Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CttttJMfttfttt km*. 8.188 C|t eUatrbura* anb ?ou%Mt. a^aMesttOd l*Ry Wettaeeday, NTCU rMllUSNIW COMPANY lomik s. o. OWLY $10,000 FOR SUMTKR. With Allotment Cock CMy Public Bo I Id Wtahlngton. April 17.?It wet un ioictoed today that Representative Lever to not at all pleased with receiv? ing only $10,000 additional for the awhile building at Sumttr, over pre ?totat authorisations, and that before thjtj ptJhHe building* bill to finally ho may hart tht amount In? to $11,000. If it it possible to so to th*j statte. Id already announoad In the Newt I Courier tht following art tht that tht tevtal towns In Carolina will rtottvt thlt year tht public buildings bill, ti? the Mil hat not b*ea reported In tht house* yet. and the add something, especially la the aaaa of Sum tar. Drangt burg. OBftw, Mtwbtrry. Darlington. Oaff jstw. lauaraaa aad Union. $10.000 each. W| 14.000 additional tor Samtar and ever atwelene authoriaa Wfth leotruetJons to the seper ai ah statt of the treasury to a full investigation Into tht Of the Columbia office and re* Wttethtr the praaent building he eatorged or a new one erect ?btwrllle and Camden Ajtt^>ts#^?a<asa, haaa yaar. It la ' ^Wlsal will he x^ont about la> ^^?aiaeg th* aeaouet allowed for An ' cnewoa, hoc a strong effort will be at to thought, to have Sumter's If ehe at amounts stand In the >eaW South Carolina will receive thlt 1410.000 for her new federal 431DOtoGrA~ HAS If BAD. ?ate mt Beadnlpti County Wager I aw a Mall Gaate Haue Smith Cathbart. da. April II?As the rt oait of a boat ball game played here yoatoieajr thla county <Randolph) will ?a %o Ooe. Hohe Smith by dtftult In the lane" primary. The leading aup of. Joe Brawn are bound not a fight to carry the county. Before the game wao called It waa that every fan on one was tor Smith, while tht mem of the other team wtrt for landing supporters of Smith and Brown than practically wager*d the county's vote on the game, the Smith man agreeing If tht Browu team won to support Brown and the Brown man. If the Smith team won, to support Smith. Tht Smith team 1 won II to 8. Brown's supporters say they trill abide by the result. TOLLMAN l> TO GO ABROAD. That He will Start May la. Accompanied by Mrs, TtUaaaa. Augusta Oa. April 17.?Informa? tion received from Senator Tlllmar.'? home today it that ht will leave with Mra Tlllman and a party of frlendt May 10 for a tour of Europe A con dMtrable portion of the tlmt. It Is aald. will be apant In Italy. Senator Tlllman will entirely elim? inate himself from national polltlo* until at least tht latttr part of next fall. LANCASTER FARMER DIES. Who Was Shot From Am Last Wednesday Night. Hue Lancaster. April 17.?J. Bart Sim* died last night from the wounds he received last Wedneaday night when shot from ambush. Mr. Sims rallied on Fwday and atrong hopes for hli recovery were tnttrtatntd, but on Saturday he became worse and died night. Remember too toaawe you put off the leager you must wait 11. mm . April, im?. 'Bo Jut at I. SUM WILL WOT SMUT DOWN. LARGE8 MILLS IX THE PIED? MONT WILL RUN ON. The ftp* rtmnburg Agreement Affects only the Mills in Spartenburg County?Greenville sad Anderson Mine Will Continue Operation as at Greenville, April 27.?The cotton mills In Greenville, Anderson and Picken? were not represented at the meeting held In Spartanburg on Sat? urday when It was Intimated that most of the mills In the Piedmount had agreed to suspend operation on July 1. 1 As a matter of fact the mills In Greenville do not Intend to suspend at any time. For the past three month* many, making fine goods and yarns have been running on reduced time. That is they have decidcu to I cut their production 26 per cent., end this agreement will continue for the next three months. What is to be done then has not yet been discussed, but several manufacturers, when ques? tioned today, said thst they could not conceive of any conditions arising that would lead them to such a dras? tic measure as shutting down their plants. They believe thai with a re? duction of 26 per cent, in dutput they will be able to run along all right un? til there Is a reaction for the better. A number of the Greenville mills have received circulars telling them of the Spartanburg meeting and ask? ing them to come Into the agreement. The Greenville mills, except twe sn ail plants, which closed several months ago, will decline to shut down. Several of the mills in this territory are sold ahead and are still running full time. WILLIAMSBURG LIQUOR SCANDAL! Got. Ansel Coaehlfilag Charges Against Two Me subtle. Columbia, April 28.?Oov. Ansel has now before him the WlUlamsburg dispensary board case containing se? rious charges against two