Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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C|t?bl,:{W(iu ana istimtbraii VVc?ln*-eda r and Saturday. ?BT? 08TEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY SU MTB*, a c. ? i.8e par annum?la advance* AdTrrtunaaauta: Oaa Square ?rst Insertion.$1.0? subsequent insertion.60 Contracts for three months, or sorer will bt? mads at reduced rates. AH eeaamuiiloeUons a hieb sub rn pitvats Interacts will be charted s? a* advertisements. and tributes of rasp set charged for. Her Watchman eras found? ed In ISlO and the True Southron In Its* The Watchman and Sao thron he* the combined circulation and cf hath ef the old papers, Is asaahreetrj the beat advertising im la Berater. Later reports from Beaufort and the Sea Islands bring the welcome aewe ?hat the stc rm damage was ex aggers ted In the first reports and that the cotton crop is not a total loss. The destruction of property and the lese on growing- crops was Immense, hut since the first shock of the dis? aster has passed the people have taken hsart and the outlook appears less glomy to them. ? s ? Oov. Blease tidks mghty big, but the probability of Chief Justice Jones opposing In the primary next sum? mer evidently has him worried. Big talk gets no votes, although It may help to keep up courage. ? ? ? The announcement In the Edge geld Chronicle that Ex-Congress? man W. Jasper Talbert would be a candidate for the United States Senate next summ? r comes as a shock. Uncle Jasper having been so long quiescent we were under the Impres? sion that he was dead, bodily as well as politically, these many years. If ?aele Jasper ran "come back." why not John L. McLaurln and a few Vtber dlslngulshed has beens? Attorney General Lyon U making a mistake In refusing to bring the dispensary graft cases to trial, If his only reason for repeatedly continuing these oases Is the probability that Oov. Blease will stand by his friends, in case Cboy st ibeiu a pardon as - jco *? hag been imposed, it is lbs Attorney General's dug) to prosecute law breakers and to brng ai< in to trial a* speedily as possible. He has noth? ing to do with what follows the trial, If the defendants are adJudgeJ guilty by a legally constituted Jury. If the Governor sees fit to i,roMltute his of tea la defiance of decency and the enforcement of law, snd grants a full pardon to convcted malefactors, it aons of the Attorney General's busl aeea That Is a matter to be settled between the governor anJ the people who elected him. It Is Mr. Lyon's business to prcecute the grafters and he should not shirk his duty be? cause he fears the governor will stand by his friends. Every continuance strengthens the case of the grafters aad weakens that of the State. Mr. Lyon Is doing himself an injustice aad damaging the State by his policy ef delay, and If he persists In this course In the fsce of the demand of the gra ft ore for ? speedy trtal he w.'l throw away whatever chance he may have of winning a moral victory h> establishing the guilt of the accused according to the law and the evi? dence. He should bring the grafters to trial at once, convict them If he ean. and leave It to Gm 1 Mease to pardon them If he dare. Big fcicundon to \timi*(a?September l.vii? vii? Atlantic ( ohm Line fcu 11 road ( <>mpan\ Thomas H Knight will run his big excursion to Augusta via. the famous Atlantic Coast Line on Friday. sV p iber ISth. Train will leave Au on the r. turM th? ?uine night at 1:00 p. m. Augusta, aside from its historical Interests. Im one of the prettiest SBotS In the South. It stands alone In its particular individuality and h. i rv snd ther* Is no spot to !??? < ? mpa ?. il with Its lovlinos*. Augusta Is freely conceded t-y travelers wh.. have h...-n S/erywhere to powt iw a < harm !??? r ilurly \tm .. w n, gbout which ? hitters a wMlth <f historical eggs. There the excursionist* will find source* sjd pleasure w h I ? h tppoal Id 0 rrv ssSsu Whatewr v..ti |??. dt Bst MlSl ?hW grand trip. The round trip f ir. |g ^., r. m irk nhlj ??tt? iii that every hod) <.m go, ssme being only $1.11 f r ? mm Ihll point, Train leaves at S io a. gj Put yi>?ir oe.ro . <l"wn W J. Cralg. P-issomfer Tr.t fl - ? r. T (\ While, Oeneral Passenger .