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A F?HLE SCHEME. BOrTHKRX COTTON MLFN BF Not SiF BILL OF LABINO SCHFMF. ReeolutloaM Adopted iHxdnrlng Thal Clearing House Validation Idea l* Dtm'rUalnatory and Offensive to South. New Orleans. 8ept. 18.?Denoum - In* the Liverpool cotton biiia of lad? ing validation and central clearing house plan as an extraordinary and unique Insurance against the results Of the negligence of the Hun pean cotton buyers In dealing whh irres? ponsible firms and declaring It g re? flection upon the honesty and Inte? grity ad tae Southern cotton export? ers, the conference of Southern bank? ers; exporters and cotton men held at the cotton exchange today adopt? ed decisive resolutions placing them selves on record as being unalterably exposed to the system and refusing absolutely to have anything to do with H, The plan was branded as being re? pugnant to sound business principles, effenstve to responsible and honest business men. In that It asWtgfsSJ all cotton shippers are dishonest until the New York validating bureau has pro aounced them otherwise. a militant resistance through a thorough organisation of Interests eras suggested to fight the Liverpool assess*, The conference was called to order shortly before noon by W. B. Thomp son. president of the cotton exchange, who welcomed the delegates from a dosen or more Southern cities. Cberlee 8. Height of New York, rep? resenting the foreign Interests, went to exhaustive detsll In explaining ths workings of the proposed centrt.l tleering house. The conference was enlivened at different times when Mr. ?sight felt that his motives were im? pugned and his statements ques? tioned. Fallowing a presmble which de slated that the foreign buyers In common with certain New York tanking Interest had " undertaken to dictate to the Southern cotton ship? pers and bankers, over the earnest prolest et? the latter, the method of rolling export cotton."' *mU branding 11 a plan for "unique insurance." the resolutions as adopted were: "Resolved That although tie members of this coal i deplore the losses entailed by the fraudulent practice of two certain cotton firms m the recent past, and although they declare In favor and will rendor active support to any and all reason? able and legitimate reforms In the methods of billing and forwarding cotton, still the central bureau plan it questioned, both in its original and aasnaded forms, is hereby condemn? ed ss being repugnant to sound bus? iness principles In that It proposes to tavern bills of lading with a status en? tirely Independent of considerations of ?haracter and solvency of the shipper, discriminatory in that it Imposes bur? dens and hardships upon the cotton experter and possible costs upon the eotton producer, from all of which ihn shipper and producer of every ether commodity is free; offensive to reputable and honorable business seen. In that It assumes that all cot son shippers are dishonest until the New York validating bureau has pro? nounced them otherwise; unjust In that It proposes to place self-respect? ing und universally respected mer? chants under the same sjbnoxlou* surmtlnnce that It bestows on quoi tJonable parties: and. flnalh. futile In that the flat of the central bureau certifying to the one virtu* of gen slneness of signatures would place srreeponalble and dishonest shippers fa a position of vantage, from which they could practice a multltide of sollateral Irregularities pregnant with greater Injury to the cottor trade than the isolated danger or forgers Thnt the remedv for the condi? tions complained of lies in enforcing the practice of more careful and dtS? eliminating business methods OS Um pert of t.oth the carriers and the buy? ers of cotton and not In attempting to devise schemes whereby |hs form? st* msy continue to SSJSdpc liability #sr the Injurious and fraudulent acts ef their agen'.< and employee ami |hs Bitter may be protected In their In dl*rimini- r I ? m-fr-.- irathV with ? rrn* of H doubtful StaSTtdnsg "It. ,i further resolved "Thnt la is the sentiment of the in r +< < hen- reprenenied that the. Will OppOB?? the Mid OSSitfnl bui- I'l plan, not only by refusing . >i . ly With requirements thereof, but \<y organising among thoir SSYaffal 0Of> stltuenc|**s a militant resistance to the proposed refle? tion up. u honor of the Southern 'ottos BBSS> shants and rights of the sn^hsjfg eotton trad* After calling the SSSlSaSillOS Presi? dent Thompson was SSSStSd PStmsn ?nt '-halrman. Ife reviewed Ihs bills of lading matter from the Inosptlon of th* Liverpool plan to the pre* nt conference. In part he said The plan in the first place r? i < gen'* \ d ??