The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 25, 1907, Image 4
VCMCmY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1907.
Tea t*u*tmr Witchwia* wu founded in
ItMeaAths Trm Southron in 1866. The
and Simtkrxm now hu the ooiu
lenfcalation and influence of both of
he eld papers, and is manifestly the best
esVsertisiuff media m in Homier.
saXOTORIAL.
PIIXAGISQ THE SOUTH.
When a Cassle Chadwick deludes a
bunch of credulous bankers and gets
away with a few hundred thousand
dollars it la her tided .far and wide as
a monstrous crime; wnen a New Tors:
hank official stalls fifty or a hundred
taoaand dollars and spends It buying
diamonds and cissy clothes for his
?"affinity" there Is no end of sensation?
al aaws stories telegraphed the length
and breadth ot the Isnd; but just
aaw. while ths most gigantic snd
scandalous robbery of ths age Is going
?a day after dar. it creates no world?
wide sensation and little notice Is ta?
an of It save In \he South, the domi?
nus of those being deprived of s sum
approximating two hundred million
dollars.
Ths cotton cr >p this year probably
amount* to 13.0 )0,000 bales, and It Is
worth fifteen ce its a pound, if the
current quotations on cotton go^ds for
Immediate or future delivery are ac
nepted as a basil of value.
The mills of America and Europe,
anticipating a st ort crop. In compari?
son with the ne?ds of the cotton con?
suming Jsv>rld. snd expecting high
priese fos raw cotton, fixed the price
for the 'manufactured product so ss
la leave a^satisfactory margin of pro?
between raw cotton at II to 16
of the
sn between raw cotton at 18
?ants and the svllirss price <
A majority of the rolUs srs aold
as oat ho ahead sad ths' demand for
ssAtoa gooda Is sog eat.even at prevail
lag high prices, that the mills decline
absolutely to mske any Concession In
gates to the largest buyers, nowlth
standing that cotton Is selling for
aboat four sent* 1 ?ss thsn the t rice it
should command to be on a parity
sr.th the current prices of cloth.
Two weeks ag> cotton sold for IS
V t-l te 18 1-t cents, because many of
the milts, besag bare of cotton, were
farced to get It it any price to fill
their orders, but. Immediate necessl
hsvlng been supplied, and the
?er* showing no disposition to
'id their cotton for IS cents. Its fair
lue. the process of hammering down
price was bticun, and It has been
ntlnued day after day with a relest
t? persistence Jhat only s monu
mtsl ;treed oculd Inspire. Today
cotton Is selling for t ^> a bale less
thsn It was two weeks ago; and. un
lesvi the Linkers and merchants and
other moneyed nep of the South
quickly come to a realising sense of
veritable pillage of the country
Is going on before their very
?. and. Joining forces with the farm
advise, eticoijrage and aid them
So 'vlthhobl from the market every
halo of cotton um II the mills, at home
and abroad, whone very existence Is
Slap^ndent upon securing a supply of
American cotton, shalf pay the real
value of this year's crop, cotton will
sjo lower and still lower.
The prosp ity of the South Is In
the hassrd and tt \* a stake worth
^tsgh'tlng for. Ftft'en i v.l* for cot
tan mean* twenty million dollars more
he tie fanners of South Carolina than
ateven cents or two hundred and six?
ty million*, I ? the South. This Is the
ndgnn Hood of wealth that wil( pair
Into the pockets >( the speculators.
SBld He men and mills If the price of
?ott ?n Is kept at -liven ^ents. and ev?
ery pennv of It belongs rtghtfullv to
furo r of th S uth.
Ihe mills, having sold their output
?ntbe ahead the price being fig
on a baids of fifteen cent* cot
Son. are ,| .,f their legitimate
profit, wiv. h \- vould noi w 1 -h them
as ?>.^e; but greeJ-craaed by the stu
?enlou n s< of th i i|>oll to bs obtain*
?d Ly Stande ring the South, they are
iblag out aval i< long hands to
I ths fsliners' rightful share of
prodts of the cotton crop.
Wa srould rt->dce to see every bale
at cotton withheld from the market
natb the price tdvanced to tlfte. n
sits.
The SlWg of |mo7 Is worth fifteen
sits, and every man who put a year
I his lift and strength Into the mak
sx hi Hj I" Bnysai that price and
?re, aad s great big margin of profit
bwfUrii*. t,. the manufacturer f ?i ever]
posad h.? huv? in the shaoe <?f cotton
aloth. CatSSS Is worth fifteen cents,
and tber-' Is no reason under heaven
tor Us selling for has. except the vil?
lainous rapac ity ..r those who are . n
rtehetd by buying the raw cotton < le ap
and welling cotbn ? l th high.
Colon is worth fifteen cents, and If
all. or a respectable majority, of the
fKsaTa. meg of the South would but
Work together foi the best interests
Sjt th*> whole lSStl< n. the hands of the
B*ltag*Ts could be stayed and more
,n a king's ransom would bt paid
the- fsrmers for this year's crop
Cotton Is worth fifteen cents, and
g* farmers should hold for that
race In spite of the world% the th I
fed ths dsrll; und the bankers of the
asth should strain their resources to
the utmost and extremes! limit to help
the farmers to hold.
