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THE si MTI It W V Ii ||>;\N, KntaNhkMI April, 1850. 'Be Just and Fear not?Lei all tbe ends Thon Ahnst at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRCU SOUTMKO.N, Established June, IM ?onao.id?ted Aug. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. C., SAT?KDAY, OCTOBER 6, 19ly. Vol. XXXV. No. 12. COTTON SINNERS' REPORT. c KNsi s in him s MBpcurri PLACES AtlOl NT VT 3,01\<>33. Im Lrw than lai*t % ? >ir a? To rail Com* parr* wlih S,g79,&94 to Same Dale la 1911 and 2.590.639 In l?OH. Washington. Oct. 2.?The. second cottoe, ginning report of the census bureau, issued at 10 a. m.. today, an? nounced that 3.015.033 bales of cot? ton of the growth of 1912 had been ginned prior to September 25, count? ing round aa half bales. To that date last year 3.6' ?.594 bales, or 23.6 per cent of the entire crop, had been ginned; in 1108 to that date 2.590.639 bales, or 19.8 per cent of the crop had been ginned, and in 1906 to thai date 1.067.2*3 bale* or 16.8 per cent ofthe crop, ha . been ginned. Included In the tetal glnnlngs were 19.450 round bales, compared with 27,911 round bales ginned to Septem? ber 26 last year; 38.028 round bales in 1919 and 48.070 round bales In 1909. The number of hale* of sea ixland cotton Included was 3.026 balea com? pared with 11,897 bales last year. 13. 998 bales In 1909 and 11.467 bales in 1999. dinning prior to September 25, by Statea with compaiisonn for last year and other bit crop yearn, with the percentage gj the entire crop ginned to that date in previous yeara. fol? low: Alabama. Ginning*. P. C. 19lt.194,334 _ 1911 .360,244 21.2 1909 . 316.349 23.7 1906 .221,851 17.9 Olnnings. P. C 1911. 40,447 1911 . 49.826 .4.8 1908 . 80.465 8.1 190?. 36.837 4.0 Florida. Olnnings. * P. C. 1912. 9.575 , _ 1911. 21.610 22.8 1998. 16.657 ? 23.6 1906. 10.479 17.U Qlnnlnga. \ P. C. Georgia. Glnnlngs. P. C. 1912. 173,u*? 1911. 'i?5.?v: 27.4 1909 . 514.898 26.0 1906. 281.585 17.2 Louisiana. Olnnings. P. 0? 1912. 73.657 1911 . 89.069 23.4 1999. 79.042 16.9 1906. 139,511 14. C Ml*?tH?lpi?l. I Ginning*. P. C. 1913. 69.226 1911 . 96.829 8.3 1999. 199.001 i 12.a 1996. 166.573 . 10.C North Carolina. Glnnlngs. P. C. 1912. 102,999 _ 1911.15?,390 13.9 1999. 89.083 13.0 190?. 44,87"> 7.0 Oklahoma. Glnnlngs. V. C. 1912. 78.453 _ 1911.116 11.4 1999 . 5,70S 0.8 190?. 17.570 2.0 Koatli Carolina. Glnnlngs. 1'. G 1911. 177.827 1911.33H.090 20.0 1909. 289.989 IS.I 190?. 131.262 14.1 Tennessee. | Glnnlngs. P. <\ 1912. 992 . 1911. 15.541 1908. 28.109 8.4 190?. 7.394 2.5 Tot as Olnnings. P. C, 1912.2.001. ,697 .... 1911.I.Mf.ttl 1909 . 966.607 It, I 190?. 1.008.8 r.6 25.:. All other State?. Olnnings. P. C. 1912. 2.71" 1911. 6.395 3.9 1991 . 4.77 4 I *. 190?. 1,611 2.2 The ginning of aea ismnd notion prior to September 25. by States, fol? low Mouth Oaf* i'ioi Ida, (leorgl? oHaa? 1912.mm i.tia i9i 1911.Mil 7 40.-. |] 1909.igiia t,?j?t ig 190??. -?s : :,.!?2 i |6I 4 < ?NIMM? ?\ mi . \[i ||i gag Hi pol ton iif o? Igrtculture Report on Cotton to September 25?South < hi i.IIiui'- i l op KM. Waaalagtna, <?n 2.?Tha condition L0N6 TAKEN TO PENITEMTIARY vmx utions for protfc I TION OF GFNTFR'S SLAVKK. Further A Hems I Threat* Against Alken County Koprescntatitc H?(, Hold by Coroner's Jury for killing Wagener Bauk President, RoMilt In Removal of Prisoner front A ikon Jail. Alken, Oct. 2.?Representative elect Hugh Long, who at Wagener Saturday afternoon at 6 o'clock in? flicted the wuund.4 wherefrom Plck ena Gunter, bank president, died Mon I day night at 7.45 o clock, was at 1 I o'clock last night taken to the State Penitentiary in Columbia, ostensibly for safekeeping He left here on the so-called midnight train, accompanied by his wife and Sheriff T. U. Raborn. Some have pronounced this step as over-precautionary', believing that the existing conditions failed to warrant I weh action, but it is well known thai., particularly since the death of Mr. Gunter, the feeling in Wagener, though not running to riotous demor - I I Miration. 1? certainly strong again*-; Mr. Long. k>\em threats have come from Wagener. and though the au? thorities anticipated no early trouble tiom this source, they deem It wise to al?solotely remove the possibility c?f any attack upon the Jail for Long's ro I mo al being made. IXEXTIOX COMMISSIONERS ME FT J. F. HuPre. Chairman?J. F. White Clerk?