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CROP CONDITION REPORT. CONDITION* HAH F\LLFN FROM It.i TO ?M i SINCK Jt'LY 5. Fr? I his State Condition Figuren Hhow Positive Advance From 75 to 77?Tn?s ? im I Oklahoma Fell Off Badly?In Other Section*. Washington, Sept. 1.?A deteriora? tion of 11.4 per cent In the cotton ?rop of the United States between July 21 and Aug ist 25 Is shown In the government report, Issued today, which places the condition of the cot? ton crop August 26 at 68.2 of the nor? mal A noteworthy fea'.ure of ihe re? port is the showing of South Caro? lina, whose crop, while that In most of the States has been deteriorating, has actually Improved In condition since July 25. The condition for this State is 77 per cent of a normal, as again at 71 Julr 26. The August figures for the country at large were the same as those of Au gjst. ltOO, and the condition at this period ha* been lower only three times during the past 22 years?in 1896, when It was #4.8 per cent; in 1902, when It was 64 per cent and in 1909, when It waa 61.7 per cent. The greatest deterioration was In Oklahoma, where the condition dropped 36 per cent to 4 5 per cent In Tria? the condition of 64 per cent showed a deterioration of 17 per cent. Deterioration In other States in the part of the belt atricken by dj ought was: Arkansas, 16 per cent.; Mis? souri. 14 per cent; Louisiana, 12 per cent; Tennesnoe, 10 per cent.; Mis? sissippi, 8 per cent., and Alabama 6 per cent. In nil these Ststes the con? dition was mjch telow the ten-year average condition figures. The condition of the growing cot? ton crop of the UnCed States on Mon? day. August 26, was 68.2 per cent, of a normal, compared with 79.6 per cent, on July thia year, 74.8 per cent, on August 26 last year. 73.2 per cent le 1911, and ''4.7 p. r cent., the aver? age condition on August 25 of the past tee years. This announcement war medo today at noon by the crop re? porting board of the United States de? partment of sericulture, the condition being estimated from reports of its correspondent* and agents throughout the cotton belt. Sines the July report growing con? ditions had been generally favorable throughout the eastern section of the cotton belt, end the condition of the plsnt in the Mates east of the Missis? sippi was expected to show up well. In the Status west of the Mississippi conditions wore not so favorable, drcught in Texas and Oklahoma, parts of Arkansas, Missouri and Louisiana marking the early part of th ? period which today's report cover?. High temperatures prevailed throughout most of this section. The drought was partially relieved during the last week of the |>ertod. Comparisons of conditions by States follow: ?4M*, M N N N H 4> ?5 STATES. . 9 " r ? 2 /flfl 3~.3-'3,-,3~S< < >?> < < h Virginia. . 80 81 80 94 81 N. Carolina 78 77 75 76 S Carolina 77 75 73 7 1 Georgia . . 76 76 70 81 Florida. . 81 83 73 85 Alabama . 72 79 75 80 Mississippi . 69 77 70 70 Louisiana. 67 79 74 69 Texas.64 81 76 68 Arkansas . 72 87 77 78 Tennessee . 80 90 76 88 Missouri. . 72 86 78 88 Oklahoma 45 81 84 62 California . 96 loo 95 100 United ft 68.2 79 6 74 8 73 2 74.7 F.XCITFMKNT IN NFW YORK. Fosrth Set of Crop Figure* Kven More HullMi Than Fx|M?ir4l. New York. Kept. 2.?The govern? ment's fourth cotton report of the *?a*-.n was followed by an excited general buying movement In :he mar? ket today and prices sold $3.30 per bale above the closing figures last Friday . The trade had anticipated that the official condition tig jre* would be un? favorable and the market had ad van'-ed ??vrr $7 70 per bale during the past two weeks but the actual llg urea proved even more bullish than expected and the talk of still higher prices waa streriKthened by report* that there had been further deteriora? tion In the crop oi.tlook since the government*!* report* were < -omplled. Resllxlng was very heaw on the advance to 12.8H f ?r I >??< em ber c on? tract* but offering* were rapidly taken by further covering and the broad? ening demand for bo trade and speculative account. Local Mattet!? clana figure that on the estimated area the government peasiltton >>f It. I sgslnst 79.6 la*t month and a ten* year average of 71.7 points to a ? rop of not ro.re th.m 1.:.:?oi?.imhi i.ales. Active month* -obi To to 71 point* net higher before tlM ? !??