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Tine svmieh watciwan, iistabi. i R-olldatrd Aniv. 2,188 tftt ??li.tbman anb Sontbron. t*ub?i lusl Wednesday ami Saturriuj ?BY? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY Sl'MTKR, S. C. Terms: P II B?) per annum?In advance. Advertisements: One Square first Insertion.$1.00 Beery nubsequent Insertion.50 Contracts for three months, or longer will b* made at reduced rate?. All communications which sub jSoarre private Interests will be charged for aa Advertisement*. Obituaries and tributes of respect* will ha charged for. SOCIAL CLUB MAN K.l It FINER *.W. M. Brown, of Orangehuxg. Admit* Violating Liquor Imw. Oran<oburg. Sept. 7.?In the crimi? nal court this morning W. H. Brown pleaded guilty to the charge of keep? ing and ?torlng whiskey and was sen? tenced to pay a fine of $100 or be confined for three months. This if one of xhe cose* growing out of the raids on toe Edlsto Social Club, of which Brown was manager. There are ?tili two more cases pending?one .for keeping and storing and the oth ifler for selling liuora. Besides there is s fine of $76 or 30 days' 1 m prison mem hanging over Brown from the mayor'<* court, he hi.vlng appealed the case. Brown made a statement tc the court as to how he hud managed the club, and was toll by the Judg , that hie manner of handling liquor * tor the members of the duh was f\ violation of the law. Judge Gary taid he wast a member of a club In the1 cltv of ( ?I ml la. but that the Itqt ?rs WSVS'bougot by the members iti the!) * aem name*, and If desired they car a ried email quantities of It to the club (Aoams and placed it in the leJOh n This, he th >ught was not a viola: of the law. but to order In the name ! of the club or Its manager and tin dtsgtfj^lte among the members win log and selling and clearly against the other cases against Broun plfohablj be tried tomorrow or the neKt d y. Much Interest Is being Shown In ihla matter. - (xm\ tour not (i(mm). Average Condition 71.6 Against 7?.4 lAst Year. "Washington *ept. 8.?The crop re? porting, board of the department ol agriculture estimates the condition of crop* on September 1 last as follows: > Corn 74.0. as compared with 79.4 on the same date last year: spring wheat IS.f. aa compared with 77.6 In 190? Comparisons for corn show: State. I a* ~ ? ~ 6 . if C0 1* 3 ? 5 g 4 cm 7 i? O ? O 0 o Texas. ?. 55 86 74 Georgia. 88 84 84 Tennessee .... 73 84 81 ^Alabama ... 70 84 82 North Carolina . 79 84 83 Arkansas ... 86 80 78 Mlsstselppl ... ?9 87 78 Louisiana. 87 R$ 90 ?oath Carolina . . 82 81 78 Virginia. 76 89 87 United States . . 74.8 79.4 80.6 Comparison for wheat shows, United State* , . ig.f 77.6 76.9 The average condition of the crop I when harvested was 93.8. against 61?.7 when harvested In 1908. The average condition of tobacco on September 1 is stated as 80.2 against 84.S. The condition of tobacco on S|S i tember In Important States was: ' Kentucky 80; North Carolina 7": Virginia a.',. Tennes.ee Hit; South Carolina H&; Connecticut 84; Florida 86. IMU'/dK IHCILL AT STATU FAII?. President Hobler to Suggest |*lau to Militia Officer-. Columbia. Sept s rYogMenl Jn.> O. Mobley. of the South Carolina An ? rlcultural ami Mechanieii Soeiet,. has addre d t . the nimnumlint; > fleers of all the militia sniBjantc* in the St.4te a letter reque ting their at? tendance at a meeting SO be held In Iths city council chamber, in Colum? bia. Sept. 15. to discus- the ;id\isi blllty of having a prize drill at U ?? 1909 State fair. The Bee I>ee Trust Company has been or* mi ized at Fl" R/Ith B , capital sto< ;: of $66.0 10. died April. 