The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 02, 1913, Image 6
TENANT FARM CO-OPERATION.
1>R\< ri< \L oi'Kinnov OF sis
I KM ON I TAI.I \\ I'M \Ti:.
Miare Crop|m?c b> Conducting RsgsV
MMR on Cooperative Prlmdpleej Make
a 1.1vbox ?"<? MealUc h Profit I n?
der Kondition? Tlml In Amorhu
Woubl KnfMll Kailure
Milan. Italy. June 24.?Member* of
the American ('nmmlwion on Agri?
cultural Co-operation visited one ol
the model farms of northern Italy to?
day. It Is the property of the Count
dl Pontl.
The estate comprises about 1,000
seres which la an unusually lurge
holding for Italy, although a member
of the Commission wan able to inform
the Count dl Pontl that he o? "nd a
farm ef 4,000 acres in Texas, without
considering himself a curiosity.
The farm Is divided into two part*,
an Irrigated portion which the pro?
prietor reserves for his own use for
dairy fsrmlng, snd a dry portion
rented on the share basis, known In
Italy as the "meisadrl" system.
The visit of the Americans was
made a holiday for the laborers and
farm hands although enough men
were kept at work to demonstrate
the co-operative enterprises on the
farm. Automobiles of the American
party swept Into a farm yard en?
closed by a brick house, the psjrehes
of which gave a vivid scene of drying
clothes, bandanas, wrinkled old peas?
ant women, smiling men snd a swarm
of curious children. Fourteen fami?
lies are hired by C e proprietor to
farm his part of the estate. Nothing
of Interest from the co-operative
standpoint was learned on this part
of the farm. The Commission was
therefore taken to the "dry" part
where live the tenants.
The score of fsmllles which are en?
gaged In farming this portion of the
estate live In a little village and here
the members of the Commission
were given their first view of the
many possible Phases of agricultural
co-operation. Men, women and chil?
dren were lln*d up along the little
street; hats snd bandanas were wav?
ed In welcome, and the little children
murmured their half frightened
"Uracl" when coppers were slipped
Into their hands. This part of the
estate Is divided into holdings of
about 30 acres each
The principal money producta of
Iht little farms are cheese and silk
Worms. Each farmer raises enough
of general farm crops to support his
family, but most of his sttentlon Is
given to dairying and to raising silk?
worms. The cheese Is made in a
plant co-operatively owneJ by th?
farmers snd built with their own
money. Three men were at work
making Hwlss cheese at the time. The
farmers bring their milk to the dairy
witere It Is wished and marked to
their credit. According to the amount
of milk given to the dairy the farm?
ers receive a percentage of the pro?
fits derived from the sale of the
cheese. The waste from the milk
used In the cheese making is led to
hogs co-operatively owned, which
when fattened, are killed In an ab
batolr likewise co-operstlvely owned,
for nothing Is lost on an Italian farm.
Thete Is also a sausage factory. Kv
erythlng these farmers buy comes
from a co-operatively owned store.
The warehouse held famllar types at
American agricultural machinery. Tin
si ? worms are turned over to the
proprietor who takes a certain portion
of fhe cocoons as his share. All of
the farming is done on a sh'tre basis,
the proprietor putting up the build?
ings, tie fsrmers contributing the la?
bor and the farm products being di?
vided between them. It was pluinly
eviUmt that thf Count dl Pontl was
very popular with his tenants. Horn,
years sgo when his tenants were re
qulrt.j to strike because of a general
strike of all tenant farmers in that
vicinity, he was elected by his tenants
president of the strike committee, so
that to him fell the odd task of set?
tling a strike against himself.
Undoubtedly tin | n.rnaliam
which exists In the c o-opcratkvelv on
darted entcrpitites of this type Bfg
venta Amer n-ana from receiving many
Impressions of i i ,i value IfOSS
them. Hut it rn nie h great Impression
upon the delegates, th.it farmers of
this class could be In ought to such
< ornparatlva economb Independence
through the medium of co-operatlon.
