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fernes wood for bishop. | 9pmur Md Beloved lloreare Priest Cited mm Hcriimi of Lmte Rt, Rev. Father Charte? Du Bote Wood mav ha the next bishop of the diocese of Charheton. The death of the beloved and revered Bishop Northrop left a vacancy in the bishopric to be filled accord Ins to the canons of the Cath? olic church In this country and several names have been suggested. Father Budds, of Charleston. Father Duffy, thf we II beloved vicar general, are the otto era mentioned besides the earn? est an* active rector of this big mis atom dlrtrlct. All of this Is said without the knowl? edge und consent, and probably agatet the wishes of Father Wood, hut it Is a fact and it is said and he mar rase all of the fuss he wants to aftet It Is published. Father Wood came to Florence about fifteen years ago a young priest with United experience, but with a ftrm determination Jo make good In the big charge that had been given him. He has accomplished wonders and his record for work has made the Priesas >f the diocese turn'naturally to him on a leader. Father Wood has made friends everywhere and has built up congrega? tions' and built churches and done a wonderf jI deal of things, that show that he Is a real leader of men. His appointment as bishop would be pise sins to a large number of people not Connected with his church who are admirers of him and his work. The appointment at msds by the Pope on the recommendation of the sietgj of the church. Father Wood has charge of the eh arch as In Florence, Georgetown and Cheraw. and all the country in be? tween. He lias built churchep In Georgetown, flumter. where be was transferred for a while to do that pedal werk, and he Is now finishing a mast beautiful church at Florence.? The Commonwealth. SALMON PRAISES ASYLUM EX HIB IT. _. ..?Ja Clearly Jas* What Occupation? al Worl Heeks to Accomplish .-? CcejdttMtie Improve. Columbia. July 11.?T>r. Thomas W. Salmon, medical director of the nat? ional committee for mental hygiene, In a letter to Oov. Manning referred to the Stale Hospital for the Insane In the following words: "I wish you could have seen how greatly Interested the people who at? tend the meeting of the American Medileo-Psychological association were In the esltbtt of the State Hospital for the Insane at Columbia. I fre? quently heard it stated that It showed ' more clearly Just what occupational werk seeks to accomplish than the other exhibit. When we realise the conditions which prevailed at that in? stitution only a abort time ago and the fine work which is under way at the present time, I can not see how the people of South Carolina have any choice than to support you in your efforts to continue this work." The exhibit referred to was the one sent by the State hospital to the last meeting of the American Medico Psychological association held In New Orleans. TO OFFER NORMAL COURSES. To Establish Five Training Schools for Columbia, July IS.?The State board of education at Its meeting In the office of the State superintendent of education today will consider the selection of nee normal training courses for teachers In high school*. Much Interest is being shown in this experiment by the progressive high schoolp of the State. Committees from more than a doxen places will appear before the board. Under the act of ltlf, $1.000 an? nually was set aside for use In each of sve euch courses. The work will be outlined by the State board of edu? cation and the teachers will be an pointed and paid by the same author? ity. The live communities selected for the work will have a fine oppor? tunity for real community and county service. CONFERENCE ON MEXICO. Plana Made for Meeting of fleprrscu tativee mi Nome Northern H<*wort. Washington. July It.?Conferences between representatives of Mexico and of the I'nlted States will probably be held soon at some northern resort. This plan has been tentatively agreed upon by Arredondo, Mexican ambassa? dor designate, Henry P. Fletcher, American ambassador to Mexico, who hat not yet gone to his post, and A< t Ins Secretary of State Polk. Fiel eh? er and Arredondo will probably atp red With others. Aeroplanes Bombard CalaK Berlin. July 12.?The admiralty on nominees that two Herman naval aero planes bombarded Calais, the Franc port. Monday night, and nHo the depots at Bray Dunes. TO