Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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flasC 8TMTER WATCHMAN. KatablL CliflHilii Au>?. 2, 18? fbt ?Kattbman anb *outjjron. Publishes! Wednesday ami Saturday ?BT? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY SUMTER. S. C. Term*: 11.50 per annum?In advance. Ad\ertl*eincnta; One Square first Insertion.$1.00 Every subsequent Insertion.50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub? serve private Interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tribute* of respects wMI be charged for. COTTON CROP POOR. (wumrrelid \ pixel's I :?*tlmute Is I That It Can \<>t Be More Than 7."? Pec Cent of \creage. Memphis. Tenn.. July 24.?The Commercial Appeal will tomorrow print thl* summary of cotton crop conditions: "The week gives mixed and rather uncertain returns from the cotton na5ds. Considerable Improvement at? tendant upon dry weather Is shown In Alabama, Tennessee. Mississippi and Arkansas, while northern Louis? iana Is rounding into a state of fair promise. "The Carolinas and Georgia suffer? ed from heavy rains early in the week, so that little cultivation was done on the later days, while Texas snd Oklahoma, without rain, are ap? proaching a time when the crop may j suffer. In fact, some loss has already been sustained In southern and south? western Texas. "In the central and eastern States the crop Is being "laid by" In a rather peer condition, some of the fields still being very grassy. Ten days without rain would permit of a rather consid? erable Improvement, but the crop has received muco less work than it would have gotten with normal weather. The plant remains small and seems late. It has put on little LArjJt. and ?n.many pla~<s has n< t be? gun to bloom freely. Estimates on eondltton seldom run higher than 75 per cent, and are often beow this. There are limited districts in all the Valley and Atlantic States, however, that give a good account." SUED FOR BREACH OF FAITH. rassn R. Kern? Is Charged With Conspiracy to Ruin Firm Financial? ly and Broker?? Made Party. New York. July 24.?Lawyers for the bankrupt stock exchange house of I<athrop. Hasklns & Co.. which went down last Jsnuary in the collapse of the Columbus and Hocking Coal and Iron pool, made public today the fact that papers had been filed In the county clerk's office yesterday, bring? ing ault against James R. Kenne, the millionaire horseman and speculator for alleged conspiracy with Hopper and Sternbech. hit brokers, to ruin the plaintiffs financially. The com? plainants charge that Keene sold out the pool, of which he was manager, without the knowledge of those who bad gone into it and that his brokers ailed him. HTVTF F\RM PROSPECTS. Good Mehl Evpeeted If Weather Con? tinue* Favorable. Columbia. July 2:1.?Superintendent GrKtlth. ,.f the State penitentiary, thinks that, with anything like favor? able weather In August, the (Tops on the big State farm, along the Wateree will turn out sph ridldlv, considering the recent bad ggggggs ''apt Griffith Is one of the best farmers In the State, and a good Judge of BQgdtttOHI and the State farm Is one >f the most productive In the State. Capt. Griffith states that when hi visited the farm PWM w eks ggj > the rorn crop wan the fluent he had gggf seen, but since that time the corn ii been consblerai.lv dim ic -1 b. -.storms, he Is Informed. Cotton is two to three weeks late, but the , rop is * , 1 to bo doing fairly well. The | ,,f wheat and oats was ex* client, but I good deal of oats' were lost during the cutting on account of the wet weather. I sing lVn< lies a. fertilizer Arm-Heus. Oa . July 3J.?I'nabh evon t?? give away the tine Elhort i peaches with which thi peaeh tPtOi here are |<. i.|. und unable to ship them away ggj gegOUM Of Ihd s-arclty of gars, orchardlsfs here ire plough? ing the pea? hes und-r th ? ground to he uaed for f- rtlll/lng p irpose. Bv? ?ry one was ggttged |g BOSH and Inks as many of the peaches Si they win' ed. toott d?ed April, 18S0. 'Be Just Ai I. BUN RACE WON' BY CCRTISS. Curtis* l>efentH Mars In Aviation Flight or Five Miles at the Omaha Mm t. Omaha. Neb.. July 24.?Ton thou? sand people witnessed the second d.i\"s flight at the Omaha aviation meet Eleven areoplane flights were made during the afternoon, a five mile race between Olenn H. Curtiss and J. C. Mars, furnishing the most ?pih taeular feature of the day. Cur r ?sc 2<>0 feet in the air and while at that height Mars sailed away, the two starting on even terms. Three times they tlew around the big field and finished w'th Curtiss slightly in the lead. MORE WARM WEATHER. Prophet Iftjn That People of This Part of Country May Expect High Tem|H'rature. Washington. July 24.?This week will be one of high temperatun throughout the greater part of the country east of the Rocky Mountains and in the extreme Southwest, ac? cording to the