Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?bc dOlatcbman aiti *outbron. Published Wotlnewday hihI Saturduy. ?BY? 0S7EEN PUBLISHING COMPANY SUMTER, S. C. Terms: I'.50 per a,<num?In advance. Ad v er t laeinen is: ?' i tlrK Insertion.$ l>v ?very sut sequent Insertion.50 Contracts for three months, or longer will l e made at reduced rates. All communications which sub? serve private Interests will be chargsd for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of rsspect will be charged for. The Sumter Watchman was found? ed In 1860 and the True Southron in lift Tbs Watchman snd Southron now has tbs combined circulation and Influence cf both of the old papers, and is manifestly the best advertising saedtum In Sumter. The blind tiger hunters do things on a wholesale scale in Alabama. In Montgomery the other day they raided and took possession of a big brewery. ? i ? Th?* grafter members of the Ohio legislature ni ide things easy for the distributors of the slush fcrd. They hunted up the bribe givers and told them how much they had to have t?i fix legislation to suit the Interests. They put things on a business basis and If the -lush fund was big enough there was no further trou? ble. If It was not. the agents of the Interests had to hurtle around for moro money. ? ? ? Oov. Ble???> *nay not like the way he has been treated by the Columbia Stats snd he mey have a Just griev? ance?as to this we ?rpreja no opin? ion?but granting that all that he says Is true, he has no right as a public official to withhold from any citlxen, be he a newspaper reporter or not, any matter of public business that is on record In his office and Is open for public Inspection. He Is altogether in the wrong in saying that he will let one clttsen have access to the records snd deny a similar privilege to an? other, fur no better reason than that he does not like one of them. The governor's office and the records con? tained therein belong to the people of South Carolina and not to Cole. L*. Blease, who happens to be gover? nor for the time being. Oov. Blesse, while governor, should find some oth> tr tt ans of iMU' .g hl* p Tsonal Ouarr* 1 with the State new .<cpa per than by d? vying the rtg>*t of ncce3s to public records to the representative of a newspaper with which he Is at logger beads. ? ? ? The $100.000 hotel is assured nnd with a successful hotel man like Orssham responsible for the man? agement. Sumtsr will have one of the mojt modern and best hotels in the State. An annex us large as the original hotej or another hotel will bt ne?ded within a year or two to accommodate the crowd that will In coming to Sumter. ? a e Monday. May 8th, seems to be a lucky date for Sumter. Two good things were announced that day?the successful consummation of the movement to organise a company to build a fioe.000 hotel and the se? lection of Sumter by the Postmaster Central as the second town In the Stat for a postal savings bank. ? ? ? Mayor Jennings, who as President of th#? Chamber of Commerce and chairman of the hotel commltt fte, was most actlv? In p~?>motlng the $100, S0u h'?t? I ' iinpaltrn In to he con gratu'ated SSJ list success that has ptwarded his efforts. Hut It Is well to remember that without the hearty snd substantial support Klven his ef? forts by the small num*"?r of public spirited gttggsjM whx> subscribed lib? erally to th?? stock l f the proposed hotel company, his efforts would have corn" to nuu'ht. s e i Th" next bflgj thing thai Sumter needs and grant g?-t I? the Seaboard Air I.in < ?nnectlon. The S aboard Is going to Csswtssjtoa and ihe shaHsl snd bent route is via Sumt t but the people of Sumter will have to prove that th?-v want th?? nmtl t<> get them to com'? this way. Now Is the time to get tog.-th r nnd show them. S?-h??o| Trustees to Organize. On Saturday. May 20th the school trustee .,f Rumtet County are re quentori to meet at the court hatjgg f'?r the purpose of organising a Sum? ter County nchool trustee a iso< lation. Officers will be ?'pct?'(l and a consti? tution adopt, d niul other school matters of Interest discussed. J. if. HATNSWOHTH, On. Supt. of Elocution. The pattOS r ibb d the Wat tf+M Social Club on Taylor .