Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I VERY SUCCESSFUL TRIP. MR. R. 1 MWMMi MAKES ST VTE Ml VT A8 TO RESULTS QkT MUV TO BOSTON MM oi 4Im* Fe?t?rm of Um? Trip and toiitcntlon T'.u? Appealed to Mr Mm f Inf. Who Was S?ut as the RrpresematUe of the Suntc t ?limitier of < ommrrce and the Seniler Advertising Club. The key note of the whole conven? tion Wat thuthfulness and honesty In advertising." said Mr. R. 1 .Man? ning this morning In speaking of the Mg convention of Advertising Clubs of America which he sttended at it.* recent meeting In Boston and from which h* returned Friday. Mr. Manning went on to say to a reporter for the Item that he was veiy fa* ??Hbly Impressed with the srecessful mnnner In whlih the plan* of entertainment were carried out and In hl* ?piploi the convention was la every ri> a bis success. He thought Mat the convention would ??e of taetaaoai <ood to South Caro Mna fet It will adv.rt'.ie this Stete In ?> mm. that it has ne\er been adv? n'sed before, and Interest in the aa develop td L?ndt and water pow? er wss excited among men who are capable of aiding us materially in the development of our unutilized re? sources." Mr. Manning then went on to out Na* whet was done at the convention, eavlng that with the 2.300 delegates from sll parts of the country pres? ent and so many meetings going on at the same time, it was a hard mat? ter for a delega'e to decide which meetings he should attend. "But," said he. "all of the convention was pot taken up In business meetings, for there were a great many social af? fairs given for the delegates which threw these people of various State* together a great deal." All of the delegates were interested in getting ii formation about utner sections of ' the country and to Impart informs- j tion about their own States. This was ' especially true of the South of which section there was more in? quiry than of any other section. The trip to Boston on the Cylde Line ?teamer waa a delightful one. The delegates from this State went in a r?<?dy. twenty-three strong, with the determination to work together for this State and to push it as much to the front as possible in obtaining place* for lit members on Important committees. The delegate*, when they arrived at Boston were taken in charge by th* Pilgrim Publicity Club. I who with the good people of Boston, did everything in their power to make the stay of the delegates a pleasant one. The program of entertainment was well conceived and excellently carried out by them. "In fact," aald P Mr. Manning, "their hospitality was equal to unvhlng In the South which Is renowned for Its hospitality." Every section of South Carolina was represented and much credit Is du* to Mr. A. W. McKeand, Secre? tary of the Chamber of Commerce at r? Charle?*on. who planned the trip aad who did so much to make the work "f the South Carolin ins ef fecthr*. In return th* delegate* tried to push Mr. McKeand forward as much as possible and succeeded in getting him a pi ice on the executive j eotrmlttee. J*rry Moore was a gr*?at f >nture of the 8outh Carolina deleaictlon .and, of couree. received much attention from the people of other sections, especially among those where corn wee grown extensively. Pictures of I Jerry Moots ?er? given l?y the New Terk Globe, the Hoston Globe, and the Boston Am- ri' ag during his stay in Boston with the story of his won? derful aclrdeveeaeaf la eeea aelaaaSi Mr. Manning stated hut Jerry area not oio h if i ?peak? r. to aetafl as mod?t as he wan great In the corn growers world, and wax prot>al?ly the holder of th.- AorhlH r?c..r?l for lacontctim. Tu Illustrate this point Mr. Manning fold of how at one time when he wua called on to m ike a spec h. telling how he was abb* to raise so mu< h corn on one acre, the person to who*., lot it fell to Intro duce Jerry stated that Jerry wane, bet? ter corn grower than h. wax i tp.-. v> - er and thm t w.n h.-st to ootam In? formation fr ?tu him l>\ m? itu of question*. The first um st on was. "How were you u'-b- to kp'W *o niu< h corn on on.? iere?" To whl< h Jerry at once responded. by hard work and sclentine farming." He w is then asked Where did you n,-\ the Information w hl? h enabled you to raise *o mm h cornFrom Cleav ron College an I I ?r. aoaman Kappa),* C responded Jerry. What sclent Itlc or figrl? ultur il |-iperi did you take?" ' None." says Jerry, n* nub't nfid terse as ever. This In a wny silenced his laterloi utors anl they suspended their questioning. fluf ther w.r.