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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-04
SHERIFF CREATES CONSTERNA
TION (?)

Reported That Sheriff Gamble of
Clarendon County and Deputy Held
up Negroes.
1t was stated in the y.em Monday
that considerable CONSERVATION was
created among the negroes living near
Mr.. John I. Brogdon Saturday night
by. the holding up of two of their
number by two white men, causing
visit from Sheriff Bradford and a
search for the two men which was
unsuccessful. The report was. as
stated by the two negroes, that one
one Of them ran and that the other
was relieved Of three dollars by the
alleged highwaymen. 1t was also
stated by one OF the negroes that the
men told them they were looking
for an scaped convict from the Clar-
endon county gang.
The report now comes from that
section that the two alleged hold up
men were Sheriff Gamble Of Claren-
In that section looking for an escap-
ed convict from the Clarendon coun-
ty gang. This pl; ce, where the hold
up is said by the negroes to have TAX
EN- place, Is near the Clarendon
Sumter county line and 1t Is supposed
that Sheriff Gamble, if it were he,
merely stopped the negroes to see If
either of them was the escaped con-
vict. allowing them to go on after he
found neither Of them the man he
was looking for.
However. IL 1t was the sheriff of
Clarendon county, he certainly had
the negroes In the community work
ed up for a time and put Sheriff
Bradford to some annoyance and ex-
pense to go to the scene Of the sup
posed robbery.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-04

Washington, Sept. 30.-The de-
partment of agriculture today an
nounced that winners of the State
prizes in the boys corn club contests
In the Southern States would visit
Washington and be- welcomed by the
department on December IL. 1t is
probable that winners of State prizes
In the girls tomato raising contests
will visit here at the same time.
There now are about 10000 boys
In the corn clubs in the Southern
States and about $4,000 girls in the
tomato clubs. The Northern States
have just started organizing this year,
but 1t Is thought that altogether there
are about 100. 900 children in the club
work.
Present indications are that there
will be something over 200 boys in
the Southern States whose corn crop
will average more than 100 bushels
to the acre. although this was bad
year for corn In the South. Twenty
five bushels an acre has been the
average Of the United States for sew
eral years.
The department Is working out a
plan for crop rotation and hog raising
by which. with two acres. it Is be-
lieved, q boy will be able permanently
to improve the fertility of an acre OF
ground and make enough to keep a
family Of Ave. The officials are not yet
ready to give out the details of the
new club plan.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-04

Turbeville. Sept. 29.-The members
Of Cypress Grange No. 80 at Turbe-
Vile Woman's Circle. will have
an oyster supper Thursday night, Oc-
tober 9th, In the hall over Messrs
Turbeville's store. They will also
have plenty Of chicken, rice and
barbecue and everything that is nice
to eat. Everybody has a special in
vitation to be present at this grand
supper. Come out and enjoy your
self and be with u.s. Don't forget the
date. October 9th.
Orilla Johnston, Clerk.
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any way represented pledges OF a
great political party without having
the members Of that party get to-
gether, talk it over and come to an
agreement. The Underwood tariff hill
will, in my judgment, prove to be the
best tariff bill ever passed in this
country"
Parliamentary confusion over the
course to be followed with the cotton
futures tax gave the house a bad half
hour, but it was finally decided that
In order to discuss it at all the house
would have to recede from it's orig
inal disagreement to the Clarke
amendment of the senate. Those
Democrats who opposed putting any
cotton regulations into the tariff bill
made their first stand at this point
and tried to prevent the house from
receding, believing that such action
would kill the entire proposition. They
were defeated. 203 to 1877. Represen.
tative Underwood then brought for
ward his compromise amendment and
it was adopted.
Mr.. Underwood admitted that he
would possibly have preferred to have
the cotton futures question dealt with
separately but said the compromise
amendment would be greatly prefer
able TO the Clarke amendment be-
cause the former would regulate cot
ton exchanges while the latter simply
tried to tax gambling in futures our
Of existence.
petition urging a tariff caucus to.
morrow morning, circulated by Sena-
tor Reed and signed by number &C
Democratic senator's. among them
Senators Pomerene and Hitchcock, to-
night was submitted to Senator Kern.
the Democratic leader. Senator Kern
said he was in doubt whether the Pc
ution bore sufficient number OF sig
natures, and that no action would he
taken until tomorrow morning.
The rules of the senate caucus make
no provision for a call by petition, and
Senator Kern was not willing to say
what number of signatures would be
considered sufficient although he
thought one-fifth of the membership
of the caucus probably the proper fig
ure.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-04

