Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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(Mil MUESNMEWH a otic? to coiuinrcwTDSprrB. mm* mm letters to the* u* i win >waet thJe Dion oH kstsr than Mon mw wheat salsa ssfl tor Wtdiwlifi ir and ttt laier sheas Thursday Plegah. Aug. It.?This eectlon has ?eer. blessed with fine rains which have greatly helped the lete crops, but the sun has shone hot end pro? duce! scald In many places. Cotton haa the ruet or scald (I will hav< to get tome one who don't ralae cotton to tell what It la), and la opetilng rapidly. This always hap? pens after bad seasons. About two thirds of a crop will be made through here. Late com '.s fairly good. The fight now being made to real? ise ? fair price for cotton Is a worthy one and should be engaged In by all who wish to see justice done to the farmers. The banks especially can ho of great service to them, for when thsy get crippled the country feela n I think this section will make corn enough for its own use. The pea and potato cropa are not very promising. Mr. Williams of Orangeburg visit? ed his sister. Mrs. J. W. Kenney. a fsw days ago. Rev. T. L. Cole aided Rev. Kenney hi a meeting In Orangeburg coun? ty last week. Mr. Kenney says they nod a fine meeting. Rev. D. H. Crossland of Orange - burg spent Saturday and Haturday night here on his wsy to aid Rev. J. W. Kennsy In a meting at Mlspah church this week. He preached two tne sermons yesterday. He was pas? tor at Horeb church at Providence a few years back and IS well known no an able minister. His many friends will be pleased to hear that he Is In the enjoyment of good health. Judging from some papers one would infer that there Is no truth In what a farmer says about the cropa They are charged with reporting the crop at much fees than they know it will make in order to get more for It. or as an excuse for not paying dsbts. If the necessity should arise. Some may do this and some brag by the wholesale, but the great mass of them are just as truthful and honest as any other person or profession. Mra Pioeele Williams of Orange burg Is visiting her sister, Mra. J. W. Kenney. Rhe is attending the Mia pah meeting. The writer went to Mripah church yesterday and saw many of his frlsnda The crops look very good, notwithstanding the severe drought. Cotton is late and can't make a full crop. Corn made with only showers to help It. A good deal of fodder la yet to be etrlpped. Some have lost theirs by wet weather and inability to gat It pulled. Cotton picking Is sow going on. Fifty cents per hun? dred is being paid. It looks this morning like the gales have come. The wind raged all wight and the rain poured down. A it deal of cotton Is open. The government in making Its eatl its of the crop, make them on the reports sent in and many of them are loo hlgb either through Ignorance or otherwise, then the prat Ice ?>f com put In kr th? p??r cent of the crop Is wrons. f<?r Instance. If a State mak?e IPS.000 bales, and reports 90 per cent of a normal crop, this will figure as largely In the make-up of the final per e.-nt of the whole crop as Texas' M per cent of a normal crop of 3,000 000 hale*. From this one can easily Ose where the big per rent of a ? n>p can come from. Tou will never See this s?>n. Mr crop which has tv?n predicted, the ventilating of tho May crop estimates as made In c,,n was right. W WACKY. Wlecaky. Aus. SH.?The storm from which Charleston has been suffer? ing, r. , I I u< Pis' ntfht. Th.T" s not so roneh wind h?r.\ Put sgfiatHi ef rain o ..rn; ' k nUff. northeast erlnd. r li ih i . . n raining all day. but th ? rain was needed, as our wells Were ahoai dry. gad the gp>neri.s could n ru? I 4 i h ot it re inalned dry. Cotton Is op.mlntf rapidly and th. eotton sgeaoes sreft eager lo gather It. A number of bales have p. . n sold I I Dr. S. Y. ahfSf d and (leo M? NVil are building a store In whl? h Iheg will carry a general assortment of Kl <m this one mny see that icky Is I 'kin* eg gSOgf gPOSflg cotton > rOp Iri this section has Ihre? weeks, nearly all of the late fruit has dropped off and the boll* are small. Seme of them are open? ing prematurely. The crop of cot? ton here will probably not exceed that of last year. Though the prospects for an abundant corn crop was promslng at one time, the dry spell, though not such a long one, came at a critical time, and the crop will be very short. The pea crop In corn is very pcor. Where the peas were painted after oata they are very good. Most of the corn fodder has been saved. Mr. W. W. DesChamps lost his beautiful country home last