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?> nil* fsi \\d or m \\/t\. Vice? Coawul lluscll II. IHck Tel Im of VWl to Inten silng Place. 4 Vleo Consul Hasell H. IMek In the following Utter written home while enr.HM, from Marseille? tu Port Said tell* Uf his visit to the IsJfjWl 04 Malta. P. .S: ( >. S. X C-. . ?svk dsnr I Hind. Aug. 2:>. I'Jir,. Want ashore for the day at Valetta. M ilta, and despite the brilliant sun? shine* had a most enjovublo day. We ini\ed at ?la> light and tied up alongside the pier. After breakfast 1 oasport vised. Joined a party and writ ashoro about nine in a Venelbin like row boat. After passing the customs military authorities we started "up town." Yea. \erily it is Up tewn too. for we bad to take an rlevrftor to the top of the cliff. Steps cut tti the sand stone led up, but the elevtstor was handler. At the top a magnificent view of Malta was obtained. At our feet lay the harbor, spreading into many coves, and dotted with a few warships and merchantmen. Across the harbor rose *nndst> *. duYs with houses hewn from, the'*- sides and others built of sandiitotle block?. Beyond lay rolling hills wnich were bare except for scat? tered hauses and many fences. lb hind tie imp the town for which we were heaeang, Passing Into the street we found oursglvea on a public square covered wlthjconcretc blocks ami at regular In? tervals were manholes tightly cement ? I \ found out that this was one of the prgnaxles. This method of stor . Ina grain hi employed In preference to bu Illing warehouses, which require so. mu<$i space, and is more efficient. Iff walking around the streets It was notleed that ill the buildings were of sandstone, that all the streets were cut Into the cliff and, In the business section, all of thsm were straight. Advertisements were printed In English and In Maltese. On a mo\ie sign L saw advertised a reel In live parts showing the destruction of the Amerlon ship "Victory." I didn't know we had such a vessel, but then must have been one. If the movies had It. At a small shop we stopped to watch a little girl make Maltese lace. The facility and ease with which she work ad was wonderful. Lace is made on a patterned pillow, and It seemed to me a Jitfgble of pins ami thread attached '!"!? ticks of wood, iind to be throwing V*+**+V*bi.* lA a,very careless .as turning out the Uw.nn ilsh: Frees this shop we went to see the AH.tr of Hones We tirst went into a cathdtlral, prepared as usual for iim?uh, and pissed gg through several gates, down a flight of stairs' into a courtyard, which we traversed, then down another Might Into a cavern ?lug Into pM earth. QgtgSJ into this place wo found the bones of about ::,000 men ,all soldiers who had fought for the Independence of Malta. The grue someaese of the aeeae was tavg Sites upon beholding and noting the careful arrangement of the I IflOtM bones and the beautiful designs Into which they had been made. In two niches, one as each side of the altar, were the skeletons of the Ma It es. P MralSCjSg? maneAng the troops I >n i little stand at one sldo wero five skulls, each with a bullet hole, of Use Maltese rebels BgaliiHt t he In nch Vi Bigg i last glance around we departed full of ad miration at this means of the Maltese ? ?f psjrserNlng the memory of the gal? lant jMdlers of 1566. Hereupon we visited a pub" to par take<Y?f a small llbution and feeling fully^refreshed we hired two carriages at I- >b" |h-r hour for a ride in the Country. Quaint vehicles tin so carriages, short coupled, with small se.us for four, high wheels, canopy ConsTs ami side curtains of khaki, For? tunately we had horses hitched to ours Most of the other vehicles Were lo.bt two Wheel cum pulled by donl eys, < '% the way out to tin ginbr.s mv heart was delighted to hear familiar sounds, and looking around, what do you think I saw Nothing else but a couple of Ford automobiles chugging ? ' 'H/ the cxcclh nt road. Now and th?r| we passed herds of nannie goats with long grown shaggy hair, long flopping car < and inbb is almost touch? ing 4hC ground. They were on their umigl round to be milked Jit the cus? tomers door. Well. 1 guess I ?r. China's ggftp farm h>?d nothing on them. The roads. In most cases, were fenced In with heavy sandstone walls and lined with a few trees, all of which wer. covered with a white co.it or powdered dust. This dust gets the eyes, th** ears, the nose, the throat, and I wished that I wer. back isj Hordeaux sipping light wines to >? -n. ?i the thirst Iba Poeisaai sraa 1?ny miles away and I was on I sun ked road. I Between broken places In the walls ?rp outlying country, as far as the eye ctiuhl see. was rolling, treeless, bare, -fto' bind must grow crops, as In many a-wnlied area. It bad been red Stl) riltlvated. Mere and there were enor? mous rartus plants nml several times en route cactus fruit was offered us f New Shoes for Fall & Winter