* Hit' 1,1 a \ the part of the foreign buyers and - bankers to protect themselves in a loose and careless system of business, ar 1 furthermore to make the reputa? ble merchants, those who have built up their business and character through long years of unlmpeachal 1? transactions, to make these people pay the premium for this protection. ' In the second place we make the point that this plan Is unbusiness? like and futile. If there is establlsh llshed In New York city a bureau which validates bills of lading, certi? fying to genuinenes of signatures, it will place the Irresponsible dealer, the man who Is speculating on his contracts; the party who Is out for the purpose of making what he can on short weights, short grades, under stapling, a standing that he would not | have otherwise. It will open the I doors to irregularities that will be 1 much more harmful, much more In- J Jurlous losses that will be serious ous than those occurring under the one Item of forgery. It is not wise or just to say that we must sit quietly by nnd permit them to cast a reflec? tion upon our reputable merchants and cause cotton people of this coun? try to incur additional trouble, addi? tional expense and the farmers who made the cotton ultimately to suffer In the end." Mr. Moss of Georgia, was the only one to vote against the adoption of j the resolution. He said he thought there was some merit in the Liver pool plan. ??IRLS LEAVE FOR WINTHROP. Big Croud st Station This Morning few Young Students Leave for Rock Hill. Tuesday was Winthrop day at tne passenger station, for it was the re? opening of Winthrop College which attracted the large crowd that was at that place that morning. There were many students to leave Sumter for Winthrop and there were quite a i.umber of their friends at the station to see them off. While OlsJMoa and Da' Idson cap? tured most of the male graduates of the high school, Winthrop College has captured most of the girls as aas shown by the number who left this morning for that place. While there wer? a large numhr- of n^w stud-nts. there was also quits as large a number of old students re? turning to resume their s udie?. Thoie to lea\e for Winthrop woge Misses Genevleve R?ndle, Franke Le *esne. Alice Hill. Susie Dick. Clara Childs. Agnes Bryan. Adele Pitts, Eleanor Hughson. Mary Mellette, Louise Carson, Innls Cuttlno. Fanny Mellette and Anna Brown. RIFLE GOES OFF IN CITY HALL. Rltle Taken Out For Purpose of Kill ing Steer (Joe* Off Unexpectedly. Tuesday shortly before noou. Police Office J. M. Barwick was called upon to kill a steer which had escaped from its pen. and while unloading the ritte preparatory' to replacing In the closet It unexpectedly went off. The tiring of the rifle attracted a great deal of attention on the street st the time .the many curious ones crowding up around the place where the rifle had h**j| tired. The ball went through the back of the closet, men on through the stairway to the Academy of Music, through the floor of that place an on?It being impos? sible to say where it stopped. Mr. Barwick had just returned to the police station and was unloading the rifle at the time it went off. T.ucMly the muzzle was turned .nto the colset and. as it was, there WM > langer of the ball hurting anyone. The steer that the rifle had been taken out to kill was a wild one that nad just been shipped in here by Mr. W? 0 Doyle tO be used In his meat business. The steep broke .?ut and iumped into Mr. Frank O'Donnell's rard. Where it showed tight and re I to be driven out. After trying for some I me to get the steer out. ?Me polios were notified md Mr. Har? wick took the rille out of the closet Where It Is kept and went dOWO to the scene and shot the steer. H Im.i PRINCE A CANDIDATE, Will Offer for Associate Jnstlreslilp (.en. Bouliam Not In the Race Anderson, Sept. iv?judge George k Prises today announced that he wou'd n< i indtdate for Associate Juste i before the General Assen. in Jnnunry, OosV m. U Bonhsm, of this city, who WSJ a candidate fof the Justice? ship last a inter. g ||| not be .? i Ittdl? I