1850. I. BUMT STATE HOARD OF I.Dt CATION V. AM S APPROPRIATIONS. other ?. vattci* of [Qtovftl to School Teuchels and others Interested In Educational Affairs In lOUth Caro? lina. Columbia. Sept. 7.?The matter of high school applications was dis? cussed at length t .day at the meet? ing of the State board of education, held In the office of State Superin? tendent of Education Swearii :;cm. The following members of the board were present at the ro eting: W, K. T?te. Charleston; A. R. Banks, Co bmbia; A. J. Thackslon, Orangerurg: Et F. Rice, Alken; Nathan Toms, I -aldington: D. W, Dnnlell, of Clom I >i\ and Prof. A. Cr. Reinbert, of Wofford. Gov. Ansel is chairman of the board and State Superintendent of Education Swearinten is secret* vy. The list of high school? was ap? proved and appropriations made. Seventy-five of the 131 schools ?ived aid as rural high schools. Half the appropriation to each school will be paid In December ond half in March. It v. ras a source of regret to every member of the board that s.'WTal high school applications could not be honored because the $3,000 limit a. t by the High School Act had been already reeched. Anderson. Lrfiureng and Orangeburg counties all applied for more money than could I t appropriated to their high schools, v bulletin will soon be issued by the University treating fully of high school unit text bopkl itn(] courses ol s<udy. The date of the next teachers' examination arai set for October i. Kach county superintendent of ed? ueatloa should take notice of .the t'me ilsd 1 in his loc :I p i pers. The appeal from citizens of tlu Hii-ta school district in Barnwell county, concerning the removal the school building from Its prest at site, was dismissed, and the action of the Darnwell County board sustain? ed, ''?he : tnt< I o ; ? ? vi not lee that at .the next teachers' examination in ?fay, 1910. applicant- will be requir? ed to stand an examination on ele? mentary agriculture. The SeCTOtary reported that the $20.??00 appropriated by the last leg? islature to lengthen the term of weak rural schools had all been paid out. The board will consider some plan by which this appropriation can be in? creased and disbursed, if the general assembly will consider the bill next winter. The reading circle work for 190S 09 was concluded September 1, and the board authorized a new course for 1909-10. All applicants are re? quired to make a general average of 7f? per cent, with not less than 60 per cent on any one branch. The books adopted for the coming year are civics and health. Chubbs' teaching of English. Smith's evolution ol Doelii Col. A. R. Banks, representative of the 6th district, offered his resigna? tion. . The chairman accepted this, expressing his regret that the senior member of the board was discontinu? ing his connection, and paying Col. Banks an eloquent tribute for his able and patriotic service to the schools of the State. The governor announced that J. Lyles Glenn would receive the appointment to fill out the unexpired term of Col. Banks. The only schools in Sumter county to receive High School appropriations were Gen. Sumter Memorial Academy and the Rafting Creek High School. TO TRY OIT COTTON ll.\R\ fos? TER. Poaionstratioii of Cotton Picking Machine to be Made at liemietts Hcnnettsvllle, Sept. 8.? Mr. Angus Campbell, repraasntlni Mr. Theodore H. Price, of New york, eras In Ben? nettsville today for the purpose Of securing ? Held of cotton in bs used in the dssao net ration ot the cotton harvester. Mr. Campbell found what hs wanted, and his purchased one hundred acres from Bx-Henator John Ii MoLauiin. The cotton on this ? will remain nnptck< d lintil the latter part of thin mon h or the first Of OotObOTi when Mr. Price and a q clatei will come hers ;?i.?I the demon ii itlotl v\ill be made. Mr. Campbell li the Inventor of the machine and Mr. Trice .iihI others are interested In promoting and baeklng tin prop? osition. The inventor is ? natlvs of Canada. ttlOUgh be li\? d for a num? ber of yean in Taxas, Italy, with 11,000,000, has now ih" smallssl population of ans <*f ihc gi si Powers. vllle. id Fear BOt-^Lel all the ends Thou Aim Eg. S. SATURDAY PROBE GE0R6EI0WN KilLiMB. SHOOTING OF MBB, G. C. DK.HAM ; LEADS TO ARRESTS, Coroner Bwomo Oul Warrants foe w. 15. Avant. Who Bhot Mrs. lib I mm, And for the Latter's Husband, Who Was With Avant. Georgetown, Bept. 8.?Coroner