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ft n ? i't at be thy Country'*, Thy Ood'i aad Trmtk'a" THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jams, Jftev ESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1916. Vol. XLHS. No. 4. CANDIDATES MAKE I AST SET SPEECHES IN POLITICAL MEETINGS. and Attentive Audience on to Hear CMBce Seeker*?Lib? eral Applause Given Each Stacker ?Voter* Will Designate Their en Tuesday. From The Daliy Item, Aug. 26. The coumy political campaign ammo to a oloue this afternoon tn the court house, when all of the candi? dates had made their last set speeches I and the designation of who would he] Sumter count /'s office holders for the next two or four years was left with the voters, who will register their choices on next Tuesday. The meeting was veil attended, about two hundred voters being present and the audience gave each of the speakers an attentive hearing. Applause for the candid*ten was liberal, as it was last nicht, and the hearers and Speak? er? both seemed to enjoy the occa? sion, some of the candidates being especially pleased as it was the lost politic*I speech tor them to make un? til their term of office is almost up and they will havti to run again two or four years from now. The speeches were all practically the earns as :tast night and at other oampelgn meetings. Mr. C. U Cutti? ng, oaened up of the candidates for the House and made his best speech of the campaign. He advocated u. State highway commission In order that the State might secure her pro rata share of the federal appropria? tion for road building. Messrs. J. L. 01111?. W. L. MeCutchen, D. D Molse. |. %%. McElveen, A. K. Santera and ( 6, Elvln stubbs made their usual The candidates for the court house once*. Clerk of Court H. L. Scarbor? ough. Auditor ft. E. Wilder, Treasurer B. a Wallace, Supervisor P. M. Pitts, ^afaaier W. J. Seele and his opponent. Jen R. Singleton, made their usual ?jg^hes. Mr. U E. White, candidate St county Supervisor, was itfmeht on ^MsWisaWiis L<erilli came J. D. .Epperson. M J. and B, P. Cuttlno, made the talks they made last night r County Chairman J. H. Clifton pre MANNING TIES SCRIES. fasse Friday Afternoon a Victory for Manning! tes. The baseball game on Friday after? noon was a victory for tho Mannlng ite* who by this means tied up the ?fries to a two-two set with a tie in the middle, so that neither team won the series. The game Friday was a good one, despite a drizzling rain which set In soon after the game com? menced end forced the umpire to call the game at the end of the fifth in? ning when the score was 4 to 0 In fa? vor of Manning. Blshopville had nt that time little chance apparently or eatchtng up. for up to then only one hit had been secured * off Stewart, while Msnnlng had rapped Robinson for five hits, two of thsm doubles. Manning si rated scoring in the first Inning, when Spain made a two-bag? ger on the second ball pitched and a second hit brought blm home. In tho fifth Inning Manning annexed three more scores by a combination of hits and sacrifices. There was a large crowd on hand which witched the game with inter? est, although there was not a great deal of cheering. Batteries. Blshopville, Robinson and Kotrelle; Manning, Stewart and Le noir; Umpire, Sanders. SET* WORLD RECORD. Cartstroni Fife* Par In Combination Mai-hi i ir. Newport New?. Vn.. Aug. 25.?Vic? tor Carlstrom, flytm: a twin motor combination land and water machine here today, set a World's record for distance in one day. carrying one pus senger. He made Ml mile* In ciaht hour* and 40 minutes. Capt. Baldwin, head of the Atlantic Coast Aeronauti? cal station, stated that Carlstrom would receive $7.00? for his flight. Carlstrom attempted to make 700j miles In 10 hours but carbureter] trouble delayod him nearly half an j hour while an hour und 20 minutes was consumed in putting gasoline in the tanks. German Aerodrome Itombtirdcik London, Aug. 26.?The great Ger? man Aerodrome at Namiir, Belgium, was bombarded last night by British aeroplanes. One machine failed to return, mt DESERTS MEETING, iu:ri si s to speak at Chester gathering. Cheers for Manning. Chief Executive of State Given Fine Reception by Crowd at Cheater. Cheater, Aug. 2 f..?Cole L, Blease, confronted by a jubilant Manning sentlmenr., today bolted the scheduled campaign meeting here, charging that his "friends were crowded out," and announcing that ho would apeak at] 3 o'clock In the afternoon at the court house. Prior, to the speeches by gu? bernatorial candidates the question of tranaferiiig the meeting from the opera house to the court house square \ as debated. This plan was abandon? ed when James H. Glenn,., county