The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 24, 1919, Image 2
$500,0% C?ffi?N fJRFt?Hi
F?rfners aftd Business Men of Surater County
Organke to Protect; Ppcejctf the ,Staple.
Ettthusiastic Meeting Held Today
A mass meeting was held at the!
Court House Saturday in interest ofj
the Sumter County Cotton Associa-j
ion. Farmers, bankers, lawyers, and j
all walks ?f life were represnted inj
the 500 men that were present. The!
meeting was called to order about i
11.30 by Mayor Jennings, who is >
also chairman of the association in
Sumter county- . Mayor Jennings ;
spoke a few words then introduced.
Hon. John H. Clifton. The speaker;
told of the importance of protecting;
the Soutfi's product from the gam- j
biers. The people of the South are,;
as a whole, absolutely "dependent upon:
the price set on cotton. When cotton j
is selling for a good price the coun- |
try as a whole is prosperous. The j
association intends to help the little j
farmer who pays $2 for membership!
as much as the large planter who ?
- pays' $100 for membership.
"The real object of the meeting." |
said the speaker, "is to form a corpor- j
ation' to keep the distress cotton off i
the market.*'
Former Governor Manning, who
was next introduced, paid a compli- j
ment to Mayor Jennings, chairman j
of fthe :county association. The!
speaker told of the failure of reso- j
lutions in the past. "The day when j
the South held out its hand for spe- j
cial privileges was past, and the peo- j
pie were going to act." He told of (
the absolute necessity of the corpor- j
\ ation to keep the "distress" cotton off I
.the market Heretofore, the cotton j
has been" placed on the market Whenj
it was flooded. Mortgages on homes j
and farms proves the bad condition I
of , the farmer in past years. "The*
asking ?f the buyers what they willj
give for the cotton Will soon be a
thing of the past." Mr. Manning said !
that the . better price that cotton j
brings, the better will the children ofj
South Carolina be educated, the bet-;
ter will they serve their State and;
country as citizens. The buyers will j
be benefited by the organization be- j
cause they will not have,- to buy -tj
off the* streets as it will be stored in j
the warehouses. "No language is too]
strong to ? urge you to join in this j
movement which means the salvation J
of the South." j
Mr. W. A. Bowman told -of the j
foolishness of the farmers selling;
their cotton for 28c when it will bei
worth 40c before next? summer. The j
speaker said that there would not bei
2.000 bales of cotton offered for sale
in Sumter county until the minimum i
price is reached.
Mayor Jennings told those present
that in Dillon, on. Friday $125.000
were subscribed by not half so large
aji audience as was here present. He
told of the neighboring counties that
were organizing A phone message
from President W&nnamaker sa;.d that
.all the Southern States were organ
izing. A cotton mill mar. had stated
to President Wannamaker that mon
ey could be made by the cotton mill
if cotton sold at 45c per pound. The
chairman urged the people to wake
uj> and take notice of the events. Over
$200,000 had been invested in the cor
poration with less than three hours
work. -Three cotton buyers in the
city subscribed to the corporation.
The mills must be prevented from
getting 25 per cent of the cotton, be
cause 3.000,000 bales will run
the mills for three or four months |
and before that is used up another 25
per cent may be on the market.
? Mr. Jennings made an excellent
spech in which he compared the
work of Southern soldier in France
to the farmer in the South. Will the
farmer hold the line and then ad
vance as the Sour.hhern boy did in
France ?
After the speakers had finished
Mayor Jennings s:aied that the cor
poration to be formed would have a
capital of $500.000 and of that
amount 32C 0.000 had already been
subscribed Subscription* were re
ceived bv the chairman so fast that
there is no doubt but that the quota j
was reached today. The total list of
Subscribers will bs published in The
Item at an early date.
The meeting was by far the most
enthusiastic ever held in Sumter on
the subject of co"ton The subscrip
tions ranged from $100 to $2.".000,
with most of them around the 51.
?^00 mark.
strikeT?t wil>
mington, n. c.
One Thousand Workmen of Car- J
olina Building Company
Walk Out
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Wilmington. Sept. 20.?Th?* Caro- j
lina Building Corooration has shut j
down after one thousand workmen*
quit following an alleged discrimi- !
nation in favor of negroes. ?
The failure of the Orangeburg com - j
munity creamery, recently established. I
is announced. The failure was due. j
it is stated, to the impossibility ofj
obtaining an adequate and regular!
supply of milk. ......
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n iu.him.wi ?um m i ??h ub.?.'imp !
