The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 08, 1908, Image 6
?HUB GALLS MEETIK6.
ssTMCUTl VE COMMITTEE TO MEET
AT DAIXAS, TEA AH.
It I? the Dote Set?Annual
off Association, to Moot
Face oa February 19th
fhjtotdeat Harvle Jordan, of the
rn Cotton association, has ts
a call for the meeting of the
?aal executive committee to be
M Dallas, Tax., on February
It, next
annual convention of tho as
lern also will bo held at Dal?
it* Tex.. February It and 10. The
annual meeting of the vari
Etate divisions of the association
he called to meet at their re?
live State capttola throughout
cotton belt on Wednesday. Feb
f
The annual meeting of the State
hastens and national executive corn
on the dates named will be
Saw the purpose of electing officers
the- the ensuing year and mapping
esst a program with reference to
hoadMng and msrksting tho cotton
for 1101 snd pressing forward
work of the association. It is
?ted that the coming convention
Delias will be the largest and
Important In the history of the
itlon. end 1.000 delegates
the South will doMbtless bs
Hie Commercial Club at Dalle?
active co-operation toward
the convention a greet suc
Fi eel dent Jordsn will give out the
trial program for ths convention
i Use near future.
gOfJTHKRJV AGREES TO KEDCCE
RATES IN STATE.
Held as Columbia Frida}
Finley, tears. Ansfl and
off Halfway Oousialselon
Chinas his, Jea. I.?At the con fer?
ste today between President Finley
Che Set. them Railway and Qov.
and members of tho railroad
Profddsnt Flney defi
nromlsed the governor that his
would In effect on April next
redoes tho later-state passen?
r rote. _J
Tho new rate* are to ho hflfheat 2 1-2
la p'see of S cents for tickets,
fares paid on trains two and
for five hundred mil*
mileage hooka two cents; for
t mileage books of thousand
and two thousand mile bboks
for five members off.mercantile
Mr. Finley did not . mention what
other roads would do, hut it Is
mod that those rates will else
on the other roods. Mr. Fin
admitted that thssa rates would
experiments], old roles to go hock
the roads loot too much by
rates. Ha sold it was ths road's
n to put stmllsr rates in for
boring States and finally arrange
tatsr-sUte rates of this kind. He is
Ojs write ths governor a letter em
his proposition, this letter to
submitted to the attorney general
his opinion as to whether any leg?
al nil! be necessar.
I %0 expert
E3r
WsxBASraER Ol* RE It 41 EI EY RE?
PORTED CT BAD FIX.
and OtaissOons hi Accounts of
off Sense Cbaniy?Total
for County Offices for
10O7 Is Now tIf,000.
Columbia. Jan. 1.?-Comptroller
ral A. W. Jones today reported
Qov. Ansel, for such action as
t bs necessary In the clrcum
. the fact that an Investigation
? by Expert Accountants Wise
ouad Wilson, of the comptroller gener
OsVe office, showed a shortage of $&,
In the account of Treasurer Jno.
Edwards, of Berkeley county, and
Indicated srrors snd omissions
egatlng $1,000 In the records of
Aadltor C. M. Wiggins, of the ssme
ty. Mr. Wiggins hss. it seem*,
to charge items in that amount
the treasurer.
This brings the total of shortages
?a county offices during ths >ear 1907
sap to $17.000.
II will be remembered thst one of
the three county treasurer* found
short lust year was Wltsell. of Dor
r. He was suspended snd his
ortags was reported to Qov. Ansel,
Mr. Ansel reappointed him.
Dtstarbed tlie Congregation.
?The persorfwho disturbed the con
itlon lust Sunday by continually
(hing Is requested to buy a bottle
af Foley's Honey and Tar. Slbert's
Drug Store.
Prssslbly Doctor Itlxey thinks the
Is !n need of med leal treatment.
?Philadelphia Ledger.
How to A told AppcndirltK
?M >*t victims of appvndlcitl* are
there who are habitually eonstl
gated, nrtno Laxative Fruit Byrup
?rare* chronic constipation by stlmu
sating the liver snd bowels. Orlno
Laxative Fruit Syrup does not nau
ssats or gripe and Is mild and pleas?
ant to take. Refuse Substitutes. Bi?
t's Drug Store.
