The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 26, 1911, Image 4
Cjjt ?tftatcbnum ani sontbt on.
rub?ahed Wednesday ?od Saturday.
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ltee The Watchman and Southron
a*w haa tha combined circulation and
tUuen< ? ef both of the old papera.
aad la manifestly the boat advertising
?Sodium In Sumter
VOTES EVENLY DIVIDED.
Seven uf Fourteen Illegal Votes Cast
In Favor of the I bun I Issue.
It Is understood thut Messrs Purdy
?nd Hland. attorneys for Mr. W. B.
Boyle in the election contest, are
trying to show that the Mayesvllle
box should not have been thrown
out. but that the ballots of those per?
sona who vo.ed In the election, but
whose name* were not on the regis?
tration book, should have been thrown
out. To find out how these voles
were cast the voters have been
interviewed by Messrs. Purdy and
Bland and it was found, a< <??.t d 1 ng to
the following letter, which has bee.l
received by the clerk of the election
com in ssloners. that the votes which
were ('.legally cast at Mayesville were
evenly divided for snd against the
bend issue.
The letter Is as follows:
Messrs. James E. Du Pre. W. T. Green
and P. D. Knight. Board of Coun?
ty Canvassers of Elections for Sum?
ter County, and E. P. Miller Clerk
of said Board.
Gentlemen: In the matter of the
appeal of Mr. W. is. Boyle from the
findings of your board, on August 8th.
If 11, to the Board of State Canvass?
ers, on the question of the Good
Roads bond issue, we propose to sub?
mit before the Board of State Jan
Vaseera at the time of the hearing of
the appeal, the affidavits of Messrs
?. M. ?HIW r n Grtffn. J. P. Wnr
yen. N D WVmble. H. W. I:? . .1 l>
J. h^-adhiim agd J. W 11 torn, who
voted at the MayesvIHe precluot on
Ausrast 1st. on isld lasu and Ahe
sre seven of the fourteen persons
Whose votes were alleged to have
been irregularry cast; and that their
affidavits will state that they each
voted "yes" on that Issue
^ m Respectfully,
?v PUUDY fk BLAND.
Attorneys for \V. B. Boylo.
?umtor. August 22. 1911.
It was further learned that the
managers of the election at Muyes
vllle during part of the time for vot?
ing ueed the Mayesvllle Democratic
Primary roll Instead of the registra?
tion look which should have been
\ ad. It was stated by one of th*?
managers that several persons cume
to vote whose names were not ?n the
r*? -or ition I.ks. so | gsSgggggmf
was smt for the primary club roll
end this was used afterwards instead
of the registration book, which had
been provided.
WILSON-WILEY DISPUTE.
Duluth. Minn.. Aug. 23.?Rival Lo ?
tions, supporters of James Wilson,
secretary of agriculture and those
wh/? stand or fall with I ?r. Witty ?"
the Wilson-Wil? > contro\orsy recent?
ly under ln\> ?tlgatton at Washington,
developed In the convention of the
National Aseodati -n of Kund and
Dairy Departments In this city. With
In an hour ufter the app. nance of
th? disput. on the convention door
two slates were formed for the prin?
cipal officers of the t- . ; i
two slat** follow,
Wiley Slate- Tor PPSStdoat, IV
Brown T> rineseee; for .seit. ny. R.
1* Allen. Kentucky, on.
mitte??, C. D Wood. Maine; II K.
Barnard. N..rth Carolina.
Wilson Slate?For president, W. II.
Cutt??r. Mlseourl; for secretary. J, H.
Newman. Illinois; exetutu. board un?
decided.
The .de. t Ion of olTh i i dl take
pine ? tomorrow.
At the same time, it is said, a getSt>
mined fight wllll e made by the Wiley
followers for other offices. Tonight
In u telegram .'o Wiley no n oldrcssed
Presbb nt Taft and m?-mbi rs of the
Wlle> i-oner?-?slonal li.v. tlg;.?i ?n
commltte*' In behalf of l?r WiU-v.
The telegram. It Is said, commends
I ?r. Wlb y * Ion? servtc In fh. c<c
ernmen? emplov
A girl who is afraid of H lire rut k
er ?niii hesitate M gagfff Ine big?
gnwt gun in the ggSJgftfl Wilmington
star
Sh?? knows Ih it with | ? Ig gun IS
protect her she has nothing to r ir
from firecrackers.
HOLD FOR THIRTEEN CENTS.
ADVICE AM TO COTTON BY CON
(.HKSSMKN.
Commit lev Appointed ')> Conference
of Southern Member* RoportO,
Crglng Hanks to t'nlto AgainiM. the
liear>.
