The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 21, 1911, Image 4
Wlaitbmaii a.rt Sbutlirw
Th* Mumter Watchman wai found
ad In lilt and the True Southron in
litt The Watchman and Aeuthrsn
now ha* the oamhtned circulation and
tnftoei.c* cf bath of tne eld papers,
and >? mari<:*etl? the best advertising
aaadium la Sweater.
"!- ?I
Ihr Soul!? und ImmigrutInn.
Kr ?xvtll' Journal and Tribun?'.
i'rttlclam of the South Is aome
timea heard for not sending agents to
Burops to solicit Immigration fr .?m
that country to the Southern States.
In all probability if the South rn
Stat'-a would make provision for that
sort \jt work, men would be found to
undertake It. and to do It well.
But It la a question If the South Is
anxious to Increase the population of
the section, to spend money to secure
It in that way. Foreigners have come
to the South and have been welcomed.
They are the equals of our best cltt
sens. Ws are glad they are here, and
If we could have others like them *e
would hail their coming with pleasure,
and receive them aa valuable acquisi?
tions to our population. Many of
those who are here have taught the
native population \aluable lessons by
their example and have done their lull
?hare towarda developing our natural
resources.
It need not he said that many are
naming from other countries now that
are not of that sort wanted in the
South. And the general sentiment
la that we van ?alt for an Increase
s
of our population and take the
chances of getting a better class of
cltlsens, rather than send agents
across the waters, and spend money
to get auch immigrants as are now J
landing dally at the port of New
York and congesting that city with
men who are n.?t < wring to know
of them.
Aa that claas may spread out over
the section of the country that is
bending its energies to increase popu?
lation in that way, we look for many
of the native farmers and manufac?
turers of the North to look to the
South for future and more desirable
homes. It Is already looking thut way.
There has not been a time In the past
when so many northern farmers have
looked In the direction of Southern
farms. It Is only beginning to be
known that there are as productive
^Unds In the South aa thero*are In the
world, und h s beginning to be
kuuw." that ?%e hav?< i soil adapted
to the growing of ? variety of crop*.'
It will all oonv out right in the'
!?n4| and even desirable Immtgrants |
from foreign countries will find it
without the 8tates spending money
* personal agents vo visit their
ind tell them about it
FlltF VI si UMFItTON.
(.lnner> In ?tmycd ?' tlmutcd I*o*h
Ten Thousand.
Summer ton. Jan. H.?A Are of con?
siderable proportions here >esterday
con .no I th- entire plant of the
Summer?, n .lenantlle company's
ginnery. The Harnes were hungry,
and from the discovery of the blase
It waa realised that nothing could be
done to save the plant. The origin of
the tire Is shrouded In mystery. It Is
claimed by the flrenn n that no fire
had be?-n In the building since Sat?
urday last. It is the theory that some
party of negro .gamblers had been In
In the building during Monday night
and had left fire carelessly about.
Th" ginnery was as modern and
costly in every respect as any In the
State, and the dlsuster is a serious
loss to the town. President Q W.
Davis, of the Merrhantile company,
states that the plat.t will be r.-built at
a near future date.
The loaa la estimated at $10,000,
with Insurance at $5.900 to cover it.
UH-oltr PAYnlts PA lit IIS POST.
The Senate Committee Advise* Limit?
ed System.
Washington. Jan. 17.?A measure
providing for a limited parcels post on
rural free delivery routes has been
reported favorably to the senate from
the committee on pontomces and post
roads.
The meaaurc provides. In substance,
that for one year, beginning April 1.
1911. the postmaster general may au?
thorise postmasters and carriers on
auch rural routes as he shall setect to
accept for delivery by carrier. at
ouch rates of postage as he shall de?
termine, packages not exceeding 11
pound* in weight, containing no mall
matter of the first class and no mat
tar that la declared by law t > be un
mallablr. The result of thl? expert
ment the poatmaater general Is di?
rected to report to congress at its n.'xt
evasion.
Senator Carlisle's marriage license
bill ocupled almost the entire time of
th* senate yenterday. but wa* SSOllj
passed to Its third rending. duch In?
ternal ha* hOOn manlfen?rd n the bill
and It seems a popular measure in the
Stats.