*??, De? em ??er teattiMctf touching lf.it, pr;? tit ?lly the 13 - cent level or no less than INCOME IAX DISCUSSED. ROOT MARKS FLEA FOR NEW YORKERS WHO FAY INCOME TAX. Senator Lewis of Illinois Makes Re? ply?Say* Chosen Few of Wealth Should Fay for Benefit* of Govern? ment. Washington, Sept. 2.?An appeal by Senator Root for justice to the people of New York in the levying of the in? come tax and a reply by Senator Lewis of Illinois, who declared that the chosen few of wealth should be made to pay for the benetlts of government marked today's tariff debate in the senate. Senator Root declared that his State, which paid so large a proportion of the income tax during the War Be? tween the Sections, voluntarily had surrendered its constitutional pro? tection against unfair taxation on the conviction that the wisdom of self control and moderation would stay the other States from combining to heap upon it the burden of taxation. He aaid the men upon whom the in? come tax would fall were those upon whom New York depended as the source of meeting its great yearly ex? penses. He attacked the $3,000 exemp? tion as relieving the agricultural States from the burden of taxation and advocated a $1,000 exemption. Senator Lewis said New York had failed notably to mako its rich men bear their share of the burden of gov? ernment, and that In accordance with the growing idea that where States had failed to act the feedral govern? ment must act for them, he was ready to make the rich pay. He said Senator Root himself had preached this doc? trine when secretary of state. "Who are the people of New York for whom the senator is so solicitous?" Inquired the Illinois senator. "Are they those who breed around Wall street and flock to the Waldorf-As storia? Are they those whose names are seldom found on the assessors' list, but who hover around the Med? iterranean in the summer and the islanda of the Carrlbean in the win? ter? Are there no poor and humble in his State? Why should the sena? tor aak that 'my people' should be exemp. from the burden of govern? ment? "The object of Democracy is not to make Illegal war on legal wealth, but legal war on illegal weath. We he&x talk of war with Mexico. Who ahou' d be the first to hasten to this capital to have the army and navy sent out? It would be 'my people' who would want the farmer's son sacrificed ;o protect their property and to prevent invasion of the country. Let them pt y for the great benefits of government which they enjoy and let not all the burden be placed on the helpless th it they may become the hopeless, too." Tonight senate Democrats caucused to undertake flnal disposition of va? rious disputed sections of the bill 'hat had been referred back to the finance committee. The two most important matters to be considered were the proposed increase in the income tax on larger incomes and the cotton fu? ture tax amendments. The caucus spent several hours de batlr ft the prohlbltioft in the tariff bill a.rainst the importation of feath? ers of other than edible or pest birds, finally sustaining the finance committee and allowing the paragraph to stand unchanged. It was decided to leave to the com? mittee's Judgment all matters referred back for further consideration except the income tax section, the cotton fu? tures amendment, the Keyon amend? ment to put all articles produced by trusts on the free list and certain ad? ministrative feature?, of the bill. Although the session continued un? til near midnight hardly a start had been made on the Important problems to be disposed of. Several sessions may be necessary to complete the task. Just before adjournment the caucus i ? < onxidered Its action of the bird and plumago paragraph and adopted the original provisions of the bill as it came from the house prohibiting the Importation of all birds and plumage except for educational or scientific purposes. $10.50 per bale above the low level of last night. The close was firm and within or 4 point! of the best at a net gain of 67 to 71 points for lh0 day' _? * L1 NEW ORLEANS LIVELY. I'rlco of Cotton Advances $:t to $:t..V) a I laic. New Orleans. Sept. |,?The price of ? otton today advanced lo $.'1.50 I bale< Long buying was mainly ?