Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WMIM WATCHMAN, EataMI Con solid? ted Aug. 8,188 Cbe t?lalrbnun anb ,?outbron. Pahtlshed We*ti>ee<l*> and Saturday ?BY? 08TEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY SUMTKR, a. C. $1.10 per annum?In advance. Om .Square flret Insertion.$l.tt ?vary subeequent insertion.10 Contracts for three months, or fencer will he made at reduce 5 rates. Alt communications which sub ooi 11 private iatereete will he charted fee aa advertisements. Owttmartes aad tributes of respects weH he charged for. REVIEW OF COTTON NARIKT. bs. CbCtoa PrVea Coneldeeed Rather Moderate. New York. Nov. 6.?The euddcn de? cile* la the cotton market on Thurs? day came to many like a flash out of the clear sky. To ethers, after an al unlaterrupted advance of $11 a a setback of $2.60 to $3. such as occurred them, wae no more than nat? ural. Patten and other Interests ere supposed to have covered up their holding*. W they ere not actually out of the market. Wall street houses have been heavy sellers. So have the raak and file of cotton traders. The market had become heavily over bo acht and when bulls withdrew their support as they did on Thursday the price came down with startling: sud? denness. Vigorous hammering by bear leader* helped to bring it about. The net decline for the week is compara? tively moderate, but bears predict that from now on there will be a gradual nagging of prlcee to a point where the spinners will be Induced to take hold freely. Foreign millers have bought heavily this season, but the Ameri? can spinner has for the past held aloof. They claim that they can not hoy the raw material et existing prices eell goods at a profit. Therefore flfes^ffned altogether from buy possible. pfd Oltt of cotton goods so many hours a day or so many days in a week. Of late the spot markets have Shown lees snap, lees activity and strength. Liverpool's spots sales have sadden ly dropped to a very small total dally. The New York stock Is steadi? ly lacreaslng ae cotton can be brought freer the South at profit. Crop news hae teen rather more cheerful. The top crop of Texas and some other States may turn out to be burger than at one time seemed possible. Over election day there wee very heavy setting, supposedly by Patten and other interests In New Orleans and Liverpool. The market wae nervous Wednesday and in the doldrums oa Thursday. Yet bulls believe that even a setback of 10 to ?0 points a dsy is net a valid argument egalnst the po? sition that sooner or later prlcee must mount to a very much higher level. In the Sully year when the price was around 12 eente and above there were frequent setbacks of 49 points or more la a day, yet the price ultimately reached 17.II cents. The exports are on a very large scale and spinners' takings for the season, despite the high prlcee ruling show a considerable increase over those for the same period last season. Liverpool hae been buying to liquidate straddles. At times both American aad foreign Spinner? have been buy? ers of futures here. Bullish ginners* reports are expected from the National Otnners' association and the census ewreau. the latter on Monday. It is contended that the South has sold cotton to the amount of $360,000,000 and is in a position t# fight a decline aad is likely to do. Crop estimates from various sources have ranged from 10,000.000 to 11,000.000 bales while hulls re/use to listen to any es? timates of the world's consumption of American cotton of less than 13.000. 000 to 13.600,000 bales. But some conservative people are glad to see some reaction In the market and de predate wild and dangerous specula? tions which they complain disorganise the world's cotton trade. At any rate If there Is to be an advance they would like to see it occur gradually so that the trade can have a chance to adapt itself to the new level o( values. 1? Try Night Riders. Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 8.?A sp. < lal term of court was called today at Union City to try the hundred under Indictment In Oblon county for night riding. The defendants Include the eight men whn**> death sentences for the allegd murder of Capt. Quenten Ranklrt were reversed ??y the Supreme Court. GAME GOGKS VICTORIOUS. SVNTKl? LH.III INFANTRY WON EVERYTHING. Company Took First Prise for Rist Drilled Command lu Columbia Mili? tary Da> Content and l*rlvatc Charles KJctmrdMon Won llrst I?rl?.c an Best Drilled Man. The Sumter Ught Infantry, Com? pany Im Second Regiment, returned from Columbia Saturday tired but happy. The double victory won by the company in the prize drill at the Frlr grounds Friday wa? sttftfoltnt to make the officers and men of the company feel pround of themselves, and that they are one and all well pleased with the result is stating an evident fact in conservative language. They deserved to win. however, for they have drilled faithfully and were lit and ready for the contest. A large number of the members are High School graduates and have had years of daily drill In military tactics under capable Instructors, and they will tell every time