chairman, announced that there were j only a bo Jt 50 people on the other side who couUl easily wedge Into the alley-1 ways between the walls and the outer rows of iioats. These pressed forward i to occupy available space and listened | attentively to John T. t)uncnn and Gov, Manning, the first speakers In the gubernatorial race. j With the announcement by Mr. j Blease that he Would nc4 speak a large proportion of the audience de- j parted, possibly as many as one-half leaving, and M?. Cooper and Mr. Dos- j Champs spoke to a much reduced house. The meting was attended by six or seven hundred people, many of these being women, who responded as spiritedly as the men when a tell ? In thrust had been made by rival candidates. j Gov. Manning was most .cordially I received and at the conclusion of his speech received two large bunches of flowers. Encouraged by the cordial re? ception he spoke with earnestness and enthusiasm, discussing the problems of law enforcement and the general demoralised conditions which con i fronted him when ho was inducted into office. He referred with feeling to the tight which is being made by cotton mill pesldents to bring about hin defeat. The acts, he said, which hn^ocwMlo^ feeding the Weak against the strong. Ho had no apology to make and would net alter his course should the oppor? tunity again present itself. He also hi thiy commended the warehouse sys? tem. Mr. Cooper Spoke at a distinct dis? advantage because of tho disrupted mooting. Ho had entered the race without pledge or promise to any man or set of men and if elected was bound by no promise to any one. Should some of the votern make the mistake of voting against him he would re? gard It only as had judgement and would attempt to forget just how the people voted If he were made gover? nor and If called upon to act in behalf of or against anyone. He also dis? cussed thoroughly a plan to raise the standard of the public school system. J. M. DcsChampa likened the static I condition of South Carolina affairs to the concentric circles about Caesar's Head woven there by the spiral high? way leading to the top. Looking down the mountain side you can r,ee your tracks In tho encircling pathway be i low made there two hours before. In looking hack over South Carolina's history ono is not yet out of sight of tracks m ido 20, 25 or even 40 yearj ago, he said. W. Banks Dove, candldato foq sec? retary of state, once taught school in Chester and was greeted with marked enthusiasm. Ho also received dow? ers. George W. Wightmnn, an opposing candidate, was delayed In getting to Chester and merely announced his candidacy when the other candidates I had spoken. PROVES TO BE PARALYSIS. Tho Case at KM Ihm B*fSBgS the Total I p to 01. Columbia, Aug. 14,?Alter investi? gation by tho State board of health the r.uspoctod eons of Infantile paraly? sis at Killlan, Riehland county, has been diagnosed as a real ease, This makes the sixty-fourth sum reported Mine?? July 1 from various parts of South Carolina. WILL TRY IT AGAIN. Deutschland to Make Another Voyage. Berlin. Aug. LT?, (by Wireless).? Preparations for another Voyage ??f the submarine Deutschland to the 1'nlted Mates' are well Under way. Freight Is belog received for this trip. The amount of cargo now ready is larger than had been expected, tho 'Overseas News ng< ney says. AH the members of the crew have expressed readiness to sign for the next voyage. Balkan Kingdom f Well Equipped Army of Against Germany?Wa garia and Austria in the Will Materially Shorten Last Decides to Fight Allies. Million Men Thr own Into Scale ned for Russia to Attack Bul London Officials Say This War. Paris, Aug. 28.?It was offioiall^fci nounccdin Bucharest this rno^ig that Roumania has declared wa^Hftn Austria. The decision was reaped after the crown council held onBi It is estimated that RoumanifSm put a half million men in the JjjRd. The entrance of Uoumania intoJUie war opens the way for the Russtths to ntrike Austro-German and BulOr ian armies in tho Balkans. j Russlu has ah enormous afiny camped on the Roumanian fronBer ready for the drive across Roumflinia to the Balkan battlefield. Billgfciu had three divisions on the Rommn frontier ready for defense, but tDe-y wore sent into Greek Macedonia a few months ago. Roumania borders on Hungary sind the mountain ranges between the countries are easily crossed. Thera is no serious obstacle in front of the Roumanian and Russian armies. Before the declaration of war was announced King Ferdinand conferred j with all the political parties and high officials. All the leaders back him in favoring the allies. Another attempt by the German? to recapture Ifleury ou the Verdun front was