The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 13, 1912, Image 7
CONTROL OF SEIHE.
DEMOCRATS HAVE II M.I' OF
Ml HUI ItsHIV ASSt'ltED.
Several State* still Doubtful and I
They May Give Ivwrmis a Snfo
Majority Without the l'n^nWu?
Member* Wim Have llcreu>fore
\ ot, ?| With m*tuo?-rat*.
Washington, Nor. 7.?Control of
the senate In the Sixty-third con
arena now la practically assured to
tha Democrata. Conceding to the Re
publlcaoa the legislatures of all Statea
atill In the doubtful column tonight,
the Dent >crata wUl have a vote of 48,
or ona-half of the entire memberahlp
of tha aenate, with a Democratic vice
praaidant In the chair to cast the de?
ciding hallet in case of a tie. Seven
8tatea are still to la heard from defi?
nitely. A senator from any one of
these would give a Democratic ma?
jority.
Kansas has been added to the Dem?
ocratic column in the past 24 hours
Tha Statea la which the complexion
of tha legislatures la yet to be decided
are:
Illinois, Michigan, New Hampshire,
Oregon, South Dakota. Tennessee and
Wyoming. Ordinarily Tennessee could
be relied upon to help the Democratic
party, but the factional fight there
may prevent thla result.
In Illlnlole there are complications
growing out of the multiplicity of
parties, rendering it ' uncertain
whether there will be a eenatorlal
election. In that State there ahould
be choean a successor to the depoeed
Senator Lorlmer as well as to Senator
Cullom. whose term expires March 4,
next. If there ehould be no election
the affect would be to favor the Dem?
ocrats by reducing the membership of
the senate to 14, of which the 48 al?
ready chosen would be a working ma?
jority.
In New Hampshire the dispatches
indicate a poaalble deadlock of Dem?
ocrata and Republicana and In that
event predictions as to the course of
tha man selected would be mere
guesswork.
In addition to the aid of the vice
president, they will find willing coop?
eration among tha Progreaaiva sena?
tors. Three or four of the PTogres
I -elvee are almost as liberal In their
tariff viewe snd on other questions as
the Democrats themselves. Senators
Clapp. La Follette, Cumins, Oronna,
Bristow and Polndaxter are all avow?
ed tariff reformers. They also favor
advanced legislation on other sub?
jects. Senator Works announced his
intention of voting for tha Demo?
cratic presidential candidate some
time before tha election. He la class?
ed as a protectionist.
Of the 11 hold-over Republicans,
eight have been classed as progres?
siven in the paat. They are Senators
Bristow of Kansas. Crawford of South
Dakota. Cumins of Iowa, Oronna of
North Dakota. Clapp of Minnesota,
La Follatt? of Wisconsin. Polndaxter
of Wsshlngton and Works of Call
fornia.
Mr. Norrls has been one of the lead?
ers of tha progressive element in the
house and will cintlnue to cooperate
with that clement In tha senate, as
will Senator Kenyon of Iowa, It ia ex?
pected, nnd possibly Senator Borah
of Idaho, in such meaaures as may
appeal to the.a.
Much Interest Is manifested in the
political affiliations of the Progres?
sives. They have been content to bt
known as Progressive Republicans.
Sanators Bristow, Clapp and Poln?
dexter are underatood to have sup?
ported Roosevelt and If they should
decline to cooperate with the Repub?
licans of the aenate the change would
materially weaKen the old party.
Sumter's Seaboard Celebration.
The Committees on Excursion, En?
tertainment and City Fairs and Car
nlals met at the Chamber of Com?
merce on Thursduy afterr.n to pre?
pare for the big dav on the ttth of
this month "Sumter's Seaboard Cole
hr.t...n v* Bjg the name islQOted for
the day. It being submitted by 1 ?r.
Booth. Different men were put In
? harge of the rariOUS amusements
and eueh ore ha* goal to work to
m.*. th - I v a great success.
Bowling Talked Of \t V. M. C. A.