LAUNCH CHARLESTON PAPER. American, to Appear July 16, Starts With Paid Circulation of 15,000? Ha? Strong- Men at its (Helm. American Press. Much of the preparatory work of launching the Charleston, S. C, Amer? ican is complete, and the first edition will go to press on July 16. New equip? ment has been purchased and is al? ready Installed in the new building, which is owned by the paper. John P. Grace, publisher and editor of the American, has been active in South Carolina political and legal cir? cles. He has been prominent in se? curing drastic reforms and is known as a man of the people. In keeping with the policy of Mr. Grace, the American Will carry on a direct cam? paign, in support of the Industrial class of the State. It will be liberal and independent In politics. The editorial department will be su? pervised personally by Mr. Grace, as? sisted by Joseph P. Burns, formerly of the Montgomery Advert ser, with a full corps of reporters. ?. A. J. Furlong, business, manager, hau n had an sctivs career on southern newspapers. He started about eleven years ago as office manager of tho Cumberland. (Md.) Times, later going to the News of that city as advertis? ing manager. He then became adver? tising msnsger of the Mobile Item end on ths sale of that paper went to the Montgomery Advertiser, About a yea;* ago he Joined the Doth an, (Ala.) Eagle as advertising managor. Starting with a paid circulation of 15,000 and owning their own home, the men at the helm of the American feel confident that they will be able to weather any storm that may break short of a hurricane. Hurry J. Chapman, formsrly assist? ant circulation manager of the Char? leston Evening Post, has been placed i in c tiarge of the American',! circula? tion. POLICE CHIEF CLEAR. I Charleston Committee Finds Alderman at Fault. Charleston, July* 11.?The report of the epcclal committee, Alderman Plnckney, chairman, appointed by city council to" investigate charges brought against Chief Black of the police de? partment by Alderman K ick, was submitted to city council today, and [gave it as the opinion of the commit? tee that In the controversy between the chief and the alderman, the latter was the aggressor, and had no right to interfere with the police official in the disciplining of his men. The com? mittee states tfiat the chief of police must at all times treat the public with courtesy. Aside from the controversy, the only specific charge is the ac? ceptance by Chief Black of a bottle of champagne. The report states that there Is nothing Illegal In the accept? ance of the chsnfpagne, but by the circumstances surrounding it the ac? ceptance Is regarded as an act of in? discretion. .City council unanimously j adopted the report. , PRIZES FOR STATE FAIR. Amount for Premiums is Over $17,000 Columbia, July 12.?Copy of the premium lists for the State fair has been placed in th hands of the print? ers, anc. the booklet is to be ready for general distribution within the next ten days or two weeks. The to? tal amount of money to be paid out in premiums this fall (Is $17,037.25. In I addition to this, 26 medals have been offered. The appropriation for the race purposes is $1,660. The dis? tribution of other premiums Is: Field crops, $1,504; horses and mules, $3,605 and 26 medals; South [Carolinu cattle, $3,113; cattle exhibits from beyond the State, $2,703; South Carolina sheep and goats, 1596; sheep and goats not native grown, $294; South Carolina swine, $844; swine not native, $716; bench slow, $220; poultry, $940; household $232.25; needle and fancy work, $295.50; field and flora. $137; fine arts. $214; education, $75. SPECIALISTS TO CONFER. nsi n* an_j 1 Mayor Mitchell Calls Noted Doctor 4 to Plan Fight on Epidemie. New York, July 12.?Mayor Mitchell rushes the conference of medical specialists this afternoon Instead of tomorrow to study plans for handling tho Infantile paralysis epidemic. Among the experts are Dr. Sin "ii Floxencr, of the Rockefeller Institit- , Dr. 10. L Emmcl Holt, the noted pcclalist, I?r. John McCorkle, the noted diagnostician. Hrooklyn con tlnues to report the largest number of new cases and deaths. A nc\ renter of |ht dlsssse Is in an apatt* mOHl house In tb<> edge <>f the Nt M "i k huaim a db trlct. Marrl ige License Record. A license to marry u.is been Is? old to II. K I Mevenstedt, Salem. ( ?.. ; nd Miss Agnen