The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 21, 1912, Image 4
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The Sumter Watchman was found?
ed) la latt and Ust True Southron In
lttt The Watchman and Southron
ee>w has Um combined circulation and
toluenes cf beta ef the old papers,
aad la saaatfeeily the beet advertising
saedlem In Sumter.
The proposal to levy a special tax
en automobile? for road improve?
ment did not develop much popu?
larity In the legislature, although
aome of the auto owning lawmakers
advocated It
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If the application of city council
li granted and one of the guns from
the battleship Maine placed on the
peat office grounds, the youth of
Sumter of future generations will
nave no difficult* in ' remembering the
Maine." The request for this relic
from the historic warship which was
med? by city council on the sugges?
tion of Post matt er 8hore will have
the endorsement of a majority of the
slttiaam
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The Chamber of Commerce has
done good work for Sumter during
the peat year and. while results are
alrea ;y apparent the cumulative ef?
fort n of the orsjinlaattoi will he more
and more eftec lve as time passes.
The fact Is. the work of the past few
months haa be?n merely laying a
good foundation) for neat year and
ether years that are to follow. But
must be borne In mind that If
hat haa already been dons la to
?ant for Its full worth the campaign
ust be preeeed vigorously and ays
matleally and the Chamber of
?mmeree which la now well organ
?d aad efficient should have the loy
enthuelastic and substantial sup
?rt of the citIsens of the town. The
amber of commerce Is cf Sumter and
r Sumter. but the measure of lte
cceeg and usefulness In the eup
rt given It In time. etTort and rnon ?
by the men of Sumter. The an?
al meeting of the organisation Is
ar at hand, and If we are to make
a***.* grow next year by the fuller
Ihmtlon of our opportunities an!
* development of natural resources
the Chamber of Commerce must be
made larger and stronger. It should
have e larger membership and a
greater Income, and If all the men In
Sam tar whe are benefited by the work
of the organtaitlon will become ac?
tive members and contribute in pro?
portion to their means, progress and
prosperity are assured.
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If the managers of President
Tap's campaign ar > really In eimeit
about eliminating the negro from lit -
publican politics In South Carolina,
what Is the uee In trying to maintain
a O. <>. P. organisation In this -itate?
If there le a Republican party In this
State the negroes are It. and' If they
?re good enough to be the party they
are certainly good enough to have
representation In the national conven?
tion. The negro Is certainly In a bad
ease nvdltlctatly?the Democrats wont
have him at all and Republicans
srsnt him only to use him.
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The shoe factory be ug assured, the
next thing to go sfter Is a canning
facto-y. The output Is always In de?
mand and the farmer* of Sumter
countv ( an furnish all the raw mater?
ial. A canning factory Is not only a
profitable enterprise, but will do more
to promote diversified farming than
#o\ .'her one tMnsj thai ran Imag?
ined ^umter Im ??pend ng thousands
ef I/tltsrs annually for canned vege?
table* ami fmit that ? ? uld l?e grown
and canned here at a profit. People
In other States now get the profit that
belongs to us.
Hl M l I It IllsiM ss I \H.M)I\(J,
I I*. I nkliu? \ulo S|*i lall? < ompany
litte Ilm nett In M. IrftuH.
rh ? ft.II?.wing note , taken from
the St l?ouls Times of Saturday will
be of Stierest to Sumte:* people. Mr.
Ryan was in ?bimtt-r f<T several
m n?hs and hi* friends wish the
concern success under his manage?
ment
"A n?'W Htitom"tdle supply house
the National Motor (looda Company,
has taken a long lense on the build
Ing. StftS Olive ttreet. It Is a m in i
factoring and lobbing l-raro h hou*?*
of llsi Jenkhsi \ianufa? taring Com?
pany of Sumter. s. C. T. J. K\an is
h. i from ib.> faetofy and still be Ins
manager.
I K.HI HELD ON CHARGES.
Twu Negro** Hold for Rioting?Three
for Selling Liquor ami Three for
Carrying Concealed Wo*|M>ns.