- i Kreut mans nthel thins* '?!?? s r. .1 b. ?|i|.-s the raising of ? orn. things that were of bnmense \>ilm to the South The posslolllttes or production in agricul? ture In the South was given gr?-at prominence by the d- I g?t?.* and ex cited much interets and was the oc? casion of many questions along ag? ricultural and manufacturing lines. The first day of the convention was gf Mil in making speeches 01 welcome J and responses, during which time many of the great leaders pub? licity took part and made Interest? ing address^. The second day was :-pent In division meetings. Many very interesting papers were read and matters of advertising, and of raising money for advertising, were freely discussed. In most of these papers and In the discussion one of the features emphasized was *he elimination of anything false, mislead? ing and bogus in advertising th; re? sources of any section. "It Is d!.foult, said Mr. Manning, "to estimate the value of 1 ringing together so many men from different sections for the discussion of the salient features of industry and progress, as It affects the town and country, and no one could fall to be impressed by the ardent desire of all to Improve conditions in all communities?to elevate standards of living and to endeavor to bring these advantages to the attention of the publle." Speeches were made along practical lines which threw much light on how to advertise ef? fectively and how to make advertis? ing pay. Also much information was given out along the line of what to advertise and what kind of advertising to suppress. In this regard great stress was laid on getting the support of the local press and of ?tatlng the true condi? tion of things In advertising. Mr. Manning then went on to say: "As far as we of Sou'h Carolina are con? cerned, It seems to me that, besides the advantages of giving publicity to our conditions and advantages for agricultural and manufacturing, that the plan that va3 settled upon < f having these advantages shown In moving picture films to be ex polnts, will advertise South Carolina's hlblted at important advertising rdvantages in a way that has never been done before and will give the people of one section of the State an accurate knowledge of conditions in every other section." In the discussions, the fact was brought out. that in the lower part of South Carolina there is a wide area of undeveloped, undrained lands that are capable of being drained and developed to a h'gh degree and of? fering greater opportunities for de? velopment than any other sections in this country. It was also shown that there is an immense amount of undeveloped water power in the up? per part of the State. "There is one point which 1 would like to stress, as brought out In this convention." said Mr. Manning, "and that Is In growing towns it is of the highest Importance that ample space should be set aside for parks and such reports, which add so much to the beauty, health and prosperity of the town, while the area* cun be obtained at moderate cost." Mr. Manning was very much Im? pressed by the Importance, and value of the Southern Commercial Con? gress, under the management of Mr. O. Grosvenor Dawe, in setting forth the advantages of the South over oth? er sections of the country In agricul? tural. In manufacturing nnd In home building, both ir. urban and rural communities. Mr. Dawe made an admirable presentation of the South's claim* along these lines, or, as he put It. "That section least known and most misunderstood." Mr. Manning stated along this line that he found In talking to the dele? gates from other eecttona that the people knew about conditions in the North. Knst and West, but knew rery little of conditions in the South. Me attributed this to the fate that other fleet ions of the country have 1.? wid.'.y S?Vertlsed, whll?