Haynsworth, Sumter. I ?ne nc?To couple secured a license: ? ph Henderson and Emma Juli,' A WASHINGTON FARMER AN? SWERS THE RAILROADS. Tell* Them They Can< Expect No Sympathy From Class of Workers They Have Consistently Robbed for Years. G. It. Sottrell, of Kent, Wash., who is a farmer and incidentally national marketing and rural credits commis? sioner for tho Washington State Grange, received a circular from the Western Railway Managers' Associa? tion recently, asking for sympathy and assistance for the railroads and at? tempting to show him the injustice of ihe demands of the workers for an eight-hour day. Mr. Cottrell's reply follows: "Kent, Wash., March 12, 1916. "To the Executive Committee of the Association of Western Railways: "Gentlemen: In reply to your cir? cular letter (a perusal of which leads mo to believe that you seek sympathy from farmers In your adjustment of wages with your employes) sent to me, I presume, because of the fact that I follow farming as an occupa? tion, I beg to state that if your com? mittee imagines it will strengthen its cause by appealing to that class of people (the American farmer) who have felt tho oppression of excessive freight rates for the past twenty years, they will be somewhat surprised to karn that the farmer of today is n?t permitting himself to be used as a cat's paw to pull chestnuts from any corporation fire. "I note In your circular letter that you very neatly sidestep the real cause why your employes are demand? ing an increase in salary, but elabor? ate upon the new inventions added to your equipment which makes the oc? cupation less hazardous than in form? er years. "In adding your automatic couplers and other labor-saving devices, have you thought that by so doing you have deprived certain former employes of the right to sell the only commodity they have to sell?labor? Have you considered that your present employe pays a certain per cent, taxes towards the maintenance of this unemployed brother? Did you say that he could take up land and become a farmer? Perhaps that would be feasible if you would assist in eliminating the waste between himself as a producer and the consumer, but at present any railroad man on the continent would starve as a farmer. "If I havo been correctly Informed, It takes combustible material, prop? erly placed, to make the various parts of your iron monsters do the bidding of man and transport the farmers' crops to market at a price sufficiently large to guarantee a certain per cent, to your bona fide stockholders and large enough to pay dividends on the watered stock. The only added cost to you from former years is the in? creased cost of labor to produce, as you own your own mines of fuel. "Has it occurred to you gentlemen that it takes combustible material properly placed to cause the human machinery to move and do your bid? ding? Your employe does not own his* mine, but must purchase in the open market at a price from 50 to 200 per cent, in excess of what he had to pay twenty years ago? Do you know that fl toduy will possibly purchase the same article that cost 30 cents twenty years ago? "No, Mr. Railroad Owner, instead of using such methods to keep your em? ployes down to the lowest level, you should seek the cause of this high cost of living. Open up your closet door and there you will find the skeleton of high freight rates between producer and consumer. Go farther on and upon opening other doors you will find other skeletons that will ex? plain to you why your employes ask for an advance In wages. You have one of the strongest organizations on earth. Why antagonize your employe because he has seen fit to follow the examplo you have set him? Rather seek co-operation. "I take pleasure In Informing you thai the farmers of Washington State arc thoroughly organized and In har? mony with organized labor. "Good luck to your employes. "Yours truly, (Signed) "C. R, Cotterell, "Furmcr.* SUBMARINE BOMBARDS SEA 11 AM. ? Germans Make Naval Attack on Eng? lish Coast Town. London? July 1-.?A German sub? marine bombarded Seaham harbor on Hie North seal coast of England dur? ing the night, one woman being kill? ed, it is officially announced. GERMANS REGAIN TRENCHES. London, July II.