As a result of the trials In the
Magistrate's Court Saturday seven ne?
groes were bound over to the term
of general sessions court which con?
venes here June 24th. Two of the ne?
groes are charged with rioting, three
?vitn selling liquor and three with
carrying concealed weapons.
The preliminary was held in lie
grand Jury room of tho court house
and there were a large ?.umher of ne?
groes interested in the proceeding
present when the case was called.
There were also a number of spec?
tators present, persons who had be?
come int- ..-sied In the proceedings
through hearing of the riot. The ne?
groes hell for trial at the court of
general sessions are: for rioting, Dave
Phillips and Paul Slnkler, who plead
guilty to shooting their pistols; for
unlawful sale of liquor, Pinckney
Pitts, Thomas Haynsworth and Har
ry Sanders; for carrying ccrrto??.'?ed
weapons, Dave Phillips. Paul Slnkler
and Hill Richardson. Phillips and
Slnkler admitted having pistols with
them at the hearing and Richardson
admitted that he was carrying a razor
a* the time that the shooting went on
From the evidence adduced at the
hearing It seems that there was a
good deal of whiskey circulating at
the hot supper which was held
on the night of February first at the
house of one Tucker Oary. It seems
that during the dancing which was a
large part of the evening's entertain?
ment, a negro walked across the floor
at a time the dance was going on. The
leader of the dance expostulated and
was answered back and the melee
commenced.
After the parties concerned had
fired almost a hundred shots into the
house, the melee qulted down for a
while, but started up again later on
at Morris Holland's house, which was
about a hundred yards off. Quite a
number of shots were also fired into
this house. As usual the negroes at
the hearing were very loath to In?
criminate each other and all of those
called upon to testify stated that they
did not know anything about the riot
except that they had heard the shots
fired. The evidence concerning the
tale of liquor aeemed to be more con?
vincing, jne of the negroes admitting
that bs had been hired to sell whisk?
ey during the evening and other wit?
nesses coming out plainly in stating
that they had bought whiskey from
the other two negroes held on the
charge of selling.
Pinckney Pitts admitted selling the
whiskey, but did not know anything
about the shooting except that he
had looked out of the door and Dave
Phillips had shot him in the eye.
John Chavine stated that he had
been hit on the head by Morris Hol?
land, when he went Into Holland's
vard. Holland stated that he had
gone home and got his gun, but did
not have any shells. He said that he
had knocked Chavine down when he
had come Into his yard cursing and
would not leave when warned to do
so. Dave Phillips and Paul Slnkler
both stated that someone had shot at
them and 'hey had simply returned
the dre. They did not know who It
was shooting at them. James Har
vln said he had picked up a razor in
th I yard as ho was leaving and had
carried It on home with him. The
other witnesses testified to practically
the same things. The hearing ended
with those named above being bound
over for the higher court.
Magistrate Wells stated that he did
not have Jurisdiction over those par?
ties who were charged with carrying
concealed weapons, so the prelimi?
naries in their cases were heard by
Magistrate John F. Ingram. The ball
for the rioters was fixed at $400 each,
while for carrying concealed weapons
and sale of whiskey it was fixed at
1200 each.
1/ >m Money Fojiid.
Mr. l\ J. Oalllard of l>al/.ell was
In the city Friday. Whil ? hen- he
stated that he hud been gblf to le?
rnte the person who had found a
package ??f money he dropped sev?
er ?I weeks ago while ret" ruing from
Snrnter to Dal/ell. The package wan
dropped In the road late at nigh and
Tsappearrd before the morning a hen
Yr. Halliard went |Q l?>"k for it. He
h is heen on the lookout ever since,
howeveri end this week secured tv4?
deine wh'.-h I'd to the :u rest of a
? Ki ? who r.mfeSMed to lilldltlg the
in.ui? v. Part of the money v\as se
otared gad 11m ncgiu was released up*
<>n promtm t<> pay bgek the money In
the full.
V. M. C. V I ?omltoric lO Open.
Tre v. M. c a. dormitory rooms
will bs rejidy for OCCUpanc) about
v i. h 1. All \ dim! men desiring t-.
I. hi rooms should se? don, Secretary
Rtrohnrd or J. a. MeKnlsTht and
?l>vcn application blnnk, There are a
largo number of applicants and this
should he attended to j|t one..
