The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 23, 1911, Image 2
A F?HLE SCHEME.
BOrTHKRX COTTON MLFN BF
Not SiF BILL OF LABINO
SCHFMF.
ReeolutloaM Adopted iHxdnrlng Thal
Clearing House Validation Idea l*
Dtm'rUalnatory and Offensive to
South.
New Orleans. 8ept. 18.?Denoum -
In* the Liverpool cotton biiia of lad?
ing validation and central clearing
house plan as an extraordinary and
unique Insurance against the results
Of the negligence of the Hun pean
cotton buyers In dealing whh irres?
ponsible firms and declaring It g re?
flection upon the honesty and Inte?
grity ad tae Southern cotton export?
ers, the conference of Southern bank?
ers; exporters and cotton men held
at the cotton exchange today adopt?
ed decisive resolutions placing them
selves on record as being unalterably
exposed to the system and refusing
absolutely to have anything to do
with H,
The plan was branded as being re?
pugnant to sound business principles,
effenstve to responsible and honest
business men. In that It asWtgfsSJ all
cotton shippers are dishonest until the
New York validating bureau has pro
aounced them otherwise.
a militant resistance through a
thorough organisation of Interests
eras suggested to fight the Liverpool
assess*,
The conference was called to order
shortly before noon by W. B. Thomp
son. president of the cotton exchange,
who welcomed the delegates from a
dosen or more Southern cities.
Cberlee 8. Height of New York, rep?
resenting the foreign Interests, went
to exhaustive detsll In explaining ths
workings of the proposed centrt.l
tleering house. The conference was
enlivened at different times when Mr.
?sight felt that his motives were im?
pugned and his statements ques?
tioned.
Fallowing a presmble which de
slated that the foreign buyers In
common with certain New York
tanking Interest had " undertaken to
dictate to the Southern cotton ship?
pers and bankers, over the earnest
prolest et? the latter, the method of
rolling export cotton."' *mU branding
11 a plan for "unique insurance." the
resolutions as adopted were:
"Resolved That although tie
members of this coal i deplore
the losses entailed by the fraudulent
practice of two certain cotton firms
m the recent past, and although they
declare In favor and will rendor
active support to any and all reason?
able and legitimate reforms In the
methods of billing and forwarding
cotton, still the central bureau plan
it questioned, both in its original and
aasnaded forms, is hereby condemn?
ed ss being repugnant to sound bus?
iness principles In that It proposes to
tavern bills of lading with a status en?
tirely Independent of considerations of
?haracter and solvency of the shipper,
discriminatory in that it Imposes bur?
dens and hardships upon the cotton
experter and possible costs upon the
eotton producer, from all of which
ihn shipper and producer of every
ether commodity is free; offensive to
reputable and honorable business
seen. In that It assumes that all cot
son shippers are dishonest until the
New York validating bureau has pro?
nounced them otherwise; unjust In
that It proposes to place self-respect?
ing und universally respected mer?
chants under the same sjbnoxlou*
surmtlnnce that It bestows on quoi
tJonable parties: and. flnalh. futile In
that the flat of the central bureau
certifying to the one virtu* of gen
slneness of signatures would place
srreeponalble and dishonest shippers
fa a position of vantage, from which
they could practice a multltide of
sollateral Irregularities pregnant with
greater Injury to the cottor trade
than the isolated danger or forgers
Thnt the remedv for the condi?
tions complained of lies in enforcing
the practice of more careful and dtS?
eliminating business methods OS Um
pert of t.oth the carriers and the buy?
ers of cotton and not In attempting
to devise schemes whereby |hs form?
st* msy continue to SSJSdpc liability
#sr the Injurious and fraudulent acts
ef their agen'.< and employee ami |hs
Bitter may be protected In their In
dl*rimini- r I ? m-fr-.- irathV with
? rrn* of H doubtful StaSTtdnsg
"It. ,i further resolved
"Thnt la is the sentiment of the in
r +< < hen- reprenenied that the.
