Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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poii.tuy \\i> pigeon show. i liamhcr of Commerce to i '?sipcrutc In Making this I .xlii Hit Ion an htlor CMlug and SuovMul l ull I.M'nt (or ? ?mi. r and AdJoliUug i o untie*. The big poultry anil pigeon show to he held in Sumter In November Is at? tracting much attention from the de \otees of line domestic birds. It now appears that the number of entries of lmpr>.\e?l varieties of fowls * ill be greater than was OjVOJ OTOOCItOfl for a first show. Not only are citizens of this city In? terested but a great many nvn and women, and hoys and girls in tho ru? ral dlstrieta are going to participate In this event The Sumter Chamber of Commerce Is giving Its hearty support to the Sumte* County Poultry and Plegon Association, and Managing Secretary Hfeardnn will do all that he possibly can to assist In advertising tho No-* vember show. The commercial organ? isation is red but for raising all of the poultry and live stock possible, ami the poultry and egg business are large producers of ready money, and save thousands of dollars for producers and consumers. Comparatively few people realize to what a great extent the citizens of Pointer bave gone Into the business of raising fine breeds of poultry. Thou? sands of chickens of Improved varie? ties are raised every year In this city, and tho rural districts produce many thousands also. I >ne furnier In Sumter county had a flock of tlfteen hundred fowls of an Improved variety this year, and does a regular shipping business, besides shipping settings of eggs. The en? couragement of the poultry business the planting of grain, raising of im? proved breeds of cattle and swine, and Increasing the production of vegetables and fruits, and the marketing of farm produce are things that the ChambOf of Commerce I? very much Interested In, and encouraging to Its fullest ex? tent. WANTS GHA1N CAMPAIGN. Suggested UMt CliUeu* Join In Trade ItooHtcr Trip at Saum* Time. It hr.s been suggested to the Ketnil Dealers' Association that while the ClOgftSon College, State Department of Agriculture, and Chamber of Com? merce whirlwind grain and tobac? co planting. live strck. and poultry campaign la being conducted, that the Retail Dealers' Association join in with a trade boosting trip and hn\c the Sumter business establishments to do some fall advert Ising at the same time. It Is pointed out I bat other South Carolina towns and cities are conduct? ing fall trade getting trips not with" nt Hiding tho fact that the men bants and other business men of those cities must be very busy with the fall trade .v itle* It is argued that the best time to sdvertlse and go after business is while the masses of the producers bave money from the sale of high priced cotton, grain, and other pro? duce. President J. Z. Hearon. of the Re? tail Dealers* Association believes In ?rad? getting and get together be? tween Ity ami ?1 untrv ' IrlpO such 01 were put on in July ami August of this year. Th* mailer Will bo referred to the hoard o. directors of the asso? ciation thin week. The Sumter merchants can do some mimIvc advertising and trade so? liciting on the grain and live otock < uii| algn. while the experts ire doing th.- talking ami the Sumter County Poultry and jPtgOon Association will also have a splendid opportunity of uho.iping up the November poultry and pigeon show In this city. It doesn't cost very much to put on trade getting ggOOtOf trips, and one man out of every store for a day or two Will cost very little even If busi? ness is rushing du- to better times" taking the place id hard times'' in Sumter county. \ 1 < .HO SHOT TO PIECES, Manson Slmler Slain by l.llorcc Posse. P.lloree, Sept. 28.?Mansou Shulcr. I gSJJpo about Ul years of age. was shot to pieces about 11 o'clock h?