Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r nt cl) m tin ono ? o ut!) ron. ? SUM.TEK WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. 'Be Just and Fear nofr-?I/et all the ends Thon Alms't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, ISM Consolidated lng. 2,1881 SUMTER. S. C . WEDNESDAY. APRIL IO. 1907. Sew Series-Vol. XXTI. So SS % Published Every Wednesday, ' -BY OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY, SUMTER, S. a Terms: $1.50 per armum-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. All communications which sub? serve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tribute* of respects will be charged for. THE PRICE OF COTTON. 31*. E. B. SMITH RETURNS FROM GEORGIA AND ALABAMA. He Reports the Work of Organizing the Cotton Growers and of Inau? gurating Plans for Securing Better Prices for the Cotton is Progressing Very Successfully. ! Columbia, April 2.-President E. L>. Smith, of the Cotton Growers' as sociation, was in the city today. He has just returned from Georgia and upper Carolina and reports that the afe^work of organization is getting along very finely, and that he and all the officers of the association are very i much encouraged. Mr. Smith says that the farmers are now realizing the force and use? fulness of business organization. Today he gave out the following interview with regard to the present work in hand: "Since the Birmingham convention j I have been busily engaged in organ? izing the work of the Southern Cot? ton association. I have just complet? ed a tour through Alabama and Georgia. The work has been the most successful of any yet accom? plished; committees have been ap? pointed to solicit subscriptions to or? ganize warehouse and holding com? panies for the purpose of locally financing the cotton crop and main? taining a profitable price to the grower. At every place visited the plan adopted by the Birmingham production and profit to the grower, for building warehouses, negotiating loans and concentrating the cotton ;in the hands of a business committee has met with uniform approval. "It is manifest to every business man that cotton is the basis of our credit and is -wholly our circulating medium. It is absurd to expect the negro, and the poor and dependent write producer to be able to main? tain the proper value of this article, upan which every interest in the south is dependent, when those who buy from them, up to now, have fixed tile price, represented the organized brain and capital of the world, and whose business it is to get the 'ar? ticle as cheaply as possible. The North, British America and Europe consume about 85 per cent, of our cotton crop. Hence 85 per cent, of our buyers represent foreign capital. Now is ic not an absurd proposition to leave to the poor debt-ridden, dis? organized producer of cotton to go up against the representative of Northern, Canadian and European capitalists, with unlimited resources, perfect organization and expect them, the poor disorganized, to ?vin and br.ng into the south, in conflicc with the world's richest and shrewdest, anything like the full value of the cotton crop, upon which we all are dependent? There is not a bank, mercantile establishment or any bus? iness vocation or avocation in the south that is not dependent directly on the currency brought into circula? tion by the sale of the cotton crop. "Now it is manifestly the height of folly-from a business standpoint to leave the poor and disorganized producer to determine in a convict with the shrewdest foreign buyer thc amount of money that shall be put into circulation in the south, to de? termine the deposits in our banks, the amount of goods to be sold by our merchants, the comforts and conve? niences of our homes, the education of the boys ana girls of the south, and the development of our re? sources, the establishment of our manufacturing plants, to manufac? ture the raw material in the south by the capital of the south, so as to ob? tain not only the profi: on the raw material, but the greater profit on the finished article, to develope our water power, so as to light our cities, run our factories and connect our roads. When all these could be easi? ly within our reach if the capitalists in every county in the south were to join forces with the producers of our cotton, and on wise, conservative business lines formulate a simple co? operative plan, by which a uniform price could be fixed upon cotton, which price would include the cose of production and profit to the grower, and profit to the company financing it plus the necessary carrying charges. As it is now, and has been for years, the merchant and banker and busi? ness men of the south, who furnish the goods and capital to the producer of cotton, have actually contributed to the depression of the price of cot? ton by demanding from the producer a settlement of their accounts with? out regard to the price that cotton mr.y be bringing at the tirne that these accounts fall due, while those w ho are making the price are keenly a.'ive to the fact that these accounts arc being pressed, and that the hold? er or owner of the cotton has no oth? er means of meeting these obligations save his cotton. Hence, by depress? ing thc price just at the time that these accounts ave, due, and by the holders of these accounts pressing for their payment, the whole amount has actually contributed to the depression of the very article upon which the commercial expansion of the south is dependent. It is to relieve this very situation that the Southern Cot? ton association was formed; and is fighting to bring all the interests in the south to realize the necessity for mutual co-operation. "The demand for cotton products has advanced in the last few years far beyond the advance in production. The amount of cotton goods consum? ed today is limited by the spindle ca pacify of the world. v*c?