The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 12, 1907, Image 4
The Sumter Watchman was founded in
I860 and the Trice Southron in 1866. The
Watchman and Southron now has the com?
bined circulation and influence of both of
the old papers, and is manifestly the best
advertising medium in Sumter.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
Subscribers are requested to ex?
amine the label on their papers,
which show the date to which the
subscription has been paid. Those
who find that they are in arrears are
requested to call and settle or remit
at the earliest convenient date. The
amount that each subscriber owes is
small, but " in the aggregate the
amount due us for subscription is
o^uite large-and we need the money.
The effort to make the railroads
pay taxes on a one hundred per cent,
valuation will probably fail, and it
should as a matter of fairness and
justice. If the railroads are to be re?
quired to pay on a full valuation then
the banks and other corporations
should not be permit ced to pay on a
sixty per cent valuation, nor should
land owners and other individuals es?
cape on a fifty, forty or thirty per
cent, valuation. We believe in all
property being returned for taxation
at its fair market value, but it would
be gross injustice and a bad precedent
to require the railroads to pay taxes
on a full valuation, while thousands j
of acres of land are returned for i
taxation at twenty per cent, of their j
market value. Today there are lands j
in Sumter county ^ that cannot be j
bought for less than $40 to $50 an ace
that are on the tax books at $10 cr
less. Make the railroads pay. but re?
quire all others *o do so in the same
proportion.
. * . *
It is estimated that the cotton acre?
age in Sumter county is between five
and ten per cent, less than last year
and that fifteen per cent, less ferti?
lizer will be used. It is hoped, how?
ever, that the seasons wili be favora?
ble and that a larger crop will be
produced.
* * *
It is reported that some farmers !
Are selling their cotton crop for fall
delivery on the basis of present prices.
'This is bad business and will redound
*to'the injury of all cotton growers, as
.well as to- those who sell and miss the
, -opportunity to obtain higher prices.
The cotton that is sold now. will be
used as a h ver to hold down prices in
the fall when the law of supply and
- demand would naturally create higher
^prices.
dFederal Control of Labor.
" Prom the Augusta Chronicle.
That was a striking point made by
Hen. Jaob Phinizj\ ex-mayor of Au?
gusta and president of the Georgia
Railroad and Banking Company, in
reply to a telegram from the New
York World asking for his opinion on
President Roosevelt's declaration in
favor of federal control of railroads.
Mr. Phinizy's telegram to the
"World, as reproduced in yesterday's
Chronicle, was as follows:
"If President Roosevelt is properly
^uoted in his Indianapolis speech he
certainly advocates absolute control
upon the part of the government of
the railroads.
"I am a strong believer in proper j
regulations by the government, but I
if they want absolute control they
should buy the railroads, paying for
them a fair and equitable price.
"It wouldn't be a bad idea for the
president to advocate in this connec?
tion the regulation of labor upon the
part of the government."
Government regulation of labor. A
revolutionary "suggestion, you will
suy at once. And yet. it sounds no
more radical than did the suggestion
of government ownership or control
of railroads ten or fifteen years ago.
"We may well stop and ask ourselves, 1
whither are we drifting?
But government control cf labor
would interfere with personal rights
end individual liberty. Certainly
but is it not equally true that, gov?
ernment control of railroads inter?
feres with the rights of capital and
the freedom of legitimate industry.
Mind you. we are not discussing
government "regulation" of railroads,
e.ny more than we are discussing laws
governing the personal conduct of in?
dividuals; but absolute, complete gov?
ernment "control;" the assumption of
authority to direct the management
of all the railroad propel ties in the
United States without assuming either
moral or financial responsibility for
their proper and successful conduct;
the taking out of the hands of ex?
perts-men trained throughout their
lives in this particular branch of ser?
vice-all of the railroad properties of
the country and turning thc over to
government officeholders-men who
know no more about managing rail?
roads than you or me. Fut that to...
without making the government or its
agents responsible to any one in case
such management proves a failure
as is almost inevitable.
Mr. Phinizy. - ea! -g a^ : radical
business man, well says-if this is to
be done, the government should buy
the railroads. This line of reasoning,
as applied to your business or burs,
would strike us as a self-evident
proposition. Then why does it not
apply with equal force to the business
of railroading?
