Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Fabiubcd Wednesday ami Saturday. -II 08TEEM PUBLISHING COMPANY 8UMTER, 1. C. |l 50 par annum?In advance. Advertisements: One .vjuare first Insertion.$1.00 ?very subsequent Insertion.SO Contracts for three monthi, or ir will be mads at reduced rates. ?11 communications which sub prtTats Interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obrtaarhss and tilbutes of rwipcct wTU be charged for. The Sumter Watchman was found? ed la l?0 and ths Trus southron in lite The Watchman and Southron esrw has the combined circulation and influence cf both of the old papers, are is maatfsetly ths best advert sing idlum In thimter. President Taft has dellni ely cast bis lot with the stand-pat 'action of the Republican party and by TttQlggJ the bill reviewing the iniquitous and indefensible" wool tariff schedule, lias become the champion of the spe? cial Interests who have grown rich ty taxing the many for the benefit of the few. ? ? ? The newspapers of SouMi Caro? lina have one thing to be ihaukful fl*r. What would happen to them a ere Cole U Please Postmaster G*?n ei-al? ? ? ? The campaign launched several days ago by K W. Dabbs, the pres Idsnt of the s..uth Carolina State Flirmers' union, and the Sumter coun? ty union and chamber of commerce to for?v ill the tendency of the farm? er* ( the South to rush the cotton the market was gven a new tajpetu? Friday when a movement was started by Thomas Hudson, oommlssioner of agriculture of Geor? gia, to call a meeting of the com miaaloners of agriculture of the So ith to discuss the cotton crop slt uai.ton Commissioner Hudson sug? gest* that the commissioners meet at soms convenient place within the nent few weeks for the purpose of securing lnformstlon to disabuse the minds of the farmers about the sise pf the cotton crc. . A BETTEH PLAN. Th* sood road* bond sleetlon <- mi ? tee" Is In a fair way to get Into lAg ( courts, sine- w regard It as ex? tremely impi^ U*id? that the points in lie will be finally settled to the satlsfsctlon of all parties by the State Board of Canvassers. It Is un? fortunate that a matter of so much t lm|*or;ance to every c itizen of the ( county ss the huldin? of good roads should become a cause of dissension and acrimonious litigation. The clr- ( cumstances of the case, we believe, ' cell for compromise and concili? ation rather than content and litlga-j tlon. and we can see no possibility of gooj resulting from a contes. in the | courts. The election, on th?- face of the returns, was tie, but the known irregularities at the Mayesvllle box cast a doubt on the correctness of the returns. When these Irregularities wer? brought officially t ? the atten? tion of the Commssloners of Election they were forced to take cognisance of * hem. and having done so, there was no alternativ? but to throw out the box. This having been done, in compliance with the law governing such cases, the Election Commis? sioners declared the election. Legally and t*?nch)n< ally the result was In favor of the bond laue, but, as a mat? ter it fact, there still remained an element of doubt ,\a to the reu wish? es of the quallb. d slSOfOfg of the county, for no one knows whether the Illegal ..f.-, .1 Mi\.s\i||e were cast for or against the bond issue. For this reason we believe it would have been expedient fOf UsgndYaSSUOS and opponents of the t <>nd Issas Ul agre* to take no further steps In the matter, and by mutual consent, the County Hoard of CsSasHlsalOnSTS con? curring, treating the election as a tie. Then at the next session of the Leg Islsture put through a resolution ordering another election eg the bond Hisue, and tight It out at the polls nett summer as If there had been no elect.on. A year would Ippanntly have been lo*t. but In reallt) it would havs been Mm-- . .1 fei ? h. n Ihs context be, oiio m tanahd up in the courts there Is no tolling when a dec la on w III )>>? obt lined. In the meanwhile the County Hoard of Commresloners have the $50.0)0 bond Issue to draw on for road Imnros? merit and thej i in S?? ahead with ?h. road building |USt it If the $!.*??? .'?'III .iddltloiil i ^|e had I.ii \o ed. The first step i.*<<ary to the construction of g ? o>int v- w .d? system of good roads W th. . rnplo\. ment of a competent and i xpcrien? ed road engine- r to make a survey of the public roads of this county and prepare plans for a practical system Ihnt will rover the entire county. The Counts ?'onaasjssjsjjsjfl have the authority to employ such an eng neer at any time they see lit ?ml we suggest that an engineer be em? ployed as goon as a suitable man can bi found and that the preparation of plans and specifications for a nmn.y wide system of roads be carried for w.nd with all the expedition po*> sdde. Then, when the ?poolJIOStloni are completed, the work of building the roads by contract can be under? taken. I ty the tine the money Is needed another election will have been held, the proceeds of the bond is? sue wall be available