- spindles of the world running full time are not able to meet the demand for cotton good3. The prices paid today for manufactured cotton goods are high? er than they have been since the war period. Mills could easily pay a much higher price for the raw ma? terial than is now paid and still clear a greater profit per bale than the producer is now obtaining. "As an evidence of the demand for cotton goods and the profit that is in its manufacture, in Lancashire dis? trict, in England, alone, new mills, representing new companies aggre? gating 10,000,000 spindles, have been organized and constructed in seven years, or since 1900. A like increase is indicated in other European dis? tricts. In the northern and southern districts of America and in Canada, as one mill president expressed it when asked why the mills of the world, in view of- the unprecedented profit being made by them, did not pay more for the raw material, re? plied: 'We don't have to.' It is up to the south to combine her business interests to make them have to. The Southern Cotton association does not propose-nor does it desire-to be? come a predatory power, but simply to preserve the intrinsic and compet? itive value of cotton; her practical monopoly of the world's necessity. "The purchasing world organizes its exchanges, sends out its buyers into every market, concentrates all its energy and capital in systematiz? ing and concentrating its power for the purpose of controlling the mark? et for its best interest. The south, or the producer of cotton, and those de? pendent upon him, build no ware? houses, employ no sellers, organize no exchanges, do not systematize or concentrate their capital, but leave to the individual to dispose of his prop? erty as best he may, and the net re? sult is the south's poverty. "Our plan for organizing is to build warehouses, elect a board of di? rectors and a business manager, and, as cotton is practically money, al? low the individual to Hypothecate his cotton to these companies and re? ceive a loan sufficient to meet his pressing obligations; these companies to concentrate their holdings and sell to the purchaser at a price represent? ing, as said already, a legitimate pro? fit to the producer and a legitimate profit to the financier, plus the nec? essary cost of warehousing, insuring and storing. The modern facilities for transportation and communica? tion makes the organization of the cotton interest of the south easily j practical and - derfully remunera? tive. "I beg the business men and che newspapers of the south to study the problem and help me in my earnest effort to solve it." Mr. Smith h;is been selected as one of*the delegates to the Vienna Inter? national convention and will leave here next month to represent the cot? ton producers. C. C. Wilson has been appointed postmaster at Taylors, succeeding Miss Corrie B. Howell, resigned. VERDICT AGAINST RAILROAD. Mrs. McLean Awarded $10,000 for I Death of Her Son on Atlantic Coast ! Line. Darlington, April 5.-A verdict was rendered this afternoon at 5 o'clock in the circuit court in the case of Mrs. Agp.es B. McLean of Cheraw vs the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad company, the jury giving the plain? tiff $10,000. This case was followed with intense interest throughout the Pee Dee sec? tion and is by far the most important case disposed of at this session of the court. Ix. has, perhaps, attracted more interest in a g?nerai way than any case that has come up for trial in the common pleas court at Dar? lington in several years and the out? come was eagerly awaited. Mrs. McLean sued the Atlantic Coast Line for the recovery of dam? ages to the amount of $50,000 for the death of her son, William G. McLean. It will be remembered that in the summer of 1904,. while the Darling? ton baseball team was going from Darlington to McColl on the local freight train, the caboose was derail? ed and wrecked between Sumter and Robbins Neck while turning a sharp curve. Messrs. Whit Wilcox and Fred Stem of Darlington and Wil? liam McLean of Cheraw were riding on top of the caboose and when it left the track were dashed to the ground. The former two sustained painful injuries, while Mr. MeLean was thrown violently against a stump, mangling him up pretty severely. He was taken, to Bennettsville and later carried to Sumter on a special train for medical attention. He lived about 24 hours after being injured