Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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MST ALL-AMERICAN MATTING "X ON MR. HAsRKLI. s FLAX TATIOX VKAIt CHARLfcSTOX. il Mad* In Raining of Mil Iw Plant a Success and May open Up a tare ml Xew In<lux? ury ha This Part If the Country? Kasan l*rodM<Td Under (governmen! HnprrvUtoii From Room lui|x>rt< d From Japan?Matting In of Bean ttfml Appearanv anil tine Quality the Newa and Courier. Aa experiment In raising grass or k, ae It Is properly called, used In manufacturing of matting, hav been tried thle year on the plan of Mr. W. C. Haskell. Jr.. on Pon River, near Jacksonboro, sjst proving a most gratifying suceeea, M Is probable that Just aa soon as Improvements have been made Iiis methods of gathering and cur* a new line of Industry will be lad up (n South Carolina. A asm Of the manufactured product rht to the city by Mr. Haskell has pronounced by all who have It as cou* pitting favorably with made from rash grown In m sad Imported Into this country. This Is ths first all-American mat ever produced In this country, experiment was made under the iu ef plant Industry of the Cnt hsaV States Government and supervis? es! Jsy Mr. F. W Clark, an expert, aasaaected with the bureau. The grass rvsjulres soil and attention similar to earn, and esn be grown on the former Hoe lands of this State. Therefore. It Is believed, that If planters should InfantIgate the growing of the grsss ?ssd he convinced that It can be made a geitlng erop. the hum of labor would he heard on many acree now uncultivated and many eben rice plantation* would again turned Into a nur ? of profit for j planters. The experiment Is not completed, but It has gone enough to cause the experts to i>se their work and endeavor to certain things In ths curing harvesting of the crop. When as dene the whole matter will be before the public by the bureau It Industry, e great eel credit Is dus this bu? hl snaking It possible for matting an he trmde from grase frown in *aan Carolins and my h Interest hss >ean shown In the experiment by the The bureau, through Mr. tr%6 Fnirsblld, agricultural explorer of foreign corporations. 1m tato the United State* from In llOt a fsw roots of the met straw plant. Great trouble was ?aatered at the start as ths Jap were unwilling for the roote to ivn their country. Hut the bureau id, and finally won out, and In course of tlms the plants were safely In California, where they were nurtured and then divided sap sad a part brought to South Car > ease, the rest being sent to Texas and Louisiana, where similar experiments being made. To obtain these first root* coet the government many usds of dollars. Mr. W. F. Clarke, of Pierce, Texas, as pat In chsrge of the experiment, he selected an ac-e of land on Pon Pon river near Jacksonboro, em the plantation of Mr. W E. Haskell. Jr. Two varieties of the ru*h were pneated on January 15, of this year, aaaaaly. the Juncus Effusus, which Is a round, fins straw, nnd the c> pe? rns Tegttefornus, which Is a heavy ?ornered ru*h. The former did do well, conditions being some agmlnst It. but the Cyperus grew rapidly and produced a good ?pte of finished strsw. admirably tpted for the msnufscture of mat straw was gathered and cured sad shipped to the OoodsU Matting Company, of Kennebunk. Maine, and ?r the manfactured product was imed to Mr. Haskell. Mr. R. H. iwyer. the general manager of the ?enpany, writes that the straw Is of eery good quality, and made a fine asiple of matitng, and. as hss al been stated, thst from the *hlp lent made to him from South Caro na there hss been woven the first sVAmsrlcsn msttlng. The gathering of the grss* was nec sssrlty crude, end Improvement* will Pa to be msde along these lines asm In the curing. Th*? gra** was and prepared for curing by hand, process of curing consumed three day*, ae the grass wao nun cured; with awtlaelal heat, the curing would only betw*??n one and two hours. The tu will also errang* to have the ssarveetlng done by machinery, which greatly facilitate the process of ring the grsss for the manufac II has sx>t yet been ascertained Just rsr the price of the matting will ipare with