Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CAROLINA PLAN WELL RECEIVED < mi EH HTATE8 TO JOIN Hit. HER CtrTTON PRICK HliHT. Movfinfnl Inaugurate! by South Carolina Farmers' I n Ion at Colum? bia Morning Expected to Extend Over Wbofte Cotton Belt ? Texas and Alabama Commlaaloiier* of Agriculture. Replying to WeUon's Telegram, Orca Hearty Approval? DetaU off Plan. Columbia, Nov. 4.?A telegram re? ceived today by Commissioner Wat eon, from B. R. Kons, commissioner of agriculture of the State of Texaa. Ipdtcatae that the State la heartily In sympathy wMh the cotton holding movement piopoaed by the South Car? olina farmeiii In asealon hers Tuesday night Mr. Kons sxpressse his hearty sympathy and co-operation with the plan and says ths movement is al? ready gstttng under way In the Lone Star State. A tslegram from Commlsstonsr atolb, of Alabama, last night Indi? cated the co-operation of that State la the movement for an Immediate retirement of cotton from ths market until ths price reaches IS cents, and President Barrett, of the National Farmers Union, who was on ths toad travtltai yesterday and saw ths press sum mar of ths call ssnt out got through this simple message this af? ternoon: "It looks good *.o me." Printed copies of the pledges as to holding cotton and rsduelng cotton acreage to not more than 60 per cent of arable lands are to bs distributed at ones throughout this Stats and sig? natures obtains* as soon a* possible. It Is not known yet Just what aft rangsmsnfs are to be mads In Rich lead County, though It la stated that 5.010 bales of cotton had already boon pledged In Rlchland to bs held for a more reasonable price. Ths fight for higher prices for cot? ton and ths campaign to ksep all cotton off the market It now on all error the cotton belt, following the dis? patching of ths telegrams to ths com? missioners of every poaton-growing State and State presidents of farm? ers* unions yesterday by Commission? er Watson. It is expected that the munching of this campaign all over the cotton belt will have some Im? mediate effect It Is planned not only to hold a mated number of bales of cotton off if* mnrkst until It rsachss 11 cants, but also to have farmers sign pledges ?ot to plant mors than 60 per cent of thSlr arable lands In cotton, thus reduefng ths acreage. It Is hoped to carry the campaign Into every town chip throughout ths cott?n belt Books will be opened In evory coun? ty (a the 8tste In which the names of farmers pledging themselves to hold cotton will be recorded. Another set mi pledges to plant only 60 per cent wff the arable lands In cotton will also b? recorded In esch county. Ths farmers will be asked to pledge themselves to hold a certain number of bales of cotton off the r t i snsrket until September 1, 1912, un? less ths piles previously reaches IS cents. For the purpose of raising funds to carry on ths campaign an as? sessment of S cents per bale Is made on every cotton grower. Tr.e telegram to the commissioners S)f agriculture and State Farmers' Unlop presidents, ths letter to Coun? ty Fsrmers' Union presidents and the text of agreement to be used in se? curing pledgss for holding cotton, ars appended as follows: "Following action of mam meet? ing South Carolina farmers would arge upon you to take Immediate step* to push with all vigor you po asesa. In every township and coun? ty In your 8Ute. ths holding move? ment on following lines, similar re guest being made of State Farmers' Union preside? ts of your Stats. Open books esch county seat for sig? natures of farmers to pledge to ?old stated number of bales until September 1. \%\\, or until the price lias reached 13 cents: prosecute vig? orous campaign sach township for tioldlng cotton and getting pledges; get also pledges to reduce eottoa acreage for 1911 to not exceeding 60 per cent of arable land held: get fg* porta esch day ss to pledges filed and publish names of signers with num? ber of bales pledged. Call for not tern than S certs per bale from grow? ers holding cotton to be sent ho? med lately to secretary-treasurer Hta'e t'ni .n to defray eipenses quick cam? paign for pledges. publishing re? ceipts dally. This plan Is already or? der wsy In South Carolina and quick and effective retirement of cotton seems assured. It la absolutely nee aasary to bring the Individual produc? er into lln.? rt<ht row If mill mi of dollar a are H he saved to the cotton belt Plans f..r th#. futurs can 1-e Agreed upon l.it..r. but huiathle gulck campaign of this kind. pggeV Sd almultaneoualy In alt our S Itgg aaa and win emtettrsty stem ths eres> ant dlaastrous tide In thai ? rltlcal ego* ment. I most earnestly ti;,|,,.u| t?? your p irll dlsm In ?hi B mi I Of ?he mass** of Southern pat i If to >\> up? on thla tui.l Sal muI'Mv. Am arrunrlnc for whirls ir.d campaign ?