managers made no effort to prove tho
stock transactions shown in the ac-
count as had been done in the case of
Nj. B. Fuller's examination before the
Frawley committee. They merely
brought out that during November
ana December of 1912 Gov. Sulzer
paid into the account $4,000 in cash
Just at the close of the session to-
DAY the assembly managers intro
duced into evidence bank account of
hugh j. Reilly. a contractor and rail-
road builder for the Cuban govern
meht' who recently announced that he
had loaned Gov. Sulzer $4,000 in
cash. Reilly had relations with Sui
zer when the latter was chairman of
the foreign affairs committee i'm con
gress. He may he a witness tomor-
row.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-04

Isaiah DAVIS and that he should not
be held to account for their mistakes.
They brought up the original Nose
Ballard with papers from the South
ern depot agent to prove that Saturday
he shipped g. bale Of cotton from
Journeys station to Sumter and Sc
cured 1t at the depot here. Ballard
stated that he sold the bale to O'Don-
nell & Company for 1880. the price
paid for the alleged spurious bale,
that this bale was numbered 6S and
that he lost his ticket and received q
duplicate from Mr. Thompson, which
he took to O'Donnell & Companys
store and received payment from Mr..
Barwick. He then took half Of the
money to Mr.. s. d. Cain, with whom
he ran share crop. giving him
at the time the account slip
showing the amount received for the
cotton. This paper was produced by
Mr.. S. A. Harvin, who took up the
case in behalf of Isaiah Davis and Sc
cured an attorney to defend him.
The hearing was hotly contested
by Mr.. Jennings and Mr. Clifton, the
opposing attorneys, many interesting
points being brought out. Near the
close Mr.. Clifton endeavored to
allow Mr.. Harvin to make a state
ment, but this Mr.. Jennings would not
admit, saying that Magistrate Wells
did not have any Jurisdiction to hear
one save the defendant could make
statement in a preliminary. Nose
Ballard was allowed to make q state
ment, but Mr.. Jennings stated that
this was under the supposition that
he was the defendant, as the two
were so closely woven together in the
case. After lengthy arguments on
both sides, Magistrate Wells decided
against admitting a statement from
Mr.. Harvin.
The two negroes, Nose Ballard and
Isaiah Davis, do not look anything
alike at all, the former being q tall
mulatto negro and the latter a
chunky dark skinned negro. IT
seems impossible that there could be
a mistake in idenity by any Of the
witnesses, who swore that Davis was
the one who got the Nose Ballard re-
ceipt for bale number 68 and received
payment for same. The negroes live
about three miles apart, according to
the statement OF Nose Ballard, and
do not know each other we'll. The
trick, If 1t is one, is an extremely
sharp one and was very cleverly exc
cuted. it the prosecutions contention
is correct At the same time if this
is not correct, as the de- |
fense claims, it seems a very peculiar
coincidence that the two bales of cot
ton should each be numbered the |
same thing. when mistake Of this
kind has occurred only once during
the year. according to one of the wit
nesses, and at the same time the ne
grOes who knew each other, should |
not have seen each other at O'DOnnell
& Company's when they were selling
the cotton, as Ballard stated
The case Is most unusual and in
teresting. but very complicated.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-04
Opening Bowling Alleys.

The public will have q chance tt
bowl at the opening night Of the al.
leys on Friday, November 3, ladies
especially invited.
After the bowling visit the bas.
ket ball game in the gymn. The
young men are trained for a regula,
team to compete with neighboring
towns and cities. Give them en-.
couragement by attending theil
sports.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-04
PRIZES FOR TOMATO GIRLS.
SIXTEEN COUNTIES WILL SEND
EXHIBITS TO STATE FAIR.
Booths Will be LOcatad i'm Large
Steel Building Under Direction of
j. Il. Carbery.

