The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 03, 1912, Image 5
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The Sumter Watchman was found?
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116? The Watchman and Southron
now has the combined circulation and
Influence cf both or the old papers,
and is manifestly the best advertising
aaedium In Sumte:.
Rock Hill has ."alien into line with
the Sumter proposition to secure the
enactment of a law at the present
session of the legislature to permit
cities of approximately 10,000 popu?
lation to adopt a modified form of
commission government and employ
a general manager to direct the bus?
iness of the city. This plan appeals
to business men who desire a busi?
ness administration of municipal af?
fairs.
a a e
Cor. Watterson and Col. Harvey
have failed to make out a case
against Woodrow Wiloon, ?r.d he Is
still a potential possibility as a presi?
dential candidate. The Joline letter
fell flat and failed to convert Bryan
Into an active enemy; the Carnegie
pension matter has not injured him
with real Democrats who have a
olear and definite understanding of
the Carnegie foundation; and now
the tempest in a teapot stirred up
by CoL Watterson has actually gain?
ed him friends amongst those who are
opposed to the dominition of the
Democratic party and the nation hy
the Kyan type of captains of finence.
The interests that are trying to de?
stroy Wilson will have to try again.
We have not been convinced that
Woodrow Wilson is the on^y available
candidate for the Democratic party,
but recent develonment* have, in our
a;-.- ion, ntrengthened his position as
If any Dem
aerat can 1 led \r. -olte of the
>uey power.
he us tne man. Pr< sidential elections
have been carried in the past by the
levfsh use of money, and it may be
possible to pour such a flood of mon?
ey into the doubtful States to elect
either Taft or Roosevelt over Wood
sow Wilson. Money is well nigh all
powerful in politics as well as busi?
ness and there are many thousand
purchasable voters In the pivotal
State*.
PIRK |X RECORD OFFICE.
intelligent Action Probably Saved
Panic in Columbia Theatre.
Columbia. Jan. 31.?A fire was dis?
covered in the rear of The Reeord
office last right about 9 o'clock that
might have been serious in its con?
sequences. It started when one of
the largest audiences of the year was
in the Columbia thentre. and the
slightest intimation of the close proxi?
mity of the fire, or had an alarm
been rung in. in all probability a
pan.'c would have started thnt would
ha 'e been disastrous.
The fire was discovered by a wo?
man, who gave the alarm to th* po?
lice station. Knowing the situation
If a:i alarm was started, the infor?
mal i n was telephoned to the central
fire gtath n and company No. 1 r?>
Spord? d. >'o engine* v. re used for
leaf f disturbing the people la the
theatre. Plug streams w-re thrown
on the flames, and the noiseless
eher-.a al engine was pressed Into ser?
vice, it is doubtful if hut few la the
theatre knew of the closeness of the
Tio ore lartod In * paper press
in the press room, which is in tin
rear of The Record efiee ?"i the
ground BoOTi supposedly from a rat
SJMWtng a match. Tin? Haines de- !
str< red a large quantity of paper,
and ran up th~ elevat? v shaft into
the composing room. The heat eras
so h n l that it melted I he rubber
poll and belli oa the linotype
nmebtat were warped ?"d burned.
W! Us DSmeS did little material
da ii . t t he he <t and the wal r
<je t- r< ' nv?t?*rlal ind property thai
will pussJbl) amount to approximate*
ly $!,###. All is fully covered bj in
put it.. It 11 not thought thai the
mnrthln' i y Is hurt.
The full force Of The Iteeoid
worked ail night to put the office in
ahapt and <* Is aol Ihoughl th it
there will I"- dels) In the Issuance
The Presidential campaign re-1
gambles i South Carolina primary,
v llmlngton Star,
CLEMSON COLLEGE LETTER
China Cadets Hear Interesting Ad
dres., on Alcoholism?Tree Expeit
to Lecture.
Clem3on College, Jan. 30 ?Dr. (J.
