Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Hilf (f?ttttbman anb ^ontbrtm The ftumter Watchman was found et In 115t and the True Southron Ii UM Tb? Watchman and Southroi now has the combined circulation am Influence cf both of the old papera and 1? manifestly the beat advertlstni ?tedium In Sumter. I \ I I V?ION ON ItllJ.s or L\ HING Present Currency IV rawn I*. S. nut KisglUh Ranks Stand* Cutll IH? nrmhrr 31, *"> New York. Oct. 17.?An extenslor from October 31 to December 3d ol the period during; which Amerlcar OOtton bills of lading will be acept ed In current (? rmi by foreign banki announced here tonight by Sir Ed? ward M Holden, the English banker who came to this country for th< British and Continental Interests Thla course was recommended to th* foreign bankers by Sir Kdward. and following the receipt of cable ad vtoen from London authorizing him to act. he Issued a formal statement, This Is the first fruit of a series ol conferences sir Edward has held here for the past week. The favor with which the plan to have bills of lading guaranteed or ln awed has been received by Interior banks In this country Justified Sir Edward, in urging an extension of the statue quo. a* probably two months will be required to perfect the project. In granting tho ext? ? eon the English bankers reserve the right to renew conference* with Asner an financiers to devise some Other scheme for safeguarding bills of lading in the event the guaranty plan pr. \.?? Impracticable. Sir Edward hac waited all day Nf the message approving his recom? mendation, but It was not until 0 Oofoeck tonight, or 11 o'clock tn Lun? ten time th?r a arrived. Meanwhile A saeetlr? of the Denkers with whom he has been In ccnf*renco had ad? journed because B'.r Edward did not agaeer. The Putlsh banker refused to add a word to his statement, or ex? plain th^ contemplated plan of pro? tecting bills of lading, In details When asked how much longer he should remain In tola country he said: "I c tn't teM you becaaso I don't fcnosr H Ills its lu fu'1 fol? lows: ?ahnen Ust cotnmuntcaCoae have f>a- n ' r o ???-. n, -:y t tai?i km . .%nk?r* o: hag generally to a guarantee by a guaranty company, surety company, or Insurance company being given to the European bankers. Sir hVlward H. Hohlen, wi;^ haa oeen negotiating with the American tankers feel himself Justified In recommending1? and has recommended?the European hanker* to extend the date for the negotiating of cotton bills on present lines from October 31 to December II. European bankers have agreed to this extension on tho understand? ing that the right Is reserved to them to further consider In eonferencs with the American bonkers, tf found nee senary, other schemes of protec? tion If the guarantee or Insurance proposals should be found to be Ira practicable." l4?-i < bild Cond l?v Parent*. A poor mother's aching heart wai made glad and her sorrow wai turned into Joy Wednesday after? noon about .1 o'i h?( k when her .U daughter was brought back from ttu country and restored to her. Kosa Conyers. the negro womui who lost her child late Monday if ternooii. was dcltgh'ed Wednesday morring when she received Informa tlon thn* her child had been carrlei several miles out In the country. t< the Tlnd il place, by a negro namet Singleton ,ir> l a i. tie-re waiting f ? the parents to come for her Afte. searching hII night and al most all day. the mother was toh that tic bild hnd been found wan d< ? OK ? ? If th? ntr< e| N late it liigb and ??rrbd 00 home by some ne grocs who lived out on th<- Tlnaa p'.o , f t. n miles in the i ountry She it me ?? got Mr. Heck to phon< out to his place to see If the tiding tntnal I ?? ? nhnTntOaV They wer?-. wit I the additional Information that th child \* old be brought to town a once nnd that she should have It b; 3 o'clock. She was overjoyed at th nee* an I at statt went tt the meet ins when* in a few minutes the h ! i affrlVOnV The happy parent I? ft for their home at Cane Savan nab ?o 11 afterwards. the happen n*ar ? pie In the country. There were many sleepy anfi tlrei looking drummers about the hote and railway station Wednesda: morning, many of them having beei arttho .t stOOf all night, the fire hav tng driven th. m from their aleeplni places ?Your cough annovs you. Keei oa hacking snd tearing the dellcau membranes of your throat If yoi want to he annoyed, nut If you wan relief, want to be cured, take Cham berlaln s Cough Itemedy. ? .Id b W W. Slbert ROBERT E, BRICE ARRESTED. Manager of Columbia Grain and l'ro\lsi(?il < oinpaiiN Charged with ?Breach of Trust." Columbia. Ort. 1!0. ? Robert K. BrlCO, manager of the- Co lumb a drain and Provision com? pany and of the National Packing cotnpanv, was arrested yesterday on a charge of ' bleach of trust with fraudulent intent." The warrant wns sworn out by Banyan R. Conner, proprietor of the Columbia Grain and Provision company and Colum? bia agent of the National Pat king company. The amount mentioned in the warrant la "approximately $10, 000." Mr. Brie,, was not taken in custody, but bond was furnished in the sum of $2,500 by Alexander E. King and H G. Werts. The warrant was sworn out before