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fMTMTBK WM tl hm AN Consolidated Aur. 2, 1 ?? m yfot ?latcbman aiti Swtjjrin. l*wn*t?iiad WoUnawday and Saturn*\ ?by? MTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY SUM tbk, & c / II. t* par aoun?In advaaoa. adTiitlsiassnas; ? ft* aar? Orat lasertloa.lt.* I eatssaquent la as rt ton.It Qootraot* **r three meataa? ar wiU a* i.aUa at red a cad rata?. AH e4*niaiuntovtlons which anb privat? tataree*** will an ohar?. i aa adrarttaemaata. Qaataarl? and trfbutoe of reap ? of aa shargnd for. Hois ri hi: in Charleston. Cans* Vom* of tan.ooo in JaonaVa Dr> Goads Wore?Two Alarm*. Jharlenton. I tot 3?.?Two alarms Haded today for a fire In the estab int of Jacob's Dry Uooda com-1 r/, on upper King "treat. nre waa not dlaoovared until II a good headway and being frame, building with others of lonatrnrtlnn adjoining. Chief gas rang the box for additional Ice upon reaching the scene, was confined to original lo Jacob s claima to have had a 120.000. with IK.jCO insur? es family occupied th? ggnry and Mm Jacobs was 'dtrver .m ? by smoke before tbe Ijknt the family out. ftfct flrasaan were at work < a alarm waa turned In for |glase a few blocka away. I Jed t tbe labors of the i|.? lAUMI K Ml HDKIll I' MCr)o kHUnl Will His Own ? (?HI* . O, \ J > The b?Kl> of K. ?>f th?)h n.ost popular farmer * of the county, was found on ran plaaxa of his home near Ebenerer tads morning, he having been shot to death during the night. A negro has Seen lodged In Jail on suspicion. Mr. Moye returned from church at TlMBOnsville la.*t night with Howard Csje. a neighbor, and got out of Mr. C*de's buggy at his gate. He wus a wniower and lUed alone. One woman living near the place ?-JaJma to have heard a gun shot about tbe tlm?* he la opposed |Q have been ahot. ne?r 11 o'clock, but an Investigation was made. The d || iblckly settled srd ane of the best in the State. Mr. Mote's ,,wr gnti hsd been gggd to Sill him and was found at the house The murderer had probobaly con coaled himself In a room with rol> boery In Mew. for Mr. Moye was known to have sold some hogs and mm\>> cotton vesjlssdjsjl 11" th.- nOUOS was robbed all tb ?t m^ t ? i,. mi-. tag Is a suit i'sse and a suit of Lothes air. Moye nas evidently surpt hfj his assailant for though be had a pistol n his pocket, he bid not at? tempted to draw it ?UrTToN < K<>1? l.\lt?.l It THW I I IM \ I 1 I? \rw Urban? l'lca>iine >st>-? first Es Ihnatcs Were Slightly Inder Kcal H|/e ol \ Icbl New Orleans. Oct. 30.?The PfjBjsV \<*'j In Its report of the cotton crop in Louisiana and Mlsslsslvpl tomor row will say. Now tri tt r-.e llrst kl'llng frost Qfj the seSAon has occurred and in many pieces the hr-t freeze, the work of accurately cHtlmntlng the cotton crop * ill soon b- begun. The crop, it Is i asjesded. \aiII bf somewhat larger th.tr % as /- nie ipated some months ago alwn It was thought that front would m ur earlbr and pu*. a stop to the rv.iturtntf of tin* crop. While It s-'e-ms thut the crop ranges from I to So per ?t ut below normal, it wdi -?till exceed tb ?t ot la ,t \ ? n m ill probability. I'ndoubte lit the bot] Wnvjl ?,u the natgnj of | greatly reduced yu I I Many farm-i a HI Psagft to gr. it r diversin- ? tton. but In fgn in tm< - is there any talk of abandoning i Ol ton raiding The infect-d stalks w t!I hn burned and cotton will be planted md scientific methods, although the ? r.-age In a good m m> sections s HI Im? reduced." It seem* a little hard on certain lit th?? county nAVdals thai I hey shoubl ???? the #>nes to |sg*#s I|m nfltonl in ?hl'li It Is lmp-???sibi to make any Sf tt seems that in two ,.r the, of? fers the chimneys are so ?docke th.?t Hre cannot be made in them. shed April, ISM. ?He Just a 881. I The Boys' -?