But the point in Mr. Phinizy's tele?
gram to which we had intended to
give particular stress was the sugges?
tion that if the government is to con?
trol the railroads, it might not be a
bad idea for it to attempt to control
labor as well.
vre do not even assert that such a
thing is possible; but had you ever
before thought of its direct applica?
tion to the subjecL under discussion?
Indeed, the suggestion has. a very im?
portant bearing on the business of all
j public service corporations, as at
present conducted. For instance, the
government, national. State and mu?
nicipal-and when the government it?
self is silent, the public is outspoken
in its demands-says to a public ser?
vice corporation, whether it be steam
cr electric railroad, lighting or water
plant "keep your business going or
we will penalize you; perhaps, even
take your charters away from you;
you must perform the public's ser?
vice daily, nightly, hourly, come what
may."
A case in point was furnished by
the city of Macon not long since. The
street railway company's employes
went out on strike; the company
i made every effort to adjust the diffi?
culty and then, as a last resort, to
supply the places of the strikers. Sud?
denly, just as the strikers seemed to
be losing ground, the city council
st-rps in and says to the street car
company: "Ee^in to run all of your
cars at once, or we will 'revoke your
franchises." The same thing has
happened elsewhere, time and again.
It may happen any day. with any
public service corporation in the''
country.
And what are these corporations to
do ? Their men m?y Quit work on a
day's notice-but the public service j
must be continued, just as though j
i
nothing had happened, or the compa- j
ny will hear from the public.
Inasmuch as we have been speak?
ing about Government control of one
branch of public service corporations,
let us make an illustration that
serves to emphasize the point made
in Mr. Phinizy's telegram. Perhaps
the largest branch of the Government
service is the army, employing some?
thing like 25.000 men. Where would
the army be without the three-year
enlistment clause? rn other words,
what would the Government do for a
standing army if its men were free
to leave it on an hour's notice; to
form unions; make arbitrary demands
for wage increases or shorter hours;
order strikes-and then "picket" all
army posts and recruiting stations; in
an effort-to prevent the employment
of other men?
And, yet, the standing army is a
small affair compared with the rail?
roads of the country. Many times
smaller in the number of men em?
ployed, and infinitesimal compared
with che regularity and importance of
the service rendered from day to day.
The great army of railroad employes I
has a stupendous duty to perform
every minute of the day and night
year in and year out: the standing
at my has ics most vital duty to per?
form only once every twenty or thir?
ty years-and then it has to depend
largely on volunteers.
But imagine a standing army with?
out an "en?stmenc" clause to insure
its stability and numerical strength?
And, then, imagine the much larger
"railroad army of the country-either
under government control or other?
wise-left entirely free to tie up this
infinitely greater and more complex
blanch of the pub?c service upon a-)
hour's notice.
Mr. .Phinizy. in his brief telegram
tc the New York World, has made a
point in connection with the industri?
al progress of this country that is go?
ing to command the attention of
statesmen and economists before many
more years have elapsed. And the
suggestion is. we repeat, no more rad?
ical than was government control or
ownership of railroads ten or fifteen
years ago. This centralizing process
-this thing of having the govern?
ment dabble in matters outside of
its legitimate functions-is dragging
everything in one direction. For it is
not only manifestly unfair, but an ob?
vious imposissibility, for the govern?
ment to assume control of any branch
of business without assuming the
problems that go with it. Eut it al?
most ?seems as if this day will have to
come., with all the wreck and ruin
that must follow in its wake, before
the present epidemic in favor of gov?
ernment control is effectually eradi?
cated.
For the sake of ju-tice to the af?
flicted and for the g-->od of humanity,
it is my right and duty to r*-c>mmend
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. We
owe our country a .d our fellow-i
a duty. Tea or Tablets, 35 cents. (
ra's Dru<r Store.
TIK ? . ?ey of the cit; for :\
erase system is progressing rapidly
under the direction of Supervising
Engineer Lyons.
A Newspaper frooiem.
It doesn't hurt to talk shop once in
a while. It gives the other fellow
some idea of certain things that he
would not know otherwise, and al?
though the other fellow may not be
interested or care anything about the
information, one way or the other, it
aithesame time puts him in possession
of facts that he will recall to mind
when in need of that very informa?
tion.
