Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CbtfliHaUbmaN an) $ontbroa Publish* ?I \Vednr*d.i) and Sal unlay. ?BY? ovii i \ i>| hl.lsuiM. COMPANY. ?UMTBA, s. c. Term* | $1.10 per annum -in advH*v*e. AiIm rtlM-mt'iUx: One Square rtrst Insertion.$*.0? ?vary subsequent i:?-?-!tu?n.:?? Contracts for three months, 01 longer will be made at r. du> gg rates. All communications which sub? serve privat?* interests' will be charged tor as advertisoments. Obituaries and tributes of NggMi will be charged for. The Humtir Watchman was found? ed In 1850 and the True Southron Ir IMS. The Watchman and Southron now has ths combined clrculftt'cn and ttfluence cf both of .he old gapeti and la menlfestly the best gdverifcrii | medium In Sumter. . ? ? "?? ' ?? ? ? ? * Uen. Villa promisor to shoot Ik - tator HoCftS immediately upon cap? ture, wails HHerts has Issued orders to take Vill t alive if po.ssi.de. so h? may be h.:.i ;. 1 SI ?? warning to trai? tors. A pleasant lot of tolas those j McxUara. a e * The English have a race problem ?n their hands in booth Africa that mik? H the negro question in the I'nli-' ed St/ten pale !nto In."', nP'.cance. They! i wdl probably settle It with rifle* nnd I maclhne guna and in the course of' time the BA?YSS <>f Africa Will give1 UM English no more trouble than the Indians now ^ive ||M Americana. Ill If the banking law be air ended ue to conf? mi to all the recommend? ations of State l'anl. Exumlmr Khame the officers and dinvtojs of banks would be shorn of all their most high' ly pr.sed special privileges. see Tin- miui ??.- v. a w ?' .j-r J?.hn C. Cal? horn? thut the gawtfWSt of th? .?t?te of nth Car* bra accepting the Clemson bequest tie annulled, that Ik- Half then pnr? IMUM the Interest of ?ehe Ir.lra of Mr. Clem.xon in the "ort Hill pi.'perty, take over CtOgMoa College? aa a J-'tnte Institution and ah MgS th i netne tit Calhocn College, will, no doubt, be received favorably hf i majority of th* citizens of the htate. It has alwaya aeemed |0 be inappro? priate that a college located on the old home estate of John C. Ca!hotlH should beur the name of a man WtlOgS only distinction was that he hap? pened to be the son-'n l.'.v of the great rtatesm in. and theiv is no rea? son for honoring bin memory by link? ing hia name With SI institution that la largely supported by public fand?'. The change of name, however, has only a sentiment!*) importance, g|) I if there were not practical sdTSntBgSi to hi gained from adopting the tiug gtstlon of ('apt. Calhoun. thue might be rner?* or lesa hesitation in advocat? ing the annulim-.'t a| the contract. | Tl e g.-? atest .>?. ? ein : ; n tin- p rpetua t' ?n o; ih C!emso;i ? atract. is that jn?b r the t? r:ns ol the be quest th< college is not. and in .er ran be, a tftuto Institution in the r? il meaning of the teiai. ;? ?t | ? ei l,trolled by a sell'-pcrpttuutlng hoard of trustees who getn lot i .. . || Ii true that lh< Ftate has th< privilege ol SMCttng a mirority of |fce IftlStf. ;. b it this l**n\es the real pOWOI iti t!u li e trus? tee;'. sboaMi they wish lo sxerclM at any tlgM i?> tf>fld hs WlafJ s of the truhte-s tlscted by th ? Btato l an ngre*rr nt fag hi made With lh( i'i?m.?'ii hslfi t?> tra? sfer the l*ort. HUI i rry to the itats on reason* ab'o terms, In the et Sgl Ol the annul mem af the gawtiwol of arcsptaacs of Cb Rggsg bsejasst? UM legislature ihould lose no time In taking the nec-( essary st< ps to wipe out the CMgagOg bequeM and mal e < lemsoii rollcgti a St \i* : ? m ? !? a starts I hU I \ < iilng. V". c i? inhwaiti Mavsi thi;< evening on hm annual mill Visiting ?rip tioith and ea*?t in \\\>- intefi I of the ,w hWaftl Whltf sal<- ;md gslllj and ggtSi and t?? guaarvlst ihe ahlpplng of th?i? gasshi Ooatrasta which hav< baaa m Is hi ? ? ihs