committee after due delib? eration, decided to fix the dead-line, th*.- line ?below which no cotton, w^ak or ftrosfcg. ?should be sold iv. the South af ten eesrts per pound. This was dene 1 ecaupo of the seiti^.eat througb??u? the South that this was the lowest possible price under ex? isting conditions as to labor, and the increased prices of all other com? modities necessary for the growing of the crop, that w'^uld enable the grower to meet his obligations. It had no reference whatever to the present crop or any other condition. We did not say, nor did ?ne mean to say, that cotton is not or will not be worth more than this per pound, based up? on the law of sappjy and demand. There were consumed this year, from September 1 to September 1, 12,200, 000 bales, which brought an average of 11.7 cents per pound; 550,000 bales of this amount were taken from the crop of 1904, which was brought over from that year into the cotton year of 1905-06. According +o ihe consumption, as reported from the mills, and the new spindles that are added, the prospec- ? tive demands for the spinning world I will be 12,500,000 bales for 1906 and ; 1907, of the present cotton year. As to- the outlook for the yield of i the present year, we had an aggre- ? gate of several thousand reports from ; different States, taken from observa- 1 tions made since September 1. These < reports from the several States were i read in open committee and comment- t ed upon by the members of the ex- i ecutive committee and the State j presidents from the several States. ? From North Carolina, J. P. Allison of t Concord and C. C. Moore from Char" e lotte, corroborated the returns from z ten to fifteen per cent, less yield than \ last year. They stn ted that unless \ the price of cotton exceeded ten cents ] per pound, tho cotton growers of s their State wotfid suffer. Frern Ala- t bama. W. H. Seymour of Montgomery j md W. F- Vandiver of Montgomery c spoke en the returns from their j State, declaring that the conditions 1 there did no warrant an estimate as . [rood as last year of from ten to fifteen per cent They also contended that unless the price equalled that of last a year Alabama would also suffer view of the fact of the increased c of production and the enhanced va: cf all articles necessary for ho consumption on the farm. Fr? Arkansas J. W. White of Russellvi: Dr. L. E. Love of Dardenelle and B. Burnette of Chickalah, declai that the conditions in Arkansas h deteriorated, at the lowest calcu lion, 25 per cent, in the last 15 ds prior to our meeting. They put t maximum yield from" Arkansas about 750,000 bales. From Louisiai Paul M. Potts of Nachitoches and L. Maxwell of Mound, corrobor?t thc reports from the different cou ties that boll weevil in the Red Ri*; valley, excessive rains, rust and blig made the condition in their State b slightly incr ase! over last year, must be taken into account in ref* ence to this State, that they ma practically a total failure last ye* From Mississippi, Walter Clark, Clarksdale and Dr. William Woods Jackson -declared that the conditio in their State were such that the yie would be from fifteen to twenty p cent, less than was estimated 15 da previous to our meeting. From Geo gia, Harvie Jordan, confirmed tl statement that the outlook in Geo gia was for a ten or fifteen per cer decrease guider last year. Fro Texas R: T. Miller of Henderson, J. < Hickey of Henderson and Dr. J. 2 Pope of Marshall confirmed the n ports that never before in the hi: tory of the State have the ravag< of boll weevil and boll worm bee so great as they are in the preset year. This, coupled with the rapi deterioration of the condition of co ton, made the prospect for a yield i Texas very slightly over that of la: ytar. From Okalahoma and India Territory, L. B. Irvin of Stillwate Okla., confirmed the report that fe the first time in the histor:'- of cotto growing the boll weevil had invade their territory, and though the pros pects up to two weeks ago were ver flattering, yet he confirmed the re port that the outlook at the time c our meeing wes such as to warral no appreciable-.increase-over?last yea] The condition in our State is know to the readers of this article As t n.y own observations, I visited th State of Texas, Arkansas, Al?bame Mississippi and in none of thes States are there conditions to warran a yield approximately above that o last year. As to Texas, Mr. Hyat has given a true report of condition in reference to the boll weevil am the general outlook. I was presen with him and confirm the statemen in his interview. It is absolutely suicidal for thosj who make the cotton, to be fright? ened by the bear reports that are be? ing sent out, and market their cottor for less than 10 cents per pound al their respective stations. The trade realizes that this is the debt pay? ing period and that they will force the price down now, take advantage of the poverty and dire necessity ol the cotton producers and load up the mill? with this cheap cotton in order to get him in a position where they may dictate the price for