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80LTII CAROLINAS CHOP.
(niton Ginned Prior to September ?
Ex< ee<ds of i.um Year by 19,907.
Number of bales r f cotUm ginned
i? ountlng round as half bales) prior
to Sept ''in I)?m LT,
County: 15)13 1912.
Abbeville. 2,039 2,347
Alken. 10,716 7,910
Anderson. 4,408 4,141
Hamberg. 7,509 4,90o
Barnwell. 17,785 11,109
Heaufort. S99 360
Berkeley. 1.853 989
Calhorn,. 5,956 3,894
Charleston. 1,019 253
Cherokee. 577 416
Chester. 3,589 3,304
Chesterfield. 4,577 5,921
Clar.n I n. 9.324 0,053
Oelasssa. 3,957 2,402
I'arl uk on . . . . . . 4,394 6,506
Dillon. 6,294 7,995
Dor. better. 3.726 2,359
Kdgeneld. 4,877 3,318
Falrtleld. 2,456 2.681
Florence. 7.310 6,222
Georgetown. 402 323
Greenville. 1.173 876
Greenwood. 3,027 2.917
Hampton. 5,841 3,757
llorry. 620 364
Jasper. 1,234 827
Kershaw. 3,872 5,043
Uincaxtcr. 1,479 2,436
I.Aiirv?nc*. . -7 . . ' I
|*S. . 7.942 r.ttl
Lv iSJKgloa. |g I i,41s
Marnm. 3.7U6 1.071
M irlhoro. 7^1' l .?.?;'".?
.>ewoerry. 3,719 4.945
Oconee. itS 130
Orangeburg. 18,576 11,699
1 kens. 196 66
Kichlnml. 4.594 4.008
Saluda. 2,516 2.394
Sparenburg. 2.504 2.030
-lUiTT. 9.226 7.127
fnion. 707 ?'.H7
V. Illlumshurg. ... . . 4,234 2.982
York. 2.372 2,911
T,.tal. 193,318 174.251
F\1.I. Wl \TIIKIt roit THIS Ul I K
Fair Sklos ami Bracing TempgMs
lure. S*ys V\ cut her Man.
W ?.- ? ...>. ? ? t. I - - 1 ?; t"g ml
. snUH r ndtb generalis fair si es era
promised the greater pa?-t el me
wouj.ki-i ?f the eomli h weel b] .0
weather mreau.
"Temperature* will average near or
below normal and precipitation will
be generally light and local expect In
the N.-rtb PacttP States, where nun?
will l?o frequent," the weekly bul?
letin says.
"The next disturbance of Import-,
Ms e |g cross the country will appear
In the far West Tuesday or Wednes?
day, cros? the Middle West about
Thursday and the Kastern States Fri?
day or Saturday. This disturbance
will be attended by rains and be
? gad by a gsnetnl rise In temper?
ature. It Will be follow "d ?>v run
sid, r.i?.i\ saMef sreather, which win
make Its appearance In the North?
west ahesM w. ?ii, ulajr. There gre go
Indications at present at ? disturbance
In Ibe West Indtes."
Oslaibta, Oct i'?.?T. ? Browder
of Manning todn> had esgtence I om
rnut? I from two .sir* to $50 line or
two / ars. He wan SeUVtCtOd *i UM'
sault and Lattery with Intent to kill.
There was a general tight and others
were fined $f?o. says the cornnunta
tion papers.
The Family Cough Medicine.
Trt every home there should be a
bottle of Dr. King's New Ph overy.
r' ndy for Immediate use when any
?SSjatsjf of the lamllv ontra? ts a sold
or a cough. Prompt use will stop
th.< spread of sickness. S. A. Snd,
of htsaoa. Mich., writes MMy whole
fimdv depends upon Dl King's New
tHaeovery as the best SOSSjb and < old
gseaictae hu the world. Two itc bot?