C. J. Fh tcher yesterday swore out H warrant for William B. Avant as principe!) and for Dr. J. C. Bigham as accessory for the killing of Mrs. G. C. Pigham, wife of the later, at MurreK's Inlet, on Saturday night last. The verdict of the coroner's jury reads as follows: "That the deceased came to her death by a gunshot wound at the hands of W. B. Avant and J. C. F.ighnm as acces? sory thereto, both men laboring un? der great mental excitement and fear at the time Of the deed." It is Oic streng opinion of everyone in this neighborhood that the shoot? ing was inexcu uible in its gross care? lessness, and deserves to be investi? gated to the bottom. It is reported that one of the probable causes of the men shooting at the u nknown Ob? ject was because Sunnyside house was Sgld to be haunted, and they thought it a ghpst. The deputy sheriff is ex? pected to arrive with the two men to? night. Coroner Fletcher has acted with proper consideration in the matter, and only proceeded with the require? ment? of the law utter sad obsequies erers completed, feeling satisfied that the parties charged could be had whenever wanted. Dr. Bigltani Arrested. Florenoe, sept, s.?Dr. c. c. E?g. barn, of Georgetown county, who was implicated by the coroner and jury in the killing Of bis wife at Murrell Inlet, was arrested at the home of his mother, lira, If, B. Bighorn* at For esiville. this afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Harrell. Dr. Bigham was brOught to Florence and placed in Jail upon telegraphic instructions from the sheriff of Georgetown, Sher? iff Burch has notified the sneriff Of Georgetown, who will come tomorrow and take Dr. Bigham bade to .eorge town. Dr. Bigham When arrested was completely overcome with griet. D1MDFD $10.000,000 IX LIFE. William IL Singer Had a Premonition Of Death. Hartford. Conn.. Sept. 6.?The strange premonition which caused William H. Singer, of the Carnegie and Crucible Steel Companies, to dis? tribute most of his $16.000,000 for? tune among his four children several months ago came true today, when he died in his cottage at Watch Hill. R. I., from injuries received in an au? tomobile smash-up August 24. Though the others in the party es? caped with only minor scratches and bruises. Singer received internal in? juries which specialists from New York and Pittsburg were unable to cope with. He was 61 years old and leaves a widow and four children. James McCrea, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, his close per? sonal friend, is attending to the fun? eral arrangements and personally oversaw the body of his old business and personal associate taken from Watch Hill to Pittsburg on a special train. It was a year to a day from Sing? er's premonition of sudden death to the fatal automobile accident. Heed? ing the mysterious inner warning, he called his four children together at a dinner in New York and put under the plate of each a cheek for his or her share of the Singer fortune. One of the sons came from Norway to be present. None of the children knew Of the proposed distribution of their father's property unt i u had been accomplished. Blnger was one of the pioneer iron and steel merchant! of Pittsburg. Ho was not only largely Interested in the Carnegie steel Company and the cru? cible Steel Company, but was long the head of the Ihm of Singer, Ml mlck ?V- Co, He was a prominent i member of the American Institute ol Mining Engineers, and had other I.net manufacturing and financial in? terests. Prom a countrv school teacher nl Sta a month to an annual income of 1140,000 a year geems a long step. True, it toi?k twenty-seven years to I accomplish it. bul thai I* the record of '?Bill" Brown, central Oregon's eo centrlo sheep king. With all due re-pert to Coloiado, (her? Is an idea in some quarters that there are enough old women In Con? gress a heady.?New York Telegram, s't o* be thy Country's, Thy God's nmj ST. SEPTEMBER 11, COTTON (SHOP STATISTICS. SECRETARY HESTER'S COMPLETE REPORT IS INTERESTING. f __ HTlie Largest crop Ever Grown Rut I Consumption Kept Pace With. Pro? , Auction?Crop Amounted to 13, 995,000 Rains?South Carolina produced i,298,ooo. New Orleans, La.. Sept. 7.?Supple? menting his report on the cotton crop for 190S-'09, as issued on August 31, Secretary Hester of the New Orleans cotton exchange today made a detail? ed report on the crops of the differ? ent States a* follows: Alabama 1,428,000, against 1,171, 000 last year. Arkansas 1,052,000, against 787,000 Florida 75,000, against 60,000. Georgia 2.118,000, against 1,964, 0?0. ^Louisiana 4v5,ooo. against 673,000. Mississippi 1,673.000, igalnst 1, 496.000. North Carolina 7 4 7,000, against 600,000. South Carolina 1,298,000. against 1.226.000. j Tennessee 426.000, against 335,?00. Texas 3.810,000. against 2,221,000. Oklahoma 740,000 against 950,000. Total crop 13.S25.000, against 11, 572,00?) last >ear. He pats the spindles in the Soulh at 11,255,787, including old, Idle and not complete, against 10,001,809 last year, an Increase of 504,479. Referring to the consumption by American riills Xr. Hester says that North and South they have a season of unparalleled activity, in no past year, he states, have they consumed so much cotton, and phenomenal as the extent of business has been, it has not reached ^.ie llir of their ca? pacities. Th? m - 'no of th< past commercial cr> , he states, is in round figures $683,794,000. shovinv thei while the number of bales mar* keted Was 2.248,000 bales more than last year, the increase In money re eeived was bat $11,509,000, equiva? lent to $5.11 per bale for the exoesSj [,<. . ' Mr. Ht v ? f plead: < hut ..?:-? sir.ering all circumstances if ever a Crop was sohl it a good round price it was the orte under review; In the South Mr. Hester makes the consumption 366.596 more than last year and 120,765 over the year be? fore last. Twenty-one new mills are building in the Southern States, and including additions to old establish? ments, 10.000 new looms and 511,294 nev spindles ar? under way. The in? crease In the number of mills overl last year has been eight, making a total of 841. I The year's consumption has been divided as follows: State. Consump- In tion. crease, i Alabama . . . 251,871 46,261 i Arkansas . . . 6,038 2,190 Georgia .... 556,119 74,757 Kentucky . . . 26,290 1,694 Louisiana . . . 17,244 3,331 Mississippi . . 308,691 3,529 Missouri . . . 14,826 6,449 N. Carolina . . 759,295 130,414 S. Carolina . . 700,352 75,806 Tennessee . . 69,211 9,154 Texas. 42,456 8,675 Oklahoma. . . 2,568 954 Virginia . . . 77,912 3,382 Total. . . .2,559,873 366,596 In conclusion Mr. Hester says the facts concerning this remarkable year in cotton consumption speak for themselves, but it is safe to say that had they been estimates Instead of plain unvarnished truths, even ex? tremists would have been justified in classing them as exaggerations. In the South, he says, "We have brushed 2.600.000 bales closely dur? ing the past year and this close on the heels of the panic, with 215 out of a total of 786 active mills from one to two months late in getting under headway. Most of the new not com? plete spindles will be in working or? der before the coming year"s close and with these on the basis of the 1 904-05 consumption per spindle, the capacity of the Southern mills will be something like 2.800,000 to 2.900, 001) bales. TOM JOHNSON NOMINATED. Democrats of Cleveland Name Him Tor Mayor for Fifth Time, Cleveland, <?.. s- pt. 7. incomplete returns from the municipal primary election held here today make it practically certain that Tom l. John son has for the fifth consecutive time been nominated for mayor by the Democrats. His opponent was Dr. ir W, Wat/, an alderman. P, C Baer, , t present recorder of Cuyahogs county, leads in the race for the Re? publican nomination. 