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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-08-30
PROHIBITIONISTS ALLEGE
UNFAIR TREATMENT
Result of Dispensary Fight Being
Talked of on the Street
Appeal Will Be Made by of Hearing by
State Board Uncertain Complaints Procedure
More Serious Than Liquor Question
Says Some People,

The result of the dispcnsary cleo
ton and the echoes Of the legal and
technical fight during the hearing be-
fore the commissioners of Election on
Tuesday and Wednesday were the
subjects of conversation on all sides
on the streets "Wednesday evening
and Thursday morning. The prohibi-
tionists were loud in their protests
against the members Of the board be-
cause cf alleged unfair treatment at
their hands and their announcement
Of their methods of procedure.
More sober minded citizens were Of
the opinion that it would nave been
better had there been no election, or
that, having the election, it should
have gone overwhelmingly either
way in order that the hard feeling
which had been Occasioncd by the
hearing which followed it might have
been avoided. One Of the strongest
prohibitionists in talking of the mat
ter said that in his opinion the con-
stitutional rights Of citizens to have Il
free election had been infringed upon
and that this matter was far more inn
portant than the mere matter of hav-
ing or not having a dispcnsary. The
partiality of the board Of canvassers
and their unfair dealings, to the dis
advantage Of the prohibitiOnists, was
subject worthy Of far more cOnsi-
deratiOn than any other.
While some of the dispensaryites
were heard to say that in their opin-
ion the board was fair in its dealings
to all parties, others would not say,
others candidly admitted that in their
opinion the prohibitiOnists were not
accorded the same amount of atten-
ton and courtesy that was given to
those on the other side.
At the close of the hearing Judge
Il. O. Purdy gave notice of appeal
and the matter will come up before
the State Board of CanVaSSers. The
date for this was fixed for next Tues
day by Secretary Of State Il. NJ. Nc
Gown in a telephone communication
with Judge Purdy, but later it has
been published in the morning papers
that September 9th has been fixed for
the hearing of all appeals This
leaves the time for the hearing un-
certain at present. The date will be
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-08-30
Death Of T.. T.. Brogdon.

Mr.. +. E. Brogdon. a native OF
Sumter county, who has been living
I'm Florida for the past twenty-five
years died at his home in Florence
Monday Afternoon. after suffering
from paralysis for about eighteen
months. The deceased was slxty-six
years OF age and leaves a wife and
one daughter.
The funeral was held "Wednesday
morning at Florence and many of the
relatives OF the deceased went from
here To attend Among the relatives
OF the deceased living In this county
or formerly residents here are the fol-
lowing brothers and sisters: J.. NJ.
Brogdon, Il. w. Brogdon. Mrs. w. S.
Reames. Miss ida G. Brogdon, Mrs.
a. r.. Gregg. and Mrs. John L. Brun-
son of this city: and Mrs. ID. c. Boggs
OF Arkansas: and Messrs. T. Davis
Brogdon. Washington. Ca. and w. j.
Brogdon OF Florida.
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WILL BRING GOOD PRICE.
Long Staple Cotton Will Probably
Have Good Market This Season.