largest sals o, white gaods i r attempted In Rtim< ter. Y'o'i will real Ist what this gjteani wlMg >'"'< soastdsf the maeanioth saMi beastafose eondneted by Hehwarti Br??H. Just wateh and wait Advl An ide ti w ?tuaa'g i sxatlva V.ho wants to tak- Mllta Of ? "tor oil. wlMg Ihsfi Is nothing better than l?r Klag 'S Now Mfe I'tils fof all bow? el iroublea They u< t gently and nat nr. il] eg ihs stogsaoh aa4 llvefj stlm< g&ats and r'-h1'!??'" youf bowels and tor??? np ihs satlvs systsrn Pries - ? At nil trtiggtati Ii c iuottlti A Ca.. Phi' \4( pi . ??r s? I .um- -Ad . I \?i tu ? las 11 Ths Ihsriwoageb i ?.i at iv\eiit .? ?......!? ihfcsmorn' . ^ with Ihs weather eleat aad coW ?'?til a ad wel feet sra ? dangOToos rombliialb?tt eepeelall) syomen? ;?nd ? gggmgh 'i bWlaeys of lee result B>ieh? rlth. . urln rj lrreg?ularHlo? and rhso* ggglle fs ??? are gol ununual rssutta i-..i.-v Kein' . Pill) reature Ihe regutor gad normal aeilon ol hldnsysj aad bladder an?l ? niimi ? II.lae ? i i hf irnNbMi i?oatalg no haMf r<*smlns dmgs. Hlbori I Dfng WorlN -Advt. Sow bor i j Cotton Belling at Fifteen t vmh. No? berrj ?ibeerver. There has boon i pood dnnl of o stir In ootton circles In Newberry foi Um l ist week of because of tin pfontAQji Mid operation of the Bouth? ?in states Cotton Corporation*" rep? rtnonttd hot* by Col, Alfred Aldrich of Barnwell, Col, Aldrich hm boon paying IS conti rieht nlong for good middling cotton and for grades. un? dor that has paid higher prices than loon] buyers could pooolbly pay? hlghor than citiotod for ipota on tin Now Tori market The prlcct he pay. arc not dopender on the Now V? rK marktl nnd do not vary from day to <ia;.; < wry day ho pays the tame, no BftOfOi no Iom?1"? cents for g< od mld^tlngi plm tour conti In scrip if. ???? paid In 10 days. For gradtfl un? der good middling ho pays all cash hlghor than the local marketi and gtvi s scrip tor more, to be paid In 0<? '.ays. Numbori of farmcri have gold him cotton under good ml Idling m n onnh price hlghor than the market prl ". and have rocolved scrip in ad? dition; so that they are ahead if they nOVOr got any thing for the scrip. Col, Aldrloh i ought < Ightoon nun? dre i hales in town Saturday, a large portion of it good middling at 1 f, : la Among thooc who sold to h'm was H. O. Long of Silvetstr e?, Who .s<?id gbtty odd balsa ? I course there is s gl od deal ol ?peculation m to the value ol the scrip?whether it will bo paid, on thia point The Observer flnds the foi lowlng Horn Editor Clarence Poe In The Progressive Fanner In its is c Of the |0th instant: < if pertinence In this connection is the following from a reader i; Morrlllton, Arknnnan: MPloaoe loll mo what you think about the/Southern States Colon Cor , ? rtatlon of Texaa which proposes to give fifteen cents for cotton*" ? < >ur answer to Ihla Brother Ar? kansas* is that we'll tell you mon dellnltoly v.hut we think about them, when we hear of ooms farmer who has received the fifteen cents they m to haVf boon promising for SO many months?fifteen cents, not In promise, hut in cold cu:;h. We rofUO* od to run their advertising last ycai Mid have not V? t regretted our COUttt "Very curly in t*vs cotton market? ing season. While attending a farm* era' ronferoncc in South Carolina, the writer encountered ope of the 'Cor pomtlOfl'f orators who all but eun vtctod us of high treason because w* would not advise the furmers to Jolt the scheme, rut wo held out for .