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CONTROL OF SEIHE. DEMOCRATS HAVE II M.I' OF Ml HUI ItsHIV ASSt'ltED. Several State* still Doubtful and I They May Give Ivwrmis a Snfo Majority Without the l'n^nWu? Member* Wim Have llcreu>fore \ ot, ?| With m*tuo?-rat*. Washington, Nor. 7.?Control of the senate In the Sixty-third con arena now la practically assured to tha Democrata. Conceding to the Re publlcaoa the legislatures of all Statea atill In the doubtful column tonight, the Dent >crata wUl have a vote of 48, or ona-half of the entire memberahlp of tha aenate, with a Democratic vice praaidant In the chair to cast the de? ciding hallet in case of a tie. Seven 8tatea are still to la heard from defi? nitely. A senator from any one of these would give a Democratic ma? jority. Kansas has been added to the Dem? ocratic column in the past 24 hours Tha Statea la which the complexion of tha legislatures la yet to be decided are: Illinois, Michigan, New Hampshire, Oregon, South Dakota. Tennessee and Wyoming. Ordinarily Tennessee could be relied upon to help the Democratic party, but the factional fight there may prevent thla result. In Illlnlole there are complications growing out of the multiplicity of parties, rendering it ' uncertain whether there will be a eenatorlal election. In that State there ahould be choean a successor to the depoeed Senator Lorlmer as well as to Senator Cullom. whose term expires March 4, next. If there ehould be no election the affect would be to favor the Dem? ocrats by reducing the membership of the senate to 14, of which the 48 al? ready chosen would be a working ma? jority. In New Hampshire the dispatches indicate a poaalble deadlock of Dem? ocrata and Republicana and In that event predictions as to the course of tha man selected would be mere guesswork. In addition to the aid of the vice president, they will find willing coop? eration among tha Progreaaiva sena? tors. Three or four of the PTogres I -elvee are almost as liberal In their tariff viewe snd on other questions as the Democrats themselves. Senators Clapp. La Follette, Cumins, Oronna, Bristow and Polndaxter are all avow? ed tariff reformers. They also favor advanced legislation on other sub? jects. Senator Works announced his intention of voting for tha Demo? cratic presidential candidate some time before tha election. He la class? ed as a protectionist. Of the 11 hold-over Republicans, eight have been classed as progres? siven in the paat. They are Senators Bristow of Kansas. Crawford of South Dakota. Cumins of Iowa, Oronna of North Dakota. Clapp of Minnesota, La Follatt? of Wisconsin. Polndaxter of Wsshlngton and Works of Call fornia. Mr. Norrls has been one of the lead? ers of tha progressive element in the house and will cintlnue to cooperate with that clement In tha senate, as will Senator Kenyon of Iowa, It ia ex? pected, nnd possibly Senator Borah of Idaho, in such meaaures as may appeal to the.a. Much Interest Is manifested in the political affiliations of the Progres? sives. They have been content to bt known as Progressive Republicans. Sanators Bristow, Clapp and Poln? dexter are underatood to have sup? ported Roosevelt and If they should decline to cooperate with the Repub? licans of the aenate the change would materially weaKen the old party. Sumter's Seaboard Celebration. The Committees on Excursion, En? tertainment and City Fairs and Car nlals met at the Chamber of Com? merce on Thursduy afterr.n to pre? pare for the big dav on the ttth of this month "Sumter's Seaboard Cole hr.t...n v* Bjg the name islQOted for the day. It being submitted by 1 ?r. Booth. Different men were put In ? harge of the rariOUS amusements and eueh ore ha* goal to work to m.*. th - I v a great success. Bowling Talked Of \t V. M. C. A. Much Interest 1? being manifested Just now in the proposed bowling teams snd bowling tourney at the Y M. C. A and Messrs. Darby White, |t. F. Creeeh. \V H Cuttlno and F.. C Lord acre elected captains. These will form their teams in the near fu? ture and the tourney will be c:n nssnoed on Ig I srOOh or t*.i Match? es will hi held IWtOt a Week hetwe. I teems In the tourney. Tb? re |g always one COMolntlog to a defeated political party and that is tro? posstbllit\ of 'he next OlOCtlOg rcw rnlng the d? ? anog The whirli? gig of ihsh oncfuatTorj sjaausj that polities m a series of up and down. That fuel i ? Sati an undue slatlOB of the victors and an undue deures aton of the vnnqmshed. And any \ m ?untry is saf? 11a 1 will con? tinue to be. REPORT SHOWS BEMUSE. COTTON HJBAD1 FOR HARKFT VOTAU k.him.hhm HALLS. More Than u MtUloa Inder Figures to N<?\(>iuN'r 1. 