We have just opened up one of the largest and most complete lines of Shoes for Men, Women and-Childrcn that we have had in several years. Ladies, if you want to have your footwear look smart and attractive this winter Dame Fashion says you must wear high top shoes. We have them in both the Button and Lace. We invite your inspection of these. Shaw & McCollum Mer. Co. for sale, hut I didn't taste any. After a four-mile drive we reached the har? dens and orange grove . The whole was beautiful, hut they did not appeal to me as they were so unnatural and had to he nurtured. After a hurried trip through the garden we adjourned to a nearby cafe for lunch in which there was nothing Maltose except some sour grapes. Finishing lunch we took carriages for town. i;<?th going and coining there wero of course many women and I inquired why they all wore such big round black hoods with long llowing veils and I was told that such dress became national when, after the French cap? tured Malta In 1530, they ravished all the women who adopted this style of mourning, so to speak. We drove to the elevator, paid a penny each, rode down and took boat back to our good ship Kaisar 1 Hind and sailed at 4 p. m. bound for.Port Said, Egypt. Standing on the boat deck I watched the island slowly disappear over tho horizon and shortly afterwards when night fell, a perfectly delightful day had come to a close. A second letter from V'lco Consul I>lck, written from Alexandria, Egypt, is fiually Interesting in its description of life customs of the people and inci? dents of tho trip: Alexandria. Egypt, Aug. 30, 11)15. Arrived here on Friday night with? out adventure except for a slight delay at Fort Said where the customs au? thorities snltt bed my Austrian auto? matic pistol and, as I refused to let them open a well-packed suit case containing an I'nderwood typewriter destined for use In the consulate at Jerusalem,' they held It up. However, owing to my official nature they will he passed upon the representation of our consul here. I arrived here ono day too late to catch our cruiser Des Meines. The cruiser Chester will arrive in a few days though and I'll continue my Journey, the schedule of which is al? ready a week late, owing to my en? forced stay in both New York and at Marseilles. I intend to make hay while the sun shines by going OVOf to Cairo tomorrow for two days to "have look see." After the trip I'll write about it. At ll.lt l ist I t i.lav we pulled out Of Port Said station on the Cairo express. Almost immediately the right of way led to the hank of the Sue/ Canal, which we followed for over an hour. (?o one side was the canal and on the other were marshes and desert. Along the canal there Wi re very few traces of the reoent lighting. After having the canal at Ishmalia the truck struck gerOSQ the desert, whieh. as you know. Is some sand. The ?nnllghl reflected on us gave ? green? ish hue and the glare was something fearful. Fortunately the speed of the train raised a breegQ, Occasionally we passed oases which formed delightful contrasts?the deep green and the yol lOWieh sand. About I.SO a chap pOSS ed the compartment in which 1 was and said "lirst seats for luncheon." Off I started for the diner, without illfferentlntlni between this announce? ment end UN usual one in the V, s. A., 'First call for lunch." I reached the diner all right and sat down, only to be routed out for hot basing a ticket, obtainable at Port Said, for lirst place. I OOUld * e myself going hungry, as i had no meal ticket at all and they were out for Ird service too. i knew I wouldn't he put out, so i sat tight and got ghow, consisting of nteet I) st< MTOd tough beef and Spuds, There were some rip?> dates, which I think are not as appetising as dried ones. About time I finished eating we ar? rived at a city called Xagilg, some place too. Tin tmln waited only a lew minutes and we proceeded on to Ben ha, where WS had to change cars carriages, as they say here. This burg is a fertile spot in the delta of tie Nile and it is here that one gets the lirst impression of the anelenl granery oi the world wltk oi s .Joseph as man? lager. I don t see the how his brothers managed In cross the desert to eel grain from him, From the train window one gets an ni i of the country, The house* arc made of mud just as lllblc pic? tures show us. On the flat roofs one sc s chickens, cornstalks, cotton stalks, dOgfl and rubbish. Through the doors fth< n ure dirty children and a currlhou (water bUflnlO) or two. In tho fields are nothing but cotton and corn. 1 was surprised to see so much cotton. It is planted in rows just about one-third as wide as ours and is worked with hoes instead of by plowing. Judging from the divisions of land though, farmers in general cannot have more than two acres. In fertilizing it all that is necessary is to cut a dyke in lone of the numerous canals