Ful?hum & Texas
SEED OATS
?? IN stock
Now is the time to
<? buy j
Dndfef ~& BttKman I
VILLA BOASTS
OF STRENGTH
CMIms to Have Larger Army
and More7 Money Than Ever
Washington. Sept. 19.?The first di
rect wro kfroin Francisco Villa since
he was driven from Juarez by United
States troops reached Washington to
day in a letter written oh September
6 from Villa's headquarters in North
ern Durango. The letter has been
placed at the disposal of officials of
Che state department.
"in the letter Villa said he has
large quantities of ammunition and
twice as many men under arms as at
any time since 1915. The ammuni
tion has been accumulated from
catches in the "State of Durango. the
letter added, several wagon loads from
Juarez, two carloads from Parral and
Lerdo. a town whieh he captured re
cently.
Villa also says he has plenty of
money, having captured more than
1,000.000 pesos in gold and silver gov
ernment coin and bullion from a train
between Chihuahua and Durango re
cently.
Eight hundred deserters from the
Carranza forces recently have join
ed his forces. Villa wrote, bringing all
their equipment and horses, and added
that he had just sent Gen. Filipe An
geles f>0 miles south to meet General
Baauelos, the leading revolutionary'
chieftain of the State of Zacatecas<
wno Vas marching with 2,000 mount
ed men well equipped and with abund
ance of ammunition and gold and
silver bullion. Since leaving Juarez,
Villa said delegations from General
Gutlrrez, who controls the State of
Coahuila, and from Nuevo Leon and
Tamaulipas had formally agreed to
recognize him as general in chief of
the revolution. He also said a com
mittee of government, who will be in
trusted with the civil administration
of all territory occupied by the revo
lutionary forces, will soon be named.
Tdie revolutionary leader called Gen.
Gonzales. a Carranza officer a
"most arrant coward" and said Gon
zales would have surrendered to the
revolutionists at Juarez within 15!
minutes if the United States troops
had not crossed the border. He de
clared he had carefully rehearsed hit
troops in the attack and had e::pla~in-~"
ed carefully the dangeY^of shooting
across the border and that not a bul
let from his guns entered El PasO.
Bur., he added when General Gon
zales saw he had lost the city he sent
an urgent appeal to the American
commander begging him to intervene.
Fearing his appeal would not be
heeded. Villa said, Gonzales ordered
his men deliberately to fire into ? El
Paso to bring about intervention of
American troops. '
Villa said he did not fear a con
flict with the American troops at
Juarez but retired because he knew
this section did not represent the real
sentiment of the people of the United
States. In view of the refusal of the
United States he said, to permit Car
ranza to send troops through Te^as to
attack him at Juarez he had stead
fastly continued his policy of pro
tecting ali. Americans and other for
eigners within his lines.
He protested vigorously in this let
ter against being called a bandit and_
of describing every actual bandit in
Mexico as a subordinate bf his.
SHUT DOWN PLANTS
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Pittsburgh. Sept. 20.?All plants of
the steel corporation in this district,
where any employees are members o:'l
the union will be closed down to
night for an indefinite period, ae-1
cordins: to reports. It is estimated
tha- a hundred and thirty-five thou
sand men will quit work, Monday. A
few plants will continue, but the man
agement expects to shut down at
signs of trouble. - < ? .
WILL FiX COTTON
SEED PRICES!
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Columbia. Sept. 20.?By request.
Commissioner B. Harris is calling a
meeting to be held at the Jefferson ?
Hotel. Columbia, next Tuesday, at.11
a. m. for the purpose of" trying to ar
range a scale by whieh farmers can I
get a fair price for co'.ton seed, and 1
will not have to pay too much for
meal.
All farmers, seed buyers and oil j
men and others interested are urged
to attend. Arrangements recently I
made were not satisfactory on account
of fluctuations in Oil market^ >J
HAS^PR^VENTED
POSSIBLE FAMINE
Baltimore. Sept. 20.?The South
by producing thirty per cent of the
to?.' 1 gmin crops m the United
States has prevented a possible fam
ine. th>> Manufactures" Record says.
London, Sept. 20.?The British.
Siberians and Russians are reported
to have captured two villages from
?Bolsheviki near l>al: Onega.
Geneva. Sept. 20.?Rumania is ????
ported to be mobilizing troops on the
Dniester river in anticipation of
Boisb*'Vik disorder.
Chicago, Sept. 19.?Huge quant it i
of canned goods sold by the war d
partm^nt recently fell into the hanc i
of packers, wholesale grocers and 1*< \
tnilers and w.-re resold at a profi ,
witnesses t??: tied .'it the city's ii ?
vestigation into the cost Of living.
BIG {REAL ESTATE
TRANSACTION
Carolina Machinery Co. Pur
chases Property of Split- I
dorff Electrical Co.
