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i ton Alma't at be (by ConnI17'?, Xhj God'i ud Troth's." THE TRUE SOOTHBON, ??! Jobs, 1fMb TURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1916. Vol. XLII. No. 49. I ,f; W ? ? ? betete na eould r?* beck et him he was caught and hale. He said Dr. Adams had been "following him up" for several dare aad he had tried in every way to lied. to the affair say that after the stow wae struck and Mr. DeeChamps > was down he and had drawn bis knife out he wie caught by Mr; Cooper and another man. and that Mr. Ver? aer had already caught hold of Dr. Annans and pulled him off the plassa of the hotel end out Into the yard. Mr. DesChampa was taken across ths to a doctor's office and Dr. wae taken to his room in the i<ator both were put under heath today and he told his home peo? ple how proud he is of them and ol Clarendon county. He gave some reminiscences of his boyhood days in old Fulton township of this county. Mr. DeeChamps praised the handsome Clarendon county court house. He lambasted so much politics and Jump? ed on factionalism. Mr. DesChamps told of the number of things this State buys from the North and urged diversified and intensified farming. He was liberally applauded. John T. Duncan discussed the "sys? tem." Gov. Richard I. Manning was re? ceived with applause. He said he Is running for reelection on his record. Mr. Manning said law enforcement Is The mattor eaused a good deal of 1 the paramount issue of this campaign, ssjeftesnent on the streets, the cam? paign crowd Just getting hold of the re when the meeting broke up. The meeting was held on tho court sues lawn, S. Oliver O* Bryan, county presiding. About 1,200 were present* it being Imuos to tell whom they favored, ill being g|v*n good attention and *ap ptanse. Ths candidates for minor State ofllees l?d off la the spesklng, deliver? ing their usual speechea The guber? natorial rand dates were the last to apeak, being Introduced In the follow? ing ordsr: R. A. Cooper said lie had entered the rare for governor without getting as It was two years ago. Some 1,600 purddns had been Issued in the admin? istration preceding his and blind tigers ran wide open then, he charged. He said the queotlon today Is whether there is to be a return to that condi? tion or a continuance of the policies he has put into operation. He reviewed his Charleston policy and told of the raiding carried out there by the con? stables operating under Sheriff Martin. He cited the reports of the solicitors of Increased convictions In the last 18 months as evidence of his statement on taw enforcement. The governor ?aid tho blind tigers In Charleston hlMsed him and If he is reclectcd they will have cause tu hiss him again, for permlawion from any man or set of I h* proposes to continue to make them men. He said he would be governor ?h*y th? ,aw- This statement drew of all the psople If elected, and his! applause. "1 will make no compromise statement that "any man who goes with crime," said the governor. Ho Into office to puntnh his enemies or re- reviewed the business side of his ad ward his friends Is unfit for the public ministration and the reorganisation service." brought a round of applause, la atreatng the Importance of enforc? ing the law, Mr. Cooper said. If elect? ed, he would respect the verdicts of Juris*. Showing that 90 per cent, of and remodeling of the State Hospital for tho Insane. He was presented with flowers and applauded. Former Oov. Colo I*, llleaso was re? ceived with cheers. He ridiculed the the white children got no further than i Munnlng purade at Sumter yesterday the common school, Mr. Coper advo- 1 ?aylng It was participated in by wo cated the building up of the noighbor- I men and children and i>J voters by ac hood school to a high standard. e?iu.il 'uul count. Mr. Mease said the la it j to the first two years of college work, (legislature was so ashamed of what it htr.' Ose per said he favors doing away i ?H?1 that they haven't yet published ith scholarship* and free tuition In its eollese*. proposing to loan needy students the necessary money to pay their way through college. He Maid thta would remove the discrimination against the church colleges, saying they are entitled to a square deal. He called on the people to forget past Ulf their acts. Mr. Bleaue scored tho tax commis? sion, saying: "The chairman of that board that fixes your taxes don't pav any but a $1 poll." He said the board of chartt'.CH Is USelesa He said Mr, Manning voted attaint the SSpfl rate coach bill while in tho senate, 000 000 tho vnluc of (ho 3?pW?3WWt^^ ductiOn of 12,916,000 equivalent 609* pound bales. That compares with 14,266,000 