forecast of Willis L. Moore, chief of the weather bureau. The general pressure over the North American continent and the oceans, indicate that this condition will pre? vail. i Kl i(.in- RATES UNFAIR, Rockingham People Allege That Sat? isfactory Routes and Charge? Are Refused by Railroads. Washington, July 21.?That satis? factory through routes and joint rates between Rockingham, N. C, and vari? ous points in South Carolina net only do not exist but are refused by the railroads is the burden of a complaint tiled today with the interstate com? merce commission. The complaint was instituted by the manufacturers' freight department of Rockingham. N. C, representing the cotton mills at that place, against the Seaboard Air Eine railway, and the Atlantic Coast Line railway. It is explained that the rates charged by the carrle-1 on cot? ton piece goods from Rot kingham to points in South Carolina are unrea? sonable and discriminatory, because the railroads refuse to establish through routes and Joint rates. The commission is requested to require the railroads to establish through routes and joint rates and schedules of charges that are lower than the pres? ent rates. BUCK COMPANY COMEi OVER. Announces End of Fight With Organ? ized Labor. St. Louis. Mo., July 23.?Formal announcement was made tonight by J. T. Tempieion. secretary of the Buck Stove and Range company, of the end of the fight with organized labor. The employees of the r?ar?t are to be organised. The secretary, however, did not state If the present workmen would be required to join tfle union. The announcement in part says: "The present management is, and always has been, frlendy to organized labor. We believe labor has a right to organize for its protection and ad? vancement." \ TIIOHOlrGHGOING THIEF. R?pkes- llleged Shortage Exceeds a Million. Louisville, Ky., July 23.?August R?pke, assistant serretary and book keeper of the Fidelity Trust Con\pan> >ne of the soundest tlnamdal Institu UOM in Louisville, is believed to have made IWay with ll.llO.noo, the en? tire surplus of the eoacorn, according ? > 1 statement m ob' late this after I ? n by John W? Barr, president of the Trust Company, Ftaphe is in the ? ountv jail. Where ha has been for t'-n unable to furnish ball in tie- SUm of $2'?.000. R?pke was a heavy speculator and lost large sums, it It said, on Wall street and the Chi ? I ? board of trade. tdveaturoes Boys Curried Home Orangeburg, July 22 ?Raymond Berry and John Bellard, two young boys Who ran away from their homey in Blloree and Were thought tO have gone to Bumter, have been located In Orangeburg and brought home, Th< boys desired adventure but their plant s ere frustruti d. Still, it IS calculated to annoy 1 k- rifleman who Is laboriously climb? ing a I'o'e to encounter another gt n M m in gleefully sliding down?New fork Herald. id Fear not?Let all the ends Thun Am 1TER. S. C, WEDJMi COTTON BILLS OF LADING. LONDON BANKERS WISH AMERI? CAN RANKS' GUARANTEE. Situation May Become Acute Should A Plan Mutually Agreeable Not Re Adopted?Refusal of American Hank* to Comply Would Imme? diately Place Smith's Cotton Busi? ness on Caall Beels, Draining Coun? try's Monetary Centree. New Orleans, La. , July 24.?With the harvesting of the South's cotton already begun in the earlier sections, and the time fast approaching when the crop Will begin to move in even the m<?re Northerly States, Southern bankers and business men are now hard at work on the problem pre? sented them by the recent decision of London bankers in connection with cotton bills of ladings, that beginning in November, American cotton bills of lading shall be negotiable only When they are guaranteed by an American hanking institution. This action grew out of the fraud > alleged to have been perpetrated through forged bills of lading, and Southern cotton men realize that commercial consequences of vast importance will follow the stand taken by the English hankers. They say that in the event Ameri? can banks refuse to guarantee cotton bills of lading, the cotton business of the South would be thrown imme? diately upon a cash basis, and that this would mean a drain of millions of dollars from the monetary cen? tres of the country. In this connection it is pointed out that according to the statistics of the department of commerce and labor, for the fiscal year ending July 30, 1910, the total value of all unmanu? factured cotton exported from the United States was $417,390,665, ex? ceeding the combined value of the country's exports during the same pe? riod In corn, wheat, coal, petroleum, refined oil, tobacco and manufactures of iron and steel. In consequence, bankers admit that a very serious sit uatlon has developed in the South and that any system of guaranteed bills of lading probably means an ad dltlonal tax upon the cotton produ? cer of the South. One of the many plans which have been