The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 08, 1914, Image 8
MANNING GAINING STHKNGTH.
AM flrctkMMi of the State Coming to]
Rrarleatkm of the Fact That Sum
tar Mas t? Ute Mont Widely Popular
of toe Candidate*) for
The people of Sumter generally are
greatly gratified at the evidences of
growing strength In Hon. Richard I.
Manning a candidacy for governor.
Thla la evidenced In may ways; by
the many recent communications to
the different papers of the State, and
by the attacks being made on him at
the campaign meetings by both the
Bleaae and the anti* Bleaae candidates,
for a weak candidate Is never attack?
ed by hie competitors. Another sure
Indies,Ion of hts strength Is the many
lettuce being received at Mr. Man?
ning's office wvery day from all differ?
ent parts of the State, telling blm of
hte strong stand In the writer's com?
munity. An Item reporter was given
the opportunity of looking over a
batch of mall and made a few ex
eerpts from letters.
from Charleston, a Manning sup?
porter writes:
"Mr. Manning Is gaining strength
daily. I am doing all 1 can for him."
Another from Charleston: "We are
much encouraged here over the Man?
ning outlook.' From Charleston also,
?*! am glad to any that thlnge for Mr.
Manning are looking pretty good
down here." And stlir yet from Char
Mat on eeaoee this: "From all Indica?
tion* row are going to fare well here
August told me that you
would lead In Charleston." The party
there la a most astute politi
and Is on the ather side In Char
Maton polities.
An Alken man writes: "I have, for
?omt time, been reading your speech
ea and I have come to the conclusion
fan are the man more suited for the
governor's chair; t promise to do my
for you." And from Fairfield
these optimistic messages, "I
believe he Is growing in this county,
and his Strongest opponent Is losing."
-I and Manning and ? ? ? are way
ahead around here." I feel sure that
feu are gaining ground in our coun?
ty; f feel good In your behalf today.**
Newberry la In Hat too. These are
eairecte from a couple of letters:
jk^ngratutate you on your bright
prospect* and commend the stand on
pubt&c questions you are generally as
"As thlnge stand now, Mr.
tag will poll the largest vote of
any of the an tl-Bleaae candidates, and
head the ticket over all. both
and natl-Blosse In thla county."
Dorelieeter comes the word. "I
to assure you of my support, and
thai this poll you can count on 85 per
eent. perhaiJe more." And another
from Dorcfe ester. "I wish to report
fdr thla section that you will poll a
good vote."
A Chaster man wrote: "You are
gaining ground every day in my coun?
ty. A lot of ? ? ? men have changed
recently and are talking Manning.
I believe you will head the ticket for
governor In my county." From an
Orangeburg town is written. "You are
gaining vetaa every day and the pros?
pects are, you will not only carry this
box but Barnwell, Bamberg and
Hampton counties."
Up la the corner of the state, from
Picket is county Is written: "I am sure
air. Maaalag la growing stronger every
day." From Iva, In thickly settled
Anderson county, he haa heard, "I
am plsaeed to be able to Inform you
that thlnge around here are Indeed fa?
vorable to your Interest." While from
the city of Anderson is written: "I an
confident that you are strong, if
not a little stronger, than any one in
this section." From a mill town In
Oreenvllle county, is heard, "1 have
got a great many promised to vote for
Mr. Manning In this section. I am
certainly not leaving any stones un?
turned for Mr. Manning. I have a lot
of ? ? ? men to vote for Mr. Man?
ning One of our wokers was a ? ? ?
supporter."
A traveling man writes, "I have
beeg working the Piedmont section for
about three weeks, and. from obser?
vation, believe you are growing strong?
er every day; a great many men I
havo talked to are ? ? ? men but are
going to support you. believing you'
are the str ongest anti-man in the
race." Another traveling man writes.
"I have been over nearly every county
In the fttat? In th? *pa?t M days- you
are growing In favor."
The following letter from Charles
ton was from a gentleman who 1? not
a politician but just a good solid, every
day cltisen who had written Mr.
Manning, asking his stand on certain
question*. This letter Is In reply to
Mr. Manning's letter to him.
"I am very much gratified at your
frank reply to (locations naked. A?
a result, you may expect my support
In the coming campaign. I ',iavt>
shown your letter to atxteen others
and thlrt^ei have ptedged theli sup?
port to you Two of the others having
previously pledged themselves to oth?
er eandldates. The other aald he was
not ready to pledge himself but would
give you careful consideration. One
of the thirteen gentlemen pledging
hlmeelf to vote for you, tells me thla
afternoon that six other voters living
on the same block with him, have an?
nounced to him that they would sup?
port you In the oomlng primary."
