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MM6BESS FIXES COTTON PRICE RESOLVED THAT FARMERS Ml'ST HOLD FOR II CENTS. Ba?Jng Action on EaUfuateil Crop of1 11,600,000 Bale*. Convention at! Montgomery Decide* that Kami-; era On* Get their Own Price?1 States Aaked to Ratify Action ? Walaon and Smltli Figure Promi? nently?How Crop I* to he Fi? nanced. Montgomery. Ala. Sept 1?.?Five hundred farmer*, and ?e many bank- j ksrs. Congressmen. United tSates Senators and business men, repre ?entin? every cotton growing State In America, declared In Convention to? day that the farmer*' cotton 1? worth 10 centa a pound, and resolved that j the farmer should hold his cotton for j that price. The resolution followed | a committee report that the crop In j America would not exceed 12,500,000 balea For financing the crop of this ? year, a reeolutlor was adopted to the effect that the farmer should deposit his cotton in a warehouse and use his receipt as collateral until he could sell hie cotton at not leas than 15 centa There was also a resolution [ urging that the several State Leglsla* tares should provide for a system of - bonded warehouses. Declaring that organisation among the farmers, and cooperation among them with the bankers and financiers, was the solution of the problem, the Convention resolved Itself Into a per- ' manent organisation, to he nkown s?< ( the Southern Cotton Congress, and ? adjourned to meet In Atlanta at the I call of the president. E. J. Watson, commissioner of agriculture of South I Carolina j The meeting In Montgomery le to be followed by a similar Conven- j tion In every Southern State, to be called by the commleeloner of agrl- , culture of each State. By these conventions the action of the Congress is to be ratified and reinforced by further steps toward securing a bet? ter price for cotton. I Among the speakers st the Con- , ventlon today were Senator E. D. . Smith of South Carolina, who reeelv ?d the thanks of the Congress for. his attitude In Congress toward the Oovemment cotton report; Congress- ( man Thomas J. Hefllh, of Alabama; , Congressman Henry D. Clayton, of Alabama, and Dudlev M. Hughes, Congressman from the *d district of ( Georgia; Oecar W. Underwood, ma- , yortty laader of the House of Repre- , tentative* and chairman of the ways and means committee, sat In the audience. It waa Senator Smith who perhaps' made the speech which decided the Congress In Its naming the price of cotton at 15 cents for Congressman Heftln wanted to make the price 14 or II cents, with 14 cents as the minimum. Congressman Clayton, in his speech, declared his belief that In ten years' time the world would be using 25.000,000 or 30,000,000 bale* of American cotton. President C. 8. Barrett, of the Farmern' Educational and Co-uper SArve I'nlon, delivered an address >n co-operation. He denounced as bsselees the reports of a bumper cotton crop, denied the charge that the Farmers' Fnlon was a combine to hold up cultivation, and asserted that ( there Is a combination for the pur- . pose of hammering down the price of cotton. ? W. O. Harden, president of the First National Bank of Birmingham, spoke on 'Financing the Cottcn Crop.'v During hin speech he de? clared that the present STOl OOUld at heat be only an average one He id vised against fixing a minimum price st which cotton ?hould e sold but slowly and gradually. ?r w K. Hinds. State entomolo? gist, delivered a xery IhSOnoHn o dr?? >n the desl ria th work dot e b> the cotton caterpillars. The Government was sever.dv crtnsed at 'he commlUee ft SStOB th ? morning for alleged Inaccuracies in cr fn.iten and Klnnit < rcportit. It wss the opinion of the ? .rnsnlttsa that the Mouth no longer should r? ly on the N'.itiori.i 'i^vrnmcnt for Its crop reports, but make 'hem out at home. Commissioner of Agriculture w.tt son of South Carolina, and President Dai)bs of the South Carolina Fann? ers I'nion. were sex ere in th. ,r ?r rainnment of the I'nlted states de partrn. ? of ,lk;ri. Uture In gatherlfig ?et.on statistics, Commissioner Wi. son stated that the Government has had a statistician In hla State for list past ten years, gathering data tor the Government crop reports. ,,Md that during his admlnlntratton hi had never met the gentleman, or h id never seen him. nor had any of his Sixty five agentn In the State seen him. The whole thing I? a for SI," hi nail with Indignation, and SJi should no longer reply on the Gov? ernment for a correct port." C ?ngressman Henry D, Clavton. 