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WIN* FOR jkws III I I) Mond, \t i |'ii \rntx Ihcm From Reviving su|ipl\ s|i||i|Mil foi? l-Vast of PMMMOVfV Several of the Orthodox Jews hav bilked Oov Manning t.. help them governor la unable to lend any assist, for commemorating the Feast of the Patsover. and whe h has bees held up under the "Gallon-a-Month act. Tin governor la unable to lend ayn assist? ance. When the "Gallon-a-Month act" was written into law. through an oversight a provision permitting the ordering from without the gtate of wins for ascrsmental or religious uses waa omitted, ami tins m what csused the wine ordered by the Ortho, dot in various Places to be held up Complaints In this reaped reached the governor from Charleston. Alken m d Columbia, where congregations ol the Orthodox Jews are making prep srations for celebrating the Feast oi the Passover, which comim nces on March 29. and continues for eight days It la thought that some way out of the difficulty may be reached, for it wss never the Intention of this set to Interfere in having v ine ship? ped Into the 8tate where it waa in? tended for ascramental or religious ?ass The difficulty Is' that a number of fssnilles ordered the wine fuKcthci ft Is a light relstn or grape wine, and ia used by the Orthodox Jewa In the reUgtous rites In the Passover Feast. COTTON ((?NM MITinv increas? ES Mpre Cotton Consumed by Mills hi February, tg I A. Than During Same Month I a-t Year. Washington. March 16.?Census be rsau report today shows 463. IGT bales jotton consumed February against 455.231 last year. V. m. wiu. not INTERVENE. \ kx President \imounco* That Coun? try Could not Well Get out Once in MclsIco. Chicago. Msrch It, -Vice President Marahsll In leaving with a party for ths Psnama exposition atated: "The Catted Sttaes won't intervene in Mex? ico because it would cost hundreds ol lives. Once in Mexico the United States would be unable to get out and ths influence on South American Ke publica would be had as it would tug* geetlng "marching southward.' 4IMRLFS W. BAIN DE XI?. Died of Heart Disease at (Impel Hill? Funeral Today. Columbia. March 1?.?Charles Wes? ley Bain, who waa profeaaor of Greek in the Cnheralty of South Carolina for It years, and who had been since 1910 head of l|ie department of Greek in the Cnlversity of North Carolina, died early yeaterdsy at his h<>m> In Chapel Hill, of heart disease. ir<?m which he had eosYered for homo months. Immediately s apeclal meeting was convened of the university faculty. A telegraphic measure of eoiubdenee was dispatched \>> Mrs Pain Yates tfnowden. UU D.. professor of his? tory, was deputed to attend the fu? neral services today as a representa? tive of the university and resolution*, of regret, drafted by a committee test* ?istIn* of Lewis l\irke Cha m >? rla\m lYatea Hnowden and Leonard T. ISaker, wore adopt* d Mr Main and t\i* fai dly were w Idely esteemed in Columbia and the commu? nity heard with deep regret o| his un? timely passing, in the r.2nd year of his sge. Mrs. Bsln sur\iv-s him. with two children. These are Miss Kltxa heth Ham formerly | student in the ?'ollene for VV.-uon. Columbia, and Wortley Haln. ? student In the Cnl '?rsitv of North Carolina. Mr Cam was the son of George M and Willie Frances <Ch?n\> Pain ol Norfolk II?. was prepared for college l>> CM W Oordon Mel's be. waa gmdUUted from ths Cnlversity of Virginia and In 1H95 received the master of arts degree from the Tnlveralty of the South. Hla career as a teacher he began In Havannah. as instructor in an aciul emy. After two years he opened | private school In the same city. Me was for two years Joint headmaster of the Runby school In Louisville. tor four yesrs waa first classical master In McCabe a I'ntveraitv school at IVtershurK. Vi md for Ihre, ve.us was headmastet ..f tin Se w a nc glM? nur school. He was pro|,ssoi ot din k In the CniverxPv mi South Carolina from IH?H to Iftl Mr. Ham w;is the author of several textbooks and classical texts wbb h are . xteusp ? |\ need Ilia Pain's First Lntln BooU." in a revised edition was published only this month. Mr Hum was mar ? led ti. ivo ?o Imi.ii, mm it. Ptumer mi Pel erelong. The government regssrl on the Irish potato rn.u k?'i is mil ? rie.oir u:inK f.. iIkimi who ar?? planlma this ? top |..? shipment for ih? lirsi tinis ihn %? u The report ROOd 9Mi ^^ ? ? 