intersect? ing tin- country-and iiOOd the Held With rich loam from the Nile. If dykes are not available water is raised from the canal by crude water wheels. In some instances it is done by hand with wooden cylinders about six feet long ,one end of which is un? der water and the other elevated to [the ditch level. A turbine-like ar? rangement inside raised the water with the revolutions of the cylinder. Another scheme employed is by a bul? lock hitched to a pole?just like an old country sugar cane mill. A sys? tem of geeri operates the water wheel, of course the entire system is crude. For all that I know old Joe himself may have invented the scheme On the roads are a few camels, some water buffalo and many donk? eys, descendants probably of those taking pert in the llight to Fgypt. I see that I am running into a vol? ume and the censors, becoming tired of reading, may destroy it, so more anon. DIG COTTON BALE. Ilarby Afc Ppn Buy BlXteett Hundred Hales from It. J. I tar nett. One of the largest sales of cotton by a single person ever made In Sumter was put through this morning when H. J. Harnett sold 1.G00 bales of cotton to Harby & CO. Tnc. The sale was made 1 on condition Of immediate delivery, and while the exact price paid was not stated, it is understood on good authority that the average price was upwards of 11 OOnttt. Assuming that the price was precisely 11 cents, for the purpose)*of making the enleulo tion, the deal amounted to $S8,000?\ quite a tidy sum for one cotton check, j vox PAPEN'8 1KB ROUSED. Gemsen Military Attache Bpenkg of Affttlr as "I'ngentlemanly." San Francisco, Bept 14,?Capt Franz von Papen, German military at? tache at Washington, who in one of the letters found i.. the possession ol James F. J. Archil'aid referred to Americans "as those idiotic Yankees,-' is in San Francisco today, lie is ac? companied by B friend, who registered at a hotel aa "M, llatzteldt. New York." . . Capt. Von Papen arrived yesterday and attempted, it is .said, to preserve an incognito. When his identity be? came known he refused to make any : tatemenl other than to say he is lu re on leave Of absence. "i have nothing to say with refer once to what I consider the ungentle manly use of private biters," Capt. Van Papen said. He added that all official utterances I must come from Count Von Hornstorf!'. imOADWAY THAI I M' Kl-ocM l>. subway Oavoln Causes Worst Ttcup Ever Known. Special to The Dally Item. New Yolk, Sept. 27.?The worst traffic tieup over known Is the result of recent subway cave in. Sections of Broadway are closed to ail traffic, also a large section of Seventh Avenue. Thousands are compelled to walk miles to their work. Officials are in? vestigating the cause. Supervisor I\ M. Pitts came near being SOrloU*ly, Injured today and did sustain a number of bruises which were more or less painful by helUK Struck and knocked down by an auto? mobile. The accident occurred about one o'clock a^ Mr. Pitts was crossing the siteel in front of (>'Ikmnell and Company's store, and he would prob nbly hnve been badly injured had the car not been going along at a low rate of sp< ? d at the time. Just as he got half way across the Street some? one called him buck and as he turn? d and statted hack the machine hit him. One arm was hurl and his face wns bruised, but Mr. Pitts was able to gel up and continue his way. ADVICE ON Ni:XT YEAR'8 CROP. Mr. Williams Advises Canners on Planting of Grain ami Cotton. It is hard, so hard, for mortal man to ho Satisfied. I hear so many farmers regretting that they did not plant more cotton this year, and they had no light to increase their own crops without expecting their neigh? bors all over the South to do likewise. If two million more hales cotton had been produced this year than have 'been produced) instead of regretting you would be rejoicing over not hav? ing planted any more cotton. It is about time to begin' planning for next year's crop. I think the demand for cotton will justify a slight increase in the crop for next year* On my own farm I think 1 shall increase the crop enough to cover the amount of land planted to tobacco. Tobacco like cot? ton is a robber crop?that is, it does not take any nitrogen from the air like peas and the legume crops. 