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THE MISSISSIPPI FLOOD. LKVf.KS >l\\ i.O IM>WN, IF \V.\ Tl It fO.NTIM KS TO IHSF. Tt*ou.*and-> arc Hornel??***, Rrlicn From Their House* by Rapid Inroads of Modtly Torrent*. Situation ?is Ur*M\ With a mlgh?y volume of water moving southward at a rapid rate, the man-raised hanks of the Missis ?ippi rlv??r are subjected to a heavy ?train. No far thev have hold their own. The i rest of the rise Is not yet In ?Ich:, but the speed of the C od must bring the highest point beforj Ions;. Fully 7.000 people are homa lesa. having been driven from their houses by ihe encroachment of the waters on the Inhabited portion of the banks of the great river. It Is predicted that the water at Memphis will roach 45 feet, ten feet above the flood stags. If th? water rises much higher, it Is predicted, the levees must give way under the terrible strain to which they have been subjected during the BOS* few days. At Hlckman. Ky.. there are 3.1*00 refugees. Including the 2,000 nude homeless when the factory district was submerged. Their distress was partially relieved when food and tents were portioned out yesterday. At Columbus. Ky.. 800 to 1.200 peo? ple have been driven from homes and are encamped on hills overlooking the town. At New Madrid. Mo.. 800 are home? less. The business and residence sec? tions are flooded with three to five feet of wster. In the Oorena, Mo., community, 900 to I.OOf, driven from their homes, have been rescued by Hickerman. Ky.. residents. Many head of live stock have been lost. 1 Is Memphis. Tenn., 1.200 people have fled their homes In the loa* part of north section. The gas plant out of commission. The authorities are ?srsrnlng residents of the district to !>oll water before using. At Cratg's Landing. Mo.. 11 em? ployes of the Mengel Pox company of Hlckman. Ky.. are endangered by re? maining In camp when 39 others were rescued. Hundreds of steamboat landings be? tween Turkman. Ky . and Arkansas Otv ar* submerged fcjfwln lawrr* Are standing I p. Mm get' <1gnetmu Strain Is T< ling on lien* * . r Mi -b .ippi. Memphis. Tenn.. April 4.?While all wain levee* are holding, the flood Is fe lling on the banks of the Mississippi river, and tonight the situation Is not SC hopefnl Several weak spoU have eVveioped. especially at Mound City. Ark . and In the Reelfoot levee, west oi Hkiifliin, Ky. Large forces of laborers and volunteers are at work j bolstering up the sloughing embank- I sgents and piling ssnd bsgt where the 1 water Is lapping the crest. Ar.-dher day of sunshine favored I kTetec fighting ba<k the waters, and' a Bulletin tonight fiom the headquar? ters of the government's engineers. Who are directing the fight Sgpfi ^oifldence that the battle will 1 e won At Vomphi* the w iter H within sw om h? of tin* ? ? f -of ".: end line" e* b> P. C. Kmery. government fore anter. Mr. Kmery Is of the opinion that the i>vee* can not g; |yjg sjg und. he strain < f gsOft than 44 feet. rnfteindrd reports today were tb.it h. r k , ! gone out, and h it Ikt tlood was pouring over pop? ulous * m ming lands. Lote tonight reports aro that the te\ee la StII] holding. although the sit? uation is grave. stout h of Memphis the levees are reported strong and while thOS Sdl of .0 r.-h ,.f |ssg lendi ?'?? under we? ter, there have been no breaks nor report* of serious danger. A telephone message from Hulberl Ark., nf 11 Hi tonight reported s brisk in the main b \ ee a mile south of ?Hat leers A IntOf report, how? ever, waa that the 'evee is still hold? ing gsjl ksjl 1 skltogsroeatfy near the brtwkio* !??? int The weak stretch Is tot* fmiHu to lengtli leesgsj h\mdrcd men g*S it Werk in an esYort to save the SSSjl mkment. According to refug es who made their iMiy towards Charleston. M" . from the Inundated bun <.f Hlrds Mill gnrl Wyatt. several persons have been drowned and others are clinging to tv?u?e top? I Tees awaiting rescue. ChtirT^ton la without craft to go to their a??IMance but gasoline launches are en route from Poplar I Muff an I Mor? h".i?, ggftf should arrive earlv tomorrow. /?II communication with the two villages Is cut oh. l>vr*hurg. Tenn.. reports the town of Itldghy In that vb Inlty under two feet of water. Kvery saw mill, the prln? Ipa! Indu-trv in the county, la out of ? ffomlsston. Uefosv. ' fron fTie Hooded territory are flocking Into the ? Iths and town* on the high lands bv the llii.ummib Conditions In the flooded cities of fffbkmnr. and Columbus. Ky.. were r ? 