0 ?I ? d ?ha? the l.?. ment crop reports were based on the best figures obtainable. "We must go back to home gov? ernment," shouted Mr. Clayton, "and got up our own Information." RK1> MEN TO CHARLESTON. Convention at Cleveland Select* Smith Carolina City In Preference to Canton, Ohio. Cleveland. Sept. 13.?The speech today of Qov. Blease of South Caro? lina delegate to the convention 01 the Order of Red Men, won for Charleston the decision for the meet? ing place for the convention next year. Canton, Ohio, was Charleston's strongest rival. WOMAN RCRNEI) TO DEATH. Body Sent Rack to Summerton for Burial. Lena Plowden, a negro woman, was badly burned on Tuesday at her home In Summerton as she started to build a fire to cook breakfast. All of the woman's clothing were burned off her and her body was sealed all over. She was brought to the Sumter Hospital for treatment, but died soon after she reached the place. The body was shipped back to Summer ton Thursday afternoon for burial. Man Killed by Tre.ln. News was received here Thursday morning that Joe Simons, an A. C. L. workman, had been killed by the train that morning sometime. It wss stated that Simons was on the trestle when the train came and it knocked him off and killed him In? stantly. The accident occurred at the trestle over Lnch'a River. A Good Citizen to Leave Mulllns. Perry Krasnoff is to leave Mulline. This will be somewhat of a surprise to the many friends that he has made in Mulllns during the two and one half years that he has been mer? chandising in this town. His decision to leave was very sudden. Recently business called him to Sumter, and he was so charmed with the town and the splendid volume of business going on there, that he rented a store house and a dwelling and wil move there not later than the firs of September. His leaving Mullns is a matter of general regret, as well as a surprise to those who have watched his rapid? ly increasing business. Mr. Krasnoff came to Mulllns some two and one half years from Manning, and by his honest business methods, has built up an excellent trade and made many friends. He has an excellent family. Indeed, Mrs. Krasnoff often figures in prominent entertainments in s?cial Mulling, and is a hard worker in any cause that she enters. His mother-in law, Mrs. Hilb, and her daughter. Miss Salome, have made their home with Mr. and Mrs. Krasnoff ever since they came here, and these two will accompany the family to Sum t? r. Miss Hilb is one of the fav? orites of the younger set of social Mulllns. snd will be greatly missed 1 I her associates. The Enterprise wishes friend "Perry" and his good family all the good luck possible in their new hOHIfl and sit! ?!??!>- regrets to know that they are soon to leave us."?-Mulllns Enterprise. Jangles Jesses1 chief Danger. Chlsl Justice JonaS ought ? It snsj1 defeat < k>v? Bisa? foi r< SlS4 lion II?' SI ? vastly h. ' r than Hlease. Bill his gfsfcl dai trill be in the fulsome ami In < n| nte support of the chief wa wipapsra who dsnou ce l call "the disgrace of RlSSM :,. ' snd call for the "redefining' Of lh< st ite. and ass othsr txprt of which reflect not on nissss but on the If,!. voters who mads Rh ins g Nmof of Sou h Csr ollna, These win not reiten ring ln? suited antl. if pushed too far. m y slsel Blaaas again, as they can do. 1'lease was eb" t. d go\? rm?r by an unusual comblnatllon or juxtaposition of <:r< urn statics. Many Who VOl d for hlrn ar?- not disposed to do It again; but they do not enjoy being reminded that they brought on Ihe St ?te "the disgrace of Illeaselsm." that thi y have contributed to 1 hu? miliate" South Carolina and all thai sort Of thing. <'hlcf Jnstlct Jones Is m>t th.> only SJiaa Who can defeat Gov. Blsassi Any good, clean, able man, not | discredited polltlclal hack, can do It nut It cannot he done by anybody. Ii the newspapers of the State are going to t rn th.dr batteries of denunciation on the peopi?? who elected Bleast v little moderation and good sen ? n the part of these newspaper" will b? worth manv votes to Mr. Jones \ continuation of the line some of t? bave i.n Staffed will be worth many \ ???.? to p,i?-n"r Cpartanburs '? irnaL_ STATE'S RIGHTS ISSUE AGAIN. GOVERNORS KISE IN PROTEST AGAIN VF INVASION. With Judge Sunborn's Minnesota Hate Decision as Basis for Protest, Governors In Conference Decide to Protest to Supreme Court of United Suites Against Interference of Fed? eral Courts with Exercise of State Authority ?