SOUTH GROWING RICHER.
Its Fruit und Truck Products ?1 :><>,
000,000 a Year, and Cotton In?
dustry Increasing.
Mr. Day Allen Willy, of Baltimore,
has prepared for the annuul edition
of the Chattanooga Tradesman an
elaborate, review of the Southern
progress during 1907, which includes
some Interesting figures.
The principal crops were as fol?
lows:
Hay of all kinds, tons.... 7,500,000
Wheat, bushels.91,4.13,000
Ctorn, bushels.959,743,000
Oats, bushels. 67,339,000
Tobacco, pounds.457,139,000
Rice, bushels.21,412.000
Two notable Increases over the pre
I
vlous year are shown by these figures.
Despite the fact that 1907 was Un?
favorable to agrfculture over the
country, the Southern hay crop was
26 per cent greater than In 1906 and
the rice crop Increased nearly the
same percentage.
During the last five years, how?
ever, agriculture has made such prog?
ress In the Southern States that the
corn crop has Increased nearly 50
per cent. The rice crop is five times
greater, while as already stated, the
fodder crop has enlarged 25 per'cent.
In a single year, la 1900 the value of
products jf vegetable gardens of the
South was 918,000,000, at present the
annual yield of orchards and vine?
yards In this section Is over $30,000,
000, making the sum total of annual
fruit and truck product of the South
fully fUO.OCO.OOO.
The Cotton Industry.
"During the last cotton year we
sent out of the country about S.&OO,
000 balea of raw cotton, fully two
thirds of the crop; but such is the
growth of the cotton Industry In the
United States that the South now con?
tains 700 mills operating nearly 10,
000.000 spindles, and 1908 will add
fully 20 more plants. The States of
North and South Carolina are Ameri?
can Lancashlres, the two having no
lese than 400 plants with 6.810,000
spindles?and more to come.
"The metal Industry, including the
mining of ore, shows a notable in?
crease compared with previous years.
The total tonnage of iron produced
by the Alabama furnaces during
1907 will aggregate about 1,760,000
tons, including the month of Decem?
ber with a value of 13,000,000. This
la 100,000 tons more than the record
for 19<*6 and about 150,000 more
tons than the record for 1966, while
the value haa Increased within the
last two years nearly 60 per cent.
This remarkable gain Is, of course,
due largely to the rapidly rising
price of Iron, but thj expansion in
the smelting Industry it also note
bis.
"Such Is the activity in this Indus?
try In the State of Kentucky that
while the total tonnage of pig iron
produced in 1906 was about 64,000
for 1907, It aggregates over 64,000
tons, a gain of fully 100 per cent, in
two yearn, while the value of the out?
put of the smelters has actually more
than doubled in two years.
Tennessee also shows remarkable
progress for the tonnage of pig iron
made in this State in 1905 was but
272,000, while for the present year it
will be about 450,000 tons, repre?
senting a value of about $7,500,000
compared with $6,260,000 In 1905.
Large Capital Invested.
The review contains a statement of
the capital Invested In general indus?
try in each Southern State in 1905 as
compared with 1000, also the value
of the Industrial output of each State
for the same years.
"These figures offer perhaps the
most convincing proof of the total in?
vestment of capital in miscellaneous
Industries Increased no less than 50
per cent, in the brief period of five
years, while* the value of the manufac?
tures has increased 25 per cent, and
In 1901 exceed the total Investment in
Southern industrial plants by the
?urn of nearly $200,000.000."
The review contains an introduction
by Edwin A. Alderman, president of
the University of Virginia, in which
he states that the greatest factor in
the future progress of the South is
In an educational system which will
reach all of its people. Dr. Alderman
outlines the system as follows:
"The system of education I have
In mind is a complete unity entend
Ing from the primary school to the
university. It Involves technical train?
ing for Industrial efficiency. It in?
volves agricultural training, for In our
land lies our wealth; Mid it involves
such a co-operation of the secondary,
the lower, and the higher education as
will make It possible for every fit
youth to be wisely trained for life In
this country. The most far-reaching
and transforming thing in our el\ill
sation today Is the educational pro?
cesses that are being set 111 motion
to give suitable training t?> all the
people in ihe Southern States."