Washington. Aug. 23.?"Hold cot?
ton for 13 cents" Is the advice to be
formally given to farmers' organiz?
ations, by a committee consisting of
Senator.? Willlama of Mississippi and
i 'wen of Oklahoma and Representa?
tive liuritsun of 'ivx;is. rtprtetntlng
a tOWftrenot of senators and repre?
sentatives from NVM cotton-grow
mg States.
A committee will urge the State
hanking associations to co-operate
against "the bearish movement of the
speculators."
What was referred to generally as
the "threatening condition of the cot?
ton market" was discussed at meet?
ings today and last night. Among the
participants were Senators Williams
and owens. Representatives Under?
wood of Alabama, Democratic leader
of the house; Hefitn of Alabama,
Brantley and Hughes of Georgia, Bur
leson and Bealle of Texas, Garrett of
Tennessee, Humphreys of Mississippi
and Small of North Carolna. A num?
ber of thorn are large cotton planters.
The committee Issued a statement,
which read:
"It seems to be the opinion of all
that thero was u precencerted effor.
being made, principally through the
instrumentality of the speculative
element of the New York cotton ex?
change to break down the price of
? oton. It was the opinion of a!l that
the present statistical condition of cot?
ton did not Justify the lowness of
present quotations and that the esti?
mate of ID.000,000 bales was unjusti?
fied I y .my facts upon which u pre?
diction could be sanely based. And
moreover, even If a 15,000,000 bale
crop were In sight, the world's sup?
plies still probably would fall short
of the world's demand for cotton, to
the extent of moro than 1,000,000
bales, because of the exhaustion of
the recent visible supply of carrled
over spot cotton. In other words,
with a 15,000.000 American crop the
world's crop for 1911 would be 25,
000,000, with 35.000.000 spindles cre?
ating a demand for 26,000,000. This
statement is based on latest advices
from Kgypt. India and other cotton
produc ing countries^*1
The iialtmtal r?.f.?:.?, to. the appoint*
menl o| tne boroinltteo to v.rit<, in the
r mir of those. pr? sent. % letter to the
pre. M-n? if Hit Farmers' Uhloll I
to other cotton farmers' organization-,
asking them to advise their local un?
ions and other subordinate bodies to
advise the farmers generally to hold
cotton for 13 cents, and to continue to
domand that price, "until by a con?
vention or agreement, arrived al in
some way, a different one shad be
suggested."
The conference expressed the view
.hat 13 cents was seemingly loss than
that Justified by the existing statisti?
cal condition. "This committee." the
sta'cment reads, "was also requested
to communicate in some way with the
president of the several State bank?
ing associations In the cotton Statte,
asking them to throw js far as possi?
ble their moral and financial support
behind the effort to counteract the
bearish movement of the speculators,
with the \ievv of obtaining a fair
price for the farmers' cotton.
"Information was given at the in?
formal oonftronot that aeturancai
WOttld be gl\en to President Barrett
Of to Southern banks that ample
funds from banks outside of the
South OOUld be had, through the In?
strumentality of Southern Snonelal In?
itltUtlOnJ, to be lent. nt the rate of
I
per OOB1 OOF annum, to those who did ,
got Wink t?> dispose of their Cotton at I
upon cotton warehouse ,
rtlflcatao, This oongftlttoo auboe*!
cu-ntly tuet in the ottlce Of SOAat ?r
lYilltami ol Mississippi ami conclud?!
? I that the best way to cany Out the'
ub ted and agreed UpOfl Wai
to give this statement t<? tht AetO?
ited Prej*s.
I
'Sicri'd- Robert s. Owens,
lohn Sharp WIHIami
A. S. Burleson."
\TWOOl) M \lt> IM? OF FLIGHT.
_
I \vlotnt Uaj EttaMleh New World
I Record,
Fort i"..'ii. Hi v.. a.ig. Ii.*?Another
remarkable apln through tht air. on
his aeroplane flight from St, Louis to
N'? \\ Y i k, bn oil tit Herr) N. At wood
from Helle lale, five mlea e is; of
Syracuse, to Fort Plan late the after*
noon and landed hm mlei nearer
b;^ destination. He It nou 1,061 miles
from hi" starting place and I. m ?
from hi* proposed illghttng pclm In
Vee V-.rk.
Krom lb lb lele, where he aacended
at i *? p. mi. At wood an I led around
Syracuse; twelve itilnutea later he
I turned the noot of hit biplane and
'In the tuliigtit deacended into ti,,
Mohawk Valley, allfhtlni in ? Seid
in- ir lu re it I if p. M. His ft) Ing
time toda; v\.i-- I hour-* und 10 min
i
Ute?, and war madt without a stop.