frustrated last night by Frenjch, it is announced. The Germans assault? ed with great fury but were repulsed with heavy loss. ? (HAS STRONG ARMY. Roumania Ejnter* Wi ttal dispatch .to the State department from an American official in Europe says Roumania has entered the war with six hundred thousand men mo? bilised and could double the army's size in a few weeks. Roumania now has four months war supplies on hand. Will Shorten War. London, Aug. 28.?The announce? ment that Roumania had entered the war was cheered by officials and' the public. Officials say that this will shorten the war materially. BULGARIAN ARMY DISPERSED. Battles on Greek Macedonian Front Goes Fiercely On. London, Aug. 28.?The Bulgarian guns on/the Doiran front in Greek Macedonia have been silenced by the British artillery. There is continued activity on the Struma river where the Bulgarians shell Mekes. The Bul? garians have been dispersed northwest of Komarian. ROUMANIANS INVADE HUNGARY. Attack on Teutons Follow Quickly on Declaration of War. Geneva, Aug. 28.?The Roumanian troops are already on the march to? ward Hungary. A strict censor has been established, It is reported, from Bucharest. Germany Will Declare War. The Hague, Aug. 28.?The Rouman? ian minister to Germany will be I handed his passports at once, indicat? ing that Germany will declare war on Roumania, says a Berlin dispatch. Tin* News in Berlin. Berlin. Auk. US.?It was officially Iannounced today that Roumania de? clared war on Austria and Germany. It is charged that the entente powers have promised Roumania territory that Ifl now owned by Austria-Hun go ry. Russians Make Gains. Petrograd, Aug. 28.?A German at? tack on the Schllichara river was re? pulsed and an Austrian Held position on the Btokhod was captured. <>n the DnelBter front n forest was captured. British Gain Ground. London, Aug. 2S.- The British make progress in Delvelle wood and near Moquet farm. Germany Declares War. Berlin, Aug. 2S.? It was officially announced this afternoon that Ger? many 1ms declared war on Rouniauia. A Bi? FALL SHOW. FASHION AND DISPLAY DAY TO BE HELD IN SUMTER. Civic League is Boosting Event Which is Expected to Be One of Biggest Stunts ever Pulled off in City?Band to be Secured for Occasion in Which Ail of the Merchants of the City Will Join?Show at Opera House. The "Fashion and Display Day," being arranged for by the merchants for the second week in October, for the purpose of advertising and bring? ing trade to Sumter, should and will I be a gala occasion. Plans for the day are to be made j along this line. All merchants will I be asked to make special displays of j their wares or merchandise in thoir j windows or places of business, for in jspection of hundreds of visitors who I Will come to Sumter for their fell I shopping, and all are asked to have j some special demonstration of their specialties made in their stores that duy and evening. At night, from 7 to 8 o'clock Main street from Bartlctte to Canal streets, will he special ?i , lamination, and all traffic stopped, on Main street while the open air band 'concert is given on the corner of Main and Liberty, and the promenade, for the purpose of viewing the il? luminated and attractive windows and decorated automobiles, which will be demonstrated at that time. From S .30 to 12 o'clock there will be an up i ittlftflnlft Show in the opera house, giv en by Sumter's six largest ready-to wear houses. Orchestra music throughout, our most attractive young j society people kindly lending their services to aid this cause. There will be a small charge of admittance ask jed at the opera house for this unique show, the proceeds of which will go to the Civic League to help with their running expenses. The railroads have consented to [run excursions ^and special trains ' into the city ^or that day, and thou 1 sands of visitors and shoppers are ex ipected. A committee has visited the ! majority of linns in the city, and I now have forty-five, out of the forty seven firms asked to participate, on their list. It was not possible to see all business houses, but all of them are hereby asked to join in this big jand important measure to bring more j trade to Sumter, and make the occa? sion a success. It will pay to advertise jin tho big day. For any further in? formation apply to The Item Office. CAR RUNS} INTO STORE. Big Plate Glass Window Broken and Car Damaged When It Got Away From Men. 