?Tri?i Catarrh treatments ;>r. be?
ing malhd OUl fr? e. <n rennest, by
Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wie, Theas testi
Mre proving to the people without B
penny's cost?the great value of tM<
ie!< ntiiie preaoflnilofi known to drug*
Ki-K everywhere as Dr. ShOOp'l Ca?
tarrh Remedy. Sold by Slbcrt's Drug
Store.
THAW FAMILY TROUB ES.
MORE TROUBLE IN THAT UK FOR
. TUNATE FAMILY.
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Countess of Yarmouth Seeking a Di?
vorce?Domestic Infelicity?Earl on
the Continent.
LonoV.n, Jan. 3.?The failure of an?
other alliance of the English nobility
with an American woman of wealth
became public this afternoon when
the Countess of Yarmouth, who was
Alice Thaw of Pittsburg, a daughter
of Mrs. William Thaw and a sister of
Harry K. Thaw, whose second trial
for the murder of Stanford White will
begin next Monday in New York, ap?
plied to the divorce court for an an?
nulment of her marriage to the Earl
of Yarmouth.
The court ha* ordered that tho pro?
ceedings he held in camera. The only
inkling obtainable of the charges pre?
ferred is a statement to the effect that
the nature of the mcdican evidence to
be given makes a public hearing In?
advisable.
The Countess of Yarmouth is stay?
ing at Park Hall, a magnificent coun?
try seat. She declines to comment on
the case. Xhe Earl of Yarmouth is
supposed to be on the continent,
where he spends much of his time.
It has been well known for twe
years that tho domestic affairs of the
Yarmouths were most unhappy. The
earl's companions and his manner of
living were such that he could not
give his wife the position in society
she had a right to expect She sup?
plied immense sums to defray her
husband's extravagance, and her
friends say she has conducted herself
with dignity ihroughout the troubles
resulting from the unhappy marriage
and her. brother's difficulties.
The Hertford family, the head of
which 1? the Earl of Yarmouth's fath?
er, and to the head of which the earl
Is heir, he being the eldest son of the
sixth Marquis of Hertford, is one of
the oldest and proudest bf the British
nobility. The notoriety brought upon
the family through its indirect con?
nection with the Thaw murder cause
was galling and this climax to the
eldest son's marriage to Alico :'haw
\n a bitter pill. The Marchlomss of
Hertford, who has stood with her
daughter-in-law throughout her trou?
bles an2 has exerted herself to recon
sile the couple, Is prostrated with
grief.
The countess herself has suffered
from the strain of the past year. Her
friends say she has grown thin rap?
idly. They have advised her to remain
in England until after the divorce
proceedings, but the countess desires
to return to the United State? for her
brother's second trial.
Last summer, on the advice of Mr.
and Mrs. George L. Carnegie, her
brother-in-law and sister, whe were
with her two month?, tho countess
decided to seek the aid of the divorce
courts.
?When the stomach, heart or kid?
ney nerves get weak, then these or?
gans always fail. Don't drug the
Stomach, nor stimulate the Heart or
Kidneys. That is simply a makeshift.
Qet a prescriotion known to Drug?
gists everywhere as Dr. Shoop's Re?
storative. The Restorative is pre?
pared expressly for these weak inside
nerves. Strengthen these nerves,
build them up with Dr. Shoop's Re?
storative?tablets or liquid?and see
how quickly help will come. Free
sample test sent on request by Dr.
Shoop, Racine, Wls. Your health Is
surely worth this simple test. Sibert's
Drug Store.
Freight Agent Monteith, of the
Coast Line's Columbia depot, tender?
ed the employes at the depot, a ban?
quet on New Year's night.
Special Announcement Regarding the
National Pure Food and Drug Law.
*We ore pleased to announce that
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs,
colds and lung troubles Is not affect?
ed by the National Pure Food and
Drug Law as it contains no opiates
or other harmful drugs, and wo rec?
ommend it is a safe remedy for chil?
dren and adults. Sibert's Drug Store.