11 gumtet ouint'. farmera. since thers Mrs not enough potatoes planted MS ill eupply the local demand. IMIMisTiu KENT TO J \||.. Yeoag Man Phasing a* Governor's Pssg Comicted of Ulvlgg IVaiuliilcnt Checks. News end Courier. \ i' Manning, tha yonng man who posed m ?he s<?n oi* Gov. Munnlni and who N alleged lo have passed several worthless checks, was tried in I ha Civil and Criminal Court yester? morning before Judge Paul M? Macruillan. He was convicted and seuteitood lo pay ? tine of s.'dt or serve thirty daya at hard labor* As he did not have Iba money to pay the tine he was sent to jail to serve out the sentence. M was arraigned on a charge of having obtained money and goods un d. i fains preteneea from Benteebner \ Vlaanaaa. where, it is said, one of his checks, drawn on a supposed hank oi Columbia, araa accepted. Tin young nein acted ;is his own attorney .1 oi ana mined the witnesses. Ni? davetopntenta were announced a? the police station yesterday in con? nection with the case. The prisoner had claimed to be a son of Gov. Man nlng, and ;i reporter for a Columbia newspaper. His 'stall" carried him into the homes of a number of promi? nent citizens, and for several days he was elaborately entertained, suppers, dinners and automobile trips being in? cluded in the social features shown him. Following his arrest in the union station by Policeman Duggan. as he about to leave town, he confess? ed that he was not a son of the go v - emor nor a newspaper eporter. but that he had recently escaped from an asylum at Tuscaloosa, Ala., where he was committed following charges of passing bogus checks in Talledega. his home, where he claims his fath? er is a Circuit Judge. Chief Cantwell Is investigating his stories and If he is an escaped in? mate of an asylum he will probably t?e held for the Alabama authorities, when his sentence here expires. GOV, MANNING AT M'COLL. Praises County but Does Not Overlook the Things Left Undone. McColl, March 15.?The Boosters' festival opened today with a burst of enthusiasm on the arrival of Gov. Hiohard I. Manning at 1 o'clock. Af? ter dining with a few friends at the home of T. It. Gibson he was greet d at the McColl opera house by l.OOU enthusiastic admirers to whom he was introduced by Mr. Cranford as beim; a man with a back bom- as big as the Appalachian mountain range. His iM ech was a* gem of common sense. While Riving Marlboro credit for what she had done he did not fail to tell the people what they had not done. Aft- i an informal hand shake with ma ay ol his friends he departed on in Atlantic Coaet Line train Which was held mie hour for the convenience Of the people. After the governor. I >r. Sears of the I chautauo.ua treated the audience to a lecture full of humor and encouray-e inen? that left them with a brighter vlev of lire. The whole town is till, d with en? thusiasm and great things are prom? ised fat the next lew days. WILL NOT Dls( t'ss Jons. Johnson Will Have Nothing to Say \bout Plum- in Western District. Washington, March II,? Congress? man J. T. Johnson today issued the following statement relative to the disposition ol positions in the western dint riot of South Carolina: "i have had hundreds of letters from appli? cant * ami their friends In regard to possUona in eonneetion with the fed* M ?! court. I answer them all in sub? stantially the same language to the effect that I Can not promise or even discuss any appointimnts in connec? tion with the organisation of Iba court. I have promised nobody any plane nor daoidad upon anybody In my own mind nor have I ever con i ered the matter of the appoint menta of any character." \sK Colt CLEMENCY. Petition Piled hi llchall of Wire Murderer. Columbia, March 19, ? Gov. Man? tling has received several petitions ashing thai the death seidene?' im possd upon Albert Tolbert, the Green? Wood mill operatise, be commuted t<> Ufa Imprisonment. Tolbert was con vleted several weeks nao nf murder lag bis wife The date for hla execu? tion Is April I, Goi Manning has taken the petitions under advisement l>r. Jones in \ IftH Pinewood. Plaowood, Mai eii i?; On next Siind.iv at 11.39 a, m . Lev Howard Lee Jenes oi Coher Collaaa will preach ? i falvarj church. That afternoon et I o'clock be w HI preach here This occasion w 111 lie the ordination of two new deacons. This will lie In Jones' Ural visit io this town ami eommu nlt) and he will be greeted at both ? i lees bj large eougragatlons< sTl DIMS ENTER PROTEST. Request TVUHtits of University U? Rescind Acceptance ??i Colcocli Resignation, Columbia, March iti.?At a meeting .if tlx- student body ??t the