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ntiS HI'MTKK WATCHMAN, ssnmbl Consolidated Aug. 2,1 IlsbBMuMl Wednesday and Saturday ?BY? ?STEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY Sl'MTBR, & C. l erase* ll.lu p-i annum?In advance. \UirrttaenMnto: Oae Square Irst Insertion.$1.00 ?vary subsequent Ineertlon.tt Contracts for three meaths, or loafOr will be made at reduced raten. All commun Icatlons which sub aerra privat? Interests will bo oharged far aa advertisement*. OMtaartes and tributes of respects wMI he charged la* lafollfttf is rf.nom1n \tfi>. Patent* Opponent by Large .Majority ?Count j Option Loses. Milwaukee, s.-pt. 6?United States Senator Robert LeFolletts has swept the State of Wisconsin In the primary ?lection for renomlnatlon. defeating hie opponent. Samuel W. Cook, of ^ TTstaeh, from 3 to 6 to 1. ^ Although early returns showed con? siderable strength for 9. T. FalrchlM In the race tor the Republican nomi? nation for Governor, the later figures are showing larger gains fort F. K. McOovern. who won fame as the ^ntl graft district attorney of Milwaukee. There Is now a certainty that coun r ty option has heen defeated by a big majority, for both of the candidates who are now In the lead are opposed to county option, though McGovern Is the LaFollette supporter, and Fair child figures as a supporter of the Taft I W. M. Lewis. also T^aFollettes supporter, hut an advocate of county option. Is far ?.? hlnd the other two lies so-calle I "progressiv e"' Repub? licans seems to have won on Congress? man, as Idlcations point to the de feet of W. If. Stafford In the 5th dis? trict. All other present Congress? men are probably renominated. Consjressman Chas. H. Weisse, of teboyaan Falls. Is leading Rur Wil of Ashland. In the few scatter? ing for- th ? rb*n-. v r\tI* n<o 1 loo for Cnlted States Senator. IW IK.I N is tari: < n \hgi: 'l*roar? ^?\e" Clement \(>w Con tret* < abfot nlii Republicanism. ! ^ San Francisco, Sept. 6.?Without a Single negative vote on any question that came before the State Conven? tion, tho "progressive" v\!ng of the Republican party took ov?r the or? ganisation management today, en? dorsed the nominees chosen at the recent primaries and adopted a party platform. There was r > e. ho of the bitterness of the late campaign. Concessions had been made to the "regular* ' be? fore the Convention was called to or? der, the former dominant faction be | ?ng granted representation upon the State central committee, and, in turn. Its lea<ler-* offered nevei a pro? test against the formal assumntlon of authority by the victorious "Insur? gent*." pRoiiiiu i io\ \<>r > ism r. 1 I? < hlhlH I alk^ on INoMMit I'olltl ral Situation. imtda. Sept. f.?L. D. Childs, of Chester, oh? of the hading Rrohl bitlonlsts In So ith Carolina and an ? active supporter of C. C. Feather stone In the i r t prtmarv as well a* now. was in tho city last night. "What sre . .ur view-, in regard to the e. ,nd primary for Governor. Mr. Childs * ' inquired The News and Courier correspondent. Mr. Childs. I replying, said "Whatever may hav ? been the hopes of the I'rohUdtlom-1 - that question I* now eliminated. It Is now a sajaattasl of electing a Gov? ernor who will with tirinness and Justice see to the enforcement at present laws. The result of last v Tuesday's primary shows that the e|*< tlon of Mr I'eatherntone . mihi not be claimed as a v l< Iffy faff prohi? bition. As 1 sen It. the honor of the Stile risen n hove i?ll Issues, Were there issues There are none Tb. question of prohibition for the com I tng administration w i- -err|.-| ?t l i t Tuesday's election, with llM election of the Legislature. Certainly no ques? tion could be more vital to tie* due nlty. honor or material prosperity of the Stale than the .pi. stpm of the two men In the raec f..r Governor. [ "1 think I SM ^petk fof the Probt? tdti tnists wltta i any, baa Mr Miriam! been In Iba sec,,n,| race with Mr. IJI*a*e he would hi e r l-.ed the prohibition vote to a man. I am tin willing to believe th.t Mr M Lends supporters; are less |i.