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(She ff?? MMTEH WATCHMAN, April. ISM. atchmnw on? 'Be Just end Fear not?Let ell the ends Thon Alms't nt be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, 1 Consolidated Ahr. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. C, SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1911. Vol. XXXII. No. 48. IlStO 10 HOLD COTTON. ADDRK8H I SM'KD BY HVMTFK CXiVXTY FARMFIW VNIOX. Aifiii ms ly (oauRiuer Utving Rea? sons Hesatbsg Appral to el\> pie o <o*uh Carolina. la aa address Issued to the farm era of South Carolina a committee of the Sumter County Farmers' union uraee the holding of cotton until a higher price la obtained. The address la prepared by a committee consisting ef B. W. Dabbe. president of the State Farmers' union, and J. M. Brogdon and S. N. Welsh. It la as follows To the farmers and all the bust sees interests that are affected by the price of cotton: The Hum t er County Farmers' union at its last meeting unani? mously directed us aa a committee to call your attention to the serious condition that confronts us In the out lock for low prices for this crop of cotton. Thirty or forty days ago cot? ton sold in Sumter for II 1-2 cents (spot). Todsy a holder who would not then sell was glad to get If 1*1 cents. T>*se are actaul sales What ass brought about auch a slump In this short time after cotton had held steady for nine or ten months at 14 to IS cents? They say because there Is a prospect of over 14.000.000 ba.i <. Is It not more because the world. Judging by the past, thinks It can stampede the farmers and the mer? chants, and buy below 10 cents be? fore Christmas. The men who are predicting such prices srs working with might and main to bring about IS-cents cotton by telling their farm? er friends that the crop Is the larg? est on record. You ought to sell as fast as you can. for cotton 1s bound to go lower.' Apparently not knowing that ?hls Is the very way to bring about a lower level of prices. "Now we hsve no quarrel with the Northern and foreign spinner who wants low-priced cotton. It la only a part of his business to gst the raw material at the to west possible price, sad It Is ahm part of his business to 1 sell hte finished product at the high? est possible price. But how any South*? men. even owners of mill stocks, can wish to See low prices for | cotton, or can In sny way give aid , tad enocuragement to the enemy by , Joining in the hue and cry thst 'prices are bound to go lower.' is past [ our comprehension. Every business man and everv cotton mill In the South Is inevitably bound up In the geheral prosperity of this section. If Southern mills would seek out new msrkets for the manufactured goods, and learn from the successes of foreign mills to cater to the de? mands of the world's trade in the fabrics) the world wants put up In the kind of packages the world wants, they could join hands with all the business Interests of the Sotuh and fix and malntsln ths bl?hest possible price for cotton and cotton goods. "That the mills will not do this Is abundantlv proven by the history of recent years when our own mlllls kept, out of the market while the farmer was faiio.v over himself to sell his cotton, an?. Ister pajd more for their stocks thsn the forelngers. with freight end other charges added. Wo may expect the same thing to hap? pen this fall. Hence we lenve tho Southern spinners out of the count. "But we do call on every merchant and every fertiliser manuaft- irer and every banker and every rallrnaa man to Join with thj Farmers urlon In urging every farmer to hold back his cotton until the world Is willing to pay a Hvlna price for It. Such a course can hurt no one. and It will help e\ery one; the merchants by giv? ing him cash customers for his goods, the fertiliser plants by in? creased uss of their toods. the banks by larger deposit*, the railroad* bp larser freights on iimrf Imported good* that our people will have money t.. buy. and ever) SfsdSl and eslltng by the lm reaae In the < In ulstlng medium brought gbaut by the larger Mow <>f |sjpt|sji gale! In II the arteries of conimer "There can be no question that this will SS the result ..f hl*h pfleeS f. r . " .n. If It were not trio-. ffSfj whence comes the present i?r .<(,. rit y of th South? It Is 15 cents cotton that ha? done It. A* surely as the sun rises in the eSSl and sets In the wet. Just ss sur.lv uill th. re be etaanatlon snd want, distress and bit? terness. In thousands of homes In the South. 