Company L, enters a con? test. The Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier says of the prise drill: "A large number of spectators greeted the various companies on their entry into the arena. The contes? tants were so evenly matched that the Judges had great difficulty in ex? ercising a choice, and quite a time elapsed before the final award. The spectators evidenced grea1: interest In the drill, each company having Its quota of well-wishers. Positions were drawn for by lot, and the Oolumbin Light Infantry were the first company to take the field. This organisation executed various movements with the precision of regulars and earned several well earned rounds of ap? plause. Next came the .Sumter Light Infantry*, the prize winners of the day, and amply demonstrated their know lej-e of military science, calling forth the praTeee of ttfe ?rojrd. Tal>f.*kpose, of the Brookland Light Infantry, fol? lowed next with his splendidly trained company, quickly won the attention of all preeent. The Sumter Guards, win? ners of the second money, carae after the last named organisation, and the splendid reputation of the Charleston National Guard was admirably up? held. The last company competing was the Governor's Guards, and the hopes of the Columbians were raised to the utmost after this* crack organi? sation had finished their splendid ex? position of close order tactics. The individual drill was by two men from each company, competing in the drill. This part of the pro? gramme was especially Interesting to the .spectators, and1 fully an hour elapsed before the contest proper ac? tually developed. At th* expiration of that time, three men wrre left stand las. One of the men was from the Sumter Guards, another from the Sumter Company and one from the Governor's Guards. . The winnr wss Private Richardson, of the Sumter Light Infantry. The first prize, which was an award of $300 to the best drilled company, was won by Company L, the Sumter Light Infantry, under command of Capt. J. W. Bradford, Jr. The second prise, $100, was won by the Sumter Guards of Charleston, un? der command of Capt. J. c. Cloth worthy. The Individual prise, won by Pri? vate Richardson, was a handsome gold medal. The prize winning company was made up as follows: Captain, j. w. Bradford; first Heu? tant, o. C. Warren; second lieutenant. Wayne Meiiett; first sergeant, G. W. Bradford; servant. P. Bradford, ser gant. h. o. Chatty. Privates and Corporals?It. T. Brown, j. w. Banders, LeOrand Dlxon, Charles Richardson, o. s QesChaaips, C. M. F.manuel. (c> Willie Bradford, Tates Yeadon. (c;) Ed Bradford, (c;) T. M. Curran. (c;) Peter GallaghtT, (OS) Lewis McCullough, Bdwln Powell, o. W. Lewis, T. E. Taylor, JuliUI Cooper, Rufus Spann. J B Brown, Allen Richardson. William Wlnn. Noble Dick. M. Wesoott. J J Martin, John Keller. Harry Davis. J. Hem? ming way. The bones for thos* v> h ? c >m ? late. -Latin. When you consent, consent < ordlal? ly.?Jacob Abbott. I dare no more frit I:<?? n I 11 iPi cursH and swear John Wm.^j The prettier a ?Irl Ii the more of? ten she wants to be told about it. mod April, 1*50. MUe Just ai 1. 8UMTJE id Fear not?Let all the ends Thon Aln SR. 8. C WED3NESD THE PELLAGRA CONFERENCE. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION WILL COMBAT Till?: DISEASE. Mr. J. W. Ra brock, Superintendent of The state Hospital for the Insane, Is Elected President of an Associa? tion That Will Seek to Kradicate the Malady?First Meeting to be Held In Peoria. ! Columbia, Nov. 4.?The National Association for the Study and Preven? tion of Pellagra was formally organi | zed here tonight at the conclusion of a two day's conference on pellagra at? tended by more than three hundred physicians, the first meeting of na ! tlonal scope held in this country for i the study of the disease. Dr. J. W. ; Babcock. superintendent of the South Carolina Hospital for the Insane was elected president of Association; Dr. Wm. A. White, Supt. of the United States Hospital for the Insane, Wash? ington, D. Cm vice president, and Dr. George A. Zeller, superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane, Pe? oria, Ills,, secretary-treasurer. Later, a vice president for each State inter? ested in the movement will be named. The first annual Pellagra Congress to be held under the auspices of the Association is scheduled for June, 1910, In Peoria, Ills., which city was chosen without a contest. The Association following the pre? sentation of forty odd addresses and papers by men of prominence in the medical profession, covering a wide range of investigation of pellagra In the United States and foreign coun? tries, unanimously adopted the fol low'ng reeoltuions, presented by Dr. J. Howell Way, of the North Carolina board of hf alth. "Resolved, That this conference rec? ognizes the widespread existence of pel? lagra in the United States, and urge upon the national government the ne? cessity of bringing its powerful re? sources to bear upon the vital ques? tions of its cause, prevention and con? trol. 