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C|* O?taubin;m ant) j&outbron. iY, NOVEtttM 13. 1907. PMbjpjm wm founded in the Tree ?mlAron in 1M4. The mnd tkmlkron now bee the cotn eirealauo* and influence of both of he aid papers, esd to manifestly the beet in Sumter. PANIC WITH A PURPOSE. .The artificial .panic that the fin An? del powere of Wall street created and hare been laboring, with diabolic In penalty and energy, to extend until it f rain pot and throttles the business Interests of the South, thereby forcing the aale of the cotton crop at prices fgaed by them, is the meanest and villainous blow ever aimed at action. Wall street is short of money, and, the needed money can be ob fronrt Kurope stock gambling >t he carried on to its en ?nt The only nveaas by which teey can he drawn from Ear >pe as \\y as dees red Is by the Immediate forced sale of cotton, which the of Europe need, must have, in and for which they are willing pay promptly, provided they omn it at their own price. Here Is the meanness of the New York des comes in. ' They know that people of the South are straining nerve to h Md their cotton until can eaact a fair and living i ? for It from the spinners, who are able to pay all and more than South asks and still realise a \ MNewie profit on their mnnufac- . 1 products. And. knowing this, ?y re not only willing to sacrifice our sramtoat natural asset?the cotton cr > but are doing tbelr utmost to e South of hundreds of millions lars by tying up the money of the ? ?untry so that the crop cannot be fin meed and thereby forcing It on th > arket at a price that will be r\ 1- a to the cotton farmers and the Pout), generally. Aad to what end? Thai the cotton may go to Europe as ? ejmickh/ as possible and the stream of I Jewropeaa gold started toward New York The fact that If the farmers held their cotton for a few montfls pad market It gradually, as the mills k heed it. the price can be maintained . pi a level that will yield the farmers adequate return on the cost of lucing It. and would make the gain to this country from the cot crop a hundred million or more greater than It It is forced on market now and sacrittc't ? th? jhrtoo flied by th* foreign spinner*. ?See not havs any weight with the Fall street crowd They want the to come from Kurope now and. regardless of the irreparable the?y are doing the farmers of South, and all the people of every ?Piling in the South, and the Immense * Bsonet \ r\ loss that their action In $ forcing the sale of the cotton crop at I less than tu present intrinsic value Will entail upon the country, If they ?*gejoceed in taelr tffort*. they are try r tag t<> look up the money that they * pontroi In New York, so that the feouth will he driven to sacrifice It* 1 dptton In order to keep the channels Of bustn*e* open and the wheels of * tadastry turning. The situation Is serious, but not les psrate. f?r th ? South stills holds and ; owns a large par* of the cotton crop I goad cotfsm m the k??y to the situation. I Jf ths Mouth simply holds on to the ? cotton and refuses to turn It |oo?e un? it'* til tbo?e who must huve It are not ?wTsly willing hut eager to pay full val? ue for it. the South will emerge from P whs struggl * victorious and with full pochet?. But to d-> this.* the South will Hbave to pr-s ? t united front. The Kttonkers. merchants and farmers will have t? aid and support one another and Ao k t *h r t > th?> end. } The e-u'sttoe Is. will they do It? If thev <i ? not. if the bankers and mcr ehants. tn-t ??*?! of h-dding ih?? cd>ton goptrel sad h- 'ping the faraiera wh .m Hi v ir.- In touch, to hold crtton still in their possession, add weight of their Influ ">?nn<1 th* power ?f th lr mon?*y to that of Wall Street t > Intensify the pressure being IwwSsfht ?., t*.ir u] " th<- < ?tton fnrm ors. who are the res' meat and sub stance or ft r, r}? ..it|., ,k Is md<ed frteeejiy, f<?r nothing can P th" sacrifice of the Youth's only mnn -y crop t<> the greed of Wall street, and th* South v ill he despoiled of s huudn d million dollars between thU day and th?? time to plant th? next crop, which will be plant*-'!. ?"?? for th" Sooth's b. n? flt. huf for tbo further enrichment of r,tfcoee who oppress u* by th*? power <>f nu?n?> as <;<h?i> \s <.4>|,|>. The banks of Pumt?*r h iv- '1* elded put Intw circulation th.- ?M.irlgej House ^??rttf1cnt?'s. Isued hy the Cl??arlnx House Associations of Char 1. mym ind Columbia in reepoi ? t-> i request from the executive commit tee of t' u.n ? '.Association. Th? c ? Mtl<- i' s . i. pi '?nil???> t ? i1 ? i\ hy the hpgki led, bstnfl g-u.' r an t. d by the dep4??i* of gilt edge s cuiit'*--* to sn amount greater than th.