Will OppOB?? the Mid OSSitfnl bui- I'l
plan, not only by refusing . >i . ly
With requirements thereof, but \<y
organising among thoir SSYaffal 0Of>
stltuenc|**s a militant resistance to
the proposed refle? tion up. u
honor of the Southern 'ottos BBSS>
shants and rights of the sn^hsjfg
eotton trad*
After calling the SSSlSaSillOS Presi?
dent Thompson was SSSStSd PStmsn
?nt '-halrman. Ife reviewed Ihs bills
of lading matter from the Inosptlon
of th* Liverpool plan to the pre* nt
conference. In part he said
The plan in the first place r? i <
gen'* \ d ??* Hit' 1,1 a \
the part of the foreign buyers and -
bankers to protect themselves in a
loose and careless system of business,
ar 1 furthermore to make the reputa?
ble merchants, those who have built
up their business and character
through long years of unlmpeachal 1?
transactions, to make these people
pay the premium for this protection.
' In the second place we make the
point that this plan Is unbusiness?
like and futile. If there is establlsh
llshed In New York city a bureau
which validates bills of lading, certi?
fying to genuinenes of signatures, it
will place the Irresponsible dealer,
the man who Is speculating on his
contracts; the party who Is out for
the purpose of making what he can
on short weights, short grades, under
stapling, a standing that he would not |
have otherwise. It will open the I
doors to irregularities that will be 1
much more harmful, much more In- J
Jurlous losses that will be serious
ous than those occurring under the
one Item of forgery. It is not wise or
just to say that we must sit quietly
by nnd permit them to cast a reflec?
tion upon our reputable merchants
and cause cotton people of this coun?
try to incur additional trouble, addi?
tional expense and the farmers who
made the cotton ultimately to suffer
In the end."
Mr. Moss of Georgia, was the only
one to vote against the adoption of j
the resolution. He said he thought
there was some merit in the Liver
pool plan.
??IRLS LEAVE FOR WINTHROP.
Big Croud st Station This Morning
few Young Students Leave for Rock
Hill.
Tuesday was Winthrop day at tne
passenger station, for it was the re?
opening of Winthrop College which
attracted the large crowd that was
at that place that morning. There
were many students to leave Sumter
for Winthrop and there were quite a
i.umber of their friends at the station
to see them off.
While OlsJMoa and Da' Idson cap?
tured most of the male graduates of
the high school, Winthrop College
has captured most of the girls as
aas shown by the number who left
this morning for that place. While
there wer? a large numhr- of n^w
stud-nts. there was also quits as
large a number of old students re?
turning to resume their s udie?.
Thoie to lea\e for Winthrop woge
Misses Genevleve R?ndle, Franke Le
*esne. Alice Hill. Susie Dick. Clara
Childs. Agnes Bryan. Adele Pitts,
Eleanor Hughson. Mary Mellette,
Louise Carson, Innls Cuttlno. Fanny
Mellette and Anna Brown.
RIFLE GOES OFF IN CITY HALL.
Rltle Taken Out For Purpose of Kill
ing Steer (Joe* Off Unexpectedly.
Tuesday shortly before noou. Police
Office J. M. Barwick was called upon
to kill a steer which had escaped
from its pen. and while unloading
the ritte preparatory' to replacing In
the closet It unexpectedly went off.
The tiring of the rifle attracted a
great deal of attention on the street
st the time .the many curious ones
crowding up around the place where
the rifle had h**j| tired. The ball
went through the back of the closet,
men on through the stairway to the
Academy of Music, through the floor
of that place an on?It being impos?
sible to say where it stopped.
Mr. Barwick had just returned to
the police station and was unloading
the rifle at the time it went off.
T.ucMly the muzzle was turned .nto
the colset and. as it was, there WM
> langer of the ball hurting anyone.
The steer that the rifle had been
taken out to kill was a wild one that
nad just been shipped in here by Mr.
W? 0 Doyle tO be used In his meat
business. The steep broke .?ut and
iumped into Mr. Frank O'Donnell's
rard. Where it showed tight and re
I to be driven out. After trying
for some I me to get the steer out.
?Me polios were notified md Mr. Har?
wick took the rille out of the closet
Where It Is kept and went dOWO to
the scene and shot the steer.