Mr.. Ernest Field, one of the local
cotton buyers. stated Thursday when
asked concerning the probability of
there being good demand for long
staple cotton this fall, stated that as
far as he could see, ii seemed that
there would be IL good demand for it
this season and that it would i'm all
probability bring a good price, if the
farmers were careful i'm the ginning
and in getting II picked clean. Mr..
Field made the first shipment of cot
ton from here this week.
In reference to the clean picking
and ginning Mr.. Field stated that Of
ten especially at the first Of the sea-
son. much of the cotton was gin cut.
This always reduced the grade and
price several points and it would be
To the farmers advantage 20 see that
their cotton was carefully and slowly
ginned, thus avoiding the probability
| of being gin cut, even if they had to
pay twice as much per bale for the
ginning. this being more than made
up for in the price.
Another point stressed by Mr.. Field
was that the cotton must be gnned
dry. The green cotton naturally had
much oil in it and it should be kept
dry and ginncd dry, as wetting it low
cred the grade. These features APP
piled to short staple cotton, as well
as To long staple cotton. especially SO
at the first part of the season.
II was lear lcd that the demand
for the new cotton is increasing and
there is now Il demand for all which
can be sold at he present time. The
price has gone up several points this
week due to this demand and the out
look Is much better now for a good
price for the crop than ii has been
| heretofore.
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announced later, as soon as it is def
nitely decided.
The stenOgrapher is getting his
notes in shape and all of them will be
ready at the hearing. The prohibi-
tionists have other evidence to put
before the State Board, before whom
they will make another hard fight. if
necessary At the same time it is un-
derstood that the dispensaryites are
not idle, but will have their facts and
figures arranged for the legal battle,
which they know is coming and which
they hope to anticipate.
/ One point not yet settled, by the
election, or the declared returns, is
whether the public sentiment is i'm
favor of or against the dispensary.
One of the dispensaryites stated that
he thought this most important point
had been too much overlooked by both
sides and in his opinion it was the
all important feature connected with
the election. This is a matter which
it is very hard TO decide as many of
the voters in the county, possibly
nearly one-half, are not qualified vo-
ters.
Another feature brought out by the
disputes and affidavits introduced be-
fore the board of canvassers is the
fact that many persons have been in
the habit of voting on registration
certificates issued before July 1908
ana that many of the voters in the
county have been in the habit of
voting in a precinct other than that
in which they live and have their reg
istration certificates made out for a
precinct other than that in which
they live.
The fight in all Of its phases is be-
ing talked Of on the streets even more
than was the election before it came
off. The comparative few who seem
vitally interested in the matter are
awaiting with keen interest the out
come before the State Board of Can
vassers, while the big majori,y seem g.
be standing aside as amuse8 -pc",s-
tors Of what IS happening ar p whiting
for further amusements in W hat g .u-
ing TO happen. There seem .r g.. BID
very strong public sentiment for eth
er side, but all are awaiting further
climaXes
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BIG SNAKE SHED.
skin or Reptile More Than Eight
Feet Long Found Near Wedpcficid

Wedgchcld, Aug. 2S.-A snake shed
was found today near the public road
and from its appearance it must have
come from u very large snake. The
shed measured eight feet nine inches
us near as could " calculated. None
OF those who saw the shed could de-
termlne what kind Of snake it came
from, but the people living i'm the
vicinity Will he on the lookout for
1t i'm the future. About fifteen yards
from the snake shed was IL rattle
snake measuring four feet in length
and having seven rattlcs.
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She ha been thrown from her horse.
Francis B. Sayre, her fiance, had
been riding a little ahead and knew
nothing of the accident until the
riderless horse passed him. DR..
Worthen applied remedies and after
about half an hour Miss Wilson re-
gained consciousness. Later she was
taken to u home nearby and word
was telephone to the Cornish resi-
dence of President Wilson.
At Harlakendcn, the Wilson sum-
mer home here, it was said tonight
that Miss Jessie Wilson had received
no serious injury apparently from the
fall from her horse, though she was
still suffering from contusionS.
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FRANK SENTENCED TO GALLOWS
Judge Sets October 10 for Execution
Prisoner Won't Die at That Time
Because of Appeal.

Atlanta, Ca. Aug. 2G.-Leo NJ
FRANK today was sentenced to death
Tor the murder of Mary Phagan
Judge Roam fixed October 10 as the
date for the execution. Attorneys for
the convicted factory superintendent
Immediately made a motion for q
new trial and October 4 was announc-
ed as the date for this hearing. This
renders il certain that Frank will not
be hanged October 10, since, even if
the motion should be overrulcd, il
would require considerable time for
the appeal to go through the higher
courts.
After sentencing Frank, he court
ordered Newt Lee, negro night watch
man at the factory. of which Frank
was superintendent, to be set at lib
erty. Lee had been in custody since
April 81.
James Conley, the negro who con-
fessed To having aided Frank dispose
OF Mary Phagan's body, still is i'm jail.
1t is believed that upon his indict-
ment as accessory. nc will enter a plea
OF guilty and lee given term of less
than three years in the penitentiary.
When Frank was brought into court
this morning he reahrmed to the
Judge his protestation of innocence
He heard his sentence pronounced
without displaying the least emotion.
only few persons were present
Franks wife was hurrying to the court
room but did not arrive until after
the prisoner was being taken back to
the Jail. She followed him to his
cell, where she threw her arms about
him and kissed him repeatedly.
Attorneys for Frank in their mo-
ton for new trial set forth that the
verdict was contrary to the evidence:
that it was contrary to the law; and
that the court, after overruling mo-
tons Of the defense, allowed certain
testimony which was relative to other
crimes not mentioned in the bill of in
dictment. 1t is supposed that the lat.
ter claim refers to evidence of Franks
moral degeneracy.
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PERSONAL