Above all the extreme utilization of
everything Im pre**. ?1 th. Am.mans
No tree* are cut down for fuel, for
Instance Kach yeai as many ?Manch?
es are cut off km are necessary and
th#? neat year ?ne ?um.- a#sjSjSSSj Is fo|
iowe l with other trees, Thai greet
the country a curloualy fanfasii. up
pesrswe when viewed from a I ar
window. The land I" moMtly I-ultlvat
ed in long, narrow atrip* and altogeth?
er there is an aspect of gffcMetattty to
the garden farms of north Italy.
The vinit eejsjM not fan t?? Isapeees
Americans Here were peasant farm?
ers, swarms of tt-.m. prodin Inn . tops
on a m. ill.' -a? small that it apparently
would have been Impossible to mar
ket them and \?t thi..ogh the get .i
fof. *? of i n operation these funnels
were given a fur greater control over
IBM saanufacture and marketing of
their product than is possessed by
moot A mori< a n farmers.
\Nt.ltY WOMAN l> It ANNS QVN*
LoUlsa Taylor, CoIohmI. Threatened
Another Woman with 'rMxIng" hut
Lo*c* Her Nerve when Time comes
for (?tin l'la>.
-
Louisa Taylor, colored, who lives on
West Oakland Avenue extension, al- 1
lowed her feelings to run away with
her when she became angry with one
of her "friends" Thursday and
threatened to "fix" the said friend, ac
rording to the police. Her friend,
["Phoebe," whose last name could not
fbe ascertained, didn't think much of
the threat until Louisa came back on
the job with a vicious looking double
barreled shot gun. and poking it
through the window of the room
where Phoebe was entertaining two
friends, stated that trouble was
brewing, so it is said. At any rate, at
the moment for action Louisa's nerve
deserted her, and Instead of ringing
in the gun play she pointed the dead
ly weapon long enough to secure the
proper dramatic effect, and then
calmly betook herself to other climes.
One of the women who had the pleas?
ure of examining the "Inside" of the
gun barrels mentioned above, thought
H best to report the near tragedy to
the police, and as a result the care?
less Louisa rests in jail to await the
action of a higher court in dealing
with her near desecration of an oth?
erwise peaceful summer day.
SCORES UNION LABOR
Little Joe Devotes Part of Message to
Subject.
Atlanta, Ga., June 2">.?A caustie
arraignment of labor unions In which
it 's charged that they form the "most
widespread and aggressively exacting
trust in America' is contained in the
farewell message of Gov. Joseph M.
Hrown, presented to the Georgia leg?
islature at its opening session here
today.
Gov. Brown's criticism of organised
labor is made in connection with his
argument for the enactment of laws
requiring compulsory arbitration of
differences between employes and
employers. He predicates this recom?
mendation upon the strikes of em
ployes of the Georgia railroad and
the Augusta Street Railway company
laut fall. Both these strikes, the gov?
ernor declares, were "manifestly in?
defensible and condemnable" and "the
strikers placed themselves In a state
of open rebellion to the laws of Geor?
gia."
cotton MKX CHAMS REBATING, ,
l'lle Complaint Against Coast Line
with I. C. C.
Washington. June 24.?An im
portent complaint was tiled today with |
the interstate commerce commission J
against the Atlantic Coast Line Hull- !
way Company by Inman, Akers ami
liimun, of Atlanta, and live other
<o orgla cotton firms. Complaints say
that the railroad transports uncom
pressed cotton from points in Georgia
to Norfolk, Wilmington. Charleston
and Savannar, where it is cumpressd
at the alleged expease of the Atlantic
Coast Line.
The gravamen of the complaint is
that the owners of these coast com?
presses are also cotton merchants;
"that the cotton is not compressed un?
til It has passed beyond the lines and
out of the possession of the A. C. L.
