PUNS FOR STATE FAIR.
ANSI \V, E\ENT TO HE HELD
Nr.XT WKKK IN CAPITOL
CITY.
Cheap Kate* From All Point? to
south larollua lla>e Been Granted
?Many Features This \ear.
Oaiumtu.i. t >. t 1. - Interest In the
Mate fair to be held here next 0700)1
la Increasing und the attendance Is
expected to be the largest In the his
torv of the association. All railroads
entering Columbia have granted
cheap round trip rates from all points
tn South Capdina and certain cities
and towns in Georgia and North Caro?
lina.
Plans for the entertainment of the
large nurober of visitors are being
perfected by the officials of the as?
sociation. J. Arthur lianks of St
Matthews is president and J. M.
Caatey of Columbia is secretary.
A large force of workmen will be
put to work this week to prepare the
grounds for ths annual fair which be?
gins nest Monday.
The buildings will be in fins shape
within the next several days for
ths reception of the large number
of exhibit* 8peclal prizes wil bs
given and special stress has been laid
by the officials of the association up?
on the agricultural exhibits.
The people of the State always at?
tend the Stats fairs In Isrgs num?
bers. It Is a gala week and a time
to meet old acquaintance*.
There will be several meetings in
connection with the fair. The an?
nual meeting of the South Carolina
Berkshire association will be held
when plans will be discussed for en?
tertaining the National Berkshire
congress which meets here next year
in connection with the corn exposi?
tion.
There Is much interest this year, as
Is usual in the annual football game
between Clemson^ollege and the Uni?
versity o South Carolina. Both teams
srs In excellent shape and will fight
hard. The game will be played on
Wednesday. No other football gam;
la scheduled for the week.
The student body of Clemson col?
lege will attend the fair tthis year.
They will be quartered in their tents
on the fair grounds. An invitation has
been extended by the fair ggetlj to
all colleges and schools of the State
to sttend. Clemson will send a large
exhibit to the fair.
Aa interesting exhibit will be In?
stalled by ths State department of ag?
riculture.
STATEMENT FROM FR?SER LYON
Thanks the Cltisens of sta e for
Their Support During Pest Six
Tears.
-
Columbia, Oct. li.?Attorney Gen?
eral Lyon yesterday issued the follow?
ing statement to the cltisens of South
Carolina:
"I wish to thank the people of
South Carolina for the honors th.-y
have given me during the past six
years. I am deeply grateful for the
confidence and trust they have re?
posed in me and to the press of the
State I take this opportunity of say?
ing that when my labors for what 1
conceived to be for the public good
seemed vain it was the encourage?
ment of that great power always ex?
erted for t mc righteousness that gave
me strength and determination to
prose forward and attain whatsoever
of good I may have accomplished. I
firmly believe that with the efforts of
such an Interrupt, an incorruptible
press as our State is now ble*se,i with
reaped for law and a full approOhV
tlon of *?>..,! government will tinally
prevail. I also admoni-o lover
of Isw and order that this is not the
time to despair. We should press to?
ward the goal with renewed energy.
To those who gave me their con?
fident e in this rummer's primaries I
. extei.d my sine? rest thanks and to
those who wrre not my supporters 1
with equal statist Hy? gay that i hope
your action will prove fop the best
Inter, nt of th* State- we all love."
\MI KU \ RK MAINS ADAMANT.
It* r - to Heed) (termini)'* Pitiful1
Plea* for It* Et port* of split
Peas.
Washington, i ft? II?The treasury
depar-fi,. at declined to a ? U le the
Germans tlgetaojfl regex sontot loni
against the Amerc an govsmment'l
Intention b? Impose a countervailing
duty on split pens ami their imported
from that ?ountry. The Tinted Stat.s
holds to its position that Germany
grants a bounty uti eXPOrtationi of
these commodities by means of an
"Import ? erttfbate."
Germany protested that the Import
certificate whs not a bounty.
German competition in the -pi it
pea trade, sjrgnfdlasj to otfb lals. is de?
stroying Igg Anorlean Industry in
that prodto t. The eegtfal Waat, es?
pecially Mi'higun, is affected The
oeeastorvalttag duo becomes off?
fective October II, it is expected
Oermsnv now will ask for ig # v-. |
?Ion
orhehs arrest of sixteen.