The public as a whole has a general
idea of the inner workings of a news?
paper, but the expense and details are
known intimately by comparatively
few people. Newspaper publishers
everywhere are very much concerned
ar the present time about the greatly
increased cost of paper during the
past twelve months, as well as with
the unprecedented condition of the j
paper market. Xot only has newspa- j
per advance! all the way from 25 to !
10 per cent, within the past twelve j
months, but it is a growing problem j
for newspapers to get the paper at i
any price, so much greater is the de- I
mand than the output. We will not
attempt to interpret the underlying
causes of this limited supply, but
merely point to it as a guiding cir
cu mstance.
The Charlotte Observer, one of the
south's very best newspapers, has this j
to say concerning the paper market';
of'today:
"For the reason that whatever vi?
tally affects th? newspapers affects
j thc public also, it is of interest to the I
reader to know that serious prob?
lems confront the publishers of the
country-one relating to the cost of
white paper, the other to its scarcity,
j Xinety-eight per cent, of the newpa
I per of the country is the product of!
or is controlled by the paper trust,
which is advancing steadily. Practi?
cally all of this paper is made of
wood pulp, in the manufacture of
which last year, according to a re
peri of the census bureau, 3,646,693
cords of pulp wood were consumed.
The advancing price of paper is said
by the trust to be because of a grow?
ing scarcity of wood pulp timber and
to tariff duties which almost forbid
itt importation from Canada. How?
ever this may be, the first facts are
as stated-paper is high and getting
higher and so scarce that publishers
need frequently to borrow from each
other, sometimes shipments from one
to another having to be made by ex?
press. Another element of embar?
rassment is the inefficient railroad
service which often hangs up indefi?
nitely shipments from the mills which
have been ordered in ample time.
"It would be uncandid not to say
that the papers themselves are in
part tc blame for the situation. If
the city papers were to cut off 50 per
cent, of the rubbish they put forth on
Sundays, stuff that nobody reads and
which is therefore for every reason
unnecessary, and if all papers would
cut off all except legitimate circula?
tion, not sending their issues to non
payers or half payers or forcing them
upon people who do not want them
at all-who, for instance, having sub?
scribed for three months can never
get loose-the volume of production
would be lower by a great deal and
one, at least, of the troubles removed
-one. perhaps both; for while the
demand for paper would be less, the
price, answering the law of supply
and demand would be lower."
This is putting the situation as it
really is. The newspaper publishers
of the country are confronted by a
very serious problem in the scarcity
and the high price of white paper.
As already stated, not only is the
price high and going higher, but it
is hard to get at any cost, due to
the combined restriction in the out?
put and the unsatisfactory handling
of the shipments by the railroads.
It *is just as well that the public
should know these things. The
cost of printing the Greenville News
has been greatly increased during
the past twelve months through the
advance in the price of all things
that are required in the making of
a newspaper.
Unless the tariff on newspaper is
taken off. or a substitute for wood
pulp can be found, the publishers' j
problem fwill increase as time slips
by.-Greenville News.
Have You Catarrh.
*If you have catarrh, with offensive
breath, burning paint in the throat,
difficulty in breathing, raising of mu?
cous, discharge from tho nose, tick?
ling or dropping from the back of the
throat, coughing spasms, etc., begin
the use of Hyomei at once.
Its medication is taken in with the
ail you breathe, so that it reaches the
most remote part of the respiratory
organs, killing all catarrhal germs
and soothing any irritation there may
bo in the mucous membrane.
The complete Hyomei outfit costs
bur $1; and J. F. W. DeLorme gives
peron?l guarantee with each pack
that the money will be refunded
he treatment does all that is
claim? d for it. 6-5-2t
The rural .
dened extend'd
on July !Sth.
1 as been or
mert, S. C.,
ur. jjaniei in Manning.
The closing exercises of the Moses
Levi Memorial Institute began. Sun?
day morning in the auditorium of the
Institute with a religious service at?
tended by all of the church denomi?
nations, and the public generally. The
hall was filled to overflowing, and the
music composed of the several choir.
was excellently rendered.