*re loot night while attempting to en* r the home of a eltir'sg Ifl Who Tac. he It 1 shed a pistol II i.s n n seem* lo have been robbery. It Is a rnysterv why he should attempt such n desperat? act In the heart of town xn here ?he po|h e force Is vigil int. He hid In the y.ud when the alum was given while fin men armed with guns llmd upon him. Ills body vas riddle,I with bullets. He died lull morning about h o'clock and the in? quest was held here today. THOI pi 1 ON llOHDDH. HrownsAllle. Sept. 2!?. ? Mexicans Sred more th in llfty shol 1 it American troops MM Progresso during the night. The murder of Private lohn son and the situation at I'rogreOOO In brought on another crisis Th, Mexl on quarter in this city is guarded on MARKETING BEEF CATTLE, Chamber of Commerce IMfOCS Ml Aid launcrs In Selling Slock II Tlioy Will Orgnnl/c Into a lUislucss-likc I tody. Two ?roll known local cattle raisers t?n yesterday approached the secre? taries <?i the Bumter Horse show Asso ?uiion and Chamber o! Commerce with complaints regarding the low prices offered tot beel oattlc by the tturnter cattle buyers, One of the oattlc rslsen asked why Ithe Horse show Association and tin* pfumter Chamber of Commerce en courage the raising of oattls when the prices offered are s<? low. The reply given by the two secre? taries were in substance SbOUt as fol? lows. Said one of the ?scrota ries, the home show man: "The way to sell Sattle SI for the sattle raise If to sys? tematize the business end of the cattle raising business hy organizing a co? operative marketing place among the cattle raisers ti? sell cat Je through agent who known how to ssl) cattle like the cattle raisers in other coun? ties und other States are doing, if a cattle raiser brings an animal to Sum? ter and takes any old price offered by the Sumter beef buyers or other cattle buyers, Why the local cattle buyers will continue to buy his cattle as low as the cattle raiser will sell the same. And if every other cattle raiser in Blunter county does business the same way, why the local cattle buyers will also buy every head of cattle, not at stamlard market prices, but at what? ever price the local cattle buyer sees tit to olTer. The commercial secretary said that "the Sumter Chamber of Commerce stands ready to co-operate with any organization of cattle raisers organized for co-operatise marketing, but that n<> bsard of trade or other business or? ganization can possibly assist a dis? organized and unbuslness-like mass of cattle raisers who will market their cattle In any old way. It is the luis iness of tin Chamber of Commerce to co-operate with the farmers in every legitimate endeavor to maintain profit? able and reasonable living prices for the producers, and also as far as pos? sible to co-operate with the masses of the consumers in keeping down exorbi? tant prices of food stalls. Th?? Chamber of Commerce has of? fered^ time after time, and advertised the fact that the clercial force and machinery of that organisation Is at the disposal of the farmers of Sunn er COnnty to I??' utilized as a central ex? change for offering farm products of all kinds for sale. But no organization can even measurably assist with ruc cess In any absolutely unorganized and unsyatematized marketing meth? ods. The prices of farm products, cattle raisinu included, are or should l>e reg? ulated by the universal law of supply and demand, based upon standard market quotations. But If a farmer, and all farmers of Bumtsr County who raise cattle continue to sell ait any old price without regard to the standard market prices, they will continue to got much less than their cattle ure worth. No farmer can reasonably expect that the business BIOS of Sumter can possibly regulate the prices of beet cattle to be paid by local meat n ar kets, unless the cattle raisers them? selves take enough Interest in what cattle should bring to form a Co? operative marketing bureau in charge Of some competent selling agent to handle Sumter County cattle offered on t he Sumter mark? t. It is a fact that no matter how cheap cattle are sold on the foot or otherwise to local meal markets, th?* consumers never got their beef any cheaper. The low or extraordinary low price of beef cattle benefits the local meat shop or local cattle buyers only, and does neither producer or the consumer any good. So the cattle raisers can benefit themselves and the consumers by properly organising tor business-like and Intelligent marketlni oi cattle ami swine." It is expected of every farmer farmer that he shall manifest BOntC Interest In his own business affairs, and that BO should be Willing to pay something to somebody to manage the marketing of their cattle, u they are not business men enough to market their cattle profitably, Throughout the United states there ire truck, grain, live stock, und other marketing exchanges <u cooperative marketing bureaus among the farm? ers, and in such sections farmers do not permit local oattlc buyers or lieof markets l?i diet.il?