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Bid m 10RAN6EBURG. MICH PHOIKItTY is i>i:sritoYi.i> BV 1 I - \>ll >.. Conflagration lYncratc* From St. John to It km II street?Building l>C!*tro;>ctl Valued at fJ.?.(MH>. Orangsburg, Oct. 31.?Orasajehsgrg was visited this afternoon by a disas? trous tire, destroying approximately $26.000 worth of property with very little Insurance. The big lire was in the centre of the east business section and great four* were entertained that the entlm big block of stores would go. The flro was held In check to wooden ?ulldlngs and one brick building. Adjacent brick buildings aided ... ?iremen to stop further spread. Five buildings were entirely destroyed ?nd one very badly dnm ajred. Other buildings sustained smaller damage. Shortly after 3 o'clock the fire alarm wis sounded. The streets were crowded with people, and vol? umes of imoko In the business section caused great excitement. The Iii? began In the sales stables occupied by O. Henry Slater and J. I). Holen on St. John street The origin Is un? known, itefore the lire department could get to that street the lire had spread tc the adjoining stables of L. C. Hughes on one sldo and a rented stable on the other. Shortly the large sales stables of It. Doyle caught. All of these buildings except that of L. C. Hughes were wooden buildings. These were la 4 go buildings. The quantities of fcedetuffs caused the firs to bum fiercely and get a big start The contlagratlon was huge. For a time It looked as If a large part of the business section was doomed, as the fire had burned through from St John stroet to Kussell street, the main business street of Orangchcrg. The two- ?ory building of C. A. Stro man on I ussell street was practically destroyed by the lire. Tho modern brick home of the Elliott Hook and 1-udder nre department was very bad? ly damaged. The loases are approximately: C. A. Strom in. two-story store building on Husaell street and two sales stable buildings on St John Street, valued at $f.000. Insurance $2.:>oi); L. C. Huhge*. ?alsa stable buildings, fced stuffs, etc.. value, fti.OUO; insurance, $1.500; Slater Brothers, aalen stable b't'Mlng. vatSJf $3,000, insurance $1, coo i . le, feedstuff's, etc., value $?##, mm meuranee; O. Henry slater i . .: { loss of foodstuffs, etc.; J IV Hoi a lost two head of stock und feeds'arts no insurance; J. 11. Schachto. grocer, suffered $500 dam? age* by reakago, moving anil water; John Wannamaker, grocer, lost $300 In breakage, water and moving; both grocers bud some Insurance. 10. M. Gradv, fruits, connections, groceries, etc.. sustained slight damage; T. E. Andrea. Jeweler, sustained slight damages; M. T. Silly, department store, suffered slight damages; E. E. Culler, b'acksmith, buggies, etc., sus? tained slight damages; II. Von Ohsen, bakery, sustained several hundred dollars' damage; a negro pressing club lost about $100 In clothing and sup? plies; William Kol ley lost household effects, no insurance; Ellott Hook and Ladder Tire company lost about $1.500 on building, covered by Insur? ance. The lire was one of the biggest that has visited < ?rargeburg In a long time. turning a district of several acres and going from street to street. The nor*, of tin* lire department was exceptionally line and great praise [?* due the members. In the stables of L. C. Hughes were horses and buggies, etc., of county folk and some of th M ?gstslnsd Io.h ? '/. i: Sir.?man fl< a a horse L. C. Hughes tao head of stork. Thud Itarton u threshing machine, Jell l1 c i', i buggy Julius Ahrcns last feedstuP's and buggy. A large num? ber of Stash and buggies wen saved. Some valuable papers were destroyed. The average out-of-town investor Is somewhat "skittish" about putting hU money In a Samt? v business enterpl " that Is tulked and written about as a p mslblr paying business, when S un? ter ua i themselves don't show th. ii confidence In the future of their own town and county by bein,' willing i" take ,i HUlt rash In a pi .position put iiI? to . utsiders I the business men mi Sumter. The imnsi rhambsf el Cammsrei has re?.i\.d a number o4 sfltefl from the presi.u nt of the Oiuin heal? ers' AgaseJattos durlt | Ihe past thirty 0 o , a - a, i in | i as -Mi.'