1 t..d?y when foodstuffs and ten's were brought In. WHITE MURDERER CONVICTED. Verdict of Jury As t<> John W. IVn durvis. Who Killed Charles G. Wimberly. St. George, April 4.?John W. Pan ilur\|s, charged with the killing of Charles (i. Wimberly at an egg hunt picnic at the Knight school house several miles from St. George March 25, 1910, was yesterday found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced l?y Judge Shipp to serve nine years on the chaingang of Dorchester county or in the State penitentiary. The case Is an interesting one. It was first tried at the October term of court in 1910. when Pendarvis was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to serve 12 years In the penitentiary. An appeal was taken to the su? preme court and a new trial was or? dered. The case came up last October when a continuance was granted until the present term. The case began Tuesday afternoon and many wit? nesses were examined. The plea of the defendant was self-defense. The verdict of the Jury was returned af? ter nn hour's deliberation. rHARIJM H. AY cock. DROP! DEAD. Stricken WlUle Shaking in Birming? ham, Alabama. Birmingham. Ala., April 4.?For? mer Gov. Charles B. Aycock of North Carolina dropped dead at the Jeffer? son the? ire tonight while addressing the Alabama Educational association. Mr. Aycock was speaking on "Univer? sal Education. Its Necessity and Benefit." He was about one-fourth through his address when he sud? denly staggered back a step and fell to the floor so suddenly that those on the stage were unable to neach him in time to support him. Water was hastily thrown In his face and be was taken to the wings of the theatre, but expired at once. Death was pronounced to be the re? sult of heart failure. Gov. Aycock followed Gov. O'Neal of Alabama, who had just delivered an address to the association on "Some Educational Problems." Gov. O'Neal and other men prominent In educational circles in the South were seated on the stage during Gov. Ay eoek's address. The remains of the deceased were taken to i local undertaking sitat>? Mshment. \\ n< r they will bo held ?t.t'l advice can OS received from Aoi in Caiumia a? it men opposition. WII.I. OPPOSE. Til,DM AN. X. B. Dial Announces Candidacy for United States Senate. Uaurens, April 4.?N. B. Dial of 1/iuren* today announced his candi? dacy for the United States senate and will at once enter upon nn active and aggressive campaign for the nomlna n In the primary this summer. Mr. Dial has had the nrntter under consid? eration for sevearl weeks and has d. ' nitely decided to enter the race. Mr. Dial ii a lawyer ? speaker and debator of ability and a man of strik? ing personality. He has been mayor of the city of LuttFSBSi and in many other ways he has been honored p0? litlca.ly by the people of the county and State. having been a delSgntS to the national Democratic conven? tion when Cleveland was nominated the last time. As a business man and enterprising promoter of the material county, he is recogrized as one of the leaders of the State. Xr. Dial will announce bis platform in ? formal card to the public within rb.? next few Bays, Mr. Y. M Moses Goes to London. Mr. SJld Mrs. Vivian M. Moses sail from New Y .v for London Saturday 13th. Mr. Moses goes to become as? sistant to Portion Maxweii, manager of Nash's Magazine. Mr. Maxwell Is himself an American, and the maga? zine is owned by American interests. Tot some time Mr. MOSSS has been asststanl editor ot Good House* keeadnff, Mr. Moses