( PRIZES TO BE A\ DAY, NOVE Corn Kxhibit To Ho Held ut Court IIoump Monday?Corn to Re Judged by Rxjm'I'im and Committee Will Distribute MHt*4MM Seed Corn Will fh- Sold to II ghest Didder*. Tho rusult of the corn growing context of the Sumter County Hoys' Corn Club will be decided at a mect lnK of the club to be held at the Court Houae at 11 o'clock A M. Monday. November 7tb. County Su? perintendent of Education S. 1>. >\un. Mr. J. F. Williams, of the Uni? ted States Department of Agriculture, in charge of the Farm Demonstra? tion work In Sumter County and the committee of arrangements, selected this date as It was the earliest at which the Attendance of Mr. Ira W. Williams, Farm Demonstration Agent, for South Carolina, could be secured. In addition to Mr. Williams, several other competent judges of corn have , been Invited to be present to serve on t*.e committee that will grade the SOej corn. It is expected that all tie members of the Hoys' Corn Club sjfcd also a very large number of the progressive farmers of the county will be present, for It will be a most Interesting and instructive occasion. The Corn Club started in the spring with a membership of about sixly, but from one cause or another all except thirty dropped out before the finish?or at least only thirty have tile l reports with County Supertn* tendon! of Education Cain, and sent An a bushel of selected seed corn. ?;ot those thirty who weffe faithful and persevered to the end did a gi eat work and have made a proud and enviable record f_>r themselves and Sumter county. Sixteen of the thirty g,rew more than 75 bushels of corn to the Here and seven secured *? yield am sorting loo bushels. This is truly a remarkable ache cement? ? methlng that the best farmers have heretofore regarded as aluioet im? possible. The . xhll it of selected seed com entered for the < >steen seed corn prise will be not the least Interesting feature of the meeting Monday, an I ? Ten the most experienced farmer i uni i-e abb- to loaf a something re specting the selection of seed corn from this exhibit and the explana? tions of the seed corn experts who will pass upon the exhibit and .?ward the special priz ? of S"?o. The oeoxetoa will also afford au opportunity l<-r the purchase of tbe very choicest and largest yielding b' me grow n seed corn. All this corn wai grown from sei.-, ted seed ..i tte purest strain and the prize blisheu. on exhibit are the best from euch .o re. having been seiet teil ear by ear. Th?se prize bushels will be Offered f<>r sab- by tbe eommitl? e t<? the hlgheti blddan on Monday, but the right to reject any or all bids will hi reaerved. The proceedi front tin sale <?t seed corn will be used for -< < d OOrn pi i/es next year. The following are the prtaeS to be i warded i Firm it in. 9St.04 bV i owd Prim . $40.oo Thud Prize. $:i0.00 Fourth (til Suit. or. $20.00 Fifth ($LT> Suit or. $20.00 sixth, seventh, and Eighth, (Choice of $K..n<> eaah, 111 gun or $t? ae! of harness.) Ninth. M.IO *-' Horse Plow. Tenth. $:..tn? Rleventh, 11.00 Hat. Twelfth, IS.II Horse Collur. ^p eiai Prises, Oet< n prise, 100.00 eaah for besl bushel ??!* seed corn grown by mem bor of Hoys' Corn Club. gysnter Bavlngs Hank. 920.00 f>?r 1 irgeal n< t pro 111 made on one acre producing 71 buahehi or more, but which do. i n?>t win first, second or third priz. Farmer's L'nion, 100.00 divided in ' . ib11 ? pi . .. 11"? .ind $ 1 a. f<>r First, second and third largest yields ' sons '! members of the Farmer's I'nlon. County Treasurer Wallace states that the n < > lots for taxes to date have been onlj about one-third as much as t?. the same date last year, He says, also, that nearly every tax? payer regtet? rs a kit k agalnsl the Increased levy foi count) purposes, thai was rendered necessary b) the abolition of the county dlapensars which turned in more than 116,000 it rear in profits, and which reduced to that extent, nd Fear uot?