suggested as forming a solution of the serious problem which now confronts the Southern cotton men, Is that the railroads which are the first to receive the cotton, guarantee the bills of lading to the American banks, which, in turn shall guarantee them to the banks abroad. In this connec? tion an important conference among leading cotton men will be held in New Orleans within the next week or ten days. Those who are behind the movement express the hope that J. T. Harahan. president of the Illinois Central Railroad, will attend the con? ference and lend his advice and coun? sel in devising a plan which will ful? ly meet the situation. Mr. Harahan went to England when the recent cotton frauds came to light and attended, in Liverpool, meetings of cotton men, held to dis? cuss the alleged evils of the present system of exporting cotton. As a result of the situation which the action of the European bankers brought about prominent cotton deal? ers in Galveston, New Orleans, Mo? bile, Savannnah and other Southern ports are advocating port bills of lad ing which they assert, with a proper checking system will preclude all pos? sibility of frauds being practiced on European importers. PATTEN LEAVES FOR EUROPE. Declgres He Has Left Speculative Arena For Good. New York, July 23.? Reiterating his declaration that he would never again re-enter the speculative arena. James A. Patten, the erstwhile "cot? ton king." sailed today for Europe on the steamer Kroonland. Mr. Pat? ten said: "it seems the crux of the financial situation this fall depends upon good oops. The oats crop |l short. Wheat is short, and hay It short. Now. if corn falls, the country might have a period of dull times, a great deal depends on deficiency of moisture situ c Marc DENIES Till-: Rl Po,. Klint. ?irilliih Says Files Have Not lleen sent to Prisoners. Columbia, July l*::.- -Supt. Orlfnth d< nied today the report that (lies ha< n ntly been passed Into the penlten tlary to ? nable prisoners to escape. He thinks the report originated out ot finding hies in cells some time ago There Is no consternation at the pris on. is't at be thy Country's, Thy God's an SSDAY. JULY 27, 19 DOING A LITTLE STEALING. Bank Officer Alleged to Have Made Away With $80,000 of Bank's Se? curities. New York, July 24.?Counsel for Erwin Wider, who has been formally charged by officials of the Russo Chinese bank of stealing $80,000 worth of bonds, admitted today that he knows where his client is, and inti? mated that Wider and the bank are now in touch. The bonds have not been negotiat? ed, although it is strongly hinted that they have been hypothecated with va? rious Wall street brokers. Neither has the case been reported to the po? lice, and Wider's lawyer hopes that when the bonds are restored to the I bank there will be no prosecution. For salary Wider got $1,200 a year. He owned an automobile, and paid j $.'J5 a month for his house in the I ! >ronx THE SEXES AND THE SCHOOLS. Noted English Educator Believes in Separation. From the New York Times. Miss Creighorn, vice president of the British National Union of Teach? ers, in an interview the other day, emphatically gave her views on mix? ed classes on educational lines, on moral grounds, and physical and pro? fessional grounds. She believes that j it is better for boys to be taught by a man and for girls to have a wo-* man teacher. "Difference of sex,,' she said, "de? mands difference of preparation for different work in a distinctive sphere. The ideal in education is to produce as fully developed a human being as possible, but teaching boys and girls together means, to a large extent, teaching them the same subjects, and beyond the necessary 'three R's there is a certain fitness of subject that is! not only lost sight of when the sexes are mixed but which to a large extent I Jneans the sacrifice of the interests of the girl to those of the boy." I As a consequence, the girl dabbles In chemistry and higher mathematics, when she should rather acquire a knowledge of housecraft and house? hold accounts. However, good the mixed school, however, zealcus and conscientious the master at its head, no man, says Miss Creighorn, can en? ter into the little vanities, the fears, I the aspirations of the girl approach ' ing womanhood. In fact, he cannot 1 be expected to know the working of the girl's mind." She is self-conscious, ; fond of idealized, apt to err, very apt to go wrong through w^.nt of a time? ly word of warning. That is what I ' specially mean when I talk of the normal side. People point to the home, where boys and girls are brought up together. There the girl comes in*'; contact with her own brother* and not other people's." As for the physical side of the question: "The strain of mixed schools is too great on the girls. They ought not to he put in competition with the boys naturally, snd so very often we have them