-?tr t Colum? bia. Sunday and seised g lot of l eer and whiskey. T. T. Stock, th ? f lub manager, will be ggggliulgg in tn,. I - order's court. COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. i.WsV UDTUMa from ouk spe? CIAL Corrf.spondknits. ?MM of IntteoU From ill Part* ol uuiter and Adjoining Counties. iOTlCsl TO CORRESPONDENTS. Hull your letters so that they will ?Mi'ti thlg othce not later than Mon a> when Intended for Wednesday's iftaaf and not later than Thursday or Saturday's issue. This, of course, ipplles only to regular correspond ?nctf. In case of items of unusual es/B value, send in immediately hy ?&ll, telephone or telegraph. Such ? wh stories are acceptable up to the <i'ur of going to press. Wednesday's vAper is printed Tuesday afternoon .ud Saturday's paper Friday after rocky bluff. Kocky Bluff, May 4.?Replanting cotton, and plowing cotton and corn are the order of the day. A lot of the cotton has to be replanted. Oats are almost a failure in most places. Miss Eva Hatfield spent Saturday night and Sunday at home. Messrs. Arthur and Hazel llattleld, of Concord, spent Saturday night and Sunday with the Messrs. Josey. Mr.-?. C. S. Baker and son, Le.m, and little daughter, Carrte, of Pisgah. sp.nt the week-end with relatives fear*, and in the Concord section. Miss Addie Cato, of Aik'-n. spent Saturday night and Sunday with Miss Kva Hatfield. Mrs. W. R. Wells spent Sunday af? ternoon with Mrs. J. M. Fogle. Messrs. Charlie anl I.uke Maker, of Pisgah, spent Tuesday night with their brother, Mr. W. F. Baker. Master James Foglc was sick with lever a few days of last week, but is some better now. On Monday night the death Angvl visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry W'nklea and took their nine months- Id baby. They have the sympathy of the entire community. lynchburg. I.vnehburg, May 5.?The condition of the cotton crops In this section is anythin but encouraging at this time. W nile the cotton Is up fair? ly well on most farms, the cool weather and high winds may cause much of it to die and. no doubt will. The ground is like a bed of a3hes, making travel extremely disagree? able. The oat crop I* a parti .1 ia.il urc, from the causes, the dry w< n ti? er <>nd the >n.e> ts. \w have tare* physician la this neighborhood now, ana aii scu.. busy. If *a E. E. Spann has been very ill, bat is reported some better today. Mrs. C. M. Spann has also been quite ill, but is now much better. Mrs. Boylt is also 111, but Im? proving for the papt two days. The local freight train while chang? ing cars at thi3 place yesterday, came near having a serious wreck, through careless on the part of the engineer, or his having lost temporary con? trol of the engine. One flat car was torn into pieces and a colored hand, named Ed Mason, was badly in? jured, one side of his face being bad? ly larcerated. The wound was cer? tainly a very ugly one. and was treat? ed by Drs. Tarrant and Yellott. opinion by that* who witnessed the mUhap differ.* as to the responsibility for the wreck. The engineer prob? ably knows best. We hear he says the "brake would not work." Maybe so. A Harvard profojoor says that th? man of the future will be dark. The white man, however, will go right on hoping.?iWroit Fr?e Press. Th* Florence City Council has ad? opted an ordinance fixing tin license Oa carnival shows at $1.000, which It Is hoped will be prohibited. The Mate hoard Of health wll1 an noune* on Wodn rday the appoint a* i.i of a State Ii all h I Mlleer to ?uc coed I ?r. C, P. Williams. Th' inter-state Commerce Com? munion has granted the petition <?r lh? Clinch a ?14 railroad to establish special bunker ratal on coal to Charleston, The railroad will now proceed with the erection of coal ter? minals at Charltston to coat ir.oo.ooo. These cloei Utting. pillow case skirts will soon bring the worn n to thf necessity af patehlni at the place nrhere *io men patch.