E. Taylor of Boston, Mass., direcior
and field secretary of the Scientific
Temperance Federation of America,
gave a series of two lectures upon th ?
scimlific side of the alcohol prob
lern, in Memorial Hall, Jan *4th and
25th. Dr. Taylor put this aerioas
M'oblem before his hearers in n new
lipht. His lectures were based on
scientific facts and his experience as
an analythical chemist makes his
lectures more interesting because he
knows the chemistry of alcohol. At
the close of his first lecture Dr. Tay?
lor made some interesting and unique
chemical demonstrations. One of
these was the explosion of gunpow?
der in liquids containing 50 per cent,
or more of alcohol. He took a sam?
ple each of the following: Whiskey,
Jamaica ginger, lemon extract anl
pure alcohol, and moistening a little
gunpowder with each, he set it on
fire. The ginger, lemon extract and
pure alcohol exploded, showing that
they contained 50 per cent of alco?
hol. The ginger and lemon extract
actually contained 95 per cent. Dr.
Taylor illuminated the hall with al?
cohol from a Pint of near beer at the
close of the second lecture.
Mr. John Davey of the Davey Tree
Expert Company, Kent, Ohio, will
give on Tuesday, Jan. 30th. an Illus?
trated lecture on the care and treat?
ment of diseased and decaying trees.
Mr. Davey has devoted the greater
part of his life to this work, and i3
popularly known as "The Farther of
Tree Surgery.
. The S. C. Livestock Association will
hold its tenth annual meeting Feb.
Sth-9th in Columbia. In connection
with this meeting, an educational
butter scoring contest will be held.
Butter from all parts of the State
will be scored.
A number of farmers are taking
the short course in agriculture.
OPPOSE PRESENT MILEAGE SYS?
TEM.
Traveling Men Want to Know \boul
Trains Before Going to Station.
Ai a recent meeting of the mem?
bers of Post G., T. P. A., two subjects
wen? discussed which are of much
interest to traveling men. one of them
bein? of a local nature.
The chief matters discussed were
the present mileage book system and
the other was if some way could not
be decided upon to secure informa?
tion concerning the early morning
train going to Augusta, and general?
ly known as the five o'clock train.
Jt was decided to send delegates to
Columbia to work for the passage of
.be present bill, on which a hearing
will be had today, before the Gener?
al Assembly revising the act which Is
now in force.
Complaint was made by a number
of the traveling men that they had
.Nuffered great inconvenience and ex?
tra expense by going down to the sta?
tion to go off on the five o'clock train
sad after getting there they had
found the train late and they either
bad to wait or go back home and re?
turn to tho '?uition later at the time
lh ? train was marked up. It was
stated that the train was very often
late and those who had to travel on
this train frequently suffered much
annoyance. No complaint was made
of anyoii" the general desire being
to remedy conditions so as to help
the traveling m 111. A committee was
appoli ted to moot with the Chant?
er Ot Commerce and try with their
help to secure sonn- way by which In?
formation concerning the train could
1 ft with central who could in
form patrons of the Atlantic Coast
Ins Company.
Mr. i*. O. Leak, president of the lo
<al post, went to Columbia with oth?
ers <? the committee to sppear be
f..r ? the proper committee, endorsing
the bill now before the house in re?
gard to the mileage book system.
MILLION DOLL \ It BOND ISSUE.
Kill Provide* tor DlKpoaltlon of Any.
him Property ami Maintenance of
s;.tn- |*ark,
Columbia, Jan. :P">. The ways and
ei".mis committee tonight reported
tnd recommended the passage of b
1 .:i looking t<> submitting to the
i t rs of a million-dollar bond Issue
Lo be expended In the development of
t?te Park, where the new Hospital
for the insane is located. The reso*
.n provides that the people vote
November on i i per cent bond Is?
sue to be expended as the money Is
ii Red In I he development Th ? pres.
ent propert) Is to be turned ovor to
the sinking fund commission to be
sold as deemed best i'i liquidation ol
the million-dollar bond Issue if voted,
ii resolution) if adopted, means a
kote by i he people.
Mr. a. k. Banders of Hagood was
i visitor to the city Wednesday.
ANTI-RACING FIGHT ON.
ENTIRE session CONSUMED BY
SPIRITED DISCCHSIOX.
Messrs, Erckmnnn, Voumuas und
Wal-on Urge PlHft of Measure,
While Messrs Tohius, Vender Horst
and I la in i I (4 in Speak in Opposition.
Proposed Amendment Would Make
Act, if Adopted, Effective May,
191?.
