The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 28, 1911, Image 8
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Mar ef going to preen, Wednesday'*
paper at printed Tuesday afternoon
tad gsvuirday'e paper Friday after
Ptegah. Oct. 13?The rains arid
heavy dews are giving < ? tton and
peaa the black eye. Cot'on picking
Is going on very slowly and without
greater progress much will be left
or damaged In the flelda Every et
fort to enhance the price makes It
go lower, and the outlok is certainly
blue to the man who raises it. To
eell at present price leaves the
planter no profit. If my Information
1s correct, a number of merchante
ers forcing their debtors to selb
There le very little held out of the
flelda The warehouses in Camden
have bean Ailed by those who will
hold and I presume It Is so in Sum?
te?.
We have a good deal of fever
scattered around. What causes It. no
one seems to know.
There was a baptism at Swift
Creek on the ISth Inst. The next
me*tin* of the Kerihaw Association
will be held with this church In IMS.
Flagsh church la being rolled back
frsm the road, and will be remodel?
ed- The expenses will be heavy.
Mr. Kennedy of SumUr has the cor>
tract for the work.
Lss County t'nlon will meet with
the Nsw Hope churcfc on Saturday
and Sunday. tS und 29th '.net.
Plegah church elected as delegate!
R. ,f. Watson. W. F. Hiwklns. W. N.
Du Map and J. K. DuPrs.
Miss Iis Mae Ex ana spent the
week-end at home.
Mr. John W. Allen and daughter
who have been vletting here, return?
ed to Columbia yesterday.
When ths legislature meets It
ettould provide for a monument to
as erected on the State House
grounds to that gallant sol Her, Mar?
tin Wttherspoon Oary. When the
steeds hung dark and heavy over
South Carolina In 187? nnd the State
was la ths hands of scalawags and
thieves he wrote to Col. George of
Mississippi, afterwards Senator, for
ths Mississippi plan of redeeming the
ttair. and after getting it. with But?
ler, issued their clarion call to the
people of the rtate to rally and re
elesm the old Bute. To these two
saen. more than any others, belonged
ths honor of Initiating the oam
aaign which resulted In the election
of Hampton. If Gray s kin have
?sen honored, he has not been hon
srsd by the State that he done so
much for.
If the Editor of the Item will re?
fresh his memory In the history of
ths Stute nnd South from 1868 unt'.l
now he will readily see the condi?
tion* and causes which led to lynch
law, and why It Is put into effect by
North. East. South and West, and
will continue so until black brut.s
keep their hands off the w)men of
the land.
Whenever a man tries to take that
from woman more precious in her
Might thAn her life, he passes from
a human to a wild beast and should
Ml treated as one, as soon as the act
Is proven clearly and unmistakably.
The men of the South will never let
their women be treated In that way
and the brute live, whether he is
white or black, who ever heard ot
those who lynch for one crime car?
ry their work for other crimes, ex?
cept it maybe occasionally when the
offense is so great that forbearance
ceases to be a virtue. I am speaking
of the South. Let rapist let our wo?
man alone and lynch law will dis?
appear like mist before the morning
sun. The civilisation of the South Is
high and it will ever protect and
defend our women. 7^1 ke a mother
who will defend her child with her
life, let the consequences be what
they may. It Is a poor specimen of
a man who don't know the stopping
place. No fear, Mr. Editor, that the
bulwarks of law and liberty will be
endangered or pulled down because
black brutes are put away for rape.
If so, God help the State. The men
of the South are not made that way.
There are, too patriotic and brave.
Egypt, Oct. 24.?Mr. J. E. Qod
dard and Miss Blanche Love, of St.
Charles spent Sunday with the lattor's
slstei, Miss Carrie, at the home of
Mr. F. O. Peebles.
Mrs. J. C. McLeod and her daugh?
ter. Miss Lota, spent Thursday in
Ulshopville.
Miss Annie Jenkins returned to her
home at Hembert after spending sev?
eral days with relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. H. 8. Davis, of Mys?
tic, Cku, are upending sometime at
the home of Mr. J. C. McLeod.
Miss Anna Holland is spending a
few days with relatives In Camden.
