The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 12, 1911, Image 1
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'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,