Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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$ tit ddlatcbmnn anS* Soutjjtan. PuhlPdV'd WcdneMtla) miicI Saturday. ?BY? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY SCMTKR. S. C. II iO p?r annum?in advance. \ 1 s < r l innitM : Oee Square first Insertion.11.00 .?vary subsequent Insertion.50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be nndt at reduced rates. Ali eee&moniratljn? a nleh eub osrve privets Interests will oe charged far as advertisements. Obf.uartes and tribute* of respect will be charged for. The Rumtev Watchman was found? ed la 1110 and the True Southron In lift- The Watchman and Southron aew haa the combined circulation and Influence ef both of the old papers, and Is manifestly the best advertising medium In tKrmter. The final developments in the in? vestigation of the charges against President Mitchell, of the University of South Carolina, respecting the dis? tribution of the Peabody fund?said charges having been made by Oov. Please, who cited President Johnson ?f Wlnthror College as hts authority ?leave a decidedly bad impression. The conclusion finds the two learned educators making faces at each oth? er and calling name*?a rather un? dignified performance. We are still ?f the opinion that Dr. Mitchell was ? njustly attacked, that the charges wore unfounded and that Jealousy or malice Inspired them, the testimony of Dr. Rose and others having complete? ly vindicated him; but when he ap? peared before the committee and. in? stead of cc.iflnlng himself strictly to the facta, branched off Into personal criticism of Dr. Johnson he weakened hi* case and descended to the sam? level as his accusers. It is a sorry Spectacle for the heads of two of the State s colleges to be engaged In what to nothing more nor leas than a vulgar brawl, despite the elegant, chaste and precise language used in express? ing their opinion of each other. Dr. Johnson has gained no credit and has j added nothing to his reputation by hts eonduct and attitude throughout the Investigation, nothing being said con? cerning his antlcedent connection with Oho attack on Dr. Mitchell. It not be? ing clear In our mind whether he Seed Qov. Blease as a tool in this mat? ter or was used by Qov. 131 ease On the other hand Dr Mitchell displayed lack of Judgment and dignity when he expressed opinions and uttered caustic criticisms of Dr. Johnson in his testimony before UM committee. Put f<>r this stupid blunder Dr. Mitch til would have come out of this in? vestigation with flying colors, to the oonficdon ami undoing of his ene? mies and tftstfg tors. As It is the whoP- thing wind?* up with a jawing match btetween Dr. Mitchell and Dr. Johns? n. see A member of the House of Repro Igsjgsaives moved to gge/isprinte II,? I 100 to pay Architect A. W. T??dd for the plaster model of that unlucky I chll-i of his imagination?the one million dollur State Hons.- Wonder a hat the m? MSN r . Ig* ' d to do With the model. ? ? * The Legislature Is nearing adjourn m? nt and not a single thing ha.-, been don?- ?owardr. the enactment of a echoed law adapted Is the needs of Che time. The report of the commis? sion sol law is still in the pig, \ h?;c it Wim placed two yeaif k < when th.- legislature got Wea. *. ? : ? I it'.' I ? so Another measure that was 0*> ?eedlnicl> popular among the cam? paigners last sumcer?the Torrens system of land registra t ion ?ha* been forgotten. ? * ? The t orn Show \a over, new for the rorn and tomato ? lube. MR I PPS l?l PEN IM POSITION. Editor Dall> Item j?. ,,r Bar: a recant editorial In The Item ha.i h. ? n < alb d to my attention i.i whjeb >ou think or Melt and I have f.ill-n ander the cell Influences ?f MDomsgegust Yon arrive nt thi? ?sewluseos as account of ouf Vote on the neWlPSpof bill Tin very Instance ihowi the pro? pri* ty of nllowlni a ntnn lo hava r#?ply. n h i lo ha 11 < n pi u ed In i false position by the pr< a* and ? right which .o, havi alwai m inted. in the ferst pases, a< l(hei Dt P nor i anted as pnes the said ball The tail provided that ? poraoa tt taeke.i or re Hoc ted upon In a newapa per shniil i bavi the tight to present his explana'i' ri of rej.lv |g the M?ll paper, t ? ? chargi Thai hui w i reft i i Is the Ju? dlclary Commlttc< oi which i am ? ajn mber, i i "? 