'From The Daily Item, Aug. 26. This morning about 9 o'clock a car belonging to W. A. Hanks was damag? ed and a plate glass window in a store on West Liberty street was bro? ken and other damage done to the store, when tho car, which had been placed in Willie Muller's garage for repairs, was cranked with the reverse .gear on. The car jumped off back Iward, as it was cranked and running thus went out of the garage and across the street where it ran up on the side? walk and was stopped when It struck la dootf post of tho store. The plate j glass window was shattered and the hack of the car bent In by the blow. Luckily no one was In the way of the runaway ear when it started off on its jjoy run. One negro standing beside j it as it started had his overalls caught 1 In a spring and these wer? torn, but (otherwise ho was not hurt. CONGRESS MAY PREVENT STRIKE IPresident Wilson Confers With Sena? tor Kern ami Senator Neulands of Legislative Action. Washington, Aug. 86.? President Wilson when practically facing a bicak in the strike negotiations, went to the senate, where he held an ex? tended conference with majority lead era, Senator Kern and Senator Xew jlatius, chairman of the senate inter? state commerce commission commit" tee, over possible congressional action for preventing a strike. state mnm ends. CLOSES WITH MEETING AT WINNSBORO. Governor Gives High Tribute to Hood ?-Bleose Makes Bitterest of Speeches. Winnsboro, Aug. 26.?The State campaign, begun in Spartanburg more than two months ago, was brought to a conclusion in Winnsboro today with ja crescendo I effect, Cole L. Blease ! making the bitterest speech of the en? tire tour. The meeting was held with ! in sight of the bullet scarred stairs on (which Sheriff Adam Dubard Hood, i Raleigh Boulware, Clyde Isenhower and Jules Smith, a negro prisoner, were .shot to death, June 14, 1915, when the negro was being brought to trial, from criminal assault upon a j white woman, and it was about this fatal tragedy that the ex-governor wove his arguments on the alleged lawlessness which he says is so rara j pant over the State. Language em i ployed by the speaker was so offen jsive that many of the women in the I audience retired beyond earshort. A letter said to have been written by 'sheriff Hood was read in which it was ; explained that the negro would have ! to be protected at all hazards and I delivered to the court; otherwise, (Gov. Manning would withdraw * the officer's commission. It was on the ! basis of this letter that Mr. Blease [laid the crime to Mr. Manning, hold I ing that if Rlease had been governor, ithe crime could have been avenged ! outside the court, and the lives of the officials, who had sworn to uphold the law, would have been saved. J Gov. Manning paid the dead sheriff a beautiful tri^ite in his speech, and later in the day placed on the dead man's grave the flowers he received in Chester yesterday. In speaking of the tragedy, Mr. Manning said: "In your own county of Fairfield. within a /ew feet of the place I now i ' ! t stand, the first clash came, and your j sheriff, the brave Adam Hood, gave jup his life in the discharge of his jduty. His example is one that we j shall treasure as a proud example of ^?u?sHrnaira^ Letrue 'hold ihis memory dear and his example one I that we shall treasure always, if we 'are true to our ideals and traditions." j In speaking of his efforts to enforce the laws of the State, Mr. Manning 'continued: "The paramount issue of this cam ! paign, I reiterate, is whether we are !to have enforcement of our laws or whether the decrees of our courts and the verdicts of our Juries are to . be set aside by the arbitrary will of ' one man. Our laws can not be en? forced without intensifying the feel I ings of those opposed to them.v The ! conditions that existed when I came into office wer<3 marked by lawless i deeds and violations of law. I prom? ised to enforce the law by every power i given mc under the constitution and laws of the State. I called upon I sheriffs and other peace officers to 'enforce the laws without partiality, i but with firmness and vigor. I know . well what that meant and so did the officers." Gov. Manning was the first cf the candidates for governor to speak to? day and left immediately for Colum iba. Mr. Blee.se, later speaking to the audience, said that Gov: Manning "hasn't mentioned my name or. this campaign nor resented anything the ex-governor had said." Mr. Bleas-o dc jnounced the governor as a liar and a coward, something which has not been 'ventured previously on the campaign and was not tried today until Gov. Manning had departed. I R. A. Cooper told the people they I had heard much of lawlessness. Dis? regard for law, he argued, was a dis? ease, the antidote for which was edu? cation. The speaker outlined a plan to raise the standard of the common schools which would carry all pupils through the second college year. He also advocated the opening of all State institutions to every