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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14
ACTIVITY IN COFFEE MARKET
Heavy Dealings for Future Delivery
Prices Advanced Over Yesterday.

New York, Oct. 1.-THE greatest
activity and excitement since the be-
ginning Of the bull movement in the
coffee markets was in evidence dur
ing today's trading, and contracts for
nearly a quarter Of a million bags
changed hands in the future mar
ket, which closed at an advance of
from AZ to SIS points. or practically
half cent, above the closing figures
Of yesterday.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14
Presentment OF Grand Jury-Fall
Term, 1911.

State of South Carolina,
Sumter County.
To His Honor Robert E. Copes, Pre-
siding Judge:
We, Your Grand Jury, beg leave
to sumbit this. our final Presentment
for the year 1911.
We have passed upon all bills Of
indictment handed us by the Solici-
tor.
We have heretofore examined into
the condition of our County offices
and institutions, and do not deem it
necessary to make further investiga-
tons at this time.
Our Foreman witnessed the set
tlement between the County Auditor
and Treasurer. He reports that the
Comptroller General took occasion
to compliment these two officers on
the condition Of their offices. 1t only
took the Comptroller General one and
one-half hours to make a complete
settlement, so we'll were their books
kept.
Thanking your Honor and the Of
ficers Of the Court for courtesies ex-
tended.
Respectfully submitted.
A. N. FLOWERS,
EOraInan
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14

a. v. e.sal of sumter Chosen "a Vice
Preaidcns Of South Carolina.

Memphia Tenn. Oct. 1.-THE Of
1ss1ns Of bonuses by cities, to secure
cQnveattfps. industrial enterprises
49, r~ilreats wss denounced. az a
noeol prepos<tion In resolutions
411v>oo by ehe southern Commercial
03Drseas>e9 association which con-
1nnded its fourth annual convention
here today. In isolated cases. how
ever. IL was pointed out that In
ducements might be justified. The
association also went on record as
favoring municipal aid In advancing
the cities commercially. the fund to
be raised through a tax levy.
The movement to have each coun-
~ employ an agricultural expert to
educate the farmer In scientific meth
DDS Of farming was indorsed.
Houston. Texas. was selected az
the next meeting place over Pensa-
cola. Fla. and Macon. Ga. j. s.
Warren. Industrial commissioner OF
the Business Mems club Of Memphis.
was elected president and Adolpn
Boiz OF Houston. Tex. secretary.
Vice presidents for the different
states were also named.
Among the vice presidents elect
ed was A. V. Smell of Sumter. tor
south Carolina.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14
INQUEST A FARCE.
Corner Holds Inquest at Honca
Path-MOther Refused the Body.

Anderson, Oct. 11.-"Willis Jack.
son came to his death from gunsho,
wounds at the hands of an unknown
mob" was the verdict reached by
the coroners jury at Honea Path to-
day.
The horribly multilated body was
viewed by the jury, and then cut
down from the telephone pole by
Coroner Beasley. The mother of the
negro refused to take the body. say
ing she would not have anything to
do with a son Of hers that would
commit such a crime. The negroes
refused to allow the body to be in
tered in their burial grounds, SO it
was buried at the expense of the
county.
Several fingers Of the negro had
been severed for souvenirs during the
night, and the rope as it fell to the
ground was cut in pieces and dis
tributed among a large crowd that
had gathered to see the negro cut
from the pole.
Coroner Beasley and Sheriff King
arrived on the scene at $3.50 o'clock
this morning, and after experiencing
a little trouble in getting jury will
Ing to serve the inquest was begun.
The body was viewed, and the Jury
then repaired to the office Of Magis-
trate Wilson to hear the testimony.
Five or six witnesses were examined,
but 1t was impossible to locate any
persons who admitted seeing the
lynching. Everybody in the commu-
nifty was reticent, and the examina-
ton Of the witness required only a
short time.
Sheriff King forwarded a short re-
port from Honea Path to Governor
Blease. In the report he referred
the Governor to the newspaper ac-
counts. which the Sheriff stated were
correct in every particular. as far as
he could determine.
Citizen" Josh Ashley was not a
witness Of the lynching, and neither
was his son, Joe Ashley. These men
left the mob with the negro before
the crowd reached Hohea Path. At
Honea Path Mayor Sullivan last
night Pleaded that theA isw be 4 al
lowed to dispose of the negro. He
read telegram he had received
from Gov. Blease. asking that the
mob allow the law to take its course.
stating that he would order a special
term Of court to try the negro with
In two weeks. All Of the pleading
was OF no avail, however, for after
taking the negro before the little
girl for a second Identification the
crowd proceeded to the scene of
the attack, and there he was strung
up by his left foot
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14

