Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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COTTON BULLS ACTIVE. DFJtS II WE REENTERFD C OTTON MARKET. Mating Operations, With Aealstao' ? f ?MIKlH RtH'CtptS und Gotxl D?' ?wnrt, Hum Caused Advance. New York. Sept. 2:5.?Hull lead* i s kaown throughout the country h suddenly re? t.t? red the market ani by bold pur. buses on a large scab Have with the assistance of small re? ceipts snd a persistent demand from large spot Interests, advanced pri. - sharply ; I top reports have con? tribute.! Certainly room trailers snd ethers short of the market have cox - erext free v and precipitately. The short batet ia.1 ohvl.msly become uadulv swollen Kverybody has b ? n bearish Eve vbo?' has assumed that the crop v as big, that In a very short time the market would be in uedated with otton, that spinners would buy but sparingly, that the consumption will be cut down by the high cost of living and that there would be nothing for It but decidedly 'ewer prices. Yet. the cotton has casne to market with disconcerting slowness. The small receipts. In the judgment a at many, have Indicated one of two things: Either that the crop was eery late and especially east of the Mississippi or else that it was being overestimated. In any case spinners whose Supplies had become reduced ^ began to buy. Large apot houses be to buy October and December freely against salea to spinners. En? glish spinners sprang what skeptics regarded as an old bluff in a vote for a lockout In Lancanshlre. The Sep? tember option In Liverpool suddenly shewed suggestive strength. The > same option suddenly leaped upward here. The American trade, rather daunted recently by a fear of serious trouble over the question of bills of lading began to take a different view, assuming that Europe needed Ameri earj cotton and would find a way to tk get It. banks at home and abroad to f the contrary notwithstanding. The upshot was that with a tight crop movement and large and per? sistent buying by big spot Interests aad big speculators prices advanced. Meantime, however, many regard the dltlon of the cotton goods trade as hing but encouraging. Specula? te confined, for the most part, to professionals. Today there was what may be de sertbv 1 as a "natural reaction." The September prices sustained a net loaf ef SO points, which was shared to a saaall extent only by the more distant deliveries. Notices Issued on ?.000 September given as the reason for the sharp k In that delivery. While the movement Is behind that of last year. It Is Increasing steadily. There are said to be from 25.000 to 30.000 bales headed this way that may arrive this month. The relativ* steadiness of me other deliveries was attributed to heavy buying by a prominent South speculator, who covered a short of December and January and Is ?ow 1 >ng. There was also good buy hag of OelahOff and January by the Sail erowd. while shorts and foreign? ers were also buyers. Ruying was promoted partly by the general firm of Southern markets. Protection. Mr. Editor: That short edltonil mi yours fa the item of recent date on Improper phtures on bill boards was very timely. The subject cannot be stressed too much; It demands se? rious, sober thought. Our city fath? ers would confer a favor If they would order down all bill boa r-I Why should they be up. All possible safeguard to the children should be thrown around them. Their moral up demnnds as much attention the physical make up. Straight sound limbs. with crooked, twisted, dwarfed and shrunken moral make up do not elevate a community, aar make a healthy manhood and womanhood. citizen. ( XX I .r ? - ndor.se the suggestion that all bill boards be prohibited ? that would be going to the extreme. Rill boards and bill hoard advertis? ing are legitimate and unohjection able In themselves, and ag long as the picture* ami at hot adweillaing displayed on the ??111 boards do n d Ostend sgslnst the moral sense, i^ther directly or by suggestion no harm is done?Ed.) White Man Elcrit oruted. Rbhmond Va.. Sept 22?Archer Hrown .a white man from Staunton. was e|o. trociited In the penitentiary today for the murder of Jerry Roy, The crime was committed In Staun? ten several months ago. Drown fired at Hoy with a shotgun and In range was a small child. lioth were hilled Hrown eonfessed. Benator Horn, of Oklahoma, spent Thursday In Chester looking up re? cords In the court house relative to his unrestors a ho remo. ? l : r ?m th it county to Mississippi , ,riv |M rh<* einet "en th century. STANDARD COTTON SAMPLES. \ - Sot of Sample