- total Isveie of certificates, are as good as or any other ffePgfl of money. Th?' certificates will be accepted* on de? posit by all the banks of this State and will be accepted In payment of debts by the business men of Sumter and other cities throughout the State. No one need have any more hesitancy in accepting Clearing House certi? ficates than national bank notes, for they have back of them ample se? curity and the good faith of the banke of the State. The certificates are Issued to sup? ply ready money for immediate needs, the banks of New York and other financial centers having cut off the supply of currency from the interior banks, even going so far as to refuse to permit the withdrawal of deposits which banks have with them. Under these conditions there is a steady out? flow of money to New York from the South and If nothing Is done to check It there will soon be no money in the I 8outh for the transaction of business. l??r*A of certificates will sunnlv the needed circulating medium and will render the banks of the State Inde? pendent of the New York banks. The certificates, which are Issued In denominations of $1, 12, $5. $10. $20, will be payable In lawful money on or before March 1st, 1908, and in the meanwhile will be accepted at their face value by th^ business men and hanks throughout South Carolina. As will be seen by referring to the article In another column the business men of this city, the banks and the city and county treasurers have agreed to accept the certificates and with this assurance there should be no trouble with the clearing house certificate plan In Sumter. The peo? ple of Rumter are united and so long as they stand firm they can continue to do business Independently of New York. The man who refuses to re? ceive the certificates in the ordinary course of business or demands a dis? count from their face value is an ene? my of the South and ahoutd be mark? ed as an undesirable citizen. The South Is face to face with a crisis and the elearlng house certificate is one of our strongest weapons of defense in the battle against the money pow? ers of Wall street The use a ftheee certificates will enable the South to hold the cotton crop and If we hold the cotton we can dictate terms to Wall street. When we do that, money will be easy and there will be no further use of clearing house 'certifi? cates. J. PLERPOVT8 PATRIOTISM. Mr J. Plerpont Morgan has been be praised from one end of the coun? try to the other for throwing his in? fluence and his millions into the hrsdfih and staying the flnanciaJ panic In New York two weeks ago when many of the banks and trust com? panies r>* that city were tottering on the brink of ruin. His action proba? bly prevented a terrible financial dis? aster to that city, and he deserves much credit for what he accomplish? ed, but we seriously doubt that he was* influenced and animated by pure patriotism and public spirit ulone. There are good grounds for belief that he and Rockefeller and the oth? er great financiers who cooperated with him In bolstering up the banks and trust companies that had been sapped of their strength by other great financiers In their stock Jobbing operations, were largely influenced by purely selfish motives. SYlf-preserva tlon was the first consideration, inas? much as a great panic would have pldyed havoc with their own for? tunes, and to save themselves they had to save others. Besides saving themselves It Is safe to conclude that th?*y forced th >s- whom they saved to pa> a heavy salvage. Morgan. Rock? efeller and all that ravening crew of highland pirates are not given t> working for nothing. A oollab ral circumstance that tends to substantiate tills conclusion U tin fact than on the he* Is of Morgan's "patriotic* and generous fsgsjsjj of the Tru-t* Company of America conies the annuoncenent that the controll? ing Interest in tie TOWnesscS Coal & Ir ?n Company has been transferred ti? Morgan and by him pused over to th?> Steel Trust, which ha^ long look? ed with greedy eyes on that valuable pt Op rtv No one outride the Inner ch t le will ever know how gnat was the pr ?tlt on this deal, but Morgan et al undoubtedly paid themes hrs* hand* Homely for their patriotic and heroic efforts' out of the ruke off, and tin fi wer. pro buhl) many other dcnll that afforded f;tt pickings. The Morgan* Rockefeller brand of financial "pa Irlottsm" is exorcised and exploited for profit and |o c?ill It patriotism is to eh- ap< n the word< Qov, Ansel has been urged?-by man) friends, it la said to make the ? u for the senate and he la serious? ly considering the matter, It hi a matter that demands Kortout con ld? ? ratim. ws Imagine, in vi -u of tie rerj ? rld< nt fact that tin- i miss In ths Hate campaign next summer will hi Ktats prohibition against count) option, with the chances in fuvor of prohibition being the popular and winning side; and in \hw, also, of Mi furth. r fuel thai Qov, Ansel was elected as a county optionist it "ii i>t prove smbwrrasslnf?lf not difficult?for Qov. Ansel to switch over to the prohibition side of the fight, and it would be both embar? rassing and difficult for him to cham? pion the unpopular and tosing side in the contest. From the crucible of serious consideration may be evolved the conviction that a race for the senate furnishes the happy solution of a perplexing