Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CbtO(?l;ittbni;inaiti southron. Published Wednesday and Saturday. ?BY? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY 8UMTER, 8. a Ihm 11.19 par annum?In advance. Ad ? er t Isemen ta: Ob? Square first Insertion.$1.00 ?very subsequent Insertion.60 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub ?arva private Interests will bo charged (or aa advertisements. Obttuarlaa and tributes of respect will ba charged for. The Sumter Watchman was found ai In 1110 and the True Southron In lift. The Watchman and Southron now baa the combined circulation and Influence >.t both of the old paper and li manifestly the beat advertising medium In 8u*mter The high price of cotton this sea? son should not came any furnier who ban land adapted to tobacco to aban? don the Idea of planting a small acreage In tol a c<? next year. There many not?probably will not?be a drought In Texas next summer to boost the price of cotton. ? ? ? i It has come to our attention that the United States Farm 1??monstra Ifegg Agent in charge of the work in South Carolina la offering to co-oper? ate with commercial and farmers' organisations In some of the up State counties in the employment of a farm expert to give all his time to farm supervision. In one county the offer was to appropriate $f>ou a year for this purpose if the people of that county would raise $'i,000. The Sumter Chamber of Commerce should Investigate this matter with the view of securing the services of an agricultural secretary, who Is an expert In tobacco culturo as well as In other departments of farming. The special committee on tobacco culture bas secured pledges for $700 to ba used to promote tobacco growing in Ibis county and it should not be dif? ficult to raise the additional $1,000 If an arrangement can be made with the I'ulted States Farm Demonstra? tion agent to secure an appropriation to supplement the fund raise 1 local? ly. The nervlces <f a tobacco expert would be more valuable to the farm? ers and would be a greater Incentive to them to plant tobacco than the offering of a long list of prizes, and would contribute more effectually to? ward placing tobacco farming on a solid, practical and profitable basis than ms other method that could be devised. a a a '.'he American expatriate.* in Mex? ico who are demanding that the United states furnish drst cubin pas? sage to their home ports, second cab In or steerage being offensive to their refined sc lslbilities, should be left to their fate. If they prefer Mexico and Mexican ways to the United States they should stay where they are and take the* consequent ex. They are not Conferring u favor on the United States by returning home, and If they are laboring under mat delusion th.-ir muds should be disabused at Once. If they reject the opportunity to get out of Mexico with whole skins, .is glaatage pussengers. or otherwise, what to reafter happens t?> them should he no gQUnarn of the United States government Thess people have been i lamonng for protection from the t mted Statt?, even to the ex? treme of Intervention and a war with M-xi'o that wi.uu! ??.st million* of dollars and thousands <>! lives and It requires a wide str-tch of the Imag? ination to conceive wherein the;, have the right to demand either pro? tection or a first class passage. The. are American citizens only by the accident or birth, for, by ?akim; up their permanent reslden c In Mexico, they e\uded the burdens and respon? sibilities of citizenship, leaving to the stay at homes the malntenan e of the governno-nt they renounced and aban? doned for the sake of gain In ? fort Igra ? o'lntry. Those who hazarded their lives and money in Mexico did so at Hi' ir own risk ami for their Individual prollt, not for the benellt of this country, therefore the generous char? ity of the novernno nt in providing tin means of es. ape from the misfor- ' tune that their own greed has bfPlight upon tto in is as much as they should expect and more than they have a right to demand. * * * I The tariff got through the senate yesterday after hard and long tra\ail Uitd the house should low mailt ?hott work of putting on the tlnishlni, lafj hes. Then- |g no doubt afl l'p s dent Wilson signin? the bill with the utmost dispatch ami the Ir t larlfl r?