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OKLAHOMA CHOP SHORT. l,niN|m'<iJio Cotton Crop SJirtakl Quarter or Million Bales During Aug?*!. The annexed letter from t!. St- ? retary of the Oklahoma C'ty rhunUT of romnuTto shows that tho ?in r loration of the cotton OTOp during August was greater than tnc Farm? ers' Cnion has claimed, no<withstand? ing the fact that the I rop reporting bureau of the I >. p utm.nt of Agri? culture ha* persisted in ignoring tho demand of Senator Smith for in Immediate report on the cotton crop condition and has minimized the ex? tent of the deterioration of the crop. Oklahoma City, Okla., Aug. It, ItlL Mr. A. V. Basil, Secretary Chamber of ?emmene, Sumtor. 8. C. I v.i- Sr Vour ' ,r ail r loiter of 16th Inet awaited my reply when I returned from my vacation. kat I agree with you that the last ,o\ eminent cotton report was too op? timistic, ami for your Inforamtiqa I say that the Oklahoma pros? pects have been cut down from I 1 estimate of l.lfrO.000 bales to 1.000. 000 bales. Our State Board of Arr rlculture believes that the latter fig? ure will now Just about mark the limit of production In Oklahoma during this season. 1 will do what t can throush the State Hoard of Agriculture to en? courage the farmers to hold on to their cotton ?Top and markot It as ?lowly as possible. There are none of our representatives In Washing? ton at the presept time so we will have to forego action as per your first suggestion. Respectfully yours, J. H. Johnston. <?"? lb al Estate Transfer*. The following transfers ol real es? tate have been recorded in tho Clerk of Court's office in the past few weeks. At preaent few deeds are ke> Ing recorded ami It seems that for the time being 'b.o ?.. ta a slump l.i the business of of the real estate mar? ket. J. B. Richardson to Cha*. C. Ja? cob*, lot In city. $625. Agnes Wilson to Charles C. Jacot s. lot on corner of Bartlette and Wash? ington streets. M.Mt Heir* of Hire ??> Atkinson - C. I Jack?*>n. 276 acre* I * Hllen P. Lrutstn. el <?!, to 1;. Frnnklln Betta 1?>0 ?. r? < in c ?. ? Township, $10 and other consider? ation. ? B. Franklin Het.s to Sanders Cain, ft acres in Concord township, $1,250. 8. M. Pierson Company tu S. M. Pierson. 602 acres In county. $1.018.7 2 8. M. Pierson Company to S M. Pierson. 1 1-2 acres in city. $2.1::2.* 2 ? Bd. 8. Booth to J. H. Cunningham, lot In city. $1.700. Msry A. Epperson to R. IX Kpps. lot and premises on North Main street. $5,600. K L Wright to J. I>. Harper, lot on Wright street. $ ? Colored Methodist Church to Pi tftenes Robinson, lot and t u Idings on Center street, $12'?. E. w. McOgJtw to a. k Drayton lot and residence on Salem avenue, tl Matilda a. tTgSJgfl and a. Oil ? Flowers, to e. S. B -oth. two, lots on ll i'opf > n a\ gaue, $ 1.900. H. J. Harby ?o Joslah Dicks. I 1-2 acres. $i.oo and other consideratl >n, n| < ?>\|> >|<?F.M (OMIM. IVrellct IfcMroytf Ordered t?> CralsC Ulf Charleston p. \hl RMros* d ' \ beget Washington. Aug. II??The At iantlc revenue < utter fleet was to da> ordered to remain at sea to fol? low th?? path of rj,e second .-.torni Which is predicted It br? ak ov er the ftouih Atlantic eoast and im?\? to? ward Cuba. The derelict destroyer S.-neea baa N-eri ..rd'T.-d from tor home station at New York to cruise off Charleston, 8. mil aid Vggsels In distress. The] Onondaga has been ordered from Norfolk to sear? h for the schooner President Tuffa estimate of what constitutes Sj 1 ri??i*i?na?'|.'? tariff s ill remains as obscure as e..-r.?Phila? delphia Itecord. MKAk^t??* <\w i n onan by lor^' spplteatlon*. as Ukff omnnot reach thw it mm+\ d eortu>0 of the *air. Tbe^e I* "*n'T one ?ny to cir* d?af m??