USS ' 1 r? 11 me of pneumonia." Thous?
ands of other rarnllles have been
equally beneilied aad depend snltrely
HSgg Dr King's NeW Discovery t<
? ore their coughs. ?o|ds. throat and
lung Ifessutsa Kvery gwst helps
Price Its ami $1 on. All druggists.
11 ? Barnten I Co., pbllndslphls 01
hi. Louis. - Ads I.
SINTER'S NEWEST BANK.
( OMMIIU I AI AM? SAVINGS BANK
OMAN ISHIl WITH CAPITAL
MOCK OF $25,01)0.
A. L. Lesesaal tteeted Presldgnt, J.
K. I ro?iswoll Vi< c-President and It.
A. Bradham, Cashier?Will Begin
Business on South Main Street In
Near Fill uro. Probably within Two
Weeks?Stoek Already SiiUm i IIknI,
hut SoiiM' Held out for New Stock?
holders.
The Commercial and Savings Bank
is the latest addition to the banking
institutions of this city, its Organiza?
tion havng been deeded upon Mon?
day evening at a meeting of parties in?
terested. At that time it was decid?
ed to organize the bank, the capital
stock being tlxed at $25,000. The fol?
lowing officers were chosen: President
A. L. Lesesne; vice-president, J. K.
Crosswcll; cashier, K. A Pradham;
el airman board of directors, S. M.
Piiison; attorney, R. Dozier Dee.
These with the following gentlemen
will compose the board of directors
of the bank: 11. N. Forester, P. M.
Parrott. J. Z. Hearon, P. M. Brown,
J. 11. Myers, C. J Lemmon, J. Clifton
Brogdon, T. B. Jenkins and H. P.
Moses.
The bank will begin operations in
the immediate future, probably with
lu ten days or two weeks, all arrange?
ments for the opening hu\lng not yet
been definitely decided upon. It Is
known, however, that the bank will
have its quarters located on South
Main Street.
All of the stock of the new bank has
been asked for, but those In charge
arc holding out a numbe;- of shares
in order to Increase the number of
stockholders The stock tf the bank
will be divided into 1,000 mares at a
par value of twenty-five dollars, the
first installment of forty per cent of
the mbaerll tlons being due today.
The rest of the money for stock will
be paid in monthly installments of
twenty per cent.
Sumter already has flvo hanks and ,
a trust company with a total capital
stock of $800,000 and a total capital
and surplus of $1,140,000. The newt
bunking institution is expected to do'
a good business and gradually in?
crease Its eu pltal, as these older In?
stitutions have done. Sumter has
plenty of ro >m for this new instltu
i n . d the business men of Sumter
cesa for It In the future, as
the present institutions have
n the past. All of its officers
well known business men of this,
city and under their direction it is
very pr< bahle that the bank will dd
a good business.
YI F.LI) OF TOMATOES.
Miss Clara Xorrls of Wedge floh I
Makes ltceorcl Yield for State.
Miss Clara Norris, one of the to?
mato Club girls living at Wedgefleld,
on her 'enth of an acre this year
made a new record yield of tomatoes
in this State Miss Clara gathered
t rot i her tomato garden live thousand,
one hundred twenty-three pounds of
tomatoes from her plot, six hundred
forty-seven MCfC than was grown by
Miss UlUe Mae DuBoet of Aiken.
who up to this year held the record
yield for this State, she having grown
l. I 71; pounds of tomatoes on her plot.
Miss Lemmon la very much en
counujed by this record of one of her
tomato elUb llrll und expects to en?
ter this new record for the State from
this county at the State fair. How?
ever. Miss Clara ?1 ill not can all of her i
tomatoes. A big part of them went for]
hone ooiururnption and many of them
were sold direct from the garden by
the energetic young lady.
Another young lady who deserves
praise for work In the tomato (dub is
Miss Fanni? Prescott of the Concord
locul tomato Club, who has sent in for
a place in t M exhibit to be sent from
this OOUnty t ? the State Fair thirty
varieties of canned and preserved
fruits and Vegetables, which is proba?
bly as great variety as any other girl
Will get up fof exhibition.
