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Cfjcnfo Cijronicle ' Volume 18 CHERAW, CHESTERFIB| t COUNTY, S. C.. SEPTEMBER 17, 1914 Number 45 NOMINATE INK BETHEA AND 8HEALY ARE ALS( 'NOMINATED?ALL GET BIG i MAJORITIES. s* MANNING'S MAJORITY 28,641 i < ??????? Big Tide of Votes Sweeps the Win nere In More Than 110,000 Votes Were Cast in Second Primary. Columbia.?Further returns fron the second Democratic state prlmarj made but little change in the stand ing of the candidates, the result in nc case being close enough to be affectec bv the few additional votes that cat come In. The later reports merelj serve to add somewhat to the major lty of the winners?Richard I Man ning of Sumter for governor. A. J Bethea of Columbia for Jieutenam governor and Frank W. Shealy ol Lexington for railroad commissioner With the bulk of the vote account ed for the standing is: For governor?R. I. Manning, 73, 739; John G. Richards, 45,091; major It y/ 28.648. For liuetenant governor?A. J. Be thea, 72,461; B. Frank Kelley, 45,951; majority, 27,510. For railroad commissioner?Fran! W. Shealey, 79,168; C. D. Fortner, 39, 068; majority, 40,100. For congress. Third district?Wyatl Aiken, 11,616; F. H. Dominick, 8,209; _ majority, 3,407. The total vote at the primary Is between 118,000 and 120,000, apparent ly, as against 132,000 cast at the first primary. RICHARD IRVING MANNING Hj^QK^BHB| Richard I. Manning of Sumter, who defeated John G. Richards, of Liberty Hill, for governor of South Carolina in the second primary by a majority of over twenty-eight thousand. The tabulation of the vote shows that Mr. Manning carried 42 of the 44 counties .including Mr. Richard's home county of Kershaw and all the big counties of the up-country except Cherokee and York. In Cherokee Mr. Richards' margin was 200 and in York his majority was 38. In all the other counties Mr. Manning was the leader, polling large majorities in many of them. Mr. Bethea. for liteutenant governor was close behind Mr. Manning's handsome vote, carrying nearly all the counties tnat nis cnier-eiect am. Mr. Shealy'| victory was even more complete, his opponent, C. D. Fortner, carrying only one county. Mr. Manning's majority Is said to be the greatest ever given a candidate for governor In a second race, and far outclasses that given to most candidates in recent years. j Family Stricken With Pellagra. Anderson.?J. A. McNeeley, a resident of the Pendleton cotton mill village. petitioned the county commissioners to receive him, his wife and five children in the hospital at the county home, declaring that all seven of them are suffering with pellagra. This includes every member of the family. The board acted favorably on th application. Tobacco Market Is Good. I Florence.?In spite of the war scare I tobacco in Florence is bringing prices L that make the farmer smile. The 9 warehouses here are having great breaks daily now and prices are ranging high. In several Instances general floor averages have gone as high as>16 1-2 cents. The Florence tobacco men claim that they are paying at least twice as much, and in one instance three times as much, for the same tobacco that was sold the preceding day on other markets, and tickets turned on the piles. Schooner is Ashore. Georgatow? ? The steam fishinp schooner A. M. Hathaway, 1*17 tons Capt. Luce. Greerjport, X. V., is hard ashore at North Inlet, Winaah Hay and she will probably leave her bones there. She is broadside on the beach drawing 11 feet and with a scant sii feet around her at high spring tide. She is practically full of sand anc water, her siphons and pumps ar< clogged with sand and there is scarce ly one chance in a hundred that sh< will ever again float. f'Where Can I Get Seed Wheat?" Commissioner Watson said recent!] that he had been receiving many call through the bureau of marketing ask Ing for wheat seed. A farmer near El liott has written: "Where can I ge the seed and at what price? Any in formation will be highly appreciated I want this year to raise everythini I use. if it is possible, and I will nee< the flour next June and need it bad We have a first class roller flour mil about ten miles from our place." 