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kuef ie? mm. B?FfU-lSfc NT \TI\ F. OF WAH DK PARTMF.NT SFFNT THURSDAY IN TOWN. %t FV Formulated to Kxprnd nt Fund* on Public High *#ork to f?hre Fmployment lo Rrmk-rrd Destitute or Needy Flood. Mr. R. a Howard, Wateree District Sepertntendent. repreaenting Major Toengberg, District Knglmer of the asjuf department, of Charleston, official la charge of the distribution of the lead for relief of storm and Hood Sufferer* for South Carolina, suent Thursday in this city Invest^tLg crop condition.. ^7 Mr. Howard conferred for severelj hears wth President It. It. Heiser und ?tcretary Iteardon of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce, and was taken la Mr. Belaer's automobile for a ride ever a-portion of the county to see ?rep conditions and talk .vlth the gernrMnrs In some sections. Ms found the crop damage, par ffteilerly cotton and tobacco very se? id ging, end corn hurt very riuch In After the trip through a lection of county another conference wax at Chamber of Commerce, and r Pitts was talked to over the Phone at his house. Mr. Howard agreed to adopt the (padfoatlon previously made to the war #e^pjrtniint by Secretary Reardon, and felly concurred In by President Heiser aes| Supervisor Pitts, that the beet SaFlsrl of distributing this fund Is to* furnish work for those who are destt tnte or in serious financial difficulties, fcafldtng new htghweys or Improving established highways, and In every In gtaaco dlgglnr ditches to drain the lassie n?? y uu. or improved so at to drain he roads and to permit of drain lug farm lands into the road j ?stehst. I Of course, wherever there exists ab iolete dist^ss on the part of any one a ho Is physically unable to work and ?'who ae/Hl food, medicines or other HltappUes the war department through i Mr. Howard Instructed the secretary ^?f Vhe Chamber of Commerce to no? tify Major Toungberg at Charleston ? at the names of the applicants, but It " thought that there are any ah *^ m aijLjj>jf ??T'??] ?* * destitute or starving people eeunty at present. emiVe4es1. however, lhat there g^entcr need for heip and deetituttv>n sixty or ninety days then et present. tae cotton crop Is cut off fully per cent, on an average, and a t deel more in many Instance.* reevnue from picking cotton will he greatly reduced, and with other anfortunate clrrumstances there are hundreds who will feel the evil ef? fects of the disastrous storm later on more than they do now. So that providing means of work will la a measure supply money to help out later on. Of course ths relief . fudd Is pri? marily to provide emergency help Bet thoee w*io have more directly in? terested themselves In obtaining the quickest posathle methods of relief feel, that furnishing immediate work that will be of a more or less pcrma eenc't nature to the victims of the storm, by improving and draining ay*, which, when properly drained, will serve a three fold pur? pose, that Is to say will Increase the Value of farm lands by better roads ftnd drained roads, will enable low lands to be properly drained Into pebllc highways, and at the same time Improve the public health. I 'Mr. Howard Issued written authority to President Heiser to have the Chamber of Commerce Immediately organise a road Improvement and drainage gang from among the storm sufferers who want work, and to have the work done under the supervision of the County Supervisor and Hoard of County Commissioners, and the war department will pay the bills. Messrs. C M. Hurst. Clerk of the County Board, nnd Clerk of Court H. U Scar? borough were Keen by Mr. Ilow.ud and* agreed to serve on the relief com? mittee with the Chamber of Com? merce official* More or less local In? terest and cooperation on the part of the farmers of the districts to be helped and on the part of the county authorities will be necessary. The government fund makes no pro? Vial on for paying any one to super vies the distribution of the fund or to hey rued tools such us shovels, exes, pttks, etc., or from foremen. - 60 that the county commissioners or farmers will have to lend, tools and where necessary teams, etc. The county authorities will have ab solute direction of the work on hlgh W/eys in every respect, the Chamber of Commerce cooperating as to organisa? tion, finding out who need* help, no? tifying the district engineers repre? sentative. Mr. Howard, and other werk, except road Improvements. Mr. Howard will 1 in ten days to take up the work here. Secretary Rear Ion has written the federal de? partment of agriculture