*#? ?ponatble. This was Inspired by con? tinued droughty conditions in the western belli the government's condi? tion report and the consumption re? port. When Ihs trads had digested lhe condition figures there was addl? tlonal buying and in the trading uj to i o'clock Ihs advance was widened to r.:: to 71 points <>n ihr moat actlvt months. THE NEW ELKS HOME. FLOURISHINi; LODGE WILL HAVE HANDSOME NEW QUARTERS AFTER SEIT. 15. Ladle* of City Will be Invited to House-warming Which Will be Glv en to Celebrate Event?Ofliccrs of Sunitcr Lodge. The Sumter lodge of Elks will move Into new quurters on Septem? ber 15. It is signitleant that April 4 was the tenth anniversary of the lodge's organiaztion, and the house warming that will be given when the new building is entered will be a Ut? ting celebration of the event. All the ladies of the city will be invited to take part in the affair. The new quarters are diagonally across the street from the present Elks' home and are over the Reid block of four stores at Main street and Hampton avenue, covering 80 by 100 feet. The exterior of the building presents an attractive ap? pearance with its red preased brick and granite tinish, and awnings that shade the afternoon sun. The large bronze electric lighted antlers belonging to the local lodge will be paced over the door of the mam stairway entrance from the street. Special attention was given by the building committee to the lodge room and the ladles' parlor. The spacious lodge room opens by folding doors into the main parlor so that these two rooms can be thrown into one extra large room for dances and re* ceptions. The lodge room Is furnish? ed in solid mahogany and the offi? cers' stations and chairs, including the big triple chair were especially manu? factured in this state by the Green vile Furniture and Mantle company. The lodge room is 28 by 60. The walls are finished in buff and cream throughout. In handsome green wicker, beauti? fully upholstered in leather of the same color, is the main parlor fur | nlshed. The chairs are of luxuriantly comfortable design. A high grade piano and a Victrola will be placed in the parlor for the club vis.tors. The reception hall is sumptuously furnished in early English mission. The hall opens into the parlor and Jie conveniently located with reference to the street entrance and the main dining room. The dining room is the most beau? tiful room in the building, fronting on Main street and espccialy well provided with window lighting. Six dining tables, serving tables, buffet and china press, all of quartered onto, with early English mission finish, have been provided. The dining room is for the exclusive use of Elks and their lady friends. Buffet lunches and meals will be served until 12 o'clock each night, an experienced chef having been secured to take charge of this feature of the club. Electric light fixtures in the dining room are mission style in dull black brass of handsome design. Also In the front wing of the building is the reading and writing room. Writing and reading tables are placed with the latest newspapers alnd periodicals and comfortable lounging chairs will make this room a favorite resting place for Elks and their friends. The chain: for the reading and writing room are all in massive quartered oak, mission finish. Just back of the reading and writ? ing room is the pool ard billiard room, provided with two Brunswick Balk Collinder Co.'s championship tournament tables and accessories. Separated by a handsome Trill from i this room is the buffet, eqi.ipped with I suitable fixtures, including tables and chairs for the members' < onvenience and three private rooms a *e provided for business men members jt the club. In this section of the building is the barber shop fully equipped with mod? ern sanitayy appliances. The man? ager of the club will ha\e an ofllce in this part of the quarters and the porters will be provided wi :h a special room for their use. For ti e members of the lodge and club there is a bath room with shower baths. There is provided for the ladies also a retiring room. The kitchen, which is f'oing to be a big feature of the club s splendid? ly fitted with a ga* range and culinary effects, including a large iefrigerator, closets, shelving for COOkIng utensils and other things necessary for tho well provided cook room. The entire building is wainscoated four feet high and is finished In dark mission, except the lodge room and main parlor which is finished in dull mahogany. Sumter Lodge No. 855, B. P, < >. Elks was Installed April 4th, 1 !