The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 26, 1914, Image 2
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CX, M fsosad Class Matter.
PIBSONAfi NKWH.
Mr sml Mrs. J. LtMtMl King and
little son have returned to the city
after a pleasant visit to relatives in
Wtlmlngb n. N. C.
Mr and Mrs. J. It. Hhensherg h.n>
returned t.> Sumter from their wed?
ding trip- They visited at Kiinwillr,
Atlanta and Greenwood during their
torn
Mr T. H. Reynolds Is visiting his sls
tsr. Mrs. Bradley, at St. Stephens.
Miss Aurel Uhhy left this morning
for Hurtavllle where she will attend
Csfcei* College.
Mr. It. K. Heiser went to Columbia
Ulis morning to attend the South Car?
olin* Stats cotton congress meeting as
a delegate from Sumter county. Mr.
Heiser will report what has been
d<?ne In this county and with the oth
sr delegates from other counties de
vfcss further plans to aid the cotton
growers of the State.
Mum Louise tyag Is spending awhile
In Wilmington, \ iJfJtim, relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Ml. Smith and llt
tls daughter, AlicV have returned
home from a visit to rcafMvea in Spar?
tan burg county. 4 '
MIm Gladys Turner left Monday
for Converse co'lege.
Mrs. C. B. Stubbs returned home
from Waynes* illo and Greenville.
Mm. Minnie ilall has returned from
Concord. N. C. where she has been
visiting.
Mrs. M. Hrlnkley has returned
home from Asbevlllc.
Mrs. John We ster, of Bcnnetts
vllle spent last week with her broth?
ers. Messrs. C. L. and S. W. Stuhhs
Miss Macy Smith Is visiting In
Rldgeway
Misses Boucher Del.orme and Theo?
dora Bennett have gone to Wlnston
?slem to attend college at that place.
Mrs. W. K. Tavell. of Florida. Is
visiting her mother. Mrs. M. B. De?
Lor me on Bartletle street
Mr Fred Nigel, left last night for
Atlanta, where he will resume his
stndles Georgia School of Tech
nology.
Mr. A. A. Ayers, of Valdosta, Ga..
Is spending a few days in the city.
Mr William Reynolds has returned
to ths Cnlvsrsity of the South at Se
wanes
Miss Julia Reynolds left toda) to
return t.? Radeltg?? Hol lege,
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Phifcr h;i\ ?? re?
turned from Wlnston-Salcin, N. C,
where Ihey have been spending some
lime
MANY INgCIHICS AHOI T COTTON.
secret ji r> Iteardon Insists in Imn fil?
tration in Clin liaising Cotton.
Secretary F.. 1. Ucurdon of the
Chamber <?f Comnu reo states that
many Inquiries an- coming in to that
organization asking a < ?out cotton ami
alMuit the "Luy a lialc of Cotton"
plan which he Is kept busy answering.
In repl>ing he tells the inquirer about
the plan and how it will help the tann?
ers of the South by keeping the cotton
off the market long enough to give
hin? a reasonable return from his
wort. These inquiries have come in
all the way from Michigan. Now York.
I 'm-ton ami Virginia ami are quite
nuuierotiH. The Buy a Bale of Cotton
circulars are* being askoil for by
merchants and business men daily
ami are being sent out in large num?
bers daily.
Secretary Ileardon says that he has
heard of several instances where one
farmer has sold more than one bale
of cotton under the "Buy a Hale of
Cotton" plan, and where some 1 who
ha Ye sold their cotton were not the
ones who actually needed aid at this
time. He insists that concentration is
needed In the buying, so that more
than one bale cannot be sold by any
<?ne man a:;d that only those who arc
actually in need should be aided in
this way. Mr. Ileardon says that the
Chamber of Commerce being for the
benefit of all should be the central
organization through which the uotton
should be purchased.
Augusta Cotton Market.
Augusta. Sept. IS*?The following
quotations are posted at the exchange
here today.
Low Middling 8 1-4.
Strict Low Middling 8 5-8.
Middling 8 3-4.
Strict Middling 8 7-8.
Good Middling ?.
Some cotton was sold at the official
quotations this morning hut later in
the day 8 5-8 for middling was the
best that could be done.
Davison A Fargo.
Marriage License Hccord.
A license to marry has been issued
to Mr. Henry Player and Miss Mabel
Du Pose of Trluify. '
iioksi; hi yi:k diun t comm.
