Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Published \Yciltie<Mla\ und Saturday. ?BT? ?8TEEM PUBLISHING COMPANY 8UMTBK, *. C. $1 per annum-? in advance. Ad* ertttemeuui: Square first lnaertlon.$1.00 ?very subsequent Insertion.&Q Centn, n for three months, or longT will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub ssrve private Interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries snd tributes of respect will be charged for. Ths Xumter Watchman was fou nt ed la 1910 and the True Southron In lilt The Watchman snd Southron new has the combined circulation snd Influence cf both of t *? old papers and Is manifestly the best advertising used turn In Sumter I t IlKI N r FICTION. The Columbia press reports that the State Fair Is bigger and better than ever. see Roosevelt s claim that he is chain plon of the people and the enemy of the trust*. see Tafts assertion that the election of Wilson willwf**?>r In a business panic, see The Bull Moose doctrine that a man who voted in the State primary Is not honor bound to support the nominee of the party at the general election, ass That Sumter is a dryer twon now than under the dispensary system. ? a a That gambling?save "skin" and crap shooting?Is a hazardous occu? pation In Sumter. see That (luv. liifsse will offer a re? ward for the capture of Young and Morris of Shlloh. I CTFAR CITY sTftF.l TS. Health OftVer I'ses Fire Hydrants to \ <.o<h1 KIT ext. Health Officer K. I. Kearuon hud a of city hands at work Wednes? day night cleaning three of the vitri? fied paved ion Mala street. Th sidewalks wer? given ? Wad hing also Water tr m |1 ?? fir.' ? rant! 1 si led through long Mret'h's ,,f r.ose. Th- Msin ttf ti tweeg CaHhrei] snd Canal presented a very clean and sanitary appe: ranee Thursday. The block between Bartlette and Cald well will be scoured later. A number of business men were head to express their appreciation to day of the clean? liness of the street, and not a few SSdd that they sincere y hoped tnat City Council will be a Me if) see Its way clear to permit th?- u-?e of the hydrants for scouring Man I reel once or twice S week hereafter. Tb? i ? u e of dust Thursday was npprsctettd. Wednenda\ Bjemlng the business pprtlon of M 4:i ind Liberty streets, tku open lots, alleyways, and open eesnrts were in a .ery unsanitary con? ditio n as a result of the thousands of vlettors to the city for threat day on / lest Tuesday. Hundreds of mules and horses were i>u tie streets and in the public lots The stt-? .toi b?ts and alleys were In a deplorable condition from b innar apple i peanut hul g Waet4 p tpef etc . thrown dou n t isa nds "f \ sitors. Superintendent of gtrestl Ifuggln* however broke the MtJON fOf rapid j cleaning up Wf >nd by - o'clock the dirty streets and all g| , the open lots were thoroughly swpt 1 and the ic< umulation of garbage and trash h i??led away. t < os l , i BOLL \\ I I A ll.. ||U^ tailed Iu? of gU.YOO'l.OOO ill \mericii. W.mhlnicten. Oft The eottOfl boii wtcui, the greatest p?*t gj tin Seeth, ha? ? lUSeiJ a l<.--< it 11 J."..00it. ?00 represented by Mit?ttfl bales of cotton * n< . the wee\l| first invaded mi* sosnstry. aceordlng u> as toll* mate of the department f a?ri? ulture. Issued toda\ Tie w.,vd ? rossed UM no. fljjfttsjsa int.. the ifnHed Hates II year* ago. "The pi..!.', mi ..f the control of the b*dl Weevil will be BgOfl dlflSOUll M the i ? "t eewttanet its Invasion ofl the eotpm b?dt." until me ed the desert mrnt it cag get t.# ? ronotcV red ? yet lompi.teiv segttsV Theft gt Re occasion to lone hop*, but there must be gggshg-I seUsf ssjgejsi ? f foatrolllag the pent irel reducing Ihr enorm?.', 1?.** m, ff. r. d. segealflllj during on |a\oia?'l' SSSUSonS in T? xa-*. The 0M| Natioi a. Hank building the hKns. i ip ? gt i haBdlng of the It'ink <-f Sumter, projei ts sev? eral inches ln?