matting made from Imported from Japan, but full sssxtlculars will b? gathered on thin it by the bureau at Wsshtngton. grase can readily be disposed of Set ??? a ton, and an acre of land will gve tons of th? grans. Even fits the price Is cheap as it only ISO pounds of the grass to #1 11 yards of the matting and the matting pro duced from the grass raised by Mr. Haskell is said to be worth 32 cents a yard. The raising of the grans may be said to be still In the exptrlment.il stage, as changes In the harvesting and curing would have to be made should the Industry be attempted here. But the experts are enthusiastic over the experiment, so far, and have no doubt but that It would prove a success on the rice fields of South Carolina. Mr. Clark Is following the matter closely and will in time make his report to the bureau, and full in? formation will then be given out. There Is no doubt that a new in? dustry In this State as suggested by the experiments made would pro? (? a boon to this part of the State, and would result In the reclaiming of the rice lands long since abandoned. It would be necessary to replant the rush only ones In every five years. Mr. R. H. Sawyer, of the State Fair Association, has written to Mr. Ha** kell as follows: "You Hfcve ho fault to find with your first experiment st raising this grass, and you have the odd distinction of having ths first rolls of matting made from American grass ever producer! by power looms in the United Statn. The variety that was shipped Is the Cyperus Tegltefornus. The growth was fine, and two cuttings could have been made from this acre. If you ?*? fit you moy place It on exhibition at the State Fair." A sameple of the matting Is on ex? hibition In the business office of the* News and Courier. GOOD NEWS. Many Sumter Readers Have Heard It and Profited Thereby. "Good news travels fast," and the thousands of *>ad back sufferers in Sumter are glad to learn that prompt relief Is within their reach. Many r lame, weak and aching back Is bad no more, thanks to Doan's Kidney Pills. Our cltlsens are telling the good news of their experience with the Old Quaker Remedy. Here Is an sxample worth reading: Mrs. Louis Jeffords. 11'. tag at 14 Owen 81. Sumter, S. C, says: "I am plesaed to say that Doan's Kidney Pills have proven of great benefit to me. I was a victim of kidney com? plaint for over two years. My kidneys were very weak sad I had great trouble In controlling the secretions, being compelled to arise often dur? ing the night. My back ached and pained me all the time, and frequent? ly I would be so lame that I could scarcely dress myself. I read about Doan's Kidney Pills and finally pro? cured a box at, China's drug stors. I used them as directed, the backaches and pains vanished, my kidneys now act regularly, and the secretions are clear. I rest much better at night, and am feeling a gr? at deal stronger In every Way. I am pleased to give Doan's Kidney pills the credit for the great change In my condition. For sale by all dealers. Price 60 jenta. Foster-MUburn Co., Buffalo, Vew York, sole agenti for the United Statea Remember the name?Doan's?and take no other. No. 19. IXKVKIXG FOR TUM I/VXCHERS. Region About Reel l\M>t Lake Tra? gedy in Tennessee Under Martial Law. Union City, Tenn., October 22.?Fol? lowing the arrival of State troops, who reached their place of encampment on Reel Foot Lake today, this district has been proclaimed under martial law and the search f >r members of the night rider band, which put to death Capt Quentlne Rankin on Mon? day night, was actively begun, with civil and military authorities working In perfect accord. The military base has ben established at the settlement of Samburg. the most central point In the disturbed section. Governor Pat? terson was accompanied to Samburg today by a posse of twenty-five men and will remain on the scene to per? sonally direct the Investigation, hav? ing cancelled all campaign engage? ments for next week. Letter to T. S. Doar, Sumter, 8. C. Dear Sir: Twelve words state ths fact: Every Job painted Devoe takes less gallons than of nny other paint. If any one doubts this statement he may pnlnt half his Job