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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-09-04
BUMPER COTTON CROP,
SOUTH PRODUCED NEARLY
FOURTEEN MILLION BALES.
The Crop Of 1908 Was the Greatest
Ever Grown by More Than Quarter
or a Million BaIes-Hester's Fig.
ures Made Public.

New Orleans. Aug. s1.-Statistics
showing that more cotton was hand
led during the commercial year end
Ing at midnight tonight than ever be-
fore and that all records had been
broken in the amount of cotton con.
sumed by Southern mills was the fea-
lures OF the annual crop statement Of
Secretary Hester OF the New Orleans
cotton exchange. The document forms
the preliminary report Of Secretary
Hester's annual review Of the COM
mercial year.
The count Of the commercial crop
showed it to be the largest on record,
13.825.457 bales. The previous larg-
est commercial crop was 13,665,sS6,
marketed in 1s04-06. Last seasons
total was only 11,671,s66.
The very large total for this year.
crop was a surprise to the trade. tn
cluding both the bulls and the bears,
and II the figures had been issued
while trading was going on it is prob
able that they would have had a de-
pressing effect on prices
The most important feature In the
report next to the size of the crop it,
| self was the statement on the amount
OF cotton consumed by Southern mills
during the season which closed to-
| day. Here all the records were again
broken. the total being 2,55s,S73
| bales. This point was regarded by the
bulls as being even of more impor-
tance than the size Of the crop itself.
1t was taken as official confirmation
of the many stories of the great ex-
pansion Of cotton manufacturing in
the South. The figures compared with
2,193,0OO last season and 2,439,OOO
| two seasons ago.
In the point of port receipts an
other record was broken. Net re-
ceipts at all ports of the season were
put at 10,0S2,S45 bales against only
S,579,S42 last year and 9,919,555 two
yeaps ago. Z g4,ste...ss -.
Liverpool will have the first chance
to trade on the report. Tonight the
trade is about equally divided in opin-
ion over the effect of the total, bulls
claiming the bearishness of the big
crop is more than Offset by the bull
ishness of the big consumption i'm
spite of the claims o. the bears that
il j. Il decidedly bearish document.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-09-04
POSTAL DEFICIT LARGEST YET
Hitchcock COnfers With President
About IT,

Beverly. Mass. Sept. 1.-Postmas-
ter General Hitchcock had an impor-
ta"t conference with President Taft
this afternoon regarding the plans he
mas formulated for cutting down ex-
'ehses In the postal establishment.
lie told the president that according
10 the latest estimates the postoffice
department. will show deficit for the
nscal year ended June 80 last of more
than $2o.O00.O00. This is the lare
est deficit the postal service ever has
known
The deficit for the fiscal wear end
iuS June 80, 1908, was about $1,000
900. The increase as nearly as can
he ascertained was due i'm part to
extensions of the service, to the bust
ness depression during the first part
of the fiscal year and to cumbersome
and expensive methods of handling
the mail and i'm other departments of
postal work.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-09-04
HAS PELLAGRA A GERNT?-
Durham Doctors Begin Experiments
To Find Germ of Disease

Durham, n. c., Aug. 31.--Alarmed
by the number of cases of peliagra
winch have developed in this city. To-
cal physicians today began experi-
rhents TO locate the origin of the dis
ease. Six deaths from pellagra nave
occurred in this section.
An examination of the. bloo4 of "A
powerful negro who has the disease
IN most aggravated form revealed a
distinct organism and specimens were
sent to Richmond and to Johns Hop
klns for more careful analysis
III a germ is found. as physicians
here are inclined to believe. Soma ami
mai will be inoculated and a CAM
paign against pellagra. on: the germ
theory will be waged.. The theory
that the disease has its sorigin in corn
has been abandoned by the local med
ical profession, but a fierce -. war
against the importation of Western
corn is being conducted.
DR.. McCampbel of the state. hospi-
tai has written a paper Treating will.
II cases Of pcllagrous. .insaniey and
death. Three fourths of. the cases
We're among women. which is M
usual it is said as the disease occurs
more frequently among men. None.
OF the cases which have developed ir
TINS section has been traceable to-
corn-bread. One victim was a board
ing housekeeper, but none of the
b"arders contracted the disease.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-09-04
JUSTICE MOODY SERIOUSLY ILL
Member of Supreme Court Removed
From Railroad station 10 His Home
In IIayCrhill.

haVerhill, Mass, Aug. 3I.-With
many precautions for secrecy Asso-
ciatc Justice William B. Moody of the
United states Supreme Court was ro-
moved in police ambulance from
the Bradford railroad station to his
nome here tonight. 1t is understood
that his condition is serious. He APP
peared to he helpless during the trans
Ter from the train to the ambulance.
Although Justice Moody's illness was
announced officially as a case Of
rheumatism and gout. local physi-
clans, who have known him for wears.
believe 1t to be more serious.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-09-04

Stricken on Train Returning From
Southern Business Trip-Was APP
parcotly In Good Health Up % This
Fatal Attack.

