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HE PEE DEE CONVENTION. T THIS GREAT GATHERING MEANS TO THE PEOPLE, Invitee Farmers, Business Professional Men end the Pub Jeo Generally end Will Have Much m> Keep Them Bony on Nov. 8th Ml Florence Times. Programms and schedule for Pes Dee Section convention In this f on November 8th and 9th next, I the distinguished speakers who to appear before the convention I make It one of the most memor elvlc occasions ever held In the of South Carolina. The sched wlll divide the convention'' Into main heads. In the first section be discussed the magnificent nat resoureas and opportunities that Pee Dee section affords in the of agricultural and commercial >pment and the second section be devoted to the discussion of demonstration work; soil sur intenatve farming; diversaflca of crops; good roads and Jnter warterways and drainage of low The Pee Dee Section Conven wlll afford to every business man, ier and elltlsen the oportunlty to discussed la an able manner, by In t^eae varloua Important auch aa has never been offered For Instance Dr. Seaman A. >p. Director of the Bureau of Industry of the U. S. Depart of Agriculture and Commission? er Watson of the State Department of ghgrteulture will disc urn the Important "Osejrk of extending farm demonstra ma and the soil survey throughout ~fme Pee Dee Section and the great 1m ^eertance end benefit to be derived 4sVeen Intenslvs farming and dlversl Mention of crops Mr. D. H. Wlnslow, Superintendent sat Good Roads of the U. 8. Depart Of Agriculture will discuss sand road building and make a two demonstration In good roads on one of the city streets of mce; Congressman J. E. Ellerbe others will discuss the Important rk of draining the lowlands of the I Doe and other low country eoun i and the development of hundreda miles of navigable river courses permeate this magnificent re ; Hon. R. Goodwyn Rhett, of ton and Mr. F. B. Jacobe, of loke. Vs., will addrees the con WSJBrtfon upon the subject of railroad 4sswetopment and the great south id railroad, which will bring igh the Pee Dee Section its tide eoal from the mountains of Vlr to the seaboard at Charleston, :e moans so much In the poten ?' development of the Pee Dee See? na Into a great manufacturing coun r Bat these highly interesting ses of the Pee Dee Section Conven are not the only attractions ?h will be offered to visitors of Florence on the 8th and 9th of unbar. The town will array it In gala attire of bunting and elec i lights. There will be a full battal of militia and two good bands of sac. special attractions In the way balloon sscenslon, acrobatic per ices on the streets, and a car company will help to Increase gaiety of the city and the crown feature will be the arrival and pa of the president of the United '?totes, escorted by special details of teotice and a guard of honor from the sV C. Is station to the Central School %mUdtng where the President will de? an address to the public. .The Board of Trade has made elab ite preparations for the entertaln it of the thousands of guests who expected to attend the session of the convention from throughout the Pee Dee Section and the State at Special preparations will be le for the comfort of the public -upon the streets and the Information fjaxresu of which Mr. Landon C. Jones us the efficient chairman, have secured a list of hotels, boarding houses and private houses which will enable our visitors to secure quarters at reason prices. Acceptances have been received the number of distinguished who have been especially invlt to attend the convention and to Mi the president, and everything llcates that the Pee Dee Section Convention In Florence will be the most notable gathering for the devel? opment of a region ever held in this fltmts. Let every one come to Flor -once who can and Florence insures th.?m sll a hearty welcome and a good time. John Wallace was on Wednesday sentenced to be hanged Friday. De? cember 10. for the murder of John GriM>ms at Lumber, Darlington coun tq, Isst July, motion for new trial having been withdrawn by Mr. T. K. Stokes, who represented the defend" ent by appointment of the court. It Is reported that MOTSS has k ed for a private Interview with l?r. Cook. There Is no getting ahead of the Ice Trust.?Charleston News and CourU r. CAMPAIGN FOR IIKALT1I. Ktlort Being Made to Start Movement For Sanitation and Drainage at Pee