**. sod that la o? annstPntlonsJ rv.aedl*m Deefn'ir* kj eaa??ed by an latlajru I condition ??f the inoomw Ha ln? nt the RnstarV Ii Tabs. Wim thiH tut?* k? tnflem vi v ?n hu\s a rvast bllng *onn*f ^r I gs per fiel h??nrrnei and when it la entlr ' e?d, Itosfnees I* the n^'.dt. n ?h- (of*amma tlon ran *e tak. )' ad 'his tube neitored to Its nort- ?I 0 m ?i ? ,a, h^-vr lag will be destr >. | r ,r. rg#1 otns >*U?m OUt Of 'All a- <-iM*ed by tarrh. ehlrh kj ag but an tn ri anted oondfinn vi ' a i MM faces. . a will gNe Dart t >r sVJ t^ssw gl ?eaCl tones! bf ???tsrrni tbst oann>?t La gartel by M f. .Atar^h Oars s I efgag ;ar^ u^e. V J. CHENRY A ? o. m i, u THE BEATTIE I UI Iii. I <?r PlfSt Time Slnee Beginning1 Of Trial, .Man ( lunged with Monier? lug Wife Displays Sign? of Emo? tion. Chesterneld, C, HM va.. Aug. Si. ltmry Clay Beattie, Jr.. Indicted for thi murder ol hli wife, sobbed like ? . hihi today when Iiis griy hsJrsd father, in a low, tremulOUl voieSi told of the doniestlv fellolty of : BOS ami tin* slain woman. It w is the first tine- that the sie la] Calm of the prisoner's < ountcnam | had gives sway. The examination of the father came as the climes >t a mi day. Tomorrow \ accused himself will co on the stud and the defence will rest its ease. Kaltenng constantly SgStUSl ihe testimony of raid Beattle, cousin of the prisoner, as to the purchase of the gun, his delivery of it to Henry and the subsequent conversation with tiie i, ( tssd, the defence introduced several witnesses to east doubt upon the veracity of Paul. David Reattle, Henry*! grandfath? er, testified that Paul's character was not good. Another intense period in the trial for which apparent reeret was shown was when tho aged man told Ol his grandson's shortcomings. Paul has maintained ever since the beginning of the trial that he dis? posed Of the shotgun the same dav he bought It. yet David testified that on the Sunday previous to the mur? der he saw Paui with a shotgun, f E. H. Lewis declared that people ?pokt of Paul Boattle "as the biggest liar in town." Henry Clay Beattle, Sr., father of the accused, was Interrogated before court adjourned for the day. As he stopped to the witness stand the prls OSJSF*i face flushed. The white-hair? ed man. his face deeply wrinkled and pale, spoke in a voice scarcely Shove a whisper. Few. if any, medicines, have met with the uniform success that has attended the use of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem? edy. The remarkable cures of colic and diarrhooa which it has effected In almost every' neighborhood have given it a wide reputation. For sale by all dealers. \M.Uo BO* BsVn IX Tl ilk, Arthur iRngie. < oiored. Belli a! Beautiful Pin sml i? Irrested. } Friday morning a negro boy, who -<ive his name as Arthur Dingle and stated he was from Manning, S. C, was arrested by Policeman Owens under suspicious circumstances. 1'ingle came in on the 11:J5 train from Wilmington and proceeded up s.reet to WV A. Thompson's Jew? elry s.orc where he sold a pin worth more than $J5 for $5. Notice was gi\en the police and he was arrested on suspicion. Dingle was taken be? fore the records? to whom, in ans? wer to 0 vigorous questioning. he stated that he had come from Atlantic City, where he had been working for i he Kiss Me Hotel. lie was now . n ail gmy SO Manning to SOS his mother and had stopped in Sumter to wee Mr. A. J. Stubbs on business II. had -topped in Washington, Rich? mond. Wilmington and Florence on his way and was now spending ? I ?? while in Sumter. He at tirst said that he had left Atlantic <*ity Wednesday morning and later SSld he had left there Thursddsy morn? ing. Dinge was held until his grip ? ? u!d >-e searched and his \ usinSSI wirh Mr, Stubbs ascertained. Marriage license Record, i ?ie marriage license wsi issued Thursday by the clerk of court's 0f? ice. William Jefferson and Mamie Oamb!e, of Providence. were the COUple who wanted to he made one. HIDDEN DANGERS, Nature nivci Flrael) Warnings Tlisi Sn Hnsntrr Clilsen Cos Ufford to i nors. DAN? i.'l? SRSNAL N? ? 