Columbia, Jan. tl.?In the House
today about two hours were spent
in the discussion of the' Erckmann
(>s!>orne-Carlisle "anti-racing hill.
No conclusion was reached.
At the time the House adjourned,
until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock,
the pending question was an amend?
ment by Mr. Evans, of Marlhoro, that
the Act. if adopted, should go into
effect in May of 1913. The chief
speeches today in favor of the pas?
sage of the hills, as proposed, were
those of Messrs. Erckmann, Y<?u
mans and J. Helton Watson, while
the opposition to the measure, thus
far, has brought out two memhers of
the Charleston delegation, Messrs.
Tobias and Varider Horst, and they
have been augmented by Mr. Ham?
ilton, of Union.
There were some sharp speeches to?
day in the discussion, but no in?
dex as to the final result. The
friends of the hill appear to be in?
sistent upon the integrity of the bill
as proposed, and this means that the
purpose is to include the injunction
nnhiio nuisance ( lause, now in the
bill and it is likely that this will he
the real focus upon which the fate
of the hill will hinge, either as a di?
rect action of the Legislature or by
veto. The friends of the bill, par?
ticularly Mr. Osborhe and Mr. Ste?
venson, wished to have action
taken today, but when the dinner
bell sounded the motion to adjourn
prevailed anil there was no afternoon
or night session, in view of the fact
that "Mars?- Henry" Watterson had
been invited to address the General
Assembly, and by agreement the hall
of the House of Representatives was
used instead of the University of
South Carolina, where it was intend?
ed to hold the exercises. A commit?
tee had waited on Col. Henry Watter"
son. and on account of a recent ope?
ration he had to decline to speak to?
day and tonight. It was then arrang?
ed to combine the invitations, the
I'niversity of South Carolina waiving
Its claim, and the speaking took place
in the hall of the House.
To Third Reading in Senate.
Columbia. Jan. 31.?The anti-rac?
ing hill of Senator Carlisle was pass?
ed to third reading and made a spe?
cial order for next Tuesday night in
the Senate, after some skirmishing
and some sparring, and after the Sen?
ate had tabled a motion, offered by
senator Appelt, to defer considera?
tion of the bill until tonight at 8
o'clock. The vote to table the motion
was 23 to 13. and those voting in fa?
vor of the motion were: Ackerman.
Hates. Hlack. Carlisle. Christensen.
Karle. Epps, Ginn. Green. Hall. Har
din. Johnson. Johnstone. Laney. Law
son, Hide. Manning. Montgomery.
Rainsford, Bullivan, Summers. Wal?
ler. Wharton; tidal 23. Those voting
against the motion to table wore: Ap"
ne\t, Clifton. Crosson. Dennis. Hough.
Mars. T. .1. Mnuldin. IfcCown, Sink
ler, Splvey, Stewart, Young; total. 13.
The bill was reached at its place <>n
the Calendar and passed to third
reading without the opponents know?
ing what was going on. As soon as
the opponents of the HI! realized
?hat tiny had let it slip by, they
wanted to recall it. and tin illy sena?
tor Carlisle consented to reconsider
the vote and Miring the hill back to a
second reading measure. * A motion
by Senator Young to strike out the
enacting words was overwhelmingly
t'Oted down, and Senator Appell of
fered ap amendment eliminating the
Injunction feature of the hill, and
was in the midst of a discussion of
this motion when the Senate started
over to tin- House to listen to an ad?
dress by Col. Henry Watterson. He
fore they had gotten there they wer.,
informed that Col. Walters.,n WSS
unable to address the General Assem'
bly at the hour stated, and the dis?
cussion of the racing l? ?11 was resum?
ed.
Senator Appell had nol ret in nod!
t.. the chamber and Anally, on agree- i
men! between Senators Clifton and
i ferllsl ?. the bill w enl lo I hit d re id
Ingi and W ill he fotlghl out to M
Tuesday night.
'i hl? \\ as i)..t a test \ ote. for Sena?
tor Clifton asked that consideration
! . postponed because he was physl
vote and lhi light was simply over
whether to take up the ?-ill lodaj oi
when tin bill comes up
en 'l ue daj night, and fi
lisle and
., hes
MAY ABDICATE TODAY.