week by fire. It waa occupied by his oldest son. Edgar, who was absent at the time. He also lost most of his fur? niture and clothing. He carried some insurance on the house. It was a heavy loss as he could not replace it with the same quality of lumber. Mr. Willie McCutchen and family after spending somo time among the mountains of North Carolina, return? ed home last Thursday. The trip was very helpful to them all, but they are now enjoyng the quiet of home. Mrs. N. Y. Alford is still enjoying the mountain breeze, but Dr. Alford Is well provided with housekeepers, so he is not worried on this account. Mr. Willie Wilson, and his daugh? ter, Mrs, J. W. Westbury, visited in our midst last week. Mr .and Mrs. J. C. Scott are still In Europe on a general tour of that country. They will not return be foro the middle or last of October. Mr. Carl Scott after a long spell of Illness, Is at the home of his sis? ter, Mrs. A. K. Weldon, where he is regaining his health and strength. At the same time he will assist Mr. Weldon In gathering his crop. Mr. Weldon | will buy cotton and cotton seed for Mr. DesChamps. Mr. R. M. Cooper has cut and shocked all of his corn crop, and will shred it at the proper time. He hay machinery to do the whole work. He is building a silo, fn which to cur* the forage, it Is hoped that it will prove a success. Our young people will soon leave for their different schools, some to teach, some to be taught. The Wteaeky school patrons have finally decided on Miss Crelghton of Greenwood as teacher for the school for the next term. School ? to open the middle of September, It is hoped that she will give satisfaction to all. it is pleasant to hear the old "Vets" praising the people of Columbia fo7 the liberal manner in which they wsre treated during the late re? union. This was very well of them, for they will not have many more opportunities to show to these noble old men their appreciation for what they did and suffered for our lost cause. Twenty-seven attended from Lee camp and all report having a good time. Our supervisor Is preparing to build a fine clay road from this place to Blshopvllle. He has a number of hands digging ditches on the side of the road to provide clay, which is near the surface on our rich lands. Soon Lee county will compare favor? ably with her sister counties in her system of good roads. Mr. J. W. Wilder and family visit? ed st the home of Mr. Rodger Weldon last week. Mr. Willie Crane of Atlanta Is visit? ing at the home of Mr. R. M. Cooper. Mr. Charlie Home lost a mule lost woek with glanders. The Federal authorities had him killed. This makes live mules that have been killed In this county this year. HEAVY Loss ON ISLAND. Not a !fuu*e F?M?ap<>d Hurt t?f Some Sort and Many Were Destroyed? Atlantic Reach Hotel In tiood shape?Army I*o*t Suffered Only Slightly. News and Courier. Aug. 30. Two days after the storm tlnd praetieally all the cottages on Sul llvan's Island deserted, the owners having come to the city and gono to their homes in different parts of the Slat* lv..ry b?.at earning to Char It Mt..n sine,. Monday afternoon has bSSSj l?.ade,| with people who have led that their homes were de < Medi\ more comfortable and pleas* ant than gsjf more Sunday night S3? pertsnosa Sunday, suiiivans Island wan h small city, with hundreds of people enjoying the surf bathing and "th.r pleasure* Todai it is deserted, with the sseeptlon of ? fsw families and the shop keepers The island has mOSS the appearan? ,,f a Stranded whip, that has been stripped and Ml to lt.? fate, than a pleasure r. s..rt. and Ihs bsdragglsd appear? an?,. (,f the houses, the ?treats and Ihs raw people lafi is got ? pleasant ht t<> wltasssj. StSTlSS are still hi ing told Of the nicht of the ntorm. and ths people are Htm praising the work or the soldiers and ths man who did so much to save thosQ Whs WSfg in dls ? rs si m kfj] of tit* d< --d* of \ gior will never be known bi t It is safe to sny t.'. ro were many h?ores *ttd that the women were brave goes WttfcOttt saying. The upper part of the Island rec.-ived the greater part Of damage from the storm, this is due to the flimsy way In which the modern cottages were but It, practl oally all the house* destroyed we.