*?Bpartanburg Journal. Reporte that the fruit crop win be a rieh one this year lead us to bt? ItaVO that the Ananias Club has been marching through Georgia, Milwau? kee Sentinel. The work of the oounty ohalngang Is now being wound up on the Sum ter-M;iyesvllle road and will be com? pleted before the >nd ,,f 111 ?? week. The ehalngaag U now working <>n the road only a short distance out of town. PROPOSED TO HAVE CHARLES? TON CLUB IN Ni:\V CIRCUIT. Project \Hoat to Launch an outlaw League with Either Pour or six Clubs?Local Influence at Work to Beenre a Franchise for Charleston* Salary Limit to l>c About $000. Charleston News and Courier. a project has been launched her? to organise an outlaw league, with eith ? r lour or si* clubs, one of which is to i"1 in Charleston. According to what can be learned at the local head? quarter! Charleston, Bumter, Florence,] Orangeburg and Georgetown may be counted on, and it has been tentative? ly arranged to open the playing sea? son shortly after the first of June, fO that the teams may be strengthened by college material during the sea? son. The point at which the Idea orig? inated is not know, hut Manager Sams, of the Charleston Tiger-?, who Is oonnected with the Charleston end of the deal, states that there is every chance for its ultimate success. The League would play about seventy games per club, and It hould be made a paying proposition with a rigidly mforeed limit to $600. this to include tw lve players counting the manager. Whijle nothing definite is known, it Is understood that there would be little trouble in getting a fast and scrappy team together in Charleston i for the money set at th-- proposed mar.\. There are many good young 1 all players who are holding down positions which are far from lucrative, and who would I? ? glad to play pro? fessional baseball at $FoO per month or \ so. Those at the head of '.he new movement have figured the whys and wherefores carefully In their efforts to launch the project. The railroad 1 fares would be very slight, as Is shown ; by the following roughly compiled mileages: Charleston to Sumter, 94 miles; Charleston to Florence 102 i mile3; Charleston to Georgetown, 90 miles; Charleston to Orangeburg, 80 miles; Florence to Sumter, 89 miles; Florence to Orangeburg. S3 mil?s; Sumter to Orangeburg, 4 4 miks; Sum? ter to Georgetown. 76 miles. The limit of $600, with twejve play? er limit, would enable the men to re? ceive an average salary of $50 per month, with, with all expenses, Is, In these day3 of small pay, not half bad. u would enabb many player?, who' art ambitious in baseball lines, to have a chance to put themselves In eon li ion fot a n.-.- Into higher com? pany; as tin > would hav< the hardships of a gruelling campaign. The success of such an enterprise SS has been proposed rests entirely with the calibre of the executive of? ficers elected. If a competent man is placed at the head of the organization it should succeed. Hut the head of the League must be a man who is capable of rigidly enforcing the salary limit. With all the clubs down to the $600 mark, the game should not only be put on a paying basis, but the pennant race should be close and exciting. The placing of a franchise in Char? leston would mean the placing of a rival bunch of the team which now represents the city in the South At? lantic League. It is a question as to whether the fans would support a pennant winning baseball team in a small league as well as they support a losing team In the Sally. The chances are that they will. While the quality of baseball which would be given in the new circuit would not be as good as that in the Sally?or in fact, even in the same ? lass, the project is an interesting one and well worth a trial. It Is to he hoped that the club can take hold her??the various cities are in com? munication with each other, and It Is expected that the other cities will be Kind to enter the proposed organ* htatlon, CLOTHING COMPANY INCORPOR? ATED, Hart, Schaffner a Marx to Incorpor? ate With Capital Stock uf $20,000, 000, Which IIa?. Already Been lie tlcrw litten?No change in Mail? wgement or Polles Contemplated? Formal Incorporation to lie Ef? fected in New York State Within Few Days, Chicago, April IT.'.?Preliminary to th formal Incorporation of the busi? ness of Hart, Bchaffner ft Marx, of this city, with a capital stock of $20, 000,000, one-fifth of which is pre? ferred and the remainder common stock. Ladepburg, Thalmann ft Co., of New York, and \. Q, Becker ?fc Co.. of ifitai city, have completed ar? rangements for financing the enter? prise, and in authentic circles yes? terday afternoon it was stated that the stock for sale had been many times oversubsei Ibed. Joseph Schaffner, of the firm, who is supervising the financial arrange? ments, was communicated with yes? terday afternoon by the Dally Trade Record, at The Bhelbume, at Atlantic City, whore Mr. Schaffner la spend ing a few days. Other than con? firming 'li?