To Mini.ism PORT ROYAL YARD.
House N'mnl Commltcr Includes Rec?
ommendation in Its llcport on Navy
Hill.
Washington, Jan. 18?The hoUM
..aval committee today voted to in
0 hl de in the naval bill when it is r? -
ported a provision a holishing Ihi n:i\y
yard at Port Royal, S. C. It Is under
Btood that while the bill as reported
i8 likely to pass the house the sitiatf
may take a different view of the case
and Insist upon its maintenance.
MAM M\HHIi:i> FOUR HATERS.
He Wasn't Happy Without Them
Ami they Waited their Tumi.
To marry four sisters is the exper?
ience Qf Harry 1). Philklll, formerly a
resident of White HUI, N. J., who
now resides in Lhiltlmore, Md. He is
.'. S years old. and has inarri? d Miss
Josephine C'onroy, seven years his se?
nior. She Is the fourth bride and a
sister to his three other wives now de?
ceased. Philklll declared afu?r the
ceremony, which was performed by
the Rev< 8. C. Cutter, that he felt
like a boy of nineteen.
He was first married forty years
ago, when he eloped with Miss Marie
Conroy, says the New York Herald.
He was greatly attached to all four
sisters, and it has been often said
that they were all In love with him.
His first wife was killed in an accident
about six years later. He afterward
married Miss Anna Conroy, with
whom he lived for a dozen years. She
died of heart disease, while they wert
enjoying a trip to the Pacific coast.
Mr. Philklll remained single for
two years, declaring to his friends
that he would never marry. He did
not keep this resolution, however, as
he again fell in love when he came
here to visit the Conroy family, and
the graves of his wives, who are all
buried In the family plot.
Miss Lillian Conroy was his next
bride. He woced and won her dur?
ing his visit and she accompanied him
to BaUimore as a bride. This proved
PhilkiU's longest venture In matri?
mony, aa the couple lived together
for eighteen years. At the,expiration
of that time Mrs. Philklll died of
typhoid fever. Mr. Philklll remained
- ngle two years, but Cupid possibly
believed that he made too good a
husband to be without a wife, the
wedding of Mi s Jos^>hine Conroy
and tio 'e ' lug the oM'^mt
Mr. PhilklU is the father of thrtc!
boy?*, one having been born u Moll j
of hm first ti.rei WiVea Charleston!
News and I foUTtCT?
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MAN Y HAL Ks Ol C OTTON Hl RR,
lletucen l.OOO and 1,100 Hide. Lo<t
In Fire In Warehouse at Orange
bifrg?Covered by Insurance.
t ?rangeburg. Jan. 1 9. < >nc of til ?
most ?Iis.'Stroits fires that has visited
this city in a number Of years too',
place this afternoon when the peo?
ple's < < >t t < >:> wareh?MiM- was burned,
c? nt.lining over l.oou hales of cotton.
The e..tton In this warehouse was
? wo. d largely by John Cart, a promi?
nent cotton buyer of this city. The
n st of the eotton was stored in Mr.
Cart'r warehouse by other persons,
for whom Mr. <'art is warehouseman.
The loss entailed upon Mr. C irt la,
Ir all probability, covered by Insur?
ance, as between $65,000 and $70,000
Insui iru ? was tafftid on this cotton.
There will very likely be a large sal?
vage, as It Is thought nearly one
third of the cotton will be saved.
There was nearly 1.100 bales of cot?
ton In Ihi warehouse at the time of
the fire.
The fire fighting of the local Are
companies was excellent, as the large
reservlor of the Standard Oil com?
pany was within 20 feet of the burn?
ing building, while the Southern Cot?
ton Oil company's plant and the
Orangcburg Cotton Manfacturing
plant were In close proximity. The
warehouse wus a large brick building,
with metal roof. The origin of the
fire is not known, the fire being under
great headway when discovered.
The fire companies are still hard nt
work extinguishing the burning cot?
ton, which Mil probably take all
night. Chief Dibble and his loyal co
workers will remain at their posts un?
til the fire Is subdued.