and his body, accompanied by relatives and friends, was taken to Cheraw, in a speciai train furnished by the rail? road officials, for burial. Mr. McLean was a prominent ?r-i popular young business man of Che? raw and at the time of the accident had been on a visit to his aunt, Mrs. W.. C. Wilson, in Darlington. He was a member of the Cheraw base ball team, which wound up its season but a few days before he came to Darlington. ?On account of his love for baseball and his ability as a star third baseman, he was asked to ac? company the Darlington team to Mc? coll for the game at that place. Mrs. McLean is a widow and Wil? liam was her only son. His death caused her great grief and was a dis? tinct shock to the friends of the de? ceased throughout this section, where he was loved. Leading attorneys of the local bar as well as of Cheraw, Florence and Columbia were employed in the case and it was a hard fought legal bat? tle. The case consumed practically the entire day today and part of the day before. The plaintiff was represented by Messrs. Edward Mciver and W. P. Pollock of Cheraw and Spears and Dennis, of Darlington; the defense by Wilcox & Wilcox of Florence, J. T. Barron of Conimbia and W. F. Dargan of Darlington.-The State. Two Men Burned to Death. ."Lynn, Mass., April 6.-Two men were burned to death and several persons narrowly escaped from fire today, which consumed Xew Hall Mill at Saugus. A number of nearby dwellings were burned, making a loss of $40,000. The charred bodies of Michael Desmon and Oscar Ryder were discovered in the loafing room of the old mill. FARMER COMMITS SUICIDE. Spartanburg. April 5.-J. T. Davis, a farmer 62 years of age. residing near Fairmount, committed suicide this afternoon by jumping into Ber? ry's pond, a considerable body of wa? ter near his home. His body was re? covered by his son and a young man by the name of Albert Smith, who had gone in search of Mr. Davis soon after he disappeared from his resi? dence. Davis had been in bad health for some time, his mind being affect? ed. He is survived by a wife and seven children. ? Killed by a Horse. Charleston, April 5.-Samuel Lord Allan, riding an ungovernable hors, yesterday in Summerville, was un-, seated by the animal and thrown t<> the ground. Iiis skull was fractured Itv euming in contact with a tree, causing a fatal injury and five hours later ;it 11.30 o'clock he died without regaininir consci<?usness. Truck farmers near Florence los' heavily by the freeze Monday night. THE THAW GASE. DELMAS DECLARES HIS CLIENT WAS SENT BY PROVIDENCE TO KILL WHITE. The Cahfornia Attorney Begins HU Argument in Defense of the Noted Prisoner-He Docs Not Plead the Unwritten Law in Justification for the Deed-Ho Denounces Mrs. Thaw's Mother, Stanford White, the Dead Man, and Abraham Hum? mel in the Bitterest Terms. New York, April S.-The trial of Harry K. Thaw, charged with the murder of Stanford White, nearing the end. Attorney Delphin M. Del mas, the ?alifornia advocate, this af? ternoon began his address to the jury, and after he had spken fo'r more than two hours and a half an ad? journment was taken until tomorrow morning. Mr. Delmas expects to con? clude before the luncheon hour is reached. District Attorney Jerome will make the closing address of the trial ^u Wednesday and Thaw's fate should be in the hands of the jury by Wednesday evoiiing. Justice Fitzgerald today ordered the jury locked up until the end of the trial. In view of this the judge's charge to the jury undoubtedly will be deliver ed immediately after the justice con? cludes. The latter says his speech will ocuupy not more than three or four hours: Declaring he would not base his plea upon the "unwritten law," be? cause his client found ample protec? tion in the written statutes of the State of New York. Mr. Delmas made a striking appeal to the sympathies of the jurors and so far as he pro? gressed today the subject of Thaw's insanity at the time he emmitted the homicide was not even hinted at. Mr. Delmas based his argument solely on the story of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw. With flushed cheeks, but dry eyes, that young woman heard her life history repeated to the men who are to judge her husband and bowed her head as " * her mother was' de nuounced in the bitterest terms and tones the eloquent lawyer could com? mand. "Even a beast protects its young," he declared with scornful emphasis, "but this unnatural mother deserted her daughter in this city of millions to be betrayed by a false friend, to be lured into a gilded palace and there left the victim of a gray haired man, wounded, bleeding and devour? ed." Mr. Delmas went with great detail into the life Evelyn Nesbit had led up to the meeting with Harry Thaw. In all of his remarks he referred to her as "this child," for child he said she was today. He told of Thaw's -great love for her and his efforts to rescue her from "the clutches of Stanford White," whose achievements in his profession, the attorney declared, was an aggravation of his crime. Mr. Delmas, before beginning his attack upon Evelyn Thaw's mother, I poured out a torrent of denunciation upon the architect