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KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. AUGUST 28, 1919. NO 26
fe .'STOLL IN SECOND
L ' WITH SHERWOOD
K ^ IblCHT VOTE POLLED OVER EN0*
V : DISTRICT?McINNES
K/ 5" RUNS third
re A% secoad primary will be necessary
? &' - AqcXIc the nomination for congress j
- Mh^lhe 2&b0t;i District to succeed the
4 * "Mita jjCdagressman J. W. Ragrsdaleof
M&vT j?. E. J. Sherwood of Conway, is
; i?*?be lead with 2107 votes and Hon.
H Stoll of Kingstree, is second
$ f *', 2009,. Julius S. Mchy nes of,
B*~ flhrtington, stands third with 1824
& l?|[ the other candidates j
I /i^ftjPld as follows: Evans 346, Leli
, J^ainde 297 Staokhouse 1513.
B .wfco'vote was light over the entire
dfrtrict, esj>ecially so in the counties
P *#hm which there were no candidates
the race. In several of these counPJ||>
the vote cast not being more j
gt " 40 per cent, of their polling1
r *
Mr. Sto.l carried Williamsburg j
overwhelmingly, he receiving I
?- .U912 out of a possible 1379 votes so;
% ireturned in the entire county.'
also .leads the ticket in
HBHt^PrtQence aad Georgetown counties. J
Sti.v Oftd leads he vote cast for candi-1
f""- Y "'IP, . i
h.' , net who nade the race from other;
* ; Count ies than that in which the vote
I. *' polled in six out of the eight,
I* .^jctoUmies comprising the Sixth DisP
Wstrfct. the exceptions being Horry and
f Dillon counties. Dillon, not having a
| % candidate in the race, divided her J
I : ^ote^etwe n Messrs. Stackhouse and
Ir^K ' Sherwood, ooth being natives of Dii/
hm county, giving Mr. Stackhouse a
t. plurality of 99 votes.
' The tabu la ted returns as reported
jfrom the, several counties compris-^mg
the Si;:th District will be found
L ' ta page 6 of this paper.
r SERB.' NOW MOBILIZING
ifgf Make Plan Banat and Temesvar.
i- Eyes On Romania
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L|y Paris, Aug. 25 (By the Associated i
report received in Paris
v days that the Serbians are mobiliztheir
forces in Banat and TemesJar,
N. P. Pachitch, ex-premier and
hfSfclpMd of the Serb delegation, says
the Serbs are reinforcing their
troops on their side line through
Banat, established by the supreme
. J - qptmcil, because the Rumanians are
, . ^ concentrating on the other side, caus*
iag great agitation among the popjf
- ^^ition of a considerable part of the
territory which is preponderantly
r Serbian for a considerable distance
{ * inside the area attributed to Rui_
a.
: '*y The tali of mobilization, however,
; * Patchitch declares, is exaggregated.
f 5* There are no Serbian troops in
* * Banat excepting in the territory atktributed
to Serbia by the supreme
council, aid the number there, he
said, is only such as produce demands j
' in view qdt the state of unrest, due
to the face that the dividing line
*N?ks up a region inhabited over
f there fourths of its extent by Ser:
bians and Croats, and even cuts the
f loop in the railroad from Szgden to'
I * Przchitz, requiring travelers to cross 1
I'? and recros/; the line when preceeding
j , from" pne point to another on the
Setbian side, while at Bazias, on the
Danube, it cuts off both port and
terminals of the same railroad.
The people of Bazias, Patchitch, ,
asserts are purely Serbian and'
f are greatly disappointed at beI
ing cut off from the fther in the
Serbian regions. The Serbs are taking
no measures, however, other than
the report of concentration of Rumania
to them.
I It is stated in Rumanian circles
here that the reported concentration
of Rbman an troops in Banat is er-1
roneous, aid that the line drawn by!
the council has. been sent there.
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President Makes Consular Changes
p .X T**.; President nominated C. Innes
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SI RCHARGE TO COME OFF I!
Revision Of Fire Insurance Rates i
To FoUow. !
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The announcement comes from
the national board of fire under(writers
in New York that the 10 per
cent surcharge added during the 1
war to certain fire insurance pre-]1
miums about 18 months ago is to be <
i discontinued September 1, but re- *
commends that rates be revised in
| "unprofitable classes." This taken to <
i mean that the effects of the addi:tional
10 per cent, surcharge will be 1
offset by rates revisions which may ]
I pro<luce as much as the 10 per cent i
surcharge. <
About two weeks ago a committee;1
of the national convention of insuv-!
ance commissioners to whom the;'
! matter had been referred after hav-!1
ing had several hearings and Ifsten-:
ed to the showings made by the fire,'1
insuiance companies passed resolu- 1
tions severely condemning the 10 11
per cent additional charge and re-11
commending its immediate discon- i1
tinueance in those States in which *
it had been imposed. It was expected
that the additional charge would be '
immediately discontinued, but such ?