* the prices of cattle, lu't^s, truck, or grain, to be accepted by the producers The local retail meal sellers arc tacitly organised for buying as cheap as they fan, or at bast It can lie said Hint they all offer about tie Kanne prices to the bee! eattle lais, is Til, local eattle buyers lake care uf llieni nelvvs, The Chamber of Commerce can assist in the organisation "t farmers' unions and cooperative bu? reaus^ and assist hy bulletin Service, exchange Information systems, mar* Kef l|U<ltittlon lists, koeplte r<-e<uu I if rattle for uale, , 11 . but all, i all it is up to Mr. Farmer to look ?fter his own business t<> h great extent and to co? operate with systematlied and busl nese-Uke methods of dlopooing of his producta. The former must not expert buel neos men In other lines to put up all of the money and to furnish at the expense of others marketing facilities for producers while the producers pay nothing and do nothing towards a business-like administration of the general agricultural and commercial affairs of the county. st imm, FOR WORKERS. HO pilot Training Institute In Charles? ton. Charleston. Sept. 27.?The annual training school for Sunday school workers of the Baptist church for the southern district of South Carolina held its first classes this afternoon at ithe Citadel Square Haptist church. At 14.30 p. m the school work was form? ally Inaugurated, Organization of (Masses and preliminary outlines of the work to he covered was accom? plished last night In the course of a meeting at that church, members of the training school faculty making short talks on the nature of the op? portunity and urging an immediate en? rollment of all Sunday school otlicers and teachers, and others interested in the work. The Charleston school is one of five such institutions that have been al? lotted South Carolinfans, The local course is for the supply of State terri? tory south of Columbia. A number of visiting teachers are here to at? tend the school and a very large at? tendance is expected. MANNING FOR WRITE RULE. Governor Deplores Situation in Roan* fort und Sounds Note of Warning. Columbia, Sept. IS.?"I believe In the rule of the white people." said Gov. Manning yesterday in a statement on the situation reported to exist in Beau? fort. "I do not feel that it is proper for the governor to meddle in local politics as a rule, but in this particular case the situation presents a very grave and serious question. The Dem? ocratic party Otands for white suprem? acy, and to use the negro vote in an election among the Democrats, is set? ting a very dangerous precedent for all future time. I can not too strongly stress the importance of white rule in South Carolina. The precedent es? tablished by a bolt from the primary for the purpose of using the negro voters in the general election is a most dangerous one. "Personally, under no circumstances would I accept a nomination or elec? tion to any office at the hands of the negro," said the governor. "The ne gro is all right in his place, but his place Is certainly not the ballot box. This his been proven time and time again in the past. The white man is the negro's best friend when the negro is out of polities, and the negro himself is hnppler and more pros? perous without the ballot, for the rea? son that he is not then to ho used for the purpose of defeating the will of the white citizens of South Caro? lina." WORK roll (.RAM) JURY. Smith Promises Some for Charleston Panel. Charleoton, Sept. L'7.?The fall term of the court of general sessions open? ed tins morning at 10 o'clock with Judge Mendel L. Smith presiding and W. H. Qrlmball acting for Solicitor Puerlfoy. The routine work of call? ing witnesses and charging the grand jury consuming the greater part of the morning, Judge Smith ( barged the grand jury brielly, indicating that , he would have nice to say to them on certain bills which were not named. It is believed that this state? ment reters to a number of liquor in? dictments. There are few cases of un? usual interest for this term. Hl'MRA Gl ITS HIS. Notifies State Department of Vucon dltional Recall. Washington. Sept. 28,?Austrian Ambassador Dumba notified the State department today that he has been unconditionally recalled and asked f<?r safe conduct home. He will sail Oc? tober 5th, Acting Secretary Polk itated that the sailing of the ambas? sador would end the incident. PRESIDENT <>l' SENIOR class. J. Meli. Dabhs. Sumter County Youth. Elected by ITnlvrrsIt) Students. Columbia, Sept. 29.