University ol South (Carolina yeaterdaj morning tin* following resolutions were una? nimously adopted, asking that the board ol trusteea i*efuae t<? accept the resignation of i-\ Horton Colcock 1 dean of tin- department of engineering and mat hematics: "Whereas, Prof. P. Horton Colcock lias tendered his resignation to the board <>t trustees at a recent meeting of the body; and "Whereas, the same has been ac? cepted by the hoard of trustees; there? fore, la- it "Resolved, by Hie student body of the University Of South Carolina: ?1. That during the 21 years of his connection with the department! oi mathematics Prof, Colcock has ten? dered service which will forever live in the minds and hearts of all who camo within the sphere of his In lluenee. "2. That the retirement of Prof. ColCOCk from the faculty of this uni? versity will he an inestimable loss to the student body, to the alumni and friends of the institution and to the State. ":t. That as a member of the athletic advisoiy board, on which he served for several years, and as an active and ardent supporter ot all things which i have made for the a development of the j university, he has prov ed himself a 'true friend to the students and a de? voted servant of ttlS institution. ?'4. That the student body of the University of south Carolina hereby petitions the honorable board of trus? tees of this university to reconsider J their motion w hereby his resignation was accepted and that they do declln . to accept the same and urge him in the strongest terms to continue in his (service on the faculty of the university j as ho has done so faithfully and effi? ciently for the past 21 years. "5. Be it further resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the board of trustees, a copy to Prof. Colcock and a copy to each of the newspapers published in Columbia and to The Gamecock for publication in the same." The resolution was signed by W. L. Gary, O. Wingate Waring and Solo? mon Platt. LIQUOR LAW iNfeCOl'HT. North Carolina Shipment Statute Challenged. I Washington, March IB.?Constitu? tionality of the North Carolina statute requiring railroads to keep a record Of all consignees receiving shipments of liquor was challenged in an appeal dlod today in the supreme court by the Seaboard Air Line, it is claimed that the statute conflicts with the 1 Hepburn rate law designating the I books a railroad may keep. STUDYING FARMERS1 CREDIT?. Governor to Issue statement Soon Concerning Agricultural Conditions. Columbia, March 10.?a statement dealing with (he agricultural condi? tions in several sections of the state concerning the difficulties which some farmers are experiencing in getting the necessary credits will be issued in a few days by Gov. Man? ning. The governor has been in the Piedmont, and the Pee Dee sections in the last few days and he has given close study to this condition, as he himself is a farmer and is able to real? ize their situation. The governor re? ferred to the recent letter of former Representative Reiser on this subject and commended it strongly. The governor is anxious to see every pos? sible accommodation extended to the farmer and he said that the curtail? ment of credits would be bad. His statement will he awaited with much interest. M VTTEAWAN FOR THAW. Justice Pago Orders Hla Return to Asylum. Now York. March It.?Holding that 1 he mandate of Supreme Court of the United States ended when the con Bplracy trial ended, Justice Page, of the New York Supreme Court this morning denied the motion oi Harry Thaw's attorneys to return Thaw to Xeu Hampshire. He ordered that Thau l?e ret irned to Malteawan asy? lum. On a writ of habeas corpus Thaw was remanded \<> the tombs un? til he appears lapforc JilStlCC Bljlll' on Friday. The social clubs of gumtcr arc co? operating with flow Manning In the effort t?