The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 11, 1907, Image 8
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
?WHY LET IT)HS FKOM Ol'It SP?v
CTAL (OHIU.SI'OM?KMS.
?M of Ink-rest From Mil Parts uf
SuiUler aud Adjoining Counties.
lOTICK TO OORHESPON DENTS.
Mall your let era so that thoy will
thla office not later than Tues
mornlng. When the letters are
red Wednesday it is almost an
Iblllty to have them appear In
pap*o> issued that day.
TINDAL.
Tin da I. 8. C, Sept 4 ?We are glad
ta see thst our people are getting
aroused upon the subject of eduea
snd better schools. Several pass
iff* of our cltlsens have been
Issld recently, looking to the estab?
lishment of a graded school In our
district. The result has been that our
hoard of trustees an making prepa?
rations to build two graded Sch?lls In
the township. Thst the patrons are
willing to consolidate the schools and
ernd their children further from home
ta order to get better schol privileges
la lndc? d r >mm?ndablc ami sh?>ws
that they appreciate what In being
done for them and are willing to as?
sist In the establishment of b?tt* r
The cotton in this section is opdninic
eery rapidly snd the farmers are
snaking even* effort to gsther and
market It ss earlv as they oan. there
being no disposition to hold at pres?
ent prices.
Misses Blanche Townsend and Her?
tha Bailey, two charming young la?
dles of Wsdmalaw Island, are vlMt
tssj at Mrs Dran* Tlndal's. Miss Bal?
lsy Is a sister of Mrs. Tlndal.
Ws were plessed to see Messrs Bos
sard Britton and Julius Bmgdon. of
the Zosr section, and Messrs. W. R.
Burgess snd J. P. Glenn, of Sumter,
In our little village Sundsy afternoon.
We enjoy your visits, boys, come
la.
EDWARDS.
Bdwsrds. Sept. 2.?We are having
very hot weither at pr sent,
has not been any rain of any
iuenc? in about ten days. The
farmers have about finished with
their fodder and have' begun to pick
cotton. we think the cotton crop
sjrtll be somewhat short Jn this com
inlty.
Messrs. Harry McLeod. James Jen?
em! Marion Reaves visited here
last week.
Misses Eva and Louclle Britton are
?hating theln sisters In Csmden.
Misses Etta Marshall and Lottie
Ooff. of Blshopville. visited in this
eectlon last week.
Miss Valrle Blackwetl, of Darling?
hon, is spending some time, with her
sister, Mrs. Bakor, at this place.
Mr. J. W. Weldon and daughter.
Miss Irene, spent Friday in Camden.
Mr. C. T. Robertson, of Smlthville.
and wife spent one day of last week
an this beat.
Mr. J. C. MeLeod has returned from
Jamestown Exposition. He re
s very pleasant time.
Mr. W. \i McCafkill is building a
gin house. Also, Mr. C. L. Brit?
ten is preparing to build one.
Mrs. Johnnie McCsskill Is still crit
111.
Ira T. M. Orier and daughter, who
re been sick so long, are Improving
snewty
Mr. T. M. Grler ha* gone to Blsh
apvllle todsy.
Mr. J. R. McLeod spent Saturday
ha Camden.
Mr. Hugh Evsns, Jr.. of Rembert.
apent yestrrdsy evening in this vlcln
Messrs. Marvin Weldon and Olin
Munaerlyn attended a game of ball
aa Oswego on last Saturday.
? DARK CORNER.
Dark Corner, . Sept. 3.?Hot and
dry It Is In this corner at this time.
Cotton is opening fast, and we are
eg to pick It out fast as we can.
Te are needing rain on our gardens,
is. lice, potatoes and cane, us we
have not had any rain to amount to
anything in about three weeks. Farm
sr? shout through gathering fod
on all their corn, except stubble
corn. Mr Henry Prlchard has
best piece of stubble land corn I
ten this season.
I have no sick to report. Mr. J. L.