-\loltNJ downward Mince the emit t m? nt t.f the Wilson bill almost s Reiteration w ill be an accomplish ???I nsef with i\ a few wtoa No one i I.miii-i th.? I Im- t nile-'wooO IUII IS a p. rr. < t .sum- or tloet It Im >-trl< ilv I i irirf fur stwssa bsrt 11 approat n fM as ssssefy as possdble making 1.1 tto- i ?? noi .111< ram pn Inn pledges an toadltlofts and elrcunssjlMnces parmll it In primarily ? tariff for revenue but it gh ee Incidental protection to u nunv bot ol hidUatrlOf that neither need nor merit the fostering care of tin Kovri nno nt it was inevitable that ?Oggf of tin boneflclarlei Ol the pro? tective eyati n would continue under any measure that might be named, to receive protection against foreign com? petition ami the privilege thereby conferred of levying a tax upon the COnaumen Ol this country. Thli could not be avoided without maklni the revision so far-reai thing and drastic as to unsettle the financial svstem of the government and ad? versely affect numerous lines of In? dustry that have come to depend up? on the tariff as a defense against their own inefficient methods. The poogooratlo majority in congreai ex er< ised a wise restraint in not going too far in the direction or downward Ing to time to rem? pernicious industrial d by the years of I gislation by the Ke? lt took years to build up the Republican robber tar? iff and it will take years to undo the harm It has wrought, even with the. wisest legislation by Democrats, e e ? Sumter county will continue to have statutory prohibition and no liquor can be legally m Id, but only public sentiment can giVt us real pro? hibition. Liquor has been sold, is now being sold and will continue to be sold so long as there arc people who will patronize lawhreakers. The anti-dispensary forces won the elec tlor by a narrow majority of the to? tal vote cast and have won the con tert beforo the State Hoard of Can? vassers after u haid light; but unless there is an awakening of the public conscience and a stricter enforcement of law they will lose the next time the issue is submitted to the peo? ple. Ill The change of schedule that the Atlantic Coast Line will put Into af? fect next Monday, the 15th instant, Is of great importance to Sumter and will be of much benefit to the retail rne:chants espccally. The new train between Sumter ant! Columbia will be operated on the most convenient schedule possible for the people liv? ing between the two places. They can leave Columbia after breakfast, reach Sumter before ten o'clock, spend practically the whole business day here and return home In time for supper. No town In the State has latter railroad service than Sumter and none has more convenient sched? ules. 0 0 0 An average price of more than fourteen cents a pound for all tobac? co grown In 1 mth Carolina this year makes tobacco look good as a money crop. Sumter county would be on Horses and Mules will be on sale at our stables Saturday. Come and see them. 8, 10, 12 SUMTER ST. WE ARE IN THE MARKET -FOR Cotton Seed Will exchange meal ami hulls for Seed or pay the market casll prior?, for glMl|l clean -cod. We ssggrtt >oiu patronage. Kershaw Oil Mill J, R WEATHERLY, in l>i? ion i v at soniler. s. ?.' oaaj street ii a faw million pounda wore grown euch year as a supple? ment to the cotton crop. The boll weevil is a wicked beast, bust it has not acquired the vice of tobacco chawing. This is a fact worth remembering since the weevil is cue to take up its permanent residence in Sumter county within lour or live years. ana William Jennings Bryan gave President Wilson the strongest pos? sible endorsement when he stated in a speech that, in his opinion, Mr. Wilson is the best equipped for :he posli.ion he occupies of any man Who has ever been president. His loy? alty to the administration and his approval id' the ollicial acts of Presi? dent Wilson could not be phiased in stronger or more striking terms. * * * The people of Sumter county are able to pay for good roads, good schools and efficient governrrent without having recourse to the :$ulo of liquor to raise the money needed to keep abreast of the most progres? sive counties of the State, and what? ever additional taxes are requisite to provide the funds needed should be levied in the next supply bill. The city of Sumter, also, is able to pay for good streets and all the other es? sentials of a progressive municipality and aji increase of a few mills In the tax levy would not be burdensome. A majority of the towns and cities of the ] State now have a higher tax levy than Sumter, and as a decided majority of the electors of the city voted agi-.inst the dispensary this was a decision in favor of higher taxes, if necessary, to support the municipal govern? ment and provide the improvements needed. Death of C. It. Myers. His many friends in Sumter County will hear with sorrow of the death