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I ?lje CiumtD Jltforfi. VOL. XXVIII. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1914. NO. 30 ? (VISIT US AT OUR NEW STORI Anything you prepare clutching at one another's tt v We call your attention r ton's Sun Proof Paint, the F Hard Oil, Varnishes, Etc., fc j Paint will do as much work i faces, need of protection, be Il^== , You C One 500-bale of Cott 1 "ALLI f? which is sold the world o1 One Ten-Piece Set g cents for your cotton, so < I WILLIAM p BLEASE HITS BRIGHT LIGHTS OF GAY GOTHAM REPORTER GETS CHARACTERISTIC INTERVIEW-ASSAILS SMITH ET AL. The New York Herald of Saturday's issue contains the following interview with Governor Cole L Blease: "Govemoi Cole L Blease of South Carolina, wh > recently was defeated l as a candidate for United States Senator, is seeing New York. He was at the Waldorf-Astoria with Mrs Blease yesterday and asserted that time passes so fast in this city that he does not know how long he has been away. He came North to attend the Great 1 Council of Red Men in Portland, Me. "Nothing to say," he said when asked for an interview. "I'm just up here to have a good time with ^ the boys." * But after he had talked to Mrs Blease he bitterly assailed Senator Smith, his successful opponent; President Wilson and William G McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury. Senator Smith, he said, was re-elected by false representations, and he declared President Wilson and Mr McAdoo admitted that they had deceived the Southern States in the matter of financing the cotton growers. ^ Governor Blease, who freed several convicts and hopes to free more before he goes out of office at the end of next January, and who fa vored the lynching or negroes ior attacks on white women, is slightly built, with black hair and mustache. DIAMONDS ADORN THE GOVERNOR. He wore a gray suit, a broad brimmed black soft hat, a very red bow tie and a pink striped silk shirt. In that shirt was a diamond, screwed in tightly. There were diamonds in his cuff links and a ring flashed . on a finger of his left hand. P In the top pocket of his coat there hung something that looked like a medal, but on close observation it proved to be the key to his apartment, No 551. In the couise of the talk I had with him he was asked by Mrs Blease to hasten things as she was hungry and wanted to go to a theat-e. "There's the real Governor of South Carolina," said Mr Blease. She's red-headed. You know by that she is Governor." Mrs Blease smiled and suggested haste to her husband. He was aski X I] Don't Tal for, you will get. If you prepare iroats in a mad, frenzied struggle to the fact that your Buildings, E 'eople's Paint;" Lowe Bros.' "Hh >r every purpose, are sold by us. is fifteen or twenty gallons of chej tter work, fall cleaning, getting r? i Kin E> an Pay on, middling or better, will b in prin /er for not one penny less ths of Triple-Coated Ena ion't tell us that you can't bu SBURG HA MM? ed what he intended doing after his term as Governor expired. "I intend to return to the praci tice of law," answered the Governor. "To the practice of criminal law, which I love. But when the next vacancy occurs in the United States Senate I expect to be elected to the place." DICTATES A STATEMENT. By that time Mrs Blease was the more anxious for her dinner and the theatre. However, Governor Blease had changed his mind, decided tc give a statement and dictated the following: "The man whom 1 opposed for the Senate is called 'Cotton' Smith. He claims that ha raised the price in the cotton market. On the campaigr for his re-election he told the cotton farmers that if he were re-elected he would raise the price of cotton to 15 cents, and that he'd guarantee that the United States Governmenl under the Wilson administration, bj virtue of the currency law, would supply farmers of South Carolinj with a sufficient amount of monej to market their cotton crop or that they could put it in a cotton ware house and that they would be loaned at I2h cents a pound, sufficient mon ey to meet their running obligations "Of course every sensible man ir South Carolina knew that that was a lie. Since his re-election cottor has gone lower and now he and hit Democratic colleague in the United States Senate publicly proclaim thai * - - the cotton farmers need no longer look to the National administrator for help, but must depend upor their States. I notice even so late as today Senator Simmons of