-Will Anjtornt Managers on 12th. The Commissioners of State Gen? eral election whbch will take place cn November 5th lveid a meeting Thur? <day morning with all present. Mr. J. E I>uPi?e of Pi*gah was elected chairman and Mr. John E. White was ?elected clerk to the commissioners. A number of routine matters were discussed and the meeting was ad? journed until the 12th when another ?meeting will be held for the purpose of appointing the managers for the General election. It was deemed best to/go over the list of the managers for the Federal election and select men to serve as managers who had not already been appointed as Federal managers, in this way there will be no duplication and efforts will be made to secure men who will serve so that there will be no trouble aa the last minute in not having the required number of managers at th* boxes. of the growing crop of the Cnited States September 20 was 69.6 per cent o/ a . M-mal, ks estimated by the crop reporting bov.rd of the depart? ment of agriculture s bureau of statis? tics in Its last cotton condition re? port of tfhe season Issued at noon to? day and rc -koned from the reports of correMpofsdents and ^"iiin of the gov? ernment located throughout the cot? ton belt. This compares with a con? dition of 74.1 per cent of a normal on August 25; 71.1 per ct?nt. September II last year. 11,1 per BSSSl on Septem? ber -'?">. 1910, and 67.5 per cent the average normal condition for the past ten rears on Meptemher, 26. Comparison of oondltksns Beptem bot 2"> by States follow: Ten Year 1912 1911 1911? Aver. Virginia.7<? *7 7* 76 North Carolina 70 77 72 73 South Carolina,!! 73 70 72 Georgia.6 5 79 II 7 2 Florida.65 75 If 71 Alabama .. ..6S 7.1 67 ;?7 Mississippi. . .63 ?2 6:: 17 Louisiana.. ..69 66 II 41 Texas.. 4 .. ..7:? 71 6;{ II Arkansas. . .68 70 || ?9 Tennessee. . . II 77 73 ' I Missouri. . . 72 H?i 75 li\ Oklahoma. . .69 II 70 ,s California. . . 90 100 90 1'or the purpose of comparison, the condition "f the cotton crop in the I'nlted states monthly for the past ten i sari Is gh sn holouj May June July Aug. Sept. fear* II, II, 2.*.. 11, 1912 ,71.1 so. I 76.5 7 l.l .... Ill 1. . ,17.1 11.1 II 1 73,1 71.1 HH . .82 0 80 7 75.6 72.1 15.1 1101 ,11 I 7 l.l 71.9 63.7 II I 1101 79.7 11,1 13,0 71,1 || 7 11?1 . 7o.r. 72 n 7V<> 72 7 17 V Ittl s l.l 1.1.3 II 7 7.9 71 ?'. I 101 ...772 77o 7 l 72.1 712 1*04 13.0 18.0 II,fl 14,1 76.1 I lOH 7 1.1 77 1 ?i.i 11.s ?... 1 1101 16,1 14,7 11.9 ?4.0 s 3 A verage 1103-11 I l.l so 7 10.1 73.1 67 HELD ON BLACKMAIL WE. PRANK L. KEMP DEFENDANT IN SI ? \ S ATI OVAL CASK. Cantden Man. Employed by southern Power Company. ArffJSled In Spar tauburg Charged with Attempting to ExtQfi Money from Wealthy Widow, who Receives Alleged Black-Hand Letter. Spartanburg, Oct. 1.?Mrs. Emma G. Cash, of 161 Oakwood avenue, this city, received a Black Hand letter this morning demanding that she place |150 in an old cigarette box at the corner of Oakwood avenue and East .Main street. Frank L. Zemp, a prominent and well-known employee of the Southern Power Company, was arrested two hours after Mrs. Cash received this letter, charged with sending it and attempting to extort money from the wealthy widow. Only circumstantial evledence has thus far been secured by ihe police depart? ment. TWITE HELP" TO GET MONEY INJUNCTION REFUSED IN OLD SOLDIERS' HOME CASK. Judge Gage Files Order Declaring Major Richardson and Dr. Butler Kntitled to Pay for Service*?Gov? ernor Blonso Makes Two Api>oint mcnt*. Columbia, < >et. 2.?Judge Gage to? day tiled his order refusing to enjoin Comptroller General Jones from pay? ing the warrants drawn on the Con? federate Home fund in favor of Ma? jor Hi W. Richardson, and Dr. F. P. W. Butler, the chairman and secre? tary, respectively, of the board, as "white help," the warrant being for $100 and $50, respectively. The governor today appointed the Hon J. D. Riven*, of Ridgeville, a member of the board of regents of the State Hospital for the Insane, vice the Horn J. Wright Nash, of Spartun burg, resigned. He also named the Hon. Glenn W. Ragsdale, of Winns boro, Special Judge to hold the Courts of General Sessions and Common Plena for the County of Georgetown, for the term provided by law, com? mencing on the second Monday in October, If 12. SUPPOSED TO BE in hiding. C. M. Yoait? and Mack Morris May Gi%o Tbeniseivot* up .to Sheriff. Thunsihty paomlng Sheriff Epperson ?Mit Rural PtOlleentaa Sum New?an to Sh ihm to keep wateh on the sit? uation down