bales forecast last month by the bureau of crop estimates hosing Its calculations on the condi? tion of the crop on June 26, and with] 11,161,820, bales, last year's final pro? duction, 16,134,930 In 1914, 14,166, 486 bales In 1913 and 12,703,421 bales in 1912. The final output, however, will be larger or smaller than above forecast according as conditions here? after are better or wrose than aver? age conditions. Condition of the crop on July 25 as compiled from reports of agents and correspondents In the cotton belt was placed at 72.3 per cent, of a normal, compared with 81.1 on June j26, 76.4 on July 26 last year, 76.4 In 1914, and 78.5, tho ten year average on July 25. During the month storms caused some damage to the crop. In the first week weather was favorable In most places and the crop made satis? factory growth, but, owing to earlier unfavorable conditions, some fields were irregular and in places the plants were small and backward. Boll weevil were reported damaging the crop 1^ Texas, Mississippi, Ala? bama, Arkansas and Louisiana. High winds and heavy rains of a tropical storm did serious damage In portions of the central and east Gulf States during the second week. Much of the crop In the lowlands was Hooded and uplands were badly wash? ed and the crop otherwise Injured. In extreme western Florida the crop was damaged from 25 to 50 per cent, by the storm. Contlnuo rains favored boll woevll Increase and prevented much needed cultivation. In the western portion of the belt arid north? ern part east of the Mississippi weather was generally favorable and the crop made good progress. During the latter part of the month some damn a' was sustained from floods in tho northeastern sec? tion. The weather west of the Mis? sissippi was favorable, but in the East it was less so, especially in tho low hinds. Increased damage by boll weevil was reported. Statistics compiled by the bureau of crop estimates show the value of tho 1915 cotton crop was 10 per cent, more than that of 1914, while the production was ;>0 per cent, less Total value of the 1911 crop was $794.000,ono compared with $720, 1914 crop. f.rences and to Join hand In putting ""d M dubbed the |ltt0H law cn-'Tho (.,.op wus vuIued at $i,027, n..nth Carolina In the front ranks of jforcemcnt fund "a campaign fund to j OOO.OOO. the sisterhood of States. Mr. Cooper I Mre hten to run around South t'aro- j Unt WUJ, valued at |gtl,00;6t? for wae given a generous round of ap- ;hna and electioneer for Manning." He th(. 1915 (,rop vayiuif producers about Stoves and cheers whsn he finished, [repeated his attack on Oov. Manning :* |1<f| rents u poum| UK ouiCU|uted on J. M. DeeChamps wae on hie nativs(handling of ths atylum situation. averages based upon monthly prices PEANUT IN PUCE Of COTTON MAY PROVE USEFUL SUBSTITUTE WHEN WEEVIL COMES. MllLs Aid Movement ? Cottonseed CriisherH Will Take Goobers Grown in their Territory. Clemson College, July 31.?One crop which may be substituted for cotton with the advent of the boll weevil is the peanut, which can be successfully grown throughout the State, and particularly the lower half, W. W. Long, farm demonstration agent In the State, said yesterday. Mr. Long further emphasized that one cot- . tonseed oil mill in Charleston has been crushing peanuts during the last 90 days. The supply was drawn from! Virginia farms, which Mr. Long says are no better suited for the growing of this crop than is South Carolina soil. Another incentive, Mr. Long pointed out, was that the South Carolina Cot? tonseed Crushers' association has agreed to handle this year all the pea? nuts and soy beans grown by the farm iers of this State. Mr. Long recently 'read a paper on the latter crop at the annual convention of cottonsed crush? ers in Atlantic Beach, Fla., and the oil men agreed to this plan to encour? age the introduction of crops to meet the boll weevil ravage. A direct se? quence of the peanut planting would be the fattening of more hogs, which could be easily disposed of through the two packing houses recently es? tablished in Orangeburg and Green? ville. Mr. Long is confident South Caro? lina will be prepared for the boll weevil upon its advance into South Carolina, and that its appearance will not be followed by the great decline in land values that has resulted else? where. From figures collected from St. Louis It was shown that 3,000 beef leattle were sold on that market from Mississippi in 1007, the year when the boll weevil was so disastrous to the crops in the central &ov' h. Last year the number of beef cattle sold on itfiat market alone totalled 127,000. ' 4i^if>ii;VTji^i ;wi,mij^^ iySm BURNED IN COTTON BLAZE. I Ed A. Jenkins Injured