Columbia, Sept. 29.-Tomato clubs
from 16 counties will send exhibits
to the State fair this year, according
to an announcement by Miss Edith
Parrott, State agent for the work.
Each of the counties will have a booth
in the large steel building in which
will be displayed some Of the pro-
ducts of the years work.
Although this has been an unusual
ly trying year on our work and our
products will necessarily be limited.
still we wish the public to see our
work and know our ambition for the
future" says Miss Parrott in a letter
discussing the exhibits that are being
arranged.
The following are the agents for
the counties which are to make ex-
hibits at the State fair: Miss Bertha
Lechner, Beaufort; Mrs Dora Dee
| Walker, Barnwell; Miss Aisle Smith,
Union; Miss Minnie Lee Garrison,
York; Mrs. Lizzie F. Harllee, Flor
ence; Miss Grace Dell James. Lee
Miss Esther d. Royal. Charleston;
Mrs Ollie H. Brown, Spartanburg;
Miss Ida Moore, Horny. Miss May A.
Lennon, Sumter; Miss Mary Eva
Hite, Aiken; Miss Kate Simpson,
Kershaw; Miss Bruce Hough, Green
Vile; Miss Will Lou Gray, Laurens:
Mrs. Cora Hargrove, Dillon. and Miss
Elizabeth Dickson, Darlington.
Three prizes will be awarded to the
three best booths and the following
points will be used in estimating the
exhibits.
Most attractively arranged booth.
rs Fer cent.
Quality Of goods displayed. 20 per
cent
Variety of goods displayed. 16 per
cent.
Quantity Of goods displayed, ID PEI
cent
Fest display Of correlated school
and club work, 25 per cent.
The county winning the first prize
will be awarded SIS, the second cutih-
ty $50 and the third will be givsn tAtl
The prize money will be used BY ttfe
county agent for establishing q small
library on the different phases of the
girls tomato club work.
The judges Of the exhibits will be
announced later. Z. L. Carbery of
Winthrop college will have general
charge Of the exhibits Each county
organizer will plan and arrange her
own booth with Mr.. Carbery's assist
ance. All Of the county organizers
will attend and will have charge of
the booths.
Miss PARROT announced several
days ago that the tomato club girl
making the best record et tltA tair
this year will be given tres tpjp to
! Washington.
At recent meeting Of the execu-
tive committee of the State fair So
ciety s4oo was appropriated to pay
the expenses incident to the tamAta
club exhibits. wy
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-04

Florence Is claiming larger
school enrolment than Sumter, but
the comparative figures are not avail
able.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-04

When the government cotton crop
report is issued cotton should ad-
vance in price, as the report will
show a heavy decline in condition
but no one can predict, or with any
degree OF certainty surmise, what
the market will do.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-04
FREE TRIP FOR BOYS.
PRIZE CORN GROWERS OFFER
ED TRIP TO WASHINGTON
By DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE.

Also Probable That Most Success
full Girls I'm Tomato Growing Will
BE Given Trip at Same Time-7O,-
600 Boys I'm Corn Clubs and $4,000
Girls I'm Tomato Clubs--CrOp Ro-
tation Scheme Being Planned.
The evening world., 1913-12-08
Many Recoveries
From Lung Trouble