\f..i? Cr"iiilncitt in Mexico Charged
with 1 <>iii|)ll? il> In IVIix Diu/ Ro
\??lt.
MfXkn cny. ? .t lv?Orden wert
hssued n? r?- I?.?iay for the arrest of
llgtOOfl nien far alleged complicity
in the revolt ??f Polls Dlas, all are aald
to bs proaalnonl In public Ufo. Up lo
;> o'clock tiu> afternoon only one had
boon taken lato custody. He is Hen
rtgue Pernaadei Caatellot, a son of
the minister of justice under the
rogtais at Porflrlc Dlas, Documents
found whin his house was searched
are said to Implicate Garcia titan
ade?, minister < f the interior under
de La Harra reg me. and many others
of high standing.
soon to WITHDRAW troops.
Southerland Bcli .'vc* American Guards
tan Leave Nicaragua in Peace by
End of November.
Washington. Oct. 18.?Rear Ad?
miral Southerland In command of the
American forces In Nicaragua think*
it advisable to begin withdrawing his
troops, beginning Monday. In a mes?
sage to the nav) department today he
announced that after Monday except
for small guards on the passenger
trains he would have the National
Railway company take complete
churge of the line. The withdrawal
of bluejackets should he completed by
November 15, he said. One battalion
of marines will leave on that date
and the socond on or before Decem?
ber 1. The admiral reported that a
company of mojnted bluejackets who
made.a trip from San Juan Del Sur
on the Pacific coast to Lake Nicara?
gua was heartily received by the na?
tives, who expressed themselves de?
sirous of permanent peuce.
The cruiser Cleveland will leave
Nlcaraguan waters one week from to?
day and on the following day the Den?
ver will oe ready for sea.
AUGUSTA STRIKE ENDS.
Carmen's Representatives Call Men
Back After Keeping Town in Sus?
pense.
Augusta. G*.. Oct. 19.?After sign?
ing a contract with the nrud.ation
board at 4 o'clock this afternoon simi?
lar to one signed with the board by
the company, the Amalgamated asso?
ciation, whoje members have been
on a stret car strike 25 days, kept
Augusta in rtralned suspense until
one minute to midnight tonight, when
the union officially "called the strike
off."
During the late afternoon the men
demanded that they be allowed t to
work the same hours as heretofore,
instead of shorter hours, to which
they had agreed last night. The con?
tract was then signed agreeing to re?
port for duty and "check in" yester?
day afternoon and evening. All strike?
breakers were laid off by the company
at 11 o'clock last night, and the com?
pany reported that not one of the old
men had "checked In."
Information from the union hall
then spread over tne street that the
union wa? not going lo call the strike
off. but at one minute to midnight
General Manager Deal was notilied by
President Ragby of the union that
the strike was ended officially. The
men were ordered to report at the
terminal for duty at 7 o'clock in the
morning and agreed.
ALMOST A PANIC.
Motion Pht ore Ellin In Camden
Cuught Eire.
Camden. Oot, IS.?During an exhi?
bition of moving pictures la a teat
Mond i> r .^iit, nc.r the Southern de?
pot, a reel caught tire and in a few
minutes threatened lo do considerable
damage. There were several hundred
hei sons in ths tent at the time, and "
stamped. w.?s narrowly averted. The
machine was an old model ami the
Ulm was caught In ? barrel, instead of
being wound on another reel. The
machine was ruined, and tin- heat was
so intense that several of the connec?
tions were melted. Two stage hands
therew a large c arpet, which had been
usej by acrobats I few minutes be
fore, over the hurning rci. thereby
preventing the Harms Catchlni the
teiit. Con] heads prevented a panic
by demanding that the andiene ^it
down, as the worst was over,
Marriage License ReOOrd?
Marriage rlcensei wore Issued Bun
day lo ths loii,.wing colored couples
Nathaa Cohyera aad Rachel Pleaaant,
?f Sumter, and Henry Bates, Pine
wood, and Lists Davis, Baatovor.
The report circulated here on Ihe
streels Saturday lo Ihe effect thai
Ja* k Johnson had been shot and kill?
ed ha* been fouad lo be erroneous.
The aeareel Jach came lo being shot
on that day was when someone ao?
