The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 24, 1911, Image 3
MAXI l \< H Kl rs OKI m w
><?kk ioi n >\ BXCH v\<;i:.
\t \iimial Meeting of VsMochtUon
I listing st rul ihn I Relation* l>o
\clop During l>iM'iiHslon Ihfl? l'rac
im .?11> open Rupture ? Charged
thai I \? Ii .iiuo l'rloo?, Manipulated
to Harm of Spinners and Produc?
er^?-X nie?.- \ Iffjad Brill Correct -
i'il. IcgUluluc Reined) sought.
R himmd. Va . May IS.?The fea?
ture of the first I ay's session of the
American Cotton Manufacturers* As?
sociation was a discussion today be*
tween Arthur Marsh, president of
the New York Cotton Exchange, and
Lewis W. Parker, of Qreenvllle. S. C.
chairman of the committee on re?
lations with cott?>n exchanges. Th"
islon was the report of the com?
mittee, and the result was practically
an open rupture of the strained re?
lations which have existed for some
time between the Association and the
exchanges.
Mr Parker's assertion that the Neu
Y >rk Cotton Ex? hange caters to
speculators rather than to the needs
of the legitimate business, and that
the prices of cotton have hoen mani?
pulated by members of the Exchange
to the great detriment of both spin?
ners and producers, was cheered to
the echo.
Pi tat dent Marsh warmly defended
the Exchange, pointing out that it is
an assocl.itton of merchants trading
In cotton with rules in the interest of
the merchants, rather than in that of
the manufacturer or the producer.
The Convention decided with Mr.
Parker, adopting the report of the
committee unanimously and contin?
uing the committee for a further
conference, with Instructions that If
relief Is not given from exchanges, it
shall seek a remedy through legisla?
tive channelr.
The gist of the committee's report Is
as follows:
"Manufacturers' associations should
have no fight against cotton ex?
changes, if those exchanges truly re?
flect conditions of spot cotton. On the
contrary, an exchange, if legitimately
managed and regulated, and If the
prices ruling thereon are truly rep?
resentative of spot values. Is and
should bo of decided advantage to
cotton manufacturers, as also to pro?
ducers; but. if on the contrary, the
prices reflected on the exchanges are
merely the result of speculation for
or against the value of the commodity,
or If those prices are only reflects e
of th? speculative actions of one ele?
ment as against another element, then
the exchange becomes ,a serious dis?
advantage to the manufacturer and to
producers and ceases to be a legiti?
mate body.
"The two primlpal exchanges are
the New Orleans and New York Cot?
ton Exchanges. Cnder tho rules of
the New Orleans Exchange, the prices
ruling theeron are In much closer re?
lation to the price of spot cotton than,
as a rule, are the prices of contractr
on the New York Cotton Exrhange.
"Mv reason of the rules of the New
York Cotton Exchange, It Is seldom
that the prices of contracts on that
exchange are on a parity with spot
cotton or truly represent the price of
spot cotton in the community of pro?
duction plus the csrrylng charge of
market.
"At times the price* of contracts
are much above the prices of spot
cotton. At other times they are
much below.
'Your committee Is forced to con?
cede that a majority of the members
of the New York Cotton Exchange are
more Impressed with the view that It
Is to their interest to cater to specu?
lators than to make of that body a
legltlamte exchange.
"Tour committee recommends that
this Association ssjgu more express Its
hopes that the cotton exchanges, and
particularly the New York Cotton
Exchange, will rectify their rules be?
tween contract prices and spot cot?
ton: thut If these rules be not so
properly regulated as to make this
relation, that vour committee be au?
thorised In Uai name of the Asso?
ciation to present such memorials to
the legislative bodies as may lead to
a prop.r regulation by them of the
< aging exchanges."
PpssMea*1 i? v. Cooper, of Hm?
derson. N. C., |M his annual address.
Urge,J fhe tO- e.^Hv f.,f t|,,. S..l|fh to
rals** more CoifOii to meet the Increas?
ed demand* of .he manufacturers],
' 'The efSJg ..| Iflf.]] uill be worth
$1.'"o,.i," ho said, "or twlee as
mn? h as the output of all the gold
mines of the world combined for the
?eame year.
"Crops of ii ?.hihi t?, itttoo,?oo
i ilei annunirj ire m u i for legiti?
mate demands it remunerative
patent t? the grossere. Lees than thla
ammint mean*, manipulated markets
and uns.itlsfaef i y trade conditions
? \\ i |e I he n 11 irj i ? ? r of spindles lid
gereage have increased enormously,
the nfWdnoUog ?d* American eoti m
has declined."