~Lei all the *?ds Thou Aua im Eli, , EDaE^i Corn Club. VARDED ON MON :MBER 7TH. i NEGRO HELD VP ANI> ROBBED. I Negro Highwayman Ituns Like A itubbit When Constable LawfsejCO Attempts to Arrest Him. On Saturday night a negro named ? KUlott Newman was held up by three highwaymen out on Liberty] street near the city limits, and re? lieved of $55.00, or so he stated to Magistrate Wells Monday morning when he swore out a warrant for the alleged robbers and, If looks went to? wards proving his statement, then It was correct, for he was battered and bruised, and presented a very gro? tesque appearance with his face and head bandaged, he having received the wounds in the face which when he vigorously protested against being held up and relieved of his wad. All of his efforts proved of no avail, however, for when it wa3 all over he was alone and his motley was gone. Elliott recognized his assailants and Constable Lawrence went out to the edge of town near the scene of the hold up to arrest them, taking a negro along with him to point out the supposed criminals. When the 'constable arrived at the place that the men were working, only one of them was there and he got first sight and started off on a sudden business call for parts unknown. Constable1 Lawrence went after the robber and a brother of Elliott Newman went around' to head him off, but they were not quick enough. The negro ??me out ahead and kept a good bad. crossing fences, lots, gardens and all oth'.r obstacles with the ut? most east . He made a straight line for tho tall timber, and when last seen by Constable Lawrence lie waa still going, apparently as fresh as when he started. Mr. Lawrence said, v. ben tailing of the chase, that if he bad known that he was going after a rabbit he would have secured a pack of hounds for the chase, but as be cxpeb d only the usual sort of S man he had gone with bis usual aqulpmsnl to catch him. Hi said that I I he could run very wall but he could I not outrun a rabbit and he (Irmly be? lieves that the man they were after could have done so. FIREMAN KILLED IN WBKCK. engineer ami Postal Clerk Injured j in Smash-up. Chattanooga, net. ?,o.?a. <;. Band ford, nreman of Smyrna, waa in? stantly killed; Mike McGovern, engi noer of Nashville) was badly scalded an Postal Clerk Frank B. Allen was injured in tin- wrecking of passenger train No. i on the Nashville, Chatta? nooga, The passengers were shaken tip but none was injured to any ex tent. DEPARTMENT STORE BURNED. Fire in Savannah Ca uses Loss of 110,000. Savannah. Qa., Oct. 510?-Fire which began its attack In the top story oi the four-story building oc? cupied by Daniel Hogan company's department store here burned sev? eral hours tonight and caused a loss of $S0,000, partly insured. Part of the stock of F. M. Kb by & Co., next door, was damaged. The iii-? - occurred at tbe spot where the disaster.mis j conflagration of April, I88e\ began. I Tbe blase was very stubborn. ttsl origin is unknown. - j CIjKAR ami COLD wI:a l ii Kit, _ Ycstcrds) Coldest October Morning] an llcoeVd. (!olumhla. Oct. .; l. ? Hear and cool weather for today is the prediction! that was made la^t nighl from the u rather burea u. Yesterday was the coldest October morning on record, In ? thermometvr raglatering 29, the previous record being 12. The highest temperature yesterday w is ?*>?'>. Two hundred bales nl cotton w?r< burned on the Vtluntlc Coasl Line depo! platform <t Rlloree, Friday. The total loss, Including the platform and cotton a as al "'it f i 5,000 Magistrate H, I- 11. W. Iis mot i d into bis new ofhN e at the rear of tho Harby building Monday, where he win be foun l fi om now on. i81 ai tu ui> country*., rn> (>od's ai j TLuvbMISbR a, 19 RBIj jj COITON. NEW YORK SPECULATORS AT THFIR OLD TRICKS. Kffort Being Made to Hammer Down Price* in tlio Face of Short Crop and Killing Frost. New York, Oct. 28.?It has been a wild weak in cotton, a week in which big men have moved the chess men on the board and the little operators have had to "stand from under" or get hurt. With prices up one day 60 points and down the next day 35 points, the whole trade ht s been un? der a tension not seen for several years. The Southern bulls and some of the up-town or Waldorf "?orla