Farmers' Union News
j ?AND- \
[Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers \
I (Conducted by B. \V. Dubh*, President ?rmeln' L'niou of humter \
, County.) l
[f-KJi_f-n_fX^uyf^^_
Meeting at Oawego.
Mr. B. P. Keller. Of the State
Farmers' Union, will attend a meet?
ing of the farmers at Oswego on
Friday, September ist to dlacuaa the
plan to organize a company to build
COton warehouses in this State,
Which has been endorsed by the
State Farmers' Union. An opportun?
ity will be offered all who are In?
terested to subscribe for the stock of
the proposed company. A large at?
tendance is desired.
Seeding Vetch in lmiiunu.
Rural New Yorkv?r.
How much seed of Hairy vetch
should be sown per acre to injure a
good cover crop to be plowed under
in spring? How many pounds In a
bushel of seed? Can seed be sown
with an ordinary wheat drill, and If
so. how ! W C. s.
Redkey, ind.
In corn it should be sown in Au?
gust. In the open giound it Should
be gOWn by September 1">, and it will
.hen cover the ground before frees
r- weather. If sown in the corn
in August it should not be pastured,
but both stalks and vetch should bo
turned under in April. For turning
Under wo nee a three-horse plow, a
rolling cu'ter. For soiling uses it
should bo sown at intervals from
May 15 to September to give a suc?
cession. If wanted for hay it may
be sown with oats In the spring or
With rye In the fall. Some advocate
sowing with wheat, but this I do
in>t think advisable. In the corn a
one-horse hoe or disk drill is ut>ed,
the Isttd having been plowed over
Once before sowing. In the open
ground a two-horse drill is used
cither a hoe or a disk. The same
precaution is taken as to having the
.-oil in the bes1 possible condition for
receiving the seed. If the feed gauge I
on cither of these drills is entirely
?hnl ? ff it will sow exactly 50 pounds
per aore. I
For plowing under In the spring 40 I
pounds per acre is sullicient. On \
' ? ;y thin toll some use BO pounds.
For hSl uses wie Q s wr* with
o? with ry? 80 pounds ?- arople. I
rlth die pack ?>f rye added Fori
seed it i.' best to shi*t <..?* every otb-j
er feed in the drill and add one peck
rye per acre for the support of the
Vetch. This will require 20 pound*
retch seed per acre. Its endurance
of either beat or cold is great. The
sever,- drought now prevailing has no
effect -n either Alfalfa or vetch. Its
early s*;ir< in growth in the spring
! cfore any other plants shows signs
? f starting makes it all the more
valuable as a forage plant. In fact
the plant remains green all winter
Where re t too ntUCh exposed. My es?
timate of it for reclaiming purposes
?s that it has no equal, the same that
Alfalfa holds as a forage plant. No
farmer should lose the opportunity of
?OWlng freely of it this fall. It will
rep ly him manifold and help save
ether feed for winter uses, I do not
kgOW the standard weight of a bush?
el of vetch teed, bul thirds it is BO I
pounds.
Qa at It like our friend Smith did.
II.- said: "Win or lose I am going to
venture.*1 And he did vsAturs, and
won. Ho has had as high as 100
SCret in vetch, Sow 10 acres In the
coro for turning under In April next
and sow the field In Alfalfa in
June, and you will have an Alfalfa
Held thai will astonish everyone. Sow
.? fen tcrei hex spring In oats and
vetch, Iv.'lf and half, ami you will
1' \e a hay crop that will mak?- the
d:,'r\ doubly valuable. Or try a pas
?>r. fi. Id for the cows and calves,
it.l von will learn What vetch is
Worth for a forage plant.
.T. H. HAYNE8,
i r dlana.
Rooky Bluff Jottings.
Rock) Bluff, Aug. 81,?Fodder
pulling is about over and the cotton
pi king n ison It lo re - and won't
lest Ions either, as the cotton, as
well gf tlo com, has not uiade as
HUH h as was expected.
The showers we have been having
ft r the last tw.. weeks are of great
benefit tu peas and potatoes and
fall gardens, Vegetable! are quite
scarce. The lab cabbage and to*
mal ? * itr< rut off by the drought nnd
i ml beam have iust commenced
lu Im und those v\ ho did not
? their chickens by sore head or
eolera n re I he lu. k> on? t.
Mrs J M Fogle of Sumter Bpenl
nn< da: Insl wees w ith Mrs, w. It.
Welli
M Is Ri i Hatfh id --pen* Sunday
nnd Monday with her sister, Mrs, w.
