Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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COTTON (HOP CONDITION. Ot'TLOOK IK POOREST IN MANY YEARS. Dr. Knaps* Hay* Bad Weather ami Tic*I Money Contributed to L'nfav onWti Showing. Washington. Oct. 4.?The most un favorable report on the condition of Ml? cett*a crop Issued by the depart - Mont of argtculture at this season of the t 'Ar for many years was made puldi today. Financial and weather idiuon* combined to make the re* 1 unf ivorable. Today's social report indicated that an September 21 the condition of the < >tt >n crop war only 58.6 per eent. of eormal as compared with tS.T per cent, on August 16. 1909; ?I T on September 16. 1101; ?7.7 on Septembu it. It#7. and 67 per cent, ea the average for ten years on Au? ls. I HI. After the announce by the department of agricul? ture ef the figures recording the av I* lor this month. Dr 8. A. ?. chief of the cooperative dem ration work for the department of agriculture In the South, after the iterance with Secretary Wilson, thai th? serious falling off in the Stares. especially for Louisiana ' and MetaliBSppi. wss due to two condl ties* One was the excaslve rainfall Ig the early part of the cotton crop ?a. followed by a serious drought, th ? ?,*?ond was the failure of cot <pt*nter? to obtain advances oh erdfcTM from bankers. The latter rorced the planters to' dismiss a CMSNidera^le part of their labor at a Dsae when the boll wee vi f was a most ? tIol* pest. Dr Kaapp stated thut another rea? son which (educed a falling off In the geners? average of Louisiana was that j fasse w.?s practically II per cent, less of scr ?je in cotton than in prevloui, Th boll wevlll did serious damage 1 the past year In the southwes Oaarier of Mlssimlppl. 'In any Judgment." said Dr. Knapp, really serious trouble, which ap te all of the cotton States, Was it about by the excessive raln gsJI isj the early part of the season and the esceasive drought in the lat? ter pait In some of the States plant are acarcely could obtain water eweasgh fee their lire stock. This was pgrKcaUriy true of Teaas and Osla hasas Whst is known as the New Ort*???* storm, which passed through lens ef Louisiana and western blew out Immense quan sf rotten and served seriously te delete* from the excellence of the aVrocoiary Wilson declined to make aay at anneal regarding the figures green s*tt or his department. He said that a^ would talk about the wh -at eure?, ebont the condition of com In ?he W'<4 sed about almost snythlng else es? cotton. He said Dr. Knapp anew sn*re shout the cotton crop from stw^ -t? observation in the Sontt* Mi say other man In the de? part a* sad h * had nothing to add to th? .alaiement made by him. ('?.te<?'ii of conditions by Sis tos rettew? Virgil % ? % ? J: d lea. I 7 I m f I a xa a c ? e U) tu V* < ?h-gi?"-. 71 78 71 North I ?roUnft. 70 61 70 Setita ' grettaa .... 79 68 II Oe r-jii. 71 68 69 Vieri;?- . 17 72 71 A la**<??> . 12 70 67 Bft?-.t. .?<?)??. 63 70 f.g Loufo*o<. II 66 17 Texfti. . 62 71 I a ArksH.*.. 64 70 *7 Tenne.. . Is 71 72 Mlsaaari. 72 70 74 Oklsh'int. G5 70 69 Halted Mates. 68.6 60.7 67 <K??#.?> liKSS THAN IN Hum. ?r* om Part of Crop l-rcpared for sftsow ivirciiv of 37.711 Heh*-? WasNiMe.titw, Oct 4.?From the cotton gl ?ivIn gf 1909. there has be?*n ginn. .) 1 >pt mber 25. counting round 1 . half b>%lr*?. 2.662.888 bales of eottoi. e.mptrej with 2.590.639 for IM! Theas sie the figure* given In a rep ** ( feeei UN census bur au Im ened (?11 v Ta 1 1 H*a I aalet included tnu year were i : <7* eesapars^ with 67.107 for :iiet I* -.. ? ol mil cotton reported far ltd* ws, 13.811 compared with 11.467 1 i)0i Th** e of tales counting round SS haW aslca, gmned to Sep temeet 2?. by ii sgj was as follows: SstBtnWna, l?* 660. against 316.341 ta lift. As-hansa*. 63.777 against 86. 466, Matlda 19.431 sgslnst 16,857. Oeergls 616.926 against 614.898. Loeawsn? 62.161 against 79.042; Iftfs ?BBWapl I6.9TI against 111.001; North Carotla* 64),4Tl against 11,013. Okls haaaa 114,141 ssa'nst 6.706; South Carolina 264.716 aagtnat 289,969; Teaaiss s. 17.116 sgainst 18,109; Tex? as l.t?l.?Y6 against 966.617. and In all ether Ntatea I.III as compsred wit* 4.1T' The ce.rected statlstica of the quantity of cotton ginned to Septem? ber 1 were announced at 388,2 1 bales. The report today will he alte? cd slightly also by reports transmit ted by mall by Individual gtnners. KIDNAPPING IN BPARTANRTJRG. Joe Chumiicy Hold by Cousins Near Woodruff. Spartanburg. Oct. 4.?