Much Interest 1? being manifested
Just now in the proposed bowling
teams snd bowling tourney at the Y
M. C. A and Messrs. Darby White, |t.
F. Creeeh. \V H Cuttlno and F.. C
Lord acre elected captains. These
will form their teams in the near fu?
ture and the tourney will be c:n
nssnoed on Ig I srOOh or t*.i Match?
es will hi held IWtOt a Week hetwe. I
teems In the tourney.
Tb? re |g always one COMolntlog to
a defeated political party and that is
tro? posstbllit\ of 'he next OlOCtlOg
rcw rnlng the d? ? anog The whirli?
gig of ihsh oncfuatTorj sjaausj that
polities m a series of up and down.
That fuel i ? Sati an undue slatlOB
of the victors and an undue deures
aton of the vnnqmshed. And any
\ m ?untry is saf? 11a 1 will con?
tinue to be.
REPORT SHOWS BEMUSE.
COTTON HJBAD1 FOR HARKFT
VOTAU k.him.hhm HALLS.
More Than u MtUloa Inder Figures
to N<?\(>iuN'r 1. 1011 ? South Cur
oUiiu'h sluuv.
Washington, Nim. V - The fourth
cotton ginning report of Che gtaiOlli
compiled from reports of census bu?
reau correspondents and agents
throughout the cotton belt and Issued
at 10 a, m. today by Director E. Dana
Durand, announced that 8,849,989
bales of the growth of 1912 had been
ginned prior to November 1. To that
date last year 9,970.905 bales, or 64.1
per cent of the entire crop, had been
ginned; in 1908 to that date 8,191,557
bales, or 62.6 per cent of the crop had
been ginned, and In 1906 to that date
6,906,396 bales, or 53.2 per cent Of
the crop had been ginned.
Included in the total ginnings WON
56,811 round bales, compared with
68,313 bales last year, 81,183 bales in
1910, 109,621 bales In 1909 and 149,
866 bales In 1908.
The number of sea island cotton
bales Included waa 28,655, compared
t.ith 55.563 bales last year, 65,237
hales In 1909 and 45.479 bales in 1908.
??Innings, prior to November 1, by
States, with comparisons for last year
and other big crop years and the per?
centage of the entire crop ginned
prior to that In those years, follow:
Alabama.
1912. 809,731
1911 . 1,088,737 64.2
1908. 891,667 66.9
1906. 676,747 54.6
Arkansas.
1912. 439.012 _
1911 . 44,401 48.9
1908. 636,785 53.0
1906. 306,762 34.3
Florida.
1912. 34.852 _
1911.. .. :. .. 66,070 5.94
1908. 43,234 61.2
1906 . 34,707 66.5
Georgia.
1912.1,110,915
1911.1,908.764 68.3
1908. 1.387,641 70.2
1906. 1,003,718 61.5
Louisiana.
1912. 261,685
1911 . 232.245 61.0
1908. 287,886 61.7
1906 . 441.767 46.2
Mississippi.
1912. 611.663 _
1911 . 584,199 60.0
1S 08 . 893,148 66.1
1106. 691.254 39.9
North Carolina.
1912. 495,791 ....
1911 . 697,940 53.1
1908. 373,713 54.7
1106. 311,448 51.0
Oklahoma.
1VI2. 593.366 _
1911.. . . .. .. 554.933 54.6
1908. 217,629 31.6
1906. 341.808 39.2
South Carolina.
1912. 732,406
1911 . 1,022,614 60.4
1908. 821,608 67.6
1906. 649.857 60.3
Tennessee.
1912. 118.489 _
1911 . 211,128 49.1
1908. 198,783 59.5
1906. 92,910 31.7
Tesaa.
1912. 3.699,12 4
1911 .3,211,762 78.2
1908.2.502,862 69.0
1906. 2,535.551 64.1
Other States.
1912 . 43,274 _
a 911 . 58,302 42.0
1908. 36,602 50.0
1906. 19,870 29.1
The gln ilngs of sea Island cotton
prior to November 1 by States follow:
Fla. Ga. S. C.