1 do hot care to plant a robber crop without being reasonably sure of making a prollt. If there was any profit in growing tobacco this year the other fellow certainly got my share. As to wheat, peanuts, sweet potatoes, sor ghurri, oats, rye, and con:, I think that it will be good business to grow good quantities of each, at least enough to supply home consumption, if we havb' ah unfavorable season, and some ttr" spare, if the seasons are good. 1 K?vfe seep good crops of corn, peanuts, po? tatoes and peas grown after whedt' this'year. In the up-country where1 they plant wheat, they consider thfif/a1 crop 'of wheat makes the least drain upon the soil of all the common crops tha't,we plant. We have two roller mills in the county that make just as white Hour as can be purchased anywhere, if the wheat is good. 1 have heard some criticism about the amount of toll taken at the Lenpir roller mill. All successful roller mills' are operated on a basis of exchange. No1 man wishes to have his team with a wagon load of wheat wait all day to have it ground, neither does it suit him if he lives some distance from the mill to leave the wheat and re? turn for the Hour. In Pickens county the roller mills give 34 pounds of lirst grade Hour ami 11 pounds of bran in exchange for a bushel of good wheat. 1 understand that Mr. Lenoir is giving in exchange lit! pounds of Hour and ten pounds of bran. This is on ex? act ly the same basis. A pound of first grade Hour Is worth two pounds of bran, 1 have been told that the Man? ning roller mill gives o5 pounds of Hour and twelve pounds of bran, iwhich is on the same basis. It must be remembered that there is from two to three paundfl of dust and chaff and g waste that is taken out of wheat that is thrashed by the common separator. Qn every farm enough wheat should be sown thin fall to easily supply the farm. The bran is very valuable for stock food. We shall have to learn to take good care of the wheat and to treat the seid for smut before plant? ing. We have tWO remedies, blue stone and formalin or formnldo-hyd>\ either of which will kill tin4 smut. There are several good varieties of wheat to plant in this country. After observing all uf the varitles 'grow n In the county, I am a little partial to Leap's prolific. There Is some advan? tage In planting a bearded wheat when we have heavy rains during the (lowering stage of the wheat. There is the largest crop of peavlnes that l have ever seen grown In the county. This is going to help us a great deal for it Is going to be very hard to secure fertilisers. Let all of tin* farmers see to it thai they make and save as much stable manure this winter as possible, under a shelter. If we can make two or three more crop as.cheaply as we made the one thai we are harvesting. the farmers of Sumtcr count) will 1m- Independent. There Is being seeded the largest crop of crimson and bur clover In the his? tory of the county, There Is also be? ing seeded a meat deal of rvc and I rape for w inter grazing. J, Prunk Williams. Marriage laeen-o Itecord. A license to marry was issued this morning to Nyles Kvnns and Ad.he ilenry, of sunder. ADVISES FARMERS: "BEWARE OF COTTON." J. 0. Dunhur Warns Against Outcome of Rig Acreage Xoxt Year?Plant (?rain and Raise Hogs and Cattle, He Says. Dalzoll, Sept. 27.?I am sorry to see from one of your correspondents that Ids community will not plant wheat this season, owing to the fact that tin water mills have failed for lack of wa? ter and the steam mills are so con? gested that many of the fanners can not get their wheat ground. It Will rain again and then the water mills will resume their work, when the wheat will be converted Into a healthy grade of Hour. The farmers learned a lesson in 1911 and one in 1014 that should not he forgotten soon, and if they are caught next year with a big crop of cotton and no home supplies, with cotton holow the cost of production^ it will not he good sense to try to hlamo somebody else for such conditions. The war is on and we don't know how long it will last, therefore, if we, as a class, exercise good common sense, we Will adapt ourselves to the conditions by trying to make our farms self-sup? porting in every respect possible. Nothing but a shorp crop is the cause of the fair price cotton is bringing to-4 day. regardless of all the rumors to the contrary. It has not reached the Si i ? ...... ? . t maximum yet, but that is a lame reason, for planting everything in cot? ton another year, disregrading the rribst Jrnportant element on the farm, that of foodstuff. Cotton always goes down,under the pressure of a big crop in spite of all the reasoning that can be brought forth and should the South go in for a bumper crop next year she will have to accept the inevitable. Planting cotton, like many other things we engage in, is only gambling and when the luck is all our way, we are a bouyant ami hopeful class, but When the bears take advantage of the opportunities we extend to them, which they never fail to do, then we are a faithless, hopeless set, with a tendency to curse out somebody else for bringing such conditions. De? pressions come and it is not every body who can analyze and give the reasons why, and such being the case, the average1 fanner who is not supposed to know all thcUricks in trade, but! knows something of the advantages that have been taken off his reckless disposition to plant cotton to the neg? lect of many other crops, that go to? wards making him more self' sustain? ing when these adverse circumstances