Railway Company, and that payment
of compress charges by the company
is. therefore, pmotlcnly a rebuts end
s? id A. c. i^. company secures no le?
gal quid pro quo for payment of com?
pression charges on said cotton."
It is claimed that this alleged prac?
tice is not Only a violation Of the Elk
ins A< t against rebating* but is also a
discrimination against interior cotton
merchants. Appeal is made to the
< ommisslon to order the practice
?topped]. A hi* contest is expected, us
tbe tlrins Involved are among the
most important In the cotton trade In
the South.
WAR ON CATTLE TICK.
Two <.o\ernmont InslH^'tor** are Work?
ing In I lorence County.
Florence, June it.?The war on the
entile tick merrily wages in Florence
county now. There arc two govern?
ment Inspectors going over every farm
and pastuie and putting up quaran?
tine signs where the pest is found
and giving clean bills of health where
deserved, When the inspection !?
OVer the same gentlemen will go over
the . ..unt\ again teaching the quur
antlnd farmers how to get rid of the
They find Ihe farmers very
n Ij end willing to aid In everv
SfS ;iul several dipping vats have
already been built Florence will be
out of tin Quarantine area in a short
time
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? ?'ir shale ,,f the |\ dlppines ll fn
sale, provided We don't have to gnat
antes anything anywhere In Ihe nr
i blpelago Wilmington stm
BANK IN ITS NEW HOME.
IMPOSING sTHl't TIKI. of lit si
m:ss section.
The Largest mid Handsomest Hanking
llous?* nmi Office Building East of
Columbia. Has Horn Completed
and is Now Occupied.
On Monday morning the City Nat?
ional Hank opened up for bUSl
ness In its handsome new quar?
ters In the ground floor of Sumter's
one and only skyscraper.
This prosperous bank demonstrated
Its faith in the future growth of Hum
tar by erecting a seven-story struc?
ture of pressed brick, granite ami re?
inforced concrete of which any City
might he proud. The building com?
plete, with fixtures and furniture, has
cost the hank, $72,000, which with
the addition of $26,000, paid for the
site, makes a total of $H7,000 worth
of faith in a substantial shape which
the hank has in the city.
The bank in its new quarters will
find the room Which was lacking in
the quarters which the bank has oc?
cupied since It! organisation eleven
years ago. The new offices are fit?
ted out complete in the most modern
style for hanking purposes and the
furniture and fixtures are of an ele?
gance and beauty which few hanks in
the State possess
The contract for the erection of
the building wan awarded W. Lee
Harbin of Lexington, X. ('., and Sum
ter, and under the direction of the
architects, Wheeler and Stern of
Charlotte, N. C, a handsome struc?
ture has been completed. Situated
on the Northeast corner of Main and
Liberty streets, the bank la one of
the most Imposing and attractive
buildings In the eity, as it is the
loftiest Tile foundation is of con?
crete reinforced with steel and is from
thre to Jive feet thick. The base and
the first Story of grey sandstone.
Above the first story the walls of the
building arc of speckled gray press?
ed brick and the floors are of rein?
forced concrete. The outside trim*
Illings of the building are of copper,
which present an attractive appear?
ance, inside the windows and doors
are of stained oi k with baseboards
of the same material, while the floors
are of hardwood in all the roms,
save the lavatories, which have tile
flooring. All of the rooms are pro?
vided witli large windows, affording
plenty of light. Trans.?tns and Inside
windows for air are also placed in
the rooms ,in order that they may at
ull times be comfortable for the oc?
cupants.
The building throughout is provid?
ed with steam lent, electricity, ^a*.
telephones and call bells. On each
floor there is a lavatory, m ar the cen?
ter of the bullding, und easily ac?
cessible from any room. The eleva?
tor shaft is placed In the north
seat cottier nf the building, an elec?
tric elevator of modern make being
Installed for the use of tenants,
Around the elevator Is the stairway,
of steel ami terraxa floored which us
? ?ends in a spiral to the top ..t the
building. The elevator and stairway
are both absolut? I\ lire proof.