1912 . 1 1,065 16,246 1,344
1911 .21,038 33,841 1,684
1909. 19,740 31,277 4,220
1908. 19,064 21,802 4,613
FIGURES ON COTTON CROP.
RsjpBjPtj From All Sections of Deli In?
dicate Total Commercial Yield of
11,207.000 Hale*.
To the Editor of The State:
With a view of getting the Ideas of
representative cotton men throughout
Ho- belt, as to the SUM of the present
OOtlon crop, WS recently selected the
names of about l.'.u responsible firms
and individuals, choosing same with
a flew to covering all SSCttOM Of the
ht it. and asked Ihs tin y give ui their
ob ,ih :i* to tbe growth In their i.
?pectlvs Mates. We have sum ma r
Insd their replies, >y states, and find
the averages are as follows.
North Carolins. 812,000
South enroling.1,111,000
I b orgia.1,111,000
Florida. 11,000
Alabama. 1.263,000
Tennessee. 101,000
Mississippi.1,013,000
Louisiana. 431,1.
Arkansas. 951,000
I ?klahomn. 1,160,000
Texas. 4,583,000
Missouri, etc
Total.13,782,000
Adding 4 25,000 bales to the above,
covering lintors, repacks etc., wo get
as the commercial crop 14,207,000
balsa.
The figures given above are predi?
cated upon an average frost date.
We submit the above, trusting y?Mi
may find it of some interest, although
ihe figures are not supposed to bo an
"estimate" issued by this firm.
Cooper A Grirfia,
Greenville.
I P TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
11iduntrial School Trustees Discuss
II ob ling-up Warrant.-*..
Columbia. Nov. 7.?The board of
trustees of the State Industrial School,
at Florence, held a two-hour session
in the office of Governor Blcase today,
during which the matter of the hold?
ing up by Comptroller General Jones
of the warrants on the appropriation
for the new building was discussed.
Tho matter was gone into thoroughly
and It was decided to leave affairs in
statu quo until the meeting of the
General Assembly, when the question
will be put before them.
Comptroller General Jones held up
the warrants on the ground that the
contract exceeded the appropriation
and was In violation of law. ? The lo?
cal committee of the board let a con?
tract for a little over $27,000 for the
erection of two buildings at the In?
dustrial School, when the Legislature
appropriated $7,000 for the erection
of one building, and it was for this
reason that the warrants for the con?
tractor were held up.
The Industrial School has on hand
some $38,000 coming from several
sources, but the position of Comptroll?
er General Jones is technically cor?
rect, as the Legislature only appro?
priated $7,000 for the new building,
and of the additional money on hand
some is for maintenance, some for
repairs, etc. The meeting was large?
ly attended and lasted from noon uh
tll almost 3 o'clock.
LONGEST PAINTING IN WORLD.
Will Be Part of Decoration at Fifth
National Com Exposition at Co?
lumbia.
Columbia, Nov. 8.?The longest
painting ever executed in thie country
or abroad, according to authentic
statements, will form a striking fea?
ture of the decorations for the edu?
cational building at the Fifth Nation?
al Corn Exposition here next January.
The canvas for this immense painting
will be nearly a sixth of a mile in
length, by nine feet wide. It will
extend entirely around the big steel
building which will house the exhibits
from the department of agriculture
and the thirty or more States which
will enter the exposition. The can?
vas will cover about 7.500 square feet
of space, and 633 pounds of dry
paints of various colors will be neces?
sary In the execution of the task.
The artist who will transform this
material into a mammoth work of
art is Mr. E. E. Sprague of Colum?
bus. Ohio. Mr. Sprague executed a
somewhat similar, though smaller,
piece of work for the Fourth Nation?
al Corn Exposition held at Columbus
last year. The high artistic quality
of the work and the wide variety of
subjects and scenes, attracted Instant
attention and aroused wide comment.
Mr. IpragUC ll now a resident of Co?
lumbia, and is at present superintend"
Ing the erection of the frame work
for the support of this enormous
stretch t?f canvas. Within the next
few days he will begin with his brush
and paints upon the titanic task. Mr.