- tommitte?' Appointed to File Brief. Spring Lake. N. J , Sept. 14.?Gov? ernors of twenty-four States of the Union voted this afternoon to unite in protest to the United States Supreme Court against what they consider an invasion of States' rlghs by Federal Court. The decisions of Judge Sanborn in the Minnesota rate case is the par? ticular invasion to which the Gover? nors object. By ther action they es? tablish a precedent in American his? tory. Judson Harmon, Governor of Ohio, former Attorney General of the Uni? ted States, will head a committee of protect. His colleagues will be Her? bert S. Hadley. Governor of Missouri, and Chester H. Aldrlch. Governor of Nebraska. The motion to appoint such a committee to voice the views of the conference was made by Gov? ernor Emmett O'Neal, of Alabama, which placed the membership at five. Action was declared unanimous, al? though Governor William W. Kitchtn, of North Carolina, the twenty-fifth delegate, who alone opposed it, did SO, he said, solely because it would be a departure. * Governor Harmon supplied the ori? ginal suggestion for the plan, accord ing to Governor O'Neal. In the sharp debate which followed the measure introduced. Governor Harmon took no part. Introduction of the motion was en tlrely unexpected by the majority of the delegates. Governor Aldrlch's ringing denunciation of what he termed the invasion of the functions and rights of the State by the minor Federal Courts, discussed during the forenoon session, provoked enthusias tic applause and was followed in the afternoon by an address by Governor Francis E. McGovern, of Wisconsin, upon the same topic. With the sub? ject fresh In mind, the Governors debated the question for an hour or more before Governor O'Neal intro? duced his resolution. During his speech, Governor Aid rich referred In terms of condemna tlon to the decision of Justice San born ,of the United States Circuit Court In the Mlnnestoa rate case. He ?xplained that the point of the de cision was that the State's rate law was unconstitutional, because it had been enforced without It interfering with its operation with the authority of the Inter-State commerce com? mission. This, he thought, was clearly an invasion of States' rights. "This is a measure of vital lmpor lance to the States.'* declered Govcr nor O'Neal, "and as such it should be dealt with by the State* through the Chief Executive. The States ought to act in union and voice the indlrnatolr. of the entire people of he country before the United States Supreme Court. I think that we rupht to apolnt a commission to rep? resent tis before the Court." "Why don't you put that In the form of a motion?" asked Governor Jemen Hawiey, of Jdaho. t "I move. Mr. Chairman,' was the reply of the Alabama Governor, "that ?> i- conference appoint a committee of five Governors to tnko euch ac tion may be necessary, before the Unit ? i si atea Supreme Court to tee that r'*Ms of the State are properl;? n? teutsd." position v is encountered from ,.; i delegates on the ground that 1 r sei of the commit*ee could ? 1 '?rally be paid pro rata by the ind Governor Btubbs, of Kan moysd the appointment of torn mit tee of thiee. who r^nld em thelr own Statei attorney *o Irafl such pnperj us might be neces* Under his motlo the commlt ? -e was "appointed by this confer ? "c lo represent the Governor's con* ren< s In 'his case, and file briefs a Ith the Supreme Court as n protest ngaltsl Justice Sanborn's decision." Oo'ornor Hadley ,of Missouri .sue ge ted inat Governor Harmon, of Oh be appointed chairman of the roti ilttee. Rtubbs, embodied Ihe itlon in his motion and Included 111 ?rnor Hadley and Aldrlch ai the v .. other members. Governor Gllchrlst ,of Florida, at first opposed, later supported the amendment as substituted, but urged thai "gentlemen sleep on it over night," and failed attention to the fact that the hour for adjournment had arrived. 111? voice was drowned by tries for the motion, and when nutet was restored, Governor Bha froth of Colorado, urged thai he ac lion of the conference be made un . nlmous, suppose Governor," saked Gov? . iiw.r Gllchrlst, "that the Bupretm Courl had already made up It. ii Ind. arould your committee eo m opinion?" The reply was lost in the laughter that followed. Koke Smith, Governor of Georgia, supported the motion. "If the de? cision of Justice Sanborn becomes the law of this country," he said, "then the twilight zone will so broad? en that we'll never see daylight again in the region of passenger and freight rates. Once the question Is decided' this way .the States' railroad com? mission will be emasculated, and then we will return to that condition where the Inter-Sato commerce com? mission will have no control over Inter-State rates and the carriers can do exactly as they please." Governor McGovern, of Wisconsin, who supported the motion, urged postponement on the plea of Gover? nor Glehrist, but the latter announc? ed that he supported the sub-measure. Governor Ki'chln then said that he wanted no postponement and while favoring the principle, would op? pose the motion because he thought that the action was beyond the con? ference's scope. The vote showed that he was alone in the negatve. Hit; REAL ESTATE DEAL. Mount Blon 