who became the ? victim of Thaw's pistol. He accused him in the "crime of rape" and then I declared that President Roosevelt had said in a message to Congress that such a crime should be visited with death. This was one of the sugges? tions which Thaw himself made to his counsel for his summing up speech one of the suggestions which played so important a part in the proceed? ings before the lunacy commission. Mr. Delmas declared that God heard the erv of the fated child upon whom Stanford White had fixed his gaze and had determined should be his. He quoted from Scripture that "he who afflicts a fatherless chilv. shall perish,'' and declared that Providence had sent Thaw to avenge the wrong. The attorney declared that Thaw was his wife's only protector-that he came into her life when she was on the downward path, told her that no matter what the world thought of her. she was to him an angel. He took her to be his wife, ready to share the burdens that a mother had helped to place upon her daughter. DELMAS CONCLUDES. .Ww York. April !..-Thaw ap? peared bright and hopeful and wear? ing a confident air when ht.- entered the court room t?> hear Attorney Del outs make the closing address in his behalf this morning. The room was packed, the att< ndance being the big? gest of the trial. Behind Thaw sat the entire family group. Mrs. Ed? ward Thaw. Harry's sister-in-law. made her first appearance in court ROYAL Baking Powder is indispen? sable to the preparation of the finest cake, hot-breads, rolls and muffins. / . > Housekeepers are sometimes importuned to ? buy other powders because they are "cheap." Housekeepers should stop and think. If such powders are lower priced, are they inferior? Is it economy to spoil your digestion r Alun: is used in some baking pow The " Royal # Baker and Pastry ders and in most of the so-called Cook"-containing over Soo most phosphate powders, because it is practical and valuable cooking re- cheap, and makes a cheaper pow ceipts-free to every patron. Send der. But alum is a corrosive which, postal card with your full address. taken in food, acts injuriously upon the stomach, liver and kidneys* ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. today. Mr. Delmas was in excellent voice, and the spectators hung on every word. It was noticed that Jerome was not present at the opening. Del? mas brefly reviewed his remarks of yesterday, and again attacking the Hummell testimony saying it was the only thing against Evelyn's story. He called Hummell a convicted felon, saying "May my ey?s never see a high officer of the people stand here and upon the testimony of this con? victed felon ask twelve men to return a verdict that would make this young wife a widow." Mr. Delmas impressed upon the jury the fact that no human imagi? nation could havec -invented Eveiynls story and successfully parried the keen cross-examination. He then proceeded to rehearse the reasons proving that Evelyn's story affected Thaw's mind, and related incidents to prove the point. Delmas referred to Evelyn in tender terms, remarking frequently on the honorable love Ham- possessed for her and her no? ble attitude in refusing to marry Thaw on account of her past. Del? mas declared, "This little girl did rise to that sublime sublime height," when she refused to marry Thaw be? cause it would estrange him from his family. Delmas made much of the fatal consequence of Evelyn's story on Thaw's mind. A recess was taken at 12.30 until 2 o'clock, when Delmas will conclude his summing up. It was announced that District Attorney Jerome would not begin his speech until tomorrow morning. Delmas reviewed bits of evidence in detail to prove the points he made that Thaw was made insane by Evelyn's story regarding White's wrongs. He also remarked on the testimony of Mrs. Wm. Thaw con? cerning Harry's action when at home. Delmas declared that seeing Eve? lyn in the hands ?*f White seemed worse than the torments of hell to Harry. Delmas also traced the events in the history of the case step by step to emphasize his points and made au eloquent appeal to. News Items From Max. Max, S. C., April S.-The collection of yesterday at Bethel of $25 will be sent to the China famine sufferers. Mr. E. H. Gr^en, of Sardis, died last Friday of typhoid pneumonia. His funeral services weee conducted at Sardis by Rev. B. K. Truluok. He leaves a wife and six children. Mrs. J-?on L> aimon and r.yby fell down the cLocr-steps recently and were both painfully hur:, but have recovered. Several families and four teachers, whose schools closed last wcvk, met at Woods' mill Saturday and had a picnic. After a cold wave we were glad to have rain last night and warmer weather. At the closing of the Beulah school an entertainment was given for the benefit <>t' that school, which was ?Hiite a success. The old maids' con? vention a.nd other plays were highly entertaining. Hus Lee will be hanged at Chester m June 7th for the murder of Lu? cius Jones. A force of hands hegan work on the Atlantic Coast Line passenger station Saturday, and^the repairs will be completed as quickly as possible. 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