Nortl Carolina announced in a conference of Congressmen and Senators front cotton growing States that the Na tional Government could not be depended upon to give any relief and that the farmers should no longer be deceived,but should know thai they need not expect help from thai source, which shows that Senator Smith was re-elected by false representations and pretenses, and Mr Wilson, who claimed on the stand tc be a Southerner, with his son-in-law, Mr McAdoo, admits that they have deceived the Southern States in this matter, and now throws them, as every other well-posted man in pub lie life knew would be done, back upon each State to take care of its own interests and be the architect of her own fortune. "It will not take the people long to learn who are their real friends, President Lincoln once said, 'You may fool all of the people some of i* '? ' *' " ' ' v-' ' K k War; Forg i for and talk hard times you will 1 }. But when things get bad enoug :oofs. Buggies, Wagons, Farm Imp *h Standard Paint," the Paint of p These Paints protect against the dc ap Paint and cost no more to apply, sady ior winter, you will saye mor crstree Hi /ENTUALL Y?V Us in ( uy an CESS R/ in $50.00 in cash, and with thi * ^A* TTiMIH IrlfnVlOl imeiwctrc iui y\jui mbvuvi iy a Range for your wife. RDWARE C i the time, and some of the people all the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.' "When the people of the South , go to pay this new war tax along . with their present State local tax, i particularly the people of South i Carolina, they will realize that Abraham Lincoln, whether a great statesman or not, was indeed a > i prophet. ,! "In view of this condition of af,! fairs I called an extra session of my , Legislature to meet October 6, at which time I expect it to appoint a : committee to confer with the Legis latures of other cotton States for . the purpose of passing such laws as , will give relief. And, speaking for , my own State, I think that the only ! relief possible to be given is a law prohibiting the sale of any property, , real or personal, under lien or J mortgage, within 12 months, and r the extension of the time of payr ment of taxes for 12 months."? I Columbia Record. i ? - ? ' Prayer of An Old Engineer. A pious old engineer on the Erie railroad at Susquehanna used to say his prayers aloud in the Young Men's Christian association rooms before starting on a trip. An inquisitive stenographer listened one evening to this God-fearing man and wrote down in his notebook the earnest petition which is reproduced below: "0 Lord, now that I have flagged Thee, lift up my feet from the rough road of life and plant them safely on the deck of the train of salvation. Let me use the safety lamp, known as prudence, make all couplings in the train with the strong link of Thy love, and let my inmn Ko tVio Rihip. And. i uauu'iatu^ wv VIIV - j ' Heavenly Father, keep all switches ' closed that lead off on sidings, especially those with a blind end. ' 0 Lord, if it be Thy pleasure, have ' every semaphore block along the line show the white light of hope, that I may make the run of life without stopping. And, Lord, give 1 us the Ten Commandments for a 1 schedule; and when I haye finished the run on schedule time and pulled 1 into the dark station of death, may : Thou, the Superintendent of the universe, say: 'Well done, thou ' good and faithful servant; come and 1 sign the pay roll, and receive your ' check for eternal happiness.' Railway and\Locomotive Engineering. A cold wave is reported to have 1 swept some of the Northern States, f the temperature falling to 20. fet it! Talk iave a chance to test the times h the / cure themselves. The very lements, Etc., may need Paintinf roven performance. House Paints istructive forces of sun, rain, frost Fall painting is good for everyb ley and time. TALK BUSINESS. ardware VHY NOT NOW Cotton. 1 UNGE," I s Range we will give you 5g l. This is more than ten g* OMPANY. I TELLER SHORT IN ACCOUNTS. Audit of Books of Sumter Bank Reveals Shortage of <31,000. 