ambitious boy and girl, these to be educated at the ex? pense of the State, and the funds to i be returned by the young men and women when they are out of college, i John Madison DesChanips said he was a prohibitionist, and believed if jSt. Paul were living now he would I re\ ise his advice "to take a little wine 'for the stomach's sake" and would Urge the use of water instead. Mr. IDesChamps also advocated woman suffrage. "The refusal to grant equal suffrage is a relic of barbarism," he said. .lohn T. Duncan made his usual speech. Berlin, Aug. 2s. - It is officially an? nounced that Roumanian troops havo Invaded Transylvania In Hungary. Some wen' captured lighting on the frontier against the Austrians. PEARY / ? THINKS THAT HE /VERED IT. Say* 'ay Not be Exactly Where He Reported, but is Probably in That Neighborhood. New York, Aug. 20.?Rear Ad? miral Robert E. Peary reiterates his confidence in the existence of Crocker land and his belief that he saw it in July, 1906. The admiral's state? ment, telegraphed to The Tribune from his summer place in Maine, I was called forth by the fact that En? sign Fitzhugh Green, the naval offl |cer assigned to the MacMillan Crocker ! land Arctic expedition, made r o re | port of whether the expedition found Crocker land in announcing to the naval department his safe arrival et Copenhagen on August 19. After quoting from his original narrative of the expedition his story of the first view of what he believed to be Crocker land, Admiral Peary j said: "It may be that MacMillan and I were both misled by the nearly per? manent clouds of condensation over persistent lanes of water. Or unusu? al refraction which occurs iri the Arctic regions may have lifted into view land that was in reality well below the horizon and my estimate of the distance of Crocker land may have been too moderate. It witl be well to await the completion of Ste fan3Son's discoveries before dismiss? ing Crocker land." HAS NOT GIVEN UP. President Wilson Still Working end Still Hopeful of Averting Strike, Washington, Aug. 28.?President i Wilson still believes he will find a way I to avert the strike. He practically puts the matter in the hands ot Sec? retary of the Interior Lane who was for years a member of the interstate commerce commission and is famil? iar with railroad affairs. He la ex? pected to work out a plan agreeable to both sides. The details are with? held but it-4a learned omctaJl}fc$he| what he wants is to have both Bides agree ^o submit all questions in pute to the congressional committee under Senator Newlands, which is au? thorized now to investigate wages, etc on all railroads. It is expected Pres? ident Wilson will tell the railroad J presidents that he can not accept their ! counter proposal when it is submitted. I Senator Newlands goes into conference j with Acting Attorney General Todd j and Mediation Commissioner Cham? bers and the propositions for con gresional action has been deferred. No arrangements have been made for a joint session. President Wilsor. con? tinues to confer with Republican and Democratic leaders concerning the stand by congress. SALE GOES INTO ELECTIONS. ?? \ Danish I^indstliing Votes For Delay On Disposal of Island. Copenhagen (via London), Aug. 25. ?The landsthing, the Danish upper house, today adopted or orderj of the day declaring that if the sale of the Danish West Indies to tho United States cannot be ponstponed until after the war the question shall be settled by a general election. The vote came after live hours of excited dis? cussion in an open meeting. Forty two members voted for the crder, eight against it and one did not vote. Secretary Lansing believes the sales treaty will be ratified by the United States senate at the present se.'iaion, according to a cable from the secre? tary today to Dr. Egan, the American minister. "The United States government de? nies that any pressure has been put on the Danish government for the 'sale of the islands," the cablegram says. ? .1 ? ? NO ACTION TAKEN. Doubtful Whether Treaty Will Be Ratified Now. Washington. Aug. 25.?The treaty providing for purchase of the Danish West Indies was considered today by the senate foreign relations commit? tee, but no action was taken. Whether the treaty could be ratified at thif ses? sion of congress. Chairman Stone said, could not be predicted. Trade Commission Ortler. Washington, Aug. 26.?The first or? der ever Issued by the Federal Trade Commission was handed down today. During its two years' existence the commission has made many investi? gations but rendered no decisions. The Circle Silk Company, thread manufac? turers, is ordered to quit using the name silk on goods not entirely silk.