Here In Michigan it seems that
murderers also will out.?Detroit
Kr*e Press.
The more fresh air you take into
your lungs the less you will want to
Kninge; If you inspire deeply you will
aspire and desire.
The ratktonce of Mr. j. u. Llgon
has boon moved baoti from the ? irner
and now OOOQplei the lot on Oakland
awnue back from the eorner which
has been i? ft vacant.
Lewis w. Starry, pole survivor of
IhOM who took part In the execution
of John Brown, died at Cnarleotown,
w. Va., recently. He was v..i tan
old 111 u.ih ihi undertaker who of?
I belated nt thi exe< utlon.
FLAKY MEETS A BOGUS "COOK."
Explorer Complete* ituiinvc Test and
Hoeki His Overoool with tin*
Walter.
The wintry blasts off the Potomac
contain no hidden dangers for Coin
monder Robort B. Peary, i.est there
be any doubt in the minds of hope*
leaaly biased poraoni ?>n this subject,
tin- following facts, says the Wash?
ington Herald, are .presented for
consideration:
Ton days ago the discoverer of the
North Pole, now a "naval engineer at?
tached to tiie department of justice,"
received orders to prepare for the
ninety-mile riding test that is pres?
cribed for naval officers. Meditatively
the commander stroked his tawny
mustache and frowned a polar frown
as he said:
"I haven't been astride ol a horse
for sevetneen years, and have ai.nost
forgotten how to mount a saddle.
Hut I'm going to make that ninety
mile ride if 1 die In the attempt."
It was typical of Commander Peary
to make a determination of this sort?
and to carry it out. Wednesday morn?
ing he started out on the course, a
three-and-one-half-loop around the
speedway. He knew he had to com?
plete the ride in three days and was
a trifle worried by the thought.
Hut at 10 o'clock Thursday mori -
ing, eleven hours of hard riding in
all, Commander Peary crossed the
finish line, with just a suspicion of a
smile on his lips. He had demonstra?
ted he knew a few "landlubber"
I tricks as well as those of a plain tea
i man. He had used eleven horses in
his riding relays, had never once al?
lowed them to slacken down In their
ten-mile-an-hour gait and had emerg?
ed from the test with 110 miles to his
credit.
Incidentally the test ride was
climaxed with the spice of excitement.
After completing the ride the North
Pole discoverer made a little recon
noissance to a place of refreshment,
where he might find a little "spiritual"
nourishment. The little journey was
successful. Then Commander Peary
found he thad brought no money with
him; his pockets were empty.
"I'm afraid 1 can't pay you for that
drink just now, my man," he said to
the man behind. "I haven't any
mom y. But I'm Commander Peary.'
"The-you are," replied the man
in the apron. "Well, I'm Dr. Cook,
and I have proofs, specifications and
document! to show you bought a
drink and dldn'i pa.' for it I ihould
advise you to come across with some.
Ica^h, Ml. ??mn nder Peary.''
rhererpun an exciting colloquy en?
sued out iitc CommajUder was bo
clsively Worsted in the argument that
he bethought himself a compromise.
Finally a happy thougt struck him.
"I'm going to leave this overcoat
here as a guarantee that I'll pay for j
thll drink. That ought to satisfy you.
A man can't war an overcoat this
kind of weather, anyway," he added.
So the overcoat was held hostage
until late in the afternoon. Com- I
mander Peary might have given
him a certain polar watch charm of
his instead of the overcoat, but he
would not run the risk ?s/ losing it.
It is altogt thor too valuable for that.
The aeroplane will have to yield to
the water wagon as the chief pro?
ducer of fatal falls during the first
week in January.?Washington Times.
Resolutions have been introduced
into ?h< legislature by Representative
Mlmi of Dorchester to have more
beneficiary scholarships to Clemson
oollego.
The president and three employees
of the semi-weekly Atlanta Journal
have boon indicted in the United
States court of defrauding *he Uuni
ted States Postal laws.
If Great Hritian and Germany
agree to limit their armaments other
nations would have to follow suit as
the main excuse for large and pow?
erful navies has been found In the
rivalry and consequent action of
the two former powers.