I*n?parcd by Depart? ment of Agriculture Purcliaaed by Cliamber of Commerce. In compliance with the request of llM StUBttr County Farmers' Union the Sumter Chamber of Commerce secured for the benefit ol the cotton producers, nlno official sam? ple grades of cotton from the United States Department of Agriculture. ?t rotary Reunion has placed th? MtmplM on exhibition in the lobby of the Farmeri1 Bank and Trust Co.. where they may be inspected by any DM so desiring. President C. C Rowland of this bank says that the tanners and all others interested are cordially welcomed to come in, Nil oftener the better, and that the bank officials will take pleasure In point? ing out the table upon which the samples are placed. President L. D. Jennings, of thu Chamber of Com? merce, ordered these samples and hopes that the farmers will avail themselves of the opportunity to study closely the official grades of cotton as specified by the department of agriculture. The Chamber of Commerce expended $4 2 to comply with the request of the farmers In securing these samples. BOY INJURED IN RUNAWAY. Negro Youth Thrown Fr< Wagon and Ills Leg Broken. James Bradley, a negro youth about sixteen years old, had his left leg broken and was otherwise pain? fully injured on Saturday when the mule, which he was driving hitched to a wagon, ran away on Calhoun street, throwing him from the wag? on. Bradley was coming into the city from the country with a wagon con? taining two bales of cotton, the cot? ton and wagon being the property of a white farmer. As he was com? ing up West Calhoun street the mule which he was driving took fright and ran away, throwing him and the two bales of cotton from the wagon. One of the bales of cotton was thrown over a fence and into a gen? tleman's yard on Calhoun street^ Bradley had his left leg broken Just above the ankle, and sustained other painful but not serious bruises. Immediately after the accident he was taken to the Sumter Hospital to he attended to. The wagon was almost completely demolished. ROBBED OF $38.00 CASH. Store of Mr. tfumcs Scott Broken In? to and Cash Drawer Robbed of $38.00. The store of Mr. James Scott, on Dingle street, wus broken into a few nights ago, and $38.00 In cash was removed from the cash drawer. The police have been on the look? out for the thief who committed the robbery, and in fact a negro suspect. J ames Finklln. was arrested Fri? day, but enough evidence could not be found against him to connect h'.m with the robbery. Tie was sentenced to serve 30 days on the chalngong for vagrancy, however. The thief or thieves who broke in? to Mr. Scott's store, gained their en? trance through a window in the side of the building used as a sky light, prying several bars apart in order to admit their passage. Mr. Scott stated that he has been in the habit of leaving money in the cash drawer at night for some time, and supposed the store was robbed by some one familiar with this fact. I SIX TUEN TRAVELER KILLED. Pa^-ongcr Train Piingo* Into Yawn? ing Gap. ClaytOS, Kan., Sept. 23.?Sixteen persons lost their lives and thirteen Others suffered injuries in the wreck early today, two miles west of this town, of west-bound Rock Island passenger train No. 27. which was due in Denver at 8.2f> this morning, from Kansas City. Tho wreck occurred at a fill. a thousand feet of which had been v i^hed out by a cloudburst. Th.> train, running at full speed, plunged into the gap .the engine and mail car going down Into twenty feet of water, and the chair car almost fep.scopefi the other head of it. Many of the passengers on these two tri wen* killed almop Instantly. Others were carried lnt the raging tream with the wreckage, and It was ?niriv hours before their bodies could be recovered. Wouldn't Work Road; Fined $0. Shannon Tames, colored, refused to work the public mad, and was brought before Magistrate Darby and OtnlOncod to pay a fine of $r,. Falling to tie this, he was committed la jail, ant later, araa n leased upon having th<* fino paid bv bis friends. n. Hart Moss. Ban., of Omngebtii haa bean appointed ? ?poelal j mir? to bold court in thai i IreuH in plac of Judge Klugb, who |s Hi. THE CORK EXPOSITION. HUNDREDS OF FARMERS WILL COMPETE FOR PRIZES. All ( otton Grower! Will Moot In Co? lumbia in December?Priaei Amounting to $8,00r> Will be Aunrded?Some Famous Corn iirowers and Their Crops. Columbia, Sept. 24.?With tip coming, of the South Atlantic Corn Exposition in Columbia in December, When $8,000 in prizes will be dll trlbtitedi it was recalled today that the lato Capt Zachariah Jordan Drake of Marboro