1 - omcs from th. kidney secretions. They will vain >ou when tlie kbltieys are SlCK, Well kidneys e\cr ate a < !? ar, amt?er Mind, Si. k kldneyi send c?ut i thin, pa'e and foamy, or thick, red, ill imolHng urine, fun if idlmoni and i > ^ular of passage. DANQliH SIGNAL N< >. ^ comei from the back. Back pains, lull and , heavy, or sharp and acute, tell you of [Sick kldneyi and wain you of Uli danger of dropsy, diabet, s and Brlght'i disease. Doan'i Kidney P III are fot sl< k kidneys. Here'i Bumtsr pro. t (.f thelf merits: gfllllam Tendon, '-'T Hsynsworth iMir?'ot, Sumtci, S. C? says: 1 am contidenl that Doan'i Kidney Pills sot J'ost as represented snd are worthy of sndorseroenti i knvi tak- n them tot I dull backache and trouble with the ! kidney secretions, getting my supply I at China's Drug Store. 1 have always 1 received most prompt relief and can lequently i have no hesttstion in giv? ing this preparation my endorse* ment." ?for i tie i y ail dealers Prlci HI BSntS I . vf, r-Milburn CoM Bulfslo, N*i w Voik. sol. a/ents for 'he l *nit?d hold \ < >l R COTTON, i\n \|.j?:*! t?> Farmers bj President ?i I aruici s' ? nion. _ i ?????? To ih? i arme?* of Bumter County: if j. (i hove kept up with the re? port! thai have been comng in to the Farmers' Union and the Bumter. Chamber of Commerce, you ought to : sec the absolutely conservative poa?-' tion the Farmers' Union has taken1 In Axing 19 cents as the minimum' fair price for cotton. Secretary lies- { er <>f the New Orleani Exchange has i just Issued his statement of the laot crop at 12,1X0,000 balea This crop j soij for 14 to 15 cents throughout the season, untl the big crop report of the Department of Agriculture In July. We have shown how Impos- 1 slble it la for this year's crop to reach fourteen million bales, and hon <t is more likely to be ground twelve mil? lion bales?with thirteen million the' barest possibility, and an equal chance that storms, runt, rams and Insects Worms and boll weevils, and an early frosl on a late crop will re? duce tho crop to less than twelve mil 'ion bales. Why then should we sell our cotton at 11 conti the pound .' A farmer informed me today the disposition is io sell at the price. Do you nol know that there is a ki gantic "hear" combine of the spin? ners of Europe and Nea England, aided and attended by the spinners of the South. to put COtton to 9 tents? Do you not realise that it p/ould now be below i(| cents but for thg active work of the Union and Sumter Chamber of Commerce? Are - oil going to let all our work go for naught, and discredit ill in the eyes of tho whole South, which we have aroused a.-- never before, by throw? ing your COtton on the market? I appeal to your good sense and pa? triotism and pride in what your fel? low citizens have done in this mat? ter to hack us to the limit for 13 cent cotton. The local brinks as? sure us of their hearty co-operation and we hgVi assurances of millions of money from other sources, if we ran but persuade you to USS it. Need I say more? E. W, DABB8, County and State President Farm? ers' Union. PJIOTK&TT COTTON ? /mivu Pr< slrieni of >iut?