1 keen, in f tees of the riniu of any per -n to have a ptmri r? \ \\ Is in article reflecting up on him. hul 1 did not favor the bill as it stood, got were the tiin s amend ments offered by the committee salti factory to me. For these reasons 1 would sign neb her th?i report of the majority nor tha?. of the minority, ami reserved my right upon the lloor of the House. When the bill came on for ila MC? ond reading, there were a number of amendments, and 1 was desiriOUS of having these amendments read ho as to ascertain whether these would properly modify the bill. Hut before this eould be done, a motion was made to strike out the enacting words of this bill, which motion, if carried, ?huts off any further consideration. Dr. Dick and I voted against this motion as we wished to consider these amendments. This motion, however, carried, and that ended the matter. As to the constitutionality of the proposed bill, the present law pro? vides for tine or imprisonment of an editor and also for the recovery of a money Judgment against him. All this is certainly more drastic than to require the paper to print frej of charge a short reply. So far as 1 am concerned, I do not believe in Stirling the press, bu;, on the other hand, I have not reached that stage of newspaper worship as to call a man a demagogue just because he is not in favor of an unlicensed press. You say you are surprised at our action, since neither of us has over been attackd by a newspaper. Can you not conceive of men being actuat? ed by a desire to achieve the common good, and not always influenced by selfish motives I consider your unkind editorial as evidence of the fact that some editors are still mortal, and liable to err. Very respectfully, R. D. EPFS. The foregoing communication from Mr. R. D. Epp8, In reply to our edi? torial criticising his vote on the Rem- ' bert newspaper bill, throws more 1 light on his position respecting the ' bi.l. and we are glad to learn that he j was not, and is not, an advocate of the original bill. We were led to believe that he endorsed the bill and advocat? ed its enactment by the reports of legislative proceedings wherein It ' was stated that Mr. Epps argued In 1 favor of the constitutionality of the ? measure. We regret that through s ! misunderstanding of Mr. Epps* po- J sltion we have done him an in? justice by attributing to him a w hole hearted support of the Rembert bill in its original mischievious form. We, however, do not recede from our po- ' sition that the bill, no matter how it may be amended in minor details, is wrong in principle, dangerous and needless. We do not stand for an un? licensed press, an unfair, partisan or venal press, and our twenty-two fean record as an editor is proof of this assertion. We believe that a news- t papef should have the same rights as an individual and should be held to I I the sino responsibilities. We have no objection to, or fear of, the present law, which Mr. Eppe declares dras? tic, if a lawyer, preacher or any I other person ?landen or libels an? other he can be held responsible and | ma le to pay a just penalty for his wrong ?SO can an editor?and this j is fair and Just. Hut to require a newspaper to place its oolumna at the i seiwice of any notoriety-seeking In? dividual who may desire to advertise himself is neither fair, reasonable nor constitutional, In our opinion. Mr. Eppe' conclusion that the editorial to j which he replies is pr?<of of the need "t a law along the lines of the Rem? bert lull may be sound, but we dif? fer even as to this, for when writing the editorial we expected to print, any reply that either Mr. Epp* <>r 1 >r. Dick might see tit to make. We have never denied the use of our columns to a man whom we criticised and nev? er expect to do so. What we object t.. in tin Rembert bill is that it makes the man seeking free pub licity the sole judge of whether or not he has been unjustly criticised or re? flected upon by a newspaper, with such a law a notorit\ ? ?< ek? r e<>uld frame up any sort of tiimsy excuse to get into the newspapers at the expenee of the newspapers, for his own profit THE < ity m in: FIND. The ( ommlttees that are canvaalni the city today f<?r funds maintain the t'i\i< League nurse have met a ith a liberal response from ? m t |?rit) "i* those to whom the needs of the cause have been presented. The response cannot well t".. liberal, for while the city nurse can be main la n<d for a minimum n| |96 a month, lh< muh barel) provides actual oper? ating expel ?