The sixth of the arches wbich ora
to make up Sumter's White Way"
was put up Tuesday from the Dixie
Cafe across to the meat market next
To the star Restaurant. However.
the lights Were not turned on until
wednesday night, when the several
S'lIiisS OF nights made quite an at
tractlVe appearance. TODAY. work
was started on another arch TO
stretch across from the Lyric to
Burns Hardware Company.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14
A BIG LOT OF COTTON.
rarkes Lumber Company OF Dalzell,
storr 81 Bales of Cotton In Ware
house.

An unusual sight on the streets OF
sumter was that OF Wednesday.
shortly after noon. when ten wagons
<arrived In the city from Providence
rosded with So bales OF cotton. max
ing . total weight OF $4,000 pounds
OF cotton.
The sight was not unusual In the
amount OF cotton. for many more
bales Of cotton are seen every day.
but In the fact that all Of the cotton
vas brought In at one time and be-
longed In one lot The cotton was
In charge Of Mr.. Ed Parker Of Pro-
vidence. the senior member Of the
nrm Of Parker Lumber Company.
and one Of the unusual things about
the cotton was that Il was raised by
- lumber company.
= Mr.. Parker stated that he was will
Ing to sell his cotton. N ne could get
the right price for Il. but he could
not Get the right price and could not
anord to ssii at less than the cost Of
Production. He had therefore stor-
led II I'm the cotton warehouse. where
u win be kept until the price Of cot
ton goes up.
The wagons were all heavily laden
with cotton. several Of them having
as much ss ten bales on them and
one having eleven bales on 1t. On this
latter wagon there was more than
$1,000 pounds Of cotton by actual
weight at the cotton warehouse. II
- something new for Sumter county
to have ~ much as ten and eleven
bales hauled on one wagon at a time.
seven bales being generally the limit.
and the heavily loaded wagons at
sractsd much attention.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14

Cotton pickers are still very scarce
in all parts Of the country Many
farrers report that there is still a
great deal of cotton which has never
been picked over. One farmer stat
ed that he had about a hundred and
eighty acres, most of which had at
least bale to the acre open on it.
None Of this cotton had been pick
ed over.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14
w. $. REAMER GIVES $4,000.
Former Columbia Mayor Establishes
University Scholarship.

Columbia oct. lit was an
nounced today that w. =. Reamer
former mayor Of Columbia. has
established two scholarships at the
University of South Carolina. Mr..
Reamer has placed at the disposal
Of the hoard Of trustees the sum Of
$1,000. tho interest To be used for
the maintenance Of the two scholar
ships. The awards Of the scholar
ships, 1t Is announced, will bc made
annually by the board OF trustees.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14

superintendent of Education
Haynsworth has been paying visits
to a number Of schools near the city
this week. He hopes by making his
visits to two a day to accomplish his
purpose Of visiting each school In
the county at least three times dur
ing the year.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14
CRIMINAL COURT PROCEEDINGS
Case of I. II. Davis for Disposing of
Property Under lien Being Tried

The case Of |. n. Davis for dispos-
ing or crop under lien, was begun
Wednesday afternoon and was con
tnued through the morning. MIR.
Davis Is represented by Mr.. ]. II.
clifton and the Solicitor is assisted
in the prosecution by -. u. Noise.
The case Is one where Davis is
accused Of selling some cotton up
on which w. l.. Ostccn is alleged to
have held a lien The case was left
with the jury Just before court ad-
journcd for it's noon recess.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14
OIL MILL MANAGER SHOT.
Difiicuity in Greenwood Town May
Result FstsIly--Csusc of Trouble.