H Im.i PRINCE A CANDIDATE,
Will Offer for Associate Jnstlreslilp
(.en. Bouliam Not In the Race
Anderson, Sept. iv?judge George
k Prises today announced that he
wou'd n< i indtdate for Associate
Juste i before the General Assen.
in Jnnunry,
OosV m. U Bonhsm, of this city,
who WSJ a candidate fof the Justice?
ship last a inter. g ||| not be .? i Ittdl?
I ite.
Marriage Licence Record.
\ marriage llcsnst was grantad to
Mr. porchof Jones and IIkm Telma
Smith Monday afternoon. Doth of
the young people are of this city.
Kol.erf Barnes and Susie Hamilton
of this city, colored, requested a mar
nage license of the clerk of court
BLEASE'S WAY OUT.
MAY side-step BATTLE with
jon ks.
Announce* That He Will he Candi?
date for Senate if Senator Tillman
i? Out of the Race.
New berry, Sept- IS,?The seeming?
ly Authorised statement that former
Congressman W, J. Tnlbsrt of Edso
tiold Will be a candidate for the Unit?
ed States senate next summer
against all comers, which means that
he will be a candidate whether or not
Senator Tillman runs, has lead to a
great many surmises as to the com?
plexion of the next senatorial race.
Governor BlSSSs has on several oc?
casions announced that he would be
a candidate to succeed himself with?
out opposition. The announcement
of Mr. Talbert's candidacy in any
event naturally brought up the ques?
tion as to Governor Blease's attitude
in case Senator Tillman should for
any reason not be a candidate to suc?
ceed himself.
The Herald and News will tomor?
row publish the following statement
from Governor Blease. In reply to
the direct inquiry as to whether or
not he would be a candidate for the
L'nlted States senate In case Senator
Tillman should not run.
"You may say that if Senator Till?
man is not in the race I shall be a
candidate for the United States sen?
ate next summer, standing upon my
record as governor, and my record
from the time I reached my majority
until my election as Governor. If
Senator Tillman desires to succeed
himself. I shall be a candidate for re?
election as governor."
Governor Blease had ju3t returned
from Cleveland, Ohio, where he has
been attending the srreat council of
th Improved Order of Red Men, and
where his speech, according to the
Associated Press dispatches from
Cleveland, won for Charleston the
next meeting of the great council.
The governor, when asked for an
expresston as to the candidacy of
Chief Justice Jones for governor,
said:
"If the race for governor Is be?
tween the present Chief Justice and
myself, I have only to say that the
people's governor !? the servant of
the people, and it is for the peopls to
decide s/hom they will have, My rec?
ord will be before them. Th ? If in
it nothing to hide, nor anything that
I would desire hidden. The race Is
open to all who may desire to enter,
and the people are the judges. I
am willing to rest my candidacy with
the people who last summer elected
me to the position. This is all that
I have to say in regard to the mat?
ter."
HORSE REFUSES to come out.
Borrowed Hor*e Balk* When Fire
Alarm Is Sent In.
On Tuesday when a tire alarm
was sent In from box 22. a horse,
which had been borrowed by the tire
department from Mr. J. P. Booth to
be used while one of the fire horses
is sick, refused to come out and be
hitched up to the wagon with his
mate.
The gtay horse was hitched to th*
wagon and started severei times
but could do nothing without its
mate, who steadfastly refused to
come out from his corner and be
hitched to the hose wagon.
The result of the balk was tha:
the borrowed horse was sent back to
?ts owner later on in the day and
another horse was hired from Mr.
Btanslll for further use
The alarm proved to be a false
one after all. the smoke from the
stove of the New York Bakery was
very dense owing to the fact that
some fat pine was being burned and
'Ms attracted the attention of some
one who sent in the alarm of
fire.
The l>ir association Of Marion has
adopted resolutions endorsing As?
te justier Woods for Chle< Jus?
tice to succeed Chief Justice Ira
Jones. lUStlCSS Hydlick and Gary
have als,, been nominated for Chief
J ust ice,
Toat.-lmrv | \amination.
The regular fall teachers' examina?
tion will be held at the county court
house on October 6th, beginning at
? a. m. Questions win be based on
the newly adopted school text books,
in agriculture question! will be based
on School Lessons on Corn and School
Exer< less In Plant Produi tlon, These
books can be procured from the coun?
ty superintendent of education,
J, Ii. HAYNS WORTH,
Bupt Education,
I1 a 3t? ltaw,
One Cause for Rejoicing.