Al the University of Pennsylvania
Hospital. at Philadelphia, at 2 o'clock
this morning. Samuel ID. Kynor. of
No. Tie Mahantongo street. died from
the result OF acute diabetes. His ILL
ness and death was most unexpected
as up to the latter part of last week
he was apparently In the best of
health. II was last Thursday while
returning from Sumter. South Caro-
lima. that he was stricken on the train
and upon reaching Philadelphia was
at once taken to the hospital. There
he received the best of medical treat
ment. DIR. @. III. Boyer being sum-
moned to his bedside with some OF
the most eminent physicians Of the
country. When dissolution came. his
wife and only son. Herbert ID. Kynor
who is a student at Lehigh Univer-
sity. were at hisbedside.
Both are now home and this even
ing via the 6:S5 Philadelphia Read
ing flyer" Undertaken George w
shoener will arrive home with the
remains which will be taken at once
90 his late residence.
Mr.. Kynor was i'm the fifty- eigh IN
year of his age. He was q native OF
Dover. ~. j.. and came To Pottsvlle
about twenty years ago. from stock
ton. where he was colliery super
intendent. Prior to that time he con
Quoted an iron ore business In New
Jersey and also had charge of iron
ore beds In Cuba for the Bethlehem
Iron and steel Company. When he
located here he took up coal operat-
ing. conducting the Mt. Hope Coal
Company. at ST. Clair. for n number
OF years. He retired from the coal
business about half dozen years
ago. About year ago he identified
himself with the Sumter Pine Cypress
Company. He was on his way home
from a business trip South i'm con
nection with that company. when nc
was stricken. Rallying from that at
tack he seemed improving but last
night took n sinking spell. his demise
soon ollowing.-Pottsville. Pa.
News. Aug. 30.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-09-04
JAPAN AND CHINA.
TWO COUNTRIES COMPROMISES
MANOHURIAN DISPUTE.
Will Sign Seven Articles Relating TO
Concessions to Japan and Three TO
China

Peking, Aug. 31.-China and ia
pan today concluded their negotia-
tons on the general Manchurian ques-
tions that have been in dispute for
some time past. The two countries
will sign an agreement Of 10 articles
under the terms Of which China
agrees f1rst not to construct the Hish-
mintum-Fakumen railroad without
consulting Japan; second. In the event
that the Kirin railroad be extended
to the Korea border, half the capital
required will be borrowed from ia
pan; third, Japan is given the right
to work the mines in the Fushun and
Yental districts; fourth. Japan will
construct the extension of the Yin
kow railroad; fifth, there shall be
joint exploitation Of the mines in the
zone reached by the Manchurian and
Antung- Mukden railroad lines: sixth,
China agrees to open four trade marts
In the Chientao district between 10.
rea and Manchuria; the Koreans liv-
ing therein shall be under the juris-
diction of Japan. while those residing
outside the marts shall be under the
jurisdiction of China except that ia
pan shall have the right to hold court
in cases calling for the infliction of
the death penalty; seventh. China
agrees that Japan move the station
of the South Manchurian railroad to
Mukden.
Japan agrees, first. to recognize
Chinese sovereignty in the Chientao
district; second that the terminus of
the Hishmintun railroad be moved
to the city of Mukden. and third, to
indemnify the owners Of the Fushun
and Yentai mines, the amount of the
indemnities to be determined later.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-09-04
Standard Oil Dividend.