*e noWi while the older buildings on the Island withstood the storm without serloUS damage. At the lowest estimate the property loSi on the island will amount to at least $100,000 or more. Nearly every cottage from Station 20 to Station 2* ;S down or damaged to some extent. At least seventy-five cottages are com? pletely or partially destroyed, and j there iR not a fence, or Stable left on the upper part of the Island, while every' tree on the lower part of any size is down, and It is the opin? ion of the oldest inhabitants that the storm of Sunday night and Monday morning was the ^everest in the his? tory of the Island, one saying that he remembered the storm of 1893, and that It was nothing like as severe. Starting at the lower end of the Island a reporter walked the railway tracks to Beach Inlet, and on both sides of the roadway there was noth? ing but wreckage, fences down, roofs blown away, and in many Instances the cottages completely destroyed. The back beach in many places was affected as much as the front beach. The railway rack in many places Is washed away, and for about two hun? dred yards before reaching Beach In? let It is almost completely destroyed. The bridge over this inlet Is in fair shape and is not seriously damaged. The severest loss to the cottages is between Stations 20 to 28. In this section there are over thirty cottages completely destroyed, while the piax zas and the roofs of as many more are blown away. Many of the houses are turned completely over, and sev? eral are turned around, the fronts taking the place of the backs. The cottages, close to the Atlantic Beach Hotel, and located near the beach, are all ruined, with the exception of one. The Atlantic Beach Hotel passed through the storm without serious damage, but the cottages belonging to the hotel property was damaged considerably. The damage to the army post was not serious, the bar? racks, hospital and several of the of? ficers' houses being partially unroof? ed. There is not a house on the Is? land that has not been damaged to some extent, and practicably all the smaller houses are wrecks. Road Building in Sumtcr. The Sumter Item is not discour? aged because of the failure of the $150,000 good roads bond issue which was voted on In Sumter County last Tuesday, the election being carried by the opponents of the bond issue by a margin of 4 votes out of 802. The proposition appears to have lost through the failure of many of its advocates to take the trouble to go to the polls and vote. In all the city wards with one exception a very light poll was recorded whereas several of the county precincts voted heavily, and almost solidly against the pro posted issue of bonds. Shiloh, for ex? ample, cast 68 votes against the pro? position and only 6 votes in its fa? vor. At Concord the vote stood 98 to 6 against the proposition. The natural surmise Is that the farmers voted as they did in the be? lief that tho roads which would have been built had the bond issue gone through would benefit the automobll Lsts while being paid for by agricul? turists, a mistaken conclusion in so far as it fails to appreciate that the bond issue gave to the agriculturalist the oportunity of receiving from all the Interests of his county, including the railroads, the various Corporations and non-resident property owners, assistance in the making of an invest? ment of which the agriculturist would be necessarily the largest bene? ficiary. Whatever the reaone which prompt? ed them to antagonize tho bond Is? sue, the citizens of Shiloh and Con? cord worked against their own wel? fare In so dol >g. The better the highways between the town of Sum? ter and the Shiloh and Concord com? munities the more valuable will prop? erty in those communities become and the more profitable will be the products which nre there brought forth. Thai the people of Bhlloh find Of Concord and of the other rural preclnetS in Bumter County can be brought to s< e the matter in this, its true lltfht. we do not doubt. In the words of The Item, "the defeat of the bond Issue Is merely a setback, a temporary postponement of tho day when good roads Will be an actuality In everj neighborhood."?Mews and j Courier. The Modern I ea. "Tog wtsh t>) dlvorco your hus? band? You cannot agree)* In what way doos your Incompatibility of tern penuneut manifest itaelf?" "Oh, I wish to got deforced and he doesn't." I** Dfm Lost ? Customer. j Cashier But there In not a c*?nt I hore to ,my this ohoch of yours F*uir i Customer 1 am glad tluit you have goaf OSS od. If your bank Is as burd i up SS that, you can give me What ! money I hnvo hero nnd 1 will take my account to a safer Institution Puck. HOLD COTTON SAYS BARRETT. HEAD OF NATIONAL FARMERS I N ION WIRES E. \V. DAUBS. kttdrcss issued Asking All Interested to Cooperate In Work?Bundle the Crop Carefully. According to a telegram received from C. S. Barrett, president of the National Farmars' Union, the bears are making an effort