Devoe. the oth ? r half any paint he likes. If Devoe half doesn't take less gallons, no pay. Yours truly SA FW DEVOE A CO P. S.?Dueant Hardware Co. sell our paint ?DeWltt's Kidney and Bladder Pills sre Just what you need and what you should get right away for pain In ttu back, backache, rheumatic pains, and all urinary and bladder troubles. Thousnnds of people suffer from kid? ney and bladder trouble and do not Know It. They think it Is a cold or a strain. Don't take any chances. Get DeWltt's Kidney and Blndder Pills. They are antiseptic and promptly soothe the pain. Don't fall to Insist upon DeWltt's Kidney nnd Bladder Pills. We sell them. Sold by all druggists. The average yield pet acre, the world aver, Is only 12 7 bushels of wheat. ?King's Little Liver Pills for bil? iousness, slckheadache. They hsep you well. 26c. Try them. Sold by Slbert Drug Co. Sept-lm BRANDENBURG ARRESTED. Hold on Cliargc of Forgery and Grand Larceny. Dayton, Ohio, Oct. 22.?As he was bor.rdlni; a train for New York city he.v th's afternoon, Broughton Bran? denburg was arrested by local detec? tives on the charge of forgery and grand larceny. A telegram from the New York city police department ad? vised the local department to hold Brandenburg. He is alleged to have sold the New York Times a letter which he represented to have been written by Grover Cleveland, In which the dead statesman predicted the elec? tion of Taft, and which letter is now declared to have been a forgery. Brandenburg was locked up in the police station, as the amount of his ball was not fixed. It was said by his attorney tonight that if his client was not released tomorrow he would Institute proceedings. In a statement issued tonight Bran? denburg says he had the proper au? thority from Mrs. Cleveland and from Mr. Hastings, coexecutors of the Cleve? land estate, before he sold the article to the Times and furthermore aska 1' It Is reasonable that any sane man would falsify the utterances of an ex president of the United States for $120. At the time he was arrested he says he was on his way to New York city to give District Attorney Jerome additional evidence. He says the ar? rest was made by those Interested In offsetting the Influence of Mr. Cleve? land's utterances, who wished to se? cure a dramatic climax Just before election. Through his attorney, Brandenburg tonight Issued the following state? ment: "Yesterday I wired District Attorney Jerome that I had new evidence to present on Friday, and as I stepped aboard the train for New York to fulfill my agreement, I am arrested as a fugitive from justice, though my attorney, Joseph Williams, and I my? self, informed the district attorney of my purpose and destination on this Journey. "This allows those who are interest r ^ ed in offsetting the influence of Mr. Cleveland's utterances to secure a dramatic climax Just before election. The entire matter Is all fitting in nice? ly with Col. Watterson plan, an? nounced before the article was pub? lished, that it must be discredited by any means. It remains to be seen If the American public is to be bulldozed on one hand, while I am victimised on the other." Habeas corpus proceedings are now being brought. Bradstreet's Trade Review. New York, Oct. 23.?Bradstreet's to? morrow will say: "Retail trade still reflects the influ? ence of warm weather and the ap? proach of election breeds conservatism as regards heavy buying and the projection of new enterprises. How? ever, thero is more doing and more confident buying of raw material by manufacturers, who apparently fore? cast a change for the better in the latter part of this year or the early part of next. "Effects of the drought are shown In almost total suspension of steam? boat traffic on the Ohio river and Its tributaries by holding up of large quantities of coal along that stream, the prevalence of destructive forest fires and the low stage of water sup? plies. Reports as to collections vary, being beet in the Northwest and poor? est in the South. "The Southern textile situation Is in? teresting and not without encourage? ment. While Jobbing trade is confined largely to small immediate shipments or fllllng-in orders there