Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Cjjt fcftatciptatiiti ?otri{irori. PnblUbcd Wednetg?ey and Saturday. OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY 8UMTSH. ?. C. 11.60 per annum?In advance. Adiertlsemcnla: Oae Square Offtt Insertion.$1. >u ?very subsequent Insertion.50 Contracts fbr three months* or longer will SO made at reduced rates. All coniaHunlcstion* which sub Serve private Interests wUl bs barged for as advOTtlseim-nts. Obituaries and tri? utes of respect will be charged for The atomic r Watchman was found eel In 1M0 and the True Southron In lit* The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation and tafluwne* cf both of the old papers, sad Is manifestly the beet advertising saodJnJn lo Sumte r A CORRECTION. An annoying; and inexplicable mis false occurred In the editorial, trlnt sdJBaturday, commenting on tho gMTd roade bond Issue election und t*-i ttct'on of the board of election cstnmlssioners In throwing out the 8-%yesvllle box. In one place "Con? cord" was printed when it was lu? te ided to be Mayesvtlle. ae the ref? erence was to afayesvllle. The con? text of the article ehows through ? out that afayssvills precinct was re f nred to and not Concord. This er r r was not discovered until after 'he paper had been printed, and this rrectlon is made to keep tfhe record 'might The suggestion that the cotton baying business of Sumter be con tontrated at or near the public weigh? t's platform and the custom of hav? ing the cotton wagons congregate ou llaln street, in the business district, lo discontinued meets with more general approval than was expected gr anticipated. Several of the re* tiatl merchants say that they are ? heartily in favor of the change pro? posed and have hoped (or several years that the time would come when |t weald be possible to devise a plan for handling the cotton business more systematically and more conveniently for both buyers and sellers, and at the same time rolieve the congeetlon ' gf Wain It roe l durlnr trie e?>t?nn ssa son. *? - ~* Osts, ? ? ? Tnore is a disposition In s^uie OUS/lnrs la harv*-* unduly exercised over the prospect of Cole. L. Blease tnnlg re-elected governor; and aome ef our newspaper friends are hunt tag for candidates to beat Blease Any excitement on this subject is ?. waerte of energy. A majority of those who voted In the last primary were Biases men and by their votes de? clared that he was the sort of m m they preferred for Governor of ?outh Carolina. In this they differed radically from us. for our belief then was that Blease was not the type ef man that should be elected to offlca. Ills performance aa Governor has confirmed this opinion and as have no Inten? tion of voting for htm in the pri saary next summer or at any other time. l>ut we do not fe- I 'hat ours Is the responsibility of finuing a can dtdato to defeat him. If a majority of the people of South Carolina want Blease. or some other man of the same type, they will elect him. We believe that the election of such men as Blsase Is unfortunate for the Mate and all the people. Just as an epidemic of small pox of other pesti? lence would he. but If we live through a. thtriKi* sill right themselves in sine end experience will teach the Sec pie th folly of gl\lng support to Bta.ise and his like. If I'd ease hlm sHI and his course la office are not sufltolsnt to open the eyen of a ma? jority of the people to hi* unfitnese fat office, nothing that we can say, or that sny candldat ?. I *.. i.. i< Blens?, eaa say. will conMiue them ef ths error of their ways. If lllease can not work out hU own political damnation and destruction by his own words and aits. srasjIeVhi po? litical doctors had SOttOf leave the for time r ? ? ? If the people of South Carollnu have awakened to a realizing sense of the unfltneas of Cole Is MsJMfj for the position be .-uples. or If tins swsken'ng occurs prior to *he open? ing of the lUlp.llgn tleXt MMi.Ucr, ther?. will be no need to ?? ? ir? h for s man tu boat Mease. Public senti? ment will make Itself felt and can rtrjat. - will volunfe. r a h i-ul ill tf Ing. for they will be the fir t to take note of the way the wind h bloving. We have never seen any good result from ?n effort to *?|cct , , mdidate to best an oftb???