asking that Irr. W. W. Long, director of farm ex r " """vre \? . FEDERAL HOARD WORKING ON RAILWAY STRIKE PROPO? SITION. If Mediation If IWl Fulls, Wilson Will Probably Ik- Called to Throw His Personal Strength into Scale for Settlement. New York, Aug. ?.?If the United .States board of mediation ami concil? iation, which was called in today, falls to adjust the differences between fthc railroads of the country and their ?4 00,000 employes. President Wilson will be usked to use his personal effort to prevent a general strike. This statement was made today by a rep? resentative of the railroad managers who have been negotiating with the men since June 1. The offer of the federal board, which is composerd of O. W. W. Han? gar, Martin A. Knapp and Judge W. L. Chambers, was accepted today by the representatives of the brotherhoods. "The federal board of mediation and conciliation Has notified us," read Mr. Garrotson's statement, "that it has re? ceived the request of the managers' conference committee to exercise ills friendly offices in an effort to bring about an amicable settlement of the questions that exist-between the con feier.ee committee of the managers an 1 ourselves. Our answer was to the effect that we would accept the media? tors' proffer of their friendly offices provided it was promptly exercised." ]*ate tonight efforts of the federal mediators to bring the contending .'actions together Were woll underway. Six hours after the railroad managers had nerved notice on the men that they would not withdraw their formal rejection of the workers' demunds and had proposed mediation, the media? tor* xnd the managers were closeted In secret session. Mediation was sug? gested in lieu of arbitration under the Xewlands act or by the interstate com? merce commission proposals which had been rejected by the brotherhood. What was discussed at the confer? ence could not be divulged under mediation rules, but it was understood that the railroad representatives Indi? cated how far they were willing to go In meeting the demands of the men. >It was reported that the railroads ?tood steadfastly for the main feature of ihelr "contingent proposition." ma le at the June conference, which conosded the .?horter day but elimi? nated double compensation for differ? ent classes of service during the same work day. The railroad managers, In present? ing their case to the mediators, were aa ted by three experts on rates and wage*. J. W. Higgins, former secre? tary of the Association of Western Railroads; G. G. Walher, secretary of the bureau of information of the Rastern railroads, and St. Charles Pi Xell, manger of the bureau of In? formation of the Southeastern rail? ways Tomorrow, It was announced by G. \V. Hangar, a member of the board, the mediators will hear the railroad employes. Then the board will hold alternate conferences with tho oppos? ing forces, Mr. Hangar said. When a basis for an understanding has been reached, the railroads and men will be separately asked If they desire to place their case In the hands of the board for final adjudication. If the answer is in the affirmative the con? tending forces will have to abide by the decision of the hoard. It was pointed out by Mr. Hagar, however, that acceptance of the board's proffer of services is not oblig? atory tin either side. A. R. Garretson, president of the railroad conductors, and official xpokesmnti for the men, said that un? less the railroads made satisfactory concessions the men would refuse to bind themselves^ to federal mediation, and unless something Intervened the general strike order would bo en forcd. Herne. Aug. It - I Sit ST dispatches say that Gen. von Hlndenherg's pow? ers on the east front have been cur? tailed after being In supreme com? mand there for only a short time. The southern Gallclnn army of Aus? trian* Is now commanded by Archduke Fran7. Joseph. I^ondon, Aug. 10.?A great wave of India, nation sweeps over Vienna be SMMB Gorlzla was lout, says an Am? sterdam dispatch. The Austrian So? cialists have started a separate peace movement and the government is se? cretly encouraging the movement. ????? II , tension work, at Clcmsnn be placed in charge of the furnishing of free seed of whatever kind he deems best for Hood sufferers of this county to afford the quickest relief by an extra large crop of grains of all kinds, vetch, clover, psaS) v. inter garden trin k, or Other food and feed stuffs. Now Is the time to organi/.e the farmers by coun? try meetings .