1 Truth's." TILE TRU 1909. Sew S< COOK AN IMPQSTER. PEARY BAYS HE NEVER REACH? ED POLE. Dr. Cook Says He H??v the Proof That He Discovered the Pole and cllnea to Enter Into a Wordy Con troronj?Peary Must Make Good Chargen Against Cook or i?e Him? self Discredited. New York, Sept. 8.? The lie WO hurled today concerning the discov? ery of the North Pole and the foun? dation laid for a controversy un? paralleled in history Commander Robert E. Peary is making uncertain progress southward off the coast of Labrador In his ship, the Roosevelt, but there came from him today a message as direct as his homeward journey has been slow. It challenges the veracity of Dr. Fred? erick A. Cook, of Brooklyn, and fur? ther complicates a situation which the whole world is discussing. In effect Peary decries Cook's claim with the intimation that be (Peary) and he alone planted the American flag at the North Pole on April 6, 1909, and that Dr. Cook, who asserts that be unfurled the flag at the pole on April 21. 1908, must sub? stantiate his claim. At Copenhagen, Cook, shown Iiis rival's statement, tonight stood by hit guns, declined to enter into a debate and calmly asserted that bis record! Would sustain him. To prove bis light of discovery before the entire world?, beyond a shadow of doubt, he an? nounced that he will dispatch a ship to Greenland and bring to America his Eskimo companions. Then, with their testimony and bis data, be de? clares that he will -:and ready to lace all detractors. in the meantime Peary continue i his homeward Journey on the Ice scarred Roosevelt and ^ tonight al Battle Harbor, Labrador, m ire thai 400 miles from North Sydney, Cape Breton the i bjectlye point of the homeward < raise, through the strait of Felle Isle. -V Cook is^ hi New-York, tonight and Mrs.*"Peary has left her home in Maine on her way to join her hus? band at North Sydney. Though press? ed for a statement, Mrs. Cook de? clined absolutely tonight to say any? thing concerning her husband. By those who received word of Dr. Cook's discovery With skepticism, Commander Peary's challenge todaj was received with gratification; ,v> those who had been neutral it cam* as another surprise in a series of re? markable happenings, while to Dr. Cook's supporters it was a signal foi war. Dr. Cook. If his plan does not miscarry, Will sail for the United States on Sunday, next, and will ar? rive here by September 21. By that time Commander Peary will have reached home, but no one has as yet suggested the possibility of a dram? atic meeting of the two face to face. Peary's statement reflecting on Dr. Cook's achievement came first to the Associated Press early this morning, ! da' d Indian Harbor, Labrador, the point through which he first reported his success by wireless. It has been delayed in transmission. It is as fol? lows: "I have nailed the Stars and Stripes to the North Pole. This is autKoii tative and correct. Cook's story should not be taken too seriously. The two Eskimos who accompanied him say he went no distance north and not out of sight of land. Other members of the tribe corroborate their story." About the same time Mrs. Peary received the following message under the same date, both having been sent via Cape Ray. N. F.: "Good morning. Delayed by gale. Don't let Cook story worry you. Have him nailed.' To the Associated Press the com? mander had sent the dispatch, reply? ing to an urgent request for an au? thoritative statement and some com? ment concerning Dr. Cook. While Commander Peary's asser? tion of today is Of a nature tb it makes i>r. Cook's position one of de? fense, the Brooklyn explorer yet has 4iipporters both at home and obi >.. I Many of the continental scientistH marking time pending developments, while those who ha\e formed no de? cided opinion In this country have Os? sum? d a similar stand. Prof. William H. Brewer of Yale, honorary president for life of the Arctic Club of America, of which b"th Peary and Cook are members, telegraphed to New York today as follows: "i believe that both Cook and Peary have reached the pole." Dr. Thomas s. Dedrlck of Wash? ington, N. J.. who was surgeon of the Peary expedition of Istt-ltOS promptly tame to the support of Dr. E SOTJTimOX, Established June, 18M sries?Vol. XXX. N >. 