De? Convention. Health Officer B. I. Reardon, of Sumter, Is one of the prime movere in a widespread effort towards the eradication of malaria, and the Hook? worm disease in the Pee Dee, and eastern Carolina counties, by the drainage of swamp and other low lands. While our local health officer is more directly interested in the drain? ing of low lands in the vicinity of Sumter, and Sumter county, neverthe? less he realises the importance of co? operation between the health depart? ments, city and county officials, far mere and physicians of every city, town, village, and in the rural dis? tricts of the Pee Dee counties. He has written a number of articles on the Importance of stamping out malaria by the eradieatlon of the anopholes mosquito, and all other varieties of thla Insect by doing away with their breeding placee in the low lands, swampy and marshy lands, because it ia now an universally accepted fact that the mosquito is the Intermediate host by which malaria le eonveyed from one Individual to another. His articles have attracted attention out? side of Sumter. Mr. James D. Evans, Secretary of the Florence Board of Trade has re? quested Mr. Reardon to take the nec? essary steps to Interest the health offi? cers, members of health boards, and the State Health Board, county offi? cials and city councils, and physicians of the eastern Carolina and coast counties in attending the big Pee Dee Convention at Florence on Nov. 8th, and 9th, at which the question of general and systematic drainage of the low lands of the Pee Dee, the eradication of malaria, and the checking of the spread of tuberculosis will be discussed with the hope that a permanent organisation may be formed with a view to doing some? thing of a permanent and general na? ture along thsse lines. Congressman J. E. BUerbe will deliver a leeture en? titled, "Internal Waterways, and Drainage In the Pee Dee Section" at the Florence convention, and pro? vision will be made for Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, and Hon? orable Jamea Cosgrove, of Charleston, to be heard on the subject of drain? age The Sumter health officer maintains that it is a hopeless fight against ma? laria, tuberculosis, and the "Hook worn" disease where the incorporated cities and towne are making the fight alone while the rural districts are totally unorganised, and doing abso? lutely nothing towards suppressing communicable diseases. Hundreds of people suffering with tuberculosis are moving into the cities and from houses infected with con ta?lous disease germs in which neith? er the houses nor their contents have ever been disinfected. He also con? tends that while It is possible for cities and towns to do away with breeding places for mosqultos, that the fact remains that many cities and towns are suffering from breeding places of these Insects outside of the incorporated places, and beyond the Jurisdiction of city authorities. Rural sanitation, drainage, segre? gation of communicable diseases, dis? infection, and quarantine, with coun? ty and township health boards to en? force regulations are necessary not j only for the general preservation of j public health, but are of as much lm- j portance to Incorporated places, as city and town health departments and city drainage. Dr. C. F. Williams, State health of? ficer has written the Sumter health officer that he will co-operate in the J fight against malaria, tuberculosis, anl the "Hookworm," and that as , soon as he returns from a trip to j Richmond he will take up the matter with all of the promoters of the movement. The United States government is very much Interested in this matter, and so Is Commissioner E. J. Watson. The various chambers of commerce, boards of trade, city, county and State officials, are Joining hands with the boards of health, and health officers and physicians. I Science and commerce have locked arms, and the agricultural interests have come together for better sanl ra^y methods, and better health. Not only in Incorporated places but in tbe rural districts' ai well, The Pee Dee convention pro? gramme embrace! discussion of rail? road and Industrial development, nat? ural resources, good roads and drain? age. Improved sanitary methods, agri? culture, commerce and other impor? tant sub.lcttS of Interest to the Pee I >ee section. Tbe final lOWl orop bulletin of the s?;moii says that over II per cent, of tiw