to break the cotton market. The telegram was re? ceived by E. W. Dabbs, president of the State Union, and was signed by President Barrett of the national union and the secretary, E. C. Davis. It reads a* follows: "Committee just returned from North found desperate efforts by bears and spinners to break cotton market. If farmers can be induced ..o hold, financial assistance is ready. Get your forces ready to print and mall out circulars, copy of which follows by mail. National union pays expense." Arrangements will be made at once to send out these circulars. Yesterday J. Whitner Reid, secre? tary of the State Union, issued the following to the press: "To all Southerners, farmers, mer? chants, bankers, mill men and all i business men Interested in the Indus? trial development of the South, this paper is addressed in the hope that it will arouse you to concerted ac? tion in the proper marketing of the South's great staple. Within the ranks of the farmers proper a move? ment has been begun and will be perfected further. But since all Southern interests are concerned, it Is contemplated to join all In a greater effort in this regard. "In conferring upon the problems and the advantages of the South there is no more vital question for our consideration than that of the I disposition of her one great crop? cotton. The words 'South' and 'cot? ton' are inseparable to such a degree that they are wellnigh synonymous ?the one a great country, the other the world's greatest clothing product, Kind nature has given us a monopoly; how natural for the nations of the earth to turn to us to be clothed! Nor do they look in vain. Bare hill? sides that were once plowed Into gul? lies by \ the wet weather Btreams now bear a green coat, terracee preserve their fertility, woods are cleared, swamps are drained, all to make way for the plow. How wonderfuly has cotton culture raised the calling of the farmer! How rapid has been hlB transformation! No more is he Jeer-^ ed at. He is the pet of the South, his interests are guarded, his home is brightened, his children are edu? cated, bis vocation Is made a Bcience His tanks are recruited with the flower of Southern manhood, scien? tists, students, men of talent, am? bition, equipment. Why? Because he heolds within his hand a world in? terest; he is the planter and pro? ducer of cotton; and yet little thought or help is given in the marketing of his crop. "How carefully, then, should the crop be handled, how minutely the acreage proportioned, how closely the market watched, how carefully sup? plied? The question demands united effort; a union not only of the ef? forts of the farmers, but of the mer? chants and bankers and mill men as well, for the fortune of all is founded upon and with it all are closely con? cerned. Our fortunes, our happi? ness, our interests are all promoted by this Industry. We should all move together and stand with firmness, but only after mature deliberation. If our position is uncertain, so will the mar? ket be; if our purpose is shifting, bo its results. And when we move we should move intelligently, with all tho t possible information at hand. The fixing of a price Involves an accurate estimate of the crop, and that is al? ways involved in more or less uncer? tainty until the crop is nearer ma? turity. And at this point we can not exaggerate, the ?langer of attempting an estimate at too early a date. Na? ture moves in a mysterious way. She may marshal a hundred forces to tear down or materially effect that which she has built up. "A held that is smiling this month might Buffer and Wilt the next. And why need WS hurry in stating figures? The crop is in our hands, and It Is our safest asset, Our hanker friends will loan us money on It, and WS Should want no better security. To let it go at 10 cents today might be as disastrous as when We let it g<> at t cents. Wheri we take a stand we can not retrace <>ur steps wthoul fear of i serious breach in <>ur own ranks. Experience has taught us the danger of too hasty action. The outlook m ly he promising today. Hut a healthy weed Is not the crop. A general drought win cut short the process of growth as the plant advancss Into fruition. The crop is young, The earl" drought Bel it back in IbJ early stages and it was well up Into the summer months before it show* <i signs of rapid growth, Having be* gun late it must be allowed to grow late, A late fail if? our only hop.- for anything like ? full i rop. And so an early frost would cut short what seems to gome estimators ihe best prospect in years. The cold rairs of full, if they come early, will prevent the opening of a large part of the crop. 