ite. Marriage Licence Record. \ marriage llcsnst was grantad to Mr. porchof Jones and IIkm Telma Smith Monday afternoon. Doth of the young people are of this city. Kol.erf Barnes and Susie Hamilton of this city, colored, requested a mar nage license of the clerk of court BLEASE'S WAY OUT. MAY side-step BATTLE with jon ks. Announce* That He Will he Candi? date for Senate if Senator Tillman i? Out of the Race. New berry, Sept- IS,?The seeming? ly Authorised statement that former Congressman W, J. Tnlbsrt of Edso tiold Will be a candidate for the Unit? ed States senate next summer against all comers, which means that he will be a candidate whether or not Senator Tillman runs, has lead to a great many surmises as to the com? plexion of the next senatorial race. Governor BlSSSs has on several oc? casions announced that he would be a candidate to succeed himself with? out opposition. The announcement of Mr. Talbert's candidacy in any event naturally brought up the ques? tion as to Governor Blease's attitude in case Senator Tillman should for any reason not be a candidate to suc? ceed himself. The Herald and News will tomor? row publish the following statement from Governor Blease. In reply to the direct inquiry as to whether or not he would be a candidate for the L'nlted States senate In case Senator Tillman should not run. "You may say that if Senator Till? man is not in the race I shall be a candidate for the United States sen? ate next summer, standing upon my record as governor, and my record from the time I reached my majority until my election as Governor. If Senator Tillman desires to succeed himself. I shall be a candidate for re? election as governor." Governor Blease had ju3t returned from Cleveland, Ohio, where he has been attending the srreat council of th Improved Order of Red Men, and where his speech, according to the Associated Press dispatches from Cleveland, won for Charleston the next meeting of the great council. The governor, when asked for an expresston as to the candidacy of Chief Justice Jones for governor, said: "If the race for governor Is be? tween the present Chief Justice and myself, I have only to say that the people's governor !? the servant of the people, and it is for the peopls to decide s/hom they will have, My rec? ord will be before them. Th ? If in it nothing to hide, nor anything that I would desire hidden. The race Is open to all who may desire to enter, and the people are the judges. I am willing to rest my candidacy with the people who last summer elected me to the position. This is all that I have to say in regard to the mat? ter." HORSE REFUSES to come out. Borrowed Hor*e Balk* When Fire Alarm Is Sent In. On Tuesday when a tire alarm was sent In from box 22. a horse, which had been borrowed by the tire department from Mr. J. P. Booth to be used while one of the fire horses is sick, refused to come out and be hitched up to the wagon with his mate. The gtay horse was hitched to th* wagon and started severei times but could do nothing without its mate, who steadfastly refused to come out from his corner and be hitched to the hose wagon. The result of the balk was tha: the borrowed horse was sent back to ?ts owner later on in the day and another horse was hired from Mr. Btanslll for further use The alarm proved to be a false one after all. the smoke from the stove of the New York Bakery was very dense owing to the fact that some fat pine was being burned and 'Ms attracted the attention of some one who sent in the alarm of fire. The l>ir association Of Marion has adopted resolutions endorsing As? te justier Woods for Chle< Jus? tice to succeed Chief Justice Ira Jones. lUStlCSS Hydlick and Gary have als,, been nominated for Chief J ust ice, Toat.-lmrv | \amination. The regular fall teachers' examina? tion will be held at the county court house on October 6th, beginning at ? a. m. Questions win be based on the newly adopted school text books, in agriculture question! will be based on School Lessons on Corn and School Exer< less In Plant Produi tlon, These books can be procured from the coun? ty superintendent of education, J, Ii. HAYNS WORTH, Bupt Education, I1 a 3t? ltaw, One Cause for Rejoicing. Irish Doctor?Wall, J'vo knocked tb?* fayver out o' him. anyhow Wife Oh. doctor, do you think there Is any hope? Ik)ctor?Small chance, I'm afeard, madam; but you'll have the SatlSfSetloa of knnulnsr that h? Hind ruree trol ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT. W. G. Pierson Arrested f?