5 HANDSOME BUILDING TOTALLY DESTROYED T1IV PSD AY. The Lorn is Estimated ai Quarter of a .Million Dollars?Insurance Only $85.000?Plans for Rebuild? ing Under Way?College WBI Re open in Colon la Hotel. Columbia, Sept 9.?Fire at 2:30 O'clock this morning totally destroyed Columbia College, which was built by popular subscription from Metho? dists all over thi*< State. The plant was valued at $250,000 and was in? sured for only $75,000. with $10,000 more on the equipments. The property was bonded for $60, 000 and there Is twenty odd thousand dollars more liabilities In floating" ? i debts. Liquidation would lea/ve noth? ing but the rock foundation and' grounds. But arrangements are go in-.' right ahead for rebuilding, and o/ening for the present session in the t'olonia Hotel property, the for? mer plant of the college. The trus? tees have been called . to meet nex^ Tuesday. P. D. and E. E. Cramer and W. P*.. Duffy, three young men of Charles? ton, while out fishing from a launch were wrecked and were rescued by pilot boats. Only 164 persons in 1900 have right and left arms e"f equal strength. In 4 0?* out of luOO women the right arm is stronger than the left. In men 590 out of 1000 have the right arm the more powerful. Rev. H. H. Hudson, of Gordonville, Va.. has been called to the pastorate of the Presbyterian chivrch in Rock Hill. Cook today. He said: "The charge (referring to_ statement of today) may 1f**?n*>' P'Vtiulafl^^^H| tion until his :vo 'aa'aHH but the seiet I world "?'?HsjH ed only by scientific dMcrcn C^ool; v. in undoubtc-lTy ^fthve records and observations without Es? kimo proof. "If Eskimo proof is reeded there are enough admirers of fair play in the world to send impartial interpre? ters to the tribe." Analyzing the Eskimo character" Dr. DedrtCk Is inclined to thir;k them^ unreliable with "a temperament* v hich would lead him to agree for' suavity's sake and because of imme? diate benefit With a man on the spot having a ship loaded with' what is* most dear to an Rsklme h lart. Thjsi won d be especially true.-' arguce Dr. Dedrick. "if their former benefactor had departed homeward, as Cook did on r sled with no halo of ship pres? tige." Tn conclusion. Dr. Dedrick said. "Suppose Cook next year went up and distributed presents as ships do^ and asked if his rival had got out ??? sight of land and they said" 'no.'wha? matter would it make to the public T "Other impartial parties may yet be heard from. The whalers which arrive at Dundee this fall may a%M? know what the Eskimos say." With the Roosevelt at Battle Har^ bor tonight Commander Peary should? reach Red Bay. about 65 miles dowr* the coast, easily by tomorrow, where* he can put details of his expedition on the wires. The progress of hif^ ship from Tndian Harbor southward! has been extremeiy erratic. First de? lay I at Indian Harbor by rough* weather and hampered in addition by lack of fuel, the Roosevelt has lit? erally crawled homeward, and news of her progress has been meagre and; at times unreliable. This i*-- due ICS the inadequate telegraphic facilities on tne Labrador coast. DECLARES Pi \RY A FAKER.. Capt. Ii. S. Oabornc Bays Commander Took Dr. Cook's Observations and-' Data From letter's Trunk. New York. Sept. 8.?Among th? friends of Dr. Cook here who rsdsasal t<? his defense I day was Cap'. B. Ft. Osborne secretary of the Arctic Chit ? of America, who in an interview said: "Peary In making these charges Hi 1 digging his own grave. He Is a eo> lossal faker and his Statements are n fabric of untruths. As soon as ne> sets foot in New York Mr. Bradlej and myself will give out affidavits it i support of our position. * i have ;n affidavit Stating fha-T Peary opened Dr. Cook's trunks esnl 'oi>'\ out his observations and tati ind th -i ho opened a letter Dr. Q&om) had v ritten to Mis. Cook, read it an? then sealed it up nagin. Peary af*t i pot Mrs. Cook telling her boldll j that her husband was a faker."*