The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 26, 1906, Image 4
WSBNESD?Y, DECEMBER 26, 1906.
Ihe ?umter Watchman was founded in
J50 and the True Southron in 1866. The
Watchman and Southron now bas the com?
bined circulation and influence of both of
%he> cid papers, and is manifestly the best
=:-lvertisisig medium in Sumter.
~~ IMPORTANT NOTICE.
Subscribers are requested to ex
mine tue label on their papers,
vhich show the date to which the
cjbscription has been paid. Those
- -ho Sud that they are in arrears are
-??aested to call and settle or remit
t the earliest convenient date. The
-^oount that each subscriber owes is
sall, but in the aggregate the
v-jBount due us for subscription is
uite large-and we need the money.
"Wha? ^as become of the Chamber
ot Oom tuerce? We all know that it
St22 ha.?; one live and active member
-or. rho roll, to wit: the Secretary,
"hut it is the other ninety and nine
ti nt se^m to have been lost in the j
-? . . A live, energetic, pushing \
..secretary, and a typewriter, are- use?
ful ana necessary adjuncts to a cham
r of co r.^erce, but when the sec?
retary ?s the only hve thing associated
r ame, he becomes of little
aaaore force and effect than "sound- !
lisg .r; ss or a tinkling cymbal."
Surcar has gotten wise. That is
to ty that Sumter has not been
wisi a"! the time and will not con
tinue to be wise until the end of the
chapter, but she has been particularly
-wise in voting bonds for a sewerage
system. No town ought to be with?
out sewerage when it gets big enough j
to neo-I i: and it does not take long j
?or that. Whenever people have to j
live so close together that nature can't
take care of the situation nothing
.etrnals se re for safety and con?
venience, "e envy Sumter, but we
'will have wait awhile. We are
'wise enou. ' but not wealthy enough,
we have ? i too many other things
a?rst, v.-h ic e do not think was as
?wise as it gr have been, but we
isave no r r. Jpo?y on the wisdom of
the corrm ty.-Florence Times.
\N TO : iNDUE COTTON CROP.
?MU S ?^rr>?s ?the Organiza
o? ; -Ju: Ling Committee" to
WIth Warehouses.
*e j?i :<r of tr. e. News and Cou
Kor irs the question of how
:o .han our vi :ef crop for the
goori of \t-^ nvosr people has been
? j?cvssc?": and discussed without any
apparel : result, and-after more than
i, year ot ?guring with parties who
are able to furnish the sinews of war
1 have at iast reached that stage
which enables me to make the fol?
lowing proposition to the farmers:
<Dn the basis of a 12,000,000-baIe
crop ot cotton, if the farmers will
erect throughout the cotton belt, at
avaOafcle railroad centres, cotton
warehouses, with bonded officials, suf?
ficient to store six million bales of
cotton at a cost to the farmers of 15
?lit- pt.- hale per month, tor storage
and insurance, I will agree to raise a
-?.olding committee with capital suffi?
rent to make advances of within 2
?nts per pound of the market price
-Cor said cotton, at 7 per Gent., for
ile ?me this money is used. As an
Dustration, Mr. Jones places 10 bales
fit cotton of 500 pounds each in the
bonded warehouse, securing from the
warehouse his certificate for same,
the warehouse to send us samples.
?S?s cotton stored by Mr. Jones aver?
ages middling and the market at his
point is 10 cents per pcund. On re?
ceipt of the certificate we send Mr.
Jones New York exchange for ?400,
und when this cotton is disposed of,
rafter paying the warehouse expense,
35 cents per bale to us for selling
arne, and the amount borrowed at 7
?>er cent., we send him a statement
^vith a check enclosed to cover bal
saace. t
The farmer's part in thist ransaction
? to see that the warehouses are con?
structed, store one-half his crop and
?.lace the other in our Lands to dis?
pose of for him to the spinner. Our
-e-cpense to be deducted from said sale,
<which is 25 cents per bale.