<<>:', by the old Columbia lodge of which B. 15. Clarke, a.t one time mm retary of Columbia's Chamber of Commerce, was the exalted ruler. The (harter, membership of the Bumter lodge was 3ft. The lodge has flourished, there being now about 200 members, with several applications pending. The prosperity of the local lodge and its decision to enter quarters in keeping therewith have caused a number oT MANY KILLED IN WRECK. TWENTY-SIX MEET DEATH AND FIFTY INJURED IN REAR END COLLISION. White Mountain Express Strikes Standing Train, Making Third Se? rious Disaster on Road. New Haven, Conn., Sept. 2.?Twen? ty-one persons were killed and nearly 50 injured, some of whom may die, in a rear-end collision shortly before 7 o'clock this morning on the New York, New Haven & Hartford rail? road, six miles north of here. The first section of the White Mountain express, bound for New York, speeding along at probably 40 miles an hour in a thick fog, rushed by a danger signal, it is said, and crashed into the rear of the second section of the Bar Harbor express standing 100 feet beyond the block signal. The White Mountain engine cleav? ed through the two rear Pullman cars, both of wood, splitting them in two and tossing their wreckage and three score mangled human beings, some alive, some dead, on either lilde of the track. The third car, also of wood, and occupied by <.0 boys on their way i from a summer camp at Monmouth, Me., was lifted into the air and fell on Its side crumpled up, crushing two of the boys to death and injur? ing others. Some of the victims of the two rear Pullmans were hurled from berths over a fence paralleling the track 50 feet distant; mattresses, bedding and clothing found lodgment in the tele? graph wires. It was the third serious wreck the New Haven has suffered within a year, and inaugurated the first day of the regime of Howard Elliott, the newly elected head >f the road. Mr. Elliott, returning from his summer home in New Hampshire to assume his duties, passed over the scene of the wreck on an earlier train less than an hour before. BELIEF REEVES WAS MURDER? ED. Body of St. George Man Found on Railroad Track. St. George, Sept. 1.?The death of Crum L. Reeves, whose body was found lying on the track of the South? ern Railway this morning by laborers going to their work at the Dorehes tre Lumber Company, ^bout two miles from here, Is tonight shrouded j in mystery. The general belief, until brought out otherwise by witnesses at the in? quest, aeld by P. L. Moorer, acting coroner, was that he met his death ac? cidentally by being run over by s. loco? motive, but it is now thought by some that he was killed by a negro with whom he has had trouble and his body placed on the track fn order to divert suspicion. The top of his head was cut off and his brains were found above the particles of skull, indicat? ing that the train which struck him was going towards Columbia Mr. Reeves was last seen on yester? day evening going in the direction of St. George from Badhams. The jury empanneled by Acting Coroner Moor? er failed to render a verdict on ac? count of the lack of sufficient infor? mation, but a further investigation will be held tomorrow. The negro who Is suspected was sent for, but could not be found; It is not yet known whether he has escaped or not. Mr. Reeves was a man of fam? ily and was well known in this com? munity. people here to send in applications and these are now on the waiting list. The Sumter lodge has always taken an active part In the matters pertain? ing to the order. It took a leading part in the organization of the State Association of Elks of which Mr. Geo. D. Levy, of this city Is now president. This lodge furnished the district deputy for South Carolina last year In the Hat of grand lodge officers. To the building committee and the furnishing committee much credit is I due for the fine quarters and the fur j nithlngi of the new home of the Elks in Sumter. Both committees worked hard and have shown much taste in the arrangement of the room and In their equipment. The personnel of the two committees follows: Building committee: J. M. Harby, Dr. S. C Baker, Dr. B. S. Booth, Qeorge l>. Levy, C. H. Foster. Furn:shing committee: J. C. Huger, V. A. tlultman, James Calk, George D. Levy. The officers' of the Sumter lodge at this Mine are: Exalted Uuler, J. H. Myers; Esteemed Leading Knight, w. L. Boyle; Esteemed Loyal Knight. J. M. Corbes; Esteemed Let taring Knight, Marshall Wescoat; Secretary, P. s. Pinn; Treasurer J. If. Harby; Tiler s. s. Richardson; Esquire J, R. Levy, Jr.; Inner Guard U 11., Deas; < haplain. S. YV. Colerider; .Trustees, J. c. Himer. James CaJk and r. A. 