FARMERS'
UNION NEWS
Practical Thought* for Practical
Farmer*.
(Conducted by E. W. Dabbs, Pres?
ident U. C, Farmers Union.)
Some Hand mi Thoughts.
The hill printed below known as
tiie Webb-( alloway 1 >i 11 was drawn
by officers of the National Farmers'
Union. A. C. Davis, of Arkansas, Sec?
retary and Treasurer, and T. J.
Brooks of Tennessee. It shows that
others besides the South Carolina
Farmers' Union are studying the mat?
ter of markets. That these studies
are not to be confined to this coun?
ty; and that the results of these
studios are to be reported "to farm?
ers' organizations and societies of
consumers'' by dally bulletins or tel?
egraphic reports. Such information
and statistics as will enable them to
adopt plans of marketing that will
facilitate the handling of farm pro?
ducts at the minimum of cost" Is j
shown by this quotation from the bill.
The readers of this page who may
have been inclined to think that I
have made too much of the market?
ing of our farm produce, will see that
others are waking up to the immense
losses to both producers and con?
sumers by the lack of system in the
distribution of our crops after we
have grown them. This lack of a
system by which the farmer can con?
veniently place his crops on the mar?
ket is responsible for his disinclina?
tion to engage in that kind of farm?
ing which many a farmer knows, as
any government expert can tell him,
is the only kind that makes for the
increased fertility of his farm, and
a permaner t prosperity.
see
It was very refreshing to hear Mr.
Long tell a Charleston audience that
the present system is in the Interest
of the fertilizer factories, and that
unless our methods are radically
changed there will be a famine In a
few years. Why do not the lessons
of the experts bear more fruit? Be?
cause men have seen how hard it is
to sell food crops whenever there Is
any abudance of them made in our
section. With this bill in congress,
and the attention of Mr. Wilson drawn
to the subject as I showed by an in?
terview with him In our last issue,
and with the way I have presented
this subject to the Boys* Corn Club
organizers, and will continue to call
attention to It whenever occasion ar?
ises. I firmly believe that not anoth?
er season will roll around before such
agencies are established all over our
country- And I long to see Sumter
take the lead in a practical produce
exchange as it has taken the lead in
calling attention to the need of one.
t e s
One of the enlightening sights in
Charleston last week was the unload?
ing of several carloads of hay from
the hold of the Philadelphia
steamer. Ths agent on the deck told
me that the weekly shipments run
from 5 to 10 carloads. This hay is
grown in Canada, shipped by rail to
Philadelphia, then by water to Char?
leston It costs, laid down in Char?
leston. $28 to $30 the ton. 1 made
particular inquiry as to whether it
was all consumed In Charleston and
was told "no." that quantities of It
I was shipped to the interior of the
State. At St. George 1 was told that
there was plenty of good peavlne hay
in that section but $15 the ton was
all they could get for it. A gentle?
man who boarded the train at Orange
burg told me that this Northern hay
(he did not know that It came all
the way from Canada) Is costing
$81 the ton in that market. In Su.ni?
ter it is costing $81 to $32 and selling
at $88 a ton In small lots, while pea
vine Is selling for $20.
see
In Charleston and Columbia fresh
eggs were selling last week for 50
cents per- dozen. How many in the
interior when 80 to 86 cents were the
prices pald? shipped to either City for
the additional 15 or 20 cents?
I But these remarks have boome too
random. B. w. i?.
set
In The House of lb 'prosoiitnt l\ OS.
January M, It It.
Mr. \Vebi> Introduced the follow?
ing bill; which was referred to the
Committee on int. restate and Foreign
Commerce and ordered to bo printed,
V BILL
To RatabHall In the Department of
Commerce and Labe a Bureau of
Markets.
Be it enact. ,| by the Senate and
Mouse ..f Representatives of the Uni?
ted States of America in Congress
assembled i
That there shall be in t he I )ep irl -
i tent of Commerce and l^nbor n bu
renn p> be known as the ntireau of
Markets, and a director who hall be
the head of raid bureau, to be ap
pointed by the President, by and with
the advice and consent "f the Senat ".
and who shall receive a salary of
live tnoikft id dollars per annum.