Twenty dollars a tale* or even ten
dollars, on a thirteen million bale
crop is too great a sum to be given up
to the freebooters, without having
first exhausted every possible resource
and used every expedient, no matter
how desperate, to retain in our own
hands what is rightfully ours.
Cotton is worth fifteen cents this
year, and at that price the Southern
farmer could pay his debts and have,
something left?not a great deal, it is
true, but freedom from debt and a
little money spell3 prosperity in this
section. Cotton at eleven or ten cents
means the same old long drawn-out,
heart breaking struggle to make ends
meet. Cotton at nine or eight cent?
means disaster, distress and the pinch
of privation for thousands of debt
burdened cotton farmers. And It
must be borne in mind that the same
methods and the same forces that
have been potent to force down the
price from 13 1-1 to il 1-4 ctnts
within two weeks can send It on down
to eight or seven or six, If the farmer
Is weak enough and fool enough to
submit to the price being fixed by the
buyer.
Cotton Is worth fifteen cents today,
but the farmer will not receive that
price today or ever, unless he refuses
t# sell tf or Jess.
Cotton Ijs worth fifteen cents?we
all know that?but the crucial point
Is, What Is the farmer going to do
about It? What la the merchant,
whom he owes, going to do to help
the farm*?*to do about it? Will the
merchajfta. and bankers of the South?
whose TmlSw Is Indissolubly United
with that ot the cotton grower, help
their friend and neighbor and cus?
tomer, the cotton grower, or wilj they
stand idly looking on while the hold
up and robbery is consummated? '.
The Hague Peace Congress, having
adopted a few amendments to the in?
ternational war code, la ready to ad?
journ.
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The decision of the State Railroad
'Commission that the Western Union
Telegraph Company has violated Its
charter by sending telegram* by mall
opens another field for corporation
prosecution.
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The comments of the Southern Re?
porter on the Baptist Negro College
affair is Illuminating, coming as It
does from a negro paper, whose editor
la presumably well acquainted with
the matter he discusses and the men
he criticises.
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When the Legislature meets In Jan?
uary a half dozen, or more, would-be
leaders will be on hand with prohibi?
tion bills modeled after the Georgia
law. They will have no hope of the
bills passing, but In Brice law counties
the fart that they Introduced general
prohibition bills will be something to
bolster up their pleas for re-election.
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When Congress enacts a law pro?
hibiting the shipment of liquors Into
prohibition States South Carolina?
Charleston excepted?will be ready
for prohibition, and this paper will he
heartily in favor of prohibition. Un?
der :<uch a law it would be possible to
enforce a State law against the sale of
liquor; but so long as liquor can he
shipped Into the State ander UM pro
lection of the Int-r-State commerce
law. the dlspens-iry system Is the only
rational method of combining the
maximum control of the liquor evil
with the maximum of revenue.
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Rock Hill ami Marlon are having
trouble with the corporations that
awg their water systems and they are
faeing tin same problem with whleh
Sumter had to deal a few years ago.
'ihose towns will find that th?? only
way out Is tu pay the price of their
folly In permitting a foreign coipora
tlon to g? t possession of the!r water
systems. They will have to buy their
water systems from the corp irftttOAl
that own them at a price much great?
er than the initial co>t of the systems.
This is what Sumter had to do, and
although this town paid more than
twice what the water system cost the
corporation. It has proven a good In?
fi fount from a financial standpoint,
to nay nothing of the satisfaction de?
rived from Controlling] our water sup?
ply. The sooner .Marlon and lioek
HIM buy their Watei systems the leea
they will have to pay. for the aom?
morctal value Of I public utility In?
creases more rapidly than the pou
latlon.
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The experts of the I> partim nt of
Anrleulture are waxing enthusiastic
over a variety of cotton thai a Texan
has developed by careful hreedii g an 1
J seed selection, extending over a long
period of \e;irs. This cotton, It Is
claimed, yields between 33 pad 42
pounds of lint per hundf >d >f s?ed
OOttOa. This yield Is nothing phe?
nomenal In these purr*, g? a cotton
, that d'>es n??t yield as much as ||
p ?unds of iint per hundred i* not
considered pM*i cotton In Mi's section.
" There are several Sumter county farm?
ers who have. this year, obtained
I m ?re than If pounds of lint pel hun?
dred of seed cotton. This section ol
south Carolina hi the best gotton.
corn and oats ptodttclng a">
'way. Mr. Tindai. of Clarendon oonr
ty. holds the record for a o n pr<uluc
This Store Closes at 6 P. If.
This Store Closes at 6 P. M.
In breadth and originality of conception, and ability to carry ont the plans conceived, THE SCHWARTZ COSTUME
STORE knows no rival. The Ladies of Sumter and from sfar, have come to look npon it as the accepted oracle of
Fashion in Dress, and this season's remsrkable collection justifies the verdict.
THE SUITS ARE HERE?A PERFECT FIT ASSURED.