Many Horses Drought in IT?-in Sur
ronndlng Country, but 11? Purchaser
Hem
ii<?ists from Ulshopville', horses
from Luke City, louses from Man?
ning, horses from here ami horses
from there Were gathered .it Gra?
ham's stables thin morning to he of?
fered tor sale to a punhasi r. who
was. scheduled to be on hand to buy
horses tor army use. The time came
and the people gathered from va?
rious points of tin surrounding coun?
try with the horses, some obi, some
young, some handsome looking ani?
mals ami some animals which were
far from being handsome ones, but
the purchaser failed to arrive. The
crowd grew Impatient, for there was
a crowd of about nfty persons, the
owners of the horses and others who
had gathered out of curloi ity, but no
buyer came.
Mr. YY. M. Graham, having receiv?
ed no information since the receipt of
a letter from one .1. 11. Cowley. stat?
ing that he would be here today to
buy horses for nrmy use ami he would
appreciate a. ,1 i Mr. Gra?
ham would do- i? aid hi n in this de?
sign, became Impatient and tele?
graphed to .1. w. Putterson, Commis?
sion Company of Atlanta, asking if
he knew anything about Cowley.
Shortly afterwards the answer came
hack: "Cancel engagement. Cannot
till. Will notify later." Upon the re?
ceipt of this message ami its an?
nouncement fo the men who had ex?
pected to be home sellers for the
day, there seemed to he general dis?
appointment, especially among those
who had come the greatest distance
to sell their animals.
There were in all ubout 75 horses
brought in from various places of the
surrounding country, whic h were on
hand for the purchasing agent to
look OVOr and it is probable that
there were several more nearby of
Which the agent COUd have had the re?
fusal. Exactly what were Mr. Cow?
ley*! reasons lor rot coming and
Whether be will come at all is a mat?
ter which remains to be discovered
later.
IP) II IA TO COMMAND.
To Lead South Africa I'nioii Troops.
London, Sept. II?Gin. Louis
Botha, premier and minister of agri?
culture of the Union of South Africa,
will take supreme
isli operations agai
iX?f?tO WOMAN FOUND DlfAD.
Died Monday Afternoon in Cotton
Field with Iniant b) Her Side.
A pathetic death was that of Min?
nie Johnson, colored, which occurred
Monday afternoon, while the woman
was picking cotton in a Held near her
home. The sheriff, eonmer and a
doctor were summoned to i ho scone,
where tin- woman was found, about $
o'clock last night ami an impost was
held, the verdict being that the wo?
man t ame to her death from natural
causes. The doctor stated that death
t i
was probably due to apoplexy.
1
, It seems that the woman had been
picking cotton with other members of
her fa ' in a field near her home
during the early part, of the day. La?
ter all went to another field about a
mile off, leaving hei-, with a two
I months-old infant, to pick near her
home. That evening when the other
members of the family returned home,
they could not find the woman or her
j child and in searching for her they
Heard the child cry. Investigation
showed that the woman had stuck
four sticks In the ground and spread
a cloth over .hem to protect the baby,
Which was lying' in a box underneath,
from the sun. The woman was lying
dead by the box, her cotton sack still
around her neck and one arm thrown
over the Improvised crib in which
her baby was lying.
The womans home was on the Raf
I field*place one mile this side of Dal
sell.
DAKS SUGAR FROM HOLLAND.
Imputation of German Product For?
bidden by Fnglund.
London, Sept. 22 ? 8.22 P. M.?
Because th" British board of trade
has been apprised that German mer?
chants still arc. disposing of sugar
through Holland, notwithstanding the
prohibition of its export by the gov?
ernment of the Netherlands, the En?
glish government has forbidden the
Importation of all sugar from Holland.
Largest Order Yet.
Messages received In Columbia last
night from the Baltimore Evening
ISun said that the Crown Cork and Seal
company of Baltimore had announcod
; through its president that it would
I buy 12,000 bales of cotton to be sent
, abroad for manufacture. If this pur?
pose he executed the purchase will be
I the lareest Vet mnde in the course of
.mpalgn, which The
leeutlng vigorously.
<tM AM K o\is t <i., |trV8 I'OTWX.
< hioago Company Issue* I h tlns to
Its Agents Throughout Koulli.
