The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 17, 1915, Image 4
Published . cdneedsjr tod Saturday.
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Ittt. The Watchman and Southron
low has the combined circulation anJ
Influence of both of the old papers
Lad Is manifestly the best advertising
medium In Sumter.
Natur.il solaiion of ihr t ottoil Prob?
lem.
The cotton crisis Is settling itself
In fact, the past tense might be used,
f'?r the crisis is practically over.
Nothing commercially that has come j
out of the complications Into which
this country was thrown by the Eu?
ropean war is more surprl-ing than
the manner In which this has come
about.
The great depression of last year in
the cotton industry of the world was
considered In un article on "The
Cotton Crisis at Home and Abroad"
which I contributed to this Review
In November. At the same time, ref?
erence was made to the various arti?
ficial attempts to relieve the situation,
such as the "Huy-a-Pnle" movement,
?Cotton Day,"?for the encourage?
ment of the use of cottoi...?efforts at
state and Federal legislation, finan?
cial pools, und other devices.
Never w?? there more commotion
over an agricultural crop grown on
American soil. N.\?r v.? re there moro
frantic efforts to provide methods of
relief.
Today, only a few months after the
period of moat Intense agitation nbout
the plight of the South, the cotton
problem has ceased to be much of a
problem. It has provided Us own so?
lution through natural laws. The
$135.000.000 loan fund has been made
an absurdity by the restrictions pigged !
about th* lending of the money by the I
j managers of the fund. 'ih< Buy-u
^ fab II . hi lu , fi ASjtSf, . ? .i i
. .to the lumber-room of ttnerh m |
freaks, am' the fit", . diop
beepers, the ouor.m? and tlMt buslnt'
men of the South are beginning to see
a chance of winding up this cotton
year with far less of ruin and dis?
aster than they expected or feared.
They are not asking for help and
they need none. They are learning
something SjgSJSJl economy they never
dreamt of before, end while thev
have been learning, the conditions
attending cotton have been Improving
rapidly.
With most of Europe at war. sea
traffic disorganized, finance more de?
ranged and tan/ted than ever before,
industn ?h-? w <>r!l over crippled, and
?he South ?tnottstrtd under such an
unprecedented avalanche of cotton,
the Idea prevailed that there could be
no advance In values until restricted
planting this yesr should Indicate
that the immense surplus of the 1911
crop would be needed to make up the
shortage of the 1915 crop.
Pesplte all the things that were
against It. the price of cotton has
gone up.?not a little but consider?
ably. It has not been a spurt hut a
steady rise It has advanced in th"
face o freal and artificial ol stach s In
a way to confound the most experi?
enced men In the trade. Now. half
of the crop has been disposed ??f by
the farmers. The weight of tin
crop, which was crushing not lonf
since. Is getting lighter each day. Th"
South will get far m<?re morv y for Its
monster crop than seemed possible.
It will not get enough to pay tho cast
of production, but tin- gsjsjth will hOTl
the great satisfaction of having
financed itself in lu t.me of gnat M
stress. Hen reel>? a dollar of Ihs
$115.Ooo ????? b an fund \uv In en tak
?n ? From The Improwl t?tt!<.,('(<
for Cotton." by Richard Spill.uw, In
the American Review of Re\ie.?s for
March.
sheriff I.amble Improving.
Alarming news reached .V.itmlir:
h*M Th irsday evening about the con?
dition of Sheriff K. I'. Ouml Is who |?
at the Columbia hospital. Utt IWO
sons. John antl Kdw-ar ' went to c..
lumbla that night and wound wlun
they fiffteod trrlr rither. while quite
in was rosejsjfl annjr? and no has ??e? n
improving steadily every sine.
supt. Lgwtoti is. Bvans v.-iu mav
an sj^goont t.'foie tho tsnslun ??
Sumter O HM9 00 OOBl Saturday.
March -??? 'C ?he Ha mat mi school
building at aosm Mr. MttUtt is ctly
fmperlntendenf f??r AngOOU und 0000?
ty superintend! nt at the same time.
11 Is p.n lnt< r? stln.r ?-p? vker and the
KumlT Association Is promised an
gSjtelh nt address.
MHD AI goyfrnors son.
IlsagSJOetf Claim- That He Repiv-ontod
UM Mate and IntOCVlcncd .Mayor
Grace.
I -. I m ?
Columbia, March 15.?('ailing htm?
?til I son Of Gov. Manning ami a
i "presentativo of The State, a young
roan who gave ins name as A. D.
Manning and has a thumb ndssing
from his right hand. Interviewed
M ivoi Grace yesterday in Charleston
on tli campaign for mayor in that
city, Remembering that a man who
said that lie was the s<>n of the gov?
ernor and a representative of The
Manufacturers Record had gotten in
Mutch" by passing worthless checks
iu Alken a few weeks ago. Mayor
Grace called The State over long dis?
tance telephone last night to ask if
the man who Interviewed him vrs
in its employ. He was informed that
no representative of The State had
boon In Charleston yesterday and
that the person to whom he talked
had no Connection with the paper.