county establish? ed a record for one acre of corn that has never been equalled. He produc? ed in 18S9 255 bushels on a single acre. Since that time corn culture has received a tremmendous boost throughout the South. Yesterday prizes were awarded In Sumter coun? ty, Ga , for prize acres, and premiums will be awarded in practically every Southern state. The march of the boll weevil, the realization that soon? er or later this pest will make cotton growing less profitable, has caused thousands of farmers to plant mil? lions of acres in corn. Keen compe? tition among the men and boys of every State is noted, and the yield this year promises to be immense. Another farmer who has contribut? ed to the fame of the South is J. F. Batts of Wake County, N. C. Last year Mr. Batts produced 232 bushels and a fraction on a single acre, and since that time his little farm has been the mecca for North Carolina farmers and would-be farmers. A few days ago Governor Klcchln and a party of Raleigh gentlemen made a visit to Mr. Batts' farm and there saw twenty acres of corn in a single field. It Is estimated that the grain will measure 100 bushels to t.ie acre, but he does not hope to duplicate bis record of last year. It Is not known yet bow many contestants there will be for prizes to be offered at the exposition here in December, but the awards ought to be sufficient to cause hundreds and thousands of farmers to compete. Prizes have been arranged for each county and each congressional dis? trict in South Carolina and for North Carolina and Georgia as well. Sweep stakes will be offered for the best ten ears of yellow corn, prolific white corn, single ear and bushel lots from all the states. All these exhi bits will come together in grand sweepstakes and grand champion sweepstake classes. The winner of the grand champion sweepstake prize for ten ears of corn will receive a? bis reward prizes approximating $300. A spearate department will be set aside for boy's corn clubs and boy's exhibits. BROUGHT LIQUOR IX GRIP. Koea Hodden Nabbed at Depot Willi Grip Full of Liquor. R< m Budden, colored, adopted che usual method of the "liquor toter" Saturday, when she stepped from the Wilmington train, which arrives in this city about 11.20 o'clock, with an ordinary hand grip, containing Several receptacles filled with "ye good old) Booze." Her visions of future "happy days in dry territory" were 'rudely inter? rupted, however, by Officer Owens, who was on duty at the depot, when the train came in. The alert officer pounced upon the budding Rosa and her grip with little ceremony, and escorted them up to the police station. The State Fair. The Edgefleld Chronicle in a lead- I ing editorial says "The time for the Fairs is approaching. These fairs ought to be educational in their na? ture. Of course many go for pleas? ure alone, and It Is well to have this feature to our fairs, but every per? son who attends Imbibes more or less valuable information from such a visit. Make your arrangements to attend the Fairs, both county and State. You will be the gainer by doing so. Those who have exhibits in the Edgefleld county fair will no doubt, in many cases, wish to take the same exhibit to the State Fair. This can easily be done, for the County fair just precedes the State Fair by a few days." What the Edgefleld Chronicle says applies to all the fairs to be given ?luring the year, none need conflict, and the people can attend all the fairs and come to the State Fair. The State Fair will be held In Columbia <)< toher 81, November 1, 2, 3 and 4. It Is never too early to make ar? rangements to attend the Pair, as the attendance this year promises to be larsrer than ever. A Man of Iron Nerve, ?indomitable will ami tremendous ? ii' rgy are never found where Stom a< h, Liver, Kidneys and Bowels are out of order, If you want these qualities and the ruuccph they bring, UBS l>r. King's New Life Pills, the matchless regulators, for keen brain and Strong body. 2.r.