-?ar through belt in holding cause for Senator Smith, President Barrett and other members of national committee created at Montgomery. Kindly wire me immediately if in behalf of every material interest in the South you may be relied upon to take the speedy action invoked. E. J. Watson, President Southern Cotton Congress. "Approved: "E. W. Dabbs. "President State Farmers' Union. "J. Whltner Held, "Secretary-Treasurer. Farmers Union Sun." j The form of agreement suggested 1* as follows: I "1. We. the undersigned, owners of cotton of the 1910-11 crop, hereby pledge ourselves to withhold from ths market the number of bales en? tered opposito our respective names until September 1, 1912, or until the price of cotton has reached 13 cents, and we do severally solemnly de? claring that we will regard this pledge as sacred. "2. We further agree not to p4ant. for the crop of 1912, more than 60 per cent of our arable lande in cot? ton. "3. We hereby agree to forward to J. Whltner Reid, secretary-treasurer of ths State Farmers' Union, Colum? bia, 8. C, by postal money order, 2 cents per bale for the cotton held, to defray expenses of the holding cam? paign" The following letter has been read to every County Union president in this State. "My Desr Sir: In accordance with action taken at the mass meeting of the State Farmers' Union held In Co? lumbia yesterday evening, I am di? rected by the prealdent of the State Union to address you this letter, im? pressing upon you the vital import? ance, not alone to the cotton pro? ducing Interests of our State, but to the Union itself, of your prompt, vig? orous and earnest action upon the request made. We are et this mo? ment facing a crisis which demands that the individual cotton-producer shall be reached effectively, and It Is the sense of all who participated In the deliberations held that we, as ? . the Farmers' organisation in South Carolina, owe It to ourselves, to our wives and to our children t ? exert ourselves to the utmost for the next few weeks, even to the neglect of per? sonal business, to secure in writing pledgee from each individual owner of cotton in every township in every county in ths State. Feeling thus the! call has been sent out In an official manner to every other State in the Union that grows cotton for similar action to be taken simultaneously. "I beg herewith to enclose a copy of the call that has been sent to the other States, which will explain Itself and give you an accurate idea of the quick campaign that Is to be made In the effort to check the downward trend of the price of cotton. I also enclose a number of blanks of the cotton pledge that we wish signed by every man that can be reached through meetings or as individuals, and will ask that you see that this pledge be printed in your county pa? per along with a copy of the mes? sage to the other States and that you Issue over your signature a call f->r every grower of cotton in your ??oun ty to come to the clerk's office at the Court House and affix his signature to one of these papers. We further most earnestly ask you, in discharg? ing the duties of your responsible po? sition in this crisis, to each day fur? nish by mall to me at Columbia a statement giving the names of the in? dividuals that have pledged them? selves to hold their cotton and to re? duce tnelr acreage In accordance with the pledge, stating opposite the nam? of each the number of bales that n? agrees or pledges himself to hold. "It is our purpose to endeavor a& far as possible to send lecturers Into your couniy to arouse and stimulate the people to a full sense of their re? sponsibility in this quick-holding cam? paign. ,ml I woild suggest that both you and the county secretary and these lecturers carry a supply of blanks for pledges to each point visited, and that all of you get as many signatures as possible, file tho documents In the clerk's office and forthwith forward the information to me. It is our purpose to collate this It formation each day and to publish th? names of the holders In the news? papers with the number of bales held, not alone so far as this State |g con? cerned, but tho same thing will be done In each of the other States. "After a careful consideration of every plan suggested, In the present crisis, the one that we are putting in operation seems to bo not alone prac? ticable, but the only one that is open In this hour ?f need promising suc ceas. and we fssl that it is the duty of SVSry man charged with the safe? guarding of the interest of the pro? curing olasse? in this Stute to throw aside as far as possible all personal work and devote IhemsslTSl for the moment to the esrnesi dtsehargi of this patriotic duty, which means the 8 >nservatlon of a va*t sum of R|On< ) that Justly b?