liters until BIICji time .as the excitement among the negroes of that section had quit*id down. it was at a tag by friends of c. m. Young Mack Morris, the two men wanted on warranty charging there with alleged outrageous conduct to? wards two negne g'ris wfoam tney had In charge to take before Magistrate Player last Friday afternoon, that the two men were now in hiding In a swamp, that they had eoinm unieat ad with thedr frlauda and that they would surrejwler an soon as the ex? citement among the negroes in timt section had qulted down and they were assured there WUJ no ganger to b? feared front the negroes whan they came OUt Ot 1 IdJng;. Deputy Sheriff John Epperson ?pent one day at Shiloh and Deputy J. a. Bpperaon hau been down there for two days keeping in touch with the situation. Everything ouiei at shii<>b. Deputy Sheriff J. a. Bpperson re? turned from Shiloh on the 11.20 train Thursday morning and reported every thing quiet at that place. He report? ed that the negroes had quieted down ai d tfone haek to work and that there was now apparently no further danger to be apprehended from them in case the two men. C. M. Young and Mack Monis, came out of their hiding places and gave themselves up to the sheriff or the magistrate who had been left In charge of the Ituatlon with orders to notify the sheriff at once m ease the negroes again be? come disquieted. Paria, October 2. Persiatenl reports tir.it pence is about to be concluded between Turkey and Italy were cur i< nl In Paris Ihls afternoon. The dele gates of the two countries have roach eil nl accord In principle, according t-. ? i dispatch from Ouchy, Rwltserland The Ottoman envoys, however, urge that it not bo divulged us they fear the announcement win anger the Mu ? ulman w orld? SULZER HEADS N. I TICKET. SELECTED by DEMOCRATS TO RUN for GOVERNOR. Cnilf HamiMII Nominated on Fourth Ballot, After Name of Governor Dlx Withdrawn, at State Conven? tion?Martin H. Glinn Name; fur Lieutenant Governor. Convention Hall, Syracuse, N. Y., Oct. 3.?William Sulzer, Representa? tive in Congress from New York city, was nominated for Governor early this morning by the Democratic State Convention. It was the seventh time he had been a candidate for this nom? ination. Mr. Sulzer was formally declared the choice on the fourth ballot, after the name of Governor Dix had been withdrawn. Martin H. Glinn was nominated for Lieutenant Governor. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Scarborough have returned to the city after a stay at Buffalo Springs, Va. KIUEB H HIS STEPSON. J. B. W. BECKHAM shoots hen fry f. frank at sandy run. Young Man Telephones for Sheriff and Accompanies Him to Jaii. No Details of Affair. St. Matthews, Oct. 3.?J. B. Beck ham shot and killed his step-father, Henry F. Frank, in the Sandy Run section of this c<?unty about noon to? day. Details of the kiling a*e ex? tremely meagre. It seems that the two men went down to the-rural mail box, which is some distance from the Frank home. A passerby is slid to have stated that just prior to the time of shooting he saw the two men in the woods going in opposite direc? tions. Beckham reported to friends that he had shot his step-father. A young son of Frank immediately went to hunt his f tther and found him lal>or ing heavily with his wounds, en? deavoring to reach home. He became too weak to get further, and died on the roadside. The only statement he is reported to have made was that Beckham shot him. Four shots are said to have been fired. Beckham went to the home of a ?friend and telephoned fur the sheriff, whom he accompanied back to town. ILe is now in jail. He has made no statement of how the killing took place. He is a yowng mas of middle age and good address. Mr. Frank was a man well past the meridian of life. The cause o/ the killing is at present a mystery. Roth parties are well connected. OFFICERS ABREST TWO. John Ballard and Grade Dk'ks T*Us*m1 in Jail by Rural Psdioomani New mai. aii?I Deputy Epperson. Two negroes who had successfully j ?evaded arrest before were taken In charge Thursday momisig by officers Sam Newman and John Epperson. Both of them are wanted on charges preferred some time ago and both of them are now in >aii awaiting prelim* inary hearings. Oracle Dicks is oharged with re? sisting a treat, Several dayu ago ein? stahlt? w. J. Dinkms and EL B. Met-.i chsmp went to the woman's house near Shot Pouch ai*J tried tO SerVU