Trying to Save Twenty Bale Truck Load From Fire. Columbia, Aug. 2.?Ed A. Jenkins, operator of the Jenkins Express, was painfully injured about the hands yes? terday afternoon while unloading 20 bales of cotton that caught Are while on his truck near Green and Huger Streets. Mr. Jenkins was taking the cotton from a warehouse to a cotton mill. The cotton was scorched. The lire department responded quickly to the call. NEGRO ARRESTED FOR RAPE. Willie Darmoml Charged With Com? mitting Assault on Negro Woman. Willie Darmond, colored was ar? rested this morning by Rural Police? man Alex Xorris at Dixie on the charge of having committed criminal I assault upon a negro woman of that section, the deed having been com? mitted on Monday evening according to the warrant which was taken out by the woman. Darmond was placed in the county jail to await trial on the charge. He is a man of about thirty years of age. and monthly sales. For the 1914 crop the lint value was $691,000,000, paying producers about 7.33 cents a pound. The value of seed of the 1915 crop was $166,000,000, paying producers $33.60 a ton compared with $129, 000,000, the value of the 1914 crop's seed which paid producers $17.90 a ton. The Increase in the price of the seed over 1914 was greater than the Increase in the price of lint. Comparisons of condition on July 25, by States, follows: Ten July June July 25, Year 90 25 1915 1914 Av. Va. . 87 90 79 89 82 N. C. . 70 76 78 86 79 S. C. . . 65 74 72 79 77 Oa. . .68 80 76 82 7S Fla. . . ?2 83 78 86 81 Ala. . . 54 79 71 81 78 Miss . 66 85 76 79 77 La. . . .77 84 75 76 76 Tex . . 78 81 76 71 79 Ark . . 85 81) 80 72 80 Tenn . 82 84 85 73 82 Mo. . . 80 74 83 75 82 Okia . S4 84 69 75 79 Cal . loo loo 16 loo *99 IT. S. 72.3 81.1 75.4 76.4 78.5 *six year average The next report will be Issued Thursday, August 81, and will show the condition of cotton on August 25. RECORD TOBACCO SALE. 115,000 POUNDS OF WEED DIS? POSED OF ON OPENING DAY OF SEASON. Prices Were Regarded as Good, Ave ? aging About $11 a Hundred / ^ Ranging up to $35 In One Ca <? Farmers Generally Pleased f ^ i Price and Treatment. 9 A completed summary of th ac co sales on the door of Sumter *> Jtre house yesterday shows a record breaking sale of tobacco on the floor of Glenn's Tobacco Warehouse, con? sidering the conditions of public i highways after the protracted wet spell, was pulled off, when one hun? dred and fifteen thousand pounds of tobacco changed hands. A most gratifying feature of the opening sale Was that the tobacco growers who sold tobacco voluntarily came forward in large numbers to express their satisfaction at the high prices which were paid. Secretary P.eardon of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce says many tobacco growers expressed their satisfaction at the high prices prevailing yesterday. Many thousands of pounds brought fancy prices ranging along $20, $23 and as high as $35 per hundred pounds, but a great deal of the to? bacco was ''first pulling, or sand lugs," which averaged up over $11.00 per hundred pounds. Tobacco was brought here from twenty-five miles away, and Sumter, Clarendon, Lee, and other counties were represented in the sales. A large corps ol buyers, represent I Ing leading foreign and domestic to? bacco companies, were on hand. Mr. J. W. Glenn, the lessee and manager of the Sumter warehouse, is a hustler and Is doing his "level best" to see that the tobacco buyers give jthe highest market prices. He is pleasing the tobacco growers any? how, whether he adds anything to his popularity with the tobacco buyers or not. Mr. Glenn is anxious to make Sumter a leading tobacco market, and he has been encouraged in this l-Wd LXKI^ K?. ao^a ftf thtt ilSTf ltntfr "lf ,,mn*.?u .,( ..y^wn, "w?^ tobacco concerns ot this country, and by the business men and bankers of .Sumter generally represented by the ' Sumter Chamber of Commerce and ! Retail Dealers' Association. TOBACCO MARKETS OPEN. BRIGHT PROSPECTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA BELT. Good Prices Brought?Growers In Many Sections Have Reason to Re? joice in First Sales of Season. Columbia, Aug. 2.?Opening for the season with bright prospects the big tobacco markets of the Pee Dee sec? tion of South Carolina yesterday began operations for 1916. Something less than a million and a half pounds, ac? cording to reports, was sold, the weed bringing very good prices. Prices paid ranged from 4 cents for the . lowest grade of "sand lugs" to* the J high mark of 60 cents a pound for the ; best tobacco gathered and cured be? fore the storm which recently swept ! the Pee Dee section. Sumter reported 100,000 pounds sold; Tlmmonsvllle, 200,000; Harts ville, 