Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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? ftoti HIMTKR WATCHMAN. Consolidated Au*. 3,1 PROFUS 100 PER CENT. V.y.V KAlslM; OPENS N KW FIKLD ALI, THROK.II THE SOITH. nrr for Entire Y(w ? Spring Lnsnb? Rrtag In Mom?) When ? ur I) sners Art- Mos* in Need of It. h - i Washington. July 19.?The Depart? ment of Agriculture hsa Issued a bul? letin on Early Spring Lamb* In the South." strongly advocating Increased sttsntlon to animal ptoductlon In the ??nth and pointing out especially the k many natural advantages ot that re? gion for sheep raising. The informa? tion given bolow is taken frorr the bulletin referred to: The northern i.vrmer must re con? tented with a gracing p+ru-j of jl.t months or lee* and r.iust give carlj Vassbs eapenslve hothouse t'eatincn during the cold winter months, while a large part of the .South OAn have permanent pastures for *? monthj In the year by the use of ?e'inuda grass, bar clover and Je nan clover. Tern Ipepary winter pastures n.ay be resort ^ed te during tne remaining two months, thus giving the advantage of pasture II months in the ymr. Sheep raising will inser t some re? turn In n~*m the money crop is a total ftft pr.rtlal failure. Should the season ha too we?. for cotton, it will very Ppsubably be favorable for the pas? tures which feed the sheep, and the wool and lambs will furnish a very acceptable source of Income. The sarly lambs will bring returns In tho spring, which ordinarily marke a time of low income and considerable \*expenditure for fertiliser, seed, ma? chinery and other things necessary for the season's work. Another ad is that shHsp require most at the time when Southern crepe need little or no attention. , There is always a good demsnd for ?the early or spring lamb. Should the local market not demand all that the farmer can produce, they can to shipped to the 'arger r it lie, rot prt< -s are oft*? su.nvientty high to Justfy the payment of express charges. The early lamb is usually I bom in December or early In Janu? ary snd ready for market by the middle of April in Alabama, but In Tsnnesjee the season Is somewhat Inter. According to a court ruling, a spring lamb there Is born arter Jan? uary 1. The Tennessee lamb bring* ( the best price between May 25 and June 15. after which the Kentucky Ismb becomes a more active com? petitor and prices become lower. A good winter rang" of cancbrako will furnish ample fend for the ewes, which will r?"iuir,' no further stten |?1oa under the conditions, save st lambing time, but the small framer dees not usually have these facilities. This do** not prevent the aheep from being specially adapted to the needs of the farmer with small capital Oats, votch. rye. whe.it. burr clover .and barley pasture* may be readily resorted to. The Southern ewe. which quite generally prevails south of Xsshvtlle. Tenn.. and Is usually secured ss the basis of the flock, msy be had at prices ranging from 11.30 to 14.50. When crossed with a I >own ram a medium good lamb for spring msrket Is the result These ewes will Increase from a purchase weight of 90 to 90 pounds to 125 to 130 pounds when the lamb Is sold in the spring. However. unMI the In? crease In the spring lamb exhausted the supply, the Tennessee farno-r usually bought when possible the native mountain ewe. bred largely on the Cumberland Plateau or tbe Highland Him. This ewe Is most common north and east of Nashville, and Is a leggy, he sheep, in some respects reeombllm the Lei? cester. At the Alabama Experiment Sta? tion a flo^k of .?erub and grade ewes, headed by a Southdown ram. was handled under conditions simi'ar t ? thane ?af the average small farm of that Stato. During the summer months no attention wm given to the sh-?ep on pasture ? x< . pf to that they hsd plenty of water and a mix? ture of one p.irt of tobacco dust and four ports of salt at all time* to keep down stomach worms. Whon i the worms are troublesome the flock should be <hange<l from pasture to pastur> a* frequently as possible, except when on a large range, to prevent or chock fstpfnslatlua by I worms. The market opens with what Is known ss the East.-r lamb, one which K? of good gnaHtf and weighs from 49 to 50 pounds. Although the East? er lamb from Tennesse?? will sell at from 9 to 12 rent*, it holds the gag position In the sheep market that the Christmas steer In the b- . f market, snd a f-'v loud* will supph ?M April, IHA? 