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HMIPI?I-Ks WH Wr ViHKH MI N PI //III? AT ITS AHNOHMAIi MIKTION No Storni Sign Vn> w here hut rtra*otiM 4 ouilug on. und Weather Men erv Kw?. Charleston Post. awveral ?hl? masters artvlng here corroborate the statement of Capt. Pennington, of the steamer Rugby ??f last week that the Gulf stream I? running abnormally fast and they can offer no explanation for the phenome? non and Uke Capt. Penmngton, are anxious to know what I? the cause of the rapid flow of the current. Observer Dyke, in charge of the weather bureau. In the absence of Forecaster Scott, has been looking into the matter, but he is still at a lose for an explanation of 'he racing of the Oulf stream. The eeather bu? reau advices Indicate no disturbances which might account for the condi? tion. There Is no question tnat the Oalf stream is running two cr three knots faster than Its normal rate but this im all that the shipmasters can report. Mo far from indicating any bad weather. Observer Dyke said today that the coast section ha* been sig? nally free from disturbances. The Chsarleaton office of the weather bu? reau has not displayed the small ?ruft or squall warning since June 1U and the regular atorm warding has not been hotstd since || rch 2*. Two or three weeks ago, a little distuibance showed itself in the Oulf and moved towards the west coast of Texas, but It waa quite mihi In ( haructer and did little or no harm. The huricane season is. however, approaching and In a few weeks trop? ical storms will probably be showing at interval*. The months of August and September eonstitue the period moet dangerous for this section of the coast. While these storms may sweep along here as late as Novcember. they are not mo likeiy to strike after the first part of October since the curve of the parabola in which they xrove is sharper and further southwurd, car? rying them away from the South At? lantic cosst. Having had one of the worst that has e\cr hit the coast two years ago. and the storms moving gen? erally In a cycle of years, so to spea!:. It la not thought that there will be another one of these unwelcome visi? tors about here for some time to come. Facilities are better now than they have ever been for warning of the coast section. Not only have a lurg< number of stations been eatabLahed o> the weather bureau in the Wctt In? dies to keep tar on the storms, but a system of wireless reports has also been Inaugurated which will keep the section advised of such disturbances as may be located off shore. The sud? den striking of the coast by a storm of the proportions of that of August 17-11. 1911, sgsin is considered prac? tically impossible. The Charleston office of the weath? er bureau has put its stations in good working order, with Improved facili? ties for the dlasemination of any ad? vices Which may be received here. RKCOKD PltlCK poll iioitsi:. Winner of Ascot Hold Cup Brings ?Myti i London. July 30.?The record prLs of $210.000 was paid today for the horse Prim e Palatino, wint er of the Aerot gold cup, by J. I Joel. South African millionaire. A proviso i.-.ude by Ms former owner, T. PUkington. wilt keep the horse in Oreut Urltain. The previous price for a thorough br?d was $196,876 for Flying Fox. KOOS POP It VMM "I D. Out Clesn fill! Prom Jersey state Hoard of Health. Trenton. X. J . July 30.?The frogSS eggs setsed by Federal inspectors three years ago as unfit fo> food and which have been the sub). ? t of much liti? gation in vsilous courts since that time were released p.r sale today, by the State Hoard or Health. The members of th*? board, after hesrlng an expert testify that the eggs, althouKh nearly foui .ears old, were atlll fit for foot, ? WO< N Sgo et< food-duff* made from the eggs, th' latter being taken to the Stute labo? ratory where custard pie, t akes and lee rreem were prepared. None of the BJMMU#ffl found the food objectionable, but decided tu re? serve their de. lutea fei i week, To day they gu\e the prodm t a clean il ' health The ? mined eggs are owned Honton concern, whb h will be re<pni eil under the derision to label the pro duet mo that purchnxers m ? know how long It has been In Storage. Mr. s w. kumph has begun worM sm eaahler at the Allinti? Coast Line freight d. pot. rsMsrlsjg Mr. Hart. has s?t?a| us cashier aim c Mr. Ban ton left several months ago. Mi Humph was fatsnerlj Westers Union sgent at Xumter. I \ perts well pud in