>r Assault mid Battery of a High and Aggra? vated Nature* Tuesday a warrant was sworn out before Recorder Lee by A. G. Flahburns against W. c Pierson, charging him with assault nd bat? tery of a high and aggravated na? ture. Mr. Pierson was arrested some time In the day and was later releas? ed on bond of $500. The case resulted from a tight be? tween Pishburn and Pierson on last Saturday morning, when Pierson IS alleged to have jumped on Mr. Fish? burns and handled him In a general? ly rough manner. The cause of the tight is said to have been a difference of opinion concerning some ginning which was being done at the South? ern Cotton OH Company's gin. Mr. J. H. Clifton represented Mr. Pierson. He waived a preliminery hearing at the present time, with a right to call for one at any time be? tween now and the time court ad? journs. Bond was arranged and Mr. Pierson was released. TROUBLE' FEARED AT OLAXTA. Shooting ?>f Negro Causes Unrest? Sheriff and Deputies on Scene. Lynchburg) Sept. 19.?Saturday, at Olanta, Florence County, Franklin Floyd. Jr., a white man, is said to have shot and injured a negro named Pert Dodson, and this morning the negro died from the sffscts of the wound. Fpon hearing of his death,' the negroes in the town became rest? less, and for a while it was feared there would be an uprising. The sheriff of the county was telephoned for, and in a short while he, as well as a good many other officers and Interested parties, were on the scene. The latest reports are that everything is quiet and there is no further trouble expected. MYRTLE HAWKINS DfQUEST The Final Verdict Will bo Announc? ed Today. Hendersonville, Sept. 19.?Af'er the examination of about 50 witness? es., the Inquest in the case of Miss Myrtle ii iwklna whose body was found In Osceols lake, was concluded a* 10.40 o'clock tor gv>t. Thr .mry wili meet a; 10 o'clock tomorrow morning anu render a \er dict as to how she came to her death. CORN IS IMPROVING. Not So Many Reports of Spotted Grain. Columbia, Sept. 19.?That tbn sit? uation as to spoiled corn meal in South Carolina is rapidly improving Is shown by a large number of re? ports received recently at the office of the department of agriculture showing chemists' analysis of sam? ples of corn meal taken at various points throughout the State. Out of 70 samples reported upon by the chemists, only seven were shown to have been of too high acidity to be safe for Use as food. MAIM. ELECTION REMAINS DOUBTFUL. Official Canvass Shows Majority for Repeal of Dry Amendment. Hut Comn'tions are Likely. Augusta. Me.. Sept. P.*.?After hav? ing completed the tabulation of the official returns on all four questions which appeared upon the ballot at the special election a week ago, the governor and council tonight ad? journed until Thursday, September l'^. when they will meet to consider corrections. The results as announced today w?-re as follows: On repeal of the constitutional prohibitory amend? ment?For repeal. ti0.4sT. against re? peal, 60,461, Majority for repeal, 2 8. Tin- State-Wide primary system was adopted by a majority of 44, 03?'?. The majority for locating the State capltol permanently at Augusta was 18,384, and that for Increasing the debt limit In cities of 40,000 and ov? er. .'30. Attorney General Patau; i all stated tonight that the question of the re? peal of the prohibitory amendment was still in doubt, and It s bis be? llet' that corrections would show a considerable majority against repeal The time for receiving corrections will not expire until October 0, Oov. Piaisted said tonight that cor? rection would be made In tin- re? turns of several towns, which might materially nfu r the result, An article that lias real merit should in time become popular. That su< b ih the case with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has been attestsd by many dealers. Hers la one of them. 11. w. Hendrickson. Ohio Falls, Ind., writes: "Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy it- the best f>>r coughs, colds and croup and mv * ?* nsllsr." For GARY A CANDIDATE. Senior Associnte Justice Would be Pleased to Succeed Chief Justice Jones. Abbeville, Sept. 18.?The Stage's e?