I was not the case, and it is not to '
come off until September 1, and rate
revisions to offset it are to follow.
The following is the account given 1
by The Journal of Commerie of the11
matter:
"That the 10 per cent, surcharge <
on fire insurance rates should be 1
taken off on September 1, is the rec- i
ommendation of the surcharge com- <
mitteeof the national board of fire 1
underwriters, adopted at a meeting '
held on Augur-t 22. The committee 1
(holds that as u.e surcharge was an
i emergency measure, intended only
to' be temporary, and as the high <
itvel of costs appears likely to con- J
tinue for a long time, the rating '
bureaus take steps to revise rates on
| unprofitable classes and in unprofitabie
localities with a view to secur- >
ng to the companies a sufficient 3
premium. The minutes adopted by the i
committee, to be sent to all mem- /
here, is as follows: (
The surcharge or fiat additional
premium charge of 10 per cent.- for J
fire insurance was instituted as an J
emergency measure to meet, to some
degree, the abnormal increased cost (
of doing business, inducing taxes 1
imposed upon fire insurance in com- <
mon with other business^as a result {
of war conditions. It was designed to J
be as nationwide as the conditions <
which made it necessary, and to ap- 1
ply generally to all classes of fire '
risks rather than as a discrnriminat- 1
mg /ate making or risk measuring *
precedure as in the case of usual J
:ate inaking processes. *
"It was contemplated as a tern- 1
porary measure to be simultaneously 1
and everywhere applied and subject >
to similar action for its Removal j
when conditions should again be- I
come normal and similar to those
existing when the prevailing rates ,
# * * ? ? * ? A j ?rn _ '
and schedules were estamisneu. mis
intention was prevented * in a few 1
States by circumstances beyond our;
control, but it has bcnn quite gener- j
ally accepted as a wan-anted and j4
necessary* increase in price, notably > \
moderate in comparison with the' j
much higher cost of every other
product, commodity or service j
brought about by the severe disloca- |
tion of affairs in consequence of the jj
war. f j.
"Inasmuch as it now appears to ]
be the expressed opinion of recog- ,
nized judges of business and eco-1.
nomic conditions that the existing (
high level of' costs of all kinds will ,
be materially altered for some yeais ,
to come. It seems appropriate to (
discontinue the emergency charge (
which was intended only to be tem-j(
porary and to obtain the necessary ,
premium to enable the companies to j
meet losses and expenses and main- '
tain adequate reserves by appro- j
priate application of schedules to' j
classes and localities. Accordingly, it i <
is recommended to all rating experts, ,
bureaus and associations, that the J
collection of. the 10 per cent sur- j
charge disciaBtin^d^iy^^^^^e^ j
SAYS POISON WILL
KILL BOLL WEEVIL I
Senator Ransdell of Louisiana Gives j
Results oi Calcium Arsenate
Tests
Washington, 'Aug. 25.?According
to Senator Ransdell, of Louisiana,
who is himself a large grower of
rotton. tfce boll v,eevfl is about to be
conquered by poison.
The Louisiana Senator, with frequent
cpiroboratory interruptions by \
Senate.- Harbison, of Mississippi,
who is familiar with similar experi-i
ments conducted ;n that State by the1
Department of A griculture made, a
ietailed statement on the subject to
the Senate a few days ago.
Mr. Ransbell's own words will give
the substance of his conclusions in a
?av to interest all cotton growers:
"Mr. President, it is thought by
those who have investigated the subject
carefully and I am one of them,,
that a remedy for the boll weevil
pest in cotton has been discovered
through a poison known as calcium
arsenate, which was developed in
Iallulah, La., at an experiment sta-!
tion conducted for the Department
jf Agriculture by Mr. B. R. Coad, an
able scientist, under the Bureau of
Entomology.
"Some of tht largest planters in
the Mississippi Delta have "tried it
extensively. One of these is Prof. J.
W. Fox. of Scott, Miss., who is general
manager of t the largest cotton
plantation in the world. He says in
i letter addressed to me under date
jf August 15: *1 am now ready to
say unqualifiedly that this poison
kvill control the weevil at a cost
fthich is not prohibitive.' Another
eery large planter of Mississippi is
Mr. Alex Y. Scott, who is manager
sf several successful plantations near
Rosedale. He indorses the poison in
unqualified language.