west. Six 1 urni Demonstrators Inder A. Q, fctmlth Draw Salarlc* Averaging IMM Each. A. (t. Smith, iikiiiv nltnralist (?f the United suites office ol taiiii mannst" meat, located in Col u m bhi for the pM( tour years, has returned to South Carolina nftai seven, weeks' work ns itatc leedaf oi the demonstration work In Illinois. Mr. im 1th Will re main in this State until the middle of August, when he will return to Illinois. He will continue the double work until July lilfj ? The drought has Injured the CTOPf throughout Illinois," said Mr. Smith, "and the oat crop will make about one-third, while the corn crop will be about normal. "I have six expert demonstrators under my direction and they are ac? complishing great things out there. The Illinois legislature has passed I measure allowing each county in the State to appropriate $5,000 a year for demonstration work. The average salary of the demonstrators in the various counties under my direction was I2.K50 a year and one man re? ceives 13,600."?The State. OWNING A IX Hi. A "Cornthiri Lawyer" Would Make K a Responsibility at Law. Lancaster News. To the Editor of The News: If the ? following is not good law, the legisla? ture should make it so. We have too many dogs running at large: 1. Dogs must he kept upon the owners' premises, unless accompanied by the owner or some members of the family. 2. If a dog annoys travellers upon the public highways by scaring horses and frightening children, the owner is responsible for damages. 3. The owner of a dog is respon? sible for damages caused by his dog trespassing upon the public highway in running after teams or doing other damages. 1 4. If a dog not accompanied by its 1 owner annoys travellers upon the public highways, he may be killed anywhere except on the owner's prem? ises. 1 J?. If a dog kills sheep or destroys r?.* injuries any other domestic ani? mals the owner is responsible for damages. 6. Every owner of a savage and dangerous dog must keep him proper? ly chained or otherwise secured that no injury may be done to others. 7. If a person on a sociul or busi? ness errand is bitten or otherwise in? jured by a savage dog on the prem? ises of the owner, the owner is respon? sible. Dangerous animals are not per^ mltted to run at large, even on the owners' premises, unless he bus sutfl cinet safeguards to protect his neigh bora against injury. Cornfield Lawyer. A Good Man QOSJS Higher. The promotion of Mr. W. L\ Ken neker, of this i |ty, to he assitant gen eral freight agent of the Atlantic Coast Line Itadroad company, at Wil? mington, is a recognition of merit thoroughly in keeping with the pol? icy of this ^rt'ut corporation, The Atlantic Coast Line, un?er the truid ance and control Oi Mr. Walters, has always been a railroad, not simply u lot ot rails and cross ties and rolling stock, the football of speculators, and it has always been vutohl'ul for promising young men m Its own ter? ritory. Whan these have entered its Service it has kept them. Mr. J. U. Kcnly, third vice president, was for? merly one of its civil engineers. Mr t. m. Bsnerson, the president) began as a telegraph operator in Columbia When Mr X. \V. Koyall, general man? ager, entered its service he was in a cotton office in Wilmington. Mr. R. A. llrand. its fourth vice president, in charge of tratllc, was agent at Sum? ter for a number oi yeara Mr, Ren neker began his employment as a messenger boy twenty-seven years ago and he has earned every advancement Which has Come to him. He is cue of the most obhgmg and capable rail road men In the service and he has enjoyed the t ooiplets confidence of the bueinoei men of Charleston. Hut tiiciids here regret that he is to lea\ c Charleston, but they CXpect him to go still higher and tiny are assured that to his new position ot larger authority be will not be unmindful of the trans* portal Ion interests of this community with whk h he has been so dual) lden? tilled News and Courier. New Postmaster lakes < barge. Manning, July SI. Atter the close of business lonlght the management ? f the Manning poetofllce paaad Into the hinds ot Herman il. Iltadh.im the new postmaster recent I) appoint? ed and confirmed. Cor the past nine I teen w ars Mrs. Ming Appell has been postmaster at this place, and the business but nt nil times been conducted to the entire satisfaction of the patrona Tin business has grow It Steadily, until now the salary of the liOHtOIUStel' lu wi.l.l ... l.m ?! *A? " round for tri: arctic. TIM Ala-ka Sails i roni Port Cliirence Ha). Nome, Alaska, July 30.?The gaso line boal Alaska, the last VTlhpa mar Btefansson's Canadian Arctic ex? ploration ihlpa, sailed from Porl Cl?r? en* e Bay last night, according to word received today from Teler. The Alas? ka, which is in command of Dr. R. M. Anderson? Btefansson's chief lieuten? ant, and who will have charge of the Southern party Which will explore Victoria Land, was delayed by engine trouble. SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT. Met'oitiick Mak?n Hydro-Aeroplane Trip Over Lake Michigan. Ch.cago, July :;0.?Harold McCor irilck made a successful flight in his new hydro-aeroplane today from his summer residence in f^ake Forest, over the waters of Lake Michigan to Grant Park. Chicago, a distance of 30 miles. Mr. McCormick ma?e the trip in 28 minutes, or at a speed Of more than a mile a minute. The naehine was driven by Charles C. Wltmer. The Siunter Spirit. j Mr. Editor. I was thinking fhe other day of the many splendid things I have heard gboUt our town before and since I became her cltisen. Bo many times I have heard the "Sumter Spirit" re ferred to in praiseworthy terms I have wondered what is meant by the ' Sumter Spirit." Within recent years Sumter has taken two forward steps, the abolish? ment of the legalised sale of strong drink and the establishment id* the Y. M. C. A. The pass: ig of the dis? pensary was the result of a profound Conviction that it was a positive mor? al evil fraught with fearful conse? quences for our citlsenship, especlcl ly our boys. Our people had reached the place where the responsibility foi . the welfare of their boys could not longer be neglected. They said that morals and citizenship were worth more than money. They believed too, that they should not tolerate an evil from which others at a distance and helpless S0fl(ered. They never said that the evil could be entirely de? stroyed, but they did say that the re? sponsibility for its evil should no longer be placed ut their doors. And so they voted out the dispen? sary. This was the "Sumter Spirit" ?part. Hut our people were not satisfied. Now that he dispensary was gone they would have something in its place. With the story, therefore, of the splendid and generous spirit of our I citizens, out of Which sprang our Y. M. C. A. WS are all familiar. It Is the expression of our sense of obli? gation to our boyi ami of our desire to help them, to be clean and pure. The spirit back of it is worth more than the spirit back of any financial enterprise among us. It is worth more because it means more for the upbuilding of our city. We walk West Liberty across Sumter and Point <?ut to the stranger our V. M. C. A. and proudly say: There is the real Sumterj spirit." Should the dis? pensary come back, l wonder how many will proudly point it out to the stranger and say "There is the Sum? ter spirit." Though this should be done a thousand times, i shall never believe that to be the "Sumter spir? it." To believe so would make me hang my head In shame. The legal? ized sale of whiskey is the spirit of ruin and greed. It is the spirit Which leads men to barter flesh and blood for gain. Of course we need money, But Sumter. town and county, can bet? ter do without gold than men. Bo > dorn ami Babylon had plenty of gold but tin y lacked men. Big stores and j public buildings and perfect forms of government can't alone make a town. It takes men, high minded, noble men Who "know their duties and dare maintain." Hut men come from boys. Our boys are in our bands. II I vote for the dispensary to come back I base no right to say that my boy shall not visit it. i shall vole against the legali/ed sale of whiskey because I don't want my boy soon to be aide to say that by act of mine he found it easy to become a drunkard, i de? ny to my neighbor the li^bt to pui within my boy's reach thai which can possibly do no good, but which can most certainly ruin him. If the dis? pensary is right, ever) church and good 1 Itlxen of this town and coun? ty should support it -run it for the revenue if you pleuse, II it is wrong, Main strei t pild ten let t deep, gold <an not Justify It. \\'e cannot build 1 our town Wlttl Id.I. 11 we under take it wo shall riot in blood. Woe 111 him thai buildeth n town with Id.I ami stublisheth a city b) Iniquity." Heb, 2:12, Better it thousand tines had out Slate years ugu washed her hand of tin- whole business. How mud shame and reproaeh we should l?.i\? been spared. There nre some thing! STOl'th moi?