members of that board which may result in de? cisive action being taken by hie ex? cellency. The two members of the dispen? sary board are J. M. Parker and J. M. Bass and it is charged that they bough* supplies from Bluthenthal A R'^'.ert. formerly of Atlanta but now of Baltimore, at a higher price than bids submitted by other Arms and that bids were awarded after the quarterly supplies wede pur? chased^ I When an Investigation was ordered with reference to these charges some time ago, Dispensary Auditor West held an official Inquiry and took the testimony affecting the two members of the board and J. D. GUland former clerk of the board. The answer of the two men tiled yesterday, after a hearing had been ordered by Oov. Ansel, stated that the members did uot knowingly violate the law, that they bought certain brands because there was a demand for them and the difference in the prices would not have affected the sales of the Balti? more Arm. An opinion by Mr. GUland stated that, after consultation with the at? torney general, goods should not be purchased In excess of the quarterly contract. Oov Ansel has the matter under advisement and will announce hio de? cision In a few days. Weekly Weather Bulletin. For the week ending 8 a. m. April 27. ltOt: The mean temperature averaged about t degrees above the normal, but no unusually high temperatures occurred. The highest for the week was 88 degrees at St. George on the 24th. the lowest was 49 degrees at Hantuc on the 21st. The rainfall was slightly deficient In the north central counties where the weekly amount.* were generally less than half an Inch; over the re? mainder of the State the precipitation was normal, or above. The heaviest rainfall was received In the eastern and southeastern portions where the weekly amounts ranged from an Inch to about four Inches. A severe wind storm, on the 22d. did considerable damage to fruit trees In Nee/berry, Union, Chester and York counties. There wa* much cloudiness during the latter portion of the week, and the average sunshine was generally below the normal. The Society for the Protection of Children In England against the cru? elty of parents and others receives over 40.000 complaints s year. id Fear not?Let all Uie ends Thou Ali TER. S. 0., WEDNE PLANT LESS COTTON. Reasons Why the Cotton Acreage Sliould be Reduced. The following circular letter has been sent out by Mr J. A. Taylor, president of the National Ginner's association: Cotton has reached the lowest point since Jan. 1, 1901, except from No? vember to May of the big crop year of 1904-5, when it sold two cents per pound lower than this. What has caused this decline of three cents per pound In spite of the fact that the cotton crop of the world is about t> 500,000 bales short of last year's crop7 The only answer that I can And Is "Lack of Confidence." The retailer is not buying except as he needs the goods, the jobber Is doing the same, consequently the mills have no orders ahead, while last year, and for several years past they have had orders booked from three to six months In advance. \ What causes this lack of confi? dence? Thoy are afraid we will raise a bumper crop of cotton again this [year. Why are they afraid of a large crop? They look at the past. In 190S we had a short crop and good prices, which was followed by a large acreage and good seasons and a bumper crop. The next year, 1905-6, we had a short crop and good prices, which was again followed by a large acreage and a bumper crop. Had it not been for the September storm in the Mississippi valley and the excep? tionally good trade the market would probably have gone to eight cents or under for the crop. We got a good average prise for the good grades in the crop, and a large acreage was set aside for cotton last season, but ow? ing to the weather during planting time the acreage was cut some and crop poor in Texas and Louisiana en? abled us do get a good price for the most of this crop. A month ago ev? ery indication was that we would have a large acreage this season, and the people did not care to place heavy orders for cotton goods^ knowing that with A large acreage and fair season we would produced more cot? ton than the world needed and the price of cotton goods would decline. They are good business men, and you can't fool them. How can we restore confidence? In pltce of planting the same acreage as last season In cotton, plant 25 per cent. less. As soon as the acreage re? port ts out In June or even before the trade will know that there will be a moderate crop raised this year and we will have the old time activ? ity In the cotton trade. Jobbers will place their orders ahead to enable them to supply their trade an! the mills will contract