11 SEEKING MORE BANK CREDIT { J Rlohlaad County Farmers' Union ' Meet and Discus* the Sotton Situation. ' Columbia?Richland County Farm- E ers' Union met in regular session ro : cently with representatives from near- ! ly all the local unions and some visiting members present making a good j attendance. . j Addresses by T. W. Scruggs and E. j s J. Watson on the cotton situation | ^ were heard with interest. Col. Wat- (| son described the arrangements that 1 0 '* had been made to help the farmers to I p secure credit and advances on their j ^ cotton when properly warehoused and j M urged the farmers to take advantage ti i of these arrangements and hold their ti r ootton off the market. . .\ The committee on the organization , of the Richland County Rural Credit G I Society reported progress and was a , continued. s r The following. resolutions were a . adopted: ? o rrrft nroo imnn tVio ti * ru, A Uttt nc ??ftv U|/v.. V..V. members of the farmers' union and i all other fanners not to sell any cot- -A f ton at all for at least 30 days. )n "Resolved, That we hold all cotton I . and cotton seed until we have exhansted every possible source of cred- " . It thereon." The union placed Itself on record as opposing the present low price paid . by the mills for cotton seed and urges g the farmers to hold their seed unless a better price Is paid or a more s : equitable exchange is proposed. A f( . pound of meal for a pound of seed is ]? considerel by the union to be Just and a . fair. e It was resolved that a committee of u three, with the county president as tl i chairman, be appointed to visit the j ti banks in Richland county to ascertain b their attitude in reference to the ex- B tension of loans made to farmers and rendering them financial assistance in tl this crisis. The committee is com- e< posed of C. W. Suber, president of tl the county union; F. H. Roberts and tl C. W. Thomas. ti Cotton Leaf Worm in Batesburg. Batesburg.?The cotton leaf worm (Alabama agrillacea) has appeared in T the neighborhood of Batesburg. E. A. McGregor, the representative of the United States bureau of entomology in this state for cotton pests, has recelved complaints of the alarming occur- gJ rence of this pest from Batesburg to q Rock Hill. The last serious occur- m rence of the cotton caterpillar was In m October of 1911. I a( As a rule the pest does not arrive j <j< in this locality until so late that lit- l tie or no damage is occasioned by Its jj ReaLEstete Loans Insurance of All Kinds and Bonds , icMvity. The present appearance at this date, however, is most alarming since the denuding of the foliage at this time will have the iirevitable re- Pf suit of curtailing the crop. Practical- ca ly no bolls that are immature at the er time of the stripping will open. It ni Newspaper Man Represents York. ar Yorkville. ? W. R. Bradford, well B0 known in Columbia as a newspaper man, was nominated In the second 0l] primary for the house of represents- ^ tives from York county. In the Sixty- ce second congress. Mr. Bradford was one of the secretaries of the printing Investigation of congress, of which flr Representative Flnley was vice chair- m man, and a few years ago was bill clerk of the State senate. In the first primary on August 2F> he lacked 4?> jK votes out of a total of more than gI 4,000 of being nominated. j In W. E. Gonzales Visits Columbia. d< Columbia.?Wlliam E. Gonzals of Columbia, minister of the T'nlted States to the republic of Cuba, left recently for Washington after spending with relatives here some days of gj his constitutional yearly leave. Con- u ferences with various persons in ofTi-: p( cial life will engage his time in Wash- b] ington. Capt. Gonzales expects to en-, tl joy a quiet rest on the shores of Lake <p GeiT Re with Mrs. Gonzales and their j ^ little daughter before returning to his j ^ post in Habana. ' tt Amiens Evacuated. jj Paris.?The evacuation of Amiens > ' by the Germans previously reported in j r news dispatches has been announced ^ officially ! ~ ft Seeds Carried by Birds. 51 [ The way in which feathers and 0 other foreign matter will adhere to and accumulate around the seat of injuries to the feet of birds is well } c , known. The most famous case is that : quoted years ago by Darwin. This was that of a red legged par- ^ 1 tridge, which was found to have a ball r , of earth measuring T-% Inches in cir- | a( ; j cumference and weighing ounces ' , ' around one of its feet. After soften- I ' - I u . I e i nig uiu earin a uuuiiH-r ui | removed therefrom and sowed.