4nd thev will not all I?.. farm rrs" homes. If we let thi* I PSfJ "f < >i ten sell for 10 cents or less. "W. * tho world's Stocka ->r cotton almos; ?!?? i?t. ted wl?h the automobile ttre Industry SlsSJi taklruf hundred* of thmisandH of ' i|?s of cotton an STATEHOOD BILL PASSED. WOULD A? ?MiI ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO TO UNION. Arizona, However, Must Give People Chance to Vote on Hecall Section of Law. Washington, Aug. 8.?The bill granting Statehood to New Mexico and Arizona, which has for many >ears been the dream of the people of these two territories, was passed to* night, S3 to 18 after rejection of the Nelson amendment, which proposed striking out of the Arizona consti? tution its judiciary provision. The bill passed by the senate is ?nly slightly changed from the house measure, and It Is said may be un? satisfactory to President Taft. He has contended all along that he would be glad to sign the Statehood bill if the Nelson amednment pre? vailed, but that It was a grave ques? tion whether he would be willing to sign it If the amendment were de? feated, as it was by 43 to 26. The in? dications tonight are that the bill will become a law without his signature. Practically all of the debate on the bill centred around the Nelson amend? ment Even some senators who de? clared their opposition to the recall of Judges voted against the amend? ment on the ground that if the peo ' pie of Arlsons desired recall as part [of their system of government it was for them and not for congress to de? cide whether they should have it. The bill as paused compels Arizona as a condition precedent to entry into the Union, to auhmlt the recal propo? sition to the voters for final decision hs to whether it shall remain in their constitution. New Mexico must vote on a proposition embodied In the bill I which would make the constitution 'of the State easier of amendment. DIES IN RICHMOND. Thomas It. Ancrum Succumbs to Blood Poisoning. ? I m Csmden, Aug. 8.?Thomas Brls , bane Ancrum of Boykin died at a I hospital in Richmond, Va.. this after i noon. He died of blood poison. He , was taken there three weeks ago to have hia leg amputated. Mr. An jcrum was bora in Camden 61 years ago today. He will be buried here tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock. Funeral ser? vices will be conducted at Episcopal church by Rev. Henry Salmond. His body will be brought here In the ' morning on the Seaboard, accompan? ied by his nephew, W. E. Johnson, Jr. Mr. Ancrum spent ail his life farm? ing at Boykin. He Is survived by his sisters. Mrs. John Boykin, and Mrs Robert Johnson of Camden. Mrs. Blandlng DeSaussure of Atlanta and Mr*. Spencer of Mt. Olive, N. C A negTo boy, aged 6 years, shot his < ousin aged 4, at Piedmont, Inttct ing a painful but not fatal wound. nually, Increased consumption on every side, this crop can be marketed at 14 and 15 cents per pound just as easily as last year's crop was, If we but hold out for it. This Is not mer? . ly our opinion, fellow farmers, but it Is the opinion of as shrewd business men as the ones who tell you that i ft ton will no lower. Besides 'there's many a slip 'twlxt the cup and the lip.' and the drought is not yet broken ovtt large area* where cotton 'is burned up; in other sections the ysjShSf ( rop can not make a half yield Mtub r most favorable conditions. And all of it has to run the gauntlet of ? \ ???wive rains, if they ever start, and of the many Insect pewts, and cli? matic changes that make a Ute STOP h<? uncertain. "in sesjelssaon y?ur eommlttes would urge, with ail the insistence ol '.?Im an.5 deliberate judgment, that ??very one who can do so bold bis ?otton off the market either in hi* "?hi strength, or with the ssslstancs <.f hi* ere#1 tori sad the benka Pick If dry. gin It drv. put tbe bales SWSy under ?heiter dry, And if you must borrow stone) en it, do not borrow more I has. II >>r dollars i bale end f.,r not le**v! than six rn<.nth-. Thlrty <!i\ SOttOS loans ami loans close up to the market value are worse than veiling outright. W? ?all 01 all the nnl sag in the eotton belt te Join us In this fight. Shut down on Cotton now nnd for the next II da v s ami Ihi t giit bj wen? Pap? r contracts Jo riot tun mills. "Yours f??r Southern prosperity i:. |f? DABBfJ, 1 J. M. BROQDONi I, x. WCtlH, ? tammltteo." The Sumter County Farmers' Union? CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. SEVERAL MATTERS OF MINOR IMPORTANCE PASSED UPON AT SESSION. Committee Appointed to Look Into Land Deal; Request from Retail era1 to Keep Persons on Edgo of Sidewalk; Property Owners No? tified to Make Connections??Oth? er Matters. City council met Tuesday at 6 o'clock and proceeded to get down to the business on hand. There were present at the meeting Mayor Jen rings. Aldermen Booth, McKeiver, Cuttino. Wilder and Wright. There were several persons pre? sent who cam^ to make various re? quests. Mr. E. W. A. Boltman of? fered to buy or lease the land on which stands the barn now used by the Durant Hardware company, this land having been granted to the city in the deed of Mrs. Rosa D. Bult man. After some discussion of the matter It was referred, on motion of Alderman Booth, to a special com? mittee. Mr. Jennings appointed on the committee Messrs. Booth, Cuttino and McKeiver. These gentlemen were to Investigate and report the result of Um investigations to Coun? cil at its next