.' pfgantss tlon that Ihe grain dealers of tin north and west sympathise with Ihe thousands of funinei and business iion in the SOttOS i latei and want 1 ? help out all 11, i ( | b? v C R R. A nuin'cr of b lies ' i ? rut ill hun? dreds of dollars, b i\ ? be? n gold ibrough the Sumter commercl I or* ganlxatioi already to baslnoSS nan and others all over the Pal ted HI 1 brotigh the effoi ? of la . ab nt f*hn i . Jone??, el Mm i sseel i lion, n ? ? dent mi Maahvllle, Tom, ami ?i? lr? man loan II Hell, of ihe Ituj? i B ill Committee" of the N I ht Uli I ii lift Exchange. LUMBER PLANT BURNED. HU ntUfl in soi thf\sti;r\ part or town THIS MOItX IX<;. Buildings and Machinery In lunging in I'ldtcd Trust I'omjmny or Lynch burg, Vn., PsjsjyufWl with Largo Amount ol' Lumber Belonging to \\ ithorsiHion Bros. The plant ol the old Sunter Lum ber Company, which has boon sh it d(?wn for several years, was practi? cally destroyed by lire this morning together with several thousand feel ,of lumber belonging to Witherspoon Uros. Tho total loss Is estimated at between $5,001) and $G,000 with some Insurance. The plant, which consisted of sev? eral long sheds covered with corru? gated Iron sheeting, was the property of the United Trust Company of Lynchburg, Va. There was con? siderable machinery in the plant all of which was destroyed. Much of the ' machinery, however, was in a bad , state of repair, It having been Itft , there for the last two or three years j untended. Practically all of tho plant (except the office and the engine house was burned to the ground. There has heen considerable litigation concern? ing the plant, and the present owners w ;are said to bo as stated above, they havlnr ^jcured it on a mortgage. Whethi they had any Insurance on it I or not is not yet known here. Their ! loss will probably be between $3,000 and $3,000. AVlthorspoon Bros .?ad several thou |sand feet of lumber under the sheds and all of this except a small pile was burned. Mr. E. L. Witherspoon stat j ed today that while he did not know accurately how much lumber was in tho pile, he estimated that they would j lose about $1.500 worth of lumber with $1,000 insurance. The lire started after 7 o'clock, at which tifne the night watchman left the place. It was tlrst discovered shortly after 8 o'clock the alarm being sent in at 8.35. At this time the fire had already spread to nearly all of the lumber in the plant and the (ire department had a hard time lighting the blaze, as It was fearfully hot. When the iron roofs gave in and fell, it made the attack upon the lire still more difficult. A box car full of lum? ber on a spur track in the yard was practically destroyed before the lire in it was extinguished. Tluee negro houses situated just across the street from the plar.t were smoking, but were soon rescued from the tire, after several lines of hose had been attach? ed to the private hydrant in the lum? ber plant's yard. The li mber was piled close together and t ie llremcn found it dltlh ult to extinguish the blaze, which tiad gotten down under the lumber near the bottom of the piles. Two piles which were not caught were saved from the confla? gration. Safety First. Von Moltke's son wire a suit of mail, but the top of his head was blown off by a shell. The forts ol Liege were Impenetrable, but were penetrated. The Titanic was unslnk able, but sank. The British cruisers cost $4,###,##I each, and were proof against torpedo attack, but they want to the bottom in pieces. With all but a bare 778 of the enlisted me a on board. A steel-built railroad coach crumpled like a sardine can. Out in Colorado the other day a man aecidently shot hit ist if with a safety rcv< lver. How many men cut their faces with safety razors, the record fails to say. A baby jumped from ? third ?storj window and escaped without a scratch, hut a man crossing a footbridge slip? ped, foil four iie h< s, and broke his lie I.. A mar raised an umbrella in n stoim and was killed by lighting that passed down the steel rod through hi . i arm. It is nearly always the expert I swimmer who le drowned, and, some? how, the buffoon who can't swim a itroke rocks the boat. Is the one t escape, Bomewherc recently one ol these daredet ii automobile racers was knocked down by ? milk wagon, mi? les-, tin news reports jested, am went to a hospital With three ribs raved In? I All of thi> Is from the Richmond Times-Dispatch, which paper con* eludes that "safely is a word that means that M nothing happens to you, in spite ui your precautions, you huvt not been bu t." However, it must not be Inferred lb it The Tim? I' p?teh does not be? llt re in pi ce lutlon. It Im I is or strin? gent laws governing utttomobillng; ii superior police force; tin- lies! of lire, department:; and the most llp.to-dutt appliances for Ihe protection of em? ployes, Further, II has its building i i m in. Insures Its plant and, prob h|y, with blanket uecldent pollcj rovers Its employes. Notwithstanding Ms" definition of Ihe word "safety/' you may as well lake it for granted Ihsl Ihls sph ndhl lilt hmond newspaper is wrapped up i in precaution.