M W, r. Barfleld In now In Bum
ter, w hert ?h ? will m ike her future
b ?me?
THE GOOD ROADS ISSl'K.
Litigation and ill Peeling Will l><>
The Cause Much Hann.
Editor Watchman and Southron.
It Is i great pity that so much
should have been said and written
about the 9150,000 bond issue election
and that bo much bad t'ot-ung engen?
dered, it is a well known fact that,
as a rule, there are only B few WilO
ever vote on a bond issue or seem t >
take much interest in same. Now, for
the sake of peace and harmony and
I for the good of the county und tfte
good roads movement 1 want to sug?
gest that everybody show their mag
nanmlnlty and rise to the oceanic ?
by laying aside all prejudice aud
feeling in the matter and stop pro
ceedlnga where they are only a lit?
tle while until th.- legislature meets,
have another election ordered and
tight it OUt like men at the polls,
when we hope that the result will be
more decided, one way or the other
and everybody making up their minds
to be resigned to the will of the peo?
ple. This is an age of progress and
good roads are Just as sure to come
as time rolls on. We cannot suffer
much by waiting to have another
election, nor will the good work stop,
for our roads are being improved all
tlte time. It is useless tO> get this
matter into the courts, which may
drag along years and as it is spun
out there will be more had fueling
and less good roads. I cannot see
how any principle will be sacrificed,
therefore, nothing to lose and much
to gain. Am sure that our supervisor
and our commissioners will co-oper?
ate when called upon. Yours for
good roads and prosperity.
F. If. D WIGHT. M. D.
Wedgefleld, B. C, Aug 2 4.
News Items From Tlnolat.
Tindal. Aug. 24.?Mrs. Dr. H. E.
Bamwell and children and Miss
Berths Rntley of Wadamalaw 1s
i spending the
ins at Saluda,
ne time with
M s , . D. Tindal.
Mr. j. M. Tindal] returned from
Charleston Tuesday night.
We were glad to see our popular
supervisor) Mr. Pitts, yeaterday; He
stopped over with Mr. 11. P. Tindal
for a short while and discussed good
roads. He ll having a good Job done
on the Georgetown road now. It will
l?e clayed In a few days to the clar?
endon line.
Cotton opening iast now and
picking has commenced. MTessrs
Tindal and Cuttlno are going to com?
mence ginning this afternoon.
It is generally rumored that the
Seaboard railway, which is soon com
Lng to Bumter, la trying to buy the
North Western railroad. While we
have nothing against our President,
Mr. Wilson, who is a line man, Wt
think that the change would be a
great improvement to this part of the
country.
Mr. W. rj. Wells and Mr. T \V.
Prltchard went to Columbia venter
day to attend the Confederate Veter?
ans Reunion. G. L, B.
Perot nal News Prom Tindal.
Tinadl, Aug. 24.?Some of our farm
j era have commenced picking cotton.
i
and others will have to do so in a
very short time. There is a gr?>ai
deal of the fleecy staple in i mat of
the Heidi now.
Miss Louise Broadway of v'olum
! bia is spending some time here it
her old home.
Mr. Hugh Hodge, of Woodruff, ta
spending some time in the neighbor?
hood.
Messrs. J. If. Tindal. T. B. Hodge.
W. M Brodway, Miss Bllen Broadway
and Bessie Hodge spent several days
in Charleston this week. returning
home on Tuesday.
Fine rains fell In thli section on
Sund ': and Monday.
Mr. J, Furman Hodge and Miss
; Eva stone were united in marriage
<n last Wednesdaj afternoon by Rev.
j, i?. i fugglne. Mr. i lodge is a retl
dent of this neighborhood and th<
bride is from Bennettsvlllo,
Mr. and Mrs. James Hodge, of
Summerton visited relatives in the
nelghboi hood lasl w eek.
Mrs. Fannie McDowell, of Colum?
Ida, Is spending some tune at her
father's, Mr. .i. P, Richardson.
Another coating of road oil on Lib
ertj stret I would go far toward keep?
ing lhal street In good condition
through the winter.
Try an ;id. in the Dally item, and
watch results,
The Markets
.\ew York (oiion Market.
New Y??rk, Aug. 24.
Opened High Low Close.
Jan
Fe?.
Men
April
May
June
July
ADR
Sep
Uct
Nov
Dez
ll 26 11 :>7 Li ti li 33-:. 4
LI 35 11 47 11 34 11 F2 43
11 45 li !W 11 44 11 ?l-.VJ
I! 48 11 53 U 48 11 53 55
1*2 .1* IS ? 1? 33 1-2 ?4 5?