element have been at times I ling the market aggressively, first on the ginners' report of last Tuesday, which showed a total of 600,000 bales smaller than had been expect? ed, and, as ihey contended, indicated an Inadequate crop, and later on predictions of frost and actual frost and freezing weather in the South v ?st; that is in Oklahoma and Tax as. with some frost also In Mississip? pi. Arkansas and Tennessee. Dears have taken the ground that the frost was ton day tu or two weeks later than usual and that the crop in Texas is unusually early, 13 that In that State at least :v> harm could have resulted from the low tempera? tures. Bulls contend that this sea? son's crop is likely to fall below i-, 000.000 bales, if not below 11,500, bales; that world's supplies are down to a low ebb, both of raw cotton and of goods, and that the trade is fac? ing distinctly better times after a prolonged period of depression. More than all, however, they base their arguments for higher prices on the proposition that supplies will fall 'jelow the requirements of a reawak? ened trade throughout the world. They argue that there will be a greater pressure on this country for cotton,' where about 7 5 per cent of the world's supply Is raised. Jpho frosts of Thursday night, they injf' out" ;?V'~r?ttlBlllng 1?' -eh Sft a wide tract of cotton country in the Southwes. and destroyed the chances of a top crop. Dears insist that present high prices discount anything that can be said on the bull sde. Also very larg> spot interests have been enormous sellers during the week, apparently against purchases of tin- actual cot? ton at the South. Needless to say, it is at the moment an unsettled, irreg? ular market, Which keeps everybody on the qul vlve, it is believed bj cool-headed observers that the weath? er In the Immediate future and the attitude of the spinners will have much to d" with the direction of prices. DM) ROADS EXPENSIVE. Example of What Door Roads Cost The Sumter Cotton Market. Urom The Daily Item October 31. Mr. ES. K. Rembert, of Rembert, Sumter county, of the most extensive cotton mowers and country merchant of this county, who controls the sale : hundreds of bales of cotton among his customers and renters, today au? thorized tin; Secretary o the Cham? ber ot Commerce to state at the good roads meeting that he sells all of his ? otton on the Camden market and that nearly every other cotton grow? er In his section does the same thing. Mr. Rembert says that although Sumter pays higher prices for cotton than Camden, and Sumter is a much superior purchasing market for far? mers that the Inaccessibility of Sum ter, owing to the poor roads leading to this place from Rembert, Ilagood and >ther sections near th<- Kershaw lue, compared with the superior roat s of Kershaw county, leading to Camden. makes it more advantage? ous for farmers to haul their cotton to Camden and take less money for the cotton. The difference in the number of bales of cotton that can be hauled In one load over Kershaw roads?50 to j loo p? r cent, more per load than can I bo hauled to Sumter the time sav- j ? ?I. the wear and tear on the stock,! overbalances the amount received by higher prices on the Sumter market. Mr. Arthur K. Sanders, of Ilagood, Sumter county, another large cotton ; prodtu er, told the secotary also, that while Sumter paid higher prices than Camden, that it was really cheaper to haul cotton to Camden lhan to Sumter, and thai the time and labor saved hauling to Camden over Ker shaw's good roads was a bigger In? ducement to farmers than Ihe higher pi i ? pal l on the Sumter < otton ma rket, ,. .1 din M1 N? m. of Easton, Pa., has neon elected city engineer of Colum Ida at ;i salarj of 13,600 a year. id Truth's.' THE TKD 10 SifllUt MOi III NEW YOnK. ! MANY MEN SERIOUSLY INJURED IN STREET CLASH. Employees of Nine Express Com? panies Resort to l)esi>erate Meas? ures to Prevent Operation of Ser? vice?Entire Police Force Held in Reserve?Strike