Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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- - Cht ^ltul)in;iii anb J^autbron The Sumtir Watchmaa was found? ed In 1110 ?r?d the True Southron In lift. The Watchman and Southron now haa th? combined circulation and Influence c* both If the old papers, and im manifestly the beat advertising ??edturn In Sumter. Teh campaign meeting at Newber ry was a quiet affair and Hub Evans was not In evidence, so far as tbs reports show. ? ? ? In his speech at Laurens Attorney General Lyon hinted quite broadly that the Carolina Glass Company gang of Columbia was responsible for Barney Evans' candidacy and cam? paign. We don't blame the glass company crowd for not loving Lyon, bot It was a sorry piece of business to hire Evans to camp on Lyon's trail. NFU MOTOR C\IIS TOR SOl'TII Will Have Many lmpro\cmonts Over Cars Now In Operation Between Greenville and Belton. Washington. D. C. August 28.? (Special.)?The two new electric mo? tor cars now being built for the Southern Railway Company will be decided Improvements over the car now being operated between Green? ville and Belton. 8. C. The thorough test given to this car has enabled the officials of the Com? pany to decide on several changes that will contribute materially to the comfort of passengers. The new1 cars wilt be larger, with separate com? partment, separate entrances and separate toilet convenineces for white and colored passengers. Water cool? ers will be provided in each compart? ment It has been found that for summer use In a climate like that of South Carolina It Is desirable that the win? dows can be raised higher than is possible in the car now being oper? ated. Accordingly, in the new cars the windows will raise higher, hav? ing a clear opening of twelve inches. In addition to this a new system of ventilation will be provided in the roof which will thoroughly ventilate the car and make it comfortable, even when the windows are all down. The "seats, which will be up? holstered in crimson plush. will be gSJg r. with higher backs, and will be more comfortable The end of the vestibule will be provided with an outside door which which can be closed to keep out the dujt. In ad? dition to these changes which con? tribute to the comfort of the passen gem, numerous mechanical improve? ment* trill be incorporated In tho aew cars. In additl >n to these two electric ciirs, the Southern Railway Company is also having built a McKeen Motor car. which will have an extreme length of 72 feet 10 inches, and will be divided Into four compartments, one to accommodate the engine, the baggage and express room, and two passenger compartments designed for the separation ol the races, one hav? ing a seating capacity of forty and the other of eighteen. These com? partments will have separate en? trances, and each will have its own lavatory, water cooler, and other con? veniences. The body of the car Is of all steel construction, of torpedo design. It Is unique in appearance and will be exceedingly strong and comfortable The seats will be of the Infest design and will he cover? ed with green leather. The car will be lighted with electricity and In win? ter will be heated by hot water. The side windows raise to a clear height of eleven Inches and the roof venti? lation is designed to thoroughly ventilate the car regardh ss of wheth? er tb?- windows are open or closed. The motive power of the car Is a 200-h??r!?e power gasoline motor, sus? pended from the tru< ks so that the gejflftM of the engine does not In any way cause vibration to the body of the c?r. As SOOSj ss one of these new elec? tric cars has been received It will be substituted for the car now being Operated between <Ireenvllle an 1 An gafi The other slot trie eat and the M* Kenn car will be put in ser v ? In localities where they can be U!*?d to the best advantage. |> \ i< Winn takes great pleasure In rmlng his friends that he is now employed by Messrs. Wither Bp< I Iron Furniture Co., in th?dr n??v* furniture sales room No*, lit and lift S. Main Street, opposite the new |M.sto*tl< e Call on him an I sen hm - I? u ml line of goods. It will do \ . I eyes good to simply look at them, and anything bought Is guar? anteed to give satisfaction. He will take great pleasure In showing the full line to the best of his ability whether sou huy or not. He invites von to crime, and on behalf of the company extends a generous welcome to all of his friends and others. #arren Bland lag. the negro convb t who cut his e-*n throat several weeks i* was sent to the penlfentlary