James 11. Fowles, Jr.. magistrate, Mi ?'onstable Thackam was dele? gate] t<? serve it. The constable found Mr. Brief confined to his bed, and after reporting this fact. Mr. Fowles and a physician visited the Brlot home. Mete bond was torn left d by Messrs. King and Werts. Mr. Brlee. It is said his been in ill health for several months, but has been uMe t<> attend to his duties. Mr. Oooner when seen last night refused to discuss the matter. Ms makes the statement that the exami? nation of the books of the Columbia Grain and Provision company shows i considerable shortage. An exami? nation is now being made of the hooks of the National Backing com? pany. In speak ng of the case Mr. Cooner said that ho was at first loath to be? lieve that Mr. Price had Indulged in manipulation of the books when he first noticed something wrong. He trusted the manager implicitly, He finally appeared before the magis? trate and swore out the warrant. Friends of Mr. Brice avowed a be* lief In Innocence. His counsel and relatives have no statement to make. R. Beverly Sloan, represents Mr. Brlce. In the event that discrepancies are found In the books of the National Pac king company it Is said no charge will come from the Netlonal Packing company, as they are haaoTSfl against any loss by a bonding company with whom Mr. Brice is bonded. Robt. E. Brlce haa been with the C I mhfn Qratn stiel Prewfsfon com? pany and National Peeking company ?or six yeau k Fts h s boon sssoelated with B. R Ooosjej and Iks Columbia Benin nd Provision company sine* the organization of the company six years ago. Before that he was a traveling salesman for a packing bouan. CLUB CASUS ENDED. State's Cases Against Social Clubs Fall Flat. From The Daily Item. Oct. 18. \\ tu n the court of general ses? sions convened this morning the first case taken up for trial was that of th.- State vs. Laura Boozer, grand larceny. The trial lasted only a short time and resulted In an ac? quittal. The next case called was The State vs James Calk, accepting, ret ? ivlng and storing liquor. This is the i me against the Flks Club, of which Mr. Calk, the de? fendant, Is chairman of the house committee. The State put up but two witnesses, the express delivery clerk and Chief of Police Bradford. By the express clerk the delivery of two packages to Mr. Calk was estab? lished, but the contents of the pack? ages were not proven. Chief of Police Bradford, who searched the club rOOmi under a warrant Issued at the or?h r of the grand jury at the June lefm ot . ourt, testified that he found llejuof hi lookers and beer in the re frlflOfatOF, all of Which was the prop ? rtv of Individual members of the club Hi wbm ?.irldenee ol unlaw? ful storage of Hqnor and RIOde no seizure. Here the State rested and the court took a recess until 3 o'clock. The trial of the ease of the State Jamei Calk, chairman ot the house committee oi Ike Blki olub, on ike ( barge of so* ei*.lng, receiving and et of ng liquor . ?r an unlawful purp .-, was concluded Tuesday af lemoon with s verdict of not guilty, Iki Jury remaining in the room just long enough to write the verdict. The defense offered no testimony, reeling its ease on Ike testimony of the Plate's witnesses, when court convened si it o'clock, John H, Clif? ton. BSSJ.1 senior counsel for the de? fense mad. ? motion that the court direct a verdict the State having tailed to make out a case. Judge Prince denied the motion. There ware three arguments for the defense by deo. i>. Bevy, D. D. Molse end John 11. Clifton. Solicitor Stoll representing the State's case. The verdict was no surprise to those who heard the evidence. The similar case against J. Fred Wise and the Fagle's club was n<d prOSS ed by the Solicitor. Talk things over with the hired man; It will help both you and him ? Farmers' U ?a: Practical Thoughts f (Conducted by r W. Dabbs, Prei Some Random Thoughts. "A Former Boy's Problems," "Spending Money so as to Get Prof? itable Returns for it." Right now when so many hoys Will have more money than ever before In their lives?money from/ the prize acre corn crops that Will show such big returns for the investment in labor, land and fertilizers that it will seem almost like a fairy tale or a specula live venture?right now the article below will help every boy who reads it. If we look around us at the suc? cessful men Ol business, most of them started out poor boys, and the set ret Of their successes is not that they worked so ninth harder than Other men or math- BO much more money, but they began early to save ?oms of.their earnings and to invest them. Some invested merely by de? positing In a savings bank until ;i goodly sum had been accumulated for ;i business venture that was suc? cessful because the young niati had boon studying conditions and knew .?.here to invest. Some In one thing and some in another, but all^n some? thing that was productive. set Possibly*the greatest gooil to the I OUntry that Will come of the boys' corn contest, and certainly to the boys themselves will be the invest? ment of this money in education, or improved Implementa or improved stock, or improved methods?all of which are educational. He need not necessarily put it in a college course to put into an education, for all training and culture are educational. Put In many instances a high school urse, a business course, a year or two at an agricultural or technical school <>r a full college course, would be the wisest expediture of this money. It is worth thinking abut, boys. e. w. d. THE heading HABIT. '?The Man Who : ??. ??'