\ ii to their Jltate." k Wied April. ISM. rw Jut ?i 881. i HESTEH'S COTTON REPORT, I PRODUCT! Ol' COTTON LAST vi.ah <.ki:ati:st in HMTORY. - Will? Kclutively Small Yield, Moue tary Results is $?r>,loo,ooo Greater I ii ii? in IVSftSM Year. Now Orleans. Sept. 6.-That the value of the cotton which the South marketed in the commercial season recently closed far surpassed that of any previous year in the history of the country, in spite of a short crop was the principal feature of the an? nual report put out today by Col. Henry C. Hester, for many years sec? retary and statistican of the New Orleans cotton exchange. The money value of the commercial crop In the season 1909-'10 is placed at $778.894,000, showing that while the quantity of cotton marketed was 3.216.000 bales less than the pre? vious season, It brought $95,100,000 more. This does not include the value of cotton seed which if added would show the actual wealth pro? ducing capacity of the Southern cot? ton lands for the commercial year Juet closed to have been $902,894,000, a gain over 1908-'09 of $127.100,000. South HoldH Lead According to complete reports trom both Northern ano Southern milling centres, the South for the third < ons. cutive season for the tured more cotton than the North and Increased the lead which it held i Today's Hester report forms a de? tailed supplement to the report on the crop which was put out at the .lose of bushvss, August 3 I. That report placed the crop for 1909-'1. 0 at 10.609.66S bales, a decrease un? der that of 1908-'O9 of 1,115,781, and Under that of Itl7-'tl of 962.29K. These, Col Hester says, constitute tha face of the figures, but, considering the fallng off In weight which av ? raged 6 6X-100 pounds per bale there is the equivalent of 138.000 bales, or a cr q> equal to 10,472,000 bales of last year's weight. ?iindo of Crop Good. . ... \ ording to the report the grade the crop was good, averaging practically "strict middling," a bare shade under last year. The average price of middling cotton for the year is placed at 14.37 cents per pound, I no1 the commercial value of the bales at 73.41, against 49.46 last year 1 58.10 the year before. The report places the actual growth St it, Sit, ft I bales, and says that as the result of the high prie s the in? terior has practialiy been swept lean, farmers having little or no old COtton left over and Southern mill stocks have been materially de i reasod. The report of the crop In the States is given as follows in thousands of bales: KciH>rt by States. \lal-ama. 1,078 vs 1.428 last year; Arkansas. 718 vs. l,tll last year; Florida. ?'.?'> vs 75 last year; Georgia. l.tTl ra -MIS last year; Louisiana. Ill vs 111 last year; Oklahoma. T.tbi VS 70 1 last year; Mississippi. 1.121 vs. 1,171 last year; North Carolina. 'IT*: VS 747 MSt year; South Oarolina. 1,184 ra l.ttl last year; Tennessee. ?1 . Ill ra 4 2?; last year; Texas 1,171 n 1,811 last year. Total crop It.lll vs 13,825 last year. Regarding the cotton consumption by Southern mills, the report says: C onsumption In South. "The spindl. s in tin- South number li 18,881 m. hiding old, Idle and not complete. Three years ago con* sumption In the cotton States was .lo ad ol the rest ol the United states I8t,ttl bales; hod y. ;ir the excess was narrowed to lt,ttl and this year It has again increase! |q |7t,ttt, This refers te Americas cotton, The North used of foreign COtton this year the equivalent In this year's American wights of 181,ttt habs, while the South us.d the equivalent of l.'.OOO, but even with thsat added, the South is ahead in both American and for? eign cotton to the extent of 60,000 bales, In the South many mills were experimenting for the Brst time with small amounts of Tatst India cotton and while the aggregate was not large, all of 74 Institutions used va? rious descriptions of foreign against '?nly II last year." Used foreign Cotton. Tb.?nsumption of American 'cotton by Northern mills, Col, Hester puts at 1,174*.eat, sgainst 2.500,000 last year. Ha says the aggregate eon ?Umptlon, North and South, was I. I18,ttt bales, while they used l&t.tOO bales of foreign cotton, making a total consumption of oil kinds 4.888, - 000 bales, again I 5,110,000 i:,?,t year. He puts the world'.