"Then I have a letter from Mr. A.
W. Barrett, of Albany, Ga., to which
I call the attention of the Senator
from Georgia. This letter seems to
indorse the poison very strongly and
alls the attention of the people of
Georgia to it.
"Mr. Coad gives the result of experiments
made by a gentleman in
Louisiana, Mr. F. J. Venerable, of
Jeanenette. He made a test last yerr
jn a small field of five acres of cotton?two
fields, rather, of two and
jne-half ac.es in seperate plats.
One-half of each plat was poisoned
smd the other half not poisoned. Mr.
Joads says: 'Average yield per acre
for the two varities of cotton tested
tiy Mr. Venerable was 159 pounds of
lint cottorr per acre in his untreated
button and 463 pounds of lint cotton
per acre in his poisoned cotton.' Any>ne
who is a cotton grower knows
that that is a marvelous gain; that
i yield of 463 pounds of lint cotton
is a very satisfactory yield and that
L59 pounds is certainly not profitable."
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4UT0 ACCIDENT IN SUMTER
Four Young Men Injured When Car
And T rain Collide
Sumter, Aug. 25.?As the result
if a -collision of the auto in which
they were riding with an Atlantic1
Coast Line freight train at the Sumler
street crossing, Walter Jennings
is in the Toumey Hospital with a
broken leg, smashed heel and ankle
ind severe bruises about the head
md shoulds, while Wiljiam Miller,
Edwin Wilson and Dump Deas all
miTered minor injuriesx and bruises
ibout the head and body. The car, j
iriven by Miller, was a complete
.vreck. The accident occurred about
nidnight and from what could be
fathered from the parties in the
tar, the freight train of about eleven
>r twelve cars was shifting in the
>'ards and backed into the car as
;hese boys were headed for town.
Hie car was dragged about twenty
'eet down the track. All of the occuDants
are well known young men of
-
Sumter. The Iastest repo^^Trom
roung Jennings was that he was
esting comfortably and no internal !
njuries could be found. The other I
njured are all able to be up despite;
he severe shaking up they experi-J
SOUTHERN COTTON GROWERS
TO HOLD MASS MEETING
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American Cotton. Association To
Hold Meeting in New Orleans
September 8 and 9.
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Atlanta, Georgia, Aug; 25.?For *
the purpose of discussing the high *
cost of living, the general economic ^
conditions affecting cotton producers, 1
and to recommend a medium price 1
for cotton, a great mass meeting
will be held in New Orleans, La, *
Sentember eicrht and ninth, having <
been called by Southern Governors|l
and the American Cotton Associa-! s
tion through its president, J. Skot- 1
towe Wannamaker, St. Matthews, 1
the call has just been issued from <
the Atlanta membership campaign 1
headquarters of the organization. j
To date the following State chief 1
executives have signed the joint
proclamation: Gov. Hugh H. Dorsey 1
of Georgia; Gov. Thomas E. Milby 1
of Alabama; Gov. Charles H. Brough (
of Arkansas; Gov. Sidney J. Catts ^
of Florida; Gov. A. H. Roberts of 1
Tennessee; Gov. Robert A Cooper *
of South Carolm and Gov. William 1
P Hobby of Texas.
The proclamation follows: "Where- 1
as, the President of the United
States in his address to the Congress
of the United States on August
S, 1919, has called attention to *
grave conditions of distress confronting
large numbers of our people
by reason of constantly rising j
living costs, due to the perversion of
the ordinary laws of supply and demand
an dto the activities of speculators
and profiteers in the necessi
ties of life; and
i
"Whereas, these conditions are of I
special concern to the people of the j ^
Southern States in view of their ab-11
solute dependence upon the cotton j
industry as the basis of their well! ^
being, and especially in view of the j (
fact that cotton prices have entirely
failed to keep pace with the ^
prices of manufactured products and j
other commodities which they must
buy; . .