and there Will SO no difficult/ In Hading respon? sible contractors to undertake the work. By having the work done by contract It will bg known e\-ct!y what each section of road Will c ost and the cons ruction of the roads in accordance with the plans and spe c ifi? cations of the engineer will be guar anteed by a sultab e bond to be fur? nished by the co- tractor. The movement inaugurated Igst \\ e< k by the Sumter County Farmers' union, in co-operation with the Sum? ter Chamber of Commerce, and vigor? ously pushed by Senator Smith, to force the Department of Agriculture to ohtaln a true and honest report on the condition of the cotton crop and to make it public at once, thereby contradicting the exaggerated and misleading estimates previously sent out by the crop reporting bureau, is learing fruit more quickly than was believed possible. In compliance with a resolution Introduced In the Senate the morning after the telegram was f-ent to Senator Smtlh by the SuinK-r Chamber of Commerce, Secretary of Agric ulture Wilson has called upon llM erop observers of the department to make Immediate reports on the present condition of the crop and to make a special report on the deteri? oration of the crop since the last regular report. If these reports are not dectored to suit the purpose and to serve the Interests ,of the cotton bears. g| have been previous exagger? ated estimates of an enormous yield, the cotton buyers of the world will learn that they have been misled Into believing that the crop this year w ill mm . . d fourteen million bales, if the cotton farmers throughout the South will lend support to the plan of the Farmers' Vnion to market the erops slowly and hold all cotton pos sll |f off the market when the price is unreasonably depressed, there will he no panic- In the cotton market and n.i POttOl be sold for less than the cost of production. Tie formers are in a, position to practically dtctab the' pgtoi of OOtWS tr. - tsi and if they v . *tnnd up for their right! ant) n let the mill men and gpeuulotors r.\ the price of cotton, next year they will be still more independent. If they surrender now and throw their OOttOS on the market they Will weak? en ther strategical position and sap their own financial strength so se? riously that they will again become the- helpless vassals of the lien mer? chants and the sport of the specula? tors. ? ? ? Prescient Taft should Include Ari? zona In the- itinerary of his speech making tour. The people out the",, will enjoy being told face to face that th??\ stamped themselves as a little bottOf than fools and anarchists by InOOfPOmtlSg the recall of judges in IhotfffttStt constitution. ... The U-st remedy for bumper cot? ton crops and oft-repeated scare of prices below the cost of production Is lie old time proscription?more corn, HIOSl bogs, more hay, more cattle. This will give the South agricultural lo-.ilth ,ind make cotton a surplus Money erop and not the BOli depend? ence. ? ? ? The- notion that some- of our PSO? pie hsvc that the prostnt price- >f land , in Sumter County is too high to bo attractive to settlor! from the- North and West is unfounded. These |. pis ire goouotomod to land tolling at IISI ;?n o re end up. find all the-y need le -now ghOttt Sumter County land is that -t win. with Intelligent cultiva? tion* produce crops worth two or thr??e limes as much as the higher prtcod londs of the section the-y wish to have-. They are suspicious of land I ho I s. Iis for a few dollars an acre. bollOVtng that It Is valueless. We- arc allotted that it will be tSOtor 10 at tra? t a dootrsble etnas of farmers from the North gnd West noo that our lands eannot be- bought for lesi than ||g to |fg an aCTi than When It WSJ ? drag Og ?be- marke t at || to $ I a. Now is the time to f poos cuts ? vigor* OSS ?umpalgn for the boat ClOM ??1 farmon who are seeking now homes in a see lion that has | bottor CllmatO, u?e?re ppoduetlvi lands and gTOOtor op? portunltot than the crowded North .mi Middle Woat . . . Ij ftmlth represents south narollnu pa111' iila11v, but in gonoral he Is th< reprooontstlve ol tin- cotton farmen ( ? f the> entire- South and oat be depended to look after their In? loroofta* Ha is doing good wrors right son in this msttor of forcing th< < rop reporting bureau to make it ithful report of ?top condition'. Farmers' Union News ?AND jPracticai Thoughts for Practical Farmers j (Conducted by ku. W. Dubhtj, PrtrilUeHl Furniers" L'nion of Sumter ! County.) Sonic Kandom Thought-.. The subjoined circular will be of interest to owners of pine timbci in this section. While in the up-coun? try recently 1 heard a great deal about the destruction of pine by these beetles. So much damage has been done that a station !.~s u"?en estab? lished at Bpartanburg to direct the owner in lighting the pests. 