Sprague will he assisted In this work
by his son, Mr. S. B. Sprague.
The canvai Will be divided Into
thirty or more spaces, into which will
be painted landscape scenes typical
Of the various States whose exhibits,
education and competitive, win be
arranged below.
Heal Estate Transfers.
The following transfers of real es?
t?te were left with the Auditor Fri?
day morning:
J, B. Alston to Council B. Alston.
one acre on Camden public road, and
lot on Manning avenue, $300.
Murr iiaii t?. Chos. l. Btuckey, 5
tracts of land in county. $19,077.
Km bard i. Manning to Charles l.
Btuckey, '.'l acres in Providence
township, and other consideration.
Kenley It. Scott to Elisabeth J. Ho
ffsn, lot iti city between Wright and
COUndl Streets. $550,
Elisabeth J, llogan to ECugene A,
Thompson, lot and premises on Liber?
ty street, $9,000,
i! T. Minis to Tlmothj Minis, 1 7 1 j
acres in county, $M<>
Rllsabeth (fhat is to m. i >. Burnett,
52 acres on Pocotallgo swamp, $i,
(inn.
II Kress A ?'o, to B. W A, Bull
man and Willi.tin Dultman, lot on
Main street. $7..
Master to B, w. A, Bultman, 12.5
of Berkeley tract, $100.
Most Important of AIL.
Now, i do not Intend to give the
Impression that I am not Lm favor of
marriage; but rather am i willing
that you should think that of me, than
to have you decide that I BOA in favor
of "any" marriage being better than
none at all.
Oirls who do not realize- what mar
rlage means, or what la expected of
them after they enter the bonds which
are so much easier to tie than loosen;
they meet a man who bateresta them;
after a time he proposes marriage, and
sometimes they accept because it is
"customary" to get nuarried! What a
decidedly bad statt? of affairs such a
match must eventually bring about!
it ii equally unwise to marry a man
just because one loves him. Absolute
faith and respect in the character of
any man is essential if one contem?
plates living, day after day and year
after year, with him. If your mind
and heart can answer this question in
the affirmative* then the WOdding bells
may ring out contentment and happi?
ness for tho bride. Hut woe to the
girl who tnarries because she loV.ee
him enouch to hope that he will leave
off his bad habits after the cere?
mony! He never will.
There- is one question which is nvare
important than all the others, and that
Is, "Can I live without him?" When a
girl can truthfully say "No!" tho time
has come for her to marry, and not
before. But, of course, she shcald not
let him know that, it would make him
entirely too conceited.
Life holds too many joys otside of
marriage for all women tor any of
them to make hasty and unwise de?
cisions in regard to whom they shall
spend their days with. An unmarried
woman can do Just as much good with
time, money and talent as any 0 ife
ever did?and far more, providing th<
wife is not content and happy in her
choice.?Amanda Moore.
CHIEF OP POLICE CHOSEN.
Name of Head of Police Department
Not Made Public Yet, However.
In view of the many rumors around
town as to who will succeed the pros
ent chief of police when he en:ers
on his duties as sheriff of Sumter
county, which will be some time about
the first of January, it will be of In?
terest to many people in the city to
known that a man has been decided
upon for the position of chief of po?
lice.
Mayor L. D. Jennings Friday morn?
ing stated, when asked concerning the
rumors which were afloat concerning
the election of a chief, that a
man had been decided upon, although
as yet there had been no election and
there would not be until the present
chief sent in his resignation prelim?
inary to taking up his duties as
sheriff. The man chosen as head
of the police department was not .*n
applicant for the place and it was a
case of the otllce seeking the man and
not the man the office. Mr. Jennings
thought that council had made the
seelctlon of I good man, although ho
would not yet give his name for pub?
lication.
He had told all persona interested
In the matter and seeking the position
that a man had been decided upon in
order that no false hopes would be
raised among the .applicants for the
position and in order that council
might not be troubled with useless ap?
plications.
WOMEN'S WOES.
Sum tor Women Are Finding Relief
at Last.