last week to serve tho remainder of his sentence. A* FXPFRT OV THAT SFCTION'S GRFAT PROSPFCTS. The Fdltor of the Manufacturers H.rord on the Tremendous Agri? cultural and Industrial Reevlop mont of the South?One off the Mo?t dramatic Things in Our Com? mercial History ? Impoverished Beyond Ilelieff Afftor the Civil War. By Richard H. Edmonds. Editor Tho Manufacturers Record. I^ast year one railroad carried into Texas 80.000 settlers from the West and Northwest. On one day that line took out of Kansas City as the gate? way into Texas over 5,000 settlers. Careful estimates make the number of new people locating in Texas dur? ing the last fMI or two average 200.000 annually It is a notable fact that they are as a whole well to-do, a very large number of them travelling in Pullman cars, and hav? ing ample ready money when reach? ing Texas to purchase land for culti? vation. Many of them are locating In towns and cities, for there is a remarkable growth in such places as San Antonio, Dallas, Houston, Fort Worth and other large cities, while towns are springing up almost over night, but the majority of these new? comers are farmers who have been selling their high-priced lands in the West and investing in Teaxs, expect? ing to reap a profit in the advance of lands, just as they have done in the West. While some of them are giving their attention to cotton rais? ing, most of them are going into di? versified agriculture, especially into fruit raising and trucking On the Gulf coast of Texas the development of onion raising has been so remark? able during the last five years that the Bermuda onion growers have been practically run out of business, and some months ago 80 Bermuda onion growers arrived In New York Ml one steamer, stating that their business had been practically destroy? ed by the competition of Texas onions and that they had come to this coun? try because of that fact. 1 The movement of population into Oklahoma Is of course generally un? derstood, for that State in the last 18 years has grown with such amaz? ing rapidity that It now has a popu? lation of a million and a half to two million, according to local estimates. There are towns of 30,000 to 40.000 people where rot a single dwelling existed 10 or 15 years ago. The wonderful drainage operations in Louisiana which arc attracting the attention of corn growers in t^t West are resulting in bringing into that sec Ion many Western farmers and land operators, expecting to duplicate in OOTI growing the amazing results which have been accomplished in rice growing in Southern Louisana. In a limited district where scarcely a human being lived 20 years ago there are now about 25,000 Western people, mainly engaged in rice grow? ing and in city pursuits in the dozen or more thriving towns which have developed as an outcome of the rice t'listless, It is estimated that in that Immediate district $200,000,000 of values have been created in the last 15 or 20 y ars by the rice industry, and bind which 20 years ago was not salable at 25 cents an acre now ..rings $75 to $100 an acre, and a dozen thriving towns of 2,000 or St? il to 10.000 population are existing where tln re was then an unbroken stretch of wet prairie land. 'I her.- Is a very heavy movement of population to Florida and a more limit* d but active movement to other Southern States. in connection with these facts it may be interesting to your readers to know that the emigration from the South, which was the greatest drain on the business life and vital? ity Of that section after 1S?;5, has praetb a'ly ( eased. Southern people now find ample opportunity at home for tllS employment of their energies. The Wreck After the War. PtiOf to ||Sfj there had been a very considerable emigration from the Booth to the West, due In part f> the Anglo-Saxon love Of adventure and the opening Up of new lands and new . onntrb s. and in part to the de? sire <u many Southern people to let away from slavery. In 1K00 M0,? 