Mr.. and Mrs. II. r. Hyman hav,
gone to Baltimore. where Mr.. Hymar
was called on business.
Mrs. Cutler has accepted a position
with McCallum Bros
Miss Susie Dick. who has been
visiting friends in Greenville since the
close of the Stat. summer school al
winthrop. returned home Monday.
Miss Mamie Chandler has return
ed from visiting the family of Rev.
l.. G. Murray. of Graham. y. C.
MIR. III. Noble Dick. WHO spent two
months making business canvass of
Minnesota with n squad of college
students, has returned home.
Miss Susie Aljergotti has returned
TO her home at orangeburg after a
visit 80 friends I'm the city.
Miss Marie Teicher has returned
from New York.
Mrs. Nj. III. Flaum and daughter.
Lois Ann. have returned home from
the mountains of North Carolina.
MIR. T.. w. Dabbs went to- Island =
ton. Colleton county Wednesday to at
tend a Farmers Union picnic Thurs
day. From there he will go buy Au-
gusta ard Atlanta. to Salna, Kan, TO
attend the National meeting.
Mr.. II. nj. Cooper, of wisacky, has
gone to Raleigh. to attend the North
Carolina state Farmers Union. lie Is
fraternal delegate from this State.
Mrs. Frank O'Donnell has returned
from a visit to her mother, Mrs.
ouinlivan. in Charleston.
Mrs. O. w. Rothorst. and infant. are
visiting her parents. Capt. and Mrs.
+. S. Carson.
Miss Agnes Blanding of Coriscana,
Texas. is visiting relatives in the
city.
Mr.. M. Nj. WorShington, city man.
ager. has returned after a stay at his
old home during mis- vacation.
Mr.. John h. McElveen, OF Shiloh,
was In the city today.
Mrs. III. NJ. Stuckey and children
have returned from Hendersonville.
Mr.. IA. q. Hill has returned from a
visit to his family at Waynesville, n.
G.
Mr.. j. p. Booth is back from st.
Louis. Mo-. where he went to pur-
chase horses and mules for the Boyle
Live Stock Co.
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DalLclI Crop News.

Dalzcll, Aug. 2I.--Cutt"u, peas and
potatoes are now needing rain badly.
The young forms are beginning tu
drop from the cotton stalks. II il
continues dry few days longer and
then much rain falls to generate q
new sap, all of the top crop will be
lost. Late peas arc not getting ou
those which were planted early and
have the advantage of age and the
early rains are growing nicely.
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Death.

Rishopville. Aug. 25.--One of the
ssddest deaths 20 be recorded i'm this
community is that on yesterday of
Willie j. Gibson. son OF John G.. Glib
son. Mr.. Gibson was u young business
man and farmer of sterling worth
He died of typhoid fever at his home
three miles from town. and was buried
at the family burylng ground near hi,
home on Friday.
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prices is the effect Of organization.
and the efforts Of the trusts TO break
down the small organization that is
being perfected. The warehouse pro-
mOtcrs OF Sumter can not do Il bet
ter work than To see TO it that their
patrons are conservative. Too many
planting and carlcSsncss will kill
the business the first year.
T.. w. u.
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MISS JESSIE WILSON HURT.
Daughter Of President Falls From
Horse and Found Unconscious BE-
side Road.

White River Junction, VT, Aug. 27
DR.. Charles w. Worthen of White
River Junction, on his way to visit a
patient at Plainticld y. H.. late yes
tcrday afternoon, came upon n young
road. 1t proved to be Miss Jessie Will
son, daughter of President Wilson
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-08-30
SUMTER COTTON MARKET.
Corrected Daily by Ernest Field
Cotton Buyer.