Ardls wss able to walk from his bed
hsto the dining room last Sunday, for
the first time since the Fourth of July
Mise Runice E. Osteen has been
elected tescher of the Ollgsl or Beid
d. I congratulate Eunl on her
dntment
Mr. J. R. Avln snd Mr. J. w.
Osteen veer? at Mr. Joe M. Ardls' on
ty before last. Who blame*
i? I do not. Mr. A. has had four
selves snd Mr. O none; no I say. yes.
go where pretty girls are to he seen.
Ous Weeks snd little brother. C< r
hett. visited at Jim Kolbs, near Harn
eey. laut Sundsy.
Richard Oeddlngs snd Lee Shular.
ef Plnewood, were up to the Green?
land Ssvsnnah Sundsy school last
Sunday morning.
Mr. Wm. S. Ardls. who lived here
A few yearn ago. but now of George?
town. Ga . visited relatives and friends
snd at Plnewood last week, re
turning to Georgia on the 2:?th ultimo.
He (Mr. Ardis) is speaking of selling
out in Pforfjlt and moving back h it
Mr. Lon Rollins, of Lancaster 0 >un
ty, visited relatives at PtnoWOOOj last
Friday and Saturday. His wife WSJ
the youngest daughter )f tho la'.e J.
D. Weeks.
I was in your city for a short time
last Saturday. but it was so hot I did
not see hut litt!?- of your city. Had
the pleasure of dining with Mr. ;ind
Mrs. Ton? Hancock. May their shad
ows nev?if grow le-s.
MAX.
Max, S. C, Sept. 9.?Mr. and Mrs.
Myers Moore, of Frlcrson, La., Mrs.
G. W. Matthew*, Mr. Roy and Masters
Warren and Garri* Moore, of Wil?
mington, N. C, are visiting relatives
in Beulah and around here.
Mr. Elliott McElveen, of Mayesvllle,
passed through here last week.
Mrs. S. M. Truluck spent last week
with relatives in Florence.
Misses Eva and Annie Lou Moore
have returned from Wilmington,
where they have been visiting for sev?
eral weeks.
Mr. J. P. Truluck. Sr., had a light
stroke of paralysis last week.
Mrs. s. M. Truluck. Mtsser Vivian
Hroeklnton. Bessie Hicks and Pearle
Truluck attended an annual mis
i ?lonary meeting at Scranton Saturday
SALEM.
Salem. Sept. 9.?The baseball sea?
son Is over, and the pan out seems to
have been poor this season. If those
who had to pull the clubs out of the
hole, .stand by them another season
with prospects of some luck, they
could not be considered good business
men. But with ball playing it seems
the right thing to d ?. Much valuable
time has been iost. money spent,
bones broken, faces put on a few. and
so on.
? One aspirant here for professional
honors in the person of Abraham For?
tune, colored, while playing ball about
a week ago, broke his leg between the
knee and hip. It Is claimed that the
accident was not the result of a col?
lision, but the bon? broke from his
weight. 145 pounds, while base run?
ning at a high rate of speed.
Jack fish jumping has been indulg?
ed In lately by some young fishermen
who came out a few nights ago with
about 30 to their credit.
For the past month the waters of
Black river which are as black as In?
digo and no doubt cause or sug?
gested the name for the Streams, have
been muddy, and does not clear up.
The oldest Inhabitants claim they
never saw the water remain muddy
so long after washing rains, as those
that fell during the month of Augusv.
MaJ. W. L. Lee has been SXplOttriS
parts of Black river where man has
not been recently, and \vh. re fti
says he does not care to go ag?ln af?
ter following his needle through this
time, until he can ride across en the
Iron hor?*e that he i< piloting me way
for now.
Mr. Hu?y? ?n Wprren wears i maim?
ed arm caused by a collision With a
mower blade that ne encountered in
the dark a few nights ago.
Mr. G. W. MeDrtdl came 40W*I from
North Carolina on Saturday night to
spend Sunday and Monday at home.
Then on Monday night he will leave
ngiln and It will be two long weeks
before his smiling face will be seen
again.
