The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 10, 1919, Image 7
CHEAPER GASO
LINE PROMISEE
Senator Harris Says His Two
Amendments Will Have
? f This Effect
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Washing-ton. Sept. 4.-? "This will
mean the dissolution of ?ne Standard
,Oil Company and. cheaper gasoline for
! the S6uth, though of course I expect
ed the big oil interest to fight me bit
terly-. ??
In this way Senator W. J. Harris of
Georgia today spoke of two amend
ments relative to the operations of the
Standard Oil people which he has just
gotten through the senate.
Regarding this Senator Harris said,
"A few years ago when I was a
member of the federal trade commis
sion, complaint^ were nu.de ail over
the country about discriminations in
the price of'gasoline. In the Indiana
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
they were selling gasoline at five cents
a gallon less tftan in other States
nearby. -The reason for this was that
there were independents in that ter
ritory who were competing with them
and the Standard wanted to destroy
. them.
"There are about a dozen Standard
.Oil Companies and it was found that
there was no law to prevent this dis
crimination. The Standard of Indiana,
? or any of the* other Standard com
panies could lower the price in their
territory and all the other Standard
comprjiies of the country would raise
the price so as to make up the loss.
: The federal ^crade commission, could
do nothing to protect the people be
cause 70 per cent, of the stock of all
the dozen Standard companies Is
owned by the samt people. There is
no competition among the dozer.
Standard Oil Companies. They all
I work as one. That is what the inves
tigation disclosed. There is 52 per
cent of the stock of all the Standard I
companies owned by 1* people. The
purpose of the proposed, amendment
is to prevent stockholders who own
these different companies from sell
ing their stock to the other stock
holders of the Standard companies and
to make the 12 companies independ
ent as the present stockholders dis
pose of their stock." (
Regarding the latter amendment
k Senator Harris made the following
statement:
"This amendment is to prevent the/
Standard Oil Company from getting
around the provisions of the*Clayton
act. The Clayton act in the way it is
drawn really protects the monopoly,
the subsidiary companies are divided.
This will require all the companies to
sell at the same price, so that if there
is an independent in one territory the
Standard can not lower the price and
piit him out of business and thereby
eliminate competition. It is to re
quire all the Standard companies-- to
have the same price all cvor the coun
try."
COTTON ASSOCIA
TION CAMPAIGN
Reports to Chamber of Commerce
from i:he rural districts indicate that
as the farmers und country mer
chants have explained to them the
objects and advantages* of the Amer
ican Cojtton j Association they are
joining without any hesitation at all.
The process of organization is nec
essarily rather slow for a number of
reasons.
First, it has been hard to get corv
mittees to so to work to solicit mem
berships in the numerous communi
ties of the ten townships. But it is
evident that every township commit
tee has been organized and is work
ing* but some of the townships have
not been workd ~ thoroughly as
they should be. while others have just
about gotten organized, and in some
townships only a Part of township
committees are working.
The City of Sumter has not been
worked to its full possibilities either.
Those desiring to become members
may phone the Chamber of Com
merce however in case no commit
'teemen have called for their mem
berships, and Secretary Reardpn will
?go to see any one desirng to join, ex
plain the plans of the organization,
and he will accept the memberships
and *he money.
. It is hoped that all committees in
city, town, and country districts will
fully cover their territory in the next
week as the county executive com
mittees and headquarters will be call
ed^on in a few days to send in re
ports to State headouartors of the to
tal memberships secured, in each
township, and to furnish alphabetical
lists, by townships of nu mbers and
amounts of money ."e'.ure?:?This- wirr
prove a big job. and the secretary
and treasurer will be swamped as will |
the State headquarters, if practical
ly all of the township committees
wait until the last minute to send or!
bring in their reports.
The present slump in cotton prices
'is the surest evidence* of the absolute
folly of the farmers not being organ
ized. They will lose millions of dol
lars weekly until they do organize.
Every farmer, merchant. banker,
clerk, manufacturer, lawyer, doctor,
city and country land owner, and
every man and woman of every pro
fession, trade and oc< upation is vital
ly interested in tie- successful organ
ization of this cotton association.