New York, Sept. 1.-SiX dollars a
share, as usual, will be paid in divi-
dends by the Standard Oil Company
this month for the current quarter.
ON the 9S3,3S3 shares OF stock out
standing this will mean a disburse-
If the December dividend is the usual
$40 a sabre, making $40 a share for
the year. the company will disburse
almost $40,00O,000 for the year
1909. The regular September divi-
dend has been Sc for several years.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-09-04
HAMPTON CONSTABLE \ SUICIDE.

hampton. Sept 1.-Mr. J. f.. Bel
ger. magistrates constable here. COM.
hhtted suicide at II o'clock last
night by shooting himself in the head
over the right ear with a S2-calibre,
pistol. Domestic unhappiness and al.
cohoiiSm are assigned as the causeas
Of the act. He was about SO yearg -
age and leaves a wife and five chie-
dTen.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-09-04
INSCRIPTIONS ARE WANTED.
Chairman c. Irvine Walker Asks Men
OF State to Suggest Suitable Words
For Memorial to be Erected On
Capitol Grounds. I

Columbia, Sept. 1.-What do the
men of South Carolina owe to the
women of the Confederacy? The
funds for a memorial to be erected
raised. Sculptor F. Wellington Ruck-
stuhl is now designing the monument
and the design has been declared one
of the most artistic ever prepared. On
the monument just in front of the
State house, erected by the women of
South Carolina to the soldiers who
died for the Lost Cause" are two
beautiful inscriptions. These recite
the valOr and heroism Of those "who,
true to the instincts of their birth
have glorified a fallen cause by the
simple manhood of their lives and
their patient suffering" "and in the
dark hours of Imprisonment, i'm the
hopelessness of the hospital, in the
short, sharp agony of the field, found
hope in the belief that at home they
would not be forgotten"
These were some of the words in
scribed by the women of South Car
olina on the monument to the sol
diers.
1t is now necessary for the men of
the State to send to the commission
in charge of the work of erecting q
monument to the women Of the Con-
federacy suitable inscriptions for the
tribute to their self-sacrifice and de-
votion.
The following has been issued:
South Carolina Commission
for Ehe Monument to the Women of
the Confederacy,
Columbia, s. c., Aug. 81. 1909.
To the Men of South Carolina:
Two inscriptions will be required
for the two large panels Of the ped
estal of the South Carolina monument
to the women of the Confederacv
These inscriptions are designed tn
declare to the world what these wo-
men of the South did to deserve this
honoring." Each must contain fror,
GO to so words. preferably 60
The men Of our state are cordially
invited to suggest appropriate word
ing for these inscriptions Those deem
ed most suitable by the commission
Will be used. Suggestions should be
sent to Capt VIM T.. Gonzales. secre-
tary and treasurer, Columbia. before
November 1. 1909.
G. IRVINE WALKER
Chairman;
j. +. MOORE,
G. a. REED,
j. G.. RICHARDS. JR.
WM. f. GONZALES.
Sec. & Treas.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-09-04
THE SOUTH now LEADS.
SOUTH NOW SPINS MORE COT.
TAN THAN NORTH.
Centre of Cotton Mamfacturfna
Moves to a Section Where Cotton IL
Grown-Dide Coming Into Her
Own.

New Orleans, La, Sept. .l.-For the
second consecutive year Southern
mills have consumed more cotton
than the Northern mills, according to
Secretary Hester's report on the con- =
sumption Of American cotton. made
public on the floor of the New Orr
leans cotton exchange. at the close Of
business. today. Southern mills. uD
to the close of the commercial year,
ending August 81. 1893, consumed a..
100000 bales. against $500. 900 bales
consumed in the North ~
When the Hester report a year asos
showed that the Southern mills had
for the first time gone ahead of those
of the North by a narrow margin, -
was generally attributed to unfavor-
able commercial conditions havinn,'
had more serious effect on the New
England mills than on those of the
South. 80
stir among cotton men for such re<3
suits were hardly expected, althoug4s
1t had been reported for some time
that Southern mills were increasinGE
their spindles at faster rate thaN
Northern mills and that the expan~
sion Of cotton manufacturing In ma
South was on scale seldom knostn}
in any industry. For years the buI5
here have been claiming that ne
centre of the cotton manifestations
industry Of the world was fast nfoy{
ing from Lancashire to the Urdte4
States and that eventually the centD6r
would be established in the Soufl1
Secretary Hester's statement this Il
ternoon was taken as confrmation 81
the bulls of their predictions f*t f$3<(
The total consumption. OF Ap1efiC q
cotton by the world was. pukH
10000 bales, the largest 4nxfe eeo&3
larger by 100000 bales than s1eS
year and larger by 505s0o0
than the largest consup1ptfo6
known before, which v6 tek0$
ago. Consumption of a stxns q. = =!
ners was put at S.056, 0Uc bales.
The total consumption OF Ameri-
can cotton last year was 12,112,O00
bales. while two years ago it was 12,-
$1,000. The total visible and i'm
visible supply of cotton was put ar
3,052. 900 bales, against 2.412. 600 a
year ago and 2,S32,0O0 two years
ago. Mill stocks in the United States
were estimated at 100000 bales,
against 100000 a year ago and for
eign mills stocks were estimated at
100000 bales, against. 1,12a,OOO a
year ago. ,.
1t was announced that Ellison's fig
ures on mill stocks for last year have
been corrected: from 1,1O3, 900 to l.
350.000 bales.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-09-04
LAST REPORTS WORST.
EIGHT HUNDRED BODIES RE.
COVERED IN MONTERREY
Many Thousands HOmeless-Hun-
dreds Are Destitute In Waterswept
Valley Of Santa Catarina.