Is fair ac? tivity in the Chicago district and fur? ther West, where the breaking of the drought has helped sentiment. In the cotton goods line one feature early was a reduction in shirting prints, but later an enlarged demand was report? ed for print cloths at Fall River and prices advanced 1-8 to 1-4. Confident buying by a large printing interest ?s the reported basis for the strength in demand and prtce. Recorders of men's wear goods are reported of good volumn. "Business failures In the United States for the wee1; er - Get 22 number 231 against 2'A la> I week vn 1 220 In the like week of 1007. SENATOR TILLMAN RETURNS. Comes Rack to This Country After Summer's Rest?Will Not Turtlci puie In Campaign. New York, Oct. 20.?United States ?enatoi Benj. u. Ttllman of south Carolina, aceompanlsd by Mrs. Tin? man, returned today on the steamer Kroonlnnd from a summer spent abroad in recuperation. .The senator said he would take no pnrt In the po? litical campaign now doting. A Boon to Elderly People. ?Most elderly people .have some kidney or bladder disorder that Is both painful and dangerous. Foley's Kidney Remedy has proven a boon to many elderly people as it stimulates the urinary organs, corercts, irregu? larities and tones up the whole sys? tem. Commence taking Foley's Kid? ney Remedy at once and be vigorous. Slbert s Drug Store. I REPUBLICANS PUN FRAUD. j NEW YORK DEMOCRATS WILL FIGHT ILLEGAL VOTING. ! Five Hundred Attorneys, Headed by i Judge Parker, win see Hum Bai? lotin:; Is Honest. New York. Oct. 22.?Charges were made today by W. J. Conners, chair? man of the Democratic State commit? tee, that the Republican organization in up-State counties had padded the registration rolls with from 10,000 to 20,000 names and that to prevent the casting of a fraudulent vote the ex? ecutive committee had appointed a State law committee with former Judge A. B. Parker as chairman. Mr. Conners said that the law committee would be composed of about 500 at? torneys, and that on election day these attorneys would be assisted by special deputies in each election district to see that ballots were honestly cast and counted. Mr. Conners said: "There will be no voting of dead men by the Republicans in this election and the State committee Will see that our op? ponents are not pe.mitted to run men over from Pennsylvania and Canada to vote them In this State. Already we have discovered hundreds of name9 fraudulently registered up State and have succeeded in having the names stricken from the list. "We want a square deal. We are not going to buy the election, and we have not got the money to buy It with anyway. We don't propose to have the Republicans rob us as they have done in the past." National Chairman Mack declared tonight that the change in Mr. Taft's plans, by which he will speak in 34 cities and towns in this State, instead of speaking in only a few of the larger cities, as previously announced, Indi? cated that the Republican managers felt the necessity of carrying this State, which was virtually acknow! eglng that they felt that they were losing Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin and Kansas. Mr. Mack said that if the Republicans were certain of the mid? dle Western States they would not need New York. Speaking of the letter of President Roosevelt demanding that Mr. Bryan declare himself on the labor questions of the day, Mr. Mack said today that if there was any labor man in doubt about voting for Bryan the reading of the president's letter would convince him that he should cast his vote for the Democratic ticket. Mr. Mack said he had received reports from Ohio that the reception tendered Mr. Bryan in the Buckeye State yesterday was the greatest demonstration ever given a presidential candidate. Mr. Bryan's meeting in the city next Tuesday night, when he will speak at Madison Square Garden, is to be made the occasion of a Democratic rally in every assembly district In New York. Not only has Tammany Hall arranged for an overflow meeting at the Garden, but there will be mass meetings in Cooper Union, Hamilton Fish park and in scores of halls throughout the city. The demand for tickets to the Mad? ison