Greenwood. Oct. Ill. Il. Mul-
Iinax. manager OF the Troy Oil Mill.
was shot and perhaps fatally wound
\cd this afternoon by @. w. Long. In
khe town Of Troy. about sixteen miles
rom here. or the Charleston and
Testern Carolina Railway. Mr. Long
"a merchant In Troy and as spe-
al deputy with Mr.. Lowtin. had
rested some negro employees OF
oil mill ~ which Mr.. MulIinaS
manager.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14

= The papers granting the parole of
Robert M. Barwick, convicted of
manslaughter, but paroled by Gov
.ernor Biesse on Tuesday. were re-
ceived by the county clerk this morn
ing and filed in his office.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14

The work on Main street is pro-
crossing nicely. The laying of the
concrete base has been completed
block and is being pushed rapidly
on 10 completion. At present 1t
seems that in two more weeks time
all Of the Main street paving will
have been completed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14

The crowd in court Wednesday
was the largest which has attended
any court this year. While the ne
groes present were mostly interested
in the Allen Mccoy trial, it is i'm
possible TO say what brought the
white people to court unless it was
the inability to pick cotton.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14

Sumter's streets at the present
time are not such that she can boast
OF them. The depth of mud on
the various streets Of the city at
different places is from an inch to
a number \of inches in depth.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14

Now some one says the Capital at
Washington will not last more than
900 years longer. Perhaps, though,
he ~ inst grOuChy because the Dem
ocrats arc about To occupy it
Birmingham (AlaD News
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14

Ihe farmers arc daily complaining
OF the work of the cotton caterpnlars
which are rapidly spreading all over
the county and eating all Of the cot
ton as they 40 along As yet, the
catorpillars have not started on the
nay, or anything c'~o except the cot
ton.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14

There is some talk Of a re-organ-
ization Of the fire depar .ment, but
at present 1t is impossible to say
whether this talk will materialize in
to definite action.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14

Tho Eric railroad has ordered all
the conductors and hrakemen to
wear black ncclUies. To match their
collars Washington Post.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14

Cotton brought from 9.15 to $50
on the local market Thursday. Re-
ceipts were very light
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14

We cannot serve God and nam.
mon. but We can serve God with
rnammons -Spccr.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-04
The Asylum Squaws Love Center
vile Gallants.

Centerville Journal: The Center
vile crowd that took in the races
over at Canton last week are telling a
good one on some Of the gentleman of
the party, who visited the Indian In
sane Asylum. One of the inmates Of
the Institution took a liking for
Edwin Holmquist and Ed Anderson,
and hop-stepping up to them embrac-
ed first one and then the other, all the
time executing some kind Of war
dance or a love dance around them.
This didn't bother the gentlemen
very much, only it is said they were
slightly EN- mbarraSed because of the
Centerville ladies being along. The
funniest part of the performance,
however, was the sde-stepping done
by ]. E. Heisler, who kept dodging
back and forth to keep out of the way,
realizing that as soon as the Indian
maiden caught sight of him he would
be the next victim. Anyone who says
John is not active should ask the
other members Of the party.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-04
JOHN CORNELIUS OWNS LANDMARK
The Famous Dixon House at Lower
Canton Once Prominent in
Commercial Way.

John Cornelius is building large
barn In the rear of his residence
which was formerly the Dixon hotel
in the days when Lower Canton
| tlourished as rival to Upper Can
ton, and many old timers will re-
member the bitter rivalry between
the towns for commercial and county
seat honorS.
"Upper" Canton, as the Lower Can.
toniteS named the county seat, would
figure around until they could get a
Lower Canton man to sell his house
then ten, twelve and sometimes four
teen yoke of oxen would haul the
house to upper" Canton with music
and flags flying on the building as ii
was slowly removed on wheels. Then
Lower Canton would buy house in
| Upper Canton and repeat the same
system of house moving, and so the
struggle went on until the Upper
Canton people got John ID. Cameron
of Sioux Falls to erect the famous old
brick court house that was removed
when the present court house was
built. Canton boomers had to &c
down in their pockets for the money
that paid Mr.. Cameron for the work,
and he hauled every brick from Sioux
Falls.
The final settlement of the county
seat question hinged on the election
OF county commissioner and the
Lower Canton boomers hired a man
named Brooks to stump the district
for their candidate who was in favor
of putting the county seat at Lower
Canton. The Canton boys put up
Arne Arneson as their candidate and
one of the hottest fights in the history
of the county took place, and at many
of the meetings other fights took place
not on the program, but Arne Arne-
son was elected aud his election gave
Canton two commissioners to one for
Lower Canton and then the war
ceased, but Lower Canton doomed for
time and was mighty lively burg.
Major Dixon built a fine hotel at
Lower Canton which was afterwards
bought by E. f. Carpenter, and the
Dixon house came into the possession
of John Cornelius when he bought
the farm last winter. Mr.. Cornelius
Is making many changes and improve
ments on the place and will soon have
everything in good order again.
Lower Canton held it's own against
Beloit and Canton until the big snow
flood came down the valley In the
spring of 1881, when the town was
literally drowned out, then the cour-
age of the boomers weakened when
they realized that another flood might
come along any spring and wash them
away. A complete history OF those
days would make mighty good read
ing right now.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-04
Fairview Band To Make Booster
Trip.