I . . ? _r_ ; I
?The Carolina Machineiw Company;
I has purchased the real estate and ex- i
i tensive buildings of the S'plitdorffj
; Electrical company in which the!
i magneto factory has been operated.;
and will move into their new quarters]
as soon as possible, which will most!
likely be about the first of January.!
1920. The owners of the electrical!
compamy state that the buiiding will!
be ready to be turned over by No-!
vember. but it is not probable that i
the change will be made by the Car- j
olina Machinery company before th?3 j
firstidpf the year.
In their new quarters the Carolina:
Machinery Co.. will continue in the;
same line of business as at present, j
but upon a much larger scale. They!
state that they will have the-best me- i
chanics to be found and will be able]
I to give the best possible service to the j
public.
The company will make all neces
sary, changes in the building before)
a change in location is affected.
It.is reported that the price paid for
the property was $125.000.
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U. S. MARINES !
LAND AT FIUME j
-_
Italian Papers Report Landing;
of the Americans
Rome. Friday, Sept. 19.?The Gior-j
nale DTtalia announces that an Amer- |
ican contingent . has landed at Buc-}
cari. in the Fiume region.
I
London, Sept. 21.?An Exchange j
Telegraph dispatch from Milan, dated!
Friday, quotes the Corrierc Delia
Hera as saying that a paiiy of Ameri-1
cannmmrines has landed at Buccari, j
five miles east of Fiume.
"Dearest George, if you use such j
silly language in your next letter, as;
you-did hi your last. I shall return!
it. unopened."?Orange Peel. J
CARDINAL MERCIER
KNEW OF TROUBLE
Belgian Primate Not Surprised
at Break With Holland?An- j
other Hun Invasion Feared
Baltimore. ?Sept. 21.?When Cardi-?
naly Mervier was informed tonight at
Cardina! Gibbons' residence of the re-i
porter! severence of diplomatic rela- j
tions between Belgium and Holland '
he sai'l: !
"I knew there were difficulties butj
had no re.*vson to suppose a rupture
was imminent."
Others in his parly did not seem j
surprised over the news.
"Germany is recuperating," Cardi
nal Mercier said. "And." put in M.
Dessain, "should she be allowed to
reconstruct her strength, -. Belgium
may well expect another invasion ?
unless we insure ourselves by fortify-;
ing the front facing Dutch Limburg.
; This we are unable to do because our
guns w <>uld. be trained on neutralj
(Dutch) territory. Belgium should
have put in a stronger claim at the
peace conference for safety measures!
on the east boundary, but unfortu- j
nately, Belgium's vote was very weak
at the sessions.
"Military history and'wars have]
taught us that rivers arc the only de-!
pendable lines of defense. In this.
case it is the Mouse that must.be for-j
tified. And unless Belgium possesses;
the lower part of the vital province, j
now utterly useless from a military:
viewpoint to the Dutch, but essential j
to Belgium, nothing can be done. Had
the Germans seen fit to invade us by!
way of Lamburg instead of respecting]
the Dutch territory, their advance!
could not have been held up~ I
"Should another invasion be at
tempted under the present situation |
the entire bulk of the Eelgian army!
would have to be concentrated in :hej
vicinity of Waterloo. This would eatj
away our strength of fortification to}
the south. If our concentration wasj
in the south, the north would be;
doomed. If the army force was dis- j
tributed along the border, it could not j
withstand an attack."
Asked whether Belgium anticipated j
war. neither Cardinal Mercier nor his
secretary /would deny its possibility.?
"Many Belgians would welcome it," I
M. Dessain volunteered._ '
Dinkins Mill Items.
Bembert. Sept. 17.?The new
teacher for the Stateburg school has
arrived and the school will open
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Moore of
Miami. Fia.. who have been visiting
relatives and friends in our com
munity, have returned home.
Dr. and Mrs. Edward Kerrison of
Charleston are visiting relatives In
Cam den and Mr. G. H. Denoir of our
community. ??
Mr. James Sanders, who was re
ported as being very sick, has died
and was buried at Providence last
Junday.
j Rev. Curry, a colored minister liv
j ing near Horatio, a patriotic citizen
highly respected and greatly esteemed
by white and colored, died suddenly
near that place last week.
God has given to all the great text
[ book of nature whose lessons are so
i plain that he who runneth may read.
:< >ne of the lessons is that all young
' life is fresh and gay. yet a lot of old
folks seek to have it otherwise.
A stake is more easily driven in
I moist than in dry ground, therefore
! be sure before you have approached
I your neighbor about the way he is
I living that you have moistened the
I ground with tears of genuine con
; cern.