- report of th ? proposed Incorporation ol 11?? - business of Hart, Schaffner ft Marx. Mr. Schaff? ner isked to be excused from com? menting on the matter fuitlur, but said lie might have som thinj; to say upon his return. Max Hart and Marens Marx of the firm said in Chicago yesterday that they had no statement to make with respect to the incorporation of their business for the reason that the entire matter was in the hands of their brokers. At the office of A. Q. Becker & Co., the following statement was Issued: '?'Phe incorporation of the busln tss has been undertaken for the pur I ose of perpetuating and solidifying the organization. The partners real? ize that the int.'rests of many others than themselves should be conserved. Thousands of retail clothiers have ac? quired a steady patronage and built up a valuable good will on the repu? tation of Hart, Schaffner ft Marx clothing, and it is unjust to subject their interests to the vi* issltudej of the partnershp form of organisation. Moreover, this incorporation, while it will in no way effect any change of management, will nevertheless pro? vide a way to hold and reward those employees who have developed with the business and give to them an op? portunity to acquire a substantial financial Interest in the enterprise." it is understood that the provisions for the employees will be made through common Btot k, which is tak? en over by the tirm. there being no common stock for sab . Of the $5,000,000 preferred stock, $1,000,000 is retained by the firm. The by-laws of the proposed corpor? ation provide that no dividend of the common stock shall be paid until $600,000 surplus has been accumulat? ed, and no dividend Of more than 4 per cent shall be paid until a sur? plus of $1,000,000 Is provided, j The preferred stock consists of 7 j per cent cumulative, with dividends I payable quarterly. The stock will be listed on both the New York and the Chicago Stock exchanges, and will be redeemable at $120 at the company'? option at any dividend dat-?. It is understood from outside sources that a statement of the earnings for the last five yean shows dividends easily earned on both pref 'rr^d and com? mon stock as well as a substantial surplus. The preferred stock repre? sents the machinery, stock and ac? counts receivable. The common stock [represents the good svill of the bust I ness The Hart, Schaffner ft .' ti x I building Is leased to the proposed I corporation, and Ls In t v,.a> ?. par? of it. Owing lu me pf?iaaturo pul licity givsn to the matter, no state? ment has been prepared, but it El expected one will be issued with a f?w days. The incorporation has been contemplated for the past two months, it is said. Because of the nature of th* busi? ness, it was thought by those interest mi that the New York laws were pre? ferable to th? Illinois laws f r incor? poration purposes. It was asserted in one quarter that provisions are to be mad? for the reservation of a certain part of the stock for some of th* employees of the firm, but a confirmation of this was lacking, for the reason. It was said, that Joseph Schaffner who is in charge of this plan, it out of the city. In confirming the report of the proposed corporation, Robert Schaff? ner, of A. G. Becker & Co., of Chi? cago, said yesterday that the papers f *r the incorpcratlon of the business in New York will be Ried in a few days. in the trade the opinion prevailed yesterday that the action of the firm in incorporating its business was for the purpose of perpetuating the well known firm name and affording to those who have cither directly or in? directly contributed to the success of the business, Which has become part of it, something which could not be attained under a copartnership. A few venture the opinion that the firm contemplated Inaugurating a profit sharing plan for its employees, but the concensus of opinion was to the effect that the business 1 as reached such a large volume that it could be transacted much more convenient!) as a corporation than as a firm. A member of the banking Institu? tion of I .ad en burg, Thalmann ^- Co., In New York, said yesterday that the time was not unite ripe for giving out any of the details