-Joe Chum ney. a youth of 17 years of age, son of Smith Chumney, vho lives near Hobbeysvllle in this county, was way? laid and caught, it is alleged, on his way from school last Thursday after? noon by his cousins, Frank and Sim? eon Cbumney, sons of Ben Chumney, ; of this section, and imprisoned in a 1 cave six miles below Woodruff, where ? he waa held prisoner for 24 hours. I The Chumneys, it im aald,learning Fri" I day afternoon that the people In : search of Joe Chumney were close on their trail, went to move their prison 1 er to another hiding place, when he 1 broke loose and ran, making good his escape. The alleged kidnapping of Joe Chumney has stirred the neigh? borhood about Woodruff and Hob? beysvllle aa it baa never been stirred i before. From what can be learned of ; the affair. Frank Chumney and his 1 confederate may have Intended to kill i Joe Chumney. The cause of their ill I feeling toward their cousin Joe is said j to be a grudge of lqng standing?a misunderstanding between the fami? lies of Smith Chumney and Ben i Chumney. ?HOT WITH HIS OWN PISTOL. Night Watchman at Columbia Wound* ed by Negro. Columbia. Oct. 4.?-Night Watch? man J. R. Garner, while mkalng hl? rounda at the Shand Lumber Com? pany, 615 Plains treet, early tonight, j waa shot three times by a strange ne ! gro. who seised the watchman's pis-; i tol, just aa he struck a match on en 1 terlng the building. Several physi ? clans were called. Mr. Garner is at i the Columbia Hospital and at a late hour is resting easy. LIQUOR HOUSE DISGORGES. Bernheim Distilling Company Turns In $30.000. Columbia, Oct. 6.?The $30,000 re? turned by the Bernhelm Distilling Company, the Louisville whiskey house, waa rscelved by State Treas? urer Jennings yesterday through Dr. W. J. Murray of the State dispensary oomnr.lssloa. It will be recalled that this was one of the concerns repre? sented in this State by Jas. S. Far num, recently acquitted by a Rich land jury on a charge of bribery. The money was paid back volun? tarily by the company, the concern having no claim against the commis? sion for supplies purchased. Some time ago negotiations were opened up through the firm of Anderson, Round tree, Felder St Wilson for a return of some of the alleged overcharges on whlakey sold the old State dispensary. It was estimated that these over? charges amounted to over $30,000. but a compromise on that amount waa finally made. It Is expected according to Chair? man Murray that the report of the commission to the General Assembly will be ready shortly. PULITZER KILLS HIMSELF. Brother of Publisher Commits Suicide In Vienna. Vienna, Oct. 4.?Albert Pulitzer, a broth r of Joseph Pulitzer, publisher of the New York World, committed suicide in this city yesterday. It was evident that he made doubly sure of death, for all indications pointed to the fact that he had first swallowed poison, and then, standing in front of a mirror, had sent a bullet from a re? volver through h\s right temple. An empty poison bottle lay on the table In Mr. Pulitzer's room. They are kicking now because Mr. Taft preached in a Mormrin church. Well, it appears to us, from what we have heard of these people that lie struck the right spot if he was call? ing the sinners, and not the righteous, to repentance.?Greensboro News (Rep.) 0? 66 "Men may come, and men may go," But The Mutual Life Insurance Co. Goes on forever. For sixty-six years The Mutual Life Insurance Co. has met every obliga? tion promptly and satisfactorily. Do not delay?now is the time to Insure. I. M. LOR YE A, Special Agent, Clarendon and Suniter Counties, THE MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO. off New York, Manning, S. C. 86 6. If. E. McEaddln. S. I. Till, Agt. Sardinia. Aft. Manning. FIGHT IN SPARTANBURG. Editorial Squib Led Former Chair? man of County Board oi Control to Feel Aggrieved. Spartanburg. Oct. 4.?A personal encounter occurred here this after? noon between Charles O. Hearon, edi? tor of the -spartanhurg Herald and C. O. Smith, a. former chairman of the old dispensary county board of con? trol in Spartanburg, whose name has recently appeared in the evidence in the Black case in Columbia. Smith took offense at an editorial paragraph appearing in The Herald recently. Mr. Hearon struck Smith the first blow and a rough and tumble encounter followed, which waa stopped by the Intervention of bystanders. MR. C. R. HARVIN, JR., DEAD. Former Citizen of Manning Passes Away at Lawreneeville, Ga. Manning, Oct. 4.?Mr. Chas. R. Harvln, Jr., formerly of Manning, a son of Mr. C. R. Harvln, of this place, died about 8 o'clock Saturday evening at Lawreneeville, Ga. He was a young man of sterling character, and was an expert in (he cotton seed oil business. He had a wide clrcl? of relatives among the best people of Clarendon County, who with a host of friends deplore his untimely death. Mr. Har? vln was about 35 years old and leaves his wife and one child, besides his father and mother and several broth? ers and sisters. The body was brought to Manning last night, and the fun? eral service was conducted in the Presbyterian church at 11 o'clock this morning, after which the interment took place in the city cemetery. ANNUAL MEETING. Woman's Home Mission Society Sum ter, S. C. Oct. ?