1 .'ruft our pine timber owners will be op :he look out, and begin, active oper? ations to aave the timber before the damage is as great as in the district of which Bpartanburg is the center. ? ? ? Private information as well as the public prints indicate that the farm? ers are more alive to the cotton sit? uation than ever before. And there is more desire to come into the Farm? ers' union, and in an organized way Join in systematic etTorts to secure our right!, The farmer is at last realizing that he can be a factor in .ixing the price of the world's great? est clothing fabric. Right now the Farmers' union is getting more calls for organizers than it can llnd suit? able men to send out. ? ? ? I regret that official engagements will not allow tue time to keep this department as full as 1 could wish. E. W. I). Patchea Of l>ylng Timber ? Menace to the Healthy Tree-. Investigations have shown that a patch of dying pine anywhere in the Southern States is a menace to the healthy pine within a radius of three or four mib^s. The broods of the Southern pine beetle developing in the bark of the trees of one such center of infestation may swarm in any di? rection and settle In the healthy timber. Thus other large patches are killed un'll nearly all of the large as well as the small pine over extensive areas is dead. When these centers of infestation are numerous within the area of a county or even a Isrnpsr section >f I ? Itory, they e in < "i!v ' e coVWfiar? d ; with the starting .f so many tioreel lirei si ?.. af, has been demonstrated, '.he) m iy lead to f;.r greater de-Uuc tlon of merchantable pir ever been recorded as re^ lire or from storm in th? I States. WoMjnliensTms for Bskosm in iy. ? lug Healthy Pin The essential requlrems cess in the protection of pine are: First: tienerai Informs inn the habits of the be I ; knowledge of the metht trol. Second: Unity of acti ' owners Of pine In strict I to the essential dc tails Ol tlve advice. 1 No one owner can insu i teetion of his Umber so lo Is a neglected patch of , Mithin ? radius of two miles. The More Important F.vid Facts. l. if In clumps <>r pate I where there is BO plain svlti J rloUS injury by tire, the f< ' to pah* green and chang J lowish and pale brown, it j that the trees are dying fr j lack of the Southern pine thai the bark on such trc. ed with the developing bro< tne white grul ? and tr 1 eetles. Therefore stub U in.'tune to the livlns treei 3, If the trees have red and partially fallen follsg of the foliage hits fallen, that the broods of bet emerged and that the tr. longer a menace to the liv 8, If the tie.s die dliri rlod between the Ii ist of the drei of i >< toher. the} abandoned by the brooi I i sties within a few week . foltags begins to fade. ( I I. If the trees begin to i the period between the ii ober and the first of De< broods of beetlei will ren i bark until in March or .\\ . trees die dUHng the Will the broods win r. main ii until about the lirst of Ma if a pine 111 .? stand I or nesf ?? grove >>\ wood I pine is either struck by 'i felled ;<nd harked or spilt , and to dls< ontlnue maklni ,' of t he > leid befoi ? t he ? rt . 1 the ground, if Smith can [ put an end to the activity i , I report ing bureau In ths Inb i ipei ulatori he irlll just if \ , tlon lo th? Banste, j wood during Urn summer und early fallt it. will, as a rule, attract the beet lei Within a radius of three or four milis and result in the starting j of a now center of infestation and in the death of a large number of trees. Eefcentlal Details in Recommended Methods of Control. There are certain details in the recommended methods of combatting the southern pine beetle which must be observed in order to avoid not only serious mistakes, but possibly ulti? mate faiiure: a. The principcal clumps or patch? es of dying trees which are actually infested by the broods of the destruc? tive beetle as indicated by the fading and dying foliage or otherwise should be located and marked during the months of November, December, Jan? uary, and Februar*/, in order to do this work properly exper'enee or special Instruction is required. There? fore, some one who has had instruc? tions should have charge of the work in each important area in which con? trol work is to be undertaken. b. The broods of the beetle in the I ark of the main trunks of at least 7.', per cent of the infested trees with? in an area of eight or ten square miles of more must be destroyed be fore they begin to emerge. The broods may be de?<tn)yed by j one or more of the following meth- 1 cds: 1. The removal and burning of the Infested bark from the- standing I trees. 2. The removal ancf burning of i the infested bark from the- trees af- j ter they have been cut down | I!. The scorching of the infestedI bark, or the burning of the bark and ! wood after the trees are cut down. j 4. The placing of the infested , portions of the trunks in water. 