meeting. W. J. Andrews asked for permis? sion to repair his house on South Main street which was recently In? jured by fire. This permission was granted, provided, however, that the repairs did not Increase the lire risks and that he covered the build? ing with some non-combustible ma? terial. Messrs. A. V. Snell, V. H. Phelps, J. A. McKnight and L. I. Strauss, representing the Retailers' Associa? tion, came to request Council to re? quire the police to prevent persons congregating on the sidewalks In in front of stores to the In? convenience of customers and pedestrians generally. Mr. Wright, chairman of the Police Committeo, I stated to these gentlemen that there \ was an ordinance covering the ' issue which they had mentioned and; that this rule would be enforced as ' thoroughly as practicable. A large number of claims were read and ordered paid by Council, j The Fire Committee was author- < i ised to buy a ho3e expander which ? was offered for sale by Mr. H. W. I Hood. i The Rowland Buggy company was granted live years exemption from tuxes. Mr. Wright read the report of the | Police Committee for the month of j July, which was as follows: | Officers. Arrests, fines, days. ' J. K. Bradford, 2 6.00 J. M. Barwlck. 7 68.00 60 j P. Gallagher. 0 0 0 1 T. P. Ward, 23 155.00 26 ' A. D. Owens. 13 76.T.0 601 H. O. McKagen. 22 80.60 235 1 O. J. Williams, 8 73.sO 0 W .A. Tribble, 2 0 0 Total. 79 462.60 380 Mr. Wright submitted the te3li- | mony taken by the Police Committee in the McKager. cr.se. which he read, and offered a i eport of the commit? tee to the effect that nothing that ICOUld be condemned was to be found (ln Mr. MeKagen's actions. This re? port was adopted by Council. Mr. Wright stated that Mr. Booth had written to all of the property owners on Main street nlong the Uno where the brick pavement would be put down, that it was best for them to make any sewerage or water con? nections now. If the> wanted to make them at all or expected to make thorn In the near future or to make any Changes on unimproved property, as by so doing It could be done cheaper and f/OUld be best. The names of ,the persons who had been served with I this paper was also handed in to Council. On the request of the prosldent of the Hoard of Health, Mr. J. R, Llgon, Is quarantine was ordered established around the house of Rev, J, w. afoul trie colored, on South Washington IStreet) where there was a case of diphtheria. Mr. Booth stated for the Commit? tee of Public Works that routine work was going on In the city and thai there S/as nothing of especial Importance to report, Mr. Cuttino asked if somt arrange i inefits could not be made with Mr. <;?<?. \v. Waring ,the contractor for the Mam street paving whereby he would stop the work "n the street during the heavy cotton season a^ it would Inconvenience the cotton mar? chants and the people a dllng cotton great deal to have the ?-street in ,i tort up condition, A resolution t< MAINE SENATOR DEAD. WILLIAM PIERCE FR YE DIES AT HIS HOME. Almost His Whole Life Spent In Do? ing; Public Duty?F-uneral Not Ar? ranged. Lewiston, Me., Aug 8.?The State of Maine lost its senior United States senator and almost life-long faithful servant when William Pierce Frye died today at the home of his daugh? ter, Mrs. Helen White, In this city. The end came at 3:55 p. m. At his bedside were Mrs. White and his oth? er daughter, Mrs. Alice Briggs, who also resides in Lewiston. Although he had been ill for a long time, death came suddenly. Forced by the condition of his health to resign hie position as pres? ident pro tempore of the senate at the beginning of the present session of congress, although he retained his membership in the senate, Sen? ator Frye soon afterward made his last Journey from Washington to the city which always had been his home. For several weeks his condi? tion was not considered necessarily dangerous. Up to last week he rest? ed in comparative comfort, spend? ing much of his time In reading or having some member of his family 1 read to him. Last week the senator's Illness ; took a serious turn, but again he \ rallied, and this week his physicians j expressed the hope that he might re? cover. As late a3 3:15 this after? noon he appeared to be in a com i fortable condition. Shortly after? ward It was seen that he was sinking rapidly, and at 3:55 o'clock he died. A general breakdown, due to age and his extremely arduous career, is ascribed by Senator Frye's physicians aa the cause of death. Funeral arrangements had not been completed tonight. President Taft and Gov. Plalsted were notified of the death of Senator Frye. < The following telegram from Vice President James S. riherman, was re? ceived at Senator Frye's home to? night: 1 "News of the death Senator Frye fills even' senator's mhrt with sor? row and casts a gloom over official Washintgon. My sorrow is deep and i keen. The senator's long .faithful and conspicuous service brightens the , pages of his country's civic