1011 ? South Cur oUiiu'h sluuv. Washington, Nim. V - The fourth cotton ginning report of Che gtaiOlli compiled from reports of census bu? reau correspondents and agents throughout the cotton belt and Issued at 10 a, m. today by Director E. Dana Durand, announced that 8,849,989 bales of the growth of 1912 had been ginned prior to November 1. To that date last year 9,970.905 bales, or 64.1 per cent of the entire crop, had been ginned; in 1908 to that date 8,191,557 bales, or 62.6 per cent of the crop had been ginned, and In 1906 to that date 6,906,396 bales, or 53.2 per cent Of the crop had been ginned. Included in the total ginnings WON 56,811 round bales, compared with 68,313 bales last year, 81,183 bales in 1910, 109,621 bales In 1909 and 149, 866 bales In 1908. The number of sea island cotton bales Included waa 28,655, compared t.ith 55.563 bales last year, 65,237 hales In 1909 and 45.479 bales in 1908. ??Innings, prior to November 1, by States, with comparisons for last year and other big crop years and the per? centage of the entire crop ginned prior to that In those years, follow: Alabama. 1912. 809,731 1911 . 1,088,737 64.2 1908. 891,667 66.9 1906. 676,747 54.6 Arkansas. 1912. 439.012 _ 1911 . 44,401 48.9 1908. 636,785 53.0 1906. 306,762 34.3 Florida. 1912. 34.852 _ 1911.. .. :. .. 66,070 5.94 1908. 43,234 61.2 1906 . 34,707 66.5 Georgia. 1912.1,110,915 1911.1,908.764 68.3 1908. 1.387,641 70.2 1906. 1,003,718 61.5 Louisiana. 1912. 261,685 1911 . 232.245 61.0 1908. 287,886 61.7 1906 . 441.767 46.2 Mississippi. 1912. 611.663 _ 1911 . 584,199 60.0 1S 08 . 893,148 66.1 1106. 691.254 39.9 North Carolina. 1912. 495,791 .... 1911 . 697,940 53.1 1908. 373,713 54.7 1106. 311,448 51.0 Oklahoma. 1VI2. 593.366 _ 1911.. . . .. .. 554.933 54.6 1908. 217,629 31.6 1906. 341.808 39.2 South Carolina. 1912. 732,406 1911 . 1,022,614 60.4 1908. 821,608 67.6 1906. 649.857 60.3 Tennessee. 1912. 118.489 _ 1911 . 211,128 49.1 1908. 198,783 59.5 1906. 92,910 31.7 Tesaa. 1912. 3.699,12 4 1911 .3,211,762 78.2 1908.2.502,862 69.0 1906. 2,535.551 64.1 Other States. 1912 . 43,274 _ a 911 . 58,302 42.0 1908. 36,602 50.0 1906. 19,870 29.1 The gln ilngs of sea Island cotton prior to November 1 by States follow: Fla. Ga. S. C. 1912 . 1 1,065 16,246 1,344 1911 .21,038 33,841 1,684 1909. 19,740 31,277 4,220 1908. 19,064 21,802 4,613 FIGURES ON COTTON CROP. RsjpBjPtj From All Sections of Deli In? dicate Total Commercial Yield of 11,207.000 Hale*. To the Editor of The State: With a view of getting the Ideas of representative cotton men throughout Ho- belt, as to the SUM of the present OOtlon crop, WS recently selected the names of about l.'.u responsible firms and individuals, choosing same with a flew to covering all SSCttOM Of the ht it. and asked Ihs tin y give ui their ob ,ih :i* to tbe growth In their i. ?pectlvs Mates. We have sum ma r Insd their replies, >y states, and find the averages are as follows. North Carolins. 812,000 South enroling.1,111,000 I b orgia.1,111,000 Florida. 11,000 Alabama. 1.263,000 Tennessee. 101,000 Mississippi.1,013,000 Louisiana. 431,1. Arkansas. 951,000 I ?klahomn. 1,160,000 Texas. 4,583,000 Missouri, etc Total.13,782,000 Adding 4 25,000 bales to the above, covering lintors, repacks etc., wo get as the commercial crop 14,207,000 balsa. The figures given above are predi? cated upon an average frost date. We submit the above, trusting y?Mi may find it of some interest, although ihe figures are not supposed to bo an "estimate" issued by this firm. Cooper A Grirfia, Greenville. I P TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 11iduntrial School Trustees Discuss II ob ling-up Warrant.-*.. Columbia. Nov. 7.?The board of trustees of the State Industrial School, at Florence, held a two-hour session in the office of Governor Blcase today, during which the matter of the hold? ing up by Comptroller General Jones of the warrants on the appropriation for the new building was discussed. Tho matter was gone into thoroughly and It was decided to leave affairs in statu quo until the meeting of the General Assembly, when the question will be put before them. Comptroller General Jones held up the warrants on the ground that the contract exceeded the appropriation and was In violation of law. ? The lo? cal committee of the board let a con? tract for a little over $27,000 for the erection of two buildings at the In? dustrial School, when the Legislature appropriated $7,000 for the erection of one building, and it was for this reason that the warrants for the con? tractor were held up. The Industrial School has on hand some $38,000 coming from several sources, but the position of Comptroll? er General Jones is technically cor? rect, as the Legislature only appro? priated $7,000 for the new building, and of the additional money