<?m t Thor???? IL Knight. Rxcurotoi sfsnsger. BOND ELECTION INVALID. lioAHH OF CANVASSERS DECIDE SCMTFH CASH Fl mi no Irregularities^?No Testlsnonj lYescntod That 11 Voter* Question ? (I I?hl Not Hold Registration Ccr t flea ten. Columbia. Sept. 5.?Reversing the ' I Sumter conty board of canvassers the State board of canvassers yesterday | ruled against the election for the is- 1 sue of $150,000 In bonds for the Im? provement of the highways in that j county. The county board threw out j the Mayesvllle box. where the vote stood 49 against the Issue and 14 for H on the grounds that 14 voters' rames were not on the preelnct book. With the Mayesvllle box Included the vote on the question was tied, 403 to 4 0.1. With the box thrown out, the county board declared the election In favor of the issue of the bonds. The State board reversed the coun? ty board on the grounds that there was no testimony offered to show that the 14 voter* did not possess registra? tion certificates from the clerk of court or Jhe secretary of State that they had been registered according to law prior to 1898. The board held that it must be presumed that the 14 men voted, according to law, when no testimony was presented as to an irregularity. The hearing on the question con? sumed all of yesterday, and there were several arguments of a very technical nature heard. Former Judge R. O. Purdy of Sumter repre? sented W. R. Royle, the protestor. The county board of canvassers was represented at the hearing by T,. D. Jennings and R. D. Epps. The members of the State board of canvassers present were Attorney Oenernl I,yon. Comptroller General Jones. Secretary of State McCown and State Treasurer Jennings. There was a mas*? of testimony of a technical nature presented. The only box und^r consideration was that Of Mayesvllle. R. D. Jennings was asked If It w is ?.he Intention of those In favor of the bond Issue to carry the question to the supreme court for a decision. He replied that the citizens of Sumter county would very probably secure a special act from the next general assembly and hold another election next summer. R I ?' MI A MFC I . Kmal! Kggsjssi of Carrier* Present mi d Um: ihm was tostponed Cntil ... _.?uig. Trn ri Wgf a very small number of ? I'. IX men at the meeting Tues I y morning that was called for 11 o'clock In the court house. However, despite the bad weather, which prob? ably kept a large number from at? tending the meeting, there were some PTSSSwl from St. Charles. Plshopvllle, Mayesvillc and other nearby points The meeting was called for 11 '?< l??ck, and there were so few pres? ent at that time that it was de' dsd that It would be best to postpone the meeting until Thanksgiving day. Af? ter this was decided upon several more of Uncle Sam's SSSPloysos came tn and the meeting was made a Vor] friendly and sociable affair, but it was not as large a mooting al had been expected. It was decided that the Thanksgiving meeting should be ;a',k? .1 i i md mule a bg one. Dow to Cure IVavlne Hay. Some time since one of our cor? respondents said In The I'mpr-s slve Farmer that he had used my plan f ?r curing cowpea hay with tP00QSB, and right away 1 was flood? ?1 with a host of Inquiries. Now. 1 in times past published my method many tirro-s. but it seems that there are many who have not I d It, Regin mowing When the pods, ore maturing, but not dry. i cut In the morning till B008 Only. Put t tedcl f tikiht after the mowers to 1 ?0p the hay tossed up so as to fa Ihc wilting. That afternoon it into windrows. Next morn nlng turn the windrows, arid that af ternOOB BUI the hay in to cocks as tall and narrow as will stand well. Mow long it ?hau remain in cooks de peBde < n the weather sad the *tute nf growth, But ps soon bm you can Inks a bunch in hand und give it a bard twist, end cag set no sip run the larlst, put It in tie I atn while the leaver r. *tui limp, i??> not pack nor tramp it in the mow, but lei 11 Hille naturally, and then let it alone, snd it win cure nil right, if It heats gttgfttly In the bam. do not go to turnlnK It t ? coi 1 it. for If you b? win have som. mouldy hay, a* the .ilr Will bring in the germs nf mold. Peavtaos nr< easily cured If you will simply b t ihem cure ss 1 da noi go to tn >nk*ytng with stskei or s iffoldi ? ' spoil Ihe b.i v by dt King tip t he U ivos snd loslni them, i have cured the luv in the shove w n for msny year*, and have slwsys hsd good hay t tSBSd ?'f the y iek.! in :??' y pe< n rlthoul leSVOS I'r fresslv< Farm? er. !Farmers' Union News ?AND ? Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers O runty.) CMON THANKS TO PRESS. Farmers' Union Appreciates Vulue of Publicity?Fight Just Begun. To the Press of South Carolina: The Farm art' Union, recognizing the great inlluence of the papers of the State in moulding public sentiment, has made liberal use of your columns in the past two weeks to put before our members and your readers gen? erally matters of much importance. The executive head of the Union de wires to make public acknowledge? ment of our obligation to the pa? pers of th*? State for their prompt publication of the matter we have sent out. We also wish to thank the editors vho have in their editorial columns commended our efforts and have urged the farmers to line up for self-defence. The fight has just begun. In fact, we think that so far it has been skirmishing and picket duty. The r, il battle is before us. It will be a question of endurance?whether the growers will "hang together" for home and fireside, or "hang separate? ly" at the end of the noose which the bear army of European and New England spinners are ready to tigh? ten around