>l<?ngs to our pSOpls( srhleh oanaof be conserved unless our men heed lb.til to arms and go Into tshs battle errtfi the spirit that hi animated our people ever since the Commonwealth was founded. "In regard to the two cents per bale, in order that the accounts may? be kept without any danger of mis? apprehension or misplacing of funds, it is earnestly desired that you ad? vise and direct every man who sign? the pledge to remit this small sum by postal money order dlect to me by mail. We desire postal money or der remittance for the reason that it cmablos us to keep an exact record and any miscarriage in the mails can be easily traced immediately upon complaint, and, further, there Is no charge for collection. "In sending In your dally reports simply use one of the blanks, a sup? ply of which is sent you, thus mak? ing a duplicate of the record In the hands of the clerk of court. "We desire you to show this letter and all of the accompanying docu? ments to the clerk of the court of your county, ask him to receive and keep these pledges on file and assist you In every way possible with the undertaking. I feel sure that there Is not a clerk of court in the State who will not only be willing to lend this measure of assistance to a cause which means so much to the masses of people. Fraternnally yours, J. Whltner Reld, Secretary, South Carolina State Farmers* Union. FATALLY HURT IN COLUMBIA. Blackstock Lady, Struck by Auto, Columbia, Nov. 4.?Mrs. W. S. Hameter, of Blackstock, was struck by an automobile belonging to Mr. J. Caldwell Robertson shortly after noon today, on upper Main street, an ' knocked down, her skull being crush? ed. She was removed at once to a hospital and given medical attention, but died this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock without recovering consciousness. The body was taken to a local under? taking establishment and made ready for shipment to Blackstock. The Rev. W. S. Hameter, of Blackstock, the husband of the dead woman, ar? rived In the city tonight, accompan? ied by several friends, and the body will probably be taken there tomor? row for burial. In the car at the time of the acci? dent were Miss Olive Robertson, daughter of Mr. Caldwell Robertson, a girl friend and the negro chauf? feur, Horace Jones. The automobile had Just turned into Main street, about opposite Smith's drug store, when Mrs. Hameter, Just at this spot, alighted from a hack and in an en? deavor either to dodge some vehicle or catch a street car, ran in front of Mr. Robertson's car. The force of the contact threw Mrs. Hameter to the sidewalk, her skull being crushed in by the blow. Mrs. Hameter's husband Is pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Black stock and the news of the terrible ac? cident was learned with horror by the people of this city. In addition to the husband several children sur? vive. Mr. and Mrs. Hameter only recently moved to Blackstock from North Carolina. The negro chauffeur, Horace Jones, immediately surrendered himself and was locked up in Jail. An Inqeust over the body of Mrs. Hameter will be held tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock by Coroner R. D. Walker. Mr. Robertson said that today was the first time his car had been out on Main street during Fair week, and he had kept it off In order to avoid just such accidents as happened. He says that he did not even take It to the Fair grounds on account of the crowds. Mr. Robertson say's that his chauffeur is a careful driver and he had given him Instructions to be extra careful this week. Chauffeur Held for Murder. Columbia, Nov. 6.?An Inquest was held this morning over the remains of Mrs. W. S. Hamlter, the Blackstock lady who was run over and killed yesterday on Main street. The coro? ner's Jury returned a verdict that the deceased came to