-?German troops have regained lost ground at Itametx and In Trones woods. It is Officially an? il Minced. To the moth on the Somme Ihe British open an offensive at Loos, penetrating the German trenches. Dutch Steamer Submarined. Mulden, Holland, July 11.?The I Mitch steamship Gear Trulda was ? unl< yesterday by n submarine. The new of nine were saved. TO BREAK BLOCKADE. Voyage of Gorman Submarine Across Atlantic is Real Effort to Break English Blockade. -1 Baltimore, July 12.?Ambassador von Bernstorff has taken informal charge of the Deutschland case. It is learned that the Germans are desirous of having other submarines come as quickly as possible so they can contend that a big volume of traffic is going on through the blockade' and de? mand that the blockade be held in? effective and illegal. COMPLAINANT WINS CASE. Decision Rendered Against Olantu First National Bank. Florence Times. At Charleston, S. C, on July 10, 1916, in the cause of Hartwell M. Ayer, as trustee of the estate of Mc Lendon-Colc Co., Inc., bankrupt, com? plainant, against the First National Bank of Olanta, S. C, defendant, Judge Henry A. M. Smith, of the United States district court, rendered a decree awarding judgment in fa? vor of the complainant and against The First National Bank of Olanta for the sum of $3,000, together with interest and cost. This cause was in the .nature of a bill in equity by the complainant to recover an alleged preferential payment of $3,000 made by the bankrupt to The First National Bank of Olanta within four months prior to the date of adjudication in bankruptcy. The decree further or? ders the defendant to pay over this fund to the complainant within twenty days. Mr. J. D. Gilland, at? torney of this city, appeared in behalf of the complainant, while the defend? ant was represented by Messrs. Spears, Hicks, Muldrow and Saint Amand, attorneys of this city and Darlington, S. C. How to Detect and Prevent Spread of Infantile Paralysis. Dr. C. Balduan, director of public education of the health department, and Dr. Simon Flexner, director of the . Rockefeller Institute, of New York, here explains how to detect symptoms of infantile paralysis and how to ward off the disease and pro vent Its spread. The Hrst symptoms are fever, bow? el disturbances, headache and Irrita? bility. After a few hours, pains develop, usually in the lower part of the legs and In the feet. Sometimes there are'also pains In the region of che spine, In the arms and neck?stiff neck. Within twelve hours, the patient is unable to move his arms or legs and sometimes can not talk. 1 Vomiting, delirium, twitchings and convulsions accompany the progress of the disease. A temperature of from 100 to 106 degrees lasts two or three days. Sometimes, but rarely, the patient has' chills, sore throat and skin erup? tions. Health is no protection. Often chil? dren go to bed apparently well and awake In the night with the first symptoms and are partly paralyzed by morning. Cleanliness Is the only known pre vcntatlvc. The Isolation of children In the house is next in importance. Have children wash their hands and faces often. Avoid buying candy, Ice cream and fruits which are eaten without being cooked, from peddlers and storekeep? ers who are not careful of their wares. Don't kiss children on their mouths. Keep their noses clean. This applies especially to young babies. Don't cough in their faces. Protect them from flies. The germs of this disease, which are so small that they can not be seen with microscopes and which pass through germ illters, almost always enter the mucous membranes of the nose and throat. Keep children away from their mates in the streets or at moving pic? ture shows. Report all cases at once to the board of health, so that the city's doc? tors can immediately investigate and remove the patients to hospitals. Adults are not free from the dis? ease. If your hands are dirty< or if you are not careful about the prep? aration of your children's food, re? member that you can give your lit? tle ones the disease as readily as can outsiders. ATACK HEADMAN'S HILL. Herman Crown Prince Shifts Point of Assault. Paris, July 12.?The crow 1 prince shifted his attack during the night to the west bank of the Meuse, assaulting Dead .Man's Hill with a large force. All attacks repulsed and a brilliant t ountor attack on the east bank of (lie Meuse resulted in the French re rapturlhg ? part of Futttln wood. The French arc still successful In the Champagne, making numerous raids upon the German