- No '' I fewer than 82 plants came up, repre? sentlng at least five species. This ex- , * - perlment demonstrated one of the i many ways In which birds may dls- * perse seeds. Rinderpest In Philippines. Rinderpest, the dreaded cattle dls7 ease, has broken out again among the ! Philippine herds. Its principal dam- J age Is done among the carabao. The " '* stock cattle are now comparatively | j.1 I* few, and flourish on the remote ( J t ranges among the foothills. Rut the h carabao are the chief reliance of ag-1 j I rlculture In the Islands, and abound wherever there Is cultivation of the ^ z I soil or the transportation of crops. | 3 The disease Is now reported from the ! most Important agricultural prov1 , lnces, and the death rate among the I n I draft cattle Is very large. i J Zv:.:.:..; Admits Allies' Success lerlin Official Notes Say Kaiser's Trcors Were Forced Back With Loss of Fifty Guns and Thoucands of Prisoners. London.?"The first official admlsion on 'hn German side of success ?y the Allies." says a Central News ispat.h from Antwerp, "appears in filciul communications Issued in Berl:i tHis afternoon. General von Stein unounct-s that the German army, liich had advanced across the Marne o tlio east of Paris, was heavily atackcd by the enemy between Paris, leaux and Montmirail. "The fiRhting lasted two days. The arinan army had checked the enemy - ' a/luonoa/1 Kltf II11 Ilitu cvtru uocu ou??nvvu, tronger hostile columns came to the ssistance of the Allies and the enenijr on the battle, compelling German mors to retire. "Fifty guns were captured by the .Hies and some thousands of men 1 lade prisoners. "To the west of Verdun fighting coninuos. The situation in Lorraine and lie Vosges is unchanged. The battle 1 Eastern Prussia has been resumed." The military expert of the "Times" urns up the situation as follows: "The Allies have very promptly eized the correct moment for an of- ( ?nsive return and according to the itest news have opened a general ttack to the German army on a front xtending between Verdun and Paris. : is supposed that the whole force of 1 ie Allies are in line, with the excepon of the troops which are holding aok the army of the Crown Prince of avaria in Lorraine." There is an unconfirmed report here I rnt the German commanders request- ] 1 an armistice to bury the dead, and lat Gen. French, who is commanding ie Allies left wing, would not con ent, fearing it was a ruse to gain me for bringing up reenforcements. wo French Soldiers Get Flag of Ger- f man Regiment. t 1 Bordeaux.?An official announce lent says that in a recent combat two ildiers of the 137th Infantry, Brous- 1 ird and Turcot, captured the flag of ie Twenty-eighth Regiment of Qer I .an Infantry, whose colonel was also ade prisoner. In recognition of their ;t President Poincaire has signed a jcree conferring the Cross of the i pgion of Honor on the flag of the i ! 7 tint eg im ent. I p |, We make aspecialt Phone 84 May Story of St. Paul's London. There la an anecdote concerning St. tul's worth recording now that the thedral's repairing is under consldatlon. Sir Christopher Wren tells In The Parentalla: "In the beginng of the new works of St. Paul's t Incident was taken notice of by me people as a memorable omen, hen the surveyor In person had set it upon the place the dimensions of e great dome, and fixed upon the nter, the common laborer was or>red to bring a flat stone from the ?aps of rubbish (such as 6hould st come .to hand) to be laid for a ark and direction to the masons; e stone, which was Immediately ought and laid down for this purjse, happened to be a piece of avestone, with nothing remaining of ie inscription but this single word i largo capitals?Resurgam."?Lon.>n Chronicle. Busy Bees. No wonder the honey bees have been iven the honor of being the busiest ttle creatures alive. A scientific exsriment has shown that r. red clover lossom contains on an average less tan one-eighth of a grain of sugar, here being 7,000 grains in a pound, ie bee that makes a pound of honey iust obtain Its material from no less tan 56,000 clover heads. Rut this Is ot all. In order to get the nectar the ia nAnmnllud trv Incort Ito nrnhnfldii lto each floret or flower tube comosing thy head of clover, and there re, it Is said, about sixty florets In very head. The Insect must, there)re, perform this operation 60 times G.ooO. or 3,360,000 times, in order to btain a pound of uectar. otton Alone is Down. Washington. ? Average prices of radically all