STATED V RG.
Stateburg, Sept. 10.?Mi?s Emma
M. Fr'.erson is at home after a short
visit to Mrs. F. H. MeLeod In Flor?
ence.
MOSSFO Ransom and Richard Rich?
ardson, of Sumler. spent Sunday in
our midst.
Ml** Julia A. Holmes, of Macon.
fla.. Is at home for a few weeks.
Mr. Matt. Moore returns today from
St. Charles, where he has been visit?
ing friends.
Misses Julia and Anna Burgess
spent Monday In Sumter. .
Mr. Frank Harris, of Macon. Ga..
spent a few days last week with the
family of Mr. E. F. Holmes.
Miss Bettle Frlerson will return to
Pelser on Sa'urday to resume her du?
ties as tSQShSf In the & indergarten.
Mr Henry Moore is vl-ltlng frlendl
at Hoyklns.
Miss Emma Barnwell returned last
areas] from Highlands, N. c. where
she had been for the past six weeks.
WEDGKFIELD.
Wedgefteld, Sept. 11.?The contln-t
tied dry and hot spell Is causing cot
ton to deteriorate rapidly, and It 1* |
opening very fast, and little Is being
held for better prices, as |oni as it
brings 12 1-2 and 1?, cents.
The only public ginnery here, ope?
rated by Mr. F. E. Thomas, commenc?
ed on last Saturday and Is being kept
busy
The Wedgefteld school will open on
next Monday with Mr. H. W. Scott of
Wysacky as principal and Miss Ruth
Harrington of Cneraw a?< assistant.
? Mrs. J. H. Aycock. Miss Bottle Ay
SOeil am; Mr. E. E Aycock are at
James.o\\ n taking In the ? xpositi ?n.
Mr. Sam Marflchl. of PrlVSteer, will
rim the Trlveton ginnery Of Messrs. J.
H. Aycoek ?* Sons.
Mrs. A. E. Aycock, Miss Bessie and
I Master Albert Aycock are spending
some time at Rutherfordton, N. C.
Me sari Gerald Ryan and Colin
McLaurln wll leave this rhoralng for
Clemson College.
Mrs. T. B. Barhes has returned
home after a pka: ant visit to rela?
tive! In Blshopvllle.
Mr. t. D, Brohun left for his home
4.11 Ashevllle, x. c, this morning.
privateer school MATTERS.
A Statement of Tac ts Relative to the
Consolidation of the Schools in That
Township.
privateer, s. C., Sept 9. 1907.
Editor Watchman and Southron, Bum*
ter. s. C.
Dear Sir: In your letter from Priva?
teer last week, we notice the following
In reference to the school meetings
which have been held lately
"Tuesday afternoon a self-appoint?
ed Commltte! recommended to the
school trustees that they establish two
graded schools in Western Privateer.
Hut It Is hoped that the trustees real?
ize that the committee had no author?
ity and were n't representing the sen?
timents of the majority of the people
concerned."
As I was the secretary of the three
mass meetings held, I deem It my du?
ty to correct this statement and gjv<
the facts in the ease.
At the tirst mats meeting, in which
every school In the township was re; -
resented the matter ? f 0 ?nsolidatl m
waa freely discussed an 1 a motlor
unanimously passed to submit tin
question of consolidation t the patron
of each school at b m et ng at their
respective school hou co, and for
them to decide If they tri bed to con?
solidate or continue 1 1 heretofore,
All of the schools held their meet?
ings and at the second mass meeting
Of all the schools in the district a re?
port was n ude from each school as
to Its decision.
At this meeting the chairman ap?
pointed a committee of two from
each of the schools which voted to
consolidate to meet the following
Tuesday afternoon and decide upon a
suitable location. This committee de?
cided for tho Bethel and Ingram
schools to go together and the Mel
lett and lied Oak schools to also
unite. The matter was left to the
trustees as to locations. Respectfully,
R. B. Cain.
FARMERS DIFFER.
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QWOeHflSl Hudson's Farmim* Meth?
ods.
