The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 16, 1911, Image 3
RAGES WILL PROCEED.
SUPREME COURT WILL NOT STOP
COM Mill V MEET.
The Cum- to be Decided on Jajiuury
4?Supreme Court Issued OrJer
Following Agreement as to Exten.
t?k>n ol* Time.
Columbia, Dec. 12.?As a result of
the order signed yesterday by Chief
Justice Jones of the supreme court,
the Question of horse racing in this
State will very probably be determln
. ed ty the legislature, as the exten?
sion of the order on injunction pro
cedings makes it returnable on Jan?
uary 4. The return in the case is to
be Hied on December 3). The case
was b.> have been heard tomorrow.
The following order was signed
yesterday by Chief Justice Jones:
"December 13, next, having been
fixed by the order of the chief jus?
tice as the day for the return to the
rule herein issued on December 3.
1911, and it appearing that the prose,
cutor in this case, James A. Hoyt, lu s
agreed to an extension of time for
the hearing of the return until D?
cember 30, 1911, and P. H. Nelson
of the firm of Nelson, Nelson & Oettys
asking that the hearing be continued
until said clay:
"Now on motion of Messrs. Nelson,
Nelson & Gettys, the attorney general
being present and not interposing ob?
jection thereto: It is ordered that the
return day as fixed by the order of
the chief justice, heretofore issued in
this case, be extended to January 4,
1912, and that the parties respond?
ent do make their return to the pe?
tition on December 30, 1911, by filing
said return with the clerk of this
court and serving a copy of same on
the attorney general."
MAIL ROBBERS ESCAPE.
?
1
l|en Who Held up Train Elude Offi?
cers.
-
Savannah, Ga., Dec. 11.?Though
officers of two States and several,
cities and battalion of railroad special
agents have searched far and wide,
they seemed no nearer tonight the so?
lution of the mystery of the identity
of the two men. one slender and the
other fat, who held up At' .ntic Coast
Line train No. 80, northbound, near
tt,o r> ff.rv mommg
and -obbed it of one "jacket" of reg?
istered mall. One nian JRT&s arrested .
et*"" Sah anna!l, but waa Quickly rS.J
leased. Other arrests have been,
jaftda, according u> local cheers. ,
The bloodhouds that were put on 1
the trail of the robbers following it
into the country for probably a mile,
then circled back to the railroad, and
officers stated this probably meant
that the robbers had made their es?
cape on a later northbound train,
boarding it very near the scene of
the hold up and possibly while offi?
cers were searching for them but a
few hundred yards away.
The value of the robbers booty is
estimated at $5,000.
The train was running in two sec
tlons because of the heavy passenger
traffic.
UAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Some Deeds Recorded in the Past
Few Days.
The following transfers of real es?
tate have been left at the office of ?.he
county clerk of court during the past
few days to be recorded in that of?
fice. They show that he business in
real estate l;ne is still on the boom.
It. W. Chandler to M. D. Weaver,
et al. trustees for the Pleasant Grove
Baptist church. 1 3-4 acres in coun?
ty, $13125.
M. J. Clarke to E. W. McCallum.
lot in city. $38.57 and other consid?
eration.
M. C. Stubbs to T_ N. Pierson, lot
in county, $1.175. ,*
E. W. MeCtllum to Delia Charles,
lot and building on Purdy street, $1,
026.
Sallie M. Marshall to H. J. Harby
and T. C. Strauss, 66 1-4 acres in
RaMng Crook t-.wnship, $1,550.
AV I \rsl \L VERDICT.
Jury Allow* Defendant to Keep Horse
upon Payment of Money.
The case of T. S. Ktuekey against
Baaannel C?a?,??,o;:. colored, for the
possession of a horse held under
pi art sags earns up Tu as ill f afternoon
In the Magistrate's court before Judge
WelN and was settled by the Jury
bringing in a verdict to the effect that
the defendant should keep the horse
provided that he pay the plaintiff the 1
sum of $15.
This verdict is somewhat In the way
of a compromise and is an unusual
one as when easor, go to juries gen- '
erallv. Juries do rot ??roe upon com
promlne verdicts.