'Bultman. BANKERS SUPPORT MEASURE. INDORSE PORTIONS OF ADMINIS? TRATION CURRENCY DILL. Urge Amendment* Which They Say Will Make It More Flexible and Satisfactory. Washington, Sept. 2.?Support for many principles of the administra? tion currency bill was drawn from leading members of the American Bankers' association today at the first session of hearings begun by the sen? ate committee on banking and cur? rency. Representatives of the recent conference of bankers at Chicago, who appeared to present recommendations for amendments, declared they did not come in a spirit of antagonism but in the hope that it could be so amended as to make the new cur? rency system "more attractive" and more flexible. "We do not fear government con? trol," said Sol Wexler, vice president of the Whitney- Central bank ol New Oi leans and one of the chief spokes? men for the delegation. "We want only minority repre? sentation on the federal reserve board, not to exercise undue influence upon its actions, but to prevent abuses that might arise." The strongest indorsement of the general purpose of the measure came when Senator Crawford, a Republican member of the committee, dclared i the country banks of a State likoj South Dakota had nothing to gain and would suffer greatly by being compelled to withdrawn part of their capital from active business within the State and send it outside to re? gional reserve banks. "I think the senator has drawn the picture too dark and gloomy," said Mr. Wexler. "I don't think banks should be compelled to enter the new system, but it could be made attrac? tive enough to induce them to come in. There would be ree.1 benefits even for a State that would have little to do with a regional reserve Dank." James B. Forgan, president of the First National bank of Chicago and chairman of the Chictigo conference and Mr. Wexler today covered part of the ground embraced in the series of suggestions for amendments to the bill made public by the banxers a week ago. Suggestions upon which they dwelt with chief emphasis today were:' That banks, rather than the federal treasury, issue currency. That a central bank or not. more than five regional banks would be preferable to the proposed 12 regional reserve banks. That membership of national banks in the new federal system should be optional, not compulsory as the bill provides. That the amount of regional reserve bank capital for which each national bank must subscribe should be reduc | ed from 20 per cent to 10 per cent of the sbscribing bank's capital stock. That one regional reserve bank should not be compelled to red scount the commercial paper held by an? other. Suggestions made by the bankers' committee that representation be giv? en to the banking interests on tie fed? eral reserve board were met with a countersuggestion by Senator Weeks that banks should be allowed to sub? mit to the president a list of 60 or 100 men and the president be authorized to select from this list four members, of the federal reserve board. Both Mr. Wexler and Mr. Forgen advocated a central bank as prefera? ble to the proposed system. Under a central tank, they said, reserve money could be "fed out" to the precise spot where needed. The bankers claimed that under the proposed system of 12 regional re? serve associations it would be Impos? sible to obtain enough capital in some districts to make up the minimum of $6,000,000. They declared many changes must be made in the I ill, in? cluding the reduction in the amount of capital required to be taken b/ each bank if the 17,000 State banks and trust companies were to be induced to enter the new system. Members of the bankers' commit? tee present toduy included: George M. Reynolds, president of the Continental and Commercial National bank, Chi? cago; Fast us J. Wade, president of the Mercantile Trust company, St. Louis; E. J. Hill, vice president of the Na? tional Bank of Norwalk, Norwalk, Conn.. Joe Chapman, vice presi lent of the Northwestern National bank. Min? neapolis; Robert F. Maddox, vice president of the American National bank, Atlanta. Those farmers who plant long staple cotton should take extra pre? cautions in the ginning as the staple .brings sometimes as much as a cent a. pound more, when it is clem and not gin cut. It would pay la tter to have the ginner take more time and pay him twice as much for ginning, as the difference in price would more than make up the difference. ?, i-1 Di Seventy-seven bales of cotton were sold on the local market Monlay. THAW ASYLUM BOOM PRISONER