important agricultural roduct- on September 1 showed inreases .ver quotations of one year to. the review indicates. Cotton was ie marked exception, dropping nearr 3 cents a pound. Nearly all the rains showed big increases, while vertigo prices of meat animals on pgusl 1.1 were $7.63 per hundredeight compared with $7.20 a year go. and $6..16 In 1912. Corn adanced from $0.7.14 on September 1 ist vear?to ?o.S1fi this month. The Test of Art. Where tho weakness of the artistlo fe really lies 1b that It Is often not iken up cut of mere communicativet'BH and happy excitement, as a'chlld ells a breathless tale, but as a device 3r attracting the notice and earning fie applause of the world; and then : is on a par with all other self-regardig activities. But if it is taken up ith a desire to give rather than to pceive, as an irrepressible sharing of elight, it becomes not a solemn and ignified affair, but Just one of the lost beautiful and uncalculating imulseB in the world.?A. C. Benson in le Century Magazine. Swearingen jTi pulsory a " >EED IS KECOGXIZED" ? jtf b Seeks Suggestions Toward From kg f Measure That WW Be Practi- , ? cal and Serviceable. ? '? The need of a compulsory schUI attendance law is recognized through- c out the Statpt according .to Jj. B. j' Swearingen, State superintendent (Of' ^ education. He has sent out a lett hr to well known South Carollnlniai I, ^ asking their opinion as to the natu e jj of the compulsory law to be consider d j at the next session of tthe general at 1 sembly. He says that the only diff? ence among the friends of educatim ? is found in the terms of the st&lillk g "It is certain," says Mr. Swea|fc ? ingen, "that the legislature of 194 I will be asked to work out a practice ^ solution of this question, hence it g highly important that the most prn< tical and servicable measure be erf. acted." 11 J* Points to Consider. > a It is pointed out by M.. Swearin gen that the law must deal with following points: vi The age of pupils, 7 to 13, or 8 t ? jo ! 0 i ? Maximum distance pupils mitf i ^ walk, 3 miles or 2% miles. j Maximum number of pupils to*b : Instructed by one teacher?certairil; j =* aot more than 50. W 1 Fiee textbooks for peoupils needinfi^ Buildings to be erected at couitty$c ind State expense in districts unabtvfc o pay for adequate school houses. Ijc Liberal State approprations. veak districts, in order to provide a4^ ninimum term, preferably seven jfe nonths. This policy will necessitate 9j y of writing fire Ins^^^Ha Losses^nd i? nard-Raley Realty ( I Deposit y0 I IN The Bank , Cherat* STRONGER THAN ALL OTHER BA] 4compou: 0 in savin 1 JU* BELGIANS THORN TO KAI8ER. i j Capture Airship and Wipe Out Two j Small German Forces. Antwerp.?A German aeroplane, fly* ing In the neighborhood of Lotteghem, to the west of Malines, was fired on by the Belgians. The wings of the I machine were injured and it "was brought to ear'h. The two occupants j were made prisoners. Thirty-five German troops on bicy- j cles have been killed at Londerzeel, j west of Malines, by a Belgian patrol, I and at Zamel 17 Germans were killed. : GERMAN PLOT IN AFRICA. Long Have Been Storing Arms, Count- ! ing on Aid From Boers. London.?That the Germans In j Southwest Africa* where there are 30,- ] 000 German troops, have been storing j guns and ammunition for some time, j ;-?**uaring for military action, has been j made known to the British. It is said i the Germans believed the Boers would ] aid them. Although the Germans proceeded j with great secrecy, the British offl- I clals have been fully Informed. ^ ITALY IN A FERMENT. Believed Government Is at Breaking Point With Former Allies. London.?A dispatch to the Chron- 1 lcle from Bordeaux Bays: "Much attention is being paid here to the possible inclusion of Italy and Spain in the number of countries at war. "The strained relations between Italy and her former allies have been greatly aggravated, while in spirit public opinion Is becoming most Insistent for a declaration in support of Great i Britain and France." . I alks of Comducation , State tax of not less than one mill r not more than 2 mills. Enforcement can be Insured only y a truant officer and by adquate enalties. First, a warning; second, r flnne; third, imprisonment or a haingang sentence. Needed exemptions for certain lasses of childrek Prohibition of the employment by orporations of illiterates under 21 earfe