1'arsonago Property Sold to H. Henley McCutchen for $25,000. A big real estate deal that Is of in? terest to a great many of tho people of Sumter is that made Thursday at St. Charles. The parsonage property belonging to the Mount Zion church congregation was sold to Mr. G. Henley McCutchen of tho St. Charles neighborhood for $25,000. The land was purchased by the church in 1872, at a time when land was selling very cheaply in that sec? tion, and the wisdom of the purchas? ers in making the deal was shown Thursday when the land was sold at auction. The land was bought In for $1,500. At the time that it was bought it was supposed to be 500 acres, but surveys since that time have shown that there was not as much land as was supposed. A recent survey of the land has shown it to be 4 48 1-4 acres, which was the acreage It sold for Thursday. The land was sold at public auc? tion and there was quite a deal of bidding, several persons having come with the Intention of buying in the land. If they could get It at what they thought was cheap. No one knew that Mr. McCutchen intended bid? ding on the property until after the bidding was commenced. There was steady bidding until Mr. McCutchen made the bid $25.000. He stated af? ter he had made the purchase: that he had intended bidding as high as K5,000 in order to get the place. Im? mediately after the deal was closed some one made an offer to Mr. Mc? Cutchen to take the place from him at $1.000 profit, but this ofTer was refused. Some one else offered to purchase a certain part of the place for $100 an acre, but this olTer was also refused. Of the total amount of land about ?00 acres are in swamp, out of which the timber hr?s been cut, of the re? maining acreage 215 are cleared, and is some of the riches land in Lee county. The tract when originally pur chased for Lh?J parsonage use was In Sumter ecunt>. MOVING PICTURES TAKEN Mr. Owens, Moving Picture Man. In the Cbv?Street SOUBSM to Re Tak? en Later. Mr. Owens, the moving plcturs mi r. ,wrlved in the City Friday morn? ing to take the moving pictures in liia city, Ii rode over the city with Secretary Snell, of the Chamber < f Commerce and looked over the ground with o view to taking the plc turei later on. it was decided that the pictures oj Mrcet scenes would not be taken now, as the street was not in condi? tion for them. The pictures at the cotton platform, and COtOn Siems on the s reet, were also postponed until some later date, when the moving picture machine will be brought here again to take them. Pictures were taken at several places In the Burroundlng country. Most of the day was Spent in looking o\ er the sil uatlon. V ITIIERSPOON LAND SOLI). Tra?M of Timber I .ami Containing 7fi.r> Acre* Brink* I97.9S0, Pursuant to the advertisement ?,f Messrs T. B. Fraser. qualified execu? tor of the estate of Miss M. 11. With orspoon, bids for 765 acre.* of land, lying on the east side of the Black Ftlver road, about five miles from Mnyesvllle, were opened At the office of T, H, Fr?ser, Esq., at noon Friday There were four bids, as follows: ?'. M. Betts and <*o.$25,23* Parker 1 ilimber < 'o.27.00". C, T, Mason and <'. (J. Row? land.27,010 ('. P. < isteen .27,250 The hid of Dr C, P ? >st.. ii i < ing the hlghci in land v ?-1 allotted to STOLYPIN SERIOUSLY WOUNDED WHILE ATTENDING OPERA. Representatives of "Strong Handed Reform," Ills Life Has Been Sought at Leust Twice Before. Kiev, Russia, Sept. 11.?Tho Rus? sian premier, P. A. Stolypln, was at? tacked while attending a gala per? formance at the opera tonight. He was wounded twice by his assailant. I ine bullet entered his hand, while the other penetrated the body, graz? ing the liver and lodging in the spine. It is reported that the premier's wounds are mortal. 1 Emperor Nicholas was present in the theatre at the time. The premier's assailant was arrested. The two bullets were flr^d from be? hind by a lawyer named Begrof. Tne audience tried to lynch the assassin. Some report! have it that a musician also was wounded. The minister of finance, If. Kokovsoff. was sitting be? side the premier at the time of the at? tack. j St. Petersburg, Sept. 14.?Alexand? er Stolypln, a political writer of The j Nevoe Vrema, a brother of the pre? mier, received a telegram from Kiev statine that a '-ullet perforated the [premier's lung. Acco-dintr to dtopa'ches to the newspaper! here the liver was per? forated and the wound fs mortal, Ac? cording to the same dvimteh. after the WOUnded premie" removed from the body of th?" houpe the aud? ience insisted upon sinking the nat? ional anthem. This is not the first attempt made against the life of Premier Stolypin When governor of Saratov in 1905 three shots wero fired at him, but without effect. On