-10. Wednesday, 8 p. m. Devotional ser? vice conducted by Rev. M. W. Hook. ADDRESSES OF WELCOME. Response?Mrs. R. W. Barber. Historical sketch of Woman's Home Mission Society in South Carolina, Mrs. W. L. Walt Thursday, 9:30 a. m. Prayer and praise service, led by Mrs. W. L. Walt. Organization. Appointment of Committees. Reports of Officers. Reports of District Secretaries. Noon-hour devotions?Miss Bettie Lawson. Afternoon?Preachers' hour. Dis? cussion of United States as a Mission field. MEETING OF COMMITTEES. 8 p. m. Report of Corresponllng Secretary. Brevard Institute?Prof. C. H. Trowbrldge. Mission Home, Dallas, Tex.?Mrs. D. N. Bourne. Friday, 9:30 a. m. Devotional ex? ercise?Mrs. R. W. Barber. The Home Mission Worker In her own Church?Mrs. C. D. Stanley. Reports of Auxiliaries. Our Young People?Mlas Alice Burnett. Noon-hour devotions?Mrs. J. W. White. Afternoon?Opening exercise?Miss Louise Barber. Immlg.atlon?Miss Fettle Lawson. Discussion of Tithing, opened by Mrs. E. T. Hodges MEETING OF COMMITTEES. 8 p. m. Devotional ex reise con? ducted ry*Rov. J. P. Wilson. Reformatory Work?Dr. D. D. Wallace. Saturday. 9:30 a. m. Devotions led by Miss Mutch. Reports of Committees. Election of Officers. 1 Noon hour devotions?Mrs. W. A. Rogers. Afternoon?Opening ex er c 1 s?M rs. Jas. W. Kilgo. Selection of next place of meeting. Miscellaneous business. Sunday. 10 a. m. Love-Feast, con? ducted by Mas, E. T. Knowlton 11 a. m. Sermon?Rev. Waddy T. Duncan. Afternoon?4 p. m. Service for Children led by Mrs. C. D. Stanley. Talks by Miss Mutch and others. 8 p. m. Address?Mrs. W. L. Wait COAL MINE DISASTER. Thirty Known to Have Perished? Fire Continues to Spread. Nanaimo, B. C. Oct. 5.?Thirty lives are known to have been lost In an explosion that entombed more than 50 men In the extension of the Wellington Colliery Company here to? day. Twenty of the Imprisoned men were rescued, but the rapidly spread? ing Are prevented the rescuers from completing their work. Eight bodies were recovered and the workers late tonight were making every effort to force further entrance into the two levels effeoted by the explosion In an effort to save any who may be living and to recover the bodies of the dead before they are consumed. The secretary of state has granted a charter to the Greenville, Green? wood and Augusta road. DISPATCH TRAINS BY PHONE. Coast Line Installing System Between Rocky Me n tit and Richmond. Rocky Mount. N. C, Sept. 30.?So far as the South is concerned, the At? lantic Coast Line this mi rning put a large force of linemen at work on an improvement '.hat will mean a ma I terial change in the method of dis? patching trains, when the work that i is now underway is compl ted. The improvement referred to is to be a telephone dispatching service between this city and Richmond and with the completion of the lines on which work was begun today the company will materially change its method of handling trains over this part of the road. On the poles where are now contained the telegraph lines there will be added two spans of No. 10 copper wire, with a cut-in at every station where there is at present a telegraph office, with the termini at Richmond and in this city. The method of dispatching trains will be similar to that now used, only the orders will be spoken instead of ticked off. At either terminus the dispatcher will be within easy call of the lines, and during the busiest part he may hold the line all of the while ?directing the handling of tht trains over that part of the road. The ad? vantages of the new system can be easily seen, both from the standpoint of time saving and from that of hav? ing the train dispatcher at all times in touch with the trains. The possi? bility of calling the agent at a small station by a large bell instead of a gentle, tick, tick, of the telegraph sounder makes another feature in it's favor. When the officials were questioned as to whether or not this was an ex? periment there Was an assurance that it was not and that the appropriation to build the line now under way, had been made at a meeting of the offi? cials after a thorough discussion of the advantages of the change had been taken up. It was also stated that the telephone method of dispatch? ing is used most extensively in the Western States and that the roads in the North came in for their share of use of the improvement. The company deemed it expedient to put the new system into use between this city and Richmond at first on account of the fact that the business from branch lines will