Mayor Grace said that the man
using the name of A. D. Manning and
posing as a son of Oov. Manning had
given two checks for small amounts In
Charleston. I^ast Saturday the man
made an effort to see Mayor Grace,
sending word that he was a represen?
tative of The State and wanted to talk
to him about the political situation in
Charleston. Mayor Grace, who Is con?
valescing from an operation for ap?
pendicitis, declined to see the bogus
newspaper man on Saturday, but yes?
terday, against the orders of his phy?
sician, he talked to him for some
time. After the interview Mayor
Grace had reason to suspect that A.
D. Mam ing was not connected with
The State. After being informed last
night that this was the case, he said
that he would have the police in
Charleston look him up.
It Is very probable that the A. D.
Manning who gave the worthless
checks in Alken and claimed that he
was a son of Oov. Manning and the
man who interviewed Muyor Grace
yesterday are the same persons.
Summcrton Fleets a Mayor.
Sumnurton. March 11.?By a ma?
jority of two votes Mayor T. I.
YV.ilker was re-elected here Tuesday.
His opponent was Dr. D. <>. Rhame.
The raee excited a great deal of In
tOreot? The following were electd
members of council: J. g. senn, J.
\f. I I ? ? .1- m. I .?'?.Ii I ?avis and Beter
Ohswnlng. The frlen*?? of Mnvor
Walket take bis ti -election a* an en
dorssnsetit of his nfakft ration, and
they ai ? gratified at his success.
Company Organized at Itcinbcrt.
C, a Bllerbe & Co.. of Rembeithas
been commissioned, with a capital of
13.500. The petitioners are S. W,
Allen and C, A. Kllerbe.
st'MTFit cotton markft.
Corrected dally by Ernest Field
Cotton Buyer.
Good Middling 8 1-4.
Strict Middling 8 1-8.
Middling 8.
Strict Low Middling 7 1-2.
v Middling 7.
Staple Cotton. Nominal.
< hlcago Produce Market.
Special to The Daily Item.
Chicago. March 15.?May wheat
$1.57; corn. 71 1-1; oats, 00 1-2;
pork. 17.80; lard, nominal; ribs, 10.17.
COTTON VARIETY TFSTS.
There is a Wide RMorenoe Between
the Host and Poorest Cottons.
The COttOn Variety tests for the year
Itll at the test plats of the Georgia
tali College of Agriculture show re
< ills that should ii t< rest the cotton
grower.
Thirty-one varieties were grown
and the results estimating the value
of the cotton at 11 cents per pound,
Mid las iced at $2s per t<>u in gross
are i | follows: Puulnot
$111.79] Brown's No. 1. $111.70;
Coeh'S Imperial, 1194.99; Butt's Im
aerial, $194.99; Brown's Wonder.
HOt l"; Cleveland's Big Boll,
It9.il; Lengford's Imperial, .<'.?s.3r?;
Triumph's Big Bali $??.!!; Long
shank. I9M9; Broadwcdl. 991.11;
Christopher, $91.90; Williams.
So; Jtowden. $SS.7t>; Money
Maker, Uaetc Sam. $s7.::f>;
ClcNeland. $Hr,.4t?; Hire's Karly.
$99.19; Jackson Limbless, III.II;
Kenall, $T!?.hi?; Texas Burr, $79.4??;
Motley Marker (seed from ? different
! 4row* r from i.rn- mentioned above),
sts; Cnlpepper, $7?; ??>; Bramlett'a
171.19; Llverly's Karly. $71.41; Cli?
max. 171.99; Feterkln, $69.90; Cur
iis. $11.91.? Progressive farmer,
Poulnol cotton is a limby, vigorous
?rowing, big boll variety, fruiting
heavily; the bolls forming very close
together. Rntlrely free from ail plant
diseases In our crop of 1914, Our
SOd were obtained direct from Ath?
ens, tin., for 1914 crop, A limited
amount Ol seed fin sale $1.00 per
, bushel |\ o. It. Sumter. C. p.
, I fett M I'?.. ?Advt.
ATATKMKXT OF TUB CONDITION
Of The Peoples' Dank, Located m
Sumter. S. C, at the Close of llus
iic*s. March I. Itl5.
HES? IURCE8.
Lou in ami discounts ....$283,231.34
J Overdrafts. 3o7.5S
B< ndi and i locks owned by
the bank. 1,000.00
Furnitur? and fixture*.. .. 5,203.1]
Hanking house. 15,040.73
Due from Banks and
I ers. 10.889.48;
Currency. 2,280.00
Gold. 275.00'
Mlver and other minor coin 1,883.481
Cheekl and cash items.. 7,136.77 j
[Revenue stamps on hand.. 81.871
Total.$327,524.36
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in.. . . $ 100,000.00
Surplus fund. 1 7,400.00
Undivided profile, less cur?
rent expenses and taxes
paid. 4.302.04
Dividends unpaid. 110.00
Individual deposits subject
to check. 68,640,35
Pavings deposits. 42.G27.12 |
Time certificates of deposit 13.838.05!