\ith business men and t<? IS til peanuts, cream routes, tobac? co, wheat, nul l, hogs, truck, poultry, and ill other farm diversification pro? ducta. tiji<: noosi i:h TRIP. Ivxcuision of Dusines.s Men |Vaa u Suc? cessful and lai.jo.vablc Kvcnt. From The Daily Item, Aug. 9. The tint 191(1 community boosting tour of the Suinter Chamber of Com? merce am! Retail Dealers' Association was successfully and happily milled off yesterday, when about twenty-two automobiles tilled with Sumter busl? ines* and professional men and Sum? ter ladies visited Trinity, Shiloh, Turbeville, Now Zion, Sardinia and Mayesville In Sumter and Clarendon 0011 ii ties. The attendance upon the booster meetings by the farmers and their families was below the normal of booster trip crowds, but the cordiality and friendliness of the welcome ex? tended was splendid. The farmers are not in a boosting frame of mind at present, but their hospitality was all thut one could wish, and they evi? dently appreciated the spirit of the visiting boosters, and desire to cooper? ate with the business and profes? sional men of Sumter to overcome the misfortunes of the season and to pre? pare to light the Mexican cotton boll weevil. During the course of the day a number of short but splendid talks on timely topics Avere made by President Belser of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce, J. Frank Williams, S. H. Edmunds M. O'RIley H. U Scarbor? ough, S U Krasnoff, E. I. Heardon, of Sumter, and Messrs. U. W. Green and J. K. McElveen, of Shiloh, and J. W. Player of Trinity. The dinner at Sardinia was a splen? did treat and one of the most heartily enjoyed of any that the boosters ever had the pleasure of eating, and the ladies and gentlemen of Sardinia who 'furnished the delightful meal certainly have the gratitude of the more than one hundred and fifty guests who partook of the meal. The Sardinia meeting was the largest attended and many went di? rect from Sumter to that point to be In time for dinner. A baseball game at Manning pulled away u large number of the Sumter boosters just after dinner, and a great many more accepted an invitation from Superintendent Gable and visited the big plant of the Black River Lum? ber company near Sardinia. So that only a small crowd went Into Mayes? ville, and It was so late that no meet? ing was held at that place. One plktasant feature throughout the entire day was the democratic spirit of good mixing and a cheerful, jolly, good natured demanor of the boosters and their hosts. Everybody was cordial, friendly, and in a good humor. The speeches were of an order calculated to put some ginger into the crowd, and it was a very happy day to all. The roads were in good shape for the most Hart In both counties.. Cordial invitations to stop and eat melons and fruit were extended by hospltale farmers. At Shiloh Mr. 11. W. Green's chil? dren, and other little ones of that section had u large and pretty ban? ner stretched across the road with th-e inscription "Boosters are Welcome ?Stop Here" which was appreciated very much by the boosters. The kids were heartily cheered as the auto? mobile party came up. Running be? hind time as the party was some of the Invitations to eat melons were reluctantly declined. A number of business men have re? quested the Chamber of Commerce to put on another booster trip this month to take In Mayesville, Pleasant flrove, Dynchburg, Elliott, St. Charles and Oswego. Some very cordial invitations have been received from the hospitable people of those sections to have the Sumter boosters visit those places. Several of the most public spirted and intelligent farmers and mer? chants of those sections say that the meetings and talks put on by the community boosting tours are a great source of pleasure, education, and in? spiration to the farmers, and that now that the farmers are "down in the mouth" so to speak, is the appro? priate time for Snmtor's business men to go out and talk to the farmers and cooperate with them In every possible way, and establish as many cream routes as possible without any delay. It might as well he admitted that crop conditions are poor, but just be? cause they arc Is all the more rea? sons why the bnnker, merchant, ?arm? ler, and laborers should get together I often and discuss methods for over ! coming the difficulties. And practical talks like those on yesterday's booster trip are worth much to the farmers and the business men too. If suffi? cient Interest Is manifested among Sumter's business and professional men to have at least fifteen automo? biles and 7."