August 25, 190?, a bomb wa* thrown while Stolypln, then premier, was holding a publle reception at his country house on Aptekarsky island. The premier was slightly wounded. Thirty-two persons were killed and a stil larger number wounded, Including tho premier's 15 year-old daughter and his 3-year-old son. At that time there was a reign of terrorism in many parts of Russia. When Stolypln accepted the pre? miership In July, 1906, he was per? fectly conscious of his danger. He remarked at the time: "I have no doubt that attempts will he made upon my life, hut I hope that order will be restored and sta? bility in Russia before they arc suc? cessful." As Stolypin outlined the policy of the government, it was to be one of "strong handed reform." He promptly issued circulars to the provisional authorities. directing them to spare no effort to prevent dis 'urbanees. ^As minister of the inter? ior prior to taking over the premier? ship, he was assatfed in the duma. In making his first speech, with cries of "murderer" and "assassin" when he defended the alleged illegal acts of police officials and provincial gover i nors in the suppression of disorder. The retalliatory steps which he took luralnst the terrorists and Liber? als alike won the detestation of the advanced parties and the support of the administration. "Stolypin's neck? tie" became the synonym for the hangman's noose throughout Russia. TTe f.-uarrclled frequently with the duma. and was victorious in his dis? puted with that body, orvine: to the confidence which the emperor reposed in him. If ? ou knew of the real value of r 'hnmbT'ain's Liniment for larm Parle ?urfTPM of the muscles, sprains "nd rheumatic pains, you wnnid nev? er u-iqb to he without it. For sale by rill dealers. THE TRITE TEST. Tried in Sumter. ll Has Stood the Tc*st. Th?- hardest teat Is the test i time, and Doan'l Kidney Pills have stood It well in Sumter. Kidney suftereri ?an hardly ask for stronger proof than following: ('. iL James, 304 Council stree Sumter, S. C. says. "l had kidney trouble and the kidney secretions caused me annoyance by passing too frequently. Backache and sharp pain* across my loins kept me In misery, and 1 could not rest well. In the morning when 1 arose, my hack was so lame and sore that 1 could hardlj straighten and if 1 got up quickly after sitting, sharp twinges darted through me. A friend told me about Doan'S Kidney Pills and deciding to give them a trial, 1 got a box at China's Drug Store. Their use as directed entirely removed my trouble and since then my kidneys have been normal. i < onslder Doan't Kidney Pills a most excellent medicine for the back and kidneys." (Statement gl\ en March 17. loov.) \ l.a.-ttng Effect. When Mr. James was Interviewed on Januory y. It'll, he said: "i s.11 Inirly confirm my former endorse? ment of Doan's Kidney Pills, for they made b permanent cure In my Dane, You are welcome to continue the publication of my statement." For sale by ail dealers. Price "?0 cents. Poster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Be member the name?Doan's?and MAYOR PIT ODER ARREST. 4 While Presiding Over Session of ('ounril, Head of Cherokee (Okla.) Cowrnmcnt Pinched. Cherokee, Okla., Sept. 14.?While presiding1 over a session of the Cher? okee council last night, Mayor A. J. Titus was placed under arrest by a United States marshal or. charges by Indictment of irregularities in connec? tion with the affairs of the defunct First National bank of Cherokee and the Cheroke.; Mill and Elevator com? pany. Titu^ asserts that the charges are technical and says he fears noth? ing. He is well known over the State. Keep Your Skin Comfortable and Your Complexion Clear During the Hot Weather. If your skin Is kept comfortable, you will be comfortable yourself, if yen or one of your children are be (ng made miserable by hives, prickly a heat, rashes or eczema or if you are worried by pimples, black heads, sun burn or skin trouble of any kind, we want you to try Zemo and Zeno soap. We are so anxious to have you use i Zemo and Zemo soap that we off'.r|| I you a generous samplQ of ea h and lour 32-page booklet "How to preserve j the Skin" if you will vend five 2c I Stamps to E. W. Rose Medicine Com? pany. 303 2 Oliver Street. St. Louis. M<> , to pay postage or get them to? day from PeEorme's Pharmacy who ^| indorse and recommend Zemo and Zemo soap for al' skin troubles whether It be on infant or grown person. We know you will be pleased with repults from the use of Zemo and Ze? mo soap. DeLorme's Pharmacy. k No. 6. ? I Common Colds Must be Taken Se? riously. b'or unless cured they sap the vi? tality and lower the vital resistance Co more serious infection. 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