Miss Carrie Love returned here
Saturday after spending several days
with her parents at Sharon.
Mrs. S. A. James, and children, of
Kernt ert, are visiting at her father's,
Mr. J. W. Weldon.
Mr. A. K. Weldon of Wisacky, and
sister, Miss Irene, of Ulshopville,
spent Sunday here.
Mr. and Mrs. K. E. Sharpe spent
yesterday at this place.
Mr. W. M. McCasklll has gone to
town today.
Mr. Charles Peebles spent Saturday
In Camden.
Mrs. 8. A. White, of Spring Hill,
spent last week with relatives here.
Mr. Lawrence White. Jr., spent
Thursday in Camden.
Miss Eva Brltton will leave fer Ker
shaw Saturday, where she will be en?
gaged in teaching for this term.
I Miss Eva McCasklll is attending
the graded school at Camden.
j Miss Nina Boseman, of Darling
? ton, Is spending some time with her
sister, Mrs. J. S. Boykln.
! Miss Sue Olbbs. of Camden, Is
spending a few weeks with Misses
Minnie Orler and Bertha Hugglns, of
* this place.
i Farm work Is progressing very
nicely and cotton seems to be turn
Ing out very nicely while the farm
i era seem to be rather "blue" over thd
j price.
South Carolina's Shame.
Under the above h?ad the New
York Herald and several other pa?
peras of not only the North hut the
South have run editorials comment?
ing upon the lynching of the negro'
I at Honea Path. Whether it was
right or wrong to lynch the negro fc>
not the only thing to be considered.
South Carolina is getting some very
undesirable advertising and the fol?
lowing from the New York Herald
in regard to the story of the lynch?
ing, as told of in the Anderson In?
telligencer, is enough to bring the
blush of shame to every true South
Carolinian:
"After helping to kill the negro
Colonel Cheshire got out an extra
edition of his paper describing the
scene. Speaking of this journalistic
feat, the editor says:
I "The lynching took place at mld
i night and two hours later the big
, press was grinding out papers tell
I ?ng of the happy event.'
"He adds that he made news and
then printed it. In an editorial The
1 Intelligencer says:
J "The Intelligencer not only goes
j on recoruras favoring lynch law in
cases of attack upon women, but
1 will take hand, as it did, in putting
, o quick end to such beaats.'
"Joshua W. Ashley, member of the
Legislature, admittedly took part in
the lynching. The coroner's jury
found that Jackson 'came to his
death at the hands of unknown per?
sons.'
"Sometimes extreme moralists en?
tertain maudlin sympathies and run
into fears and frenzies on account
of these outrages, basing their con?
clusions largely upon the probability
that innocent men have been made to
pay the penalty of the guilty on ac?
count of the fury of a mob that has
lost Its mental balance and thirsts
for the blood of a man. In this in?
stance, there is no such parallel. It
Is granted that the right man was
caught and that the guilty was put
to death. The striking point in this
particular tragedy is that the mob
was not constituted by an ordinary
crowd of rufflns and irresponsible
persons who are unconcerned at all
times over the enforcement of the
law. Here is an instance of the edi?
tor a paper lending his influence
and that of his Institution to an ac
knowledge** piece of lawlessness.
Added to this is the alleged active
participation of a member of nie
State legislature in the pursuit of
the criminal and more distressing
still Is the statement which appeared
in some South Carolina papers after
the lynching that Governor Please
had appeared In Honea Path some
months ago and virtually acknowl?
edged sympathy with lynch law.
Here lies the extreme seriousness cf
this immediate specimen of crime.
Hut even in the light of these ud
mltted facts, with this evidence that
men In high places, by actual par?
ticipation or silent Influence, aided
In giving Impetus and rage to a mob
of citizens, with the acquiescence of
an editor, a member of the General
Assembly and the Governor himself,
we ar^ far from the point of credit?
ing South Carolina with the name of
a State entertaining uniformly such
ideas of law and of government as
are herein tllustrated. Its citizen
ship Is not In general character 1?<
low the ordinary level of other
States, but South Carolina is pecu?
liarly unfortunate at this tiine in he?
ilig largely in the hands of forcea
that are not Its proper representa?
tives,"
The Markets
New York Cotton Market
New York, Oct. 26.