Monterey. Mex. Aug. 30.-With 500
bodies recovered and buried in Mont
erey up to nightfall. 1000 is now the
estimate Of the city authorities Of
those who lost their lives throughout
the valley of the Santa Catarina riv-
er. The number Of homeless. many
destitute, Is placed at $1,000 and 20.-
900.
The Santa Catarina river at Mont
Grey has subsidized sufficiently to per-
NIT q passage into the district lying
to the south and q. visit to that sec
tion by correspondent Of the Asso-
ciated Press revealed an appalling
condition. People who had been saw
ed from the food Of Saturday morn
ing had been without food until to-
day. when on some cables q small
amount OF bread and beans was got
across. The river was still running
swiftly and In order to get across 1t
was necessary to wade through half
a mile Of water so as to avoid the
strong current which would still
sweep man from his feet.
Once on the south side of the river
evidences Of the terrible destruction
wrought by the food were to be seen
on every hand. Five blocks Of the dis
trict were as though they had never
existed and in the remaining portion
of the district bodies were being TAX
en- from the ruins and buried by a
party of gendarmes sent across for
the purpose.
At 4 o'clock 400 bodies had been
recovered and were buried on the
hillside south of San Luisito, thus,
with the same number buried yester-
day. making in all 500 bodies which
have been received in Monterey alone.
Thus far no Americans have been
reported lost and 1t is not expected
that any of them are missing, as few
OF foreign families resided in the
flooded district.
Reports from the country up and
down the valley are meagre and bard
to obtain. as all telegraph commt,ni
cation has been cut off i'm this direc-
ton. but from what has been learned,
the number of dead has been placed
at 1000 and the homeless at between
$4,000 and 10000.
Most of the people are in destitute
circumstances.
Reports from down the river state
that many bodies have been recover
ed but there are many that will never
be accounted for as the Santa Catar-
ina river bed Is full of quicksands,
and many bodies have no duobt dis
appeared In these sands.
The authorities are doing all in
their power and the federal govern
ment has sent $4,000 in money and
provisions for the relief of the suf
ferers. Contributions have been re-
ceived from San Antonio and New
fork city firms which have repre-
sentives in the city.
Many houses have fallen from the
effects of the continuous rains which
nave occurred in this city during the
~ hours ending at noon Sunday. Dur
ing this time 81 7-S inches Of rain
te' In Monterey and up the Santa Ca
tarina valley.
One of the buildings destroyed was
the san Francisco church, which was
the oldest building in the city, it hav-
ing been built in 1872. The barracks
OF the rurales was washed away and
much military equipn ent was lost.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-09-04

Now York. August 3i.--The Jour-
AAl Of Commerce will tomorrow pub
~ In September report on the cot
kan condition. II will present q dis
'l,ouraging outlook. From replies Of
nsariy 100 correspondents Of an av-
srass date Of August -. q condition
" 90 per cent Is obtained. which
oOmpares with 73.1 last month and
Isl q yoar ago. The plant has.
.tAsrefore. deteriorated IL. which has
eNly once been exceeded In the nine
years since the Journal OF Commerce
sVocial reports were inaugurated.
namely. In 1902. when 1t fell Sc.
o1hsr years when the loss closely ap-
proached this figure were 1894. con-
I11o1ou then falling points. and 1908
1oO1, when the loss was 5.5 and
oppectlvely. North Carolina dur
1opst showed an Improvement
)kion OF ss TO 10: but other
Rtates showed losses. South
oclining o.s to TEL: Geor-
4 FLORIDA. 10.s to 7..I;
~ es.s; Mississippi, 2.s
~ 49, 49, B: 1t5.s ser S4: Texas
2{f.3 70 f6s1: Arkansas lee to st4;
Tennessee Ia to So; Missouri 3.5 to
DIS and oklahoma. 1913 to 6s.2.
!, The destructive work of the boil
weevil. which made havoc with the
crop earlier in the season in Texas.
Arkansas and Louisiana. was check
ed by prolonged drought and heat;
and by many correspondents these
ravages are considered practically
stopped
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-09-04

Vanilla grows on a sort of climb
ms orchid. which is very plentiful in
the tropics.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-09-04

JOURNAL or COB0GERCE RE
PORT DIsCOURAGING.