RELEASED FROM JAIL AND CARRIED TO BOR DER?HELD PENDING EXAMINATION. Writ of Habeas Corpus Granted, Fu? gitive Enjoys Momenta o* Liberty, Only to Re Seized by Immigration Authorities. Coatieook, Que., Sept. 3.?Harry Kendall Thaw pried out of Sherbrooke jail on a writ of habeas corpus ob? tained by a coup of William Travers Jerome enjoyed three minutes of liberty this afternoon and then was seized by the Dominion immigration authorities and hustled by automobile to this little town, where tonight he paced the floor of the immigration de? tention room. Tomorrow morning a special board of inquiry will sit in his case and by night he may be thrust across the Vermont border as an un desirabe alien. It generally was pre? dicted tonight that before many hours Thaw would be back in the Matteawan asylum, from which he. escaped Sun? day, August 17. The beginning of the end of Thaw's refuge in Canada came with dramatic swifixess. A writ of habeas corpus, sued out Saturday at the direction of Jerome, with John Boudreau, chief of police of this village, as petitioner, was sustained at 2.46 o'clock this aft? ernoon by Matthew Hutchinson, su? perior judge of the district of St. Francis, sitting in chambers at Sher? brooke. Stolid, pallid, numb, Thaw sat not five feet from the Judge as he read the decision. When in the very last paragraph the court declared him a free man, Thaw seemed to> crumple up on the lounge where he sat. A cigar stump fell from his left hand anc: from his right hand flut? tered two gay bits of ribbon i child had giver him. But he did not rise. W. K. McKeown of his counsel leaned over and patting him on the shoulder, whispered. Thaw raised his big, staring eyes and stcod up. Immigration officers moved near h?m and then Thaw began slowly to move to the door. At :he threshold Assistant Superintendent Robertson of the immigration bureau said simply, "Come with us, Mr. Thaw." And With? out a word, except a hoarse good-bys to the reporters, Tliaw obeyed. Five minutes later a gray roadster streaked away from *.he court house. In the back seat vas Thaw. He haa not even been given time to pack his scanty be? longings and voluminous correspond? ence in his cell. In an hour he was heve In Coatieook, guarded in the de? tention room by two statwart Domin? ion police. None but counsel was al? lowed to see htm. The 23 mile trip over was without special incident. Thaw expressed no surprise, evidenced no grief. Behind him trailed his defeated lawyers. The New York authorities have ar? ranged everything on the other slqe of the border, even down to distributing deputy sheriffs and automobiles. It would not surprise Thaw's lawyers, if, once across the line, he were put bodily into a car and headed straight for the New York line. There la basis for th.s suggestion in the fact that John Lanyon, a private detective, has been made a "special attendant" of Matteawan and in this capacity it is certain would be authorized to han? dle Tli iw as an escaped lunatic. LTITLE HOPE FOR THAW. P First of His Lawyers to Reach Coatieook Seems to Be in Despair. Coatieook, Que., Sept. 3.?W. L. Shurtleff, the first of the Thaw law? yers tc arrive here, issued this state? ment: "If they have doctors already pronounce Thaw insane, as I am in? formed they have, there is almost no hope of preventing his immediate de? portation. I believe if we could get the case into the courts, we could prove this immigration act unconsti? tutional on the ground that it is in? consistent with the \8hburton treaty. But if '.he authorities at Ottawa are as determined to send Thaw back as they seem to be, then I doubt they would pay any attention to any writ we might obtain." GOV. BLEASE WILL PROTEST. Dejecta to Chinese Students Entering University of S. C. Columbia, Sept. 3.?Governor Blease. when asked about the article headed "Chinese Lad Coming Here lor Study," in this afternoon's Co? lumbia Record, in which it is stated: Acting President Moore has written to If. A. Lee, a Chinese student, urg? ing him to attend the University of South Carolina next year," said that he was in favor of the University of south Carolina being kept strictly and absolutely for whit?? people, and BS chairman of the board of trustees, he would, if necessary, call an extra meeting and introduce a resolution "not to allow any Chinese, Japanese, Spenlsh, negro, or other race to ea? ter said Institut! >n, excfejpl the pure white-blooded urmte man- not even ? Cuban."