-- consumption of American COttOfl at 1 1.77 1.000 bah --. a decrease under last year ol 1,888,? id Fear not?bet all the ends Tbou A In MTEE, 8 C, SAlTJEDi COUNTY B3ARD MEETS. SEVERAL PETITIONS PRESENT? ED AND PA8ED UPON. New Public Road for Citizens of Mayesville Township?Mr. W. J. Ardis Refilled a Pension?Petition Asking that Balance of Road from Stuteburg to Sumter be Clayed was Refused. City Will bo Paid $? per Month for Convicts. Froml The Daily Item, Sept. 7. The board of County Commission? ers held their regular meeting at the court house yesterday, all of the members being present. A petition, signed by numerous citizens, was presented, asking that a public road to run as follows he granted by the county: Beginning at the Mayesvile road, one mile from White's mill, and continuing to Fox worth's mill, intersecting the public road at that point. It was agreed that this road be granted, provided that the citizens put the road in traveling condition with the road hands and that all rights of way be granted by the prop? erty owners through whose lands the road runs. The admission of Lizzie Davis to the poor house was reported and this action confirmed. Mr. W. J. Ardis asked that he be granted a Confederate pension of $& per month by the county, but his request was refused, the board agree? ing that he did not come under the class covered by the act governing the distribution of these pensions. A petition was presented from a number of citizens asking that the balance of the road from Stateburg to Sumter be clayed. This petition was refused, the board deciding that as the people of the Stateburg neighbor hood had already been given several miles of the best roads leading to Sumter, it was only fair that other portions of the County have sonv tiling done for their roads before further work was commenced on the Statcburg road. It was agreed by the board that the coontv would accept the male convicts of the City, fit for work on the chain gang, and pay for them at the rate of $6 per month for each convict, the county to be reimbursed for cost of transportation of each prisoner to the gang in case of his release before the expiration of his sentence. The board then adjourned. Aunt Delia Torrey is visiting the Pr<isidenl at Beverly. it was this wise woman who pointed out that the secret of Mr. Roosevelt's popularity is that he has never had to deal with a tariff campaign. Tier counsel may be of more value to the President than that of many of the statesmen now calling on him.?St. Louis Globe Ivmocrat. In the opinion of the Chase City Progress, the Colonel "has crucified himself on a cross of personal van? ity."? Richmond Times-Hispatch. ooo ami under the year before of 33S, 000 bales. In the South Col, Hester makes the consumption 21x,f>7o tinder last year, and 148,016 over the year before last. Twenty-six new mills are now build Ing in the Southern States with a total of :!f,0,3s2 spindles and the spindles in tin- active mills have been Increased by 464,686, This, he says, is not to the phenomenal showing, recorded year by year before the panic, but is still an indication of progress by the South in the direc? tion of manufacturing her own cot? ton. Consumption Recorded, Of the total of Ma mills. 77." have been in operation, including one ex? clusively on foreign COttoni 37 were idle and 86 in course of construction. The season's consumption was di? vided as follows: Alabama 840,809, decrease 11,562; Arkansas r>,839. decrease 193; Geor? gia r,07.R27, decrease 45,892; Ken? tucky 22.48ft. decrease 3,804; Lou? isiana 10,866, decrease 6,848; Missis? sippi 88,841, decrease 9.CO; Mis? souri 12.r.r.s decrease 8,168; North Carolina 688,848, decrease 70.9 17; South Carolina 0.ri0,2.r?0. decrease 50, 102; TennesMee 70,176, Increase 9(>"; Texas 33.7r,2. decrease X.704; Okla? homa 2.2*7. decrease 881; Virginia 173,184, decrease t.7^x. Total 2,541. ::?>::, net decrease 2ix.7o:.. 