President Cooper deplored friction
i. twe. n 'otr.n growers, manufactur?
ers and fepr <? ntatlve* of the vx
changes relativ?- to m? thuds of ex
eham .,m\ It 1 ill >>o to their mutual
Interest, he ssld, if 11m exohangei
themselves would rev lac their lawi
. ad methods.
to-l l?> SMOKE WITH THE DKAN.
Brwaatlaeml Charges air Published
bj Male stud. nt* at Kotthwcetcrn
l nlM i'sity.
Chicago, May 16.?Evanston and
Northwestern university were thrown
into an uproar today by the publica?
lloa ?>f sensational ohargei against
i' an it. igatc of the college of Uber*
a! arts' ami girl students in the uni?
versity in the annual "Sporting Ex?
tra" of the "Northwestern," the col?
lege psper. which was issued by the
young men of the university right on
the heels of the annual woman's edi?
tion of the publication.
In the paper it was openly charged
that Dean Holgate had attended a
party g:ven by the girl students resid?
ing in Willard hall at which the girls
had hoen attired in kimonos and most
of those present, including the dean,
had smoked cigarettes.
The psper also referred to the
"blind pig" k?'pt by another Instruct"
< r n the School,
A LONG DISTANCE BENEFIT.
The War in Mexico Helps a Sumter
.Manufacturer.
! i rn the I fell) Item, May 17.
A large shipment of coffins is I.ein;:
mi.nie lodsy to their regular custo?
mer ;it i:i Paro, Texas, by Wither
spdon Bros, and Compsny. The or?
der being for douM" the usual amount
SSd coming a month ahead of time
WOUld Indicate that the WUT in Mexi?
co Is doing the Sumter people some
good. "It Is an ill wind that blOWl
n .l ody any good."
>l.odule K.
Some members of the Maryland
Seleuati'Ui, according to a dispatch
from Washington this morning, seem
Impressed by the argument of the
Wool Trust that any serious reduc?
tion in the duties on wool will reduce
the revenues ..f the country tremen?
dously nnd may have sad results.
One of the chief objections which
economists urge against the pro?
tective tariff system is that as long
>i.< the protective idea is regarded, any
tariff law must necessarily be bad as
i fiscal measure. In other words, if
the prime object of a tariff law is to
produce revenue, the men who make
that law must go about it from that
standpoint only, and not be bothered
with Incidental qussUoai of protec?
tion. Kngland s.'cures big revenues
through dutbs upon an Insignificant
number of commodities.
If the House Democrats in prcpar
g their new wool and other sched?
ule's forget all sbout wool dealers and
manufacturers and consider only the
matter of revenue, they will doubtless
be able to make such r?'ductlons as
vsiii satisfy the people.?Baltimore
1 Sun.
I_
In The Magistrate'?. Court.
i
? Th. case of A. Alpert against the
Southern Express company was tried
I before Magistrate Wells Tuesday af?
ternoon and resulted in a Unding for
the plaintiff.
The suit was for $.".0 damages fv./
failure to settle a claim and for $s.."0
for goods which Were ?hipped to the
, plaintiff, but which were not deliver?
ed. The suit ?m<ie,i in Alpert'i receiv?
ing th?- $1.M for the goods. The
claim was not properly tiled and Al
psft did not get ISO, damag< a sued
i for.
To M] Mother.
Today is Mothers' Day. The Heav?
ens above and th?- earth below seem
to know It Is holy. Nature is offer?
ing her best for the occasion. The
ski.* are bluer, the breesc softer and
th?? rose realer, The air Is music
The birds ar?- singing their Sweetest
'and th.- leaves on th? treessreechoing
thi.se songs. Creation ha.-< gently
parted her baby Hps and la utter
IIng th.* beautiful word mother, The
wise men of the Baal followed the
star of Bethlehem In the Arm belief
That they would see and Know more
of th.ir Savior. Today bundle.!- of
men and women with the white rose
in their hands ;ir?' hurry ins to the
house of worship to hesr more of
mi th. r. And rei under all these en
chantlns Influen es In this big city
when I turn my face toward Sumter,
i sadly real Be thai my motln r Is
hundreds oj miles aw ij in her dark
and narrow dwelling Hut l look <m?.
I feel that the angels ore \? hlsperlng
and that my angel mother la the gold
i ?-n link that ? ?nne< Is me f: ??m earl h
to ih< throne ? i (b?d
Sum that Juare? h fallen, t he pub
lis is willing to pul Its name alongside
Babylon? Carthage, Nineveh end Tyre,
nd pass on t.? the n< st picture.*
Kansas City Time?.