000 South* rn-born whites were then living in other parts of the country, mslnly In th West. They had h. . n largely Instruments] In the settle? ment Of Ohio. Indiana. Illinois and Michigan, the movement having fol? lowed the obi trail of Daniel Boons serosa the mountains through Ken tu< It) ,.nd thus on int.. the tar West. These people and their descendants became gr at factors in the develop? ment of the whole Central West and the l\i< Ms coast. After lift, due t<> the utter de? struction of the war and the far worse . ondltlons which developed in reconstruction nays, there was prac? tically employment or but very limit, l smploymsnt for active, hust ling nu n and boys In the South. The situation was so dark and spparently i hope1< mi that a great emigration to the North and WsstWSrd took pit i Between IM1 snd 1000 about I,ItO,601 Southern-born whites mov od from that section to other sec? tions. In this I do not include those who went from the Central South to Texas and to Arkansas, numbering about 800.000 more. The Central South from Virginia to Mississippi was thus drained of over 3,000,000 of its best people, all things considered, the greatest drain which any country in modern times has had to stand. This mighty loss In population drained the South of many of Its strongest and best men, old, middle-aged and young. Out of Its weakness and poverty it gave its best life blood to the enrich? ment and upbuilding of other sections. This loss was far greater than the actual loss by the war. It weakened the virility of wie South, weakened its ability to develop its business in? terest, weakened its ability to main? tain conservatism in politics, and thus threw upon those Who remained at home a greater burden than any people In modern times was ever called upon to face. Those left behind had to re? construct governments, re-establish business, reorganize their labor sys? tem, while burdened beyond any? thing that could be realized by those who did not pass through the war and the days following. Under these conditions What the South has accomplished Is really a marvel. It Is one of the most dra? matic things In human history. Henceforth it is not to suffer from the emigration of its own people, and It Is to be enriched in every phase cf its life by the incoming of many thous? ands from the North and West, and eventually from Europe. If it had been possible in 1900 to make a schedule of its assets and liabilities and to show the net results since 1865, the protl* side would have shown a very great Increase in rail? roads, in manufacturing industries, and some advance in agriculture. But there would have been on Mi* Other side a depreciation In the loss of men which if rightly figured would doubtless have entirely offset the ad? vance shown In the statistics of Its material growth. The loss of 2. 500,000 of its best white people was in the aggregate greater than the profit shown In the increase in the investments of railroads ?nd manu? facturing enterprises. It is only with? in the last 10 years, or since 1900, when the emigration practically ceased, that the real development of the South has commenced. In that period its national banking resour? ces have grown from $516,000,000 to $1,284.000,000. The individual de pOSlt* In Its national hanks in the sam' time advanced from $264,900, 000 to $660,900,000. This is a great? er percentage of gain in resources and in new deposits than was mao'e by the rest of the country during the same period. The resources and tho deposits in State banks and trust companies in the decade 1900-1910 was equally as remarkable. It was during that period that the South made its greatest advance in indus? trial develop: aent as well as In agri? culture. In 1900 the value of the agricultural products of the South was about $1,200,000,000; last year it was $2.500,000,000. The South last year produced of agricultural out? put more than the whole United States did In 1890. Of this remark? able increase three or four hundred million dollars was due to the in? crease In cotton, the balance to di? versified agriculture. Tht section is now raising over 800,000,000 bushels of grain a year. It is becoming the I market garden and the orchard forj the entire coultry. As illustrating the growth in trucking it may be said that the Norfolk district during the present year will handle about $15, 000,000 worth of fruits and vegetables raised around that city. The busi? ness is so vast that the daily shipments are running from 30,000 to 40,000 packages (barrels and boxes per day), requiring daily steamships to New York and Baltimore, and steamers nearly every day to Providence, Bos? ton and elsewhere, to handle the water-borne stuff, while the railroad shipments of trucking are so heavy that about a week or 10 days ago one railroad carried north from Norfolk nearly 600 carsloads in one day. Ev? ery fruit stall in New England is displaying the splendid peaches rais? ed in Georgia, While during the win? ter season the winde Eastern country is dependent upon Florida for its grapefruit and for the live or six million boxes of oranges which thai State is now producing. it Is interesting in this connection