You will find that druggists every
when* soeak well of Cham her la in'fl ,
Cough Homed v. They know from
lestg experience ! i the sale of It that i
i*? n0 none ?? *7*d e^lds t* e^n si
THE GREATEST COTTON CROP.
OFFICIAL ESTIMATE PUTS YIELD
AT 11,883,000 DAXES.
Thin State's Yield is Given as 1,180,.
000?Acreage is Larger Than in
Former YeUM,
Washington, Dec. 11.?The total
production of cotton in the I'nited
States for the season of 1911-' 12 will
amount to 7,121,713,000 pounds (not
including linters), of 14,885,000 bales
of 500 pounds, gross weight, accord?
ing to the first official estimate of the
size of the crop issued at 2 p. m. to?
day by the crop reporting board of
the United States department of agri?
culture and made up from reports of
the correspondents and agents of the
bureau of statistics throughout the
crtton belt.
Heretofore the record cotton crop
was that of the year 1904, when 13,
438.012 bales, exclusive of linters,
were sr?wn. Other large crops were
those of 1906, which was 13,273,809
bales, and 1908. when 13,241,799 bales
were grown. In point of value, how?
ever the crop of 1910, which was 11,
608,616 bales exclusive of Unters, was
the record one, the fibre being valued
at $820,320,000 and the cotton seed
at $142,860,000, a total of $963,180,
000 as the aggregate vp.lue of the cot?
ton crop of "hat year.
Conditions early in the growing
season this year led to the belie:! that
the crop would be one of record pro?
portions. First estimates of the yield
based on the condition figures, placed
the probable production well toward
the figures of the biggest crop here
| tofore grown. The acreage on which
cotton was planted this season was es?
timated by the department of agricul?
ture to be 35,004,000 acres, a greater
area than ever before planted to cot?
ton In this country. This vast area
exceeded the previous record of acre?
age by more than 2,500,000 acres,
there having been planted 32,444,000
acres In 1908 and 32,403.000 acres
last year. In the record production
year of 1904 only 30,053,793 acres
were planted.
Scorching hot and excessively dry
weather during the middle of the
summer caused consid arable damage
to cotton in many parti of the cotton
belt Kalter in the season weather con?
ditions were distinctly favorable In
most parts of the belt und tne crop
improved. The hot weather and
draught, hovever , w?ro responsible
for a sma'ler yield th:3 year than ex?
perts early in the season predicted i
a result of the record acreage and
splendid growing conditions then pre?
vailing. One result rf the hot weather
was that the crop natured about two
weeks earlier than usual.
SURVEYORS CAME IN TUESDAY.
Will Have to Go Over Rou e Again
Because Of Swamps.
The South Carolina Western rail?
road surveyors arrived la the city
Tuesday about one o'clock after tak?
ing several weeks to survey the route
from Bl-shopville to this city. The
surveyors experienced much difficulty
during their survey because of the
many swamps which they had to
eroiw in all of which there was much
water and some of which were barely
passable.
The surveyors are net satisfied with
the survey which they had just com?
pleted so will turn about and resurvey
th * line straightening out crooks in
it and running curves in it whereby
they will escape swamps which
would cause much work and great
* <>st in building a railroad through
them. It is impossible to say now
when they will complete this new
Survey, but It is probable t?.at it will
not take them as long as did the one
which they have just completed as
they already have the route and
grading and will onlv rectify U ? line
which has already been fun.
sumter's MOVING PICTURES.
Xvaaber of Beautiful Potograp*is to
be Shown.
