Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

Prices Chopped! BUT THE QUALITY REMAINS = All $15 Suits 1-4 Off <l It's right in the middle of the Summer Suit Season and another Suit would come in very handy, it would help out next season, also. fl The Suits are the best we've had. Serges. Cheviots. Worsteds. Etc. Fabrics new cut correct and tailoring excellent Two and three piece. Suits for Men and Knickerbocker Suits for Boys, are all being sold at a uniform discount of 25 Per Cent Off The D. J. Chandler Clo. Co Phone 166 Sumter, S. C. All $20 Suits 1-4 Off Cfct ?9at({)man unit Scutbron BdMtte Poetohlc* At Saunter, a OL, M Second Clang Matter. PERSONAL NEWS. Mrs. H. T. Blrdsong and Miss Mar gnret Blrdsong. of Columbia, arc visit? ing Mrs. Holand Young on Washington ?irret. Mtee Minnie Mono? hau returned horn* from u stay at Sullivan's Island. Mr. A. V. Hnell. managing secretary of the Charleston Chamber of Com? merce, and Mrs. snell are visiting Mr. and Mrs. II. O. ?stren. Mr Snoll will return to Charleston Monday, while Mrs. Snell will remain for some time. Mrs. M It. Meldend and Misses Marguerite and Jennie slC&tOd h-ft Saturday for a stay at Wavncsvlllc. ViiHM Roberta Willlumson has gone to Waynenvlllo to stay for some time. MIah Mamie A. Furlow. of ( olumMa, Is tha guest of Mrs. Kichio Wilder on Magnolia Htrrot. Mrs. C. II Sinter and family re? turned to Sumter yesterday from Bluellehl. W. Ya.. where thev have been visiting friends and relatives for the punt six weeks. They wert* accom? panied by their nephew. Mr. Arthur Bailey, who will spend several days in Sumter ? efore returning home. TALK BY WlKl I.I SS. TIm? British <.o\eminent Assumes Coii trol of All Transmission In Terri? torial Waters. London. Kuk- 2 The kov eminent has assumed control of all wireless transmiNnlon The use of wireless h\ foreign vessels while In Uritish terri? torial waters will be subject to rules made l.v th? admlrv'ty. The Time ? tod iv savs It Is plainly MM duts and Interest of Great Britain, which consists of the support of Franco against attack by Germany and the preservation <>{ the neutrality of Belgium. rfoltaaxl and Luxemburg against German Invasion, must he ful? filled 'The prosper t u f?.re tn< govern ernt." The Times continues, ? H \\\ {\ of having to fleht not only faff it honor. i?ut for gaff-aeeaervatlon against uttack on the wind?? found i Mon on whl< h the peace and etffllhUV tioa of furope are based." THIlil Ti; TO COIi. (?AILLARI). Fl nicy Agahi Requests Culehra Cut Im? Called (halliard Cut. Washington. July 30.?Representa? tive Flnley, of South Carolina, today again requested President Wilson to name Culehra Cut, in the Panama Canal, GaiUard cut, in honor of the late Col. Oalllard. who lost his life from overwork at the Canal Zone. The president said he would take the mat? ter up in the near future. He ex? pects to grant the request. SERVICE SIIOVLO CONTINUE. Secretary Says Cutter, Lighthouse und Truns|m>rt Service Should Im? Ahsorls'd. Washington, July II,?Secretary of lilt Navy Imnlels, In a conversation with newsjnpcr men the other day, Haiti that he helleved the consolidation of the revenue eutter, lighthouse and srmv transport services with the navy would Ac miii'h to solve the "hump" l ? ro t ? lem among the officers of the na\y. (It Is recognized generally, and hy the secretary himself no less than by others, that the "plucklm? hoard" system is unjust nnd Is doom? ed.) However. Mr. Daniels said that he could not take the initiative In rec? ommending that the service mention? ed he uliM<rhed Into the mi' y, as they involved the affairs of other depart? ments and the principle of depart? mental <-otirtcsy applies in such in? stances. (.DILMANS SHOT I'LYING MA CHINK. Drove Off Hostile Air Craft Near We?H When Itlrd Man Was Wlnr.cd. Iterlin. Aim U. German troops to? day tired upon ami bfOUghl to earth a I i' m il dying maehine near Wesel. Salurdav night several other hostile air craft Were seen in the Rhine pro \ lines, tine was observed flying from Keprlch toward Andernach, ten miles northeast of Cohlenae, Others were slchted near I >m?/.?