arise. Brother farmers, let's plant wheat again, and oats, corn, sweet po? tatoes, plenty of vegetable and raise all the meat we can. Keep all the cat? tle we can, raise all the chickens and other poultry possihle; quit planting J so much cotton and buying all the fer? tilizer the dealers will sell ami hiring all of the sorry labor that comes about you; to handle that fertilizer in try? ing to make all cotton and next sea? son, you will be able to live again in spite, of the European war and all the pressure the cotton boar can bring on the price. When we have a little cot? ton, somebody else wants it and arc willing to pay us lor it, but when we have nothing else but cotton, somehow in some way, nobody seems to want it. The writer is no prophet, neither the son of a prophet, but will say thai the farmer had better be a little cautions how he plays on the checker hoard of trade another year or the other fel? low will swamp him. j. c. l tunbor. ANOTHER STORM ON WAY. Carrlbean Disturbance Headed West of Northwest. Washington, Sept. 24.?A storm Warning issued tonight by the weath? er bureau said a Cnrrlbbcan storm raging sout beast of Klagston. Jamalen, probably would move west of north? west. Strong winds are said to be prevailing on ihe south coast of Haiti boor AND Kil l. AT t'ANANEA. Douglas, Sept. 21.--Thirty terror stricken American women arrived I l oni Cananea. ('arranza troops have been looting and killing there foi thirty-six hours. Forty inoffensive Mexicans were executed. MANY IIEAlt MeLFXDON. N umlHT ri<?in Banter and o?her, Counties Go to Bishopvillc to Hear Revivalist. Kvangelist Baxter Franklin Mc- * Lendon, who i.s conducting a revival service at Bishopvillc is preaching to large and enthusiastic audiences every day und night now and many who ? hear him are coming up at the cloao of the meetings to profess their faith . in Christ and promise to lead new Uvea. More than five hundred con? versions are reported as the result of his two weeks preaching at Bishop? villc. * ??>.. On Sunday there were quite a num? ber of people from Sumter, Orange burg, Calhoun, Darlington, Florence and Marlboro, as well as Lee County, present to hear the evangelist, about twenty-five hundred being present in his audience. I Mr. McLendon is said ? to be preaching powerful sermons and doing much good. I* * ?. M KI) ICAL 'EDUCATION FOR CHINA/ Most Thoroughly Scientific System In World in- Protmeet by Foundation. ' Now York, Sept. 26,?China has in prospect the most thoroughly scien? tific system of medical eiucation in the world if plans of the China medi? cal board of the Rockefeller founda? tion, outl'med in the third part of tneI annual report of the foundation, 'm'aflo public here today, are realized. This eotfeiusion is reached from the results of four months* observation of China's needs by a commission com? prising Harry Pratt Johnson, president of the University of Chicago\ Roger S. Greene, United States consul gen? eral at Hankow, and Francis W. Pea body of the Harvard medical school. "As the system proves practicable and efficient wc may extend it to other similar centres, or it will per? haps itself, and China will be in a fair way to lead the world in medicine." Imports Released by Britain. Special to The Daily Item. Washington, Sept. 21.?Tue British embassy notified the State department that arrange? ments are complete lor the re? lease to American importers of a hundred and fifty million dol? lars worth of (?criuun-Austriaii goods held in warehouses at Rotterdam. DRANGERURG MF.X REORGAN? IZE. 'TTgsPjlWr Of Comi.iem* and Agricul? ture" Organised by C ity's Business Men. Orangeburg. Sept. 24.?The Orange burg Chamber of Commerce and Agri? culture, for the promotion of the gen? eral welfare of I he eity and county of Orangeburg, was made a permanent organization last evening at a largely attended meeting of this city's most progressive busin Mi men. held at the court house, said meeting having been called by a commercial body tempor? arily organised at a like gathering Thursday, September If. The pro? posed constitution and by-laws, read and submitted by Major W. |* Glaze, chairman of the temporary commit? tee named to draft such by-laws, were unanimously adopted. The following otlicers were unani? mously elected: President, W. L. Moseley; first vice president, B. Hart Moss; second vice president, P. M. Smoak; secretary and treasurer, W. A. Livingston. Directors: J. M. Alber gottl, W. c, Se as, W. L. Glover, Henry Sims. C. A. Renneker. RETTJRN TO SCHOOD. i One llunnrcd and v eventy-flve Heard Summons. Lynehburg. Sept. 24.?The school' exercises for the ensuing term at trie place opened In the high school bulM Ing on Monday morning of this Nror* with the following teaching force in charge: J. G. Kelly, superintendent; Misses Antley, Leeesne, stcClenaghen, IRdge and Rsrvy. The enrollment on [the first day was 175.