-. leaving nothing for widening the scoikj of this pratsworth) und utilitarian charity. Tino- and i aifain In < ises ??! Illness and d< *tltu lion among the poor tie rit) nurse rinds herself In dire need of funds to provide for the Immediate nen titles of those under hef cure, and hereto* t ore he has had to > * 1 - on Individual I charity n response t?? personal ap? peals. There si.mild a lund upon which >be < an draw in such c u ? s, and now is the time to raise sufficient mono) i" adequately support the City Nurse end the work- she has to do Cheaper Money for Farmers. Wilmington star. An American committee represent? ing the agricultural Interest! of this country will sail tins spring lor Eu? rope to investigate the co-operative rural credit system that have proven so successful in France, Germany, It? aly iind other continental countries. It won't do any harm, of course, for the committee to take the trip and investigate the systems first hand, hut it strikes us that the government at Washington has about all the informa? tion that could be picked up by the committee. If it has not, it could eas? ily get the information through its representatives in the countries that have systems under which farmers can borrow money at as low rate as any other class of borrowers. It is estimated that the average American farmer pays 8 1-2 per cent on the money he borrows to aid him in his operations. The probability is that the larger per cent of rural bor I rowers pay more than that. Actual J loans of money may cost them 8 1-2 per cent, but there are thousands who cannot borrow money but who do get credit for their fertilizers and farm supplies. Those acquainted with con? ditions in the cotton belt know that a farmer who buys his supplies on credit j pays an interest in credit charges all J out of proportion to the profits on his crops. The fact is, the man who farms on high credit is doing business J on a basis that would ruin any other business. , Since it is known that agriculture ' is handicapped by heavy costs on pro j duction we don't know of any more effective aid that could be given to Southern agriculture than by the movement to bring about a system that will furnish farmers with work? ing capital at as low a rate of interest as is paid by those engaged in any other legitimate industry. Many more men would farm if they could get financial encouragement, and evn more would enlarge their operations if they could get the money. We mean men who are trustworthy, not the class that could not be trusted with money. However, the rural credit system of Europe is one that capital? izes what a farmer owns and his as? sets become bankable so he can bor? row money at low interest on his own hock without being under obligations to anybody. Even should he have en- | dorser.s the farmer's assets make his endorser of a rural zone hank perfect? ly safe. The South has its own peculiar ag? ricultural problems to b( met, and it. is easy to conceive that the agricul- j tural problem! vary in each part of | American. We are satisfied, however, j that a study of our own problems would aid us in bringing about a rural credit system that would till the bill in the South. We have long ago become satisfied that the European system is as appli? cable in this country as it Is in that country, and the American committee that is to visit European countries this spring will find it so. it is proposed for each State to Bend two represen? tatives to Europe as members of the j .\m< rican commiUe . it will cost $2,- j BOO to pay the expenses of the two j representatives. The Jacksonville, Times-Union is urging Florida to sen*1, a couple of representatives on that j errand, and in doing bo that paper says: "Nowhere more than in the South are the advantage! in the direction of cheap money for the farmer needed for the development of agricultural wealth, and agricultural wealth means more money for city business in the long run. It is often said that no city is permanently prosperou! and grow? ing that is not backed by a prosper our rural district tributary to it. Cheap money means not merely money lent at a low Interest rate, but also money lent on time long enough to allow the borrower to "turn it over' and make a profit with it before he has to pay bach interest and principal. "Florida has some peculiar agricul? tural problem! to solve, and money is needed to !olve them. Probably no other State has BO many small farms, unless it be California. It is the small farmer who needs money oftenest, and he generally needs it at low interest and