- thin ?????Inn. up to the present time, has done nothing towards advertising Its resources nnd bating people of other SSOtloaS know of conditions here, in summing up the results of th. trip. Mr. Manning said: "I believe that We have been repaid by ih? publicity green the South nnd that seed hwve I.? sown for a better mu? tual understanding of Condition! throughout the whole conntrv, ef peelally the South, and thnt the in? formation concerning the nndevelopi d lands and water power in our section has SXtfted Interest among those who are In a position to aid us In the de? velopment ol our reeourci and i am confident, that the convention will result in much good In spreading throughout 'he whole country I he trtie conditions in the South." One of the features of th< meeting interesting le pi i ions in the eastern and centred parts of Month Carolina was the work of Messrs A \V. Mi - K? ind nf Charlsston, Rvani ??f Che? raw and Maxwell and Iht OthOf nu m? bers of the South Caromla delegation m their active and efficient edvertle? ing of South Carolina, They alee showed that optimism and prog reg* slvenees are taking the pi u s of eon* vertalem which has long been I Southern i ha no t, rlstb . Much credit Aas aim dm to the Charleston Quartette, consisting of Messrs Dfueeohweller, Volght, Rud? dock and Matthews, who did a big part In attracting attention to the South Carolina delegation and giving them a chance to he heard in behalf Ol their State. I In talking with a delegate from Texas, the gentleman informed Mr. j Manning that his pecan grove was the largest in the world. When questioned about the size of the grove Mr. Manning found It to be several times smaller than that of Mr. Horb beck at Mt. Pleasant. When he was told that there was a grove oZ the sam^ kind of trees in South Caro? lina, w hich was several times as large as his. the gentleman was much sur? prised. In various other ways, people of different sections were quietly told of the conditions In this State. While at the convention Jerry Moore received a telegram from Mr. Arhuckle. the millionaire corn grow? er and farmer, asking him to accept a position with him to teach him how to grow corn. Jerry, however, very wisely declined to accept the position and Is still a resident of the Palmetto state. SEVEN MILE SWIM. Trank and Lin ien Lesesne go EYofU Yncht Club Pier to Sullivan's Is? land. Frank K. Lesesne, Luden M. Le sesne and Albert Simons, members of the Carolina Yacht Club, made a great swimming record yesterday. In an attempt to make the isle of Palms from the Carolina Yacht Club piei. The Messrs Lesesne came out of the water at the eastern extremity of Sul? livan's Island, where Beach Inlet di? vides that island from the Isle of Palms, and Mr. Simons landed at Station 22, on Sullivan's Island. The three started out from the Yacht Club pier at 10:40 a. m. ac? companied by a boat. The Messrs. Lesesne came out of the water at the end of Sullivan's Island at 3:10 p. m. so that they were exactly four hours and a half in making the trip. They had the ebb tide with them for the whole of the long swim, hut they had to cross the current to make the is? land shore. The Messrs Le?- ne would un? doubtedly have made the Isle of Palms, for which they had set out, had it not been for a shoal on the end of Sullivan's Island, upon which they came at the end of their long effort. They found themselves in shallow water, and, rather than at? tempt a long swim around the point Of the shoal, they waded ashore at Peach Inlet. The swimmers made a new record for long distance swimming In Char? leston harbor. It Is estimtaed that they covered a coarse of seven miles and a half. They were in good shape at the end of the swim.?Charleston Post. INVITES VISITORS TO TIIF. BOOTH T< Kxtcnd Knowledge of Conditions in the South. Washington. Aug. 1 f>.?Managing Director Dawa Of the Southern Com? mercial Congress will have Wash? ington early in September direct for El Paso. Texas. He will meet there Cel. D. C. Collier. Director General Of the Panama-California Exposition of San DlegO. Mr. Da we and Col Collier will then travel rapidly over the States of the South in order to ?Xplaln In large cities and before all b ailing commercial organizations the i in pose of the All-South-Conference to be held in Memphis, October 9, The itinerary so far arranged includ ? < F.I PaSO, San Antonio. Houston. Little Kock. Bhreveport, Monroe. Vicksburg, Meridian. Birmingham, Montgomery, New Orleans. Savannah, Charleston, Raleigh, Chattanooga and Nashville. This All-8outh-Conference Is called by the Southern Commercial ('on? er- ?, th.' Southern Commercial Sec? retaries Association, tb<- Business Men's <"iui> of Memphis, the Chamber of Commerce of Atlanta, tin- Cham r of Commerce of Houston, the Progressive