-, Hying in the dhee t loll of < 'o|ou lie, i.ast nlghl a hot< keeper In Koch? ern and several others tried to hlow up the Prossen a Htate railroad tunnel ti Koehem. Their attempl failed and tlw men were shot and killed, \\ ? sei, where the seropianc was lie atroyedi is about it" miles from ths northsasUin frontlsr of Francs. NEW RAILWAY MAIL SKRYICE. ( hamber of Commerce Secures Prom? ise of Clerks on Sumter-Augusta Hun. Managing Secretary Reardon of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce, and Retail Dealers' Association has been trying for several weeks to have rail? way mall sorvlco established on the two now trains of the Atlantic I'oast Line between Sumter and Atlanta, via Augusta. He interested Congressman I A. F. Lever and United States Senator R. 1). Smith in the cause. The follow? ing letter from Second Assistant Post? master General Joseph A. Stewaut to Congressman Lever shows that the service has been authorized: The business men of Sumter will be benefited by the two additional mail trains daily. DEATH OF T. M. BRADLEY. Prominent Lee County Citizen Pusses Away at Ilona? Near Reml>crt. Mr. Thomas M. Rradley, a farmer living between Rcnfbert and Smlth villc and one of the nlost prominent citizens of Lee county, died at his home early this morning. Death came very suddenly, although Mr. Bradley had been In poor health for some months during which time he had been suffering from heart trouble. He got up about 4 o'clock to drink some water, dying a few minutes after he had returned to bed. The deceased was a native of that section, had acquired considerable property and was known as one of the best citizens in that section. Besides operating a large farm. he was a merchant and did a large lien busi? ness. He is survived by his wife, who was before her marriage a Miss Boss, nvc sons Messrs. Harold v.. of Providence; Malcolm, Albei t us, Kdward and Hub luird, ami three daughters) Mrs. shuy ler and Misses Alma and May. The funeral services will be held at the Spring Hill church at Hi o'clock tomorrow, Tuesday, morning. Mr. Bradley bad many friends in Sunder to whom the news of his death came as a matter of deep re? gret. Chicago Produce Market. Special to The Ball) Item. Chicago, Aug. :t - September wheat Bs; pork 20; lard '.?.r>&; ribs 11.b?. Market comparatively ateady COL. WATSON PLANS CONFER? ENCE TO PROTECT PLANTERS. President of United States, Members of Congress, Planters and Business Men to Moot in Washington. Columbia, Aug. 2.?In view of the tremendous uncertainty attending the status of the cotton crop the follow? ing extraordinary call has been issued to the Southern Cotton Congress by President E. J. Watson. "To the People of the Cotton Belt: "In 1911, In the face of an impend? ing disaster to cotton, with a 16,000, 000-bals crop almost certain to drive the price to 8 cents or lower, entail? ing incalculable loss to the producer, at the suggestion of the Farmers' Cnion, the cotton growers, the mer? chants, the business men and the hankers of the South met in Montgom? ery, Ala., and formed the Southern Cotton Congress. inaugurating the great light for the maintenance of a fair price for cotton, resulting by !><? cember of that year in a complete vic? tory over the manipulators, and sav? ing millions of dollars to the produc? ers and tit the nation, means being employed that it is needless to dis? cuss. "When the congress was adjourn? ing, as the president of the body, the undersigned undertook to push the light for justice to cotton in the mar? kets and to be the watch dog on the tower sounding the call for action only when cotton was again threatened with disaster. The body adjourned subject to the call of the president, and with the understanding that such next meeting would be held in Atlanta, (hi. ?'Since 1911 there has been no ne? cessity for the congresH to meet nnd hence I have Issued no cull, for no great disaster lias boen Imminent at nny time. "Though the Iniquitous methods of marketing that have been permitted to prevail have no! yel been cured by national governmental action, and this bad become a vital matter to cotton growers, almost necessitating the call? ing of the congress to wrestle with the problem, we have preferred to await tin" action of the United States congress in that