That the crop may be properly reg
-:^ated the farmer and planter is to
s* lect a committee to stand for one
T?&T, and this committee together
"w-ith a committee from the spinners
tht; world and our management are
meet in conference the beginning
? each sorter of the year and r<..gu
Sa c thc pr!vi of cotton for that thr<
?<>r?hs and ell cotton disposed
thin that period will be disposed ol"
our committee to the spinners di
t at these prices, thus eliminating
i third party or middle man. This
tier, to be fully understood, re
. .. res an article of mur-h louger
geh than we are disposed to writ''
present, and if the f;jrn "rs are
'ly to oroteet ihems'^v^s and are <
pared to enter into negotiations I
. ing to this end, we will be glad!
take it, up more fully, and wish io
that I have assurances which ca- \
farine- is ready for .
It is a well known fact that through
the sampling on the streets , at the
compress and ^elsewhere along the
route, a considerable amount of cot?
ton is extracted from each bale. Then
the local cotton buyer is not working
for fun and calculates on from 50
cents to $1 per bale profit. The man
i he sells to on this side of the water
has large expense to meet and he
too must have a rake off. Again on
the other side the middle man puts
in his appearance and calls for his
profit, thus between the farmer and
the spinner we are taxed fully $5 per
bale by these middle men to keep
themselves going, whereas, if handled
by our committee, we have a sample
of one pound taken from the bale and
the same graded and offered to the
spinner at the price fixed by these
committees, and the total cost for
one-half of the crop is 25 cents per
bale paid to us, for the one-half held
in the warehouses the interest, in?
surance and all other charges need
not exceed $1.35 per bale, or an ex?
pense of 75 cents per bale for the
whole crop, thus saving $4.25 per
bale to the spinner and farmer, and
this alone would enable the farmer to
secure 1 cent a pound more for his
cotton thai, he otherwise would do,
besides it makes the crop a staple
one and we will no longer see the
cotton speculator depressing values to
Lhe extent of - many million dollars
within an hour or two, as we see ev?
ery cay. We would be glad to have
all papers interested in the welfare v>f
the sorth publish this item and send
us paper with editorial comment, if
any is made. We would also be glad
to hear from any one who is interest'
ed in this matter and are open to
any suggestion from any one. Yours
truly, P. G. Bowman,
Sumter, December 18.
MORE EQUIPMENT FOR A. C. L.
Order fur Five Million Dollars'
Worth of Rolling Stock Soon to Be
Placed.
Wilmington, Dec. 22.-It was an?
nounced today from the Atlantic
Coast Line headquarters here that
orders will be placed for the earliest
possible delivery in 1907 for 100 lo?
comotives, 3,250 freight cars and 50
passenger cars, the appropriation for
the equipment being practically $5,
000,000. Orders for twenty of the lo?
comotives have already been placed
for February delivery. The directors
have also authorized the purchase of
26,300 tons of eighty-five-pound steel
rails, deliveries to begin in January.
This is 300 miles of new rail, addi?
tional to 200 miles laid during the last .
year.
There are overdue on contracts ?
placed ?(arly in 1906 between 2,500
md 3,000 freight cars and 20 locomo- ?
tives, which the builders were unable '
to furnish. '
It is also announced that January
L five new operating districts will be 1
added, making seventeen in all, the
main object being to reduce the size ]
)f the districts in order to get the *
maximum of efficiency in operation. :
In connection with the increase of 1
.ho nuT^b^v of operating district
"rom twelve to seventeen tne fol- 1
lowing appointments of division su- 1
perintendents are made public by Su?
perintendent W. A. Anderson:
i
Wilmington district, from Wilming- '
ton to Contentea, X. C., including 1
branches, and Atlantic and Yadkin
livision to Stanford, X. C., E. Phen- 1
aenger; Chadburn district, between 1
Wilmington and Pee-Dee, S. C., with
branch lines, J. A. Fountain; Colum- i
bia, Si C., district is divided into two J
3istricts, to be known as the Colum- 1
bia and Darlington districts, with C. ]
Li. Porter in charge of the Columbia J
iistrict and B. J. Hare of the Darling- 1
ton district. George B. McClellan, ]
trainmaster Charleston district, is '
made superintendent of the Xorfolk
?istrict. W. M. Dove, trainmaster *
Charleston and Western Carolina, at '
Augusta, is made superintendent Sa
/annan district.