? Thinks] and the Man Wim Think* lias Pow? er. By Tait Butler. K.ading pays in dollars and cents, and this Is not a low plane upon which to make an appeal for more reading among the farmers of the South. We need nothing at this time more than more money. In? deed, we must have more money to run tin- farms on a business basis; to educate our boys and girls; to build good roads and schools, and ?Quip latter farm homes. This mon? ey must come from the farms, but to make the farms yield more abun? dantly more knowledge of fanning Is net esaary. The material and mor? al progress Of S people is in direct proportion to the reading they do. < >n these facts WS make our appeal for more reading on the frama it paya The printing press alone has made education of the masses possible. Reading matter is now BO cheap and so easily obtained by the poorest, that knowledge and power to do better work Is within the reach of all in this Southland Of ours. The need of the South toda) la knowledge of agriculture, a knowl? edge Of th isc useful facts and prin? ciples und< i lying our chief occupa? tion, which will give greater power in forcing from the soil the means for Improving rural conditions. The man who reads thinks; and the man who thinks has power. Southern Partners Rentl Toxi Little (?ur connection with the agricul? tural press ol the South, for the last tiiteen years, has given us an oppor? tunity to ohaervs conditions pretty closely. The tanners arc today prob? ably sepndlng twenty times mor ? for reading matter than they did twenty years ago ,but the great ma? jority of those who actually do the farm work still do little reading. Much progress has been made, but Its Influence ?>n the average man Is small because this average man does not read. Put The Progressive Farmer and Qasette Into the hands of any man who does not now read, and Induce him to study f?2 COnSOCUtlve issues, and he Is a better farmer In spite of his prejudice or habits in the past. Truth is mighty ami prevails where ever and whenever proolaimed. The Mime may be said of any other good agricultural paper adspted to the needs of our people, There are many agencies at work in these days, all tending to help farming by educating the farmer. While generally overlooked because of the mitre personal nature of mod? ern methods of extending agricultur? al knowledge, the reading of agricul? tural papers and books will ever be the greatest means of extending ng nion News or Practical Farmers ident Fanners' Union of Suniter County.) ricultural information. Since the printing press has made reading matter cheap, a hundredfold more Information la obtained by reading alone, than is imparted by all tiio schools ami colleges, and all the institutes and demonstrations combined. How Reading Pays. In the dozen States which com? prise mir territory, not more than 2.000 farmers' institute are held each year; two or three thousand hoys arc in our agricultural schools, and a lew other thousands are reached by the varioua forma of demon? stration work. Those reached by these agencies are reached most ef? fectively and profitably, hut every week, fifty-two times a year, The Progressive Farmer and Gazette reac hes upwards of 200,000, counting only two readers to each household it enters. Doee this landing pay? Let US take for illustration, a modern dis covery which has '? ne so much for dairying, the Babcoek test for hotter fat. Who made this discovery? Did the practical dairyman give this to his business? No; it came from the scientist in his laboratory and was given to the world through books, bulletins and papers. Not one in a thousand now familiar with this great discovery heard of it first in BChOOl Or college. Again, let us take the question of plant foods and fertilizers, especially commercial fertilizers, through which by spending $50,000,000 annually we are able to maintain our crop production although our soils have been depleted because of our ig? norance of agricultural knowledge. Who made this development pos? sible? The chemists, starting with Liebig and coming down through the modern laboratories. In no sense is the farmer?even the prac? tical farmer?responsible for this development. How has this know l ? edge been spread By word of mouth or by schools? No, it has reached the massea through the printing press and the reading habit. Was it the practical dairyman who found out why milk sours and by pointing the method of handling to delay this, added millions to the wealth'f the dairymen, or was it the bacteriologists in his laboratory. How has this knowledge been made the common property of the masses? By the agricultural press in the vast majority of instances. It is uselea to multiply illustrations, for the con? clusion fs inevitable that