/ letter by Benjamin Franklin to
a n.edleal friend, with the sardonic
taunt "Half the lives you save are
not worth saving, as being useless,
and fclmost the other half ought not
to b'3 saved as being mischievous,"
was sold at auction in London for 32
lbs. 10s.
The Venezuelan Government has
ordered the establishment of a sec?
tion of plants and seeds under the
agricultural division of the ministry,
of commerce (Fomento.) which Is
Charged with the monthly Importa?
tion of seeds and plants approved by
the minister,
The Natal Transport was launched
for the Bmplre Transport Company,
Limited, London, for the River Plate
cargc service on May o. The vessel
Is Iff feet by 51 feet I 1 -1! Inches by
II feet i i inches, to carry about
7,360 tons ami to steam thout 10
knots loaded. These regular English
CSrgO liners pay well.
Farmers' U
?AI
Practical Thoughts f
(Conducted by E. W. Dahns, Vie*
Co
Sonic Itnndom Thoughts.
One year ag<? today the Union Bro?
kerage company was formally organ?
ised by the first stockholders meet?
ing in the Court rlouse. Business
was started on January 1st and some
goods had been sold before the for?
mal organisation. It is purely a K?r?
rners Union enterprise, and loyal
farmers union members should give
it their patronage and hearty support.
If Its charter would permit it, the
stock could be increased four or five
tinn s over in one day from outside
business men who know a good thing
when they see It. Some of its best
customers are not union men at all,
not even eligible to memberahlp in the
unfon. We mention these things to
encourage the brethren to better sup?
port of this enterprise. Promoted, or?
ganised and run by the Farm? rs'
Union in the interest of the farmers;
doing a successful years' business on
very limited capital, it is a living wit?
ness ;hat farmers i an organize and
that their organization is not chasing
an "iridescent dream." but is deter?
mined in a practical way to solve
some of the problems of the commer?
cial are in which we And ourselves,- -
and to solve them in our interests,
see
"A Personal Talk to the Reader"
gives the viewpoint of every editor
who is striving to helj his readers,
and shows how he needs the cooper?
ation of his readers to accomplish
his aims. We commend it to every
reader of the Watchman & South?
ron for 1911 and trust that some of
them at least will read in the spirit
there described and that to them
soroo helpful Ideas may be formed in
these columns. While primarily this
department of the Watchman &
Southron is now in the interest of
the Farmers' Union and to further
its ends, yet there is a desire to be
helpful to all who take the trouble to j
read it. It not at one time at some
other, and for that reason we try to
have a variety of articles. We want
original btur.* from an! reader that
i?? tntereated in any suhjecl mention?
ed in I hie d \>r rtn 1 I and on my
subje i that ought t* Iw treated In o
itvo coun.. i-i' -
a farmers department. Such letters
would be much more interesting that
what somebody wrote for another pa- |
POT. As proof Of this see how inter?
esting are the letters from "Dry Joe,"
"Dude," "Violet," "Blue Eyes," and |
the unknown county correspondents
who make a live county paper. Many
a time their letters are read when the
editorials are skipped.
B. W. D.
Some More County Union News.
The Union will again offer prizes
for the Hoys' Corn club In 1911. Fifty
dollars being the amount appropriat?
ed for three or four prizes. These
prises will be limited to boys whose
father or brother is a member of the
Union in good standing on March 1st,
Ut 11, and contestants muat tile with
the County Secretary on that date a
certificate from the local secretary of
his eligibility. Other rules will he
laid down by the committee on rules
and made to conform to the regular
Hoys' Corn Club rules. Members of
the Union will bear in mind that the
Union desires that as many Union
boys as can do so enter this contest,
and contest also for all the prizes in
the Hoys' Corn club. And the Union
wants the list promptly on March 1st.
A Personal Talk to The Header.
A few weeks ago we announced our
program for 1911,?In so far, at least,
as the spirit in which we shall try
to do the year's work is concerned.