-' Augusta Chronicle K?HLIS am) YlLL.MtLAL CON HI D KliK? UV comi:ki:\ci:. Would Appoint Villa Secretary of War and Lcau* Carian/a in Supreme Command ul lllO Army?Carran-a II?) Not Accept. Mexico City, Nov. 1.? The Aguas calicntos national onvi ntion ballot? ed today for provisional president according to advices reaching here. It was stated that (dens. Roblll and Villareal were the only candidates.! Up to a late hour tonight the result was not known here. The advices reaching hero said the convention had abolished military di? visions, placed all troops under a sec? retary of war and decided to give this position to Gen. Villa. Villa's res? ignation as commander of the north accordingly was accepted. Carranm's , resignation was accepted uncondition? ally. The foreign minister said the action of tho Agtiascallentei convention would in no way affect the status of Carransa, who Will continue to act as supreme commander until Villa and Zapata have left the country. Forest Notes. Six thousand bushels of lodgepole pine seed are being collected this fall on the Arapaho national forest, Colo? rado, for use in reforestation work next spring. The Philippine bureau of forestry; has recently Invited bids for the cut- j ting of nearly 300,000 acres of choice timber land on the public forests on the island of Luzon. Officers of the Okanogan national forest In the state of Washington are installing powerful signal lanterns for night use in reporting forest fires from lookout peaks. It is said that the first sawmill In the United Stales was at Jamestown, from which sawed boards were ex? ported In June, 1GU7. A water-pow? er sawmill was in use in 1G25 near tho present site of liichmond. California yew which grows on the national forests of that State Is find? ing some use in present-day archeiy practice. Its qualities closely resem? ble those of the old-world yew v. hich made the English long-bow famous in mediaeval times. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has dec ded that the amount of dam? age Collectible on growing timber set on tire through negligence is not only the value'of the wood destroyed, but also th? Injury to the property as a whole through the destruction of the young growth. Turplnlte. "Turpinitc' is beginning to figure in the war news. There have been latter? ly mans reports of this new and dead? ly substance the secret of which is saiil to have been discovered by some ge? nius in France who communicated it to his government. According to rumor, the turidnite guns are doing terrible execution on the battlefield and whole companies of Germans are being wip? ed out Instantaneously and painlessly and wilh never a scratch on their bodies. Some believe the stories and some do not. They belong to that class Of news which the old-fashienou newspapers used to head "important,, if true." Turplnlte and the turpinitc gun, be they fable or facti are shrouded In mystery. Turpinitc is said to produce a gas which causes immediate paraly ?il followed quickly by death, and the turplnlte guns are said- to tire shells j which burst and diffuse this deadly gas umong the ranks of the enemy. Dead? ly BS It Is, it is said to bo the most humane of all the instruments of war. since the death which it spread, broadcast is nn absolutely painless! death, i'ritish correspondents at the battle of the Marne have told of long i lines of dead German soldiers, stand j Ing rigid and erect in the trenches, their rifles still In their hands and their laces as calm and composed as J thi y v.a re in life, it is one of the penalties of the cen? sorship that the wmkl must wait ti w hile longer before it knows the truth about these and many other wonder? ful stories of the war. The more cau? tious ones among ns will demand hot? ter evidence before we will believe. Yet the Kreuch are a brilliant people. There Is no telling to what extent the> i have made science the servant of ire ii armies. Pasteur, Curie, lieequerel and a doxen other great names alten! the genius of the French for wresting great secrets rrom nature. There was much mysterious talk when tie Germans were upprouehing Paris ef I grim surprise thai was nwuiting* them there. Was turplnlte ihul sur prise a nd leu Hint