Rev. J. W. Daniel, D. D.. cf Sum?
ter, one of the most cmih.-lu preach?
ers in the South Carolina Methodist
conference, preached che baccalau?
reate sermon to a very attentive au
! dit-nee. Dr. Daniel took his "ext from
Genesis 7: 1. "And the Lord ?aid unto
Noah, come thou and all thy house
held into the Ark." We attempted to
get a synopsis of this grand deliver?
ance, but failed. It was. indeed, a
magnificent address teeming with
ideas that were of a nature to cause
I people to argue with themselves. lie
! madt assertions which for the mo?
ment shocked, but as he reasoned out
? his idea, qnd by his intellectual farce
j clothed his thoughts in a raiment of
, th- purest English, tho audience went
al m?; with him and he led them ?..'
his will. Ic was to our mi.il a grand
presentation of logic and reasoning.
? forcefulness and eloquence. When the
seiviee was concluded, it was an?
nounced that Dr. Daniel would again
preach in the evening at the Baptist
church, and before the appointed
hour, the people gathered, so that
when the bell tapped for service to
begin, the church auditorium was
filled, and the large Sunday school
room was pressed into service to seat
the immense audience. Th--- congre?
gation was made up of the three de?
nominations o fthe town and the mu?
sic was grand.
Dr. Daniel preached one of the best
sermons ever heard in this town: if
such a thing is possible it excelled his
morning sermon. His text was taken
from 1st Kings 21: 4: "And he laid
him down upon his bed, and turned
away his race, and would eat no
bread."-Manning Times.
Has your stomach gone out of bus?
iness? If so you can reach the top
notch of physical and mental power
by using Hollister's Rocky Mountain
Tea. 35 cents. Tea or Tablets. Chi
na's Drug Store.
LARGE BAND WILL GO.
Bandmaster Schumacher in Columbia
Friday to Complete AH Arrange?
ments.
Arrangements are being made to
take the full quota of the second reg?
iment band to the Jamestown expo?
sition on South Carolina day and yes?
terday Bandmaster Schumacher ol
Sumter was in the city to consult with
Col. Henry T. Thompson, as to the
details. In order to take all of the
members it will be necessary for the
band to raise some additional money
and it has been planned to give a
concert either at the theatre or at the
park for this purpose. At the concert
at least thirty pieces will be in the
band and an excellent programme
will be arranged.
The outlook, according to the rail?
road officials here, is for a very
large attendaince at Jamestown on
June 28. The display made by this
State will be one that no one need be
ashamed of, and in fact it is planned
ti- have a most elaborate showing.
The band will give a number of con?
certs, playing in the parade and be?
tween the addresses in the Virginia
State building and in the evening at
the reception to be given. Replies re"
ceived by Col. Thompson to the let?
ters recently sent out show that nearly
all of the members of the militia will
take part and the cheap railroad rates
I will attract hundreds of others who
will see the exposition for the first
I time.-The State. June S.
Guaranteed by J. F. W. DcLormc.
If the head aches, if the back and
side are painful, if there is distress
and nausea after eating, if you. are
sleepless, nervous and out of sorts
get a 50c box of Miena from J. F. W.
DeLorme with the absolute certainty
that the remedy will cost you nothing
unless it tfives you freedom from all
ills and pains and restores you to
health.
Use Ml-o-na stomach tablets, and
your ill health will soon be gone and
you will forget that you have ever
had indigestion or its resultant ills.
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COUNTY SUMMER SCHOOL
The County Board of Education
has decided to have a four weeks'
Summer School f<>r Sumter county
b> ginning July A county school is
especially desirable this year as there
wili be no State School. Fri ry
Methods, English and Math? ides
will be taught No allowance ; as?
sist the teachers to attend can be
given this year. Everthing will be
d-rne t<> make the f'>ur weeks' session
profitable.
By order o'
. G. "STEEN and
S. ). CAIN.
Co; nv ~d of Educa! *\.
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WINTHROP COLLEGE ruiittatoU? ^mttmtn^ eui,.
SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE
EXAMINATION".