political problem. Mr. James Henry Rice, Jr., who is far and away the most facile, flu? ent and voluminous writer associated' with the press of South Carolina within the memory of the oldest in? habitant, Is at present traveling and writing for the Spartanburg Journal, 1 and his contributions are, as a rule, ' interesting In spite of their length. I These observations are by way of preamble to the remark that the ? aforesaid James Henry gave South I Carolina's most famous graft hunter, j Attorney General J. Fr?ser Lyon, a | terrific dig under the fifth rib in his article descriptive of blind tiger con? ditions in Charleston. REV. J. W. DANIEL, TO LECTURE. eSfeSfrSH Will Deliver Lecture at Jordan Church on Friday Night on "The Southern Mule/' Rev. J. W. Daniel. D. D., will lec? ture at Jordan Church on Friday night at 8 o'clock. His subject will be "The Southern Mule." All who attend are assured of an entertaining evening, as Dr. Daniel has a reputa? tion as'a platform speaker. NIGHT SCHOOL PROPOSED. Chamber of Commerce to Start Night School for Young Men. The Price of Cotton. ? _ s^T|^ HIS is the all-absorbing topic of discussion at present, not only among farm ? fers, but me. chants, bankers aRd professional people, for they are all inter ?* ested in it. Never before in the history of the South, was there such an ef? fort beittg made to control the price of cotton by those who produce it, and they are certainly receiving the moral and financial support of every one who is in a positiou to eid them, and we sincerely hope the outcome will be a victory for the farmers. We are naturally very much inte ested in this matter, as we have a great many friends who are in this fight, and to these we wish to say that we will pern it them to close the amount due us by note payable March ltt, bearing intere?t at 8 per cent, and se? cured by warehouse receipt for cotton on a basis of ten cents per pound but we must insist on the cotton being put in the warehouse, as we will need the receipt as a colla? teral to assist us in raising money. No prudent man should keep cotton on his prem? ises without being insured, and the charges for storing and insuring in the warehouse is less than the insurance alone would cost on the plantation. Should the price reach a point before March 1st, at which any of our friends m'ght want to sell, we will al? low them to anticipate their notes at the s ime rate of interest we charged them. We will also accept warehouse receipts on a basis of ten c.mt? per pound as collateral se? curity fjr g^ods, as there Kay be some of our friends who need Winter wearing ap? parel but do not care to part with their cotton on a basis of the present prices. We do not make this offer to encourage the holding of cotton and we are not venturing an opinion as to what it is likely to do. Every farmer will have to exercise his own judgment, which is as good as any one. The more experience we have with cotton the more forcibly are we impressed with the saying of Henry W Grady on the sub? ject, "Cotton is a fool, it never does what people expect it to do n Those of our customers who wish to accept this proposition we want them to act promptly. If they are going to hold cotton we must insist on it being put in the ware? house for we cannot use cotton held on the plantation as a collateral to assist us in meeting our obligations O'Donnell 6 Company. There are many young men in the city, who are obliged to work during the daylight hours, and who have not had opoprtunity to spend the time in studying the general branches of a common school education as they would have liked. Mr. Hugh C. Haynsworth has become interested in this class and Is endeavoring to in? terest the chamber of commerce In the esablishment of a night school for these young men. The chamber of commerce will be asked to inau? gurate the movement and Secretary Reardon is desirous of ascertaining how many young men are willing to take the courses of instruction to be given at this night school. All who are In? terested will please send in their names to either Mr. Hugh C. Hayns? worth '?r Beere tar) B. i. Reardon as soon a- possible. Further j ?rticuiai Will be given later There will be a special meeting of the South Carolina division, Farmers' Educational and Cooperative Union, in Columbia, on December 18. FOR SALE?Gentle horse, eight or nine years old, In 1 good condition. Not afraid of automobiles and la? dles can drive her. Also, good sec? ond hand buggy and harness. Cheap. Call at No. 324 Salem ave? nue. 11-13?It FOR RENT?A five horse farm, known as the Holiday tract, near Privateer Station. Geo. D. Shore. -13-4t CURRENT SOI KS. WANTED TO SELL?Another lot of two million Cababge Plants, or more, raised on "ur farm; now ready to set out, at 25c per hun? dred. Less by the thou tnd. Eu gm* H gan aV Son. 11 -12-l'\s rot: SALE?Appier Oats?only 20<? Going to Charleston? -^ o r the ? Annual Fall Festival November 18 to 23, 1907. One Fare Plus 25 on All Railroads. Grand Street Carnival, Band Concerts, Floral, Fantastic and Trades Display, Military Prize Drill and Parade, Fourth Annual Poultry Show?Admission Free. Football:?Welsh Neck vs. Citadel Co. Colle vs. Citadel. Firemen's Parade and Contests. Spectacular "Fighting the Flame*." Automobile Show on Battery. Motor Boat Races. bushels left?at Boyle & Boyle. 