if the mass? es are to become educated it must be through the extension of the read? ing habit. Get An Fducation Through Heading. Does reading pay apart from the pleasure and profit which must come to any human being in communing with the best thinkers of all ages in all lands? Can the boy or girl on the farm get an education through reading ? The writer knows of scores of men making a success of farming today, and who have a good work? ing knowledge of the facta and prin? ciples underlying modern agricul? tural practice, who never received a single lesson in school bearing on this auhject. By reading they have acquire d an agricultural education superior to that possessed by the recent gradcate8 <?! any agricultural college. By this we do not wish to 1 belittle the value of a college edu ! cation. This writer would give four i irs of his time right now, a though nearlng 50 years of age, for a four years' courae in an agricultural col? lege il he could do so with only tin sacrifice of his time, and .vet he has acquired a working knowledge of agriculture which enables him to do his dally editorial work solely by reading. Interpreted through the ex? perience of a boyhood spent on the farm. To the parents of the boys and girls on the farm, ami to those boys ami girls themselves, we wish to make an earnest appeal for the for? mation of the reading habit. It will be worth more than $,".00 a year in your farming, but if not in all cases in greater material wealth, always In the pleasure which It will bring. Progreaslve Farmer. WANTED?I have in charge to lease to right party an eight or ten hon?e farm at Summerton. Apply to W. 1?. ('arson, 1 ?alsell, 8. C. io-i l-6tW-ltaw. FOH BAIJ3?<me heavy Sargeant saw mill, with 4 0 foet carriage, fitted with Hancock feed and wire ropo drive, together with a B0 In. Simonds aaw, all complete with necessary belting, and practically new. For particulars apply to Snmter Hallway and Mill Supply I Co.. Sumter, S. C. 9-29-lm DEATH. Mrs. B. H. Coleman died on Oct. 9, aged US years, after a long and painful illness at her home in Pri? vateer, sio- leaves a son-in-law to mourn her loss and many friends. The funeral was conducted by Dr. C. ('. Brown. ?The pleasant purgative effect ex? perienced by all who use Chamber? lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, and the healthy condition of the body and mind which they create, makes one feel joyful. Sold by W. W. Sibert. Most of the debris has been re moved from the streets in the vicin? ity of the recent lire and they pre? sent a much better appearance than they did Wednesday morning when the sidewalk was almost blocked. ?Chamberlains' Cough Remedy has become famous for its cures of coughs, colds, croup and influenza. Try it when in need. It contains no harmful substance and always gives prompt relief. Sold by W. W. Sibert. Criminal court adjourned Wednes? day afternoon, all the cases on the docket having been tried. The court of general sessions will meet on Nov? ember 17. for a probable three weeks term. ?It is in time of sudden mishap or accident that Chamberlain's Liniment can be relied upon to take the place of the family doctor, who cannot al? ways be found at the moment. Then it is that Chamberlain's Liniment is never found wanting. In cases of sprains, cuts, wounds and bruises Chamberlain's Liniment takes out the soreness and drives away the pain. Sold by W. W. Sibert. REMOVAL? W. T. Hall, Wheelwright and Blacksmith, has moved his shop to South Sumter street, near lib? erty in rear of O'Donnell fe Co., where he is prepared to do gen eral repair work. Horses.fioei-ig a specialty. Terms strictly cash. 10-13-W-f.t. KEEP TUF KIDNEYS WELL. Health la Worth Saving, and Some Sumter People Know How to Save It. Many Sumter people take their lives In their hands by neglect! ig the kidneys when they know these organs need help, sick kidneys are respon? sible for a vast amount of suffering snd ill health, but there is no i eed to suffer nor to remain In danger when all diseases and aches and pains due to weak kidneys can be quickly ar>d permanently cured by the use of Doan's Kidney Pills. Here Is a Sum? ter citizen's recommendation. Mrs. Willie Bultman, 5 E. ( Jhoun St., Sumter, S. C. eays: I found I Doan's Kidney Pills to be an excellent i remedy. My back ached for some time and I was In almost constant mis j ery. I finally saw Doan's Kidney Pills I advertised, procured a box at China's l>rug Store and used them. They re? lieved the pain In my loiOS and j strengthened my back and I have not been troubled since. I gladly recom? mend Doan's Kidney Pills." For sale by all dealers. I rice 60 cents. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's and * take no other. No. 29. Big Hand Bags THEY are "good" again. We have some very handsome ones. We will be glad to show them to you. 'PJ^g ' 1 i,.- fUo ninlity Sibert's Drug Store, W. W. SIBERT, PROP. No. 8 S. Main St. : : Phone No. 283. ?'Donnell&Co. SHOES FOR THE CHILD! We are prepared to shoe your child for school or church with the best line of Chil? dren's Shoes ? priced to please ? that we have ever had the pleasure of selling you. O'Donnell 6 Co.