Miss Kuger la Moore of Oswego
still holdl the record for canning the
greatest number of cans Of tomatoes
for I his ( ounl v.
Miss Lsmmon states that several of
the clubs are making lin?' I lowing In
their reports, Bvery member of the
Concord Club has made her report and
all except one member of the Oswegb
Club has reported, Reports from the
Privateer, of Bethel School, club are
expected this week. Reports have
been received from members of other
clubs also.
Miss Lemmi n Is Still at work getting
up her exhibit for the State Pair,
which bids fair to be an ei< silent one?
>he will In the exhibit have on dis
Play the trophy cup which will be
given the eluh making the best rec?
ord, which Is being contended for by
several of tin local rluba
To Charter Town.
Surveyor Pslmer ol Sumter Is mak?
irvey of Turhevllle with s view
of mahtng it an Incorporated town,
\ charter will soon be applied for,
I Manning Tinten
NEW GUY MANAGER ELECTED
william F. ROBERTSON OF
URSENvilli: TO COME to
aTMTER as its active
EXECUTIVE.
Was Offered Position Two Years ago,
When Present Form of Government
Was Decided upon?Will be Here
on November First to Assume Du?
ties or New Office?Visited Sumtor
Two Years Ago when He Delivered
The Elks* Memorial Address?Is
Good Man for Position, Says Wil?
mington Star.
That William F. Robertson of
Greenville will come to Sumter to
assume the duties of City Manager
on November the first is the an?
nouncement made by Mayor L. D.
Jennings Friday morning. Mr. Rob?
ertson is the same man to whom
the position WSJ offered two years
ago, when it was first decided to have
the City Manager form of government
for Sumter, but at that time the of?
fer made him to bring him to Sum?
ter was not sufficiently attractive and
he declined for personal reason to
accept the offer.
Some time ago Council decided on ,
again offering the position to Mr. I
Robertson and this time the offer was
made more attractive to him. He ac- j
cepted the position at a salary of $3,- J
300 and will corrie here ready to car
rjr on the City Manager Plan of City
Government to the best of his ability.
Mr, Robertson comes highly reeom
mended. He is a recognized engineer 1
of ability and good all-around business
man. He is now engaged In business
at Greenville, where he has been for
two years. He was formerly a resi?
dent of Wilmington and other places
in North Carolina, although he is a
native South Carolinian, having been
born and raised at Yorkivlle, S. C.
Mr. Robertson will be remembered
here by the Elks and their friends for (
the Interesting memorial address
which he delivered to the local lodge \
of Elks at the memorial services in
1912. At that time he met a number
of the people of Sumter upon whom
he made a very favorable impression.
Tho Wilmington Star of November
7, 1912, has the following to say of
the good work which Mr. Robertson
has done in that city:
Sumter's General Manager.
The thrifty city of Sumter, South
Carolina, has adopted a new form of
government, as announced In The Star
a few days ago. Government by a
mayor and aldermanic board has been
abolished, and the city's affairs have
been plac ed in the hands of a general
manager. Thus Sumter becomes a mu?
nicipal corporation with one chief
head who is responsible directly to
the people for his acts.
The Star, without reference to the
new ayetem of government or fiscal
management, desires to congratulate
Sumter upon the selection of its gen?
eral manager. That ofiicial is to be
Major William F. Robertson, formerly!
of Wilmington and later a resident of t
Charlotte. Whatever may be Sumter's j
form of government, we'll warrant j
that it will be sale in the hands of
Major Robertson. Of course, it is
better to simplify tho forms of city
and county governments in the inter?
est of economy and efficiency, but, as
The Star has often said, the success
and satisfaction of any plan of gov?
ernment depends more on the man
or the men ..ho administer it than it
docs upon the plan. The most ef?
fective gun in the world is only that
much metal if it hasn't got the right
sort of men back of it. Sumter,
therefore, is fortunate upon her se?
lection of Major Robertson, and if
there is virute in the plan that city
will have a manager who will dem?
onstrate it to the satisfaction of the
citizens of the "Game Cock City." The
Major] brings to his duty the fine
equipment of integrity, Intelligence
and energy. Re Is a man with broad
grasp and initiative, and he has both
the courage and ability to play a lone
hand in conducting the affairs of the
South Carolina city.