i Ii? < i mans have been driven far back from Ihe Kreuch capital, have Ihe deadly lur pinite guns been transported i<t Ihe bunks of ihe AlsneV?News und Cm *? .. - :. Rim Fpv.nrd'i of leu thousand dollar have been brought lo Sumter through the organised efforts n| Ihe Sum I er Chntnhcf n| Commerce and lletail Oeab-rs' Association In In;j cotton III I ten i i nt per pound, AID FOR RED CROSS, Cotton Pickers Secure Fund for Starv? ing Belgians. The Red Cross cotton pickers, near? ly one hundred strong, gathered on the graded school green Saturday morning to go out to the farm of Mr. I* D. Jennings, just west of the city. Where they were to pick cotton dur? ing the day, the proceeds of their work going to the lied Cross associa? tion for the relief of the non-ci milit? ants of Europe, who were suffering from the effects of the great war now in progress. j The wagons were on hand, hut the morning was cool and the cotton pick? ers were slow in arriving at their meeting point, it being after '.t o'clock before the wagons left for the cotton Heids, where they arrived shortly before 10.00. The young folks, and older ones too for that matter? who were in the wagons took the oc? casion as something of a picnic and had a big time all the way out to the farm. Here they put on their cotton sacks and prepared to pick cotton. Mr. Mellette having come out and shown them where to go and how to gather the cotton. For two hours the pickers gathered in cotton with or without the leaves. It was new work to them and they found it very Interesting at first, hut after a time their backs became tired from unaccustomed position and they decided it was time to rest and eat dinner. The Red Cross workers had been careful to provide lunch for dinner and this was made a big picnic af? fair. In fact it was one of the most enjoyable events of the day for the younger folks. After their dinner ev? erybody gathered in the big barn and played on the hay. The new mown hay was a delightful place for a frolic and the children tumbled about on it, hid under it and had a big time for two hours. So gay had they become and so much were they enjoying their fun that the leaders of the expedition had much trouble in getting them to go back to work, af? ter two o'clock, when their noon-day' rest was declared over. However they soon went to work with a will and ere ? o'clock came when wank was declared off for the day they had gathered nine hunered and forty six pounds of cotton, quite a large i amount for amateur pickers. Mr. Jen? nings had promised to pay the pick? ers one cent a pound for all that they picked and he made the amount he contributed to the Bed Cross workers an even ten dollars. During the day the parents of some of the children who went on pic? nic came out to see the children and a numbor of boys from town rode out on their wheels, all of which add? ed to the pleasure and excitement of the day. During the dinner hour Mr. li. J>. Jennings came out with Mr. Wlnburn. who took several photo? graphs of the pickers. Mr. Winburn will develop these photographs and slides will be made from them to be exhibited at one of the moving pic? ture shows later on for the benefit of the Red Cross association. Post cards w ill also be sold and the money will j swell the Red Cross association fund. Mr. A. C. Kaufman, president of the lied Cross in South CoJrollna, will bei told of the expedition so that he can ; spread the news and other places can devise similar plans for making mon? ey for the Bed Cross. MISS Mary White and Miss Elisa? beth White have each contributed one dollar each to the Red Cross and this sum will be sent with the ten dol? lars to Mr. Kaufman to be forwarded to ihe managers of the relief expedi? tion, which is being sent to Klimpe to aid the war sufferers. Coming back Saturday afternoon the cotton pickers ware given a ride through Main street, where they let everybody know that they were com h,\. Their shouts of glee could be heard for several blocks and the Whole party seemed to be ill the best of humor possible, showing that they had .' pent a b>vely day i>? their g( n croUS Work. AH Of tin boys went to Ihe V. M. A. where they had a dip in t he :>\\ Imming pool. Mr. B. 'I'. White and Miss Jennie Chandler, the chief promoters of the expedition. wish to extend their thanks to Mr. Jennings and Mr. Mel lotte on i.ehalf of the whoie party for ill,, courteous treatmenl ami help width tiny received during the dnj ,IIM| their aid on behalf of the led ( r< h s w i >rk. if there are any others who wish p, : jve nn> thing toward the relief of tin suffering through the Ited Cross association, all contributions will be gratefully received by Mr. K. T. White, treasurer of the rund, ul the Sumter V. M. C. A. If the Sunder business nun will kc>?