oorn is beyond danger of Injury iiy frost, and over 10 per cent, of it win be sale with another week of ?.um Weather. It also states that tilt' late oorn hag been Improved in condi? tion one to two points during the month. TAFT WAS HOODWINKED. H? OILMAN BIDDER POINTS OUT JOKER IN PAPER SCHEDULE. Head of Publishers' Association Says President's Mistake May Cause Re? taliation by Canada. Chicago, Oct. 19.?President Taft apparently was led into a serious blunder in the closing days of the re? cent session of congress when he changed his attitude on the print pa? per schedule, according to an open letter addressed to the chief executive and signed by Herman Ridder, of New York, president of the American Newspaper Publishers' Association. Mr. Rldder's letter, written some time ago, was made public today, fol? lowing its Indorsement by the Inter? national and Daily Press Association. Mr. Rldder's letter follows: "To the President: "The full text of your address at Winona, Minn., on the tariff bill pass? ed Just come to hand. With the ut? most respect we submit that your statement respecting the paper sched-. ule shows that you could not have correctly read or understood what the print paper paragraph contained, as it passed the house of representatives. "You were apparently misled by designing men into a serious blunder when, In the closing days of the tariff conference, they induced you to re? verse your previous attitude on print paper, and changed your notions of what the Mann committee recom? mended and of what the house of representatives had approved. The Mann committee, after a 10-months investigation marked by unusual thoroughness, reported that a rate of $2 would cover the difference in cost of production at home and abroad. The draft proposed absolutely safe? guarded American paper mills against the serious conditions which the ad? vance by the tariff conferees has since precipitated. "The fixing of the rate on print pa? per at IS.86 per ton, which you ad? vised, has decided the Province of Quebec to prohibit the exportation of its pulp wood and many American paper mills must close or move to Canada to obtain their supplies of raw material. The country is now In a fair way for a trade war with Can? ada, because of your apparent failure to read correctly the Mann commit? tee's recommendations. We are threatened with an Industrial distur? bance which will involve business in? terchanges with Canada amounting to $286,000,000 per annum. "We sincerely trust that you can find some method of rectifying the mistake into which you were led. We fully appreciate the difficulties and responsibilities of your exalted office, and we believe you are trying to do the best you can. We know that you must rely upon others for your in? formation. We feel that every citizen is under obligation to help you. Therefore, we write this letter to you. "Very respectfully, "HERMAN RIDDER, "President, Newspaper Publishers' Association." EXCURSION TO CHARLESTON. On Account of the Visit of President Taft. For the above occasion the Atlan? tic Coast Line offers very low round trip rates to Charleston from Sumter, Florence, Hardeeville, Young's Is? land, Ehrhardts, and Intermediate Points. Tickets will be sold for trains scheduled to arrive Charleston by 6.18 p. m. November 5th. limited to return until i the following day. Mr. Taft is due to arrive Charles? ton Friday afternoon November 5th and will meet p.nd address the people that evening, thereby giving every visitor an opportunity to see and hear bim. Inquire of M. F. Dukes, Agent Sumter, S. C, or any Agent of the At? lantic Coast Line for information as to rates schedules and other pre? liminaries. W. J. CRAIG, T. C. WHITE, Pas. Traffc Mgr. Gen. Pas. Agt. WILMINGTON, N. C. PRESIDENT TAFTS Visit tO FLORENCE, S. C. The President is to visit Florence the evening of November 8, and ad? dress the people of that city and sec? tion of the State. For this auspicious occasion and the PEE DEB [NDU8TRIAL CONGRESS which convenes In Florence, No v miter I rind 9. tbe Atlantic Coast ? Line will sell round trip tickets at very low rates from Wadesboro, Ben nettevllle, Rowland, Chadbourn, Tonnes, Sumter. (Mio and intermediate sta? tions. Ticket! will be on sale November 7 and X. limited to return on or before November 10, 1909. Kates, schedule!, tickets and any desired Information can be procured from If. l?