Daves-Howard.
Thp following announcement ap
peared in the Atlanta Journal of
August .'list and will be of much in
terest to the many friends Miss
"Daves made in Sumter last winter
when sh'- was the guest of Mrs. .Jo
seph M. Chandler:
Dr. Joel Thomas I>;j*'?-s announces
the engagement of his daughter,
Dorothy Amelia, to Mr. Leonard
Howard, formerly of Detroit. Mich.,
now of Atlanta, the marriage to be
solemnized m the fall. No cards.
Washington. Sept. ",. -State Senator
Costello. Of New York, (old the sen
ate foreign committee that England
deliberately created the differences of
opinion between Italy and the T'nit
( ' <i.-M'?s :i! the pea.- conference for
economic reasons.
PRICE IS FIXED
I FOR COTTONSEED
iMps Will Pay $70 Per Ton, Be
ginning Today
Columbia, Sept. 5.?Cottonseed pro
ducers and oil mill men meeting here
1 yesterday established $70 per ton as
ja fair price for cottonseed in carload
j lots and $67 from the wagon. This
j was unanimously agreed upon and
j seed will sell for that price today as
practically every oil mill v in the State
i was represented and no opposition was
j ottered to the report of the commit
! tee which recommended the above
I prices.
i This price was fixed after two j
hours' discussion and after the meet-j
ing had agreed that seed should sell I
according to the value of the by-pro
ducts, oil. meal, hulls and Unters. In I
arriving at the price which was j
agreed upon the committee based its
figures oil the prevailing figures for
the fo"ur products yesterday and the
seed price will fluctuate up and down
as these four products rise and fall.
The committee calculated that the
gross sales 'from a ton of cottonseed
yesterday would have been $96.69 and
from this figure "deducted 5 per cent, j
for the mill's profit, $15.50 for man-I
ufaeturing costs. $2 for freight costs
and 5 per cent, off for the present
green condition of the seed. From
these figures it was unanimously'
agreed that the mills would pay $70
per ton for carloads of seed and $67
for those bought off wagons while
dealers were allowed $3 commission a
ton, the same as last year. This price '
is $2 above what was being paid yes
terday morning. The committee ar
riving at these prices was elected
from the house and was composed of
two seed- dealers, two oil mill men,
two farmers'and B. Harris. Following
is the personnel of the body: B. Har
ris, Columbia: E. W. Abel of Saluda.
C. C. MXJAIily of Chester, E. W.
Jabbs of. Mayesville. L. D. Jennings
of St:inter. Russell Acree of Darling
ton, J. J. Lawton pf Hartsville.
After the adoption of the commit
tee report another price living and
regulation committee was appointed.
This body will meet from time to
time and raise or lower the price as
the by-products fluctuate. This com
mittee is composed of B. Harris, com
missioner of agriculture, commerce
and industries, as chairman: L. D.
Jennings. Sumter: Russell Acree. Dar
lington: C. C. McAlily., Chester. The
State chemist is to serve as secretary"
of the committee without a vote. The
price to be paid will be in even or
half dollars, thus eliminating the odd
cents.
Those attending the convention i
were 4 4 oil mill men. 17 farmers and
four seed buyers. A thoroughly co
operative spirit was manifested from
the outset arid many things formerly
misunderstood by both oil mill man
and, farmer were cleaned up yester
day. Every speaker on the floor yes
terday emphasized that to bring
about better conditions among, the j
farmers: a#d to build up the crushers' |
industry cooperation must be tlvt
ivatchword. S. J. Cassels of Alabama,
formerly of the cottonseed division of
of the food administration, made the
main address of the day and started
the movement to adjust the price.
During the committee deliberations
Prof. A. F. Conradi. secretary of the;
State crop pest commission, told of!
the boll weevil conditions in the;
State. He said the weevil was going j
to be exterminated soon and with the j
proper care exreised by farmers will j
be elir/innied to the level of the po- j
tato bug damage each year.
Quattlebaum-Miu'phy.