to note that the old States, such, for Instance, as North and South Carolina, have been making such marked progress in the restoration of the fertility of their soil that their average yield of cotton is now larg? er than in tin- past, and larger even than In the almost virgin soil of the Southwestern states. The Possibilities Now. lti this connection, also. It Is worth While noting that the Smith has about 50,000,000 acres ol reclalmable wet or swamp lands, probably the most fertile lands In the world, especially those in Mississippi and Yasoo Delta country, where drainage or reclama? tion operations ate now under way. So productive la this land when ro Clalmed that the best corn-growing exp< i ts of the West, many of whom have recently visited Loulsana, esti? mate that It Will produce from 70 to 80 bushels of corn per acre. Of such lands Louisiana has s?veral million acres. Great drainage enter? prises are being carried out in that State, largely by Western capitalists, and associated with them are some of the greatest corn growers of the West. Last week corn growers of Ulirois, Indiana and other States having a national reputation for the magnitude of their farming opera? tions??such men as David Rankin, who annually cultivates 30,000 acres in corn, and others?were in Louis? iana looking into the possibilities of developing on a very large scale rec? lamation work, attracted there by what they, heard as to the suitability of this land for corn growing. They were almost boundless in their en ? thusiasm about what they saw and about the work of drainage now un? der way, and the character of crops now being produced. In Florida the State Government has recently let a contract to the same company which is cutting the Cape Cod Canal?the Furst-Clark Construction Co.?for cutting about 250 miles of canals to drain the Ever? glades. This will reclaim about 6, 000,000 acres of wonderfully fertile soil, an area about equal to the State of Massachusetts. Though the industrial development of the South Is but In Its infancy, that section Is now mining more than twice as much bituminous coal as the United States mined In 1880 or 100, 000,000 tons a year, against 42,000, 000 tons tor the whole country at i that time. It is making nearly as much pig-iron as the United States made In 1880. It is consuming more cotton and producing more oil and more lumber. Its cotton mills are now consuming over two and a half million bales of cotton a year, or about the same amount of South | ern grown cotton as New England is j taking, having once or twice consid 1 erably exceeded the total consumption | I of New England mills, as they will probably do this year. I While Boston is planning to estab-1 Ush a steamship line to Galveston it j may be interested in knowing that the foreign export trade of that city exceeds by $25,000,000 a year the com bined foreign exports of all Pacflc coast ports, and last year reached $187,000,000. 1 With three times as much coal area as Great Britain, Germany, France and Austria combined; with over 40 per cent of the standing tim? ber of the United States; with Ii ore in keeping with its vast coal sources; with a practical nati monopoly of the world's cotton i ductlon; with water-powers suffieb nt if fully developed to create power equal to that now required to run every wheel that turns on rail or in factory in the United States; with a variety of so'l unsurpassed for every kind of agriculture; with a climate ranging from that of the high moun? tains of North Carolina, almost Identi? cal with that of Canada, to that of the Gulf coast, the South has mar? vellous potentialities, the develop? ment of which has only begun. Its resources make the South a national asset, the ulltlzation of which will enormously enrich the whole coun? try.?From Boston Evening Trans crpt, August 6, 1910. I - HAMPTON BANK CASHIER SHORT. Audit Report State? that Mr. Horton Admitted Shortage Hampton, Aug. 27.?Mr. H. Hor? ton a former bookkeeper and assist? ant cashier in the Hampton Loan and Exchange Bank, of this place, has been discharged, the reason for this action on the part of the officials of the bank, it is alleged, is that young Horton was found short in his ac? counts $1,279.83. It is stated that the young man had made a confes? sion in writing. The Southeastern Audit Company of Columbia, represented by Mr. L. j A. Searson, has made an investiga? tion of the books of the Hampton Loan and Exchange Bank, and In Its report says: "We have carefully perused a letter of confession signed by H. Horton, (who, we understand, was a bookkeeper and assistant cash? ier In your employ. Said letter con? fesses to an embezzlement of $1, 252.82 of above amount: also an Item of $10 0 is referred to In said letter, winch is supposed to represent a note. Horton admits thai he marked note 'paid,' pocketed the money.