Secretary Snell is having a number j
of colored lantern slides made of
photographs which were taken by|
Mr. Winburn in and about Sumter j
whlrh will bo shown at the Academy
of \ uslc on next Tuesday and Wed
neodey evenings and Wednesday
matinee. These slides will bo used
While (hanging the moving picture
films. Perhaps one of the finest cot?
ton photographs ever taken in this
State or In any State was that taken
last week at Mr. L. D. Jennings' farm
Where the rotton fields are pore whlto
and with over sixty pickers in lIn?
fields. Other slides are of the Sumter
Hospital) farm scenes on the farm of
J. D. White, baling hay on the H. D.
Brown farm. Sumter's great cotton
day in 1910 when 1,400 bales of
eoton were marketed In one dav. 1
?eveffe] beautiful slides of Sumter
?ehoolf ai l School children. Klks
ciub and Farmers' Hank and Trust,
< Ii \Mlil K OF COBfMl
The Kind of a "Machine" a City
Ought t<> Create and Encourage,
"First of all WS must have a welt
organised machine," said the city de?
velopment secretary, to a group 'of
meo ambitious for a greater city
clty with more factories more good
business concerns and more progres?
sive citizens to boost and build. The
machine which they understood at
a distance was the kind used by
tricky politicians as a power in
greedy city administrations.
"This new kind of a city ma?
chine," explained the secretary,
"when properly organized and man?
aged is the greatest force in the mod?
ern science of city building."
And the machine which sprang into
existence was not controlled by a
mayor, clique of councilmcn or any
form of politics. It was composed of
business men, private citizens and
the day laborer with a home.
The machine which was organized
became known as the Commercial
Club, a body of non-partisan, pub?
lic spirited men whose aim was to
build up their community and ad?
vertise its industrial and commercial
possibilities to the world.
"Xext we must have a well de?
fined campaign," advised the secre?
tary. "We must have In our hands
a definite plan and actual working
material before one step is taken in
the movemen' "
The campa worked out
carefully; mf tiflcally cor?
rect In detail procedure as
possible.
When the ecretary had
finished the mpalgn the
Commercial < isfled it pre
sented all principles of
munipical de
There had d out tangi?
ble ideas, pie which could
be used to ulldlng cam?
paign lnstan
A careful been made;
the stakes cated by a
trained min >f designing
correct met oosting and
building cit step In this
campaign w. it on a chart
arranging a ?n or plan
in the logic? hlch It fitted
Into the cat whole. This
far reachln? ng campaign
was divided itetlnct parts,
each with a
First the ! was tiio boosting
Campaign.'1 bavinsLa* Its mission^,
thaft of seo. ing greater civic p^rio-i
rt*m. whieh was ta< golden thread
extending t r : ? ry ides and
plan of th. npalgn. The
second part ulldlng Cam?
paign." whi squally broad
purpose, thi v developing
building an? the town but
as far as p< nd the city
limits.
From the ?ption of the
idea the clt .as given the
motive pow> ice, patience
and tireless oth the push
and pull kit
The city devised ma
terallzed be< builders had
muscular sk and were de?
termined to s success.
Tn this ci nany others,
there were d not believe
in progress; d not believe
In changing the better;
whoawould not recognize the new or?
der of things. There was an over
?Upply of these dead-wood property
owners, who were not producers or of
any benefit to the city. They lived
oji what the city allowed them. They
would not support the city building
campaign because It would cost mo -
ey and energy.
"Remember." warned the devo n -
merit secretary, "tboro Is to be no
lukewarm appeals. This is to lie s
fight freni the start. The first g'o
will be from knoekers to boosters."
With the material and toola
hand for a grent educational r n
nn-nt. th*? fommorelal Club had everj
plan ready to present with whirl- |
wind energy and a hard fight if nsc
cessary.
The first shot fired was the "Har?
mony Campaign." planned to ss< ':*''
a solid foundation upon which it wsa
necessary for all other plans to be
Constructed. Tho "Harmony Cam?
paign" was to bring out instantly B
new efficiency in "team work" amonu
all citizens, through optimistic meth?
ods of arousing Civic patriot! tn
This campaign was devised al'?ng
linos to please the popular mind and
would r idound to the benefit of every
citizen.
The big guna used to no, n 1 bo esm
palgn were trained on the offices, fac
torlos and homos. The shells, burst?
ing iti .ill parts of the city :it the
same time, were ;< aeries of harmon)
talks. Every newspaper gnve from
page apace to the missis, billb< ird .
street cars and atore-windows echoed
the rattle ol the campaign.