> enforce the antl-llquor law lo the letter. Tho house committees of the several cltiha have discontinued the locker system and members are not permitted to koep liquors of nil) description in the clubs. There are now no places hi Sumi? r whefe people may ?.grcgutc (<? drink, and the sheriff uid police ait working to? gether lo suppress the blind tigers. tidwell gives \ may trial supremo Court Irrelevant ami Incompetent Evidence Militated Against Him. ??? " - Columbia, March ??">??George W. i Tidwell lias been granted a new trial by (he supreme court of South Caro lllna. Tidwell was convicted In Green? ville* counts in May, 1914, of man-1 slaughter and was sentenced to serve 12 yearn In the state penitentiary. A former governor, on December 31, 1914, reduced the sentence to seven years. Tidwell has been confined inI J the Greenville county jail since he shot R, ESmmett Walker at one of the mills near the city of Greenville. The court held that much of the testimony Introduced a* the trial was "irrelevant and Incompetent." The decision was written by Associate Jus? tice Gary and Associate Justice Watts. Associate Justices Hydriek and Fraeer concurred in the result. Tidwell is a former resident of Au? gusta. The trial at Greenville at? tracted a great deal of attention. "The conviction was unlawful and there must he a new trial," says the court after reviewing the ease and j the testimony offered at the trial J "The defendant," says the opinion, is a man past middle life and hither? to of good reputation; the deceased was a young man In the prime of life and unmarried and of feigned chas? tity; the transaction arose out of the i adulterous life of the deceased and j the defendant's young daughter, 17 .years of age, and the vengeance of ; the father thereabout.'' COTTON BURNED AT CHARLES? TON. Flames Cause Loss of About $50,000 I Charleston. March 16.?Fire which broke out this morning in Boyce's wharf sheds and warehouses on Cooper river entirely destroyed the wooden shed forming the south side of the storage plant, damaged the brick main structure, and damaged a large part of the 1,500 bales of sea ! island and upland cotton stored on the property. The cotton was largely the property of Hivers & Whaley and Purgeaon & Co. It was covered by insurance. The sheds, it is understood, were not insured. At 3.30 this afternoon. Chief Beh? rens, when asked about the loss In cotton said: "From my observation so far, I judge it to he a 40 per cent, salvage case." Estimating the value of the warehoused cotton in the neigh horhtoJ of $80.000, the total loss is about $00,000. When the tirm of Whaley & Rivers, in whose custody is the Boyce warf warehouse shed, and stored cotton in? volved in this mornings fire, was en? abled to take a superficial survey of the situation at noon today, a state? ment was made as to the amount of cotton at risk, which indicated a total value of stored property and struc? ture between $90,09 and $100,000. Warehouse No. i and the open shed J to the south and east of it are total j losses. They are not covered by in? surance. The warehouse is an ancient brick building, to the impending disin? tegration of w hich the tire today mere? ly added encouragement. Its walls are now ready to fall in. The open shed was an old structure of wood and tin. Of the 1,000 bales of cotton stored within the warehouse and shed 265 were sea island cotton. During the early forenoon, just af? ter the (lames had been subdued by the local lire department, Boyce's wharf property had been roped off from the encroachment of onlooklng crowds, and under the direction of Chief Behrens the work of stamping out the meanest type of (Ire known to a cotton port was in full blast. Bales were being dragged from the blackened frame of the shed and ? sprayed with steady streams from the I department hose. EXPORTS EXCEED IMPORTS. i Largest Balance Ever Recorded In Undo Sam's Favor. Washington, March itj.?Exports exceeded imports passing through the thirteen principal American cus? toms districts during the week end? ed March 1by $47.299,659, giving the largest balance In favor of the United States ever produced by a single week's foreign trade. The total value of exports for the week was $60,840,719 and of import $22,61 1,000. An analysis of foreign trade condi? tions issued bv the department of commerce tonight shows that exports for the three months from Decemberl I, 1914, to February 28 were estimat? ed at $778,511.171, snd imports $367, 928,862, netting n rvnrble balance of I ?I 1,48.1.009. Cotton exported during the week ending March I'l amounted to 2911,6.10 bales, making the total since August I. 1914, the beginning nf the cotton v ear. 6,045, \'M bales. A license to marry has been granted lo James dice. Sumter, and Carrie Isaac, Mayes> Ills, f V WARNING TO PROHIBITIONISTK. Ill tl-Saloon League Send? nul lltfor mutlon Concerning Light on Li(|iior. _ I Cpartanburg, S. C, March 10, 1915. Bditor Daily Item: We think it best to say a few tilings to the friends ol prohibition just at this time. If ever a State had a rea? son to rejoice this Slate now has. Truly we have had wash-day. Both the