the entire crop. Let every man who has his own and his country's interest at heart see to it that the cotton shall not be sacrificed simply because we failed in obtaining the 15 cents, for which so many of us stood. Because of the useeming wisdom* of this move, is no reason why we should not stand as a unit now that we are all agreed as to the price below which cotton shall not go. I have given the names of the ex? ecutive committee from every State, so hat any one wishing to inquire who they are and as to their stand? ing in their several States and as to the conditions that obtain in their States, may communicate with them to confirm the statements that I have rruBdc. / The executive committee decided in view of the fact that in our present 'tat us we were not much more than ?n advisory board and had no power io enforce our demands, unless there mould be a strict observance of our idvice. to organize a corporation for he purpose of buying, selling and varehousing cotton and to raise, if )OssibIe, at least $60,000.000 for the purpose of buying and retiring from he market the weak cotton which : >ach year during September, October i md November is forced on th? mar- ] tet to the injury of all those who can j lold and who would he willing to ( ?old under other circumstances. The ( ?hares are to he each, lt' every cot? on grower in the South would put nto this syndicate $5 a bale ?rn the < :otton grown., ir would give the cap- ( tal ..f approximattly $60.000,000. ; Mn'.-, money could be distributed in t ??.ch State according to thu number c ?f l>alrs raised in that State and be y used for the purpose of purchasing r nd retiring cotton offered below the f A MATTER &FHEAiX$ wm0 POWDER AbMiiitelyPure A Cream of Tartar Powder* > free from alum or phot* phatlc aokl minimum price. Say, a planter raises ten bales of cotton, he is offered I cents per pound, he takes $5 wort& of stock per bale, or $50 in this oon* cern; the market advances in cori* sequence, one cent per pound. He hat made back on his ten bales of cottQfc the entire amount invested, beside* still owning his stock in the company^ It is a very simple plan; very easy cf execution; if the planters, mer* "chants and bankers will just take sufficient stock to realce the amount asked for. As it is, we stand? to Jose $10 on the bale any year on any six? crop we grow. Therefore, it stand? to reason that if we take ene cent a, pound on the cotton ^grown in th* South, concentrate it in the hands ot practical business men to buy an^ retire cotton in the market to be 1*%!$ by them for the minimum price fixo$ by us, this will guarantee a remuner* ative price this year. We spend nb money in protecting our eotton, white the buying world spends million? ot dollars and make milsons of dollar?, robbing us of our profits,^ Mr. Witherspoon of Meridian, Mlss,t is looking after the charter; J. P. Al* lison of Concord, N. C., J. C. Hickey of Henderson, Tex, F. L. Maxwell ot Mound, La., Mr. S. A. Witherspoon ot Meridian, Miss., and ""myself are afc? pointed a committee to draft and .pre* sent the detailed pian to the publ?? ?t large. This in our opinion, if prop? erly appreciated by the people of the South, will solve the problem of fix* ing and maintaining a price. Let no man think that we are at all discouraged. We have just be?. gun to fight i . ?{'? ' r l*"*-^ l4m ?. 1 ' ' . B. IX Smithy ? tr- ?_,-_ MOTHER SACRIFICER LIFE.,, She Made a Heroic Effort to Save th? " Lives of Her little Children, Jersey City, N. J., Sept. 15.-Mr*, Mary Patterson, aged 35 years, Ja. dying and her two children are d.ead\ following the fire which partially, de*, stroyed her home on Yorfc street early this morning. The mo;therk hoping to save the lives of her chi!*, dren, Frank, five years old, and the baby, seven months old, took them ifl? her arms and crawled under the bed* The firemen were attracted by th* mother's groans and discovered them* The boy was so badly burned that nfc died as he was being carried dowBj the ladder. The baby died as it wvftft. 7aid beside its mother in the ambu*. lance on the way to the hospital. Thf mother is so badly burned that she cannot live. The husband and fen ther was away at the- time. HAS WITHDRAWN HI? RESIGNA*. TTON. Col. Courtenay Remains Mejuber of - Commission. Some time ago Col. Wm. A: Court? enay, being in very bad health, ten?, iered his resignation as a member of Lhe State Historical Commission, but 5overnor Heyward, realizing the /alue of his services to the commis* ;ion, declined to accept it. Recently Col. Courtenay's health las greatly improved, as Governor ?ieyward hoped, and today he called ipon the governor and announced. iis willingness to withdraw his res? enation and continue his service ups >n the commission.-Columbia Recs rd. i Prof. John Michel*, of the Division, 'f Animal Husbandry and Dairying, "lemson College, ls trying to organ* se a movement to establish a cream* ry for the State. He needs the co? peration of the farmers and mus? ave guaranteed a certain amour.! o* Mik. This weald be a great thin? or the farmers.