1-2 cents. ll-12-3t Master's Sale. By virtue of a decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, 1 in the State of South Carolina, in the C. C McWhirter, a traveling man, died suddenly at his boarding house in Anderson. The new union station in Charles? ton was formerly opened Sunday at noon. Dr. E. H. Chamberlain, a promi? nent physician of Cheraw, is dead at his home. . (case of C. S. Williams against James lru-son Addison was convicted in M Bpenr, t wi|| sell to the highest Chester on the charge of kitting two bidder, at public auction at the court women In 1906. 1 House In the City of Sumter in the The truck farmers about Charles. County of Sumter and State of South ton arc shipping their second crop of Carolina, on saleday in December, beans to Northern markets. 190 7. being the second day of said Benjamin 8. Barnwell, a well month, during- the usual hours of sale, known cltlzon of Abbeville, died at his the following described real estate, to home at the age of 71 years. Sixty bnlos of cotton were burned on ths cotton platform of the At? lantic Ci a^t Line road in Cheraw. Charles t. Byard hps been commit? ted to jail by Magistrate Gesso tt on a warrant charging him with larceny. A big educational r?lly was held in Lanfbrd station In Laurens county. ;n interesting programme was car? ried out. A Charleston county jury awarded L. A, Mills a verdict of 111,000 against the Atlantic Coot Line for personal nated on a plat of building lots of C. Injurt is, I g. Rowland made by John u. Hayns WltJ "All that piece, parrel or tract of land, situated, lying and being South of the City limits of Bumter, S. C.. in the State and County aforesaid, bounded on the North by lands of* C. G. Rowland; East by lot of James W. Williams; South/by Karl Street; West by Lot No. 22. Said lot having a uni? form width on Its Northern and Southern boundaries of fifty feet; uni? form h ngth on Its Western and East? ern boundaries of one hundred and twenty-live feet; said lot Is d* >ig a big negro educational rally will be hold in Lancaster Nov. 2S. Prom? inent men of both races will deliver addresses Ollis Mills has been committed t<? jail by Magistrate Kirby of Sparten? burg on a warrant Charting him with house breaking *hd larceny. Tho fourth annual poultry show of tho South Carolina Poultry Associa? tion will !>? held in. Charleston Nov. 1?, 20. 21 and 12. Frank BerTy was run over by a lumber trnln near Marlon, lb- was so badly Injured that it was necessary to amputate one of his arms. Th" University of South Carolina win meet the College of Charleston on the gridiron Saturday, t'owwan worth, dated November 18th, 1901. and recorded in the office of the it. M. C, for Sumter County in Book V V. V. at page 5SS, being Lot No. 21. Being th.' lot conveyed to nu> by C. G. Row? land by his Deed bearing dale the {2nd day of November, A. D., 1006. Terms < f sale cash. Purchaser to 1 ay for papers. H. FRANK WILSON, 11-13? 2t Ma-tor. Horses and Mules, MULES AND HORSES. -o Second carload just in. Assorted sizes, all young, sound and well broken. Suitable for all purposes. Every Horse and every Mule sold is .guaranteed to give satisfaction. Prices right and terms to suit. See me before you buy. Wagons, Buggies and Harness all guaranteed, always in stock. I can save you money on these. A. D. Harby, West Liberty Street. Agent for Milburn Wagons and Moyer Buggies, the best that money can buy. Hold Cotton! DR. JOHN H. MORSE. V BTEI?NAKY St'KG EON. OFFICE?111 1-2 W. Liberty Street Office 'Phone 471. RESIDENCE?214 N. Main Street Residence 'Phone iS, 9-2ri-!)m raraft t-r w PERFECTION IN CARRIAGES has been nearest reached In tbose, we offer for your inspection. Tho more closely you examine them th?> more ap? parent their good points But you'll not fully appreciate them until you own one nnd sea how beautifully it titands hard lerflce, That Is where they excell all others. W. M. GRAHAM. 9-2G-4m 4A hy sell your cotton for less than its value when you can store it and borrow money on the receipt to meet your obligations? Sum? ter Cotton Warehouse receipts are bankable collateral and merchants will extend credit on them. : : :-: :-: :-: Why put your cotton out in the weather to deteriorate in grade and depreciate in price from $2 to $5 a bale and run the risk of fire wl;e:i for 20c. a bale per month (25c. for sin? gle month) you eat) be fully protected ? With your cotton stored in the Sumter Cotton Warehouse you are free of anxiety of dam? age by fire or weather ; and provided with good collateral for the banks, if you need money, you can hold for higher prices. See us at once and store your cotton. 10-23-1 n R. F. HAYNSWORTH, Manager.