her death by being run over by an atuomobile driven by Horace Jones, the colored chauffeur. Jones was held and committed to jail, charged with murder. Was the Wrong Man Lynched? Ticken* Sentinel. At BftSlty Tuesday last we met a gentleman from near the seem- of the recant Honea Path lynching, and he stated In the presence of others that the negro boy recently lynched there for the nameless crime was the wrong one. He Itated that he had this information from a most re* lUible source, and that a ?mo of those who took part in the horrible affair were now of the opinion that the wrong one was killed. If this be true it only amis to the enormity of the dead and shows how dangerous mob law Is. The only safe way Is to stick to thi law, the luw deal With :?11 . lassos of criminals and then our bands will be kept Clean Of human blood. Dies of Injuries. ! Mr. S. F. Moor.-, of Dal/ell. was in t he ' itv Itondflv SEABOARD AIR LINK. Heport> State (hat the Construction Is Rapidly Proceeding to Georgo town. Charleston Post. A Georgetown man in Charleston reported that good progress is be? ing made in the railroad construction in that section, and that it would not be lonp before the connections are all made up and the Seaboard Air Line enters Georgetown, t<> be extended to Charleston, he said by several connec? tions, reaching this city by way of Mount Pleasant, as stated last week in The Evening Post. There has been no official state? ment, and there will be probably rone, the Georgetown man said, for some time, but it is generally under? stood that the railroad work is being actively promoted by the Seaboard Air Line and that it will not be long before the work will be completed and a definite announcement made. ITALIANS ACCUSER OF BUTCHERY Horrible Acts ( barged to Italian Sol. dlcrs by English Officers. . . London, Nov. 3.?Agitation against alleged airocttles by Italians in Tri? poli which has sprung up in the British press and is supported by a few members of the House of Com? mons eince uncensored reports arriv? ed here from English correspondents, concerning recent outrages in Tripoli, received further impetus from a tele? gram received here from Herbert Montague, a second lieutenant of the 6th Fusiliers. He telegraphed from Soukely Chama, by way of Dehlbat on the frontier of Tunis, as follows: "I feel it my duty to send to you the following telegram and beg you In the name of Christianity, to publish it throughout England. I am an Eng? lish officer, voluntarily serving in the Turkish army here. "As you know about the furious re? sistance which the Turks and Arabs are offering the Italians, I will only express my admiration for their bravery and fortitude, which would warm the heart of any Englishman or of any true soldier in the world. "Imagine my feelings when, on entering and driving the Italians out of Arab houses, which they had for? tified and were holding, we discovered the bodies of some 120 women and children with their hands and feet bound, mutilated, pierced and torn. Later on at (name of the town was lost in transmission) we found a mos? que filled with bodies of women and children mutilated almost beyond recognization. I could not count them, but there must have been three or four hundred. "In this European war are such crimes to be committed? Cannot England do something to stop such horrors? In our civilization and times you can hardly believe it, but it is true, nevertheless. I myself, have seen It ,so I know. "Even now we are getting news of further nassneres of women and children, who were discovered on dif? ferent farms lately occupied by Ital? ians. The idea of the Italians when they slaughtered the innocents obvi? ously was o^e of revenge for their heavy losses In battle. "We are at th's moment under a heavy shrapnel flro, so you must ex? cuse me if these sentences are some? what disjoined. There Is also an aero? plane circling over our position and directing the enemy's fire on us." Lieut. Montague's message is dat? ed November 2. FARO GAME AT BOCIATj CLUB. Six Arrests Were Made und Para? phernalia Seized. Columbia State. Nov. 3. The police rounded up a game of faro in tho social club over the Ken? tucky stable last night, and as the result, seized about 1,200 chips other paraphernalia of the jame, and made six arrests. Ed. Joyntr was charged with running a gambling house and the following With gambling: W. T. Irving, P. S. Hates, W. F. Ladd. E. L. Dickson and Walter Ham. At the