Among the recent social events of |
Sumter of more than local interest j
was the marriage Wednesday evening. I'
September :>rd. at the home of Mr. j
and Mrs. James Cuttino on Church j
Street of their aunt. Miss Marvin W. j
Quattlebaum to Mr. William Mur- ;
phy of Kirksville. Mo. A
Relatives of the bride -.: erri-y chut - i
ting in the great hall made by throw- !
ing three large connecting rooms \
into one. which wax beautifully decor- j
ated and appropriately lighted, greet- j
ed the quests on their arrival. Two j
solos "Until" and "At the Dawning"
by Miss Iva Belle rlughson accom- j
panied by Mrs. J. A. McKnight at the j
piano prepared the guests for Lohen- j
serin's Bridal Chorus which was ren- j
dered by Miss Hughson. accompanied |
:by Mr. W. FT. Green with the violin.
Upon the entrance of the bridal party
the music died into an ' echo which
continued so softly that it was scarce- j
ly audible while the impressive ring
ceremony was performed by Dr. W. j
E.'Thayer of the First Baptist Church* |
After refreshments were served, t
many of the guests accompanied l-^"t
bridal party to the station where their
merriment continued until the arrival I
of the train on which the couple de
parted for their home in Kirksville. j
Mo.
Miss Quattlebaum is a graduate ofj
Winthrop College where she after
wards taught until two years ago when |
she resigned for other work and has !
many friends throughout South Car- ?
olina.
The groom is a successful contractor i
and builder of Kirksville, Mo.
Among the out-of-town guests were |
Drs. J. M. and E. G. Quattlebaum,
brothers "of the bride, and Mrs. J.'I., j
McCaHura. :i niece, of Columbia. !
Mr. B. B. Epps spent :i few daysi
this week with his parents :j1 the old
home on Pudding Swamp. IK- saysi
that section was one of the favored
rain spots this year. That be never
saw linei- corn and tobacco than theyj
have down there. The tobacco classes
as best and nearly every aore has re
turned to the farmers from $1.000 to
$1.500. One farmer, he says lud
eight acres thai brought him ?T.-f?0
per acre. Other sections he says,
struck hard luck and the crop. after
ii was it ade. was rubre 1 by the con
tinuous rain and did not average $3'>0
per acre.?Uishopville Vindicator.
Marriage Announcement.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Hurst announce
the marriage of their daughter. Ma
rie, t<> Mr. J?mes Franklin Griffin of
Columbia. S. <'.. .-it S.3'0 o'clock Sat
urday evening, August 50th.
CHERAW TAKES
THE LAST GAME
Baseball Season Closed With a
Fast 2 to 1
j _
j In what proved to be the lastest
'game of. the season. Cheraw defeat
ed Sumter, in the last game of the
j series', by the seore of 2 10 1. Sumter
; made their lone tally in the first in
ning when big "Bill" Gressette, the
,1'ormer Furman star, placed "'Pink'"
jXuther's swift ball over the left field
! fence for three bases and scored on
G?dy's hit. This ended the local's
.scoring for the day. and it looked as
j if the game would have In" this
j one score. However in the 6th
Lfthame, the efficient catcher for Che
raw. placed one against the^shed in
!ioft field for two bases, went to third
on an infield out and scored on a
clean single between short and sec
ond base. The score was tied until
the xih inning when Rhame again hit
for a single went to second on a pass
ed ball, Stole third /on a very close
decision and scored on a long drive
io centerfield. which could have
been fielded had not the fielder step
pe in a hole. *
In the hist inning Sumter started
\x rally with a clean hit by Johnson,
however, the rally soon ended for the
runner was called out on second base.
?"Pink" Luther had the Cm me
C?pks at his mercy after the first in
ning and was selfish, with hii| hits at
all times during the game.
Joe De Berry, who won the first
game in Florence by his masterly
pitching, was not at his' best. Al
though he gave up few hits, his tearrn^
mates lacked the punching power to
score. Both pitchers did excellent
box work, but with the exception of
the first inning Luther was slightly
the better.