Union of New Orleans .md the Panama-California Exposition of S;,M DlegO. The purpose of t llC conference is to voles an invitation to ail oltlseni of the United States lo visit the South and witness its ad? vancement: for the traneitlon In re? cent v sari has ?.n ho rapid 11> it a iirge proportion of the public have i o adequate know ledge of condi? tions, it li also the purpose of th< conference lo urge Pacific Coast tour i ts to traverse the South and uet tin liberal stop-over privilege granted by Southern railroads, Thirty Years Together, Thirty years of association think of It. How the merit of a good thing Land "ut In that time -or the woith lessnsss of ? bad one, So there's no gUSSS work In this SVtdsncS of ThOS, arses, Concord, Mich., who writes: I have used Dr. King's New Discovery for ::'? v.-ars. and U'm the best COUgh and cold ours l ever used,'* once it finds sntrance in a home you can'I pry it out Many families have used It forty years. It's the most Inf a] libls throat and hing medicine ??n earth. Unequaled for lagrlppe, asth? ma, hay fe\er, croup. Quinsy Of SO IS lungs. Price r,o esnta, $l."?i. Trial bottb? fre.*, Guaranteed by Blbert' I'rug Store. JAMES J. hill TELLS NEED or CONSERVING soil FROM now ON, Subject Will !>e Chief One DKcu-^ed at Farmers' National Congress at Kansas City Next Month.?Railroad President Says United States is Robbing It Like It Is Destroying Timber and Hiding Minos. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 10.?' When the most fertile land in the world produces so much less than that of poorer quality elsewhere, and *his low yield shows a tendency toward steady decline, the situation becomes clear that we are robbing the soil." That statement made by James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern railway tells briefly what the princi? pal subject of discussion will be at the national conservation congress to be held in Kansas City on Septem? ber 25-28. Conservation of the soil will be the main purpose of the meeting. In St. Paul last year the main subject was "Public Lands"; the yoar preivous it was "Forest Conservation." This time the meeting is being held in the heart of tha agricultural country and "saving the soil" is to be the one im? portant topic. Mr. Hill, who Is studying agricul? ture from the dollars and cent view? point as president of the great rail? way system, has made a study of what he calls "soil abuse." Some of the results of investigations that he has been responsible for in this line are best given in his own words. "Take the case of wheat," he says "the mainstay of single-crop abuse. Many of us can remember when New York was the great wheat-producing State of the Union. The average yield] of wheat per acre in New York for| the last 10 years was about 18 bush? els. For the first five years of that 10-year period it was 18.4 bushels, and for the last five years 17.4 bush? els. Farther west, Kansas takes high rank as a wheat producer. Its av? erage yield per acre for the last 10 years was 14.16 bushels. For the first five of those years it was 15.14 and for the last five years 13.18. "Up in the Northwest, Minnesota wheat has made a name all over the world. Her average yield per acre for the same 10 years was 12.96 bushels. For the first five years ti was 13.12, and for the last five 12.8. We per ceve here the working of a uniform law independent of location, of soil, or of climate. It is the law of a diminishing re? turn due to soil destruction. Apply this to the country at large, and it reduces agriculture to the condition of a bank whose depositors are stead? ily drawing out more money than they put in. "According to the last census the average annual product per acre of the farms of the whole United States was worth $11.38. It is little more than a respectable rental In some communities where the soil is proper? ly cared for arid mado to give a rea? sonable return for cultivation. There are but two States in the Union whose total value of farm producta *vas over $30 per acre of improved land. The great State Of Illinois pave but $12.4S. and Minnesota showed only "No discrimination attaches to these figures, where all are so much :it fault, Nature has given to Ul the most valuable poaseaalon ever com? mitted to man. it can never be du plicated, because there is none like It upon the face of the earth. And we arc racking and Impoverishing it exactly as we are felling the forests and rifling the mines. our soil, once the envy of every other country, the I nttraclon which draws millions of Immigrants across the seas, gave an average yield for the whole United States during the 10 years beginning with 1*96 of 13.6 bushels of wheal per acre. Austria and Hungary each produced over 17 bushels1 per acre, France 19,8, Germany 27.?'