\ medicine FOR Throat and Lung Tron-
tIes which has been Thoroughly tested Tor
many wears and which has been instfu.
'nen.s, In restoring complete health 10
large number OF sufferers. should be thor
ought Investigated by every one. WINE
no undue claims are made Tor 1t. nor any
guarantee that Us use VIII restore heath
Eckmun's hl;era;,ye has been given the
fu!i credit IN saving lives In many cases
Read this ,ase.-- Wilmington. De-.
"Gcut,emcn:-1n January. 1905. ! was
taken with hemorrhages OF the lunIs.
NV physicians. one o! the leading practi-
toners 90 Wilmington. bel. said that 3;
was lung trouble. | took eggs and milk
In Quantities. but I got very weak. Mr..
T.. A. Lippincott % L!pJIncctt 4 Co.. he.
par'in.It store. 3uG - ~ Market street
WMmmgton. bel. recommended to me
EcKman's Ai'cfat!ve tAat mad done great
rood. and upon his suggestion | began
taking II al once. This vas about June.
laos. | continued Iaithiuilv. using ~
other remedy. .,ad ilna.y noticed the clear. .
Ing OF tne lungs. now nave no trouble
with M lungs. firmlv believe Eckman's
tAF.idiviti JAS. soUIREs.
ABOVE abbreviated: more on reduestJ
Erhhan's Alternative has been proven bv
many years test to he most efficacious
tor severe Throat and Lung Affections
Bronchitis. Bronchial Asthma. Stubborn
Colds and IN uphuildins the system. Con.
,ains no narcotics, poisons o., habit form.
and az leading druryls's. Write the Eek.
man LABORATORY. Philadelphia. Pa. for
booS'c' telling OF rccoNeries and additional
evidence.
The evening world., 1913-12-08
EiIcO.N DENIES "NEiv"
MONROE DOCTRINE.

WASHINGTON. Dec. s-President
Wilson told callers Today that the
United states did not wish TO establish
q rrotr,;ora;e over any country Of Cen
traI america or over any other part o.
The glIoe
Published repJrts that the United
states contemplated new and far
reaching polry with respect to Central
AmericI, specially Nicaragua, brought
prompt denial from the White House.
The rr. s;1snt v,nturcd the suggestion
tina; the roport might have had us
origin in the proposed treaty with N'''
ailEua outlined several months ago. but
he pointed out that In the treaty the
terms of the Plat amendment to estab'
+ lIsh jurisdiction such az this Government
! maintains over cuba we're Included a.
The evening world., 1913-12-08

Moses Gutrdn. Who VAS brought ba-k
from hill by Detective Bernard Flood
~ District Attorney Whitmans ofiice
after chase " nearly fifteen thousa nd
miles. Vas committed to the Toinbs to-
day by Julge Swami NJ General Ses-
The evening world., 1913-12-08
the suggestion Of Nicaragua.

The President denied that there was
any new development in the N'caraguan
treat, situation, wSi"h sti;l 10 In the
stage Of negotiation.
The evening world., 1913-12-08
auspices Of the committee Of the In
d,pa,ds,co MARTY perfect order pre-

vailed While patriotic speeches were
being delivered by both men and women
Vt the same time a protest against the
supervision Of the elections by Aneri'
can commissioners was put in c.reu.a-
ton for signature BY members OF he
audience
The evening world., 1913-12-08

sions. Gutsnan Is under Indictment for
obtaining more than $780, from east
side bankers by means OF promissory
The evening world., 1913-12-08
New Member 81 Bankius Cont m isirr.

Superintendent George c. Van Tuyi
ir. of the state Banking Department to.
day appointed John J. Pulleyn. Comp
troiler Of the Emlsrant Industrial saw
ings Bank. New York city. a. an add.
t,onai member Of the Van Tuyl Rankin &
Law Revision Commission. Mr.. Pulleyn
The evening world., 1913-12-08

was fascinated % ssrvs on a. -
COMMITTEES on savings banks
The Washington times., 1913-09-17
Realty Transfers