There shall also be In said bureau an
assistant director, who shall receive a
salary of three thousand dollars pea
annum, and who shall, in the ab?
sence of the director, act as and per?
form the duties of the Director of the
Bureau of Markets, and who shall
als?? perform such other duties as
may be assigned to hlrn by the Sec?
retary of Commerce and Labor or by
the said director of the bureau.
There shall also be In said bureau a
chief clerk and such special agents,
clerks, and other employees as may
be authorized by law.
Sec. 2. That the said director
shall have power and authority to
make, under the direction of the Sec?
retary of Commerce and Labor, in?
vestigation as to the system of mar?
keting farm products, co-operative or
otherwise, in practice in various sec?
tions of the United States and in for?
eign countries, and shall collect data
In reference thereto. The informa?
tion and data thus collected shall be
distributed throughout the various
agricultural sections of the country
and made available for the use of anjr
Individual or organization by the cir?
culation of printed daily bulletins or
by telegrams. It shall also be the
duty of the said Director of the Bu?
reau of Markets to make, under the
direction of the Secretary of Com?
merce and Labor, Investigation of de?
mands for farm products In various
trade centers, and the current move?
ment of such producta giving specllic
data aa to the supply, normal de?
mand, and price thereof with the
view of furnishing information as to
the best available markets, which in?
formation shall be distributed under
the direction of the Secretary of Com?
merce and Labor.
Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty
of the director of markets to collect.
1 y any expeditious method, by tele?
graph, telephone, mail, or otherwise,
compile, and report to farmers' or?
ganizations and societies of consum?
ers daily bulletins or telegraphic re?
ports such information and statistics
a? will enable them to adopt plans of
marketing that will facilitate the
handling of farm products at the
minimum of cost: Provided, That
when such reports or statistics are re?
quested to be furnished by telegraph
or telephone, or methods other than
by the United States mail, the person
< r association making such request
must deposit fee for the cost of trans?
mission. It shall be the duty of
the director of markets, through the
Secretary of Commerce and Labor, to
make an annual report to Congress
with any recommendations that may
enable Congress to enact any ad?
ditional necessary legislation.
Sec. 4. That the Secretary of Com?
merce and Labor shall make all nec?
essary arrangements for offices and
supplies for use of said Bureau of
Markets. The compensation of clerks
and employees, not otherwise speci?
fically provided for in this Act, shall
be fixed by the Director of said Bu?
reau of Markets, subject to approval
by the Secretary of Commerce and
Labor.
Sec. 5. That It shall be unlawful
for any officer or employee of the Bu?
reau of Markets to engage in buying
or sell'ng. directly or indirectly, in
person or through agents, any farm
product or using any Information
gained by virtue of his position for
speculative purposes in his own be?
half. Any person who shall be guilty
of violating this section shall, upon
conviction thereof, be fined in any
sum not more than one thousand dol?
lars nor less than one hundred dol?
lars or shall bo imprisoned for not
more than six months nor less than
one month, or by both such fine and
imprisonment for each offense.
Some l'aiincrs' Union Motes,
This week the local unions will
meet to elect delegates to the coun?
ty meeting on Friday. March 1st. Let
me urge every member to turn out to
theae meetings; make them interest?
ing by discussions of how to farm
this year With less fertilizer and for
more home supplies. Then elect a
full representation of your best mem?
bers to the county meeting. Send
only those men who will go to the
meeting, not those who go merely be?
cause they have business in town.
Let US give Bro, Williams. the new
president, a hearty send-off by hav?
ing a rousing good meeting, it will
do him good and do every member
who attends good. Sumter county
union I:.is a good record for work
done for the cause of better mar?
kets, Just a d?) or so ago. 1 saw a
clipping from the Columbia Record
about the work being done by the
Sumter union. And under the ad?
ministration of President Williams,
the state president, hopes to be able
in intuit with pardonable pride to <till
greater achievements of the Bum tor
county union in I'M - -
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There are three other points In the
count) whore strung local unions
should organise, Friends of the
cause con call on either Bro, Bcall or
Uro. William - whichever most eon
venlent, to organise a local. some
earnest brother will always be glad to
go with the organizer, and unless the
appointment conflict! with others, the
State president will take pi insure in
Joining the organizing party, and lell
his auditors of conditions as h se mi
them in his travels around the Stain.
