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FUNDS OF HOSPITAL PATIENTS ASSIST \ NT SI i HIT AH V OF Till COMMISSION INVF.STIO.VTKS IN GH esUsI ion. Some Patient* should lie Pa y In??C. K. Clwdubcrg Kays Certain Pro|H?r tleo Are Noi Melding wiui They News and Courier. Mr. C. K. Chreltsberg, of Kock iflll. ts hero In the Interests of the State board of charities und correc? tions. He ts stopping at the St. John Hotel. Mr. Chrcltzherg la chiefly en? gaged In looking up the (Inancal status of patients In the State Hospital for the Insane or of their relatives who support them. It Is the Intention or the new board to relieve the State of the support of patients thut own prop? erty eufllclent for their own support or who have relatives fully able to take care of them. The names of one hundred patients from Charleston county are to be ' looked up by Mr. Chreltsherg. Mr. Chreltsberg atated that In many tnstaneee he Amis that relatives are easily able tn pay the fees of patients, ami In some Instances patlentw have property which ts either being mis? managed or from which they are de? riving no revenue. In all cases where It is t nougat to ? e necessa ry the Judge of Probate Is requested to appoint a committee to look after this patient's property. The committee consists of but one person and is practically the earns as a guardian. in a great number of instances Mr. Chreltsbjrg stated that he found property belonging to patients which I* not being used at all. Thla is gen? erally caused when any estate Is di? vided, this property Is set aside and the other members of the family sell their shares and leave. This condltloa Is found much more than where prop? erty Is being mismanaged. Most of the work of Mr. Chrettz berg ts done tn the Probate Judge's office. Many of the patients are eliminated; often It con be readily stated try the Judge as to whether the patient ts poor or not. Following is the personnel of the hoard: Dr. Oeorge B. Cromer, of New berry, chairman; Mr. R. Hayne King, of Charleston: Mr. L. E. Carri gan. of Society Hill; Dr. Z. T. Cody, of Oreenvllle. and Mr. D. D. Wallace, of Spartanburg. Mr. Albert S. Johnstone, of Green? ville, ts the secretary who* Mr ChreltSberg and ?ff ?\ D OUpham. St Columbia, are assistant secretaries _ U\ H>l \Ns tV )t I ?!? II Y \ OlT??.\. Stilling to Take It Only on Condition That It He Delivered at Teutonic Port. Herltn. Aug. 31 (via London. Sep. 1.)?Oerman business men have trans? mitted to the I'nltcd .States an eJNf to buy 1.000.000 bales of cotton. The price offered was 16 cnta a pound, payable on delivery of the cotton in a German harbor. TRANSPOHT VS. St'HMAIUNF. Itonbdi skipper Says He Witnessed Running Battle. Baltimore, Aug. 30.?The pursuit of a British transport by a German sub? marine while the ttansport was en? deavoring to hit the periscope of the under-sea boat, w is witnessed by Capt. Mlkkels. n. >>f the Danish steam? ship oiaf. here today from Bristol, England Capt Mikkelacn said that on August IS, the day utter the (Mat left Bristol, the transport was seen going at a high rule of speed und from time to time tiring at u submarine periscope The distance between the vessels was less th in tWO m les. and between Short Inters |H the submarlno would the suit.i.e. exposing Its per? iscope, and dive again to escape the fire from the transport. Tho captain sold to did n'?t s?e the transport's name or learn the outcome of tho fight. DIM I SS CtMTON 1X).\N PLAN. Reserve 1. 1 I \\?c< ted to Take Up MeVdon*. Pro|"mi|| to Mo\c C rop Wash?n?ton. An*. ||,?Although Secretary McAdoo returned from his \acatlou today, most of the reserve members still are out of town and the secretary had no opportunity to discuss with them his plan to deposit if necessary. $ '0U of govern? ment money In the three Southern re? serve banks or tn national banks In that section, to aid In caring for the cotton crop The board was said to d.iv not to have been consulted before snnouncement of the plan was made Last winter when the order of such deports was broached It Is known sesrral board members held the view that deposits of government funds In a few of the reserve banks without deposits In the others should not be approved Whether their position has ? ha need In not known. The plan \? SS> peeled to come befora the hoard Thursdav. COTTON W AltKIIOl'sr.S. (?o\ eminent Survey of Condition* Kotouls Defects lit l.