breaking down under the strain, because their physical strength is overtaxed. Teaching boys and girls together is liable to take away some of the latter's softness and make the former too soft. The male teacher does not usually exercise a full meas? ure of discipline over the girls; and the boy docs not see why he should be punished for telling a lie when the girl Is let off. "Professionally the mixed school la also bad. In spite of pious opinions against big schools, big mixed schools continue to be built mainly for the sake of economy. Most of these mix? ed schools are placed under s head master. Consequently there are few headships for women teachers. That, of course, low. rs the ?tatus of the wo? men teachers, and possibly prevents us getting such a goo l supply be cause there Is so little to look forward to in the profession.*' BEARING ON DEATH OF HAWN? Chicago, July 24.?Attorney Aubrey Nelson, representing the railroad company, announced today that the Illinois Central car repair scandal in qulry, In which Ira (I. Rawn was to have been an Important witness, will ~**?.> reopened Tuesday. Although Investigation of the mys? terious death of tii ? former president of the Monon at bis summer resid d< n- e in Winnetka last Wednesday Is beim; pushed by the police, private detectives and representatives of in surance companies, there were no de? velopments today, However, it is said that new evidence of importance will be presented at the coroner's In? quest next Wednesday. d Truth's.'' THE TRU 10. New 8er WICKEDEST CITY jj SOUTH. REV. J. WALTER DANIEL SAYS THIS OF SOUTH CAROLINA CAPITAL. Ho Draws a Lurid Picture?More De? bauched Young Men and Women in This City, Says He, Than Any South Of Philadelphia. Lexington, July 24.?Using for his theme the "Home and Home Influ? ence," the Rev. J. Walter Daniel of Columbia, presiding elder of the Co? lumbia district, preached a starting sermon in the Methodist church here this afternoon. During the course of his eloquent discourse, Dr. Daniel declared with feeling that "Columbia, the capital of the proud State of South Carolina, is the wickedest city south of Philadel? phia." He said that there were more debauched young men and young wo? men in and around Columbia than in any other section of the State. Basing his remarks on the parable where the rich man's son had left his home and had wasted his money in riotous living, Dr. Daniel drew several pictures which touched the hearts of his hearers. He said that almost ev? ery day young men come to his home in Columbia and acknowledge that they have left their homes and have lived lives of "shame and disgrace and seek advice." He urged the im? portance of home training?the im? portance of raising aright the young men and young women of the land, and the importance of parents mak? ing their homes so attractive that their chidren will not want to leave. He deplored the fact that rich par? ents often give their children large sums of money and set them up in business. "This," he said, "was the worst thing that could ever happen to any child. He said that he did not believe in endowments of any kind, whether for school or what not, that every child should make his own mark in life. "Teach the heart and mind and all else that is necessary in life will come," he said. NEWS FROM COLUMBIA. Gov. A119CI Grants Requisition for Tennessee Thief?Negro Jumps From Train. Columbia, July 25.?Governor An? sel today granted requisition for Jno. E. Ramey arrested in Pickens, and wanted in Tennessee for larceny. Willie James, a negro fireman jumped from cab of a Southern en? gine from Charleston today and was badly injured. The negro thought his train was about to side-swipe a freight on a siding at Royster's fac? tory, and jumped to avoid a collision. He will recover. SOUTH CAROLINA WHEAT STATE. Crop of Five Million Bushels Expect? ed This Year. Columbia, July 23.?Few people know that the wheat crop is one of the crops in this State. The crop of wheat for 1910, according to the de? partment of agriculture, has been by far the largest and best in the history of the State, although the increase in production in 1909 over 1903 was nearly a million bushels and the acre? age during that period increased 158, 000. The increase in acreage this year exceeded 50 per cdtnt and the pro? duction will reach very nearly 5,000. 