DIL E. C. DAHGAX, OF MACOX,
ELECTED PPRKSlDENT.
Work of Church Outlined on Open?
ing <>f Soi thorn Convention in
Juckaom llle.
JackionvUlo, Fla?, May is.?When
the Bouthernn Buptlel convention met
in the now Bhrlner'i temple at '?>
o'rhuk this afternoon. there were
1,200 delegates present, and betides
thete, there were 50u visitors present,
among them many members o fthe
Womann'i Missionary union.
Announcement was made that the
committee on programme had ap?
pointed Dr. George Truett of Texas,
to have full charge of the devotional
extrcltet during the sessions of the
convention, having the right to call
to his aid such brethren as he saw
At
Joshua Levering was nominated for
president, and Dr. E. C. Dargan, pas?
tor of the First Baptist church of
Macon. Ga., was also nominated.
This was a complete surprise as his
name had not even been mentioned.
When the vote was counted Dr. Dar?
gan was declared elected. A com?
mittee was appointed to escort the
newly elected president to the chair.
Dr. Dargan was profoundly moved in
accepting the office. The convention
rote, as he was presented. He laid
he would promise to try and fill the
place,
Turning to Mr. Levering, the re?
tiring president. Dr. Dargan said, as
he extendned his hand; "And my
brother Will help me?" Mr, Levering
assured him that he would, and Dr.
Dargan added, "I know then 1 will
succeed."
Rev, J"hn D. Meli of Georgia. II.
B, B, Mallory of Alabama, late can?
didate lor governor in that State; C.
A, Caaton, one of the state senators
of Florida, and W. M. Whettington of
Greenville, Mitt., were elected vice
presidents of the convention. Dr.
Lansing Furrow s of AmerlcUB, Ga., I
and Dr. Oliver F Gregory of Staun-1
ton, v.l., were reelected ?ecretarle*
George w. ajorton of Louslvllle, Ky?
was reelected treasurer, and William
H. Harvey of Louisville, Ky., was re
elected auditor.
C, A. Carson of Kissimmee, Fla,,
delivered the address of welcome. It
was responded to by Dr. H. A. Bum
erall of Shreveport, La.
I >n motion of Dr. A. J. Harton of
Texas, the president was directed to
enforce the rules of the convention,
forbidding hambdapping or other np
plause.
si rs IN SI N TO WIN BET.
.lohn Brown, Colored, Bits on Kidge of
Boyle ?v Company's Stables for
Three Hours.
Thursday afternoon the peculiar
j sight of a negro sitting up on the
j ridge of the Doyle ttablei building
? was to be teen from o'clock on tin
! til 8 when the time decided upon was
up and the wager that caused him
to do this strange act was won.
It seems tluit Brown lias been crip?
ple for some time and has been un?
able to do any work and yesterday af?
ternoon he was complaining of the
beat and lack of present funds when
the suggestion was made to him that
lie sit upon the house in the sun for
the remainder of the day in Order to
make 7", cents. He agreed, if the
sum was made an even dollar, which
w as quickly raised by the crowd of ne?
groes, and he set out for the building
where he secured tin- consent of the
owners to get on top of it. He at
conded to his heated and airy perch
at I o'clock and remained there un?
til ?'? when, having stayed the rest of
I the afternoon, he came down to get
till hard earned dollar. A number of
person! were attracted by the man
who sat quietly <>n the building wait?
ing for the time to pass.
A Good Cltlxen.
We like to se?- and hear a man who
is proud of his native town. He is an
Indispensable cltlsen, although he may
he us poor as a church mouse! but his
name should he written in large let?
ters at the entrance gate of his town
as an honor to his memory, We have
siah with us and they are worth
more to the progress of our town
than 'heir Weight in go.d. Tin y Know
every point of interest and of ad?
vantage for miles around; for any
stranger fnlllnt Into their hands will
-".?n i. arn everything that adds to the
! onor of our town and will he most
favorably impressed. Buch persons
? orlook w iih true patriotism all
shortcomings and magnified with
honesl eltlsenshlp every advantage.
V ? grumblers, meditate.? Geoi g< town
it. m<
\ dispatch was sent out of Atlanta
? ? lltng of a lady of thai city who
penl $30 to talk w mi h< r i" I parrot
over the Ions tllstannco telephone
from Cincinnati. Rven an Atlantn
woman doesn't mind spending monej
and doing things that give Atlanta
I publicity, Atlanta always was re*
' iourcefui and versatile,
RAll.ICOADs 8ETTLI DISPUTE.