\ Duke, Ticket Agent. Sum? ter. or *v addressing the undersign \V. J, (MIA IG, T. C. WHITE, Pas. Traffic Mgr. Gen. Pas. Agt. WlL.M INQTON, N. C. ARRESTED FOR RAFFLE. Maryland Editor Accused of Violating Postal Ijawa. Cumberland, Md., Oct. 18.?Col. John W. Alverett, editor of the Cum? berland Evening Times, was arrested by United States Deputy Marshal Ja? cob D. George on a warrant sworn out by Postoffice Inspector James B. Robertson, of Washington, charging him with violation of the postal laws in sending through the mails the Evening Times of October 11, con? taining an advertisement of the raffle of a piano. Colonel Aiverett was given a hear? ing before United States Commission? er Thomas J. Anderson in his office, in the Federal building, and was held in $200 bond for the action of the United States grand Jury at the next term of Federal court. Col. Aiverett was represented by ex-Judge Ferdi? nand Williams, who made a motion to quash the warrant, because, he al? leged it did not comply with the stat? ute in that It did not say that Col. Aiverett had "knowingly" committed rthe offence; Commissioner Anderson overruled the motion. Harry E. Weber, president of the Third National Bank, Cumberland, testified that he received through the mails a copy of the Evening Times of October 11, containing the advertise? ment of the raffle. Postmaster Wil? liam Pearre testified that the Even? ing Times circulates through the Cumberland postoffice. Col. Aiverett testified that he had no knowledge of the publication of the notice of the raffle. He explain? ed that the raffle of the piano was for the benefit of Alexander H. Washing? ton, a colored man, who had been In his employ as pressman for some years until a few months ago. Wash? ington was poor and his household goods had recently been sold for rent. The raffle, Col. Aiverett said, was to help Washington along. Not a cent was charged for the advertisement in the paper, he said. Col. Aiverett ad? ded that he had been In the newspa? per business in Cumberland 25 years and notices of raffles had been used by papers constantly. He showed a copy he had recived today of notice of a fair at which articles were to be raffled. The penalty is a fine of from 8100 to $600. Col. Aiverett took the matter pleasantly. Many of his friends be? lieve political persecution is behind his arrest. CENTRAL AMERICAN REVOLU? TION. Niearaguan Revolutionary Leader Having Proclaimed Himself Presi? dent, Sends Force to Repulse Troop*. Bluefields, Nicaragua, Oct. 19.? Gen. Estrada, the rebel leader, who has proclaimed himself provisional president of Nicaraugua, returned to this city today after having establish? ed outposts to the north of Rama and sent a detachment of 500 of his best men to meet the expected approach of the government forces. President Zelayas' army is reported to be moving toward the interior from the western coast but to be im? peded by heavy rain. The rebel movement is a serious one, despite the tenor of official dis? patches emanating from Managua. Schooners arriving from the south brought 10,000 rifles for the insur? gent. Bluefields, Oct. 19.?More than half of the republic of Nicaragua 1s in the hands of the revolutionists. Confirm? atory dispatches have been received here that Rivas, Corinto, Leon and San Juan del Sur have been taken by the insurgents. Gen. Chamorro, who is now at Greytown, has mined the San Juan river in several places. Recruiting has been going on with great success, many thousands along the Atlantic coast. Hocking to the aid of Gen. Estrada. LopM & Martinez, a prominent firm of Bluefields who have been enriched by concessions received from Presi? dent Zelayas, have been seized by the revolutionists. Senor Lopez, who was formerly governor of Bluefields, has been placed in jail and will be held until he pays $20,000 to aid the rev? olution. ?The pleasant purgative effect ex? perienced by all who use Chamber? lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, and the healthy condition of the body and mind which they create, makes one feel joyful. Sold by W. W. Sibert. "When Dr. Cook sighted land," says a contemporary, "his heart bulged with emotions." And when Peary sighted the headlines his vocabulary bulged with invective.?Louisville Courier-Journal. ?It is In time of sudden mishap or accident that Chamberlain's Liniment can be relied upon to take the place of the family doctor, who cannot