? boosters guaranteed to go along the Chamber of Commerce will advertise the booster trip above sug? gested. The First Baptist church has not suapended saaembHng of the entire Sunday school, only the primary and junior departments. The Barneoa and I'htlatheas will meet as usual, 10:15 each Sunday morning. Bartow Walsh, ?apt // MAYOR JENNINGS AM> COUNCIL? MAN BOOTH TAKE OATH OF <) Fl M CE?COU N CILM AN ELECTED MAYOR PRO TEM. , License Tux on Near Roer Saloon* I ix?l at *:!00 a Year? Rreuk in Sa? lem Avenue Sewer Line ReiKMted? Another Petition Protesting Against Permitting Railroad Side Track on Ringle Street?Mr. s. O'Qttiiin Elct- , cd Mem her of Hoard of Health. City Council met Tuesday night in regular session with all members present. The report of the managers of the regular municipal election was receiv? ed and on the returns L. D. -Jennings was declared elected Mayor for a term of four years and J. P. Booth was declared electod Councilman for a term of four years, each of them having received th<3 unanimous vote cast in the election. Messrs. Jen? nings and Booth were sworn in, the oath being administered by City Clerk D. M. Blanding. On motion of Councilman Booth, who had heretofore served as Mayor Pro Tern, Councilman Rowland was elected Mayor Pro Tern. A letter from Mr. H. A. Moses com? plaining concerning the unnecessary blocking of traffic on streets by the paving contractors was received. City Engineer I<ee was requested to investi? gate and take steps to prevent needless interruption of street traffic. Chief of Police J. R. Sumter and Dr. S. H. Edmunds presented a pe? tition requesting Council to construct an asphalt paved skating rink on a part of Monumental Square for the use of the children of the city. The matter was referred to City Engineer Lee to ascertain the cost of the pro? posed skating rink. ' The riding of bicycles on Monu? mental Square was prohibited in fu? ture and Chief of Police Sumter was directed to enforce this rule. ^ The Police Department report for July showed fines collected 1539.25 and days served to the value of $80.40, a total of $619.65. The library report for July showed a membership of 665. Dr. S. H. Edmunds, chairman of the committee representing City Coun? cil and the City Board of Education the Carnegie library, reported that Celans for the library had been ap? proved V>y the Secretary of the Carne? gie Foundation and that the funds for the erection of tne library were now available. Work on the building will begin asi soon as possession of the lot Immediately adjacent to the old Ryt tenherg residence can be obtained, which will be when the residence of Mr. A. C. Phelps is completed, Mr. Phelps now occupying the Ryttenberg house. x The license on conducting an auto? mobile washing shop was tixed at $5 per year and a license was granted to Davis D. Burgess.* A refund of the annual license tax of the Orient Fire Insurance Co., was asked by the Commercial Insurance Agency, on the ground that the Orient Insurance company had not done any business in this city this year. The application was refused, it being against*, the policy of the city to re? fund license taxes, as the tax Is for the9 privilege of doing business In the city and the company paying the tax still has the privilege for which' it made application and for which it paid at the beginning of the year. The request of the Board of Health for the purchase of another scavanger wagon for use In the sanitary service was granted. Mr. S. O'Quinn was eleoted a mem? ber of the Board of Health for a term of live years, Mr. J. A. McKnight, whose term expired June 27th, hav? ing declined re-election. A second petition from citizens re? siding and owning property on Dingle street was filed protesting against granting rights of way through Dingle street for side tracks of the Atlantic Coast Line, Northwestern and South? ern Railway. Mayor Jennings and Councilman Rowland stated that the railroad engineers and officials were still trying to lind another route for the necessary side tracks so as to avoid using Dingle street if possible. Second reading was given the fol? lowing ordinances: An ordinance granting to the Atlantic Coast Line and the Northwestern Railroad the right to lay side tracks on Dingle street, and an ordinance granting to !the Southern Railway the right to lay a side track on Dingle street. A petition for an arc light at the corner of South Main street and Din? gle street was considered. The re? quest will be investigated. It was decided to use the acre of land that the city owns at the old sep? tic tank, adjacent to the cemetery, as a burying ground for paupers. Geo. H. Hurst offered to furnish coffins for paupers for $4, provided the city furnishes burying ground, digs grave and provides for transportation. Council was requested to lix maxi? mum hack fare by the hour for pub? lic hackmen. Mayor Jennings will -?r--t??