MORGAN BACKS PRESIDENT.
Senator Morgan Sustains President
Roosevelt in the Disbanding ol' the
Negro Troops.
Washington. Dec. 24.-Senator
Morgan, Alabama's veteran Democrat,
who opposed the president on most
every is:.ue cv r ad vanc. d. political or
otherwise, now says that Roosevelt's
action in dismissing the Brownvil'e
negro troops i~ absolutely right. Mr.
Morgan says: "Dismissal was lawful
1 ?'vt 1 ? . rr^ r''re
rnost en .. ; . . defamatory, i
threatening denun .:. n. While pol?
iticians have taken up the hue and
cry. and are assailing th< president
with bitter reproaches, l.'nder such
cond:??ov;s it will require disbanding
all negro regiments if the act or the
president is not sustained.'1
Accord in - to the C.'diz (Ohio-) !
Oemocr; - n of that town j
..s*. ]>.. . ? OM . ' .. heob, and it threw
him, ri: lo. ai ag ... . Shoulder." Since j
Th*> discovery thal it <-<>n?ains aTco
Kr.i th,, humble corncob is showing
CAROLINA UNIVERSITY NOTES.
Students Go Home For Holindays
Ga reu tand Black Will be Issued on
Time.
University of South Carolina, Co?
lumbia, Dec. 21.-At 2 o'clock today,
with the discontinuance of all classes
the holidays were begun. Already
che campus presents a deserted ap?
pearance and during the entire after?
noon students, suit case in hand,
could be seen departing for their
homes.- Work will be again resumed
on Thursday, Jan. 3. From that time
until February every student will be
particularly hard at work, preparing
for the approaching and much-fear?
ed mid-winter examinations.
Last year the publishing of the an?
nual, the Garnet and Black, was
greatly delayed, some of the students
not receiving theirs until a month
after the close of college. This ses?
sion the staff has determined to put
the annual in the hands of the stu?
dents before commencement. To
hasten the work as much as possible
on Monday the pictures of the second
and third year academic students and
on Tuesday those of the first year
academics, the first and second year
normals were taken. The editor-in
chief of the annual is F. W. Bradley, j
'07, Abbeville, and the business man-?
ager, L. W. Perrin, 'OS, Abbeville.
On Wednesday evening ai: S o'clock
in ,the University chapel the Rod dey
medal debate was held. This is an
annual contest between representa?
tives of the two literary societies for
a gold medal donated by Mr. John
T. Roddey, of Rock Hill. The query j
selected by Mr. Roddey was, Resolv?
ed, That South Carolina should have
a compulsory 'education law. The
debaters on the affirmative were M.
Hardin, Law, '07, Cherokee from the
Euphradian society, and E. H. Blake,
'07, Greenwood, from the Clariosoph
ics. The negative was upheld by C.
C. Smith, Law, '07, Charleston, Eu?
phradian, and V. E. Rector, '07, Spar
tanburg, Ciariosophic.
The debate was of an exceedingly
high order and showed much prepa?
ration and earnestness on the part of
the speakers. It was by far the most
interesting and instructive contest
that has been held on this campus re?
cently. This question has been be?
fore the public for a number of years
and has been frequently debated in
the State legislature. Despite the
stormy weather the chapel was well
filled. Mr. Rector on the negative
won the unstinted applause of the
audience by his humorous passages
and a thrust at State Superintendent^
O. B. Martin, who was present
After hearin fthe rebuttal the
judges retired and formed their de- '.
cisi?n. This committee consisted of
Associate Justice C. A. Woods, Capt.
D. J. Griffith, Dr. J. W. Babcock, Dr.
Hall and Mr. Will Evans. Dr. Hall ;
3f the Presbyterian Seminary on be?
half of the committee announced the
winner, Mr. Rector, and presented
the medal to h'm in a short speech.
The presiding officer was L. W. Per?
rin, '08, Abbeville, and the chief mar- <
shal J. M. Hemphill, '08, Chester. The
music for the occasion was furnished
by the niversity Glee club.