\i?tiiiK Systems ?Need for Hotter Distribution. The cotton warehouses already In existence Aft ample In aggTtgttt ttor SgS capacity, according to a recent survey made l>y tin- di pat tment, to store as much of the crop as then- Is any need for hut they are poorly dis trllMited. The best are not Available to the farmer and the charges of the others are higher than he Is disposed to pay. These facts complicate the financing of the crop, and are largely responsible for keeping so many cot? ton farmers under the blight of the credit system. A better system of warehouses would do much to help the situation. Cotton, according to the government specialists, is considered the very best collateral, and bankers and business men In general ars willing to lend money on It at lower Interest than on real estate. An essential condition Is, however, that the cotton be properly stored and insured. At present, how e\*r, this isVvery 'rarely done. The farmes are accustomed to dispose of their crop at the earliest possible moment and In the) nearest town. Much of the crop, if not all of It, is frequently pledged in advance, In or? der to obtain supplies for the farmer. Bvog when the price drops as low as It did In the fall of 1914, the need for Iminedlah oasfc induces the farmer to depress the marked still further by throwing all of his cotton upon it. If this Is not done much of the crop is left insufficiently protected anil suffers what is known to the trade as 'coun? try damage." On the other hand it is pointed out In a new publication of the depart? ment, Bulletin 216. "Cotton Ware? house*," that an adequate warehouse j system would enable the farmers to store their cotton at prices lower than those charged for the some service now, because the insurance rates on co:ton stored In a standard warehouse would be much lower than at the pres? ent time. Since cotton is regarded us such a safe collateral, the mer? chant would be willing to extend time to the farmer if warehouse receipts were deposited with him as a collater? al. The local bank would take these receipts fro;n the merchunt as furth or accommodation, and the larger bank, from which the local bank has in all probability obtained the loan, would also extend time. In this way ?y and prlges ttabUlied in ponte-1 , n nee. Moreover, such '\ system would t< ad to free the farmers especially thosi oi ih? iMMtnt olt. ?ryi chain of debt. It would not, of course, ' end at once or completely the credit system by which the supply merchant sometimes obtains I terest of from 2f> to ;i5 cents on a dollars worth of sup? plies. If, however, such cotton as was not absolutely necessary to settle accounts was stored and economy in living practiced, many ot the more de? termined growers should in the course of two or three years bo able to place themselves on a cash basis. At the present time the best ware? houses have been put up by factories and mills ?09 their own uses and are of no service to the farmer. The own? ers of smull warehouses In which tin farmer can store his cotton are usual? ly losing money on the investment, largely because of poor construction and correspondingly high rates of in? surance. The government Investiga? tors present a number of Interesting statistics to show that in many cases it is actually more expensive to put up and operate an Inferior warehouse ? than one of standard design. For ex? ample, in Georgia and North Caroline the insurance rate is reduced about || per cent by the use of sprinklers. Unquestionably, says the report, u great saving could be affected by the erection and proper equipment of modern warehouses. Assuming the annual crop to be UJ.OOO.OOO bales, a sufficient number of such warehouses eoubl bt constructed and equipped with automatic sprinklers for 114,000, .) or less. If all of this crop weft to be stored for six months the saving in insurance alone would bt approxi? mately $7.000,000. As a matter of fact many of the existing warehouses could be remodeled satisfactorily, Tat bulletin does not attempt to give any ?letalis of an Ideal warehouse system and there are many difficulties in the way of the establish men! or such. It gott, however, assert that Improvement In this respect trill do mueh to make eotton growing t more ?table Industry:?Weekly News Letter. To Wed In October. Alcolu. Sept. 1- Mr. and Mrs David Wells'Alderman Announce the engage moat of their daughter. Miss Moutellc Alderman, to Enoch Blaln I Klee of BtltOIV The weldini; Will t ike place la <>ctober. According to ? custom of long ? ( indlng many of the stores will keep Open later today than during ' be rammeri the brat of September al? ways ushering In ! o'clock closing. HUM FAVORS WWW NAVY THINKS CONGRESS WILL PRO? VIDE ADEQUATE FORCE. senator Expresaoi ConAdeiioQ in Wilson?Always Sure President Would Win in His Negotiations Willi (?ermany. Washington, Sept. 1.?Senator Till inan of South Carolina, chairman of the senate connnitte on naval affairs, hold a brief conference with President Wilson today on proposed legislation I for national defense. He said, after lleaving the White House, that the c hairmen of the senate and house mil Iitary and naval affairs committees : will meet in a formal conference at 1 the White House after the president has received reports and recommen? dations from Secretaries Garrison and Daniels. "I i.m for a safe and sane policy of naval and military expansion," said j Senator Tillman, "and I believe that ; the people will indorse w hatever pro? gramme the president proposes to congress. I think it is safe to say that' President Wilson, in his recom? mendations to congress, will strike a happy middle ground between the damned jingo who would involve this country in war and the advocate of peace at any price. 