of Clarence H. Myers at the residence of his father, Hev. J. J. Myers, at Congaree on Wednesday about 11 o'clock. Mr. Myers has been in bad health for several months and it was generally known that his life had boon despaired of, but still his death comes as a sad blow to his relatives and friends. Mr. Myers was thirty-two years of age and was a native of this county. He was raised at Providence, bu'. has been living in Jacksonville for a num? ber of years, wVicre he was engaged in business. While living In Jackson? ville he was married to a Miss Mc London, who survive! h: n. He la also survived by his lather, the l\o\ J. J. Myers of Congaree, three sis? ters, Mrs. J. IT. Johnson, Sumter; Mrs. A. F. Neyle, Stateburg; Mrs. J. M. Rawlinson, Columbia, and three brothers, Eugene J. of Columbia; Joel J., of Jacksonville; and G. J. Myers of Sumter. lie was a member of the Jackson? ville Lodge of Odd Fellows. The body of Clarence 11. Myers, who died in Congaree Wednesday morning, was brought here Thurs ! day morning and taken from the sta? tion to the residence ot Mr. J. H. Johnson. The funeral services were held Thursday afternon at 4.30 o'clock Interment following at the cemetery. OltDEK IN CERTIORARI. Issued by Justice Fraser in Lexington Dispensary Case. A preliminary order in certiorari was issued Thursday morning by Jus? tice Fraser in the Lexington county dispensary case. The order required the return to be made on the first day of the session of the State Su? preme Court which convenes on the fourth Tuesday in November. The order was issued at the request, ot Attorney Murphy of Lexington on be? half of D. W. Robertson of Columbia. This order requires the board to show cause why they should not bo ordered to produce the evidence in the Lexington dispensary case before the Supreme Court. BUNTER COTTON MAT CK FT. Corrected Daily Dy Kniest Field Cotton Buyer. Sumter, Sept. 11. Good Middling 13. St. Middling 12 7-8. Middling 12 3-4. St Low Middling 12 3-8. Low Middling 11 3-4. Staple cotton 14 to 15. New York Cotton Market. New York, Sept. 11. Open Close. Jan.12.93 12.97 Feb. 12.80 Mar.13.04 12.89 May.13.10 12.95 June. 12.97 July.13.14 12.93 Sept.13.09 12.9G Oct.13.15 12.97 Nov. 12.88 Dec.13.03 12.89 ^ A comfortable home promotes real happiness ?s it has a tendency to smooth out the kinks left by a hard day's work. Cheerful Housefurnishings make comfortable homes. ^ We sell Cheerful Housefurnish? ings. That is the real meat in the cocoanut?furniture that is built on artistic lines pleasing to the eye and finished in perfect Harmony and you will also find the price in Harmony with your means, whether you want to pay for it today or later. (f Besides, we can save you a dollar or two, according to the amount of your purchase. t| It will be no trouble to convince you of this fact if you will get our figures on any Furniture or House furnishings you may need now or in the future. (f Come and see us, the latch string is on the outside, and you are always welcome. Carolina Furniture Co., S. CHERRY R. S. CHERRY I 18 N.Main St. Su niter. S. C. flCf SOLE AGENTS 6L0BE-WERNICKE ELASTIC BOOK CASES Questions ? ? ? There are no questions to ask about the banking way of financial dealings. It is unquestionably the only satisfactory way. If you haven't a bank account, you have the chance of opening one with us today. The Peoples' Bank Quick Service The Bank of Sumter - Has Just Opened a DEPOSIT WINDOW To expedi?te the business of its patrons. Paying Teller and Receiv? ing Teller Quick Service PORTRAITS OF CHILDREN Bff gff! The Special Care we take ia making our Portraits of children insures fOr our pictures NATUKA LNESS?the never falling remlnJer of child? hood's happy hours, a source of pleasure to you both, will you not call for a sitting or aa engagement V ttt? 4 The Man Who Knows Portraiture, Sells W I Yl f\l 1 Y*fl Picture Frame? and does Kodak finishing T V XXX KJ CtX 11s 10 i/ SOUTH MAIN STREET. <_I t We Are Now Prepared = to Show == You a complete line of the Latest Styles in Coats. Coat Suits and Dresses for Fall and Winter wear. BEFORE PURCHASING LOOK OUR STOCK OVER The Ladies' Outfitting Co., Opposite the Postoffice J. D. Lemmon, Mgr. Mrs. L. Atkinson, Milliner A STAMPING INVITATION. You are always welcome at our store, either as a visitor or customer, or both. Our large and complete line of Ladies* Ready to Wear and General Outfitting will just fill your needs to a "T." All we ask is that you come to see us often. The Ladies' Outfitting Go. J. D. I ,mm,m, M?r. Mr.. U. Atkio.on, M.llin.r. 17 S.Main St. Sumter, S. C. -J