on hand some is for maintenance, some for repairs, etc. The meeting was large? ly attended and lasted from noon uh tll almost 3 o'clock. LONGEST PAINTING IN WORLD. Will Be Part of Decoration at Fifth National Com Exposition at Co? lumbia. Columbia, Nov. 8.?The longest painting ever executed in thie country or abroad, according to authentic statements, will form a striking fea? ture of the decorations for the edu? cational building at the Fifth Nation? al Corn Exposition here next January. The canvas for this immense painting will be nearly a sixth of a mile in length, by nine feet wide. It will extend entirely around the big steel building which will house the exhibits from the department of agriculture and the thirty or more States which will enter the exposition. The can? vas will cover about 7.500 square feet of space, and 633 pounds of dry paints of various colors will be neces? sary In the execution of the task. The artist who will transform this material into a mammoth work of art is Mr. E. E. Sprague of Colum? bus. Ohio. Mr. Sprague executed a somewhat similar, though smaller, piece of work for the Fourth Nation? al Corn Exposition held at Columbus last year. The high artistic quality of the work and the wide variety of subjects and scenes, attracted Instant attention and aroused wide comment. Mr. IpragUC ll now a resident of Co? lumbia, and is at present superintend" Ing the erection of the frame work for the support of this enormous stretch t?f canvas. Within the next few days he will begin with his brush and paints upon the titanic task. Mr. Sprague will he assisted In this work by his son, Mr. S. B. Sprague. The canvai Will be divided Into thirty or more spaces, into which will be painted landscape scenes typical Of the various States whose exhibits, education and competitive, win be arranged below. Heal Estate Transfers. The following transfers of real es? t?te were left with the Auditor Fri? day morning: J, B. Alston to Council B. Alston. one acre on Camden public road, and lot on Manning avenue, $300. Murr iiaii t?. Chos. l. Btuckey, 5 tracts of land in county. $19,077. Km bard i. Manning to Charles l. Btuckey, '.'l acres in Providence township, and other consideration. Kenley It. Scott to Elisabeth J. Ho ffsn, lot iti city between Wright and COUndl Streets. $550, Elisabeth J, llogan to ECugene A, Thompson, lot and premises on Liber? ty street, $9,000, i! T. Minis to Tlmothj Minis, 1 7 1 j acres in county, $M<> Rllsabeth (fhat is to m. i >. Burnett, 52 acres on Pocotallgo swamp, $i, (inn. II Kress A ?'o, to B. W A, Bull man and Willi.tin Dultman, lot on Main street. $7.. Master to B, w. A, Bultman, 12.5 of Berkeley tract, $100. Most Important of AIL. Now, i do not Intend to give the Impression that I am not Lm favor of marriage; but rather am i willing that you should think that of me, than to have you decide that I BOA in favor of "any" marriage being better than none at all. Oirls who do not realize- what mar rlage means, or what la expected of them after they enter the bonds which are so much easier to tie than loosen; they meet a man who bateresta them; after a time he proposes marriage, and sometimes they accept because it is "customary" to get nuarried! What a decidedly bad statt? of affairs such a match must eventually bring about! it ii equally unwise to marry a man just because one loves him. Absolute faith and respect in the character of any man is essential if one contem? plates living, day after day and year after year, with him. If your mind and heart can answer this question in the affirmative* then the WOdding bells may ring out contentment and happi? ness for tho bride. Hut woe to the girl who tnarries because she loV.ee him enouch to hope that he will leave off his bad habits after the cere? mony! He never will. There- is one question which is nvare important than all the others, and that Is, "Can I live without him?" When a girl can truthfully say "No!" tho time has come for her to marry, and not before. But, of course, she shcald not let him know that, it would make him entirely too conceited. Life holds too many joys otside of marriage for all women tor any of them to make hasty and unwise de? cisions in regard to whom they shall spend their days with. An unmarried woman can do Just as much good with time, money and talent as any 0 ife ever did?and far more, providing th< wife is not content and happy in her choice.?Amanda Moore. CHIEF OP POLICE CHOSEN. Name of Head of Police Department Not Made Public Yet, However. In view of the many rumors around town as to who will succeed the pros ent chief of police when he en:ers on his duties as sheriff of Sumter county, which will be some time about the first of January, it will be of In? terest to many people in the city to known that a man has been decided upon for the position of chief of po? lice. Mayor L. D. Jennings Friday morn? ing stated, when asked concerning the rumors which were afloat concerning the election of a chief, that a man had been decided upon, although as yet there had been no election and there would not be until the present chief sent in his resignation prelim? inary to taking up his duties as sheriff. The man chosen as head of the police department was not .