Eandle Highlands-U. s. Trust Company to
Lillian Il. Meyer and Emma A. Burns lot
l, square 5e5s SO.
Eighteenth street northeast. between and
B streets-I-aura ". Evans ct al. to Dwight
Anderson, original lot IS square 1904. so.
Central Presbyterian Church TO Mount
Carmel Baptist Church. part lot 6, square
ESQ. s2o0co
Randle Highands-Thornton NJ. F1ncher 10
Arthur Thurman, lots IL and II. square
5315 and lot q. square 55l3 SO.
as and 4l5h Fifteenth street southeast
Chaplin Brown ct al. trustees. to Charles
Schafer and Albert Schulteis. trustees lot
SO. square 1867. s2.260.
Addition TO lie Droit Park-Chapin Brown
ct al, trustees. to Charles Schafer and
Albert Schulteis. lot 81. square g. 50 100.
1866 Wisconsin avenue northwest-William r.
Lamar to Annie Z. Eisinger. part lot l6.
square I27i. SO
zo11 street northwest-William b. Jackson
10 Soterios Nicholson. lot F. square 80 81.
Soterios Nicholson conveys same property
to Joseph J. Jackson, Matthews jackson.
William Il. jackson, Elizabeth Sempie and
Clarence b. Jackson@ SO.
Sixteenth Street Observation-Disclosures Central
Realty Corporation to {. Eugene Edwards
and Mary c. Edwards lot So. and part lots
"a and IS, square A2l. SO
Woodley Park-James c. Needham et TX. to
James c. Hemphiil. lot 1s. uare 2204. $40
v. Wurdemann. lot As. square a. $40.
1906 Fourteenth street northwest-Thomas w.
Stubblefeld ct ux. TO Alexander Lee Sat-
terwhite, lot q, square 23I. so
IAnier Heights-Charles Z. Wire ct al. to
Lucia ID. Howard. lot 420.' square ESQ $40.
1f3s d street southeast-George o. Root to
B(N3amiD y. Brew0, lot 4s. square 1o62 3ls.
The Washington times., 1913-09-17
MARKET IS EXCITED
BY READING RUMOR
Expectation Of Changes in
Stock Basis Causes Furry
of Buying in New York.

NEW YORK, Sept. threading was
the center Of excitement today. the
stock opening one and three-quarters
above the close Of yesterday, at 1871.
At the opening Of the stock exchange
the crowd around the Reading psot was
enormous, many traders remarking that
1t was the biggest they had ever seen.
The cause of the excitement was the
belief that the directors Of the company.
at their meeting this afternoon. would
place the stock. on a 10 per cent basis.
instead of maintaining 1t at per cent,
as at present.
1t was given out, unofficially, that the
report for the fiscal year OF Reading
would show that after deducting $510. 900
for the sinking fund. upwards of $12.000.-
900 would remain for the common. or
more than II per cent on the $4,000. 900
Of common stock outstanding.
All Of this was so thoroughly dis
counted, however, that after the opening
Of the market the stock declined a quar-
ter.
Another issue which had a sharp rise
today was California Petroleum. which
opened at 25,s. and jumped to TN, later
selling OF to 271s.
Southern Pacific. much to the sur
prise of many operators, was one of the
weak stocks today, opening one-eighth
below yesterdays close, at s4is. and de-
clining to 9Sh though afterward re-
covering to "a flat.
Union Pacific had similar decline
after its opening, but recovered more
sharply. 1t opened at 1894, sold down to
15sss. and sold up to 16olt.
One of the strongest stocks on the
board was Canadian Pacific, which
opened at 2s1k and sold up to 2343s.
The belief on the Street this morning
was that there would be cash distri.
button of the proceeds of the sale OF
the southern Pacific stock by the Union
directorate. It was said that there
might be distribution out of the sur
plus of Union, which might reach 10
per cent, but this would be for the COM
mon stockholders only, and that even
this would be accompanied by a lower
ing of the dividend rate from 10 per
cent to per cent, or even to 7 per
cent.
The price Of Copper was marked up
today to II cents by all selling agencies.
The Washington times., 1913-09-17
BONDS
Six Torpedo Boats
Ordered by Daniels