al? ways be found at the moment. Then it is that Chamberlain's Liniment Is never found wanting. In cases of sprains, cuts, wounds and bruises Chamberlain's Liniment takes out the soreness and drives away the pain. Sold by W. W. Sibert. TO CHANGE PLANS. Yam Selling Commission Among Southern Mills to Take the Place of Northern House*). Charlotte. Oct. 18.?Developments during the past two days practically assure the success of the movement started on Thursday afternoon by the executive committee of the Cotton Manufacturers' Association of North Carolina looking toward the estab? lishment of a yarn-selling commission agency among Southern yarn mills and the elimination of the yarn com? mission houses of the North, avoiding the demoralization of the market brought about In part by the accumu? lation of the thousands of pounds of yarns in Northern warehouses. A. C. Phelps. a well known mill man with a fine knowledge of the markets, was selected to formulate a plan for the proposed agency and it was stated that the mill men meant business. It is seen now that more manufacturers than the members of the executive committee had been considering the plan for the proposi? tion now has met a response that is surprising In its promptness and heartiness. It haa been indicated here during the past two days that the spinners of the South, and cer? tainly of the two Carolinas, are ready to back the movement almost to a man. Not only this, but the bankers of Charlotte, Richmond, Columbia and other cities have indicated their willingness to back the proposition so that the mills will not be inconven? ienced financially by holding their yarns in their own warehouses in? stead of consigning it to Northern houses to secure a small advance on it. The plan of organization has not been worked out of course, but in the rough it contemplates the organiza? tion of a stock company of the mill men with capable executive officers for selling the products of the mills and handling other business in the in? terest ?f the mills. MADE RICH FINDS IN EGYPT. American Expedition Reports Great Discovery of Antiquities* Philadelphia, Oct. 18.?What are said to be the most valuable antiqui? ties discovered in the Nile Valley of Egypt this sesson were secured by the Eckley B. Coxe expedition at Belsen, a large town of the eighteenth Egyp? tian dynasty, according to a report received by the University of Penn? sylvania Museum. The excavations were carried on by Dr. David Randall Maelver and C. Leonard Wooley. The report says: "We cleared around the walls of the town, which consisted of a very interesting series of fortifications, a deep moat and a triple wall of about a mile In extent. "Within the eighteenth dynasty walls were discovered a series of unique and very valuable tombs of the twelfth dynasty, from which were obtained the most valuable finds of the season. Outside of the town was found a large cemetery of the New Empire, 1600, 1,000 B. C. "A conical hill in the neighborhood was honeycombed with long gallery tombs of the eighteenth dynasty, which contained hundreds of burials. Prom the twelfth and eighteenth dy? nasty cemeteries were obtained the most valuable antiquities discovered In the Nile Valley this season. "The excavation of a number of churches in the neighborhood brought to light early Christian antiquities of great interest, which, by the terms of our agreement with the Anglo-Egyp? tian government, were allotted to the museum at Khartoum, while the pre Christian antiquities, with a few ex? ceptions, have come to the University museum." A GREAT FEATURE. Of the South Carolina State Fair at Columbia Will l>o the Visit of Pres? ident Taft. The Atlantic Coast Line announces very low round trip rates from all points in South Carolina to cover the above occasions, tickets to be on sale October 31 to November 6 inclusive, with return limit to leave Columbia up to and including, but not later than, midnight of November 8, 1909. Tickets will include admission to the fair and transportation to and from Fair Grounds on local trains of the A. c. Li which will make frequent trips. Saturday. Xo\-? mber 6th. will be TAFT DAY. When the President will meet and address the people at the Fair Grounds and review the Military and Civic Parade. Inquire of M. F. Duke. Agent, Sum? ter, or any Agent of the Atlantic Coast Line, for Information as to rates, schedules and tickets. W. J. CR