1 In conclusion Col. Hester points out that the past season has been only the fourth time in 21 years that th< annual returns of cotton consumed by South mil's Aggregated a decrease. Otherwise, he says, year by yenr, tie re has been a marked ad\an< e aid for no year have the additions been so great aa in those Immediately suc? ceeding a decrease. ana atft't at be thy Country'*. I'hj God's ai eitTEaii ER 10, 19 W?ULD KICK BALUNGER 001. GOV. BTUBB8 ADDS INTEREST TO CONSERVATION CONGRESS. Kansas Executive Doesn't "Take Any Stock in tikis Ballinger Idea Of Running Things" ? Reflection on Interior Secretary Resented by Governor Hay, of Bal linger's State. St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 5.?The im? mense crowd which heard President Taft deliver one of the best speeches of his career, before the Conservation Congress today, missed hearing some very pointed remarks in the after? noon delivered by Governor Stubbs, of Kansas, The Kansas Executive pulled his sleeves up^o give his arms full swing, loosed his necktie to give play to his vocal organ and proceeded to re? mark that*if he had the power he would kick Secretary Balliner out of office. Later, in private, Gover? nor Hay, of Washington, took oc casaion to inform Governor Stubbs that he considered Secretary Bal linger as white a man as the United States can boast. After stating that the people of this country should erect a monument to Gifford Pinchot for saving the coal lands of the country. Governor Stubbs declared: Would Lose no Time. "I don't take any stock in this Bal linger idea of running things. If I were President of the United States I would kick him out of office in a minute. I'd like to see some of these Alaska coal thieves. I'd put them where they belong." This brief pointed remark, deliv? ered in vitriolic style, was called forth by remarks of Governor Morris, of I Montana who, in advocating State ' control of national resources, declar i ed that Montana had begun the con? servation of her resources before the ; Federal Government ever began to I think of it. "Isn't it a fact, Governor Norris." I demanded Governor Stubbs, "that the I National Government has led in the development of irrigation in the [West?" Roosevelt and Pinchot. "Yes. in the last three or four years. When the movement finally I got started President Roosevelt and Gifford Pinchot got busy. The Gov? ernment ought to erect a monument to them." The Kansan at this point smiled as if amused at his own heat, and said more calmly: "I did not come here to make a speech. I kind of forgot myself. My intention was to introduce Governor Vessey, of South Dakota." The introduction was made. I The Auditorium, which holds 10, 000, was tilled to hear P-^ident Taft, but the attendance at the af? ternoon session was meagre. When the meeting was over Governor Hay walked down the aisle with Gover? nor Stubbs. "I want to say, Governor Stubbs, that you're no whiter than Rich? ard A. Bahinger," said Governor Hay. To this Mr. Stubbs made no reply, and Land Commissioner Ross, also of Washington, joined Mr. Hay. What they Think of Rallinegr. "I want to add." said Mr. Ross, "that Mr. Ballinger is as white a man as Roosevelt ever had in his Cabinet; that's what we think of Mr. Bellinger out in Washington." "I said what I think of Mr. Ral llnger, and I'll say what I please about him," answered Governor Stubbs. NEW RAILROAD PROJECTED. Will Connect Augusta, Ga? and Spar? enburg, s. c, Passing Through Rdgeflcld, Saluda anil Xewberry. Columbia, Sept. 7. ? Backed by Augusta. Ga., and Bdgefield, S. C, capitalists the Georgia and Carolina railway today applied for ;t commis? sion to build a line from Hamburg in Alken county, s. C? to Spartanburg. The minimum capital Is placed al 1100,000 and the maximum :it $2,500, 000, The (harter will be applied for October 8th. Length of the pro? posed line will be 120 miles. The ob? jects of the petitioners are to con? struct, maintain and operate a stand? ard gang" railway from Hamburg, Alken county, to Spartanburg, the line to run through Bdgefleld county, Saluda county to town of Baluda; thenee through Newberry county and Union county to Spartanburg by way of Glenn Springs and Pacolct. The petitioners are: Allen W. .bun s. Chas. ?'. Howard, <I. R. Coffin, of Augusta* A. R, Padgett, of Bdgefield; Dun ? 