'in view of all these possibilities C< mmon sense will tell us that it is nothing short of folly to bafe an es? timate upon data that must be very uncertain; and the following of which might prove disastrous. Aside f: the loss in money that might result from too hasty action wo can not es? timate the loss that would result to the cause of the farmers, if after tak? ing a stand we fall to hold iL The movement for concerted action on the part of all Southerners interested in the cotton crop advances slowly be? cause in the great stretch of country | that It covers there Is such a diver- ] sity of Interest. A change of poicy I that would suit our section might j bring calamity to another. We should I wait, therefore, until such a time J when there can be no possibility of a great mistake in the estimate of the I crop. Basing our figure? then on a Ieure estimate we should count on the J support of all southerners. I "And If when we are reay to mar J ket, consumers are reluctant to pur I chase, we need foar no disaster. Hav I ing arrived at a fair estimate of the J crop we may easily retire a percent? age of it, leaving available only so [much as will supply the market at a J fair price to ourselves. If we are to I produce 14,000,000 bales, let us re I tire 2.000,000 bales and stand firmly j by this fixed pledge. With all the attention given to J the raising of cotton the industry Is j but partially developed. A crop I must not only be economically and j sfAclently produced, but it must be j wisely marketed. Heretofore, all our [attention has been given to the J growing and WO have bestowed but I scant care upon the disposition of j the crop. As much energy ,as great J labor, as fine business judgment is I needed in the marketing aa In the I raising of cotton. As the growing is J a science, bo ought the marketing to I be a system. With united effort we I can place Southern cotton in every [market In the world, we can all Join I In memorializing our congressmen I to aid us In finding new markets for I the staple, in opening all the ports I of the world to Southern cotton. I There is no possibility that the pro I duct of the South can flood the j world market. "The foregoing facts having em I phaslzed the deep concern that all J interests have in the great crop of I the South and In the proper market I lng of tho same, let us call upon I all to aid us in strengthening the I markets. Not alone the market for j the raw material but for the finished I product of the mills. We are all j farmers in that we deal with the pro I duct of the farm. The interests of I the South are common to all South I erners whether bankers, merchants, I mill men or farmers. I "The history of the South should I bring us a lesson on the value of J united efforL Through many revolu I tlons. commercial and otherwise, she I has passed and has been able to I withstand them only by united effort j When the armies of the nation I were arrayed against her in the six I ties confederation was all that sav I ed her trom complete annlhlliation. When she lay at the mercy of un? scrupulous men during the period of j Reconstruction all rallied to free her I from the curse of the false govern I ment. As in war so in business, J events of the last 20 years seem to argue against her prosperity. Having by united effort overcome reverses her induBtrlal development has been wonderful. And yet when the one great crop in which all interests cen? tre seems a success, something con? spire*? to cut the price to decrease its market value. The profitable mar? keting of cotton demands a union of forces as real as that of the sixties and seventies, a constant steady pull for the industrial freedom of the South. Without the martial spirit of the sixties but with the same loyal devot*On to Southern interests, let US rally to her support In this her day of opportunity. As we have been brothers in ail movements for Southern progress, let us not forget that oomradehlp and fraternity as we enter this movement. The cause in which we labor is high and Just. Ah We measure the cause by Its re? sult, we can not but be Inspired when we look forward and see that a fair and reasonable price for cotton jus it comes from the fin and the loom will mean Increased prosperity to all concerned- -to the farmers who grow it. to the mill operative who wcjv ? it. to the mill men whose great In? dustry ih founded on It, to ttu banker and the merchant whose business is bullt on the capital that ' It produces. "If the American government j would