?. and the United Kingdom 82.9 bushels per acre, For the same decade our average yield oi oats was lesi than 30 bush? els, while Germany produced ,,; and Great Britain i-'. For barley the llgurei are 26 against S3 and 3*^6; for rye 16,4 against 84 for Germans and for Ireland, In the United King' dorn, Belgium, the Netherlands and l Denmark a >leid of mete than bushel* of wheal per acre has been the average for the p:?st five years. We might expand our resources nnd add billions of dollars to our national wealth by conserving soil r< sources, instead of exhaustlni them hh we have the forests and the con? tents of our mines, For there Is good authority for the assertion lhal the farmer could take from the same ires of ground In four years' grain crops a.- much as seven years now ni\.- bun. leaving the products of the other tin. i years v. ben the lund rest , i] fi em gr tin at a clear profit due in hotter methods, "He can do far more than that by joining live stock raising with grain raising. Natura has provided the cattle to go with the land. There is at mu< h n oney in live stock as there is in grain. Looked at in any way there Is money in live stock, money for dairy products, money for beef, money for the annual ncrease, and most money of all for the next year's crop when every particle of fertilizer is saved and applied to the land." Under the head of "Transportation of Farm Products" Henry L. Stimson, secretary of war, will take on "The Farmer and the Navigable Rivers." Virtually all of the farmers west of the Missouri river are stock grow? ers, and will be treated as a separate class. "The Livestock Farmer and Fertility of the Soil" will be discuss? ed by Dr. Frederick F?. Mumford, dean of the college of agriculture at the University of Missouri. In the same line former Gov. W. D. Hoard of Wisconsin, an authority or. dairying, will have a paper on "Dairying and Soil Fertility." Prof. B. N. Ten Eyck of the Kansas State Agricultural College will reed a pa? per on "Methods of Cultivation/' and Prof. Cyrus G. Hopkins of the Uni? versity of Illinois will talk on "The Worn-Out Soil." Gifford Pinchot Will talk on "The Country Life Move? ment." "OLD CY" YOUNG RELEASED. Cleveland Club Loses Hold on Fa? mous Pitcher Dean of American League rwirlers. Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. IF,.?The Cleveland American league -dub to? night gave Denton T. (Cy) Young, the veteran pitcher, his unconstitu? tional release. The release of Cy Young, "the grand old man of baseball," carries with it more than passing interest. A man who was a national figure in the early days of the American league, Young has been known as one of the best pitchers in the busi? ness, and with it an admirable fig? ure in private life. He made his greatest reputation with the Boston Americans when that club won a pennant and a world's championship. He also gained fame by pitching a no-hit-no-run game, not a man of the opposition reaching first base. In 1908 Boston turned him oe*r to Cleveland. MAN HUNT IN DORCHESTER. Town of St. George Excited by At? tempted Assault on Lady. St. George, Aug. 15.?St. George is greatly excited tonight over an at? tack upon a prominent woman in her home. The sheriff has gone to arrest a negro who has been observed to be loitering all day around the place where the attack occurred. The woman who was attacked Is unable to give any identification of the in? truder, but the suspected man's ac? tions during the day caused the sher? iff to decide to arrest him tonight. The attack occurred about 10::10 The intended victim, who is promi? nent here, was asleep. She was awak? ened by a man who slsed her by the throat. She screamed for help and he struck her several blows in the mouth. Then, frightened by her calls for aid, he fled through the window. When help arrived, the intended vie tim could give no description of the man, as it was very dark. She could not even tell whether it was a whte man or a negro. As soon as the news was spread, citizens of St. George were greatly stirred. They at once mad.