Irish Doctor?Wall, J'vo knocked tb?*
fayver out o' him. anyhow Wife
Oh. doctor, do you think there Is any
hope? Ik)ctor?Small chance, I'm
afeard, madam; but you'll have the
SatlSfSetloa of knnulnsr that h? Hind
ruree trol
ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT.
W. G. Pierson Arrested f?>r Assault
mid Battery of a High and Aggra?
vated Nature*
Tuesday a warrant was sworn
out before Recorder Lee by A. G.
Flahburns against W. c Pierson,
charging him with assault nd bat?
tery of a high and aggravated na?
ture. Mr. Pierson was arrested some
time In the day and was later releas?
ed on bond of $500.
The case resulted from a tight be?
tween Pishburn and Pierson on last
Saturday morning, when Pierson IS
alleged to have jumped on Mr. Fish?
burns and handled him In a general?
ly rough manner. The cause of the
tight is said to have been a difference
of opinion concerning some ginning
which was being done at the South?
ern Cotton OH Company's gin.
Mr. J. H. Clifton represented Mr.
Pierson. He waived a preliminery
hearing at the present time, with a
right to call for one at any time be?
tween now and the time court ad?
journs. Bond was arranged and Mr.
Pierson was released.
TROUBLE' FEARED AT OLAXTA.
Shooting ?>f Negro Causes Unrest?
Sheriff and Deputies on Scene.
Lynchburg) Sept. 19.?Saturday, at
Olanta, Florence County, Franklin
Floyd. Jr., a white man, is said to
have shot and injured a negro named
Pert Dodson, and this morning the
negro died from the sffscts of the
wound. Fpon hearing of his death,'
the negroes in the town became rest?
less, and for a while it was feared
there would be an uprising. The
sheriff of the county was telephoned
for, and in a short while he, as
well as a good many other officers
and Interested parties, were on the
scene. The latest reports are that
everything is quiet and there is no
further trouble expected.
MYRTLE HAWKINS DfQUEST
The Final Verdict Will bo Announc?
ed Today.
Hendersonville, Sept. 19.?Af'er
the examination of about 50 witness?
es., the Inquest in the case of Miss
Myrtle ii iwklna whose body was
found In Osceols lake, was concluded
a* 10.40 o'clock tor gv>t.
Thr .mry wili meet a; 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning anu render a \er
dict as to how she came to her death.
CORN IS IMPROVING.
Not So Many Reports of Spotted
Grain.
Columbia, Sept. 19.?That tbn sit?
uation as to spoiled corn meal in
South Carolina is rapidly improving
Is shown by a large number of re?
ports received recently at the office
of the department of agriculture
showing chemists' analysis of sam?
ples of corn meal taken at various
points throughout the State. Out of
70 samples reported upon by the
chemists, only seven were shown to
have been of too high acidity to be
safe for Use as food.
MAIM. ELECTION REMAINS
DOUBTFUL.
Official Canvass Shows Majority for
Repeal of Dry Amendment. Hut
Comn'tions are Likely.
Augusta. Me.. Sept. P.*.?After hav?
ing completed the tabulation of the
official returns on all four questions
which appeared upon the ballot at
the special election a week ago, the
governor and council tonight ad?
journed until Thursday, September
l'^. when they will meet to consider
corrections.
The results as announced today
w?-re as follows: On repeal of the
constitutional prohibitory amend?
ment?For repeal. ti0.4sT. against re?
peal, 60,461, Majority for repeal,
2 8.
Tin- State-Wide primary system
was adopted by a majority of 44,
03?'?.
The majority for locating the State
capltol permanently at Augusta was
18,384, and that for Increasing the
debt limit In cities of 40,000 and ov?
er. .'30.
Attorney General Patau; i all stated
tonight that the question of the re?
peal of the prohibitory amendment
was still in doubt, and It s bis be?
llet' that corrections would show a
considerable majority against repeal
The time for receiving corrections
will not expire until October 0,
Oov. Piaisted said tonight that cor?
rection would be made In tin- re?
turns of several towns, which might
materially nfu r the result,
An article that lias real merit
should in time become popular. That
su< b ih the case with Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy has been attestsd by
many dealers. Hers la one of them.