'Be Jos* an 381. PHIL 6ADSDEH WHITEWASHED. \ RATHER AMBIGCOFS DECISION BY SIPREME COFRT. l>oerec B<h*s Not Declare Charleston Attorney Guiltless of Unprofession? al Conduct Nor I>oea It Say That Judge A Id rich Was Wrong in Criti? cising Gadsdcn's Manipulation of Lawrence Estate?He Must Be Content with Escaping Disbar? ment. Columbia. July 20.?In the matter of the professional conduct of Phil Hp H. Oadsden. the Charleston trac? tion magnate, in the settlement of the Lawrence estate some years ago. which conduct the Supreme Court reviewed at Mr. Oadaden's request, following an adverae reference by Judge Aldrlch in a decree in the. case, the following statement was is? sued this afternoon from the Su? preme Court rooms: ? In re Phillip H. Oadsden. as a member of the bar of South Carolina, j the court will not inflict the penalty of eusponjlon or disbarment. Opinion by C. A. Woods, Associate Justice." TO EIGHT SOtrHERN PINE BEETLE. Bureau of Entomology Established at Spartenburg b> Federal Govern? ment to Preserve Timber. _ Spartanburg, July 19.?To fight the threatened outbreak of the S jutn I em Pine Beetle, a bark boring insect which caused enormous damage to healthy living timber In the Vir? ginias in the early '90's and which has recently been reported in differ? ent aectlons of the South, a Forest Ineect Field Station has been estab? lished here by the Bureau of Ento? mology of the United Statea Depart? ment of Agriculture. It la feared that unlesa measures are taken for the control of this in? sect It will cause the loss of millions of dollars worth of pine and the ata *tton has been established here for the purpose of securing first hand information and for giving direct1 free instruction to timber owners on I the most economical and effectual method of controlling the beetle. The Bureau's experts have discover- ? ed methods by which the beetle can b?? ( onti ?ed in some cases by the profitable utilization of the infected timber and In all cases at a moder- j ate direct expense. Timber owners should communicate either with the Station here or the Bureau at Wash? ington. Recognising the importance of concerted action and that the dan- j jer is common to the whole South the Southern Railway is endeavoring ' to call the attention of timber own- j ers throughout the South to the activity of the Bureau In thi3 mat? ter. In the belief that its Interest Ii? identical with theirs. The officers of the law have nt I last decided to do something about ' making the owners of automobiles' I comply with the law by putting slgn on th lr cars denoting the number and county, one offender Wit i ar-1 I Wednesday, but discha.ged Speg the promise to put the sign on hl? car at once and the showing that hla car was registered. It is stat? ed that other warrants have been sworn out and that probably other arrests will follow. the demand. Any surplus is a drug on the market. It doei not pay to market a lamb at 40 pound.*, since ?he ewe must be maintained an en? tire year and the lamb may be made tfl S/elgh s<? pounds at practically the true cost reCJUifed to bring it to 40 pounds. An Alabama farmer, who started with scrub swat and tries to keep about 100 ewes In the pasture with if?o cattle, writes the experiment station In that State that "our bV veatmoaj In sheep has never paid us lens than 100 p. r cent and man? rears has paid us even more than that. The higher we grade them op the hotter they pay tya, notwith? standing the fact that the hihger they lire grader] up the greater price we place upon the breading flock.*' The name writer sums up 'he ad \antages of sheep raising on the Southern f irm in these sent. DCCS! "They require but ? small capital to begdn the bueineaa They will do well ? n hilly and broken lands. Their manure Is one of the richest ani? mal manures than can be obtained. The mosey omea In from them In the spring and early 'turner when money is scarce, They subsist on things that other nnlmab will ted sat, Tbe> afford us two sources o profit?word and lambe." i Fear im>#?Let all the ends Thou Ali SUMTER, S. C, SATTJ] CONTROL OF CORPORATIONS. WICK KM FI A M PROPOSES GOV? ERNMENT COMMISSION. In Sixhh'Ii Before Minnesota State Rar Association, Attorney General Takes Advanced Position. Duluth. Minn., July 1?.?Attorney General Wlekersham, before the Min? nesota State Bar association here this afternoon, took an advanced stand on a further federal regulaton of cor? porations, and declared for a gov? ernment commission to regulate great iniustrial organizations in the same way that the Interstate com? merce commission regulates rail? ways, was certainly most desirable and it might be absolutely neces? sary. Mr. Wickerfham's speech was lit? tle short of st ational in many of its features. He declared It was a matter of serious consideration whether It would tu. pratlcal to give to the proposed interstate corpor? ation commission the power to fix prices. He sad to do this would simply require an extension of the principle by which the interstat i commerce commission controls the rates on railroads. The law of supply and demand. Mr. Wlekersham said, no longer con? trols prices In the X7nlted States. Eor years, he declared, the prices in all the great stable Industrie? have been fixed by arrangements between the principal producers and not by a normal play of free competition. An intere8tate commission, the at? torney general added, would prevent violation of the anti-trust act and aid huiiness men to maintain a con? tinued status of harmony within the requirements of the law. Many of Mr. Wickersham's decla? rations were the most