Square Garden meeting quite ex? hausted the supply and stands will be erected outside the amphitheatre for overflow audience. Mr. Pryan, Gov. Hoke Smith, Con? gressman H. D. Clayton of Alabama and former Congressman John J. I Lentz of Ohio will address the meet? ing. A WARNING FOR MILLINERS. Columbia Merchant Who Displayed j for Sale lints With Heron's Feath? ers on Them Fined for Violating Game Law. Columbia, October 33?Mr. A. G. Dougluss, president of the A. G. Doug? las Company, which conducts a fash? ionable dry goods and millinery esta? blishment in Columbia, was fined $2 today by Magistrate Fowles on a charge of violating the game law of the State. Th warrant was sworn out by Secretary Rice, of the Audobon So? ciety, under the act of 1905, and states that Mr. Douglas has in his possession and offers for sale the feathers of a non-game bird, which Is a violation of the statute. The feathers in question ?ire that of a heron on a stylish hat in the Douglas window, and there are lots of others of the same kind in the stock, which Mr. Douglass will have t'? dispose of In some legal way. When the case was called ?n the Magistrate's Court he entered a plea of guilty and paid the tine. If the Audubon Society undertakes to en fore the law through? out the State it is likely that a good many stocks of millinery In other towns than Columbia will be depleted of sonn? of their choicest fall offer? ings. Chronic Constipation Cured. ?One who suffers from chronic con? stipation is in danger of many serious ailments. Foley's Orlno Laxative cures chronic constipation as It aid* digestion and stimulates the liver and bowels, restoring the natural action of these organs. Commence taking It today and you will feel better at once. Foley's Orlno Laxative does not nau? seate or gripe and is very pleasant to take. Refuse substitutes. SIbert's Drug Store. 1 For Infants and Children. ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT. AVcgelabl?rTeparation(brAs slm?at?ig the Foodandrtaula (ing ?tc Siomad? aad?ow?s of Infants /Children Promotes Di$esrtonn*ftfii ness and RrerjContaiiis neaifx Opiuiii.Morphin? ntrNtacraL Not Narcotic. Adpe s/O/dlkzSfMDJnum flmwj&SmJ Jt?Smm + JkdWeSutts MrnJbW rSmh* Aperfect Reiaedy foTCOnsflpi-1 Hon, Sour Storarii.DtarrtwiF Worms .Convulsioiis J'fyerisft ness and Loss OF SLEEP. The Sunk Sujnanre of NEW YORK. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Atd, months old JS Doses Guaranteed wuWfarW] Exact Copy of Wrapper. 2H In i Use For Over Thirty Years-*. NIMH/. NI? YORK CITT. SPORTING GOODS IT'S seldom that a hardware store oarri s as comple'e a lite of port? ing goods as we do Everything lor the sportsman can be found ?t our btore. In fact we have too much invested in ihese goods?aod in order to reduce stock?we are just now making some very special re? ductions : : : : j Here's your chance to get a Gun and Hunting Suit, at a price which will simply compel you to buy. Carolina Hardware Co. aaaaaaaaa$aaa?asaaaaaaaaaaa? ? Years of Experience ? 1880 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1896 1896 1897 1898 1899 UOO 1001 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 The Bank qf Sumter. T5he Farmers Bijjmk a^nd Trust Co. YS prepared to] make loans to it's Farmer * Friends on cotton stored in Ware? house. -: WARSHIPS TO ESCORT ABRF7/AIS No Member of Elklna Family to At? tend Ceremony |n Rotuc. Rome, Oct 22..?The Italian crulrer Pleramosca has heen ordered 10 awall the Duke of the Abrtu/.i at N? v , York, whither the cruiaer Btrurla also will be dispatch* .\. II ii under-j stood/that the two warship* will escort the Duke and his bride to Italy. Tito | sta/ement is mad ,*iso that no mem? ber of the aRklnn family will attcn 1 I the official ceremony of the tramv ?crlptlon of the marrlafe deed Home, and that when senator Btklnr visits Italy later, he wt!l bp given th* title of chevalier of ennunclade. The cruiaer Fteramoeca is at pree> oni t? New York waters, having ar? rival here Saturday from Bridgeport, where she took part in the Columbus Day celebratloa. The dispensary sales in the State for the last three quarters have ex? ceeded two and one-half million dol? lars.