-??? STATE CAMPAIGN ME17TJTNG. Utile Enthusiasm at Marion Meeting. Marion, Aug. 9.?About 500 voters: of Marion county were here today for the State campaign meeting, which was marked by little show of enthu? siasm. The meeting was featured by a small boy's tumbling into the park pool during the speaking. . Mr. Cooper was the first speaker and j made hlj usual speech. He pledged an impartial enforcement of all laws, and that he would not abuse the par? don power by using- it in his own in? terests "to punish his enemies" or "reward his friends." The appeal of Mr. DesChamps Is universal. He told the Marlon county audience today that he could "plow as straight a row as any of you; my pen is as swift as that of any man; I am used to lecturing for $50 and $100 and $200 an hour, and my books have been translated into 40 different dialects and foreign languages." John T. Duncan also spoke. Gov. Manning reminded the au? dience that he was not here to stir up political strife or to create prejudice against negroes. He only wanted to submif his administration for the peo? ple's indorsement, and asked the peo? ple if thoy didn't feel more secure when criminals were not being turned loose upon them by the wholesale, some pardoned before they got to the penitentiary. "The situation through? out South Carolina is different from what it was before I was elected," said the governor. Immediately after he had been in? troduced ex-Gov. Blease denied that he was the instigator of the Adams DesChamps fight at Manning last week. Rome, Aug. 10.?The Italians are j pushing steadily onward. Their ob? jective now is Trieste. Twenty thou? sand Austrians were captured at Gorl zia, also great stores of war supplies, guns and provisions. The Italians who are pursuing the Austrians are now several miles east of Gorizla, it is of? ficially announced. look into the legal phase of the mat? ter and report to Council at the next meeting. Complaint having been made con? cerning the low places on the park plots on paved streets holding water, Engineer Lee w\is requested to call the attention of paving contractors to the matter and have the low places rilled, the contractors being responsi? ble for the removal of earth from the streets. Engineer Lee reported that the street paving work was' making sat? isfactory progress now, although there had been some unavoidable de? lay In consequence of the Interruption in railroad service and the operation of rock quarries by the storm, which prevented the contractors from ob? taining material. He reported also that Slrhmons-Mayrant company had mado a proposition to lay concrete paving with a bituminous covering, provided they are given a contract for as much as one thousand yards. The propo? sition was received as information. He reported that the paving brick tests had proved satisfactory, the abrasion test showing only 14 to 19 per cent, whereas the contract allowed as much as 22 pe?* cent. Mr. P. P. Finn who Is running the rattler In making the brick tests waa allowed $15 per month for this service. The use of lo? cal sand, in street paving work was discussed. A break in the Salem Avenue sew? er line was discussed and progress of the repair1 was reported. The cost of repairs on the broken section is esti? mated at about $700, and the cost of replacing the entire line In this street that has given trouble heretofore was considered. No action was taken. Councilman Booth reported that the Booth-Boyle Live Stock company need the pair of mules loaned the city sometime ago and that the city would have to rent a pair to take their place, j It was decided to rent a pair of mules land the Clerk was directed to adver? tise for same. Councilman Rowland stated that he had advertised the old water works boilers for sale and had re? ceived an offer for them. He was au? thorized to dispose of the boilers as seemed best. The matter of fixing a license on near beer saloons was brought up, and With the information received irom other towns in respect to the li? cense charged before Council, it was decided to tlx the license tax at $200 per year on the first $10,000 business done, and $1.00 per $1,000 business additional. This was tlxed by the vote of Councilman Rowland and Boofh. Mayor Jennings favored making the tax $25 for the first $1,000 business and $5 for each additional $1,000. The proposition to widen North Main street was discussed and It was decided that, in view of the opposition by some property owners on North Man street, to abandon the plan to Widen the street. Engineer Lee was directed to prepare plans for paving this street, making the paving as wide as possible, after making allow? ance for parkway for the trees. SUNltlW Utfttg FIRE. GREAT AUSTRIAN HASE ASSAULT? ED RV RUSSIAN ARMY. -? ? J 1 Capture of Stronghold is Momentarily Expected?Us FaU Will be Hard IT" ,i 7 ? 