The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 11, 1920, Image 6
Show That Disaa
fUJy Was of Wide?
spread Nature
THAN FIVK
HUNDRED DEAD
ti Injured Number More Than
II Thougand and the Property
Damage is Very Serious
kge*. Italy. Sept. t.?The num
\t of Hen tied dead from Tuesday's
Irthquahe la steadily growing. Four
ndr?d and thirty-two ware killed
Flvisvene, hundred tnd twenty-four
Vlgnetta and one thouaand were
litlured. sarious damage la reported
froam three score owns end ten
thousand are homeleaa. ^
Buried in Ruins
fifty Bodies Taken From
Wrecked Houses In One Ital?
ian Town
tendon, fiept t?Fifty dead have
Isen taken from the ruins of the
r*>u of Barge. The Italian earth
e*an was a heavy one seyc the Kx
****** Tslefraph dispatch meesnge,
? ddtfcg that many mon are hurled In
la* e>hrts.
Italy Still Shaking
114m*. Sept. t - New shocks were
it* th the earthquake district this
I naming, shaking down tottering
gCrweturua end delayed rescue work.
jpTaoghterof Sea Lions
Asferuv Ore. Sept. 7.? William M.
lee. known here as 'king" of aea
haatsrs. reoeni ly collected IS80
tie from the state for t*2 aea
ScaUpe. said at the rate "r 12.10
Bounty la paid on the Bea?
tuse they are considered the
eeast sermons' worst *nem>
gather off the meuth of the ' 'o
ihia river here to prey on fish
upstream.
hunting Is dangerous. Hun?
an* he tells of narrow en?
tfern angry hulls. Seals, he
are not as awkward as they
la* but ran travel fast. Recently
nai i him >ver the rocks but
kSted by Hemers companion be
fore It reached him.
, Munter work* from s amall launch
VaUa at sea. Much of hie hunting
si gone ?n roeky beaches where seals
kpMftagate. He learned his trade?
1st He terms It -as a mountaineer
fcuotlag hear and deer kn the Cascade
IfdUfvtaina
tn addition u the government
nounr? Hunter Is paid by salmon can
aarfsnen ' for destroying seals. Wstl
ggsyte4 on the it I pax k the rate qf
the* cannery bounty would be about
I.sou sea-lions killed,
destroy the fish by snap*
eg OtT their hea.de. it is said. Dur
tne salmon running seasons ir
rhe g*rtng. tone at the (tsh are vlctlmn
ef the sea-lion herds,
?f the sea-lions ace used ex
m glove manufacturing. Oils
gad fata also ere producta
M,t#? for every 1
?saMinas deetro
Columbia, sept. 7.?Second faces
hetsiaen Warren and Smith for the
ITattad States senate, between Bhea'y
and Smith for the railroad commis?
sion and between Harvey and Maul
41a for lieutenant governor were or
?aarad my the state Democratic execu?
tive committee meeting here today.
Severn! couny election proteeta
ware heard. Hub Evans' protest was
referred beck to the N? wberry county
?gentn It tee Mr Kvans whs defeat*
ior the ho?ae> by W. A. Counts. He
p Mealed on the grounds that Mr.
Counts hsd not flh?d expense accaunta
hofore the primary. A protest from
RichJanA on a magistrate election
was alto referred back to tlw county
committee.
Washington, Sept. t.?Itepresenta
tlree of farmers and llvestook peoduc
ars organisations are preparing to pre?
sent a protest to the federal reserve
hoard, according to a atatement of the
farmers' National council, against sl?
aved credit restrictions.
USED. CAR BARGAINS
One BUICK Six. good mechanical
dltloo. repainted. The prb e is
right.
One BUICK four. Thoroughly over?
hauled and repatneVd Y?ry low
priest
One DODOt? louring, good tires, me?
chanically o. If** repainted. Very
resaonable.
One MITCHELL touring, first" class
mechanical condition, repainted.
Bides like a I'ulluian.
One aVPBHIOR truck, two tons, with
good body and cab, in perfect ne.
chantcal condition and repainted.
Tires will shew good care of truck.
Qoed for hauling cotton pickers
and genral farm v.oik. a burgain.