Coalnsson of tho Crop Estimated at
90 Pr Ceut-Falling on Of IL Per
opns Within tlne Pnst Month
North Carolina eho Only state 70
Glsow IN Increase-Greatest Loss In
UklohOma.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-09-04

1t is believed by the Turks that
geraniums were originally swallows.
and that their existence was changed
by their touching the robe OF Ma
homet.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-02-09

The picture Countys JAIL
good photograph by S. Brown Challs This mpos
made rough lumber built thirty
has been service We this show
the what kind Jail Custer
has Words describe while picture may We do
believe fourth the people had the pleasure of seeing Gus
county jail Most counties point with pride their
buildings Wonder Custer county point with pride
county jail and court house
The above Jail relic of ancient For thirty d.
has old ak swamp where stands today the
end You by the picture how the boards
the bottom have roed and the high board fence leaning
fall down. Also again the little 6xS inch
windows let light and ventilation 1t is damp and and
life is in danger from fever they unfortunate
be this hog standing advertisement for
criminals for they know that old boy with oothpick
break The last two prisoners confined this old
without trouble This jail is unsafe and unhealthy
alive with bed bugs Talk about the horror of the Russian
PRISONS they compared with the Custer jail
Over Ada other day the grand their
house Jail damp unhealthy and the Court
repaired What would the Court
should the judge the sanitary conditions OF this jail
Yet the above picture of Custer county prison This
Jail condemned by grand jury twenty Custer
financially able have decent county build
the county records from freand the
economy sake suppose Board
ed the county Jail repaired floor laid ard ss
building The work has performed and
will the $1,000 This may be but is it
The old shack would bring S5 today unless rancher
wanted then would be unsafe for they could
their O liberty.
Next week will publish picture of Custer countys
house We will make postal cards relics from the
buildings, and sell two of them for cents
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-02-09

A new lodge of the Independ-
ent Order of Odd Fellows was
instituted at May, Idaho, last
Thursday night, FEB. 4th. by
Grand Master Mathewson, of
Salmon. The new lodge starts
off with fifteen charter members,
mostly former members of Gus
ter Lodge No. 81, of this city.
This new lodge will increase in
membership very rapidly. They
have a fine new hall, and a full
set of regalia, etc. On the fol-
lowing night after the lodge was
instituted, a grand ball was held.
About twenty Odd Fellows
from Challis contemplated at
tending, but it was out of the
question to go as the town was
placed under quarantine Sal
mon was represented by the fol
lowing three linkers c. q
Mathewson, W. j. Brown, Chas
D. Lee, Geo. H. Monk. H. S
Waters. Jas. l.. kirtley and Gu,
Edwards
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-02-09
Leonard G.. Morse Dead.

Leonard G.. Morse, we'll known
in this portion of Custer county,
and ia Lemhi county, among the
early settlers, died at his home
in Sparta, Wisconsin, Tuesday j.,
Jan. 18th, 1909.
He was born in Hanover, n.
H., Dec. stb, 1882. In the early
Cos, he came West and settled in
Lemhi valley and engaged in
mining and cattle raising. He
was a partner in the cattle bust
ness first in Lemhi valley, and
later in Pahsamaroi valley with
Mr.. ]. B. Morrow, now of Boise
City. Mr.. Morrow purchased
Mr.. Morse's interest in the fall
of 1888.
Mr.. Morse was twice married,
in 1861 to Elvira Crosby, who
died two years later. they having
no children. Nov. 25, 1884. be
was married to Miss Mary Car
michael, who survives him.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-02-09

To the friends who came to Us
and those willing to come to US
n our hour of trouble, and con-
trihuted all that human kindness
could suggest, to help aud com
fort, we return most healtfelt
thanks, and although such devOt-
ed friendship cannot remove the
sad memories that linger around
our vacant chair, it brings into
view the brightest side of human
ity, and throws the pure light OF
an unselhsh friendship into =
darkened home May the day
be far distant when those friends
who gathered around US and all
friends will need similar atten-
ton, but when the lime comes
may they receive the same full
measure of generous aid and ten
der sympathy they brought to
our home when death was an in
mate there.
ID. B. DRAKE AND FAMILY.