-. the ?dde\?,alk. This is another ? ffSJi of tie g| bltecl t hfl planned a huiblinw Mgftfl than the lot. EXCURSION OVER S. C. W. ISBfBSJ NumlHT of Pu^cngeis i amc |o sumter Tu<xlu> to Attend Cirrus. A quietly and quickly Kotten up ex cursioa was run Into Bumter Tuesday sver the innth Carolin? Waatarn Rail? way, tii. starting point of the train bring H.irtsvillo and its destination Sumter. Thf train was made up and run for lh< i" nelli of the many people living along the line who wished to' come to the circus and although it uus not until Monday that a decision to operate Ihr train was made', the two cars which were run over the new rOS I B ? ' packed and jammed when the train arrived in town about 11 o'clock. Starting out fron. Hartsvills be? tween 7 ami 8 o'oloch the train made stops all along the line and pas isugen were picked up at all stop-1 ping places. Blshopvlllt furnished by fir the greatest number of passengers. I it being at this point that the cars 1 were loaded to overflowing. To be ex- ' act their wsr< If4 passsngsri on the tram, and ;t is probable that had ths sa turstog bees more widely sdver tised. or had it been decided to run It several days before hand, the crowd would have been asvsral times larger, The trull was operated under the direction of Mr. (V E. Croskey, car counter of the South Carolina Wes? tern railway. It is the second excur? sion train to be operated over the new lin > for the benefit of passengers, the first train having been run out from Bishopville about a month ago j for people of that town to come to a show at the Academy of Music. How- I ever, a number of freight trains have baeg operated over the new road. Mr. Croskey reported the road bed to be in very good shape, although the train had to make slow time on account of the congested condition of the cars and because the road bed had not yet been packed down hard. The train left on its return about 6 o'clock. Death of Mr. E. J. Ebert. Mr. E. J. Ebert, the father of Mrs J. P. Maurer, of this city, died at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Maur? er last night after being ill for some time. Mr Ebert came here from Penn? sylvania and has been living here for some time. He was 74 years of age. The funeral services will be held from the residence of Mr. and Mrs. t \ N IM East Liberty Street, at 1 o'clock Ti ursdny after n< on. a drain pipe on the north side of West Liberty street between Main and Sumter Streets was commenced Monday morning, dupli? cating the work which was done on the south side of the street several geeki ago, _I FARMERS' |! UNION NEWS Practical Thought* for Pi-avUoni lurmers. i (Conducted by K. W. Dabba, Pres? ident S?. C, Farmers Union.) some Random Thoughts, I wonder how many of the Union members remember thai the next county meeting will 1?. on the sth. instead of the ist? Ami how many remember that it will meet with Trin It) local in the land Ol home grown dinners? 1 no t Bro, Williams a lew days .mo, ami he was fearful that some of the brethren would forget, so this is written. "last we forget." With the banks offering to loan money at ?'. per Cent to enable larm ? n to hold coton ,and the First Nation? al Bank of Bumter has advertised, since the first of the month that it was ready to comply with its promise made to the Farmers' Union committee in June, and other banks are doing the same, there is no excuse for selling SXCept that the average farmer is I afraid of the market, or Ii too conser? vative to change his ways, i have been informed that merchants are having cotton and storing at central distributing points as they did to some extent last year. Why can not the farmer dO the same BUS i have private Information that thousands of bales of cotton were sent from this section last year to Augusta. Ca.. and that a Stream of it is starting In that direction tTiis fall. Now I have no kick against i Augusta, rather 1 commend her bust BBSS men who are going out for trade and getting it. Hut why should not i Suinter accumulate a hundred or two j thousand bales of cotton by the same liberal policy? 