Extends to Jersey City, where Governor Orders Troops to be in Readiness. NOW York, Oct. 29.?The metro? politan district is still in the grip of the express strike. Nine companies are now affected; more than 5.000 men are out and rioting continues. A special order was issued at police headquarters tonight, holding prac? tically the entire New York police force of more than 9,000 men in re? serve for an emergency. In Jersey City the police, battered by days of street disorder, are still trying to cope with the situation un? aided except by private detectives, but tonight Governor Fort Instructed the 3rd regiment, New Jersey, Nat? ional Guards, to prepare for active duty at a moment's notice. i Tomorrow a determined effort will be made by the companies to dis? tribute the vast amount of express nit?.t*or that has accumulated, and upon tl?e result of the day will de? pend whether the militia is called out. Th? r?> were no fatalities during the day's riot, but more than fifty strike? breakers, strikers and police were hurt, many of them seriously, in street clashes In New York and Jer? sey City. These riots occurred when wagons, manned by strike-breakers, were stormed in the face of police protection. Traces were cut pack? ages scattered in the streets and in some cases destroyed. An appalling lot of perishable goods Is collecting and unless the companies are soon able to meet the situation they will lose thousands of dollars. In front of J. Morgan's home, in Madison avenue, the strikers made a determined demonstration late this afternoon and the police were iorcSjd to bargt1 tbe mob and fire volleys in? to the air with their revolvers. An? other serious clash took the form of a running battle betwen strikers and strike sympathisers on one band and strike-breakers and police on the other. The battle started at 4 1th street and 5th avenue, waged down the avenue to 42nd street, swept ac ross Broadway, thence to the Hotel Albany, where the strik ers and sympathisers made a final stand. An American Bxpress Com? pany wagon, said to have contained $50,000 In specie, was the object of attack. Police finally drove off the besiegers. General strike. New York, Oct. ?Patrolling to keep warm was about the hartlest work of the police In New York and Jersey City had to do today in con? nection with the express strike. None of the express companies made ef? forts to deliver goods and tbe strikt rs also were quiet. That the men intend to continue the figbt her*- with vigor and that, if necessary, it would be extended throughout tbe country, was declar? ed today by Vice President Hoffman of the International Brotherhood ol Teamsters. Hoffman said that all drivers and helpers of the express companies In Brooklyn would be called out tomorrow and that In ad? dition tbe employes of the smaller express companies In Manhattan would be ordered to strike. This, he declared, would increase the num- i ber of nn n on strike from 5.000 to 10,000. Hoffman added that he had re? ceived a letter from the national president ? f the International Broth? erhood of Teamsters, l>. T. Tobln, ??f Indianapolis, who Is now in Boston, Informing him that word bad been sent to all the organizers of the brotherhood throughout the country telling them to organize the drivers, helpers and stablemen of the express companies, so that they could all be called out it necessary. As yet no demands have been sub? mitted to the express companies. This will be done sometime during the week. \t a meeting of the strik? ers t 'day lk ti ntative list of grievances was drawn up. it Includes a demand for nn ii boar working day, with one hour for lunch and an Increase ?