of the deei which has been consummated, and that a statement at this time would be pre? mature, but he added that some state? ment may be made today. With the proposed Incorporation of the firm's business, there will be no change In the present management or policy .and the officers of the cor? poration will be the present members of tin- firm. No publicity was given to the firm's plan to place the pre? ferred stock o the corporation on the mark? t. but the eagerness with which it was subscribed for in ibis city and New York indicates appr ? ciatlon of its earnng capacity. One of Chicago's prominent bank officers said yesterday h i regretted THE DEMOCRATS OF EMPIRE STATE WOULD KEMOVE Apparently Speaker and Chairman <?? Ways and Means Committee Have Been Beaten. j Washington, May %.?Speaker j Clark and Bepresentative Underwood ' of Alabama, chairman of the ways j and means committee of the hous ?, ha\?- be- n defeated In their efforts to j have the ways and means committee I maintain a duty on raw wool. This I developed today at a meeting <?f the I Democratic members of the New ? York delegation. The meeting was ' called by Bepresentative Suizer, dean j Of the delegation, for the purpose of j finding cut how many of the New . Yorkers vould hank up Representa ? tive Harrison of New York, who has j been making the nght for free raw wool in the ways and means com j mlttee, a poll of the delegation developed 'that is of 22 Democrats from New j York State will vote for free raw ! WOQl, i.nd that four of them will vote against it. These four will vote for free raw wool if that paragraph in the woolen schedule receives the in? dorsement of the Democratic cauctt*. The announcem? nt that the New ! York caucus wishes that wool is to i I go on the free Jj.-t CP feted a s nsation I at the capltol today, It has be.<n un I [ derstood for more t!i :n two weeks 'that (Mark and Mr. ITnderwood were exerting efforts to pr v.iu the ways i and means committee from entirely i ; removing th? duty cn raw wool. Wh n I th- fight began, more than two we >ka ? ago, the odds were heavily against j the speaker, the committee being dl? 1 vlded at that tun ?nine in favor of j free raw wool and five against. It was I confidentially predicted, however, that 1 Mr. dark would he able to bring ; enough influence to bear on certain 1 members of the committee to change the situation. Evidently he has been i unable to do It. I SUMMER HOTEL DESTROYED. C. E. Roper's House at Flat Rock I Burned?ix>ss About $20.000 With i $11.000 Insurance. i - I Hendersonvflls, May 8.?A $20, 1 000 fire yesterday morning totally de? stroyed n B. Uoner's summer hotel at Flat Rock, two milei tr-m here M'b? buitdin?. v, !v t\ wa - >>C aied er la hikh hill r>? ar the Flat Bock d< spectacular blase of spectators. The binding and contents were Insured for $11,000. The origin of th? fire Is unknown, j Mr. Roper spent last night in Hen t dersonvtlle, and the only occupants ! of the building were his two sons, who awoke to find the 4 0-room struc? ture ablaze in many different parts. Mr. Hoper would probably have .sold his hotel Tuesday to an Atlanta man. In The Police Court. There were only two cases tried in the Police court Monday morning, but they were not very remunerative <>nes for the city. Dukes and Marcus Bossard were arraigned before the Recorder for not paying their restaurant license. They were fined $2.00 and allowed to go as tin y had already paid the license af? ter they had been arrested for not paying them. Arthur Jackson was arrested for driving a hack at night without a license. He was tinea $1.00 only. V. H. Phelps, one of Sumter's up to-date grocers, is the first man in the city to secure an automobile delivery wagon. By means of the delivery wagon Mr. Phelps expects to save much time in delivering groceries and to be abb1 in this way to make de? liveries more promptly. Mr. Johnny Stuck?y, who has been with the Columbia Record for some time, spent Sunday in the city with his parents. not having heard of the offer of Hart. Schaffner A Marx stock earlier *1S he Would like to have had some, considering it a fine Inv atment, and considering also the people back of it. The business of Hart, Schaffner A Marx has Pi-en operated as a firm since its Inception In 1887, when it succeeded the firm of