6S.000 bales were I marketed here last year. With ten lines of railroad radiating from Sum ter, reuehing into every part of the best cotton section of the State it our.ht not be a bard matter to at- | tract f>0 to 100 thousand bales ad- I ditlonnl. see Sometimes the Farmers' Union is criticised for wanting too much, or asking fo? too much. My friends, all that the Farmers' Union asks for and all that ii Is working for will aid and build up every business in Sumter. The Union has been one of the great? est factors in the present wonderful growth of Sumter. It has put her business men to thinking as they had nevgr thought before. And being good business men they have profited by the advanced positions which the i Farmers' Union has taken, even more than the farmers, ? * * i believe that when they realise what it would mean for Bumter to be? come as great or? even a greater in terlor cotton market than Augusta they will work for the necessary freight rates and bills of lading that now give Augusta the advantage, and will provide the storage and banking conveniences. * * * i am in receipt of the following wire to a cotton man: "We think the market very near bottom. Irrespective of si/.e ..f this crop, there will ho a great scarcity of cotton Iii the Atlantic states next spring because of the enormous business Southern mills are doing. We advise you to accumulate cotton now." He closes his letter with the following good advice: "Trusting you will take this matter up at once as the time to do business ;s now. if this cotton Is to be held off the mar? ket and benefit the farmers."' What more can I say? 1 have been advising since June to do business now. The Farmers' Union has spread the information far and near that we wa te enlisting the co-operation of the banks and merchants. The County, State and National Unions have spok BVMTER cotton MARKET. Corrected Daily by Ernest Field, Cotton Buyer. Bumter? ort. 81. (lood middling 11 1-1. Strict middling 11 1-8. Middling 11. .>t. Low middling 10 3-1. Staple cotton 18 to 18 cents. Receipts yesterday 202. ? ?* New York Cotton Market. New York. Oct. 81. Open Close. January.11.31?32 11.24?25 March.11.48?49 11.40?42 May. 1 1.50?51 11.43?45 December. . . .1 1.24?25 11.17?1> To Rent or Lease First class cotton lands in Sumtcr County, ranging from one to six horse farms. Buildings and equip? ments complete. No blight. Railway station on property. Church and School on adjoining place. For terms apply to W. L, 8AU29DER8, R. F. D. 3. FOR SALI-!?A few fine White Leg? horn eoekeri s, March and Apr id. hau h. H. 0. Osteen. I.I Mi :?Not agricultural lime, but shell lime properly ground for ag? ricultural purposes and ready for use; in even weight sacks, by Yarn & Platt Co. Orders solicited and promptly filled. Thos s. Bumter. en in no uncertain terms. The b;.nk? i have offered the money, it now rests j with the Individual farmer as never before to make use of these agencies which have been provided l^r him through organization, and that organ? isation is the Farmers' ("nion. ! K. W. i>. Trapped. "Don't you love me or '!o you?"ask? ed the western tili. The eastern man studied for a minute and answered: "The former." And he tried to conceal his surprise when she threw herself Into hie arms.?Cleveland Plain Dealer. RECEIVED MONDAY = MORNING = Car Load Nice Well Broke Horses and Mules :: :: :: Sizes and Prices to Suit Everybody Also Have Full Line Buggies, Wagons. Harness, Laprobes and Whips. Call and see us. WE CAN SUIT YOU. l?'Hii Ii Stock Co.. West Liberty Street. Sumter, S. C. Porter-Snowden Co. COTTON FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. 9o e. bay street. Charleston, S. C. All Cotton HanJled on Commission. Extra Staple Cotton a Specialty Would be Glad to Receive Consignments From You, Which Will Command our Very BEST ATTENTION LOOK AT THIS WELL DRESSED MAN! He'll stand right out in a crowd! Dressed in one of our handsome Fall Suits any Man will wear a mark of Clothes distinction. He'll have individuality. Our Clothes will make him Conscious of Good Grooming. Why should this not be so?for expert high salaried Designers modeled our Garments while the most skilled Tailors made them. No detail so small that it has been overlooked. The fabrics are entirely new and are the best produc? tions of the best Foreign and Domestic looms. Suits $12.00, $15.00, $20.00 up to $30. The D. J. Chandler Clothing Co. Phorie l??. SUMTES S. C.