-hohl? r. ?\?n though a largs numb, r of the voters are ??onfldrnt that the - ml -.-f.. hold-r I* unfit to hold oftb ?? ami to >l> U \\ Mm would be doing the State i s. r vice. Set,,| us >our lob work. JOINT MEVflMCi of fa It mf KV imox 1> f. li .o ation Al> kx BtlMlVl i ommittf.i: of chambfr of c ommfju f. Fuss Resolution to Ask Aid or Cham? bers of Commerce in Other Otic* m in I of Secretary of Agriculture. At a Joint meeting of the delegates from the county Farmers' Union and the executive committee of the Cham? ber of Commerce, held Monday after? noon, in the Chamber of Commerce hall, a resolut ton was passed to the effect that circular letters .>e sent to all of the Chambers of Commerce throughout the cotton States asking the aid of these various bodies in se? curing reliable information concern? ing the cotton crop and asking for co-operation with the farmers in having the cotton put on the mar? ket gradually, so as not to depress the price, and to do all In their power to help the farmers market their cotton crop so that It would be to their own best Interests as well as to the Interests of the merchants and bankers. This resolution was adopted follow? ing a statement made by Mr. E. W. Pabbs, President of the State Farm? ers* Union, supported by statements of a number of other prominent farm? ers, that Interests were at work try? ing to depress the price of cotton by issuing statements of a bumper crop when conditions were everywhere un? favorable for a large yield of cotton, and at this particular time, which Is a critical stage In the growth of the cotton, conditions caused by drought made it a certainty that not near a fall crop of cotton would be harvested. A resolution was also passed to the effect that a telegram be sent Senator E. D. Smith asking him to get Secretary Wilson to co? operate with the farmers in finding out the exact conditions, so that the reports which are now being issued to the press can be corrected, if they nre incorrect, as the members of the Sumter County Farmers' Union be? lieve are. The meeting was called at the re? quest of President Dabbs, who stated in a short speer', what it had been called for. He said, in part, that this was a critical time for the farm? er and. realising that the Interests of 'he merchant, the banker and busi led up^rt ?bA farm . r *ho owned him for 3;is year'? sup? plies, be rtPd cor,; p.? ask tiw bur-; re*.' r.-t. of Suinf-r. through the LThamber, of Commerce, to co-oper? ate with the farmers of the coun^, and throughout the State. In getting their cotton crop marketed. He said that in this city certain merchants were giving out information to the uninformed f irmers of the county that a bumper crop was going to he raised and that cotton would not be us high as ten cents by the first of January. This was misleading, as by rushing the crop on the market, the price would certainly be depressed, which was exactly what the farmers did not want. He had been through? out the whole State and had never ??een prospects worse than they were at present. He said that they had been good a month ago. but the drought had ruined the prospects of a good crop. Mr. S. N. Welch of Lee county made a speech, stating in dof.all the same thing. He thought that the farmers and the merchants should < o operate as It \\as to the best in? terests of both to do so. He thought that the farmers ought to get at least as much for their cotton as they did last war. Mr. J. H, Candler. a prominent merchant of the city, stated that he had been so much impressed by the recent address of the sommitsc from the county union that he had sent it on to the paper printed by the mill men of the country In which it had been reproduced, Attet a number of others, Includ? ing Secretary Sneli of the chamber of Commerce, Hon? u. I? Manning Bd number of farmers ar.d busi? ness nicn, had made short statements ?oncerning their views of the situ .tlon th>- reeolntlon that the circular letters be Sen! out and that a nighl letter he sent to Senator Smith wni !???.i- I and b - ? d unanimously. W W TS ftfORK FOR MOM A . Mayor Luyiior Shoots The Chutes \ml Criticise* Course. Neu York. Aug. 11. ?Mayor Oay in?r and Commissioner or Polles Wal4 do hind tin ? ?1111. - if Consy blind last night. "Ho<\d