- than gold, PI'PPY BITES THREE CHILDREN. l><>? Affected With Rabies Cnusea Much Excitement. Darlington News and Press. Monda) afternoon late three small Children playing near their homes on the western outskirts of the City were bitten by a small puppy, whose head upon being examined in Co luml ia Wednesday, proved to be af? fected with rabies. The three children bitten were, Willie Stokes, son of Mr. and Mis. James Stokes; Curtis, 3-year-old *On of city Councilman C. P. Hatchell, ami Eunice, the 16-months old baby daughter of Mr. L. S. Strait, who , holds a position In the composing room of the News and Press. Parents of the three children gave I no thought to The matter of the pup . py having hydrophobia, but as a mat? ter of precaution the animal was < killed and its head sent to the State authorltei at Columbia, who wired Wednesday afternoon that the puppy was suffering from rabies. At the time the head was sent. Pasteur treatment for all the chil? dren was ordered by Dr. Q. B. Ed? wards, who has the patients in charge, and who reports their condition as being normal considering all clrcum sta nces. It is hoped the prompt work of Dr. Edwards and the State authori? ties will mean that there will be no extremely serious consequences from the attack of the puppy. Till: PROBLEM OF LIVING. Manufacturers Have Outgrown Agri? culture?Must Induce Men to Till the Soil. I There has never been a time when l the government of this country was so much concerned about the farm and the farmer, agriculture and its welfare, and all the subdivisions and corollaries of those subjects, as right now. Hardly a day passes when something doesn t turn up in Wash? ington to show how keen Is this con? cern, it has reached the point where one seems justified in making a mo? dest prediction that for some deca? des to come agriculture, instead of manufacturing, is destined to be the particular pet of the government. Prom the beginning under Alexan? der Hamilton, the Federal Govern? ment has devoted vast energy and ef? fort to fostering manufacturers. The country was essentially agricul? tural when that program was set afoot, and the feeling was that it needed diversification of 1 interests. The original argument in favor of protective tariff duties was that the national safety would he promoted by them. Later diversifications Of in? terests became the talking-point. The farmer would provide a market for the rnanufaetvrer and vice-versa. So the country, with some occasional lapses toward lower duties, has in a general way moved along the pro? tective pathway, and the tendency has been to make the tariff a more and more important feature of the nation? al industrial program. What has resulted? Manufactures have outgrown agriculture. The peo? ple have gone to town. The pro? blem has changed from getting them to build factories to inducing them to till the soil. It Is complete reversal! and the now tariff measure is going to develop the evidence ot change in many and strik? ing ways. 1 am not starting any tariff argument here; but there are plenty of people who think the manufacturer has been pampered in the past. Cer? tainly the farmer hasn't. All here I alter, the farmer is the chap that will be the beneficiary. He Is not going I to be pampered with high duties and thai sort of thing; but iv? a myriad of Other ways he will be looked after, encouraged, boosted, patted on the back and generally given to under? stand that If he doesn't see what he want., it will be Worth while to ask for it. i No wonder. The tanner has got to be encouraged to raise more stuff, or the folks in town will have to lop off ' a good deal of their eating. Have you observed that bunch of statistics that the department oi agriculture handed out the other day, about the shortage led" our meat supply? Perhaps there I was a bit Of polities in the outgiving I of it; at any rate it came just as the same time when the tariff makers de? cided to put meats and cattle on the free list, and it certainly was an in : teie-iing coincident e. Answer to Mr. M. II. Handle. Meeting between n white man and ii u old darkey: "Good morning, l '?< >ss." ? <inod morning, 1 >ld Man." ? l'.oss. I yeddy say dey is gwlne put ? 