claim and delivery papers, she re lused to let thevn enter and when they tried to do BO, she chased tlvm off with an *\e which she threatened to use. Thursday morning the two otll eers had y hard tussle before they could overcome and put handcuffs on her. Fortunately, however, tttey caught her before she eould get to her axe and none were Injured. John Ballard was arrested several months ago by Deputy Sheriff J. A. Epperson and Constable Mellette for carrying concealed weapons and as? sault and battery. He managed to get loose from the officers and was ?hoi with a shot gun b> Deputj Sher? iff Epperson. Thursday morning the officers came upon him al his home before he was aware ol theii pr< ence and secured hltn without diffi? culty, He stated that he g"t so many shot in him when he ran the first time that he did nol i are to run nwa.v again. Mr. i'. w. Smith wenl to i >arlln r? ton Thuradns morning where he will nice his mare, Melbn Chimes, against n fnsl horse ou n< d by M r. C, i!. Hatchell of Darlington. The r oe is for o purse to be donated to the win? ner of the best Ihren out of five heats PLAN TO SETTLE STRIKE. KNAPP AND N I ILL WILL VISIT AUGUSTA SOON. Automobile? Will be Used to Prevent Complete Congestion of Posta | Traflic. Augusta, Ga., Oct 2.?Though there were no conferences or efforts to? wards a settlement of the Georgia railroad strike today, announcement was made from the general offices to? night that Judge Knapp of the court of commerce and I^abor Commission? er Neiil have been in communication with the road and the strikers and it is definitely known those men will be in Augusta within the next three days with a view to organizing a media? tion board. No effort will be made to move trains on any part of the road to? night but an effort will be made to run a train through from Augusta to Atlanta on the usual schedule time tomorrow morning and, at the same time a train fr^m Atlanta In this di? rection. Efforts are now being made to make an agreement betweer. the roads and the strikers whereby mall cars exclusively may be operated over the read until the strike la settled, and. while the statement is made that no agreement has yet been reached, the indications are that this restrict? ed service will be put ,ln operation tomorrow with full consent of the strikers. Late this afternoon, a special train over the Coast Line brought in about ISO strike-breakers. Arrangements were concluded by the local postal authorities tonight, whereby the mall congestion will be somewhat relieved tomorrow through the operation of automobile delivery from Augusta to Crawfordville. At that point a similar delivery from At? lanta will connect and in this way the entire main line of the road will be served. A special from Washington, Ga.. tonight says that ten counties of northeastern Georgia are experiencing business suffering on account of par? alyzed mail facilities. A message was received at Washington, Ga., from Washington, D. C, directing that all mail fr<>m that vicinity he routed via Athens and a regular automobile Schedule will be maintained. Interior banks are annoyed by their currency shipments being cut off and the declination to issue bills of lading on cotton since Tuesday mo-ning. which means that the c hief collateral in which they deal is tied up. FOOT BALL FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11. High School Prnctbdng Hard Every Day Under C<?aHUiig or Quay Wil? liford. The Srimter High School will open its foot ball seajvjn here on Friday, October 11, with a game with the j squad from the Presbyterian High School of Florence, an ?ld time rival with whom the loexJs have had manv .?nterestbaji tussles. j The loot ball sqaa/J has been prac? tising hard /or the past two weeks un? der the tutelage of Mr. Quay Willi furd, a forrocr Davidson college foot hall star, and is rapidly rounding into shaj)e for offensive and defensive work. The manager of the learn has com? municated with a number of High Schools bavins foot ball teams and a good schedule of garner will be ar? ranged this season, a number of Keod exhibitions of the great American collage import being promised to local gridiron fans. Af'DITOlt RESTS AFTER LABORS. itovtks Completed and Turned over to IVeaeurer for Collection of Taxes. County Auditor U R Wilder has completed the work on his books and has turned them over to the County Treasurer who is now busy preparing for the opening