yoi j;;;. it"' the Mayor was ayked. ??rim ??? be replied* "Bui ths Iron* b|e fSJ thS Tide |j too short." Richmond, Aug. IS, Henry Clay ISeetttOi ITh of South Richmond, who tends, accused by coroner's Jury of inning murdered hi wife "u ths Midlothian turnpike of Chs tsrfleld ( ounty, on the n?.rht of July i last, \? I ' h.dt. ' I Monday, FASTEST TRAIN WRECKED. Pennsylvania Flyer .lumps the Truck at Ft. Wayne?Three Deed und Many Hint. Ft, Wayne, Ind.. Aug. 1?.?Throe pereom were killed and 30 injured when tlie Pennsylvania If-hour train, en route from Chicago to New York, jumped tiie track on the western Outskirts Of tills city at 6;03 this evening, v\hlle going at the rate of 50 miles an hour. In leaving the rails the two engines pulling the passenger train sideswip ed a freight engine and the three piled up in a mass of bent and twist? ed Iron. OKLAHOMA MOB BURNS NEGRO. Killed After Itunning Fight?Victim's Body Was Given to the Flames. Durant, Okla., Aug. 13.?A mob of 500 whites today captured and shot t<? death an unidentified negro, who yesterday attacked and shot Mr3. Redden Campbell near here, and af terward burned the negro's body. The negro was killed after a run? ning light lasting more than an hour, in which he exhausted his ammuni? tion, returning the Are of his pur? suers When he fell, volley after volley of bullets was poured into his body by the advancing mob. It was then taken to the home of his victim. Nearly dead from her Injuries, Mrs. Campbell Identified it as that of her assailant. The mob then burned the corpse. The Furnier*' Institute. Clemson College, Aug. 11.?The In? stitute is drawing to a close. Last night Prof. Itolf of Florida Agricul? ture College and Newman, of Clem? son and Mr. Moore of Southern Hallway Industrial Department made such good Farmers' Union talks that I think the union will have to employ them to canvass the State. The Sumter County address has received much favorable eonsider ? tion and a committee was appointed to enlarge upon some of the ideas merely touched upon In it, and give it to the union at Inrge. Bro. Held, the State Secretary, has sent the Sum? ter address to all the county papers and to all the leading papers in the cotton belt, especially union papers. The committee is a strong one and we look for good results from its ef ! orts, l ? i irrow told me just now Ill arrange for the Sumter titutes in a day or two and ?ct to the committees and the Sumter pu, trs. I trust the com? mittees will see that the speakers are taken from railroad to meeting place, and on to the next, and that the neighborhood will turn out in force to hear them. E. T. Mlms and J. K. MeElveen are the committee from Shlloh; Jos. Brunson and Du? rant Tisdale for Concord; S. D. Cain and S. A. Harvln for Privateer and the other points will have to meet the speakers at last place and SOI if they can go on to them. The union meeting and other farm? ers have been positive in their con? demnation of the glowing accounts j that the newspapers give of the growing crop. I hear on every side. "The drought is not yet broken in my section." "We have good seasons, but the crop Is late and is only a good prospect." "After so long a drought wo expect storms or ex? cessive rains that will be injurious." It has been fearfully hot. and every one will rejoice to be at home by Saturday night. E. W. D. The regular monthly business meet? ing of the Baraes Blbls class 0f the First I'.aptist church will be held at the church this evening st &:30 o'clock, a full attendance Ii re? quested. AGGidents Will Happen And when they <|o?they hurt. Ill NT's LIGHTNING OIL In the one Instantaneous relief and OUM) for all wounds, bruises, sores, cuts, sprains and abrasions of the skin. It forms mi artificial skin covering, excludes the air Instant? ly, stops pain at once. There arc many oils, but none like HUNT'S The action is different, and the effect as well, . . HUNTS . . f\ a a LIGHTNING UIL VI Way I have It in the ItOUNC, lake it with you when rou travel?you ih?fCr can loll w ben ih n t*H IK.M i \i\?. oil mnj lie most needed. Sftcts and &lH?ts bottles. I or Rale Bj S|bert*i Prag Store? A, B. Richaids MediCin? Co., Sherman, Tex. it, TEXAS COTTON DECLINING. Deterioration Reported in Portion* of Three