Ws know Sumter's general mana?
ger. He lived in Wilmington several
years and was superintending en
Igneer of the clarendon Waterworks
Company of this city. In the first
pla<e. he is an engineer of fine ca?
pability and experience and In his
work Sninter will have the advan?
tage of ins technical knowledge as
well as his broad Intelligence and
loftiness of purpoae, More than that,
the Major is a good spieler and can
do sumter's talkin? when she needs
it on occasion, lie is a good writer,
and it his job is not too much on
one man's shoulder he can do a pub?
licity turn as Well as the next one.
in fact, Bumter has about! he best
all-round general manager thai we
Know of, and if he can make Sumter
ns popular as he Is himself, it Is sure
to bo a likeable as well as a fortunate
< ity, We don't think this is too much
to s.?y about u man who deserves
more than has been said here, We
are simply giving tin?thai Is the
i Ma |or his due, u
YUAN ASSUMES OFFICE.
IN TUB PLACE OF CHINESE KM
PEROR8 PRESIDENT TAKES
OATH.
Amid Brilliant ami Dignified Cere
monlea the First President of the
Chinese Republic is Inducted into
Office?Throngs of Eminent Chi?
nese Attend Function.
Peking. Oct. 10.?Yuan Shi Kai
was today inducted into office aa first
president of the Chinese republic. The
ceremony of inauguration was sur?
rounded with Kastern brilliance, at?
tended by throngs of distinguished
Chinese and foreign officials, diplo?
mats and military officers and took
place in the interior of the Tai-IIo
palace, in which many of the Ming
and Ching emperors had beeen
crowned.
? The choice of the palace of inau?
guration was a further encroachment
on the sacred precincts of the em?
peror within the Forbidden City. The
southern half of its extensive inclos
ure was open to the guests who tra?
versed hall a" r hall and court after
court towards the present residence
of the little dethroned emperior. The
ceremony was enacted in the vast
building called the Tal-Ho Tien or
Hall of Supreme Peace, which sits
high up on triple terraces of marble
and is decorated everywhere with
dragons and imperial gold. It was
here that the emperor formally re?
ceived New Year's greetings from the
Munchu and suzerin princes.
The Chinese officials present, as
well as priests of the various relig?
ions, wore garments of colored silks
of many hues, but the members
of the Chinese parliament were dress?
ed in Western frock coats and high
hats, which they had adopted as their
official costume. Many of the natives
of Turkestan, Tibet and Mongolia and
also some of the Chinese and Man
chus appeared ill at ease in their som?
bre garb. The chiefs of the foreign
legations were carried to the cere?
mony in chairs.
Yuan Shi Kai wore a blue military
uniform. He read his declarations,
which were tantamount to taking the
oath of office, from the dragon dias
of the emperor over which republican
flags had been draped.
After the delivery of the inaugural
address the president, surrounded by
the members of the foreign legations,
reviewed 10,000 troops, equipped in
modern uniforms, from the front of a
pagoda of the Forbidden City.
Extensive precautions, both police
and military, had been taken for sev?
eral days, as It was feared that some
Chinese rebels who .had cut off their
queues might obtain access to the
ceremony, disguised as Japanese. It
whs not possible for the authorities to
limit the number of invitations sent
to the Japanese legation without do?
ing the same in other cases and for
this reason it was decided to reduce
the number all around. In spite of
these precautions it was found that
the rebels had succeeded in tainting
the loyalty of the chief of Peking
mounted police. This was discovered
in time and he was arrested. He
confessed that he had been bribed to
assassinate the president.