>rre>pondeni this morning called upon Associate Justice Gary and asked him if he would outline hit po? sition In reference to the office of chief justice, soon to be Ailed. Jus ti? s <lary .-aid: "The position has ever been re? garded as an excellent one, one not to be dragged int<? politics or to be scrambled for. Until four years ago it was the unbroken custom to ele? vate to the position the senior asso? ciate justice. There is a very good reason for the custom, one that will readily suggest itself to the thinking. When members of the court, men who must be daily associated together, have emerged from a bitter contest for position. there remain heart burnings that are not conducive to the orderly conduct of business nor t<. the best public servic-. Being the senior associate justice I had hooed and naturally expected that the pre? cedent would not again be ignored. During the time that I have been on the bench it has been my earnest en? deavor to maintain the dignity of the olbce, to be courteous to my brethren or' the t ar and, above ail. to hold the scales evenly between all litigants, whether y be individuals or cor? porations; v hether they be rich or poor. Whether or not I have suc? ceeded in this endeavor the lawyers cf the State know. If in view of my record it should please the bar and the legislature to promote me, 1 would appreciate the honor. If not, I shall cheerfully acquiesee in their judgment. When on the former oc? casion the precedent was broken I was told by some of my friends that unless I frequented the lobbies of the hotels and canvassed for the place I would be defeated, my ?eply then was that I would rather go down in defeat having upheld the dignity of the court than to be suc? cessful by methods that do not com? port with this high office, i "For the Information of those who y j desire to know of my position, I again state that I shall not make a i canvass for the place nor will I sub? ject my friends to the trouble and expanse of maintaining a lobby of prose".ting a ?a:iva> itt my be ihalf, i shall not write O?" m< ml r of ;:he legislature soliciting his support nor ask my friends to do so, but U in the judgment of the legislature it is thought in the fitness of things I should be promoted their action will , be gratefully appreciated. If not I shall tontinue as in the past to serve the people of the State to the best of my ability with an eye single to the dignity of the office and having no concern as to whether litigants are of that household of political faith which was responsible for my eleva? tion to the bench or of a different po? litical faith." AS TO FIRE HORSES. j Why Bulking Horse Was Used TUCS> j day When Alarm Wa* Sent In. The statement made in the Item ! of Tuesday concerning the fact that I one hose w agon did not get to the tire because one of the horses was a balker Was in some regards incorrect and misleading and it is with pleas? ure that a correct version of the af? fair is published. Some days ago when one of the white horses took sick Mr. Glenn, as chairman of the fire committee in the city council, requested permis? sion of the city council to hire an? other horse until the sick horse should recover. This permission was granted and a horse suitable for the purpose w is hired from Mr. Eugene Stanslll, It was this home which was used with the gray Monday af-. ternoon at the lire on Liberty street. Monday Mr. J. P. Booth made the offer of a mare to the (ire depart? ment to be used free of Charge, pro? vided she would do the work re? quired Of her. He stated ;i t the time that she was very nervous and he was not certain that she could be used, but if she was tried out and did all right, the city was welcome to us.- lor. This horse was taken into the department? but the Btan siii horse was still engaged. Mon? day morning Mr. Booth's horse and the gray had been hit< bed to the hose wagon to try the mare out and give both of the horses exercise, When the Are alarm was sent in. I >ne Wagon at once responded to the alarm, but the male refused to ^o and after several effort! to get her to start, she was unhitched from the wagon and the Stanslll horse hitched tip, the Wagon being ready to go to the lire when it was found that the alarm had been a false one. Few, if any, medicines, have met witi? the uniform success that h-.is attended the use of Chamberlain's ? '(die, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem? edy. The