Sumter. Aug 2S.
Good Middling If 5-S.
Strict Middling IL 1-2.
Middling If 3-S.
81 Low Middling II.
Low Middl,ng 10 3-S.
No sale for gin cut and nappy cot
ton.
staple cotton nominal.
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New York Cotton Market.

pf the banks uf the city VIII bc
on Monday, september LIST. ac-
OF legal holiday.
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FARMERS
UNION NEWS
Practical Thoughts for Practical
Farmers.
Conducted by T.. w. Dabbs, Pres
ident S. G. Farmers UnionD
Some Random Thoughts.

Last week | had an invitation to D,
at the Oc0nee county Farmers
'hIon rally at Oakway eight miles
south of Westminster, $. G.. Owing t.
the fact that some of the trains IN,
the Southern railway do not stop al
'iliS point it was necessary to leave
! nome on Wednesday. SO I made il
convenient to stop off at Spartanburg
to confer with Mr.. r. b. Thackston
! VINO made the trip to Europe with
the American commission. He took
me out to his home, just across tho
road from the Cedar Springs school
! for deaf and blind.
we walked over to IL" springs
saw the battle ground where, instead
OF band of patriot soldiers being
massacred by Tarlcton's men, the lat
ter were nearly all killed. Some girl
rode from Ninety-SiX ahead of the
british and warned the patriots in
TIME for them to build up their camp
ilres and retire across the branch to
do deadly execution among the Brit
Ish as they charged the lighted
camp.
we strollcd over the grounds of
the State school. Met DIR. n. +. Walk
er, the superintendent and had q
very pleasant chat with him about
Alliance days and some of the ups
ana downs Of farmers organizations.
II was very entertaining to hear him
tell OF the way the banks went back
on the Alliance in favor of the cot
ton buyers back in 1883 when the
Alliance tried to bulk their cotton
and market it with some system In
tcrNleWS with three bankers on this
Trip leads me to believe that, if the
farmers do not bcstir themselves the
same thing will happen with this
United States Treasury deposit in
Southern banks But this is too long
Il story for this time. Maybe the pub
,ioit,, Cha.
ton will have the desired effect
and make some of them see that the
ror,,. .,,,
ccivc Il fai~ deal
,. 49,.
'''"o o"c "ilo" no" the government
ihoiIc! IL lnOrc secure, or the banks
Ni''''i' "Hch II "uN"iiccS To the puE-
">' - ''''i'' %
~ iiOC ~ 'i''
- ''' ''o" 'i''i Nc'i'l6 :
(" VIII "SN
'''''''0'
''i'' ia" Poii''cd out 10 me thc
pace where another battle was
iouSht, that OF b oaks two miles
from Ccuar springs. These battles
lea UP to COwpcns and Kings Noun.
tam, and our school children should
see how they contributed to the final
victory. Cooperation in action.
Well, we are constantly having such
Skirmishes in industrial matters ami
there are Tories among us still
who say we can't cut loose from New
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Just this word in passing: Will
some one show how the governments
money is more secure, or the banks
either, when it advances to the buy
cr the full value of Il bale of cot
ton to buy it, than when it loans so
per cent Of the market price to the
farmer to hold it for slow marketing? d?
When that iSanswcred | will ask
another.
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IMDo1N9 WHAT In ALMIGHTY Has Do7E