'i ofdand of A lk< n. \ mollycoddle is a young man who fetfl his sisters pick out his Bweel he,hi for him.? Pallas News. id Truth'8.' THE TRW 10 CALLS ROOSEVELT LIAR. SPEECH AT FARGO FOLLOWED BY EXCITING EPISODE. "Your Expenses arc Being Paid by People of United States," is Un? known's Reply to Statement that "Outlook" is Footing Bils. Fargo, N. D., Sept. 5.?A man who fought his way to Ex-president Roose? velt and called him a liar gave a bad scare to the crowd at Island Park in this city. Cel. Roosevelt seized the man and helped to eject him from the platform. The Colonel had just finished his Labor Day address, which was de? livered to one of the largest crowds which has gathered to see him on his Western trip. A heavy rain storm drenched the people, but most of them sat through the afternoon in their wet clothes to hear him speak. As Colonel Roosevelt spoke the last sentence, the crowd cheered and then there was a rush for the speaker's stand of thousands of people, who sought to get near enough to see the speaker and shake his hand. Those on the platform pressed around the stand and in a moment it was en? closed with a surging struggling mass of men and women. Others in the crowd jumped on the platform and added to the crush. It was a good-natured, laughing crowd, and the Colonel shook hands with every one who could get near enough to him. The Man With a Question. 1 A small, poorly dressed man push? ed his way through the mass of people until he could make himself heard by the Colonel. He wore a battered bat and was unshaven. "I have a question to ask, Roose? velt," he shouted. Tb^ raised one arm over the heads of the people, waving it to attract the Colonel's attention, and called out again and again that he wanted to ask a question. Col. Roosevelt saw and watched him closely. Fighting his way through the crowd the man at length reached the short flight of stairs leading to the speak er's stand. He mounted the steps and stopped when he reached the top. Standing about six feet from Col. Roosevelt he called out: have a question to ask you. Roose velt." once more. The men and women on the stand grew silent. Col. Roosevelt turned and faced him. Waving one arm the man shouted: "I want to know who is paying the expenses of this trip of yours about the country." "An Impertinent Question." The question angered the Co'ionel and his face showed it. He advanced a step toward his interrogator and shot back the answer: "I consider that to be an imperti nent question." he said. "However, have no objection to telling you," he added, "that the expenses of the party are being paid by the magazine of which I am one of the editors." "You lie!" the man shouted so loud that hundreds of persons in the crowd could hear him. As he spoke the words, Col. Roose velt stepped forward quickly and seiz ed his arm above the elbow. He e" plained later that he did not know who the man was or what his inten tions were, and that he had taken hold of his arm as a measure of self protection. He pushed the arm for ward, turning the man half around so that he was powerless to use th< arm. Tt was an old trick of self-de? fense, which he had learned years ago. the Colonel said. His vigorous action did not deter the man from finishing what he had to say. He shouted out: "Your expenses are being paid by the people of the United States." Tin* Interrogator Ejected, Although Col. Roosevelt was the first to act. others ran quickly to as? sist him and. even before the man had finished his remarks, two men seized him. The Colonel did not re? lease his grip until the stranger was moving rapidly from the stand. He was ejected from the platform and was swallowed up in the excited crowd. So far as Is known, there was no cause for alarm, but the story of the Incident spread quickly through the crowd and produced considerable ex < itement. 1: it not about time to dedicate a national monument to the memory of Pfeffer, Walte, Pennoyer, Jerry Simp son and the r.