- J, Mel!. Dabhs of Mayesvllle has been elcted presi? dent of the senior class ;it the Unlver si'v of Smith Carolina ami this auto inatlcalb makes him president of tin student body, other otlicers of th< class are. s. N. Lott, \ ice president; Douglas feat lut stone, secretary atu treasurer; o, I . Crow, class poet. Mr I ?i|bbs IS ilso president of the Y. \l C A on lite campus*and edllor-ln-chle ol The < I ti n i ami III o k, i he urn Vcrslt) s annual publication. HOI'SE SHOT BY BRABHAM. Hampton County Superintendent of Education Wounded After Dispute Over Buslucss. Brunson, Sept. 87.?J. W. Rouse, superintendent of education of Hamp? ton county, was shot and seriously wounded about 8 o'clock this morn* Ing hy Angus M. Brabham. The shoot? ing, which occurred at the town ooun- j ell ehomber, grew out of a dispute oxer business matters between the two men. Mr. Rouse was hurried to a hos? pital in Augusta lor treatment. Both men are prominent citizens of Bru. son. It seems the men met casually at the town well, under the town hall. House had been to the postofflcc and Was on his way hack just before he was to leave town for Hampton to attend to his official duties when he spoke to Brabham about a certain j mortgage that Brabham held against, the estate of the late Julius I'. You mans, of which estate a widows J sis? ter of Mr. House is the administra? trix, It seems that one word brought on another, the men using epithets, until House either struck or struck at Brabham with his list when Brab? ham pulled a pistol and fired one shot into the abdomen. House was In his shirtsleeves and is said to have been unarmed. As far as is known, there ex'sted no bad blood between the men, and the occurrence is greatly regretted. The men are probably about the same age, about 4 5, House living with his mother and sister, Mrs. Ella Youmans, and Hrabham having a family. Brabham is at his home, where it was said he is prostrated, suffering from fever and shock, and is too ill to be moved. KOVSE DOING WELD. No Serious Symptoms, According to His Physician. I Augusta, Ga., Sept. 27.?J. W. House of Hampton county, who was brought here after having been shot by Angus M. Brabham at Brunson, is resting well late tonight. Dr. J, L. Folk, the physician who accompanied House from Hruuson, said: "Mr. House has no serious symptoms and so far there has been no indications of complications de-, veloplng." It was not certain late tonight whether it will lie necessary to probe for the bullet. DIOCESAN MONEY IS SHOUT. Hi-hop of Atlanta Says More Than $200,000 Is Missing. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 21.?Examina? tion of the hooks of the Episcopal dlo cose of Atlanta disclosed a shortage of between $200,000 and 1200,000, Btshop Cleland K. Nelson announced here today. The examination was made as the result of a confession alleged to have been made to the New York police yesterday by George ('. Stowers, sec? retary to Bishop Nelson, that he had stolen $ir>,0U0 of the diocese's funds. Stowers is being held in New York landing word from the local authori? ties. His extradition will be asked. Bishop Nelson told the local police that an examination Of his books showed thaf a number of salary checks issued to Stowers had been raised. He said two or three small checks still were out, but that the shortage could not. even approximate the sum Stow? ers is alleged to have told the New York police ho stole. ?he Bishop said his bank balance seldom totalled more than 8160 or $200 per month. , Stowers action is attributed hy the Bishop to ill health. He recently went to New York on his vacation. AUGUSTA ENJOINS DAM BALE*, Federal Judge Johnson Says He Will later Hand Down His Decision. Greenville, Sept. 28.?Federal -Judge Joseph T. Johnson announced tonight that he would later hand down a de? cision upon the application of the city council of Augusta Ga., for a tem? porary injunction restraining the clerk, auditor and sheriff of Edgefleld county, South Carolina, from offering for public sale the dam built by the city of Augusta across the Savannah Hlver. This step is contemplated by the Bdgefleld authorities in order to col? lect a tax of $771.:'.."?, which they con? tend is due Bdgefield county by the City of Augusta, inasmuch as a part of the dam is on South Carolina soil, In Edgefleld county. On Advisor) Hoard. Qov. Manning was notified yester? day of his appointment t<> the advi? sory board of tie- National Army and ?Xavv club. "The Army und Navy club Is pledged to the unqunlilled support of the president and congress in any course they may pursue and we vvill ?'