* * *
There is a growing Interest in (ho
?ubjdCt that hai la-en Kiw-u more
thought by the Bumter county union
than any other: the development of
home markets, We are not "protec?
tionists" in the sense of wanting a
tariff wall around our county, but we
are "protectionists" in the sense of
wanting to Supply the needs of the
citizens of Bumter. If ay es vi lie and j
Xew Sumter, where are congregated j
the greatest number of consumers in .
the county. |
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The paragraph from Editor Osteen .
on the warehouse bill is a good pre- '
sentation of the awakening of the
people to more modern methods of
doing business. He well says there
may be temporary back sets, due to
opposition of interests now fattening
on both producer and conumer, or to
mistakes in the management, but
eventually it will succeed, and it will
succeed ever beyond the dreams of its
most ardent supporters.
? * *
Twenty-five years ago the State Al?
liance established the Alliance Ex?
changes. One of its directors was a
Sumter man, Hon. W. O. Cain, sec?
retary of the board. It broke the bag?
ging trust by the aggressive action of
its board, and did much to improve
trade conditions in the State. In Sum?
ter county the Alliance was ignored
by every merchant in town, they re?
fused to even meet a committee from
the Alliance, except Mr. Neill O'Don
nell, and it was the trade arrange?
ments made by him and the Alliance
that lf.ld the foundation of the pres?
ent big business of his firm.
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Recently in conversation with a
gentleman of State-wide acquaintance
he stated that in those days the stress
was laid on savings on purchases,
and he was very much gratified when
he learned that the Sumter county
union has been seeking to stress the
selling side of our business. Others
who have thought that farmers only
organized to save on purchases, when
they heard the need of better markets
discussed and how to secure them,
ha\c taken an entirely new view of
the union, and say we are at last on
the line of endeavor that will mean
more to our farmers than anything
we have ever undertaken.
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It is this position v. hlch made the
writer President of ?he S,tate union,
and he wants Sumte- county union to
ro develop the home market that it
will continue to lead the State and
present a concrete example of what
can be done. In all the discussl mis
of the high cost of living (and one
can not pick up a standard magazine
without finding one or more articles
on the subject), all the arguments
point irresistibly to the elimination of
waste in distribution, and show how
it will benefit both producer and con?
sumer. We must hack the union,
and make the Union Brokerage Com?
pany a real sales agent for the pro?
duce of Sumter county.
E. W. D.
Southern Cotton Speculators as
"Bears."
Ti: "hearing" cotton last fall some
of the people of the South did more
than New York speculators to beat
down the price of the South's great
?tuple. In fact, Xew York speculator?
rcivo to a considerable extent laughed
in their sleeves at the way in which
the South has played into their hands
since this crop commenced to move
to market. Some Southern factors,
son e cotton speculators and some
farmers have been instrumental in
ores king the price. Many of them
have m reality been against the in?
terests, of the South for the hope of
their own private gain. The specu
lators and tne spit tiers of the East and
of England have had more faith in
the value ef cotton than have these
people in the South who have done
so much to help to "hear" It. These
things have been frely discussed dur?
ing the last four or five months in
the offices of cotton broken in Xew
York, through whom Southern people
were selling short. Several months
ago we published a report that a
number of Manchester spinners had
bought sufficient cotton to last them
at least two years. This has been
done not so much through 'he pur?
chase of spot cotton as through the
purchase of contracts from Southern
factors, A Southern banker who has
for several months been carefully
?tudylng the market in New York. In
a letter to the Manufacturers Record,
says:
The Southern factors who furnish?
ed spot cotton to the spinners have to
n large extent agreed i<> deliver cot?