in advance for sup? plies of cotton and the market will advance much faster than it has d" cllned. The rer.ult wli; be, that you will market a crop of 11,500.000. If the weather conditions should be un? favorable for the growing crop and It should turn out a million bales less It would sell for 15 cents and bring a total of n.nrly t^OO,000,000, and add to this the value of the feed crops that can be grown on the acre? age Intended for cotton and It will give us another 850,000,000. Suppose that you plant the same acreage as last year and with favorable weather we would likely make anyway 13,000, 000, possibly more. Whet would the price be under the present trade con? ditions? Not over an average of 8 cents per pound and perhaps lower. Say that It averaged 840 per bale the crop would bring 8520,000.000, at least 8300,000,000 loss to the south. How to bring about this reduction? It is not too late yet to plant corn, alfalfa, sorgham cane, millet or cow peas for hay. Or It will pay you to let the land lie Idle for a season rather than plant it in cotton at a loss. Let every planter that reads this article at once arrange to reduce his own acreage In cotton and show the article to his neighbor, or better call a meeting at every country school house in the south and discuss this matter intelligently, then go home re? solved that each one will do his part. If you have any neighbors that will not reduce send me their names and I will take the matter up with each one personally. This Is no small mat? ter, and I hope that members of the Southern Cotton association and the Farmers* Union will stand side by side In this great fight. With a heavy acreage Wall street will set the price for our cotton crop, with a light acre? age age we can get our own price within reason. Don't delay, but get busy at once. There Is plenty of time yet If you will only do your part. In 1905 by reducing the acreage 15 per cent the price advanced 5 cents per pound, and we can do it again. I will be glad to hear from every farmer that reads this and endorses It. ns't at be thy Country's, Thy God's an SDAY. APRIL 29. 19 Do you want to return to the old days of 5-cent cotton? If not, join! this movement and we will make the south more prosperous than ever. ENGLAND'S MILLIONAIRE TAX. Government Gets $3,250,00 of a $17, 000,000 Estate. London, April 25.?The drastic man- I ner in which England taxes her mil? lionaires is exemplified by the case of Mrs. Enriqueta Sugustina By lands, who died last month leaving property officially estimated as worth $17, 500,000. Of this sum no less than $2,250,000 goes to the British treas? ury. This sum is paid chiefly as es? tate duty, which is at the rate of 10 per cent on the first $5,000,000 and 15 per cent on every succeeding $5, 000,000, but in addition Mrs. Bylands' estate must pay a large sum in legacy duty. Three million, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars is the larg? est sum ever paid into the British treasury as estate and legacy duty. England not only taxes her mil? lionaires heavily, but she treats them somewhat nonchalantly. Mrs. By lands wat> by far the richest Woman In England, and she had presented the city of Manchester with the mag? nificent Althrop library of 40,000 volumes bought from Earl Spencer, and made scores of private benefac? tions. But so little attention was paid to her that her place of residence was unknown, except in the immediate vi? cinity, and probably not one English? man In ten had ever heard of her. FULL PROHIBITION TICKET. Hot Fight In Alken County?Indica? tions _ Now That Prohibition Party Will Put Out a Full Ticket. Aiken, April 27.?Information has been received that Hon. G. L. Toole will be put out by the prohibitionists as a candidate for the Sate senate. Mr. Toole Is now an announced candidate for congress, and it Is not known whether or not he will consent to deflect rrofiv 4hla original intentions, but the prohibitionists believe that he will run. He la 'being urged very strongly to enter the race. He is an out-and-out prohibitionist and is con? sidered the most available man to be run. He is now senator from this county. Hbn. T. O. Croft, it 1s stated, will also make the race. He Is a local-op? tion man, and will doubtless run on that platform. It is highly probable that a com? plete ticket will be put out by the pro? hibitionists for all county offices. Candidates for the house of represent? atives will be put Into the race soon, and it Is expected that other announce? ments will follow. LEVER COMING WITH WILSON. Will Accompany Secretary of Agri? culture to Sumter May 8. Washington .April 27.?Secretary' Wilson of the department of agricul? ture, and Congressman Lever will leave Washington