?inttnue to practice1 and to counsel I lie strictest neutrality," says the Ici? er Httoouncliu! the appointment, Gov. Manning accepted the appointment, I'hc Stale. mAki.s light or REPORT. Von Hornstorf! inters Demurrer to Chart's Against Turks?Hints at Kassian Misrepresentation. Boston, Sept. 27.?The German am? bassador, Count von Dernstorft, in a letter made public here today, de? clared reports concerning alleged [atrocities in the Ottoman empire "ap? pear to be pure Inventions." The am jhnssador's letter, written under date of September 2-' and addressed to Mlran Bevaaly of this city, chairman of the executive committee of the National Defense Union of America, Who asked for a definite statement, was as follows: "In reply to your letter I beg to [inform you that according to recent judicial and authentic reports received by the (lorman government and trans? mitted by this embassy to the gov? ernment of the United States, the al? leged atrocities committed in the Ottoman empire appear to be pure in? ventions. "Without doubting the good faith of the catholicos, I beg. however, to call your attention to the fact that ibis holiness is writing under pressure of the Russian censor. "Yours very truly, "J. Bernstorff." The reference to the catholicos, or primate of the Armenian church, was based on a report recently published in which he declared that the ex? termination of the Armenian race throughout Turkey was being carried on under official direction by an or? ganized system of pillage, deporta? tions, wholesale executions and mas? sacres. TALKS IX PARTISAN VEIN. American Consul General at Munich Asked to Resign Rocaiusc of War Criticisms. I Washington, Sept. 2S.?Thomas St. John Gaffney, American consul gen? eral at Munich. Germany, has been asked to resign because of partisan utterances on the European wrar, it was learned today. The consul general is understood to ' have made statements rellecting on the president's policy in tho Euro? pean war. He once before was a sub? ject of controversy over expressions concerning the war .and in conse? quence was transferred from one post to another. FIRE AFTER EXPLOSION. Rear Admiral Itnron Duhm de Cervln Among Head on the Rcncdctto Rrln. Paris, Sept. 28.?A dispatch to the Havas Agency from Brindisi says: "A fire which was followed by an explosion has occurred on board the Italian battleship Benedetto Rrln. tSight otlicers and 379 marines have been saved thus far. "Rear Admiral Baron Rubin do Cervin is among the dead. " The lire was purely accidental." The battleship Benedetto Rrln was a vessel of 13,427 tons, and in peace times carried a complement of 720 men. She was completed in 1904 at a cost of $5,750,000. The pre-dread naught carried four 12-inch, four 8 Inch and twelve 6-Inch guns, twenty 12-pounders, two 1-pounders and two Maxims. She also was armed with lour torpedo tubes. The vessel had a speed of about 20 1-2 knots. Rear Admiral Baron Ernesto Rubin de Cervin commanded the vessel. PUZZLE IN COTTON. Farmers Refuse to Sell at Twelve Cent. Bpartanburg, Sept. 2s.?Twelve-cent cotton today and still no selling on the part of the fanners to amount to anything. Many mill buyers have not purchased a half dozen hales at the gins of the county within the last three days. In cotton broker circles the prediction Is that the mar get is ' top heavy" and that there will (be a break before any further ad? vance is made. Mill presidents are said to ho completely at sea. 'The 'whole situation is admitted by all ti be the most unexpected and the most puzzling that lias existed in recent years. Many buyers are said to be hold? ing cotton on their yards with Instruc? tions from the owners to regard it as sold should the market start down, but to hold it so long as the price is advancing. "You can't blame the farmers for this," said a buyer today, "for who would sell cotton on a market that has been advancing as this one ha? lo] tho past week .'" Another feature of the situation commented upon today bv a well known cotton brokei Is that since the market bega i to advance ten days ago country merchants in many parts of the county have l?ot?n taking In cot ion on account at market prices for tht day and the advance has enabled many of these stoic keepers .vh,? caught things so bard last fall to realize a c.I profit on I heir cotton. Some of the merchants are soiling. GRAIN AND LIVE STOCK CAM PA1GN. Chamber of Commerce. Clomson Col logo and Stato Department ol' Ag? riculture to Have Experts Tour tlic Comity in Autmolsdlos to Tuik on Those Subjects. Secretary Reardon, of the Chamber Of Commerce is ?ettin? thing! lined Up for another main planting, live stock, and poultry raising campaign in Sumter County. II? has requested Clomson College, and the State depart? ment of agriculture to cooperate. Professor W. W. Ixmg, of Clemson College, State A^ent and Director of Extension. In the Cooperative Exten? sion work, in agriculture and home economics has written to Secretary Reardon as follows. "We win bo very glad to cooperate with you in the grain campaign in Sumter county. 