One FUliTON truck. 1 1-8 tons, been
used one) week* Absolutely in first
class mechanl* al condition.
Other bargain*.
Tern* to responsible purchasers.
ANCHOR MOTOR CO,
2i2 W. Liberty St.
Sumter, S. C. N
The Montgomery
Cotton Meeting
Siv Things to Do to Help Get
Better Cotton Prices?"What
Did the Cotton Association
Meeting at Montgomery Do?"
"What Can I Do to Help Get
Better Prices?"
The great mooting of tho American
Cotton association in Montgomery.
Ala., last week, discussed a lot of
thlnga, but we believe the gist of the
?hr'e?oonfereneo may be given In six
definite things every cotton farmer in
the sunn, cun do to help the tight for
better prices: )
1. Kdrat and foremost, hold your
cotton. We must show the bear gam?
blers and their allies that they have
absolutely mistaken the spirit ami de?
termination of the aohthern people if
they think we will nit idly by and be
robbed of halt the fruits of this year's
labor. It his coat between 30 and 40
centa a pound to make this year's
crop. The decUlon of the Montgom?
ery meeting was that 40 cents should
be a minimum nrlce for middling.
Not only mu.?' each man resolve to
hold his own ' *t*, but he must see
hta neighbors a d insist on thofr hold?
ing. As J. A. brown says, "We must
shut up the m?' 'et so tight that no
j man can buy or beg a bale of cotton
at preaent prioea so that the only
way to get a bale of new crop cotton
urftll prices improve will be to steal it."
Mr. J. A.' Todd. the distinguished
Bnglish authority, who came' to
Montgomery at President Wannamak
er's request, slsed up the present
s/orld-sltuation somewhat as follows:
(1) The world will need every bale
of cotton that Is produced this year.
There is no real overproduction. (2)
Right now, however, there is prac?
tically no movement of cotton goods,
a wholly abnormal temporary dull
n?**s In the business of cotton manu?
facturers, and of course they are not
?offering normal prices for cotton
Present pricea are ohly fictitious prices
based on a temporarily demoralised
market.
Nevertheless if one-fourth of th
cotton farmers of the south are su<
fools as to accept this fictitious under?
valuation for 1930 cotton, pricea on
iW whole crop will be lowered. Wt
must keep anybody and everybody
from selling at present prices. % -
3. do to your county mass meet?
ing? Monday. September 20. Ev?
ery < "unty in the south Is asked to
hold a mass meeting of its cotton
farmers on this date, to make plana
for holding. warehousing. cutting
acreage and cooperative marketing,
fjfo, and get your reighbors to go, both
landlord and tenant, black and white,
tl'e must edueate everybody and al'
clatHes t?> the importance of this tight.
And see to It that everybody make*
some contribution 'for supporting the
cotton association in its plans. A
good method will be lo have every
grower authorise his ginner to deduct
10 to 25 cents a bale for the organ?
isation. Business men .should sub?
scribe liberally, for no one wJH be
hurt more than they if the south's
?pending power and d-ebt-paying pow
at is cut in half.
\t t. Cut your cotton acreage next
year by sowing a rcoord-hreuV ing
grain crop thla fall. Don't Just calk
about "cutting down acreage"?a
negative sort of program. Tell ev?
erybody to cut his cotton acroagt by
sowing more wheat, oats and rye, and
by sowing more clover to enrich the
land for corn next year. This is the
only sensible way to reduce acreage.
4. Put your cotton in a warehouse,
and organise a cooperative marke ting
association. Remarkably important
was the comprehensive report on co?
operative marketing adopted at Mont?
gomery, the result of months of labor
by Cotton Specialist Murph and oth?
ers. The report tells just how to start
cooperative selling with official grad?
ing or classing In your community.
As for warehouses, if there la not
sufficient warehouse room in your sec?
tion, It will piiy to hurry up the con?
struction <>f buildings of a cheaper
sort. In next week's Progressive
Farmer we expect to present some
plans worked out by Mr. D. C. Walty.
vlce-prealdent and manager of the Ar
kansas Cotton Aaaoclution, whereby
1.000 balea t my be taken care of In
g atructure costing only $1,600. We
do not believe, of course, that every
community should be content with
such cheap and Impermanent con?
struction, but this at least Indicates
that no community need accept the
ridiculous prices now offered by bear
apectilatora on the ground that it can't
house Ita crop.