*n applicant for the place and it was a case of the otllce seeking the man and not the man the office. Mr. Jennings thought that council had made the seelctlon of I good man, although ho would not yet give his name for pub? lication. He had told all persona interested In the matter and seeking the position that a man had been decided upon in order that no false hopes would be raised among the .applicants for the position and in order that council might not be troubled with useless ap? plications. WOMEN'S WOES. Sum tor Women Are Finding Relief at Last. It does seem that women have more than a fair share of tho aches and pains that afflict humanity; they must "keep up," must attend to du tie.* in spite of constantly aching backs, or headaches, dizzy spells, bearing-down pains; they must stoop over, when to stoop means torture. They must walk and bend and work with racking pains and many aches from kidney ills. Sick kidneys cause more Buffering than any other organ of the body. Keep the kidneys well and much suffering la saved. Read Of a remedy for kidneys only that is endorsed by people you know. Mrs. R, K. Brown, 204 w. Liberty Street, Bumter. B. C, says: "F>r over a year 1 was greatly annoyed by kid? ney and bladder trouble and noth? ing brought me relief until i obtain? ed a supply of Doan'l Kidney Fills at China's Drug Store. The) were so beneficial in every way thai I have no hesitation whatever in recom? mending them." For sale by ill dealers. Price ?*?" conts, Foster-Mllburn *'o., Buffalo, New York, sole agent* for tho Fnlted States. Bemember the name ? Doan's and take no other. _No. 19 WE INVITE (rent lernen from i he c< >unl rv i visit ??tu up to date K I>1 R shop. Moseley's Barber Shop. ON COR.OPIV PON I Ol-PICK Equipment and Service it The man or wutnan who i ?ifroaizes a bank, whether de? positing money Ms a savings .ir checking: account, appceeUtee prompt ?ervlcev To render ?rogept service the bank neuet have completo equipment. It is because, r,? ||g m^dtrn equip? ment and sfflcftssjt service trat this bank is constantly enjoy? ing a steady growth in the number of it? patron* Y*ur ac? count is lnviud?checking oa savings, I per interest, compounded qjanterly, being Qald on springs. The Bank of Sumter Without Cosi to You On on* piece of paper you can hnvo the amount in werd* and figures; the name of person receiving payment; the (Jate; if de? sired the purpose for which payment is made; your ewn name and a 1-rgal receipt. A complete, systematic record *? each; one of your financial transactions if you deposit your earnings, with as and pay your bills l?y check. Fir^t National Bank. Embrace the Opportunity and Become a Winner. The Hind-Sighted Man never sees an OPPORTUNITY untilpt is past. The Farmers' Bank & Tru& Company. LAND LIME. We are prepared to furnish this product at prices tl every farmer to use It. We have a very low price y* M* iuiu nothing will do your land more good, especially run down lands, or low and sour land. It Is necessary for all leguminous c*opa sueh as Alfalfa, clover, vetch, peas, etc. Get our prices In car lots or In smaller quantities. Samples on request. BOOTH-HARBY LIVE STOCK COMPANY, SUMTER, S. C. Porter-Snowden Co. COTTON FACTORS ARB COMMISSION MERCHANTS. I 90 e. bay street, Charleston, S. C. All Cotton Handled on Commission. Extra Staple Cotton a Specialty Would be Glad to Receive Consignments From You, Which Will Command our Very BEST ATTENTION. MOLES and WARTS It?Blllll wHth MOHQBOFF, without patu or ,Unr r. BS) matter how laxgv. or how fer retired above <lu> sorfaoe of the akin. And iIm?j will nrter return, and no tra<v t* ??r will he left. MOId? OfT in applied directly BD fln? MOI.F <>r WART, wtilch entirely filHap|.?y?rn in about h1i day*, killing Hie gegns BBSl Icefing the skia BBnooth snd natural. IIOIjKNOFF is put up onlj In OSSB l^dlar holtW. v.Ai h bottle is neatl; packed in n plain esse, accompanies! by full direction;", and contains enough remedy to remove eight or ten ordinary MOLES or wakts. We j?*?h BtOI^BtOFF under i posltfve GUARANTEE if ii fails to remove your HOLM 01 WART, w? will promptly refund the dollai Hoiida Distributing PllBSpsSj Department. IViieaoila. 11a.