regard. "Cotton Is not alone the Sollth's chief asset; It is the chief asset of the nation, preserving the world's balance of trud? In fax or of the United States and bringing to America her golden stream. In the past few days the great Euro? pean cotton-consuming countries have been plunged into a war, which it now appears, brings the grower and handler of cotton face to face with disaster. In two days the price of cotton has begun to fall startingly. Cotton is about to move to tmc markets, the markets are about to be curtailed by millions of bales and closed. From the standpoint of the financial stability and integrity of the nation itself, of the producer, of the banks and bankers, of the mer? chants and business men, of every commercial interest of our own textile plants, it is vital that the. 1014 crop of American cotton shall not be sacri? ficed to the irreparable damage of a prosperous and rapidly developing sec? tion of the union and of the nation. "I do not believe in business hys? teria and for several days have wait? ed and watched the course of events. It is clear that great damage has al? ready been done, certainly more than can be undone were there an im? mediate suspension of hostilities. Whether the danger of a total financial loss for one year at least to growers of cotton is impending is immaterial; the danger is sufficiently manifested to show that the time for concerted ac? tion between growers, merchants, bus? iness men, bankers, cotton manufac? turers and even the National Govern? ment itself has come. ' I am, therefore, exercising the au? thority voted in me by the Southern Cotton Growers, and after consulta? tion with Officials of the Farmers* Union, the most Important regular or? ganisation of Southern cotton growers, ami with business men, issuing this call for an extraordinary session of the Southern Cotton Congress to be held on August 13-14, 1014. In view of the fact that it is important that all mem? bers of the Congress of the United States should be given the opportunity to confer directly with those so vitally affected, the session is hereby called to meet in Washington, l> in? stead of Atlanta, Ga. An Invitation to attend the congress is hereby extended to the President ot I ho Tinted Stall's, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Agricul? ture and ?ither Cabinet officers ami all members of both houses of the Cnlted states Congress, the Governors and commissioners of agriculture of the cotton States, the president of tin National Farmers' Union, and the of? ficers thereof, and the presidents ami ? Ulcers of each of the state unions, the Governor and commissioner ot 1 agriculture in each State in the cott.cn belt, and the president of each State Farmers' Union, each State Bankers' Association, each State Cotton Seed Crushers' Association, and each com? mercial organisation are hereby ear? nestly requested to appoint as many delegates as they may deem proper to attend this extraordinary session of tho congress, and all cotton farmers, hankers, business men, merchants and members of trade and commercial or? ganizations are invited to attend, whether regularly appointed as above provided or not. "The date fixed is at the time wrhen cheap round trip excursion rates are on sale to Washington. Due an? nouncement of the hour and place of meeting will be made through the press. (Signed) "E. J. Watson, "President." Chnmls?i Iain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Mr. W. S. Gunsalus, a Pennsylvania farmer, residing near Fleming, P. O., Pa., says: "For the past fourteen years I have used Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in my family and have found it to be an ex? cellent remedy. I always have a bot? tle of it in my bouse and take pleas? ure in recommending it to my friends." For sale by all dealers.?Advt. LEARNING TO RUHE one or our new model bicycles Is as easy as falling off a log. Bet? ter get MSB and save yourself many a weary walk. The win vis are strongly built so yon can mount them with confidence Thai confidence will make a rider of you in no llnif. You are mls Ing a lot of cnioMiicnt every day ou an? without one of our bi? cycles. H. L. TISDALE, 45 S. Main S