-.no- proof that hll company hftd somewhere actually paid a farmer fifteen e?ms in OOln Ol the realm for ordinary middling cotton, He bluet* ored around, but Anally gave us tome far away names WO might write to. So \\ o WfOtt them. And we urged a prompt answer. We also enclosed stamped reply envelopen -\nd that was weeks ago. Eut no answer has come yet." The Observer knoWl nothing about ;t except what <*-d. Aldrich says. which ma] be found further on In this artu te. Cut there can be no doubt In the mind of anybody that the man who .".'is n ohock for more than the market price for hie cotton, and the scrip in addition, need'nt] worry so much about the scrip; and Col, Aldrloh rayi the scrip will be c< rtalnly paid. The Ohnervor man hunted up Col. Alfred Aldrich on Saturday and had A talk With him on the mark? ling ol the colic l ctop, with ?pectal referonc ? t?? ihli syntom that he represents hi j tins put of the cotton bolt. The ob? eerver was led to do this because ol statements made that numbers of tanne rs WOfe .netting better prices foi their cotton than COUld he obtained in the local market, and that IhCSi bettor prices were being paid by Col. Aldrich. Tin- purpose was to BSQ what he leprooentl and how he does it. Col, Aldrich submitted readily to an Interview, He said that he is repre? senting the "Southern States Corpor lion*" a corporation that embraces the entire cotton Btntea having lie head iiuarters ? " Dallas Tetoa nnd Ma con, On, The president of the cor? Dotation is George Dodd Wad ley ot Macon, Qa., whose headquarters are m Dallas Texas. Bach State has a vice p! ? sldent, (foi ttdrleh Is I he ^ Ice i resident nnd manager f< t South Carolina Rack Htate manager t<aof of tic- Mississippi river makes weekly reports to w. t .Andereon, treasure! nd vice president at Macon, Ou., and mnnngers west of the Mississippi make weeklj reports la J< if, Corles tin .surer ami vies president at liullus T<-.x;iS. The i'ii " charged tin- farmers l?j the Bout hem Htutes Corporation foi I ?Mit lint Iii* if ?<???'.ii im 51! ? .i !?.(!? Tin i'or|Niriitlon buys ?.lion hip iler h?w middling ?'"?? h.I mhlillliu ,? pays 16 centn: mul for grndes be i ?.-. u ihnt uii I U*n midillliiM i" *? port Inale pi i- es. wie n a bule Ii lioufl in ihe corporation paj i tti< .-?Ii. i M ' ?ms n pound In riisli : n< ? ohim ? ? rip for I he remit ln?l< i. ? .? .... I M ii hi i? >;, i hi scrip i ??? Ing for four c< nts if it is good mid dllng, or for less il under good mid tiling. Col, Aldrich, In speaking 01 this feature of the cystem, said: HWi have been handling this business ilnci the 21st ol November, ?m:', beyon< the Mississippi, using scrip which has been handled by banks in Texan, Oklahoma and Arkansas, and we have certificates from president of iul banks that never at any time has nn> obligation of tins corporation beei turned down, i Col, Aldrloh expects to visit New* berry from time to time to make j contracts for next year's crops with I farmers at 18 ?-ents for the fall de-j lively df 1014, His home is in Darn-' Well county Where he farms on a large scale. In tin- course of Col. Aldrich's talk j I he said: "The Southern States Corporation .-. buying cotton, or rather handling I I COtton, keeping the growers in close touch with the spinners, eliminating ill middle nu n. We are doing a strict-1 My cash business at both enda We charge a fee to the grower for handl? ing his cotton to much greater advan? tage than can be done by any Indi? vidual and at the sama time we de-j I liver it to the spinner at a greater advantage to him than he ean get ii any other .vay. Our contract with spinners of Germany is to deliver the I I cotton. Our contracts contain no alternative to pay a forfeit in mon ev in the event of being short on , i the Commodity. We have a contract J now with a syndicate of spinners in Germany to deliver them 500,000 bales Of cotton and after completing that contract have made another to do liver as many bales as we are able to deliver. '1 he knowledge of some BUCh con? ditions between the Southern State* Corporation and the Bplnncra of Ger? many caused a rapid rise of cotton