trenches. NEW RAILROAD BRAKE. W. R. Chandler of Sumtcr Has Pat? ented a Device That Will Render Railway Traffic More Safe. Mr. W. I:. Chandler, the well known Southern Railway engineer, has re? cently perfected an improved railroad air brake and has been awarded pat? ents on same. He is now making ar? rangements to have the .appliances manufactured for the purpose of hav? ing them placed on cars of one of the leading railroads for a thorough test under the severest operating condi? tions that they can be subjected to in regular service. The new brake is said to be a decided improvement on any similar device now in use, being both simpler, more durable, and more ef? fective. It has one outstanding mer? it that will recommend it to practical railroad men in that it will prevent accidents that frequently occur from the brake beam dropping down. Af? ter the new brake has been tried out and given a satisfactory test in reg? ular service Mr. Chandler will make arrangements to have it manufactur? ed on a large scale and will start a campaign to have it adopted as a reg? ular equipment of all railway cars. NAVAL EXPERTS BARRED. Submarine Captain Refuses to Permit Examination of Deutschland. Baltimore, July 11.?United States naval experts were barred from the German submarine Deutschland by Capt. Koenig and agents of the own? ers of the line. Collector Ryan and naval experts were informed that they would not be allowed to make a technical examination until German Ambassador Bernstorff could be com I municated with. The ambassador is I expected to come here. GRAND JURY PRESENTMENT. Committees Make Reports on Offices and County Public Works. To the Hon. R. W. Memminger, Pre? siding-Judge. Dear Sir: Our foreman, Mr. Neill O'Donnell is out of the State and while ho agreed to return to attend this meeting of the court, we did not deem it necessary to put him to the expense and inconvenience of. doing so, and by the action of a majority of the jury he was excused and, Mr. S. A. Harvin elected as acting foreman. We passed upon all bills handed us by the solicitor and returned our find? ings thereon to the court. At the last term we appointed various commit? tees to look after the matters most import?nt to the county and we are pleased to submit herewith a report of the chairman of each committee ex? cept that of rural schools and of finance. The reason why the report of finance Is not ready Is due to the fact that we are having an audit made of the books of the county officials by expert accountants and as the fiscal year closes on June 30th, these gen? tlemen have not been able to complete their work in time for this court, hut it will bo submitted at the fall term. The following Is the report on pub? lic buildings: Mr. Neill O'Donnell, Foreman. Dear Sir: We, your committee of the grand jury on public buildings, jail and city school buHdings, beg leave to report that we have person? ally inspected these buildings. We find the county jail in very bad condition, and especially the water? works. This matter was brought to the attention of Mr. C. M. Hurst, clerk of the county board, and he stated that he would have a plumber look af? ter it right away, which we know he will do. In view of the fact that a new jail is soon to be built we wohld advise no other expense there at this time. ? *f'fW:|j We found all county offices nicely kept, and the officials very courteous to us. We found a part of the court house building unused, and we would sug? gest that if the county is paying rent for Master and Magistrate's offices that they be requested to move these offices into the vacant offices in this building, which will be a saving to the county. We found the county poor house In excellent condition. All the inmates are well cared for and their houses clean, and we would suggest that these houses be screened, these inmates all seem to appreciate the kindness of Mrs. Mitchell, Who was also very kind and courteous to us, and we con? gratulate Sumter county on having this good lady in charge of this insti? tution. We have made a personal inspection of all the school buildings in the city of Sumtcr and find them nicely kept. We found no tires escapes on the Hampton Avenue and Calhoun Street bulldlnf*i and we would suggest that these buildings be provided with them. At the colored school building we found one lire escape on south