bills presented by the Anti-Saloon League and Introduced by our friends In the house and senate at the last i session of the legislature passed by j overwhelming majorities. The Anti-Saloon bill, taking advan? tage of he Webb law, went into effect March 12th. and was a surprise to blind tigers and clubs. The tiger can no longer get liquor, and beer in case goods, nor by freight. This forces all liquor packages through the express office, In one gallon lots, once a month, and virtually destroys the jug Hade In regard to beer. As liquor and j beer can be stored only in private homes, liquor in the social clubs is a thing of the past. The referendum bill means that 1 South Carolina will vote the 14th of next September on the prohibition question, making the State the unit instead of the county. If the State votes dry. it will be dry by October 1st, for there will be a rush for a last supply and every dispensary will be empty In two weeks. That will wind up the liquor business in South Caro? lina, and it is joyous to think about. This should stir the heart of every man and woman to action! This is the goal?the end we have prayed and I hoped for so long. But brethren and j friends of our cause, this means Work, more work and harder work, j Every county in the State must j have a good central committee at the I court house and a precinct commit j tee at every precinct. The liquor forces are already organised and for several weeks have been circulating most pernicious literature. We arc to be congratulated that nearly every local and daily paper is , with us In the fight. It Is hoped that jwe have nothing to fear from \ icious [attacks, at least from any paper in the ; State. Our principal trouble will come from pernicious methods that the li ^quor trust and its friends will employ among negroes, the foreign element ;apd the ignorant. Our friends must 1 be on the alert, looking after the reg? istration of voters, distribution of lit? erature, and organization. The Anti Saloon League will do all it can, but we need your help. Our work just at this time is In the Piedmont sec? tion. We have already organized aev ieral counties and have the names of j eommitteemen on tile in our office. Each man on a county or precinct committee will receive in the near fu? ture our manual of instructions. Ap j peals for help have been coming in I from different parts of the State. As I soon as we have completed the work I of organization in the upper counties, we shall begin in the middle and lower parts of the Stare. if our friends who have already made subscriptions to our work will send In their dues it will aid us much in distributing literature as well as in other ways. We are getting good as? sistance from men like Dr. Cllnkecales of Wofford college and Hon. Harlot Clarkson of Charlotte, M. C, in our \ public meetings on Sunday. We have already arranged with Dr. James Can? non. Jr.. of Richmond. Va.. the lead? er of the Virginia forces last year, to come to this State in June. We had hoped to make South Car? olina the 16th dry State, but three other States have gone dry by legisla? tive enactment, to become dry Jan? uary I, li)l(?, so we must be content to take the 19th place. 1 Our slogan is "Three to one for ! prohibition!" Send this down the line and work to that end. Our motto is "Organization. agitation, education, victory!'' : (Signed) J. L. Harley, State Supt. Anti-Saloon League. Sumter Local Assessors. The following township assessors for Sumter County have been ap? pointed by Gov. Manning: Concord, J, \v. Brunson, <J. W. Mahoney, How? ard Jones: Mayesville, Robert Mul drow, J. P. Bland, R. A. Chandler; Manchester. W. J. Aldis. J. H. Christ? mas, F. M. Coulter: Middleton. 10. B. Aycock, J. B. Ryan, J. B. Crouch; Privateer, s. a. Harvin, W. O. Cain, Sr., H. I*. Tindal; Providence, Marion Dorn, s. F. Moore, W. I'.. Colclough; I Rafting Creek, T. M. Rogers. t. !'