our necks, while the "Tories." as represented by the Southern mills, kick the stools from under our feet. It Is a tight to the finish, and we are counting on the aid of the press, that has never yet failed us, to keep our people In? formed and to encourage them In every way. In addition to our work through the press, we are sending communi actlons from time to time direct to the local unions. We shall continue to give to the press such Informa? tion as. In our opinion, will aid us In our work. K. W. Dabhs, President, J. Whitner Reld, Secretary. Columbia, S. C, September 1, 1911. FARMERS TO fix FIGURES. Rational Union Convention to Njune Minimum <'<>uon Price. Atlanta. Oa., Sept. 2.?Farmers I throughout the South will have a di? rect vote as to the price to be re? ceived for the great bulk of the cot ten crop this year. At the same time that the National Convention of the Farmers' Union opens at Shawn ce. Oklahoma, next Tuesday, ev? ery lodge of the organization through? out the country will hold meetings and wire instructions to their dele? gates at Shawnee. These messages Will deal principally with the mln ?mum prices at which the crop should 1 e sold. The National Con? vention, through a committee, will consider these messages and fix a uniform price ns near the general average as possible. Ways and means for harvesting, marketing and, if necessary, holding the cotton crop will be one of the most Important matters to come be? fore the Shawnee Convention. A party left this city tonight for the Sahwnee Convention. Fodder Pulling. Year after year, at about this time I have urged the farmers not to pull ?heir fodder, mentioning experiments which prove this to be s wasteful md expensive method of obtaining their rough food. Very few, how \ < r, hOVe abandoned the practice, justifying themselves by saying they rannol otherwise obtain sufficient provender. This argument will do very well for one year, but when a man con? tinues a practice which h?- knows to be wasteful and which he knows he can OVOld by a little thought and r< paratlon, it cannot be justltied. I, again call jiiir attention to a few facts: Fodder pulling reduces your corn yield from ton to twenty-five per cent ?i ? v? r?1111"-r to the staff of maturity of the corn when it is pulled. The ,. ! loaf l* around fifteen per cent. Fodder pulling shrinks and light* ei - '\.< grain, making it leei valuable ' r set d. Horgum, if thickly seeded and well manured on well prepared soil, will make three to t?>n tons of good hay per acre. Sorgum appears to have no in lurloua effect on subsequent crops. Borgutn hay contains much grain ind you need less corn tending it. Oats followed bj pe.is, should oc? cupy a part of the ners ige of every farm, not only because of the ahund ;it.t atel fine forage produced, hut i!*.. on account of the improvement i the sod. Tit.- prospect set mi t" be for very high prices for hay next, year, as the extremely hot, dry weather in the western States has reduced the hay crop much below the average. Farm? ers should, therefore, save every pound of forage they can this season, for there will, probably, be a heavy demand for their surplus next spring at good figures. I want to again urge those who pull their fodder to make a test to prove to themselves how much their fodder is costing them. Pull the fod? der from two rows through the field; allow this fodder to become thor? oughly dry, then weigh it. Leave the fodder on one row on each side of the two rows. When you gather the corn weigh carefully the product of each pair of rows, figure the value of the fodder on the two rows pulled less the cost of gathering; figure the value of excess corn on the two un pullod rows, a.id the difference will represent the cos', of your fodder. There are two other factors, how? ever, worth considering. One is the value of the dried blades as humus, the other is the probable loss on your next corn crop if you use the poorly matured seed from stalks pre? maturely killed by fodder pulling. Whatever you do, go into the field before pulling fodder. Select and mark enough fine, well-eared stalks to get your seed corn from and don't under any circumstances, allow' the fodder to be pulled from these seed stalks.?HsrtSVlUe Messenger. A Leter From Thomasvillo. ThomasvUle. Ga., Aug. SI.?Think? ing a few lines from away down here in Georgia might be of some Inter? est to your readers of the Watch? man. 1 will write a short letter for your columns. While you have been dry in South Carolina we have not had over 3 days at only on time since the last of June that we have ~ ' I id t .in. Borne < ' the farmers hen said the) 4ust moved their hands ovei the field *ind laid their crops by, It has mined so much since fulj ? u nn*t [that 'h? !an<i has not been In nt con? dition for plowing at any time and the beggar weeds and sand spurs and cockle burs have have had a fine chance. The corn crops are very good, but I think if we had had