on long tim<?he needs to bor? row In small sums, too. Then, too, \sh\ teach the farmer Improved meth? ods of agriculture If he cannot bor? row money to apply thoee lessons which will ?nable him to mnk< larger crops? Therefore Is it Important that the stat< be represented on the Aim rican committee which will anil this spring to study near at hand in Europe the system of co-operative , rural rredit, w hich have not only sav I ed the rural populations of that con j lite nt Mom Impending ruin, but have ictually made them w althier than Ihosi of America, which once boasted ! i hat t h< fed ' 11? w -a !.! Florida has some questions to ask, and can ask ih> ui only through citizens acquainted with her agricultural conditions." Probably each State hna |t| peculiar agricultural problems to d< al w Ith, but ti Beema that tie- agricultural Inter isp of each state could easily raise II in $2,BOO necessary to be represent it.il in the European investigation. The Legislature! might be able to make the necessary appropriations and send the committeemen, since it is for the good Of all the people that the agricultural sources of a State are de? veloped. Nevertheless, the finan? cial and commercial interests are di? rectly concerned and they would lind it to their int.rest t.? keep up with and take a hand in the efforts to es? tablish a sound rural credit system $5 Per Horse a Year for Papers; $5 Per Horse a Year for Books. There is one fact that cannot be too strongly emphasized, and that is, that while you want to make your neigh? borhood a reading neighborhood, it must be the right sort of reading. A semi-weekly or tri-weekly edition of some city daily, its news columns filled with stories of suicides and mur? ders and scandals and railroad wrecks and criminal trials, and its advertising columns filled with shameless an? nouncements of patent medicine fakirs, whiskey distillers and quack doctors?such a paper won't help you at all. Nor will a cheap monthly, with sensational stories and fortune telling articles and fraudulent "free" advertisements in unlimited number. You must spend some money to get the best local paper, the best farm paper, the best political and church papers, the best magazines, even if they do cost more?the clean, whole? some, wideawake, ably-edited papers that stand for progress, for improve? ment, and for high ideals. In fact, in this plan to make your neighborhood a reading neighbor? hood, the very first idea to get rid of, is that you must have cheap reading matter. We never can make the South what it ought to be, you never can make your neighborhood what it ought to be, until the farmers get rid of this idea that their minds are not woith feeding. A man has got to believe In himself more than that, must have more respect for himself, more re? spect for his brain and his mind, be? fore he can amount to anything. lie must believe that his own mind and his children's minds deserve the be3t intellectual food he can find?and plenty ct It. He wouldn't let his chil? dren go .vith two meals a day when they need three. Why, then, should he compel them to get along with only an occasional monthly or semi-month? ly feast of intollecutal food instead of seeing to it that the best papers to be had come to his home every week No hard and fast rule can be laid down, but a reasonable minimum can be fixed, and we would say that no man is doing right by Mmself or his family if he spends less than $10 a year for papers, magazines and hooks for each horse he works?say $5 for papers and $f> for books for the one horse farm; $10 for papers and $10 for books for the two-horse farmer, j etc. Five dollars a year jut horse for papers; $5 a year per horse for books provided the right sort of papers and books were selected?would soon revolutionize the South and go far to dispel the ignorance that the in? efficiency of our schools has cursed us with. No man who is not poor en? ough to starve his body is poor en? ough to starve his mind.? The Pro? gressive Farmer. Whatever You Do! Leinember to read the ad of D. C. Shaw in this issue. He tells about "The Ford." .11 HI ??MIIIHWI II ?? I I' - 1 SCHEDULE sot I II CAROLINA WESTERN RAILWAY. Sumter, s. C, Feb. 14, 1913. No. *J. No. 8. 8.00 A. If. 3.00 P. M. l.v. Sumt.r. 8.19 A. If. 3.19 1'. If. l.v. Brent. 8.28 A M. 3.28 P. If. Lv. DuBose. 8 a If. 3.35 P. M. Lv. Aman. 8.45 A. If. :i.4? P. M. Lv. Meredith. 8.50 a. If. 3.50 P, M. Lv. Mamille. 9.07 a. M. 4.???; P. M. Lv. Blshopvlle. 