Opened High
9 04 9 21
Jan
Keo
Mcb
April
May
Jnne
July
Ang
Oct
Nov
Dec
9 J8
y 33
9 42
I) 08
9 H
9 38
9 46
9 53
9 14
D 33
Warehouse Stock, 61
Certificated, 50,717.
Spote, 9.40W5 off.
Sales, none.
Opened steady.
Closed steady.
Port receipts today,
412 last year.
Low Close.
9 02 9 03-04
9 13 9 15-115
9 25 9 26 27
9 33 9 34-36
9 25-26
3 08 9 05-?i
9 05-07
9 20 9 20-22
,712.
72,792 vs. ?>;*.
LitcriHMil Market,
open Closed
L verpool, Oct. 26.
Jan- Feb 496 49b V,
Feb? Mcb 498>? 499
Men? April 500 501
April?May 499^ S0SK
May-?June 505 505^
Jane?July 507 507
July-Aug 507 50?^
Aug?Sept 5<3 50H^
8tpt?Oct 503H 506^
Oct?Nov 500 500H
Nov?Dec 494 494H
Dec?Jan 49 *H 494H
Receipts, 53,000.
American, all.
Sales, 6.000.
American, 5,300.
Spots, 517?unchanged.
Opened easy.
Closed quiet and steady.
What Father Took.
Philadelphia Record.
He came down the garden path, a
sad, sorrowful figure. She watched
him with anxious eyes.
"How did father take it?" she ask?
ed.
"He took it well," replied the
young man.
"Oh, 1 am so glad. Oeorge," she
cried, pressing her hands together.
"Are you ?* replied Qeorge, flopping
forlornly by her side. "Well, I can't
say that I am, dear. At first your
father wouldn't listen to me."
"Why didn't you tell him that you
had $2,500 in the bank, as I told
you to?" she exclaimed.
"I did, after all else had failed,"
answered George, dejectedly.
"And what did he do then?"
''Do!" ec'ioed the young man, pas?
sing his hand wearily through his
hair. "He borrowed it!"
There were 485 bales of cotton
weighed by the cotton weighers Tues?
day, an increase of 200 bales over
Monday.
S ljfar Is said to be about to react.
It is about time, for there is no truth
In the poem about the higher sugar
climbs a tree the sweeter pound cake
seems to be.?Charleston Post.
\ M W COTTON PICKER.
Invention of Mr. V. If. DlnkllW May
Prove a Success.
A COttOQ picker was tried out in
Mr. L. I). Jenninge1 field last week
which may prove to be a success as
far as anything mechanical can be a
success in the picking of cotton.
The machine is the invention ol Mr.
V*. M. iMnkins, a young man employ?
ed on Mr. L. 0, Jenning s plai ?? several
miles out from tuwn. The machine
was first tried out last week on Mr.
Jennings' farm, where there is a very
large amount of cotton open In the
fields and it if reported to have col?
lected approximately 90 per cent of
the cotton where it went along.
The machine is operated on the suc?
tion plan, the suction being obtained
through the use of a gasoline engine
which was placed on an ordi?
nary two-horse wagon. Power of
various degrees were applied and it
was found that It required between
fifteen and twenty horse-power to
furnish the proper amount of suction
to get the cotton out of the bolls,
, while anything over was too strong
, and would suck the cotton out of the
1 bolls.
As the invention has only been
i
? tried out and not put into peration,
little is known of it yet, hut the farm?
ers on all sides who have heard of it
are anxious that it should prove a
suceess. so as to solve the big prob?
lem which Is now facing them in get?
ting their cotton picked.
Patents have been granted for ap?
paratus working on the same princi?
ple, but whether the actual Invention
is the same as something that has al?
ready been patented is yet to be learn?
ed. No patents have been applied for
yet, but as soon as the machine is
proved to work well, the matter will
be taken up with the patent office
and patents secured. if the in
j vention is not alreday covered with
I patents.