The harmony talka were directed
;it property owners business men,
young men nd private cltlaens, and
i" ople who sent nmre money away
than they spent at borne.
Rverywhere catch phrases, talks
from a billboard, turni.ug | corner
and he would meet with "a thorough?
bred citizen is a booster and a build?
er?are you a thoroughbred?"
Slinking along to escape, a scream
would conn from the grocer's .vi-i
dow "Spend your money at hom.3?
it's the surest way to got u hack
again."
So matter which way he turned
or whence he looked there were the
signs roaring like the roar of can?
nons?"Why don't you help this town
grow?" If the "dejd-wood" hur?
ried home to hide himself behind the
evening paper, he only heard a gre; '
er roar of the battle for a greater city
and cornered, he was compelled io
read the truthful editorials. If he
went to bed in a rebellious state, de?
termined not to be conquered by the
new progressive spirit which wag en?
veloping his city, he received another
at lack from new batteries at his
breakfast table.
The very force of the battle fas?
cinated him and he read another
editorial headed "Look at your town"
without knowing why he read and
was interested. If still a rebel he
nns pursued to his office On his
desk he found a personally address?
ed letter, in a plain envelope, open?
ing it he read?"Why don't you help
make this town grow "
The army of publicity that invaded
the city the first day was reinforced
on the second day by fresh editorials,
heavy shots that hit the mark every
time, killing the enemies?"Envy,
prejudice and ignorance." The board,
generous army of harmony was wag?
ing a battle of public good, for pride,
loyalty and a greater get-to-gether
spirit.
The next step was the "Get-to-geth
er" banquet, which was a business
men's social dinner, where business
men of all clases came after busi?
ness hours in everyday clothes. It
was an informal, strictly business,
good fellowship affair. The sole ob?
ject of the discussion was to devise
ways and means to make a bigger
and more beautiful city, to secure
more practical agricultural develop?
ment in the surrourdlng country, and
in fact everything that would help
the city to gain and maintain a
prominent place as a great eommerc
clal center.
The object was achelved. The in?
formal banquet did more than any
function In years to bring together
the busin? men on I mop. foot*
? ng. to i. f : i -irote
enthusiast! hernsony -1 *a I nernl
desire to work together for tin food"
of the. efttjr.
The 'Get-Together" banquet was
a striking demonstration of the great
possibilities that lie before any com?
munity if Its citizens work unitedly
and harmoniously for their common
interests.
The team work that made the
banquet a success was the spirit that
controlled the meeting.
A platform of principles were
adopted, which were designed to gov?
ern the future policy of the "build?
ing machine." These principles were
not only adopted but carried out
through the magnificent co-operation
and unity of effort and loyal support
in the campaign. The ball was start?
ed rolling by working for the com?
mercial advancement of the city, the
settling up of the surrounding val?
leys, the development of city's and
valley's resources, and advantages.
Bttt this work was not started by
publicity alone. Realizing that ad?
vertising was the indispensable force
to use in an effort to get new peo?
ple and new Industries, yet this build?
ing machine decided to get more
thie. worth advertising.
Tl *e city builders planned to eor
rec the faults of their community
: rid dvertlse the recent aeconrplish
rnen ineetion with the cither
I for the man who was
r a pi ice to start in busi
make Is home. They be
i work by getting something
;?- . , to advertise, by reaching
beyond the city limits.
It was not merely publicity that
forced this city to the front but the
masterful method of the developing
of better advanagei to offer.
The cHj machine possessed a long,
strong arm for progress. The first
I Ig thing it did was to reduce the
taxes of both the City and county by
the platting of the county. This cost
a lot of money! but "lower taxes" was
something worth talking about.
Next it made htg Improvements In
the mads throughout the county.
"Good roads" made another strong
talking point. Miles of first class
i i ; run i ppealed strongly to pros?
pective fanners, ranchers and fruit
grow i i s.
\t first careful attention ami con?
siderable lime was devoted to pro?
moting the welfare of the farmer.