of hi* of? fice for the receipt of taxes on Oc? tober 15th. Mr. Wilder has been busj on his books ever since the returns < me in ths tust et* the year, but with the completion of making out of taxes and poatlng of the books, he will have .ei easy lime until the flrel of the year when tax returns come In again. Mr. B. C Wallace. County Treaaur er, has with him to assist him in Ink? ing in taxes, Mr. w. <*. Droughton, who hns assisted in the office before. Miss Georgia Clausseti of Sumter, is receiving many pleasant attentions from the younger nodal sol during her Bt.?y here with Mr. and Mis. Roger*.?Charleston Post, Ar.MS BMA fr! STRUCK BY EN LINE OF A. C. U TRAIN NO. 50 TU ES 1) A V A FTERNOON. Coroner Heid Inqwest Wednesday at Noon?Body Was Thrown Thirty Yards und Rolled down Embank? ment Twenty More. Tuesday afternoon A. C. L. pas? senger train No. 50 was dela' ?d a few miles west of the city, n' Green Swamp crossing, wher gine of the train struck stantly killed an old negr the name of Agnes Srar -f ? / 1 A ln n by cor? oner's inquest was h- ? at noon and a verdb ^ was returned by th' The testimony dnesday nat effect to the effect that had been pici stopped for ? to catch u' ?he was to i inquest was a negro woman jtton, but had and was running a wagon on which She stepped on the track at the Van Buren crossing when the train was only a few feet distant and before she could get off. or across, the engine struck and threw her for a distance of thirty yards through the air. When the body struck the ground, it continued to roll for a distance of twenty yards down the side of the embankment, until it reached the bottom of the ditch, where it was later picked up? after the coroner and Dr. Lemnon had examined it. The engineer on the train, W. A. Wiliams, testified that he did not see the woman until after she was struck, when he saw her flying through the air. Hasell Robertson, the only" eye wit? ness to the accident, stated that the woman started to cross the track wh?m the train was oaJy a few feet distant. He was waiting for her in his wagon, about 200 yards off. and was too distant to call to her of her danger. He stated that there was an embankment near the crossing which would have prevented her from seeing the train until she was on the track. The only difference in testimony of the witnesses was whether or not the whistle was blown. The engineer, W. A. Williams, and his fireman, Wel? lington Gregg, both stated that the whistle blew for both the Van Buren and the Green Swamp cross? ings, while other witnesses testified that they had not heard any whistle for either crossing. THE 1. I). C. "COUNTY F\iU' A Rig Amateur Performance to Be Given October 11 and IS for Dingle's Mill Memorial Fund. SumteF V promised a treat in the shape of a big amateur performance to be given at the opera house on October 14 and 15. Dick Anderson Chapter, U. D. C. is going to produce the "County Fair," the proceeds for the benefit of the Dingle s Mill Fund. The "County Fair" is an excellent musical comedy, the cast comprises 150 persons. Only the latest mustd Will be sung by the choruses. This will be the biggest home talent pro? duction ever put on the Stage of Sumter. HYDE PAYS PENALTY. Anderson Wife Slayer Dies in Elec? tric Chair, Columbia, October 1.?The final chapter of one of the most sensation? al ami interesting cases in the history of South Carolina criminal law was enacted at the State Penitent trj this morning, when Samuel N. Hyde, of Andersen County, convict, d of the double murder of his wife ,.nd father-in-law, paid the penalty for his crime in the death chair. Public interest in the crime has been accentuated by the utter indif? ference to his fate that Hyde hug manifested slncea the aomsaission of the need and which rsuSOd doubts as to his sanity, leading to the ippolnt ment of a lunar) board that declared him sane now and tt the time of the murder. This ,nr of unconcern char? acterised his final tments In the death rhamb r ind he met death with a smile on his lips. The current was turned on '.t four minutes after i *j o'clock and passed continually through the body for seconds. He was then examined by several physi? cians, who declared that death had been Instantaneous i he s <\ \v railroad tracks o/ere extended Tuesday up to th,. - f of the pasretisrer station at the corner of Hanrpton avenue -md fJreon street The work on the station is progr? attng rapidly.