>p on writing i<? Ihelr business as <>? , , tibout the bu> a hale movement we will get some more ten cent rot toit money. Kvcr> twenty dollars extra ,,,, , hale et.nuts. Ii looks like I luuis niids til dollars are going io he Invest? ed in i ottOII it '' I' CeillS lO help oil! ,,,id :'u:ntt r might Just ns well get iis ii,n e, or a litl !?? more ii she can. MEXICAN PRESIDENT N\M Ell. Allgllscallcntos Conference Nominales Gen. Guttcres. El Paso, Texas. Nov. 2.?Oen. Eul alio Guiteres, commander of the State troops of San laus Potosi and mili? tary governor of thai Slate has been named as provisional president of Mexico by the Aguascallentes conven? tion, according to unofflical reports reaching here at noon today. Flag-Makers, An address delivered by Mr. Frank? lin K. Lane, secretary of the interior, to tho clerks of his department on Flag; Day is claiming attention not only for its literary merit but oecausc of its appropriate appeal to the patriotic impulse of the people at this time. It is worthy of reproduction. He said: "This morning, as I passed into the land office, the Hag dropped me a most cordial salutation, and from its rippling folds 1 heard it say: 'Good Morning, Mr. Flag-maker.' "T big your pardon, Old Glory,' I said, you are mistaken. I am not the president of the United States, nor the vicep resident, nor a member of congress, nor even a general in the army. 1 am only a government clerk.' " I greet you again. Mr. Flag maker.' replied the gay voice. 'I know you well. You are the man who worked in the swelter of yesterday straightening out the tangle of that faimer's homestead in Idaho.' " 'No, I am not,' I was forced to confess. " Well, perhaps you aiv the one who discovered the mistake in that Indian contract in Oklahoma?' " 'No, wrong again,' I said. " Well, perhaps you helped to celar that patent for the hopeful inventor I in New York, or pushed the opening of that new ditch In Colorado, or made that mine in Illinois more safe, or brought relief to the old soldier in Wyoming. No matter, which ever one of these beneficent individuals you may happen to be, I give you greeting, Mr. Flag-maker.' "L was about to pass on, feeling that I was being mocked, when the Hag stopped me with these words: " You know, the world knows, that ; yesterday the president spoke a word that made happier the future of 10, j 000,000 peons in Mexico, but that act i looms no larger on the flag than the struggle which the boy in Georgia is making to win the corn club prize this summer. Yesterday the congress spoke a word which will open the doer of Alaska, but a mother In Mich? igan worked from sunrise until far into the night to give her boy an edu? cation. She too, is making the Hag. Yesterday we made a new law to pre? vent financial panics; yesterday, no I doubt, a school teacher in Ohio taught his first letters to a boy who will write a song that will give cheer to the millions of our race. We are all making flags.' " 'Hut.' I said impatiently, these people were only working.' Then came a great shout from the Rag. " 'Let me tell you who I am. The , work that we do is the making of the i real fiag. I am not the Hag, not at all. 1 am but its shadow. I am what? ever you make me, nothing more. 1 gm your belief in yourself, your i dream of what a people may become, j I live a changing life, a life of moods 'and passions, of heart-breaks and j tired muscles. Sometimes I am strong with pride, when men do an honest work, fitting the rails together truly. Sometimes I droop, tor then purpose has gone from tue, and cynically 1 play thi' coward. Sometimes I am loud, garish, ami full of that ego that ?blasts judgment. Hut always 1 am all that you hope to be and have the courage to try for. 1 am song and fear, struggle and panic, and en? nobling hope, j am the day's work of the weakest man and the largest 'dream of the most daring. I am the constitution and the courts, statutes and statute-makers. soldier and dreadnought, drayman ami street sweep, cook, counselor, and clerk. 