Automobiles as Christmas gifts are
always greatly appreciated till the re?
pair bills begin to come in.?Washing?
ton Post.
Rank Foolishness.
?"When attacked by a cough or a
cold, or when your throut is sore, it Is
rank foolishness to take any
other medicine than Dr. King's New
Discovery," says C. O. Eldridge, of
Empire, Ga., "I have used Wew Dis?
covery seven years and 1 know it is
and colds, croup, and all throat and
the best remedy on earth for coughs
lung troubles. My children are sub?
ject to croup, but New Discovery
quickly cures every attack." Known
the world over as the King of throat
and lung remedies. Sold under guar?
antee at Sibert's Drug Store. 1)0 cents
und |1. Trial bottle free.
Greece Is said to be the poorest
country of Europe. Her total wealth
amounts t<? $1,000,000,000, or about
half thai of Switzerland.
'Kodol for dyspepsia and Indtges?
tlon Is the result of a scientific com?
bination of natural dlgestants with
[vegetable acids and contains ths same
Jule< n found in a healthy stomach,
it is the besl remedy known today for
dyspepsia, Indigestion and all si >much
troubles arising from s disordered
stomaoh. Take Kodol today, it Is
pleasant, prompt and thorough. Sold
by all druggists.
DECREE FII.KD IN SUBLET CASE.
Judge PHnee Sustains Findings of Jury
In Uhu oiuIon Suit.
I Manning, January 3.?In the case
of Helen Tindal and others, againat
I Richard A. Sublet, and as executor
and trustee, and Laura A. Sublelt, the j
trial of which attracted so much in?
terest at the last *.erm of the Court of
Common Pleas for Cla>3ndon County,
Judge George R. Prince, the presiding
Judge, has filed his decree with the
dork if Court, in which he refused to
set aside the findings of the jury for
the plaintiff, and he also refuses to
grant the motion after the trial to
amend the answer so as to allow a
new defence to be set up. He holds
that the latter motion came too late.
He further states in the decree that
he finds as a fact that the. deed relied
upon by the defendants as a defence
to plaintiff's suit for partition was pro?
cured through fraud and undue infl?
uence on the part of R. A. Sublett, thj
husband of the defendant, Laura A.
Sublert, and he, therefore, declare- it
null and void and directs the partition
of the land involved. The plaintiffs are
likewise given Judgment against the
defendants for their share In the rents
and profits of the plantation since the
death of the testatrix.
?It depends upon the pill you take.
DeWitt's Little Early Risers are the
best pills known for constipation and
dek headache. Sold by all druggists.
ARREST UNDER NEW LAW.
Representative of Chattanooga Whis?
key House Charged With Violation
of Its Provisions. /
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 3.?A spencial
to the Chronicle from Athens says.
Anson Hlggins, a young white man
representing E. B. Gibson, a Chatta?
nooga liquor dealer, was arrested here
this afternoon on the charge of vio?
lating the State prohibition law. He
was distributing advertising matter
for his firm, and with the matter
small bottles of rye whiskey.
He is charged under the law with
having given liquor to a minor and
with having given away liquor in a
public place to induce trade.
Hlggins Is held under two bonds,
one $200 and one $1,000. As the
courts here have announced that hey
would Impose the maximum penalty
in such cases, the magistrate fixed
the bond at the maximum figure. Hlg?
gins has notified his house.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a Safe
Medicine for Children.
?In buying a cough medicine for
children, never be afraid to buy
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. There
Is no danger from it, and relief is al?
ways sure to follow. It is Intended es?
pecially for coughs, colds, croup and
whooping cough, and there is no bet?
ter medicine in the world for these
diseases. It Is not only a certain cure
for croup, but when given as soon as
the croupy cough appears, will pre?
vent the attack. Whooping cough is
not dangerous when this remedy is
given as directed. It contains no
opium or other harmful drugs, and
may be given as confidently to a baby
as to an adult. For sale by DeLorme's
Pharmacy.
Obliviously Unintentional.