history, his unfailing suavity, his kindness, his goodness will long endure. Great is his loss. Well has he earned his rest." \ C()TTON PRICES DECLINE. i Humors of Labor Troubles in Eng? land Cnu?ie Sharp Decline in New Orleans. New Orleans, Aug. 8.?Rumors of serious labor troubles In England broke the cotton contract market nearly $2 a bale on the most active months today In the trading up to the middle afternoon. At that time both the October and December op? tions were trading at 11 cents, or S9 points, down from yesterday's close. The other active months were 3 2 to 35 points down. Around the opening there were many cable messages in the market from Liverpool in regard to the sit? uation In English labor circles. It was claimed that the railway strike was extending and crippling business. Later In the day cablegrams came over stating that the situation was serious, that it was becoming difficult to move cotton or other merchandise and that a few cotton mills had al? ready closed as a result. Decline in New York. New York, Auk. 8,?In the cotton market prices sold oft about 40 points. er practically $2 a able, from the cloaing figures of Monday, Favor? able weather for the new crem and trade accounts from England, where a liig railroad strike was said to he tielng tip general business, were the causes, Columbia, Auk. 7.? -Adjutant Gen? eral Moot-., announced thai he would accompany the rifle team from South Carolina to the national rifle ahool to he held at ('amp Perry, Ohio, som menclng on .\ ug usl 1 2, this effeel was passed asking that the work, after it reaches Liberty street, be stopped until tin- first of Ja nus ry, i BI 2, (?n request of Mr. Geo. H, Hurst 11 concrete paving was ordered to b< put on the Canal Main street side? walk between ih< front <>f the J. D, Cralg Furniture company end th< street. Going With Troops. . 1? uuilOH BILL representative of mill men oppose tariff revision. Complains T lat Cotton Mill Inter, ests HsYte Ms* Had Time to Pre? sent The r rose. Washingt >n, Aug. 8.?Complaining that the cot on mill interests had been given no tine for the presentation of their case, 5te vart Kramer of Char? lotte, N. C, epresenting the tariff committee < f he American Cotton Manufacturt rs' association, told the senate final ce committee today that they could cnl> file an ' emphatic pro? test against th? drastic revision pro? posed In th..? Underwood bill." This was at the Irtt and only hearing on the cotton lar ff revision bill. The committee v 111 report the bill to the senate by Tiu sday. Mr. Kram >r said the cotton manu? facturers ha 1 >een allowed no oral hearing bef< re the house ways and means comn itt je, and had been told that if they ha I any facts to lay be? fore the corirrlttee they might give them to Cha rn .an Underwood. Asked by Senator Li toilette as to the effect of the high tax ff on machinery In the cotton industry, Mr. Kramer declared that if he v er 3 given a cotton mill under presen: conditions he could not operate it ai 1 roflt. J. L. Irvings of Charlotte protested against any i ec uctlon in the tariff on mercerized gooi s. He said imports of this fabric hi d steadily increased un? der the Payr e- Mdrich law, and that even with ti e protection now given half of the nr. ill j in hls llne were Idle. Chairman ?e irose of the commit? tee stated that lie had been approach? ed by a repr ?s ntative of New Eng? land cotton ma nufacturers, who pro? tested against ti e Underwood bill, and said that in the short time given for hearings he wo ild be unable to pre? sent the claln s of his Interest* in full. I STATE CA *ITAL AFFAIRS. _ ,Go. Blease Ha? Nothing to Say In Regard to HI; Conduct at Helton. Columbia, At g . 8.?Gov. Blease today appointed Solicitors Hildebrand, Gunter, Cobb, Peurifoy, Henry and Cooper as delegates to the third an? nual convention of the American In? stitute of Crimiial Law and Crimin? ology at Bost >n. September 1-2. Gov. Blease g dd today, when ask td about charge!, made by the BeHon Times and rep oduced In Columbia newspapers, oi' uclvillty on his part toward a young woman ticket agent at Belton .that he would make no statement on thi t matter at this time. At the request of Senator Charles Dick, chairman, the Governor today appointed forme* Adjutant General John D. Frost, a member of the Nat? ional Oommittei of one hundred, formed to pron ote civil service re? form. Sheriff P. H. C orley serving his sec? ond term in Le> ington County, today resigned, wthout comment, and Gov. Blease appointee Deputy Sheriff Sim J. Miller, sherifl for his unexpired term. Otis Hilton, t le young man from Chester, serving a life term for kill? ing a negro dr lyman, whom Gov. Blease parolled \ugust 1st and who promised then t tat he would "leave the State or enll> t In the Army." has gone to North Cai olina or Virginia and will not return, according to a let? ter the governor received today from Hilton's attorney Guv. Blease is this afternoon ad? dressing