less rain, they would have been better. Well, we all know too much rain injures cotton. It's not near as good as it looked like it would be one time. Cotton is opening very rapidly and if we could have gotten it picked, we would have been about through in thirty days more. We had been get? ting it picked for 50 cents per 100 until row a lot of our farmers have run it up to HO cents per 100 pounds. Tin; negroes are fiot to blame for it. We have to haul the hands from town |0 get It gathered as there is not enough labor in the country to pick the crop and some people will offer any Old price to get through. Land rent is cheap and plenty of good land can be rented for $L50 per acre from our Northern million? aires, but they don't give very much privileges wth it. They have all of their lands which ale mostly woods, fenced. They are the cause of labor being SO high priced. They are the turpentine and saw mill and pay ex? ceedingly high wages. When the tur? pentine and saw mills run out this ! will In- a fine farming country for you can raise anything you want to f<?r the vegetables grow all the year round. Any one who has his own la? bor can certainly do more here, but this is not the place if a man expects to hire his labor. We have some clev? er people, but all who farm have to Work. There's lots of money handled and l?ds of goods are sold. Thomas ville has 2 cotton warehouses and the cotton that is sold is weighed at the warehouses? The Farmers' Union has a warehouse and ginnery of their own. the gin being run by electricity. The people here never get too busy to go to <? picnic and at the protract? ed meeting they believe In having a gbod time and plenty to eat and, Mr. Editor, if you will come to the next picnic they have, i will send you an Invitation, and will prove the above assertion to your satisfaction, l alwi ys love to get the Watchman, wheh reaches me on Thursday and Monday. It's like a letter from home, as I am always anxious to hear how things are going on m Sumter. Best wishes to r?11 mj friends. G. B. Martin. Let Well Enough Atone. They tell of ?n EhnpoHg woman w!a> -ent to the public library to read a cook book It would be a genuine pleasure h> the CtiseCe to print her picture Rmporis r . is) Gazette. STAFFORD CASE DROPPED. Mr. Stafford Apnollglses and Mr. Keels Dro|M the Case. it was learned Monday afternoon i thai the caae again.-:; w. J. Stafford i tor use of Improper language In the pul?1 i?- highway had ben dropped fol? lowing his apology to the part, concerned in the affair. The warrant against Mr. Stafford was BWOm out by Alva Keell wie.? was running the automobile which was stopped by Stafford, who refused to Kei out "f the middle of the road. It was alleged that the cursng followed ;i request by Keels for Stafford to give him part of the roadway. Yesterday Mr. Stafford was in the city and apologized for what he had done. He stated that he did not know that there were any ladies in the car when he did the cursing. PROPTING IX AFFLICTION. Laborers Are Demanding More Money Ifuuling on Sullivan's Island. The wages of labor have been In? creased wth the work of repairs and reconstruction, incident to the storm Common laborers are demanding in some cahes $3 a day, with still many Idle while men and negroes. The tin n n ure said to be demanding $10 a day for their services' and there is a correeponding exorhitant charge for wages <in the pert of slate and other roofers. On Sullivan's Island, large profits are being turned in the transporta tl< . I USlnees. The carters have - I a eharfce of fifty cents for the j transportation of a person i terry wharf and a like eharfr a grip or a trunk. There m.\ has t>e< n sueh proti's in the tram tl<>n on Sullivan's Island.?Cha...?ion Post. The Total Defect. Percy?Does Algy*s new suit fit htm? Cbolllo? No. bah Jove! Tos trousers pockets are too email to hold his bands?Harper's Bazar. First Car Load. .-haw and l>raKe will receive their tirst car load of horses and mules, Friday, September Hth. In this lot I there are some extra nice harness horses and work mnlea Shaw and '.?rake. S?-5-?t.-W-lt WANTED TO SELL?A pair of sleek, fat young mules, well brok; rea? son for selling, am over stocked for this season of the year. C. H. j DuKant, Phone 175. 3-5-2tW Extraordinary Values! The World Pulls off it's Hat to the Man who is well dressed. We have just received a large and complete line of samples from the United States Woolen Mills, which is one of the foremost tailoring establishments in the country, and you are cordially invited to call and look tbem over. The Greatest Values ever offered in Tailor Made Suits at $15 and $17 OTHER LINES TO McCollum Bros., The Haberdashery's Old Stand. PHONE 403 :: :: 14 S. MAIN ST. HANDLING THE COTTON CROP #TT It would appear from the jj present condition of Main Stre< t 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 traffic 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