"Therefore, we, as Governors of (
the states of Alabama, Arkansas, j
Florida, Georgia, Louisiana. Mississippi,
Missouri, North Carolina. Ok-,j
lahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee |(
and Texas, in association with the1 (
President of the American Cotton i,
Association, do hereby summon rep-1 j
resentative farmers. merchants,' j
bankers, business and professional1 (
men from our several states here in- ,
before named, to confer together in ;,
the city of New Orleans, La., on the j j
eighth and ninth of September, and
to study, on behalf of the people of ]
the south, ways and means of deal-, {
ing with such prices as now relate j <
to the life and comfort of our peo- > {
pie; and |,
"In particular to study such con- ]
ditions as L ey relate to the cotton j<
industry as a whole to the reterminsction
of a fair and just price for j 1
cotton, based upon considerations of i
supply and demand and the price of j
manufactured products of cotton." j
The first day will be devoted main- J
lj to organization and membership i
work of the association and the con- ]
sideration of the general situation <
in the business world. Recommenda- >
tion of a minimum price for cotton <
will be the feature of the concluding j1
session, a decision to be redChed af-11
ter the conservative study and dis-< <
cussion of all matters affecting the1
producers of the staple. Speakers of I
national and state piominence will
be on the program. ' i
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CHARLOTTE MOB FIRED ON
At Least One Killed and Probably 1
A Dozen Injured 1
" : i
Charlotte, N. C., Aug. 25/?At 11
least one man was killed and a dozen .f
injured late Monday night when po-'6
lice guarding car barns of the South- j *
ern Public Utilities Company fired j *
on a mob estimated at a thousand or *
more, which had been hef<J at bay *
for several hours. *
Chief of police Walter B. Orr, a
s juad of thirty policemen with a ma- *
chine gun?. shot guns, rifles and re- r
volvers and fifty special armed c
g\jardfr had been holding the mob. g
Several cars were in operation be
BANDIT CHIEF KILLED
Troops Returning From Mexico Bi
Here Renteria Was Shot
Marfa, Texas, Aug. 25*?T1
American cavalry border patref res
;d in home stations be twee* Presidi
ifld Hester's Ranch after six daysi
Mexico in pursuit of the bandits wh
cidnapped and held for ransom tw
American aviators.
With reported killing of Jesus Rex
eria, leader of the bandits, and fot
>ther bandits, capture of nine b
Mexican troops and arrests of si
inspects by the Americans, Maj. .
?. Yancey declared the fourth pun
;ive expedition into Mexico had a<
:omplished its object of clearin
mndits from the section of Mexic
lust below the border from the Bi
Send, Texas region.
On Tuesday the troops resume
patrolling the American border con
nunities as a safeguard against bai
iits from South of the Rio Grand
It will be an alert border guard, i
new of reports Monday that tl
Mexican incursion had aroused tl
latives of Northern Mexico wi
lave been more or less friendly wit
:he outlaws.
Official reports of the expeditic
show the remarkable accomplishmei
>f the cavalry, some of whom marc]
?d 75 miles on their return.
"I am feeling a just pride in tl
nen and officers of my command wb
nade the campaign," Colonel Lanf
lorne said Monday.
An important part was played b
he aviators who kept up liasonwit
she troops, searched the mountain
sides and carried supplies, locatin
it least one band of bandits.
The aviators also are given cred
:or killing of Jesus Renteria, wit
nachine gun bullets. The airmen ak
icted as couriers for the Mexica
'ederals under General Pruneda an
General Dieguez.
Capt. Leonard F. Matlack returnc
:o his river station at Candelari
Monday.
"My troops are in fine conditio
md are ready for more," he sai
>ver the army telephone at Cand<
aria.
"Mexicans in four or five plac<
i Inntr thp trail told us about repori
*V446
>f Jesus Renteria having been kil
*1." be continued. "Precbano Cerai
lo, ovner of a ranch on Cuchil
anks told us Saturday 'Slim' Olb
as, one of Renteria's band and ai
>ther bandit passed through th
anch leading a wounded horse We<
lesday, a day after our aviators r<
jorted killing a bandit.
"They told Cerando that Jesv
tenteria was killed in the saddle b
lirplanc bullets. We started aft*
Dlivias and his companion on Satu:
lay with a patrol of seven men, i
iddition to Lieutenant Peterson ar
nyself. We went within 12 miles <
2oyame searching for the trail.
We continued toward Coyame a
jer dark. We saw tiny flares of ligh
where a Mexican patrol was smol
ng cigarettes and approaching wit)
in 30 yards of the patrol. Then v
eturned to headquarters camp ar
reported the presence of Carran;
patrols to Major Yancey. We lean
?d there were about 150 more Ca
-anza troops in Coyame. After
inference a decision was reached'
withdraw as the bandit trail had n<
>een found. We started on the marc
jut at 10 o'clock Sunday morning.
9
pi fa fror SOLDIERS MADE
immediate Congressional Aetic
Urged for Settlement.