The Fairview Concert Band is plan
ming to make two days booster"
trip in autos and will pass through
about 25 towns in S. d., la and Mimi,
giving an open-air concert in each
place. According to their schedule,
which will probably appear In these
columns next week, they will leave
Fairview early Monday morning,
Aug. 7, and will play in Hudson at
about 1870, going from there to Rock
Valley, Inwood and around by way of
Rock Rapids and Ellsworth to Lu-
verne, Mimi, where they will give a
concert in the Opera House in the
evening. The next morning they will
leave for Sioux Falls by way Of Beaver
Creek, Hills and Valley Springs and
will play in Canton Tuesday evening,
returning to Fairview the same night.
This will be fine trip for the boys
and will undoubtedly be a boost for
Fairview, "The Power City On the
Sioux. ''-Fairview Eagle.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-04
PREMIUMS OFFERED.

The John Morrell Packing Company
of Sioux Falls, has offered 5000. 90 in
premiums for hog prizes at the Hur-
on state fair this year, and their OBJ
ject is to get our farmers interested
In raising first class bacon and ham
hogs. The John Morrell Co. deserve
the highest appreciation Of our farm
ers for their work in this line, and no
doubt the response will be worthy
the effort for the better the grade the
better the price, and it is just as easy
to raise first class bacon and ham
stock as it is scrubs. The Morrell Co.
has acted wisely in this scheme Of
education and the LEADER believes
that South Dakota farmers will re-
spond promptly, because it means
more money. The type of bacon hogs
will be judged on the following points,
1st long body, End deep body, 3rd
small head, 4th light shoulders, 5th
well developed hams, 9th good width
between hind legs giving room inside
for well cushioned ham, 7th square
narrow back, both sides parallel and
slightly arched from shoulders to
hind quarters, Sth strong spriHgy legs
standing well upon the toes. These
points Indicate fine bacon hog, and
every farmer is interested in raising
the best. Lincoln county farmers
have made remarkable progress in
improving their corn and lead the
state, and close attention to the ba-
con proposition will put Lincoln
county in the front rank in that
direction. We raise the corn and by
lingo we can raise the finest bacon
stock in the state.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-04

friends which l love, and the fact
that l am partly Swede myself, then
the miserable, important, conceited,
uniformed hotel porters, conductors,
and the either blockheaded or else
grating Swedish custom officers would
said 1t all right-but l don't like to
write it, | liked Sweden, it's farmers
and its merchants, but If have to
put up again with such treatment as
we received from Swedish custom Of
ticials and every Swede dressed in
uniform, l would pay any price to
escape Sweden. l don't know wheth-
er they wanted to be tipped" on
every corner or what was the matter,
but it took me three hours to pass
twelve officials to get one trunk past
their customs. | am not over it yet,
hence | pass Sweden for the present
lest say things l might regret.
We are now in Berlin. To-day
we took an auto trip around the city.
| enclose you photo in which our
party is included.
And now Germany again. We visit
ed part OF it before. Bremen, Ham
burg, Lubeck-the old part. There is
tremendous latent force here. But
we are to form our conclusions from
what we have yet to see and hence
conclude with this. Every country,
every place and everything we see
makes US the prouder that we are
Americans, and that is somewhat of
the reason why whenever we see "Old
Glory be it above hotel or an
Embassy, we feel like waving our
hats and shouting 'The Star Spangled
Banner, Oh. Long May it Wave"
That feeling is no joke to Yankee
abroad.
Just one request. We sail from
Liverpool on LuSitania, August 10Th.
Can we have some copies of the
LEADER sent there to cheer us on our
way home?
Mrs. Carlson joins with me in ex-
tending greetings to you and family.
Yours very truly,
A. b. CARLSON.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-04
Camp Beat 1t.