'Resolved, That while sound corn is in no way connected with pellagra, evidences of the relation between the use of spoiled corn and the prevalence of pellagra seem so apparent that we advise continued and systematic study of the subject, and, in the meantime, we commend to corn growers the great importance of fully maturing corn upon the stalk before cutting the same. "Resolved. That the work of this conference be brought to the attention of the various State and Territorial boards of health and they severally be urged to specially investigate the dis? ease, particularly as regards its prev? alence, and that they also see the proper inspection of corn products sold in the various States be had.*' In another resoltuion Dr. Babcock was recognized "as the father of the movement for the study and control of pellagra In America." One of the most interesting address? es of the conference was delivered *o nlght by Dr. Sara A. Castle, of H? - dian, Miss., who made the somewhat startling statement that of the many cases of pellagra which she had treat? ed since it was first reoognlzed in Me? ridian, six of the patients were social? ly prominent In the city and five of these died. It is ixt teccssarily a dis? ease upnflned to the poor, according to prevailing popular impression, de? clared Dr. Castle. All of her patients were eaters of corn bread and grits. She stated also that several of her hookworm patients subsequently de? veloped pellagra and died. Dr. J. M. Buchanan, of the .State Hospital. Meridian, Miss., addressed the Conference on the treatment of caste in that Institution? SCALDED TO DEATH. Night Watchman at Oraiigebtirg Mills Receives Fatal Bum** Wliile Start? ing the Fires. Orangeburg, Nov. r..?Bllii W. Bhlr er of thi* city died t .day about ?> o'clock at his home in the village from fatal scalds received this morning at the Orangeburg Manufacturing com? pany's boiler room, Mr. Bhlrer is the night watchman at the mill and it is also his duty to fire up the boilers each morning. "'\y.s morning shortly after be had blown the C:l*3 o'clock whistle and was throwing in a shovel of coal, one of the boiler flues blew out and tin* h??t water and steani rushed out <>f the lire boa door upon him. The boiler is of th< Upright type and con? sequently when the tute burst the Whole volume of steam and boiling water fell into the fire I ox. Mr. Bhlrer was knocked to the floor by the pow srul steam and was severely scalded about the baud1, feet and sldd In? ternal burns caused his death) he having breath* d the hot steam Into bis lungs. is't at be thy Country' Thy God's am AY. NOVEMBER 10 PRESIDENT UFT AT COLUMBIA GENEROUS RECEPTION AOCORD I ED HIM AT STATE CAPITOL. Crowning Feature of State Fair Week Proves to be a Most Happy Occasion ?Not a Single Untoward Incident Mars the Pleasure of the Day. Columbia. Nov. 6.?Within sight of the memorials of the struggle of the 60's, in a city that has been builded upon the ashes of that mighty con? flict, the hands of the North and the South were brought into closer grasp^ by the visit to Columbia of the Presi? dent of the United States. Forgetting the days that were and living only in the present era of a new South of prosperity and loyalty to the Union, the sons of those who fought in the grey, and many of the old soldiers themselves, were proud to welcome to the Capitol of the State the man who nor.- represents the nation?the Gov? ernment of every American citizen. A bronze figure stands at the en? trance of the Capitol. This is the silent remembrance of the "Father of his country." The features are known to every school boy, a fitting testimonial that the States are united in an everlasting bond?made possi? ble by the fighting and privations of the Colonial soldiery. More than one hundred years ago George Washing? ton visited Columbia. History has it that he was royally entertained by the gentlemen and dames of the times. But not more cordial was that greet? ing then, not more delighted were the dwellers in the newborn State to grasp the hand of the President than were the citizens today of that same little commonwealth since fraught with memories of battles and strife, and now basking in the sunshine of peace. It was a pieuresque route selected for th coming of Taft. Down in Char? leston, the metropolis, where are the largest business houses in the State, where there is a harbor?the pride of Soyh Carolina, where the vessels to ana from the varitfus ports ot the world leave and enter, up through the fertile truck farm region of the lower part of the State, through the cotton belt of Orangeburg County and the productive soil of the other coun? ties?to Columbia, historic Columbia, now in her best attire to pay homage to the "Chief" of all the States. The President's visit to Columbia was at an auspicious time. The clos? ing day of the State Fair was at hand, thousands of visitors were here from every section of the State. The greet? ing of Taft was indeed a State-wide affair. A speech at the Fair grounds before the assembled thousands, a ride through the principal streets of the city, a brief stop at the historic campus of the University and a