on the night of May 7 for Sumter, where the Secretary will speak, arriving there on the morning of the 8th. Mr. Lever held a confer? ence with the Secretary to-day re? garding the trip, and explained to him Just how much the people of Sumter and surrounding counties wanted him. The positive assurance was given Mr. Lever that unless something unfore? seen came up the trip would certain? ly be made. Mr. Lever considers It no small matter to the people of Sumter to ha\e a Cabinet member to visit and address them. BUREAU OF INFORMATION. Boarding Houses Will be Listed for Benefit of Visitors. Acting under authority of the gen? eral committee. Secretary Reardon has arranged to have a bureau of In? formation established for the con? venience of all visitors in Sumter May 7th and 8th. Mr. Isaac Strauss, of A. A. Strauss & Co., North Main street, has kindly consented to allow their store to be used for the bure.^.. Mr. O. B. Nettles, the bookkeeper of that firm, will act as clerk of the bureau. Ail citizens who will furnish rooms and meals, or either, will please telephone Mr. Nettles and give number and street of residence, how many can be accommodated, whether meals and lodging or either, and price, and tele? phone number. The Kaiser believes in the old ad? age, "Early to bed" and woe betide any of his sons who may come in later than 10 o'clock. id Truth's." 08. THE TRTJ New Seri PENSIONS SENT OUT. f$251,270 Distributed for Confederate Veterans and Widows of Those Who Wore the Gray. Columbia, April 27.?Comptroller General Jones has sent out to the clerks of court of various counties in the State, the sum of $251,270 as pension money for the Confederate veterans and the widows of Confeder? ate veterans. * The appropriation amounts to $250, 000, but there was a refund of $1,270 due to the fact that a number of vet? erans or widows died since last year. There has been an increase of 214 pensioners since last year. The num? ber now amounts to 9,275. Of this number, 4,277 are women, being about one-half of the total number of pen? sioners. These widows draw $110, 316. Those veterans who arc paralyzed or totally disabled come under Class A, and receive $96 each. Class B. those who who have lost a leg or arm during the war, get $72 each. Class C, those wounded In the war or suf? fering disabilities, receive $48 each. Class D, those widows whose husbands died or were killed in the war, re? ceive $48 each. The remaining two classes receive $21.20 each. Excluding the pensions of $251,270 the State has paid out $1,000 for ar? tificial limbs. HEART STITCHED, HE LIVES. Young Athlete Thought to Have Chance for Recovery. New York, April 25.?To the as? tonishment of the surgeons I at St Joseph's Hospital, Yonkers, Robert j Inglis, the young athlete whose heart was lifted out two weeks ago that a stab wound might be closed with three stitches, has displayed such vi? tality that he is declared to have a fighting chance of recovery. At the time of the operation it was predict? ed that he would not live through It, or If he did he would" "expire within 24 hours. It was on the night of April 5 that Inglis, in a quarrel In the street in Yonkers, was stabbed by an Italian named Powel Formlnsky, of this city, the blade of a pocket knife penemat? ing the heart. At the hospital an immediate operation was decided up? on as a desperate expedient. Dr. Edward Duffy, head surgeon of St. Joseph's, made an incision, ex? posing the heart, which was lifted to the surface. The surgeon, watching his opportunity, took the stitches be? tween the pulsations of the heart, then returned It to its place, sewed up the sac containing It and replaced the portions of two ribs that had been taken out to get at the cardiac re? gion. Inglis was under the Influence of ether two hours, and when he emerg? ed surprised all present by asking for a drink of water and Inquiring about his case.?Baltimore Sun. Mclaughlin as solicitor. Ansel Has Named the Solicitors for Third and Fifth Circuits. Columbia, April 29.?Gov. Ansel yesterday announced that he had ap? pointed as sol'zltor for the third ju? dicial circuit Mr. J. B. McLaughlin of Blshopville, and for solicitor of the Fifth Judicial circuit Mr. Christie Benet of Columbia. The appointments take effect on May 1 and expire after the general election in November when the solicitors for the regular term are named. The appointment of these solicitors is the result of the act of the last gen? eral assembly creating the Eleventh and Twelfth circuits and the> redivis ion of the counties in the original ten circuits made the vacancies which are now filled. The Third circuit is composed of the counties of Clarendon, Lee, Wil? liamsburg, and Sumter. Mr. Mc? Laughlin