They knew that prosp runs f irming
? Ii trlcl w Hl fle> elop prospei ous cities.
l'\hi \ means and method which
would In any waj help Ihe farmer
Improve his crops was investigated
in.I recommended to the farmers or
adopted foi them. Farmers were en?
couraged to raise moneyed crops,
about which they kno\? nothing.
Rvporlmentsl farms nnd apple or
ducts. The future benefit will revert
to the farmers and those that come
into the country.
Experts On soil. grains. plants,
fruits, etc., were employed to furnish
sound opinion! and safe advice for
the farmers to follow.
Ail of these broad generous move?
ments were started at the expense of
the new city building machine.
When the important work beyond,
the city limits had been started va?
rious policies were taken up to help
the merehants and business men.
A stop was put to "fake" advertis?
ing, and the soliciting of funds, tick?
et selling, special program schemes,
etc. During the first month this rule
WSS in force the merchants saved
nearly a thousand dollars.
The amount saved monthly by re?
stricting profitless advertising was so
large that the merchants voluntarily
decided to establish a "promotion
fund," which is used exclusively to
defray expenses incidental to the se?
curing of new enterprises for the city
and in upbuilding of present deserv?
ing institutions. These business men
are subscribing $500 per month to
this fund.
The new city machine has accom?
plished all of the important objects
it started out to do, namely:
A reduction in city taxes.
The platting of the county.
Building of good roads throughout
the county.
Advertising city and county re?
sources and advantages.
Restriction of soliciting funds from
business men.
Restriction of promiscuous ticket
selling and eliminating special adver?
tising schemes.
Encouraging the farmers to raise
better and more profitable crops.
And many other worthy objects.
Already this organization owns its
own club building and two other
valuable pieces of property.
This club has laid out a plan for
future work which will result in the
accomplishment of even greater bene?
fits for the city and county.
By improving conditions beyond
the city limits they secured more
strong talking points, more distinct
arguments in f?vor of this city than
possessed by the average city.
hTe Commercial Club is different
from'other civic organizations in that
it is chuck full of "get-to-gether"?
"pull-to-gether" spirit and energy
n ?-? ? ? ?? ? i ...... rr 3n?v T* Is tri**
? . . , . . ,? ?
highes i?! lit i .-.trom: :e im
Tbl? .-in'- determ nod '?? conquer
and surn t?i d fi ultfi that tin
progressive cities aeciareo impos?
sible. It did and it has what other
cities would give mon^y to possess.
The work actually accomplished
and nov. under way by this whirl?
wind organization represents one of
the most vivid, picturesque stories of
community building in modern times.
Every city should not only adver?
tise what It has to advertise, but
hustble after better things to adver?
tise.
No city can afford to he satisfied
with the resources and advantages
alrendv at hand. It must build while
boosting and boost while building.?
The Tradesman.
If you are troubled with chronic
Constipation, the mild and gentla ef?
fect of Chamberlain's Tablets makes
thers especially suited to your case.
For tale by all dealers.
\ i:<. ri.ss ro\ucTi:n or stor?
ing WHISKEY.
Ltssle Moore Trle?| before Rot-order
for storing Whtskey for Unlawful
r-c.
Lizzie Moore was tried before (Li
Reeorder Tuesday for storing whisk?
ey for an unlawful use and found
guilty with recommendation to mercy
by the jury of five men who tried tho
case. She was sentenced to pay a
fine of $30 or to serve 30 days.
The Moore woman was represented
by Mr. I). P. Moise and .T. H. Clif?
ton. Esq.. represented the city. It
seems that Tazzie had ordered the
Whiskey and Policeman McKagen fol?
lowed her when she took it out of the
express office ''t'd arrested her as
??oon as the whiskey was taken Into
her house.
V en have a bilious attack
? ; berlaln'a Tablets a trial.
They ??? '?nt. i or aale by ail
d .ii
i, Georgetown Lodge.
Mr. Qeo, 1?. Levy went to George?
town Tueadsy evening to visit and in
Spect the lodge of Rika nt that place.