The ground floor Is the one which
will he used by the hunk for Its quar?
ters, This Is furnished In t asteful
style in mahogany und marble attd Is
decidedly hands..me und attractive,
l?nrge plate kIshh windows In fronl
gsjd in lite side id lite building afford
plenty of light, smaller windows be?
ing placed in the prism glass transoms
above the plate glass for ventilation.
The floor is of tile and the walls are
deeorated In white and amber. The
building is entered from Main street,
a marquee with green glass being
placed over tin- entrance. The spac?
ious lobby Is separated from the
Working spare hy a partition of
Ltstevena marble, upon which is
eercted a grille work of Frontera
mahogany. The fixtures are of marble
or mahogany and all of tin* furni?
ture if of beautiful Frontera mahog?
any.
In the lobby is a large stationary
mahogany table and two wall tables,
in the space hack of the office and In
the walls of the building are two big
vaults. One of these is supplied with a
12,500 pound Mosier door, controlled
by twenty-two two-inch bolts worked
by triple time locks. In this will be
kept the specie of tin- bank. The
other vault is arranged to hold one
bundled safety boxes, which will be
rented t?? patrons of the bank who
have valuables or private papers to
?tow away.
Entered from the lobby and ad?
joining the teller s cage is the ladies'
alcove, exclusively lor ladies. This is
supplied with mahogany writing
desk, mirrors and other conveniences
for the use of the women patrons of
the hank.
Back "t the banking office are the
officers1 and directors' rooms. These
may be entered from the lobby or
from the main office. The cashiers'
office cornea first and next to his is
the president's office while in the rear
of this Is the directors' room. All of
these offices are furnished with ma?
hogany furniture. Tu?, lobby extends
from tin- front to the back of the
building to the entrance to the ele?
vator, there being a bide entrance
from Liberty street, as well as a front
entrance, in the basemen! is the
heating plant and the motor for oper?
ating the elevator is situated there.
The building has seven floors in ad?
dition to tlie basement, which ex?
tends the full length of the building.
The bank offices ami elevator lobby
occupy" the first floor. The seventh
(loor lias been fitted up for the Sum
tcr Club and the other five floors arc
divided into offices, there being eight
on each tloor, making forty offices in
all for rent. Of this number all save
fifteen have been leased ami there Is
no doubt that all will be occupied
within a short time. When all the
otlices arc rented the Income from
tent w ill he sufficient to pay intereest,
taxs and all other expenses of the
building, thus relieving the hank of all
expenses lor rent of its banking
house. The seventh tloor, which was
planned and lilted Up to meet the
particular needs of the Sumter Club,
has been based to that organisation
lor a term of years. The club will
furnish its quarters as soon as
the building is ?ompb't.d and will
have a* handsome and desirable club
looms a- an> commercial club in the
State. 'I'le ? w ill also have con
ttol of ihe io.,i garden and this will
be .mi' oi tb<- coldest resorts lor sum?
mer evenings to bo found this side
of tie- mountains and no doubt will
lie popular with i bib members ami
iheir friends, From Ihe roof garden
.in extended und beautiful vlea ol
Suiuter and the surrounding country
ran be obtained,
Tin Kuinter Savings Itank was or?
gaui/cd eleven years ago with ? cnpl
i;iI of .>.i.n?im. ,m1.1 dm iic. the tin
ADMINISTRATION MKAKl'RF. Now
BEFORE COXORES? FOR
t'OXKIDEH ITIOX.
Introduced Iii lloth Senate ami House
and Referred to Proper Commit?
tees?Heverai Changes Have Been
Mailt* Sinei' the Ordinal Draft of
Measure Was Published a Few
Days Ago,
Washington, June 27.?The admin?
istration currency bill was launched
on th?- troubled s? ;is of legislative con?
sideration today when it was intro?
duced in the senate by Senator Owen
and in the house by Representative
Glass, the banking and currency com?
mittee chairmen. The house imme?
diately referred the measure to the
banking and currency committee and
prparattons were made for the com?
mittee to begin its deliberation! to
m or row.