is a well known member of the bar of Blshopville, being a form? er member of the general assembly from Orangeburg. He afterwards moved to Lee county, after its forma? tion and was a candidate four years ag? against Congressman A. F. Lever. Since then he has not taken any part in politics and his appointment by Gov. Ansel was made after consider? ation of the fitness of the various ap? plicants and the endorsements given each. The Fifth circuit comprises the counties of Richland and Kershaw. There were a large number of appli? cants for the place from Richland county and one from Kershaw. A lie must travel with dome rapidi? ty In order to avoid being nailed. ton. E SOUTHRON, Established June, 1 les?Yol. XXVU. So 39 HOT tjg 350 KILLED. FOOD AND SHKLTKIl Nl!lED?D IX STHK KEN DISTRICTS. Anilte, La, Ate Its Last Meal at Noon Yesterday?Cook Stoves at a Pre? mium?Money and Supplies Being; Hushed to Tornado Swept Section. New Orleans, April 27.?With about 325 newly made graves distributed broadcast over nearly the entire width of Louisiana, Mississippi and Ala? bama, the deaths in Friday's tornado had been mostly cared for to-night, and it was possible to say with ac? curacy that tl.c death list in these States would not exceed 350. The few who may yet be added to the fa? talities e*0 possibly a score of the 200 most seriously wounded in hospitals throughout these States. Thf remain- ? ing injured, numbering about 1,400? were reported on the road to recovery. The gravity of to-day's situation centred in the probable needs of the living, namely, hunger and shelter. At least one striken town was reported to have eaten literally its last meal at noon to-day, and was relying on chari? ty for its supper. Fortunately the great temtoiy, over which the stricken districts were scattered left an opportunity for the unharmed neighbors interspersed everywhere: throughout these centres of want to* furnish relief more quickly and effect? ively than would have been possible had the disaster been confined to one place. Cities, little and big, en all sides of the tornado belt made rapid preparations to-day to ship supplies and money into the tornado district. New Orleans started a money subscription and also shipped food to Amite, the worst damaged sewn in. this State. NORTHWESTERN IMPROVED. Many Changes for Better Made on* Road from Sumter to W lltion's Mil. Summerton, April 27.? In com? pliance with the recent recommen? dation of the State railroad commiss? ioners the officials of the Northwest? ern Road have done considerable work upon the terminal sites along the section of the road extending from Sumter to Wilson's Mills. Besides providing the two walttntr room* and improving the interior of the buildings the company has let the contract for painting all of its stations, which will make them first class in every respect. A commodi? ous depot has just been completed at Jordon in place of the building de? stroyed by fire some time ago. Much attention has been given to the work ^ >?f the bridge gans. There are sevexal very long bridges along the linea of the Northwestern, and it requires the constant attention of the bridge gang to keep them in condition. \ s- ?? KILLED BY AVALANCHE. ) - jr Canadian Hamlet Partly Buried?At Least SO People Dead. Buckingham, Ont, April 20.?Half the little French hamlet of Notre Dame de Salette, 16 miles from here,, lies burled tonight under a -tiding mountain and at least 30 of its small population are known to have perish? ed. The hamlet has no telegraph or telephone and neither is it on a rail? road. Meagre news of the disaster came in by messengers from physi? cians and other rescuers who hurried there when the first calls for aid came. The River Lievre winds at the foot of the hamlet and a mountain tower? ed behind it. Spring rains for daya past have been melting the snow and ice on the mountain side and streams, have been coursing down to the river. At 5 o'clock this morn part of the mountain started to sl.de toward the river. It tore a path of death and destruction for Its way and those who were killed when their homes were engulfed were left buried under the mass of rock and earth. Taft doesn't get to the tariff until he has Just 10 minutes In which to catch the next train.?Atlanta Consti? tution. The ninth International Geographi? cal Congress will be held at Geneva from July 27 to August 6. After seeing a theatrical perform? ance the Kaiser often goes behind the scenes and chats with the players. Unwritten international low may yet establish the principle that a diplomat is not to be judged by his bank ac? count.?Washington Star. -?? Advertise your wants and step wondering how you are going to get |the thing you so much desire now.