Conference of Chinese Imperial
Penally Decides Upon immediate
Action.
Peking. Jan. ;J0.?It is understood
that immediate abdication of the
throne has been decided upon, as a
result of the conference today be?
tween the Empress Dowager, Prince
Chun, the ex-regent, and Prince
Chng, the ex-premier, in accord
ance with conditions laid down by
the Republicans, namely, that the
Imperial family and Princes are to
retain their empty titles, reside in
Peking, or elsewhere at their pleas?
ure, and receive annual pensions ag?
gregating 3,000,000 staels ($2,000,
000) and that the transfer of power
will i>e effected with as litle loss of
dignity to the Throne as possible.
The Km press Dowager has sum?
moned a Cabinet meeting tomorrow
to arrange details of the abdication.
Yuan Shi Kai, in a statement aver
red his readiness to accept almost,
any sedation which will insure peace.
Yuan further says that he has no
ambition to become President of the
new Republic, and only desires the
establishment of a stable government.
Many soldi rs were killed by the
explosion <?f a dynamite mine under
an imperialist troop train, which was
proceeding from Siakain. thirty miles
north of Hankow, to Ho-Nan. A I
bomb was thrown at the viceroy, who
was traveling on another train, but
it struck the car adjoining, killing a
number of soldiers, but not injuring
the viceroy.
Gen. Liang Pi, a former command?
ant of the Imperial Guards, who was
injured on January 27 by a bomb
thrown by a Chinese while the gen?
eral was alighting from his carriage,
at his home in Peking has since
died.
THE GOVERNOR AND REWARDS.
EUease <.i\c Reasons Why He Re?
fuses to Pay Reward* Offered bl
Former Governors.
Columbia. Jan. SO.?When shown
this afternoon tl e letter which Comp?
troller General Jones had written to
th> ways and means committee of
the Mouse relative to the refusal of
the Governor to pay out of his con?
tingent funds rewards offered by
former Governors, Governor Please
stated that his position was that
when a reward was offered that it
should be s t aside out of the con?
tingent fund of the Governor offering
it. He has done this and has re?
fused to pay for rewards offered by
former Chief Executives out of his
fund.
"I believe every one should stand
on their own bottom." was the way
he expressed it. Governor Rlease
has turned back to the State this
year $5,200 of the $10,000 appropri?
ated. $8,0*0 for the contingent fund
and $5,000 for the special fund, for
the enforcement of law. Out of the
$.;.')0 appropriated for stamps for
the Governor's office $98 was turned
back.
BRIGHT PROSPECTS FOR WARE
HO! HE BILL.
I:. w. Dabbs. President of Farmers'
Union, Expects to (Jet Speedy
Reports.
Columbia. Feb. 1. High officials ot
the South Carolina State Farmers'
union are much encouraged over the
prospects for the passage of the cot?
ton warehousi bill, drawn by former
Senator .John L. McLaurin. E. W.
Dahbs, president of the union, has
i ?en In Columbia to press the bill to
passage, and ha* urged that the tin
ance committee report the measure
to the senate In time for it to pass at
this session of the I tgislature. Mr.
Dabhs said yesterday that he has as?
surances of support for the bill from
?i number ??f senators end expects an
. arty report.
The measure i rovld m for a cotton
warehouse sysl m based generally on
.he Louisiana plan, with modifications
made necessary by the difference of
ondltlons In the two States. The bill
<11,i ide for state superin?
tendent and ;i commission tO have
?harge of the operation of a State
>wned and controlled system ?>t ware
. iHeH d< I ? ted to proi Ide for the
t i of cotton thus Insuring prop*
?r marketing.
Mi Dnblts and other Farmers'
inion ?ffl< ora thlnK thai t'ps plan, if
tdopted, would relieve the present
(?ml chaotic < ondltlon <>f tl"' col -
on market,
M r. Dabhs, accompanied bj If. W.
., II of V i\ ?. He ? hall man of the
'arm< rs' unb.lucntional commit
' union bill on vidlr : aid for
from i mllin
o Hie pUbliC
? r tnp. ordlni
BIG HILLS IN PLENTY.
Even the Thousaml-?oltar Va?
riety are Itclng Exhibited in Char?
leston.