11. w. Hendrickson. Ohio Falls, Ind.,
writes: "Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy it- the best f>>r coughs, colds and
croup and mv * ?* nsllsr." For
GARY A CANDIDATE.
Senior Associnte Justice Would be
Pleased to Succeed Chief Justice
Jones.
Abbeville, Sept. 18.?The Stage's
e?>rre>pondeni this morning called
upon Associate Justice Gary and
asked him if he would outline hit po?
sition In reference to the office of
chief justice, soon to be Ailed. Jus
ti? s <lary .-aid:
"The position has ever been re?
garded as an excellent one, one not to
be dragged int<? politics or to be
scrambled for. Until four years ago
it was the unbroken custom to ele?
vate to the position the senior asso?
ciate justice. There is a very good
reason for the custom, one that will
readily suggest itself to the thinking.
When members of the court, men who
must be daily associated together,
have emerged from a bitter contest
for position. there remain heart
burnings that are not conducive to
the orderly conduct of business nor
t<. the best public servic-. Being the
senior associate justice I had hooed
and naturally expected that the pre?
cedent would not again be ignored.
During the time that I have been on
the bench it has been my earnest en?
deavor to maintain the dignity of the
olbce, to be courteous to my brethren
or' the t ar and, above ail. to hold the
scales evenly between all litigants,
whether y be individuals or cor?
porations; v hether they be rich or
poor. Whether or not I have suc?
ceeded in this endeavor the lawyers
cf the State know. If in view of my
record it should please the bar and
the legislature to promote me, 1
would appreciate the honor. If not,
I shall cheerfully acquiesee in their
judgment. When on the former oc?
casion the precedent was broken I
was told by some of my friends that
unless I frequented the lobbies of
the hotels and canvassed for the
place I would be defeated, my ?eply
then was that I would rather go
down in defeat having upheld the
dignity of the court than to be suc?
cessful by methods that do not com?
port with this high office,
i "For the Information of those who
y
j desire to know of my position, I
again state that I shall not make a
i canvass for the place nor will I sub?
ject my friends to the trouble and
expanse of maintaining a lobby
of prose".ting a ?a:iva> itt my be
ihalf, i shall not write O?" m< ml r of
;:he legislature soliciting his support
nor ask my friends to do so, but U
in the judgment of the legislature it
is thought in the fitness of things I
should be promoted their action will
, be gratefully appreciated. If not I
shall tontinue as in the past to serve
the people of the State to the best of
my ability with an eye single to the
dignity of the office and having no
concern as to whether litigants are
of that household of political faith
which was responsible for my eleva?
tion to the bench or of a different po?
litical faith."
AS TO FIRE HORSES.
j Why Bulking Horse Was Used TUCS>
j day When Alarm Wa* Sent In.
The statement made in the Item
! of Tuesday concerning the fact that
I one hose w agon did not get to the
tire because one of the horses was a
balker Was in some regards incorrect
and misleading and it is with pleas?
ure that a correct version of the af?
fair is published.
Some days ago when one of the
white horses took sick Mr. Glenn, as
chairman of the fire committee in
the city council, requested permis?
sion of the city council to hire an?
other horse until the sick horse
should recover. This permission was
granted and a horse suitable for the
purpose w is hired from Mr. Eugene
Stanslll, It was this home which
was used with the gray Monday af-.
ternoon at the lire on Liberty street.
Monday Mr. J. P. Booth made the
offer of a mare to the (ire depart?
ment to be used free of Charge, pro?
vided she would do the work re?
quired Of her. He stated ;i t the time
that she was very nervous and he
was not certain that she could be
used, but if she was tried out and
did all right, the city was welcome
to us.- lor. This horse was taken
into the department? but the Btan
siii horse was still engaged. Mon?
day morning Mr. Booth's horse and
the gray had been hit< bed to the
hose wagon to try the mare out and
give both of the horses exercise,
When the Are alarm was sent in. I >ne
Wagon at once responded to the
alarm, but the male refused to ^o
and after several effort! to get her
to start, she was unhitched from the
wagon and the Stanslll horse hitched
tip, the Wagon being ready to go to
the lire when it was found that the
alarm had been a false one.