9.22 a. M. 4.22 1*. M. Lv. Alcot. 9.27 a. M. 4.27 P. M. Lv. Young a. M. 4.36 P. If. Lv. Lydia. 10.03 a. M. 6.03 P. M. Ar. HartsvIIle, No. ">. No. 7. nt. so a. M. 5.16 P. M. Lv. Hartsville. 1 1.07 a M. 5. 12 L If. Lv. Lydia. 11.16 a. If, 6.61 P. It. Lv, Young. 11.ul a. m. :..:.?; P. If. Li. Ah ot, 11.37 a. M. 1 J l'. It, Lv Bishp* llle. i L53 A. m. ?'..i's p, m. i.v. Mannvllle. 11.61 A. m. p, M. Lv. Meredith, 12.06 P. II. o 13 P, If. Lv. Aman. 12.15 r it, 6.60 P. m . Lv. DuBose. 12.24 r. m. ?;.:,;? p. \i. Lv. Brent. 12.43 P, m 7.1s P. m Ar. Sumte:-. No. ''. h aving Suint? r B A. II. Con I nects 111 Hartsville with t rain from North and West, and for Darlington and I lorence. j No. B leaving Sumter 3 r II. con w cts at l larts> die w M ll train from ! I Arlington nnd I lorence for thi ? Norl h and Wt -1 n. w con le ? n< w ? nglnes, pollU .ii ?? ni ion. .1 T. CHIN \, Agent, Sumb r, s ?' ?? i OHAV KS, T M I lamb t. N C. HOT BISCUIT, hot cakes, made with ROYAL Baking Powder are delicious, health" tu I and easily made. Got Rid of the Stumps. Although the Southern farmers, as a general rule, or on an average, pro? duce smaller yields per acre than farmers in other sections, they re? ceive as much per acre for the pro? ducts of their land. Their profits or yearly earnings are less because they cultivate fewer acres at a larger ex? pense per acre. This is chiefly due to their failure to use sufficient work stock and labor-saving implements. The reasons for this failure to use more labor-saving implements are many, but perhaps the most import- i ant one is that the condiion of our fields is such as to make their use j less profitable or at least more diffl- j cult. Small fields of irregular shape, j with stumps, gullies and open ditches are serious obstacles to the satisfac? tory use of the larger and better labor-saving implements. It takes time and costs money to remove these obstacles to cheap cul? tivation of the land, but the time har come when the stumps should be re- ( moved from all cultivated fields. It costs less to remov. them than to al? low them to remain on the land. The crops that may be grown on the land they occupy and the extra cost of cul? tivation which they cause will pay for their removal in a year or two. The stump puller should be on every farm where there are stumps on the land. If there are not enough stumps to justify the purchase of a stump puller, or if the farmer is not finan? cially able to buy one alone, he should set to vmrk to get his neighbors to join with him in the joint purchase of a machine. Too often when we feel that we are not able to do all of a certain piece of work, We allow that to rve as a rea? son for doing none of it. Stumps should be removed as fast as possible and a good stump puller is a great help in clearing the land of stumps wherever and whenever used. Why not join with your neighbor and buy a stump puller or buy one alone, if you can, and clear a few extra acres this winter? It will pay.?The Pro? gressive Farmer. SUM TER COTTON MARKET. Corrected dally by Ernest Field, Cot? ton Buyer. Sumter, Feb. 17. Good Middling 12 3-8. Strict Middling 12 1-4. Middling 12 1-8. St. Low Middling 11 3-4. Low Middling 11 1-8. Staple cotton, nominal. NEW YORK COTTON MARKET. New York, Feb. 17. Opening. Close. March.12.16 12.11 ' May.11.98 11.92 July.11.92 11.83 FOR SALE:?One carriage, road cart and set of harness; all in excel? lent condition. Cheap for cash. J. \ Edwin Brunson, 304 S Sumter St. I FOR SALE?Eggs from thorough 1 bred Barred Plymouth Rocks, $1 i for sitting of 15 eggs. A. P. Vin son, Sumter, S. C, R. F. D. 4. IX)ST?Red and white spotted ox, strayed Wednesday night, from my home near DatKCll. Reward for return. Murray Sammona, Dalzell, S. C. r, i WANTED?The following hard wood in any quantity: oak, ash, hickory, maple, locust, walnut, holly. Writ me what you have and price per cord or thousand f. o. b. Sumter. D. China. FOR SALE?Dixie Wilt resistant cot? ton seed from 1911 crop, price $1 per bushel, sound and pure. E. B, Colcolugh, Oswego, S. C, R. F. D. STAPLE COTTON?Sun Flower seed variety. Only a few left. J. M. Fraser, Oswego, S. C, Route 1. A LOT OF NO 1 DIXIE BLIGHT RESISTANT COTTON SEED, 1 DOL I AR PEa BUSHEL. J. C. DUN BAR. DALZELL, S. C. BLANKETS (J We have some good numbers left in White, Reds, Grays and Plaids, 10-4 and 11-4 AT $3.50, $4 6 4.50 1f Two months lef< in which to use them this winter, and then other winters. O'Donnell 6 Co.