time the officers arrived on the scene the game was in progress. This was about 10 o'clock. The bond, amounting to $210, was fur? nished by Ed Joyner. The Daily Item is requested by Mr. K. L. Dickson of this city to state that be is not the man arrested in the social club while gambling as stated above. WORK ON WRECK OF MAIM!. Now In Last Stage-*?Explosion From Exterior. Havana, Nov. 1.?The last Stages of the w >rk of uncovering and exam? ining the wreck of the Maine are now advancing with great rapidity. Ail Indications continue to be strongly confirmatory of the finding ot the Sampson board of inquiry, that the deatructlon of the Maine was due io ? ii exterior oxploeton. MARKETS FOR FARM PRODUCTS'. South Carolina Farmer* Can lie In? dependent of Cotton If Market for Other Product*, is Assured. Editor Daily Item: I am impelled by your editorial in teference to the markets for corn, oats, hay and live stock in Sumter county, to commend and extol your advice. You have put your finger on the gist of the whole matter. As one Interested in nearly two thous? and acres in three counties, as a planter, my interest is In the money crop, I can have planted on my lands. So are all owners interested. Ffteen years ago I lost money on Irish potato planting. The middle-1 man steals all the profits. The stables may buy your coin, but not on a business basis, not at its market val? ue in the West, no matter what you Make* So we keep it, to brag to our friends about last year's crop not being out, a barnful not being touched. No money in that, and yet we can make corn, combined with cow peas and hay, cheaper than the West. Sumter county, has the cat crop record yield of the world (Haynsworth farm), but we have no market for oats, except by peddling them around. When the banks ask us, "how is your crop," they mean cotton; they mean how many bales will you make. These are facts; no planter will dispute them. So, to climb out of the cotton pit, Into which we have fallen, we must have mar? kets for our products, cash markets for corn, peas, hay and oats, recog? nized as staple products, by our banks, with buyers in cities, giving daily quotations, similar to cotton quotations. Hot air will not carry planters out of that cotton pit. We have made a spectacular cotton crop. Spectacular because It Is open all at one time. It is large, but the top crop will never make up what has been lost on the ground of good cotton, and one-third of the crop will graded below middling. No scheming of the mills or the bears, can give them the high grade cotton they want in the quantity they claim hai? been made. But we are help? less because we have no other crop to sell, and if we had, we wrouldn't know where to sell It. Please print your editorial again in black Ink on first page of your paper. Allow me to ask you to change the words "farmers of Sumter county" to farm? ers of South Carolina. I am for? tunate enough not to have sold any cotton this year, but It is a business absurdity to ask any man not to Bell co.tton, his only money crop, who owes debts, or to curtail a planting (a physical exhibition of his ener? gies), when he is personally trying to make as much money as he can. Yours truly, Walter Cheyne. MURDER IX NEWBERRY. Aged Merchant Tone to Death Satur turday Night. Newberry, Nov. 5.?A horrible murder, committed some time during last night, was revealed about day? break this morning, when the dead body of Will S. Ruff, a white man about 60 years of age, was found on the floor in the little store room, which is a part of th? house In which he lived, on the oaetem outskirts of the city. A blow on the left side of of the head with a blunt Instrument had torn open the skull, and the head was lying In a pool of blood and brains. An old axe, standing against the Are place, with blood and hair on It, was evidently the Instrument with which the dastardly deed was done, the Injury being inflicted by the pole of the axe. COL. F. M. MIXON DEAD. Well Known South Carolina Veteran Dies Suddenly. Columbia, Nov. 5.?Col. F. M. Mix son, head of the Old Soldiers' Home here, died suddenly this morning, heart failure being the cause of his death. He had risen apparently as well as ever, but at 10.30 o'clock sud? denly passed away. The funeral ser? vices will be conducted tomorrow af? ternoon at his residence, at 4 o'clock, by the Rev. Charles E. Woodson, pas? tor of the Church of the Good Shep? herd, and the remains will be interred in