It does seem that women have
more than a fair share of tho aches
and pains that afflict humanity; they
must "keep up," must attend to du
tie.* in spite of constantly aching
backs, or headaches, dizzy spells,
bearing-down pains; they must stoop
over, when to stoop means torture.
They must walk and bend and work
with racking pains and many aches
from kidney ills. Sick kidneys cause
more Buffering than any other organ
of the body. Keep the kidneys well
and much suffering la saved. Read
Of a remedy for kidneys only that is
endorsed by people you know.
Mrs. R, K. Brown, 204 w. Liberty
Street, Bumter. B. C, says: "F>r over
a year 1 was greatly annoyed by kid?
ney and bladder trouble and noth?
ing brought me relief until i obtain?
ed a supply of Doan'l Kidney Fills
at China's Drug Store. The) were
so beneficial in every way thai I have
no hesitation whatever in recom?
mending them."
For sale by ill dealers. Price ?*?"
conts, Foster-Mllburn *'o., Buffalo,
New York, sole agent* for tho Fnlted
States.
Bemember the name ? Doan's
and take no other. _No. 19
WE INVITE
(rent lernen from i he c< >unl rv i
visit ??tu up to date K I>1 R
shop.
Moseley's Barber Shop.
ON COR.OPIV PON I Ol-PICK
Equipment and Service
it
The man or wutnan who i ?ifroaizes a bank, whether de?
positing money Ms a savings .ir checking: account, appceeUtee
prompt ?ervlcev To render ?rogept service the bank neuet
have completo equipment. It is because, r,? ||g m^dtrn equip?
ment and sfflcftssjt service trat this bank is constantly enjoy?
ing a steady growth in the number of it? patron* Y*ur ac?
count is lnviud?checking oa savings, I per interest,
compounded qjanterly, being Qald on springs.
The Bank of Sumter
Without Cosi to You
On on* piece of paper you can hnvo the amount in werd* and
figures; the name of person receiving payment; the (Jate; if de?
sired the purpose for which payment is made; your ewn name
and a 1-rgal receipt.
A complete, systematic record *? each; one of your financial
transactions if you deposit your earnings, with as and pay your
bills l?y check.
Fir^t National Bank.
Embrace the Opportunity and
Become a Winner.
The Hind-Sighted Man never sees
an OPPORTUNITY untilpt is past.
The Farmers' Bank & Tru&
Company.
LAND LIME.
We are prepared to furnish this product at prices tl
every farmer to use It. We have a very low price y* M* iuiu
nothing will do your land more good, especially run down lands,
or low and sour land. It Is necessary for all leguminous c*opa
sueh as Alfalfa, clover, vetch, peas, etc. Get our prices In car
lots or In smaller quantities. Samples on request.
BOOTH-HARBY LIVE STOCK COMPANY,
SUMTER, S. C.
Porter-Snowden Co.
COTTON FACTORS ARB COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
I
90 e. bay street, Charleston, S. C.
All Cotton Handled on Commission.
Extra Staple Cotton a
Specialty
Would be Glad to Receive Consignments From You,
Which Will Command our Very
BEST ATTENTION.
MOLES and WARTS
It?Blllll wHth MOHQBOFF, without patu or ,Unr r. BS) matter
how laxgv. or how fer retired above <lu> sorfaoe of the akin. And
iIm?j will nrter return, and no tra<v t* ??r will he left. MOId?
OfT in applied directly BD fln? MOI.F <>r WART, wtilch entirely
filHap|.?y?rn in about h1i day*, killing Hie gegns BBSl Icefing the skia
BBnooth snd natural.
IIOIjKNOFF is put up onlj In OSSB l^dlar holtW.
v.Ai h bottle is neatl; packed in n plain esse, accompanies! by full
direction;", and contains enough remedy to remove eight or ten
ordinary MOLES or wakts. We j?*?h BtOI^BtOFF under i posltfve
GUARANTEE if ii fails to remove your HOLM 01 WART, w? will
promptly refund the dollai
Hoiida Distributing PllBSpsSj Department. IViieaoila. 11a.