! Destroy the weeds wncn they are
I young for the old ones have seed.
In much wheat there is some chaff
I but a sensible man will winnow it out.
j Busy bees hate drones and so do
; busy people.
He hung out his placard: 'This is
j my busy day,' because he did not
I want to be interrupted in doing noth
! ing.
In many a home, in many a life
I there is a closet with a skeleton in it.
j Had we guarded our conduct as re
ligiously as we guard that closet the
j misfortune never had been.
The hen that cackles much and
lays no eggs ought to be gotten rid
of.
The sow squeals a^ lot in the shear
ing but yields little wool.
"The hog never looks up to him
who threshes down the acorns."
Who have not the flowers of mem
ory, but how ? few roses have no
thorns.
Often when I sit in sadness. I've been
turning roses o'er,
Thorns have pricked me in their
! madness, letting dttt the ruddy
gore.
"Hagood."
recorb^eachId
i in food prices
Highest in Nation's History in
Month of August
I Washington, Sept. 19.?F.etail
: prices of food increased 1 per cent in
j August as compared with July and
! reached the highest point in .the na
i tion's history, despite the govern
? ment's campaign to reduce ; the cost
! of living.
j The increase?probaoly already
; parent to the consumer?was revealed
! tonight when the department of J?
| bor's bureau of labor statistics made
i public its monthly report,
i The foodstuffs increasing in pr;C8 '
j were eggs, rice, potatoes, milk, pot'K
j chops, butter, cheese, coffee, dry
j beans, sugar and bread. Prices ?2?
iclined for sirloin and round steak, rib
j and chuck roasts, onions* o?con,
jliour. cabbage and canned peas, corn
[ beans and tomatoes. . .
I small nations
sever relations
i London. Sept. 21.?An official-"Wire-'
j less dispatch from Berlin, dated Sat
urday, says that the Belgian ambasf
I sador at The H\gue having been
i withdrawn, the Dutch ambassador at
! Brussels also has been withdrawn.
i Several times recently there have
i been reports "hat diplomatic relations
i between. Belgium and Holland wers
] strained as a result of the demands
; of Belgium for a revision of the
i treaty of 1839 between Belgium and
! Holland under which Holland -an
j nexcd the southern bank of the
Scheldt river and aii elongated strip
of Dutch Limburg lying between Bel
gium and Germany. ;
Washington, Sept. 20.?The depart
j ment of justice requested the house
l agricultural ^committee to take ac
!,tion on amendments of the food coa
1 trol act following reports of - profi
i teering in shoes and other wearing
I apparel and increased prices for. the
! new sugar crop.
your engine.
Because?Polarine Motor Oils main* Also, Polarine Transmission Oils
tain their body at all operating tern- and Greases <
peratures-keep a gas-tight seal be- for the iubrication of Motor Cars;
tween cylinder walls and piston that Motor Xrueks> Kerosene and Gaso
prevents power leakage. ]ine Tractors; Farm and Stationary
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Polarine Oil ~
Polarine Oil Heavy
Polarine Oil Extra Heavy
Boats, etc. For Sale by AH Reliable
Garages, Accessory and Hardware
Stores.
Buy where you see the Polarine Sign.
JFor quick starts, steady power and fuel economy, use Standard
Motor Gasoline?sold by reliable garages and dealers "every where/
Look for the signet he sign of a reliable dealer
the STANDARD*)
won MOTOR
STANDARD OIL COMPANY (NEW JERSEY)
Garages and Dealers Selling Polarine Oils;
Sumter. S. ( .
J. D. Harper
Overland Sale? Co.
Adams Hun. S. C.
Kose Hill Merc. Co.
Aleoln. S. C.
D. W. Alderman & Sons
J. M. Jones
L. 1). Nettles
Allcndalc. s. C.
Bryan Bros.
AHendalo Suppb & Battery Co.
Oswald Garage
W. S. Riley. Jr.
S. D. Williams
Andrews. S. C.
B. F. Barineau
E. L. Powell
Tuten Hdwe. Co.
Bamwell. S. C.
Vickory Bros.
F. 11. Anderson & Sons
Hagood Jennings Autrv- Co.
C. F. Moliar
Beaufort. S. C.
Evinghorn Bros.
C. K. Batchelder
Ashpoo. S. G.
W. S. Marvinr
Aynor. S. C.
Ceo. J. Halliday
Ba nu berg. S. C.
Bamberg Furniture & Hdwe. Co.
F. C. Avers
Ii. L. Beard \
Black Motor u?.
A. W. Hunter
City Garage
G. O. Simmons