Hart, Abt & Marx. In 1909 the firm moved Into Its handsome I" story building at Monroe and Franklin streets, which, with the adjoining building of five stories, ex? cepting the ground Hoop, covers hiJf the city block, it is generally con < eded, In volume of bi slness, thai Mart. Schaffner Max 1.? the largest hous ? of its kind In the country. The D. J. chandler Clothing Com? pany) have for s number of years had the exclusive control In Sumter of the fine line of clothing manufac? tured by Hart. Schaffner Max and will continue to handle the line. Makes Home Baking Easy Absolutely Pure The only baking powder made from Royal Crapo Ore am of Tartar no alum.no lime phosphate ? il IUI-? i. um? - -?H?M.UTM????? Some Random Thoughts. The County Union held ? most satis? factory meeting at Cain's mill with Jordan 'oca! Friday, a ftae audience of the progressive folk ?f Privat?r turned out and seemed to enjoy the Instructive talks of Col. Alfred Ai drlch 'The If oral Duty of the Far? mers to Orgaaise;" ICr. n. W. Beaii "How to Make and I s. a Fireless Cooker;" Mrs. Beall The Advanced Work for Domestic Science in Rural ?choods;" and Rev. Wm. rlayasworth 'Tiie Work of the Church and School tor the Uplift of the Horn?." For about an hour and a ha.f th-rse speakers entertained ? most apprecia? tive audience. Prof. Krank Williams had a few words to say about the corn club work. While the ladies and local commit f e were preparing the table and loading it with good things to eat, j the Union held an executive session. j and attended to business of impor? tance. } The long table in the pavilion was [ surrounded three times by hungry people, but the rescources of the pantry seemed to be inexhaustible and everyone was provided with an j abundance of good ch^er. After din i ner a photographer wa< on hand and ? took several group pictures of the i Farmers Union and their friends. I Cain's mill is a lovely place for an ! outing, and when the pavilion is co.m i leted and provided with ... ts, it will a splendid place I a farmers uni n or institute meeting The next meeting of tlH County ; Union wUi ?...1. the .... ... Union on first Friday in June. ? ? ? Prof. W. D. Barrow is making up th1 itinerary of the educational train tthat Is soon to start over the State, and has asked for suggestions as to stations to stop at. Please address alt requests for stopage of the train at a station to the undersigned in the next few days, so these requests may be compiled and forwarded to Prof. Barrow by the loth of May. He writes that President Parrott. or some prom? inent Farmers' Union man. will ac? company the train. In addition there will be live stock on board and ex? perts to lecture on various phases of farm economy. ? ? ? In regard to the rest room in the Court House and the Farmers' Union's efforts to establish a rest room for country ladles: The one in Court House is not considered central en? ough, and. also, the impression has vrone abroad that it is only for school teat hers wh o may have business at the Court Eiotjse and is not private enough nor properly ventilated. The ladies of the Civic League have offer? ed rooms free, the Union only to pay for cost of a matron, but this is not likely to prove a popular place, al? though a restful one. with the ad? vantage of books to read while wait? ing, because it is too far from the shopping district. Then too. such a rest room should be so arranged that tea or coffee and som s light refresh? ments could ho conveniently IWVed at a moderate cost. The Union will keep hammering at th * idea until some far-seeing business house puts in the right kind of place ami makes a fortune nut of the trade it will se cur'. We have been Informed that one of the banks will provide such a room. Let us suggest that the venti? lation ami privacy of the place be arranged for. ami so that lunch can be served, either from a r ?taurant, or from the ladies' baskets. To make this rest room what is needed, and win be patronised, is no "cheap John" proposition, and should ?ither be first class, though it need not be elaborate, or not attempted at all. B. W. D. After Texas adopts prohibition ihe is going to make It a capital offense to kill a snake Memphis Commer? cial-Appeal. Fletcher Ford was shot and perhaps fatally wounded by 11mm t Rodman fit Rlchburg Sa