Seve ral changes had been made in
the bill as the result of the numerous
conferences in whli h President Wil?
son, Democrats of the house and sen?
ate committees, treasury department
offlciall and committees *?f bankers
took part, following the publication
of the proposed measure several days
ago. The changes embody some of
tie- suggestions made by those inter
ested in the legislation.
However, despite earnest appeals
that tlie federal reserve board to con?
trol the proposed new currency shall
be Increased and that the bankers he
given representation, no cTiange in
this provision was made. The board
will consist of seven members, to be
appointed by the president.
In the senate Senator Cummins
contemplates proposing an amend?
ment which would make the board an
elective body.
Chairman Glass made preparations
for the speedy consideration of the
hill by the house committee. He se?
cured the passage through the house
of two resolutions to facilitate the
work. (>ne provided for the print?
ing and distribution of LT),000 copies
^f the new bill. The other, which
\\as passed after a partisan discus?
sion, provided $5.000 for the payment
of experts to be employed by the
committee.
Republican Leader Mann declared
the latter resolution probably would
lead to "mote Democratic waste."
Mr. Mann attacked the methods
used in preparing the hill. He ob?
jected to the statement of President
Wilson that tin- members of the bank
Ihg and currency committee had been
consulted in framing the bill.
"The president," he said, "was a
little loose as to h's facts or a little
careless as to his language. The
members of the committee were not
consulted. The Democratic mem?
bers were."
At tomorrow's meeting the house
committee will take up the question
of holding public hearings on the bill
and will consider a resolution propos?
ed by a subcommittee providing that
all sessions of the committee during
th consideration of the hill should
be open to the public.
Senator Weeks of Massachusetts, a
Republican member of the senate
committee and former member of the
national monetary commission, issued
a statement today in which he urged
immediate action toward currency re?
form, but criticised certain features
of the new administration bill.
Parcel Post Stamp for All Mall.
Washington, June -'*,.?Parcelpost
stamps will be valid on all classes of
mail on and alter July I. and ordinary
stamps, including commenmoratio is?
sues, will be good for postage on par?
cel post packages, under an order is?
sued today by Postmaster General
Burleson.
years Intervening until tin- reorgan?
isation as the City National Hank
with a capital of $150,00, it paid to
Stockholders $'J5.000 in dividends and
profits and never suffered a loss on a
loan. At the re-organization the stock
offered the public was over-subscrib?
ed many thousand dollars. Mr. Hor?
ace Harby was the (lrst president and
he continued in that position until
his death. Mr. G a. I.emnion suc?
ceeding him. Mr Geo. 1.. Kicker has
been cashier since the organisation
of tlie bank.
The officers and direc tors of the
bank at present are:
G. a Lemmon, President,
l. ''. Strauss, Vice-president,
Ueo, I.. Illcker, Cashier.
.1. <;. Ft, Wilder, Assistant Cashier
It A. Ilradham and R. C Williams,
Hook kee pers.
I d rectors:
K I. Wltherspoon,
G, a. Lemmon,
Perry Moses, Jr.,
Geo. I< Kicke r,
<*. R, Hurst,
R 13, Williams,
it .\i Ktuckey,
ii .i Harby,
C. L Ktubbs,
I <V Strauss,
W. W. sib.rt.
Geo, 11 I .? \ \,
W. II Wilson. ' 1
HOGS FOR THE SOI TH.
Soutlieril Hailwax IsMies valuable
Booklet oil Hoy, Rabdhg in Tbl*
So l ion.