A IG, T. C. WHITE, Fas. Traffic Mgr. Gen. Pas. Agt. WILMINGTON, N. C. Alsaks Is working for s legislature. It doei nol know what it is asking. M inneupolis Journal. DELEGATES TO CONVENTION. Men Who Have Dcen Appointed w Attend Pee Doe Convention. The following; citizens of SumteF county have been appointed by the ('hamber of Commerce to attend the big Pee Dee convention at Florence on Nov. 8 to 9th: Hon. J. H. Clifton. Hon. T. B. Fr?? ser, Hon. C. E. 8tubb8, Hon. O. W. Dick, Mayor W. B. Boyle. Aldermen H. D. Barnett. J. R. Ligon, R. L. Wright. VV. G. Stubbs. P. P. Finn. H. C. Haynsworth, R. F. Haynsworth. Willie Bultman; Peter M. Pitts, coun? ty supervisor; L E. White, city super? intendent of public works; W. W. Mc Kagen, superintendent of water? works; H. Lee Scarborough, D. R. McCallum, Jr., Neill O'Donnell, Dr. E. S. Booth, president board of health; Col. Thomas Wilson, C. T. Mason, Ma? jor Marion Molse, Col. R. D. Lee, G. A. Lemmon, Hon. A. K. Sanders, J. K. Crosswell, H. G. Osteen, F. D. Knight, J. W. McKiever, A. A. Moses, J. W. Allen, F. E. Thomas, J. I. Brogdon, E. T. Mims, W. J. Young, Geo. D. Shore. E. W. Dabbs. J. A. Mood, L D. Jennings, C. G. Row? land, E. I. Reardon, R. I. Manning. MUSICAL ELEPHANTS Are One of the Novel Features With the Wild West and Far East. AMOIfG .jf .-.umeroua special features which contribute to the general excellence of the exhibition presented by Buffalo Bill's ; Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Great Fai East is the remarkable performance of Rossi's Musical Elephants?an attraction which alone represents an outlay of $1,000 weekly. These mammoths are trained to a point of perfection never before attained ; they play horns and bsUs, producing harmony in correct musical attune; they dance the stately minect, march and counter? march, and perform otaer wonderful feats ur der the direction of four pretty girls, beautifully costumed. Never before has an attraction of this kind been presented In an exhibition ar< -a; never before in the ann-ds of animal training has their performance been even attempted. ihe Oriental Spectacle, of which thev form s part, brings the l-'ar East into comparison with .ns heroic and historic Wild West: two half worlds contribute in authentic display. Types 3ad scenes, correct in every essential, contribute 'o the world wide character of the exhibition, ihe Occident and the Orient come into sharp eontrast; men and animals, costumes arid cus? toms, and methods and manner of life on two hemispheres are depicted. Methods of bat baric warfare ate shown in the Battle of Summit Springs, the risk of pioneer railronding are illus? trated in Perils of the Iron Trail; horsemen from earth's four corners disnliv different styles of equestrian expertness. Hiding at the l>ead of his cavalcade, the hero horseman, OoL Wry F. Cody, the only and oririnat "Buffalo BflL ap? pears twice daily, no matter what tUe weather, personally directing and positively appearing si **erv performance. ?Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has become famous for Its cures of coughs, colds, croup and influenza. Try It when In need. It contains no harmful substance and always gives prompt relief. Sold by W. W. Si bert. ..GIBSON.. We have now 25 different flavors of this fine candy 250 pounds just recceived. Sibert's Phone 283. 8 S. Main. PATENTS PROCURED AND DEFENDED.Send model. drawing orpkoto. for expert aearvh and free report I Free advice, how to obtain patents, trade marks, | copyrights, etc, |N ALL countries. Business direct with Washington saves time,\ money and if ten the patent. Patent and Infringement Practice Exclusively. Wrtte or come to us at ? 13 math Strait, opp. United Itsses Fasset OSes,) WASHINGTON, D. C. GASNOW 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE Trade Marks Designs Copyrights Ac. Anyone sen illng a sketch nnd description ma? qnloklv ascertain our opinion free whether an invention 'a pr.'lmbly p nein <<ninuin1ca tionsstrletlr contldcnibil. HANDBOOK on Patents sent free. Oldest speney for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn A Co. receive 'p'cial notice, n II liout chtirge. MB the Scientific American. A hsndsomelv Illustrated woeklv. I.sreot BS dilution of nnx m lentiu?* Journal. Ternt?. e.1 a j,. ir ? i turn ine,$L ??oid by all newsdeAlera. MUNN & i'-o.se,B?"-?-New York swnanb * 0 i. ( 9 V ,-t., Washington. 1>. c.