The annual Christmas dance will
be given in the steward's hail to?
night by the University German club. ;
This is the pricipal social event of the *
winter season among the students and
bids fair to be a most enjoyable oc?
casion. In the reception room of the
steward's hall, where the supper will
be served, elaborate decorations have
been made, consisting chiefly of the
University colors, garnet and . black,
3raped around the walls and inter- 1
sperse^l with pennants of the different
southern colleges. The ball room
presents an even more picturesque
scene. The chandeliers and the tops
3f the windows and doors have been
festooned with an abundance of smi?
lax mixed with holly.
Beginning /promptly at 9.30 ten
sard dances will take place, then aft?
er supper the german will be danced
until 3 o'clock, led by R. Dozier Lee,
'07, Sumter, assisted by H. McGowan
Holmes, '07, Charleston. The chape?
rones will be: President Benjamin
Sloan, Professor and Mrs. Yates
Snowden, Dr. and Mrs. G. A. Wan
ehope, Mr. and Mrs. Christie Benet,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry X. Edmunds, Dr.
and Mrs. William Weston, Prof. and
Mrs. A. C. Moore, Dr. and Mrs. G. B.
Moore. The officers of the German
club who form the executive com?
mittee in charge of this dance are:
President, X. B. Hey ward, '07, Co?
lumbia; vice presidnet, P. R. Moore,
'07, Lancaster; leader, K. D. Lee, Jr.,
'07, Sumter; treasurer, T. M. DuBose,
Jr., '07, Colombia, and secretary, J.
XT Gibbes, ' Columbia. '
The next ?:'? !. given by this club
will )>'. the mid-term german Feb. ll'.
The Marlboro Methodists are "up
in arms" against tin- action <>f the
Methodist conferefice in tit" Creigh?
ton matter. If this Creighton war
continues to be agitated it would not
surprise us te see an organization of
Methodist seceders in this Stale with
' W. Creighton made bishop.
Jonht that the conference
Cr eli, .?..U matter has brought ????
division <>f sentiment not cali
to harmonize the church int?
LAYING CORNER STONE.
f Interesting Ceremony at Lutheran
Church at Florence.
The corner stone of the new Luther?
an church was laid yesterday in a
very pretty ceremony and in the
presence of a fair crowd of people
considering the inclemency of the
weather.
The exercises were held at the
church on the corner of Palmetto
..and Railroad avenue at 4.30 p. m.
Rev. T. B. Epting, who has been a
most faithful shepherd of this little
flock during the past year, conducted
the ceremony. A small organ had
been brought to the church and the
choir, led by Miss Carrie Cronenburg,
sang the hymns of praise and thanks?
giving.
The main address was delivered by
Rev. C. A. Freed, pastor of Ebene?
zar church, Columbia.
Rev. Mr. Auld of Lone Star, who
assisted Mr. Epting in reforming this
congregation last year, was present
again to rejoice with them that their
work had borne such fruit.
The Lutheran congregation here
now numbers 31 members. This
church enterprise was first under?
taken about 10 years ago, but
through discouragements it was al?
lowed to lapse after the purchase
some five yeo rs ago of this desirable,
building lot, so near the center of the
city. A year ago Mr. Epting came
over from Sumter and began tc re?
vive the congrega* ional interest
among the faithful members of the
Lutheran church here and so suc?
cessful has been his work and their
work that they will soon have a i
church costing four or five thousand
dollars and being one of the most
modern and attr ?t;vo in the city. The -
ladies have worked haid for the fand .
and have increased it dollar by dollar, \
each dollar, -representing work and
provers and ,sacrifice. 1
The building is of c'oncrete. It <
will seat several hundred people and
will have a Sunday school room that
can be thrown into the main audito?
rium by the opening of folding doors. I
The contractor is J. J. Whilden, of
Sumter, a most painstaking builder
who has a p~ide in his work. The
building is already assuming shape 'j
and comliness and it will soon be one ,
of the buildings in which the city ;
may take a just pride and which will
be one more center of good and "
wholesome influence in the communi?
ty.-Florence Times, Dec. 19. ?