0 Yesterday morning the report spread over town that the expert accountants of Alonzo Richardson & Co, certified accountants of Atlanta, Ga, who are making the yearly audit uf the books of the Bank of Sumter, had discovered a shortage in the accounts of E H Rhame, Jr, teller of the bank. It was soon learned that the report had foundation in fact, as the information came from officials of the bank, who stated that a shortage had been discovered as reported, but that it had been made good and the bank would not lose a dollar. The news of the shortage caused great surprise and was the talk of the town all day. i At che request of the officers of the Bank of Sumter the story was not printed yesterday, as they wished to complete the investigation and prepare an official statement for publication. It was expected that the statement would be ready for publication yesterday afternoon, following a meeting of the board of directors held after the close of banking hours. The official statement was withheld and in pursuance with the understanding that was had with the officers of the bank, no mention was made yesterday of xl? Affirtiol cto fomont Lilt SnurUt^C, liic unaiai >ii4>m.uivm? being promised for today. The total amount of the shortage is $31,759.01, but the entire amount has been made good and the bank has suffered no loss. The capital of the bank is $200,000, with a surplus exceeding $64,000.?Sumter Daily Hemt September 26. PASTORS, ATTENTION! A Call to State Missions In Sonttaj east Baptist Association. j To the Pastors and Churches of the Southeast Association:? Dear Brethren:?I beg at this I time that the pastors and churches of our Association will look over their apportionments for State missions and see to it that the full amounts be raised by the meeting of the Association October 28, 1914, at Georgetown. During the four Sundays in October we can well land our part of this great work, which we cannot afford to let fail. Yours very truly, Hasford B Jones, Georgetown, Moderator. September 26. After all, it might be worse. V V Business! [c you expect. Quite a number of intensity of this great struggle ^ We invite your attention to a >, Roof Paints, Buggy and Wag and wear and give the best re ody. Reasons why: favorable w CA I ... . Vvi I We Le ? * iGOVERNME have jus cent int( Your Savings A with this much int it* as we! One Dol *! on a Savi ' i ,, K6c Bank Cade W. B. WILSON, V. 6.1 President Vici | WHY SPEND GOOD, S for cheap, shoddy and halfWe will sell you the famoi ' Bach, Kurtzman, Sho ard Pianos and Pian same price as the shoddy ma i Talking Machines. There is a distinction, a dif strated in these instruments that beyond the unchallenged excellenc of these superb instruments is th tone is pure and marked by a richi even a simple melody a thing of ra selling has taught us how music lo that our Pianos are best value?be: all means let your Piano be one of ing" that you have a Piano that i equal to or better than your neighl !"THe Best of Eve SIEGLING M No. 243 I CHARLESTON, I SAMUEL D. CARS, Manager Kingstre T>earSt'f-. business or -cfqy bankyoi I Have a business of your may enjoy a comfortable olc it: Bank your money now. some day, you will be pre? NESSGHANGEor to in\ business. The man who hi banked his money and then count GROW. Do YOUR t We pay 4 per cent, inter FARMERS & ME "ABSOLUTELY SAFE" Branches at JoHnsonvilli VISIT US AT >UR NEW STORE. _ J, 3 Christian nations are today i ivill make it short. short talk on Paint. "Paton Paints, Enamels, Stains, suits. Ten gallons of good reather, dry and clean sur- ' V2 iad?Others FoIIoW. _??__i^_ ' S $ i __ jfl 'P" :nt bonds ? t been issued bearing 2 per | C iccount I y i bank will pay you twice as erest. We invite small depos11 as large ones. Bring us just j lar and let us credit it to you ings Pass Book. : of Cades, !' J :S, S. C. \ IRNETTE, J. HOYT CARTER, President Cashier T HARD-EARNED MONEY built Pianos And Player Pianos? 3 us StfiiniAy, Kranich & ninger and R. S. Howo Players at practically the kes. Victrolas and Victor jnity, a purity of conception demonapproaches the ideal, cut away and e in design, material and workmanship leir exquisite tonal qualities. Every less, resonance and reserve that make ire delight. Ninety-four years of piano vers appreciate our efforts and insist st to look at and best to listen to. By ours and share in the "satisfied feels what it should be?an instrument ?* will 'oof o li^ofimo I )Vr 9 ? Ulie trial, will laoc a iuvmiuv* ^ rything in Music." | IUSIC HOUSE I I Cing Street, I e and Florence Branches. | To have <? I row own someur money now. dCU^own some day, so that you I age; there is one way to do Let your account grow; then, jared to take A GOOD BUSIrest your money in a paying as a business of his own first helped to make his bank acjanking with US. est on savings accounts. RCHANTS RANK. LAKE CITY, S. C. s, Cowards and Pamplico. * ^ , . ^ ^ J