Ed. Isakson and family, o. r. Isak-
son and family, and guest M iss
Amanda Halvorson of Chicago, Mrs.
Sandven and family, Mrs. NJ. o. Berg
strom and family, Ben Olsen and
wife, Joe Olsen and wife, Ernest and
Hannah Olsen, Miss Emma Rossum,
John Roche, K. E. Jacobson, Steiner
Chraft, Miss Millie Chraft, Frank
Bankson, Helen and Phoebe Bankson,
Elmer Isakson, Elmer Anderson,
and Melvin and Martin Juel, 36 In
all, compose a camping party who are
enjoying the delights of bathing and
fishing, with tennis court and croquet
grounds, and the name OF the camp
is "Beat It; and the location the
Dairy farm east of town.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-04
The Father Of Efficiency.

"Give an American a few tons of
dynamite and mountain to bore
through in month and he Is happy"
said an efficiency engineer to me the
other day. Americans love to do big
things In great hurry. They despise
small things. A structural shop orders
the supplies from rolling mill The
big beams are promptly shipped. The
angles aud smaller pieces do not come
for weeks or months. The superinten-
dent OF the structural shop pleads for
permission to begin work Immediately
on material not deliverable for three
months. Ii permitted to do the work
ahead Of time he clamOrs for permis-
sion to ship 1t. He is always ahead on
big work, always behind on small
work, and this means great waste Of
time and energy"
But we are coming to the day when
the smaller things will be recognized
as of as much Importance In the pro-
blem Of production as the larger, the
day when the man beside the machine
and his capacity for work and wage
will be more closely considered. In
fact, III certain ceHters where the big
activities hold sway there is already Z
mighty and successful effort toward
right planning, right execution and
right reward for the toiler. In these
places such marvels OF economy are
being wrought by bright master
minds as to stagger the imagination
of the men Of the old school OF wasters
whose motto was Get there" and
who rocked not of the cost.
Yes, the science Of business and
industrial efficiency, scoffed at By the
headlong egoists who thought they
were doing big things in the best
way, but often we're only misdoing
and wasting, has been tried out and
may be definitely and demonstrably
declared to have won.
Who conceived this principle Of en-
cheney, the thing that is now SO In
tensively engaging the master minds
OF industry? Well, Of course the idea
of economy In production has always
been insisted upon by the heads Of
great plants, but time has shown
that 1t has not alway been intelligent
and successful economy, and Is for
humane dealings with employees,
they rarely have been considered In
the scale. But think Of an economy
both intelligent and successful and in
which the idea of the fair deal Is al
ways uppermost; for without the fair
deal there can be no economy and no
efficiency. Let us give credit where
credit is due After careful study
OF the genesis of this great movement
| find that to Frederick w. Taylor,
formerly chief engineer Of the Midvale
Steel Works, belongs the honor OF In
Producing scientific efficiency In this
country. Some of the men who are
doing things in his line call him "the
Father OF Efficiency" !" and he deserves
the title.-FrOm "Raise Wages and
Cut Costs, " in March Technical World
MapaZino
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-04

The Cooper family, the Bennett
family, the Skartvedt fam ly
the Reynolds family, the Ed. Wendt
family and lively bunch of young
people are camping in a beautiful
grove down the river on the Voyen
farm, and camp gossip reports father
Skartvedt and grandpa Wendt as the
liveliest ones In the camp games.
The campers enjoy bathing and fish
ing and union camp meeting every
night with music and singing pre-.
dominating.
The T. j. Ryan and J. w. Reedy
elevators at Alcester were destroyed
by fire last Friday morning.
Miss Hall of Red6eld, teacher OF
Elocution in the Aberdeen Normal,
Is guest of Miss Mona Reynolds at
Camp Harmony down the river.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-04

Miss Alta Copeland and Miss Flor
ence Rosencrans, The Band Box Mil
liners, departed on the early south
bound train last Saturday morning
for ten days visit with their folks
at Independence and Harlan, Iowa,
after which they go on to the whole
sale millinery houses at Chicago where
they spend three weeks or month
looking up the Fall styles, so The
Band Box will be the place to get
your fall hats. The young ladies' will
be back to meet their customers
Sept. lst.