the Rlchland Volunteers at their annual barbecue. Searchers fourd early today the body of Keene Br >wn. the young man drowned yeaterdt y In RIdgewood Lake, along with Clarence Drigge?. Driggera' body w< s recovered late laat night. SCHOOL LEVY BEATEN. Turbulent Elcctlo i in Edmund's Dis? trict, 1 exlngton, Lexington, Aug B.?In an election attended by turbulent scenes 'from the opening of th ? polls at 8 o'clock this morning until the close ;'t I o'clock this ai'te noon ,the like of which haa perhaps never been wit? nessed In this lounty before, the proposition to lasts a special levy of i mills for sehe >i purposes In the Rdmund school dl itrlct lost by a \ote of 15 to l". it is understood that there will be a rarm contest over the r< suit and it Is likely that an? other election Will be ordered hefoft the matter is final > settled. GreenvilU count has voted Ihret to two sgainsl a 1100,000 bond issu? to build a PSW cot rt house. SAYS HE WILL MAKE RACE OX HIS RECORD. Governor, Besides Announcing Plans, Criticises State Colleges and At* tacks Attorney General. Chester, Aug. 9.?The picnic at Fea3terville today, under the auspices of the Literary club, drew 1,500 peo? ple from Fairfield, Chester and Union counties and manv from Columbia, The features of the day was the speech of Gov. Blease, who was the Invited guest of the occasion. Gov. Blease criticised the work of the State colleges, advocated lynch? ing for one crime, ard took occasion to announce that he will run on his record for another term as governor. W. C. Clayton presided over the meeting and Introduced the governor. The governor complimented the com? munity on the opening of the club. Touching on education, the speaker mentioned the higher State Institu? tions of learning, saying their support was becoming a burden, owing to what he called extravagant appro? priations by the legislature, and stated that they were favored *it the expense of the rural schools. He compared them to the denominational colleges. He declared that the de? nominational colleges were furnishing the judges and the men In high office in the State. He said he was not opposed to the State colleges, but was In favor of more money being given to the rur*U schools. He stated that he had not gone through college himself, but .that after he had fought the world, j the flesh and the devil for 20 years I the people had honored him with the J office of governor. He cited this as I an example to show that It was not necessary for a boy to have a college education to succeed. Touching on his pardon record, the governor said he had no apologies to make for the clemency he had exer? cised. Referring to the paroling of Otis Hilton, the white mm frowr (Chester, who was sent to the peni? tentiary for life for killing a negro; he said that he had affidavits from I men whose word he did not doubt j concerning the facts in the case, and I that both from these and from the testimony he did not hesitate to parole Hilton, and he would always dc the same where a white man is in? volved with a negro. He declared his business was to take care of the white people; that he was not an enemy to the negro, but that the f negro must stay in his place. Turn I im to lynching, he said he favored j lynching a negro whenever he com I mitted the nameless crime against a 'white woman, and that if this was [standing for lynch law he stood for : it. He denounced the hosiery mill in the State penitentiary, calling it the "tuberculosis factory." He said nis onemles were saying he was opposed to "Yankees" because the promoters i f the hosiery mill were Northern nen. He said he was not opposed to Yankees, but was trying to rid the State of this "tuberculosis factory," and relieve the poor wretches from their position. The governor referred to J. Fr?ser Lyon, attorney general, saying that if I.yon wasn't wanting to be governsr himself he would have stood with Blease in his fight against the hosiery mill. "Let him run for governor him S4 If and 1 will give him political tu? berculosis." said Qov. Blease. After this Gov. Blease announced that he v ould be a candidate for re-election to the office of governor; that he ex pected to run on his record, and that if he could not be elected on this he would be satisfied. Gov. Blease spoke more than an hour, and he reiterated many of bis j>r. viously stated ?sentiments. The governor came to Shclton this morning from Columbia and returned In the afternoon. A biu dinner was served on the grounds .T. Fr?ser Lyon, attorney general, when informe?! last nicht what the governor hoi said at Fcastsrytlls, said that he did not ale to discuss the natter. There is some room for doubt as t<? whether party IIOSS are being ef? faced or entangled. ? Washington Star. A palmist is authority for the statement that "s white nark on the nail bee peak?, misfortune." a black mark under the eye is also be lleved to be s of s recant and violent misfortune.?St. nPul l>is patch,