from the fust of Si ptembt r from around H conto by the middle of Oc tob< r and although the speculators ol the Liverpool cotton exchange an. the New fork ootton exchange hav< made strenuous efforts to depress the, price this season, as they hod success? fully done in previous eeosons, they have not been able to get middling below 13 cents. The Mew York quo? tations today quoted good middling C( tton for January and other winter months at IS l-'J cents; but they tan not buy such cotton anywhere in the South lor less than 18 to 18 i-U cents, our contract with producers of cot? ton in the *-a.nth, whether in ware? houses '"' on terms, guarantees them 15 cents for good middling and for samples above and below an ade? quate difference. "This is the first SSI ?n when fjie price of cotton has been made in the South; and It is n<>t only the first sea? son?the succeeding seasons will come in then- proper rotation, provid? ed the growers of cotton will market their products through the corpora? tion." Prom the Interview with Col. Al? drich, the key of the situation appoars to be the ability of the Southern States Corporation to handle so large a quantity of cotton at one time and to withdraw from the market sUCh InrgOj quantities. There is m> doubt of the fact that any corporation than oan re? tire a million or so bales of cotton,! has, ordinarily, practica! control of the market, The Observer has heard several farmers speak within the past few days of this new system of markotlngl cotton?and all favorably. Some' nun who were talking of the mattei Friday night stated that they had sold cotton to Col, Aldrich for more , than actual cash than they could g- \ offered on the local market, and in addition received scrip for more to be paid In ninety days; so that, if they should never g?'t the cash for the j i crip, tin y are still ahead, now'* rnis? We offer One Hundred Dollars re s/ard for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F, J. Cheney & Co., Tolecfo. O. We, the undersigned, have known F, J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable In all business transactions and financially able to oarry out any obligations made by his Arm, NATIONAL DANK OF COMMERCE, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter nally, acting directly upon the blood and muCOUS Surface! of the .system. Testimonials sent tree. Price 7a cents per bottle. Bohl by all druggists, Take Hall's Family Tills for consti? pation.?Advt. Mill si PFJUNTKXDKXT DltOIW DIM). Augusta, Jan. ?Charles Harring? ton, superintendent of tin- John King Manufacturing Co., fell dead nt bin home mis morning. Worry strike ol employees of the mill Is be? lte\, i| |n have caused iteuth. Women ami Wei Feet. SncfTols, Col . A J Walsh was bad I. don- up with rhemnutlsm nnd sent *? r t'oley Kidncj Pills which was the <n i< thins that would eure bun. Geo. potter ol Pontiac, Mo., was down on ids l>u< I; witit koines und hladdei iron l?|?< nid Kolej Kldnes Pills made him u.n nnd aM* w< rk II is n splen? did medicine snd always helps, Jtisl In Slberl's Drug Store,?- Advt, col M Y HOARD MEETING. - j Vnnual Meeting i;?m Thursday and Several Matters Discussed. '.?'life a number of matters of gen? eral Interest were discussed at the mnual meeting of the county board , if commissioners which was held in he Supervisors omce on Thursday, 'he rm Bt Important of them, perhaps, icing the decision to request the' ?ounty delegation to have a bill pass d allowing the board to borrow $liO,-l ?00 for the erection of a new jail. The board was to have met With the delegation of the county to the general assembly, but the legislative delegation failed to show up so there .as no discussion with these gentle? men. The bo.ard elected Mrs. B. D. Mltch II Da matron of the alms house