000 bushels, it is stated. The largest production of wheat in S..uth Carolina heretofore was 3,810, 000, against 2,835,000 bushels for the year before. The quality of the crop this year is said to be excellent, and tie- crop will go upon the market at 8 maximum average price. The seasons were partic ularly good for harvesting and practically no acreage was aban? doned. In one locality alone this year, where no wheat had been planted heretofore 5,000 acres were put >o The crop will go on the market at very nearly $1 per bushel. Wheat growing has developed very rapidly In this state, the acreage being 174, 245 In 1900, 314,000 in 1907, 315.000 In 1Hos, and 173,000 in 1009. It Is a noteworthy fact that the value of wheat on the market per bushel In this State at the end of last year, was $i.4C, which was above that of any other state, iho next highest being Georgia and Arlsona. Biennial sessions of the legislature would save the taxpayers oi South Carolina at least $100,000 a year, and a reduction of the fertilizer tax to 10 <ents a ton would save the tanner at least $125,000. N,? >ne would mis. the annual sessions of the legislature except the politicians and leeches. Yorkviiie Bnqulrer. ? SOUTHRON, ?imbllsh i< , IM? ies-Vol. 44. -? MflBM. THE ^ IT ^OCCTION. ? Nev> AnttJr ? on 1st Elected?Dry Vote v ~ Excess of Wot But Was in Half by Two Candidates. Dallas, Tex., July 24.?Oscar B. Colquitt, anti-prohibitionist, was yes? terday nominated for governor by a plurality which will probably reach 60,000. Cone Johnson and William Polndexter, the prohibitionist candi : dates, are practically tied, only about I a thousand votes difference b'HtWQSJi them. This is now in favor nt irVln dexter but may change as some heavy Johnson counties are yet to come. Former Attorney General Davidson is about 20,000 votes behind Polndex? ter and Johnson. The proposition to submit to popu? lar vote a prohibition amendment to the constitution has carried by prob? ably 20,000. This presents the situa? tion of E.n anti-prohibition Democrat being nominated with party demand? ing the submission of a prohibition amendment confronting him. This was caused by the prohibitionist split on candidates. The total prohibitionist vote is much in excess of Colquitt's vole. It Is impossible to give a well grounded estimate of the results as to the legis? lature. Reports are scattering be? cause of the great interest of the gub? ernatorial contest. For congress in the Third district James Young of Kaufman county was nominated. In this district a va? cancy was created by the appointment of Congressman Russel to the Fed? eral bench by President Taft R. M. Lively was elected to fill the unex pired term and James Young for the full term. In the fourth district, C. B. Ran dell, the present incumbent, was re nominated by a large majority. Con? gressman Jack Beall, in the Fifth district also received a heavy major? ity over his opponent In the Seventh district returns in? dicate that Congressman A. W. Gregg was successful. In the Twlefth the returns are in? complete, but Oscar Calaway has a slight lead over the incumbent Oscar Gillespie. In the Thirteenth district Congressman John H. Stephens was renominated by an overwhelming ma? jority. KILLED OX CLINTON STREETS. Cal Furr Shot to Death by W. T. Gregory. Clinton, July 23.?One of tie most sensational killings that has ever oc? curred in Clinton happened today, when W. T. Gregory, a resident of the Lydia Cotton Mills village, shot and instantly killed Cal Furr, who for the past few months has been living at the Clinton Mill villlage. The shooting it is said, is the final result of trouble that has been brewing for some time between these two p .rties. Gregory claims that Furr had ruined his home. Up to about four months ago Furr was living about Lydia, when, it is said, he was forced to leave on ac? count of this trouble. At about 1:50 o'clock this afternoon Gregory was standing just in front of the store of T. C. Sumerell & Broth? ers, when Cal Furr. leaving the Bee Hive Racket Store, which is Just across the street, and not seeing Gregory, came directly towards him. I'pon perceiving Furr. it is said that Gregory, without passing any words whatever, at once drew his gun and began firing, the second shot striking Furr in the hip. causing him to fall. Furr drew his pistol as quickly as possible and tired three shots, all of which missed except one, which pass? ed through Gregory's right hand, be? tween the third and fourth fingers. After Furr fell Gregory advanced and grappled with him. still shooting, and most of the balls taking effect in Purr's body. Alter eleven shots were fired In ail. * ight by Gregory and three by Furr. Purr died instantly. Alter the killing Gregory at once surrendered to Chief ol Police Heed and was lodged in the city station. About I O'clock he Was taken to Laureni In ordei to avoid any pos? sible trouble. THE THIRD DEGREE. Negro Express Hoblter Put Into the Sweet Box in Columbia. Columbia, July .5 ?Supt. Sadler, of the Southern Express Co. and several detectives and the chief of the local police are this afternoon administer? ing the the "third degree*1 to Fletcher Drown, well known negro character about Columbia on the I barge of re? moving a "good BiMd amount" of clothing from the express office here. Another negro is also being examin? ed. Drown worked at Seaboard depot as porter for the Express Company.