- Mentally dropped in ink bottle <>ut
of a window which fell m ir the
ehamplon s head.
10 FORM TOMATO CLUB.
JOINT MEETING or < il IMBER OF
< < )>iM ERCE, i.i :<. isi.A i l v I:
DELEGATION, FARMERS'
UNION OFFICERS
AM) AtiRICVL
11 HAL EX?
PERTS.
Meeting Held in Chamber of Com"
merce Hall Saturday Afternoon bt
Internal of Ulrla' Tomato Club Work
in Thli Counts?Mis* Pnrrott Told
of Work Elsewhere In State,
At a joint meeting of members of
tin Board ol Directors of the Cham
bar of Commerce) the Bumter County
Delegation in the General Assembly
with agricultural experts working in
this State, officers of the Sumter
County Farmers' Union and Miss Par
rott, the head of the Girls' Tomato
club department, with headquarters
at Winthrop College, held Saturday
afternoon in the Chamber of Com?
merce hall, it was decided to have
sor.ieone come to this county to be?
gin the work of organizing tomato
clubs as soon as certain preliminary
steps could be taken by the Chamber
of Commerce and the County Farm?
ers' Union.
The meeting was attended by many
of the members of the board of di?
rectors of the Chamber of Commerce,
by all of the members of the Legisla?
tive delegation in the House of Repre?
sentatives, by President J. Frank Wil?
liams of the Sumter County Farmers'
Union and by Profs. Haddon, and Kn
glis'.i of the Clemson BXtension work
I
department. Messrs. L. L. Baker and
C. F. McFadden of the Department of
Agriculture engaged in the farm co?
operation movement in :his State,
and by Miss Parrott, head of the
Girls' Tomato club work in this State,
and a number ol others interested in
the subject and in the formation of
girls tomato clubs in this county.
Talks were made by Miss Parrott,
Mr. L. L. Baker and Prof. English.
The proposition as outlined by them
was to have Sumter, Lee and Dar?
lington counties Join in the work, the
government being ready to extend
their supervision *>ver three more
counties in this State at the time for
the work of another year. Mr. Baker
suggested these three counties and
the proposition was put to them that
they should raise $37 5 each before
the work should commence, the gov?
ernment paying $75 in each county
to carry on the work, this being all
given here for this purpose at this time.
As soon as this money is promised an
organizer will be sent to the coun?
ties and she will organize the clubs,
tell the girls who join of the work and
show them what to do in planting,
growing and canning the tomatoes.
She will be actively engaged at work
in the field for six months of the year.
It was decided to ask the Legisla?
ture to appropriate this amount, $375
for this work and members of the
Legislature present stated that they
did not think they would have any
trouble in passing the bill, if they
were sure it had the endorsement of
the business men of the city and
county. Memheis of the Chamber of
Commerce present, representing the
business men of the city, stated that
they did not think there would be any
trouble In getting the indorsement of
that body and Mr. J. F. Williams,
president Of the Farmers* Union,
Stated that he thought thu appropri
ittOfl for this purpose would meet the
hearty endorsement of tne Farmers1
Union. As soon as these two bodies
can meet and endorse the scheme
Miss Pnrrott Will be notified and this
counts will Im placed on the list and
an organizer will be sent here to be?
gin work. The chamber ol Com?
merce will decide on the matter at
it? seml-unnual meeting to be held on
the 19th of November.
Miss Parrott'l talk was listened to
with the greatest attention. She told
pf tiie work in other counties where
It had been taken up and where
good reSUltS were se< Ured by it. Flor?
ence. Bpartanburg and Aiken coun?
ties, she stated, were especially pleas?
ed with the work, in Bpartanburg
the Girls' Tomato Club brands were
very popular and it was impossible /or
the dealers to keep them in stock,
The girls entering the clubs are giV
en labels by the United States govern?
ment, each girl having her own num?
ber, which are placed fitl tin* ?'ans.
By means of tin- number on the labels
b.oi ( ins can he Unseed to the girl
putting them up.
MXHKII.h IN ORANGEIIURG.
The Couple Leii There for Bumter,
Their Home.