not demand attention. The appropriation and plans of the com? pany are to extend the service over the entire first division of the com? pany. It is expected that within the next six or eight months the tele? phone dispatching system w'll be in use on all of th* main lines of the company. WILL STUDY COTTON. German Colonial Secretary Coming South Soon. New York, Oct. 5.?The German colonial secretary, Bernhard Dern burg, who has come to America to study the methods of the American co\ton growing industry, was the guest of honor today at Delmonico's of the members of the New York Cot? ton Exchange. Consul General Francksen was also present. The re? sults of Mr. Dernburg's studies will be utilized for the promotion of the cul? tivation of cotton in the German col? onies in South Africa. Dr. Dernburg will leave for Washington tonight to consult with the agricultural depart? ment as to the objects of his trip. Edward Hammett, aged 45 years, Wat killed at the Greer oil mill Mon? day. His death was a horrible one. He was caught up in a belt and beat eh to death between the floor and the ceiling. His legs were torn off, his arms broken and his head crushed. The Sheriff of Rutherfordton Coun? ty, North Carolina, stopped the bridge workers on the C, C. & O. railroad, who were building the bridge over Froad river on Sunday. ACT QUICKLY. Delay Has Been Dangerous in Suin? ter. Act quickly in times of danger. Do the right thing at the rig'at time. Packache is kidney danger. Doan's Kidney Pills act quickly. Cure all distressing, dangerous fcld rey 1! s. Pler.ty of evidence to pr^?ve this. Luciens R. Gibson, 304 E. Liberty St., Sumter, S. C, says: "My kidneys troubled me for two or three years. The kidney secretions wore so fre? quent in passage that I was forced V: arise cflen at night and there was a scalding sensation when voided, afv back ached almost constantly and oc? casionally it became so lame that I could hardl> get around. I had heard so much in favor of Doan's Kidney Pills that I concluded to give them a trial and procured a box at China's drug store. They soon removed the backaches, disposed of the lameness and cleared the kidney secretions. My back is now strnger than before in years." For sale by all dealers. Price 60 cents. Foster-Mllburn Co.. Buffalo, New York, sole agent for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's?ant1 take no other. No. 16. The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of and has been made under his per? sonal supervision since its infancy. i'6ucA/A6 Allow no one to deceive you in this* All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-sjood" are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children?Experience against; Experiment* What is CASTORIA Oastoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, goric, Drops and Soothing; Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotio substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and aSlays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep* The Children's Panacea?The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Sean the Signature of The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. tmk mmtaor SSSSSSSSh r? munmay ?thkct. new vom err*. Birnie's Drug Store, 5 W. Liberty St. Stjmtej&, S. C. -Dealer In Pure Drugs and Medicines, CHOICE PERFUMES AND FINE TOILET ARTICLES, COMBS AND BRUSHES, PATENT MEDICINES AND DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES, A FULL LINE OF CIGARS AND TOBACCO. :: :: :: :: :: OUR MOTTO: PURE AND RELIABLE GOODS. in Our stock is complete and we cheerfully solicit your patronage. :: :: COPYRISMT SURVEY OUR STOCK of superior building material and you will be convinced that you can't find better quality or a n.ore complete stock than you will at our yard. We have anything you may need in all kinds of sash, doors, blinds, mould? ings, rough and dressed '.urr.rer. ? The Sumter Door, Sash & 3lind Factory, J. W. McKeiver Seed Oats, Seed Wheat Applerand Red Rust Proof. 1 Smooth and Bearded Vai iottl I Seed Rye and Barley. -Grain Pasture Mixture-? Comnt>c;c if Winter Turf Oats, Wheat, Rye, Barley and vc??*: The best winter Horse, Cow and Hog Pasture you can possibly plant. :: :: :: THERE WILL BE A ROLLER FLOUR MILL IS SUMTER BY JAN. 1310. BEST LIVERY IN SUMTER. SUMTER, SC. The Farmers' Bank & Trust Go. *? What .- - to Say Satisfaction with one's efforts put the brakes on progress. There is a future ahead of the fellow who is sorry when the whistle blows. The Farmers' Hank and Trust Company is continually reaching out tor new business, and is getting it. If you are not a patron we invite you to become one* C. 6. ROWLAND. Pres R L EDMUNDS, Cashier GUY I WARREN, Teller. 1 A, S, MERRtMAN, Bookkeeper. H L. MdDOY, Asst. Bookkeeper.