. Sandels, Sr., K. I'!. Rem be 1*1 : State bin;;. t. S. Stuckes. I>. Hull, C. J. Jackson; Shlloh, J. K. McKlveen, s. VV. Truluck, a. II. Truluck; Sumter. Dr. H. .1. McLaurin, w. M. Graham, j W B. Burns The Parrot! Milling Company plant has been Inspected by an expert from' Knoxvllle, Teno., and pronounced a Mrs I class and up-to-date milling plant, in tint' condition, and the ex? pert's advice about the installing of a Hour mill, and the addition of 16, 000 bushels grain storage capacity should Uu carried out. O im MARKET NOTES. Chamber of Commerce Favors Grain Market und Market Shed. Prom The Daily Item. March 17. Tlie Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce last evening went on record as heartily endorsing the Sumter curb market, and the idea of building a permanent shed of a fly proof character for the convenience of the producers and consumers of Bum* ter city and county. The directors think that the curb market is the greatest thing ever put on In the interest of the farmers and the eons imers. They believe that everything possible should be done to encourage the farmers to raise more hogs, cattle, poultry, and truck, and to assist them In marketing their products in this city, not only for their : benefit, but because it reduces the cost ! of living for the thousand of Sumter consumers while at the same time it gives the farmers greater probt for their produce of every kind. I The directors endorsed the plan to get the county commissioners to build a plain and economically constructed shed on the vacant lots adjoining and ' on the southern side of the court house park running out to North Har | vin street* This proposed shed can ! be so built that farmers can remove their produce from their vehicles to i the shed and display their wares on J tables or counters In a fly proof place In which the consumers can also go. i The Sumter Civic League, Retail -Dealers' Association. Legislative Dele? gation, Sumter County Farmers' Union and all other Sumter citizens interested will be urged to cooperate j in the effort to induce the county commissioners to erect this market j shed. j The city and country are one in the effort to bring about prosperity on the farms. Every dollar spent with a Sumter county farmer stays in Sumter [county. The cit<- of Sumter is a big j portion of Sumter county in the amount of taxes this city pays to the county. t J A few hundred dollars spent by the j County Commissioners to keep up j the "live at home" methods on the farm meaji thousands of dollars in I the pockets of the farmers and con? sumers. The curb market helps hun? dreds of farmers as well as hundreds of Sumter city people. I The curb market is a county insti? tution. I The directors discussed at length j the importance of the business men : of Sumter financing the proposed i stock company to purchase the Par I rott Milling company plant or 'build a similar plant and installing- a flour mill in time for the spring wheat har? vest. A market and manufacturing facilities for wheat, corn, and oats are among the most important things Sumter city must have at an early date, if the Sumter merchants and banks expect to reap the benefits of the revolutionized agricultural and commercial conditions brought about by diversification. If Sumter city isn't prepared to market and manufacture the ^rain other nearby places will be. Then when the trade leaves Sumter it will be too late to kick. Lost trade is hardly ever regained. The commit? tee in charge of the organization, Messrs. G. A. Lemmon, J. Z. Hearon and D. R. McCallum, representing the Chamber of Commerce, should be en? couraged by liberal and prompt sub? scriptions to the capital stock. No time should be lost. Committees of successful business men of Sumter have inspected the Parrott Milling Company plant, and have thoroughly investigated every de? tail of the proposed taking over and operation of this plant with the ad? ditional facilities. These business men say that the proposed purchase and future operation of the Parrott prop? erty, or another just like it is in their Opinion not only necessary and ad? visable, but that such an enterprise j in the light of the revolutionised ag? ricultural conditions will be a good paying investment for the stockhold? ers. Our Foreign Advertising is in Charge of Jacobs & Co., Clinton, S. C, SOLICITING OFFICES: New York?It? R. 28th ft.B. L. Gosld Chicago?120 Vdvertisfttg r.ld?...\\. It. Porcher Detroit? Hotel Tuller . . .Wlnn st. houis?icesCeairsl Nail. BankHldg.. It. v. ilatoiaon KasbvllU?141 Stl> Av<- K.J. U.Riddle*. Jr. Atlanta?U Memorial Uldg...J. B. K?-< ugh Ash, vuie. n .?'.?ui k. Main m.it. Meisi Phttadelpbtu?14*21 Aidi m. . A. ?> iv m.-t Kickmoud, Va.?Murphy Hotel.. I. W. Litum DEATH toVERMW RAT CORN Ik*si rat and mi<s exterminator made. Klllaqulcklf attdabaolntslyajitAoutodoi. Mummifies?thu a prevsattng dnosaipoi l -mi licUi-r tiuin at I the trapa I n thu hoi 1*1. InsiM on ?iensias RAT CORN. ?*?'??-. a at dealt rs or i>v mall, DOafc paid, BOTANICAL MFC. CO. 4th <a A?c? st,., f^flasstiassi *m