6. I>o ?11 you can to help men who
are in a tight place financially from
having to sacrifice their cotton. Make
it a point to see tho president or
cashier of the bank you do buslnes*
with. Tell him a large part of his
business comeo from farmers and that
formers aspect him to go the limit In
helping them now. Sc*? your mer?
chant and tell him ho had hatter suf?
fer some temporary inconvenience,
better wait intil he can wait no long?
er on his cotton customers, rather
than force the South back into the
poverty and backwardness It former
ly suffered. And if yrtu ha\^ tenants
or nelghlM>rs who Insist on selling any?
how, buy their rotten if possible, and
hold It out of the regular channels
of trade.
fl. I>cmand also a fair price for
eottpn seed This subject has already
been discussed in previous issues of
The Progressive Farmer. The decis?
ion of the Montgomery mooting was
that funnels who can use cottonseed
meal for feeding should exchange cot?
ton send for an equal quantity of cot?
tonseed meal, or should sell when a
ton of need 1m selling for as much as
a ton of meal.
if this buttle for better cotton prices
Is to he wop. the growora thomsetvee
must Muht lo th ? llnish. Here are six
dednits) things every man cun do.
Check up yourself and see how tnuny
of them you are willing to do und
spread the news tu your neighbors,
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Ginning Figures
Show Late Crop
Census Bureau Makes Report
to September 1.
-Washington, Sept. S.?Cotton ginned
prior to September 1 amounted to
3*?7.241 running baten, Including 21,
143 round bales, the census bureau
announced today In its first ginning
report of the season.
Ginnmg to September 1, last year,
amounted to 142,625 running bales,
including 1,1 IS round hales and 26
bales of sea island.
Ginning by states this year to Sep?
tember 1 were. Alabama, 1,555; Ar?
kansas, 30; California, 1,545; Florida.
117; Georgia. 15,170;.Douisiana, 2029;
Mississippi, 827; North Carolina, 7;
Oklahoma, 326; South Carolina. 609;
Tennessee, none; .Texas, 344,019; all
other states. 317.
The census report showing 367,241
hales of cotton ginned prior to Sep?
tember 1 attracted comparatively lit?
tle comra-ent, but was considered as an
additional Indication of a late crop
which intensified the effect of unfa?
vorable weather and erop advices.
There was covering by both specula?
tive and trade shorts on the advance
which followed the ?carly break and
before midday active months sold 37
< to 55 points net higher, with October
touching 28.45, and January 25.75.
This attracted realizing but the week?
ly report of the weather bureau was
considered more bullish than expected
and prices hold very stenldy early in
the noon hour.
After selling 60 to 60 points net
higher on the unfavorable weather re?
ports, prices reacted under realising.
October eased oT from 2 8.60 to 28.07.
with active months ruling about 10 to
17 points net higher during, the mid?
dle of the afternoon.
College Faculty Strike
Concerted Plan of Members of
Columbia College Faculty to
Quit Just Before School
Opens
Columbia, Sept. 9.?A .concerted
plan on the part of members of the
faculty of Columbia College, a Meth?
odist female school here, to resign just
before the opening of the school next
Thursday, Is said to have been made
during the past summer, according to
information obtained here today. The
resignations of about a half dozen fac?
ulty members are expected In the next
few days. However, the new president
of the school. .1. Caldwell 'Guild, is
"ready for them." he says. He has a
number of prominent persons already
lined up for new faculty places and
the work of the school will not be in?
terfered with.
This is the stqual to the recent
. forcing from th;' presidency of Dr. C.
T. f'ugh. The faculty members were
in sympathy with pr. Pugh, whose
place was declared vacant by the
board, following Dr. Pugh's refusal
to re-insHate gevxral students who had
been deprived of. student body privil?
eges because they took part in an es?
capade, contrary to the college rules,
? last spring.
The college will open next Thurs?
day with bright prospects for the oest
year in its history, it 4s said. The en?
rollment will tax the capacity of the
school, and many young women have
been turned away.' . ,
Mexico's Oil Industry
Mexico City, Sept. 7.?A plan . for
thp operation of the newly-formed pe ?
trol-eum consulting board of the min?
istry of industry, commerce and labor,
ha? Just been made public.