This Is the second visit that Mr. Levy
tins paid as District Deputy fJrand
Rxaltod Rul >r "f thli State, in dls
charglng hla duties which take him
to all of the lodgea In the state.
\ Dea aiolnes man had an attack
of muscular rheumatism In bis shoul?
der, A friend advised him to go to
Mot springs. That meant an expense
of $1.10.00 or more, lie sougl lor a
quicker and cheaper way to re it
and found it in Ck nberlaln h Llnl
ipposeb i? m
MR. H. I. MANNING DECLINES TO
ACT As TRUSTEE.
Tin* Cotton Holding Plan of New
York Syndicate Ibing Speoulathe
in Nature Does Not Appeal to
Business Judgment of Sumter Bank"
er and He Places Himself on Rec?
ord in Op|M>sition to Its Acceptance
by Southern Cotton Farmers.
Mr. U. I. Manning received a tele?
gram Tuesday afternoon from Com?
missioner E. J. Watson requesting
him to act as one of the three trus?
tees for South Carolina under the cot?
ton holding plan to be financed to the
extent of $50,000.000 by a syndicate
of New York capitalists. In reply
Mr. Manning sent the following tele?
gram:
"Sumter, S. C, Dec. 12. 1911.
Hon. E. J. Watson,
Columbia, S. C.
Cannot advise farmers to accept
proposition of Pell & Co. The plan is
subject to too many chances for loss
to the farmers?contemplates specu?
lation to cause advance, which is in
itself risky, and I am opposed to it.
BelBff opposed to plan myself I must"
decline ,lo act as trustee.
Rich'd. t Manning."
In speaking of his refusal to act as
a trustee for the holding plan Mr.
Manning said today that he would
not, with his present understading of
the operation of the plan proposed by
the New Yovk syndicate, accept it for
himself or turn over to the syndicate
any of Ms own cotton, therefore, he
could not consistently act as a trustee.
He regards the plan as purely specu?
lative and ne t a holding plan in the
generally accepted meaning of the
term. It involves too great a risk for
the farmers and no adequate guaran?
tee for the protection of his equity in
the cotton that he sells to the syndi?
cate. The farmers who turn over
their cotton to the syndicate are
sure of receiving only $25 per bale
and a chance to share in any advance
in the market price that may result
from the speculative activities of the
syndicate. The plan Is also objec?
tionable In that It does not contem?
plate holding the cotton off the mar?
ket and this will have a tendency t
depress the market and minimize th
gSjggOf
We wish to call y ir attention t
the fact tha* most 'nf**. tlous diseases
>pjng ?-.?-?cign, diphtheria
and scarlet fever are contracted when
the child has a cold. Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy will quickly cure a
cold and greatly lessen the danger of
contracting these diseases. This rem?
edy is famous for ita cures ?
It contains no opium or otr -
eotlc and may be given to ?
with implicit confidence. Sole
dealers.
DANGER IN DELAY".
Kidney Diseases Are Too Dangerons
for Sumter People to Neglect.
The great danger of kidney trou?
bles Is that they get a firm hold be?
fore the sufferer recognizes them.
Health Is gradually undermined.
Backache, headache, nervousness,
lameness, soreness, lumbago, urinary
troubles, dropsy, diabetes and Bright's
disease follow in merciless succession
Don't neglect your kidneys. Help the
kidneys with the reliable and safe
remedy, Daan's Kidm y Pills, which
ha3 benefited people right here In
Sumter.
Mrs. R. K. Brown, 20 4 W. Liberty
street, Sumter, S. C, says: "For over
a year I was greatly anru yed by kid?
ney and bladder trouble and nothing
brought me relief until I obtained m
supply of Doan's Kidney
China's Drug Store. They \
beneficial in every way that
no hesitation u hau-v. i n r? < ? i
ing them."
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cents. Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States. !
Remember the name?Moan's?-and
uike, no other. No. 7
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bracelet* lockets, La Vollem mono?
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from 'he smallest pieces to the large
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know what wo ?eil Is good.
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