106,000; Darlington, 100,000; Marion, 50,000; Lake City, 224,000; Conwny, 125,000; Aynor, 65,000; Loris, 75,000; Kingstree, 125,000, ar*d Mailing, 75,000. Mullns one of the large markets, did not report on the amount, but indicated an active mar? ket. All signs, according to reports from the tobacco markets, point to a sum? mer of good times In the Pee Dee, with high prices for tobaooo making up lor the destruction caused by the recent storm. Ill (.HIS A SU FR AGETTE. Republican Candidate Makes Bid for Women's Vote. New York, Aug. 1.?Charles B. Hughes, the Republican candidate for president comes out for a constitu? tional amendment giving women the right to vote. He makes this known when replying to a telegram from Sen? ator Sutherland, of Utah, inquiring how he stood. WILL EVACUATE KOVEL. Germans Preparing* to Abandon Great Stronghold In Russia. London, Aiig. 1.? Rome reports that the Germans are removing food and munitions from Kovel, which they are preparing to evacuate. ?J CAMPAIGNERS SPEAK. j ers for state office :ard by crowd of about / 2,000 people on court / house lawn. udienee was Quiet and Orderly and There Were no Unusual Features to Mark Occasion?Big Parade for Governor Manning Prior to Com? mencement of Speaking. ?'rom The Daily Item, Aug. 1. The seekers after Stale office wer? the guests of Sumter today and a crowd of about two thousand people gathered on the court house lawn and patiendy stood for four and a-half hours to hear what the candidates had to say about themselves, and their op ponents, why they should be elected to State office, and to tell of what they would do, if elected. Each candidate was given a careful and attentive hearing, there being no unusual or specially t -???nj; features to mark the campaV Gov. R. w^Cfanning was well re? ceived In his home town. He received the largest share of applause given to any candidate, but the audience at that did not at any time give general applause that might be taken for an ovation. Gov. Blease came in next with the audience in the receiving of applause. The other candidates re? ceived good attention and their jokee and pleasantries, as weil aa their statements of the planks In their plat? forms were well received. Duncan, DesChamps and Cansler of Tirzah, es? pecially the latter, seemed to please the crowd with their sallies at the ex? pense of others in the party. The speaking started at 11 o'clock jand was not through until shortly be? fore 4 o'clock, or too late for a full report of the speeches to be made in this afternoon's paper. County Chair? man John H. Clifton presided and presented the candidates to the aud? ience, Insuring to all the same courte? sy and attention which they requested. Just prior to the commencement Of the speaking a reception wgs given to Gov. Manning at the Claremont ! friends from *he surrolfni A band had been secured and kftsr A concert Gov. Manning was taken tit a car, .following the band wagon, and the parade In his honor came up Main street and paraded around town before the chief executive was taken to the speaker's stand. During his speech former Otrr. Blease was brought two bouquets of flowers, one merely marked "For Blease," while the other carried the card of J. W. Harper. Gov. Manning received two bunches of flowers and a basket of flowers "For our Governor from Mrs. Teicher and the Misses Teicher," R. E. Rembert and Mrs John Alexander McKnlght, respective? ly. Gov. Manning was the last speaker and at the close of the speaking many of his friends gathered on and about the stand to shake his hand. During the speaking he had been on the grounds meeting and speaking to hie friends. Many British Killed. Special to The Dally Item. l.i?ndon, Aug 3.? British casualties reach a new high record, 6,196 were lost today. I GAINS AND LOSSES. Germans Announce Defeat of British Attack and Admit French Gain. Special to The Dally Item. Berlin, Aug. 3.?The war office an? nounces that the Brltsh were defeated 1 on the Somme front and admits that the French gained slightly on the Somme front and at Verdun. _. < GERMANS EVACUATE kovel. i Russians Continue to Press Forward Toward Ilmberg. Special to The Dally Item. Petrograd, Aug. 3.?The Germans have begun the evaucation of their base at Kovel. I'notllcial messages state that the Russians have pushed forward ten miles since crossing ths Stock hod river, and are extending their attacks father Into the Prlpet marshes. GAINS AT VERDUN. French Repulse Attack on Somme Recapture Outskirts of Fleury. . Special to The Dsily Item. Paris, Aug. 3.?The Germans were repulsed today on both sides of the Bomme and at Verdun. The French have recaptured the outskirts et Fleury station at Verdun.