ton to Manchester. England, on the
basis of la cuts for middling run
nlng a far as 1916, in order to
proteti themselves these factors nec
essarll) had to go Into the x<w York
l op true market and buy contracts,
which contracts ??>.?-? ' - nol let ^><
until cotton is called for by Manelus
t r to be delivered i n the basis of
in cents. Inasmuch ;s the spinners
< f this country and Em larid and the
? orainent have secured 1-irge amoum
of actual COttOlt, and aieo a large
n imber of contracts In Lhe New York
merket, the said < dracta having
? in sold them by I suletors who
believed in lower prb ?. no decline
can legitimately take place intll the
l .inners are willing to let go the con?
tracts they now hold, and until the
actual cotton that they have bougnt
has been us~d tip. Notwithstanding
the fact that this present cotton crop
! will probably run Into 15.000.000
bales, the surplus over and above the
ordinary crop has found a lodging in
lhe purchase of the spinners for fu
j tiire use; and, therefore1, unless this
crop is follows by another large
! crop higher price* seem inevitable
before the season is over,
j lhe South, in the opinion of the
writer, has made a mistake in press?
ing Its cotton upon unwilling bvyers
r-t very low prices, not realizing that
at such prices contracts were made
refilling into the future, even up to
1915; and the Southern factors have
speculated, unfortunately for them?
selves aid for the South, by agreeing
to supply this cotton for future need3
at extreemly low prices.
It is a great misfortune for the
South that its own people to so large
an extent this year , showed their
lack of faith in the value of cotton
by speculating on the short side, and
thus to the extent of their ability
A. lping to force prices down. The
?act that European spinners have been
inxious to buy at 10 cents a ?
for several years in advance
how they regard the cotton
They know full well that w
can buy a supply of cotton
their needs for two or three years at
the exceedingly low prices which
have prevailed (and 10 cents is a low
price for cotton compared with what
it ought to command year in and
year out) they are getting a bargain.
If the South would keep at home
the millions of dollars which Its own
people lose to Wall Street and to
Europe in their speculative oper?
ations In cotton, it would get rich
much more rapidly than It is doing.
The tribute which Wall Street and
European buyers exact of cotton
speculators of the South is a very
heavy one. It is greatly to be re?
gretted that, In addition to the actual
money loss thus annually made by
the South, so many of Its own people
are active factors In
price of cotton.?Manu
ord.
LIVERPOOL MAll
Liverpool, Feb. 19.
Cotton Spot Liverpool 262
American middling uplar
Receipts today 14,000; American.
13.800.
Sales S.000.
Open Closed.
Feb.562% 567
Feb?licit.*>61V4 566%
Mar?April.561?62 567%
April?M\y. .. .561?62 568 V
May?June. 564?63% 569
Futures. 8.43?75.
Closed steady.
New York Cotton Market.
New York. Feb. 19.
Open Close.
Mar.10.02 10.16?17
May.. . 10.25 10.34?:,5
Jt ly. 10.35 10 42?44
Aug..'.10.30 10.38?39
Oct.10.31 10.39?40
Closed steady.
Contractor Moves Forces to Colum?
bia.
Mr C. B. Teague. the contractor
who did the work of grading the new
A. C. L. freight yard and who had
secured the work on the South Caro?
lina Western route for a distance rive
mill's out from Sumter. stated Friday
morning that he would move his
force <1 hands and horses and ap?
paratus over to Columbia at once
where he had secured a contract to
grade the new Southern trelgnt yard.
Mr. Teague has had a large force of
hands and teams here for the past
few months and for several weeks
they have been idle waiting for the
wuk on the South Carolina Western
to commence, but as it seems that
the titles to the rights of way cannot
be settled so??n he has decided tO
move to Columbia.
Marriage Ltorasc Record,
Only one marr'agc license was is?
sued Saturday. This was issued to
II0001 Jamison and Roberta Counts,
colored, of Sumter.
Work h;is been commenced toward
i Utting In a new flooring in the build?
ing oe. upled by King's cigar store and
nool room.
s <\ WHITE LRGIIORXfl?Etta for
setting from select pen, prtee win?
ning strains, $1.25 per II, Km
from yard, all thoroughbreds. $1
for ir.. 11. c Oeteen, ;?i4 Wr
l lampton.