Six new torpedo boat destroyers, the
largest of their kind ever designed, will
be added shortly to the United States
navy, under contracts which have been
awarded by Secretary Daniels. The
work has been given out conditioned
upon the willingness Of the bidders to
accept certain minor notifications In
the specifications, and has been ap-
portioned as follows:
One vessel to the Bath Iron Works.
at $ss4,0O0; one to the Fore River Ship
building Company, at 1851 600; two to the
New York ShipbuildinG Company. at
$se5, ,0Oo each; and two to the William
Cramp 4 Sons Ship and Engine Build
ing Company. at 1881. 900 each.
The new vessels will have a greater
radius of action of any similar ships In
the navy, and they will be more for
midable as to batteries. Each one will
be 80 feet long, with beam of % feet
10 inches, displacement of 1,OO tons,
and a draft of 9 feet 3 inches Oil will
be used as fuel and each vessel will
carry four four-inch rapid-fire guns and
four twin torpedo tubes.
The Washington times., 1913-09-17
Wholesale Produce Market

Eggs-Nearby. fresh. sc per doz.: South
ern z7d2sc per doz.
Cheese-New York. new. 1sI4c per lb.; rat.
1sc per 10.
s2d33c per lb.: process, 2id2sc per ID.
Live Poultry-Hens, 1edl7c per lb.. ROSTERS.
ioc per lb: turkeys, 20G2lc per lb.; spring
chickens. 20Iz1c per H.; ducks. 1ealsc per
Green Fruits-California oranges, 81 0Os1s5 90
peer box; peaches s2.00dS3.00 per crate;
lemons S. 0oas5.5o per box: pineapples,
per crate & 25qs2. 10: Florida grapefruit. y. 90
ger box; grapes, 81. ooa1. IS per basket; apples
per bbi.. 81. .50a4.50; cherries. 15c per box:
pearp. s2.ood2.5o per box; grapes. s.. &c
per crate: plums. 2oG35c per basket.
bsl.: onions. Tsxss. Moo per crate: Per bSi.
EJ: cabbage, si.00ds2oo bbl.; lettuce
s. ood1 80 per basket: beets, 81. .00G25o 100
punches; tomatoes, home grown. 25d75c
per box: rhubarb. SO per 100 bunches: yams
81 JoG s.. 90; celery. 81 coal. 30 per doz squash
& Geas2 SO per Dbl: Lima beans. 81 00qSl 50
bu.; ksle, per bbI., $50; corn, I5c per
coz
Live Stock-Veal calves. Ilal14c Der lb
Sheep, 4q4izc. Lambs, 71adSc.
Fresh eggs scarce. demand being SUD
piled with cold storage stock.
The greater part Of the eggs now being sold
In Washington are cold storage stock and In
most cases are sold as fresh-laId Receipts
o. goods generally light for this season Of
the year and high prices prevail
The Washington times., 1913-09-17
Condor Kills Spouse
After a Filtration
John S. A. Condor is an uxorcide.

John S. A. Condor is an uxorcide.
The s. A.. it should be explained.
stands for South American, and John
and Jennie, his Chilean spouse. were
one of the prime attractions of the Ma
tional Geological Park. But in an evil
moment the spirit of strife slipped into
their cage and when the feathers had
ceased to fly Jenny was gasping her
last on the sanded floor while John was
taking an inventory of his remaining
feathers and remarking that 1t looked
like a long, cold winter.
Attendants at the Zoo say that in
previous domestic disputes John has
never given any more than an imita-
ton Of a fight, and the tragedy makes
It evident that a condor will turn Just
as effectively as the worm of the prov
erb. The trouble started when a bru-
nette vulture in an adjoining cage gave
an impromptu exhibition of the AN
dean hop" and John Condor got ex-
cited and shouted something that sound
ed like "Ah, there. Birdie
Whereupon Jennie hurled herself upon
him, and the funeral was held an hour
later.
The Washington times., 1913-09-17
Boston Has a Birthday.

BOSTON. Sept. T.-Boston was 2s3
years old today and in celebration Of
the anniversary Mayor Fitzgerald ar
ranged for a "get-togcther party" in
Faneuil Hall for the purpose of BOOM
ing the ancient city. Boston was set
tied in 1880 by Puritan colonists under
John Winthrop. Soon after the settle
ment was made the original name Of
Trimountaine was changed to that OF
Boston, after the Lincolnshire town
whence many Of the colonists had come.
The city was incorporated February %.