for the year vice B. D. Mitchell, de? ceased. Mr. R. L. McLeod was re-elected as clerk of the county board. After a full discussion of the mat? ter, it was decided to request the leg iBlative delegation to have a law en? acted taking the collection of road tax and poll tax executions out of tin hands of the magistrates and putting it in the hands Of the rural police* men. It was deemed best to take tbii.? step, as it was thought that much m re of these execution taxes could ti collected by the rural policemen than are collected by the magistrates,' without adding gr< atly to their pres? ent duties. The hoard parsed a resolution re? questing the legislative delegation t? puss a bill allowing them to borrow 20,000 for the building of a new' jail for Sumtor county. The jail hat I e? n badly needed for some time, but the board has been hampered by lack of funds and law allowing them t< get tin- proper funds for building a new jail, a number of other matte?*? wert discussed In a general way, but noth li b el?;- of importance was acted up? on. CURES BRIGHT'S DISEASE Dr. Charlton Gives Details of Re markabic New Treatment, Los Angeles, Jan. 7.?Dr. A, T Charlton, who has evolved a new treatment for the arrest of Bright'* dli ? ase, today explained his method. He said: "It is well known that Brlght's dis? ease is caused by the kidney being unable to purify the human blood a^ it passes through that organ. "The alkaline solution used in th< cure Is composed of three substances. I use Rochelle sails, potassium tartrate aad sodium carbonate. These are used} In a quart and a half or two quarts oi warm water. The amount of each substance, the amount of water and , the number of times it is admin? istered to the patelent depends entire? ly upon the advanced condition ot the disease. j \\s a rule 1 give treatment two ol three times a day. It is given in the form of an aonema. The solution Is absorbed by the colon Into the blood stream and eliminated thrugh the 1 kidneys, It overcomes the prepon? derance of uric acid and the patient; ! . t o\ ers. "The treatment was discovered by J Dr. R. Wernlck, of Los Angeles, and myself. I have used it on ?'>,~l case aval it has not failed in a single In? stance. The length of time required for the cure to prove effective, how? ever, in determined by the advanced condition of the disease and the con-j ditlon Of the patient." An extended report of Dr. Charl ton's method will be made to the American Medical Association and! other scientific bodies soon. I Detroit. Jan. 1l'.?a heavy blizzard Is holding sway here today. The thermometer Is ten above zero, it i;, snowing hard. YOUR KIDNEYS. Bnnitcr Residents Must Learn The Importance of Keeping Them Well Perfect health cannot be enjoyed if tho kidneys are weak and disor? dered) Thousands testify that Doan's Kid? ney Pills have a reviving action on weak kidneys. What this remedy has done in so many cases of this kind is the best proof of Its merits. Perft cl health means that every or? gan of the body is performing Its functions properly. Read the following, It's testimony gratefully given by a Manning rcsl d< nt, Mrs, Ii. P. Jenkins? n, I 'bun h St., v innng, B. <'., says: "I gladly rec? ommend Doan's Kidney Dills, for l know from personal experience they are a remedy of merit, l was an? noyed by kidney eomplalnl .?ntl pains' through the small of my back. Doan's Kidney Pills helped me wonderfully, not only restating the misery in my hack, hut strengthening my Kidneys Yon m;t> me my testimonial at any time." I'or mle by .-dl dealers. Price Kti cents K?ster Mllburn Co., Buffalo, Mew Vork, solo sgents for the 1'*uted Btatea, Remember the name Doin's?