radical he has made since his entrance into official life. There was nothing in the speech, however, to indicate how far the attorney general reflected the views of President Taft. On aevcral occasions in the last year he has been regarded as the spokesman for the administration. The attorney general discussed what further regulation is nec? essary or desirable from a broad point of view and said he had not attempted to express a conclusion, but merely to state the elements of a great problem. "That some further regulation of corporations carrying on commerce among the States may be necessary." he said, "Is coming to be a .matter of current comment. It has been open? ly advocated quite recently by rep? resentatives of some of the larger combinations of capital, probably as a means of salvation and to preserve under government supervision great organizations whose continued exist? ence is menaced by th? recent inter? pretation of the Sherman act and whose disintegration would neces arpy he attended by much loss. To such It is a case of 'any port in a storm.* Hotter continued cooperative life even under a powerful master than disseminated properties and segregated activities without constant governmental supervision. "Hut there ar? other reasons for such regulation. The federal depart? ment of Justice is not organized or SQUlpped to maintain constant su? pervision and control over business organizations. It deals only with cases ?,f violations <>f the law. The activities of an administrative board or commission would he directed to preventing such violations and In aiding business men to maintain a continued status of harmony Iwth the requirement! <>f law. "Whether ?>r not SUCh a federal in? dustrial commission should have power to regulate prices is. of course, a matter of serious consider? ation. The interstat.- commerce law prescribe! as a legislative rule that price* tor transportation by mil or wir.- <?r pipe line shall be reason aide anil that no unjust discrimina? tion shall be made between individ? uals or localities similarly situated. A similar rub- might b.> declared by congress with respect to the prices of commodities handled In interstate commerce. "We have become accustomed to the regulation of ratei of transpor? tation, but the faitr if. >st ion that prices of commodities be regulated by con* Kress seems novel and radical. "Yet the principle on which the regulation of transportation rat. s is based Is simply, that when proper? ty Is used in t manner to make tt of public consequence, ami nffect the community a1 lar^e, \\ becomes clothed with a public use and may be controlled by ihc public for the common good. 'The antitrust legislation of the net ?< be thy Country's, Thy God's an EtDAY, JULY 22, 1911. ROBBERY AT BOYKINS. PACKAGES OF MONEY SECURED FROM EXPRESS OFFICE. Was From Penitentiary to Pay Guards ttt Statv Farm in Kershaw County. Columbia, July 20.?Two packages of currency, containing over $500, shipped to Boykins station, which Is 10 miles below Camden on the Sou? thern railway, were stolen Tues? day from the office of the Southern Express company at that place. The money was sent to pay off the guards at the State farm. D. J. Griffith, the superintendent of the State peniten? tiary, yesterday confirmed the rumor. Detectives of the Southern express company have been sent to Boykins but no arrests have been made yet. According to a dispatch from Cam? den, E. F. Ballard, the depot and ex? press agent, received the money on the northbound train shortly after noon on Tuesday. He said that Sev? ern 1 farm laborers were the only per? sons to see him get the package, i At 2 o'clock Mr. Ballard went to j dinner at the home of Henry Boy ikns, about one-half mile from the station. He left tho money in hi3 coat, aa he had no oafe to put it in. Upon his return to the station he missed the money and immediately t r telegraphed the express officials in Charlotte and Columbia. Detective ' Smyrl went to Boykins from Cam? den. Messrs Coley, York, Saddler and other officials of the Southern ' Express company spent yesterday at Boykins Investigating the robbery. No inforation as to the robbery could be obtained from local South? ern Express company officials. Story From Camden. Camden, July 19.?Two packages , of currency shipped to Boykins sta ' tion, which is 10 miles below Cam 1 den, yesterday for the purpose of paying off the guards, etc., at the State farm, were stolen. E. F. Bal? lard. depot and express agent, re? ceived the money on the north? bound train, and he said that one or two farm hands were the only per? sons to see him get the money. The trains passed Boykins about 1:25 o'clock yesterday afternoon. He went to his dinner at Henry Boykin's house, which is about half a mile away, about 2 o'clock. He left the money In his coat, as he had no safe to put it in. Upon his re? turn he missed it and he immediately telegraphed the express officials in Columbia and Charlotte and Detective Smyrl here. Mr. Smyrl went to Boy? kins but did not