To the Editor of the State:
I feel it my duty to protect my
Community against such absurd state?
ments as Mr. Hudson sent you recent?
ly ::nd was published in the State. I
have had yean of experience in farm?
ing and 1 ha\e never been able to
prove conclusively that stunting cot
ton doei any good. We want Mr, Hud
on to state publicly how many
pounds of lint Cotton did he put to a
bale.
II ? uses from 40 to r>0 bushels of
cotton seed to the acre, and then does
not make as much to the plow as
some of our two-horse farmer renters.
His experience SS an overseer for the
last II years has been very fllmsical
ami some of his Ideas have been too
foolish to mention.
Now, Mr. BdltoTi will you please
publish this? I felt It my. duty to re?
ply.
J. W. Cassldy.
Camden. S.'C. Sept. 9, 1907.
Ilishopvllle News Notes.
The contractor has hands cleaning
off the court house lot getting ready
to break dirt.
We need badly a long distance tele?
phone here. Can't the business men
and Dr. McLurs combine their efforts
and secure a connection?
Mr. W. M. Heid has commenced the
survey of the proposed railroad line
from here to Tiller's Ferry and from
there he will survey two routes, one
to Bethune and the other to McBee.
Last week we reported only one
bale of new cotton. This week it Is
rolling in from 40 to fiO bales a day.
The farmers arc on the right track to
run the market down, .rust glut the
market and you Will soon see where
the prices will go The market Is
steady at 12 3-4.?Blshopvllle Vindl
cator.
Mr. Jennings Recovering.
Orangeburg, Sept. 9.?The latest re?
ports from the home of Mr. R. H.
Jennings state that he is getting along
as nicely as could be expected under
the circumstances. His physicians
say that he will probbaly be able to
come out and attend to his usual du
tles very soon, it will be renumbered
that Mr. Jennings losf his left hand
and a portion of that arm below the
elbow in a Kin accident several days
ago.
The police department of Union
has commenced ? crusade against
blind tigers and gambling.
John Hlllis. a young negro of Marl?
boro county, was burned to death on
a saw dust pile that was on fire.
DISPENSARY AFFAIRS.
Mr. Ii. M. [ves, the new dispenser
;: t Mayesvilie took charge Saturday and
opened the dispensary at that place.
It had been noised abroad that the
dispensary would be re-opened this
morning and there was a congrega?
tion of thirst-tortured individuals
ready and -waiting when the door was
opened. Dispenser Ives got busy at
once and handed over the boose with
both hands for the first half hour.
Two members of the dispensary
board of Willlamsburg County spent
a day in the city last week inspecting
the county bottling works and inves?
tigating the methods of managnient
followed by the .Sumter County dis?
pensary board. They ware Induced to
come to Sumter for information by
the statement made in his official re?
port bv Auditor West, that the aver?
age net profit on the dispensary busi?
ness was greater in Sumter county
than in any other dispensary county,
notwithstanding the fact that the
gross sales in seVeral other counties
were much greater .than in this coun?
ty. The Willlamsburg visitors were
given every facility In making a thor?
ough Investigation and all possible
Information was placed at their dis
po .-I by the county board. They ware
\vr ii pleased with what they saw and
learned, and it is possible that they
will establish a bottling plant in Wil
llamsburg.
The local dispensary Is doing a
rushing business and the average daily
sales show the effect of the opening of
the cotton season?the cotton picking
season especially.
It is a noticable fact that the larger
part of the liquor handled by the dis?
pensary Is sold to negroes, while the
patrons of the beer dispensary are
largely white.
The county board Will place orders
for the ensuing quarter's supply on
the 10th instant. Few samples are
sent by liquor houses now.
THE COTTON MARKET.
Advance Due to Steady Cables and
Cooler Weather?Hut Market Broke
Later.
New" York. Sept. 10.?The cotton
market was nervous and unsettled
again today, and after moderate ear?
ly advance sold off sharply. In the late
trading, with the exception of Sep?
tember, which closed 28 points net
higher, while the other months were
11 to 13 points net lower. Sales for
the day were estimated at 350,000
bales. The closing tone was steady.