The feature of the game was the
continuous slugging of Rhame for th"
visitors. This lad secured both of the!
invader's scores and was largely re
sponsible for keeping the Game Cock
score to one. Thrower also did ex- \
celent work for the visitors. For the
home lads. "Bill" Gressette was the'
shining light both with the bat and in
the field. Manush did great field
work, as did Brown. Cody on the
initial sack played poorer than in the j
orrvious games. However, he did I
not fail to use the bat to an -advan1
tage. " ?
Sumter won the championship, re
gardless of the last game. The last
game of the season has most likely
been staged on the local diamond. The
fans will recall that the. game on
Thursday was the first game lost Lv ?
DeBerry during the season and i-ha: j
ihis loss was not his fault.
Score by innings:
Cheraw.000 001 01 ft 2
Sumter.100 000 000 1 j
Batteries: Luther and Rhame; De-J
Berry and Burns.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Manchester Township.
Aug. rs.?Ogle Rose to Edward
Holliday. 56 1-2 acres. $100.
Aug. Ki.?Edward Holliday to W. {
W. Seabrook. 56 1--' acres. $50.
July 28.?Ogle Rose to \V. \V. Sea
brook and G. D. Shore, Jr., 2'J 1-2
acres, $29.75..
Privateer Township.
Aug. 13.?R. E. Avin to Julia D.
Beck. 27,1-2 acres. $800. i
Providence Township.
Aug. 27.?M. R. Rivers to T. S.
Du Boso. Jr.. 2 acres. $1.100.
Aug. 27.?.Annie Strohecker to W.;
A. Bryan and A. S. Harby. 2S6 acres. I
$30,000.
Rafting Creek Township.
Aug. 11.?T. B. Wright to Victoria I
Robb. 1 lot. $220.
Statcburg Township.
Aug. 30.?Grandison Colclough to'j
G. T. Mabry. et al. 2 acres. ?180.
Sumter Township.
July 23.?Mary E. Lyles to S. M.
N'abers. 1 lot. $300.
Aug. 4.? I. C. Strauss to Frank
Harvin. 1 lot. $275.
July 2S.--A. J. Hatfield to A. B.
Cato. 1 lot. $125.
Auer. 21.?Elijah Prince to Gsborne
Samuel, 1 lot. 5?5.
Sum tor City.
July 28.?The Master to Tom.
Brown. 2 - lots. $r,5<>. '
Aug. 23.?R. L. Gantt. to Commer
cial Hank and Trust Co.. 1 lot. 1
house, $2.500;
Aug. 27.?Janie A. Brown to Eliza
Xelson. 1 lot. $250.
Aug. 10.?D. G. Bultman to S. C.
and Bertha Roper. 1 lot. 1 house,
350.
.June <'.?S. C. and G. L. Roper to
o. H. Policy, et al. lots. $l.2.r?0.
Aug. 29.? W. S. Lowry to D. J
Moise. 1 lot. 1 house. $r,ori.
?Au:r. '.'.ft?Sam 'Jnlgrider La_H_ A.
Mood. 1 lot. 1 house. $:..2:"0.
Wins English Bride.
Wedgefield, Sept. 3.?A niarriage of
unusual interest was tint of Mr. Lee
H. Thomas and Mrs!' Dorothy I?.
Pratt, of Bamsley. Yorkshire, Eng
land, which occurred at the Vander
built Hotel. New York, on August 20.
The maringe was the culmination
of a romance, which had its begin
ning-while Mr. Thomas was overseas
in the service of the Cnited States.
Mrs. pratl was accompanied to Amer
ica by her little son. Rowling Pratt.
Mr. Thomas was accompanied to
Xvw York i> yhis brothers. Messrs. I".
Elliott and W. P. Thomas of Phila
delphia, and Mr. A. E: Aycock of this
[place. The bridal party left for their
southern home immediately after the
ceremony.