stay long. Messrs Coley, Saddb-r, York and other offi? cials of the Southern Express com p- ny spent today at Boykins station and came up to Camden this after ' noon, When interviewed. Mr. York said that they bad a clue and ex? pected to make an arrest soon. Some of the finest peaches ever seen in Btimter have been brought to town durl. "? the last week by farmers fr??m all parts of the surrounding country. Ir |g good to know that even if the gardens have been a failure the fruit crop is bettor than usual, United States and most of tho sepa? rate States is bated on the theory that the natural price of an article i is that fixed by the operation of the natural law of supply and de , mand, working without artlflcal re? st taint. "But the fact is. that the law of j supply and demand does not. and has j not, for many years, worked in this I ( ountry in a natural, unrest rained and unfettered manner. "Nor is this all. it Is probably safe to say that In almost every one of the great staple Industries prices I have been for years fixed by agree? ment between the principal producers ami not from fre.> play of competl I tlon among the domestic producers, j nor by the unfettered operation of the law of supply and demand. 'The fact seems to be that the prices of standard articles of con? sumption sold iri the United States for a number of years past have n<?t been fixed at all by the operation of the laws of supply and demand or unrestrained competition, but by as? sociations of the producers, without the participation of the consumer or general public?that Is, without those who have to pay the bill having any voice in fixing the price, in this view it is certainly not unreasonable thai the purchasing public should desire to have some par! In determining the price it is to pay?In like manner as htm l.n recognised to he jusi with respect to ihe cost nf transporta? tion," td T*utii*e," THE TBDI WHAT WILL BLEASE DO ? PRISON HOSIERY MILL NOT TO BE ABOLISHED. Board of Health Has No Right to Order Contract Annulled. Columbia, July 20.?The hosiery, mill at the State penitentiary will not be abolished. The executive committee of ii;e State board of health in session yes? terday came to the conclusion that the board has no right to order the board of directors of the prison to abolish the mill, but that the board could act only in an advisory ca? pacity. This announcement was made fo' lowing a conference with Attor. General Lyon. The attorney genera | discussed with the board the legal . question.! involved and gave the opin? ion that the board of heslth Is the sole advisor on all questions involv? ing public health. A written opinion will later be sent to the board by the attorney general. The board of directors of the prison several days ago refused to abolish the mill af? ter considering a letter from Gov. B lease demanding thia action. The chief executive had already address? ed a letter to Dr. Robert Wilson. Jr., of Charleston, the chairman of the State board of health, In which he asked for a statement as to the right of the board to take this step. The meeting yesterday was for the purpose * of considering the letter from the governor. Several weeke ago the board of health made report on the sanitary condition of the penitentiary. In this report It was recommended that the hosiery mill be abolished, that a new building he erected for the women prisoners and that a new sanitary ar? rangement be provided for the main prison building. Little was said con? cerning any of the recommendations except that with reference to the hosiery' mill. Dr. J. A. Hayne, the State heaoh officer and the secretary' ?f the board of health, yesterday said that in his ' opinion too much streps had been laid ! on the hosiery mill recommendation while there were other recommenda? tions of as great importance. In the report of the directors of the prison it Wai stated that all recommenda ' tions with reference to improve? ments at the prison would be car? ried out as soon as practical. A second letter was addressed by l the governor to Solieitor Cobb of this ' circuit asking that he bring action to j abate the hosiery mill. which he termed as a public or "common nuis anee." Solicitor Cobb had no state ment to make yesterday with refer? ence to the letter. Fe said that he had not Investigated the mattr. At the conference yesterday Atior ney General Lyon called attention to seelon 10S.r> of the statute, which provides that the State board of health shall be Side advisor on all ' questions Involving the public health. Section 101S provides that the board shall make inspection as often as necessary to determine the sanitary conditions of all Institutions provided as State charities or supported at the expense of the State. It was pointed out by the attorney general that tin statute does not give power to the board of health to require the board of directors to adopt the advice or suggestions. (? ETS BI< i CHECK. Chief Witness Against the Camor rlsts Hugely Enjoying Notoriety. Viterbo. Italy. July 