The Quaker Oats Company of Chi?
cago has joined tin' ' Buy a Kale of
Cotton" uioveinenf l?y sending out or?
ders to its agents throughout tb<
South to purchase cotton at I" cents
a pound to help out tho Southern
farmers. The letter which Is ad?
dressed to wholesale dealers orders all
traveling salesmen, sules ollices and
brokers, acting for the company, to
?
each buy a bale of cotton at ten cents
a pound. As the Quaker Oats company
has icveral men on the road and has
selling agencies and brokers In various
large eities in the South this will help
on the movement to keep cotton oil
the market and to give the farmers
money to aid In gathering their cotton
ami other crops.
Resides joining the "Buy a Hale of
Cotton" movement, the company will
assist Indirectly In another way. It
has recently decided to pack its pro?
ducts In cotton hags instead of in bur?
laps, as heretofore, and in carrying
out this plan has put In an order for
1,000,000 cotton hags in which to pack
their goods, thus increasing the de?
mand for Cotton goods.
Smothered in Cotton.
Jimmlc Dodds. the seven-year-old
son of Mr. \Y. (>. Dodds, w ho lives
on Mr. T. T. Lucas' place near Lib?
erty Baptist church, was smothered
to death while playing in a pile of
cotton. From what particulars are
available at this hour it st ems that
the little fellow had gone into the cot?
ton house to play, and presumably had
?lug a hole Into the pile of cotton and
jumped down into it, when, the light
featherly cotton slipped over him and
completetly cut oil the air. After some
time the child's absence was noted,
and a search was instituted, which re?
sulted finally in the finding of the lit?
tle body.?Chester Reporter.
EARTHQUAKE FELT HERE.
From The Daily Item. Sept 22.
Quite a number of persons were
awakened by the earthquake shock it
2.10 last night, it having been felt In
several sections of the city. Those
who experienced the shock, state that
they tirst heard a rumbling and then
felt a slight tremor. The shock and
sound lasted for only a few seconds
being iqulckl: dissipatcd. Some o
those Who We e awake state that tin
windows In their rooms were rattled
and the shock was plainly felt.
It Ml i;<>\l> IMI'KOVI s \ \KI>.
Carolina Mlantte and Western ItnetJ
hey* oir Walk- and Uras? Pint*.
The Carolina Atluntlc and Western
I tall road has n-. ent';> made some
very noticeable Improvements in the
yard In fr??nl and to the Hampton
street side of tin- building; The yard
has been laid out in nicely arranged
walks with a concrete coping on each
si?|.' of them, tin- surface of the walks
being covered with granite screenings
so as tu have a hard and dry place
underfoot for persons coming to or
leaving the building to walk upon.
I tot ween the walks are plots which
will be dug out and seeded with
grass, so as to provide a lawn in these
plots. The change has been noticed by
many persons who have been to the
station .luring- the latter part of last
week, when the work was done, and
this week and has been highly com?
mended by all. When the grass is
green nxl Spring this will make a very
pretty place and one that the road
may feel proud of.
Mrs. Ralph IHH entertained on Mon?
day evening in honor of her niece.
Miss Ida Baker of Bumter, quite a
number of young men ami ladies being
present to enjoy the amusements of
the evening. Progressive Hook was
played, affording interest and enter?
tainment for several hours, after
which delightful refreshments were
served. All of those present spent a
most enjoyable evening.
His Lasf Meal
One can or
RAT CORN j
Is better than a
dozen Cats.
No matter whether
you have one Rat
or a thousand RAT
CORN will do the
trick.
Atk yout dralrr (of booklet
"How to DeairoyRata.
Her sale at all Stores
Price 25c., COc. and $1.00
M/?. by
Th? Botanical Mff. Ca.,
Inc.
315 Race St.. Phila.. Pa.
WE WILL GIVE YOU
1 Oc Lb. FOR YOUR COTTON
*% Realizing the necessity for the Farmers to get 10 Cents per pound for their cotton, and being anx?
ious to do all in our power to help the present situation, we make the following proposition:
Until October 15th, We Will Buy irom Each oj our Custo?
mers That Raise Cotton, ONE BALE~AT TEN CENTS PER POUND,
M > Proceeds to be Applied to their Accounts or Accepted in Trade < ex
Q If your account amounts to less than the proceeds of a bale of cotton at 10c we will credit your ac?
count in full and allow you to trade the balance.
<I If you are not a customer of ours, and want to buy a bill of clothing, hats, shoes and furnishings,
bring us a bale, and we will be glad to accept it at 10c pound and sell you goods that are as good values
as are obtainable.
(f This offer lasts until October 15th, we therefore advise you to act at onco if you desire to lake ad?
vantage of it, Call and see us and let us talk it over with you.
T5he
SUMTER CLOTHING COMPANY