5. The conversion of th* infest? ed trees into cordwood and' the use of the wood for fuel, or tl. The converting of the infested trees into lumber or other products ..Mr* *v,o burning o? the slabs or bark j The best time to cbnd ict control operations ngaiflSti the aouthOTM beetle is during the period between ii-e finrl of November and the Brei of March. I Attemps should not be mode to I control the beetle during the months of June, July, August, Septem her and October, except under the specific ad EXTENT OF DAMAGE TO COTTON AFFECTS MARKET. Condition of Growing Crop since Last Government Report and Eng? .'Mi Labor Situation Principal Fac? tors in this Week's Trading. New Orleans, Aug. 20.?This week the cotton marke t will have two I ig factors, which will eclipse everything ??rsc. First will be tii.- English labor situation, and after tin- question ><i how much the cotton crop has de? teriorated since the Government's last report on condition, on July 25. Circulars from local con mission houses expressed the opinion that the English strike will have more effect on ?<?tton manufacturing industries than any'b'r.g else in sight at present. There is extremely small trading in the Liverpool market. The bullish element in the market is somewhat nervous over the possibility that Ger? many may take advantage of Eng? land's industrial disturbance to re? open the Moroccan situation in a de? cided way. This possibility was com? mented on freely in several of the weekly market letters from commis? sion firms. Balancng the situation on the other side of the water, will be the ac? counts of August deterioration of ttt* ' growing crop. Even the bears are willing to acknowledge that the crop has gone off in condition. The period to be considered In the next Government report on condition will end next Friday. The demand for spot cotton prom? ises to be better this week and this will undoubtedly result in an in ; cre-ased movement to shorts, especial? ly to Galveston. A better spot demand will intensify the effect of crop deter? ioration accounts. At the same time, the be>ar side will endeavor to make i capital out of the larger movement. It promises to be a two-sided mar? ket for some time to come. To EataMeh t??i* Plant. i - Mr. Edward L. Rieha e?f Raltmore arrived in the city Monday to see if he could not make some arrange? ments with the City Council whereby he could renew the franchise with the city for putting in the gas plant. Mr. Rieha will go before Council this evening to make his state? ment and to request council for a renewal of the franchte ?? formerly ? i d by m s i ompa ny rice ami Instructions of an author? ised expert. A. I). HOPKINS, In Charge of Forest Insect Investi? gations. Approved: L. O. HOWARD. Chief, Rureau of Entomology. The Markets j New York Po4t**a Market. New York. Aug. II, Opened High Low Close. Jan 1! 31 IM: 1! Si 11 31-:.:! let) Mob I! 4s il 51 ii 32 il 3*-4( \pril May 110- li ft ;i ?3 11 i*:u ?luce July 11 19-60 Aug IS 32 18 2il It W 12 41 3<? Sep 11 35 11 30 li 23 '1 31 :-:> Oct \l 3?! 11 37 11 20 11 27-2?. Nov U 27-29 Dec li 42 11 4*5 11 27 li St-el Warehouse Block, S3.S9&. Certificated, 11,113. Spots, 12.50?unchanged. . :al? s, none. opened rirm. <'hised steady. Port receipts today. 12,799 vs. 10, 700 last year. Liverpool Mxrket. Liverpool, Aug. 21. Jan?Fe?) Fei)?Mcb Mch? April Aoril?May May?Jone Jone?Jcly Jslj-Ao? Aug?Sept , S- pt?Uot 1 Oct?Nov j Nov?Dec Dec?Jan Receipts, none. Soles, .'{,000. American, 2,800. Spots, 6.81?6 up. I ?pened steady. Clones' steady. ? ?pen Closed 605 30? 6051-2 *m*i ?i09 ftc9 RC9 611 ?'.3* 640 613 6ln 610 6104 R04 6u?> tftKJ 605^ Mr. Geo. F. Waring of Columbia, the contractor for the Main street paving, when asked Saturday what he had to say about stopping the work on Main street untj, next Jan i uary, in order that the merchants of 1 the city might have the streets free I for traffic during the heavy fall sea? son, stated that the matter had not yi c come to him officially, and until I it did he had nothing to say about 1 the matter. He stated further, how? ever, that the proposition, on the face I of it, was such an unbus BSSSllks one, that he would not consider it at all I until it was put to him officially, when he would be obliged to answer it. He thought it a very poor idea, however, for the work to stop, and ! the best thing that he could suggest was what he was trvine to do?to b r the work pushed through to c om? pletion a? 30cn as pnssii ?: ft p, D. Ifen Mo t ' Arrangements are being made here for a big meeting of the R F. D. men 1 of Sumter. Clarendon and Lee coun? ties on Labor Day. 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 groat many of our farmer! are now becoming merchants, and keep on their plantation a store or com? missary from which to supply their hands and especially cotton pickers. To these We wish to say that there arc few houses in the interior of the State who < at r> a larger stock of STAPLE GROCERIES than we do and consequently more in a position to better meet your vie vs as to prices than we are. It will pay you to get our prices on Bagging and Ties, meat, lard, flour, sugar, coffee, rice, meal, grits, tobac? co cotton sheets .or anything else you ma] need before busing. O'Donnell 6 Company.