Memphis, Aug. 25.?Immediat
passage by Congress of the Mende
lationai soldiers settlement bill wi
lrged in a resolution- adopted i
Memphis on Monday at a meetin
>f advocates of the measure attenc
id by Governor Brough. of Arkansa
jovernor Rubovts, of Tennessee, I
I. Abbott of Savannah, representin
Governor Dorsey of Georgia and Hei
)ert Raliss, representing Governo;
feasant of Louisiana.
Both governors appealed to th
>eople of the South to write thei
ongressman urging support of th
neasure. It provides appropriatio
if $500,000,000 for purchase an
qpipment of land to be resold a
nee to former* soldiers, sailors an
oaripes, .who would be give* 4
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t A. SHEER
" ELECTED MAYOR
ie ,
Y DEFEATS T. E. ARROWSMITH IN
? MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD
10 ' HERE TUESDAY.
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In the primary election here Tueal"
day, August 26, to elect a mayor and
ir city council for the town of Kingsy
. U A Ck.,l..
wrcc, in* A* tjuuicif
* his opponent, T. E. Arrowspiith by
.* a majority of 51 votes.
E. E. King was reelected without
opposition to succeed himself as a
g member of the board of commission0
ers of Public Works. ' 1
e Messrs. F. W. Fairey, E. F. Martin,
Thbmas McCutchen, W. K. Mc- *
Intosh, H. A. Miller and L. D. Rodgers,
were elected as board of Aldermen,
defeating the? other three candidates
for this office, Messrs. LeRoy
Cates, David Silverman and C.
16 J. Thompson.
Following is the vote cast as tabu^
lated by the election managers:
For Mayor
T. E. Arrow smith : 76
"J M. A. Shuler 127
1 For PnbHc Works Commission.
l~ E. E. King 203
For Aldermen
L. Roy Cates 98
' F. W. Fairey 157
E. F. Martin 168
Thomas, McCutchen 177
Z W. K. Mcintosh 148
H. A. Miller ?T 136
L. D. Rodgers 148
David Silverman 96
C. J. Thompson 99
^ Statement By Mayor Elect
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Permit me to extend to the voters
,d of Kingstree my sincere apprecia
- 1 A- 1 1
tion lor the nanasome voie attuiucu
>d me in the primary election held in
ia town on Tuesday, the 26th instant
The vote was absolutely unsolicited
m on my part, and this fact makes'" me
id appreciate the kindness of my
i- friends all the more. It is a grave
' responsibility to serve as Mayor of
>s Kingstree, but I trust that the conts
fidence of the people has not been
1- misplaced, and I feel that with the
i. i council that has been elected, and
[n with the cooperation of the citizens
ijKgeneral, we can have a successful
i- administration. Let every citizen
ie make up his mind to cooperate with
]. the officers who have been elected,
?. anil let us all do our utmost for the .
progress and development of Kingsi?
tree.
M A SWtfTT.ER.
}r | Mayor Elect
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in! CAMPAIGN FOB MEMORIAL
To South Carol in Veterans of
World War.
Every minister in South Carolina
s will be asked to call attention on
Sunday, September 28th to the fact
/ that Monday, September 29th will be
'? the first anniversary of the smash1
ing of the Hindenburg line by the
54 South Carolina, North Carolina and
a~ i Tennessee troops of the Thirtieth
r~ f Division, and that on that day the
a campaign to raise $400,000 to erect
? a fitting memorial to the South Car3
olina heroes participating in the
Gieat War will be formerly opened.
ihe South Carolina Memorial Commission
believes that the memorial
fund will be raised within the first
I week of the campaign, and probably
in during the first two or three days.
The State is now being organized
for the campaign. County otganizaQi
tions have already been set up in
11 several of the counties and all is in
readiness for the beginning of the
campaign a month hence, but there
g are a few counties yet to be organ- * *
1" ized. All will be in readiness, hows'
ever, before the day the campaign
is to open,
g It is being arranged to send
speakers into counties where they *
r may be needed, and the County *
Chairman will have the full co-oper- *
e 3tion of tht State organization everyr
where. The women of the State will
e render the same splendid service ?
n tf.ey have given in the several Lid
berty Loan campaigns. ,
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d Pershing to Sail Aboard Leviathan.
0
s Because of the delay in the arrival
of the transport Mount Vernon at
Brest, Gen. Pershing will retain
- home on the Leviathan. His cabloa
gram to the War Department from
s Paris said the date of hk sailing,
! J September 1, would be unchanged.
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