-st of the noble hand?? New Vo.k World. And it* you do find baseball In heaven, and If the umpires manage t' get there, too, how do you expect t< express your opinion o fthem??Do trlot Free Press. y4 ol. XXXI. No. 5. IclEOj IS HANDS OFF. IS \()T TRYING TO DELIVER HIS VOTE TO AN E ONE. Says His Vole Was Independent and He Will not Try to Interfere in Second Primary. Bishopville, Sept. 7.?Thomas G. McLeod, local option candidate for governor in the first primary, was informed at his law office here to? day of rumors connecting him with having pledged his support in the second primary to Blease, local op tionists, as against Featherstone, pro? hibitionist. He was asked to de? fine for the information of the peo? ple his attitude toward the Blease Featherstone race. He dictated the following statement: "If I have sized up the vote which I received correctly it is an indepen? dent vote, one to whom I could not dictate were I disposed to do so and certainly I have not made nor will I make any attempt so to do. I wish to be fair to both Blease and Feath? erstone. To affirm or deny unauthor? ized rumors would not be fair to either party. The people who voted for me are abundantly able to set? tle this for themselves." Mr. McLeod had just retimed rom a rest at the country home of his father-in-law, Mr. W. McD. Al ford, near Bingham in Dillon coun? ty. He has taken up his private busiess energetically and looks well. Candidate Blease in 190?. From The Sunday News of July 1, 1906 we take the following accoount of the campaign speech delivered at Lexington the day before by Cole L. Blease, of Xwberry, candidate for Governor: "Cole L. Blease, of Xewbcrry, thought it wrong to stand on one is? sue in so important a race. He read the platform he announced at SI. George and reiterated since then. He jumped on tne Brice bill and said Senator Manning voted with Brice, as Senator Brice said to 'kill the damn? able fl!sp#nitary. Col. Sloan, he said, also did everything to kill the dis? pensary and he could not see how Sloan and Manning dared stand on the dispensary platform now. He said Saluda Is supposed to be a pro? hibition county, but he ventured that every candidate saw more white corn liquor there than they ever saw be? fore. Newberry. he said, was over? run with blind tigers and if this was not so then the records and convict? ions are wrong. He opposed the Brice law because it gave the negro the same vote as it did a free white man. He challenged the proof Lliat there was corruption in the dispen? sary. It there had been any cor? ruption in the State dispensary the men had been turned out. He again challenged anyone to prove that Rawlinson. YVylie, Black or Tat urn were dishonest or wrong, and said he firmly believed Boykln and Towill honest as the day was long. The newspapers would have you believe all about the dispensary were dis? honest. This was wrong. What the dispensary should do was to sell bet? ter liquor. He insisted that the chief light on ih?' dispensary was to get hack to the old bar room system with aU Its allurments. County dispen sarie. would bankrupt every county if you get a corrupt board. If there is (o Tuption with one State board bow muc h more would there be -vitht forty-one county boards. He said he wanted to be understood as ab? solutely favoring the dispensary." This is a fair report of the .jew* which Mr. Blease iterated arid reiter? ated in tha: campaign. Mr. Blease, it appears, has modi? fied somewhat the oNtremeiy unfavor? able opinion which he then held of the county dispensary system?a sys? tem which we ourselves are far from championing as a model; but has Mr Blease changed his opinion of the State dispensary and of the men who flourished under its regime? Would .Mr. Blease as Governor permit one of the men in whose vir? tue he again and again assarted hin belief to languish in a prison ? ?11 if a Chester county Jury, for example, should chance to tin i him guilty et a penitentiary offense? News and Courier. The Controlling Influence. The newspapers do not control pub? lic opinion, as muc h as they are con? trolled by it. They do not create sentiment; they reflect it. There is only one newspaper In South Carolina so far as we have observed, that supports Cole L. Blease for goeVTUOr This is one of bis two home newspa? pers if Mr. Bleaee is elected, it will have to be done by people whose opinions are not reflected by the newspapers. Spartanburg Journal.