mother. He furnishes houses to live in.
imports good food, reduces the servant
problem to it's lowest terms. and even
provides recreation for his beneficiarieS
The houses are of several models suit
able for families of different sizes. to
say nothing of the bachelor quarters.
which are very much like the frugally
bare bachelor quarters of our army.
The houses are all screened, not only
the windows and doors. but all the
pOrcheS. The American residents of the
zone live outdoors as much as possible,
and the colony is chiefly quartered in
Gatun and Peter Magill. which are the
product of the labor and genius of
Americans.
In Panama city Uncle Sam becomes
mine host. and runs the big govern
ment Hotel Tivoli. This hotel COM
pares favorably with some of our
notable American ones, and is a great
oasis in the wilderness of Panama
native life. which is picturesque to look
at but not quite cnviable as mode of
everyday living.
The only happy prisoners / ever saw
in my life were the convicts of Chiriqui
prison, the Presidio of Panama. /
understand that during the Spanish
as.ile. but. like its French prototype it
has fallen Nowadays it is considered "a
model of it's kind The change was
wrought. l believe by a valiant Ameri-
can, William Short of Georgia who is
applying the doctrine of up-to-date
humane prison methods, Panama being
the model in all things to this fallen
inferno of human souls.
I would not have left Panama without
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seeing Senior Porras. the president of this
new republic. He held. reception for
the congressional party at his palace
which looks out on the Pacific ocean 1t
also has balconies. The president himself
is small man and Spanish i'm appear
ance. He appears the embodiment of
energy in contrast with his rather nom
chalant constituency. He is a radical in
politics, and / am told that during his
administration no conservative will enter
the palace or attend any of his enter
tainments. They even refused to be pres
ent at the big ball given for the United
ras was at one time the minister from
Panama to the United States. Therefore
he spoke English rather fiuently. He has
also rather a startlingly good memory for
names and faces. / know not whether he
thought / looked like GLOOMY Gus and
needed an upward lift, but when I bade
him goodbye for the last time he gave
my hand pump-handle shake that would
have done credit to any American poll
tician. and said BE happy. Mss Clark,
be happy. His wife is charming Wom-
an much younger than he. and of. de-
lightful Spanish type. She does not speak
with her smiles. She has small baby.
and seems to be as much wrapped up in
him as are our American mothers in
theirs. The president was good enough
to place the Panaman navy at our dis
poSal, but when We locked out of the
windows of the palace and beheld two or
three steam launches declined his
generous offer.
One scene of particular interest to me
was the Panaman assembly. which
holds its meetings in building partly
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changed an amount as great as the ap-
parent distance across, the full moon.
But very few even of the stars nearest
to us have an apparent motion so large
as this. and when the great distance
away OF Arcturus is considered it is evil
dent that so great displacement must
arise from a real motion of hundreds of
miles a second.
Between Arcturus and the Lion there
is the delicate little group known as
Coma Berenices, among whose faint
stars are many remarkable though faint
nebulas, and which is remarkable also
for the large number of double stars of
contrasting cOlors which ii contains. To
the Arabians this family shining area Of
sky was the Pond. into which their Ca
zeIie was springing to escape from the
Lion. the group of stars called by them
the Gazelle being those faint stars lying
between the Great Bear and Leo, and
known to us as the Lesser Lion.
This cont pal change, in. the face of
the heaveps % the consultations seeming
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compensationS well as it's draw
backs, In the matter of rapid climatic
changes 1T has not ii peer in the world
The only thing i can compare it to is
taking shower bath backward-that
is, If you go i'm the winter time. You
leave New York frozen and grim in it's
winter garb of snow and ice and hour
by hour the temperature of air and
water alike rises. until. on landing i'm
Panama. YOU are in the midst of a
glorious tropical summer.
Panama is the latest paradise of
Junketers and seekers of balmy breeZes
IN the winter time. Likewise. as has
been said many times. ii is the land
"hcre the greatest engineering feat of
the ages is near Il happy conclusion. More
skilled writer's than | have described. or
attempted to describe. the big ditch. how
II is being built. how many tons of earth
the steam shovels can lift out and how
the commerce of the world, and especially
OF our own America will be enriched bv
this wedding of the mighty oceans Hav-
ing woman's mind | cannot hope to I'M
derstand how 1t is being done | Just
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ship. But he should not be blamed-our
architecture is at fault
How could the most Economically in
cllned sutton of today ever sing lyrics
to his hearts desire up the tube of a huge
marble apartment house? Or if he at
tempted it from the outside / am afraid
he would be sadly interrupted by the
rapid arrival Of police, fire engines and
ambulances summoned by irate neigh
bors Of his lady fair. The American
architect has robbed the American girl
of great deal. All the best Pana-
man families live over shops. but all
a balcony.
predominant trait of the Panaman
people as it impressed me is their alb
sorbing love of music. Every one is
musical there. and every street urchin
is an embryo prima donna or impre-
sario Twice week concerts are given
in the public plaza off Central avenue.
The whole town takes the time off to
hear them. and. strangely enough.
promenades ceaselessly all the while
they listen. AS they do this in more
or less time to the music the result
is that of a huge asSemblage of semi
dancers swaying back and forth in per-
feet accord with the harmonies of the
music. classical music. and the pro
grams are made up largely from selec-
tions from grand operas and other
works of great masters.
rs
Panama is IA paradise of housekeep
ers-that is, among the American colon
ists-for Uncle Sam is their fairy god