- effort! to locate the fUgUtlve. Several men in automobile! left for bloodhoudi with which to track down the in? truder. s<> far there la only the merest suspicion against the negro whom the sheriff is seeking, hut if there should develop proof against him tie may he roughly dealt with it" he falls mt<> unofficial bands as the citlsens arc wrought up to an unusual degree. BAILEY PEARS PROHIBITION. rrgfjfl It Be Not Made a Feature of Bcnsforslilp Content, Handley, Texas, Aug. 17.?Senator J. W. Bailey does not want the pro? hibition question to be a factor in the coming contest for United States Ser? ator. In a letter to Dr. William K. Shoemaker of this place he says: 'You may he entirely right in thinking the democrats of Texas'in tend to make the prohibition question a *est of fitness for every office, but if they do adopt that policy they will regret it sooner or later, for it must inevitably produce a bitter feud with? in our party. "I can easily understand how a man who favors State-wide prohibi? tion might feel compelled by his sense of duty to oppose an anti-prohi l itionist for nomination for any office where the incumbent would exert a direct influence over either the enact? ment ->r the enforcement of prohibi? tion laws, hut I cannot conceive how a sensible man could be controlled en? tirely by the Prohibition question in electing a United States senator be i SUSS not one question out of 100 pre? sented to a member of the United States senate relates in the remotest degree to the prohibition question. "It would seem that no matter how intense a man might be on either ?Ids of that question he could hardly permit it to influence him as a man to do work wholly unrelated to it." As It Is At Glenn Springs. Glenn Springs, Aug. IS.?While resting from drinking our two to three gallons a day of these healing waters. I thought you might not ob? ject to a few random lines concern? ing things here. There are thous? ands here every week. The num? ber of visitors fluctuate worse than the price of cotton, no room one day, plenty room next day. The social feature is grand, for it is more like a big family reunion, than si?k folks hunting health. Lonliness is almost obliterated a we meet relatives and friends from every where. Babies, boys and girls, young men and young ladies, old men and old women and a few that you feel sorry for, as they ion't look able to drink their measur? ed quart at one standing. A part of our plasure is sitting around the springs and watching the pretty ladies drink and they seem to have the same pleasure. Box hall and cards are the only games for whiling away time. Some are enthused at the benetits of the drinks. One lady gained four pounds and told me she had tawen five gallons which weigh four pounds. So the water does im? prove your form r.nd increases your averdupole. I started this letter to describe this resort as it was so different from what I had imagined. The car we came down from Spertanburg on looked like the one in which I went to war. The sun shone "plum" through and the conductor called me down for hoisting my umbrella in his train, hut 1 kept it up as he had no shades to pull. The spring is one fourth of a mile from the hotel and when you get down you are one hundred feel below the hotel. The walk up is the sheltered, at two point3 wtih seats for rest. A concrete wall ten feet Square? eight feet high en cloees the spring and has a shelf all around it on which we stand and drink as two negroes, down in the pit. hand the water to you. This is a nice place at whi?'h to rest "r to drink. M. J. Michaux. More people, men and women, are Buffering from kidney and bladder trouble than ever before, and each year more of them turn for quick re? lief and permanent benefit to Foley's Kidney Remedy, which has proven Itself t.. l>e one of the most effective r. medies for kidney and bladder ail? ments, that melical science has de vlsed. Sibert's Drug stor^. DON'T WAIT \\ ait foi next' Spring and higher prices?'buy now and nap the pro? fit yourself. Seme of tt.e Cficlce Properties Listed With Us now at Quick Sale Prices No. 331 West Hampton Avenue. No. 212 West Hampton Avenue. No. 24 Haskeil Street. SUMTER REAL ESTATE S INSURANCE CO., Farmers1 Bank & Trust Co. Bldg. Sumter, S. C.