Certified checks. 753.00;
j Cashier s checks. 103.20
I Bills payable, including
i
certificates for money
borrowed. 79,750.00
Total.$327,524.r.6
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Sumter.
Before me came S. M. McLeod,
Cashier of the abovo named bank,
i
| who, being duly sworn, says that the
above and foregoing statement is a
true condition of said bank, as shown
by the books of said bank.
S. M. McLEOD.
STvorn to and subscribed before me
Ihll 13th day of March, 1915.
O. L. Yates. ,
Notary Public for South Carolina.
Correet Attest:
L. D. JENNINGS,
S. W. STUB BS,
F. D. KNIGHT,
Directors.
A Wonderful Healing Influence in
Kidney Troubles.
A year and a half ago I was taken !
with a severe attack of kidney trou?
ble that pained me to such an extent
that morphine had to be given me.
Was >i4*? nded by a dor*or v.-hc pro?
nounced It t? ttone in the bladder'
und prescribed lltbla waten I p?ofc
lithia water and tablets for seine time
and received no relief from them, i
stopped taking medicines for some
time, later having some Swamp-Moot
in the house I decided to try it an 1
felt much relieved. While taking the
second bottle commenced to pass
gravel in - rlne until I had passed In
all at least a half dozen or more and
have not suffered the slighte'st since?
and in all have taken one bottle and
a half and feel very grateful to
Swamp-P.oot.
Yours very truly,
H. W. SPINK:..
Camp Hill, Ala.
Personally appeared before me this
16th day of August. 1909, H. W.
Spink8, who subscribed the above
statement and made oath that the
same is true in substance and in fact.
A. B. LKE.
Ex. of Justice of Peace.
Lei ter to
Or. Kilmer A Co.. |
Hliighnmion, N. Y. |
Prove YYhut Swamp-Hoot Will Do For
You.
Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co.,
Uinghamton, N. Y., for u sample size
bottle. It will convince anyone. You
will also receive a booklet of valuable
information, telling about the kid?
neys and bladder. When writing, be
; urn and mention this paper,
liegular fifty-cent and one-dollar size
(?ottles for sale at all drug stores.?
\dvt.
Detroit. March 13.?The Detroit
foundry plant was burned this morn
Inff, causing a loss of $100,000.
POl I.NOT COTTON SLLU)?A Umby,
tlgorous-growlng, big boll variety, j
fruiting heavily; the bolls forming 1
very close together, stood first in
production and value of crop in test
of thirty-one varieties at Georgia'?
state Agricultural College in 1812.1
Reed obtained by us diroct from
Georgia for our 1814 crop. En-,
Urely free from all plant diseases
in our crop rf 1914, A limltee
amount of seed for sale at $i.0d aer
bushel F. < >. n, Sumter. Cash with
order, c. i?. < lateen I Jo
sr.F.D CORN?Inn.roved varieties.
Seven Kar, a very prolific variety,
having fluni 4 to '.? cars to stalk.
Tin- V. Agricultural Depart?
ment 1912 report state? this
can made highest yield of all va
rletles tested. $" bushel, $1 peck.
Williamson, grown from Cover's
Pedigreed seed, $2.00 bushel. Cash
with order c. i*. Osteen Co., Bum
? tor, s. c.
===== BY =====
Mrs. Lula Atkinson
THURSDAY, MARCH 18
From 5 to 7?8.30 to 10
LATEST CREATIONS IN HATS and DRESS?
ES MODELLED FOR INSPECTION.
STATEMENT
Of the Condition of the Commercial
ami Saving! Bank, I?ncated at Sam*
tar, s v .. at i' ??? close pf Business
Man h ah. 1015.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts.$66,930.60
Overdrafts. 548.09
Furniture and fixtures... 1,361.17
Due from banks and bank?
ers. 8.08,8.46
Currency. 2,021.00
Oold. 75.00
Silver and other minor coin 1,129.79
Exchanges for the clearing
house. . . 1.811.15
Total.$81,465.26
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in.. ..$25,000.00
Undivided profits, less cur?
rent expenses and taxes
paid. 449.73
Due to banks and bank?
ers. 590.22
Individual deposits subject
to check. 42,250.71
Savings deposits. 6,466.59
Time certificates of deposit 1,553.00
Cashier's checks. 155.01
Bills payable, including
certificates for money
borrowed. 5,000.00,
Total.$81,465.26
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Sumter.
i
Before me came R. A. Bradham.
Cashier of the above named bank,
who being duly sworn says that the
above and foregoing statement is a
true condition of said bank as shown
by the books of said bank.
R. A. BRADHAM,
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 11th day of March, 1915.
O. L. Yates,
Notary Public for S. C.
Correct Attest:
OEO, D. SHORE.
J. K. CROSS WELL.
J. A. MOOD,
Directors.
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ten have left over.
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our Savings department and plan to save a certain uniount out of
every week's wages.
Don't discourage yourself with the thonsht that saving is a
hardship, for it is easy after you once get Started.
Wo pay 1 per cent interest, compounded quarterly on SAVINGS
f DEPOSITS.
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