5 Blow to Austrian* and May Force Evacuation of Lemberg. Petrograd, Aug. 10.?Stanislau, the great Australn base, is under heavy artillery fire and its capture is expect? ed momentarily. The Russians were only live'miles from the city at the last report. The capture of Stanislau would be an overwhelming stroke against Lemberg. BROKERAGE FEES NOT CHARGED Treasurer of Jefferson Standard Talks of Loans Made on the Realty of Pol icy holders. Greensboro Daily News, Aug. 5. "How is the Jefferson getting along since your big agency meeting?" was asked Treasurer Charles W. Gold, of the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance company yesterday. "Fine," he replied. "The agents are getting right down to work, and from the fine production of business, you could hardly tell that there had been a week of play. Collections are also good, and this necessitates our making mortgage loans right along, so aS to lend the thousands of dollars which our policy-holders are paying us." "Where do you lend most of your money?" Mr. Gold was arked. "Why, wherever we do business. W# operate in 11 States, and in each one of these States we follow the policy of lending on real estate the money which we collect from our policy-hold? ers in those States." Mr. Gold was then asked if there was any charge other than the legal rate of interest. "No sir," he replied. "Every man to whom the Jefferson Standard lends" money is especially warned that he is not expected to pay any brokerage fees, or any other expenses except for abstracting the title and inspecting the property. Just the other day we found that, in an adjoining State, an attorney was about to charge a brok? erage on a loan from us. which he had led the prospective borrower to be? lieve had been secured through his influence. Our regular procedure showed the prospective borrower that we were not cognizant of this brok? erage arrangement; and It is i <m$d less to state that the brokerage was not paid. We only want the iegai rate of interest. We make mo; tgags loans only to our policy-holders'. Tfi4y are not only entitled to borrow our money, but we feel that in getting it they should pay nothing but the cost of service." Mr. Gold was very enthusiastic about the prospects for the remainder of the year. There seems to be no questieu in his mind hut that 1916 v. ill be the biggest year from every standpoint that the Jefferson has ever had. I The company has recently increased its annual dividend to policy-holder* by nearly 1:3 1-3 per cent, thus thS policy-holder in reaping a direct gain from the splendid prosperity which Is now existing in the South. ENGINEER MEETS DEATH. Freight Train Crashes Into Southern Passenger Train No. 11 Near Easier. Greenville, Aug. 9.?Engineer John T. Harris, of Gainesville, Ga., is dsk*, and several are injured, but not se? riously, as the result of a collision be? tween a north-bound freight train with Southern F.ailway passenger train No. 11, at Crosswell, three miles east of Easley, this afternoon. The pas? senger train, in charge of Engineer Harris, had stopped in the yards at Crosswell waiting for the freight train to arrive. Instead of taking the siding, as intended, it is said that the freight, pulled by two engines, dash? ed down the main line and collided with the pasenger train, whose engine was badly damaged. ? , RESCUE FLOOD VICTIMS. Huntington, W. Va., Aug. 10.? Twenty-three bodies were taken out of Cabin Creek at the town of that name. Several other bodies were found at various points, totalling thirty. At Charleston the latest estimates Ax the death list at fifty to sixty. A picnic excursion train reported marooned oh Coal river is safe. The report of the train being at St. Albans was false. A detachment of National Guard, with rescue equipment, is expected to arrive on the scene this afternoon. They have food and tents for the flood victims. Geo H. Hurst, UiSriilir at EiUlw. riestst attsstte* Is Day et NlfMbeuV. sT I. 0. ttrstf OK ttstsl, N. slata Phons? ft^tti