Now, in this first issue of the year we
wish to talk directly to every one of
our more than 100,000 subscribers
and probably 600,000 readers about
the spirit with which they will re?
spond to our efforts and rece've the
paper. We have, let us say to begin
with, the voluntary test mony of
hundreds of readers In aln.ost every
Southern State that rhey have found
It of great value to them. Yet we
feel sure that there are some farm?
ers?not many, but some?who will
not get much out of It, but who will
feel that they have done no better
farming because of having read it. If
we could strengthen ail its good fea?
tures and get rid of till its faults,
this would still be true. Ami these
farmers will be men living under
practically the same conditions, and
having practically the same needs, as
those who ate kind enough to WTlte
us glowing words of pralae and en?
couragement. The difference between
these two classes will be due almost
nion News
or Practical Farmers
Merit Farmers' Union of gamier
only.)
I entirely to the difference between the
two spirits in which the paper is re
colvd.
Bach wek the paper will come to
eo' kl r< an. r with a variety of con
j tents. In every issue there will al
j most certainly be told something
Which the reader already knows. It
j is likely, too, that there will be in
each issue a discussion of some sub?
ject which does not Interest him, prob?
ably some advice he can not take;
maybe some expression of opinion
with which he does not agree; j?^r
haps some criticism of Iiis method!
or beliefs which he bcllevet unjusti?
fied. What then? Shall he judge th
paper by these things only: decide
i that its instruction is too elementary
j for him; fancy that it does not tit his
! needs; get "mad" because it holds
"opinions different from his own? He
! can do this, of c. line, but will he
profit ' v it? He Is almost sure to find
j the same defects in any other paper.
Then, w*U he trait reading entirely
j because tht pap< rs tell things he
I knows, discuss things In which he Is
'not interested, or dlsigrce with him
[about his own affairs? Ho can do
this, hut he can not afford to do It.
Will not the wise reader rather re
! member that even f he does know
some of the things we think 11 worth
! while to tell, there are probably oth?
ers who do not? Will he not con?
sider the matter in which he is not
Interested may appeal to other men
! in other localities and other lines of
' work? Will h'- not be fair enough
to concede that his own opinions are
not infallible, and tolerant enough to
listen to the other side? Will he not
; acknowledge that his methods, even
though they be good, are not likely
to be perfect, and that criticism may i
be friendly ven when not commend- |
story? Will he not regard the paper !
as a friendly helper, bringing to him I
! each week the experiences and j
' thoughts of many men who ha> "> de- J
; voted labor and study to the solution!
I of farming problems and the doing of
(farm work? Will he not try to find
? the tl
' to i fm and *?> pr< :,t in ... far as he
i
age II brings? it ?hon will be not
read u as a si idenl .* is seeking
for helpful information, rather than
as a disputant seeking a quarrel
We feel sure that no man who turns
to his paper each week in this spirit!
j will fail to profit by it, and we be?
lieve, too, that if he would get the
; greatest good from anything he reads,
he must be looking for pleasant, help?
ful things ami ceady to profit by jll
he finds that i- good. He ne.^d not
accept it as Infallible, or follow any
of its teachings blindly, but h^ must,
if he would get the most from It, read
it with the definite purpose of learn?
ing from it as many as possible of the
things he needs to know.
We have no rear as to hOW The
Progressive Farmer will be received
by the great majority of its readers.
W>- fell when writing as if we were
talking to a lot of friends, and this
feeling that we have the go >d-will of
hundreds of thousands of farm folk
all over the South is one of the "dur?
able satisfactions" we get out of our
work. That Is why we wish to ex?
tend the circle of our friends and to
be of all possible service to ev^ry on^
of them; why, on this first page of
our first issue this year, we make this
appeal to them for cooperation, and
why we are trying to suggest to them
how they may get the most good, not
only out of this paper, but out of all
their reading.
So, in conclusion, let every reader
remember that we want to do all in
our power to help him, that our ability
to do so depends largely upon him?
self, and that if he will bring to his
reading this year a desire for infor?
mation and an open mind toward n^w
facts and new Ideas, It will aim ist
surely he the most properous and
the most satisfying year he has ever
known.
And this is what we wolud have it
to be to every one of our hundred
thousand subscribers. ? Progressive
Farmer.