of age. Length ?f school session diiring rhich attendance is coupulsory. Since he constitution of 1895 empowers istrict trustees to use district funds a their discretion, the school term' luat probably be regulated by disrlct boards. "In my opinion," says Ir. Swearinger, "compulsory atendance should be required throughut the full session?nine, eight, even, six, five, four or three months. Inch a provision will be flexible, will ult local needs and will help to solve he difficulties of the race problem." Other provisions whidh can not be icluded. in this outline, but which uggest themselves, are: Local Racking. "In my opinion," says Mr. Swearigen, '"whatever atjhool attendance iw hi enacted must receive the conent in the territory affected before t can be successfully enforced. Speial school taxes are. now voted in ach district by the resident electors rho return real and personal proprty for taxation. Almost one-third f the people of the State have delined to vote a local tax, although lie schools in a majority of these Istilcts are in need of money. "In my Judgement, school attendnce must be regulated in the same tanner upon petition of a majority of be i reeidet electors in any school Mulct, in any aggregation of adDining school districts or in any ounty." The superintendent says that the o^rattojfe^^tho 0f the Stat^ nd represent only the best ( Promptly & Truft .Co., Ag ur money i of Cheraw s. c. KKS IN THE COUNTY COHHINEIi nded quarterly igs department 5 KAISER CABLES g WILSON PROTEST g S Sends Wire Personally on Use g ; of Dum-dum Bullets g 5 by Allies. 8 g WASHINGTON. ? President ? B wn.nn p?r*iu?H a neraonal ca- ${ Ible from Emperor William of ? Germany protesting against the C U6e of dum-dum bullets and the 7 participation In the war by civ- C ilians of Belgium. The message ? expressed also the German Em- ? peror's deep regret at the de- ? atruction of the Belgian city of*S Louvaln. ? "My heart bleeds for Lou- 2 vain," Is one of the phrases 5 which the Emperor Is under- C stood to have used. He declared, ? however, that the population of C 5jj Belgium had offered such reels- ? 5 tance that his generals had in ? X many cases found It necessary ? D to administer severe punish- C S ment. r The Eternal Wonder. What is most astonishing, according to my way of looking at it. is that tpen should bring each other into siich a state?that men who have seen Biich & sight should not sink down on their knees and swear a passionate oath to make war on war?that if they were princes they do not fling the s ivord away?or if they are in any position of power they do not from tl lat moment devote their whole action li i speech or writing, in thought, teach, ii g or business, to this one end?Lay d >wn yoir arms,?Baroness Von Butt l .. . .,n , ni-1., fl . . >< iMit b PURSUED PURSUE; | VICTORS FULL BUCK! BATTLE OF MARNE MARVELOU8 REVERSAL OF ROLES OF CONTESTANTS. GERMANS ARE RETREATING Days Are Getting Brighter For the Allies.?No Reports of Kaiser's Army For the Past Week. London.?The sixth week of the war between Oermany and France, Great Britain and Belgium has brought a vast transformation. The pursued are now tho pursuers. The irrestible sweep of seven German armies through Belgium into France met Immovable resistance at the River Marne. The army of General von Kluck, which so long battled to turn the Allies' Western flank, was slowly and steadily outflanked. Its retirement before the small but hardy British army turned the tide of battle. Today, if French official reports are correct, all the German armies except that facing Verdun and a few miles southwest, are retreating. General con Kluck's army, which a week ago was a few miles southeast of Paris, has retired more than 60 mues 10 me noruieasi, wane uu mc extreme right the army of the Bavarian Oown Prince, which was attacking the French eastern line from Nancy to Eplnal, has fallen back to the frontiers of Lorraine, permitting the French to reoccupy Lunevllle and several other towns. Sunday, September 6, was the darkest day of the war for the Allies. The French Government emigrated from Paris to Bordeaux In long sad procession of motorcars. An attack ob the Capital appeared Imminent and the main German force had hammered a huge wedge Into France between Paris and Verdun, with its center some miles south of that line. The French people trembled with the question whether their army was