.Mr. Stephen M Way, of Holly
Mill, was married this morning to
.\ii--s Annie l. cross, of Wilming?
ton,, n c. The marriage took piav'e
at tin- Baptist parson ik? the cere?
mony being performed by the Rev
Ceo. B, Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Wiy
lefi for Bumter, where they will
make their future home.?-Orangeburg
Evening News, October is
T, I . VA1 \\ CASE.
Dcfedant, After Being Arraigned,
Atdis and Obtains Continuance of
Three Days.
Greenville, Oct. 21.?T. LI, Vaughan,
who wae arraigned at special term
of court today on a charge of criminal
conduct while superintendent of the
odd Fellows' Orphan home in this
city, pleaded not guilty and asked for
a continuance of three days. This
request was granted and the trial will
begin Wednesday morning.
PHI A i:\TATION OF HAIL.
Destroyer Used in France Will Save
Farmers $:io.ooo,ooo a Year.
A new hail destroyer is about to be
put to use in France on a large scale.
The device is strangely like an im?
mense lightning rod of absolutely pure
copper and it is grounded by a copper
conductors, says Popular Electricity.
According to the theory of the inven?
tors, these instruments, by their effect
upon currents of atmosphere electri?
city, ate well able to prevent the for?
mation and fall of hailstones.
The government of the French re?
public through a special commission
of senators and deputies, is trying
the invention in several places, and
has inaugurated a campaign of edu?
cation in rural districts upon the
value of electrical conductors as pre?
ventives of the disastrous hail?
storms.
A chain of hail destroyers of the
new kind is now being constructed in
valuable vine-growing neighborhoods,
which have heretofore suffered rav?
ages from hailstorms. The depart?
ments of the Gironde, the Beaujolais,
the Loire lnferieure and the Charante
are all notable sufferers.
Americans fail to grasp the terrible
damage wrought by hail in France.
Each year the losses exceed the ap?
proximate estimation of from $20,00,
000 to $30,000.000. That is constantly
increasing and will clusc the experi?
ments with the new hail destroyer to
be extended and the system to be
greatly improved.
To determine the efficiency of the
new invention with any degree of ac?
curacy, it is realized that systematic
tests over a long period will be neces?
sary. To supervise this a committee
has been formed from among the rep?
resentatives of the French govern?
ment.
The notion that electricity is largely
concerned with the formation, crystal
ization and precipitation of hailstones
was first promulgated by engineers of
the French Academy. The copper
"hailstone killer" is called technical?
ly a "puaragrele." It has multiple
points and is capable of withdraw?
ing immense quantities of electrons
from the clouds to the earth. Thus
the hailstones are prevented from
forming and lightning is carried off
at the same time.
Get Good Roads.
You can have any kind of road
you are willing to pay for. The
poorer they are the more you pay.
The greatest objection to improv?
ing roads Is the cost. People say,
"We cannot afford to improve our
roads."
Do you realize that your bad roads
are costing you enough each year
to make those roads permanently
good ?
Do you know that bad roads are
costing you actual cash in the loss of
your own time, in the extra hauling
and in the extra wear on harness,
wagon and horsec
Do voii know that where bad roads
have been made good farm values
have increased enormously?
Do you know that the counties
which have improved their roads are
gr ?v ' many times faster than coun?
ties wnlch still have bad roads?
Outside of the dollars and cents
difference to you between good and
bad roads you can make school life
better, church life more pleasant, so?
cial life happier?you can improve
every condition of rural life by just
one thing?get good roads.?Calhoun
Advance.
Jailor Without Prisoners.
< Md Pickens continues to make rec?
ords. Sheriff Roark tells us that last
Wednesday his last prisoner left the
jail and since then the jail has been
empty. About a year ago was the
fast time there were no prisoners in
the county jail, if Pickena keeps on
Improving we won't have any use for
a jail and we'll have to make a school
house out of it.?Pickens Sentinel.
It is the irony of fate that the
nations of Europe should discard the
.armed police for the common Ameri?
can barbed Wile fences to Stop the
smuggling over their borders. It is
strange, also that America still has
her own bolder:; patrolled While sin
ships the wire fencing to the nations
of ESurope,?Florence Tino s.
Miss Bessie Swann It ft Wednes?
day evening for Bumter, where sin
will spend a fen days with relatlvt
?Klngstree County Record
THIRD TERM
QUACK PLANK
Fraudulent "Blanket Policy" Of?
fered for Protection of
Health and Life.