President Yuan Shi Kai, in his in?
augural address, avowed his inten?
tion of maintaining a firm and steady
policy. "The first principle of a stable
government," he said, "is a clear defi?
nition and promulgation of its legal
systems and the establishment and
maintenance of public order. After
this, in compliance with the require*
ments of time and circumstances ef?
forts should be made to unite the
people in their march along the path
of progress."
The president admitted his prefer?
ence for conservative rather than ex?
treme radical methods. He referred
to certain restrictions which hitherto
had not allowed a free hand for the
advance of the nation's Interests and
asserted bis intention of introducing
erforma one by one In present condi
tloa in Chian.
Yuan Shi Kai then emphasized the
need for capital and the necessity
of education, especially of technical
education, In order to promote china's
Industrial resources and for the de?
velopment of the natural assets of the
nation.
Atter his inauguration Yuan Shi
Kai received Princo Pu Iain, former
president of the national assembly.
The prince <>n behalf of the emperor,
the imperial family and the ManchU
people, offered his congratulations
and assured Yuan Shi Kai of Main hu
good will and cooperation.
Fire at Paxvllle.
Manning Times.
A narrow escape was made last Sat?
urday from a serious conflagration al
Pa wille when the Kinner\ of Mr. J.
H. Hicks caught fire, and about two
thirds of a bale was destroyed before
the Art was extinguished. Had it not
been for the timely work of l be crowd
that happened to be at the gin tin
whole plant would have been reduced
to ashes, and other property In lh<
vicinity would have been rtostroye?
also
COULD SCARCELY
WALK ABOUT
And Fo r Three Summers Mrs. Vin?
cent Was Unable to Attend to
Any of Her Housework.
PIeasa.it Hill, N. C?"I suffered for
three summers," writes Mrs. Walter
Vincent, of this town, "and the third and
last time, was my worst.
I had dreadful nervous r eadaches and
prostration, and was scarcely able to
I walk abcut. Could not do any of my
; housework.
I also lad dreadful pains in my back
j and sides and when one of those weak,
sinking spells would come on me, I
would have to give up and lie down,
i until it wore off.
I was certainly in a dreadful state of
health, when I finally decided to try
[ Cardui. the woman's tonic, and I firmly
believe 1 would have died if 1 hadn't
taken it.
After 1 began taking Cardui, I was
greatly helped, and all three bottles re
i lieved me entirely.
I fattened up, and grew so much
stronger in three months, 1 felt like an?
other pei*son altogether."
Cardui is purely vegetable and gentle
acting. Its ingredients have a mild, tonic
effect, on the womanly constitution. ,
Cardui makes for increased strength,
improven the appetite, tones up the rer
vous sy.item, and helps to make pile,
sallow cheeks, fresh and rosy. \
Cardui has helped more than a mil. ion
weak wc men, during the past 50 years.
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The Big Show in Sumter.
Thursday, October 23, 1913
Howe's Great London Show
Full of Honors and Wonderful Triumphs of its Long, Cony
querng Tours of the Continent, and presented on a Scale J
cf Colossal Magnitude and Lavish Expenditure. !
never known before ir. this country.
THE TR AVELINO ^gn^Bil^fi^^ BRIMMING OVER
AMUSEMENT _*%\\\ Stfehi WITH
SENSATION "
OP THE
DAY.
9
20
CLOWNS
50 LEAPERS
100 ACROBATS
KENTUCKY HORSES!
250
MORSE*
PEOPLE*
The Dublin Grays*
The Black huaaare*
-The Marvelous Eddys*
?40NA?CHS SUPREME IN TKB A.V.L'SENONT REALM. fc
The Royal Yeddq Japanese Troupe
And 200 Other Great Acts.
DOUBLE MENAGERIE
Containing Wild Animals from Every Country.
THREE BANDS OF MUSIC.
.ROYAL ROMAN HIPPODROME^
Many times the BlgRest nnd Most Bewildering Production!
ever in America Most Stupendously Stirring Spectacles
thai Human Eyes Ever Witnessed.
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