Is a Sumter man; he gl iduatsd from Carolina in 1199, and in law 1901, Hi went to New Tori Is January 1901, and has been in newspaper or magailnc work ever since. Mis mother. Mrs. Altatnont MoSOS left Tbursdav afternoon to pay him a vhnrt visit before be galls, Valuable Main ?tree! dirt going fi |j free for the hauling from exca ration on lot of j. k. Crosswell, next t?? Suniti r Hotel h seems tlittt Sumter Is spreading its oit?lm ss section, something ?bat has boon badly needed for lime time, Pre pa ratIons are now under way for tlie erection of four two-storv brick Stores on the lot .lust north of th. Hotel Sumter. Two of ihem will be built by Mr. j. k. Croaswell and two ?>v the Sumter Kcal Bstsls Holding Company. COTTON MARKET ACTIVE. allARF ADVANCE imot i.iit OUT \i;\V HIGH RECORD. I k> < d Firm at Net Gain?Last Prices Wore lYom 10 t<> 2? Points Higher lor tin* Day. New fork, April 4.?The cotton merket was active today and there was a sharp advance in prices which me>da low lash records for the movementt with December contracts telling above 11 cent* on urgent cov? ering and fresh buying inspired by tpprehenelont of serious floods in the cent!ill belt. The close was firm at an advance of from 1 f> to 26 points. The marekt opened steady at an ad? vance of 2 to 4 points in sympathy with Steady Liverpool cables. There was enough selling to cause some ir? regularity right after the call, parti? cularly as the weather map was fa? vorable, hut the flood situation in the Mississippi valley, private estimates of a 20 per cent, reduction in acre? age, and file Western belt forecast for Increasingly cloudy or unsettled conditions soon inspired active cover? ing. The advance' was checked around 10.80 for July or about 16 to 17 points above the closing figures of yesterday by realizing, but shorts evi? dently continued very nervous, and following reports from New Orleans, that levees bad broke below Memphis, i prices firmed up again. Trading was particularly active in the last hour, when the advance un? covered stop orders and the highest point was reached on the late trading when July side at 10.S8 and December at 11.02. Tbse close was only a point or two off from the best under rea? lizing. While trac'ing was very active1 fresh business war' undoubtedly re-' strieted by the holidays, as all the contract markets will be closed from today until Monday morning and Ltrerpoolc Will remain closed until Tuseday, and the buying was suppos- I ed to be chiefly In the way of cover? ing. Reports of a continued firm spot situation in the South and ru? mors that the British coal mines might resume operations after the holidays probably added to the strength of the market. The talk around the ring, however, attributed the advance chiefly i a scare of shorts over the report. of serious Moods in the South. Memphis was a Uic- buyer hare during the day tndj u was reported that large Wall street -it (I ap*town sht.i wer. covering, I _ I liOMTMi li TAIUCs) IVITMuSS I STAND. Tells of Work Done by Wease Dia IKMisary Commission. Columbia, April 4.?Mr. F. H. Domlnlek, of New berry, former law partner of Governor Blesse and a member ??f the Hlease winding-up commission, was the prit olpal witness before the committee investigating Into the acts and doings of everyone Connected With the late State dispen? sary today. Mr. Domlnlek detailed at length the work which the Hlease commission did during Its tenure of office and went into many matters minutely. lie was questioned by Chairman Carlisle and almost every member of the committee and was on the stand almost three hours. The only other witness was Mr. Thos V. Brantley, of Orangeburg, likewise a member of the Bleasc commission, and he corroborated the testimony ot Mr Domlltlck. This completes the examination of the Blease commission with tlie sxceptlon of Mr. K. M Thompson, the secretary, who is in a hospltsl in the North under treatment. He is expected to return next Week and will be examined