I There are a great many farmers of
I this county, and probably over a
great many other counties, who have
bales upon bales of cotton In the fields
to be picked, hut are unable to get
hands to do the picking. It a cotton
picker which was a success was In?
vented, the farmers would at once be
the happiest persons In the world, for
their greatest trouble would at once
be at an end. No doubt the inventor
would reap from his invention In a
short time, for the machine would at
once, after it was put on the mar?
ket, be one of the "best sellers."
Real Estate Transfers.
W. T. Andrews to Claude B. Ho
gan, 12 acres on Sumter-Blshopville
road, $1,500.
Joseph C. McCrae to Eliza MeCrde,
15 acres in county, $350.
One of the difficulties of getting
boys to enter West Point, perhaps,
Is the fact that commissioned offi?
cers' salaries are now cut down by
the Increased cost of living to about
half what they were worth a few
years ago.?Charleston Post.
"Mildred," a mare belonging to Mr.
C. W. Smith, took second prize in the
trot and pace contest during ihe
horse racing at the Union County
Fair last week. Mr. Smith drove his
mare and came out second in the
contest.
\ MILLION I)OLL\|{ DEAL.
Taken Over by Georgia Electric and
Power Company. \cw Corporation.
Andereon, Oct. 25.?The sale of the
Bavennah River Power Company, of
Ajideraon, a millioi|?doiiar concern
that owns the Gregg Bhoall power
plant on the Savannah river, anJ
Cherokee falls, undeveloped, on the
same river, to the Georgia Electric
and Power Company of Atlanta,
marks the bfffgefft business deal con?
summated in South Carolina in many
y ars.
The Georgia company was charter?
ed several days- ago with a capital of
$27,000.000. It has acquired the
street railway and lighting plant In
Atlanta, and some eight or ten de?
veloped and undeveloped water falls
in Georgia.
The deal for the Anderson com?
pany was put through today. The
management and organization will
1 remain the same for the present.
This company furnishes electric pow?
er to Greenwood and Abbeville and
the Anderson Traction Company.
Townsend's mill and the Cox mills,
of this city. The purchase price is
not stated.
DESPERADO IN GOOD HUMOR.
Negro Says He Knows What Will Be
Outcome of His Trial.
Birmingham, Oct. 25.?Frank Har?
rison, the negro desperado of Tues
caloosa, w'no killed two white men
this week and who was brought to
the jail here for safe keep*2is? laugh?
ed today in speaking of his crimes.
He said he appreciated the fact
tha white men were protecting him
from being lynched, btit said he could
imagine what would be the finish
when the law got through with him.
The negro will be kept here until
his preliminary trial next week.
Bird's Nest in Cotton Roll.
A dispa.ch to The Savannah News
from Washington, Ga., says: A cu?
rious freak of nature was brought to
Washington this week by R. C. Cofer,
a prominent planter of the Derby?
shire district living near Rayle. It
consisted of a bird's nest which had
been built on the spacious branches
of a cotton stalk and which had been
lined with the fiber from a boll
which had matured and opened with?
in it.
The immatured cotton boll doubt?
less formed the support of the nest's
bottom when the bird commenced its
building. But by the time the job
was completed, tht boll commenced
to open its fleecy interior to the sun
and by the time the mother bird
commence to lay, the bottom of
the nest was Hned with the
cotton upon which the eggs were laid
just as though this had been incor?
porated in the "plans and specirica
I tions" of the birds when the "con?
tract" for the home was let The cu
i riosity is being exhibited by R. O.
Barksdale, who has arranged to pre?
serve it until something more unique
can be found to supplant it
"Our literary club discussed Brown?
ing last n.^V.t" "What was the re?
sult?" "Well, we decided that a cer?
tain lady had better keep an eye on
her husband, and that the harem
skirt won't do."?Kansas City Journ
9 i
al.
LADIES* DK ESS SKIRTS.
Tou will find it her??, matter? not
the kind or alie. Serge slirts, worth
? ?.00 at $1.98. Panama skirts, worth
??.00 at $6.00. Mannish mixture
skirts very new. Five different mod?
els to pick from at $6.00. Vollle
skirts $12.00 down to $5.00. French
serge skirts at $6.00 and $5.00.
LONO AND MIOKT K l MONAS.
26 dosen short kimonati at 39c.
Long klmoaas at 98 cents and $1.19;
worth $1.21? and 11.60.