states, hut Elsewhere Crop is Doing Well. Memphis, Tenn., Aug, 13.?The; Commercial-Appeal tomorrow will say: "Deterioration of a more or less bo*! rloui nature in the cotton crop is re-! ported in Texas and parts of Missis? sippi and Alabama. Elsewhere the crop has done well, with local excep? tions. "The decline in Texas, which has j occurred In central, northern and j western counties is the result of ex-1 cesslvs heat and two weeks without rain, following a wet period, during which the plant grew rapidly. Shed? ding and worms form the basis of the complaints. The heat has reduced the activities of worms, but Increased the shedding, which has in places been severe. There are some reports from this State which say the crop its still holding up and that the alarm is overstated. "Tile trouble in Alabama and Mis risslpl arises from excess of moist? ure, which has made a rank stalk growth and c aused some shedding by reason of the rapid growing ?f the stalk and from worni3, which are nu? merous in soms tields. The disap? pointment resulting from this turn in affairs has produced a feeling that perhaps the crop prospect had been overestimated* "in the Atlantic State3, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma there has been no serious shedding and the crop is doing nicely. Rain is needed only in Texas. Elsewhere dry, warm weather is desirable." TWO CHILDREN BADLY RCRXED. Columbia Tots Fall Into Rnsln of Columbia, Aug. 12.?Mary Evans, aged 4, and Josephine Evans, aged 2. the children of Mrs. C. F. Eavns, of 1,827 Main street, were dangerously burned today, when they fell into a basin of boiling water, prepared at the direction of Dr. Barron for the use of their small brother, Delma Evans, who had run a nail through bis foot. Mr. P. M. Pitts, county supervisor, stated Saturday that whffe he was at? tending the Good Roads Convention at Spartanhurg last week, the per? sons attending the convention were given an exhibition of how the trac? tion engine was worked on the road and used to pull three road plows at one time. He said that after care? fully noticing the work that was done by the engine he had come to the conclusion that while it was a good thing for Spartanburg county it would not be of any considerable ser vice in this county. Rolling Water. Turnip Seed gTT We have just received our first j1 shipment of new crop Turnip Seed. This beinr/ the proper month to plant Ruta Baga and other tur? nips, we solicit your valued patron? age. Siberf s Drug Store, w. w. SI BERT. 8 South Main St. Phone No. 283 A Standing Case The State of South Carolina, County of Sumter. ' Cour1 ?< Zmm S8sse ! THE BANK OF SUMTER Plaintiff. Versus Idleness, Sloth. Poverty, Spendthriftiness, Tbrlftless ness. Loss by Theft, Fire and otherwise, Lack of Bus- K SmMM tOT Belief iness Habits and System. Loss by paying Bills twice. COMPLAINT SERVED) Loss of time in making change, Lack of business Credit and Standing. Loss from lack of Competent bus? iness and financial advice, et al. Defendant*. BARTOW WALSH, Cashier, r*? ? iNTim-? You are one of the Jury to pass Oi Plaintiff's Attorney argue the case before fendant's Attorneys are continually at work BAGGING AND TIES THE season is now at hand when our friends will be seeking the wherewith to cover their 1911 Cotton Crop, and we wish to assure them that there is nothing in the line of Bagging and Ties that we do not carry, and our prices, like everything else we handle, are as low as they can be sold at. We have a splendid grade of second hand Jute bagging, which is highly recommend? ed to ginners, where they furnish bagging and ties and do the ginning for a round price. COTTON PICKING SUPPLIES A great many of our farmers are now becoming merchants, and keep on their plantation a store or com missary from which to supply their hands and especially cott< n pickers. To these we wish to say that there ar< feu houses in the interior of the Stau- who tarry a larger stock of STAPLE GROCERIES than we do and consequently more In a position to better meet your Mews as to prices than we are. It will pay you to get our prices on Bagging and Ties, meat, lard. Hour, sugar, coffee, rice, meal, grits, tobac? co, cotton shorts .or anything else you may need before buying. O'Donnell 6 Company.