not a beaten army; whether the history of 1870 will repeat itself. The battle of the Marne, which was decided In a week, Is regarded by military critics as the most marvelous reversal of rolae of two armlep known. )ld line companies ? v ;ents csec7' you In their view it appears to have decided the first phase of the war and to have made Impossible the plan which the German staff Is supposed to have had of smashing the French by one comprehensible stroke and then turning the bulk of the German forces eastward to confront the Russians. The military experts, however, are still cautious. While recognizing the possibility that the German armies may yet rally and draw a strong defensive line, they recognize also the possibility of the almost complete evacuation of France and Belgium. Paris announces that the Germans have evacuated Amiens. The position of German reinforcements of 60,000 reported to be marching south on three roads In that neighborhood Is not known. The Belgian army Is credited with * " I ?* xo/utminv Driia. me aeieriiiuiituuu iu i. eels and claims to have cut the railroad between Liege and Brussels, thus severing an important Qcrman line of communication. It claims to be pushing the scattered German forces, composed for the most part of reservists, toward the southeast. Military authorities In France consider the position of >the German armies critical. The army which was south of the Argonne Forest, they argue, hardly can retreat eastward owing to the danger from the strongly held French fortress of Verdun, while the mountainous character of the i Argonne district renders retreat due north impracticable. The left wing of the Germans they believe, must retreat in a northwesterly direction. They also cherish the hope that the Belgians may succeed In clearing the j Germans out of Brabant, when the entire German army would be obliged to retreat on Lux?nburg, an opera: tion which they liken to the passing of a large stream through a narrow ' bottle neck. I Th? fiorman version of the battle of Marne Is yet to he heard. The German official wireless tonight is silent regarding the operations of the past week In that theater. It records 1 a local success by the army of the | Crown Prince, which, It reports, took I a fortified position southwest of Verdun, and the beginning of an attack on the forts to the south of Verdun. Once at Least. Addison Mlzner, the noted vlveur, told, during a visit to Atlantic City, a story about a beautiful young widow. "In her white bathing suit," he said, I "with her blond hair and her suppple grace, the widow Is certainly not?ha, ha, ha?tho widow' Is certainly not a-mlss. "Two flhow girls discussed her rather enviously as she glided past them In her rolling chair the other day. " 'She looks so demure,' said the first, 'and she Is so rich and*so beautiful?I wonder It she ever had a Joy ride!* "'Oh, I'm sure she had,' said the other show-girl, 'when she attended the sepulture of her octogenarian mil-1 llonalre husband.'" -L- ? < . South Us ?s Too Much Pot.'.sb, Columbia.?the scarcity of potash, due to war In Europe, W. Starke of Now York said rec.-nt y in Colombia, tuat Southern farmers are given to overuse of potash. Mr. Sunk# has long bee.: .associated with one of the largest raw fertilizer material Iraporting houses in the United State?. Mr. Starke said: v "The f trt..er of t'.e South faces an economic problem brought about by the pr -ant war in Europe. It Is for hint to devise and practice economy in every branch of his business. A study of his needs in the use of commercial fertilizer Is one manner In which large savings can be made. It is a well known fact among the Intelligent farmers of the South that entirely too much potash In Its various forms has for years been used. The different state departments of ag-* riculture, the United States department of agriculture and the various state experiment stations are entirely agreed on this face and have Issued bulletins from time to time advising the farmer to use less potash than has been his custom. "As is widely known, all the commercial potash used for fertilizing purposes Is mined in Germany and the company that controls the sale of potash In this country very naturally has been anxious to Increase the consumption of potash and with that end in view has advertised extensively that the average soli needs far more potash than Is actually the