Arrested in Florence.
? Florence, Dec. 22.-Allen Nelson,
alias Mansfield, alias Smith, a white
man, was arrested here last night by
Police Officer Joe Turbeville, upon in?
struction of R. C. Hardwick, a detec?
tive, upon the charge of breaking into
and robbing a store at Denmark. Nel?
son was locked up in the* city station
house, and i^as carried back to Den?
mark this morning on the early train. .
While at the station house Nelson |
was called upon by a woman, who .
knew him, and when he left in charge '
of a deputy for Denmark the woman
accompanied him to that place.
It is sa.d that Nelson is wanted in
a number of towns in this State, as
well as in Augusta and ocher .~c .\r'-.
towns. Shortly after being p:aced in
fhe station house there was a great ,
commotion by the other prisoners, and j
upon investigation of the disturbance i
they reported that Nelson was at- '
temping suicide by choking himself .
with his necktie. He w*as considera?
bly excited and seemed to worry very j
much about , being arrested.
California Miner Rescued From Death
Tomb After Fifteen Days.
Bakersfield, Cal., Dec. 23.-Lindsay
B. Hicks, released last night from an
entombment of 15 days in a caved-in l
tunnel, today appeared well and hap?
py after his gruesome experience. He
received the congratulations of
friends and neighbors, to whom he
related as best he could the feelings 1
he underwent within the dark close
quarters in his tomb-like prison near <
the dead bodies- of five less fortunate 1
companions, while scores of men <
worked like beavers day and night for
more than two weeks to save him
from death by digging through many
feet of earth and rock.
ITALLVNS MURDERED.
Mafia Again Coming Into Lawless No?
toriety.
New Orleans, La., Dec. 26.-Six
Italians were found dead in a tene?
ment hSuse which was fired today,
some burned to death no doubt. They
were the victims of Mafia which has
serioa 'y worked hero many years.
X..t since the lynching of Italians by
wholesale several years ago has the
foreign populace been in such an ex
rited state. The police are unable to
cope with the situation and firemen
have been pressed into service. These
murders it is believed were committed
early Inst r:i^':t. and undoubtedly
were planned. No screams wore
heard, leading to the theory that the j
..; iitered wit bout a y
nt a given signal. ;
hat the work was
>ciety, and that the ?1
Half Million To Sav<
Five hundred thousand
a
conservative estimate o]
shooting down of Stanfo
Harry Kendall Thaw on
Square Garden roof will 3
n
y
e
e
Thaw family after White's slayer will
have been tried by a jury of his peers.
Of this amount fully $200,000 has
already been expended in the vast j
preliminary preparation for the fight j
to be made to save Thaw from the
electric chair and the madhouse.
A world-wide search has been con?
ducted for every scrap of corrobora?
tive evidence that will tend to show
justification for Thaw's deed. Besides
evidence of the sort that may acquit
the young Pittsburg millionaire on
the ground of justifiable homicide
through the "unwritten law," hun?
dreds of affidavits has been secured
from persons on both sides of the
ocean to support a plea of insanity.
Detective bureaus in Europe and
throughout the United States are at
work in an exhaustive search for evi?
dence.
Great law firms are receiving large
fees for private investigation and ad?
vice. Special agents have been sent
by Clifford W. Hartridge, the chief
counsel for Thaw, to every quarter of
the gk be. The cable has been -used
with a prodigal disregard of expense,
and the preparation for the murder
trial is being manipulated like some j
great business concern.
The centre of .all this activity is, of
course, the offices of Hartridge &
Peabody, the two youthful friends of
Thaw, who are acting as his chief le?
gal advisers. Mail pours in daily
from every part of the world.
There Delphin Michael Delmas, the
Napoleon of the Californa bar, who is
said to have received a $100,000 fee
io devote his great abilities to the
Thaw case, is in daily consultation
with Hartridge.-New York Ameri?
can.
Dally Market Keporc
By Private Wire to the Sumter Cot?
ton Exchange.
Spots 10.55; unchanged.