'i take no stock in this talk about an appropriation of $500,000,000 for the army and navy and I do not be? lieve that any other sane member of congress does. I believe thut there will be Increases in the naval apppro priation for defensive weapons of warfare. . "In making up our programme we will not pay any attention to the In? fernal fool jingo who would lead the Democratic party into something from which it would never escape, but we will prepare to defend ourselves and not let the other fellow catch us with our breeches down. "There is no real demand where I have been for an extravagant expendi? ture of money on a navy and an army just because u lot of foreign nations are in a bloody war. We are going to carry out the Democratic platform and provide an adequate navy. There will be a number of increases in ap? propriations for submarines and other defensive sea craft. By the time con? gress meets we will be able to come to some reasonable conclusion as to what we should play up and what we should play down." ?n?v'<r Tillmnn wjis at the White ghoul tie time the pSjSS ol the; German poaieasjeionj was can.' ? !>>ih. president. This afternoon, before leaving lor his lx.it:e, he suhl: "I am no| surprised at the rpsujl Of cn<< con? troversy over the sinking of the Lusi tania and tho Arabic, which carried Americans as passengers. I expected that the president would win, for he was right. He had the law on his side, and was acting for humanity. Any man with common sense and or? dinary ability to digest information realized the justice of President Wil? son's contentions in gaotestlng to Ger? many for sinking passenger ships car? rying noncombatants without giving the legal and due warning. "I never thought for a moment but what the German government would Ilnally yield to President Wilson, for It could not afford to do otherwise. This country doeg not want to go to war with Germany or Great Britain and her allies, but I believe that the people of the United States would have stood behind the president if he had broken oft! diplomatic relations l had Germany not agreed to discon? tinue the illegal acts of its submarine commanders. "If the president had gone off half cocked, Without heilig patient and giv? ing Germany time to consider seri? ously the view of the United States, we might have been plunged in war. Col. Roosevelt said we were not mov? ing fast enough; that, we should light. I agree with May Irwin in her letter to the president?that the fool k|llor OUghl to he sent around the United States." Jolly Gym Picnic. ? Mi Thursday evening the Jolly Ijym Ciui? gave ? moonlight picnic for I tiie members. The ^iris assembled at th?' Washington street school at 6.30 o'clock end were carried out to Po Icalls Springs in automobiles a very pleasant evening was spent in games, and other amusement ami all did full Justice to the contents of the well ifllled backets At 10.30 o'clock the Jolly Jyms returned to the city, each one declaring that she had "had such a good time." The .lolly Jym Club wishes to thank the friends who so kindly gave the j use of their .automobiles for the even- i lng| the chaperonei and all who went with the cluli members und did so much to in.ike the occasion a pleasant one. The cars in the wreck on the Northwestern llntlroad near White's Siding about a week ago were brought Into town Tuesday. They were pretty badly broken up and will re mire a great deal of repairing before ihej ??an be used again. HELD ON ASSAULT CHARGE. Robert Haul in Lexington Jail Accus? ed of Attack on Young Daughter of Neighbor* Lexington. Aug. 31.?With the charge of attempted criminal assault resting against him, Hubert Itawl, a young White man of the Saxc-Gotha mill village, member of a well known Lexington county family, is in the Lexington jail, having been arrested at his home late, this evening by Sher? iff Sim J. Miller. The alleged victim is a young white girl of the same locality, the two fam? ilies residing close together. The as? sault, it is charged, was made about 9 o'clock last night. The cries of the young woman attracted the attention of her father, who ran to his daugh? ter's assistance. The father grappled with the man and struck him in the face with his list. The man ran off In the darkness. Tho girl's story is that going out into the yard, a man, who she said was Rawl, rushed upon her from be? hind a tree. She says that the man threw her to the ground