Atlanta claims to have no growlers.
Why should it, with State-w ide pro
hibtion in force??Omaha Bee.
Assoeiate Justice Hughes has been
told that If he will he good he may
get to be chief justice some day.
It may surprise many to learn that
India is the greatest cane-sugar pro?
ducing country In the world, the
country's crop amounting to 40,000,
o,"0 to r>o,ooo.noo tons. Notwithstand?
ing this fact, its sugar market has
been caputred first by the beet sugar,
and later by cane sugar from Mauri
tins and Java.
TO MARE INDIANS GpOD CITI?
ZENS.
Government Bureau Training Dp lt??
Wax ward Child: en. j
Washington. Jan. 17.--In attempt
in? to put Uncle Sam's Indian wards
oi. a self-sustaining basis the bureau
cf Indian affairs, during the fiscal
yens ended June 30, 1010, bent every
effort to bring about that end, ac?
cording to the annual report ?>f Rob
? rt G. Valentine, commissioner, to the |
s.cn tary of the interior, made pub
lie today. Through the efforts of Its
educational, iVrmlng and employment
branches, the bureau has been well
rewarded in its efforts to make the In?
dian a competent citizen of the
United states. n
Wonderful progress was made dur?
ing the year covered by the report In
teaching the Indians how to work
their own lands.
People who start out to get rich
quick get poor quicker.
Nearly one-fifth of the deaths In
England occur in public institutions.
Even with the tail-end of a bliz?
zard sweeping over h?*r Dixie hasn't
got cold feet.
Good thing poor Mark Twain
couldn't live to see and hear what the
. Mark Twain me< tin's are doing.
Mayor Gibbes, of Columbia, Is
roasting the health board of that city
for failure to furnish' vital statistics.
I Perhaps the density of Rhode Is
j land's population accounts for Mr.
i Aldrich's long tenure in the Senate.
! ?Indianapolis News.
J Geo. R. Koester has stated that he jfb
| has agreed to withdraw from the pro
j posed new morning paper in Colum
i bia, and the project has been deferred
I ?
until new plans can he made.
You pre egotists to pray for that
which helps you on your way, and
leave your neighbor always out that
you may hear your own self shout.
An interesting experiment in ship?
ping Canadian tomatoes to the British
market is announced in a Birmingham
daily. Sample boxes of tomatoes ^
packed in peat and
sent from Toronto U
market to ascertain w
be shipped without in
Miss Delis Sharp has just beea do
County .. alter a strongly eon*
' tec; i tnpalgn Der opj >nenl war
one ot the most popuiai * rtners in
the county. Miss Sharp
as a keen business worn
attractive in looks. She
ted to the bar in 1901. ^
MONEY MAKER COTTON?Improv?
ed and selected by T. J. Kirven is
the best. Seed at one dollar per
bushel. T. J. Kirven, Providence,
S. C. l-D)-lmW
LOST?On January 11th, one 1
hound dog. Has gray mouth
mole on chest and front foot. T\
collar and answers to name of i>ui.
Three dollars reward if returned to
Philip Conyers. l-16-2t-W
LOST?Large white pointer dog, with
lemon colored ears. Answer to
name of "Sport." Reward for re?
turn to R. J. Bland or A. G. Fish
burne. l-9-I-3t-W-2t.
MONEYMAKER?We can supply a
limited quantity of selected and Im?
proved pure "Moneymaker" cotton
seed, raised on our farm where
there has never been any blight.
Small lots, $1.25 per bushel; better
price on large lots. Booth-Osteen
Co., Sumter. S. C. 12-18-tfW
SEED CORN?The committee for the
Boys' Corn Club has remaining on
hand about fifteen bushels of the
selected corn entered for seed corn
prise. Each bushel was selected
with care and is the best seed corn
to be had in Sumter County. It
will be sold for $2 per bushel. Ap?
ply to S. D. Cain, County Superin?
tendent of Education. ?
will cure and *kin disea.se. That's
the price of Hunt's Cure, and It
is absolutely guaranteed.
MIU.KT S DRUG STORK.