lun? cheon in the hall of the House of Representatives rounded out the few hours of the Presid r.t's stay. Fir six miles through the streets of the Captital City of South Carolina, President Taft moved today, accom? panied by members of his party, the Governor, a United States Senator, several Congressmen, and more than two score of representative South Carolinians, passing through the busi? ness section, the residential avenues, viewing points of interest around the campus of the State. University, with thousands of cheering Carolinians lin? ed along the entiro route waving the Stars and Stripes in recognition of his nods and smiles. The military escort, consisting of the State militia, Clemson cadets, mounted police and the rurals, pa? trolled the entire route. The pro? gramme of the automobile ride was carried out without one hitch. Every vantage point was taken, and from the open lots, windows in the various buildings, trees and the house? tops came mighty cheers when th?1 big machine tarrying the President passed in review. It was a big crowd of humanity and evrybody saw the President. He was pleased and the crowd was glad. Whenever he stopped for a short speech his remarks were of the jocu? lar nature, and there was much laugh? ter and repartee. FATAL AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. Greenville, x. C, Nov. r>.?J. L, Flemmlng, state Senator from Pitt county, and liars Skinner, Jr.. son of United States District Attorney Har 1 ry Skinner, was killed in an automO" I bile near hen- this afternoon. I Mr. Flemmlng was thrown from the j machine, breaking his deck and liv? ing almost instantly, while Mr. Skin? ner's skull was fractured, Being rushed t?? a hospital in Rieh j mond. Va.. lie died before the train j reached Wilson, x. c. i Truth'*." <j> THE TRtf . 1909. New 8er DISCUSSING CONGO QUESTION. SENTIMENT IN EUROPE AROUS? ED BY CRUELTY. Atrocrocities Con milted by Belgians in Congo stair a Workl Scandal? Millions of Natives Done to Death to Make Leopold Rich. London. Nov. 8.?Sir A. Conan Doyle is the leader in a movement to force government intervention in the Congo and will preside at a great mass meeting at Newcastle tonight, when , the Congo campaign will be formally k j l.tunched. This meeting will be fol? lowed by a larger one in London on November 19. The distinguished nov? elist believes that these meetings, tit which all the terrible atrocities perpe? trated in the Congo will be laid bare, will result in exciting public opinion to such a high pitch as to demand governmnt action. Sir Conan says: "Once the people of England know the facta and have heard the state? ments of eye-witnesses and see the photographs of multiliated men, wom? en and children I am sure they will rise with us and put an end to these crimes. "The government cannot do any? thing until the people of the country are enlightened as to the real horrors, and stand behind the government as a driving force. I wish the public to co? operate and call for an end to this long orgy of blood, lust and greed. "I have a photograph of a poor black child, with a mutiliated hand and leg. We stand for the murdered and maimed men, women and children of the Congo, and this is a heart call to the men and women of England. This country took a most solemn pledge when the r ->go Free State was created, and oik article of that treaty was that we bound ourselves in the name of the Almighty God with a solmen oath to watch over the preservation of the native races, and the amelioration of the moral and ma? terial conditions o' their existence. "What have we done to keep that pledge? Millions of natives have been \. tyred out, and many others maimed and hacked and tormented without any civilised power raising a hand to save them. "It is a significant fact that the her aldie shield of Antwerp, to which city most of the rubber from the Congo is sent, contains a bloody hand, severed at the wrist. Mr. Harris, the secre? tary of the Congo Reform Association, has been a missionary for many years in the Congo. When asked to give evidence before a commission he had the records of a thousand murders to prove the accusations. "A third of the whole population of the Congo, which formerly contained thirty million people, he said, had dis? appeared under Leopold's regime. The question now is: Are cold-blood? ed and infamous men to continue to make capital out of suffering and mis? ery?" Brussels, November 8.?A great mass meeting of Socialists was held in Brussels today to protest against the alleged crimes committed by King Leopold's agents In the Congo. Leopold was denounced as an Inhuman monster and a blood? sucking vampire. M. Emile Vander velde, the Socialist leader in the Bel? gian parliament, is at the end of the Congo reform movement, and acted as counsel for the Rev. W. H. Shepperd. the American missionary, who was acquitted on a charge of libel brought against him by the Kasal Rubber Company, King Leopold's monopolis? tic rubber concern. The opposition Is confined principally to the Socialists, the conservatives defending the "mer? ry monarch's" atrocities. GREENWOOD CHURCH BURNED. Loss About $2.000. With Insurance Of $1,200?Origin Unknown. Grenwood, Nov. ."