< iihhI Lino and smith Carolina West?
ern Keuch Agreement a-> to Dar?
lington Trouble.
Darlington, May is.?p. a. WIUcox
State counsel for the Atlantic Toast
Line Railroad company, ca ie to Dar?
lington today, and after a consulta?
tion with \\\ i\ Dargan, local coun?
sel for that organization ,th?y had a
conference with Qeo. B. Dargan. rep?
resenting the South Carolina Western,
regarding the threatened tight over
the crossing at this place. It appears
thai there was some misapprehension
on ih_> part of both Bides, hut after
the conference this morning, Mr. Will
cox ordered the guards that had been
on duty since Saturday night to with?
draw, a satisfactory understanding
having been reached.
The South Carolina Western will
cross the Atlantic Coast Dine tracks
us soon as it complies with the condi?
tions in regard to the interlocking
switch.
COLUMBIA GIRL MAKES A HIT.
Miss Lumpkin Addressee 8,000 People
at Little Rock and Wins Next (lath?
ering for Macon.
Columbia, May 19.?A telegram re?
ceived in Columbia yesterday states
that Miss Grace Lumpkln'S speech be
fore the reunion of Confederate vet?
erans in Little Rock was he hit of.
the great meeting on Wednesday
ni rbt. A vast audience of 8,000 peo?
ple tilled the auditorium when Miss
Lumpkin addressed the veterans in
behalf of the city of Macon ami ex?
tended the invitation t.> hold the next
general reunion in that city. Louis?
ville. Jacksonville. Chattl noga, and
Houston wa re also clamoring for the
honor of entertaining tin- veterans
next time, but this young Columbia
girl won the day for Macon. Deafening
applause and great shouting followed
the speech, and so great was the im?
pression that she made throughout
the entire city and assembly that
books with her picture ware given
away as souvenirs.
E. H. Hyman. secretary of the Ma?
con chamber of commerce, managed
the publicity campaign.
M AY APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT
suit for $21,000 May He Brought
Against Members of old Dispensary
Commission.
Columbia. May 19.?Following the j
refusal of the dispensar> commission
to return $21,000 taken over by the
(dd commission in Kiehland county,
announcement was made yesterday by
attorneys for th" Carolina Class com?
pany that the case would be appealed
to the Ujiited States supreme court,
oi- that a suit for the above amount
will be tiled against the members of
the former COmmlslon. It is expected
that a definite announcement will be
made as to what action will be taken
I in a few days.
M AY OWNERS OF ISLE OF PALMS.
Number of Charleston Capitalists
Purchase Popular Resort.
Charleston Post.
Isle of Palms pavilion, Hotel Sea?
shore and all amusement features have
been SOld to a syndicate of local cap?
italists, composed of Janus Sottile,
William M. Bird, Capt. P. W. Wagner,
Julius Koester, Gen. Henry Sehachte,
M. Rutledge Rivera. The season will
open May 28. Meanwhile the new
company is making Improvements
I and planning others.
Till: WINSTON-SAl.FM SOUTH?
BOUND.
Important Now Railroad Connection
Sumter.
On May the ist the Wlnston-Salem
Southbound railway, ninety miles in
length, in connection with the At
latlc Coast Line Inaugurated through
train service between Wlnston-SalSm,
X. C, and Florence, S, C, where
close connections are made to and
from Sumtei- and thereby opening up
an entirely new territory already hav?
ing twenty towns ond regular sta?
tions with this section.
The train leaving Sumter at 7: 10 a.
I in., dally and reaching Florence at
a .m. connects with tie- ir-w train
leaving there at 10:00 a. m., daily
and arriving Darlington 10:25 a. m..
Cheraw 11:43 a. tu.. Wadceboro, 12:42
noon, Lexington and Wlnston-Salem,
.'.: 1 p. m.
The return schedule is to K?ave
Wlnston-Salem at 12:10 noon dally
and reach Sumter 9:25 p. m.
W. .1. CRAIG,
Passenger Traffic Manoger,
Wilmington, X. <\
fi-4-tf? bVW.
\\ bite < 'otiib Honey.
in i-iu- pound sections, now ready.
Price 20 cents per section. Also ex?
tracted honey at 10 cents per quart.
All this season's make, fresh from
i',-.-' hive. Send to my residence, 316
\v. Hampton Avenue. I do not de
' 11vor. N\ (5. ? ' ' h.