at another meeting?, Assessors Raise Valuns. i miine; tlie past w eek the hoard of sssessori for Bumter County have met several times in the auditor's of? fice ami gone over the returns made out by the auditor from those tiled by property owners, in a number >?f cases property has been entered n'i tin- hooks which was not returned ami in tome easel the return at which persona] propertj was made was In? creased, Several automobile owners, who had nol made return ot their cars, were among those w ho received the attention id' the hoard. Most ,.f the lile-^ made OUl for the various town hips have been sent out to the hoard- of n - ??.-soi s in those townships to which tiny belong ami havi been goi.ver and returned to th? auditor, who will make up he tax hook for 1912 from these re? turned sheets. Sim, ihe resignation of Mrs. Jones as cit;. nurse there has been no city nurse, the position being Oiled by tin local nurses until i selection of :i nurse Ii mad bj tie committee who have a number "f applications from Which sehet In ihe mean time applications which would ordi? narily go to the City mils- should he sent in to Mrs R, s. ITood, the chair? men of the ? ommltti ? OBJECT TO PAPERS IN YARD. People Complain of Pri sons Throwing Advertising Sheets on Tticlr Prem? ises, The attention of The Item has been called by various parties to the fact that they arc continually troubled by poisons coming around and throw? ing hand bills on their premises. These parties have complained that they have no remedy except to stop the distributors whenever they see them from throwing their papers in their yards, but this is an ineffective method. There is ? law against the throw? ing of hand bills and circulars on the ?trset end on privats premises and those persons who do distribute their advertising matter in this way are liable to arrest and fine, should the property owner choose to prosecute. However, there are very few property owners who do care to have the par? ties prosecuted, but who do suffer Considerable annoyance from the hand bill distributers. The last persons mentioning the matter simply asked that the Item rail attention to the fact that there is an ordinance against the indiscrim? inate throwing of advertising circulars on the Street! and on private property and the police were requested through the Item to see that this ordinance is enforced. ch amber of commkrck notes. Appointments of Committees in De? partment or Publicity ami Educa? tion. Department of Education, G. A. Lemmon, Director. Committee on Advertising. This committee has charge of all ad? vertising matter published by the Chamber of Commerce, securing of statistics concerning the city and county and any advertising that may be undertaken in outside publications; H. G. Osteen, chairman, J. R. Sum? ter, Claude Hurst, George W. Hutch? ison, W. T. Rowland, E. I. Reardon, J. H. Wlnburn, D, R. McCallum, Jr., and J. F. Glenn. Committee on Press: This commit? tee has charge of general 'press work for the city and ccunty. It will see that Sumter secures proper space in the local and State press and that news, items relative to Sumter's growth and industrial and agricultural ere!* Fare are published net only in these papers but In lbs national trade journals; i?. a .Moses, Chairman; H, ii. Co lagt on, i-.. -. Bryan, ?\ Scott, and C. H. Wilson. Committee on Industrial Kxcur sions: Has charge of city industrial and advertising excursions. It is planned to take one of these trips each year; liartow Walsh, chair? man; C. E. Cutttno, M. B. R?ndle, E. I. Parrott. C. H. Wilson, H. C. Par rott. Julius WesCOat, John Clack, John McKnight. E. S. Booth, W. B. CpslUBP. Committee on Education: Has charge of the improvement and on oouragement ?