I 1 40 1 1 4< 1 i 3* ' 1 1? 44
U 20 11 -it 11 21 11 2?J-30
U 27 29
II 34 11 42 H 23 11 3:-33
11 42
Warehouse stock, 52,651.
Certificated, 50,624.
spots, 12.7U?unchanged.
Sales none.
?opened barely steady.
Closed, steady.
Port receipts today, 1 ^.I?U2 vs. 7,
200 last year.
Liverpool 5trtrkot.
Liverpool, Aug. 24.
I >pon
604
Jan-Feb
Feh?Mob
Mcb?April
April?May
May?Jone
Jone?July
i July-A
Aug?S?-pl
S-pt?' 'Ct
Oft?Inov
Nov?Dec
Dec?Jan
Receipts, 200 .
American, n'*nc.
Sales. 4,000.
American, 2,800
Spots, 6.81?5 up.
Opened quiet an?d
Closed steady.
1)07^
?1? 4
rt! 2
60*
..I'jr,
Closed
o04H
?0t>
607lf
sop
?50
536
SIS
R04
601
?ady
Personals Crom Brogdon
Mrs. Dr. Stennis, of DoKfltib, Mi>s.,
is visiting relatives and friends in
the liTogdon neighborhood.
.Mm J. E. Brogdon and children,
who have been spending some time
with the family of Mr. J. I. Brogdon,
returned to their home in Montgom?
ery. Ala., yesterday.
Mrs. M. V. Mims and daughter,
Miss Lucile, of I^auderdale, Miss.,
are the guests of relatives at Brog?
don.
Miss Grace Brogd<>? is visiting
Miss Jennie Chandler at St'inter.
ATWOOlKK LONG FLIGHT.
.viator Lands 131 Mile* from New
L'aatleton, X. Y.. Aug. ?On the
? lap of his flight from St. Louis
' New York, Harry X. Atwood, the
iviator, tonight has his aeroplane
i chad to an apple tree on top of a
bill here, overlooking the Hudson
and Albany, eight miloS to the north.
Atwood expects to complete his jour
ney to New York, landing at Sheeps
head Bay, with a possible prelim?
inary circle over Qoveraoc*? island,
i< morrow. <*n lanJnK he will have
accomplished the longest flight
through the air ever made by man
in a heavU r-than-air machine. He
will h<dd the world's record for a
crosB*COuntry flight, and he believes
\ has set a pace in th? development
of aeroplanes which will result in
more long distance attempts and a
gradual elimination of fatalities in
aviation. He hopes to sail over the
I 31 miles between here and New York
I efora mid-afternoon. It is probable
be will not make it without a stop on
the way, because he carried only
twelve gallons of gasoline, and uses
en>- gallon to every ten miles. He
hopai to make hi? lirst "hop" the
longest, so that he would be able
more accurately to estimate the ex?
act time of his appearance over New
York. His actual flying time from
here down, he think.", will be much
U SS than three hours.
When he landed here, Atwood, in
ten days, had flown 1.131 miles from
Ft. Louis without any mishap more
[serious than losing his way in a rug
from Lyons. N. Y.. to Auburn. His
biplane has endured the tests without
damage. It was only because of a
slight wearing of the bearings of his
engine that he decided not to con?
tinue tonight, but to put everything
in shape for smooth sailing tomor
row. Hie mechanics prepared to
1 work on the biplane ill night, at
! taehlng pontoons for possible land?
ings in the Hudson Iiiver.
Leaving probably early in the
i morning, Arwood will take a straight
I course down the Hudson. His ap?
pearance over Rhine Cliffs will mark
1 the breaking of the world s record
for cross-country flight, for at that
point he will have exceeded the
world's record.
York.
Black River Chill and Fe er Tonic
is coUPOtt <;ooi>
ix r 10 cts. o\ PUR*
CHA8E OF fach BOT?
tjl1? at all ukalkks.
Is guaranteed to cure Chilis
and Fever, Swamn Fever. Btl
ions Fever> LaGrippe and
Neuralgia. A trial wit! con
vi nee you.
Price
50 cents
prepared
BRADLEY & THOMAS,
by
Mayesville, S. C.
HANDLING THE
COTTON CROP
5-? ==-5
gTT It would appear from the
ji present condition of Main
Street and the work necessary
to be done on it. that it will
not be ready at the opening of
the cotton season to accom?
modate the traflic usually im?
posed upon it, and we would
suggest to our customers that
they drive their wagons in
our lot where we will give
them the best service we can
under the circumstances.
O'Donnell 6 Co.