It is no uncommon sight to sey a
hundred-dollar bill Hashing around
here these days, and several thous?
and-dollar green backs have been told
of by fellows who have friends who
know the man that saw them. The
boys following the races here carry
around large wads of the necessary
with them, and some of the pony
chasers are reported to have stuffed
safety boxes in local banks with five
hundred and thousand-dollar hills
by the bucketful.
"Why, I tell ye what,' said a con?
servative looking hotel frequenter
this afternoon. "I saw a diamond
hearing stranger In the lobby this
morning who was raisin' an awful
howl because nobody could change a
500-dollar frogskin for him. He said
he never saw such a cheap skate
towi as this, for where he came
from they could change five-hund
dred-dollar bills or ten-thousand-dol?
lar bils in the twinkling of an eye.
Gee, it's wonderful, the way them big
bills Is floating around. Do yer think
tome of them feilen would let yer
feel one of urn?"
All sorts of stories are being car?
ried aoout the big money circulating
in Charleston. Of course it is not a
bad advertisement for a bank official
to tell how many bushels of thous?
and-dollar bills his fiduciary insti?
tution condescended to receive in
a day's business, but at that, from re?
liable sources, it is understood that
tens of thousands of dollars in green
backs ate now spending the winter in
Charleston, and it is pretty certain
that many a one of them will take
up permanent residence "in our
midst."?Charleston Post.
The Rock Hill Plan
The Star on numerous occasions
has urged curtailment of the cotton
acreage as the most practicable and
surest way to regulate the size of the
cotton crop and remedy the calamity
of low prices. For that reason we
have heartily endorsed the "Hock
Hill Plan" which was suggested by
Col. J. G. Anderson of Rock Hill. S.
Ci and adopted, after amendment,
by the Southern Cotton Congress.
Col. Anderson is president of the
Hock Hill Buggy Company, of Rock
Hill. S. C and we know him to be
not only a successful manufacturer
but an able and experienced man of
affairs He has made a study of cot?
ton production and Is well posted on
the industry in all its branches, as
was evidenced by the adoption of
his well-matured plan at the New
Orleans conference of cotton grow?
ers.
The Anderson or Rock Hill plan
is committed to curtailment and that
was the sense of the Southern Cot
ion Congress when it was adopted.
Curtailment of acreage? and conse?
quent reduction of the crop is the
only relief in sight, and the farmers
may as well face it instead of per?
sisting In the ruinous custom of
growing a crop which barely pays
the cost of production. The Rock
Hill plan is s plain and business
like proposition. and it takes tin
place of talk and inaction. It takes
hold Of the situation in a systematic
and practicable way, and under it
tlit- growers can organize and know
exactly what they are doing. Col.
Andersen's plan will aid the farmers
to adopt system in the place of dis?
joined plans. meaningless inaction
and tinal chaos.
S uith Corollna has practically or?
ganised Ultder the Hock Hill plan,
which has been adopted la most
every county. It puts the individual
cotton grower under a guarantee and
makes him a party to an effective
plan. South Carolina produces about
1,500.000 bale.-, and North Carolina
ahoul 1,000,000. The farmers of
both Mates, therefore, can Well af?
ford to reduce their acreage since
the disaster to them would be pro?
portionately great if they produced
only 1,000,000 between them, should
the price go to ?'. cents a pound.
The star hopes North Carolina
will join In this Rock Hill plan, and
an ? rtott will he made at Raleigh
tomorrow lo inaugurate th ? move?
ment iti ibis stale. Colonel Ander-]
sun and the Hon. H. J. W'at-on. of
Columbia, president of the Cotton
Congress will he In Raleigh to ex?
plain iho plan In x u Hi <'arolln ?
the Farmers' Union Is urging that
. , i v acre of cotton an acre of
fond crops sluill be planted, but while
t hat Is a -i.I id. a, there is nothing
, i Mia about it. They cannot afford
i,, produce cotton at cosl even if they
',. iid product f.i crops ut the
umi time. Th ? Hock Hill pi in
should bo adopted and carried out as I
Mrs McCown and Miss McCown.
Florence were in the city Tuesday
The Markets
LIVERPOOL V ARK ET.