foster trade relations with foreign countries with the same fore? sight ami sealous care as England ' does. Southern cotton mills could find In the great undeveloped coun? trios of South America, Central Vmerles and Mexico s marke? to ab? sorb their outpul for 2<> years to come. in addition there are th Philippines supplied almost entirelj with cotton cloth by English mills, while we, duty freu, s"nd compar? atively nothing and complain of high priced cotton and overloaded markets in the ?!c h trade. All that is need? ed now to establish a paying trade with Pacific territory is to make goods in the patterns am! weaves d< - tired by the native trade and the result is accomplished. England Idoes this and, even with paying duty, reaps profit, while we allow a con? siderable opportunity for lightening the load of home consumption to go by unimproved. Every tropical coun? try is a market for cotton cloth and we have right at our doors sufficient outlet for our manufactured cotton, if utilized to create a quick demand, as would advance the price of raw cot? ton to 15 cents, or higher, and keep it there in flat defiance of Liverpool, or any other foreign agency. "Inertia is our greatest sin. So let us rouse ourselves in a great effort for market extension; for a proper estimate of the South's greatest staple; for a determination to market our crop slowly; to retire from the world's available supply of cotton whatever percentage is necessary to make the remainder sell at a re? munerative price, and the whole trou? ble is over in our humble opinion. The South for all and all for the South' until our commercial su? premacy is assured and maintained. "For the Committee. "Alan Johnstone. "Chariman. "E. W. Dabbs. "President South Carolina State Farmers' Union." Till: ROLL WEEVIL PERIL. Another Warning to Farmers to Fight the Boll Weevil Before It Gets Here. Atlanta, Aug. 27.-Unless the farmers of Georgia heed the warning of the coming of the boll weevil to this State the cotton tragedy of Mis? sissippi will be repeated in two years. This is the opinion of J. P. McGee, of Knoxville, Ga., one of the sixteen demonstrators named by the United States bureau of plant industry to tour the boll weevil belt this summer and report the progress of the rav? ages of the pest The demonstrators met in Meridian July 16, and traveled over the infect? ed sections of Mississippi, visiting Natchez, Jackson, Port Gibson, Vicks burg and many smaller towns. Sev? eral of the demonstrators are still in the field and will finish their tour of inspection at Baton Rouge August 30. In speaking of the damages wrought by the boll weevil in Mis? sissippi and Southwestern Alabama, and the likelihood of its reaching Georgia within two years, Mr. McGee, who was a visitor at the office of the commissioner of agriculture, Satur? day said: "I want to issue a solemn warn? ing to the planters of Georgia, those Who have not heeded the approach of the boll weevil and even to those who have. "If the farmers of Georgia do not diversify their crops and do not take all the precaution possible to begin a fight on the weevil the moment it makes its appearance on the Georgia line, the tragedy of the Mississippi cotton grower will be enacted again. "They didn't think that the boll weevil would get to the Mississippi and the result was when it came their fields were laid waste and any num? ber of small planters were wiped out. Some of them have turned to corn and early cotton but the majority are still bankrupt. "The farmers of Georgia should be? gin right now to plan for the diversi? fication of crops and for planting early cotton and for using the most approved methods in fighting the weevil. It is the only thing that can save the State and the small grow? ers from going the way of the Mis sissippians. "I can not speak too strongly up? on this subject, I have seen the con? ditions and the rest of the demon? strators have seen them and they are serious."?AugUSta Chronicle. Work has been in progress on Kote drlck street for several days pre? paratory to covering that street with the rock hauled from Main street and rutting it into first ClSSS condition '.>ith a sand clay surface. FOR SALE A BROOKSCOUNTY FARM J lf00t acres?600 acres in high I state of Cultivation, balance in high gride pine timber land -red pebbly I soil with a stiff clay sub-soil. 2 gOTSSJ I i in bearing pecans?ons u room two* story dwelling, plenty of good tenant . houses; purs healthy water; located within 2 1-2 miles of one of the best towns In South Georgia. This is n bargain. MATHIS & CO., Qu it man, Georgia.