**** However, there must be some mis? take as regards this matter." Mr. N. A. McGulre, representing the United Surety Company, of Balti? more, is at Hampton now investiga? ting the ease. Mr. Wilson of the Comptroller General's office, has ex alned the books of the bank. Mr. Horton resides with his parents at this place. Notice. Tito business of the Union Broker? age Co., has Increased so that It was ' m.ssary to enlarge their warehouse. ' Mow we have the goods at the right prices. Give us a call, or phone 644. Union Brokerage Co. , 8-22-3M-W Farmers' Union News ?AND ? Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers (Conducted by K. W. Dnbbs, President Farmers' Union of Sumter County.) The Watchman and BOUthron having decided to double its service by ?ami-weekly publication, wou d Improve that ?ervice by special features. The first to be inaugurated is bis Department for the Farmers' Union and Practical Farmers which I haw been requested to conduct. It will be my aim to give the Union news and ^*ncial calls of the Union. To that end officers, and members of the Union a.*e requested to use these columns. Alst? to publish such clli ^ings fron, the agricultural papers and Govern? ment Bulletins as I think will be of practical benefit to our readers. Ori? ginal articles by any of o*.r readers telling of their successes or failures will be appreciated and 1 ablished. Trusting this Department will be of mutual benefit to all concerned, THE EDITOR. All communications for tl is Department should be sent to E. W. Dabbs. Mayeeville, S. C. Some Random Thoughts. On Friday the regular monthly meeting of the County Union will be held with Trinity local. There should be a full attendance of delegates and union members for matters of great importance to the order will be brought up lor discussion, and the best thought of the best minds in the uinon will be needed to settle on a course of action that will be wise and conservative, and at the same time progressive. The farmers' union has just begun on a system of co-oper? ation in buying and selling and many details of procedure need to be work? ed out. At the same time we, of Sumter county, are not pioneers in cooperative effort. Other commu? nities have demonstrated beyond the shadow of a doubt that not only is cooperative work practicable, but that it means the difference between hard times and independence. I wish articles that give more or less in detail accounts of what other farmers are donig, could be repro? duced bodily, in these columns, but owing to copyright laws, that cannot be done. Of one thing I have been impressed and that is the greatest benefits of cooperation come from the selling side. It is the profits on what we grow that makes us rich and not so much on the cheapness of our purchases. On< cent a pound in? crease in the r?H^n of cotton means 0 great d< .a more than n - cent a pound .-no'i on sugit?-, ?. . I n i Hour or I toon, or ?* dollai . ton on neglect any of these smaller savings, but that we ought to use even more effort to increase the net price of our farm produce. see Then too I am impressed with the fact that other sections are growing rich faster feeding the world than we are clothing it. Why not then let us take a hand in the feeding process? SOS The greater part of the work that has been done by farmer's institutes this summer has been along the line of growing more food crops and j buiKling up our soils by judicious ro- j tations of crops. To carry out this scheme successfully we must arrange ! a system of marketing. Hence the produce exchange idea that I have written so much about. If others can do it, we can. It is no longer an experiment. We have made a good ! beginning. Rut we must not stop un? til our warehouse has more home? grown flour and lard, bacon and corn, 1 meal and grits, hay, oats and hun ' dreds of other food supplies in it than of imported stuff. E. W. D. "Cheated Out of Several Pounds Per Rale." (J. L. Lee, retiring President Georgia Farmers' Union, in Farm? ers' Union News.) Some time ago I fell into great disrepute by assuming a position that the farmer was being cheated out of several pounds in every bale of cotton under the system of tares; men high up in financial, social, and business affairs of this State proceed? ed to show the