<: at Slbert's Drug Store. PRIVATEER NEWS NOTES. The, Schools Open?Personal Items of IxK*al Interest?Cotton Being Sold Rapidly. Privatoer, Sept. 23.?Cotton is opening very fast and is being pick? ed, ginned and sold just as fast. Mrs. I. E. Mims and children, ot Fdloreo. are spending awhile at her father's. Mr. E. W. Rivers. Mr. Eugene White, of Sumter, spent Sunday at Mr. W. G. Wells. Mr. Tom Harvin, of Silver? is spending sometime at Mr. P. 13. Harvln'a. The High School at Bethel opened Monday with Mr. Prunson, of Orange burg, as principal, and Miss Pugh, of Richmond, as assistant. Miss Corbett, of Paxville, iiaa been elected teacher of the Ingram tichool. The patrons of the Red Oak school were not "heartily" in favjr of the wagon taking their children to and from the Bethel schorl and petition? ed the trustees to let their school re? main as before. Tne trustees grant? ed their requeet and have elected Miss Ina. Mellette, of Charlotte, N. C.i as teaoher. The sick are Miss Edna Ramsey, Dr. R. B. Furman, Mr. J. B. Osteen and Mr. Scott Cain. HAS MODERN CANNERY. Mr. A. B. Stuckey Will Preserve About 20,000 Cans of Keifer Pears for Shipment. Mr. A. B. Stuckey, a prominent attorney of this city, has Introduced quite a novelty into the county in 1 the shape of placing at his farm at Providence a modern canning appa? ratus, for preserving pears for ship? ment. Mr. Stuckey has on his farm about 350 trees of Keifer pears, and this season he made a "thundering" big crop. The pears could not, of course, be sold sufficiently fast to keep him from losing nJ large part of the crop, and so Mr. Stuckey decided to can them and place them on sale in this and other cities. He therefore ordered for this pur? pose a large and modern canning machine. The machine has been in? stalled at his farm and the work of canning the pears is progressing rapidly. Canning pears for shipment from the county is a "step in the right direc? tion," and will no doubt be taken up by a large number of farmers in the county at no distant date. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Property Changing Hands During the Past Few Days. The following transfers of realty have been made during the past few days: McCnllum Realty Co. to C. W. Smith & Co., 5 loia of land In the city for $675.00. James R. Eigon to Baptist Educa? tional Missionary and Sunday School Convention of South Carolina, in? terest in eight acres on Carroll Ave. for $1. Mr M. C. Stubbs to Nancy Mc? Donald, lot In Sumter street, for $85. W. T. Andrews to E. A. Walters, bit on Manning Ave. for $1.140. Wr. T. Andrews to Grand Conyers, lot southwest of the city for ?r>0.00. DEMAND TARIFF REVISION. Now Hampshire Democrats Hold Conventlo nat Concord. / _ Concord. N. H., Sept. 22.?The platform demanding immediate tariff revision downward, the passage by Congress of the White Mountain for? est bill and revision of the tax laws of New Hampshire was adopted at the State Domocratic Convention, held here today. This was the first convention held under the new statute, whereby party nominees are chosen by direct pri? maries, the conventions merely adopting platforms and electing State committees. Eugene E. Reed, mayor of Manchester, and the party nomi? nee for Congress from the 1st dis? trict, presided, and the principal ad? dresses were by Mayor Reed and Clarence E. Carr, of Andover, the Democratic nominee for Governor. Guard Against Infantile Paralysis. Washington, Sept. 20.?Health Of? ficer Woodward announced today that children who have been exposed within the last three weeks to acute oases of infantile paralysis will be refused admission to the schools for H days. It is believed that only a few children will be barred from classrooms as the result of this de? cision. Dr. Woodward thinks the disease Is gradually dying out in Washington, but be is determined to exercise every precaution against a flesh outbreak.?Baltimore Sun. The average man eats $2 nOW where he ate $1.20 a year ago. but. nobody in s<oitb Carolina goes hun? gry, There arc few Columbians who ? !?? T"t eat more for dinner on Sun? day than they put in the collection plate.?-Columbia OA. C.) State. You can save money only while you have money. When old age comes don't let it be fettered by the folly of younger days. It is pitiable to be old and poor. Bank your money and have your money. We pay liberal interest consistent with safety, 4 per cent. MAKE OUR BANK YOUR BANK. First National Bank OF SUMTE R. The Farmers' Bank and Trust Co. Established 1905. Capital Stock and Surplus.$ 165,000.00 Protection to Depositors. 285,000.00 Its Board of Directors have a combined wealth of more than. 2,000,000.00 Centrally Located, Conservatively Managed, it invites Your Business. How About Your ALL PRINTIN THERE is no use sending your1 work out of town any longer, and then have to contend with numerous and avoidable delays, and besides nine times out of ten, be disatisefied with the job. Give us your next order, even if it be a small one, and you will be so well pleased that you will continue to be our customer for life. Be Patriotic; Patronize a Home Indus ?-try, and Watch Us Grow Osteen Publishing Co Phone No. 30. 18 W. Liberty St. Sumter, S. C.