The mark? t opened steady at un?
changed prices to an advance of 5
points, and during the middle of the
morning worked up to a net gain of 6
to 8 points on the active months and
of 33 points on September, which felt
the effect of support from parties
who stopped notices earlier In the
lay and absence of fresh business.
The advance was due to fairly st> ady
cables, rep\>rte of low temperatures In
the western bei*., buying by y< ster
day's sellers and lupoprt from the
bulls in the nearby months. But of?
ferings iie i ease*l in the afternoon and
the mark? t broke under a renewal of
liquidation and bear pressure promot?
ed by a more favorable weekly bu?
reau report than expected, the fore?
cast for warmer weather in the west?
ern belt, rumors of an easier spot sit?
uation, the weakness of Wall slreet
and uncertainty regarding the action
of the revision committee which meets
tomorrow. The close was about 3 to
5 points up from the lowest on cover?
ing.
Receipts at the ports today 17.616
bales against 5,769 last week and
L'8,737 last year. For the week 100.
000 against 4 4.573 last week ?tnd
139.161 last year. Today's receipts
at XewVhhans 615 against 3.113 last
year, and at Houston 9,506 against
16,738 last year.
Spot cotton closed quiet, 20 points
lower; middling uplands 13.05; mid?
dling gulf 13.30; sales 100. Futures
opened and closed steady.
1 RUSSIANS FORM NEW LEAGUE
TO KILL JEWS.
LengUC Charges Jews With Attacks on
Czar and Other Russian Otliclals
and Accuse Them of Causing All of
Russia's Troubles?Many Jews Kill?
ed In Odessa Already.
Berlin, Sept. 10.?Vengeance on
the Jews for attempts on the lives
of Czar Nicholas, Premier Stolypln
and other high dignitaries Is the ob?
ject of a new anti Semitic organiza?
tion which is just making its appear?
ance here. Prominent Hebrews be?
lieve the formation of the league pres?
ages a general massacre of their peo?
ple. The league asserts that the
Jews are responsible for nil of their
country's misfortunes and declare
that Its purpose Is to save the empire
from the Jews' conspiracies. It is es?
timated that g hundred Jews have
been killed In Odessa within the past
week, and the police are* preventing
them from leaving the city. Placards
have been posted In Klsheneff and
other towns calling on the populace to
attack the Jews.
The city council of Anderson Is
spending $97.000 on street Improve?
ments.
Weekly Weather Bulletin.
COTTON CHOI' RILLIOTN.
For the areek ending 3 a. m.
?. 1907:
The weather was unusually warm
during the week, the mean t< mpera
. ? pt. Falling on- Attributejd to Latrnraa of
i run?The Production b> States.
Washington, Sept. 9.?The c< nauj
ture having been from three to fourI bureau today iwued its Brat bulletin
degrees above the normal. The dail; on the cotton report for the season
maximum {.emperautres were In the j as shown by returns from the ginnera,
nineties, and the dally minimum tern-1 showing a total of 111,411 hales up to
peratures were In the seventies In thelsept i, as compared with ItT.SSl
southern portion of the State; in the j bales up to the same period last year,
central, northern and western por-J In this statement round bales are
tions they were from 4 to l" degrees j counted as half hale-. The great fall
lower. The temperature extremes wert j \ng 0j| a attributed to the lateness ef
the crop.
"1 he report shows that there were
only 1,0*7 ginneries in operation Sept.
1. this year, as compared with 6,628
in 1906. The product by States for
the present year follows:
Alabama 7,345; Arkansas 85; Flor?
ida 54; Georgia 1,207; Indian Terri?
tory 3; Louisiana 112; Mtsstestppl l.
128; North Carolina 43; Okrahoma 5;
South Carolina 1,040; Texas 141,101.
Last year Texas had ginned 328.586
bales bt fore Sept. 1.