We Present a Line of Skirts
absolutely distinct models, and in such qoantities never attempted (even) by us before. The Voille Skirt is the
recognized Skirt of Style for Dress. We have them?10 styles to select from and at prices less than the materials
cau be bought for. Then there are Chiffon Panama s, Tamise and mixtures.
WE MENTION JOST FOUR MODELS:
Voille bkirts full plaited of fine grade. Nicely Silk trimmed.a| $7.00
? Chiffon Panama and Tamise Skirts, full plaited, trimmed with folds.at $4.00 and $4.50
Chiffon Panama, a 42 Gore Model of finest quality. Full plaited and trimmed.ai $5.50
Voille Skirts?finest grade of voille made. Beautifully trimmed.at $9.00 and $10 00
Nowhere can you find the equal of the above.
A HINT IN ADVANCE FROM THE MILLINERY.
The new COLLEGE HAT is the nobbiest style that has been shown here in many a season. Possibly you've seen
some of the young ladies wearing them. They came from SCHWARTZ BROS.
LADIES1 HOME JOURNAL PATTERNS?"FLUFFY RUFFLE" BELTS.
Shoes
Deserve the praise given them by their wearers, because they last longer, retain
their shape and look better than any
$3.50 and $4.00
Shoe on the market. We are better equipped than ever before to handle our Shoe
business, and our line is larger and more complete. Don't be persuaded to try some
s other make said to be just as good.
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ti??n; Mr. Haynsworth, of Sumter, is
second "ii out production and we can
name severs! who have obtslnsd
larger returns of lint per hundred
pounds of seed cotton th in this T<xas
cotton breeder claim--. It may be,
however, that tin* Texas cotton Ii
something extraordinary and needs
only to be planted In Bunv.or County
t<> produce ail lint.
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BOttth Carolina history seems des?
tined to out a considerable figure in
the senatorial campaign. Col. John J.
Darsjan Is the auhor of a school his?
tory of the State while Mr. Charles
Carroll Blmms's father wrote a his?
tory of South Carolina. Voters should
read Up OH history during the Ions;
Winter evenings or tlnfy will not know
What the candidates are talking about.
SOME OF THE FEATURE ACTS.
Gentry Rros.'s Shows Will Give Many
Marvellous Acts on Next Saturday.
Millinery Opening*
Ladles, you are cordially invited to
attend my up-to-date Pall Millinery
Opening, Thursday, Friday and Satur?
day. 3d, <th and 5th of October, 1907.
Upstairs over the Bumh r Clothing Co.,
South Main street. Tours to please,
?j 25-2t* Iflsi S. A. Murray.
Here are some of the feature acts
of Gentry Brothera' Famous Shows,
which give two performances in Sum
t< r next Saturday:
The pony bell-ringing specialty.
The high-diving dog.
The comical clown canines.
Marcel and Lennet, Austrian acro?
batic artists.
Tin flying Zereldas, daring trapese
performers.
The imperial troupe of Japanese
t urn biers.
The mystifying, juggling Normans.
The wire-walking elephants.
The monkey theater.
The monkey barber shop.
The Monkey Fire Brigade In action.
Tlx- Simian bareback ri 1 <*.
Perkins, the hog comedian, in a rl?
dlculounly humorous sketch.
The (bite gymnastic sheep.
Th? wonderful tfnydor family of
Royal Russian \.?lies.
The barrel rolling torrlers.
The marvelous jumping grey?
hounds,
The kicking mule.
The drill of nations by 150 ponies.
The elephant orchestra.
Toy. the smallest horse, and Dan,
the largest dog, In a unique act.
STOP TNF. STRENUOUS LIFE.
Weakens the Tissues and Lessens or
ganic Vitality.
?The stress and strain of the stren?
uous life In both city and country
tends towards stomach troublea.
Five people Buffer today where one
did ten years ago with sick headache,
dizziness, flatulence, distress after eat?
ing, specks before the eyes, bloating,
nervousness, sleeplessness and many
other symptoms of indigestion.
All who an- Buffering with stomach
troubles, and that means at b ast two
out of thr? e |n Sumter and other
towns, should use Ml-o-na stomach
tablets. Nothing else is as safe, yec
effective; nothing else can be so thor?
oughly relied upon to relieve all
troubles from Indigestion as Ml-o-na.
it is not a mere digestive taken af?
ter the food is eaten, but a irue tonic.
stimulant and strengthener for the
muscular walls of the stomach. in?
creasing the bow of digestive lluids
and putting the stomach into such
condition that it does the work nature
expects of it. ,
So reliable is Ml-o-na in its curative
action that J. F. VV. DeLosme, " :*u
every 50-cent box he sells gi
guarantee to refund the money u
the remedy dot I all that is elaime
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T?\ i:\TV CENTS COTTON.
A Dale Bold Here Yesterday for One
Hundred and Three Dollar
Mr Perry Moses, who plants the
Sunflower variety of long staple cot?
ton, sold a bale yesterday afternoon
for $102. The bale weighed 511
pounds and he received 20 cents n
J pound for v
l/ocal Cotton Market.
Receipts today estimated at 160
bales. Middling 11.20 ?11 l-S. The
receipts for th, past week were aboat
2,200 bales