Blmwood Cemetery. Col Mixson is survived by his wife and the fol lOWing ch Idren: Messrs. J. \V..f W. T. and J. C. Mixson. Mrs. W. A. Cole man and Mrs. Charles B, Sheer, of Montgomery, Ala. Col? Mixson was a native of Barn well county and during his life held several public officea He was assis? tant of education under Mr. Maynald; superintendent <>f the old state dis? pensary and the first dispensary com? missioner under Governor Tillman. Fr >m the first Of last January to the time of his death he was at the head of the Old Soldiers' Home in tins city. Col, Mixson served in ths Con? federate army as an order I) in .Ion Kins' brigade. At the time of his death he was a member of Can p I lampton. :\ew York Cotton Market. New York, Nov. 6. Opened High Low Cloee, Jan 8 9.") S M 8 93 8 95-961 If at Mch I Oo I Oil 9 03 9 06-07 April May 9 16 9 IS 9 14 9 16-17 I June j July 9 24 9 9 23 9 24-25 j Ang Sep 9 22 9 24 9 22 9 23-15 Oct 9 23 9 22 9 21 9 21-22 \ Nor 9 04 08 1 Dec 9 13 9 20 9 14 9 13-19 j Spot* 9.40?unchanged. Salea none. Opened steady. Port receipt* today, 73,186 vs. 64r 72$ last year. The markets will be closed Tues? day on account election day in New York. Open Closed Liverpool, Not. 6. Jan?Feb 439 48? Feb? Mch 491}$ 490 Mch?April 492 491}$ April?May 494 492 May?Jone 495}* 494}? June? Jnly 497 495}* Jolj-Aug 49? 496}* Ang?Sept 497H 490 Sept?Oct 494H 494 Oct?Nov 495 Nov?Dec 43? 486}? Dec?Jan 438 486** Reecipts, 24.090. American, all. Sales, 10,000. American, 9,400. Spots. 6.12?5 off. Opened steady. Closed quiet and steady. TILLMAX, JONES AND BLEASE, All at State Fair, Greeting and Supporters. Columbia, Nov. 2.?Senator Till man spent yesterday in Columbia, at? tending the meetings of the Clemson board of trustees and taking in the Fair. He returned home today. The Senator was everywhere greet-Jj ?>d by his friends, who were glad to see him looking so welL He saw the politicians on all sides, but if he talk? ed politics at all it was not for publi? cation. When asked concerning the race for Governor, he said he had said all that he was going to say now^ To his friends it appeared that he was watching the approaching contest be? tween Governor Blease and Chief Ju?-* tlce Jones, as an experienced pr*se tighter would watch a contest be? tween two other contestants, in po? sition to pass expert opinion upon the tactics and the movements of botl^l men. As to his own race for re-election and the candidacy of Ex-Congr man Talbert against him, the Sena? tor seemed not at all disturbed. He did not say so, but it vag learned that a number of influential men, who in days of factionalism were prominently known as anti-Tillman ites, irkdiviJaully and without concert of action, assured the Senator that he la their choice for the Senate, irre? spective of who else may be in th race. Senator Tillman talked more argri culture than politics, while he was In Columbia. He is deeply interest d in his farm. He still walks with a jlight limp, but his general health appears to be excellent, and his brain is as quick and incinsive in its working as ever. Chief Justice Jones has been in Columbia throughout the week. While Mr. Jones maintains his attitude of i passivity as a candidate as long as j he is on the Bench, he is being all \ the time approached by influentis 4j| men from all sections of the State with assurances of support in his i race against Governor Blease. Govern ir Blease has, of course, been^ In Columbia during the Fair, was unable on that account to attend* the Conference of Southern Gover? nors held this week at New Orleans. The Governor is always on the Job when it comes to looking after his po? litical fences, as everybody In South Carolina knows. There has been more or less talk among the politicians of other can? didates entering the contest for Governor, and several of the men mentioned as possibilities have been in the city, but no announcements have yet hern made.?News and Courier. CIIESTXCT IN PENITENTIARY". Slayer of W. B. Sabin Begins Fftccn Year Sentence. Orangeburg, Nov. 4.?R. Chestnut, who was sentenced to fifteen years* imprisonment at the last term onjfl criminal court for the killing of W. R. Sabin, was taken to the State Pen? itentiary this afternoon to begin ser i Vice. Directly after Chestnut was sentenced counsel for the defence stated that the case arould be ?ppsai ed, but the appeal was never per-^| feeted. L, W, Mc Lern ore, Esq., of PI treaest is in the city attending court this*