-and lake no other. *v i!2 ACH TROUBLE FOR FIVE YEARS Majority of Friends Thought Mr. Hughes Would Die, But One Helped Him to Recovery. Pomeroyton, Ky.?In interesting ad? vices from this place, Mr. A. J. Hughes writes as follows: "1 was down with stomach trouble for five (5) years, and would have sick headache so bad, at times, that I thought surely I would die. I tried different treatments, but they did not set m to do me any good. I got so bjd, I coald not eat or sleep, and all my friends, except one, thought I would die. He advised me to try Thcdford's Black-Draught, and quit ? taking other medicines. I decided to take his advice, although I did not have any confidence in it. I have now been taking Black-Draught for three months, and it has cured me? haven't had those awful sick headaches since I began using it. I am so thankful for wliat Black Draught has done for me." Thedford's Black-Draught has been found a very valuable medicine for de? rangements of the stomach and liver. It is composed of pure, vegetable herbs, contains no dangerous ingredients, and acts gently, yet surely. It can be freely | used by young and old, and should be kept in every family chest i Get a package today. Only a quarter. j-ca MW HOTEL I OK DARLINGTON. Darlington, Jan. 9.?The contract for the new hotel building was let to? day to J. M. Law ton, of Abbeville. The building is to have forty-three bed rooms, with ruaning water and steam heat througho u. The lobby and dining room are tc have tile hoors and a marble v/alnaci ting, the latter being nine feet high. The total cost will be between $7 3, and $80,0< 0, and the contract alls f":* th" building to be completed within ten months. The work will be started next Monday, and will he pushed to the limit. The location of this building will be ideal, facing coat on North Main street and south >n ( uange street. TO INVESTIGATE SERVICE. Philadelphia. Jan. S.?What is Bft'.d will be an investigation of the entire postal s< rvlce of the United Btat ?. intended primarily to effect a st; nd ardisation Of methods and an ln creaso in efficiency, was begun In thia city today by a commission appoint? ed by Postmaster General Burlo? n. The commission will visit the larger ? 11 ( s. giving attention to local as well as gem ral needs. Washington, Jan. 10.?a cold wove is predicted f'>- the South Atlantic ^'ta -^s tonight with heavy frost or freezing temperature. The wave will extend over central Florida, and tue Quit coast. eruvian Mixtures ^for COTTO CORN In ? ? FOBACCO Are composed cf the World's Greatest Fertilireri- PcrtkVUUi Gtxttr.o, nature's own provision for increasing soil fertility ?balanced rrith the scientific and skill? ful application cf man i". mixing high grade Ammoniatesand Potash in |nat the proportion to suit ti;c varied s~il: r.nd :rops of the South. Quality?No man-made fertiVu m of similar analysis en:-! be as p.ood. But the supply is always limited. We hive never been able to supply the demand. Tc insure you? receiving yonr Peruvian Mixtures tkli year write di now for prices ar.J. our valuable booklet PERUVIAN GUANO CORP CHARLESTON. SOUTH CAROLINA RP. .?B l ER i ILIA gags* ^.vs* Year after year, in favorable seasons and un? favorable seasons, for over 40 years, on good lauds and on poor lands, on red land and on gray land, on day land and on saudy land, on high land and on low land, on go? corn tobacco, wheat, oats, ?waBBatNjnyeuMMaBtaAevMaerwat**^.'*^ iaaaMMHaa?aamacanBaaiuaa?ai our Fertilizers have been used and put to every con? ceivable test, each year's use confirming their super? iority and value as Crop Producers. We have many unsolicited testimonials from gome of the most successful farmers in the state. Our Motto: ^?T?SS Ask your merchant for our Fertilizers and in sis( on having them, or write us direct. The Macmurphy Company SVCCI 5SO? S TO The W?cox Sc Gibhs Guano Co., CHARLESTON, S. C.