- Farmers' l*nlon Memphis Xewapaper. On account of the tight made by the Farmern4 Union to show the world hat cotton should be held for a higher price. the president of the organisation In the state. B, W. Dabbs has addressed q letter to the Memphis Commercial-Appeal protest? ing against the following, which ap? peared Monday: "Memphis. Tenn.. Aug. 2S.?The lecllne in the condition of the cotton plant, which set In several days ago, hai been checked in the two Caro? linas, Georgia and Alabama, or has oeaeed altogether by reason of more favorable weather, rain having fallen in the Carolinas and dry weather su? pervened is the tWO latter States. Cotton is owrly in the Atlantic States, and without more rain will open rapidly, A fair crop Is assured, de spit" the deterioration 'bat has been suffered,?Memphis CN mmercial-Ap peal." The letter below h is been mailed to The Commercial-Appeal by the S'ate president, it speaks for Itself, ?nd is a conservative statement of the condition Of the South Carolina COt? ton crop: "Memphis' Commercial-Appeal: "Your cotton review of August -s. In regard to South Carolina Is to ? ?rr ineous that l beg the use of your columns to cor root it. 'The decline ^ which to' in several weeks ago has not been che? l ed over large areas of Vouth Carolina in the counties Ol Lancaster, York, Cherokee, Bpartan bor; ami the adjoining counties of Vorth Carolina, and in the counties of Greenville, Laurens, Union, Ches? ter and Newberry, i know this form personal observation, arid from Ihe servatlon of Intelligent and thor ighly reliable farmers, who Inform rne that up to yesterday morning the drought had nol hi en broken In the counties named, ex< epl In small areas. \nd that the cotton \? as brown and Sir-- of leaves as 't is ;n October, under usual toasona Over other wide areas of the Btate the drought wat broken boo late to add to the j leid, and lb. storm of tin 27th and Mli has beat out thousands of bales of open cotton, to say nothing of the damage done to tin plants. 1 trust i on wiii give tin- equal prominence v.11? the review of tin- 28th, for a*c have regarded your < rop r iports re? liable heretofore and regret to have itir confidence In them shaken. Re . pectfully > oura E. \Y. DAD118, "President South Carolina Btati Farmers' Union." if you know of the real value of chamberlain's Liniment for lame hack, soreness of the muscles, sprains BUGGY FACTORY CJETTTXG Bl'SY Mu< ti Mtitcrtul for Manufacture of liu.;j;i*'? lla^ Come, Much of ihe material for ?.he man? ufacture of buggies has come and been stored In the old cotton mill where the Rowland Buggy Factory will begin operation in the next few weeka All of the building hay oeen gone over and thoroughly overhaul? ed and repaired during the past few weeks. New stairways have been put in and everything has been put In r<adiness for the construction ?>r' buggies. Mr. s. k. Rowland, manager of the company, stated Thursday to a reporter for the Item that he had al? ready stored in the building some $r..o(?o worth of stock and that about j that much more stock was expected' in the next feu day-. .\:; soon as this stock arrivei work will begin j and the first buggy will be turned; out by the first or October. Tin buggies which are sold in town! will he pu* together and sent out! complete, while those which are to! he shipped off will he taken to pieces and crated f<>r shipn ent. Running up and down stairs, sweeping and bending over making beds will not make a woman healthy or beautiful, she must get out of do. rs. w. Ik a mile or two every day and take Chamberlain's Tablets *-->! improve her diges ten and regulate i her bowels. For sale by all dealers. 1 With the President gone, the Cab- , Inet gone and Congresi gone, Wash-j ington finds herself a desert and ^alli it p.