case. On the other hand, all disinterested authorities, without exception, state that there is enough potash In the soil of the Southern States to last for many years. It Is far better to take the advice of experts on the subject than to follow the directions of a company that controls this partldhlar article. "The farmer of the South has been spending millions of dollars annually for this almost useless material. The present European war has made It Impossible to get potash to this country and after the present limited supply in storage is exhausted there will be no more to be had until matters are settled abroad. During the coming year the farmers will be convinced that they will raise Just as good crops without the use of potash as they have with It. This does not meat*' that the farmer should not use the other fertilizer materials, ammoniates and phosphates; but it Is to allay his fears that he can not raise a maximum crop without potash. Dispensary 8ales During Auguft Dispensary sales In the 15 "wef* counties during August aggregated nearly $200,000?or, to be exact, -\ 1 ? n are eager to irve you and jpreciate ir business $198,699,?7?according to a statement compiled by M. H. Mobley of Columbia, state dispensary auditor. Expenses aggregated $11,046.94. Richland's total or sales is $63.334.30, all for dispensaries in the ctiy of Columbia, except $8,561.80, which represents the sales of the dispensary at Eastover. Sales in other counties were as follows : Charleston, $51,126.15; Aiken, $13.794.65; Barnwell. $16,395.20; Bamberg, $8,715.57; Calhoun, $4,620.85; Dorchester, $6,306.80; Florence, $59,588.28; Georgetown, $13,861.42; Jas| per, $1,711.80; Orangeburg, $23,570.05; j Lexington, $11,7'J0.$5; Beaufort, $9,208.40; Union, $14,849.73; Williamsburg. $7,367.70. Senators Join Buy-A-Bale Club. Washington.?Southern senators organized a branch of the "buy a bale of cotton club," which originated in I cities throughout the South, each member pledging himself to purchase at least one bale of cotton to store away until next year. Senator Sheppard of Texas Is president of the senators' club. At a conference today senators and representatives In the cotton-growing states indorsed the resolutions by the j cotton congress that legislatures prohibit by law the planting by any farmer next year of more than half this year's cotton acreage. Matches and sex. i Most of the men and women In the Brltlsh islands?to Judge from my let ters?seen? to be buying matches an,i striking them in order to discover that curious difference of sex. To pulp some fifty letters It may be said that the general view Is that the average woman strikes a match away from her because 6he wants to light something i away from her body, and a man takes the other direction because be wants to light a pipe?in his mouth But wait! The man is the economist in the striktng of matches. He knows his match and its habit of breaking The woman, striking out with a finger and thumb, smashes the frail timber twice out of three times The man plants a thumb and two fingers round the match, encouraging the fragile timber and nursing the light in his palm. It would be fun to have matches (boxes equal) between men and women?which could light most cigarettes, striking forward or backward?London Chronicle. Florence Will Aid Farmers. Florence.?The people of Florence have shown a decided zeal in the "buy-a-baleof-cotton" plan, and announcement is made by the chamber of commerce that the market Is open, and all who will buy the bale are Invited to be at the corner of Evan9 and Dargan streets, the cotton market of the city, and get their bale. Regular buyers will buy and grade the cotton, and those who wish to warehouse it will get regular receipts. i'he warehouse now available in the eltv will hold 2,000 baleB. V 4 : a 1- L HAS RECOGNITION , J FORNOFOOK I WILL BB GOVERNOR OP ALL \ ! THE PEOPLE/' 8AY8 RICHARD j.JSj I. MANNING. DISPATCHES FROM COLUMBIA Doings and Happenings That Mark the Progress of 8outh Carolina P?o> pie, Gathered Around the St^te y Capitol. Columbia. "I will be governor of all the peo* . pie," said Richard I. Manning, gov- , ernor-nomlnate of South Carolina, In a statement Issued by him recently L&gHMj while in Columbia. Mr. Manning came jbfy over frotn his home at Sumter and was greeted by hundreds of Cplum- > blans as he walked through Main , street to bis Columbia headquarters. The