In the effort to bring the govern?
ment and the petroleum interests ih'.o
closer relations, the latter will be per?
mitted to attend the sessions of the
board and present claims or give in?
formation, but without the power to
vote. ? 1
Another of the announced purposes
of the board, of which General Tre
vino, secretary of industry, commerce
and labor, Is chairman, is the dissemi?
nation of information regarding the
petroleum Industry. The board ha.i
l>egun functioning.
Staple Cotton
Association
__________
Mississippi Plan of Marketing
Cotton Endorsed by Darling?
ton Meeting
The executive committee of the
Staple Cotton association, elected at ?
mass meeting held September 2nd,
met in the Durllngton court house
September 7th. As u result of thi*
meeting we, the undersigned members
of the executive committee present,
aftvr a thorough discussion of the
Mississippi plan of marhcting cot?
ton, unanimously agreed to recoifi
mend to a mass meeting of the la ig
staple growers to he held in the Dur?
llngton court house Monday. Septem?
ber 13th at 11 a. m., the Mississippi
plan with some minor changes.
We earnestly urge the long Staple
growers from all ' sections of South
Carolina to be present at this meet?
ing.
T. G. McLeod,
D. D. .Jennings,
L. R. Drake,
C. P. Hodges,
D. A. Moore,
Wade Stack house,
.lohn T. Mackey,
A. J. A. Perltt,
Jas. I?. Molntosh,
J. W. GoOdson,
io. McGlll.
Quake Victims Increase
Pome. Bept. 8.- -The newspaper
Trlbuna says that several hundred per?
sona were killed in the earthquake at
Kivixzand end many more Injured,
quoting dispatches from Massa.
! Meade Staple Cotton
New Variety Replacing Sea
Island
_
Eteptjrta that .several hundred acres
of Meade cotton are being grown in :
Arkansas and Texas und more than I
2,00? acres in Hayti Uns year have
caused cotton specialists of the bureau j
of plant industry, ITrdtpd States de- |
partment of agriculti.ro. to express*
some concern over the effect this may
have upon their efforts to bring Meade
cotton to the front in Georgia as an
Upland long-staple vu.rioty. There is
no reason to expect that a variety of
the special character of the Meade
cotton can be grown to advantage in
all parts of the cotton belt.
Meade cotton, developed by the'bu?
reau of plain industry, is now replac?
ing the Sea Island cotton in Georgia
and South Carolina. It is earlier and
more productive than the Sea Island
cotton In the presence of the boll
weevil and produces fiber of the
length and quality ?t Sea island, so
that the advantage to the farmer is
great. The attention that Meade cot?
ton has attracted lb Georgia bus led,
however,- to efforts oeing made to in?
troduce this variety Into many other
districts In advance' of any recom?
mit datiori by the department.
An essentinl requirement for the
production of good long-staple fiber is
that the pJAnts shall not bo checked
by drought, which makes the Uber
weak hnd Irregul?r and renders the
CTDP difficult' to pick, because the
bolls are withered and split prema -
Lurely and do not open to the full ex?
tent of those that are normally de?
veloped. 4
An important advantage of Meade
. oLton in the Sea Island districts, but*
i disadvantage In Other parts of the
?otton belt, is that this variety is bot?
er adapted to roller ginning, on ac?
count of the seeds being only slightly
fussy, like the Sea Island cotton.
Though good prices have been secured
in some casen for sow-ginned Meede
fiber, there have also been complaints
that such fiber is badly gin-cut, which
is likely to injure the commercial
standing of the variety unless the need
of roller ginning is clearly understood
by farmers, the buyers, and the man?
ufacturers. ,
It has been the aim of the friends
of Meade cotton to keep the product
on im high a grade us possible, and it
has been selling on the market for
prices equal to those paid for s?*a Is?
land Pf the same grade. It is already
being produced in considerable quan?
tities and is the nearest approach to
Sea Island?now practically eliminat?
ed by the boll weevil's1 invasion?in
length and lineness of fiber. Tests of
the strength and spinning qualities of
the fiber have given favorable results,
so that the possibility of substituting
this type of cot on tor corresponding
englhs of. Sea Island is definitely in?
dicated.