Lieut Wardlaw Perrin. who bos
!.< en with tie- Third Division a! ''<>b
!< m: Germany, returned with tin- Di
vision and reached Xew York on
August 22 an<! gol home on :i shout
furlough on August 27th. <>!' ail the
j soldier hoys returned we believe that
?Lieut. Penin is the most robust look
ing. Tie- hardships of army lit'-- eer
. tainly have made a line looking sol
dier out of him. lie was with the
' famous 30th until after the armisi ic<
wh<m he was transferred to the 3rd
to duty in Germany. He has not yet
'been discharged and." Avil 1 have to re
turn to (".imp Lee -it Petersburg, Va. -
1 Bishopville Vindicator.
2 to 25 Horse Power Engines in Stock
T US QUOTE 1
Carolina Machinery Go*
r
Sumter, S. C.
FIVE ARRESTED
IN STILL RAID
Large Distiliery Plant Seized in
Swamp of Pee Dee River
Bennettsvile, Sept. ">.?A big distil
lery raid was made Wednesday night
n the lower part of Marlboro coun
y. near Cashua Ferry, on Pee Dee
Fliver. For some time Rural P?lice
nan P. B. Rogers has been at work
frying to locate this distillery and a
few days ago he obtained sufficient
information to warrant an effort to
reize, the omlit and arrest the opera
tors. " tie called to his assistance.
5heriff R. ,.J. Patterson, who provid
ed a posse composed of Deputy Sher
iff H. H. Hubbard, Chief of Police of
rJennettsville T. J. Cunningham. Ru
ral Policeman R. M. Jackson. State
Officer .1. (>. Kelly and Special Con
table Charles Peele, and also as spe
?ial constable, Mr. Walter McCall.
who had been cooperating and as
sisting Mr. P. P. Rogers.
. Kelly a nd Jackson - were detailed
to approach from the front, while j
? . i
: Rogers. McCall. Cunningham and I
j Peele made a circuitous route and
! managed to s?r?und the house. One
i of the inmates threw open the door:
'and as he did so. covered Chief Cun
i ningham, but McCall and others had.
! him covered with a shot gun and see
; ing the situation, he immediately:
dropped his pistol. After the arrest of
those men. who are said to be Croa-i
tans from Kobeson county. North Car-;
olina. and from what is known asj
Scuffle Town, the scene of the op-:
^rations of the celebrated Lowry gang.!
the distillery was seized. The distil-'
lery was located some distance in the:
swamp, which was almost impassible.!
An inventory showed a sixty-galon'
copper still, 500 pounds of sugar, 1.
000 gallons of mash, ready for dis- j
filiation, two automobiles, a Ford and'
Kuiek. and several pistols. One of'
the m?-n escaped, the other five were,
broltght to Eennettsville and are n?w!
in jail.
Marriage License*
White: W. C. Geddings, of Man
ning and Weita Bryant, of. .Manning. ?
Opening of City Public Schools,..,*
The public schools of the city will
reopen on' Monday.;.the .15th. of Sep
tember. On Wednesday... Thursday
and Friday of next week pupils, who
have never been to ..school, before
will report at the Girls' High School
bidding for their cert ideates of aci
ni ission. It will be very wise if. the
little folks who are going to schppl
for the first time will'get their cer
tificates. They will feel far more at
home on the opening* day of school..
The b'ook lists have been issued atfd
every pupil should get his books be
fore the opening day of school. .
Certificates of vaccination should
be procured in order to save time and
confusion.
Brussels. Sept. 5.?It is announced
that King Albert and Queen Eliza
beth with Grown Prince Leopold, will -
sail for the United States' September
- on an American warship.
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Stockholm. Sept. 5.?Famine i? re
ported ot. be threatening Petrograd,
following, an, outbreak of cholera.
The Good Old School Days
Are With Us Again
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ittingunthe boys with^ebool-clothes, will be one of the first
isksw You can make this task easy by procuring their outfit
here. We have one of the largest stocks, of boy's' suits in the city,
consisting of cassimers, worsteds, corduroys and serges. Price
?7.50 to $18.50.
it will be a pleasure for us to show you.
It will be profitable for you to look.
onnell Dry Goods
?
Boys' odd pants
(rood values
S1.50 to $3.50
Boys' waists and
shirts, 85c to $1.50