remarkable cures of colic and diarrhoea which it has effected in almost every neighborhood have given it a wide reputation. For sale by all dealers. WORK ON V. M. C. A. BUILDING. Big Force of Hand* Employed and Work Proceeding Nicely. The work on the Y. If. C. A. budd? ing Im progressing rapidly under the supervision el Mr. Carr. the contrac? tor in charge, and with a full force of hands at work it i^ probable that the building will be completed by the close of the present year. The wails have been erected up to the last story and the framing for the windows and doors of that Story are now being put in. At the same time work is going on at other parts Of the building and everything points to a rapid and successful termination of the work. It FT AIL ASSOCIATION. Phone 200. Fine reports are coming in to the Credit Bureau from those merchants) who are following up the directions of the Collection Department, a large number of old claims are being collected and best of all i great many old customers who. because of the fact th it they had fallen so far be? hind it. their obligations to a mer? chant, and no longer had the moral courage to trade with that merchant, are now adjusting their debts by partial payments and have therefore re-established their credit and cor? dial relations. All the merchants are reporting collections from their yel? low letters and the Credit Bureau is busy making the proper adjustments. There are still a great many credit lists that have not been rstu^ed K** the merchants and ei.ch mer<. urged to send these In as sc possible However, the Cr? il reau is now prepared to give c i standing of any person to all R<em? bers of the Association. There are now on file about 10,MO reports and when the lists are completed there will not be a better or more thorough reporting system in any city of the size in the country. Last week the Bureau gave out 126 reports to our local merchants. As nearly as can be estimated about $1.000 has been collected to date. The merchants should file their claims with the collection department as rapidly a3 possible. In doing so be sure that the address of the I debtor is correctly given. Remember that you "a?, not expect to secure the proper results from th.^ associa* I tlo.n unless you will comply promptly witn ait requests. rhis Association is for the mutual protection and bene? fit of its members and immediate re? sults can be had only by hearty co? operation. The merchants of the city have pledged themselves not to advertise except as endorsd by their own body. This has alrady saved the merchants considerable money. Several so-call? ed advertising schemes have failed for lack of this endorsement. No en? dorsement will be given except in writing. The Chamber of Commerce de? sires to secure from every merchant in the city a statement of the aggre? gate amount of business done for 1910, the number of clerks and em? ployees and total amount of wages paid In that year in round numbers. The Secretary will call for this infor? mation. No names will be taken down, nor will any name be publish? ed, and all information will be con? sidered, strictly confidential. It is the purpose of the Chamber to se? cure a careful estimate of the total business done in Sum:er by the re? tail trade, wholesale and manufac? turing interests a cd the total wage paid and total number of employees, and the totals trill be published and will be used in advertising the city's resources abroad. It will save time if each merchant and industry, if they have not alroad done so. will prepare this statement In advance. If you knew of th-> real value oj chamberlain's Liniment for lam* 1 ack. soreness of the muscles, sprains and rheumatic paine. you would nev? er wish t<? be without it. For sale by all dealers. oe^f>K>ec>eoe eoe-c >?o?c>+o*+o Does Your Babv Suffer From Skin Disease? He would be s heartless father In? deed, who did not allsv bain s suffer log as did Mr. E. M Bogan'of Enter? prise, Hiss. He says: "My baby wa* troubled with break? ing out, something; like seven-year itch. We used all ordinary remedies, but nothing seemed to do" any good until I tried HUNT'S CURE and in a few days all symptoms disappeared and now baby is enloving the best of health " Price 50c pet box Munufa? rured and Guaranteed h> A. B. RICHARDS MEDICINE CO. Sbarmant Taxa?. For Sale by Slbirt's Drag Store, O400*0000*<