and when she attempted to cry out he ran his hand over her face and mouth, which is borne out by the statement of the father of the girl. She at once recog? nized the man she said. The girl with her father came to Lexington this morning and swore out a warrant for the arrest of the man. Rawl is a young married man, hav? ing four small chfldren. He denies the charge of attempting to harm the woman, but admits having been on the scene. The girl faced Raw] thTs afternoon and told him that he was the man. It is not known what efforts will be made in the young man's favor, but it is expected that he will demand a preliminary. SECURED MONEY FALSELY. IL A. Simons Arrested and Brought Back to Lexington. Lexington, Aug. 31.?H. A. Simons, wanted in this county on a charge of securing money from the Bank of Chapin under false pretense, was ar? rested in Savannah, Ga., late this af? ternoon by Sheriff Sim J. Miller, and the prisoner is tonight in the Lexing? ton county jail. The warrant for Simon's arrest in connection with the transaction with the Bank of Chapin was issued by not j. h. Frick. magistrate of Chapin, uptn. affidavit ol A T, Mayer, former! tu shier of the Sank : Chapin, foi Wh< 'here arc h number of Indict- | menu now pending In the n< al bos lions court ot Lexington county. The charges against Mayer grew out of I the transactions in which Simons is alleged to have been a party, Simons Is said to have secured money from the Bank of Chupis on March 16, 1914, more than a year ago, although the warrant for his arrest was not is? sued until May 27, this year, since which time the officers of the law have been endeavoring to run him down, Not until Saturday morning, last, however, did Sheriff Miller suc? ceed in locating the alleged fugitive from justice. Monday morning word was received that the fugitive was ugain hiding In his old ^haunts, and Sheriff Miller hastened to Savannah After reaching Savannah yesterday afternoon, Sheriff Miller was not long ih securing .the arrest ol* Simons. For fear that an effort would be mode to light coming Lack to South Carolina without requisition papers, the Lex? ington sheriff lost no time in crossing the river back into South Carolina, and in a little more than 12 hours from the time Sheriff Miller left Lex? ington for Savannah Simons was placed In the Lexington jail, breaking all records for promptness in bring? ing one prisoner from one State Into another. HORRY BANK LOOTED. Safe of Bin liters at Aynor Broken Open and Stripped of It* Contents. Conway, Aug. 31.?Hurry's baby banking institution, the Planters bank, I which opened for business about two weeks ago with David Graham as president and C. F. Powell as cashier in the town of Aynor, about 1 2 miles distant, was entered by robbers some time Sunday night, its safe broken open and the contents taken. The bank was doing business in temporary quarters and had only a small safe to house its cash. The robbers en? tered the door of the building with little difficulty and at once proceeded to open the small sale in which were the books and some of the cash of the bank. It seems that they broke the combination with an axe or some such instrument and drove the inner por? tion Of the combination into the safe door, after which they opened the door with ease. They found only $1 "> In coin sine?? the cashier had taken the precaution to deposit more than $1,000 of the bank's funds In another -ale in town. No one has ventured to surmise who the guilty parties are hut the officers are using every clue to discover their Identity. At The Peoples Bank?yes. So as to make it easy for the farmer we receive deposits by mail. It enables him to carry his account in a Safe Bank?he enjoys complete secrecy-and he need lose no time in driv? ing into town. From several Post Oilices we now receive, deposits b? mail. Drop us a postal and we will teli you how to Bank here by Mail. THE PEOPLES BANK DON'TS ON SAVING MONEY! <f Don't live beyond your salary. (| Don't spend all for pleasure. <I Don't speculate. <[ Don't carry much money in your pockets. C| DO start an account at our Savings Department and get 4 per cent interest; therein lies your chance to SAVE. <| 5 per cent on Certificates of Deposit. The National Bank of Sumter, BS rABLISHED 1889 "SAFEST FOR YOUR SAVINGS" Hi m If you are going to need any Cotton Sheets this season now is a good time to make your purchases. We have new, full size Burlap Sheets at The dozen - - - $3.75 Single Sheet - .35 D COFFEE, COFFEE! We have some remarkable values in both parched and raw Coffees. We offer you a pretty fair grade of Parched Coffee, free from chicory at 15c. Raw Coffee at 10c, CLEMSON BUTTER. Owing to a very unusual demand for this product we have been obliged to increase our order for this butter. We now receive fresh shipments twice a week. I O'DONNELL ? COMPANY PHONE 337