side of building, which seems to be alright. At rear of this building we find long wooden steps, which In our judgment is unsafe. In case of a panic we feel sure that these steps could not hold the crowd of children, and In giving away under such a load of human be? ings many would be killed and others seriously hurt. We find that most of the stove pipes in building need atten? tion and would advise that they be looked after before another session; also that the old part of building be painted outside, ar.d all walls inside be painted in some light color. If there is anything more that you wculd like this committee to attend *.o we will take pleasure in doing so. Respectfully submitted, D. M. Dick, J. A. Midleton, Jr, T. Scriven Doar. Report of Committee on Public Works. Sumter, S. C, July 10, 1916. Mr. Neill O'Donnell, Foreman Grand Jury. Your committee on public works beg leave to submit their report as follows: In company with the County Super? visor the committee visited and in? spected the county convict camp and we are pleased to report that we fourd conditions there most satisfac? tory being sanitary and the convicts well cared for. We also went over the different roads which have been undergoing building and are gratified to state that these roads are all in excellent condition. These roads include the Bishopville, Wedgefleld and Pocalla. On the Pocalla road the supervisor has built a concrete bridge over tho ?reek which is ft permanent improve? ment and one very much nieeded. The supervisor is now at work on the road leading to Pinewood over Green Swamp and will soon have this in fine condition also. Respectfully submitted, Chairman. We thank your honor and other court officials for courtesies shown us. S. A. Harvin, Acting Foreman. EGYPT HAS FINE CROPS. Farmers Busy Working Croi>s?Boys Join Kershaw Guards?Politics Getting Warm. Egypt, July 11.?We wonder if any one oi' your readers still remember the country called Egypt. Well, in reality the place still exists. The country is so called from Its former production of corn, and that crop bids fair to exceed all previous records this year. The farmers have been very busy working the small cotton and trying to clear it of grass. Fruit and water? melons are very scarce/ and no one seems ready to lay by cotton. In fact the cotton crop is about one month behind. Messrs. C. K. McCaskill, C. E. Mc Cask'dl, Callie Johnson, R. P. Cook and Cooper Peebles have gone from this community with the Kershaw guards. *! Rev. J. P. Attaway and several chil? dren have gone to Anderson and other points on a vacation. Mr. Attaway went through the country in bis ma? chine. * Mr. and Mrs. L. H. White spent Sunday at the home of Mr. W. T. Mc Leod. Messrs. S. A. White, T. B. White, Walter Harlee, Edward Bradley, T. A. Bradley and Mrs. J. P. Attaway and Mrs. T. A. Bradley represented the St. John's Sunday School at the Sunday School Federation In Sumter last week. Mr. E. O. White has returned homo for the summer, after teaching in Sa luda the past year. Mr. J. K. Richbourg was In Camden lost Saturlay. Mr. Wellington Stuckey of Bishop? ville was a visitor at the home of Mr. L. A. White on July 4th. Politics arc fast becoming a lrYe Is? sue in Egypt and candidates are not so rare as they were last July. The race for superintendent of education bids fair to be the hottest race In the county. , m; ______________ THE CHILDREN'S EPIDEMIC. I _ V ______ Increase hi Number of Now Cases and Deaths Rci>orted in New York. New York, July 11.?The number of deaths and cases of Infantile pa? ralysis took a sudden Jump today, de? spite the efforts of the authorities to stamp out the epidemic. The health department reported 195 new cases, and fhirty-tWu death! within the last tWCUty-four hours. Bremen on the Way. Baltimore, July 12.?Paul Htlken of the Schumacher company an? nounces that the super submarine Bremen Is positively now on the way to America, but he refused to give further facts regarding the port sh* left from or where she will arrivs. In The Police Court. From the Daily Item, July 12. The following cases were disposed of in the Recorder's Court today: Joyce Stevens, vagrancy, defendant unable to work and directed to go to his people at Wilmington, N. C. Cliff Wilson, drunk and refusing to pay hack fare, $10 or 20 days. Lambert Ford, disorderly conduct $7.50 or 15 days.