1 lam tlH> battle of yesterday ami the mistake of tomorrow, l am the mys? tery of men who (to without know? ing why. 1 am the clutch of an Idea and the reasoned purpose of resolu? tion. I am no more than what you j believe me to be, and I am all that you believe 1 can be. 1 am what you make me. nothing more. I swing be? fore your eyes us a bright gleam of < i lor. a symbol of that big thing v. inch makes this nation. My stars ami my stripes are your dreams and j your labors. They are bright w ith oheer, brilliant with courage, firm will? faith, because you have made piom so old of your hearts, lor you ni, tin makers of the fiag. and it is v ell that you glory in the making.'" Hundreds of letters and circulars :ire being sent out to people ill over the United states regarding 'be Slim? ier "Ituy a llnle" movement. ihe names being furnished b> the ufllcers of the Gr.tin Dealers' National Asso i elation. COItS ( LI B NECTIXG. Prizes to Atnwiud to Bo> Farmers on Saturday, November Ith. At the meeting of the Corn Club on October lath, it was decided to post pom tin awarding of the prizes until utter tin- State fair, and the day nam? ed was Saturday of this wek. Novem? ber 7th. The boys had only a short time in which to gather and make their other reports .after receiving the other notice, and three days rain dur? ing the week that they were to gath? er kept several from gathering. I hope that each member of the club will turn out next Saturday with the beat single ear, the best ten ears, tho best history of the crop, the best pa? per on "How 1 Selected My Seed Corn in the Field," and an accurate report of methods used in gathering and weighing corn on acre. There are nearly two hundred dol? lars in prizes subscribed, and there will be about fifteen prizes in all awarded. A competent judge will be present to judge the corn. Remember you can win just as much by having the best single ear of corn as you can by making the largest yield. V. e also wish to organize for next year and we cordially invite all of the toys be? tween the ages of twelve and eighteen to be present and learn all you can about selecting seed corn and making reports, etc. J. Frank Williams. Local Agent. Farmers' Union Meeting. The monthly meeting of the Coun? ty Farmers' Union will be held in the Court Hotlae at 12 o'clock Friday, No? vember ti. A!', members are invited to attend this meeting and each lo? cal will be expected to send a full delegation. Owing to the weather all the meetings until next spring will be held in the court house. If there ever was a time when the Farmers' Union needed to look closely after its inter? est it is the present time. With cot? ton selling three cents under the cost of production and other things which we can grow selling for more than usual ,it seems to me that we should get busy and look after growing and marketing those things that will re? turn us the greatest profit. J. Frank Williams, President Sunvter County Farmers* Union. Why the Youth's Companion Should Be in Kvcry Home. "If I could take only one paper," said the late Mr. Justice Brewer of the Supreme Court, "it would be The Youth's Companion-?a little of every? thing in a nutshell, and unbiased." The Companion is a family paper in the completest sense. It provides reading that, without failing to inter? est the young, still interests the ma? ture. It unites young and old through their common enjoyment of delightful liction .agreeable miscellany and tho clear exposition of public questions. So carefully is it edited, so varied are its contents, that it would easily supply a family with entertaining liction, up-to-date information and Wholesome fun, if no other periodical entered the house. If you are not familiar with The Companion as it is today, let us send you sample copies and the Forecast for DJ 15. New subscribers who send $2.00 for the fifty-two issues of 1915 will re? ceive free all the remaining issues of 11? 14, besides a copy of the Compan? ion Home Calendar for 11*15. The Youth's Companion, 1 4 i Berkeley Street. Boston. Mass. New subscriptions received at this office.?Advt. The Grain Dealers' National Asso? ciation in convention assembled a few ? lays ago at Kansas City. Missouri, re? newed the interest of that association in the uBuy a Bale" of cotton at ten cents per pound movement by unani? mously adopting a resolution endors? ing the movement, and by every dele? gate agre eing to buy a bale and to or? ganize a "Buy a Bale" club in his sec? tion of the country. m ? - - .. .. ,f-a s^sansaVMBI ? Buy a South Bend TIIF. GOOD watch.** lt<* easy if you join our ''South Bend i lab," now forming. See us at once if you want to get In. W. A. Thompson, ji:wfxi:r and optician. , "S. & H." Stamps Given. ? ?mmmf? .saWaWaWaWaWaWHal