Atlanta. Ca. June 26.?In the ef?
fort to encourage Southern farmers
to laise more hogs, the Southern
Railway, through its Live Stock De?
partment, has issued a booklet en?
titled "Hog Production and Condi?
tions for Success in the South," a
copy Of which will be furnished on
request by F. I* Word, Live Stock
Agent, Atlanta. Ga.
The booklet contains much prac?
tical and valuable information as to
the care and feeding of hogs, selec?
tion of breeds, treatment of diseases,
and cutting and curing meat. Chap?
ters on each subject have been sup?
plied by experts.
That the South consumes more pork
and raises less than any other part
of the United States despite the fact
that pork can be produced more
cheaply in the South than in the
North or West, is a well known fact
and a condition that greatly impedes
the progre ss of the section. The long
open season and the great variety of
food crops at his command give the
Southern farmer the opportunity to
make more money raising hogs than
is possible in any other territory.
The Live Stock Department of the
Southern Railway devotes its ef?
forts entirely to stimulating interest
in live stock raising in the territory
along the Southern Railway and the
services of its experts are available
Without charge of any kind to any
farmer or other person interested in
live stock.
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC FOIL KD
Arizona Refuses Permission to Issue
$:i0,ooo in Trusc Notes.
- ie^i
Phoenix, Ariz., June 26.?Although
the California State railroad commis?
sion has acquiesced in the proposal,
the corporation (?Immission of Arizo?
na has denied permission to the South
ern Pacific Ctunpany to issue $30,000,
000 in trust notes. Notice of the re?
fusal was given today on the ground
that the company had not sufficiently
explained Its purpose. It also was
feared the company would soon ask
for permission to issue bonds to re
tin* the notes.
It was understood the Southern Pa?
cific already had arranegd to place
the notes in New York at 97 1-2 and
needed only the permission of the
commission of California and Arizo?
na.
Seven and a half millions were de?
sired by the company to reimburse
the treasurer for moneys advanced to
the subsidiary lines. Part of the bal
lance was needed for improvement
of the lines to the East.
MOORK-BLEASE ROW.
Governor Refuses to Muster Out
Naval Militia in Accordance With
l^a W.
I -
Columbia, June 27.?Governor
Please tod addressed a letter to
Adjutant General W. W. Moore, de?
clining to muster out of service the
4th division, naval militia of S?>uth
Carolina, of Georgetown, and the 2nd
I
division of Mt. Pleasant, S. C .
The adjutant general had recom?
mended that the two companies be
mustered out of nervales because
"the ?'ompanies had les* than 75 per
cent of their officers and enlisted men
at such inspection and said companies
are not in good condition for service.*'
The equipment of the naval militia
is costly. They have speedy motor
boats and machine guns. There are
four companies of naval militia in the
State.
BIGGS AND CAMIXKTTI HELD.
Ca inlnet ti Gives Bond ? Charged
with Violating Mann Act.
Berkeley. Cal. June 26?Maury I.
Diggs, former Stat I architect. the
postponement of Whoea j?>int trial
with F. Drew Camlnett! on an in?
dictment charging violation ??f the
Mann White Slave Act. was ?>ne ??f the
causes of the resignation td t'nlte?!
States Attorney John L. McNab, was
arrested here tonight on a bench war?
rant issued In Sacramento. Diggs
ami Caminettl were charged in an in
dletment returned by the Sacramento
County gram! jury yesterday with
child desertion. Caminettl was ar?
rested in Sacramento today and re
leased on |2,lti bail.
LITTLE GIRL VERY SICK.
Granddaughter ?>f E. B. Turner Has
Narrow Escape, P<ds??ued by
Matchen.
Tb?' little 2 year-old daughter of
Mrs .1. V. Turner was quite ill ?t
the Kumter Hospital tor a tew hours
yesterday morning, caused from eat
Ing the heads of ten matches, she is
much improved and tt is thought she
will recover.
Mrs. Turner Is here from Del Rhh
Texas, i.n \ isit to her | Hicr.tK, Ml.
snd Mrs K C Phillips.