IN INTEREST OF FAKERS
?Theodore Rex" Promisee to Shield
Them Against DI scrim I net ion by
Educated Physicians.
The political tentacle* of the third
term candidate have been extended In
every direction from which might be
gathered voters Irrespective of sex,
race, color or previous condition, of all
vocations, factions and trades Into the
Progressive fold. By specious prom?
ises cunningly adapted to each the
colonel beckons them to follow with
bleating approval wheresoever his bell?
wether adjutants may lead in order
that Theodore Rex may again ait In
the White House.
Tempting bait Is thrown to the work- j
ing people In the mlmlmum wage, to
the Socialists la the enlargement of
government ownership, to the wom?
en In the furtherance ol suffrage as?
pirations, to the farmer in blissful bet?
terment of rural life, eta Now he ap?
peals to the quacks, those true and
hitherto despised men of predatory
wealth, offering them tenderest regard
and freedom from prejudice "for or
against" The following "blanket pol?
icy" is offered for protection of our
moat precious possessions?health
and life:
"We favor the union of aU the exlst
nlg agencies for fundamental govern?
ment dealing with the public hearth
into a single national health service
without discrimination against or for
any one set of therapeutic methods,
school of medicine of school of healing,
with such additional powers as may
be necessary to enable it to perform
efficiently such duties In the protection
of the public from preventable dis?
eases as may be properly undertaken
by the fundamental authorities, in?
cluding the execution of existing laws
regarding pure food, quarantine and
cognate subjects, the promotion of ap?
propriate notion for the Improvement
of vital statistics, the extension of the
registration area of such statistics and
co-operation with the health activities
of the various states and cities of the
nation."
Thus would votes for Theodore Rex
be multiplied.
Insults Educated Physician,
This quack plank of the Progresstve
platform not only Insults the intelli?
gent voter, but wounds the educated
physician, In that it places the latter
in the same category with empirics of
high and low degree, rubbers, sun
curtate, magnetic and other healers and
all other pretenders who fatten upon
the credulity of the helpless sick and
their terrified relatives. The Sun has
adverted to the outrageous violation
of propriety and Justice which charac?
terises the medical laws of several
states tn the Union, the last, instance of
which we deplore In the medical reg?
ulations of the canal zone and which
the bull moose platform threatens to
inflict upon all the states of the Union.
These legislative enactments require
all persons who propose to become
physicians not only to pursue a more or
less thorough course of preparatory
education, but also to be trained in all
branches of medicine and, besides, to
be subject to a rigid examination by
appointees of the state, Ail these serve
to protect the public against ignorant
pretenders and would be perfectly fair
did not the very same enactments ex?
empt the latter from the provisions ap?
plying to educated practitioners.
Favo-"? for Cormorants.
Thus do our sagacious legislators
stultify themselves in the interest of
the cormorants U whom they grart
special prt'?eges, because, forsooth,
they claim to "heal" without medi?
cines! There is now no discrimination
against "schools of medicine'" There?
fore the special protection demanded
for them by the bull moose platform la
gratuitous and Intended only to entre.p
votes. The ?'healers" belong to no
school. Now comes Theodore Rex and
dignifies them by a special provision
and, expressing a most tender rega -d
for their lensibllltlea, promises to
shield them against discrimination by
educated physicians.
This platform would raise the quaok
and healer above the men who dally
exemplify Uheir personal and profes?
sional superiority by bo me unselfish
devotion tc the publlo weal In his
eagerness to placate the Influential
bord of empirics Mr. Roosevelt would
have us oblivious of the fact that the
educated phy .ictan la the only real
altruist in U i community Instead of
arousing . public conscience (T. RJs
favorite r )gan) this self appointed re?
former <3 opens the crying shame and
thus ei ?iiTpllnes again that "under no
circum dai.ces" need he be bound by
his p" yr ;?rof esalon 8.
Pr ?ddect Taft has won tho approval
of t ie qmvcks and healers by his med?
lea' regulations of the canal lone;
hone thte Machiavellian policy. Pa
Pile generations will Substitut?' "Rooo
.rreltlan" for "Machiavellian " Politics
make strange bedfellows Indeed He
hold Taft ajid Rooaovelt under the
same blanket!- New York Sun.