Home Random Thoughts.
In this day of shock and panic when
the so-called statesmen of Europe
seem bent on arraying 20 million of
the flower of their manhood against
each other, the article below from
Theo. H. Price. Stop! Look! Usten:
is the most timely sugestion that I
have seen. When it came to my at?
tention Saturday I decided to repro?
duce it In this page that it might
have all the Influence its logic should
carry with It to save us from hysteria
and panic.
a a a
That the Farmers* Union is alive to
the situation the open letters of the
committee of the State Union publish?
ed along with this is plainly evident.
"In the multitude of counselors there
is safety," and I confidently believe
that before this month is half through
the machinery to save the value of
our cotton crop will be in working
order. It will then rest with the indi?
vidual farmer whether he avails him?
self of the help brought to his hand,
or by an Insane desire to sell his cot?
ton largely nullify all the good work
that his organised brethren, and the
business organisations of the county
provide for him.
It behooves every public-spirited
man to Join in moulding the sentiment
of our farmers to make use of every
resource of his own, and of every aid
that can be extended to him by the
merchants, bankers and United States
tressury to maintain the price of his
cotton at a figure that will save the
finances of the South and of the na?
tion. B. W. D.
Stop) Look! Ltstett!
Supplement to Commerce and Fin?
ance,. July 29.
Since today's Issue of this paper
went to press the news from abroad
and the Imaginative* rumors that have
sprung therefrom have thrown the
financial and commercial world Into a
trensy of alarming excitement.
Values are being thoughtlessly sac?
rificed. People are selling merchan?
dise and securities at far below their
intrinsic value and in both Europe and
America an unreasoning fear of im?
pending financial and political chaos
j r'.as taken hold of the community.
Under such conditions It becomes
the duty of every right thinking man
to do all that he may toward the re
establishment of confidence.
If the universal war which so many
are predicting with a glib thoughtless?
ness that is almost criminal should oc?
cur, property will be more valuable
than money, for a speedy depreciation
In the value of money by unlimited
Inflation Is the only way In which It
would be possible to finance the un?
thinkable cost of such a gargantuan
conflict.
Debts would becomo uncollectable,
bank deposits unavailable and a
world-wide moratorium would have to
be declared. For this reason those
who own anything that has productive
or prospective value as a necessity of
civilisation will do well to keep It rath?
er than exchange It for a bank cred?
it which will have no value at all If,
aa some foolishly think, civilisation is
to be destroyed.
For the same reason the expected
war can coontuc.rSm h m m m m
war cannot occur. Even if the states?
men and rulers of Europe are insane
enough to undertake It their madness
would be futile, for Its estimated cost
Is thlrty-slx billion dollars, .and the
money cunnot be had. Happily, the
advance of democracy has made the
payment of Interest of ruch a debt
Impossible, for the people would
speedily remove from power the gov?
ernments that Imposed the necessary
taxation.
The sum named Is the direct cost
only. The Indirect cost would be
much greater. It la less than ten years
since the reverses of Russia in her
war with Japan led to what was call?
ed "bloody Sunday" in St. Petersburg,
on January 22, 1905.
Then as now it was said that all Eu?
rope would be drawn Into the conflict;
France, as Russia's ally, England, as
Japan's friend, and Germany as the
hereditary enemy of both.
Those whose memory take tbern so
far back will recall that on Monday.
January 23, 1905, the world's markets
Opened at prices which proved to be
the lowest for a long time, and from
the figures then touched cotton In par?
ticular advanced about six cents per
pound within the next ten months.
When the end of the world and the
scanntete destruction of civilisation
aceni imminent it is well to consider
bow often such predictions have fail
ed in the pent
Thos. 11 Price.
Zero In Accldente.
Thomas Hardy might bave added
another etory to his "Life s LI tie
Ironies," If he bed reed about f*ie
man who died from blood poisoning
after pricking his finger on a safety
first pin.?Milwaukee Journal
SENATOR SMITH AND W. 1?. POL
LOCK ARE CHESTERFIELD
FAVORITES.
Crowd of One Thousand People Pres?
ent to Hoar Candidates?Smith
Discusses Cotton Situation? Po?
litical Machine no Expense, Says
Mease?-Jennings Charges Gover?
nor with Vetoing One-mill School
Levy.
Chesterfield, Aug. 5.?Probably the
most pacific meeting of the sena?
torial campaign was held here today,
where approximately 1,000 voters lis?
tened to the four aspirants with little
inclination to heckle.