Liverpool, Feb. 1.
Opened. Olosea.
Ji n?Feb.53: % 543
leb?Mch.535 543 Vi
Ech?April. . . .537 Vs 545 V?
April?May.539 & 547
May?June.542 548 Vi
June?July. 543 ?49
July?Aug.543 548 Vi
Aug.?Sept. 541 546 Vi
Sept?Oct..538 Vi ?44
Oct?NOV.536 542
Nov?Dec.536 542
Dee?Jan.536 542
Receipts, 9,000.
Aerican, all.
Sales. 14,000.
American, 13,000.
Spots, 5.60?3 up.
Opened steady.
Closed steady.
New York Cotton Market.
Xew York, Feb. 1.
Opened High Low Close.
Jan. . .999 1011 999 1011?12
Feb. 953-^55
Mch. . .949 965 948 962?63
April. 972?74
May.. . .967 979 964 978?79
June. ????99
July. . .980 994 979
Aug.. . .983 995 983
Sept. . .986 995 986
Oct. . . .991 1004 990
Nov. 1005?07
Dec.. . .997 1010 997 1009?10
Warehouse Stock. 15 5.368.
Certiiicated. 153,413.
Spots, 9.90?20 up.
Sab s, none.
I )pened steady.
Closed firm.
( A X \ ASSERS' R EPt )RT.
Tv.enty-ono Per Cent Reduction in
Cotton Acreage in Providence
Township.
The rep.ut of the canvassers for
Provide nee township under the Rock
Hill Plan for the reduction of cotton
. creage was submitted by Mr. J. A.
Boy kin to Mr. O'Donnell, County
Chairman, today. The report, which
is practically complete for Provi
>\ ice township, shows a reduction of
II ret i.o :.' ? cownsnip in
III i raj nt< in 1911.
ol .. ' . * ?> :
Planted To Re
Name. 1911 Planned
Acres 1912 acres.
B. W. Segars. 367 290
II. A. Ilaffield. 8 8
Zetto Evans.27 20
MUM Sue Raffleid. . . 18 5
B. F. Cadsden. 28 26
Johnson K. White . . 12 00
d. w. Williams. 55 30
W. M. White. 25 20
T. J. Klrven.300 100
Edmund Holmes.. . 22 15
It. J. Pope. 75 30
\. P. Vlnaon Jr.25 18
L a Bradford.. 10 2
Wil. Howard.25 15
! mkes Bwlnton. 26 15
L l>. Math hi.200 150
W. p.. COlcloUgh. ... 45 75
.J. Dwyer. II 30
C. p. OaiUard.no 120
.J. M. Phillips. . .
w. s. Boykin..
n. I.. Boykin.. .
W. H. Jennings. .
if. t. Edens.. ..
S. J. T. Young. Ha 35
if. C. Burroughs ....is 15
v. U Northcutt. . . 95 73
I? W. Spann. 75 60
I. <'. ?NM>pei. TO 55
I?aniel Jenkins. ... 65 50
w. a. Weldon. II 25
Wesley Jenkins. . . . !*0 4 5
R, w. Weldon. 16 16
J. S. Weldon. 20 20
I Mck Jefferson. . .. II 15
Russell Deas. 35 26
w. ti. Deas. SI 30
Callte Deas. 25 35
.1. B. Williams.1?I0 125
.1. c. Dunbar. 32
Parker Lumber Co. .. lit) Itl
T. B. Stafford. 12 II +
Henry Benenhaley .128 ?*5
Henrj Benenhaley, Jr. II 12
it Ray. 16 20
S. W. Mobley. s 8
Arthur I* nckne) . . 10 10
W, a. Oaks. ir. II
w . C, Folk. :57 23 ?
Martin Long. 35 20
R, r Jone?. II II
j. \. ?oykln. s". 65
M L. Moore .200 2<i0
Total re ige 1911. .3,611
Total h 1 e ige l 1 j 2.920
I I '( 111 " 14* P* ?' I LTt * 7?st
r. r 1 1 t reduction.21
ThU reporl is sent m by J. a. Boy*
Dnlxell Samt-v County, S. C.
As yet there have been no sign* of*a
:i change of heart on anybody's part I
as to f,,'> ? "M nines emntvlng on the