1 think it is a splendid idea and anything we can do to help along will give us very great pleasure. Commissioner of Agriculture E. J. Watson is awav from his office, but his assistant writes that on his return, Oc? tober 1st, Mr. Watson will take the matter up with the Sumter Chamber Of Commerce. The November, 1915, Fall Poultry and Pigeon Show in Sum? ter will be advertised on this cam? paign. It is the intention and the earnest hope of the Sumter Chamber of Com? merce to stem the tide which many fear Will set in for wholesale planting of cotton next year because of the in? crease in prices. Every possible effort will be put forth to induce the farm? ers to diversify by plantin? more corn, oats, wheat, peanuts, potatoes, vetch, clover, peavine hay, and to grow truck of every possible kind for home use and for the market, and to raise as many hogs, cattle, and chickens as possible, and to reduce acreage of cot? ton. Clomson College hns been requested to furnish expert talkers on grain, cover crops, truck, live stock, and poultry raising. As soon as Commissioner Watson returns a program for the meetings throughout Sumter county will bo ar? ranged, and a number of Sumter bankers and merchants, with local 'Farm Demonstrator J. Frank Wil? liams will accompany the Clomson College and State Department of Ag? riculture diversification talkers to use their inliuonce towards carrying out the purposes of the campaign. In the meantime the commercial organization candidly believes that hundreds of the more progressive farmers of Sumter county will see the wisdom of preparing their lands at once for wheat, oats, and other grata crops that may he planted in the fall. The planting of tobacco will also be urged and the fact that inferior tobac? co brought low prices this season is no indication that the weed will not bring profitable figures to the grower next year will be pointed out by those com? petent to discuss such matters. Hundreds of farmers have found out during the past twelve months that it pays to raise all of the food stuffs and feed stuffs needed on the farm as far as possible, although farmers may have to bide their time in disposing of grain that they do not need for home consumption. The past year has boon largely ex? perimental as regards diversification and the "live at hom? " methods on the farm. Hut the experiment forced on the farmers has proved prolitable. If the farmers demonstrate that they really mean to continue planting wheat the facilities for grinding same will be supplied in the city of Sumter and elsewhere in the county. The rea? son more wheat grinding mills were not established Is due to the fact that business men did not want to invest thousands of dollars in machinery, sites, and buildings when it was, and is yet as far as that is concerned, doubt fid whether the farmers will continue planting grain or plunge back into cotton, almost exclusively. It does not pay to neglect planting no cessites of life and then pay hi? prices i for imported food and feed stuffs for man and beast. RETURNS FROM NORTH. Arctic Explorer Rack From Raflin Is? land. Quebec, Sept. 27.?Capt. Joseph Bernler, the Canao^n Arctic explorer, has reache?! port on his vessel, the Guide, after a successful trip to the new land known as Baffin island, w hich in l*l< win be recognised as i Ca na than possession. Capt. Hernier and his crew sailed for the North July 4, 1914. Until a month ago they did not know of the European war. Folk to Speak. Gov. Manning has been invited to deliver an address at the Kind's Mountain celebration which will be held OclotM?r 7. The invitation was extended by W A. Itldenhour, presi? dent of the memorial association. The govern ?r was forced to deelin In the letter of Invitation it was stated thai Former Oov Folk of Mis Kourl v\ni deliver the principal ad? dress.?The btate.