Senator Smith and W. P. Pollock
were the favorites. Senator Smith
wag hauled to the court house on a
load of cotton by a six mule team.
Chesterfield Is the home county of
W. P. Pollock, and he had a large
following of admirers In the crowd.
At tho conclusion of his speech he re?
ceived a gold headed cane. In ac?
knowledgment Mr. Pollock promised
to continue to brandish the big stick,
breaking the head of Bieaseism.
Senator Smith made hl3 speech in
the court house, before an entirely
sympathetic audience.
Saturday night, he said, he would
go to Washington to plead for federal
aid in holding the cotton crop off the
market. Senator Smith said he would
not go as a candidate for the United
States senate, but as a cotton grower.
He pleaded that all factional differ?
ences be forgotten during the threat?
ened crisis incident to the European
war. ?
The plan which the junior senator!
will urge is that the regional reserve
banks let the farmers bave all neces?
sary money, the banks accepting cot?
ton as collateral.
A new feature of his speech was
introduced by Senator Smith today
when he pointed out that in conse?
quence of the investigation of the
bagging and tie trust the cetfRVlMie?
had been reduced approximately one
half, and that of bagging also cut in
two. it was Senator Smith who in?
troduced the resolution asking for
this investigation.
I Oov. Blease said today that he had
always stood by his friends, and
would continue to do so. When he
died ho wanted to go where the ma?
jority of them were, he asserted.
In defense of tho parole system, the
chief executive said it was the best
drink cure yet discovered. He had not
yet heard of a man's taking another
drink when released on condition
that he let whiskey alone.
The governor said his political ma?
chine was of no expense to him, as
each committeeman paid his railroad
fare and hotel bills. He was lighting
no candidate's fight for governor. He
had said nothing for or against any
man He had begged no man to run.
When it came to the second ra"e,
though, and there were but one
Blease man in it, the governor said
ho would utilize every minute of his
two weeks' time for the Blease can?
didate's benefit. Bleaseites were
urged to go to the polls and stay
there to see that the vote was count?
ed honestly.
The governor got a gold handled
umbrella a od a leather handbag to?
day from his supporters in this part
of the State.
L. D. Jennings again charged today
that the one mill tax common school
levy bill was vetoed by Go v. Blease.
The governor has said that this law
was passed at his Insistence, and that
It will cause the last session of the
legislature to go down in history as
one of the most beneilclal the State
has ever held.
Mr. Jennings said this became law
only by a two-thirds vote of the legis?
lature over the governor's veto.
The .assertion was made by Mr.
Jennlnua that there was not a man
who had been or was now engaged
in the illicit sale of whiskey who was
not supporting Gov. Blease. This, he
said, applied also to the race traek
gamblers. These, he added, would
net be lined up so unanimously If it
were not to their benefit to do so.
This candidate held up the gover?
nor's record to the Chesterfield audi?
ence, pointing out particular cases in
the pardon scores.
Mr. Jennings prophesied that
Bleaseism would be swept from South
Carolina into defeat August 25, de?
spite the governor's boasted ma?
chine.
W. P. Pollock was on his native
heath, and was warmly applauded
wdten Introduced. He made his usual
speech, slashing the governor's record
mercilessly from every possible an?
gle.
In presenting the umbrella to Gov.
Blease, T. W. Belk referred to Mr.
Pollock.
The Cheraw candidate replied to
this by characterizing the aforesaid
Belk as "a magnificent specimen of
a long-eared quadruped, with his tail
skinned, who was trying to swing
on to Bleasc's coat tail, which I have
already cut off."
This speaker made much sport of
the governor's leaving the stand, re?
minding the audience that he had
charged repeatedly that the chief ex?
ecutive had feathers on his legs. The
governor, he said, couldn't afford to
stay and stand the gaff and always
tried to take his followers away,
fearing they'd be converted.
The next meeting will be at Ben
nettsville Friday.
REQUEST MONEY TO STORE COT?
TON
Senator Smith Will Cio to Washingt on.
Columbia, Aug. 5.?After commu?
nicating with leaders In past cotton
movements, Commissioner Watson
last night requested Senator E. D.
Smith to come to Columbia from
Camden to meet several gentlemen
representing the various interests in?
volved for the purpose of advising a3
to the best methods to be pursued In
Washington next week, preliminary
to the assembling of the Southern
Cotton congress. The question of the
necessary procedure was gone over
carefully and Monday morning a
thoroughly representative man from
each cotton belt State will meet Sen?
ator Smith and Commissioner Wat?
son in Washington to canvass the
situation and ascertain the admin?
istration's attitude, prior to tho as?
sembling of the congress Thursday.