Few, if any, medicines, have met
witi? the uniform success that h-.is
attended the use of Chamberlain's
? '(die, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem?
edy. The remarkable cures of colic
and diarrhoea which it has effected
in almost every neighborhood have
given it a wide reputation. For sale
by all dealers.
WORK ON V. M. C. A. BUILDING.
Big Force of Hand* Employed and
Work Proceeding Nicely.
The work on the Y. If. C. A. budd?
ing Im progressing rapidly under the
supervision el Mr. Carr. the contrac?
tor in charge, and with a full force
of hands at work it i^ probable that
the building will be completed by the
close of the present year.
The wails have been erected up to
the last story and the framing for
the windows and doors of that Story
are now being put in. At the same
time work is going on at other parts
Of the building and everything points
to a rapid and successful termination
of the work.
It FT AIL ASSOCIATION.
Phone 200.
Fine reports are coming in to the
Credit Bureau from those merchants)
who are following up the directions
of the Collection Department, a
large number of old claims are being
collected and best of all i great many
old customers who. because of the
fact th it they had fallen so far be?
hind it. their obligations to a mer?
chant, and no longer had the moral
courage to trade with that merchant,
are now adjusting their debts by
partial payments and have therefore
re-established their credit and cor?
dial relations. All the merchants are
reporting collections from their yel?
low letters and the Credit Bureau is
busy making the proper adjustments.
There are still a great many credit
lists that have not been rstu^ed K**
the merchants and ei.ch mer<.
urged to send these In as sc
possible However, the Cr? il
reau is now prepared to give c i
standing of any person to all R<em?
bers of the Association. There are
now on file about 10,MO reports and
when the lists are completed there
will not be a better or more thorough
reporting system in any city of the
size in the country. Last week the
Bureau gave out 126 reports to our
local merchants. As nearly as can
be estimated about $1.000 has been
collected to date.
The merchants should file their
claims with the collection department
as rapidly a3 possible. In doing so
be sure that the address of the
I debtor is correctly given. Remember
that you "a?, not expect to secure
the proper results from th.^ associa*
I tlo.n unless you will comply promptly
witn ait requests. rhis Association
is for the mutual protection and bene?
fit of its members and immediate re?
sults can be had only by hearty co?
operation.
The merchants of the city have
pledged themselves not to advertise
except as endorsd by their own body.
This has alrady saved the merchants
considerable money. Several so-call?
ed advertising schemes have failed
for lack of this endorsement. No en?
dorsement will be given except in
writing.
The Chamber of Commerce de?
sires to secure from every merchant
in the city a statement of the aggre?
gate amount of business done for
1910, the number of clerks and em?
ployees and total amount of wages
paid In that year in round numbers.
The Secretary will call for this infor?
mation. No names will be taken
down, nor will any name be publish?
ed, and all information will be con?
sidered, strictly confidential. It is
the purpose of the Chamber to se?
cure a careful estimate of the total
business done in Sum:er by the re?
tail trade, wholesale and manufac?
turing interests a cd the total wage
paid and total number of employees,
and the totals trill be published and
will be used in advertising the city's
resources abroad. It will save time
if each merchant and industry, if
they have not alroad done so. will
prepare this statement In advance.
If you knew of th-> real value oj
chamberlain's Liniment for lam*
1 ack. soreness of the muscles, sprains
and rheumatic paine. you would nev?
er wish t<? be without it. For sale
by all dealers.
oe^f>K>ec>eoe eoe-c >?o?c>+o*+o
Does Your Babv Suffer
From Skin Disease?
He would be s heartless father In?
deed, who did not allsv bain s suffer
log as did Mr. E. M Bogan'of Enter?
prise, Hiss. He says:
"My baby wa* troubled with break?
ing out, something; like seven-year
itch. We used all ordinary remedies,
but nothing seemed to do" any good
until I tried HUNT'S CURE and in a
few days all symptoms disappeared
and now baby is enloving the best of
health " Price 50c pet box
Munufa? rured and Guaranteed h>
A. B. RICHARDS MEDICINE CO.
Sbarmant Taxa?.
For Sale by Slbirt's Drag Store,
O400*0000*<