?.?The Episcopal or Church of the Resurrection, here was practically totally destroyed by fire early this morning. The alarm was rung in about 1.13 a. m. The building was a wooden frame building and the fire that started in the vestry had got pretty good head* way before the firemen got a stream on the fire; consequently the church Is practically a ruin. The loss is ebout $2,000 with insurance of $1.200. The cause of the fire is unknown, though it was probably caused by de? fective wiring or spontaneous combus? tion, as the church was only yesterday thoroughly overhauled inside and there had been varnish and oil used. Canada still claims the North Pole as her property. But what evidence has she that there Is such a thing?? New York Mail. E SOUTHRON, EsubllslMd June, ISM le.8?Vol. XXX. No. 22. QUIET IN STOCK HARRET. UNCERTAINTY AS TO MONXA SIT? UATION IIAI/TS SPECTJLATnON. linn Undertone is Maintained if Fa %{:>rable < ommen ial ami Industrial Advices?Interest h Still < lettered in Foreign Money Market* State of Iron and Steel lFHtafttr> Un? paralleled. New York, Nov. 1.?The election holiday in New York and the usual November 1 holiday in Londci and Paris caused considerable interrup? tions to the coarse of events m the stock market last week. The halting tendency of the speculation was ow? ing partly also to the continued un? certainty over the position tn the money market. The result was to throw some check upon stock market activity. Commercial and Industrial advices were so highly favorable, how? ever, as to maintain a firm andertone. Attention was centered en foreign money market?, in the effort to read the prospect, although advices from those centres reported that considera? tion of America requirement ? had much to do with forming judgment on the outlook. The opinion perr sts in the London banking world that Amer? ican borrowing for purposes1 of stock speculation has much to do with the pressure upon banking resources in London. The small increase in the loans of the New York banks which followed the advances in the- Bank of England official discount rate fostered a conviction that American credits in London had been disturbed in one quarter, only to And relodgmcnt in another. Along with this report the impression was conveyed that further protective measures by the Bank of England would be resorted to in or? der to correct this condition. The early effect was lessened when the Imperial Bank of Germany and lat? er the Bank of England left their dis? count rates undisturbed. The reports of condition of the-three great Europ? ean banks for the week were weak, however, partly in connection with the November 1 settlements, and the progress of the week brought further reports of further advances m the of? ficial discount rates under discussion. The interior demand for cpyvency con? tinued. Light on the money market is thrown incidentally by the .eception tendered by the stock market to an? nouncements of new stock issues. On the industral side were reiter? ated reports of the unparalleled state of the iron and steel industry. The copper industrals also were responsive to reports of some large ^ales and to reports of negotiations for closer re? lations between the great copper pro? ducers. The speculation in cotton caused disquietude in financial circles here and abroad as to the possible conse? quences. The rising tide of railroad earnings was reflected in the reports for September net resorts. Commer? cial advances in general were highly favorable, both in regard to present and prospective condition**. The large volume of bank clearing** the courtry over reflects the activity cl all branch? es of trade. RradHtreet's Weekly Review. New York, Nov. &.?Fiadstreet's to-morrow will say: "Except lor the fact that unseason? able warm weather tends to retard the fullest developments* of retail trade in heavy woolen and winter goods, the general trade an Industrial report this week is one < f the wide? spread and increasing activity. The same is true of industtia) operation**. Iron and steel being as active as ever without close to or exce*^- of the max? imum; coal is increasing in demand, and lumber and other material is in? creasing. "In the cotton goo?l*? ft ade. it i true, the very great adSaaCO in the law material at a time el nearly rec? ord movement to market hi a source of unsettlement. Many mills North and South have announced curtail? ment in time run. On* effect of the high price of cotton is the icpert that s<?me East India cotton ha*? been fig? ured on for import and that it can he laid down at some BOUtheSW eotton mill centres at 1 1-2 d nt? belcw the price '>f the American prodWCt grown nearby. "Business failures for week ending November 4, in the United States 212 against 201 hvt week and SOS In the like week of Iff* 1 T? live In hearts WC leave behind is not to die.?Campbell. The passion for glory is the torch of the mind.?Spanish. A good crop of wild najta will grow where weeds wouldn't even sprout.