Subsequently Senator Smith made
public the following statement: "Af?
ter a conference with S number in?
terested In the present crisis that
confronts the cotton growers, the
conclusion was reached that the most
feasible plan was to have icprc
senatives of the several cotton States
to meet in Washington to confer with
the government officials, to devise
some plan whereby tht- money mi^ht
be obtained for storing and holding
the cotton until the present condi?
tions were relieved. In further
ance Of this idea, together with oth?
ers, I will go on to Washington not
later than Saturday night. It is ab?
solutely essential that what Is done
must be done at once before the cot?
ton begins to move in any volume to
the market."
What She Was Doing,
One evening the mother of a email
miss aged live said: "1 see that you
are yawning; It's time you were in
bed." "Oh, that wasn't a yawn, ma?
ma," replied Grace. "I was merely
practising a new kind of smile."
TRADE COMMISSION BLL.
SENATE PASSES FIRST OP AD?
MIX ISTIIATIOX'S AMI.TKIST
ME ASURES.
Ifn?ti Likely to Disagree U) Amend?
ments Made in Senate and Call
May l>e Made for Conference.
Washington, Aug. 5.?The New
lands bill to create a federal trade
commission, first of the three admin?
istration anti-trust measures, passed
the senate late today, 53 to 16.
The bill differs radically from the
measure as it passed the house, which
probably will disagree to amendments
and ask for a conference.
The senate measure would provide
a trade commission of five members
to succeed to the duties now perform?
ed by the commissioner of corpora?
tions with greatly extended authority.
The power of the commission would
be divided broadly into two classes,
I one of investigation Into the business,
the financial conditions, conduct and
management of corporations engaged
in interstate commerce, and the other
the Issuing and enforcement of or?
ders ajrainst "unfair competition" by
corporations.
The section of the bill making 'un?
fair competition" unlawful prniclpally
distinguished it lrom the house bill.
All attempts to define or describe
the meaning of the term "unfair
competition" were voted down.
The principal change made on the
floor of the senate was the adoption
of the Cummins amendment for a
restricted court review of the com?
mission's orders. Senator Pome
rone's amendment for broad court re
view was defeated.
One amendment would require the
commission to make a formal finding
in favor of a corporation when a
practice complained of is found to
be fair, and allowed corporations
complained of to have counsel at
hearings.
The Clayton anti-trust bill was
made the unfinished business of the
senate and will be pressed for early
passage.
Milk Sterilized by Electricity.
Milk sterilized by electricity, the
microbes being killed by electric
shocks, is being supplied from the
Liverpool corporation milk depots to
about a thousand babies daily. The
advantage said to be gained over ster?
ilization by steam is that the milk
tastes the same as when it leaves the
cow. It is said that all contamination
is removed.
BAGGING MD TIES 1914
(f The tillers of the soil are to be congratulated upon the magni?
ficent prospects for all crops, which we sincerely hope will con?
tinue, so that our agricultural friends may reap a rich reward as
the result of their year's labor.
Our business is largely dependent upon
the farming class, when they prosper, we pros?
per, amd we feel very grateful to them for the
loyal manner in which they have stood by us
for many years past.
You will soon be looking around for the
wherewith to cover your cotton, as the indi?
cations point to a reasonably early crop and as
usual, we are well prepared to take care of
your wants in this respect.
We have all grades of bagging up to 3 lbs.
per yard. Our Globe brand is a rewoven fa?
bric, but free from holes or any imperfections
whatever. It will make an ideal bagging for
persons running public gins, as it will serve
the purpose equally as well as the new goods
and costs very much less. Our Dundee brand
is doubtless familiar to you, as we have been
selling it for many years. In Sugar Sack bag?
ging we handle nothing but standard goods,
which we have in 3 and 3 lbs.
Our experience has taught us that second
hand ties are unprofitable as well as undesirable,
so we are offering nothing but standard new
goods. We carry a stock of both bagging and
ties in our warehouse in Charleston, from
which we can ship you direct, thereby saving
the local freight from Sumter to those for whom
hauling would be inconvenient. We arc pre?
pared to make shipments August lift, payable
October Mt without interest and you can de?
pend on our prices being right. If you have
any doubt as to that, it will be a pleasure to
quote you. Soliciting your inquiries for this
or any thing else in our line.
O'Donnell 6 Co.,