"Young man," snapped the vingary
faced person on the opposite side of
the street car, "I'll thank you not to
?;tare at me, if you please!"
"Pardon me, madam." he said. "No
offense was intended. I am so near?
sighted I cannot distinguish objects
two feet away from mi?,"
"Your apology comes too late, sir."
"Pardon me again, madam," he re?
joined, screwing a monocle Into his eye
and inspecting her features. "It Is not
so much an apology as?er?an ex?
planation."
Later when she had studied this ex?
planation In all its bearings it was too
late to show proper resentment. He
had left the car.?Chicago Tribune.
?The finest Coffee Substitute ever,
made, has recently been produced b.v
Dr. Shoop of Racine, Wls. You don't
have to boll It twenty or thirty min?
utes. "Made in a minute," says the
doctor. "Health Coffee" Is really th?
closest Coffee Imitation ever yet pro
duced. Not a grain of real Coffee in
it either. Health Coffee Imitation is
made from pure roasted cereals or
grains, with malt, nuts, etc. . Realb
It would fool an expert?were he to
unknowingly drink It for Coffee. Lev>
& Moses.
Richard Suber. colored, has been
arrested in Lauren-, charged with
killing Dave Hunter.
The Price of Peace.
?The terrible itching and smart?
ing, incident to certain skin diseases,
i? almost instantly allayed by apply?
ing Chamberlain's Salve. For sale by
DeLorme's Pharmacy.
The Income tax receipts for the
year IM'7 were eouil to the receipts
of the previous year.
A euro for Misery.
*"I "nave found a cure fi r the mis?
ery malaria poison produces," says 11.
M. James, of Loucllen, s. C. "It's
called Electric Hitters, and comes in
rdi cent bottles, it breaks up a case
of chills or a bilious attack in almost
no time; and it puts yellow jaundice
clean <?at of commission." This great
tonic medicine and blood purifier gives
[quick relief In all itomach, liver and
kidney complaints and the misery of
I Ian e back. Sold under guarantee at
Sibert's Drug Store.
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sinrilating theTood andRegula
ting th? Stomachs andBoweis of
lM AN IS ( IIILlMti:\
ness andlkst.Contairts neither
Opium Morphine nor Mmeial
Not Narcotic.
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a perfect Reincdy for Cons Qpa
tion. Sour -?omch.DiaJTf?ca,
Wonns rCoimdsionsJeverish
ness and Loss of Sleep.
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-CASTINGS ALL SIZES AND PATERNS.
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PHONE 141.
SUMTES, S. C.
1
j THE
jjj Bank of Sumter.
Capital, $75,000 -:- Surplus, $47,000
-??0
Does General Banking Business. Four Per
Cent. Interest, payable Quarterly, on Deposits
in Savings Department -:- V -:- I -:- -:
PROMPT AND COURTEOUS TREATMENT GUARANTEED.
RICHARD" I. MANNING, . MARION MOISE, W. F. RHAME,
President. Vice President. 'Jashior,
Fire Potection Cheap
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When once yuui buildings are painted with
GIBRALTAR PAINTS,
(IN ALL COLORS )
Great protection is afforded from fire as tested here Oet 26th
by a house het on fire that had been painted inside and out
with these wonderful fire--eei8tin? materials. Hundreds were
witness to this test of fire Beside affording greater protection
owing to its fire-resisting qualities, Gibraltar Paint is nore
durable than any other paint as it resists the sun heat and
wears longer. Best thing ma^e for painting single, tin and iron.
Why not use Gibraltar Paint when fire-resisting, reasonable
in priC3 an more durable that other* ?
-FOR SALE BY
Durant Hardware Company,
10-28?3m
SUMTER, S. C.
IT IS A CRITICAL MOMENT
when your horse takes the bit in hit
nviuth nod bolts. Your very life may
depend upon the streneth of the har
n?s<. Our harness is wade to stand
ju*t ..it'll sudden tests. It's the kind
you can depend ?poll in an emergency.
Better buy a j?et aiid be !>a<e ti an pu
it oil and be sorry.
W. M. GRAHAM.
9-25-4m