LEGE.
j Scholarship and Entrance Examina
tion to Fresliman Class
The examination for the award of j -
vacant Sch. larships in Winthrop Col- j The examination for the award of
lege and f< r the admission of new I scholarships from Sumter County and
students w il he held at the County j ADMISSION TO FRESHMAN CLASS
Court Hou?; on Friday, July 5 at 9 win be he!d at the County Court
a. m. Ap -.icants must be not less j H^se on Friday,July 5, at 9 a. m.
than fifteen ?ears of age. When Schoi- ; Applicants for scholarships may se
arships are vacated after July 5. they ! cure blank application forms from
will be aw arded to those making the ithe county Superintendent of Educa
highest average at this examination, !tion- These blanks must be filled out
provided they meet the conditions | properly and filed with the county
governing the award. Applicants for j Superintendent before the beginning
Scholarships should write to Presi- !of the examination. Those taking
dent Johnson before the examination the examination for entrance to the
for Scholarship examination blanks. Freshman class and not trying for a
Scholarships are worth $100 and scholarship should file their applica
, free tuition. The next session will tion. President Mell. The schol
I open September IS, 1007. For further -rships are worth $100 and free t?i
! information and catalogue, address tion- 0ne scholarship student from"
Pres. D. B. JOHNSON, I ea?h county may select the Textile
j 5_s_7-3 Rock Hill S C. course, others must take one of the
i *?^!???^^S!E?ESS^^E^SE?Ef!!!!!S^ "i : Agricultural courses. Examination
j WANTED-All the farmers in Sum- paper will be furnished, but each ap
I ter county to know that we can in- plicant should provide himself with
j sure their cotton against destruc- scratch paper. The number of *chol
; tion or damage by hail. $20 in- arships to be awarded will be an
j surance per acre will cost 50c. per nounced later.
acre. Citizens' Insurance Agency. : ' P. H. MELL, President.
I Phone 14$. 5-S-6t ? 5-15-St Clemson College, S. C.
I JUST IN . .
Many Poxinds of
Fresh Candy. ...
-.-.-i..i "I,, ."?....,..
?
I Chocolate Almonds-One Pound Box.
j Maraschino Cherries, covered with chocolate-1 lb. boxes.
1, 2, 3 and 5 Pound Boxes.
i GET ?T TO DAY.
Sibert's Drug Store.
BAGGING
AND
TIES.
-0
We are prepared to make contracts ipr
bagging and ties for Fall delivery. We may
be accused of being somewhat premature,
but we made our purchases some months
ago, and the market has made a decided ad?
vance since then, and we candidly believe
that orders placed now will prove profitable.
We have a liberal supply of these goods on
hand now and the advantage in placing or?
ders at this time, is that you get your goods
immediately, and you have them on hand
when needed. Those who are our regular
customers or whose financial standing justi?
fies it we will ship the goods when ordered
and make them payable October 1st.
Our offerings in this line consist of NEW JUTE BACGING,
2 and 2 1-4 pounds. NEW SUGAR SACK BAGGING 1 3-4
and 2 pounds.
NEW ARROW TIES.
We have no second hand bagging or ties of any kind to of?
fer. Our experience teaches us that it does not pay to handle
them at the difference in price.
-o
O'Donnell ? Company.
A Bargain
IAM OFFERING FOR SALE one of the best located pieces of farm property around
Sumter. The pla<-e ison the Moses road, -ri miles east of the city. Contains 265 acres
100 cleared, and has two good settlements. The soil is a stiff clay-sand loam, and
most of the cleared land is in ?rood condition. The rest of the place is in timber and wood?
land, but can all be cleared if desired. Being only 2*4 miles from the city, there is enough
timber and wood on the uncleared portion of the place, if properly handled, to pay for the
whole property. The track has a natural drainage to Rooky Bluff Swamp, and with present
ditches put in good condition the whole place wih be thoroughly drained. This land will
be wort ii ?'>o an acre inside of two years. Adjoiding tracts arc now held at this fisrure. but
for a quick >ale will take$2S^0per acre. If you want a place near town, you will not have
au opportunity like this soon. It will pay you to act now.
City und County Prop- Il ll ft! ft Af Money to Lom on First
erty Handled. U K KU I U Ol Class Real K rate.
Real Estate Loans. ^ UulUUl,
Real Essa's Agest,
Bl 'c., N. Main St., S?. ?ter. S. C. 'Phone 404-3