Mrs. Moore Entertains.
First Watermelons Shipped.
Mr. and Mrs. M. de Veaux Moore
entertained Friday evening, at their
home on Broad street, in honor of
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Rowland of
Henderson, X. C; Mr. ami Mrs. Wm.
V. Jennings, of Now York; Mrs. H. H.
BUis of Atlanta and Prof. 1>. M.
Driscoll of Charleston.
"la marriage a failure?" The wife
of a Yale professor has obtained a
decree for (100.000. Well, that's
equal to two *>r three failures in the
dry goods business.?Wilmington
Star.
Candler, Fla?, May is.?The hrst
car of this season'.- watermelons was
loaded here for New York markets,
it broke two recorda The price it
brought is $400 and the earliest date
at which melons have ever been
shipped from here. The vines were
planted in January and covered dur
ng the cold weather.
l ather it. p. i?. Service Dead.
And Columbia's baseball team is
i
actually winning a game now and j
then?will wonders nover cease??
Chester Lantern.
It will not fail to occur to the
packers in this emergency that the
good old habeas corpu:? is still work?
ing.?Chicago Tribune.
Alberdeen Me.. May is.?Former
Congressman Wm. B. Faker, known
as the father of the rural free de?
livery, died at his home here today.
Mr. Faker was 71 years of age. He
served two terms in congress as a He
publican.
Prof. W. F. Watson, of Furman
University, has decided to resign as
professor of Chemistry and Biology
|and will make a trip around the
world.
it is predicted that women are again
to wear hoop skirts. If we were a
woman we'd do nothing of the kind,
for we'd rather look like an aeroplane
than to be taken for a balloon.?Wil?
mington star.
"Why are some men so much worse
than others?" inquires a contempo?
rary. Because they fool around and
get caught. Discretion often keeps
people's reputations free from sus
i pieion.?Wilmington Star.
DR. N. G. OSTEEN, JR.,
DENTIST.
18 W. Liberty St.
Phone No. 30.
-OFFICE HO?BP
8 70 1. ? TO 6.
Like x\mmunition in Reserve.
A substantial sum in a taxings account is, to the saver, like am?
munition in reserve to the soldier.
The mony saved can be drawn upon at any time should his
salary decrease or stop entirely. It will carry him t.irough sickness
or other misfortune. Nothing gives a man a feeling of satisfac?
tion and confidence so much as a good bank account. In this
bank savings are invited in sums of $1.00 more and 4 per cent
compound interest paid thereon.
THE PEOPLES' BANK,
12 W. LIBERTY ST.
SU M TER , S. C.
Broad Street Property.
The future of Proud Street Property is good. This section is fotng to be
th 1 residence section of the city. A street railway system is bound to come
In the neXl four or fl ve years, and altll its const met Ion Broad Street Pro?
perty will doable and treble in value.
TheT. W. McCsllum property* consisting of s si\ room house, servant
liouse, barns, stables all necessary out-buildings aid s i-'i acres of land, is
one of the most attractive proposition* In near-ln property in that section.
Tor the next 3?) days we can offer a special price on this property.
Can you realise an opportunity when it is offered, or only after it is
passed ?
R. B. Belser Co.
Real Estate Brokers
Sumter, S. C.
N. B.-?Funds of $200, S500, 58oo, Sl.OOO, Si.500 and
S2,coo to loan , on real estate.
Additional Safety
In addition to the conservatism which characterizes the gen?
eral policy of this bank, a thorough examination of the assets of
the institution Is made quarterly by a committee of the directors
and every detail .if its business Is carefully scrutinized before be?
ing approved.
The Bank of Sumter
Established 188?)
An Urgent Need.
How often you hear the remark: i m ike enough money,
hut l can't save any." Now really should it be "can't or "don't?"
Do you try, and try hard? If you do, let us suggest something.
Open an account with our bank. VI the end ? . er> week pinch
out a little for a deposit, no matter how small, it is remarkable
how soon you will take pride in seeing thai account grow. Then
it- a .bane.- for investment Shoa-S up you will have the banker's
advice free, besides the nccessarj funds to do the business.
if you are starting out i-. life \ .th no other assets than your
rtfij vs id le lp you attain the lav*
.omt. The need is urgent. The
'. ustness man who started as you
load and your two hands, ??
Ing habit bi tter than a I) ink
time |g now. Ask tin- aiioi ?
are starting if this not tr
THE FARMERS' BANK & TRUST CO.