18.?Gennaro Abbatemaggl, who is hugely enjoy? ing his role of informer aKainst the Camorrlsts, charged with the mur? ders of Gennaro Cuoecolo and his wife, has been further flattere.1 with gifts from abroad. He has received from parties in New Vor!; a Check for $160 and three shares of a min? ing stock. The laws of paly do not. however, permit a man tb receive present! while ho is a prisoner and accordingly the director of the prison sequestered these Intended for the prosecution's wit nesses. The interrogation "f Capt. Fabronl, who w t< detailed by the ministry of justice to run down the murderers of the Cuoceoloa after the police had failed, was continued today. The questioning consisted chiefly ot* establishing the complicity of Giovanni Ftapl, ihe alleged treasur? er of ihe Camorra In the crimes with Clro ntozzl, the priest; Enrico Al fano, the n !h ^- d real head of the Camorra ,and the other accused men. i SOCTHKO.M, Established lute, MM Vol. XXXII. No. 42. COTTON BULLS ROUTED. THEY HAVE LOST MANY MIL? LIONS. Relief of Drought and Expectation of I ,a ige Supplies From New Crop Have Proved Too Much. New York, July 19.?A renewal of the heavy selling movement in the cotton market tor* ? seemed calcu? lated to remove /er doubt may have existed ng the big de? cline of Tr <F* ihat at last leading bull in* j?r including Eugene Scales 4. ' Thompson, the New Or lea^ <ttors and others who have f ?> so prominently In the mar ... eports of the last two years as v ,ing taken fortunes out of cotton, aad largely thrown over their hold? ings. Various estimates were ven? tured during the day as to the prob? able losses of the bulls and their friends, all of which ran up into the millions. The impression appears to be that the bulls, emboldened by the success of the last two years, have maintain? ed their position on the market owing to the strong statistical position of the old crop and an expectation that drought in the Southwest or the boll weevil in the central belt would cause another partial failure of the crop. With trade reports unfavorable, the drought In Texas relieved, new crop cotton already beginning to move and promising an unusually heavy addition to old crop supplies during the summer, it Is supposed the bulls found themselves practically the only support of the market at a time when Southern offerings against prospective yields wece likely to In? crease steadily and that the heavy s? Ming of the last few days has re? flected the practical abandonment of their holdings. In spite of a feeling that rallies were to be expected after such dras? tic liquidation as that of several days past, looaJ-sentiment still seem? ed of a very bearish average after the close of business here tonight and there was talk In some quarters of 1 1 and even 10-cent cotton owing to the expectation of a very favor? able August condition report and the demoralization of the bull party. Trade interests, however, had been heavy buyers of both old and new i rop deliveries during the day and many traders who had sold before tile big decline started appeared to be taking profits on their short cot t ?n. possibly to wait for further r*> ports from the crop, which, however brilliantly it may promise, is admitted not yet assured, and for a better idea of tiie attitude of the Sotuhern plant? er with reference to marketing his yield at the lower prices. After the early sensational break, a lull in the liquidating movement towards midday permitted a rally of 6 to T points, but the market soon weakened again under selling that was every bit as active and as ur? gent as any n<>ted since the begin? ning of the bear movement, and for the first time in nearly two years January contracts broke below the 12 cent level. August was relatively weak on this decline, selling at 12.39 or $2.25 per bale under the closing figures of yesterday, while new crop positions ihowed a net loss of about 20 to 22 points. Trade Interests were again heavy buyers and in connection with covering by shorts checked the break, but some of the old bull brok? ers continued to sell and rallies were limited The final tone was very sU idy, hoe/ever, at the net decline of 12 to 4 2 points, with August closing at 12.t2 and January at 12.0?', after that month had sold at 11.99. TO SUPPRESS NEAR REER S \ LOONS. Oov. Bleanc Wires Sheriff of Union County to Arrest Sellers of Near Beer. Columbia. July lt.?On seeing tho statement in a Union newspaper. The Union Progress, that Union had nine near beer saloons in operation under license from Mayor T C. Dun? can, OoV. PlriOSO today sent to Sher? iff Long of Union county the follow? ing letter: "Any near beer license appearing in any place In your city or county Is prlma facie evidence that the party is soiling near beer in violation of law. Raid every such place you have such Information about immediately, arrest the parties, bind them over to court for trial and press this matter. Hold up on no one. \v. play no favors, "Equal rights to all and special privileges to notie."