ISKII TO Hoi.I) ? OTTON.
Furnier* t rgetj tu keep h nil Market
in Resolution Vdofitetl by Claren
il??n I nion.
.Manning. Oct. 11,?At a recent
meeting! of tin- Clarendon County
Farmers' union ? resolution was
adopted Instructing a ipeclal commit*
tee appointed by the prealdent of the
union to draft and Issue S call to all
memebrs ol the union and all others
interestd In the price ol cotton to
hold their cotton off the market at
the prevailing pricea This commit?
tee! consisting of i>. J. liradham. A. I.
BaiTOn and K. 1?. White, has just is?
sued a call in which it is said: ' This
is certainly an opportune time to hold
your cotton and thereby *et much bi t?
ter prices than are n?w prevailing.
With a short crop and a splendid de?
mand for tlie manufactured products
of cotton, and the hanks willing to
lend money on warehouse receipts at
6 per cent, every farmer should he
able to hold the greater part of his
crop and at the same time liquidate
his debts. Farmers, think before it is
too late. You have the situation in
your hands. Use it for your own
good and the good of others.*'
GAVE LIFE FOR UNKNOWN GIRL.
"Newsy" Who Gave Skin to Save
Burned Girl is Dead.
Gary, Ind. October 18.?"I guess I
turned out to be some good after all,"
sighed Bill Hugh, this morning, then
he turned his face to the wall and
died.
It was Rugh who a few days ago
submitted to the removal of a with?
ered leg that material might be pro?
vided for a skin grafting operation
that saved the life of ?. younpr woman
he never had seen.
Physicians said pneumonia was the
cause of Rugh's death, but the ail
men tresulted directly from the self
saeritlce, having been due to irritation
of the lungs by the ether that was
given him when his leg was cut off.
Rugh had no relatives, and since
coming to Gary a tramp several years
ago, had made his livinp selling news?
papers on the streets.
The girl, Miss Ethel Smith, for
whom he sacrificed his leg and later
his life, had been horribly burned in
a motorcycle accident. It is just two
days since her recovery advanced suf?
ficiently to permit her removal from
the hospital in which Rugh died.
Corn Exhibition.
To the Farmers of .Sumter County:
The Sumter Chamber of Commerce
being very anxious that Sumter coun?
ty should be creditably represented at
the National Corn Exposition at Co?
lumbia, beginning Jan. 27th next,
have decided to ask the co-operation
of the farmers in a county corn exhib?
ition at the Court House on the 19th
of November.
At this exhibition small prizes will
be awarded for first and second best
ten ears white corn, ten ears yellow
corn, first and second best single ears
white and yellow corn and first and
second on ten stalks prolific corn,
those making the best exhibits being
expected to send them on up to the
State exhibition to be held in Colum?
bia In December, preliminary to being
sent up to the National Exposition, if
of sufficient rrvrit.
It is also the desire of those in
charge of the Sumter County Exhi?
bition to make it of direct, actual
benefit to every one taking part, and
to this end we ask that every partici?
pant bring twice as man: ears in each
Class as he expects to enter, SO that
after a lecture by a Clemson expert
on seed seiet lion, he c an then make
his selection of one or ten ears on
his own judgment, and after 1?*- has
done this, the expert to go over his
work with him ami make such
changes in that aelectlon as ha deems
best, explaining his reason- therefor
as it is done, in this way giving prac?
tical information which will be of
great benefit If put into operation
on the farm. Alter the expert helps
each man in this way to get the best
possible selection from his corn, each
exhibit will then be judged on its
merits ami prizes awarded according?
ly
We earnestly hope that we shall
have the hearty co-operattoa of the
farmers In this matter, and that it
will result in a meeting which will
do credit to the old (iame Cock Coun
t>, as weil ms prove . f much practical
benefit to all concerned.
There will be no admission fee.
The money for the prizes, which wdl
be announced later, will be furnish?
ed by the Chamber ot Commerce.
H. 1. SCARBOROUGH.
Chrm. Farm Improvement Com
Judge i: O. Purdy, who has been
appointed special judge by Governor
It tease to hold a special court at
Greenville to try T F. Yaughan for
criminal assault upon inmates of the
Odd Fellows home at that place, left
foi Qrei n\ llle Bundaj.