farmers that I was i uninformed, and that no one possess I ed any knowledge concerning equi? table tare but some few people whose j business it was to make this special profit on every bale of cotton bought. Their criticisms did not deter me from pushing this Investigation, just a little, to see w hat was in it. It did not take me long to get evidence that In Wilmington, N. C, where the cotton buyers were only allowing the farmer twenty or twenty-two pounds of tare, were placng on every bale exported the full thirty pounds. At? lanta was guilty of the same offense, ?o was Augusta, Savannah, as well as every other bale exporting mar? ket. The people in the city of Atlanta engaged in the cotton business were quick enough to throw In .uir race a bill for cotton delivered In the New England states showing that the tare was twenty-two pounds, they supposing that the farmer would be content to know that in this country, he and the cotton buyer, as well as the cotton mills, were about even; but as two-thirds of our cotton is manufactured in Europe, therefore 4 shipped there, a different scene is 1 behind the curtain when we look be? yond the seas, where two-thirds of our cotton is manufactured. I am in possession of some infor? mation which resembles the follow? ing langugae: "Under present con ditions of importing cotton into Eng landland, we, the English buyer, al ways buy it with 6 per cent allowed for tare; this includes the band and canvas; 6 per cent tare is about ,30 pounds to the bale." My communi? cation also states "that at the Amer? ican gin only six ties are put upon each bale, but all exported cotton has from eight to ten ties." Now, if we sell, to be perfectly liberal, say five million bales abroad the American buyer buying same with twenty-two pounds of tare, and adds eight pounds ^ more at the present price of cotton, it is no wonder to me that they are anxious not to be disturbed in this little game. A Summerton Social. Summerton, Aug. 29.?Summerton society is indebted to Mrs. W. H. Anderson for one of the most pleas? ant and eniovflhio events <? ? lisl 1 lipt-r* the. rolls of social entartafes* i monts. '?n Fr'day afternoon at 6 I o'clock, quite a lar*e number of rriendi of tr.is and surrounding com iiiunity gathered at the home of Mrs. E. C. Tindal to be participants ef Mrs. Anderson's hospitality, as she graciously entertained at a "Garden Party." Supplementing the rustic beauty already obtaining in the yard were many novel features designed to perfect the picturesque ap? pearance. Placed attractively near the front entrance was a punch bower made lovely with deco? rations of evergreens and cut flowers, presided over by Mesdames Nelson and Gentry. Not far distant was to be found the improvised band I stand, from which colored musicians ( furnished music during the whole af? ternoon. Still another attractive feature was the cypress well curb in which had been placed a bucket of ice water. The several contests pre? pared for the occasion were appro? priate attributes to a garden party, and served admirably to entertain the guests, all of whom might have striven hard to be winners had they seen the lovely begonia plants to be presented to the successful contest? ants. The recipients of these favors were: Mesdames John Brailsford. Robert Carrigan and Frank Wells, and Miss Pauline Woodley. To com? plete the novelty and originality of the entertainment was the manner in which Mrs. Anderson served re? freshments. Two colored waiting men dressed in white, carried large waiters bearing choloate ice cream in flower pots, in which were planted lillies-of-the-valley, together with macearoons. Following came Misses I-ucile and Marie Mood and Mildred James with wooden trays and spoons to he given to each guest. Coffee was served later on the porch by Mesdames Rhame and Davis. About seventy-five guests enjoyed the after? noon's festivities, and would no doubt give a concordant vote as to the excellent merits of the occasion. The city schools will reopen, on September the 19th. Necessary re? pairs are being made, coal is being delivered and all arrangements are being made to insure a proper readi? ness for the opening. On the 13th of September the Superintendent will j begin to enroll the new pupils. Mayor Gaynor Is getting well. Now for the human-interest stories about poor Gallagher, cruelly confined in a llobokon dungeon. ? Milwaukee Senl Inel. Vice-Presldent Sherman does not Intend to die, politically, of neglect, like Vice-Presblent Fairbanks, so it is to be with his dancing pumps on. ?New York Press.