Meade produces earlier than Sea
Island and develops bolls nearly twice
as large. A heavier crop can be set
in*a short period of time, and the fiber
matures in advance of Sea Island - -
al! -tending to avoid damage by boll
w?-evil. Even when a large .proportion
of the buds or young bolls are shed,
as a result of severe weevil injury or
other unfavorable conditions, the
Meade rows often yield two or throe
times as much us the Sv.a Island. I>uyr
ers accept Meade fiber as practicably
equivalent to the Sea island. At pres?
ent there arc a vrnt f?,0i?u acres plant?
ed in Meade in Gcorgui and South
Carolina, about J.OOo acPej being es?
pecially guarded as fhe basis ol a
supply of pure seed.
Episcopal Women
Hold Conference
Officers and Executive Council i
of Auxiliary Make Plans For |
Winters Work
<
?
Columbia, Sept. !*.?Officers and \
executive council of the Woman's t
Auxiliary to the presiding bishop and ;
council aiv holding a two day session j
in Satterlce hall. This session began j
yesterday and will continue today.
Tho work being done by these offl- j
cers and executive council, of which \
Mrs. William P. Cornell is presi?
dent, is lhat of discussing and making ,
plans for the winter's activities.
Representatives from all over the
[state are present and interest Is being
i shown in the future plans for the
woi k. The women attending the con?
ference are: Mrs. William P. Cornell
of Columbia, president; Mrs. F. X.
C hall en of Greenville, viee president
of the Greenville convocation; Mrs. H.
G. Ostoen of Sumter, vice president of
the Columbia convocation; Miss Elsie
Oudger of Columbia, secretary and
chairman of the publicity department;
Mrs. Lewis Parker of Greenville, edu?
cational secretary; Mrs. John Cart of
Orangeburg, secretary of supplies;
Miss Virginia T. Singleton of Colum?
bia, r. T. (?. custo/liun and chairman
of committee on Offering of Life; Mrs.
1>. I >. Taber. representative of the
: church school service league. Of the
executive council of 18 the following
women lire present: Miss F. B. Du
vall of Choruw, chairman of depart-j
men I of missions and church exten- j
felon; .Mrs. John 1). Fell of Columbia,
chairman of the department of Chris?
tian social service; Mr*. James R. Cain
of Columbia, chairman of the depart?
ment of nation-wide campaign; Mrs.
Henry VegXgin of Columbia; Mrs. T.
H. Fisher of Columbia, Miss ICltu
Powe of Ch< raw and Mrs. Robert
Hunt of Charleston.
Homes For Detroit
Detroit, Mich.. Sept. 8.?The Detroit
board of commerce will stand back of
the Detroit housing corporation's pro?
posal to float a bond issue of $600,000
j for building additional homes for
j workers in the city. This was made
I clear whci* !? per cent of the board's
membership endorsed the idea. Vir
jtua/ pledges on the par: of the entire
! membership of the board were made
to subscribe most of the fund.
The commercial organisation has
just completed a survey tending to
show that the growth of Detroit, both
In population and industry, is being
retarded by the house shortage. It
was revealed that workers are paying
from $70 to $lb0 por month for
places in which to live and that many
workmen cither are leaving Detroit
for othe r cities or are threatening to
do so.
The bonds that the members of the
board, are asked to buy are in de?
nominations of $100, ?5o<> and $1,000,
maturing semi-anndaily. They are to
be secured by mortgages.
"William Stocking, statistician of the
board, reports a big reduction in
house construction during July. The
number of permits was 561 fewer than
in July, 1919.
Cox Speaks in Dakota
Grand Forks, N. D., Sept. 7.?Qov.
Cox arrived here for three speeches
in North Dakota today. Ho will
speak here, and at Devil's Lake av.d
Minot. ?
COTTON LETTER
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(John F. Clark A Co.)
New York, lSept. 9.?Keports of
leavy rains over ai large area of the
>elt ha<l a stimulating effect on tho
tear months In the cotton market
?arly and the options showed a gain
>f ten 1 wenty points. There was:
in increased volume of hedge sales
ivhich were placed chiefly in the dis
ant^months and these declined 20 to
30 points. The*market was very er?
ratic again with the character of the
lews conflicting.