-ace.?X? \v York World. The implicit confidence that miany people have in Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy i3 founded on their experience in the use of that remedy and their kaowl edge of the many remarkable cures of colic, diarrhoea and dysentery that It has effected. For sale by all deal? ers. Nope, the country's going to be too busy cutting corn to accept Wall street's invitation to come and have a panic.Pittsburg Sutj. An article that has real merit should in time become popular. Thar such is the " Remedy ba> beet attea ed by 1 ?; I era. Der?- Ii one of them. Hendricksoi Oh i Palls, it ? 'ChamberH m's Cc Rem* the best fo: coughs, i Ids ax;** , . uuu is my best seller." For ?ale by all dealers. Coup nw.n ii. v\ v> rite edy Mr. Taft bids fair to go down in history as Democracy's recruiting of? ficer.? LOS Angelea Cxpress. aA*V3 +ld ^ v ? y t f > A A I ft r jt .iid.fi I ?%! las - IV >. In '.. . >/ uil ll?W.rtl?>.tl?.P?. 1 1 >-*.;?? ' i...v: .TSWV* >*, ? \" : K N ti *?t?*e?V?. ^ . .1. ...** ,. [WUX> ' H Ifcl COwMTftlf-S i ?nd hfdsgjsn^p' P i .1 - u wjhrW, >': !?. i>r .*.??!..e to L v v fs S4.J.. f x Foley Kidney Pills What They Will Do for You They will cure your backache, strengthen your kidneys, cor rect urinary irregularities, build up the worn out tissues, and eliminate the excess uric acid that causes rheumatism. Pre? vent Bright's Disease and Dia bates, and restore health and strength. Refuse substitutes, siPFRT'S DRUG STORK._ f?nlHTBl~a BSSSS r-wrn ? - 1 SM SWSSsSSgt| mt> CUR&tkkLUKQS 9m DI I ? rw $100. Reward Some dealers sell imitations even when the custom* distinctly orders RU-BF R-OID ROOFING. Cons quently, we offer $100. for in formation leading to the conviction of any person selling an imitation on the representation that it is RUBER Oi Roofir RED BROWN CRY. LS i i:i SLA' The only ready roofing that cm he made in PERMANENT COLORS Watch for the RU-DER-OID Man. He is your safeguard against over 300 imitations. THE STANDARD PAINT CO. 100 William Street, :: :: New York I DISTRIBUTORS: SUMTER SASH. DOOR WD BUND l FACTORY. SI Ml I K, S. C. n ; a iV/"\J Is ^ ?5*4 DON'T W A I T \N sit [or ne.\t Sprine nnd higher pr.ee?- buy now and reap the pro? fit yourself. Scg ettfe Cii M FicgHtteg tistel With Us rot at Qgicfc Sale Prices Nov 33J West Hampton Avenue. No. 212 West Hampton Avenue. No. 74 HaskeU Street. I SUMTER REAL ESTATE % IISIfflMfCE Fanners1 Hunk & Trust Co. Bids Surruer* S IT* /TT71 ^Unv /TEVrV7*"P ACME PLASTES. PTq-v n-r-otn K**1* Floor, Slitv Wt?tT, ?ma. noj, VJTI?IU. Mixed Cow and Chicktui F?*?? Horses. Mules. g^n?e?* JT1""? "V* *o Or?ar Too I??r?v Or Too KmaJL Booth-Harby Live Stock Co. SUMTER. SOUTH CAROLINA. A Conservator of Business Energy We hear much today of the matter of conservation. Forest conservation, water axid streun conservation; soil conservation. These are all groat material resources. Hut the greatest re source of any aatlon or community lieu in the energy and char? acter <>f its pooplo. The Bank of these modtrn times stands out pre-eminently as a conservator of business energy and time? that energy which utilizes and directs all the material resources. Are you avaliiug youraelf adequately of this great potentiality in your business* We offer you the services of an institution which is up-to-date In every respect and cordially invite you to become better ac? quainted with ua The Bank of Sumter ESTABLISH! l> If* How People Lose Their Money By concealing it about thtir person by stowing it away in muga jugs, ;?nd jars; hy sewing it up in skirts ticks; by tucking it un? der couches and carpet*; In cupboards and bureau drawer?. How People Save Their Money By d? ? ..siting it in a good, ellable bank. ConAdent that this this ! k !u?m?tp th?' puhiir needa vv?" tender tbe services of our bank to all who believe la keeping on the safe side. mi Farmers' Bank & Trust Co. DR. N. Gs OSTEEN, JR., DENTIST. 18 W. Liberty St. -:- Phone No. 30. -orrici hour*? 8 fO i, '2 TO i