FLA N NI '.LETTE 1 NDKfTWEAR.
Ladles' gowns at 60c. 69c, and 9Hc.
Ladles skirts at 40, 50 and 6? cents.
Childrens* oawns at 60 and 60c.
Fay stockings sll slses. Now r<?udy
at 30 rents.
THE LAST, LOT SILK PETTICOATS.
Messalln?\ taffeta and Persian
silks, all colors and black. Worth
$5 00. sale $1.98.
SIL\ SlIIIlT WAISTS.
16 different style?, plain and fancy
messsllne. every shade. Every eile.
Special sate ut $3.J>8. Every waist
worth regular $.'?.00.
Indies' and children*' sweaters
fr?>fl, $ I 00 up.
Knitted Aviation ?ups. H ind knit
at 60c and $1 00.
Attractions it Samter's
Bist Store
Schwartz Bros.
AConcoirse of Charming
Styles?A Gathering of
Extra Values :
?Makes Shopping Here Mighty Profitable
HIS Is one store with correct and sensible styles, absolutely guaranteed qualities, and the lowest prices
dependable merchandise can possibly be sold for. It Is those three supremely imporaunt factors that
make our stock move faster than any others we know about. It Is these throe vital attributes that
should appeal to every thrifty, wise minded shop|>er. Ola nee over tho offerings we mention today; you
will gag that every one bids for your favor with the three inducement* named above.
T
ECONOMY IS THE ROAD TO WEALTH?SCHWARTZ'S STORE IS A SHORT CUT
LA I DES' TAILOR Sl'ITS.
The very newest style ideas. In
Serge? and mixtures, all wool. Easily
worth $15.00. our special at $10.00.
THIS IS THE LA HOEST SLIT DE?
PARTMENT.
Indies' suits In all the newest ma?
terials from $15.00 with easy stop?
up to $35.00. Every suit a splendid
v aluo.
MISSES' AND CHILDHENS' SUITS.
Large line too for you here from
$3.98 up to $10 00.
LADIES1 GINGHAM \M> PERCALE
DRESSES,
FOf a largl sal?> ,it >M'.
new shoes.
Styles that are very popular. You
find here ladles' shoes in patent
l?ather. satin or velvet top. Button
$8.10, Velvet shoes, satin ehoei for
dressy occasions. Indies' kid shoes
at $1.50 and $2.00 that are the b?*st
ma de.
children's' shoes OUR spe?
cialty.
Made on "nature last. Easy and
do \\??ar. Please try them. From
11,00 up to $2.00.
w<? carry the largest variety of
shots in Htimter for ladles and chil?
dren only.
FALL dresses for LADIES.
Mede of eergei, meteallne, taffeta.
. repe meteors, etc, street and party
dresses $ 10,00 up,
ladiss' cloaks and wraps.
Here's the largest variety we've
ever shown to fit from the infant up
to the largest size made, 51 inches,
bust measure.
Infants' cloaks $1.60 up. Chil
drene* cloaks $2.00 up. Misses' cloaks
$3.00 up. Ladles' cloaks $5.00 up to
$35.00. If it's a cloak, come here.
CARPETS, MATTINGS, RUGS.
Just see how much you can save
when you buy your floor covering!
here.
millinery, hats.
We want every lady to see this dis?
play of hats. You'll find your new
hat ri^ht here waiting for you. So
reasonably priced too. A busy place
this hat store.
AtTCMN SILK. ANY DRESS FAB*
RICS.
Beautiful new weaves.
A silk chance.
60 pieces new fancy messaline for
the one piece dresses. Any shirt
waists worth 75c. All on sale at 50c.
Beco silks, all shades. For street
and party dresses. Never sold less
than 86c on sale here at 19 cents.
Serges are very stylish. A large
line here in all wool fabrics, at 60c.
New silk Marquesettee.
In every shade for the dressy dress,
very stylish.
White corduroy velvet. For a coat
suit the height of style. 27 Inches
wide, 75c.
Have you seen them? The new
shopping bags. In tapestry and
velvet are all here. From $5.00 down
to $1.00.
Cold weather soon, then fun*
All the new shape muffs ami neck
scarfs ere now on display. Look at
them.