Press advices indicate that th<e coal
strike in England had not yet beer*
averted and this together with the un?
favorable textile situation and lack of
demand fnr the actual go to make
up the bulk of the bearish news. Crop
reports, however, are far from fa
\<.1.?''!<' but as sentiment is inclined to
lean more to the down side it looks
as though a continuance of bad waprti?
er must be had to maintain present
levels.
. NEW YORK COTTON
Y'st'oVs
Month Open High Low Close Close
.Jan. ..20.30 2.fi.37 24.80 25.07 25.25
Mch, ..24.95 24.95 24.18 24.48 24.85
May ...24.58 24.60 23.85 24.05 24.55
Oct.2S.15 28.47 27.80 28.25*27.95 '
Dec. ..2C.35 26.47 25.85 26.1 8 26.18
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
T'st'dy'a
Month Open lilgh Dow Cloae Close
Jan. ...24.S9 24.98 24.34 24.52 24.75
Mch. ..24.40 24.45 23.69 23.85 24.28
May ....24.10 24.10 23.40 23.45 2 3*5
Oct. ...26.88 27.40 26.70 27.00 li,$3
Dec. ...25.30 2 5.63 -4.97 25.2o 56.25
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LIVERPOOL COTTON.
Cloae
January ., . 18S*
March . 18.42
May . 17.97
July . 17.&7
August . 17.37
October .fc. 19.76
i >eeember .*. . . 19.07
Truck Farms.
I will subdivide and sell my Chan?
dler place, about a mile and a-half
from town, into small farms soon. Th h
land will make \aluable truck farms.
D. C. Shaw.?AdVli
Holiday Eve Club
The annual meeting of the holiday'
Kve club was held Monday afternoon
at Which time officers for the ensuing
year were elected as follows:
J. J. Williams, president, and J. H.
Myers, vice-president were re-elected;
A. H. Boykln, secretary; Cyril
Schwartz, treasurer.
Committee: M. M. Platt, J. P.
Ilrunson, A. L. Yates.
A committee was appointed by the
president to draft new constitution
and byrlaws, and to report at next
meeting.
The membership list was increased
from fifty to seventy-five. The enter?
te; inments will be held as usual?>
Thanksgiving eve, New Year's eve.
and just before and after the Lenterf
season. . ,
After a general discussion of af?
fairs the meeting adjourned to con?
vene on September 27th and at sir
o'clock in the afternoon in the office*
of Mr. M. M. Platt, 21 City National
hank building.
Truck Farms.
I will subdivide and sell my Chan
Idier place, about a mile and a-half
from town, into small farms soon. This
land will make valuable truck farms.
D. C. Shaw.?Advt.
FOR SALE
Two-story six-room house, barn and stables, garage,
fruit trees with eight acres of land, all under fence, loca?
ted three miles from S?mler.
.?. .
F. M. MOISE
Sumter, S. C.
LUMBER
LUMBER
r.ocUs,
Hingen,
\ ?ils,
Grilles,
Saws,
Hatchets,
Hammers,
Door Hangers,
BUILDING
MATERIAL
Flooring,
Ceiling,
Skiing,
Casing,
Mouldings,
Training Lumber,
Itcd Cedar Shlnglca,
Pine and Cypress Shingles,
Metal mid Composition Shingles,Carpenter's Tools,
Doors, Sash and Blinds, Taint Brushes,
Porch Columns and Ballastera, PsJwts and Oils,
Heaver Hoard. Inside Decoration*,
Valley Tin and Hldge Holl, Culsontine? and Cold Water Paints.
WIRE FENCING, IRON AND WOOD
HARDWARE
PAINTS
OILS
Brick,
Lime,
Cement,
Plaster,
Fire Brick,
Fire (lay,
Sc wer Pipe,
Stove Flue,
Terra '\>t(a Thimbles
Mortar Colors and - tains
Water Proofing Mineral,
Corrugated Mejal Hoofing,
Asbctos and Composition Roofing.
POSTS
EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE
Booth & McLeod, Inc.
SUMTER,
SOUTH '?CAROLINA