'at dispenchun back in Sumter. Hons l\s mighty glad. Now, Boss, I'll tell 1 you d"1 Hawd's trute, dat dlspenehun Whiskey WUX HUtinly WUHS, but Loss, de blind tiger stuff is wusaer." "That is the reason the majority would rather drink the "wuss" lhau the "wusaer." I would, I know. VV. W Sumtei StuUdnH'ir M C. automobile ctrAROtfn As corn Grand Jur> < omiiicud Action of New CommisMifMicr* in Refusing Pa) inent. Tin- following is a paragraph from the report of the grand Jury of Barn woll county, as publiahed in tin- last issue of the Harnwell People. "We understand from the present commissioners that claim No. 121, which was actually for an automobile for the supervisor, was sworn to ami presented as corn, ami approved as such by the former hoard, ami that they, the present board have re? fused to issue e warrant tor the pay? ment of the same, maintaining that an automobile for a county officer, no matter under what head charged up, does not constitute a legal claim under our present law. We commend our present commissioners for the stand they have taken and their Vigilance, and hope they will con? tinue to keep their eyes open. Our county has been spending too much money for the return we have been receiving. In reference to the for? mer board of commissioners, who approved the said claim, we wish to go on record as condemning their action." inspects port ROYAL TRUCK. Experts from CJemSon Comes Down To Look After Plant Diseases, Beaufort, Aug. 1.?Prof. H. W. Harre, plant pathologist of the South Carolina experiment station, located at Clemson College, left this morning, after inspecting the truck farms of Port Royal island. I'la nt diseases are a source of great loss by farmers and truckers, and with the area planted to truck plant diseases tend to multiply. Thin condition holds throughout the Uni? ted States, and, indeed, all over the world. After making a preliminary trip over the island. Mr. James Henry Rice, Jr., who is here doing somt special work for the board of trade in connection with trucking interests, advised Prof. Harre or the general condition of affairs, and he at once came down. Prot. Barre advised as many far? mers as could be reached yesterday of proper methods to be pursued in the control of wilts and fungous diseases, and will shortly issue a statement for future guidance. Cotton wilt is widely disseminated, and is being sent broadcast into other regions by ignorant farmers. All truck crops are subject to plant dis eases, which in many cases destroy whole trucking sections, unless they are controlled. There is also a tiny thread-like worm, known to educated people as the nematode worm, and to scientists as Heterodera, radiclcola, (root-dwell* injr heterodera,) that kills plants even so large a plant as the peach tree, by feeding on the roots. The only known way of ridding a field of this pest ia by planting crops that will not serve for food. Small grain, iron and brabham peas, corn, velvet beans and a few other crops are not attacked. Rotation with these Anally destroys the worm. Every community In the South should be examined carefully by a plant pathologist., and farmers advised how to combat plant diseases. Much of this work is being done by the agricultural colleges and by the bureau of plant industry at Washing? ton. Beaufort's immense resources in truck were a revelation to Prof. Harre, who frankly admitted that he was amazed at it. Last night there was an informal talk over these matters by several members of the Beaufort board of trade, at Senator Christensen's office. another VICTIM of treck. Roy Clifton of Port Lawn Succumbs. Chester, July 31.?Hoy Clifton, aged 1 f> years, son of J. O. Clifton of Port Lawn, is the third victim of the Lan? caster & Chester mixed train wreck of yesterday afternoon. The young boy died early this morning. He had received several contusions on the head. There are four Patients who are in a very criti? cal condition and may not probably surviv e. They aiv: Mi s. V. O. Wil? liams of Corpus Christi, Texas, h"A broken, arm injured and severe body contusions; .lames Goodwin, son ol the Itev. W. s. Goodwin ol Rlchburg; I?. H. Phillips, a traveling salesman of Sinety-Six, body contusions, and \. ii. Train um of Richmond, general contusions. Convicted of Larceny. Prank Rogers, colored, was brought to the city from the chaingang Sat? urday to la' tried on 1 be ?b?rge ol petit larceny. lie pi. .o* gUtlt) t' Stealing 0 set ol harness from C. W Smith \- Company stables some tlra< ago. He has bei n nerving a sentence on the gang for some tune for steal im: harness from J .A. Middleton Rogers has been before the lecoldcl several times < barged with Rtt?alin* SELL TOMATOES TO CDEMSON. Miss Parrot t. State Vgent, Con? tract* to Furnish College With To? matoes* i Columbia state. "Clemson collage has dosed a deal with Miss Edith Parrott in charge ??I Hi- tomato club work in South i Carolina, for 3,000 gallons of Canned , tomatoes, to be delivered this fall," ? said W. YV. Dong, State agent for j the United States farm demonstration work, who aas among the visitors in Columbia yesterday, stopping at the ! Jefferson. "For the past several years I>r. Kiggs, president of Clemson, has been ! purchasing the tomatoes for the eol j lege in the West," said Mr. Long. I "The tomatoes to be used in the fu j ture at Ch mson college will be nro J duced by the girjs of the tomato Clubs in South Carolina. There ia a tine market for the products of the elubs." DI N S WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW. _ I Encouraging Reports of Business Conditions Predominate. New York, Aug. 1.?Dun's Review tomorrow will say. "Encouraging reports of business conditions predominate, and the i growth of confidence is evidenced by increased preparations for fall and winter trade. All the leading mar? kets continue quiet, yet in some in i stances the mid-summer recession has been of shorter duration than cus? tomary. "The prevailing optimistic feeling was apparently not impaired by the reported damage to corn, and the ag , rlcultural situation is still promising. : j Gradual recovery in spring wheat is I accompanied by splendid harvesting returns from the Southwest. ! "The possibility of a strike on the Eastern Railroads Is now more re > i -ote, but financial sentiment was somewhat disturbed by the reduction ? in the dividend of a prominent sys? tem, although such action was not , entirely unexpected. The revenues of 1 a few roads show a falling off, but in i the aggregate railway earnings con? tinue to exceed the total of a year ago. "Failures this week numbered 256 i in Ihe United States, against 291 last i1 year and 190 in Canada, compared i j with 2 4 \ year ago. A Few Reasons for Wanting a Dls pensary. I have noticed an article written by Mr. M. B. Handle, wanting a man to give his reasons for wanting the dis? pensary back and I am in favor of it and will give him a few reasons: i First, it will put some people to ; work that haven't worked since the dispensary went out of Sumter coun? ty. Second, It will put the money that i is going to Florence county every day i in the county treasury and city treas ? ury. Now I don't mean Florence I county only, it comes from all di l reotlons. Tthrd, there is plenty of whiskey i in Sumter and why not have a dis ! pensary. This is a free country, and give every one the same showing, i Now 1 have given three rasons for wanting the dispensary, still 1 don't care how it goes. Hut under the present conditions I know it will be best with the dispensary. Now I am in favor of prohibition If we could have it. 1 mean no whiskey no? where, if Sumter county is a pro? hibition county now God pity Ce county ami the people in it. Let the dispensary come back. There is plenty of men in Sumter that don't touch whiskey that is going to vote for the dispensary. (Sii, ied) L, J. Seymour. Bunter, s. C. County Fair Association v Bishopville Deader and Vindicator. We note with pleasure that Darlington, Florence. Marlboro, Hur? ry, Charleston and Sumter have well organised County Fair Associations and are managed not as a money making investment but with the single purpose of co-operation and advance? ment of agricultural, horticultural and live stock industries. We are glad to see that Dee, Marion, Clarendon. Williamsburg and Georgetown are making efforts for county fairs this fall, at least will have an exhibit of the products at a central point. This Is certainly a commendable spir? it and when our farmers are brought together, ami see what each counts can do the spirit of co-opeartnm vsdl grow until every county will have a Farmers' Union. We should have one here in Dee county and by co-operation, not only buy guano and other commodities more cheaply, but by co-operation make a reads market for live stock b> the carload as well as for gram. As it Is now each farmer raising s few hogs, sheep or cattle has to de? pend on the local market whereas i>y ee-operation they could eaeil) ship to packing houeee in Ittehnuutd or Nor