>f $5 a month for all men who are now receiving $75 a month or less. The - inn oi $224,644.23 has i.tni received since the first of the year from the salt of fertiliser tau--. This fund goes to Clem son college. The total amount received from the tax last year was approximately $203,000. The total amount received to this date last year was $186,396.16, k SOUTH KON, KatabUsbed Juni:, H _ . Vol. XXXI. No. 20. blubo J. ABLE AND PROMPT'% D1KS IN SP'' vC> End Conjee l?nese- i Bro' v a by Wife and >f the, ..burg, Oct. 28.?Stobo jtx, one of the moat promin< munberg of the South Carolina, died at his home here tonight, had been ill for several week* v r for some time it has been bell that the end was near. He waa.}$l senior member of the law firm 01 Simpson & Bomar, a director In anai business enterprises ,a member the board of trustees of Converse c< leeg and an elder in the First Pres? byterian church. He was a native of Laurens county. Mr. Simpson was bcrn March 1863, in Lauren*. He attended common schools of Laurens and''-; the benefit of the tutelage of John W. Ferguson, who was prb pal of the laurene school in his esa-l manhood. In the fall of 1871 he ei tered the sophomore class of Pri ton university, mit. bel?g unable 'to complete his course on account of hardships suffered by all Soul families in those days, he began t ? teach in Laurens In 1873. The ne^t year he was principal of the Clinton high school and the following year he was principal of the Laurens >chool. Meanwhile his' leisutso had been occupied with LhC diligent study of the law and ei. the spring term of 1876 he was admitted to practice in Greenville. In June of that year., he opened an office In Spartnnbat Simpson & Simpson being the lr?j? name, Col. W. D. Simpson ??.' Lau^ rens being his patrnet, - 1S76. Col. Simpson having o? -n elected chief Justice, he because junior member of the lirm of Jm ??* Domar & Simpson, the senior bers being the late Coi. John Kvlns, member of congress for, Spartanburg district, and, the ! Maj. John Karle Bomar. After death of 3dAj. Boribu fa" Kvlns having died in the eany '80s), the latter's son. Horace L. Bomar. became his partner, a connection that 1? only severed by Mr. Simpson's death. It need scarcely be added that the firm has been one of the most successful in the State. In IS86 he married Miss M. Eloise Blmpaon, daughter of Chief Justice Simpson, who survives him. He is also survived by six brothers. W. W. Fimps* n of Woodruff!, Harvey. Paul an-? Casper S'mpson of Glenn Springs. Arthur O. Simpson of Spartanburg and Dr. Frank P. Simpson of Pitta burg. Da. the. COTTON SEED DECLINES. At Present State of Cotton Seed Oil Market Manufacturer Find It lui poealble to Continue Paying Pro vailing Priora. Columbia, <>vt. 28.?Th< cotton seed market has shown a decline, owing to the continued drop in the price oi the cotton seed oil during the last ten days. So marked has been the decline in the oil market that cotton seed oil manufacturers have found it impossible to longer pav the prices that have prevailed for cotton seed. Today the South Caro? lina manufacturers withdraw all pre? vious quotations, and are now offer log % 11 .'!'< in carload lots for seed. TIMES DYNAMITERS CYYCHT: Five Irreated tor Possible Corneae* t on with Los Angele** Horror. Acapulco. Mexico, n,;, ?Five men. who put into this port today in a power boat from Ban Francisco, were arrested and are being helO pending investigation for connection with the I?oe Angeiee dynamiting. The men arrived in the power boat "ate," having been obliged to make this port lo replenish their supply of gasoline They sai 1 that their desti? nation ?\as the Galapagos Islands off th< coast ui Eucador. Nch*. Confirmed. M? Kloo City. Oct. n? v ? i i the arrest, at Acapulco, ol live men suspected of being implicated In tht dynamiting of the Tinos bullJIng i?? Los Angeles. r.a? confirmed at the foreign office here tonight \ tele? gram to the Attorney General con veyed information concerning the nrrests, but failed to give the names th< suspects or their Rationality. Smiths Carnival Shows have been attached In ITnton ae the result of a damage suit Med against them by Sheriff l.eng. who *a? Injured by the steps of one of the show-booths 't. Lkins down ander his weight.