following statement was given V out by Mr. Manning: "I wish to express my thanks to ffi ' the whole people of South Carolina. ^ The tremendous vote I received means but one thing?that the principles I -.jHH adocate, law and order, peace and v, harmony, struck a responsive chord j fn the hearts of our people. V-f "I can not single out any set of . x" M men to whom the result of this election is due, since so many men in so ; ~ many places worked so steadfastly ' and so earnestly for our cause. T ' ^ the farmers, the merchants, the mi I , ijbt chanics, the textile workers, th I W traveling and professional men an I to all others who contributed to the ' nderful result, my profound thanks are due and hereby, given. It will be 7? physically impossible for me to express my heartfelt appreciation to the fH,* loyal friends who worked with and fpr me <Wept in this statement to ^ "I would be wide of the mark if I wB did not express my earnest apprecia- ^ * tion of the splendid work done by the newspapers of the state; theprees^w^^>?4i8 as a whole was untiring lirlts UflbFl to ^ show the people only the true issues * and to present public matters in a true "It would be ingratitude on my '*i pkrt, however, not to mention eepe- ' J* oially the loyal support given me by ' my home people in Sumter and by the members of the Young Men's Manning "I consider the result of the campaign'of 1914 a triumph for all the agencies which work for the moral uplift of our people and not as a personal victory. "In conclusion, I wish to say, as I have said many times before, that as governor of South Carolina I will % be governor of all the people; that I will not recognize any faction, but that I will serve the whole people to the utmost of my strength and capacity, with heart and head devoted only to their welfare." Suggests Cotton For -Shoe Uppers. "Why not start an agitation for% Ihe upper of high shoes and the* throats of low quarter shoes to be made of canvas?" was a question received at the state department of agriculture recently from George Waterhouse of Beaufort relative to the cotton situation In South Carolina. , "You would be astounded," says Mr. Waterhouse, "if you were not so ' ell informed, to learn of the hundreds of shoe factories in this country, all competing for the almost stupendous trade of the American people. Even in this little town the number of the calls we get from the representatives of the shoe companies impresses one with the tremendous possibilities for the cotton producer if the agitation could be started and carried to completion." / Supply of Potash Most Out. "Nitrates will come as usual from South America," stated Commissioner Watson recently, "and probably in greater bulk, as the war in Europe ? does not affect the nitrate situation. It is the potash supplies that are worrying us." Fertilizer Sales Increased. ? Farmers of South Carolina have purchased over $31,000,000 worth of fertilizers this year, according to re- ^ ports filed in the office of the state treasurer. The tag tax fund amounts to $257,568 to September 8, as com- . . 4 pared with $223,507 on the same date last year. The total sales of tags during 1913 amounted to $240,448. The Increase so far this year is over $17,000. There is a tax of 25 cents on each ton of fertilizer and the proceeds go to Clemson College. Bleaae Issues Two Paroles. The governor has Issued a parole to John Caughnian, colored, who was convicted of assault with Intent to ravish and assault and hAttery with * Intent to kill in the January, 1908, term, Lexington county, and sentenced by Judge John S. Wilson to 20 years and 5 years, respectively, in the penitentiary. A parole has been granted Jesse Harrison, who was convicted of violating the dispensary law at the January, 1914, teTm, Greenville county, and sentenced by Judge John 8. Wilson. His Powerful Appeal. Some time ago an aged clergyman, who had been engaged to preach a charity sermon for some orphan children, on rising to deliver his discourse, was unable to proceed from failure of strength. Stretching out a feeble arm over the group of orphans, and turning to the congregation, he addressed them thus: "Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat?" These few pathetic words proved more effective than the longest sermon, the congregation was touched to the heart, and heaped up the collecting plate with their offerings,