The bureau of statistics of the de?
partment of agriculture finds from
I the reports of the correspondents and
agents of the bureau that the aver?
age condition Of cotton on Aug. 25
- was 72 7, as compared with 75.0 on
Catarrh la an entirely unnecessary July 25. 1907; 77.3 on Aug 2s, It0?;
disease and should not be tolerated 7-j.i on Aug. 25, 100$, and ? 10-year
99 at Saluda on'the 3d. rand 57 at
Greenville on the 6th.
There were generally light Bhowers
on two days in pratlcally all portions
of the State, though a few places re?
ceived no rain. The rainfall was un?
evenly distributed. Widely separated
places received amounts In excess of
the normal, but the average precipi?
tation for the State was below tin
normal.
The sunshine was slightly above the
n or mal.
CATARRH IS CURABLE.
Successful Experiments In Abating
ami Curlhg Tills Disease.
for a single ?lay now that Hyomei is I average of 74.
The following table
s? generally known and has made so ihowfl th< condition-on Aug. 25 of
many cures In Bumter and otherjthh year and of the preceding year,
towns. with the respective 10-year averages:
Until comparatively rec n\ times, Aug. 26 Aug. 25. 10-yr.
catarrh was thought to b a blood ?Iis- states. 1007.
?ase and stomach losing the only Virginia.77
treatment. Modern science finally North Carolina. ..70
disproved this idea of the cause Of gouth Carolina. . .83
catarrh, and found that it was a germ rjeorgia.81
disease and. after many experiments, Florida.so
the remedy was decided to be Hyo- Alabama.73
mel. Mississippi. .. *_72
Hyomei medicates the air you Louisiana.69
breath"; it kills the catarrhal germs; Texas.67
it heals the smarting and raw mem- Arkansas.18
branes of the passages
in
the nose Tennessee
7<
and throat; it cures all catirrhal trou- Missouri.75
bles. Oklahoma.72
As there is life e.nd health in the Territory. .. .70
air In the mountain-tops where th United States
pin" forests give off their fragrant
72.
1906
71
71
71
72
70
76
82
76
78
84
88
94
88
SO
77.3
Ave.
82
79
76
76
78
74
78
76
69
75
82
82
81
79
74.5
and healing balsams, so there is life wife of Naval Olluvr Murdered in
and health in breathing Hyomei.
There is no n ed of suffering from ca?
tarrh ii' the simple and natural treat?
ment of Hyomei is used.
So sure is this prescription to cure
even the worst ? ases of catarrh, that
J. F. \Y. DeLorme ex 11s it under an
ihsolute guarantee to refund the
money if it does not do all that is
claimed for it.
9-11&12
Her Home at Norfolk.
A. w. Besslnger, aged 75 years,
was rescued from a burning house in
Bamberg county by an old negro
who broke Into the burning building
and lift* d the aged man out of the
window. Mr. Bessingens back and
lead were severely burned.
Portsmouth, Va.. Sept. 10.?Mrs.
Mary L. Rorscharch, aged ihtrty-six,
the wife of Lieut. Rorscharch of the
United States navy, who is now on
the Tennessee, was shot and killed in
hey home here today by an unknown
burglar.
Corporal G. E. Hardy of the State
penitentiary guard, was assaulted by
Jailer W. C. Dowie of the Richland
county jail. Hardy was badJy beaten
In the face.
The police department of Columbia
in being investigated by the police
commissioners. It is rumored that a
big shake-up will take place.
SPECIAL
Matting Values.
Our buyers, always alert,
picked up an importers
line of Matting Samples at
1-3 OFF.
THERE ARE ABOUT
50 ROLLS IN THE LOT.
No two pieces alike, all fresh
new goods, representing this
season's importation, and no
better goods can be had any?
where than will be found
among them. A discount of
1-3 Per Cent, on Mattings
33
is like buying
Gold Dollars at 66 2=3 Cents.
The prices range from 15
cents up, and they will be sold
by the roll only.
O'DONNELL & COMPANY.
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