>f ail educational mat? ters for both city and county; S. H. Edmunds chairman: H. H. Covlngton, David Klein. J. H. Haynsworth, E. P. Miller, O, E Warren, H. C, Hayns wiiiTh, R. O. Curdy and W. M, SCOtt. BIsiroPYILLF. GINNERY BURNED Palmetto Oil C ompany Lost Port or flaut in Destructive Flames?Loss is About SO.000. Bishopville, April 5.?The ginnery of the Palmetto < Ml company of BiShopvllle vvas, oompletely destroyed by tire this afternoon. The first alarm was given at 5 o'clock, while th ? ginnery was in full operation and within 80 minims despite the heroic efforts Of the town's excellent fire department, the building wish ths plant was totally destroyed. But for the aid of daylight, prompt response to the alarm, and favorable winds tin- entire plant of the cotton oil company including thousands of tons < f meal and seed would have gone up In smoke. The loss was considerably anyway, consisting Of nine 70-saw gins, condensers and feeders, two modern power presses and several bales of cotton in proc ess of ginning. Origin unknown, but believed to be from friction Of machinery, or the sttiking of a match In the cotton. The loss is estimated to be about 16,000, but probably fully covered by insura nee. The oil mill ginnery will be Im? mediately rebuilt, certalnlj in time for next f ill's cotton crop. Getting to Know Water in \nclerson. Anderson Mall. We have got s?- here of late, that we i an almost tell rain a soon as We see it. Til.- fact that twenty automobile driver? were arrested in Charleston for exceeding the speed limit, d<>. ~ no I indicate necessarily that th? wore going fast, nor that Charleston is a fast town, bul only 'hit they were goinc; some for Charleston Florence Tino s. We Want You to open an account with us by reason of the individual.ry of a service all our own given every customer. A service that eannoi be described, yet is plainly evident. This service rests largely up? on the almost silent ' little things" which have come to mean greater things to those who transact their affairs with this insti? tution. The Peoples' Bank. Figures Tell. The recent statement of this bank proves it's healthy condi? tion. It's line of deposits shows the confidence the community has in it. AN ACCOUNT WITH THIS HANK PLACES IT UNDER AN OBLIGATION TO PROTECT YOVR INTEREST. It is the oldest bank in the city, and while it's policy is con? servative, it will be found sufficiently progressive to keep pace with the growing mercantile and agricultural conditions of the community. It invites YOUR deposit. The Fir^t National Bank. In every Department of Banking THE FARMERS' BANK & TRUST CO. IS PREPARED TO SERVE YOU IN A SATISFACTORY MANNER, The Road to Success. Save Your Money The 2nd quarter starts on April 1st. Money deposited on that date or up to the 10th of April starts drawing interest from date. Come in and see us. The Bank of Sumter. For Sale: Farms and City Property. Now is the time to buy real estate, while you can get it at a reasonable price. The skyscraper is going ;ip. cotton has reached ten cents, and is steadily advancing. Real estate is sure to be mut h higher. Let us know what you want, or better still, call and let us show you some of the nice farms and city homes we have for sale. Cl Y PROPERTY ft T"l T% _ 1 _ /""> _ REAL ESTATE LOANS FAR SIS K K> KPlSCr I iO. HOUTGAGE* ANO T MBE.R LAND AV? LFV/1JV1 V^V^. INVESTMENTS REAL ESTATE DEALERS. 26 1-2 N. Main Street. Sumter, South Carolina R, B. BELBER. ERNEST FIELD. msMBDwasMnnntMMr^ If Mr. Buyer. Sec our New Ifotlns Improved (tearless and Chainless Cotton ami Coi n Planter, equipped with Runner sweeps. Covering Blades and Rear Press Wheel. The Runner opens ths furrow; the Sweep levels the surface, ths Blades cover ths seed and the Press Wheel completes the operation. This wheel is controlled by a lever, which lowers ami raises the trams and thus governs the depth of planting. Als?) a full line of Ifolins 1-horse and two slaes of t-horss steel turn plows. Middle Bursters. 1, L\ :J and 4 horse Wagons. Buggies. BurrlOS and Harness, Also Some nice Horses and Mules. For Automobiles, See us. Some good second-hand Automobiles it Bargain Prices, D. C. Shaw Co. 10, 12 and 14 SUMTER ST. Phone 553. :: :: Sumter, S. C.